The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-09 00:00:00

THE SILK TRADE.

on Mostisyraening s meeting of one of the gocietin ofjootney.
nun silt.weavers on held at the City of Park publte.house,
Ilethnal.green, to take into consideration the late
R-p,t of the Comnassioners of the Custo.na. on the late seizure
W ult. on the p..viiibiet of Messrs. Dcponillyy, Nourtier. and Co.,
which appeared in the 31ornin7, Papers or Monday, and which. if
yea temper ittSpitled at the meeting be taken as the criterion, will
11\r; tl-t effect of uniting the hogliah manufacturers and their men,
it aiming the cncruatnruenti. of their rivals, the French mann-

tactr.rets.
The Chair was taken by Mr. Ds:Asr.
Mr. Rtsvetsc read the Report of the Commissioners, from
lank, be said, it would appear that the weavers of liethnal.green
*Ao not weave witliout the matrunions of French mechanics ; he,
trotter. hoped they wool., give the chatge that direct contradic-
tica which, as Beitiali mechanics, they ought to give.
Mr. W. WALLIN deputed from another of the Societies, stated
that he tad waited upon Mr. Hale, as a member of the Corn.
mittre. and was by him referred to one of those documents, which
mentattsl dist English operatives were deficient in the art of ma.
nutaitunn; silk without the instruction of French masters. Ile,'
however, although not an old man, could recollect when silk, equal
to the Frerch, was manufactured in Spitallieldn and Bethnal.green,
ander their ohl maters. It was not more than 20 years ago, arid
the English manufacturer used Italian silk, but Bonaparte's Mi.
Jan decree closed that market against us, and we were oblit ed to
substitute Bengal bilk, which was undoubtedly of inferior quality.
He *IN bke I. we a weaves at Lyons maaployesi on such silk, and
see what sort of work he would make of it. Mr. Fanshaw had
and indiscreetly. Ile oug'a to have considered that the silk he ex.
sailed had been warped and dyed in France, after which (if manu.
loured here) it would be next to impossible for the weaver him.
eel to distinguish between the two manufactures. He thought
that if proper attention were paid to the culture and Meowing
of Brigs& silk, it wool], in the course of a few years, enable us
not wily to compete with but beat our Clinic rivals. liatil the
coital et that period, however, he hoped the masters would be
hid:lig:et towards their men, and nut endeavour to lower their
rip.; for if the men were not well paid the masters could not
elect good work. Some reductions which. they had lately at.
tempted were upon the very same sort of goods which the French
are introducing, a oitasure which he thought highly impolitic,
Afar sheeting to the state of the cotton and woollen trades,
locate to the quest:on of the Corn lows, by which, lie said, we
were recta ell fr m a fair competition with the Fteach. Why, he
wiled ask. catild rot an English grower sell as cheap as • grower
is France? Tbe answer was obvious: the Corn laws enable
the landlord to obtain a high price for his land ; and their m-
ortal also, without a corresponding reduction ef rent. would
lame the corn grower in as bail a situation as the poor weaver—
with low wages and • dear loaf. lie noticed the conduct of a
incse in the ciiy, where a placard had been posted, threatening
a further reduction of wage. ; against which he hoped a re-
monitrance would be made to the masters. reminding them of
t, tit minise on the removal of the Spitallields Acts,!which, they
said, would afford Clem an opportunity of giving a !ermine.
onion to suJi br.u.ches of the trade as were not comprehended In
ttese Acts.

Several other ap eches were delivered, and it was agreed that a
derutstion should be appoiared to wait upon the masters; after
stiet the matting separated.

Loss or Tilt COMET.—(Friday evening, six o'clock.)
Sim? one last, only one body has been picked sip. It was
found floating, on IVednesslay morning, in Gourock Bay,
much mediatd, w ith a few pence (without any doeu-
menu) in one of his pockets. No one could recognize
him: he was therefore coffinial, and buried in Gourock
(10rch-yard. In consiquesice of the favourable etate of
the weather yesterday, it was expected the vessel would
I:ave been raissl, but unfortunately, in the forenoon, about
ebb tide, one of the chains slipped e 0 much that the work
was suspendd. This morning the operations were re-
sumed, lbw without success. Nothing is new wanted,
however, as she is now fairly slung, but more power, which
can easily be acquired. One of the principal owners has
arrival from Fort William, to watch the progress of the
u7.;lertaking.—GlwrPtv Free l'rect.
fhe acceunt of 17 persons having been taken from the
fkring stick of the is de Castle has not bem confirmed.
it gentleman who left Calais 011 Sunday evening last, and
who was there the whole of Saturday previous, assures us
nathirr: of the kind bad transpired up to the hour he left.
The statement aptirmrs e iilei.tly to have arisen from the
tact of a French fishing smack having, in endeavouring to
to the OAle Castle, hen ups 't, whin all in her but one
mart was drowned, mid the survivor was picked up by one
YS 11 Deal Deal bolts, and ewried into that place.
It.azknaU an I its ueglibourhood have been for several
days A sane 0 • hustle and activity, in consequence of the
appreacil;A:g launch of two fine vessels, which have been
t+krtl up by the Company, for the China trade, atul which
bate bell built by Sir liolsmt Illgram. The vessel to be
lentched to-day is called tit- l'Almborgh, and is by mimes-
saremcnt 1304, but earl L.' I.luo tons. The other vessel,

wl.:01 is to be lauttehe l on Saturday, is to be called the
ln,rert,l! hie ; ht r tonnage is the saint, as that of the
and she is reckoned to be an equally fine.

At lIA •IN r nOt• It 6. Tile St. Katharine Dock
In 3.10 i are proceeding to carry the provisions of the Act
e: They have already purchastsl about three-
:h• of the freehold of the site and arc making the ne-
.

Trangentents with the I;?aseholtlcra and oc"cupitrt.

t: :acids of the church and building, late the pro-
p ; ty of the St. Kathari4C'S Hospital in the precinct, have
h,ell advertised for sale, preparatory to the ground being
lea-el; and it is expect- d that the works connected with
thv mtratims, basin, and decks, will be commenced in the
of January next.-011 Sunday divine service was
rforrail at St. Katharine's church, for the last time pre-
v 'r•dy to its being pulled down to make room fur the new
and so anxious was a part of the congregation to
;,r,sime some relit of that venerable edifice, that they
4c4"11!) began to demolish the ornaments even before the

nrcktion of the •ervice.lueli confusion Was the come-
; and it was found necessary to call in the police to
, 1 •-t, to the di,graceful scene.