The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.

We have been favoured by a house in this town with
the following extract from a letter, received by a recent
packet from the United States, which we recommend to
the serious attention of our readers :

" The money market is becoming a little closer; but
we do not fear any other than a healthy action, which
will go to prevent orders to England on a large scale ;
and this we term a healthy action, as it gives room for
American calicoes for spring trade. You will notice,
from the paper annexed, that our exports amount to
very nearly as many dollars as the imports. The im-
portant subject of fixing a tariff for a number of years
will probably take up most of the time of our Congress
the coming winter. There has not been much increase
of cotton mills during the last four or five years. Every
piece of cloth that is made is printed at present ; and
no stocks on hand. Until there is an increase of fac-
tories for cloth, there cannot bo an enlargement of
printing, as the mills cannot leave heavy cloths for the
light, as there is no accumulation of any kind of goods.
On the whole, the cotton manufacture and the cotton
printing are in a flourishing state in the United States,
and are looked upon favourably by both north and south."
The following is a copy of the paper referred to in the
preceding extract :

Statement of Imports and Exports of Cotton Piece
Goods during the year ending September 30, 1840,
in the United States :

IMPORTS.

Dyed, printed, and coloured, amounting to $3,893,694
White • •

10,810,795

IXPORTS.
Foreign goods, dyed, printed, and coloured,
entitled to drawback . . . . $768,195
Do. do. not entitled to drawback 70,358
Foreign white goods, entitled to drawback 1.52,629
Do. do. not entitled to drawback 30,779
American manufactured, prints and coloured 398,977
Do. do. grey and white . 2,925,257

54,346,265

Excess of imports over exports, only . . $464,540
When we first received this communication, we could
not help suspecting some error in the statement as to
the value of cotton goods imported into the United
States ; but,having since received the American Alma-
nack for 1842, which contains copies of the official ac-
counts of the revenue and commerce of the United
States, we find the figures are perfectly correct ; and
it follows, that the exports of American cotton manu-
factures last year approached in value very nearly to
the foreign cotton manufactures retained for consump-
tion ; and, as these would no doubt include some Ger-
man, Swiss, and French goods, it is probable that the
value of British cottons imported scarcely exceeded
that of the American cottons exported—a fact for
which, we dare say, very few of our readers were prepared.
It is right, however, to state that, owing to circum-
stances which we need not particularize, the import of
cotton goods in 1840 was greatly below the average of
former years ; and, in all probability, the accounts for
the present and the coming year may give different re-
sults ; but, however this may be, the fact to which we
have just adverted is one that demands serious attention.

The non-arrival of the Montrose Peninsular
mail steamer with the mails due last week is now ac-
counted for. By letters received overland from Gibraltar,
dated the 15th instant, it appears that the Great Liver-
pool steamer, with the Indian mail and passengers, when
leaving Gibraltar bay, on the 10th instant, for Malta
and Alexandria, met with an accident to her machinery
which compelled her to return. The Montrose, which
was then at Gibraltar, was therefore despatched to
Malta and Alexandria with the mails and passengers.
As the Montrose is a vessel of 250-horse power, but
little delay may be apprehended in the course of the
outward or homeward India mail.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(From a Correspondent.)
—By direction of the Earl of Lincoln, First Commis
sioner of Woods and Forests, workmen are busily en-
gaged in decorating the interior of the House of Lords.
The old dark-coloured block paper has been removed
from the walls, and they are now painted a light buff
colour, which greatly improves the appearance of the
House. The seats of Peers are ordered to be re-covered
with scarlet cloth, and the other alterations in progress
.will add materially to the splendour of their Lordships'
house. It is generally thought that his Majesty the
King of Prussia, the King of the Belgians, and many dis-
tinguished foreigners, will be present at the opening of
the ensuing Session of Parliament on the 3d of Febru-
ary next.
HORRIBLE BARBARITY. ARISTOCRATIC
AMUSEMENT.—A correspondent has supplied us with a
detailed account of one of the most atrocious outrages,
committed on a poor helpless creature by a party of
aristocrats, that we have ever heard of, and which re-
sulted in the death of the miserable creature in ques-
tion. We can scarcely believe that the circumstances
our correspondent relates can be true ; yet he details
them so circumstantially, and authe icates them so
strongly, that we fear there must be so foundation for
his statement. To elicit information, t erefore, on the
ik
subject, we supply the following leading statements:—lt
appears that a party of gentlemen—most of then English
officers—were last week on a visit at a gentleman's
house in the neighbourhood of Philipstown, King's
County, when one evening they gave their host some
opium, and, in sport, proceeded to practise their horrible
cruelties upon a poor idiot boy who found an asylum about
the house. They first extracted all his teeth, and then be-
daubed him over with oil and turpentine—set fire to his
clothes to make him run, when, horrible to relate the
poor creature was burned to death ! Our Corre-
spondent states that a sort of inquest was held, but
that the greatest exertions were made to hush the
matter up, and conceal the real facts of the case. We
refrain at present from going more into details, but
shall be happy to receive additional information on the
subject, properly authenticated, and which we shall re-
gard as strictly confidential. If the facts are as they
have been stated to us, nothing shall be wanting on our
part to bring the miscreants to Justice.—Dublin Monitor.ggeration—if it be
[We hope this will prove to be an exit
not wholly an invention.]
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.---AVe have heard
that her Majesty has already announced to the proper
authorities that it is her intention to open the ensumg
Session of Parliament in person with a Speech from the
Thione ; and it is generally expected, from the altera-
tions and embellishments now going forward in the
House of Lords, that our beloved Sovereign will be ac-
companied on that important and interesting occasion by
all the Royal and distinguished foreigners invited to wit-
ness the christening of the infant Prince of Wales.
Yesterday 800 warrants were issued against
hackney-coach and cab-proprietors by the Commissioners
. of Somerset Rouse, for arrears of duty.