The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Detachments belonging to tlirrETl7, 239., 28th, 38th, 40th, 41st,
44th, 45th, 46th., 47th, 54th, Geth (2d Ram) 94th, 95th. and 98th
Regiments (of Foot, the Royal Aftican Corps, the East ladle
Company's Artillery and Infantry, embarked on the 13th in-
stant, under the command of Staff Sergeant Mitchell, at Cork, for
England.
Detachments belonging to the 25th and 33.1 Regiments of Foot,
embarked on the 12th instant, at Dublin, for England, on the Re.
cruiting Service.
Detachments belonging to the 25th and ti34l Regiments of In_
faulty embarked, on the 13th instant, at Dublin; tor England, on
the Recruiting Service.
Detachments of the 50th and 70th Regiments of Foot embarked,
OD the 14th inst. at Dublin, for England.

Intim IVoot.—A vessel which carried over a cargo of
Ayrshire wool to Dublin, returned to Ayr, a few days ago,
with a quantity of Irish wool for a house in Kilmarnock ;
the quality appears excellent, and quite white and clean.
and although the price is said to he considerably higher
than the laid wool of this district, from its pure state, it is
expected to suit well the manufacturing of carpets, and is
a proof of the advantages likely to arise from the facility
with which the produce of the two kingdonis can now he
sent from the one to the other, free of duties and re-
strictione.—lnvernar Paper.

Although we are not amoncst the number of those who
!take up a public question upon prejudice, we do not heal.,
Mate to avow that we were forcibly struck with the inform-
ation given to the House of Commons on the subject' alf
the emigration of artisans and manufacturers to Frahm,
and-other parts of the Continent, and with the statements
which subsequently appeared in the London Journals.
Surrounded as we are by a population more or less inte.•
rested on this subject, we have thought it our duty to
avail ourselves of the sources which were open to us to
procure authentic information, acid we rejoice that the
retult is by no means such as to justify the alarm which:
has been manifested. If we recollect rightly, it has beer
publicly stated that at least nineteen hundred mechanics
and manufacturers have emigrated to France, where titer.
are said to have completely fixed themselves ; and the
steam engine manufactory, in Parts, has been men{
tinned as' an establishment filled with Englishmen, whir
were thus laying the foundation of the ruin of their ow=
country in-one of its most important branches of industry...
We now find that its this establishment there is not a.
single English workman; and -the same incorrectness he
the staternertiewhich It re beep publiArff in the Londe.-
mere as to Ad eitablismnents abroad, has been clearly'
pointed out to us. That there have been many attempts to
establish manufactories in France with English workmen
we do not deny ; but they have nearly all failed, from thei
unwillingness of the workmen to remain, except at wages
at least double in amount of those which they received iru
England ; an advantage which appeared to them scarcely
sufficient to counterbalance the inconvenience of their
situation—shut out from their friends and connexions, and,
cut off as it rcre from society; and the inability of the
masters to pay such wages—the period of cr<dit for gcods.
Ate. being so long, that only a colossal fortune could sup-
port the expenditure. So feeble is the spirit of enterprise
in France, *that there appears to be no prospect or our ma.
nufactnrers being injured to any extent by the competiti ra.
although we know very well that it has become quite the
fashion to talk of danger from the increasing resources of
that country ; from the same cause also it is impossible that
any considerable number of our artisans can attain profit.
able employment there. The public shall judge of the
real danger, when we inform them upon the authority of
the parties themselves, that in the very steam engine ma-
nufactory in Paris, of which we have heard so much, felt
orders can be obtained at a credit of less than nine years,
or three payments at intervals of three ears; and yet we
are to be terrified at the idea of competition with manu-
facturers who prefer continuing the old principle, unless
they can have. nine years credit with the means of imp,
provement. -
Our spirited and enterprising manufacturers have little to
fear from the French, and that little can only stimulate to
further entcrprir.