The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-12 00:00:00

THE KING, scc,

IV.mnson, OCT. IL—Yesterday afternoon his MAJESTY
left the Royal Lodge, at two o'clock, in his pony phaeton,
accompanied by the Duke of Dorset, and followed by, part of
his suite in another, for his accustomed exercise of driving.
llis Majesty visited Virginia Water, and the many other re-
treats with which the Great Park abounds, and continued his
airing until nearly six o'clock, when he returned to the Royal
Lodge.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence paid a
morning visit to his Majesty yesterday at the Royal Lodge.—
Lord St. Helens,took leave of his Majesty on Sunday, and
departed for London.

THE DUKE or Yortes LEVEE.—.Yesterday afternoon, at
four o'clock, the Duke of York held a Levee as Commander lit
Chief, at his Office in the Horse Guards, which was attended
by Generals Scott, Fitzroy, and Milner, Licut.-Generals Sir
H. Campbell and Sir H. Turner, Major-Generals 3lainwaring,
Burk, and Morria,, Sir Thomas Flay,2. and about thirty other
Military Officers. - • -

DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c.

The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, for A vington,
Hants; the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury., for Hatfield;
the Marquis of Chandos, for Wotton, Bucks;. Earl Spencer,
for Althorpe, Northamptonshire.—From the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, Count Portalis, for Switzerland.—From Long's
Hotel, Bond-street, Captain and Mrs. Sidney, for Bristol ; C.
Patterson, Esq. for Cambridge; Wm. Hawkins, Esq. for
Cheltenham ; J. Palmer, Esq. for Bath.—From Read's Hotel,
Lower Grosvenor-street, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, for Cam-
hrhige.shire ; Captain Manley, R.N., for Plymouth ; C. Ross,
Esq. for Herts.—From the British Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Simp-
son, for Oxfordshire ; T. Osborne, Esq, for Paris; Captain
Rowley, for Brighton ; J. Warner, Esq. for Oxford.

ARRIVALS IN TOWN.
The Duke of Bedford, from Woburn Abbey; Mrs. Hoare,
from the Isle of Wight ; Colonel Campbell, from a tour. At
Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square—His Highness
Prince Schwartzenburg ; Joshua Field, Esq. and Mrs. Field,
from Austhorpe Lodge, Leeds; Alts. General Scott and Miss
Scott ; Rev. Hugh M'Neil ; Rev. William Nett; Charles
Chidley Coote, Esq.; Colonel Pocklington, Mrs. Pocklington,
the Misses Pocklington, Pocklington, Esq., W. Pockling•
ton, Esq., and Miss Campbell. At Long's hotel, Bond-
street—The Hon. C. Chichester, from Brighton ; J. 11. Puget,
Esq. ; Thomas and J. It. Best, Esqrs., from Ramsgate. At
Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street—The Rev. Henry Torre
and son, front a tour.

BIRTH IN HIGH Ltrr.—The Chester Courant ,ef yester-
day states, that just as it was going to press, it received the
happy information of the safe delivery of the Countess of \STIL-
TON, of a son, at Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of Derby.
Ma u !AGE IN HIGIf LlFE.—Married yesterday morning,
at Little Saint Swithin's Church, near the Close, Winchester,
by the Rev. Mr. Martin, the Right Itev. William Hart Cole-
ridge, D. D. Lord Bishop of lharbadoes, to Miss Itennell,
daughter of the Dean •of Winchester, and grand-daughter of
the,late Judge Blackstone.
The Honourable William Burrell has arrived at Ramsgate,
from Dover.

Sir Godfrey Webster gave a splendid entertainment, on
Thursday last, to upwards of 200 of his friends and partizans
at Chichester. Part of this repast consisted of more than one
hundred head of game from the preserves of Battle Abbey.
Colonel the-Hon. Discard bygonfkilikprely—rrpeeted to lead
to the Ilymer.eal Alter Lady M. Cathcart, daughter of
Cathcart.

THE SILK TRAnz.—The Silk Meeting of the
Manufacturers of the Metropolis, for the parpose of adopting
means to delay the operation of the Act which authorizes
the introduction of foreign silks, upon paying of a duty of 33
per cent., has naturally attracted much public attention. It is
stated by the advocates for this delay, that the silk trade is
considerably depressed ; that the demand for silk goods is di-
minished; and that, tinder the new law, foreign silks may be
sold, after payment of the legal duty, at a lower price than
those of this country. Without stopping to inquire what truth
there may be in part of these assertions, we will state, that the
fear, as to the successful competition of French manufacturers,
is one which does not rest upon solid grounds. It is quite true
that the price of labour, considered with refer-nce only to the
time during which workmen are employed, is st a much lower
rate in France than in England; and thus, upon abstract prin-
ciples, it will necessarily appear, so far as labour is concerned,
the French manufacturers must undersell the English. But, if
we take as a fact, that, in point of execution, the French workmen
are only as three to two,compared with the English, that is to say,
that it requires three French workmen to perform, in the same
space of time, the same amount of labour as would be executed
by two Englishmen ; and next, that the average of material
power in the silk manufactures of England is superior to that
of France as three to two (a result of nine to four in favour of
our English production), it will strike every reflecting man
that it must be impossible for the French manufacturers to pay
a duty of 33 per cent. and still undersell those of this country.
It is not generally known that silks of superior qualities are
even now nearly'as dear in France as in England, although the
demand for good silks being comparatively, greater there, that
branch of the trade is more general, and therefore more open
to competition. The common silks which are made in France
would certainly not bear the imposition of so large a duty as.
that imposed by the new act ; and there is no doubt that if Mr.
fluskisson persists in the principle of free trade, the competi-
tion which will be excited by an increased demand will be pro-
ductive of great benefit to the public and to the manufacturers.
—(Dublin Evening Peat.)
It gives us, much pleasure to notice the introduction of a
new branch of manufacture into Scotland. The silk-manu-
factures of this country have hitherto had to purchase all
their silk yarn in a prepared state from Macclesfield and other
places in England. An enterprising company have taken
a portion of ,the handsome factory recently erected by Mr.
Campbell, in john-street,- Bridgeton, and the preparation of
silk has commenced. One of the flats is already fitted up
with machinery, and another flat is fitting up, The machi-
nery is driven by a thirty-two horse, riwc,r;engine. There are
nearly one hundred persorm'employed in the throwipg, winding,
spinning of silk, anti all other preparations necessary to make
it ready for the silk weaver. An experienced manager, from
Macclesfield, is engaged to teach the learners. They are all
botkud for three years. The work is very light and healthy.
There are a number of very young girls engaged at it. There
are sonic other factories putting up' for the same manufacture in
this neighbourhood, and it promises to give employment to
numbers, and do much good to this part of the country._
(Glasgow Chronicle.)

TfIF. JEWS MEETING.—On Friday, the 7th
inst., the first Anniversary Meeting of the Cheltenham Auxi-
liary Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews, was
held in the Sherburne Pump Room; when the regular pro-
ceedings of the meeting were interrupted by the interroga-
tories of a Gentleman who declined giving his name. We
have since learned that it was the Reverend Edward Hull,
Chaplain to the Blind Asylum, at Liverpool. Whether
his observations were well founded, or whether they were suf.,
ficiently answered by the gentleman who replied to 'inn, we
cannot take upon- ourselves to determine. lint the result of the
proceedings at this numerous and highly" respectable meeting
was a contribution at the doors of no less a sum than 611. 10s. 2,1 d.
being more than double that of the year preceding.—( (74euvu..
Lon Journal.)

The London Dock Company have nearly corn_
pitted a wall round 14 acres of ground in Fawdon-fields, ad-
joining their present dock, and the excavation of seven acres of
ground for additional water-room is about one-third finished—
From the number of persons employed,' and the exertions
which are making, it is computed that the whole of this work
will.be.finished in the course of the-year 1826; and that when
completed, with the buildings, additional accommodation will
be afforded for 70 ships, of the average burden 'of 300 tons; for
upwards of 10,000 tons of general merchandise ' • and, vault
room for 10,000 pipes of wine and spirits. The Company are
also proceeding rapidly in the formation or vaults within the
present dock, capable of housing 0,400 pipes of wine or spirits.