The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-01 00:00:00

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AMERICA.

We have been favoured with the following copy of a letter from t
young man who has recently emigrated nom this neighbourhor.l,
dated Patterson, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1826, to 1114 parents, et
Stayley Bridge, Lancashire. As we are aasuted that the authen,
ticity of the letter may be fully relied on, we think it important that
its statements should go forth to the public :
theat topufr power-loom
hours for work
„ye"
" Dear Father and Mother,—l take this opportunity to inform
you of our safe arrival, after a passage of thirty.rour days, in e„.,4
health and spirits. Our passage, upon the whole, was particularly
pleatnint. Since oar arrival we have been at Patterson, where we
find things ammt as bad as in England. We cannot possibly rO.
cure work, either in dressing or overlncking of power-looms. At
present myself a- d It are weaving enittin by hand ; this we
herefiod aarleit betteratlleou,fl
ritetx
are scarcely. able to gaitt a livelihood by it : far my own parr, ;
hliottit;ra ng
to l'
a ndelay, The
an anti f
sincerely wish I had never left home ' • [loiterer, as lam here, I
will give It a twelre insteh's trial, if my health permit. S---_ it
quite down:spirited and sick of Pattetsrm, consequently he anj
C--:—.. ate for Milting trial of Philadelphia 1 but I believe timet
are equelly as bad there as at Patterson. I see no inducement at
pment tor any tranamigraticn from England to here. People talk
in England about provisions being cheap here ; Ido not believe
them ; my board costs me as much here as it did at Stayley Bridge,
and besides, Ido not lire half so well. Yet lam in mood spirits
as ever I was in my lire, and should wish you to make yourselves
quite easy about myself and S—e, kr, at the worst, we can re.
turn ; and it Is my decided opinion that d • • will return, almost
immediately, if hi meet with no better success at Philadelphia
than at Patterson. _ . . .

The weather we flrd excessively hot; the thetrnorneer
ranges between eighty and ninety.four or five degrees, Fahretibe.„
in the shade; we mum poasibly travel on font, and to g 3 by tne
wage waggon is almost as dear as by the mail.coach in England.
The lightn'ng is most dreadfully terrific, beyond delineation, it.
caroling trees, destroying indiscriminately man and beast. I was
witness to fourteen sheep bring killed .lead, and a tree split dorm
by the electiie fluid at the same instant.
" If :rade was ever so good. you should never come over to this
eauutry ; for taking every thing collactively, and speaking thereat
sentiment of my mind, sinceruly as I hope to go to Heaven, there
is no minion here compared with Old England. As neither C--,
S—, or K—, are aware of my writing this, lam unable to say
what they might wish to communicate to their respective families.
but tell them they are doing every thing that lies in their power for
the gni of their families.
" 1/ear father, mother, brothers, and siaters, believe me, it ws
not fo: my own private interest that I emigrated from England,
but had the weliare of the whole faintly in view, and probably, by
the blessing of God. may yet have an ,dvantage•ms result. Time
alone, however, will determine this. Although lam not like the
other branches of your family, participating in the homely viands
your table affords, yet am tolerably comfortable; you must tell
Robert W— I h-ye made every inquiry with respect to his
wishes, and find, from men of understanding, who have travelled
the great7st part of the country, that the best place is up the North
River; they say there is no market for the back parts, and that it
will require a great deal of money to purchase lands, slave., and
stock ; but lie must i.ut a line or two in your letter, and I will do
eery thing I can as soot as lam able. Some people may say we
are soft, hut let them try for themselves. I have seen and know ;
and as for travelling, we can every day see numbers of miserable
people returning to Patterson, who have been on the Ohio and dif-
finent parts backward, who have from one to five hundred acres at
good land, that they can do nothing with, and would be glad to sell
even at any price, so as to get anything for it ; an nomore at pre-
it from yJurs. R. B—"—Caledottiatt Mercury.

WEST INDIA COMPANY.

Yesterday a Meeting of the Shareholders in the Joint Stock
Company, instituted for the purpose of investing capital in West
Ind a landed proper y, and for commercial purposes, was held at
the City of London Tavern, to take into consideration the present
etati of its concerns, and what measures it might be expecti;at to
adopt th,reon.
Mr. MANN two was called to the Chair. In opening the bosi.
nets of the day. he stated to the Meeting, that the object of the
persons w:to instituted this Company was, to promote the trade of
th s c u try with the West Indies (the importance of which to our
manufarwes could not be doubted), and every one connected With
i in its origin intended to make a &ma fide investment of capi,al.
Th! Report, whit It was about to be read, would show that the
views of the Directors were now altered ; but he declated that
it was not is consequence of any change in their belief as to the
p opriety of the undertaking, or as to its ultimate slums', but
solely in relation to the attend state of the name/ market. He
trusted it would be found that they had managed with economy tb•
I funds en:rasttd to them, and that they bad in tvery respect dote
their duty.
The Revert was then read. It stated that the sum of 71,1321.
51. 101. li..d been subscribed of the call of 51. upon each share.
A Rryal Charter and an Act of P..•liament for the consolidation of
the Company had been obtained, and bj them it was placed on
the same footing in the Courts at the West India that chartcfnl
Companies were in the Courts of Law In this country. The expehif
of 4,510/. and 1,1001. had been lost by the sale of Exchequer bills.
The altered state of the money-market, and the changes which had
taken place since the formation of the Company, rendered it ex-
pedient that those who chose should be allowed to withdraw from
the Company. Those who chose to do so might receive back
41. 15s. being a loos of but ss. per share. The Directors recom-
mended that this option should be given to the Proprietors, and
that those who remained should be allowed to receive 3i. 15s, per
shi.re, leasing a deposit of 1/. per share in the bands of the Di-
recto's.
51-. fltEBERT, one of the Directors, in moving that the Report
and a series of Resolu:ione founded upon it, should be adopted,
said, that as there was undiubtedly room for the ad% aatageous M-
ete meat of capital by mortgage, or otherwise, in the manner first
proposed by the Directors, it was thought a pity. after a Charter
and an Act of Parliament had been obtained, to abandon the thing
altngether. It was proposed, theretirre, to allow those who thought
welt of it, to retain their interest in it, and to give them an oppor-
tunity of cairying it on as soon as any favourable changes of affairs
should arrive. The Directors did not intend to make any new call,
neither did they ewntemplate making any investment with the pro.
duce of so small a deposit as D. per abate. It was the wish of the
D.rectors to see what sum could be made available as the capital
of the Compa•iy, and they would, at proper time, submit the
quest on of their praceeding to a General Meeting. The 31. 15s.
per s!iare, which it was now proposed to give every Shareholder
an o po tunity of withdrawing, must then, of course, if it wets
carri.d in the affirmative for proceeding. be recalled.
la ansv er to a me questions put by Shareholders, it appeared
that the original number of shares was 20,tOtt.
Mr. HIBIIEII7 stated, that a large portion of these bad been re-
served for distribution in our Si est India Colonies in order to
create an interest there in the Company. The total number on
whier a deposit of five pounds per share had been raid was 13..44.
Mr. T. WILSON, lite M.P. for the City, a. corded the motion
for agreeing to the Report, and said that at the time tae Company
was forward money was a drug in the marts:, and nut the
least doubt could be entertained that aelvantage.oua investments
could be made on West India property. He praised the singular
economy of the Directors.
The Report was adopted. and, after some discussion, thc Reso-
lutions founded upon it were veiled unanimously. •
A Resolution was adopted; enabling Ole •Directors to masse
delimits of 1/. per share on tl.ose shares which have not Man
takm up.
Thanks to the Chairman and Directors were then voted. when
the Chairman ex; reseed his gratification that this Company co, 11
not be justly cla'sed with those wild schemes which bad recently
been so loudly and so justly condemned.

t of the coin bonded in Lon-
Saturday last inclusive
Qua ter'.
2,01

The following is the accoun
don, from the 2d 05 May, up t
Quarters.
'd7•&io I 11!eans

belt

Barley !Peas
Oats - 112,7u0
In the course of last week an application reached the
Typographic Soc:ety of Bristol; and a general meeting of
all the journeymen printers, to take it into consideration,
was held on Monday, when the mcn resolved to appro-
priate a portion of their wages towards the relief of the
distressed; and it is respectfully hoped that the master
printers and others, connected and unconnected with the
trade, will not refuse their aid on the present trying occa-
s:on.-•-Bs lad Journal. •
The prospects of grouse-shooting this season are my
unfaveurable; the extreme drought has destroyed most of
the game. Sportsmen are. well aware that grouse arc a
very delicate species of bird, and cannot exist without r.-
freshing moisture. Most of the shaliow streams and mu-
lets being quite dry, the birds, old and young, have had to
resort to the marshy grounds for water ; and, P tiding it
only in the " peat-bogs" or pits, have in great numbers
fallen in and perished, unable to extricate themselves. la
some districts the sport may be very fair, but the above
description is applicable generally.—/'erth Courier.
Dims:sat:in Accenexy.—On Tuesday last Mr. Alex.
Jamieson, surgeon, in Alloa, went with a party of friends,
on an annual pleasure excursion, to Ben-clench, one of the
(Mids. The party having spent the day in the purest
friendship, towards nightfall Mr. Jamieson separated front
them, to call on one of his patients, at Tillycoultry, ts)
which place the toad front the top of the hill runs along a
ledge of precipices. In passing a rock, about IOU feet
above the level of the glen, Mr. Jamieson fell, the grass
being very slippery on account of the drought, and was
found by a shepherd at four o'clock the next morning.
His body was so much injured that medical aid could he
of no avail, although he was so collected as to direct the
lad how to draw blood of him, and gave other necessary
instructions; he died at nine o'clock. The fate of Mr.
Jamieson is most deeply deplored by the inhabitants of
Alloa and its neighbourhood, where his professional labours
and friendly dispesitious were much valued.