Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-16

his duty according to facts and according to thu
Sbboeh OF some stale cries about the constitution
and the throne" and the union of church and state
He looked at the dangers and difficulties that beset til,
State he looked at the position of conendng armies
and told the Monarch and the leaders of the church.
the Peers what be DONE and what must not be done
How the Government be carried on was his ques
ton and he answered it, merely by reference to
old laws and usages but by mastering the facts of every
case it Let the Peers now seize every question
and it in the way, and they WILL so far do
Wellington would have. We have, however, great fear
that the Duke is dead the large party he has left
behind will manifest obstinate adherence to old rou-
tine and old maxms Wanting his quick eve and ready
mind for forming independent judgment, the Tory
Peers viii necessarily like the of their felowmen
take refuge in rules and forms and society, every
where moving forward with accelerated rapidity will
have perhaps trouble to their attach
ments and their preudices 1t from his close obser
Of facts that the Duke completely and tho
roughly the man of the age; and do not any
other influential statesman who possesses the cpa
city, not without apprehension that of the
suits of his loss will be very considerable mperfectons
if confusion in the conduct of the Government The
voluntary enrolment for the militia goes very slowly
and proves that this attempted resuscaton of old in
Whether refer to commerce, manufactures the army
the navy, politics. to social habits domestic in
tercourse travelling almost any thing else we shall
find evidence that practice which suitable to its
object thirty years ago has application the existing
state of things. The comparison between the best APP
pointed macoach of 1920 and the express train of 1852
not more striking than many other changes in the
social habits of the people Among other serious obsta
cles to voluntary entering into the militia the very
numerous benefit societies which exist in every part Of
the kingdom, aordng relief to their members of
Sickness and to the families of members in case of DEATH
very general rule of these societies that any member
entering the army navy, militia police force shall
be deprived of all benefit from the society This rule has
been duly certified and has all the force of law it there
fore follows that all persons who members of such
ciees will steadfasy refuse the paltry inducement of
half crown month which is offered by the Government
as premium for voluntarily entering the militia the
scheme of militia force be persisted in, the extremely
unpopular of the ballot will have to be resorted
toa proceeding which of the papers think the Gov
eminent will scarcely have the hardihood to undertake
We gave in last of the great increase
in establishments for the manufacture of cotton which
took place in the year which ended on the 3st of Octo
ber 1851; accounts since published show that during
the present year. the increase has been greater still One
establishment, rising up Blackburn in Lancashire,
deserves particular notice 1t is for the alpaca manufac
lures, well for cotton and is to cover six acres
The principal feature will be massive stone edifce of
architectural pretensons, having room
in 1t 54O feet long, about long the interior Of
ST. PauPs. The engines to move the immense of
machinery required calculated at 200 horse power
The gasworks win be equal to those of small town
5000 lights will have be supplied, requiring 100 900
cubic feet of gas per diem The proprietor is building
700 cottages for the workpeople in the neghborhood of
The factory which, being placed the banks of river
will be approached by tubular bridge of elegant con-
'tructon The cost has been estimated upwards of
e5000 600 1t is said that cotton mill is in contempa
ton at Bolton of nearly equal magnitude. Some large
towns, in which similar works are in progress, are
omitted, and the spirit of enterprise is observ-
able, we are told, in other manufacturing districts
in Somersetshire, Belfast and we may add the West
Riding, Nottingham, and Derby. Indeed wherever ma
nufacures exist, they the increase with the
fairest prospect Of success.
Only question Of difficulty to us in the con-
temptation Of this great onward II is not any
doubt to the increase Of the demand and the conse-
quen remuneration Of the manufacturers Our doubt is
novel onet relates to the supply of labor That be-
gins to be the weak point of all British enterprise In
every department of industry this want has been felt this
year to degree hitherto nconcevabe The Lancashire
manufacturers have always felt easy on this point be-
cause, even agricultural laborers longer poured in
Ireland was at hand with failing supply But all
Ireland is going to America and all England seems equal
" bent on going to Australia The emigration from these
Islands last year about $50 000 and this year we
must add 10000 who will probably 20 to the gold
and other fields Of the Southern Hemisphere If the
horsepower and spndles Of the Lancashire mills are al
ready idle for want Of human ngersand we have heard
Of machinery unemployed for want Of operatves-what
chance is there Of "more from England" or from
Ireland next year. much less the year aterf The
pec at present threatens be worse year BY year The
British public cannot appreciate such difficulty II has
long been accustomed to look on redundant population
paupersm and poorrates part and parcel Of the Con-
sttution and inseparabe from the soil Of the country
No doubt England is about experiencing the solution Of
the difficulty arising from extraordinary decrease and
enhancement Of labor The Daily Nsps thus solves this
difficulty
"Where are We to look for aid? We answer without
hesitation, where have found il often before and are
hnding II at this moment-n the continent Of Europe in
the population Of Belgium Germany and even France
Let II be once known that hands wanted In this
Try whether for the plough the spindle the loom and
millions are ready TO pour in from cities and villages al
most within sight Of these shores We shall again see
Saxons Normans and Plemngs invading us, this time in
peaceful array, and provoking jealousy except among
the idle and demoralzed who may wish TO keep up mo
nopoy Of labor in order that they may themselves do
work at ALL Already there 200 Germans in this
metropolis, and they still the increase Here,
then comfort to the capitalist and manufacturer and
comfort will add to the institutions Of the country
which would certainly be perled by excessive dimi-
mutton and consequent appreciation Of stock Of labor
We may depend on IT, in the Old World we shall never