^6^ $» the cotton manufacturts. -^lig' ^. 



stitu^ion can ever be so perfect as never to stand in 

 need of any amendment. 



^ ^'"^'"^ I TiMOLEON. 



June 29- 1792.3 



ON THE COTTON MANUFACTURES. 



For the Bee. 

 It 13 within all our memories that there was not a 

 single piece of entire cotton cloth woven in Great 

 Britain. The manufacture of Manchester consisted, 

 originally of linen warp and worsted woof ; such as 

 checks, plu flies, and linsey winsey goods ; after- 

 wards the woof of cotton was introduced. The art 

 of spinning cotton with jennies, enlarged this kind of 

 manufacture. But the cotton so spun was of too de-- 

 licate a texture to sen/e as warp. At last the spin*. 

 ning by water engines was invented by Mr Ark-- 

 wright. The advantages of these engines are innu- 

 merable, in so much that the cotton manufacture 

 may date the aera of its commencement from this in- 

 vention. By means thereof cotton was spun ma*.iy. 

 times cheaper than it had been, and the cotton yarn, 

 was so even and hard twisted, as to be peculiarly fib- 

 ted for the warp of that fabric. The progrefs of the 

 manufacture was thenceforth most amazingly rapid. 

 In a few yea^rs after the discovery, Mr Arkwright 

 owned, or was partly interested in eleven different 

 engines. Some of those consisted of 4000 spindles 

 which are worked night and day, or at least twenty- 

 three of the twenty-four hours ; one hour being al- 

 lotted for examining and oiling the machinery. There 



