There are at this moment two things which embarrass the
manu- facturer,—first, time enormously high price of wool, which must cheek the consomption of the goods ; and, second, the Factory Rill, which Inns already (where it is observed) raised the wages of the children in proportion to the duration of their labour, and which, \Olen in full ope- ration (should it ever come into full operation), will render a much larger quantity of capital and machinery necessary to produce the Saline quantity of goods, and of course will lower the profits on those goods. The weavers, woolcombers, and other classes of ‘‘.-orkInt,” dependent on the yarn spun iii the mills, are anticipating a shortness of work when the hours which the mills run shall be generally shortened. Many children who are under the age of nine years have been turned off; but this, however painful in its effects in mammy instances, was a measure culled for by humanity and reason. When the eight hours provision of the bill comes into operation, the manufacturers will not Pie able to find children sufficient for their mills. Both masters and workmen now have their eyes fully open to the excessive folly and rashrwss of the political charlatans who threw the country into a flame by the ten hours' project. The present bill must be altered, or the Bradford and Keighley districts will suffer severely. They will either sufl'er by complying %vial the provisions of the bill, or by incurring the heavy penalties attendant on a neglect of those provieions.—LeaLS MT,' ',eq.
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"FL! :hatless of the nissk et in Manchester still Continues end is stssowlent increased by ;' :-ecent unfitvourable ace( anas la ea ct Or tho 01/01'ati01/ of the President's measures resi,c, the St.tt,, ILIA. So great has been the pressure for 6, :Hee hat in some of the States diseount Issl risen to the enormous rata c.) ).`"nr cent. ; a circumstance which ) aaaot but have 101 111111V0111';C;' :1111111•11(70 111.011 all ssonmercial intercoesse. The effect upoa the demaad Cos goods this week has been too apparent.— II 7aater's Manchester I. hrani.
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Live rpool and Manchester railway was held on Thursday week, in the (sawn sale-room. The Treasurer read the report of the I ; from which it appeared, that 11w the last half year the receipts were Li.,
and the disbursements, ; leaving a profit of -19,SS11. A
dend of 4/. Hrs. per share was then declared. The sea of .1,0skr!. was set apart as is reserved fund ; leaving 1,300/. surpit: towards the ex- peiolit ore of the ensuing half-year.
The provincial newspapers contain numerous nevon!its of the dmitnage ocr.sioned by the late sirritty weather. Much loss lois been suffered in consequence or floods in the rivers, which are big!: r in many places than have been known for forty years. It is feared tient time rot will prevail among the sheep, owing to the wet state of ths pastures.
Crowds of' persons were assembled on Thursday sennight, on the beach and along the cliffs a Brighton, in consequence al the discovery, by the Coast Blockade, of a cask of brandy and a vast quantity of spicos, which were washed ashore, and which, it is supposed, formed a part of a cargo of some vessel wrecked off time Isle of Wight in the late storms. All along time cliffs, the air was impregnated with an aromatic fragrance, which betokens much greater letvoe than has yet been discovered.
The wind having at lenjth shifted to the northward, it is calculated that at least nine hundred ■-essels will have shnultancously set sail from the various ports in the channel and from Bristol, the Welsh ports, Liverpool, and Ireland. Many of these outward-bound vessels have been detained since the middle of November; and the loss by-detention will be very great to the merchants, and also the shipowners.
During the past week, the newspapers throughout the country have been filled with paragraphs, announcing the appointment of commis- sioners for taking the acknowledgment of deeds to be executed by mar- ried women, under the Act for abolishing Fines and Recoveries. It is, perhaps, little known, that in the West Riding alone, no less than fifty-one :Atomics have been appointed ; whilst the average number of flutes and recoveries for the last few years, from this part of the country, scarcely exceeds that number in twelve months. And the fees payable to the two commissioners employed, are only I3s. 4d. each. Our pri- vileged professional friends are therefore not likely to grow rich on their new appointments.—Leeds Intelliyencer.
Mr. Stewart Marjoribanks, M. P. of Sparrows, near Bushey, Herts, bas appropriated twelve acres of land, in allotments of a quarter of an
acre each, to the labouring classes of that parish. At the close of the last season, some of the men admitted that they had made from four to five pouuds profit by the produce of their allotments, after paying their rent. Mr. Marjoribanbs gave three fine pigs as prizes for the three best cultivated allotments.
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