The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-07
FOREIGN.
f'on The Liverfo0t advertiser, 11ay Is.
ORDERS IN COIINcIJ

Fart OF the Minutes of the Evidence Ia.
ken before the Commons in Committee
OF the whole House, has been printed. Ir is
OF great length, but as it is much enlarged
by saperhuous questions and repetitionS.
the substance or effect of the evidence r;-
ven ny each witness may be stated in a
short compass.
Mr.. /. Atwood, High BailifF of Birmine-
nam, was first examined. He stated, that
he was Banker iii Birmingham and con-
neCted With the iron trade. The poDuIati
on OF Birmingham and the neighborine. ma
nufacturing districts amounts to 400 O6o. of
whom $4,000 at least are EMPLOYED in ma
nu1actuilng iron, besides those who work i'm
Orass iounderles, bottuns, jewelry, &c
Nl,hln these two Years trade has been in a
ceplorahle state. Labourers. who twelve
months ago could obtain 23s. a week DER
only 10 or rs. and great number Of
"orkmen are dismissed. Every manufac-
turer IS overloaded with stock and he can.
not sell 1t at what it cost him. The nrin->
e'Pai trade OF Birmingham is to America.
out 1or the last twelve months there have
been no exports to America. The value of
the annual exports to America 500 OoOI FOR
I'ooo'ooO. During the last twelve months
lhefe mas been trifiing export to Portu-
gar oPain' Malta, and South America, a.
mounting TO about zoo, 000l. or 500. OOOl
There has been recently at Birm,nphau
considerable extra employment in the
manufacture OF cast iron pipes. This
must have, during the last twelve month.
amounted to nearly 100.000l. and had it
not been tor that resource, the situation of
the trade must have been considerably
worse. Has been informed that the Ame-
rlcans nave erected steel furnaces, and are
not likely to want any more steel from
England. The manufacturers have,wjth
I'll
men. hey have been accommodating stock
Tor the last twelve months-I'hey have
thus exhausted the whole of their capital.
party from motives ofinterest, looking. for
waru 10 markets opening to the trade but
principally from motives Of honorable hui
manty. Has heard that many orders have
been received from America conditiona,lv.
on the repeal of the Orders in Council:
but nails, and some other articles, have
been omitted, on the ground of their being
now the decay of trade chiefly TO the ces1
| sation OF intercourse with The United States
and though he had heard that machinery
had made considerable progress in Ameri-
Ca he was CT opinion that their tnanufac-
lures Gould not maintain competition with
the British il the markets were open. No
reason TO tear the competition of any coun-
try, II trade were open. All the other fo-
reign trades OF Birmingham have decreased
to the best OF his knowledge. Birmingham
exports little to the West Indies. Relieves.
there is no West India merchant in Dn.-
mlpgham. Never kBew much Of BiryY.tnar.
ham goods exported, but by Birr,6ygha,s.
merchants, Known large amounts sent tn
Bristol and to Glasgow and F,dinbnrch ~
be shipped by Glasgow merchants fo,' In
United States. Hardware to the yyee
lndies goes mostly through the Iondon
| merchants believes aIy.o,lnt not corsi1or-
aoie' Does not believe 0,oOOl. worth e
birmingham hardware goes.yearlv to the
west indies. Probably about 5ih Of B;r
mlngaam exports TO the Quilted States sye
sent TO south America, Spain, Portugal
2icily' Malta, Heligolana. and the Baltic -.
Whoie deportation Of Brmincban oocd.
70 the Continent not worth nlenticuine >.
"heh trade was open, not above zoo. 0QOl.
q yc"r--Neariy the whole exports 90 by
Liverpool. The fuel in America for steeI
anu nall manufactures is chiefly wool
winch IS preferable for them there ara
scInc coal-mincs there. Some ra-nrs. s..
are sent froia Sheffield With p;roI,e.
E"oIs. considerable set q iro, nan
cannot &c erected undsr 5000, 10! =
neiSh!oriood OF Si,n,ib,ham - "a, -, la IT,
sven, besides many Lesser or.g ~ "ie ten
tcr part ere enplcyed In ,rl,i, ~ S'ea-
] uo'1 than halt Wo.h rc,cs.;.,"o,y not
| 'he proprietor To work even ~, "Tces
INC WORKS decay, and lie lose. liz isS' 'r
III Two oiaSi id1iaceS, or 500 ,~,,s 'fi'''ai'
are consumed IN It @ttk In l.,.,. 60
-o~0ts 'E0o! es Betk n, - =,
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