Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-10-22

SHIRE for the manufacture of alpaca cloth SO far exceed
all that we have before heard OF that we avoid
giving some Of the details respecting it, The proprietor
of this MILL and Of the town of Saaire which growing
up around it, is Mr.. TrTUs SALT. His mill is truly q
model mill into which every mechanical contryance which
can aid its efficiency has been introduced The vastness
of this great work viii be from the following state
ment, which yet applies to only department. The
weaving shed win contain 1900 looms The length of
the shafting Will be $3.50 feet nearly tpo miles, and
weighing between six hundred hundred tons.
The steam engines to work these shafts are equal to
twelve hundred and fifty horse power and the looms in
this one weaving shed will be capable Of producing thirty
thousand yards, nearly eighteen miles Of alpaca cloth
every day, and aggregate length Of ce thousand si1
hundred and e9heght miles Of cloth annually. The build
ing covers six of ground and the floors in the
several buildings, including warehouses and Sheds
an extent of eleven and half The south front
the building is exactly the length Of ST. pauls FIVE hun
bred and fortyfve feet 1t is six stories high The top
room is unbroken in its length and of the longest
in the world The roof is of ron and the windows vast
squares Of plate glass Around this model mill is grow
ing up the town of Saltare The town begins with
hundred houses, built the best principles and ncud-
ing every convenience necessary to the health and
fort OF its inhabitants 1t will consist Of spacious
and streets grounds for recreation, schools place of
worship baths, and washhouses The air is not to be
polluted with smoke, the water to be deerioraed by
any impury. The chimney is spoken of as one Of the
most commanding features in the works, and will be a
protest against the practice of the neighborhood by
showing that it is unnecessary for any chimney pnte
the region around by the discharge of smoke Mr. SALT
is manufacturer both of alpaca wool and mohar The
alpaca wool has been known in England for about forty
years. but its manufacture to large is compare
lively recent 1t introduced by Mr. Salt into Brad
ford in 1886 For the first FIVE years the average annual
imports were five hundred and sixty thousand pounds
In 1851 they were 480 pounds the ncrease being
principally owing to the great demands of Mr. Salt and
few other Yorkshire manufacturers The mohar goats
wool OF Angola was introduced about the same time
the alpaca. The quantity of mohair imported in ls4l
OIL $50 pounds in 1851 it 943 $50 pounds
Cotton is perhaps next to corn the great object of at
tention at the present moment among mercantile men.
Great efforts making to open up the cotton producing
districts of india by means of railways, &c. and thus
to facilitate the transmission of the cotton the scaboard
Attention is also beginning to be paid to the probable
competition of the United States for the British India
trade.
The Bank of England exhibits the following statement
Circulation . e21 1856 AS Decrease e4S6, ATS
| Public deposes 67l2,2G5 Increase 704 432
Private deposites. lO,S39,lS5 Decrease Plat
Dis and advances 7,l43, 223 Increase ;. 400 541
Coin and bullion 15,GS0,7S8 Decrease ISL els
The people tie Stock Exchange arc evidently i'm
pressed with belief that is imminent The fall of
Consols was Monday full per cent. yesterday they
rallied about per cent, and quoted at the close
Oh There was also rumor that further rise in bank
interest not improbable The large of float
ing paper connected with the and Australian trades
attracting increased attention from the bank directors
There also a that the channel squadron under
Admiral Corey had received definite mission and des-
tination, connected with existing political difficulties
Throughout the bourses of continental Europe including
those of Paris, Amsterdam Frankfort Hamburg, and
Vienna, the prevalent political anxiety has caused
decided fall Gold has flowed in from Australia in large
quantities during the week, and the next bank
will show large increase in the amount of bullion The
trade heavy yesterday but the price of wheat is
full IS. per quarter above last weeks quotations.
We have nothing of Importance from FRANCE, except
the daily quotations from the Paris Bourse where the
prospect of has caused great if not greater de-
probation in the price of stocks than has done in Lon
DON When the passage of the Dardanelles by English
and French ships of became known at PARIS, the
Russian and Austrian Ambassadors there demanded
plantations of the French Cabinet as was also done in
London They were told that the French and British
Governments considered the lately expressed sentiments
Of the CzAn upon the significance of the Vienna and
the claims which he still Turkey, viewed in
connection with his continued unwarranted occupation of
the Principalities calling for decided
the part Of the Sutans allies than they had hitherto
been willing to take. 1t is said that the French Minister
Of War has just issued orders Of nature convey the
impression that France be well prepared for any
event which may arise The Steele continues very war
like 1t speaks of project for the capture, 10y the Eng
fish and French fleets, Of all the Russian ships in the
Black Sea and the Baltic, and holding them until the En-
peror NICHOLAS shall have remarched his troops
the Pruth The Administration Of the Customs in France
has published very satisfactory account of the
merce of France during the past fiscal year
The Amsterdam HdndelsJlad says that the Emperor
NICHOLAS regards the sending Of the French and English
rgates to Constsntinope merely precautionary
to keep the fanatics there in good order
letter from Ferrol, in Gacia, states that 74-gun
ship, the Rey Don Francisco del Assis, launched
from the royal arsenal there the 9th instant This
IS worthy of notice. because it is the first vessel Of
since 1898 that has been launched from the Spanish royal
arsenal in that place.
The only from ITALY is Of revolt in Civita Wee
CHA and great nsubordinaon in various other parts Of
the Papa dominons. Prussian paper says:
'The general question Of American naturalization
not fail very shortly to engage the attention Of the Ger
Powers as are continually occurring particu-
arly in North Germany, in which Germans having been
TO America and procured naturalization in the United
States matter Of convenience claim to escape the
obligations of citizenship in their proper homes. Ex-
cmptons from compulsory military service and nscrip
ton in the andwehr have several times been claimed by
Prussians who have visited America and executed some
act supposed to be valid transfer Of allegiance.
analogous to Kozstas is however before the
American legation at Berlin A NJ Henry Won Oensche
condemned in 1849 to four years Imprisonment for
offence Of the press; but he fed the United States
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