The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

The following are the latest accounts from Lancashire, according to private letters:

MANCHESTER.—The weavers here are still out of work, but every thing is in the greatest tranquillity. The prices offered by the manufacturers seems to be a fair advance: and I fear the weavers outstep the moderation which they evinced in their first proceedings. They differ in their claims. The majority of them insist on 6s. 8d. in the pound, being one third advance upon the present wages; they declare that nothing less will be sufficient for their support, and that the weavers of all manufacturers who give this advance will immediately go to work; that all goods taken in from the date of such advance, shall be paid for by the yard, according to their length, breadth and strength, and a list of the prices will be prepared for the use of the public with all possible expedition. Some however, are so very extravagant in their demands, as to require a rise of 30 per cent. Some of the weavers who have had their own prices offered, stand out because their employers will not advance the piece in the loom. This, I think, quite unreasonable; or it is evident, that it ought to be worked at the rate at which it was given out.

Extract from another letter, same date:

"Every thing is at present quiet here, and many of the weavers are gone to work upon the advanced wages; but many parts of the country continue agitated!"

Oracle.