Denton & Haughton Weekly News, and Audenshaw, Hooley Hill, and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1875-02-05 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE TRADE OF THE COUNTRY.  The Times an ys :—" There cas be lit.tl doubt,frona tht. oservatlom; both of the President of the Manchester amber of Conunerce and of subsequent speakers, Uri ere is a ten,p,..rary eck to the prosperity of trnde. We are disposed t,) think that those who are not capitalists would, on the whole, willingly trndertake the investments and the trouble for the sake of evident moderate reward which Manchester men otrtafn for self-mterifte. 'When we are told by Mr. thigh Ma. on tbBt in the di,trict of Oldham preparations are beteg made at tv:is mument for the ereeri^o of a trillion additional spindles, and that a memberof the Chamber, notwithAencling that. at present he has several hundred looms standing idle for want of weavers, iS nevertheless building a seed to ! contain WO more, we cannot think the sufferings of ' y s„vere. Rut there ean be oel ran yet he very n ca pat ! float t t.f the Just'ice of Sir Thomas BaziPY'a warning, that the Manehreter trade is likely before long to be exposed to a far more severe cotnottition than it has yet encountered. The great efforts whien tire now t,eing made to extend such menufactitres in India is not the onlY and Perhaps the greatest danger. China Islikila n to become a still more formidable cempetit-r. The binese are at last about to work their coalmines, of h jell they have an inexhaustible extent, and to manse I,oture their own iron, as soon as machim ry is mar E tructed, on the spot. In the midst of that patientintelli• gent, and industrious population our manufacturers and workpeople will find it very hard to hold their own. In me for of competition they may he sure they will bibeaten. The cheapness of labour will enable Asiaties to Jefeat us hopelessly in the art of producing articles I merely of arrarent sufficient goodness.' The single P°lll6 ill which we may hope always to retain our "Latriorlty is the intrinsic excellence of our productions. It -ort by this quality, even more than by mere cheapnes*, that we originally acquired our vest trade and by Whatever method the feat is to be acccmplished, it is Certain* time that this ideal wa.s restored in Manchavater  A movement hns been set on font at St. Asnph for cel-)brating, in a public manner, the appointment of :41r Hughes, of Kinnell, to the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshiro.  With Mr. Forsyth, who will introduce the Worsen's Electoral Disabilities Removal Pill this cession. are associated Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. Russell Gurney, and Sir Robert Anstruther.  The Prince of Wales has promised to preside at the forth-cot-bine anniversary festival of the German Hosoital, Dalston.  According to Monday's returns, 3.11t3 sheep are allot-ter' with the foot and mouth diseue in the county of Dorset.  It is believed that the Rev David Rowell, vicar of St. John's, Cardiff, is about to resign his appointment and leave for Wrexham  A singular banquet has been given at Brighton, at which conger eel was served tin elaborated into fifteen entirely distinct dishes. The World announces that while the netion by Bw., and Bey fus arzair st it is pending it will suspend its attacks on the West-end usurers.  The valuable living of Whitby is again vacant, the fey. Ernest Wigram having placed his rt signation in the hands of the Archbishop of York, in cmicquence of continued ill-health  The gas ooal trade of the North of England keeps very active. The shipments continue to he Leavy at the Tyne Dock, and a opnsiderable number of vessels are lying there waiting their turns.  The youthful Empress of Obina, overcome by grief for the loss of her husband, is reported to have committed suicide. A boy three years old has been proclaimed Emperor, and the Empress Mother is again R,gent.  The Maidstone Journal is informed that Lord Holmesdale, M.P., has caused as intimation to be conveyed to his numerous tenantry in that district to the effect that in future they may do as they like with the game and rabbits on their respective farms. The 'Pown Council or Denbigh have resolved to petition Parliament in favour of passing a general act, giving small boroughs tl'e power of purchasing gasworks, if neceasary, to be worked for the town. At present such peva can only NI obtainal by a spacial act.