Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-02-01

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The steamship CAMBRIA arrived at Boston on
| Friday morning from Liverpool. She brings pa
pers to the 4th instant her day Of sailing, being six
teen days later than previous accounts.
The commercial news is pronounced to be favor
able Business was good in almost all its branches,
and money very plenty. the rate for commercial
paper being only to "a per cent. per annum
The announcement OF the stock Of cotton on hand
| at the end Of the year had tendency to depress
the market little but prices remained without al
teration, and the market on the Sd closed quietly.
The prices declared by the Committee Of Brokers
for the week are--Boved, 4ad.; Mobile, lid. Or
leans, AID. t
| Mr.. EVERETT, our Minister at London, it is said,
is to leave England for this country early In the
spring. Mr.. RvEs, Secretary Of Legation, will be
accredited as Charge dAffaires al interim.
1t is contemplated by the British Government 70
send out another expedition to the Arctic regions
with the view of discovering the northwest passage
between the Atlantic and Pacific. The command
Of the expedition is said, has been offered to Slr
JAMES Ross should that officer decline it, it will
fall upon Sir john FRANKLN.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.
large meeting was held at Manchester the nth to
urge upon the the remission Of the duty cot
tom The Mayor presided and the principal speech made
by Mr. r. H. Greg, late M. P. from Manchester After
speaking Of the Of the tax amounting to
year the consumption of the country and Of other crcumsa
ces which made remission exceedingly desirable he directed
special attention 10 The and erteat Of the competition
10 sotic English manu- faces opposed from the Uni
ted States which they had to fear far extensively and
Immediately than from any other quarter The United States
he sad had every advantage in having the material the
spot and in having pay duty and the cost of freight and
insurance of cotton to Boston and other ports Of the Atlantic
was Just half of what it cost to bring it to Liverpool The
entire advantage enjoyed by the American manufacturer in the
matter Of feghts insurance, and duty amounted to 3 per
cent on cotton I'd pound. In the minute and he be-
eved perfectly statement of the Glasgow memorial
it put much hgher-on cotton at 3d. pound showing
advantage of 25 per cent and the other which cost
per h. not less than 36 per cent to the American manuac
the English manufacturer who had to compete with
him This advantage amounted in round figures to about
3D. per h. the average Of coton and adding to that the
great which the Americans possessed in their moving
power water power being almost unlimited and costing rs
per cent only of what British power COSTS and little
further advantage which they had the flour for their zng
amounted, he said, clear advantage Of Id per h.
all the cotton consumed, 10 per cent the bulk Of the
goods and per cent coarse yarns After these
estimates, Mr. Greg proceeded to say
sWih these immense advantages, gould any one wonder
at the rapid increase of American manufactures that they
should supply all their consumption For must not
suppose that English goods had been excluded from the Anne
market by their high tariff for goods had been
long, long excluded by the uy b,0 price at wich they
produced by the americans Themselves. In 1923 the entire
manufactures of America amounted only to 1853 packages
1.-THE valuation given in 1927 to 494 packages
in 1880 5306; in 1888 to l3,207 Subsequently the
value of the manufactured produce given in dollars In
1884 amounted 900, considerable increase
the preceding year in 1885 to ST. $780, 900 in 1888 to
So 1853 000 1889 to 975 600 in 1910 50, $40 900
I'm IN in tn andfo
lS43 the estimate in Messrs JONES' Gibson IL Ords circular
between So, 600 and ST. twas also known
that in 1s43 oaea Of The exports 10 China had consisted
of american d0mesticShat the export to China
American domcstics equal oneha the shipments
from Europe and America In the circular he had just refer
of the date of September ls43 under the head Of
mestcs observed, This article is nterfered and
cessfuy competed with In all foreign markets by the Amer
manufactures, and will have to believe
long be entirely superseded by them. Such their pros
pec the opinion of of the most intelligent houses
this town. who had very extensive connexions every part
the world But to establish completely this very inn
porant point whether they be beaten by
their rivals America he would read from let
| tiers from the Indian and South American markets.
" From Buenos Ayres, Messrs. John Anderson 81 Co.
wrote, in March, 1874 Having had establishments the
River Plate, both at Monevdeo and Buenos Ayres for the
sale of British manufactures for the last twenty-five years.
have had opportunities of knowing that there large inn
ports into these markets of cotton goods manufactured in the
United States and if such competition shall continue
has done for the last few years. vH almost compel
decline reeeirng oonsg'lmens Of goods made in this eoun
try, particularly Of coarse donaestics
tThen the opposite side Of America from Valparaiso
and Lima Messrs. Gambling Brothers & Co. reported tina
the competition of the American manufactures the
coast of South America increasing, and would become
active the skill Of the American increased
whilst in the China market which had lately drawn all it
supplies yarn from Great Britain large quantities Of hes,
goods from the United States There also yer,
important evidence this point from the house Of Graham
Co of Glasgow who had dealt in these articles in almos
every part of the known world and who stated that they
been obliged abrdge their consgnments all these
ke compared with whst they had sent in former years Tn.
from Manila, China, the West Indes and Canada
were all the TENOR describing the american goods
uniformly gaining ground in the markets Two days age
he had received letter. not addressed to him, but
leading American manufacturer, dated the 18th of Noven
ber 1874 which contained important information
the probable result of American competition 1t appeared ha
large extensions of their manufacturing system concm
plated, and that they about into the pro-
ducton Of twist article to which they had scarcely YET
/ turned their attention"
i These (says the New York Courcr are GER
ainy of the highest interest and Importance and furnish
stronger evidence of the growing strength of the American
manufacturing system than any statistics have before met
The Times the grounds urges the remission Of the
cotton duty The great object Of the South opposing tho
policy Of protection has always been the admission
cotton in England free Of duty II would be singular If the
protective policy itself should that result and yet
| seems likely to do So
i THE CHURCH.
The affairs Of the Church still the engrossng subject
public discussion and inquiry The pastoral letter issued by
the Bishop Of Exeter commanding the strict observance OF the
Rubc and the Of the supce in preaching has exciiet