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London, England, 1811-12-14 00:00:00

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passages from an. article
reply to some observa-
the conduct of the
machinery in NottinghaM, or
!Atich Mlle werkmen direct
second 'to no
iVention of.ner
. to the country's Ma-
it stands the lasi Qn
works of geniis. ;•tlwo
istory of the Violent", fit.
Amen againstalic imPn*Oprata,
fn. aft machinery.'•The irilndaitants of /stottinthitan
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know better ; they have more of national utility in
their eye ; and they, ought, and shall be, rescued from
so foul a reproach—a reproach thai, if well founded,
would attach itself to the understanding,, and not to
the operative principles of the heart.
The machines, qr./ream, as they are 'called in
the manufacturing d''.lect, are not broken for being
upon any new construction, for they are not, but in
cOnsequence of goodsbeing wrought upon them which
are of little worth, are deceptive to the eye? are disre-
putable to the trade, and therefore pregnant 'with
seeds of its destruction. It is true, the olinheinas
frames of the plain kind ate generally wider than is
necessary for the makin,g,of a stocking, end as suet}
*reemployed by some of the hOcitis in naakiiig pieces,
'which are,eut up into gloves, socks, sandals, or stocks-
Ings, according as they want these respective articles;
Which articles, thrcugh. their' being thus tut and
shaped with scissars, are deprived of proper loop Bel-
vageg, and of the means of being seamed with a laces,'
-seam. and instead thereof, are. stitched together in the
'seine manner as a railer stitches a garment. And in
vtinsequence of the loopy nature of the stocking frame
liisitutactare, which, in fact, constitutes its peculiar
•ft'inty and applicability for the uses to which it is
-•ti&lled, the cut selvages give way, and the stockings,
coats made, immediately become useless ; and of
opt se, the
.good ones themulves, by keeping bad
Ic3ittpittiY,. lose their repute in the market. To this
iitiy be added, through these articles, being'prepared
fir sale in the manner they are, can bewrought
• Much cheaper, as*** can be preduced in a given
• Lime than can be Of thOde goods that are made in an
'hism2ttrahle way, which is productive of two more
:trei-iotis evils ; namely, first, more goods are brought
lito market, which is already overstocked, therefore
that persons are, thereby, cast Upein the parishes,
at would otherwise continue to be tisefalinembets of
aticietY 3 and, secondly, thoie that are' employed to
Mlake hoie,tcc: in a tradesman-like manner, are either
-cot}
epdled to make them for less money than usual,
or lose their employment altogether ; either of which
alternatives produces 'a further accumulation to
,the
parish' bUrdent, and, consequently,' an increase of hu-
man misery.
•ge If proof was wanting of~ the mischief resulting
from ;Mousing spurious articles upon the Public, such
-iiiroof ;rimy be found in an ample degree by casting
oto.eyesupon that branth f the frame:work-knitting
trade callecithe cotton point net lace. In 1807, about
:7bb frames were employed in this branch alone,
wink, at the present'kine; the number is not more
than-200; and why? not' because lace is gone out of
fachinn, brn regular change in those articles of dress
to ivlsiCh • cotton point was applied, for the -superlaH
tieeneas of the cotton yarn Nit which it was made,
and the firmnetsand beautiful contexture of the mesh
were such, as to' ensure its universal and lasting:
esteem ; tint through the Public being imposed upon
by an article that resembling it in nothing but show;
rem of which was wrought in the same manner as the
• sesame net, but made of single yarn ; another • that
.- 'Snit made of double yarn, of an infinitely inferior
• quality, but wrought without fastening the loops,
• and thus obtain the name of single press ; and, that
means might not be wanting to complete the climax
of the disgrace and consequent ruin of so valuable a
branch of the Nottingham manufacture, a third sort
was made of single yarn and the unfastened and de-
ceitful mesh. What was wanting of real worth in
these spurious articles, was attempted to be made up
with in the getting up of the net, and with the
. gloss of the vendor's tongue, till the atmosphere un-
riddled the first mystery, and the dear bought expe-
rience of the Public the second. These vile arts were
first resorted to by a few adventurers, as destitute of
honour, as the articles they made were destitute of
real worth; and the respectable part of the manufac-
turers were obliged to follow the example in their
own-defence."
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The following fact, though to many may seem im-
probable, can be proved by the most indubitable evi.
dente :—Mrs. M—n, Leicester-square, was '2l years
without enjoying one day free from a head-ache, at
times so violent as to be compared to needles darting
into her temples; this, attended with swimming, loss
of appetite, &c. it night be thought a lost case. Any ,
respectable Lady so afflicted may see the patient who
is safety cured by Dr. 0/1111)NEle* ALTERATIVE PILLs.
and PLasven. '74, Long Acre,, and 3, High-street, ;
ShorkitCh. The Doctor consulted War days in the 1
week COs to the poor) till one cNit4k.
WedriestlayeVening the apirtMenfs ot Mr( Elikidge,
rip.Nititket-strict, Spitalffelds, were entered at the one
pair of stays winduw; and robbed of, linen, apparel.,
'lke. to the • value of 420, with which the vi aloe;
Vi4ped, 'leaving a ladder behind them
an *niday se'imight, as two soldiers of the Mo-
paghin regiment were walking near Shatakill,Water-
fOr4. they perceived a man Who hid the appearance
'of a deserter. -tlpink quejtioning him, he acknow-
leclg4he had" ;and ran off; butt was stop-
ke4'hy a man on h&Seback. and taken into custody;
titheti a large body of workmen attacked them with
glides, and beat them so severely that they were, for
some time, supposed to be dead. • They were brought.
into Clonmell Hospital,
A,servant of Mr. Barber, of John-street West, had
)ler. clothes set on fire on Sunday morning last, by a
spark from the wood in lighting the fire,, which, un-
perceived, lodged in her cloaths—when, going otit
into the yard, it burst into a blaze ; in which state she'
lan up suirs, and by her screams awakened her mas-
ter; who opened his bed-room door, which she had
%.,lert reached. He immediately got her orkthe floor
"rat his room, and, with great difficulty, with the car-
?et, succeeded in extinguishing the floss ; though
tench burnt,- site is doing well.

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We extract the fol„lowing pas
in the Nottingham Kevew, M r.:
tides in a London Paper upon
tiotert.: ~
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11tiii no new tnathinet
its nei ood, against whic
their • ce. Nottioghath
town f kingdom for the im
rtetp 'Which has added so much
nutacturing superiority, svhik it
list for the destruction of the an
not being an instance in its hist'
the workmen being directed alp
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