The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-25 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Seer. 23 —!'e is with great pleasure
that we again report a steady amendment in trade. In twist
there is not yet much actual advance; pricer, however, are
obtained, which the buyers last week refused.to give, and
the &maim' conthmes good. Calicoes of most descriptions,
we believe, are somewhat higher; and heavy peas (Ns:
tians, &e.), cannot be purchased on as favourable terms as
heretofore. The stocks in spinners' and manufacturer's
hands are now generally small ; but there is still much
machinery standing idle or not worki:+; full time, end 100
many bawls unemployed to afford much hope that ally
material advance in wages is likely soon to take place.
LE IDS, Si. I T. 23.—The natural effect of that revival of
Vick which we have witnessed and recorded during the last
month with heartfelt gratification, still continues, and is
manifesting itself daily in the improved condition of the
labouring classes. Few persons possess better opportunities
than ourselves of judging of the condition of the pony in
Leeds; and we have no hesitation in saying, that within
the last six weeks the change for tl:e better has been of the
• most decisive character. Last n egincs:lay night a meeting
was held of the local committees appointed to visit the disc
tressed in the various divisions of the town, and every
visiter, without one exception, concurred ill asserting that
a very obvious improvement had token plem—that the
number of the unemployed was gradually diminishing-.
and that marry of those who wer‘ partially 4 mployed seine
weeks ago were getting into full work, without any ma-
terial reduction in the rate of wages. It must not be
understood that the distress, which was of late so severe,
is wholly removed ; far from it, but it is greatly mitigated,
and, from the combined influence of the revival of trade,
the opening of the ports for certain kinds of foreign grain,
and the improvement of the potato crops and the pastures
by the reasonable autumnal rains, the prospects of all
classes for the winter have brightened amazingly.
linenroan, SEPT. 21.—The stuf trade continues to
improve. Our market on Thursday was the best in every
sense of the word that we have had during the present
year; a vast quantity of goods were sold at advancedprices ; but wool advances wilt more rapidity than the
manufactured article.

WAS F.FIELD, SEPT. 22.—The wool trade of Wake&ld
still goes ou to improve. The stocks in the hands of the
manufacturers being exhausted, an incr•ased demand, es-
pecially for long combing wools, has been the necessary
consequence. Encouraged by the appearance of more
buyers in the market, an advance of from los. to 20s. a
pack has been demanded by the woolstaplers, and in some
instances obtained from those who could no longer forbear
from purchoming.—Wake field Journal.
Kern H Lev.—The trade here, which consists principally
in the manufacture of worsted stuffs, continues to improve,
but the wages are so extremely low that the workmen,
' when fully employed, can do little more than purchase
food for their families, who are of course unable to become
purchasers of clothing, and thereby to aid in the consump-
don of the produce of their own labour.
In lIECILMONDWIKE, the great mart for blankets, the
demand for goods is brisk. In the present month blanket-
wool has advancat three-halfpence per pound, but the blan-
kets themselves have advanced only one-third that amount.
A considerable number of hands are still out of work.

&um E tn.—From the testimony of some individuals
in the Sheffield trade, we hope that slight symptoms of a
revival are beginning to be felt here. But even if this be
correct, we fear it will take considerable time before an op-
portunity be afforded for the full exercise of that busy spi-
rit of industry which was in operation a year ago. She&
field was one of the last places which fe't the effects of the
commercial disasters of the past ten months, and it would
perhaps be too much to expect that she should be among
the very first to experience relief. We are sorry to learn
that there is no prospect of further aid for our distressed
workmen from the London fund.—lris.
We are happy to learn that trade in the manufacturing
districts is gradually improving. The demand Or our
goods is on the increase, and our manufacturers are daily
giving employment to an additional number of operatives.
The prices offered, and the wages of labour, are, however,
still very low.—Glasgow Courier.
Systems( or It►vtvttro Exygaraitm—A cotton work
in Itenfrewshire, which was valued by competent persons
in July last at 11,000!., was exposed by public roup on
Thursday at Paisley, at the upset price of 11,500/., and
after a keen competition, was knocked down at 14,0301.—
Paisley Advertiser.

HIBERNIAN JOINT STOCK COM P ANY.,--PUTAIRBI to
a requisition from the Board of Management, a meeting of
the Proprietors of the Company was held on Thursday for
the purpose of taking into consideration the expedienq of
making the capital stock of the Company Heidi.), at oish-
big numbers in the Company's stock, fixing the remu-
neration to be allowed to the Directors, and fur altering the
laws regarding the qualification et the Board of Manage-
ment, Nicholas Mahon, Esq. in the Chair. The resolu-
tion of making the capital stock British was carried. The
Directors, having served two years, wished a remuneration
of 100/. for the latter year, which was opposed, but an
allowance of 1001. for the current year was carried. The
qualification for a Director was raised from 2 to 4,0001.
Mr. E. G. WAX ME ED.—Among the passengers in the
Lord Melville packet, on iirednew ay last, was Mr. E. G.
Wakefield, who preserved a strict incognito, and conducted
himself with much hauteur towards every person on bmrd,
scarcely deigning to take a part in the conversation. By a
curious coincidence, a young lady named Turner was in ti e
same cabin, but neither of the parties attracted any atten-
tion until the latter part of the day, as Wakefield was quite
unknown. It is usual to pay the fare when the vessel ar-
rives a few miles below Gravesend, and each passenger
gives his name, and obtains a receipt. However, when
the Captain accosted Mr. Wakefield, and requested
name, he replied, rather pettishly, " hat his name was of
no consequence; they might put any thing." On being
pressed, however, to give some name, he said, " Put down
Willow ;" which was inserted in the book. When the
Captain heard that IVakefiehl had given him a false name,
he scratched it from his book, and put down the original,
, which seemed to cause some sensation among the autho-
rities at Calais. Mr. Wakefield. it is thought, goes direct
to l'aris. When lie was seen a few months since st Disley,
before his committal to Lancaster Castle, he seemed to
labour under a considerable degree of indisposition; but
his three months' rustication there has considerably int-
proved his personal appearance.
Mr. Leigh, of Lymm, near Macclesfield, who possesses
immense estates in Cheshire, which lie contiguous to thosa
of Mr. 'Puma., of Shriglev Park, was on the point of pav-
ing his addresses to Miss 'Turner, when she was carried off
by Mr. Wakefield. That eiegutnatance, we learn, put a
stop to the preliminaries of so advantageous an alliance, as
regards tiroperty, and upon the result of the trial of Mr.
Wakefield depends whether Mr. Leigh's hand and estates
shall be joined with the hand and estates of Miss Turner.
—3fonehester Gazette.

A MAcisTaaT FLOORED !—A singular circumstance
took place at Nlarkit-Bosworth, in Leicestershire, on the
Bth inst.:—The magistrates wire assembled to renew the
publicans' licences, and from some cause they refused to
renew Michael blessenpe's, of the George Inn, at that
place; on hearing which his wife, Elizabeth, aimed a blow
at T. C. Fell, El. the senior magistrate, and knocked bins
off the bench, and when down laid on him n.ost lustily;
after this she gave the constable a couple of black eyes and
a bloody nose. A number of men were now called in to
secure her, which they did after a hard struggle. The
next morning she was sent off to Leicester gaol, but on the
Monday following was liberated on bail.—Leicester Papa.
EMIGRANT A RTISA NS.—Sollie dissatisfaction prevail! at
Calais among the English artisans employed in making
turning-lathes cid iron-work, used in various branches of
manufacture, as it appears that, in some eases, they have
taken over their families there, and, when they had rm.
tiated the French workmen, were discharged, as the latter
will work at half the price. About 900 English labourers
are now employed in Calais and its neighbcurhood.
NEW PRISON, CLE KENW E I. 1..—1 t appears, by a retorts
made from the books of the keeper of this prison, that the
number of prisoners oommitted to his custody within the
last three months exceeds that of any former period within
the same term :

Total number of prisoners committed from June to Sep- ,
temper Sessions, 132 - - 6 1,1,3.1
"N:i7
Discharged by proclamation - - •' - - ;$:
. Total taimber going out of the prison in one day