The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-06 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

laNcittarea..—We stand in CUT last that the trade
....IPA approaching convalescence ; we are
lirappy >at drit it continues to" do well ;' and we hope
that it. v.:tont:4 health will soon render our weekly
full•;ins unnecessary. Th•" county manufac:wcra have
mierally shown a disposition to inlvonce wages, and the
-noire respee:ahle 'hi've given three-pence upon calicoes.
Plat Iliac are Ants who continue to give frit work at
sele old prices, and have therefore an advantage of nearly
Mapper et•nt. it, doe atilt' of their rktli, over their Mare
•;thanane ant.: more liinral reinie•tiril 4. 'rue wonder
•tat weavers will Nike work at all from stieli pople, when
tiricy have the alternativ: of working on tin' hill;waya.—
/i•orwheslrr Ciro kr.

Btacitntsx::.—We now nub pleasure communicate the
oontinstanAi of the symptoissr: tsf returning confidence and
'raving prosrerity which we have had to speak of for the
cut three or four weeks. This we learn by the concurrent
eertisnony of the accounts from the majority of the menu-
ismurinct districts. Not that the distress of the labouring
p.m, or the emba ment of the ordinary tradesmen, are
'Yet in any great degree removed ; the former still continues
,o a most. painful extent, and she latter cannot be expected
:o cease until the blessings of reviving trade and commerce
shall hope been more liberally extended to the lower classes
J:. society. We have, bows.ver, the pleasing assurance
stoat the scarlet at Manchester (on which, ns we have fry-
t,.uently b,ifure observed, we principally depend) has
roved every weck, and it appears that for gray clath an
advance has been Obtained, and the market continues to
look np. We learn, also, that one or two manufacturers
in this town and the village of Darwen have this week
Oven a small advance to their weavers. We trust this ex-
f.rnple will be followed by all, and that wages will be still
turther advanced.—Blackburts Mail.

Latin, &c.—The transition from a state of languor
to a state of great Re:is ity in the woollen and worsted stuff
manufactures has been more sudden in Leeds and Bradford
than could have been expected. At present most of our
manufactories are well employed ; some of them are work-
,ng seven clays, others eight in the week, and in one ease at
:east, night and day, with a prospect of continuance till
itespring. The land carriers are so fully employed in the
.ativeyance of merltandise, that the principal of them have
been obliged, within the last fortnight, to call in the aid of
auxiliaries ; but this is occasioned by the despatch of some
large East India °Hem which require to be sent to Lon-
don with great rapidity. Wool has now attained to a
t:frierably fair remunerating price, at which we always wish
:o see it, but any attempt to raise the price unduly would
check the wholesome stream of prosperity which has set in
so auspiciously upon the manufacturing districts of the
..iountry, and in the benefits of which the farmers already '
partake. %Vc cannot help thinking that, with prudence
and moderation, trade will he good and even brisk during
the approaching winter. The stocks in the hands of the
merchants and manufacturers are, we believe, unusually
leer ; few goods have been sent abroad for the last ten
months, and money enough will be found to carry on our
transactions both at lime and abroad, if the money can be
profitably employed.—Leede Mercury.
Hatrvwx.—A great deal of business was done last Sa-
turday in the Piece-hall, at Halifax, without any material
iilterstion in prices. The recent sales of goods have set a
number of shuttles in motim that have long been
standing.
DEWSBURY, SEPTEMBER 26.—The trade in this town
and neighbourhood continues to improve, but it is feared,
that it may receive a check from the rapid advance in the
price of wool. In the blanket market at Ileckmondwike
yesterday. the demand was brisk at an advance of from
three to four per cent., making the advance, within the
fast month, full 12i per cent., tamely, from Is. 4d. to
it 6tll. per pound.

FOXTHILL, On.. 3.

A very extensive manufactory for superfine cloths and
kersevmeres has recently been erected on a part of this far-
:aimed and naturally beautiful domain. It is situated on
' the boundary of the lake towards Tisbury. There are
some neat cottages built at the side of it for the work-peo-
p!e. The mill, which is driven by a water-fall from the
lake, is said to be of immense power. The manufacture
ly in its infancy, but is capable of furnishing employment
to at least 1,000 hands. At present there are about 130
employed, many of whom came from Chippenham to found
the establishment. These people are constantly employed,
and earn good wages. Numerous applications for work
have been made from other towns, in which the trade is
(-early stagnant, but it is desirable to employ the people of
r:;e neighbouring parishes rather than to draw a population
trom distant ones. The proprietor, Mr. Mortimer, is a
nephew of the wealthy Mr. Farquhar, and, having a large
quantity of land, it is understood that each one of the
workmen in the manufactory will have a portion of land
annexed to his cottage, in order that he may accustom his
faintly to the cultivation of the soil : so that, in the event
.4 any failure of trade, the people may not be reduced to
i 'sat misery which is too often the result of training a po-
ralation to manufactures exclusively. If to this were
i,ided a school for the instruction of the children, and they
were tau;:ht, as their first duty, to provide for their own
wants by their own hidustr7, this new manufactory might
prove beneficial, in the way of example, to those neigh-
t.otteing town; in which little, if any, regard has been paid
the comforts, or the characters, or the intelligence, of
workmen or their children ; but they have been reared
.4•. d trained solely with a view to the profit which the mas-
sy: manufacturer could obtain from their labour. These
n.anufacter4s are now beginning to see their error, and to
evosplain that they have no control over their servants, who
are too numerous and too united to allow them to lower
their otages, or to exercise that power over them which
• gt.od opinions only can secure.
Mr. Iletkford employed a great many builders and la-
touren in rearing his buildings and forming his pleasure
grounds and plantations, and, fortunately for the poor, the
',action of these new manufactories has found them em-
sonyment recently; but, as the winter approaches, they
will be reduced to great straits if the manufacture should
I.i any means fail.
the neighbouring parish of Motion the poor-rates are
sai:d to be 14s. in the pound, the population bt-ing only 900,
apil the land only about 200 acres. The neighbouring
farmers are overdone with labourers at this season, and of

cuu-es they employ tin ir own parishioners first: There
being so little land in Hindon, no manufacture, and very
few persons of property or engaged in trade, there are at
ili.s moment 1 great many able-bodied men and boys de-
p.-ndent on the parishes for support, and loitering about the
:Streets. Mr. Reckford some time since aprropriated 12
lacks of land fur gardens for the poor, which is found to
he ((great use to them, and he demands no rent for it. Ilia
antertrst iti the borough has been purchased lately by Lord
e;sosvenor, who has erected some new cottages in lieu of
.others which had fallen into decay ; and the inhabitants
entertain great hopes that his Lordship will provide some
etuployment-for the surplus labourers. Some women here
are employed in winding silk for a manufacturer at Gifting-
:tam, byt at a miserable rate of wages, and they do not ob-
taM above a quarter employ.
Lord Calthorpe his also an interest in the borough, and
returns one Member to Parliament. He established a
settuttl here 'for the education of the children some time
Ance ; but that which they want is some profitable labour.
constant work for about fifty men and boys would set the
porn alive. Foothill is in the parish of Tisbury, which is
u. great extent, and includes the house and farms of Mr.
!tenet% one of the Members of Parliament for Wiltshire.
les Gentleman farms about, 1,100 acres of land, and did
.inane time since keep in hand nearly 5,01/0.
The farmers here complain gee's', of the low price of
wool and stock sheep. The wool, whirl) was worth its. 3d.
tlse pound, will not fur more than Td. at present. The
labourers here are paid about es. per week, and, if they
have large fumiliee, their wages are made up to Is. 3d. each
parson per week from the parish. The grass lands and
turnips were never known so flue at this season of the
Game is must- abundant in the preserves at Fonthia, Pyt-
hotrx, and Wardour. Mr. &nett presides at the Petty
tkosai6as at Ilindon, and has very politely invited the Ito.
porter to sttergi them, expressing his opinion moat de-
m:1011y, that Reporters &told be permitted to attend all
lidgu; justice meetings.