The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-21 00:00:00

AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.

(From a New York Paper.)
The importance of the position which this great country
is destined to occupy, in a few years, is incalculable. If
proper attention be paid to the development of our manu-
facturing resources, with our immense supplies of the raw
material, cotton, silk, wool, iron, and other metals, &c., our
railroad and steam-engine facilities, and immense water
power, this country can surpass all others on the globe com-
bined.

Let us state some of our resources. We raise nearly
two millions of bales of cotton every year ; ten millions of dol-
lars are invested in producing and manufacturing silk ; thirty
millions of dollars are already invested in our woollen ma-
nufactures ; two hundred and seventy millions are invested
in sheep and lambs, connected with the woollen trade ; and
we have, at least, sixty millions of dollars invested in the
cotton manufactures alone.

In the respective branches of manufactures here named,
are employed the number of persons and amount of capital
named in connection with the business :

Manufactures.

Capital Invested. Persons
Dollars. employed.
Cotton 60,000,000
Woollen
Silk 4,000,000
Fur
Combs
Saws
Saw-mills
Grates and stoves
Pocket-books
Perfumery
Brushes
German silver 20,000
Scale beams
Cloth caps
Lamps 300,000
Iron safes
Steam-engines
Linen
30,000
10,000
1,000,000
2,360,000
50,000
10,000
20,000
4,000,000
. 100,000
10,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
500,000
lery l,OOO 000
. 20,000
800,000
150,000
1,850,000
600,000
400,000

Porcelain teeth
Gold arid silver bronze
Confectionary
Glass
Tapestry paper
Block letters
Composition (architectural)
Neck stocks
Fire engines
Manifold writers..
Carriages
Cotton presses
Artificial flowers
Harness and saddlery
Scaling wax .....
Pianofortes
Organs
Bookbinding
Trusses
Screws

Total 143,680,000 171,813
These are but a few of the facts which we intend to collect
and arrange for the information of our numerous American
and European readers ; and, in a day or two, we shall draw
a comparison between the present state of our manufactures
in this country and those in England ; so that data, or a
starting point, may be formed, by which we can trace the
progress of our manufactures hereafter.
The importance of this subject cannot be conceived, un-
til it is fairly grappled with, and thoroughly investigated ;
the cotton manufactures alone made England the great
country which she now is ; and, the year preceding the pres-
sure in the money market here, our cotton manufactures
amounted to fifty millions of dollars, according to a very accu-
rate calculation. In 1836, we exported three millions of
domestic goods ; and, next year, it is fairly estimated that
we shall export at least five millions. We have now in ope-
ration in this country over 1,000 cotton manufactories, and,
in the course of ten years, it is not too much to expect that
we may have 10,000 in operation.
Four years ago, England exported manufactured cotton
goods to the value of 100,000,000 dollars annually, or
20,513,5861. Can we wonder then at her importance in
the scale of nations ? and what is to prevent this country,
in progress of time, from exporting as great a value of do-
mestic cotton goods ? We have the raw material, the iron,
the coal, the labour, talent, and industry to do it.
It may not be uninteresting to state those countries which
consume the bulk of the cotton goods manufactured in
England. Of the 100 millions of dollars' worth exported
by that country in 1834, the following quantities were im-
ported by the countries respectively named ;
Dollars. I
Germany
Holland
Italy
United States
Brazil
East Indies
Russia
Turkey 4,500,000
Portugal
West Indies
Cuba...,, 2,500,000 I 89,570,000
By this table we see that ten countries, to all of which
we trade, consume annually 90 millions of dollars' worth of
British manufactured cotton goods ; that is, nine-tenths of
all that they export. This table must, we think, open the
eyes of every reflecting person to the immense importance
of this subject as connected with the prosperity and ad-
vancement of the United States in the scale of nations.

Dollars.
Chili
States of Rio de
la Plate 2,000,000
Spice Islands
Gibraltar
Canada 1,000,000
St. Domingo 1,000,000
China
France ...- 750,000

The King of Bavaria has received, as a present
from the Emperor of Russia, a Vase of Malachite, of extra-
ordinary beauty and size, being twelve feet high with the
pedestal.
Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, as we learn from
Munich, has the intention of publishing a Journal of his
Tour in the East, illustrated by interesting lithographic en-
gravings.
Prince Pierre Napoleon has taken up his winter
residence at the Ferme de Mohimont, near Ham, in Lux.
emburgh._

The Earl and Countess of Warwick have been
receiving a select circle of friends at Warwick Castle. The
Earl and Countess of Hillsborough and the Earl of Mex.
borough have been among the guests.

The Earl FitzwilliaTin will display his accustomed
hospitality at Wentworth Castle during the whole of the
approaching Christmas.

- The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere is staying at
Paris.