The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-16 00:00:00

MARGATE, MAY 14.

, This happy retreat again exhibits extensive preparations
for the opening and determination on the part of
season, a
tthe enterprising inhabitants to leave nothing incomplete
t 40 contribute to the convenience and pleasure of the
-t°11: The town itself, from the great increase of public
PrPrete buildings, assumes a new and important as-
Peerssand the augmented sources of amusement and placed
°fPublic resort appear to combine all that can be require
to relax the business-fatigued mind, and delight the votary
of pleasure.
His Majesty's Mail Steam Packets, removed from
or, and stationed here in 1828, have run their pro-
ary
establi
bition year with surprising success, and must eventually
sh a moat advantageous intercourse between this
frequented corner of Kent and the Eastern Continent.
The
_SPit.fire
with about , Captain WATSON, departed this morning
40 passengers, for Ostend ; and the Fury,
with about 20
Captain SultaLocK, arrived this evening, in seven hours,
passengers.
Amongst the recent arrivals may be named Prince de
CHIMAY• Earl of ORFORD, Lord WALPOLE, &C.
„., Viscount GORMA.NSTON and family arrived at HOWE'S
n°Yll Hotel, on Monday, on their way to the Continent.

o ' • STATE OF STOCKPORT.
.tu have
'' e n
Muni nothing of articular moment to corn
hcat p
..g e this week ; the town is quite tranquil, and
ali
Position in
aPpearances have shown themselves of a (Hs-
the operatives to return to their work.
re` About seventy of the old hands of one mill (weavers)
omed
price operations on Wednesday morning, at the
bount offered by the master, giving them as a
bier olipiecehsalfpenny per cut beyond a certain num-
Riritauld be required to be manufactured, and we
happy to see their example more generally
t. ted, We are inclined to believe that the opera-
vriZPon the upon the whole, would be glad to return to their
04) but they are prevented by certain persons
theseand who
interest it is to keep them otit, . by
hat 'r insinuating harangues and fallacious reasonings
weeeksillretlitoo well succeeded, for now nineteen
We
to . • know that, generally, they are anxious
4.7 torn to work, but the fear of being " knob-
tilmerded,: or hooted through the streets, upon the
in,, num], acts with an all-powerful effect. As an
br—anee of this opinion, we copy the circular which
attatight together the 70 weavers who we have just
ated tire • •,,
~ going in.
„ A Ladies and Gentlemen,
Iliies 6 Many of you as can make it convenient, are re-
11414ted to attend •a Public Meeting of the Power Loom
:ier'' of Stockport, this evening, at eight o'clock,. at
the dit,"f the Duke of Sussex, to take into consideration
port; ""ed state of the Power Loom Weavers of Stock-
No fr,„L . " JAS. MARSHALL, Secretary. '
We are 1;":" instance of the least breach of the peace,
~,,-„--PPy to find has taken place towards the
Work,llll--.." Wh a have been brought into the town to
Barr but the private hostility towards them, we are
thing to say, seems little abated, and the feeling is.any
beet'! hut.
, generous In particular situations they have
ter; "tiled b their - even the use of wa-
neighbours
~ the bakeiy• has refused to bake their bread ; and
the 41,
sae bake'
also to -upply them with the necessa-
theies of life, though money be tendered to him at
tirne; and this, mark. ye, in a free Christian country,
and ie
lance a town, too, celebrated for its private benevo-
emiataid its acts of public charity ! Should this
warr u4l state. of things exist much longer, we aref
1 the allted itt making the statement, that several o
titillation
deteliir 1116 whiell are now partially at work, it is the
. better of , their proprietors to close until a
ehaiL di.spositioh evinces, itself, and the operatives
0t.,..:4e Induced to meet the pressure of the times,
' o*"'"ed solely by a redundancy of labour and an
Ter.
stocked market.--Stockport Advertiser.