Star.
London, England, 1825-12-03 00:00:00

SILK TRADE.

Although the, silk-weavers in Touts earn considerably
snore thin those of any other manufacturing places in
France, the cost of production is. on an average, con-
sider.hly less than one.third of what it is in this country
as to fine silks, and.one.half as to ordinaty goods. The
detail given by tiuncorresportslent as to the made of
living aniong thsyreqch operasives is decidedly illus-
tra.ive of the fact, lila; et4ilst be corn laws are in force
m
in th s country it ust; j)4l, suite* impossible for the
English manufacturec;',,tra .jr,ossiend successfully against
foreign industry. 'Even at Till I 'Y here the spirit of
enterprise is at ai far Iowa!: rate than at Lyons, the
manufacturers art 'making' vigorous preparations to
stock the English .market with theirproductiohs. It
appears; however, that they do not entirely rely upon
iwrinsie merit fir success, but that they have various
ingenious modes of fictitiously adding to the weight
and appe trance of their silks, .so as to enable them to
sell a really inferior article at the price of superior
goods. In the meantime we cannot forbear entertain-
ing the most seri-nits alarm for the interests of the silk-
throwsters, from the ci-cums•ance of Government hay-
mg, this week, taken off 2.. 6J. per lb. from the duty of
75.6 J. per lb. imposed upon foreign thrown silk,
intro-
duced into this country. This measure, to say the least
of it, is to the silk throwsters in this neighbourhood an
unexpected one; and *here the issue of it will termi-
nate, time alone must determine.--Macdeffield Herald.
At no period do we remember the silk trade to hays
been in a state of such extreme depression's: it is at the
present moment ; and we are sorry to observe that
something arises almost daily to add to`the
The houses of James Rowbotham and Son, acrd of Jonas
Braddock of this town, have stopped payment, with
debts, it is said, to the amount of 70,00(.1. The con-
sternation produced by this event may be more easily
conceived than described. The circumstance too, of
there being in circulation large sums in long dated bills
of these two houses, added much to the attns which
the first announcewent caused. Much of this mischief •
may be attributed to the cheapness and facility of credit
in this branch of trade. We craw, however, that the
present depression, as regards the trade generally, is
but temporary. Most of the houses of this town arc
composed of rcen of real capital. We are sorry, how-
ever, to see that many of the houses find it necessary to
curtail their business, in consequence of the present
depression, and to di'charge a portion of their work-
people; and up to the present moment, we regret to
say that there are upwards of 4,000 out of employment.
—Macdeffield Courier.

The Duke Of BEDFORD is seriously indisposed at
Paris. His Grace is accompanied at the French metropolis by- his
Duchess,and has of course every attention that his situation demos&
Douait, Dec. has blown hard this day, wind
W.B. W. with rain.—At two P.M. the Due de Bandeaux, French
steam packet, sailed for Calais, with about forty passengers • also
the Catherine bovelling boat, with the mail and passengere • and his
Majesty's mail packet limner, rema ns in the harbour.4ailed-the
Duke William hoy, for Ranugate, and a light collier fur the Monk.
The Marquis of HASTIves and the Earl of CHATHAM
transacted business yesterday at the Secretary of State's- Oaks for
the Colonial Deparment.
The East India Company, in order to assist the com-
mercial world during the present panic, have issued a
notice, that they will discount all bills connected with
heir own trade, due betveen his *tiMe and April next,
.•t4 per cent. ani a. the am-ant of such bills is very
considerable, t!:e :e!it.f r. ill be gcncrally felt.

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