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teaant pays his rentpunctually—if, instead of b sing a negligent and wasteful, he is a liberal and improving occupier of the estate; laying' out large sums of his own money to raise the value of his landlord's property, in the honourable confidence that he is himself to share the enjoyment of it—we would ask whether such a thing was never heard of as a tenant-right set up by a court of equity, to " maintain the well balanced scale of even-handed justice" as be tween landlord and tenant. But the question does not hang on this ; nor will a court of law Or equity be the appropriate tribunal before which the " scale of even justice" must, in such a case, be balanced. What will the House of Com mons say to. a man who claims as " his own" property the votes by which its members are re turned ? I lere is a prima facie offence com mitted, in the ejection from their houses or grounds of all those who voted for a particular Candidate at Newark, and a continued • forbear ance as to all those who gave their votes to his adversary : the one candidate was notoriously brought forward on the Duke of Newcastle's in terest ; the other, whose voters have been visited with this ducal punishment, was notoriously op posed by the agents and dependents of his Grate. Are these no facts on which to raise a resolution of the Honse - of Common's ? Are they not more damning to the Duke of Newcastle, and more pregnant of disfranchisement to him, than ever 'was the receipt of bribes by the voters of Grampound, or any other contaminated bo rough, a fair cause for their destitution ? It is a promising circumstance for England that this audacious attack has been made on the frame and composition of Parliament. The Duke of Newcastle appertains to a party whose disgrace will draw sympathy from but few. Ministers are borne down by these wretched traffickers in boroughs, the revenues are devoured by them, and the peop!e at once oppresSed and insulted. The Duke of Newcastle himself may not have brains enough to see the full bearing of his own manceuvreq, but there are other " borough-mOn ,,ers" who can.---Ibid. The importance attached to the circumstances under - which certain packages addressed to the English Ambassador at the Court of France have been intercepted, and the rather over-strained inferences drawn from the want of an explana tion, have induced us to direct our inquiries to n source likely to , of authentic information. On this much-canvassed topic, our intelligence . is neither complete nor circumstantial ; but, so far as it goes, it may be safely relied on ; and, re have a sufficient assurance, that when the roper time arrives, we shall be put into full pos session of all the parts of this mysterious and awkward transaction. In the mean time, it may be as well to state, that a minute and severe scru tiny is decided on, and that so much is already known as completely not only to exonerate the Ambassador from all participation or connivance, but to establish indisputably his entire ignorance of the improper purpose to which the sanction of his station had been most -unwarrantably ap plied. We have thought it expedient to say thus much in this stage of the business, because we take the facts on the credit of an authority not m ie l y - to be in error, and utterly incapable of in- Lentional deception ; but we are perfectly cer tain that public opinion calls for a disclosure of ial the cireatinstances antecedent, anti accompanY ing, in teems 04 distinct, direct, and accurately pirenmsiantial, as the English language can ft.tibrd, or rigid official scrutiny can bring to light. The reason assigned for a temporary suppression of the facts already established is, that a prema ture disclosure might prejudice the pending in vestigation, if it did not defeat the ends of it altogether. In our present state of imperiect information we are unable to decide upon the validity of this reason ; but of this we are per fectly certain, that the sooner this mysterious re piexve is departed from, and the more full and exikcit the explanations given, the better will it be for all parties, with .the single exception of those (an i :l some such there must be) who will be consigned to well-merited ignominy. It is satisfactory to learn that the investigation will be followed with a perfect harmony of purpose and identity of object on both sides of the water, and tight ruhhing has hitherto transpired in the smallest d egree likely to disturb the amicable relations of _the two kingdome.—Moiring Chronicle. 411 the artillery of the Whig Press is pointed ot the Puke of Newcastle for taking those steps .t, rants which he thinks necessary to the pre eevation ,of his influence in the borough of Yet his !Grace has done no more than the vC7ig proprietors of hoxoughs are always in tha habit ^f doing whenever their borough patronage" i s e ndan g ered by the intractable conduct of their tenants at elections. To have a teza's strong hold attacked by an enemy from without is a common inisfortune ; but to find tieachery in a garrison ;,:s an evil of a more Oarigerous and exasperating :mow. Lvery Whig owner of Borough-interest can understand • Ole force of this allusion. The Whig writers, in the indulge-nese of their fierce animosity against the Doke of Newcastle, do not perceive that ley assail with the same weapons the dearest ii4eWical interests of their cc liberai" patrons. In NindiAive attacks upon persons they forgt prin ciples—s 44 it is a principle of Whig (aloYern, inent to comeatand votes in Parliament by the proprietorship of boroughs. The Duke of Bed ford, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and other patriotic" Members of the House of Peers, are hit by the same k fiafis that are aiarie t cl At the Duke of Newcastle. Vie do not know any instance,: 0; the tenantry of the Noblemen whom we have 'tam ed having proved refractory at elections ;but, if they had, the Whig Press would not have poured :out tirades of indignant virtue" at their Lord4iips' attempting to preseive their pnlitical infinenpi by ejecting them. We are aware that, in taking up the subject in this way, we are only using the argunie;:t pd Iwnunem ; but it is sufficient foe the purpose 4 ; b ow ing that, whoever may have P right to complain ti the proceedings of the Duke Pf 'Newcastle in the borough in question, the supportßO of the principles of Whig GOVenment have none, 4,3'e say, moreover, that, as long as the system ;.lose boroughs exists, it inevitably carries ieh , a ilto the necessity of a harsh and jealous ex ercise of the rights of proprietorship, and the onfonement of an authority incompatible with the independent use of the elective franchise, We do not know what number of voters there are in the borough of Caine ; but, if they happened to be induced to give their votes against the nominee of the noble proprietor, we presume he would not tamely allow the mutiny in his camp to ° (crox into a t o tal abroirr‘ioil of his authority. Our objection is to the system itself, by whatever party it may be upheld; and we object to it, because it is hostile to the spirit as well as opposed to tho theory a the Consti tution. Freedom of Iteprese n tation is the b as i s of Parliamentary purity. We do-not mean to confound free-dom of " _epresentation with the avild dogmas of Annual Palliaroents and Uni vffsal Suffrage; but we certainly cannot identify it with any thing like the system of borough patronage. It is a maxim of the Constitution that a Peer shall not endeavour to influence the election of Members of Parliament, and it is, at least in theory, u breach of the privileges of the House of Commons for a Member of the Upper House to interfere with the exercise of the people's right to return Re presentatives. • The proprietorship of boroughs by Noble Lo-ds is directly in the teeth of this maxim;, but it is not fair that any party should endeavour to raise the public indignation against their opponents for doing that which they prAc tise themselves. One of the greatest evils aris ing from the monopoly of - boroughs, by particu lar families, • whether Whig or Tory, is, that whoever obtains the triumph, the people are sure to be the sufferers. The system is also a pro lific-source of immorality. It puts the dependent voters in the disagreeable dilemma of acting against their conscience or acting against their interests. If Serjcant Wilde were hereditary dictator of the borough of Newark, it is not likely that the inhabitants would enjoy more practical freedom in the exercise of the elective franchise than they do at present. His energies are enlisted on the popular side in the present instance, because his ambition is yoked to the same cause. His sympathies are all on the side of his personal aggrandizement. We do not blame him. He does what most men in his si tuation would do ; that is, takes advantage of existing circumstances in the borough to improve his own chance of becoming its future represen tative. This is all fair, perhaps, in the political battle which he has to fight. We blame the system which gives rise to such contests, in which the moral and social interests of the humbler classes of society are crushed between ambitious influences of rival politicians.—Morn lira Herald, • We presume that our readers are by this time tolerably well acquainted with the conduct of the Duke of Newcastle towards the people of New ark, as evinced in the expose given at the meet ing, of which afull report appeared in our Paper" yesterday ; and there is but little which it is ne cessary to add in the shape of comment, to the reflections which must necessarily occur to every one en a perusal of the report. The Courier regrets that " having conceived a change neces sary in the existing arrangement of his property in Newark, he should not have given a notice of his intention to make it before, instead of qfter, the late election"—a very civil mode, there is no doubt, of telling his Grace that the motives for his conduct cannot be mistaken ; but for our part we rejoice at the occurrence as one of the most perfect exemplifications of the mode in which the Constitution works, and the necessity of a re form in the representative system that could be imagined. What does his Grace say respecting the right of freemen to exercise their rights in the choice of a Member of Parliament ? " According to my interpretation of the adver tisement," says his Grace, " you meet to delibe rate on an interference between my tenants and me. Is it presumed, then, that I an: not to do what I will with my own ? or that I am to sur render my property, and the inherent rights be longing to it, into the hands of those that desire to deprive me of it ?'' So that, according to this interpretation, the right of property involves the right of oppressing every one who does not use the privileges attached to that property ac cording to the will of the superior Lord —or, in other words, the right of directing the political, as the Priests of the Roman Catholic Church guide the moral, conscience of their followers ! If this be time case, it is full time that the law were amended, and that instead of rendering it penal on the part of boroughmongers to interfere in elections, a clause were added to every lease, that the holder of it must act on all political oc• casions as the grantor of it would wish. But this is contrary to the law of the land, and most contrary, we should presume, to the principles of the Duke of Newcastle, who professes to hold in the utmost abhorrence any encroachment or innovation upon the Constitution even though that innovation should be in ccnformity with its spirit, and 4 . 0 r time good of the empire ; and how then, let us ask, can his Grace defend his present in terference ? He says he venerates the Constitu tion ; but if he does so, why oppress those who exercise their privileges in conformity with its spirit ? He says that Ile and his ancestors are famed for benevolence to the freemen of the borough of Newark ; but why, then, let us ask, destroy the work of ages, and establish by a single and uncalled-for act, a character for in juatace, oppression, and cruelty ? The whole matter is as open as daylight. There is not a jury in England, of honest men, who would not give a righteous verdict upon it ; and further comment is, in consequence, unnecessary ; but we cannot conclude without intimating what we 4.optv to be the fact, that 'his Grace's conduct will be a subject both of legal and Parliamentary investigation: Mr; Serjeant Wilde has not threatened in vain ; and tdr once the voice, both of the country and of the Government, are against the Duke. There is, in fact, no honest man—no man of independent senth»ents, who ti~ ill noa pain issue against the abuse of the mial43 of property, asserted broadly and openly, for the first time, by his Grape.- Morning Ads'. DEVON PORT, OCT. 3. rii,e paragraph ‘litich has hem maldng the tour of the pi=pes, si:i.:4l that six sail of the line could be completely fitted in six weel.,:c at Plymouth, or ? 43 stated in some periodicals, in a fortnight, i $ very erroncotp, and has excited come ridieUle E f rp flom practical men. The truth i., that the Dock yard ha , not i:s cot:view-TA of tulificers ; and, as during the eqn:pping of six sail of Ow line other vas. sell in port and constantly arriving would demand a pats of these hands, the number cf artificers to be g.tually engaged on the said six ships would be matey4iii . s,!i i iiii , lied. The state, too, of some of the ships in ordina-i is 5:,4 1 , ;nit to be S 3 good as re presented. The state of the St. Pincrbi i.stply ;.1.,-1 ; Oeked, may strengthen those suspicions which are 4out. 4IS said ;n Plymouth Docklard, that a visit has lateiy lice„ nr4qc to Brett by two gentle men of considerable professional skill :•. - it;f",cteci with our Navy Board. They found in that harbour foO*7' six sail of the sins in a state fit fur comthissu'm, with their lower rigging up, to vi over head, and the top• masts pointed. It is the custom in our , yard: to 1 keep the rigging ashore in storehous es until wanted for active service, and the tops are not put over the rig o , in9 . till the sluouds ate up. The topmasts are indeetron boar, 4tit not pointed. These gentlemen also witnessed the latmeh oc a l4clotiful first-rate ; .but their chief attention was directed iOa large ii i,ip 4 147t —one of the finest specimens of i:aval a t e hi tce . tore they l i iaFp evcr seen. But the crowning di.:,- 1 covert' of all was to 4114 .1,:!,> ;hi. sagacious Frei;ch i had adopted all our successive uppo• e er,-,Frit;, and 1 1 that old their ships were fitted with water-:ants,store rJoms, &e., its adopted in the Lritis i naNy, ~,,,1 supposed to be confined e xclusivel y to its ves,zels. I- These fact• are not the less startling because the 1 eLfroy professes to be an good terms with us. lie is evidently invparlng for aStruoi,le, and has silently but effectually put his navy into, a conditionln which ie was never found before, and which rolls most im peratively upon our Governors for their attention, lest, in the day of battle, and in the very onset of a new war, they should find themselves out-numbered and overpowered by a foe whom they had been ac customed to despise.—Western Luminary. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon an inquisi tion was taken before Mr. NEWMAN, the Coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of a very fine young woman, named Eliza Leach, aged 22, who destroyed herself by taking a quantity of arsenic, under the following afflicting circumstances : The Jury having viewed the body, which was lying in the dead-house, the following evidence was detailed by the witnesses : Mrs. Catherine Browne, wife of Mr. W. Tomlin son Browne, residing in Barnard's-inn, Holborn, con ductor of the business at the White Horse Inn, Fetter-lane, deposed that she had know the deceased for the last seven years, and she had lived with her as a servant for about a month prior to her death. She was between 22 and 23 years of age. Wh en she first came into her service she was in very low spirits, she having been engaged to a young man, who courted her by way of marriageo3he banns had been published in church, and the day fixed for the nuptials, but she received a letter from the young man, stating that his aunt and grandfather wished the marriage to he put off. She grew more low spirited, and she (witness) sent fer the young mart, and requested him to fulfil his promise. He made no -answer, and shortly after went away, promising to come egain on the Sunday to state hie determi nation. He did not come, however, but sent a letter, of which the following is a literal copy : " Respected Madam,—l hope you will pardon my boldness in presuming to address you ; but as you take such an apparent interest in Elza's wel fare, and as some apology is certainly due from me for not keeping my appointment, I hope you will excuse rue. My failure on Sunday was caused by going down to Blackheath to consult my father on a very delicate subject. As you hare wished me to give a decisive answer to poor Eliza, all that I can say is, that I regret to say that it is impossible that I can ever marry her ; nor should I have delayed communicating as much to her before now, were it not from reluctance to part for ever with her, to spare her wounded feelings, and a hope that I might get over my difficulties, which hope has now completely vaniehed. " I am aware that I am placed in a peculiarly suspicious situation, end that whatever I advance may with propriety be doubted. I repeat that I regret being unable to unite myself with Din. I have no complaint to make of her; she has always conducted herself, as far as my knowledge extends, with the strictest virtue ami propriety. Neither do I doubt her affection, or her capabilities to under take the ditties of a wife. She has behaved to my satisfaction in every respect, nor did my intentions experience arty change until the last month. Hea ven knows I loved her dearly, and love her still. She hinted that I never hamlet] to marry her. What other motive could I have ? I call upon her to testify if I ever, by o ord or deed, gave her cause to blush, Great difficulty I bad to persuade my relatives to give their consent; and to the tardy consent of my aunt I attribute all the misery of having the feelings and affections of my heart torn asunder—of being stigmatised with the name of de ceiver and liar. I cannot write to her, and when in her company, were I to suffer death I cannot say We must part. Will you, madam, have the kind ness to inform her, in as gentle a manner as pos., sible, of the fact. I ant determined not to state the exact reason, and resign myself to the consequences. I am aware of the importance that may be attached to this letter ; but if punishment is her object, I will patiently submit to it, whether imprisonment or personal castigation ; the former may per haps be a charity, and as for the latter the stings of conscience are much more painful, and the more severe she is tire less %s ill it upbraid me. One thing greatly distresses me and tills me with remorse —her deserted state. Good God, it maddens ire to think what a fool I have been ! I have toiled hard to bring every thing to bear, and when all was accomplished to let the cup slip from my lips ! I deceived her when I told her my aunt refused to consent. If she was to go to Edmonton, perhaps tl!ey might bestow on her that portion of love I feel convinced they will now withdraw'from me. Would that it could be so Honoured lady, Eliza says you were offended at my silence when you condescended to talk to me. I hope, Madam, you will not attri bute it to disrespect. I really knew not what to say ; I could not but assent to the truth and just ness of your remarks, but I was so surrounded with difficulties I could not say yes; and while a shadow of hope retnaieed I would trot refuse. I sheuld certainly have come this evening, but from Eliza's words, and a circumstance or two lira came to my knowledge, I thought it was a premeditated meet ing, and I expected to meet others whom I . should be sorry to affront. " With great respect, I remain, honoured lady, yoor obedient servant, A. WILLIS. " Mrs. Brown, No. 2, B.:l.:lard's-ion, Fetter-lane, London." Post-mark—High Holborn, Sept. IS. Examination continued—She mentioned his de termination to her next day, and she became ex ecetlingly distressed ; and she afterwards very fre quently expressed tier intention of destroying her. self by drowning. Oa the Thursday before she took the poison she went to the lodgings cf the young Man (haring heard that he had married another), and endeavoured to see his wife, but he would riot let her, and she came home in a very dejected state. On the following Saturday (Saturday week) she left her house, and went to the !muse of Mr. Price, it Dualett's-buildings. $ By the CORONEIZ—From the Thursday to the Saturday she talked incoherently, and did nut appear to know• what she did. MN. Jane Brookes, wife of John Brookes, resid ing at No. 5, Wcll-yard, Little Britain, box-carrier at St. Bartholomew"sliospital, deposed that she had iittgwn the 4mtaseti about two years. On Satur day seinnight she met the deceased in the square of the hospital, and sber.told her she had taken a penny worth of arsenic. Witness was much alarmed, and a,ked her where she had got it ? She said at Dr. Dle's, in Holborn. Witness asked hei• why she h.ul taken it 9 She replied dill not know—sbe was mad. Y6tness tools her into the hospital 4 and the stomach pump was applied, and he remained there till her death. Mrs, Mary Godfrey, residing at No. 2, Blewitt's buildings, Fette-lane, stated that she had known' the deceased eight years. She had been out-asked in church to a young man named Willis, and her wedding-dress zas made; she had also taken a room in Dean-street, Fetter-lane, for herself and in tended 4.094 cilq4 toil wiipps.s the ring was bought. She said afterwards, that on Sunday she was to be married, her intended had taken another woman to church and married her by licence. She 1:44 ttct been right in her mind ever since that event. On S4tord4Y sq'tP!iglq came to the Witness front hcr mistress, sn l d slip the; aiiperptt much agitated, and said she did not intend s to go back again ; that it was of no use, fur she hid taken some arsenic. She went with her immediately to the hospital. She had told her before that she could not rest—that she should drown het self. She was a very good and virtuous girl, and was beloved b-• e -T vr •• T. : a rson who knew her, # • • Mr. George Soulby, dreser to Mr. Vincent, one of the sividens of Cl:is hospital, d e p o s e d, t hat on pSi%lllr,daly se'nnight he saw the deceased in the host and she told burn she had taken a tea-spoonful bf a?s , ;; : i% lL apnlied the stomaeb-nump, and the S l i lad a yery n ' eee . SS ' a ' ;) : . rerrteliliFS l N l Vcrt used. he very inflammation in the stomach and the andOminal viscera, lie contitiord to visit her until her death, which h a ppened on Monday night. Upon a post lnortenz - examination, there Nv'ere fOund 'sloughing ulcers in the stomach, and such morbid appearances presented themselves that are obiervable in patients who ;lad died from arsenic. The young man, who was present, was then called and examined.—lle said his name was William lis, and lived at No. 16, Gate -street, Lincoln's-inn fields, and was a compositor. I have nothing to say respecting the death of Eliza Leach. lam married. Juror—How long was you acquainted with the unhappy girl ? Willis--A matter of two years. Juror—Did you publish her marriage ? Willis—l did, Sir. Juror—And the day fixed for the nuptials ? Wil lis—No, S'r, it was not; neither was the ring or the wedding-dress bought. Juror—Were you actually keeping company with this woman you have married at the time ? Wil lis—l hope you will not press that question, Sir. CORONER—You are not bound to answer any question that may criminate yourself. Juror—Had you any particular remon for break ing off the correspondence with the deceased ? Willis—l had, Sir, but nothing prejudicial to her character. Juror--Did you consider she was attached to you ? Willis—Yes, Sir, I have every reason to think so. Juror—llad she any knowledge of the person you have married ? Willis—Yes, Sir, but she was rot aware of my marriage. Juror—Has your wife any property ? None whatever. • _ _ _ Juror—When were your married to this woman ? Willis declined answering this question. There being no further evidence, the Foreman of the Jury, in very strong terms, expressed the indig. nation of the d nry at the treacherous conduct of Willis, and the duplicity with which be had acted towards the tinfortuture young woman. If there was no punishment iu this world for him there would be hereafter, unless, by due repentance, he atoned for his wickedness in being instrumental to the death of the hapless girl whom he had so grossly deceived. Willis, who is rather a genteel-looking young man, appeared to feel intensely the force of the foreman', remark, and said no man could feel more acutely at the deplorable event than he did at that moment. The Jury returned a verdict " That. deceased, Eliza Leach, destroyed herself in a state of insanity; and they at the same time think it right to express, thiit there is some blame attached to the conduct of Mr. Dale, of Holborn, for selling the arsenic, 513 also for the unheard-of crud conduct of the young msn, William Willis. Their opinion is so decidedly against him, that they have not words to express tht:lnselve,." The inveqigat;on excited the deepest interest. EFFECTS OF THE TIDE ON REMOVING OLD LONDON BRIDGE. In Class M. of the voluminous mass of ac counts and papers regarding all the city of Lon don's Corporation property (now just printed), appear the " Reports of Surveyors in relation to the rebuilding of London•bridge, and ►caking Approaches thereto :" among which there arc Reports from Mr. Nash, Mr. Telford, Mr. Rennie, &c. _ _ As much apprehension is entertained about the effects of the tide after the removal of the old bridge and its piers, upon property above as well as below bridge, it cannot fail to be in teresting, and may be very useful, to make some extracts from the Report of Alr. Telford on this exceedingly important subject, and about which there is so much anxiety. Thomas Telford, EN., in reporting " On the effects which will be produced on the river Thames by the rebuilding of London-bridge," observes that he took an accurate survey of the river, aided by two persons. experienced in making similar surveys; one surveyed the dis trict from London-bridge' to Putney, and the other from Putney to Teddington-lock ; and, in order to ensure at.curacy and proper connection and uniformity, Mr. Telford caused one of his own assistants, also accustomed to river surreys, to carry levels from London-bridge to Tedding ton-lock ; and Mr. Telford personally superin itended and occasionally surveyed the proceed ngs. He then reports "As to the state of the river at high water, it appears, from the Table of Observations of the Height of the Tides at the several bridges in 1820 and 1822, that the aver age fall through London-bridge at high water was from eight to thirteen inches ; that by those of 1823, since the removal of the waterworks, the fall, instead of eight inche3, is now only from three to four inches ; I think, therefore, it is fair to conclude, that, with a still leSs obstructed waterway, there will be little or no fall at high water, and that hereafter high tides in the western parts of the city will, even in calm weather, be at least on the same level as below bridge. I find that the level of the wharfs below bridge is from two feet and a half to four feet above the Trinity datum, and that those of two feet and a half arc occasionally flooded. The average level of the wharfs above bridge is from one and a half to two feet above the Trinity datum, and the ex- traordinary flood of IS2I, which rose at Ted dington seven feet, rose at Putney only two feet, and at Lambeth one foot eleven inches above the said datum. Therefore, it appears that there is more reason at present to dread the elevation arming from the tide below bridge than from the floods above, and that the floods of the Thames are not sufficient, in the present state of things, to fill the lagoon or pond above the narrows of the bridge to the height which some of the tides do below, and which, there is reason to believe, they also would above, were the channel unob structed. It may be supposed that the quantity of tide coming in at the Nore being given, the additional space provided for it by opening the upper part of the river will prevent it from rising so high as it now does near the bridge, and that, therefore, not only is there a probability of no greater elevation occurring there than at present, but that it in similar circumstances, be lower below bridge—consequently, that no dan• gar can arise above. When it is high water at the Nore we have . it within two hours high water at London-bridge, at the distance of forty miles, so that the high water passes up at the rate or 20 miles per hour, so much more rapidly than any known velocity of the river, that its effects are not to be ac the flowing of the curent merely, 4 co s t i tzl li f p or s b4 l4,,so the case in filling up the pond to Tedduigton through the arches of Lon don-bridge. • In this last case we have levelled along the banks of the river, and find, alter correcting the expressing Trinity datum, that the lowest fit qfae;: o; high Water iz at Putney ; that it rises about one foot at Teddington, and nearly as much 2t. L011(1011 -docks ; but this is liable to considerable variation. . There runs, at present, through London bridge, between the lowest chb and high water o ordinary fiprinp (or 4 feet tides) ab,ve brilge, 58,2. millions cubic feet (58 1 4342,710), and if London-bridge be removed, so that these be no material dam at low water, we have also to fill the pond now caused by that darn. This pant is fron l four to six fe (leen at 0:9. h• - icige at lou r ; water, and we iind tliat the level of low Waterabove) rid he meets at the bottom of. the Thames between Putney and Kew, viz. ten and a half milei above taking this as the head of the pond, the average breadth at 600 feet at low water, the mean depth to be filled at two feet, we hare an addition of 75 millions of cubic feet or 1-57th of the quantity of tide water between London and Gravesend, or only 1-284th of the whole quantity of tide water within the Nore ; therefore the whole water n hich must pass the new bridge, to raise the upper river to the level of high water below bridge, is 657 mil lions, or 1-3.2 d of the entire quantity of tide water within the Nore below bridge. It is a well-known fact that the tide in nar row channels with funnel-shaped mouths, or against coasts which oppose its regular course, rises considerably higher than at the places which are situated in retired bays, or under the wake of projecting points; thus the Atlantic tide run ning up the channel rises six or seven fathoms against the French coast, near St. Melo and Havre, while on the opposite English coast,.at Portland and Poole, we have only one fathom rise. In St. George's Channel the tides, at Mil ford and along the Welsh coast, rise four fa thoms ; on the opposite Irish coast, from Cam sore Point to Wicklow, hardly one fathom ; many similar instances might be given. The general set of the current up the Thames forms a branch, which at the Nore at noon, rises, as we have • said, 14 feet, but from thence the funnel-shape produces a gradual increase in the oscillation until we arrive near London ; that at Gravesend, at one, the rise is 16 feet ; at Woolwich, at three-quarters past one, it is 18 feet ; at Deptford, at two o'clock, we have 18i feet, but at Billingsgate, at a quarter past two o'clock, there is a rise of 17 feet only. The action of the tide is now affected by the bridges, the regular progress of this wave being checked, and the surface of the high water declines all the way to Putney, where it is high water at - a quar ter past three o'clock ; but from thence again there is a rise of one foot to Teddingtcn, where it is. high water at three-quarters past four ; Ileum observe, that from Billingsgate to Ted dington the wave passes at the rate of eight miles per hour only, while below Billingsgate the same wave of high water passes at the rate of 20 miles per hour, or, more particularly— From Niles. Hour. Min. Miles. The Nore to Grarezend IS i❑ 1 0 IS per how Gravesend to Wooh.ich 15 in 0 45 20 Woolwich to Deptfird... 63 . - in 0 15 22 Deptford to Bilingsgate 4 in 0 15 16 Billing,gate to Swan _ Stairs n loss of 0 in 0 10 Sw.ln St a ir, to Putney 7 in 0 b 9 Si Putney t,) TeAington... 11 in 1 SO 71 -Sd It is obvious, then, that this rapid diminution of the velocity of high water is caused by the narrow at London-bridge, and that were that obstruction removed there is every reason to be lieve the velocity in the upper river would be greatly increased. It must also be observed that the fall or dif ference of height between the surfaces above and below bridge at high water, must not alone be taken as the proper measure of the obstruction, and used as a datum throughout a calculation, because the fall through the whole tide is much greater. In one very moderate strong tide, which I observed on the 26th of May last, when the WI at high water was only five inches, the fall through the preceding part of the tide had been 14 inches. The high water will therefore go up to the head of the tideway more speedily, and will tise higher than at present. OF THE RIVER AT LOW WATER. This water must also return with greater ve locity; and the removal of the bridge will not only permit the increased head to pass off at the ebb, but likewise that portion which is now re tained by the obstruction. Were the flood tide not to return, and the stream of the river to cease, the bed•would ex hibit a series of ponds, at levels gradually in creasing in elevation as we pass to the westward, of which the first would extend to Battersea bridge, having a shoal at Westminster-bridge, on which there will be little or no water, and nearly 2,000 yards in length. The second pond, from Battersea to Putney; would be 16 inches higher than the former. At Putney-bridge would be a rise of 17 inches ; above Putney to Mortlake is a shallow channel with small pools; in the deepest passage across the bars, there is now less than three feet of water, &c. _ _ The depth over the bar is no where less than 2 feet, or more than fuur feet ; but this depth is %lid' some difficulty sufficient at present for navigation to the locks at Teddington. Were the liver water to be run off above bridge this naviga ion must cease, unless a new channel be excavated through the shoals, inde pendent of the depression in the lower pond, which the new bridge will permit, a longer time will be given for the ebb to empty the upper reaches, as we may see by inquiring whether the obstruction of London-bridge occasions any re markable deviation from the progress of the ebb, as we have just found it to do in the case of the flood tide, whereby we form some judgment of the probable result of its removal with respect to the velocity of the ebb stream. Allowing, therefore, that the tide at the Nore occupies six hours sixteen minutes, or the regu lar half-tide, we find that low water proceeds— From Miles. Hour. Min. Miles. : The Norc to Gravesend 18 in 1 21. 13 er hour Gravesend to Woolwich 15 in 1 8 p Woolwich to Deptford 6} in 0 37i 10 2.3ds Deptford teßillingsgate 4 in 0 224- 10 Billingsgate to.oll Swan a loss of 0 in 0 20 Old Swan in Westminster 2 in 0 224 5 Westminster to Putney 5l in 1 31 3+ Putney to Teddinton 11 in 320 3 1.3 d which exhibits the same rapid changes of velocity caused by the bridges as in the case of flood. Were the bridge removed, therefore, it is evident• that the velocity of the ebb above the bridge would mateiially increase, the time of low water be earlier than at present, the drainage of the upper ponds more complete, and the navigation, which is now practicable up :o Teddington, would cease too early near that place. EFFECT TO BE PRODUCED. From the foregoing statement of facts it i s shown that the removal of London-bridge will admit a greater body of .water to flow up the river to the westward, and with a greater velocity, which together will considerably increase the mo mentum ; and it is equally certain that the same cause will operate in the ebbing tide, and leave the bed of the river nearly dry for several hours in the latter part of the ebb, This wig in part be remedied by tho in Greased v e l oc ity an d • mu u rg a deepen the bed ; but Cis placecannot take the matter has more o small ;ravel s o s to where co nsistence, and to obtain the same depth as at present at low water wo'4ltl requhe excavation to LA very great eNtent, &c. ilt t4:s loweiing of the bed, if accomplished either by the tide scour, or artificial excavation, would s?ri9usly affect the foundations of some of the other bridges. The piers of Westnlin ster-bridge stand upon gravel, ',without Wi n g piles under th em , an d severa l are now no t inc'r than three feet under th e pr esen t sur f ace of t` le river bed, the matter of which I p ro ved t° be sand and gravel. . With regard to wharfs and houses built o n the banks of the river, the lowering of the O r : face of low water, and extending th e time of that depression, would afford an opportunity ofgre 3 ` e f drainage from the adjacent soil upon wili c ` t ! buildings are erected, and may have the eTect causing settlements; if no excavation take' place in the shores adjacent to the wharf , ' t° barges, &c., will. be longer prevented from sr proachin c ,c , to or departing from them ; if an cA: cavation does take place there will be some of the walls being undermined. These obse j r ' vations apply to the whole river as f ar a s :le' dington. - Besides these consequences from lowering d ie bed of the river, others will unavoidably 11)11 0 .; from the tide above London-bridge rising higt than it does at present ; many o f th e w h a rfs vi e the sides of the river arc not m ore th an f r oe's' and a half to two feet above Tri n ity d a t u m, 19ti are not unfrequently overflowed, p ar tly by 1 - °i floods, but chiefly by high tides, whi c h r i se ab"` e a foot higher below bridge than they do at P re sent above bridge, the evil will, therefore, be proportionably increased both in degree and fret quency. But, besides the common operatioe ° e land floods and tides in ca l m weather, tl, river above bridge will, when the dam- is re moved, be further exposed to the influx of beg'' vier waves driven from the Nord wi t h stool' from the northward, which have hitherto ,hee l ' checked by the almost solid mass of the tipPe" „ part of London-bridge. These observatie o apply to all the banks and low grounds on P e a , side of the river from Westminster to Teddivo ton, and which are very extensive. Ins!ances of such influx and rising of the tins have been already menti one d, an d another j e come to my knowledge while engaged in * I ., present survey ; at the C as h en r i ver in Is'Sril6 which hills into the s ea n ear th e mout h of ti t° Shannon, a bar has been lately cut aere ss .,, r make a more direct navigation, the upper r ° `, t has thereby been lowered two or three fe et low water, and at high water raised so as 1 , 0 overflow the mar s h es more th an b e f ore , an d 1 01 , direct stream is now cutting a channel thOr i the sandy shoals abov e th e b ar . Thi s idol; tion I received from the able engineer Nimino) who advised the measure. Then follow various details with regard to the expenc:. • PREPARATIONS FOR A DISSOLUTO OF PARLIAMENT, £P AND MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF COLCIIE.S- On Tuesday evening a numerous meeting of t electors of Colchester, resident in London, t c° T place at the Kent and Essex Tavern, Whiterhe After the important preliminary of th e distrib,;: Lion of beer tickets, Mr. Buck was called to the'' The CHAIRMAN rose to propos e th e h ea lth Of' of the most able, liberal, generous, and noble ; 3 ° l ; bers of Parliament, Mr. Dani e l Whi tt l e 've v-d He was not like the Lo other' memb er s, w ho v e :o showed kindness to their constituents except before an election; for it was uworious that,. do withstanding the overflowiag attentions and d le hit r tioni of eternal gratitude of the candidate anti friends during the canvass, no sooner was the 1134 , 1 1, her returned than there was an end of generoul , t h - 0 lag towards the constituents; and wh en ever 'l, O kindness began again to be shown, they migh; y e sure there was a probability of a diss o l ut i o n of V liament.—(Cries of " True, true.")—Not ° t'd most noble, magnanimous, hospitable, gene rous , liberal member; he brought them together 1 : 1e0 times every year. He need not tell them how ' o y they had met in that room since 1812, how l l 'oe suppers they bad had, and how often they drotik member's health, with the highest applause , liquor for which the Hon. Member had i*h gp (Approbation.)—For his part, he adored sti c '.:o ,l able , and liberal member. Ile would not, spending a shilling—nay, on grea t occasion:, IVa crown—out of his own pocket ; but he never o r any beer so well as that for Which a rich.on j s te t rous friend paid.—(A laugh.)—The eloquen t rp A i' then told them that he ex p ec t e d a di sso l u tioo liament before their next quarterly Itt ee" %of January. Ile understood that there was all °Pt„ it tion club at the Angel and Crown ; but suOv, would be unmanly to desert their member, wh ii ° ,4 l iih an honour to Colchester, and a bulwark of Sp ittle freedom.—(Cheers.)—The health of Daniel %T. s ea O Harvey was then drank with long and loud C ' acclamation. .11 0 . • . the The SECRETARY, in returning thatilis f health being drank, entered into a statemeu t 0 por' grievances of the people, and particularly th e . e lio l9 mous taxation on beer. He read the particul ar 1' a late number of the Edinburgh Review, arr°l l(l to upwards of right millions sterling. If theYetioo the making of the laws, would they ever s P li rli` e such oppression ? And if the members of "„ li o plQ , ment were the real representatives of the 1 / "fth a would such enormous taxation be laid on ore c o ld, first necessaries of life ? And would the 4 0 : sol continue to levy such tax e s on be e r, toble°':youi`" other comforts of the people, if the peoli le sr e firmly support such members as their OotiQ lj e IQ presentative ? He th e n a dvi se d them to c9ric:fiii,sri the next meeting prepared to sign petitions the corn laws, the taxes on beer, arid SOP -I 1 1 ° i ; the reformation of the law, and of return ) '9 veal° liniment, which their learned representativt ;Der present and ably support. The faithful m o r e ; would himself be present at the next meet in g ie O r , ceive their instructions to guide his conducc.,"lorr House. He concluded by advising them nothing to do with the Opposition Club,..oe'irle' said, had no leaders of talent, and as little p r f' and therefore could do no good. .0 1 , When BROOK ES'S Club-house was thr"' W some years ago with a v i s it f rom it e police, the Cto the opinion of an eminent Barrister, then a tneOlt•etvr4 1 0 what course, it would be best to pursue; .' 4 ° ,r ' er answer " Order the waiters to chuck bauit;ters." • - --------- - V BIRTHS. ..., t'''''' On the Gth inst. at Elm-grove , near Port''''' ' 0' lady of Captain Rivett Carnac, R.N., of a v s ' . I cl . ' cri The lady of Archibald Billing, M.D., licifor ‹re , , li a daughter.. r ~ At Black Rock, Cork, the lady of Col. 5 1 " b n e( Consul, of a daugliter. t AE ot A few days ago, the wife of John Bre adbe o r weaver at Alythohnoyd, near Halifax, of ori'''' third time in tuccessioa. • PI ;MARRIED.• 006!,,,,a' On the ith iniit. Mr. John Weston, t, ( '„ t 11.. only daughter of Mr..Satuttel Watkins, of ''' -'j t i 'lo' , t) tl street, Ilot ton. - 14;;',,1 0 At Frederickton, New Brunswick, Wi tt ' /P .— Esq. of Halifax, N.S. to Mary, fifth daug hte. " Lieut.-Col. Rodyerd, It. E. i. Gecif _ DIED. stet °. On the 3d inst. at Herne, Frances, tia t g'' M4y, Esq. aged 33. I cs'if' al: On . the sth inst. at DA,ton, Eliz a OP' 19 Lloyd, Esq. f 01° r o At Bath, Laura Louisa, fourth tlattglA'r 0 Soll ie c ,,,' 11,%. f T.Cll"' .e .. General Chapman, •i ~ o itlll le , -4 ,•,101 I and si,ter of Mre. Chadwick, of Alavesyn I' l larilsh ire. PRINTED AND P111:11•61IED AILTIWO lir°fl.4 way Ogneg, 11t, STAASP, LOll4-