The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-08 00:00:00

TRADE IN PAISLEY.

We have received the following communication from
one of the most enterprising and extensive manufac-
turers of Paisley. The facts therein stated are of a
most striking and alarming character :
" Having had occasion to visit France about the end of
lest summer, I particularly remarked the proape-ity with
which the various manufactures were carried on ; but
when I was ioformed that the Government took such spe-
cial interest in the manufacturing concerns, I at once
perceived the cause of such flourishing trade. The French
Government are the best customers for led;aa shawls, for
the purpose of affording patterns to their own manufac-
turers. But no private manufacturer is allowed to enter
the India House in London, except it be by stealth. I
myself was once in it, but was admitted only through the
influence of certain persons connected with the establish-
ment.

" I direct with a gentleman in Paris, who had come from
England by way of Havre. He observed in Havre above
one hundred ships from America, mostly ladon with cot-
ton, none of them less than three hundred tons burden.
This gentleman also stated that while at Rouen, he went
up to the top of a spire and looking round the country, he
counted forty-five stalk vents where, a few years ago, you
would not have seen one. From Paris I proceeded to
Belgium, where I counted in less than an hour more than
sixty stalk vents ; and here, as in Rouen, they have all
been built quite recently. Some of the public works in
Belgium are very extensive ; as for weavers' wages, they
are considerably higher than here ; besides, provisions
are much cheaper there than with us, there being no
Cern-laws to contend with. It is about three weeks
since I was in London, where I met with a gentleman
from Paris, with whom I ,transacted business ; he asked
me how we were going on in the north, referring to our
manufacturing success. I answered that our trade was in
a very languishing state indeed ; and when I, in turn, in-
quired how the trade of France was prospering, he lifted
up his bands and said that trade never was better, and
that the quantity of goods making for the London market
was immense. Look at the goods exported from Paris to
England in one month—Abe month of August last :
Pure woollen goods and shawls £39,832 4 2
Mixed woollen goods and shawls 4,150 12 6

£43,982 16 8

‘‘ Ten years ago, in Lyons, there were 27,000 silk-looms,
and now there are 40,000, being an increase of ]3,000.
What a contrast is this to Paisley 1 Within these two yeas
the looms employed im this town have decreased from 6,000 to
under 5,000, and they are still continuing to decrease. About
25 years ago, before the destructive Corn-laws were in
operation, the making of shawls in Paisley for the Ham-
burgh trade was carried on to a great extent, but since that
time it has gradually diminished, and is now altoge?her
extinct. The town is now sunk in deep distress with no
prospect of relief. Unless something be done to improve
trade, and that speedily, the bulk of the population will be
in the most deplorable state of destitution. Vast numbers
are already in beggary and suffering heart-rending priva.
lions who, from their industrious habits and skill, ought to
be comfortable. R. K."

We believe this picture is not overdrawn, but, on the
contrary, is but a faint outline of the adverse circumstances
in which not only Paisley, but almost all the other manu-
facturing towns are placed.—Edinburgh Weekly Citron. .

MUSICAL PAitTIES AT DRESDEN.

(Extract of a letter from Dresden, March 29th, 1841.)
Among the chief ettrac:ions of our winter season, Cranes
Lipinski's quartett concerts have been received with un-
reierved applause, kindling as they proceeded, into a gene-
ral enthusiasm. Our court, our fashionable world, and
the distinguished foreigners here resident, proved this by
attending them with exemplary assiduity. The force and
the purity of Lipinski's style have by this time deservedly
become proverbial. Others may astonish fur a while with
the brilliancy of their execution, by the rapidity of their
passages, or adroit contrivances, and, if I may so, stage
trickery for catching a momentary applause. But Lip_
inski's performance, always so classic, so pure, and s., well
sustained, possesses this peculiarity, that having once suc-
ceeded in subduing the attention of the audience, it keeps
it constantly on the increase under its irresistible charm,
followstheattentive listeners home with its tuneful tenacity,
blends itself with the dreams of the night, awakes with
their recollections in the morning. In very deed, Ido
not know any artist who, for vigour and force, could be
compared to Lipinski. Paganini himself c.inceded it to him.
O'e Bull, an artist so justly celebrated, arrivt d at
Dresden about the middle of December, with the inten-
tion of giving a series 4 f concerts. Unfortunately for
him th- day before his first appearance, Lipinski had
given one of his quartett soirees, during which be executed
the greatest works of Bethoven, Mozart, and Haydn. He
met, however, with but partial support, and is gone to
Chemnitz, Leipsic, and sonic other towns of southern
Germany.
I have only to add that if you wish fully to appreciate
the influence which Lipinski has acquired upon the taste,
and the progress of music on the Continent, you should
read the opinions given of him by the best Journals pub-
tilled here, always keeping in mind that Dresden is the
Florence of Germany, and that our present King may be
reckoned himself amongst the first-rate virtuosi of the day.

TILE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—The following
interesting new works have just been published by Mr.
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be
had at all the Libraries : —l. De Clifford, or The Con-
stant Man. By R. Plainer Ward, Esq., author of " Tre-
maine," " De Vere," &c.-2. The French Stage and the
French People. Edited by Theodore Hook, Esq. 2 vole,
small Bvo.-3. The Book without a Name. By Sir Charles
and Lady Morgan. 2 vols., small Bvo.-4. Tee Engage-
ment: a Novel. 3 vols.-5. The Personal History of
George the Fourth. By the Rev. George Croly. Second
Edition. 2 vols., small Bvo, 21s. bd.-6. Swinburne's Courts
of Europe. 2 vols., Bvo.-7. The Moneyed Man, or The
Lesson of a Life. By Horace Smith, Esq. 3 vols.--8.
Granvilless Spas of England. 1 voi., with Map and Thirty
Illustrations, 153. bound.-9. Society in India. By an
Indian Officer. 2 vol:., small Bvo.-10. The Life and
Letters of Beethoven. Edited by Ignace Moscheles.
2 vols., small Bvo.-11. Greville, or a &ason in Paris.
By Mrs. Gore. 3 vols.-12. The third and concluding
volume of the small paper edition of Lady Blessington's
Idler in Italy.
PARIS, APRIL 5.—1 am sorry to inform you
that the health of your respected Ambassador here, Lord
Granville, has recently undergone a change for the worse.
His symptoms of gout had for some time been increasing
in intensity, and a few days ago it was found necessary to
abstract blood by means of eupping-glasses. Nothing,
however, like danger was anticipated until last night,
"hen his Lordship had a very severe attack, almost ap-
pro.
'china to paralysis, in the upper extremities. It was
even that there was metastasis to the brain. The me-
dical
retort this morning is much more favourable; and
there is
re,,,,0n to hope that, with the return of fine wea-
ther, his Lor '.ship may soon be restored to comparative
health. It has L.1(41 reported for some days that the health
4-wen way. This,
lam happy to say, is
.
of the King had
not the cafe; to any extent ; but it is certainly true the:
his Majesty has for some time exhibited symptoms of
bilious deiangement. I saw bun yesterday, and remarked
that his countenance was more than usually yellow, but he
appeared to ile perfectly strong; And 1 understand, from
nierical gent!. men, thas there is nothing about him to
crei-ite the slightest apprehension.—From an Evening
Paper.
The Havre Journal, in noticing the arrival of
waggons and writ's men for the Paris and Rouen Railroad
in that port, says that the waggons have ben hired front
the Lo,,don and Southamt.ton Company at a much lower
re ice than they could possibly have been in Fiance, and
that the .v.orkreien, who have hero sent over, are all chorea
from the most sober and laborious of their class that could
be fauna in England. This Journal takes the opportunity
of pointing out. the activity and energy shovsn by the
English engire.rs, and the Paris and Rouen Company,
and inaldis up their example to the novice of all engaged in
France on !similar works.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn,
who arrived at Dudley House from the Priory, on Saturday,
the Noble Marquis being enraged to dine with the Duke of
Wellingtun, raurned• to Stanmore on Monday last. The
Hon. Captain and Lady Harriet Hamil on arrived on Tuesday at
he Pri IT, on a visit to the ruble Marquis and Marchioness,
om their seat in Scotland.