The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-14 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

Every branch of the hosiery trade is in a most deplor-
ably stagnant state, as little or nothing seems doing ;
this is equally applicable to silk gloves, silk hose, cotton
hose, cotton drawers; and fancy hosiery. The master
stockingers attend the warehouses in groups, but as there
are few or no orders, they generally come away empty-
handed to their despairing journeymen. An attempt
was made in the early part of the week to get up a
meeting of • the unemployed, for which purpose the
Chartist bell was sent round ; but the assemblage was
so slender; that they agreed to adjourn. If this be
the state of things early in August, what must be ex-
pected in. winter, as about every fourth able-bodied man
in this vicinity is a stocking-maker ? 'What is most
remarkable, the hosiery trade is in a stagnant state
in Spain, Belgium, Saxony, Austria proper, and
Rome ; whilst in Savoy, Austrian Italy, Prussia, and
Wirtemberg, (particularly in the two former), it is in a
very flourishing state, as the smiths are busily em-
ployed in building, new frames. Stocking-making
in France is removing from Lyons and the South,
and is concentrating in Champagne and Lower Pi-
cardy ; the hands are tolerably well employed, but they
are so extremely 'slow, that the French Government
are compelled to protect them from competition
by prohibitions. This is equally .the case with the
stocking manufacture throughout Europe, except Saxony
and Switzerland, in the latter the manufacture is nearly
extinct ; in the former, though they have for a time
been rapidly extending, yet a terrible reverse has over-
taken them. In March last we were informed. by a gen-
tleman, who had been hi Chemnitz, that nut one frame
in ten was employed. Later information asserts that this
want of employment has increased, so that scarcely
one frame in twenty has full employment' 1% C
are waiting for correct statements on this point.
The state of fashion is certainly against the stocking-
making trade, boots and trousers having superseded
stockings. In every•other respect English stockingers.
have little to fear from anything but cut-ups and foreign' prohibitions, arising from the jealousy of foreign
in
work-
men, as the extreme low wages on the Continent, both
manufactures and agriculture,of trade
con-
sumption.. ln the United States, the balance
than they sell,
being against them, as they buy ex nt
ti'ded
preventsmure
causes their monetar system to
be
our greatest cus-
and subject to panics; as they
of wisdom to give them
tomers, it would be the height oh:h. everan fluctuating,
with our own colo-
greater facilities in disposing of.t
os
ing them in commercial transactions produce, assimilat-
•
goods.,
is somewhat better than the
colo-
nies ; this would cause an instant demand for English
The state of the lace
blond trade, we are happy to
hosiery trade.
but
tdnvance the wages to the price
not to that extent as to induce
the largest manufacturer in
which has been given
weeksy to his workmen. How-
sthtaetlem, iasnuimfapctruorveinTrsgh,:o silkab
the trade for severalt
they
will yet think better of it,
ever it is hoped t
urge is,he " that the firm in question having
as all they ,
wages against their inclinations,
-formerli reduced
they affect apprehensive, that if they advance the
wages' suchbe again losers by stock in hand,
duction may again take place ; and
that they is the safest policy to keep wages to the
thtntoabermay
and therefore it
starving point."
destroying policy for the men, as it
This may be a saving policy for the
masters, but it is
a
and is ungenerous in the extreme,
takes away all hope,
fain to follow with eag,rness
the manufacturers never.
as the men have a chance to be lowered, but none to rise,
as
dull • this is applicable
bobbin-net trade is extremely ,
all reductions, but will not, it appears, listen to advances.;
The
. to plain nets, as one of the principal power factories in

LONDON, Auc. 13.—Wind this day at noon S.W.
MARGATE, Atm. 12.—Arrived the Ada, Rowe, from
Quebec ; Venus, Sunderland, having put into Dunkirk
through stress of weather.
OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, AVG. 12.—The Cosmo-
politan, Shields, for Malta, with loss of anchor and chain,
but has been supplied.
PEAL, AuG. 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Intre-
pid, Addeley, from Demerara ; Arethusa, Walker, River
Gambia • Oronoko, Crank, St. John's, New Brunswick ;
Ann and Mary, Quee.s, Quebec ; Pandora, Westward ;
Hero, do. ; Majestic, 37telds, for Madras. Arrived from
the River, Falcon, for Bermuda and Barbadoes ; John
Esdale, and Enterprise,- Quebec ; Great Britain, Mon-
treal ; Emilius, Halifax&janet, Malta ; Ship 3,017.
LIVERPOOL, 413 G. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived
Frances,' from Sydney, New South Wales ; Rival, Cad-
die, Savanilla, sailed June 19. Put back the Grevillo
Bay, for Quebec ; Elizabeth, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick; Ann, Grant, Sierra Leone.

, DOVER, Atm. 12.—Off port the Minerva, Wainwright,
from Sydney:
RYE, AUG. 12.—Off port Viola, Gibson, from Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 12.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived
the. Seaport, Stettin, and must discharge, being Ilaky,
bound to Zante; Edward, Quebec. Sailed the Emu, for
Port Phillip ; Anonyma, Bombay; Renshaw, Gibr.iitar.
TORBAY, AuG.ll.---Arrived the Maidstone{ from Lon." .
don, and sailed on the 12th for Calcutta.

OFF THE START, AUG. 12.—The Aurora, Charlston,
for Antivvrp ; Margaret, Black, Quebec.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind N. to W., fresh gales.—
Arrived the Prince Albert, from Bahia. Sailed the Ile-
ligon, for Gibraltar.

-HOLYHEAD, AUG. 11.—The Mermaid, from Strang
ford to Liverpool, in coming in this morning ran on, an
anchor and bilged, One-third of the cargo brought on
shore dry.

SHIELDS, Auc. H.—Sailed Slater, Rebow, Alicant.
WHITBY, AM. 11.—The Jeune Marie Charlotte, Cur-
rice, in taking the harbour to-day, during a gale from
the north, struck on the bar, and got behind the East
Pier, and will become a total wreck.

HARWICH, AUG. 12.—The Argo, from Newcastle to
London, got on the Cutler Sand yesterday morning, beat
over, and was run on shore near Bawdsey Head in a
sinking state, but expected to. be got off after throwing
part of her cargo overboard.
DUBLIN, AUG. 10.—Arrived the Monarch,Wilson, from
St. Lucia ; Lewis, Grange, St. John's, :New Brunswick.
Sailed the British Queen, for Quebec.
KiNcsTowN, Am. 11.— Arrived the Heroine, Salf,
from Trinidad.

CORE , AUG. 10.—Arrived the. IndfstrsiiMea. from
Trim, sailed Bth .11 t.; Idea, -t;rovr ey, _ ,sl3liea-
the Chieftain and St. Patrick, for Quebec.
DUMFRIES, Aua. 11.—Sailed the Duke of Buccleugh,
for Dalhousie. '

CARDIFF, AUG. 10.—Arrived the Ann Elliot, Thomp-
son, Miramichi. Sailed Fox, Jones, Constantinople.

VESSELS SPOKEN wrriz.-The Surprise, from Liver-
pool to Newfoundland, lat. 29, lon. 41 ; Harriet, Ja-
maica to London, 14th ult., off the Gulf of Florida, had
buried the master since leavinc, Jamaica; Juskina, bound
to Liverpool, 3d, lat. 3, lon. '3B, by the Pharsalia, ar-
rived at Liverpool. John, Liverpool to Montreal, lat.
49, lon. 14, by the Viola, arrived off Rye. St. George,
of Jersey,. from Cork, 31st ult., lat. 46, lon. 35 ; Are-
thusa, 9th, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Edward, arrived at
Portsmouth. Rangei, Barbadoes to London ; Neptune,
London to • New York, by the Aurora,' arrived off the
Start. Scinde, Demerara to Liverpool, lat. 41, lon. 21,
by the -, arrived off the Start. Cobourg, London'
to Calcutta, 30th, lon. 8, by the Prince Albert, arrived
at Falmouth. Robinson, Sunderland to Quebec, 7th,
lat. 48, lon. 22 ; Active, from Poole, lat. 48, lon. 21, by
the Sibella, arrived at Bristol. Corinthian, of Hull,
25th alt., lat, 42, lon. 39 • John Romilly, of London,
lat. 43, lon. 37 ; Ann, Fall, for Quebec, 2d, lat. 46, ion.
31 ; Queen, St. Kitt's for Cork, 6th, lat. 50, lon. 12, by
the Terrier, arrived at Swansea. Margaret, Clyde to
Bay Chaleur, Bth, lat. 51, lon. 8, by the Rokeby, ar-
rived at Bristol. Star, of Whitby, for Quebec, lat.
45, lon. 53 ; Grace, of Liverpool, lat. 51, lon. 11,
by the Chili, arrived in Mumble Roads. Eagle,
Limerick to Quebec, 26th ult.,. lat. 45, ion. 46,
by the Idea, arrived at Cork. Alert packet, Fal-
mouth to Vera Cruz, 15th ult., lat. 22, lon: 62, by
the Industry, arrived at ditto. Laurel, Isle of Bute,
and Czar, Fowler, for Quebec, 18th ult., off Crane Is-
land, by the Margaret, arrived in the Clyde. Pla-nta
Quebec to Newcastle, and supplied with provisions, 3d,
lat. 55, lon. 22 ; Underwriter, of Aberdeen, Bth, lat. 55,
lon. 10, by the Caledonia., arrived in the Clyde. Min-
strel, Quebec to Glasgow, Bth, lon. 7, by the Ann Eliza,
arrived at Cardiff. Samuel, Liverpool to Quebec,
14th ult., in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by the Bridge-
town, arrived at Cork. Cherub, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, to Diogheda, out 90 days, by the Macao, arrived.
at Port Rush. Whitby, London to New 'Zealand, 2d
ult., lat. 24, ion. 31 ; Frederick Elise, Batavia to Am-
sterdam, 27th, lat. 34, lon. 41 ; Lord Western, Batavia
to Liverpool, Ist, hat, 41, lon. 38 ; Bristol, London to
Quebec, 3d, let. 47, lon. 23, by the Balta,sar, arrived at
Swansea. Salamander, bound to Havre, Ist ult., lat. 8,
lon. 23 ; Courier, Batavia to Amsterdam, 26th, out 95
days • Astracan, from Havre, 31st, lat. 42, lon. 32, by
the iortune, arrived in the Downs. Whim, Harwich to
St. Thomas, 20th ult. lat. 97, lon. 37, by the Helene and
Catharine, arrived off the Wight.

fro‘rn‘ Re(e)rnalitnhg-
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS OF MESSINA.
• " Messina, July 28, 1841.
Si ,—The
hasadmissionjust boefeln'esdseellsaynd
bcyaroguoers
office authorities, until further orders from Naples, in
consequence, I understand, of one or more vessels being
now on the way from Alexandria, to Great Britain with.
infected cargoes and crews, after having
,called at Malts.,
where they were not detained by the sanatory authorities
of that island, but permitted to proceed on their Tome.
Probably the consequences will be, that cargoes now on
the road from England to this country will hav to go
into lazaretto, and thus incur considerable expenses, de-
lay, and injury.
I have also heard, complaints made of the very
short quarantine to which the Liverpool steamers from
Egypt are admitted in England.
In submitting the above for your information, I halv=e.
the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient, humblizt
servant, " J. A. FISCHER, Agent to Lloyd's.
" W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's, London."

THE MANCHESTER FRIENDS OF THE CON_
readret of the
perceive, from
Circular,
that
between four and five hundred ministers have already
tFhEeRE listN cE
p-i—ibPishured Miannche anotherstmr pa
announced their intention of attending the Great Na-
tional Conference, to commence on Tuesday next, and it
may now be reasonably expected that before the day of
meeting the number will be increased to at least six hun-
dred. The Council of the League and the Committee of
Ministers, in the fullest confidence that the known hospi-
tality of the pecake of Manchester would not be wantin
on this occasion, have guaranteed to each of these good
men a generous reception and hospitable entertainment
during the Conference. Many of our friends have already
sent in their names and the number they call aceennuo-
date.—Anti-Bread-ta.r Circular.

A FREE-TRADE MISSIONARY FROM THE
ITED STATES.—An address was delivered on Anes-
day evening to the members of the Manchester Anti-
Corn-law Association by John
.Curtis, Esq., of Ohio,
North America. upon the capabilities of thal country taw
supply .us with corn and prOvisions. He . stated :list ire
was authorised by the public voice in the United states
to state that nothing was more desired by his country-
men than to exchange their agricultural produce for the
manufactures of England. He was listened to With great.
interest whilst he went into a great variety of sfackc,,
showing the rich resources of the "grog west," and. at
the close of his address a vote of thanks was unanimously
tendered to him by the meeting. We understand Mr.
Curtis intends to. make a tour through the principal
towns cif the kingdom for the purpose of explaining the
capabilities of the United States to supply the deficiency
of food -far our population.—Anti-Bread-tax

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We understand that negotiations are now an.
pr 9 to the establishment of 3 litaxy it'll r
l -ti'e l it
of the late' race-ground in Ftti Nvooti,
near Prevton.-3.fanehester Guardian.