Class xrr.]

BLANKETS—WORSTED AND WOOLLEN YARNS.

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De IIkselle, A. J., Manufacturer, Themester, Dowicrs,near Verviers. (203, Belgium , p. 1157.) For a largeassortment of white and dyed flannels, swanskins, me-diums, and dometts, well made, dyed, and finished.

Gilbert and Stevens, of Massachusetts. (4 41, UnitedStates, p. 1463.) For a good make of flannels of Ame-rican grown wool, exhibited by Johnson, Sewell, andCo., Boston, United States .

Leach, J., and Sons, Manufacturers, Cailliards, Roch-dale. (5, Classes XIT. and XV., p. 486.) For a goodgeneral assortment of tiannels, of meritorious make andfinish, at reasonable prices.

Lloyd, William, and Co., Manufacturers, Newtown,Wales . (254, Classes XII. and XV., p. 498.) For theonly assortment of real Welsh tiannels, of good make andfinish, and all made from the Welsh mountain wool.

Schofield, Brown, Davis, and Halsk, 1 Gresham-street. (3, Classes XII. and XV., p. 486.) For a largeassortment of meritorious flannels, well manufactured,and of new designs. The manufacturers of these areMessrs. John Schofield and Co., of Haybrook, Rochdale.

Smith, J., and Sons, Saddleworth, near Manchester.(235, Classes XU. and XV., p. 497.) For merit in veryfine well-made flannels.

Twekdale, J., and Sons, Manufacturers, Healey Hall,Rochdale. (4, Classes XII. and XV., p. 436.) For flannelof excellent make and finish.

Money Award.

The Jury award a prize of 10/. to J. Bamford, Manu-facturer, Rochdale , Lancashire (237, Classes XII. andXV., p. 497), hand-loom weaver. For line light gauzeflannels, well spun and woven.

Blankets.

In Tunis (pp. 5, 9, 11, 30) a very peculiar make of blan-kets is exhibited, some of these with a regular stripeacross, others with alternate white and red stripes through-out, about an inch wide, made very similar to the gauzeshawls worn by ladies in summer; also a very fancifulchecked diamond pattern blanket, entirely knitted, theperfect workmanship of which possesses great merit.

The Jury award. Prize Medals to the following Ex-hibitors :—

Albinet, jun., 19 Rue do la Vieillc-Estrapade, Paris .(400, France , p. 1197.) For a small quantity of blankets,which are extremely fine.

Early, Edward. (269, Classes XII. and XV., p. 499.)For Witney blankets of a genuine character and moderateprice.

Early, Jonx, and Co., Manufacturers, Witney, Ox-fordshire. (268, Classes XII. and XV., p. 499.) For anexcellent assortment of real Witney blankets, of sterlinguseful qualities.

Firtii, E., and Sons, Manufacturers, Ileckmondwike,near Leeds, Yorkshire. (37, Classes XII. and XV.,p. 487.) For blankets with cotton warp, with good work-manship and cheapness combined. This is a new articleof produce, and it has become a great branch of trade tothe slave states of America .

Gamble, W., of Milton Mills, Dundas. (139, Canada ,p. 966.; For fine specimens of blankets, and well made.

IIagues, Cook, and Wormald, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. (25, Classes XII. and XV., p. 487.) For a great varietyof excellent blankets, in all qualities, for the Irish,English, and American markets; scarlet and blue blan-kets, for the American trade; and travelling rugs ofvarious kinds.

Patterson, J., Dundas Mills. (146, Canada , p. 966.)For fine specimens of blankets, and well made.

Robinson, Thomas, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. (54, ClassesXII. and XV., p. 488.) For blankets. This person is asmall manufacturer; but his goods are the best of theirkind for quality and workmanship.

Wilson, J. J. and W., Manufacturers, Kendal. (245,Classes XII. and XV., p. 497.) For excellent qualitiesof railway wrappers and Windermere rugs, of good styles.

Zaalbkrg, J. C., and Son, Manufacturers, Leyden. (34, Netherlands , p. 1144.) These gentlemen have ex-hibited a fancy blanket, of particular merit.

The Jury desire to make Honourable Mention of theproductions of the following geutlemen, viz.:—

Buffaclt and Truchon, Essonne. (1122, France ,p. 1232.)

Guyon, E., 57 Rue Galande, Paris. (1264, France ,p. 1237.)

Holden, B. T. and D., Concord. United States. (UnitedStates .)

Thornton, Firth, Ramsden, and Co., Leeds. (32,Classes XII. and XV., p. 487.) Awarded in this Class.

Zuukdkeg, I., and Son, Leyden. (33, Netherlands ,p. 1144.)

Worsted and Woollen Yarns.

In reporting upon worsted, woollen, alpaca, and mo-hair yarns, we have agreed to class them under ditferentheads, irrespective of the district or country whence theycome,- and thus to speak of the merits of each spiuuer’syam under the division of which it has formed a part.The Jury make no Report upon what are generally calledBerlin or embroidery yarns, although in the English andforeign departments many samples were shown, which,so far as the character of the yam (irrespective of colour)is concerned, were generally good; but as the merit ofthis article depends on shades of colour to as great, oreven a greater, extent than on the character of the yarns,it was determined to leave the matter to be decided bvother parties more competent to appreciate their peculiarexcellence.

The Jury have divided the yams which they consideredto come within their province, into worsted, woollen,alpaca, mohair, cashmere, and mixture yams, white andcoloured. The worsted yarns again, although all comeunder the same general term, yet, being ditferent in cha-racter, require to be mentioned separately. One class,which is the most numerous, the Jury will call “ MerinoYarns;” another, “Lustre Yarns;” a third, “ Genappeand Small Ware Yarns.”

There might, perhaps, have been a further distinctionmade in the merino yarns; namely, between such as werecombed by machinery and those which were combed byhand; but as this distinction was not in all cases ex-pressed by the Exhibitors it has not been adopted. Inwoollen yams, again, a further distinction might be ob-served ; the term includes all such as are made fromcarded wool only, whether the same may have been fromlong or short stapled wool, fine or coarse. Wool, there-fore, which has not passed through the process of comb-ing, either by machinery or by hand, is termed “ woollenyarn.”

With these preliminary remarks the Jury begin theirReport on worsted merino yarns. Of these there are alarger proportion than of any other, principally fromFrance, the districts included in the Zollverein , andAustria . There were also one or two samples deservingof note shown by English spinners, and one sample by aRussian establishment. The samples of 160 weft shown byJ. Rand and Sons, and of 144 shown by II. Pease and Co.,are very good indeed; but although deserving greatcredit, as specimens of throstle-spun yarn, yet the Jurywere of opinion that the same yarn, had it been preparedon the French principle, spun on the mule, and equallywell managed, would have been improved in character.The mule, which is in all but universal use on the Con-tinent for spinning short-stapled wools, is (combined withthe French mode of preparation) better than the throstlefor the production of yarns adapted to the manufactureof merino cloths; and this circumstance, no doubt, hasbeen the chief cause why the French have been able totake the lead through the world in merinos and mousse*line-de-laine fabrics. The best specimens of yarn, bothas to softness, evenness, and fulness of thread for thenumber, belonged to Paturle-Lupin and Co.; com-puted by the English number it was No. 178, or 2uomillimetre, and we have never seen a more perfect speci-men of weft yarn.

The French house which exhibited the nearest approach.-,s to number was that of Roger Brothers and Co.; buttheir yarn was not made from so fine a wool as that orPaturle-Lupin and Co., and certainly not so well managed