The Sun.
London, England, 1826-02-16 00:00:00

SILK 'l' RA DE.

CONGLETON FEn. .-A ffairs in this district
continue in the same lamentable state, or, f would rather say,
the distress is daily increasing. The masters and the operatives
in Union had their public meeting yesterday, in the Guildhall,
where'i series of strongly worded resolutions, and a petition
founded upon them, were agreed to one voce.
In proposing the resolutions, it was observed by Mr. SPENCE,
that French goods are now selling in Manchester at 2s. per
yard lower than the English manufacturer could, by possibility,
in the present state of things, produce them ; and unless the
corn laws were abolished, and the price of provisions put on a
par with the price abroad, the manufacturing interests would
unquestionably be ruined.
Mr. Boont, in nervous language, censured the theory of
free trade. If the silk trade was to be preserved to this coun-
try, it was absolutely necessary that it should be protected.
Hundreds of thousands of industrious artisans were driven to
starvation.

The seventh resolution was than proposed and adopted. It
stated, " That should these petitions fail to accomplish their
objt• t, then, that a humble Address be laid at the foot of the
Throne, praying his Majesty to listen to the voice of his people,
and not sacrifice them to a foreign nation." •
Mr. MACCLESFIELD said—lt appears, from an accurate
report which has been made, that' list year there were 5,325
looms employed in the town ; there are now only 2,275.:
being a reduction of 3,050 ! Last year there were in employ
13,999 .hands, now only 500 ; so that, including, quill-
winders, the total number of hands actually out of employ, and
in fact all but starving, is 11 893, • • - •
Great discontent begins to prevail ; incendiary writings ap-
pear upon the walls, with the most exciting inscriptions, such
as—" No Trade, no Corn Laws"—" No Trade, no King"—
" Bread or Blood," &c. &c. Serious apprehensions prevail
for the preservation of tranquillity.

COMMOTIONS AT NORWICH.

itEISTANCE TO THE CIVIL POWER, AND CALLING

OUT. Tilt MILITARY A SECOND TIME.

NORWICH, FED. 14, 3 P.M.,---About the period,
at which the mail for London left us last night, the state of this
city became Only alarming ; every etlbrt was made by the Ma-
gistracy to bring to reason the multitude which had collected,
but wholly without success. Mr. Francis, the Deputy Mayor,
conceived that he had taken upon himself too great a degree of •
responsibility in the corn:notions Of the Ist and 2d.of Februar,s,
and declined to act without the conjunction of the-Chief Ma-
gistrate; in consequence of which both these gentlemen, in a
prompt and firm manner, exhorted the people to disperse,
otherwise the Riot Act should be again read (as it was aSort-
night ago), anti the military called in to disperselftm by force.
There advice was, however, not even for a moment listened to.
One fellow called out to the Mayor (Starling Day, Esq.)—
" (lo home, Mr. Bankrupt Banker, and pay your creditors 20s.
in the pound !"
At stx o'clock two troops of the Scotch Greys arrived on
Tombland, from their barracks, and were placed at the dispo-
sal of Mr. Alderman John Patteson, jun., and Mr. Alderman
Crisp Brown: an immense body of special constables were also.
sworn in, and had orders to take up all persona who stood about
in groups. This appears to have exasperated the people still
more, as the zeal displayed was of too violent a nature on the
part of these gentry to quell the tumult ; hence great resistance
was made to the civil and military power, and after someAevere
wounds with staves had been given and received, about twenty
of the ringleaders were captured, and committed to the city
bridewell for examination tins morning at eleven o'clock. The
military and civil power patrolled the streets during the night;
and the shops were closed at an early hour.
Faun o'CLock-..-...The examination of the prisoners is. UM
going on. Several arc remanded for,further examination to-
morrow. There is a deep and sullen gloom pervading . the
city, and, to add to it, all business is completely at a stand.
The civil power is again ordered out fur six o'clock this evening.

•
•
The six.provioces of Bich Peru, which have
been elevated into a new republic under the denomination of
Bolivar, in honour of the Liberator, 'President of Colombia,
by the unanimous vote of the representatives of the people, are
La Paz, Potosi, Cochabamba, Oruro, Chuquisaca, and Santa
Cruz. They contain a population of nearly a million souls,
and their clear rental for the five years prior to, and inclusive
of,. 1024, were as follows:
Province of La Paz . - 777,33 Dollars 4
Reals.
4
Potosi - - 565.1111 ' 2
Cochabamba' . 218,10 2
Orura - - 203,9.2-1 5
Chuquisaca . 217,1112 4
Santa Cruz - 40,74f1 2

Annual rental - 2,10,008 3

ROYAL ACADEMY:-.-011 Monday night Mr.
FLAX3fAN began his Course of Lectures on Sculpture, at the
Royal Academy. lie took a general view of the rise and pro-
gress of sculpture among the nations of antiquity, all of which
were thrown into comparative obscurity by the excellence of
the Egyptians, and totally eclipsed by the Greeks. lie insisted
much on the advantage of cultivating a taste for simplicity ;
for objects *illicit were simple and devoid of complexity were
easily understood by the mass of mankind. We should, he
observed, begin with dependencies, or things directly connected
with the subject, and afterwards make ourselves acquainted
with relatives or accessories. Simplicity increased with the
progress of taste, but grossness was pre-eminent in proportion
as barbarism was more extended. The professor then pro-
ceeded to consider the causes which conduced to give the
Greeks so paramount a superiority in the arts, as to leave all
the rest of the world at an immeasurable distance behind them.
lie was of opinion that the encouragement given to gymnastic
exercises, which improved the form of their youth—their ha-
bits, which allowed the constant exposure of the naked figure,
and thus afforded their artists a continual field for study and ob-
servation—and the freedom of their institutions, were main
causes of this superiority. Mr. Flaxman then enumerated someof
the noblest remains of ancient Greek sculpture which the de-
stroying hand of barbarism has left us, and concluded by giv-
ing a short history of the different schools, from their rise to
their dissolution. lie impressed on the observation of the
students, that the same causes which produced excellence for-
merly would produce it now ; and therefore conjured them to
look up to the Greeks as an excitement to their emulation.

Died, on Sunday me'nnight, at Postiand, near
Crowland, occasioned by a tall on the ice whilst sliding,
STEilitrt Cireiturgorciii, Gent., aged 72 years, leaving a
v;ly large circle of relations (some of them are very poor) to
share amongst them an immense fortune, which he bad accu-
mulated by his penurious habits. Ile scarcely allowed him-
self the common necessaries of life, and although he has
left, it is supposed, one hundred thousand pounds, the fur-
niture in his house is not worth more than twenty pounds.
—His manners were very eccentric, but still he had a sort
of predominance in all Rublic and 'private meetings held in
the parish. Before the misfortune happened which caused his
death, he was as healthy and as hearty as ever he was in his
life, and could, although at such an advanced age, leap over
the fen dikes with his old favourite pony (a practice of which
he was particularly fond), by taking hold of the bridle and stir-
rup, as nimbly as any youug man in the neighbourhood. His
only amusement was that of coursing, in which he very much
delighted.

We understand, from authority, that JOHN
GEORGE LAMQTON, Esq., AI. P. for the County
of Durl
resideal)o t about
toi proceed to Italy, where
he intendsvo or three years, with a
view o
is
benefit his health. His celetirated racing
e t Durham,
to
stud are to be sold by auction forthwith.

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