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THE MENAI STRATA EXTRACT FROM PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Nu. I. Report, Plan, and Estimate, for a Bridge over the Nlettai Strait, near Banzur Ferry At all limes when the subject of improviser the great line of cumin tttt ication between Dublin and hlder's has been under considei alio.). the inconveniency and driller attend. ing the passing the Menai Streit, which 'sepias air a the Wand faro Anelesr•a firms Carnarynnaliire, has listen conotaistly dig. cussed, and 11 ttt rums Plans have been proposed, with the • ii-er Of accompl.tbiug a r.•eular and wnebstructed passage, mu the place uf the present Ferry. shall nut •tt nip' 1,. detail what have been considered imperfect or objectionable modes ; it stems golf! salient :11 5:1), that in the year a 1810 anal 1811, plains of linden mole of east iron, ef sufficient width of span awl height of e•h•vation, not to obstruct the were prtlltOrir4l, 111111, after doe investigation •pinov. , l of he the c.mmitr, of the House of Commons, at suitable for she road commu- Meat ttttt , amid not tojneissies to the uavigation. lu the plan upon Ibis principle, which, in ISM by order of the Lords ..f tire Treasury, 1 furnished, and which con. *Wed uf rine ilrell uf cast Iron uf five hundred feet span, and one hundred feel above high water in he middle f the arch, and which, although the least expensive or any east iron bridge of dinar dimensions, was estimated to coat 127,33 If. The chief IlitTicully in constructing this bridge 11,1• fiXilse Weeper crate ring, which. f the iorhy bottom I of the cle I, :Insl de tub mid sapidity of the tideway, could ' not be aceoniplisloal by ord.llllll y mean.: from below. 1 was therefore led to substitute a new osoile of suspending the croteriog (gem Omer; anal also.: with my plan of a bridge, furnished a design for this roupotc. There designs were engraved amid annexed to the Repos I of the Ciminsitter of the stincre of Como ttttt s upon the Holyhead Road, in 1811. leo 11114, on brine applied to fur a designs for a b r idge to crux' the river 311ersey set Rostrorn, where it wee fleet's...l , y to preserve a waterway of inc thousand fret to breadth, $ brisige upon the pm isscsple of +impression occurred to me as the soda practicahle means, and wills that view I instituted rigidly set of experiments twin coda of malleable iron, viz ft thirty to Moe hundred feet so l e ngth, and h im% owe. wen. I. iI. of an in. Ii to two inclws diameter; and these both ui g.. Oil In elementary parts, and als,. upon combined, trait) by ambling am, partly by juitiling in a model. Ibe 1.111111. altars .alt uf these expeliments air detailed and rom an nted upon in an excellent Treatise on the Strengih of M a terial., lately pnblislwd by Mr. Barlow, of the Royal Military Ameletny at Woolwich. ' 'From those 1 had reason to conclude, that by mean. of malleable iron properly combined, a substantial bridge of one dolman.' feel might be constructed; sod accordingly gave • design fur that purpose. The facility and rcuisonay with which a bridge of this kind may he coiestrweled, where the shareware hold and high. Ird td consider it as peculiarly well adapted for pasaing the Menai Strait a little to the westward of Banco' Ferry, N+l re a east t moth of five hand eel feet spats had been houserly proposed. I base therefore drawn a plan upon this prin. ciple, for the ennxiderattuit of the Cumuanwirmers for int t.ri.Ving die Holyhead Road 11 consists of one upeniug of upgrai,l. of five hundr, it feet in width, and a burdred fret in height, between the high water lose and the lower able of thee ea/Away; and the roadway horizontal this height is uninterrupted for the whole fire hundred feet. where the natural rock which forum the western abut ment now interposes. lint iu addition to this het hundred fret, there are Nor arches to the western, and a w e uu the eastern *idea the nusu Opening, each fifty feet span, that ie, soaking in all eight lionsileed and fifty fret of opining, all as she wai ow the annexed drawing. This drawing also +hews, flirt is reg r.l tit the wirigation, it is preferable 11/ any bridge of :en aec:sed foe at, her ante the latter affords the full height f ais t only in the middle, whereas the former, a• has ju . ,t lie. n olisesvemi, .lords the same full height fur the whole of the Ist c Is,uldnd fret. In regal el to scummy, thi.l.,isire, 1,11 11,/- p,hicipleof snapention, lira equally the ate at I lease estionatid the expense wily at ;shout 430,000! ; and allowisig fus the partible rise in the price of irun, and any rinforeseen limits!. to pmicuriud Atone, it can not aint•ilist to 1111/1! than 70,100ei. whereas ill.. cheapest ut the arched fos 111 with east bun was neatly double that sum. W.th respect to the facility uf r.s.ecutiusa, it must be eel dcat to soy ti• rs/UII, the least conversant midi mechanical ..hose., Piet the bridge part of the parer up gto this el,snos. may he elleliltileitd u, a,ly readily as dm center• illf 01.13 i of the same size fur of Cast iron. The mastitis room a bridge upon the principle of sien, tali Ise sattsf.seturily ascertained by previous expert because with a given I,uglh and curs attire, it is k u „,,, a , th u g malleable trues of a good quality can support a certain WrIZIII more Ihsu its 111111, and therefore when the ‘ecizld to Ise upposted is known, w tar rule is obtained to eirte smiste Ilse (pia oily of iron ',ignited, and the Emulates of the q mility of rash separate portieres of iron to be employ ed, inn be ellectually proved. The must 4 , 11'11z3 1 ..,11! m o de of hinatiom may also Ire drier ttt i t led by similes mean.; soil although I have already r my experiments forme el a plait which ta practicable and substantial, yet I AO certainly, during the • tbe 'untie woik is iuusitneting, claim the privilege id repeating and t ate tiding may experiments, in order to arrive at the must perfect mode dos proteiple is seas. pubic ur. _ _ - - - • The principle I have herr recommended, of enroitrorling bridges by sospensions, all hooch' lathes to loot gr°etaltypear tin it in this country, is not new; tiny write iu existence over riorrs and deep ravine • in !Ciotti America, previous to the arrival of the bpaniairls On slim country; they hare beers long carried to a meat extent w the East Indies said China, soil of late years tight have been cotisirueted its North America. If these, with very bite • materials mid work matiship, have 1,4,11 on some instances u job i „.0,0 somu ears i i .,l in a b o ut btu) feel in length, it is certainly nut assuming trio much In expecting e from British di xtrrily, upon superior materials. I IS wily Is few years ago that bridges of cart iron, °Come hundred feet span were ventured upon wills timidity, and now, although obey have its some insiances been mismanaged by bungling constiucturs, they have in Where been sticre•sfully extewled to 130, 140, and 240 feet arches, with sc,reely any other approach to a niaxitnunt, than what is deli rutiord by localily mot expense. But bridges upon the principle of •utopension being simpler its the nianage wilt, and lunch 11111,e cups ilutisaus and economical, afford to a certain esteem even still greater facilities than Otiose of cast imu, End therefore promise to become of at least equal 411. (Sigurd) THOMAS TELFORD. Leaden, 3414 May, 1818. ESTIMATE. 1 estimate the expense of construeting a bridge over the Itlrnsi Strait, hear lianikdr Ferry, the broadway to be one hundr,d revs shove high water,anil the diatoncc between the point. of ruqpesmun live bundled and sixty feet, iucludiaig she expense of applosclies Gums the inreseat roads, of dinar land sod ilainarvo, at sixty Iltuttand pounds. (Sitise.l) THOMAS TELFORD. /mans, VA Noy, 1818. N.ll—.lay b.: completed in three years from the time of purls fur suspending these cables without iisk of do it htmln broken Mr Barlow having published an Account of die experi ments which were made by Mr. Telfri!il, fur obtaining data fur making au iamb 111411011 C trudge over the river Mersey at ii..corn, where the telatme span is to lie one thousoisil fret, and also various throirtical culcollations of his own upon this sort of bridge-building, we were of opinion, that his evidence woold runtiihnte very much to remove all (builds, if soy existed, in respect to the perfect safety of iron klug ing Images VVe bra leave to refer you to what lie has commoilieatod to us upon the subject, amid also to the iinifornily roncor. ent eviilm-ure of the mailmen wilurast►,as forming a very .atia• fiermy mufti mstion of Mr. Telfuas lice bilis" , of construriing such a bridge sufficiently strong and safe for all purpose% across the Menai, and lay which the navigation cannot lie in any degree obstructed. And mil respect to the plan that Mr. Telford has laid be fore us, of the rummer in which he promp.es to twilit it ; although the evida•uce of the witnesses goes to Oleo shit it is crucially imitable to the design, if Parlienirmit ►hould think proper to Sole a slim of money for carlying it into executi 111 l under our superintriolence, we shall feel it to be our duty again to examine very minutely into all the cont. potatoins or the strength of the materials which are to be made use of, and also ..f the loading which it will lie able to bear, before we give our pirmissiou fur the commencement oldie building of it. 11e tome the honour to he, Sir, Your mind obedient Servant*. (Sigurd) WNI SIIITII. II LNltli PARNELL. THOS. M 4 'STY N. .1. Si. BARRY. To the Right Mo. N. Vaosittart, N.P. IRISH ClltelliTS. No. It. Report from the Commissioners for improving the Road from .1•4 wd m to Hul)lresa to the Moser llor of the Exchequer, on Mr. Telford's Report and Estimate fur buildiug a Bridge user the Mruai Strait. Whitehall-place, May IS, 18111. Stn—lis consequence of the wish you .bare expressed, that we uhuulif examme some other engineers, besides Mr. Tel ford, a• to the practicability of constructing an iron hanging bridge :IffPNII the Menai Strait, near Bangor Ferry, we pro to examine Mr. Dunkin, Mr. W. Chapman, and Ildr. Iteenie, civil engineers ; Mr. Ikurrtusi, of the firm ' of Bi Immo, and Cu, iruu cable manufacturers; Mr. Barlow, mothenintiral master of Woolwich Academy ; cod Mr. Fit dolt, • tiny to the Runcorn Bridge Company. The poilits to which we enninimil these gentlemen were, the practicability of forming woo cables of die requisite length, and of suffirielit strength t o su pp or t th e ...t ig ht mhicli a bridge to 1w pert:city safe ought to sustain beyund that of its Jau matcriah, the practicability of (veining sup. in truth for Ilkat purling, ; 'twas eery ; was in the kitchrti ; WAS not ; 1111(1 slot, therefore, bolt the door, it was latched ; the boy went nut for turf, she lit-heves ; is still a servant to Mr. S. who is a ►ery good muster. - • Laurence Lynch examiner!. Lives with 11r. Sergeant ; was in Ina service tOth Jams:try, 1817 ; was in the house that night, in the kitchen; no going out the party met hint, took I out, laid a frosted to his breast ; could tell tio more than six or seven ; said they would shoot him if he did nut tell where his master was ; said I.e was in the honer ; was so frightened did not know what be soul ; took him to the !lunge nod threatened to shoot him ; made him cover his head, took 11011 up stairs ; made hint hold the candle ; broke a hunk, took thirteen guineas therefrom, also clothes, &c. ; 611 W the faces ; saw Prisoner': idenhlie.l him ; is certain he was there ; did not go up stairs; saw hits iu the hall ; had a blunderbuss to his hood ; knew him before ; sew bins three times in the house that night ; mentioned soon after hr was of the party ; pointed him out in among many, the moment be saw him ; had no difficulty ; often saw him before the robbery. Cruas-examined.—Was twice before Magistrates on this brisine,s ; the first time watt a few daps sifter the rubbery, three or four ; don't know was a reward offered ; never, to 1011 klloa ledge, heard it ; did say before the Magistrate when first brought, that lie did nut know any of them; 'twits three or four days after the robbery ; said so because hr did %tisk to tell the milli; men were produced of whom lie knew none, that was what he stated ; told his was ter some time before the then next Assizes, he knew one of the robbers ; was brought here about a 0010 he knew tiothirig of, aid on the trial lie *aid lie kite* only this luau ; said nothisigt about Prisoner, as he was slot there ; said tint a syllable till lie was brought here this time two years ; before Mr. Webb said he knew none of those produced; his reason for not tiamicg Piiioner wit , because lie did not see him there; did nut tell his master sooner, to cause some ..f the Prisoner's people advised I hot to tell; they lived within a quarter of a mile; some of the relations were with lino the night of the robbery. lie-exarnined.—The robbery took 'dare on Fri day; went to a 'Magistrate on Wednesday ; there were men then in custody ; did not know them ; was not asked if he knew the names of others ; was first advised the night of the robbery not to tell ; the persons who advised were among those who catue to keep guard ; they de,ired lion if he knew them to have no call to any of the 'way; Mr. Sergeant came home about ten o'clock, the rubbers then gone a few motors ; can't 'Mod the persons who advistd biro ; was away from Mr. Sergeant from the 801 January till Spring Assizes ; was turned off because he dill not mime the tobbers; WAS asked if he kora them, said not ; was sent for to attend the A,.sizes; was a ought or too at the house, before the Assize., and contitined Milos service since ; when sent for, said lie beard Gertgliegan's II:00e mentioned among the robbers; told the woman. Cross-ea:meant:lion resurard.—Fle knew neoglie. gall before the Assizes ; said so ; told Bridget M'G.irry first; was taken back because he said lie knew one of the party ;. did not see Prisoner till last January; saw him in Dublin; was taken tip by his master ; was told it was to identify him he was to go: saw him in Kilimmiliani in company with his toaster; saw him iii the gaol-yard ; the Ptisanero, about sixty, were io a rank by the wall; walked :doing them till he came to the. Prisoner; said that was lie ; gaoler said it was ; knew him as soon us lie came to him ; did not expect to get any thiog ; dill not see him fur two years before the robbery ; our fur two )ears after, till he saw him in lithium hain ; lived formerly herding cows three utiles from Mr. Sergeant, and then knew Pic:oiler frequently for half a year ; was not asked if lie knew any of the rubbers by Mr. Sergeant. Sergeant here called—Probably did not ask witness if lie knew ally of the rubbers ; his reasois for not doing 60 was that lie did suspect lie knew some of the party, and would Hot tell ; lie twos asked by the maid and a nephew of his who were in the house. Lynch's re-examination cnntinuell.—Said the wo man nor i•viihew did not sok I if he knew R ily of the robbers: Priwiter's face was not blackened. Brnl4et MsGirry here valird—Lynch now lives in the house ; often asked Lynch if he knew siny of the robbers after he had quitted the service; don't recollect asking hint any piertions of the kind the next day or the day after ; went on the following morning to Oitlcastle to see persons taken priSolltit there; said she knew one; Lynclt said lie knew noose. Ilere the case closedosid the Judge summed up. Verdict—Guilty. Mr. Del.:lust; mentioned lie was instructed to prosecute Geoghegan on 'hire indictments:—one fOr burglary, one for steslieg irons a dwelling, and the third for firing at Robert Nforrow, by ~litch lie lost his hand ; iII di•ttuct from the crime he was convicted of. The Court considered it perfectly umseceseary to proceed on them, as nothing had appeared on the trial to induce him to entertain the slightest doubt of Prisoner's guilt, or to afford e shadow of hope that mercy would be extended to him. When the Judge was passing sentence on the Prisoner, on Tuesday, lie dwelt ou the disposition evinced by him and his party, to murder Mr. Sergeant, which appeared, inure than robbery, to have been the object of the attack, end from no other cause than that of his being a zealous and active magistrate, vho was determined to perform the duties of his office in a manner which reflected much credit on him. His Lordship also referred to the attack on the house of Mr. Morrow, permanent ►erjeaut of the Ilaltjamrs-duff Yeomanry, on the saute night, of which he was also accused, and of his bring a party in which no doubt could possibly be entertained, and he remarked in very strong and flattering language, on the spirited and undaunted conduct of Mr. Morrow, who, unassisted and un armed, opposed himself to a party of four men, all armed with tire arias, and only submitted when he had received three shots in his body, and had his arm broken, which occaalollyd the loss of his left hand, stick a resistance, his Lordship said, would have reflected honour on any man. His Lordship ordered that Mr. Morrow should be remunerated by the Giant] Jury for v lustever ezpensea he had been at in attending the Asszea. MI `‘ CAVAN ASSIZE. Lawrence Ganghran, or Geoghegan, capitally in. dieted for stealing out of the dwelling.lintise of Ho bed Sergeant, near Vinfitiits, 14/. a gun, &c. on the evening of the 10th of February. 1817. Rev. Robert Sergeant, exampled by Mr. SMIr LT. —la is Magistrate for in this county; did so in 1817, near to Virgin . ' r; remembers the 10th; dined shoot a quarter of is mile from his house with u neighbour of his ; returned home be. tween nine and ten o'clock, when going towards the hall, he saw the ►table door open, turned to it, and asked who was there ; a shot Was fired at him from the stable; hit ii. the side; had a pistol iii his pocket, presented it in the direction the shot was fired, and snapped it; it honied pinning ; he then went to the front door, and rapped to get iu ; a se cond shot was then tired—it was front the dwelling house; felt aware leis dwelling-house was also uc. copier' by robbers ; went to ti neighbouring house for assistance, and whinier, iu about a quarter of an hour; none of the 'Libbers were then there ; ex amined the house ; u trunk, with twelve or thirteen gutoraar, was broken, soil Ilia money taken ; none but the servants in the house—three boys and two women, whom he named ; a desk also broke open, and some silver taken out of it ; a hat, surtout, and linen, and a gun. were also taken. Cross esamined by Mr. LITTON. Dined out ; it was dank when he returned; gene. rally has three men servants ; had lour or six Is. homer' ab.,ut the house at that time ; wearing ap parel was seoleis suet true ks broken opeii; hail arms in the house ; servants, lie suppose*, knew that ; utter before attacked; was tartly prepared for an atack ; it was known to Ins servantri ; of the clothes taken, the burn was in the kitchen. surtout in the hall, and does not recollect where the rest were ; darer sal' some were up stairs in lois presses or ward robe►; servants were the most likely persons to know o here the clothes taken were kept; knew bet. ter than low ; went out to dinner about four o'clock iii the evening; there were two little buys, and an other who will appear, in the house when robbed ; Was absent four ur five hours; has frequently beard of dishosiert servants robbirig their masters. Bridget M'Gurry, examined by Mr. CssTses. Was servant to Mr. Sergeant, ni Fehr nary, 1817; remembers the 10th; Mr. Sergeant (hind out that day; three small boys, another girl, amid witnets, remained in the ; the house was attacked ; robbers came, between six or seven ill number ; kitchen dour was shut, but riot locked ; rubbers came in through it ; opened the door ; two first came in; were armed with pistols; put the pistol to Toni Lynch, the buy's breast, and bid lain pull down his hat; witoe►e asked lubber what lie was about ; he put pistol to witness and desired her cover her head; asked fur her master; said she did not kw,* where lie was; he said she lied, and would shoot her if she did not tell; they took a mould candle, lit it, amid went up stairs, and entitle the boy Lynch go with them ; she remained in the kitchen ; they left a (min with face blackened at the door ; haul a stick like a epode handle, and took a pitchlork af terwards, which belonged to the house; saw two men more afterwards aimed ; they remained in the kitchen; asked for her master, soil one threatened to shout her; was going to break a press in the kitchen ; she gave them the key ; they took out spoons, tea, whiskey, &c.; put the spoons is their pockets ; staid all hour in the kitchen, cotistaistly asking for her master; they took witness and the three boys, and another meld, up ►tairs ; five or six men came into the kitchen first. including those be fore above stairs ; prepared their arms; new printed them ; took witness into a .timall rrmuh ; lank sip suture yarn, tied witness and the other servants' hands behind; she loosed herself; on the rubbers !biding her louse, they again tied her hands, and then bed her to the bud ; bent her amid broke her rib ; said they would give her every ill usage they could ; one man ►aid she was a hieutl to Fa►rell ; continued tied very lung ; was iii pain ; tln broke the clock ; they said they would have her master's lift ; that two men were in raiiged in the stable to shoot him, and two snore in the hall, if they missed him ; a Mall came in and said, " I Jere lie is Lowing now ;" soon after heard a shot, theft a second ; three turn afterwards came in and asked if tier master came in ; she saint not ; saw them take nu other things; they searched all the house ; heard them say in the lobby, the villain is off, he is gone for the soldiers; was loosed by a young gentlenian who hived in the house, amid crux in with her master; I they took a piece of linen, blows, surtout. &c. ; does not know airy thing about the nanny ; the gull was ' in the house when they came; it was taken; lineu measured 44 yar a, yard wide, worth about 21. per yard. Cross-examin Was treated very ill by the roll. hers ; broke her it ; frigliteeed her much ; thinks they ought to b pnmirhrd ; di belie it well. mod would be glad t y were ; would do all she could OUTII AMERICA. ki't , lately d ated, !kit an agreement, eotit:til,;ng the sithjei.ned WI been concludrill be tween the Vicrony or Pei u, 011 the pill nt• Spain, end Catilititi SlilltßlFE, HI the Andromache Ingate, Inc this rinnittre ; Ail. I. Every yeas. I tinder the Foglia!' Raz, arriving from the (Tented Kingdom of Great Britain soul Ireland, is allowed free entry into the port of Callao for the term ut two yi ars room this dale (November, 1$1R). t 3. Vire.reas vesaels leaving Englund, by reason of the long nevigation, generally touch at the ports on the come of Brazil, and even Chili, the same privilege is gioßseed them. The same is also extended to thine merchants, who, having goods in any of the aforedoentioned ports. may wish : to transhipehem to Callao, with the correcs tech iction, that those iu Chili moat do it iti the precise term of six months, after which no cargo cleared from that k 'legato. will he ad mitted. 1. This enneession is to be understood to be tor ample and übsoltite, that uu goods of what kind soccer are to Ise con ' .olered illicit fur iresispoi Winn but those of royal m boo. poly. But the mider-ittentioned matitifaclured articles, dit retie prejudicial to the industry of the country. are to be charged with twelve per cent. additional duty:—Made Outlier, tanned hides, Boole, shore, chairs, sofas, 410449 of drawers, coaches, chaise., saddles, and other riding 5.4 e ; also manes of wax, tallow, and spermaceti. 4. F.very eerie) enlisting Callao, in consequence of this fee 0000 r, Must, in the precise term of forty-eight hour., deliver to Ibis Superior Government all exact manifest of the cargo, and hoods Written in Spanish, aid signed by the . Captain ; and after going through the costousary forms, pro. reed to disselsarstr, if ensivenieist, and if not, she must, in the precise term of six days, get older weigh, awl go wherever Ow pleases out of this kingdom. . fly the same term of 48 hours, the Captain RIO Super cargo are obliged to name a Cuesignee, who most be of that t lass of too mistime, matriculated in the Coosulado, and not dealing by retail. 6. The Captain must di liver to the Commandant of %Intel. culai the certificates of ownership, ree whirls doe 00000 cuts are to be taken care of in his office, mid to be returned on his leaving the port. 7. All vessels, during their dirchame, and other opera tions, are to be *Objected to the forms established with re. gard to the national vessels, ablatittiug the visit and searchers of the Custom-hotter, each vessel entering the port of Callao paying ten dollars, although she may not unload, in whirls cage she is also to pay four rials for every ton es per register. b R. It is the duty of the consignee In transact all the husinese in the Cultism hosier, and other itoblic offices, as lie alone is to be reeponsible fur the perinea of duties to be charged in the cargo. O. It is also the duty of the same to conclude all the agree lb swats both of sale and purchase. ID. The Supercargoes of vessels coming in virtue of this ! regulation, shall be permitted freely to reside in the eapital (lama) the time nrceesai y for the vendisig of their cargoes ; tint they are absolutely prohibited from forming there, or iu the kingdom, any mercantile establislisterot. 11. The goods which in consequence of this enocessio• Omit lie introduced, must pay 310 per cent loyal and muni cipal duties, iipou a valuation of the current market prier. 12. lit order that the valuation may be limbic will due ins. partiality, it is established, that the Royal Tribunal of the Coiettlado is to present to the Superior Government a list of 24 mei ilittute, of known probity and information, so t h at Ibis Excellency meeting two each month in the chat aster of over . were, they shall attend at the lenetom.hisuse, mid furor on the lid of each month the rate of prieeseceibrding to the state of the market, this bring the ou'y Tariff which is to regulate the exuctiedi adobes fur that month, and su on sof t eswely for all the year. 13. The consigner of emit cargo to give bond In the satin ' f tom of the Administrator of the Custum-Louse for the payment of the duititt of entry in three months, viz. the first in rash, the second at three, and the third at four months, from the arrival of the vessel ; and those of export must necessarily be paid at the time of exportation. 11, l r, le. All ls arriving in consequence of thin pri vilege be allowed to expect tees itorial produce, inclu ding gold and silver in coin, to the amount of the rest of Ilse proceeds. 17 mill 18. Notwillintanding the I:mitation fixed in Ar ticle 18, reapeeting the exportation of silver and gold, that of lotilion bring strictly prohibited by our laws, the Supreme Government reserves tberunccrsiou which may appear con for the good and security of this commerce to Irons port thcirfunds to Eutopie. THE FANNER'S VISION, BY LORD ERSKINE. (From 71e Literary Gazette.] Agreeably to our promise, we now insert the Notes on the Noble Lord's humane and interesting poem, by which means we complete to our Readers a production not otherwise within the attainment of even curious collectors. NOTE 1. How ran his vengeauce thus be hurril Against his favourite lower world' Alluriiiig to the Bill I introduced into the House of Lords to prevent cruelty to Awn NOTE 11. E'en in his highest, proudest times, He ne'er had cognizance of climes. The Cheecellor has no crouluul jurisdiction. NOTE Just where my beeches hope to grow When the fierce t.mpest cease to blow. su , rotinded my cottage for shelter, which was before entirely exposed on almost the summit of a high hill, by taking beeches out of my woods of a very considerable age and height, where they have since stood. till very lately, rigged during the win ter like ships to hold them against shims that sometimes blow in my windows and threaten my roof, hut have hitherto spared my navy, which has rode out many tremendous gales without the loss of a cable, and now braves them without support; all the trees having taken root and flourished. NOTE IT. Nor could the soil its produce yield. Tbo' Coke himself prepared the field. Mr. Coke of Norfolk—the most enlightened agri culturist, the soundest politician, and une of the honestest end best men this country ever bred.— Every British Statesman should once, at least, •isit Holklient, at the Aunual Meeting called the Sheep Shearing—they would there see the erroneous policy of too extensive a system of colonization, and the folly of encouraging the emigration of our people, whilst so many millions of acres, in our own island, are lying waste. The subject is much too large and important for a note, but I owed this homage to Mr. Coke. NOTE ♦. Yet let sot man presume to know Their course, uor dare to strike the blow. It may be necessary here to come under the poet's license, otherwise vermin of all descriptions, how. ever manifestly destructive in our gardens, ought to be permitted to lay them waste. The economy of nature throughout the minuter gradations of ru 1 life ulnas all investigation ; yet Providence Must undoubtedly have intended that all created beings should be fed es their instincts direct. 'Trees, therefore, of all kinds, bear their hints and seeds in • thousand times greater quantity th'n Ire necessary for their reproductions, cud which most olivioosly Li.e hsen iiitensfed f ?! ..in:inal sub sistence. they grow in a wild state iwitiPfir. tniile tribes of birds and insects lake then. s!hannl proportions withnitt ititerferesice, and mail iss tented with alien relations, wlisits-vei. it may ho ; but in the resorts of luxury he will hear iii pari ne;shila. Tlw peachro and tier:booties ois lio wa ll s bring an hundred limes whet would to his reach if they grew in the desert, yet he wilt Hu i spare nue of them, lint liangm liss honeyed bottles on every branch, when wows anal other insect* surround them ; not, indeed, in their natural num ber, but liiplied by ' . lie alloreinebto of homes. monopoly.—ln the Mime to oilier, when Men con. gregate in large cities, and amass Bitter wealth than is, perhaps, consistent with a wh o les / yen s ~tai,' of society, thieves and sobbers abound in propor tion, ciJi the Judge et the - 131 , 1 Haile", like the gardener in the orchard, has a duty onsom,it Nato him to keep theist down. Cowper. in Isis Took, hits given the idlo tar Our conduct ha illr t.issr'r, Mr.illA ; and the Linn& he silloas to inait's ackiniattedged do minion is surely mildly inifficieni: " The sum is ihis—if melee coulrntoret,,health, Or 'afro. , interfive, his rilchtl and eleirns• • • Are psisifinuill, mid must extinguish Widely Else they are an—ihe urkeuneet 'hung% hind are A. free to live, and ift e,. j uy chat Tile As (;il , l was free to film them at ibr Who n, his sovereign wisdom mmlv Mt." The with, siihjeet 01 humanity to animals i t sd beautifully end strikingly ilitiorsted it; this admira ble !mem, that liti ought to he satisfied until th-ir clithlren have ttiat past of it by heart. Fur self, toy of mina is, Ilist lee rarely suc ceed in II oat of otter extermination against animals we prowl ihe ; awl even if we could prevail, others more iiii•schiesous than those we destroy might soul. tiply, perhaps, from their destruction. IVe might, therefore, to be contented to destroy the bah aids.. la or mas-es of them, when they grievously rather than carry on a systematic war against tos- n , fur their total annihilation. It is thought by litany well-informed persons, th it the destruction iit . sels, and cruotures of that desciiirini, Int ire preserystiou of the game, lass inert-total the trundler of the field-rat in many parts of land : sat animal more dangerously destructive. It is extremely difficult, besides, if nut quite tiepin sible, to subdue whole chows of iiiininw•rshlt and scarcely visible inseets—witnees the inetf , clusl at tempts, by lime, by soot, and by all that chemistry could biiiig into action, to overpower the fly, that, unrelenting enemy to every 'fiiroic.— This little epicure feeds on its first iraf, which is soft and smooth, shoving itself in n very few days after sowing, hot when the sieoud or rough leaf appear, their ropast is over, whoa they either die or remove in se srch of - othes food"; many i:ogeidoos contrivances hove been interned to curry on against them on exterminating hostility. hut their incalculable numbers and dexterous bastoict of self-presertiatiot) have olsays defeated Ural.- 31r.Cuke, who in all his exiierimdirts seem, to follow inter the pattern of and to be aware of the folly of systermihrolty rouniaraciing her, pursues a more until rd anti it more micoetsful course; lie sows more than double the quautity uP turnip-seed usually sown by Others, or which could possibly come forward to crop. At this sar• traorthoary feast•the flies are lot undisturbrd, and before the superfluovs and othervoiore use less vegetation can be consumed, the roar leaf appears , when they instantly emigrate .o his neighbour's territories, with preltibly filar or five generations of their families, sslit-re, if throe • be only an ordinary sowing fir their support. they eat up the whole in a day, and leave the farmer nuts thing. The fact is, that they often muse from place to ;,lace, and are occasionolly billeted upon us by nature upon their march, vita we• mutt pro vide for them the allotted rot oils under the continua penalty of a distress. bIARKEI'S. CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, A►RIL 14. We had a good supply uf sll kinds tirllll/ this inurninz; of Wheat, English and foreign, ill- re sue :.bout 10.00 t► quarters; Burley and Oats, earls ls.ll(in q•tuttrru. Fitic Wheal was its demand, and .2. pt rqu d , •ater. Barley. Pease, sud Beans have earls .1, chi:, d fmtii Is. to '2s. pi r quarter. The Oat trade is full as dear. lu tither kinds uf Grain there is no alteration. CURRENT Niters OF GRAIN. (;rey I'e4Ae BO. 5114 Tirk Beats; 32 I 314.1- dittO Oh 40 • —a j Small ditto Us ss. Foreign Wheat Ms GO Fine ditto bBs 7t4s English Wheat 6O. figs Fine ditto 74s bits glatu Fecal Oats ..... ?b. Fine ditto Puianil ditto 2lli Fine ditto 314 34. Potato ditto . ..... Slo 36: INI:e Seed, per 146t..45/ 521 Flue Flour 44.614 ON4 Sccoutla buc Old ditto Rye 4Ol —s Fine ditto 4os 46a Barley 44s 30s Fine ditto .. l2s 364 New ditto Malt St ls S 4. Fine ditto White Pease (boilern)ra Fine ditto SMITHFIELD mARKr.r, MONDAY, APRIL IP. This day's minket had a considerable supply of trime beasts, and d e shoo of cattle, iu other 'expects, was Istitliltnc. Lamb is dumper ; Berl, M Ilim, Veal, and I • ik, soh! 41 I,A prices; and the truth., in grill r.l, oat. li 'alias brisk. Tin! sales in Ihr Itt; -mat ket grew rallies lively : Hay, Stivid, arid Clover, have tit upped is price. We subjoin an acautate statement of the priers and lumbers:— To sink tin offal pt.r stone of 6th. 8eet....11. H.I. to 6s. 01. Head of tratie this dal : Mutton ..4s. Sit to 6. 6.1 (lends 1 lto Lamb...6l. 41. to as. 11.1. Sheep and Lambs.... 10,500 Vt41....44 81. to 74. O t t. Calves ..41n York... 4s. 8.1. to Hs. ILL I Kis ••• • . ___. COAL NIARICIIV. Aram It 1 Shipp at 51arlitt 141t4g). s'.t4. liri... 421 Newtm.-11e al Stm.lerlaud Yeattrday—E•nut i f th e a chequer, East Isidm, Sdlutl: Sta Haugedl DEATIII On the 11th inst. In Glensieglite-pare, sail 18 18: 1,1 /" s abort's, youngest ci..1.1 him %Ytt.ne %V stony jitn. 1:1st On the 9th nit at h.r. I. use hi Usenniftee.piaan, .I..hyt Weir, F. q. 'Ate of A. my Medici i Dr. partment. I -.6111F HIGH WATER THIS HAY Al' UNDO Moressui SS nf4er i. Evening 12 after 4.t LONDON : Prinit.l ti.e 1717, Strand; where "I.lyr-tic A.nvnts at e• receit trd, ?Ilia I clic . . (pual-pand) must be •:14111fi:ed—C SMITH, 'o. Ciernent's fro, Pouter —.l WHITt, No. 127, Cllan 4 l Pith!istwe. ~