The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-09-13 00:00:00

SECOND 'REPORT

MON THE
COMMITTEE ON HOLYHEAD ROAD AND

IIAttIIOVR.

(Ordered by the Ileum of Commons to .be rimed, gtb
ita..e law.)

Vhdt Cossuiittee appointed to inquire into the state of the
!toad *um •hressildry to ii,,lyheed situ what iterove-
mob or 10:eratin nit sum he desirable aud them
"hi, RIP the COII#CIitIICIt traveller-, ; .s•ist ins. the of
this toads •trisiog from the Tut sioikes lb. rton. and Cicir
expesiditoie; and to ..p.ort the saute, will. their olio•
4n.1 ',pluton theteiroo, to the House,..—and she
'Arm ausurneted to •Ual dlelf 1414*1. I the road ie.'.
in; from Orator to Holyh..a.l; unit eh:, to eonshier the
▪ of Holdliesid Harbour, lb • .‘IIIIII glIp: 413, and ilk
onus seecisore to etiato•ete the same, and sere empower-
f4 to report to ~.:41.1Ve proceeded. is per-
miaow t.. choir instinctious, to ioqoireturtu the state of the
toads feeding to Holyhead :-Aod,
Yon. Commute.- find. that the two lines of road.
z. Teat lead.iig Volt Shrewsbury, and that from
Canter. to Hulk head, uoite at a place called Limn-
degiti, two mile* short of Bangor. anit from thence
Bins woe lies to Holy tild'attee of 99
miles. That two miles beyond Bangor the road
oett...s. and passenger* are anveyed in ferrV•bOsto
to the Island of Augiesea. within which the road
id again reasosed, and continues for -25 odes to
Holyhead.
That the road from Shrewsbury to that point
where it full. oat with cad joins the Cheater line is
PS mil." in le.urths reusing through the towns of
Osa atry. Come% Cetig y Druidson,
ant Praia.

Toot tne road from Chester to the same point of
jvinction is 631 miles iu length, poising through
the towns of St. Asaph. Ahergeley, and
Cony. .y. That travellers are obliged to enter the
to vn ut Conway from the Chester side by crossing
a ferry of considerable extent, sod winch earyiug
in its facility of passage from the fluctuation Jibe
tide.

The gene,al state of these roach, they find to hare
been at dilitTent Iweiniii seta as to have called the
attention of the Post-Office to their condition.

Oa the 9th of August 14104. It appears that •
letter was written bL order of the Postmasters-
Genet &I. to the Lord, Commiusioners of the Trea-
sury. on the snbject of erytending the hi ~l Coach
from Shrewsbury to Holybtad, in which Mr. V ree-
ling their Secretary states it the coach will be in
readiness to travel is • very shrift time. but the.:r
Lordships think it irenatbedt upon them to Isy be-
fore the Lords of the treasury, extracts of a aurae%
:node by Mr. Akers. liy which it apposes that psris
of the road between Shrewsbury and Holybeid see
in a very bad and dangerous state, which is con-
firmed by the reports of others of their Lordship.'
Officers: And it appears farther in this communi-
cation. that the trilatees of part of that road ap-
plied for aid of 1.0001. from the grast of 10,ew 01.
made for the harbour of Holyhead. u stated us the
former Report of your Committee.
Of appropriating any part of that enact to such a
purpose. the Lords Commissioner, of the Treasury
declare, by a letter of the 4011 i of August, the itu-
pructic tbility.

It appears that in the autumn of I -;...titt. Mr. Wes-
tern. a Riding Surveyor of the Post °dice, was scut
to inquire Into the co,tttitio:t of the road leading
from Shrewsbury t Holyhead. Tins report which
was examined by the Committee, wry =role upon
the Odd Octulwr irttP). and contains many sliggea-
tionsfor improvement, otroerving. " three or crrtain-
Iy much to be done to matt the row/complete, or
eren sarr."

That paper. hoverer, YourCeurvittee viewing 38
containing sovestions of improvements proceeding
from a mon not habituated by education or by prac-
tice to repilar surveying, turd appt ehetisive lest they
aright be conceived to have ailepted those sugar-lo-
tions while they hail not sufficient docirmcnts b,-fore
them to judge of their otpt.iieucy. do not think rte.
armory to connect farther with Our Report.
They find that me the 9th of November of the
.ante year the Pastorasters4;erieral sent letiers to
various Treasurers df the different Turnpike Trysts
upon the same !ilie of road. concluding tiros : **and
sy Lor,le confidently hope that the public spirit of
the Gentlemen of the country, their regard fur the
lives of travellers, and their consideration of the
lye of the new mail coach to the intcres:s of all this
pert of Wale., will induce them immediately to
este means for effectiug the neees.try repairs and
riunroveinents which the Surveyor hat rie.cribe3,
and renter it superfluous for their Lordships to
roma 'lrwin/selves of the Law for floe ri meily of uny
of or ihnger. and inconvenient:les to which the
coach is now eNprool."
I' dour not appear to your Committee that these
exertions of the Post-()dire li id the desired eft,. -I.
inasmuch cc it is proved be the Lenience of Mr.
Frerh..c, float at the 1II.:16111.:1113S Sessions of 1809.
tin ler. than eleven Inc. wrre d by order
the nain-r.-Cieneral ; nal Or it at the last
s. $ •-sie•••. le.ll .adittiollll tot% noillvb litre
u:, 11;.(i„ for ~iune Ilia. ref re ..1.