The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-27 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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LIVERPOOL.
Tir!JRSDAY, Seer. 20.7-Wind S.S.E.—High''- 1°
15 minutes past twelve.—Arrived the Amelia!, ,Pjutk
from New York ; Roston, Mackay, froniltostom;
Campbell, from Barbadoes ; Dale, ilobsOn',.
Rirkby, Johnson, from Quebec ; Johanna,
from Dordt; Bee, Campbell, from Pernarnbuoi
low, from Miramichi ; James, 11"-
Miramichi.
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CLEARED OuTwattns.--The Trinidad Packe4 -A
for Trinidad ; Concordia, Pot, for Antwerp ; Helens, !II;
den, ditto; Queen Fisher, Antigua; Mallard; Fienc"'
Malta and Trieste. _

MACCLESFIELD AND LEEK.

a
Macclesfield is twelve miles.fromlol:4
runs over hill and dale, by a circuitous road. 'Pa%
at Macclesfield was stated to be in a dull w3P
•
there being 1,800 looms in the town and PAg
bourhood, only two-thirds of which were jot.„.;
ploy. Figured and plain silks are the chiell'
scriptions produced, the former of which' B,tsis
woven on the French plan. The lighter
were formerly woven with two or three writ
si„gle, others with somany double.threadi,„°l
now there is a material difference in- the W%c
and quality of the silk used for:them. IPaeh,
bandanas have been the principal. stay 91,....cr:
wOrknien for some months,. :
_illack,flarcelonn?''
are also made in considerablc.quantities;
the rich figured work, the weaver may get-fr°;*
about 16s. to 20s.weekly, if well employettL°3
the plain cloths he inafaVerage
there is much waiting for eineS,:ind scarcely
less than one-fourth of the handS'arelouf jrll9lo
for .want of material.
,Sonie the manufaCt?,
.here have recently 'adopted a new system, 111
take in a sufficient number of apprentices to ic°,l
the whole of their concernai. which appfentir;
at the expiration of:their servitude; will, of ccoii, .
be turned
,adrift, to make room for a freskr'
and, as workmen and women are.alreadil
abundant, it is pretty certain that • many of su
apprentices will .not be at all' benefitted. by the
initiation into the trade. The 'Men, triayga
their parishes ; the girls will probably be slot:
Boned to struggle with, or yield to, the temp
tiolis which necessity produces. The silk-00w;
ing department is much. fallen off; there 31
sixteen or seventeen mills- built for that "pirriiirise'
now standing still, not a thread being
,produce
,
from them. Some of the handS are 01'639
gone to the parish ; some families have bee!
brOken up, and their goods sold:; and some ,°
them have fortunately turnedto other occupation'
Macclesfield to Leek, twelve miles.; the Sr!
six through a finely-cultivated country, abound
ing in rich dells and deep shades.--Atone
the 'farm-houses a man was' opening"sheaves
oats to dry in the sun.- It looked' alrithst
thatch ; and he said much in that part was'ititP
same state, whilst the hay, harveSt had b,eeu
than that of cord. He said the RectOt cOilecr
tithe from 23 township's ; he- took.one4eitik
l
and, he firmly believed, would take the *bolo'
he could. It was a government cOnceinil
they backed the Parsons in every thing they
Roadi excellent.. An old man' inforiliedrm:e t 4,
stone was broken at 10d. to Is. the S'quire'Y3.o
No Irishmen worked there ;it was ..400
the people of the parish._ pas 4 the river Delo
at I.loyhridge, and entered-,Staffordshire, frog
whence to Leek•the. land'_ )(Mite high
and sterile. Here were many fields of osls'
sonic cut, others uncut, but-all in good coo':
tion in consequence of the recedit.fine•wear ther'i
Leek, one of the cleanest little 10‘41'%1
ever visited.—Here is eery- outrriera,',sigu
prosperity,—riot to that degree
.*rich' Ork
duces uproar and intoxication;
contentment, with , sufficiency. TWO„:
seem careful of' their money when, it is fiL
ten, and do not squander it, as is Often'
case in Lancashire. The young: 411,
well ; indeed better than I have'sten then'
any where else ; and, to speak truth, their-e°
clothes are not thrown away upon theme TPeifi
are in general handsome, and always' cleanly
neat. Their occupation is •most. pleasant s'7
womanlike ; and to sec a shop full of these yol
women, trickling the little round shuttles throng
the ribands, were quite sufficient to.call to mi
Andromache and her beauteouS maidens, we3:'
ing scarfs for their Trojan warriors. I was 01
troduced to one house, and never saw anytll
like it in the residence of a weaver. It' was
neat as hands could make it, well fur~tished, an
was one of a row of as good-looking houses st
any head clerk in Manchester might be,coutelj
to dwell in. The upper room was the workshop,
and contained four looms. The master Wool%
me that galloons were formerly Is. a piece, sevete
dents wide, and 36 yards long. Now they 31
woven at 7d. and 6d. Twelve were WovEiele
at 2s. ld. and fourteen dents at 2s. 5cL
said there was much waiting for work, thou
when they had work they could do pretty we
I understood that a fancy riband weaver, when
in work, could earn 255. weekly, the others about
l
14s. Within the. last 10 years it was. stated 'til
Leek had increased. in 'size one half. Whole
_,
streets of' new houses liad been built during
at
Ahe
period, on all sides of the ,tOwn. It was 13,1 j
Cheese Fair ; the farmers bring it, in carts, orte
sell it in the streets. Good cheese obtailie
about 3/. the hundred, itifeirior ciuslicies 551 bt
6s. Tess. " _

EIRTHg,
On the 21th inst., at GospOrt, the lady of Mountfor
0,
Brainiey, Esq., of his Majesty's Rifle Brigade, of Vi
still-bern.
On the 25th inst., in Green-street, Park-lane,
Robert Haig, of a 'daughter.
cif
On the 22d inst., Mrs. Greatorez, of AldermanburP -
a son. • c

OU the 21st inst., at Tunbridge Wells the ladY
;
Aretas Akers, Esq., of a son.

On the 23d inst., the lady of George Bruin, L's4•'
Pentonville, of a son.
On the 27th inst., Mrs. William Kew, of New NIJc,
yard, of a daughter.