The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-24 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

We tegret to state that after a year's prosperity the
drawer and pantaloon trade has met a sudden d,,pression.
This is principally attributed to our unsettled .relations
with the United States; should it unhappily continue, it
will be much felt in this district.
The plain silk hose branch, once the main support of
Nottingham, keeps constantly dwindling, and has sunk
into a &rte. of insignificance. In London it has wholly
disappeared ; the same may be said of Godalming, Dub-
lin, and Northamptonshite, and even in Derbyshire
the frames arc principally employed in making gloves.
It has been remarked that this breach of manufacture has
rapidly declined since the repeal of the sth Geo. 111., in
1826. as by that law silk hosiery was prohibited ender the
penalty of forfeiture of goods, and a fine of 100/. France
at that period, 1765, on account of the cheapness of la-
bour, arising from low living, having obtained a great pre-
ponderance of silks in the English market. Moat of the
English gentry now provide themselves with silk hosiery
from France arid Italy, in their continental excursions; the
greater part of the silk hose made in England being slop
goods.
The warp Berlin glove trade its Leicester has become
depressed ; these looms, as they ate termed, are 'priu-
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the warp purse and brace
trade. Owing to the great skill of the Nottingham
dyers in cotton, many of these purses are now made of
that material ; the brilliancy of the colour nearly ap-
proaches to stlie. Most of the Leicester hosiers have
their cotton yarn and webs dyed at Nottingham. On the
contrary, most of the black silk hosiery ate dyed in Lon-
don, though the Nottingham dyers have of late years so
far improved, as in many fancy colours to be nearly equal
to London and Coventry. Ilae warp blond hands arc to-
lerably well employed, but the low wages damp all energy.
The application of the Jacquard proceeds slowly, but
we trust. surely,' in making the' French scarfs ; several
frames are going on with the warp plait net, the method
being
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hd3 stillrifivr.eore\fiVt 1 if;nBo' considerable run ; by their method twenty..
four guide bars emit be applied with great facsiloitryt in
the most simple manner, each of which can be brought
into distinct operation by the workmen pulling a
draw-boy tackle by the hand, during the act of put-
ting down the presser with the toot. We lament to state
that there is no improvement in the warp tatting trade;
still there is hope, from the Jacquard, the draw-boy, the
chain wheel, and Crofts' patent pin machine, by which a
workman may change his pattern without any expense, say
btnro•
time.
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Too GREEDY.— O
--
readers m ust love seen,
for some da) s t, in the newspapers, and plentifully
ur
posted on the walls cf the city, an smvertisement an-
nouncing a reward of 501. for the recovery of 1,000/. in
bank notes " lost in Miller-street." When this announce-
ment came before the public, it was well known to many
that the 1,0001. is bank notes was lost b) a person in one
of the banks, who had given away this large sum by mis-
take, in the course of bank business; and it is now con-
tidehtly rumoured, that the money has been recovered in
a very sinteu!ar manner. After the appearance of
the advertisement, it is said that an anonymous
letter was received, inquiring if the reward would
be ineressed, on the delivery of the money; and to
this au ansiscr, couched in the negative, was given through
oneof the newspapers. The handwriting of this epistle is,
however, alleged to have excited, or rather to have strength-
ened,susp'cion against a young man employed by a
re-
spectable Arm in town, and measures were instantly taken
to getit the truth. These, r9mgur says, have been so
successful, that the whole of the money has been recovered
by the Bank, much to the relief of the individual by whom
the mistake was committed, and to whom the circumstance
has, ,no doubt, caused much disquietude. There are va-
rious conflicting versions of this story in circulation, but
the above, we believe, contains the main facts of the case.
...Glasgow Argus.

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