Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-06-11
FRENCH MANUFACTURES.

hENSl MANU- AZ U Ec.
The third Report of the Select Committee OF
the British House OF Commons Oh Artizaps, and
MACHINERY, communicates the following facts
concerning the present state OF manufactures IN
France. was Obtained from some of the
largest manufactures in that country. at rer-
sonal interview, and is published as worthy uf
full conidcnce.--.N. T.. Dsi!y .ddr.
Great numbers of English artizans are en-
ployed iii France, many of whom obtain double
the amount of wares given TO Frcnchnen en-
Ployci in The business, nlollen, theugli-rot al
ways, this difference is made with good reason,
for the French manufacturers, as wcil as their
nTachine makers, arc represented rs freql.cuty
requiring much longer :Ec To perform all e.
Quail quantity OF work. The number Of Eng
lis!nnen thus. employed III t',e Kingdom has not
yet been asscrtainci, but il was said in the years
1922 and i3.,3 not less than 10 900 artizai,s ar
ris cd from England. These are supposed To
have einigraicd without any direct encourage
inent iro!n France, as 10 contracts are knows
ID have been made since 1916; though IL is-now
only necessary to mention lin nanuactory
that hall a dozen Englishmen wanted, in or
der to bring . or 30 there in a short time.
The manufacture of various kinds of machine
ry has within short time been more extensive
~ carried on, and undergone many improve
mcnts, so iiat il is believed that the other coul-
tries of tie world og',t TO be supplied with mo-
chinery from france, if Engliah mechanics were
forbidden 10 export any.
French steam engines are generally worked
by coal. 1t comes from near st. Eticunc, in
the vicinity of Nantes, and from Vaicuc;-
enncs. Greatsqpantiies also are brought froE,
Belgium, Notwithstanding the duty on i:nror-
tation. The price of Che northern coal at the
month OF thcptnay be taken at los English per
taDgbh ton OF 20 c:vt. aud at Paris IL rises 10
20 or rs, carriage aud duties included. The
coal that comes from the south OF france istEe
best, equal to that from Ncwcastlc, and sells i'm
Paris for so or 55s. ton. But small proper
lion OF manufacturing i'll France is carried on
by steam; water is used for that purpose at Rou-
en-, and in most of the other manufacturing
towns in the kingdom.
Engisiiiron bears duty Of from 10 TO 2Os.
per ton. There are nincs IN several paris Ut
France, and near st. Eticnnc, as well as ut
Liege Ill Belgium, it is found near mines of
! coal
Many fancy articles wouId doubtless be i'm.
ported from Eig gland If they were not prohibit
ed di Outraged and some kinds of fine wool
lens might be sent in return with adyar-
tage. Indeed il thc commerce were free be-
tween the two countries, they might with nili-
tuaI profit exchange different species of wool
len cloth. Or, If English wooicns were re-
ceiycd in France in great quantities, the
French might pay in vines on various other
articles, proyi.l "a, tie English duties were re-
/ moves ana " mas DpCn repeatedly 6tatrd by
some of the best Informed French statesmen
! that if Il free commercial intercourse existed
/ between England and France, and only rca-
sonabiC duties we're imposed by the English
ON French products aud manufactures, they
w0jlld with pleasure admit ell similar articles
| from Great Britain. a fee trade with Eng
| lid is much dce! ~ Ia France, except among
I tHtsE9ssu,i ,cturcs Of cotton, and those other
/ kinds o. 2esa in which direct competition
is-,naintsincd with EnglaHd.
The fJIlOvi2g. Statement IF the consumption
Of Cotton IN Francs wiIlbe regarded with in
l.tercsL IN tic United States.
49, reign Of NAPOLEON, the duty on
ECotl0if,'ss $3.50. and not more than 3d.
600 bags 3ssA sctuled in year. In
f'f8 3 tic c5-SiI5y yzzsisas $50, 600, in
hFnac6 7Utf's.sc ssslsSSse;ihs reduced to three
mar pence pE 200, 900 bags, each
bag averaging
grtractgr a i5fcc744Iass sS.aiacG,m,fe Rioer 2d
rs-s GllI.Ee3.
| VAN DIffgtH'S LAND.
We have been ncariySscyen months On orr
! farm, so t.inis that ! should be able 10 form
pretty correct OPTION Of Tire country. The
climate i; actually Gnc all iAe time VIC have
jccD here, we have not been prevented from
| outdoor work foT Il single day by bad weather;
which X tie move surprising, as the wiatcr
months. JJue, July, ani August, have elaoseI
since we settled here; bat indeed, am lc 10
believe thItduriag tie winter season, in Van
Dienen'3 Land tic weather il much 6ner fb -,