The Bar of the Northern Circuit intend giving Lord Chancellor
Brougham a turtle and venison feast, at Lancaster, which his Lord- ship will visit on his journey to Brougham Hall. Monsieur Paristie, a pupil of the renowned tide, and principal artiste of the Adel' hi Hotel, Liverpool, is "retained" for the occasion.—Liverpool Paper.
The Earl of Harewood, at a recent audit, caused a permanent reduc- tion in the rents of his Yorkshire estates, according to the state of the times and the quality of the land.
A letter from Coventry, written by a person who well knows the state of that city, describes the condition of the weavers there to be wretched in the extreme. Thousands of them are wholly destitute of employment ; and as a necessary consequence, the wages of those who have work are reduced to the very lowest pittance. In the parish of Foleshill, which contains a population of 7.000, principally ribbon- weavers ; there are more than half the workshops shut up. The winter is looked forward to with gloomy anticipations.
The demand for woollen goods in the Leeds market has of late more than kept pace with the supply, and the stock in the balls is in consequence very light. Many of the manufacturers are now setting on fresh bands. There was a considerable influx of buyers during the last week, both from London and the country ; in consequence, inure business has been done in the warehouses than for some time back.
A gentleman who employs a great many hands in a manufactory in the West of England, in order to encourage his work people in a due attendance at church on a fast-day, told them that if they went to church they would receive their wages for that day in the same manner as if they had been at work. Upon which, a deputation was appointed to acquaint their employer, that if he would pay them for over hours, they would attend likewise at the Methodist chapel in the evening.
A correspondent has forwarded us a pattern of dark olive cloth of Russian manufacture, which gained the gold medal at St. Petersburg, in the Spring of the present year. The wool is very fine, but the tex- ture of the cloth is by no means equal to that usually manufactured in this country from wool of the same quality.—liarifax Express.
It is said that in Norfolk barley is now fetching a higher price than wheat.
All the accounts hitherto received from the North state the grouse to be in fine condition, but not over numerous, and so wild as to render them come-at-able only by good shots.
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