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~... r , . • - I r~ r~~~Ja~ \\tAkidilif;, --q ( 2 ,/ _ i r e/ ir t** . at- 44 . //2 Art de NITMBER 10,145. A T n .P.UBLIC MEETING, convened by . the Bailiffs of the Borough of TAUNTON, and 11;14 on Thursday. the 3d inst. for the purpose of taking into tonsideration the effect which the proposed CANAL from ATOLFORD to BEER is likely to have upon the Trade and. :Interests of Taunton, and of adopting such measures in rela *n thereto as may be then deemed expedient. The BAILIFFS in the Chair. , On the motion . of James Bunter, Esq. seconded by William 4inglake, Esq., it was resolved, with one dissentient only -That a Ship Canal from the Bristol Channel to the English Channel will be of great advantage to the Town of Taunton, Provided there be a direct communication from the same to the :tail To7m. On the motion of James Bunter, Esq. seconded by George :ttene, Esq. It was unanimously resolved—That a correspon tience be opened with, the Committee of Management of the Grand Ship Canal, with a view to secure such a conunanica- On the motion of Dr. Kinglake, seconded by Mr. Shillibeer, it WPM resolved unanimously—That the vested interests of the Inhabitants of Taunton, in the navigation of the River Tone, should be protected and secured in the arrangements made for securing such communication. • • On the motion of Mr. John Young, seconded by H.J. Leigh, Z5l. it was unanimously • resolved—That in order.to promote , these desirable objects. a Committee, consisting of the following 'Gentlemen, be appointed, viz.:— The Bailiffs Richard Meade W. Kinglake R.'BQation John Pinchard Charles Poole Robert Kinglake John Liddon • Wm. H. Stone John Young, Esqrs. James Bunter Dr. Kinglake Hefty James Leigh Dr. Blake Five of whom shall be a Quorum; and that thevhe requested • to take such steps as may appear to them needful, and to report their proceedings to a future Meeting. • (Signed) WM. CHAS. COX, 1 - Bailiffs of the • JOHN BLUETT,' ) Borough. The Bailiffs having left the Chair, it was unanimously re „solved—That the Thanks of the Meeting are due to the Bailiffs .. .!?_r their readiness in convening the Meeting; and their able and : 4 41trtial conduct in the Chair. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. • This Day was published, A New Edition, compressed into Four handsome Volumes, sto. and illustrated with Portraits of Napoleon and Las Cases; a View of the House in which Napoleon was born at Ajaccio'in•Corsice ; four coloured Views of St Helena, taken on the spot, besides Maps, Plans, Scc. Price ISs. per volume, or 21. 12s. the complete Work; in' French or English. "1-1 OUNT LAS CASES' JOURNAL of the , - PRIVATE LIFE and CONVERSATIONS of the ate EM PEROR. 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Eu . rrott---Thereports which are spread respecting the favourable reception which the measure falsely called Catholic Emancipation will meet in the House of Lords, gather so much strength, and are repeated with so 'much cOnti dence,• that- it begins to be seriously apprehended the•overwhelming scourge which has long' been dreaded by a great body of our country-- n- I . N i, but from which they considered their coun try protected while that branch of the Legislature stood firm in its opposition, will shortly be suf fered without resistance to desolate our happy . land (do still hope that we shall not be.aban doned to its fury, and'am persuaded that there are m ultitudes of thinking men in this country, Wb o , were they • not lulled into security by the expectation I have referred- to, and did they' really see the near approach of the apprehended calamity, would raise k,voice ;against the measure' . that would demand - attention, and would nerve the , arms of some of our , Let islators " that are read v -to•hang down," and "strengthen the knees". that have waxed feeble for want of such support. It is confidently asserted that the silen c e of the peOple of England on this momentous subject, de prives those Members of the Cabinet, who are averse to concession to Popery, of the chief (Henrys of standing their ground in the midst of - assailing enemies and faithless.friends ;.one of whose prin cipal arguments is," How can you assert that the nation is so generally and strongly opposed to the admission of the Catholics to power, when there is hardly a single petition presented against (heir claims, except from a few of the clergy, who are an interested party, and whose appeal is therefore of little weight ?" Sir, the clergy deserve our thanks for. the part they have taken, and ought to have been vin dicated by the lay Peers when exposed to the sneers and brow-beating - of their unconstitutional opponents ; but they would better have deserved our thanks had they used the influence they un doubtedly, possess, to urge. the laity to petition likewise against a Bill which, it now appears, has been drawn. up by no other than the leader of the Catholic Association ; but which from the letter which has just been laid before the public front his colleague, Mr. La w less, is no more likely to satisfy the Catholics, and tranquilize Ireland, than a former proposition of a similar nature, which the Catholic Bishops declared they would' sooner die on the scaffold than accede to !—Such petitions would have added vast weight to the (at' present) unsupported protest of the clergy. • We hear. Sir, that the Ministers of the Cabinet, to whom I have alluded, will. be prepared to strike their colours to the enemy if not supported by the public voice, and a Peer has declared in Parliament, without being contradicted, that the Bishops of England and I re l an d (proh pudor !) will foll ow their example. I cannot believe that the latter, - at least, will sotarnely abandon - their duty, but it is certain that. their opposition will avail little, if the . other parties and their friends quit the field. The all poWerful .engine of public opinion, however ; is sufficient still; under the blessing of Providenee.,.to arrest the evil ;- and I do firmly trust, hat if yourself and other jour melists will exert your . ntmost'energies . to rouse our countrymen to assemble as one man, and promptly send up petition% 'to both House of Parliament, our country may- yet he saved—the , Protestant throne—the Protestant: church and le gislature—and conseqtiently the civil nod religious liberties of this favoured land, the very. founda limis o f whirl) are at this momentshaken, may yet be upheld, and - the insidious attempts to -under, mine them, and to introduce the foe into the ci tadel of our Constitution be frustrated. A PR Chelsea, March 14, • 4 • it,- N FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1825. PA itL I AME NT, HOUSE OF LORDS , MARcit 17., Bnoorn N , and several ' , Members of the House of Com mons, brought up the Army Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mu tiny. Bill, which were read a first time. Mr. JoßNsTox, from th e Offi ce o f the Chief Secretary for Ireland, presented Accounts of Grand Jury Presentments, and other Papers. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS said, that notwith standing the_observetions that had been made in the House by certain Noble Lords relati ve to t h e r i g h t of the. Clergy to peti tion, he felt it duty to present the petition he now held in his hand. It was always his reeling and his practice, before he presented any petitiOn to their Lordships, to ascertain, as far as possible, that it was respectfully worded, and that it contain ed some important signatures. He could vouch that this peti tion was unexceptionAle in these respects. He thought their: Lordships could never be satisfied to curtail the rights _Of any portion of the people of Ertglan t i,;- .so far as to deny them the • privilege Of petitioning. Irhe .);41...take.n an _erroneous view of this subject, he was sure should be corrected by the Noble and Learned' Lord on the Woolsack. He did not mean to deprecate: making any observations against such petitions,. but he com plained of the course . pursued by those who would deny to the Clergy the right: . - ,:njoyed - by every other clads of the commu- ; nity. Lordship thep .presented a pet ition. from the Arch- - deacon and Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Wells, in the diocese. of Bath and Wells, praying that the House would not grant any further concessions to the CathOlics.—ltead, and laid on the table. Lord KING said that he felt it necessary to reply to the ob servations of the Rev. and Learned Lord, and to state that no one ever obj e cted t o rece i v i ng suc h pet i t i ons as t he one now pre sented. The• proptiety of drawing up such petitions only.was called in question. Certainly this petition was not more re markable for chaTity than those that had preceded it. The pe titioners complained that the .Roman Catholics were educating their children.. What ! did they then wish that no education should be given them ? wetad ask, would those Reverend petitioners be satisfied to be only Deacons in par-abut, and not receive any emoluments from the Church ? The two most in. tolerant. petitions that had been presented to the House were those from Bath and The Bishop of BATH and WELLS said, that he believed he was correct when lie said that certain Noble Lords had ob. jected to receive petitions from the Clergy.. - _ Lord HOLLAND begged to correct the statement of the Rev. and Noble Lord. As far as his recollection served, no objection had been made to receive any.petitions. Earl of LIVERPOOL begged pardon of the Noble Lord, . but perfectly recollected that a Noble Earl who was not now in the House was anxious to have such petitions altogether rejected. _ _ SCOTCH JURIES BILL. Laid 31F.LVILLE postponed the Committee on the Scoteh Jurie3 Bill until this day week. MUTINY BILL, The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice that he should more the second reaeling of the Mutiny Bill to-morrow. SCOTCII JUDICATURE BILL. On the Motion of Lord i%IEIIVILLE, the House went into a Committee on the Scotch Judicature Bill; and the amend ments being agreed to, the. Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. SPRING.GLINS BILL. Lord SUFFIELD moved that the Report on the Spring Gans Bill be received. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that it would be neces sary to alter the preamble of the iiill, us it . said, " be it further enacted and declared, that. the setting of Spring Guns in the Xing's higifway be unlawful." Now the illegality of such a proceedin g was never doubted. •• • - _ Se , 4tal other amendments were suggested, in consequence of which the Bill was recommitted, and the Report ordered to be received to-mgrrow.—Adjourued. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lord STANLEY Presented a petition from the Company of ~-Pioprietors of the Itlersey and Irwell Canal Niivigation, :against the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill. The pe titioners prayed to be heard by their Counsel, agents, and wit. nesses, a:4ainst the preamble and clauses of the Bill.—Laid on the table. Sir R. FE-ROUSSON presented a petition from the Mer chants, Shipown,rs, and others •of the fl rough of Dysart, against the Leith Dock Bill. IIETROPOLITAN SEA TA TER BATHS. Alt. S. WHITBREAD brought in a Bill for the establish. ment of Water Baths in the Cities 'of . London. and West. minstt2r.—Read a,first time. Mr. CREEVEV presented a petition from certain Land holders and Landed Proprietors holding estates in the pro. jected.line of the'Liverpool and Manchester Railway, against that measure, which the Honourable Gentleman termed " an infernal machine," not, in point of .fact, projected for the purpose of accofurnoclating the towns of Liverpool and Man chester, but foisted on the public by a set of mercenary ape culatars for their own private ends. He hoped to see a death bloW given to this measure.—Laid on the Table. • PASCO. PERUVIAN MINE COMPANY. Mr. T. F. BUXTON rose for the purpose of explaining to the House, that the observations which he made last night, in the,discussion which _took place on this question, were not ap plicable to Mr. William Dubois, who was a most respectable Gentleman is the City, but exclusively applied to Mr. James Dubois, with respect to whom, he did not retract a single syl , lable of what he had said. Mr. FREEM A.NTLE presented a petition from the Chelsea Water Work Company, against the Metropolitan Water Work Cotnpany•Bill. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from cer tain inhabitants of_the parish of Bethnal Green, in favour of the Equitable Loan Company.—Laid on the table. - • • • • CORN RETURNS. Mr. CA LCRA FT rose to correct a flagrant misrepresentation in the return of -certain defaulters with respect to purche.ses of coin, now on the table of the House. In that return, it had been falsely stated, that five thousand quarters of oats had been purchased by Sir Claude Scott and Co. of Ipsviich, whereas the Hon. Member knew of his Din knowledge that Sir C. Scott had retired from business upwards of twenty-five years, and his name had never been made use of in the firm of Soon - and CO. at Ipswich. The only firm of that name now carrying on busirims in tharline was that of Samuel-Scott and Company, with whom Sir C. Scott had no sort of connection. He knew Sir C. Scott to be a man incapable of the act imputed to him by this return ' • for he was a g e ntl eman w h o posseSsed not only a benevolent anti.cliaritable t.eart, but an irreproachable charac ter for honour and integrity. He (the lion. Member) felt it necessary to call At attention of the House to this subject with out delay, and he should, on a future o ccas i on, move the House to adopt some proceedinF.calculated to protect, not only Sir C. Scott, but the community in general from misrepresentations of this kind. Mr. SCOTT, after complimenting the H on . m e hth er ( 54i.. Calcrrift) on the haniisome manner in which he had spoken of Sir Claude Scott. anddeclaring that his (M r. S.'s) hoinie had never had any corn transactions whatever, but such as were f a i r kra fide ttansactions, said that there never had been anion in. famous imposition practised upon the public officers, than that that the inspector of th e corn returns at Ipw. practised on them on the present ocea s i on at Ipswich'. He therefore rooted, , with ire, called upon to.state, whether there are, or ever were, sucil pemna as Claude Scott and Co. at Ipswich; and if not; his statement now before the upon what authority he had stated that such persons had piir chased 8,000 .quarters of. oats, in his quarterly return-to she Re lit by yot subsequently. ceiver.Gener,il in London, for the quarter ending - the 31st of recommend the Mr. CALVERT added his testimony to the respectability Of the House of Scott and Co. - fie. Would sugge,t, however to the I H lu e ° e 4ufu e i t e y %t er al - na2 Ge d4" n ,l' e w-a r i a l.ll; :o rppi r 'eft e e ject the same Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Scott), that instead of his present mution i ,the better course .would.be, to bring to the . 'bar of the ofret4pectuble w iy sure Iris /lon. Friend (Mt% S.) the i r a e v rs irig on wdrhaowlniatdhseoHnolins.us_evitletatl;nrsanaltetse-ntion; to midi he should su rt . ~ , ,- a 11 101.1011 to that effeCt; if it were made. . . a PHe c °; : u t os tr ne. s 3 i, hebegged to saY, . would ir se l e ' , thla7.thliSs.lp'rNes:Cent motion A:as one wiii,ll,lt was impfp. sitale for the House tr, adopt. Tfie . r!etter course would be, to r give notice aft motion on the' tT, l •.;ect z !o be . . ,mt d,. 0 ., ~,n , _ futare day ; and, in ticeinterim, he could, corr.i.,l o:, : w hi t uL'uil be the hest means of bringing the matter before the House bra satisfactory manner. Mr. CURTEIS observed, that great frauds existed in state ments with respect to the averages of corn purchased ; and the public officers were frequently imposed upon by false informa tion; he therefore expressed his wish that this matter should be followed up. . _ Mr. CA WRAP"' recommended his Honourable Friend op posite (Mr. Scott) to withdraw his motion for.the present. Motion withdrawn. THE THAMES QUAY. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a Petition from certain inhabit ants of the City of 'Westminster, against • the Bill for the pro-, posed Quay on the Northern Bank of the River Thames. • One of the individuals named in the Petition stated, that by the projected erection his premises, consisting of warehouses and other buildings, which had cost him upwards of 6,090/. in build ing' would be remov e d, t o t h e great an d serious detriment of his business. Another complained that his premises, valued at 10,0001., an income of 000/, a-year, would also be removed, to the great disparagement of his interests. 'Me petitioners ge nerally also complained that the plan of the intended project was incorrect, for it represented the existing houses as fifteen feet higher than they really were; whereas, by the building of this quay, they would be considerably deprived of both light and air.—Laid on the table. EQUITABLE LOAN BILL. Sir R. WIL'sON presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Bermondsey, in favour of the Equitable LOan Bill.— Ordered to lie bn the table. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. sneretaryPße4L presented a Petition from the Univer sitYOf Oxford, against the Catholic Claims. The Petitioners expressed their Conviction, that it would not be expedient, to repeal those laws by which his Majesty's Roman Catholic sub. jects were excluded from certain offices of the State, and from seats - in Parliament. They stated, that they mi;;ht . have rested satisfied with the opinionS which they had expressed at former Periodi; but the - ywereapprehensive that their silence on this occasion might be construed into a change of those Opinions.— They declared that they viewed with regret and alarm the vote of that House; by which leave was granted for leave to bring in a Bill to remove the disabilities of the Roman Catholics ; they appealed to the Hem& for the protection of the civil and religious establishments of the 'country. and they expressed thetrearneSt hope that the House would not consent to* repeal the laws on which, in their opinion; the perthanency of those establishments mainly depended. It was some compensation fo.him (Mr.. Peel) for the painful feelings which were excited in his mind by the difference which subsisted between him and Many of those with whom he was connected by the ties of friendship and of office, that his constituents entirely concur red with hini in the view which he took of thisimportant ques tiori.—The Petition was ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Mr.. Secretary PEEL presented a similar Petition from the Mayor 'and Aldermen of Beverley.—Ordered to lie on the table, and . to be printed. POLICEF MAGISTRATES-- THREATENING L ErFE RS. . ' - . Mr. Secretary PEEL gave. notice; thathe should to-morrow move for leave to bring in a' Bill to amend the Act under which Police Magistrates acted, and he should then take the opportunity Of . proposing to the HOuse to inc rease t h e sa l ary of Police Magistrates. He should also move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to the offence of sending threatening letters ; and a Bill to define the rights of convicts after pardon, and' after punishment, for clergyable offences. ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. W. DUNDAS presented a Petition from Edinburgh, praying for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes.---Ordered to lie on the table. __ _ Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a similar Petition from a parish in the county of Norfolk. Mr. Alderman THOAIPSON presented a similar Petition front the Ward of the To:yer. 77 Ord_ered to lie on the table. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Sir J . NEWPORT presented a PeticionfroM the Protestant Inhabitant§ of Ballyna4oe, In favour of the Catholic Claims.— Ordered to lie on the table. • The same Hon. Member presented a Petition from the Union of Tuam, complaining of the manner in which the cess was levied in the parish vestry.—Qrdered to lie on the table. Mr. C. CALVERT presented a petition from the parish of St. .Saviour's, SouthWark, for the more equal assessment of the Land Tax.—After - a desultory conversation, the petition was laid on the table. Mr. DENISON laid on the table a petition froth the parish 'of Tooting, Mr the regulation of the Poor Laws. Mr. II U.NIE made a few observations upon the impropriety of clergymen holdin g l a y offices, and mixing themselves up in secular affhirs. To obtain some official information on this sub: ject, which was one of a most interesting nature, he should move--" That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty., praying for a returtiOf all persons, in Holy Orders, in borough corporations or cities, with their names the name of the office, the names of the boroughs or cities, whether they have any be, nefices, and how many, and whether they reside on their be nefices or not," Dr. PH ILLIMORE opposed the ritotion, whieh he consi dered at the best as unnecessary. Mr. JOHN. SMITH. was of a different opinion . . If the Clergy had ,condUcted thermielves improperly in such offices, that would be a matter for the future consideration of the Le gitiMiartu. r P e E ... EL thought the reason just given by the Honourable Meinber for Midhurrt in favour of the motion, disclosed its real object, and was the strongest that could be urged in opposition to it. If it was the intention of the Honourable Member for .Abertleen to obtain a vote of this House on the present motion, impliedly declaring, its opinion that Clergymen ought not to hold borough offices, he must say, that such a method pf ob taining the opinion was the least correct that could be adopted. If the Hon. Idember wished to disqualify clergymen from let him do so by Bill, in which they could not in the form of the present motion, in whic h Legislature, and. the disqualifica tionhhoalvdein th g e s assistance ueii offices, the other branch of the would be by implication alone. Mr. F. PALMER observed, that it would be impossible to bring in such Bill as the Right Hon. Gentleman recommended, unless the previous return for which his Honourable Friend moved were laid before the House. He therefore' supported the motion. Mr. CARUS WILSON opposed the motion. Mi. WYNN opposed the motion. He defended the character of the clergy generally, aid More i specielli of , the clergy Of Wales, and maintained that they had acquitted themselves in many instances with the greatest advantage to the public in.the discharge of the' magisterial funetions. He recommended to the Honourable Member for Montrose to withdraw his'present motion, and bring the subject before the House on general principles.' Sir JOHN NEWPORT . confessed that he thought it would be expedient that the subject should be submitted to the House *with reference to the general question of the'eligi hilitq of the clergy to civil offices. Although it might be vantagtoiis in the country that' clergymen shOidd hold inagis terial situations, it appeared tip him that in cities it was quite the 'reverse. Mr. HUME made a brief reply ; after which the gallery wits cleared for a division. It appcuring, however, that there were not Members sufficient to constitute a House, there being only four in favour of the motion, and 22 against it, an adjO;Ariiment nocessarily took ipltice. SINGULAR • CIRCUMSTANCE.—The Gan keeper of the Hon. FREMRICK WIC9T S having shot,a pare on day last week near Denbigh, cairied it borne a, consicyrablie,di!i tance, when on opening it, the" first object which . .t - te{ , was a yoting'kieret, - alive and spilg'Efry, hail; soTar capable of imbibing nourishment, from milli : and oth,q'ooacali,'io sure its peifect . :recovery, although iipon emd•piiiiitOnit Nag discoVered,Aliat one of 'the shbis whlch dcpiµv i t p A righ of life had wounded the little animal in.ihe ie r tleeply' • '' A latter from Brighton says—" Sae little time ainee, an o u lent banker's widoW resident here, n) whose ,afrairs.(whe,kher frorn her •irninerise' rie,i'es . , or froth' whatevei•eaue),tbf..:iy'o * a liia lOnk hFeri a - Ctitotried to take" a li•irelY ,ititirt'it;Wrikitno a i to ainc at the house of a Medizal Baronet, foilrClrly a i CZ ri faialtrite'.. Tne number of . ..guests' expected was fi} li r , t v , hut tclieri the company asretubled iti' the diiiivihe-rOirl, and dthher -,,,,, an h ol inted, thirteen only weri , toaVot. 'l'hd lady -- objected to sit down to tahle with no a ii iibol i. ..o iS ni . her, atia Sir was consiquentlY under tli'e neCessity of send ins' out for a particular friend whom tie',..4iiiii 41;., the likeitY of apiitifig: at a short notice,' for .4!e . :l l ;PrF;:tlif.r . :(if * lntiklAf.,,O - le. nunik:ei complttE." *, '-• • ' , . •4 - ; .~ ~ ~ s PRICE SIWEI4PEICE.' FOR THE SUN. • Ma. EDITOR—ff our Protestant Goverikient . Consents' to support . 8 Catholi c liierarehr - it ' -4 . t0 'be hoped that in return it will'recitYit:e - air (Comae Catholic Governments .to support , . Pi-iitifgratit Establishments in their respective — Stites..--- Where the idea of not-merely toleratitigOint of actually providing for.a!Religion State, and anxious,:to stibvert ; it, could:00nd? it is difficult to conceive l , but.that- it is little-Aloft of madness must be obvious-to all, whowossess • - . COMMON -,...,,••• . • GREAT SIIIP CANAL. f We are glad to infer, from the Resbitatians which were adapted by a very .numerenaiMeet ing held at Taunton,. and which we have inserted in this day's Paper, that this grand natieual workhas at lenzth excited that attention: 113,0 e parts of the country immediately bordering .on it, which its vast • importance ..seems to dernamd. The capital and enterprise of .the. na don . chick) , centre in Loudon; and it is here that such under takings as this great Canal, for uniting the. En glish and the Bristol Channels, must be supported if not originated. Still, inferences in some way unfavourable to the measure have : probably, here tofore been drawn, from the circumstance that but few of the persons who resided in the neigh. , bourhood of the proposed Canal, and whose.pro perty it must be presum e d wou ld be . 'greatly benefited by its formation, had, Op to a certain period, come forward in support of it.—This sup posed backwardness on the part of the inhabit ants of Somerset and Devon,' if it ever did exist, exists no longer, as the numerous petitions to the Legislature from these counties in favour of the Canal testify ; and as the proeeedings of two very large and highly. respectable Meetings of the. Gentry, Land-owners, and others, held severally at Colyton and at. Chard, suffi ciently demonstrate. The meeting at Taun ton, however, as affecting the proposed Ca nal, appears to us to be more important .in its consequences than any preceding one, inasmuch as we are informed that it originated with indivi duals, who, if not unfavourable to the measure, were at least not prepared to support it but who, in the course of the discussions which then took place, with great candour and much to their credit, submitted to the force of truth as there deVeloped, and most cordially united with the rest of the Meeting in a Resolution to suiiport the undertaking to the utmost. As expressing the feelings and opinions of that part of the coon. try, and of those persons whom it may be pre sumed are best informed as to the general bearings and effects of the measure, this derision of the' Taunton Meeting is highly valuable: Another im portant fact, as it was stated hy Sir IFCi c in the House of Commons is that out of snore. than nine hundred lauded proprietors, riot 50 had ob jected to the passage of the Canal through their property. This is a sufficient - pledge of the ap probation with which this great undertaking is viewed by all that part of the country. ; as is another fact, that the i nhab itants of Taunton have resolved to form a collateral cut from the Canal, uniting it to that town, of their sense of k uti lity,--This great Work, as .contrasted with the numerous other schemes now agitating the public mind, appears to us to be'especially deserving of - support, both from Government and the Nation generally—the first, we believ e ,, it cordially has, as we have reason'to know that - the sever:ll'mm. bers of Administration have' . individually' ex. pressed themselves most :strongly - in ; and the latter, we apprehend, has been effectually secured to it by the candid and minutely elabo rate statements, which hriVe been put forth under the•best authority, spewing the •c(ist of its fo,taia tion, and the revenue that will be derived (row it—whicb statements have never yet been cOntro verted.—The Bill- for This great undertaking , is now before Parliament. It was read a - second time last Friday, and was received with acclama tions ; for, as to thoplayful observations made - 1)y Sir Joseph Yorke,. about providing a .fund to cover the expellee of " again Olfing up this. great ditch," coupled, as they were, ..with assurances of his approval of: the . measure, they . mere ly excited in the House (as they ~ .were in tended to excite) .a. general smile. Indeed there has not been any opposition to the scheme, excepting from.a few individeals-,sfho are personally interested in of monopoly, which will now be laid cipen:to public competition. The money too we find, is all subscribed for ; so thlt nothinf .seepis4klqly to retard the actual commencement _of. the : Ander taking, so, soon as, the Legislatnre shall have given its sanction. We hetii•tily s thospirited promoters of this Gieat .. catiAl . A eyery. - kticcess and, viewing as, a „measure , ctileulated - 0 . pre serve the• lives of our , sailors": to' prot e ct pro. pertyoind toren:note the commercint.prosperity of counoy generally, .we shall .al be ready to - give it our humble support. • .. ~ ..,. SHOCKING ACCIDENT .- Sunday evening' tat lataabitanta of PancrAs-lane were alarmed by the cries oldii ,pro.ceed.. ini ,fr'oin . 'Ste himtse - of ,Mra. Draper..: Tkeilriste edtp;the 'Spot, slid 'fbticttig theit'if” , illto the Route, todliik: *eloped tfel n II thirties: Two 'Aien preseMt,. •aitt),"conlirteoo4E:prplpp. tinide, `ikize d it blanket ald ivrap . t it ' roula s lWl‘, , :vibich the flamei were extinguished; she Parow,eirt'il i S9, rot .. ? liirnt, that only silk* hopes are entertained of hi'recoyeel; , he re reratile aod':iireitilY 're,apected old lady' 'is lii . liawi*.— :(flilvdeil's WeiktftLefrripOili.) • ....,:. .;, Mkt]) iViNfla.-11tere are now groiving on _ an apple-tree,-itt the orchard of . Cliughtpn ,Hall, the. SPEtt of T. F. BanoKktor-Es.;;bsq.; .sixteen , . ., - ~ - very; ft* apples in a A,tate of. high prlstrvatioth , :,. On .ultruttrnalt-day last -12 apples , were gathered !torn - the' ititi'e tree. °I, 1 , , •