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COAL WORK'S.

rive rapidity with which the immense work at the
tr skinning, calle.l William Pit, the pmperty of the
Kivin Zinn. Lori Viscount Lowther, has been csr-
riel
ferwArJ, is perhaps unparallelei in the annals
of 'milling. !'he communication-drift to this pit,
eellich is situated close by the sea side. at Bransty.
tsar Whitehaven, from James Pit, near Sr. James's
Church, in Whingill Colliery, is expeavd to he
formed in the course of this week. There will then
be not only a complete ventilation of pure atnin.
spheric air, but the m'o and horses employed be-
low, will he enabled to walk into William Pit, from
the surface.
The rotative machine, fur drawing coals (which
possesses the power of forty-two hors'., and is cap-
pable of drawing twice the quantity of any hitherto
ere ied at Whitehaven), will be c,rnpleted in a few
we,:ks. This machine, as well as an extensive pump-
engine, is tole put in excellent stone•buildings.
The ext,rnt of wall, which has been made under the
surface, in order to gain a sufficient foundation to
build upon, is inconceivable.
The large coal-yard, for dropping the coals out
of the baskets, will, when finished, contain about
I 2,000 Whitehaven waggons of coals, or 22,000
filch tons I The waggon-road, from thence to the
harbour, is nearly eight hundred yards in length, and
of sufficient bresdth to admit the waggons to pass
each other. It is raised, generally, fourteen feet
from the surface, w:th excellent stone walls, and a

nu:nber of handsome arches under for the vol-
seilience I.f the different shit:o)oo..ler%, %whose rim-
her•yards asljoin it. Every thin?, appertaining to
this ktrau?li of the numerous improvements in the
works (and, indeed, in all the others), is done in the
most sabaaotial manner. with materials of the very
b,st kind. The mason►' work, in p irticular, if it
do not surpass, will certainly rival the finest pro-
duetions of that kind.

A large frame, lately erefted on the, top of the
Fit, consisting of four strohg pieces of timber, 62
feet in height, is calculated to answer a variety of
perpoce., viz. four large wheels, nr pullies, are fixed
upon it, to receive wires far two different rotative
machines: three piallito, for hanging over the centre
of the three divisions of the pit, so contrived, that a
roue from a watch-gin may be changed from one
oft 'arm en another ; also putties fur a capstern-rope,
for changing the buckets, spear-rods, &c. for two
eiffwent pumping engines, &c.
This &amino is of a pyramidal shape, upwards
of 80 feet high.; and the top of it, which is square,
is very neatly or:lamented, having four silver phea-
sants at the four corners ; the four cardinal points of
the compass, elevated from the centre; a large
globe ; and, above all, 3 figure of Mercury, 7; feet
in height, which, turning upon a pivot, moves wish
the wind, and, of course, :lets as a Tama
As a description, these otoe.---rvatioi.s are net to be
considered as more than outlines. This lofty struc-
ture, from the strength and neatness of the fram-
ing, the variety of its parts (only some of which
have been mentioned here) and its whole appea-
rance, attract. (as may supposed) the general no-
MY (and we may safely add, the admiration) of
strangers. as well as residents, and is the first plate
visited by the former, on their arrival at Vs bite-
haven s which, in that part, is sn changed in appear-
ance, in the space of a few months, that many pa-
eom tieing at a distance, bur well acquainted with
the tnwn, have, with their astonishment, declared
their inability to immediatelr account for so great
an alteratitm ; and %rime have even doubted whether"
they had not mistaken the particular spot they were
looking for. Amongst other objeas which are to-
tally removed, is the hill, known by the name of
Jack a.Dandy ; of which there is now not a trace
r ortaining
But this Pyramid does not claim particular at-
tention merely from its size and appearance. Men
of science, either as praCtical or theoretic mecha-
nics, will contemplate it a. an object of great and
singular curiosity ; combining, perhaps, more of the
useful with the ornamental, than is to be found in
41,y situ:tare of a similar nature, and within the
same dimensions.
this Lordship has already improved the north en-
trance into the town ; but, we understand, the im-
provements are to be greatly extended. The fine
arch, at Bransty, which also unites the useful to the
ornamental, has been cleaned and painted, and will
soon be highly embellished by the refitting and
completing of the family arms, on both sides of the
buildiug ; which, even now, in its unfinished state,
has a noble and dignified appearance. The wall,
stretching from the aid] to the new waggon road,
we hear, is only one part of a ►an which has been
adopted, and, when finished, will have an admirably
pleasing effect ; a range of building is intended to
be erected on the opposite side, harmonising with
the wall last mentioned (and in which there is to
be a large arch, openi 'g in front of William Pit),
and tunneling with Bransty House, which is to be
rebuilt in a correspondent style. The turnpike-
road, it is also said, is to be altered.
The Thames, We ANGII am, from Memel for Sand-
wich, is put into Copenhagen, with the loss of tote-
m/CI and bowsprit.
There is not, we apprehend with regret, any rea-
son to doubt the fad of Captain Munoz's death, in
the Temple at Paris, or that his throat was aaually
cut with a razor ; but, we are well persuaded, that
it was not done by himself. What man can be so
weak as to believe that a Briton, and more espe-
cially a Captain •f a mart of war, could be so pa.
sillanimous or silly, as to put himself to death,
merely on account of the Austrians having been de-
faced, or from sensations excited by perusing the
tidiculous vapour of the Moniterr
'inipton, who had committed several highwsy
robberies, and was capitally convided at the last
Hertford Assizes, broke •ut of prison on Saturday
eight. He was chained to his cell, from which be
disengaged himself, sod removed nearly a cart load
et earth from under the foundatiim en ageollt his
will ► -

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

INGLEWOOD HUNT AND PENRITH RACES.

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.glewood Hint co.iffninced on Timelay, the 15th ult. on
which dry there was hock.litinting; and, on the day After,
fox-hunting. On Friday, a starlintit, afforded con-
•iderahle amusement. 110 Saluda", the 19th, a !mot excel-
lent fiCe, in which the Duke of Hamilton's b iv mare beat Mt.
iliaxlilitson's bar colt, by only .If a neck. 'rhe 51leetortr
iyon the whole, war siipported Iff the neighbouring cliff',
in a' very .;tinted and manner; and the balk were At
tended by more baa ay and (wallop, than was ever known at
Pewrith, on any for.iier tice3ion The weather, altoteth r,
very favourable and pleasant, And the politenese anti affa-
:,.lity of the 'toward., E. Houghton, and R. Lowtlitau Ross,
Fors greatly AMA to the dive.smos
Wo•kingusii Haut, which commenced on the 22.1 ulr. wa.
attitude., by a very numerouv and tetpectab!, par'y 4.1 gentle-
men. Owing to the dryness of the weather, on 'l'iicslay and
Thuralay. Mr. eortve..% excellent lack of baffler. dal not
Afford so much spoil, n otherwise they might; but thix
poMtinent wen equnteebalance.l by the excellent coursinc nn
the other dine of diversion. The assembly, &c. was very f,a-
s:tionahly attended.
SIR SOLOMON.

Mel of the hest information on the Turf, veterans in the art
and precut, of breeding and training, very much deprecate the
too prevalent clivtern IN prevent of running horse. vo early as
two vegtni of I, by which premature exerti,m, before he has- at-
tained sufficimt poover, his speed is totally iLvaroved The
aneie.it drae•ice waits train at three yeah' old., and start at four
yews, by which means the horse was thoroughly competent to
perform hia wok, and in corroboration of the superior utility
th s usage, we state the following particulars, sot generally
known, relating to a celebrated horse.
Sir Solomon war bred by lord Fitawilliam, originally calk
Tankersley, sill of Lord Derby's Sir Peter, dam by Flame!,
out of an sown sire- in the damn of Rockingham.
. .

In 1799, when four rears and a half uli, ho started nix times
without winning any thing, and after being fifth tioCockfighter,
for the St. Leger Stakes, he was thought so indifferent, that
Lori Faso at :ward with him.
1803, whin the proderir of Mr. Johnson, he al.o started
and won three, VIA the King. Phan. and fifty gui.
MI& at Nottingham, and the King's Plate at Y.ek ; after
which,. he c t,,seletablir trained on, instead tit training off, as is
customary with lirsea started Voiced, ; and, in 1•41, he won
the Steal rate at York; the ranee Plate, and Guld Cop,
with 130 guinea•, at Newrattle-upoti-True; the God Cup,
with 31 vim. a., at N,itiiiigham ; and his fricu•t.is march with
Sir If. Tempest's Ciekfighter at Do.ica:ter, upcm which int.
inen,a rm. were rending
After this match, Sir Solomon, though in.liflroent at the
com.nerneement of his career, wa. ents-uleret the best hor.e lo
England. lie raimaltia the property of Mr. Johnson, and in
now out of training in York-hire.

N. RANGER MEETING, Octosat,
AMMO
DUNDALK CLERMONT COURSE.

1, RID AY, YSTH.

A Nfit:h for 'A !Mille" 3 rnAy, owners Mot', iyag won
by Mr. Batt C..wriliy, by Ranunculus, beating Mr NI
Fortemine's C

N.B. Mr I',.rescoe rill the wrong side of the post, when
winning
SA TURDAY, 26Tii.
The collection of the lima, for horses, catch weight, •ns
rerwiet rod a rhsta..ce-vvbers
The v. roller to be ...Id for 2') guineas, if demand's', he.
Batershy's h. mare, Cowslip - 2 I t
Mr. lVebb's b.horst - - - I 2 3
Mr. Ifolland's eh. horse - - - 4 •'i 2
Mr. /I>rre. b horse - - - - 3 4 4
N.B. TM winner was claimed.

There wet a vetynumeruus attendance or inembera. lii the
Gel 1, and at the coarse, we noticed Lord Rod-11, Colonel For-
tirscue, Lord Louth, Mr. P. Jocelyn, Mr. Come, Mr. It.r-
ter.tor, Mr. M'Clintock, Sir Edward Bellew, 1:01011.!! and Mr
Thorne. Filgate, Mr C. Iforteacne, Major Straws. S,r Puo-
mea Ur. Little, Mr Coddingtuii, Mr. II Cotitfington
&c. its The Cluh gave an elogairt Rat and slipper on F.:Way,
which we. winded by every person of dt.tindiun its the
country.
NAVAL INTELLIGANCE.

rt.vuouru, NOV.S.
Came in the Indefatigable frigate, from a cruise;
Naiads; sloop of war, and the PieOr echrw.ner, from
off Cadiz ; and the American ship Jabs, Capt. Fret,
from New York, bound w Bilboa, first detained by
the Lord Archon privateer, re-taken by a Spanish pri-
vateer, and captured from her by L'Egaphenae fri-
gate.
Sailed the Iris frigate, on a cruise.—Wind S E.

SCA ROOROVOM, NOV. S.
Arrived in our Roads the Lel4 armed snow, with
two Mails and a Foreign Messenger from l'onnin-
gen, in five days passage.—Wind W.S. W.

coalc, soy. 1.
His Majesty's ship L'Eviptienple h,is captured a
vessel laden with naval stores, which has arrived in
Baltimore harbour, she was one of a fleet of twenty
sail, all laden with naval stores, from Bilboa tor
Rochfort, under convoy cf a corvette, which es-
caped ; but almost the whole of the fleet was de-
stroyed.

DIAL, NOV. 6.
Remain in the Down% the Edgar, Utrecht, Ante-
lope, Trust,/, Standard, Rego As, Rarnuins, latreptd.
and the Adamant, men of war; Orpheus, Peeasus.
Venus, Vestal, and L'iwonlortaltte, friptes ; Otter,
Valorous Cyjnetntelontont, and L'Ltille, sloops of
war ; li t. O
erla, Volcano, Dueovery, Devastation, Pros-
pero, Edam, and the Lucifer, bombs ; and a fleet of
gun brigs; with the Meretallark, Batchelor, for Pen-
SAC k la ; and the Princes, Elizabeth. ictrealaile. tar
New Providence.—Wind W.S.W.

escape. Siroprso, it 'riff be recolleaed, was first
taken after committing ahi way robbery on some
of Lord Ossoe es servants, through the public spirit
of the Hon. Mr. tisisn, assisted by i party of 119-
Innreers be ! ":ti • .• ••• or in Hertfordshire;
acid.-but , P; • • 'mu of JUL Gen-
tlettan f;;:, ' j'i • •r-•'"*a ter eonvidiun, he
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