Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-07-12


France,) the finest of these are called Says,
in great demand on account Of it's tineness
and thickness, and being inpervious TO
rain, is used for cloak banjo hes or the bo.
dy coat of the Greeks. The colors of
cloths are matters of,he first considerable
on IN all eastern countries S,shis passion or
Partially also prevails in Turkey and
Greece the woolleDs of Venice are pre-
emnently beautiful, their coquelicols are
Inimitable the Vene,ians also manufsc-
ture limitations of the English cloths called
IN Greece Lopdrins. but were not so sue.
essful as the French the Venelisns, how
ever sold annually of wooiens of every
KIND 10 the value of 2S oCs doIlars--,he
sales OF Germany were about 500 600.
The principal export OF woolleus from
france. was through Mxrseiiles, which
had indeed a most njudlcious monopoly
OF the Lcyani trade, which must now, Of
necessity Cease, even were the policy Of
France governed by men as blind az the
successors OF Cuieert and Maure ps.-Ve
nice, Livorne, and Gsnoa, will be The
competition. of Maryeiiles. The woo,len
manufacture of Languedoc, under ,h- i'm
hecle administrations Of Louis XIV. and
AVI. like the whole system of French c
cononirs vas in u progressive state of de-
cline The dissipation and vices of the
court, obiierared every call Of national III
tersss and pride, The revolution was
only the crisis OF this disease, which en-.
dedin The excision oftbe morbid ms mbers
and the renovation of The body polite.
ht. cl,Ihs .f o;Ee;.
successful rivals OF The cioths Of Langue.
doc-yet from Marseii.es there were snip.
ped annually to Greece to The value OF
abou, $50 Ooo dollars.
The wooIien trade Of Batavia consist.
ed ct species OF cloth stronger than-the
LondrfnS and tinerthsn the Leipsics they
were ~ much request, the amount about
$4,000 dc!lars annually.
The cmmerce OF me English in the
Lesant, h ing like TIA, OF Marsejlles in
cranes and The india Commerce OF Eng
iand, monopoly, accoun.s fur the circun.
A.ance ihst after all her naval power and
all her commercial genius, She IL on,y
superior to bstaSia in the amount Other
commerce with the LaYant.
iue English Ierant or Turkey com.
pany, was ereS ted uoder the pragmalic
feign OF james ]. in 1905 The mem
oers awear Oh admission they will no, lend
s'ther thei, name or their sdveo,nf- 10
any person, and they engage by the same
nsth 90 receive oi!y The prodn & ons Of
turkey IN exchange ipr :he value furnish
ed ~ productions Of Raglsnd,- a system.
80 absurd st once accounts for the Ian
gonr Of he Eoglish Leyant trade, and
shews that tits not so much due know
ledge oil The actual riches of the Mediter
ra0ean, which acluaies the political aud
military movements OF England in lbe
Mediterranean, az the inieyesj and influence
OF another Dsoneh'iy, that is. The Easi-In-
dia company-but we are discussing III.
woollen trsde--of The Lcvant.
The Englsh woollen trsda flourisbed
until the year 1871, when bIauret,as WHO
appears TO have Caught a spark of The
genius OF Colbert, gave spring to the
industry OF L1nguedoc, of Carcassone,
Nismes, Abbeyille, and Chalons, and BY
a sedulous and successful Imi;a, on of ib,
English cloths and The care employed in
The manufacture Of Serges and Chaons
cloths, The French commerce prevailed
the tngiish assOrlmeDls were al hcst of
the whole Quantities assorted, in three CO.
Tors, and equal proportion of green, blue,
ana 'edj ia'terly ibs demand had been
wholly TOR the biues. Another descripu.
on OF E0gli.h Cloths called in the Leyant
h~ahoHds, which are the same that we
CAL BROAD efofhs, A'e in the gratest de
Tnahd ~ he Leyant and all Turkey. The
nigh Prlce OF these superhnes j. he oniy
obs.acleio iheTunVersaIuse IN all Greece.
- Ihe French have coD,rlYed 70 rival Che
English IN these articles III The Easi-in
dcs' and by he imitation Of the lead marks
ct The English manufactures, 10 .elj
F'Snch supsrEines as AngLsh. Much OF
these French superHpss are introduced
INTO the United States Z, p,csent, and are
sold ~ the sumo wly TO accommodate old
preludices---as sal'erfne Eaghsh.
a lew years ago Mr.. John Humphreys
an EnSlish merchant at CoDstanllnop,s,
conceived the idea Of manufaetgrlog
S<'Sllooas for the Turkey market, which
would suPercedc the French.
The Chaloss Cor vulgsrly called Shall
l0oas) - az imitation oi what re French
call Serge, manufactured originally 81
Chslonssur Marine 10 ,kis arlcle the
bnghsi, lsirly supetceded The French by
the superiority OF Their Ioapufa - urg tI,sir