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lialf-wrons^it malerial, as Iwist and weft. 

 By this traffic, one part of liis Majesty's 

 subjects work to enable foreigners to do 

 without the labour of the other part, and 

 litnce their restrictive measures against 

 the finished manufactures of your niemo- 

 riahst:'. > Another evil arising out of the 

 above system, is the frequent reduction of 

 wai;e.». This system must, at all times, 

 decicase tlie value of the stock on hand, 

 which is sometimes immense; the conse- 

 quence is, that the most wealthy of the 

 nasters have eitiier altogether, or partly, 

 declined the manufacture; whilst others, 

 by repeated sacrifices of depreciated 

 ttocks, have become insolvent. Hence, 

 many thousands of weavers are out of em- 

 ploy ; whilst tliose who have work cannot, 

 on an average, earn more than four shil- 

 lings per week ; and little more than two 

 years 350, for a short period, (foreij;n 

 looms being prevented for some time from 

 manufacluiing goods from Britisli cotton 

 yams, ovvisig to their country's being then 

 the seat of wai), 'bey could earn iGs. 6d. 

 ill the same time. 



"Tiiat, since peace took place and the 

 foreign looms were set to work again with 

 British yatns, vages have been gradually 

 decreasing to tiieir present ruinous slate; 

 nor can your memorialists see any period 

 when they can be employed again so long 

 as yavus continue to be sent out of the 

 lingdon; in such increasing quantities." 



Man-ieJ.] Richard aiasscy, esq. of Mor- 

 ton-hall, to Mii.s Ellen Bail, of Stanley- 

 place, Chester.— The Uev. K. P. Brooke, 

 cf Wybunbury, to Miss Hannah Gonth- 

 •«aitp,, of Liverpool. — At Blacclesticld, 

 ilr. Piatt, of Woolwich, to Miss Thorley, 

 cf Maccle.-field.— IMr. '1 homas Clieetliam, 

 cf Stockport, to Miss Daxon, of Newton 

 iu the Willows. 



fyied.'] At Chester, Mr. John IMouIson. 

 — Henry Augustus Leicester, esq. 77. — 

 Jlr. John Eltoft, formerly a w ine-merchant. 



At Stockport, 39, Mr. Thomas Rix. 



At Runccrn, Mr. Johnson, of the firm 

 •f Johnson, Hazkhurst, and Greenwood. 



DEKBYSIUUE. 



At Derby assizes, a Miss Ann IMatchiff 

 recovered of Sir Wilioughby Dixie, of 

 Market Eosworth, hart, for a breach of 

 promise of marriage, fifteen hundred 

 pounds' damages. 



A meeting of the gentlemen who com- 

 posed the Crand Jury at the last Assizes 

 for Dei bv.<^hire, and other fiends of the 

 late Mr. MuNnv, of Blarkeaton, was held 

 in ihe County-hull, April 9.\>, ISlo, to take 

 into consideration the propiiety of com- 

 memorating, by a public memorial, his 

 fcharacter and 'services. Sir Henry Fitz- 

 lierbert, bait, was called to the chair ; and 

 the nicetiiie, which was nnraerous and 

 most respectable, determined, " That a 

 public testimonial shall be offered to Ihe 

 liieiuory of oue who, wliea living, deserved 



Derbyshire, [Sept. 1, 



our respect, and who still lives in our 

 grateful recollections. Thus may it be 

 hoped that his example will be long held 

 forth as an object of laudable emulation, 

 and his recorded virtues incite others to 

 pursue the same path to public esteem. 

 The chissel may, it is true, mark out the 

 general semblance of his features; but who 

 may aspire to the full delineation of his 

 character? Who shall celebrate, without 

 the imputation, by posterity, ofpartiahty 

 or flattery, the steady hand with which he 

 held the scales of justice, the ready ear 

 with which he listened to the complaint 

 of the injured, the mercy with which he 

 administered judgment, the candid dis- 

 tinction which he was ever wont to make 

 between the delinquent and his offence, 

 and that rigid impartiality with which he 

 laid all the distinctions of rank aside while 

 in the discharge of his office. The soci- 

 ality of his temper, Ihe frankness of hi« 

 manners, the cordiality of his friendship, 

 endeared him to all who knew him. His 

 benevolence was extensive without osten- 

 tation ; and there was a delicacy in his 

 mode of conferring kindnesses whidi, 

 while it shrunk from every expression of 

 obligation, doubly enhanced the value of 

 the benefits imparted. He did not wait 

 for solicitation before ho bestowed his 

 sympathy, and the objects of his generous 

 attentions were not unfrequcntly per- 

 sonally unknown by him. The attain- 

 ments of Mr. Mundy characterized him as 

 a correct and elegant scholar; nor will the 

 bard of Needwood be forgotten, long after 

 the axe and the plough shall have utterly 

 changed the aspect of its forest-scenery." 

 — Il was therefore " Resolved, that a bust • 

 of statuary marble, with suitable appen- 

 dages, to be executed in the best style, 

 and by the most eminent artists, be erected 

 in a conspicuous and convenient situation 

 in tlie County-hall; and that an English 

 inscription be made upon it, to record the 

 character and public services of Mr. 

 Mundy, the gratitude of the county, and 

 the universal sorrow occasioned by his 

 death." 



[When the design is agreed upon, we 

 shall be happy to insert a sketch of it in 

 this Magazine.] 



Miinitd.] Mr. G. Dunston, to Miss 

 Hudson, both of Derby.— Colonel McI* 

 lor, to Miss Florence Hope, of Derby. 

 —Mr. Wiuloy, of Derby, to Miss Mary 

 Martin, of Deep Dale. 



Diet!.] At Derby, Mr. Lee, much re- 

 spected. — 41, Miss Bacon. 



At Chesterfield, Mrs. Coller.— Mr. Job 

 "Watts, regretted. — Mr. Joseph Hoole, at 

 an advanced age. 



At Buxton, in consequence ef a fall 

 from his horse, Mr. Pierce Jones, of Ard- 

 wick. 



At Wirksworlh, the wife of Mr. Robert 

 Blackwell.— Mrs. SHettcuhara.— At Ash- 

 ford* 



