The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-24 00:00:00

LEIPZIG FAIR.

LINEN at the LEIPZIC FAIR for AI ICIIA ELM AS, 1823.

As the manufacture of linen is carried on In all
our villages, and the of is sold and used there,
only a *ery small part of it is mentioned at our
fairs. '!"he manufacture of linen in Germany, as
well in Saxon-Silesia as in Westphalia Hberfeld,

is increasing very fast, and great activity every
where prevails in it. The great linen magazines
in Hamburgh and Bremen were entirely emptied
in the of the summer by, the great demand
from America send the West Indies, and new or.
dere were transmitted to the manufacturers. At
length the inhabitants of those countries have be-
come fully convinced that linen mixed with cot-
ton is not lasting ; that a shirt made wholly of
cotton is not cooling ; and the Irish linen, in
consequence of the chemical method of bleach-
ing, becomes tender after a few washings. In
consequence of this, the demand for real linen,
such us made in Silesia, Westphalia, and Sax-
ony, with soundness, and the value of ►rhich
'is regularly certified, is every where increas-
ing. In Saxony and Silesia many of the weavers
wh• bad begun to weave all sorts► of half.
cotton and woollen cloths, have returned to
weaving linen. The public papers say,: that the
linen merchants of Hirschberg and Schmiode-
berg, the two staples for tine listen in Silesia, on

eating that the liner/ they had sent to the sea

ports had been speedily sol(1 at a good price, in]
mediately set all their people at work, and sent
off cargoes directly to North. and South America.
The Rhenish West Indian Company, the profits
of which have hitherto surpassed all expecta-
tion, have constantly sent orders to Silesia,
and increased activity has also taken place
in the circles of Landhut and Volkenhayncr.
Under the circumstances it will be worth the
trouble to improve the mumr.ctory or linen, and
to encourage the growth of hemp seed. If our
flax sued is to be made equal to that of Russia,
'le flax must be cultivated for its sake alone.—

n Russia every thing is now done to manufuc-
ture good linen from the flax grown in Russia.—
A Warsaw house recently purchased a flax ma-
chine in Chemnitz, and linen which formerly
paid an entry duty of 60 per cent. is HOW ett•
tirely forbidden. The same Warsaw house,
however, received, permission to import six
thousand pieces of linen, most of which was
purchased at Leipsic fair. In Saxony there is 'a
Mr. E. Gottlieb Schwaegrichen, a very ingenious
and industrious man, who has muck improved
the manufacture of tine linen and damask, and
'who has lately established a large 3 manufactory
of the finest thread and a bleaching-place at Col-
ditz, and has already sent large quantities of his
work to all parts of the Continent, and even over
the sea. His show at the fair met with general
applause, and many foreigners have visited Col-
dila to see his well-contrived natural.bleachitig
ground. Grosschonau and Zittan, and the neigh-
bourhood, still remain the principal seat of the
damask Manufacture. Twenty years ago the
weavers did not amount to more than 500, and
now they are at least 1,`200; and many have
turned from weaving cotton, by which they
scarcely earned potatoes and salt, to weaning
damask, 'which, though it requires more toil, re,
wards their la hours. Before the invasion of
the North of Gertnany by the French, they
had scarcely any other table linen than white
common linen ; now damask is in general use
hi the more opulent families. Table-clothes and
napkins, in which the ground is white and the
ornatnoot3 are white, are always the most sought
after, and will remain so. Among the pat-
terns, none has been so much in vogue as that
of the Petersburgh Exchange, with the statue
of Alexander. Lately the putter!! of the statue
of Schadow, by Luther, in Wittenberg, has got
into great favour. A very particular and valuable
invention, however, is that of making lactic '
garments of damask strength, of natural raw tiaX,
but remarkably fine, and crossed with white
T 6 working of the orris of the noble families
into table-cloths and napkins has also lately em-
pleyed a greet many hands. N:ipkirri made of
half silk are, however, of doubt fu I value, though
very often eighteett different colours are wove
into one. This mixture of colours is not only
very dear in consequeuee of the greet quantity of
work, but it is also soon destroyed by. washinge--
(411egemeine :Zeigung.)

AFTAIII orNotm—On Monday morning,
a meeting took place on Finchley Common, be-
twixt Capt. F., of the Royal Marines, and Mr.
R., a Gentleman of the Scotch Bar. Thu parties
agreed to tire by signal, and both Gentlemen
discharged their pistols without effect ; the se-
cond Are was, however, more fatal, as Mr. R.
received his antagonist's ball between the second
and third ribs of the right sight, and, passing in
on oblique direction, it perforated the abdomen
the unfortunate Gentleman fell, and was raised
by his second and another friend, apparently life-
less, The first use he made of speech was to ex-
chaep forgiveness with his antagonist, and en-
treated Captain F. to keep out of< the way until
his fate should he decided, at the same time ge-
m rously exculpating that Gentleman or Ids friend
from all blame.. 'Air. U. was removed to town
immediately after, anti the ball was extrated.---
Last night but faint hopes were entertained of
hi recovery. Captain F., though perfectly sen-
sible of the Noble and disinterested motives
which induced Mr. R.'s advice, did not act upon
it, but mill abide the issue.