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'ci 3 .- ~f,,el.:,'''.- .''',. '.,-,e,X,•> ' t.., = 11K,A, e , : 7:1 -.., , ....,r-t, ) 1.... - .._ , 4"..... „/ -.. ti ete4c oet In instituted y's Superiu• is Majesty's' onduras, al, has been !!!* t) iff(T U IN , . z /7 T /, NUMBE R 10,013. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15,-1824. PRICE SPVINPEN'ete John otha Nmercia) Pdr' to Shore, and ly beg I C4O C inCip3l Been• Black Rii:er, inereliandize , nettliNdi oat teiritory; And posed of,. PY Itra tes or* , pd authorg It supporta!, y's Superfn. apertY, or to Inr r " °ugh called ra' AUguetur in YucatOf one of 1)i. he 10th clay it for your . ICY cAND A ' niteJa• :e, an fiber e ag tho - -. , i I BISEI, :ONTRACTIE with GOVERNMENT for the PRESENT LOTTERY, ING, agreeably with his usual custom, la O advertised the Scheme in full, now calls the-attention 3f his best Friends,. the Public, to its principal attractions : TWO GRAND PRIZES of £30,000! And 30 other Capitals ; All the Prizes are Sterling Money ;—ter eNo Blanks, eST every Number being sure of at least -e5 ; h and the plan of hay. jog the Whole Scheme decided in One Day, having given lochgeneral satisfaction is again adopted by B be ISH ! the above Capitals, and all the other Prizes will drawn, and as all every Number decided on TUESDAY 3d of NOVEMBER. ALI, IN ONE DAY ! • !lb As the interval to the Drawing is so very short, and liotte les are so coon to terminate altogether, BIS!' solicits an early. Purchase at either of his Offices, i,„, .41 COll NII IL I, and 9 . -CHA R ING , CROSS ; where the fallowing • Ca ' pital Pilizes, all drawn on TUESDAY , LAST, Stli Instant were shared and sold:— ~,t5,56 .. a Prize of . no, 699 - Another Prize of - -- 110 0 ;2 1045 - 4050 10Nilii- --n £3OO 7,404. - X2SO • 1 8 8 1 ' 7 4 4 , 4 „ ' 1,000 11,6 96 . . 800 10,938 - 220 c !„, s " 1,000 14,378 - 300 12,074 - 220 0 ,01 1; 1 - 510 2,602 . 220 12,745 - - 220 pi_ 7%, 510 3,259 220 18,073 • 220 'lie Contractor ' s Offices, 4 - Cot-Ail and 9, Charing , , Cross. -..............._ . , p Au , GLOBE INS U RANC E, I'iIiV 4 ALL AND CORNBILL, LONDON, FOR A" AND LIFE INSURANCE, AND ANNUITIES. O. Persons whose Insurances ‘rith this to tiik C "Pany become due at Michaelmas next, are requested , e .„, e_lslotice, that Receipts for the Renewal thereof are now 0,,,yr0r delivery at the Company's Offices, and in the Hands tvezir respective Agents in the Country. Insurances due at Ilelnias must be paid on or before the 14th October. DI R E CT 0 RS. tir George Abercrombie Robinson, Bart. Chairman. \v at ,: Joseph Lorin, Es . Deputy Chairman. ch"'im Abbott, Esq. Edward Goltismid, Esq. I.,,,regßayntond Barker,Esq. Isaac L. Goldsmid, Esq. ,7ats Barrow, sq. Matthew liiicke, E.g. 4,1 . WWI Birch Esn "Ornag 111 • ~. '.* John liatham., M.D. „ Blair, il , sq . John Neave,. Esq. tivparles Cockerell, Bart. William Phillimore, Esq. ,Thornas Coles, Fs opohyticereatiirilinbe,e,LEsq‘js:ll.* Frederick ..lohn Pigott, Esq. Philip- Ripley, Esq. Sir Walter Stirling; Bart. to r ~ -,; James Taddy, Eaq.. r , I, . • raser Esq. • 'Robert Taylor, Esq._ "'Ne Carr f 4 • . •• -. Ediraavinix, Esq. Tlie e• ' - Y" ' 11. ha , b La of this Company is. One Million Sterling, which Se' cur e iti e n es a . ll paid up, and is invested in Real or Government JOHN., C, DENIIAIII, Sec. . . DR, / f," 'T -- ------.--..._____ 4 —„ `-' ON'S MATHEMATICS, by DR. GREGORY. This Day was published, illtvo. price 10s. (id. boards, the Eighth Edition, improved, . I. of 4 CouRSE of of • M VoI ATHEMATICS ; coin ' Woßed for the Use of the Royal Military Academy. / 3 ' C HARLES HUTTON,. LL.D. F.R.S. 41t.e jtocssor of Mathematics in that Institution. With many Corrections and Improvements, p wr ., Ily OLINTH RUS GREGORY, LL.D. P t i nt ,, s urpof Math emat i cs i n t h e R oya l Mili tar y A ca d e my. , esd e n ,`" f or C. and J. Ri v i ngton ; L ongman ' a nd Co . ;T . 1u c h...1 J. Cuthell ; Baldwin and Co.; G. B. Whittaker; J. Co ; 1 4 n ; J. M. Richardson ; R. Ili - inter Harding and Kin. Bar n and Darton • Hamilton and Co ' .;J: Duncan ; tsi g : i h urY and Co. ; iwio'and Co.; Shnpkin a'nd.Marshall "Lletwood and Co. London ; anti J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh. , t s of whom may be had, p,i, ,r• Hutton's Course of Mathematics, complete, in 3 vols. 19 - i p' l . Ils fid. boards; or either volume separately, Prue . - 4 9 ( 1 . hoards.. Lo urd A Key to the Above. By D. Dowling. ov9. price 245. 4 'J r.a: 'J Mutton's Mensuration. Bvo. price 18s. boards. bOt itd ii. Te. A - Key to Ditto. Ty T. Edney. 12mo. ss. bound. hi' "------ Mathematical Dictionary. 2 vols. B price 61. Us. boards. the e: Mathematical Tables; containing rtftv( —m rnon' Hyp ' erbolic and Logistic Logarithms, &c. In , 7iitt.h tdition, price 21s. boards. FOR ROTTERDAM, O l'he l' lN G theSLATER. NETHERLANDS, Capt. JN. PEA ItSON. !o. '. " L h rirliE Public are, resp ectfully :" formed tho above STEAM PACKETS 4", will proceed on their regular Voyages, as until WEDNESDAY the 27th of October °Wai n instant, a ft er which period they will ho p or u f ed for the present Season. OPPr i , l l„ r th'l particulars apply at the GENERAL PACKET 35 11, Strand; or, at the STEAM PACK!' - + 37, Crutchedf l is n t t.,* Days will b e published, in 4to. price 11. I s. lid: VERSATI 0N S of LORD BYRON. 4411 1 — ,1"„iling the principal Occurrences of his PRIVATE I lt.„7ll , i7 l 4.pinion s on Society, 111anners, Literature, and Lite. At, esid er 7"- tieing the substance of a Journal kept during a 1 822. —c e with his Lordship at Pisa, in the years 1821 and By THOMAS MEDWIN, Esq. Prin t i o Of the 24th Light Dragoons. lb , Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street. Alts . ---- z - ------s ihr STRANGE, DASHWOOD, AND CO.'S CRE DITORS. N°LrlcE is hereby given, that the JOINT A(pp,ItEDITORS of Messrs. STRANGE, DASHWO . OO, as B,,',`V, nod PEACOCKK, (formerly carrying on Business 'l4l, 3 l`"r*, tinder the Fir, lof Strange, Dtshwood , nod Co.) Tru i .14 ,," Proved th e ir D ebts, and executed the Deed of Nitthe 19th day of Jt i lly, 1803, entered into by the 'llli tt l 4tu, for the benefit of their Creditors, may rfc . etvc .lu a Poia lid l " DIVIDEND of Two Shillings and Sixlmi". '.'L t h e id NI on their respective Debts, upon applying . r . i .. t , t ns._ tim r. l ',.ANii. l il . A , l( E, No. 20, DEVONSI-11RE-S I'llEE I , P 0 R " r ld e ' '''" (2 E, on WEDNESDAY, the ath day of October. .. he t , tfcrY Thursday and Friday, Tuesday and Wedn,'! l ‘'.. 44 ;1 4 " )11 „‘viog, between the bouts of Eleven and I 0r . , :- illei,ll'.' Anil all P ersons claiming to he entitled to re , C . el% e tee. .11dell(he either 49 Executors, Administrators, I.rurus: (14:41Asstignees, or otherwise than in thei r . awn right, ar c l' wo Lil a . 0 leave at the said M. Leake's Office, for in!ipi.t. i nn, t he 06 ?' Previously to their applying for such Dividends, ti ed, glum authority under which they claim to be so mitt . - ‘qpy th e a copy thereof ; and in case they shall lease . only a the i r e r'i, they will be required to produce the original at laddi i ,",. they receive their Dividends. And ' all Persons Will 1 0 L'ash Notes Post Notes , or Bills, of the said Firm, bit,'" required p , ruduce the same, upon applying for the '",rot thereon.° I FLUID EX ntAcrr OF SARSAPARILLA. tvn Prepara lieu aro c oncen t ra t e d a ll th e 4 pett ""Lloal Properti es o f t h e Sarsapar i lla Itoot, even to . puedect S aturation of t h e Men:lrwin: with which itis pro. Wow, To such Persons, therefin e, who, from various . causes, o t " e4Perience great inconvenience, or with whom it would Xsi t terlY impossible to prepare the Decoction, the Fluid Ic e t w hial possesses the advantages of portability, and I N Pin g in any climate, will he found a most desirable I.ll:l_e.mployiny this much-esteemed Medicine. 4 ie t"istases in which it has proved nius ben E efi . cial . Air e ji) :!e of the Skin, such as Scorbutic Affections, seed v7e4ses, Secondary Symptoms, &c. arising fr . uni dis rootziate o f , the System at large. It is taken in Water, ,eid 9 g, s it of the same strength as th Decoction. -Au. 4 I n Uuttles at 4s tit and 7s. tid. by Butler, Chemist , "e A; Ch " Aside, St. * Paul's and 220, Itegento..treet Jima! Vrod,P • ', 'looms) 1, 0 !won ; , and by the principal Medicine tnroufbou't the United Killgthoo• 441, Ittilla t tl' ar eitli to ask for 'f Butler's Fluid Extract. of S. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON; SURREY. N SUNDAY NEXT, TWO SERMONS will be PREACHED in this CHURCH for -the•BE N E FIT of the UNITED SCHOOLS of this PARISH—That in the Morning by the non. and Rev. EDWARD JOHN TURNOUR, A. M. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, and Chap lain to the Dowager Countess of Winterton ; and that in the Afternoon, by the Rev. HENRY JOHN KNAPP, A. M. Priest of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, and Vicar of (heat Darling, Essex.—This Charity has recently been enlarged on the Madras System, and united with the National Society. It now consists of 410 Boys and 214 - Girls, two hundred and fifty of whom are clothed. THOMAS ENGLAND, See. SWAN WITH TWO NECKS, LAD-LANE. GENERAL COACH OFFICE. DOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, M ARGA TE, and CANTER BURY PATENT COACHES DAILY. E following ROYAL MAILS and POST- A. COACHES depart from and arrive at the abovelnn : New HOLYHEAD Mail, through Stoney Stratford, Tow cester, Daventry, Dunchurch, Coventry, Birminham, Wul verhampton, ShrewsbuaY, Oswestry, Llahgullen, Convert and Bangor, .every Evening at half past.. 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. . . LIVERPOOL Royal Mail Conch, through Dunchurch, ventry, Coleshill, Lichfield, Newcastle and Congleton, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. BRISTOL Royal Mail, through Reading, Newbury, Marl. borough, Caine and Chippenham, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o' clock. MITI - 11 . 1nd EXETER Royal 'Mail, through Devizes, Nlelh. sham, Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Collumpton, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. PLYMOLITH• Royal Mail, every Evening at half past 7, Snndays excepted, 7 o'clock. EXETER Royal Mail, tbrough Salisbury. Blandford, and Dorchester, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o' clock. FALMOUTH liortl Mail, every Evening at half past 7, iintdays excepted, 7 o'clock. MANCHESTER Itoyal Mail, through Northampton, liar borough, Lci cest,r, Derhf, Aghhoti rue, Leeli,aud accl estield. every Evvuiug at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 o'clock. BIRMINGHAM New Mail Coach, (in 14 (tours), through Stoney Stt at ford, Daventry and Coventry (the nearest Bond by 10 miles); crtt-ry. Evening at half past 7, Sundays excepted, 7 CARLISLE and EDINBURG!! Royal Nlail, through Choi.- ley, Mt:stmt. Garstamr, crt-ry Ereping at half past 7, Sun days excepted, 7 a'elack. New CHESTER Mail, thiomilt Sall), Ellesmere, and Wrexham, every Erenitig at half past 7, Stmdays exctpied, 7 u'clueli. New KIDDELIMINS'I'ER Royal Mail, through - Birn►ing haw, Dudley and Stourbridge, every Evening at half past 7, Sundays exceoc(l, 7 o'clock. . NORWICH Royal Mail, through Chelmsford, 'Colchester unit ipsWich, every EVeniug dt liallpast 7,'Sundilys 'excepted, 7 o'clock. • • POST COACHES. MANCHESTER New Light Post Coed, The Regulator, through Dunstable, Woburn, Newport, Northampton, Hut borough, Leicester, Loughborough,' Derby, Ashbourneand fluxion; at a quarter before a o'clock. • • HOLYHEAD New Light Post Coaches, through Binning ham,Wolverhampton, Sl6llllBl, Shrewsbury, Os west y, Cot- Well, and Bangor, every Morning at half past 5, and Evening at a quarter before 5 o'clock. GLASGOW and EDINBURGH Post Coach, The Defiance, through Manchester, tiarstaog, Kendal, Carlisle, Annan mid Dumfries, at 5 o 'clock, SOUTIIAMPTON Light Coach, through Staines, Hartford Bridge, Basingstoke i&od Winchester, every Shutting at half post•:. LIVERPOoL Light. Post Coach The Royal Champion, (In es hours, and driven through by Four Coachmen onlsi, through Stoney - Stratford, Covent' y, Lichfield, Stone and Congleton, ever y Day at 4 o'clocii. •WINDSOR and F. CON Conches daily. MANCHESTER Royal Defiance, (in 94 hours), thr o ugh Dunstable, Northampton, Harloo Otto Leicester, t riveudish Bridge, Derby, Ashbonrite, Luck, M ' aeclesfield and Stock port, every Day at 5. EXETER New Light Four-inside Post Coach, The Regu lator, (with a Guard, and out Ooc Night only), through Ba singstoke, Overton, r\ whim . , Salisbut Blandtird, Dorches ter, Brulport, Axminster, :and liontton, every Day at o'clock. Passengers. travelling fy this conveyauce proceeds without delay to Plymouth and Falmooth. EDINBURGIV and GLASGOW New Post Coach, The Champion, through Newcastle, Lancaster, Kendal, Carlisle and Dumfries, at 4 o'clock. - BRISTOL Regent Post Coach, through Reading, Newbury, Marlborough and Bath, every Afternoon at a quarter before 4 o'clock. • BIRMINGHAM Light Post Couch, The Ba loon, through Stoney - Stratford, Dam)! ry, Coventry and Stone Bridge, every Afternoon at hall pa. 4 4. FALMOUTH and PLYMOUTH Light Post Coaches, every Afternoon at '2 o'clock. _ wEyNtou awl • DORCHESTER. Magnet Day Coach, in 15 hours, at 5 every Moriiing, and from the Gloucester Coffee- house, Piccadilly, at t, COVRNTRY Light I')ur•irl*ide Post Coach, every After noon, at a quarter before S. • The Prince Cohourg to MANCHESTER through Covcn• try, Atberstone, Tomwoi tb. Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle and Congleton, erery Day at 4 o'clock. NOTTINGHAM New Light Post Coasb, (in 18 ' hours), through St. Alhan's ()unstable, Woburn, Newport Pagnei, Market Harborongli, Leicester and Loughborough, at a o'clock in the Afternoon: CARLISLE, GLASGOW, and EDINBURGH, Four•inside Coaches, Daily ut 9. and 5 o'clock. CHESTER and PARK GATE New Coach, every After noon at 5, and Morning at 6 o'clock. woßCEsTEß . Coachcs, through Oxford, Chipping Nor . ton,. Pershore and Broadway, every Morning at U. WARWICK and LEAMINQTON . SPA Post Coach, every Evening at 5 o'clock. TAM WORTH , AT H ERSTON E, and HINCKLEY Coach, every Day at 4 o'clock. DERBY New Light,. Post Coach, The Regulator, (in IS hours), through Northampton, Mal het tiarburough and Lei (vs.. every Day at 3. New Light 'Four. inside Post' Coach to DUDLEY and STOURBRIDGE, every Afternoon at 5 o'clock. DOVER Union Coaches, through Rochester, Chalt e :lo r r y , Canterbury, Margate and Ram s gate, at half pass 7 an d It o'clock every Moro in„ and, half past U in the Evening. PARIS New Light Diligence,, by Way of Dover, Morning; at 7. and half past U Evening. TAUNTON, through Cross to Bridgewater, every After noon at half past 3 o'clock, at reduced Fares. BIRMINGHAM Light Post, Coach, The Courier, through Oxford, • Shipton, - Stratford-on-As - On and Henley Arden, every Morning at half past 5 CHEINENHAM and GLOUCESTER 'Light PostC A o f a t c e h r: carries 4 Inside, through Oxford,every Morning at K. R D OYSTON and UNTINGFORD Post Coach, every After noon at half past 2 o'clock, to the George, Buntingford, and Crown Inn, Royston. New Safety Day Times Post Coach to NORWICH, (i n 14 hours), driven through by one Coach Mint only, at S. in the Morning. CAMBRIDGE, Tally Ho! Fast Coot+, in 5 hours, at half past 2 o'clock every Afternoon, and from the Flower, Pot, Bishopsgate-street, at n quarter before 3. CANTERBURY Fast Coach, The Tally lin I every After noon, at half past 2, ,in 7 hours. past 8, and half past 10 BRIGHTON Conches, at half o'clock every Morning. `.,* Parcels and Luggage conveyed daily to all Parrs of the North, and to every City and Manufacturing Town io the Kingdom. - AV. WATERHOUSE and Co. Proprietors. 141- The Proprietcri of the above Carriages beg _l e av e to inform the. Public, that they will not be accountable for any Parcel or Package whatever, nor for any Passenger's Lire owe above the value of .51., marts the same be entered and Paid for accordingly at the time of the delivery of any such Parcel, Package, or Passenger's Luggage, to them. or their Agents.--Goods insured at a moderate Kate. THAMES AND MEDWAY CANAL. Yesterday took place the ceremony of for. malty opemaa the Thames and Medway Canal, in the presence of about one hundred Proprietors, besides a great deal of com pany collected from Gravesend, &c. the place where the Canal begins, anti the company started in the Company's barges for Rochester, along the line of. the Canal. . This Canal is an im portant addition to the tradin g and commercial facilities of the country; .it, however, cannot well be termed one of those very modern.speculations which, owing to th e diminution of the interest of money, 4. have recently been so numerous: it was commenced twenty-tive years ago ; but having been proceeded with to a certain extent, the works were suspended, and re mained in such state till an enterprising and influential citizen, RICOAUD SUTTON, Esq. gave new life to the excellent scheme. The labours commenced twenty-five years agO car ried the Canal from Gravesend to Highani, a distance of about five miles; and there, on arrivin e l at they very abruptly stopped; they could neither get over or through the Chalk-hill; the latter, perhaps, was then not even thought of: and indeed it presented no trifling obstacle, being a distance of nearly two miles and a half. In that state the work remained till, as already mentioned, it had fresh vigour impsrted to it by Mr. Sutton. The 1001. shares, many of which - had paid con siderable proportions of the full amounts, were not generally saleable; and vast quantities of them were bought at 10/. each, indeed all that could be obtained; but they rose imme diately five pounds on its being ascertained that the work was to be resumed by those who were not likely to let the busi ness stand still for want of money. The labour was then recom menced, and as it was found to be an arduous work even to at tempt to go over the hill, they resolved to cut through it ! Accordingly a tunnel, the largest and the most complete in the world, has been .made through chalk hills—such tunnel,. being nearly two miles and a half in extent ; and its size is such that large.vessels may, pass along it, even with moderately sized sails, supposing them to be useful. The tunnel is up wards.of 22 feet wide on the water level, and at spring titles more than eight feet deep; its height nearly 25 feet to the.sum mit of the arch ; and there is a towing path of five feet in width, firmly and substantially protected by timber and cast-iron rail ing. Thus, without meaning to disparage the tunnel which passes from Pentonville fields by White Conduit House, under Islington, to Islington fields, which is a superior work, it will be seen it this tunnel, in size, in completeness, or in labour to accomplish it is a very difficult work. To get out the chalk was immense labour; but when it was got out,. it was turned to account : and thus the general works were in no degree aid ed. Of the extent and merit of the work to form this immense tunnel, navigable for large vessels, the public may judge from the figures and statements above given ; the superior manner in which it is finished, the elevation of the arch, the excellence and security of the towing-path, and the architectural neatness of the several archways or entrances at High= and at Fritts- bury, could hardly be too much praised. As already stated, this immense tunnel " takes to earth" at iligham„ proceeds under chalk hills for nearly two miles and a hair, and conies out and terminates at Frinsbury in an imposingly large basin, com manded by a lock entering into the. river Medway, and. which is capable of receiving vessels of 300 tons. . The Canal commences just below Gravesend. At its en trance, there is a large river lock, capable of admitting vessels of upwards of' two hundred tons into a fine basin where there is excellent and .extensive wharfage. The Canal thence pro ceeds through marsh lands to the village of Higham, an extent of nearly five miles, where the tunnel bee b ins, as already stat ed ; previously to arri v i ng at t h e tunnel the Canal is fifty feet wide, with seven feet of water. The width, height, &c. of the tunnel, with its depth of water, have already been de tailed. The whole extent of this Canal is not quite seven miles and a half, between the rivers Thames and Medway ; and by this short line there is avoided the long, circuitous, irregular, and often dangerous route round by the Nore of fitly miles ! This is a great advantage gained for trade. By its means, a co mmunication front the interior of Kent with the North of England is made „easy, safe, and at a comparatively sma ll expence, beside s a great saving in the wear and tear of sails, tackle, &e. This important line also opens a communi in Northamptonshire, for the nieSl4 of. the Grandakraction and ea R e t i re n Canals)t t:r s 'l ;' b r to i d f t 3;a l u b u y a ton , same sizes] craft, without any trans.elnpnient of goods, which may thus be forwarded to any of the Northern parts of England. Craft from 17 to 20 feet beam, it is stated, may navigate the whole line, the advantage of. which to inland commerce need not H b es e id p e o s in A teti m o t ut. hits been already done, an extension of the Thames ant'. Medway C ana l i s contemplated. Preparatory to to it, the country has been examined bX levels between Mei& Saone and Rye, to ascertain the short e st . practicable line for a Canal between tho se places. It ha s been fhuntl, that there is no line so favourable for a navigable junction between Maidstone and Rye, as the course of the " Weald of' Kent Canal" line, which. was . thoroughly surveyed in 1810 and 1811 (by Messrs. The• line must ascend the bled way, from Maidstone -to Yahling, where the Canal cum. tthe rivern ice Rathers b r meaces and passes by Winchet Hill, Middle Quarter, Hal den, and l'enterden, to th e " Shorts Chit: Canal," near with bane Rye of H t a l r ie . ' A ‘ P S P II I :r d n " C Canal"ewhence it and rou bour. In this survey of the " Weald of Kent Canal," a branch line is also planned from Middle Quarter to Ashford and the chalk hills near 11' e. From the plans and sections of these surveys, an estimate lies been formed of the expence of executing the line from Yalding to Appledore, also the branch from Middle Quarter to Wye ; it is considered that the cost of the whole would not exceed 250,000/. Thus are ascer tained the means and the expence of forming a junction between the " Thames and Medway Canal," and Maidstone and Rye; and his understood that many of the gentlemen who supported the measure in 1810 and 1811 are anxious to promote • such work. In addition to the branch line from Middle Quarter to Ashford and Wye, there has been surveyed a Continuation of that line to Canterbury. If that were made another junction with the sea at Sandwich, it would.be valuable, as there is now a plan in agitation to make a new, avigation from Canterbury to Sandwich, and for improving Sandwich Harbour. Anti if with these improvements there could be farmed a junction with the " Military Canal," which proceeds from Sandgate to Rye Harbour, goods could be there unshipped into large canal craft, and forwarded to the North of England without any other crane-shipment, proceeding thence by the Grand Junction and other Canal s .. The importance of these improvements and projects, founded on actual surveys heretofore ordered to be made, tend to shew the value of the 'Thames and Medway Canal. It may be mentioned as a curious instance of the changeable value of this species of property, besides the fact of the price in a few hours rising from 101. to la, that the Price - Cur- • rent List now returns the price A t 361., the average advance being 431. - The effect of the view on the proprietors and others in the barges may be well imagined from the above description. There were four bargee occupied with the company ; and there. was a fifth barge, preceding such four barges, occupied with musicians. In the first -of, the Company's barges were—Sir C. Flower, R. Sutton, Esq., the Reverend Mr. Owen, •and' several other Directors, &c. Previously to starting, Sir C. Flower stood up by the flat, ',staff, and exclaimed success and prosperity to the Thames and Medway Canal, with three times three. I ' 'hese were given with considerable effect. The most gratifying part of the view, however, was the entrance into the tunnel. Above the Higham entrance immense crowds of persona were assembled, Ladies, Naval and ilitary Officers ; and Sir Chas. Flower again gave the signal for huzzas,which were answered by the surrounding spectators. At the en trance of the tunnel, the light of the Frinsbury Arch at the end could be distinctly seen ; and the effect Was very curious. The towing path was thronged with spectators, and Canal-workers earrying lighted torches. Nearly half of the tunnel is arched with brickwork—that if, upwards of 1,700 yards out of 4,030 yard s , t h e extent of the tunnel. The rest is gothic arched, cut out of t h e c h alk, w hi c h in such parts is thickly mingled with strata of fli nts . A t many parts of the tunnel it is 109 feet below the surface of the earth, and at no part is less than 00feet under the surface of the hill. There are now seven SbaltS remaining which furnish some light —there were nine—but all will be closed, as th ey are pot usettil, and the sides might occasionally give way from the weather, and do injury. The works since the resumption, have occu pied five years; the working of the tunnel four years. There were from 20f) to 300 men employed at it; some of the excava tions were effected by pick-axe, others by means of blast ing.' The expense of such work has been between two and three thousand pounds. The original work was projected by Mr. 'Walker, we b e li eve ; b ut t h e resumption hasbeer: underthediree tin of Mr. Clarke, engineer, ably assisted: by Me: Lovett, clerk of the works. The barges, which occasionally paused m the tunnel, were about forty minutes in passing through it. On passing through Frinsbury outlet, there is a capacious basin, which. forms the termination of tine canal. Around this basin there were great crowds of persons and several of his illjesty's boats, with Officers on board; amongst them was Admiral Sir J. Moreson. The Officers greeted the company on their coin ing out of the tunnel most cordially, giving the signal for huzzas, and the band struck up " .Rule Britannia." The Of ficers and others joined the procession on the landing, and pro ceeded to the Crown Inn, Rochester. It is gratifying to be able to state, that the whole procession proceeded . moit orderly and agreeably, and not the slightest accident occurred. TITS DINNER. The party proceeded to the Crown Inn, Rochester, where a very handsome dinner (two guinea tickets) was provided, to which the company~ to the amount of upwards of 100 persons, sat down soon after 5 o'clock. As proof of the excellence of the dinner, it may be mentioned, that besides the usual wines, there were Burgundy, Champagne, Claret, &c., and there was a delightful dessert. R. Sutton, Esq., was in the chair. On his right was Sir G. Iloste, in his regimentals ;' and on his left was Sir C. Flower. There were several Naval and Military Officers in their uniform present, and they were seated at the upper. table. The cloth having been' removed, three professional singers residing in Rochester performed Non Nubis The toasts of ' The King-L-The Duke of fork, and the rest of the Royal Family—and The Duke of Clarence and the Navy." Sir C. FLOWER. then rase, and gave the health of their worthy Chairman. Ile would not pronounce that Gentleman's praises —what they had that day seen was his best eulogium.— (Loud applause.)—But fur him the 'work was not likely ever to have been completed. Ile, therefore gave " the health of their worthy Chairman, Mr. SuttOn."—(Applause.) Mr. SUTTON . returned his acknowledgments ; and he after wards spoke of the magnitude of the work which had been ac complished. There had been united two of the most valuable rivers in the kingdom, and two of the richest rivers of the world, and the importance of .the work, h e thought, could not well be too highly appreciated. Th e va l ue of the works they all could unilerstand. If any person's property or comforts had been disturbed, it was a subject of lamentation ; and he could state that, if ampl e remunerat i on h a d not already been made, the Company would.be happy to make the 'completest com pensation. trusted that the great work, besides being of use to the commerce of the country, would be of particular value to the ancient city of Rochester; and he trusted that the time was not far distant when the port of Rochester would be declared a free port--(appliuse)—and that it might have ware houses for the bonding of goods.—(llear, hear!)—The result, he trusted, would be prosperous ; and he could assure them with great truth, when he contemplated the immense work that had been accomplished, he considered that the happiest day of his life.,-(Loud applause.) Several other toasts followed, and amongst the vocal per formances was " The Meeting of the %Voters. ' .tit ten o'clock the company separated. • After the procession the workmen, to the amount of be tween two and three hundred, had a dinner at the Canal Tavern, &c. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. An Inquest was held last evening, in the board room of the work-house belonging to the Upper Liberty of St. Andrew's, Holborn, by Timstas Sruttista, Esq., Coroner for Middlesex, on view of the body of Elizabeth Sylvester, who put an end to her existence by poison under the following dis tressing circumstances : Sarah Sutton, sister to the deceased, stated, that on Tuesday last she had a conversation with her sister Elizabeth, who at that time appeared to be much depressed in spirits, in conse quence of her situation. About- four months since she had married a sailor, who was afterwards obliged to go abroad, and though he made her a monthly allowance, yet It was not by any means adequate to her support. She tried to get into place as a servant, but found nothing but disappointment wherever sho applied. This weighed heavily on her - spirits ; and, to com plete the stun of her misfortunes, sho found herself pregnant. The knowledge of this latter circumstance had a very power ful effect,. and she, within the last foJnight, endeavoured to shun the society of her family ; and the w i tn ess , f ear i ng that she had fallen into bad company, spoke to her on the sub, ject on the morning of the day on which the rash act 'wai voni witted, but there was nothing angry in the interviev4 this occasion deceased seemed to be in the deepest stated Men. tal affliction. Margaret Jones, another sister, deposed that - deceirsecl'came to her house in Task-street, about one o'clock on Tueiulat;- she remembered seeing lier.drink something out of a cup, which left a whitish mark on the lips. In two hours after, deceased told witness that she had bought an ounce of arsenic 'at Mr. CoOsins's shop, in Gray's-inn-lane, and that she had swallowed it. Witness went to Mr. Cousins, and risked him if he had sold poison to any girl on thatsday ? tie replied that heimd,an ounce of arsenic.—" Then," said witness, " she has drank it for God's sake, Sir, try and do somethi ng f or h er ." M r. C o n sins replied, it. was impossible, if she had swallowed all. Witness went away, and Mr. Cousins (the elder) followed her to the house, but did nothing to relieve deceased, who was then very bad, merely recommending them to send for the parish surgeon, and then went away. Witness ran to the Work-house, and asked for assistance, which was immediatdy granted, but de doused expired the same evening. Dr. Fernandez, the house surgeon, stated, that: being ebsent when the last witness called, two of his pupils, both very com petent, had visited the deceased, and administered the usual antidotes, which dislodged the drug, but from its extremely deleterous property, the coats of the stomach had been pre viously destroyed. The matter discharged by the emetic he bad analysed, and it proved to be arsenic in great quantity. Messrs. James and Thomas Sympion (Dr. Fernandez 's pu. pHs) deposed to the same effect. Thomas Jones, father to the deceased, described her to have been labouring under extraordinary depression of spirits for some time previous ; her husband had left her in a week or a fortnight after their marriage. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict, that " The deceased came by her death in consequence of hav ing swallowed poison, whilst in a state of temporary derange ment of intellect." iineoiilittry caused Mr. Cousins's son to be sent for, and spoke very warmly to him on the impropriety of selling so well known a poison to a young female. r. Cousins remarked, that he refused to serve her at first, but toll him it was tbr her brother, who was an hostler in Gray's-inn-lane, and that he wanted it to destroy rats : he then gave it, marking " poison" on the paper. Some others of the Jury said, there was greater culpability attaching to Dr. Cousins himself, at whose shop the poison l•ad been sold, in neglecting to apply an antidote without referring the relatives to the parish surgeon. SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, the 9th hist., a melancholy occurrence took place at the barracks at Chictics ter. A Captain of the 98th Regiment of Foot, put a period to his existence, by cutting hi s t h roa t w i t h a razor. A. Jury assembled on Sunday, when it appeared that he once be fore attempted self-destruction, by throwing himself' overboard during a pasasge from India. A verdict of intanity was re turned by the Jury, and the body was interred with military honours on the Tuesday following.—( Brighton Gazette.) • Tuesday afternoon about four o'clock, the neighbourhood of Aldersgate-street was thrown into great alarm, in consequence of the escape of a horse from the stables o f a air, ItßEims, veterinary-surgeon, Blackhorse-yard. The animal was under his care for the cure of a disorder called the staggers, which is an affection of the brain, and generally terminates in madness. He broke out of the stable by kicking the wall down. His first object was the carriage of Dr. SPnr. then standing in the yard, from which he actually tore a piece from the }cannel of the door. He next made an attack on a block of stone, and in a state of the most violent irritation rushed into the street, and broke the shop front of the linen draper's at the corner of bong-lane, by which one of his eyes was knocked out. Proceeding along Barbican, he mine in con tact with a horse in a gig, and lacerated him in a dreadful man ner. The pain caused the annimal to kick and plunge till the gig was overturned, and the driver narrowly escaped with his lite. Pursuing his course along the same street he demolished the shop-front of a tobacconist, and near it that also of a linen chimer. At this spot a gentleman rushed upon the animal, anti thurst a sword into his body, 'which terminated his sufferings. The damage done is very considerable. • LIT ERA R Y NOTICE. JERUSALEM DELIVEREb ; an EPIC PoEiw, in Twenty Cantos. - - Translated into English Spenserian Verse from the Italian of TAsso together with a Life of the Au thor, interspeied with TranslationS' of his Verses to the Princess LEO monA of Este: and a List of English Cruse dors. By J. 11. Wzirt.N. Iwtwo vols. !Ivo. It is with pleasure we receive a new Transla tion of TA'SSO'S Jerusalem Delivered, by Mr. WirrEm. A new Translation of the chief work of the chief Poet of Italy' has, in our opinion, been a great desideratum in the Literary World s and this desideratum is,' We think, supplied in. the Translation before us. The nerve of FAIR.. FAX is scarcely all atonement for his quaintness and conceit, and ihn common-place of 11 00LN iy not to be tolerated by an ordinarnaste. In these instances Mr. WIFFFN'S version must be acknowledged.much superior. The Transla tor. has chosen the Spensenian stanza, and what_ ever we had thought of its unfitness as a medium for an heroic Poem, Mr. W.'s.management of it most satisfactorily proves to us its pliability to poetical narration and incident; so much so indeed, that we would hesitate before we pronounced it not to be tit for the expression of every- species of thought and. sentiment. To say that some passages of this Translation are better than others, Is only to say what is sait4 and must be said on every Book. The fourth Canto is beautiful throughout, and the invocation in the first is not inferior to any we have seen in any author. In short, we think that Mr. W.'s Translation, from the specimen he gives us in the Ist volume, is excellent; nor can we say more in its praise, than that he appears to have succeeded 'where the other Translators have failed ; .that many passages of his Transla. tion are in the first walks of beauty and subli. mity, and that he scarcely ever sinks into me diocrity. Thus much we venture to say of the Ist volume of LUSO before us, which we invite every lover of genius and tame- to peruse. The secoud volume, we, understand, will appear early in the ensuing year, and we doubt not will maintain that character which the Translator hai gained. Mr. Wirrts belongs, we undor)tand, to the Society of FRIENDS, but there is an urbanity of mind demonstrated in his, poeCeal a o al of which we have read kith greet pleasur that Fhows, whatever his teligiot s prin:ipka may be, they are intimately blended with feeling of uni versal benevolouce. Rome,Stpt.(27.)—Af ter six mouths and twelve days, the body was found of the unfortunate Rliss BATtionsT; - whose lanient able death was related In* alt. the Journals of Europe in the 'month Of March last. Yesterday Morning, abOut eight o'clock, two carmen passing Over'the bridge Melvin°, perceived a body which had just Typo thrown on the bank by 'the waters. The . Authorities were immediately apprised of the circumstance : thousands run to see the body, "tail recognized the unfortunate lady, not so muck .by the countenance as by the dresi and jewels. It would seem that she was for a long time covered by the sand,. by which means she was preserved, as otherwise she would have been exposed to the voracity:ef the fishes, with which the Tiber abounds. The flesh remained untouched. The face preserved its fullness, but the contact of the atmosphere very . rapid ly p'rod aced decomposition. When the bonnet, which was still secured under the chit), was removed, the hair came with The surgeons were directed to remove the sand and dirt from the body.. The family of this in teresting young person will experience at least some consolation in being able to pay the last ho nours to an object who was so tenderly beloved. The Minister of. Hanover and the Charge d'Affaires of France have taken the charge of the precious remains. A sum of 1,200 francs has been promised to those who made the discovery. ParscavATrost or COPPFU-PLATES.—Dr.MAC COLLOCII has shewn the great injury done to tine engravingS on copper when they are laid aside, from oxidation. In huge and expensive works, the impressions immediately reqnired.are alone printed, and the plates are laid aside; after same time, they are re-worked, when it is necessity first to remove the films of oxide which, hare ' formed, and the repetition of this operation n te k i c in s g iu injury, .nprevent th t i i s d , d r o . n p .t r l f i } a p t clone os b ivar nishing the plates when laid aside, either with common lac, -cobalt varnish, which may he moved when requisite by spirits of w liurgh Ant-. Scion. 1. v. 70.) ADULTERATION 0V TIA.—Mr. SOWERBY fists remarked ,a curious instane of Chinese ado. Ignition of tea, consisting in, the addition of sandy matter to it, containing minute c,rystals of magnesia iron. These were sometimes so abun dant, as . to enable a magnet to lift parts of the faaves, • The sand was often observed deposited in cups and tea-pots, and on macerating some close by twisted perilous of tea, considerable , quantities were seperated, that had been intro deced into the leaves when fresh.---(Phil. No. Ixiv. 151.) IMPERMIABILITY Of WATER.— It 11:15 SOMe• times, though not often, we believe, been suggest ed, that glass anti silicious minerals are pertnia hie to water. The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL, in a voyage to South Africa, aunt two bottles of a globular form, hermetically sealed, to a depth of 1,200 feet in the sea, by two leads, one of 2211)., and the other of 2Slbs. When the rope was brought up by the exertions of ten men fcr a quarter of an hour, both vessels were found. empty. 01. 4 10. of J'i