Star. — 1825-09-24 (London, England)

FROM THE LEEDS INTELLMENCER.  By way of introduction to the let er of our conespondent at Bradford, which will he found below, we have a most important fact to communicate, as regards the ezisting " turn-out" of the combers and weavers. This week the principal master•spinners of Leeds have resolved to reduce the rates pa d for combing. The cause of this proceeding is simply that they cannot find a market for the yarn on hand, the prices of which are daily declining. At Norwich, and other places, the manufacturers are glutted; and, in consequence, the worsted spinners of Lancashite, as well as this county, are not only compelled to lower the wages of the workmen, but apprehend they shall be obliged to throw many out of employment. The reduction now proposed in Leeds is, on the coarser sorts of wool, from 21d. to lid. per lb. and on others in plOportion. It is not suppo,ed the men will 44 strike" rather than come to tetms imposed on the masters as well as themselves by necessity. The reduction is to take place from Stl• turda) next; and when announced in a mill not far from this town, last week, the men did not subscribe; as usual, to the Bradford " Union." Meantime the combing of wool, half by machinery and half by hand, is making rapid progress, and threatens to place the operatives soon in a still worse state than they are at present. How foolish and futile the attempt to force up wages under the circumstances we have mentioned : Bradford, Sept. 21.  The Masters, Mr. Thompson in the Chair, bad i meeting on Monday last, at the Court-house, Darley-street, at which resolutions were passed, one of which, after stating that baying learnt that " personal violence having been offered to several workmen for withdrawing from the Union, an outrage which the associated masters very sincerely regret,' it says, " that the associated masters will sustain the expense of proper legal proceedings to be promptly adopted against any other persons who may offend in a similar way, particularly as it has been confidently reported to the meeting, that many of the workmen would return to their employment immediately, were it not that they were intimidated by the threats with which they have been assailed." The men had their usual weekly meeting on Monday, at Fairweather-green, but passed no resolutions. The junction of the masters of other places with those here, does not appear to have effscted any alteration in the measures of the men. Support from cater trades increases in proportion to the exigencies of the Union, and though about 1,000 additional members have been thrown out of employment, and have made application for the Union allowance, the supply augments with the demand. The following announcement was posted in the streets of Raking yesterday morning: " To Wool-combers, Silk and Stuff Weavers.—A meeting will be holden on Wednesday, the 21st day of September, 1825, at three o'clock in the afternoon, on Barstow-bill Bank Top, near Halifax, to take into consideration what means are most proper to adopt to counteract the mischievous consequences likely to arise front the extensive combination existing amongst the manufacturers connected with the worsted trade. "JAMES GREENWOOD, President."  Our accounts from New South %Vales and Van Dieman's Land are very unsatisfactory. The letters which we have received from Sydney state, that nearly all the grass has been destroyed by caterpillars, which overrun the face of the country, and that they have no prospect for winter of a good supply of provisions. Fortunately, however, corn has fallen considerably in price: the best wheat, which was 16s. per bushel, had gone down to Bs. and the loaf of bread of 21bs. was only 4d. The bush-rangers continue to commit atrocious outrages. Murders and robberies were common at noon-day at Sydney.—Glasgow Frei Press. The President of Mexico has agreed to the forms on I which the Spanish ship Asia surrendered to the Mexi' cans, and has paid the crew the wages due to them for Iprevious services on board. The letters from Lima received by the Jamaica mail, are dated the sth of June, up to which time Rodil had sot surrendered Callao. Trade is represented to have been in a very bad state, the population of the country surrounding Lima feeling reluctant to visit that city, through the fear of being_compelled to military service.