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London, England, 1824-06-29 00:00:00

THE XENDICITY SOCIETY.

STEAM PACKETS TO INDIA. .
F rom the mithiplieity Ocomantainutene which have been made GI
me within the Let etre* on the subject of the India Steam Packet
1 Company, I find ft imporible to retain a distinct answer to each,
and MTh thyrefore to have manse to the public press as
the best in re dium riseneral reply. ? beg bre then tonsure all
those who have bateured me with their letters, as well es tb...
public in lame, that to &effort baling relaxed in my exertions te,
carry
its
project into mention, I here on the eastrary insed
them its nemordon as no* ditficuhics presented themselves, ties da
I IV Ir eatertele the lent doubt of ultknate mans.
As eeratetirtinactivite on my port during the hat month. must
be refined so y to the proesedor that lure taken
_place in
Parliaaieut wit s trout to Jame Mr% Cam ple
_lea. I wish to
aneuria, in tire tint nuance, ho* In the ottblrMer
it,tel he
to
logiste. the stfolution lately adopted by the One* of 4 tor
Joint *tick Ceitsparises todepont dun-fount of the pro.;
capital, before dbe itadertaking received the sanction of the
et I liars floe, howev, the sm ru iefeetion of ing,
the
highest asshority, that dekenign which I sontcmplate
being an improvement in navigation, tsar trot in any respect come
*NW tba recast entrant, and_the ioberibers will be Ira* only
he else amount of their Ann /t is proposed to Emit the amount
ei each share to 101. or IA attbe armor, no that tl.e link will be
offing. *teethe gain may in enniderable.• Armee the dlEtuldeir
*Me •physitel canes hate apposed to the tandertaking.• th..
rote free' Alettnedrie le Bari bas ban elietsul the grata*
Or ie die Opinion of some puree of the. Newt respmtabilitz
Tin . re perf_ectly acquainted *irk all the typographiad deteitb.,
this eilmo no to:diluent that might net very eerily be removed. •
It Were needle.. for me to expatiate here tin tie lumens, 0.11
vantages which the practical execution of the darts held% forth ta
Te4ul9o remote from each other at Gnat Iffitain and *nth,.
ire far too multifarious to be preleitlerbell-Ao6 kart and in.
valuable to be duly appreciated. Some ft* of them. however,
*EI be found eneMmudd In the Prosper* nod Address *hitt f
have published, and nothing move needs be mud- in support of
eneh protect, than thatit evally'regards the Inseresbef -st4rice,
if commerce, and of sot* life. Sonic at the mod milted cha-
ncier of the land have recently paid a jam tribute to the Merits of
the man, who, by meass4:l•run, gate an unprecedented impulse
to mechanical and cumin industry, but how Freddy would fits
calthrite too enhanced, if, y the soma agency, baton* tbould be
brought into move Intern:rune with the Eaten hem'
In a few days, Mesers.Amory and Coln of th sa.,
street, will- nudge rum dr the shares, of- whichduerdan wilt
friCeamer J. E. JOBEINON.
.. liattettetreet, June fa, 1824. • - .
' ' .
' Men/ tlta BEFRSL-Wriiil?lteltignelakti
EV A SHIP CANAL AND NEW BAR
. ..
The moue consumption of cott....."TiParesa don it scaly' Taw
',some chaldrona, or - lt . - • • Pl*
Porta between Lotdon and the Land). and, in Can. ,.. , - l
wall 7, =

So much misreneesentadon has been indusuloody circu-
lated respecting that very useful Institution, the Society
for the Sumession of Mer.dicity, that we deem it an set
of duty to the public and of justice to the Society, to make
some observations upon the Sixth Annual Report the
Board of Management, which we hive now lying befute
us. This Report includes a statement of the receipt, and
expeadieure of the Society, flom which is apron, that
during the last year a gress sum of nearly 4,0001. was re-
ceived, sod applied to the purposes of tlie Inadtution--1
1,95.14 wore expended ditsctly on the relief of mendicants,
399/. eu the mmothemdem of vagrants sod 'punishment of
imposters, 3941. *the investigation of begging letters, end
396/. itt salaries to the amistaut manager and clerks in the
office ; 1,0001. have been invested in Savings' Baas for
filing" emergencies, and the remainder with theism:l*m
Of a balance of 1334, has been disbursal in the amonsary
and incidental expellees of the Institution. It appear!, also,
that during the past year 1,493 cities have eeettpaed the
atettation of the Board of Management, of whish minket
320 were ascertained to he Impators and eradiated vs-
pants, of whom 193 was ordered to be rod
539 others did itcleetmen as directed, but forte tart;
absconded on being set to work ; 27 refusedalief
mid 39 foreigners would net return to their natimosaMills,
though unable to sopport themselves bete. In &onlook-
ing cases of reel distress, i 45 iu number, relict Mei Mil&
Metered according to the wants and necessities* dlifillf-
fmr& 'llw success and utility of the Society are wooed
by the facts, that thecae, mgistered during 1993 winless
than ene-third of the averap number during the Net pee•
ceding years, and the mgrathe committed lees than 051 tall
of the previous average. The following extract, Wadi's
to the begging letter department, will be read with inte-
rest, Since the recent exposure of the rogueries of Menthins,
the *bury-driving beggar - .

-Bequefus ant aIedIINSS IP al*l
o.ololiitiLetaiTAPlS Mkt Mildelleel
wit Isf die AI in Welfare dad liigy
Iro
g the past /ear 2.201 Begging Laser Caere have boa
investigated, of which 022 were reported tavonahly. •
There has been an Mamie in the numb of letters, int it has
been caused by the additional number of Suhscribers, who referred
them, not by an extension of the practice df begging by letter. It
is certain, indeed, that the practice is on the decline, on the part of
those who formerly pursued it u a regular traffic.
This department has seen extremely useful in detecting several
flagrant and ingenious combinations for the purpose of fraud and
deception.
It has been discovered that several well-known Begging Letter.
writers have abandoned the habit altogether, and that many of those
who still retain It studiously avoid writing to the Subscribers to
this Institution.

The Manson have received a letter from an individual, whose
continued applications for relief they had discountenanced, in
which he acknowledges that the Societe having put an end to his
gains, he had been compelled to sees for Twee respectable ern-
ploymer.t, and was, at the time he wrote, earning an honest lire&
hood.
The following remarks and explanation of the plan pur-
sued by the Society are also worthy of attention :
There are few persona who, from sudden impulse, or a hasty
credence of a plausible appeal, have not yielded to the importu-
nity of mendicants, and the public cannot be too often reminded of
the observation contained in former Reports, the truth of which Is
confirmed by every day's experience, • that indiscriminate alm's-
giving is not charity."
The Managers are anxious to impress this observation upon the
mind of all persons, since it is owing to the thoughtlessness of
those who still continue that baneful practise that the usefulness
of the Society is in a certain measure counteracted.
The tickets intended to be given to street beggars are issued free
of expense, and without limitation, to every Subscriber, am& to
Non-Subscribers they are sold at a trifling charge.
They are consequently within the reach of all persons; and the
most humble in rank may, without subscribing to the Institution,
meetly promote its success, by substituting those tickets for the
pecuniary alms they may he in the habit of dispensing.
The adoption of this mode will prevent the possibility of their
encMitag•tig idleness or imposture, and will afford them the means
of exereistr.g their benevolence more efficaciously towards any ap-
plicant whose cue may be really worthy of their compassion.

Guernsey, Jersey, ke. . .
Exportation to opposite coasts of France, &c. • , 309.00::
Bridgewater - • - • . • 59,
........—..
Estimated annual consumption of coal . . Tons 3.329,900
It is proposed to raise the amount required In 13,590 sham, of
1001. each.
Misers will be tempted to open their purses when convinced they
seam meshy 25, and possibly, 50 per cent
The whole of the above will, of course, neither come from Wald
war through this ('anal There will be the strongest sonipetition
raised between the Western and Northern Collieries. Suppose the
competition divides the supplies equally (via. half from the North,
and half from Wales); but if one quarter only finds its way
through this Canal, yet this, in addition to Iron, Copper, Lead.
Tin, timber, Grain, Provisions, Lime, &e. &c.. insures forty or
fifty pa cast to the subealliers. which I undertake to prove; for
it will resemble the Duke Of Ilridgewaser's grand Canal in profits,
or the New River Water World Company, in due time.
The best Welch coal will be deliverable, on the line of Canal, at
Seaton, at 21s. lid. pa ton, and in the parts of the English Chita.
nel at about 265. lid. per ton (allowing 10s. freight per too), after
paying the Canal dues of Se. fsi. per ton; while Newcastle coals
are sold on an average in London at 3es. per toe ; consequently
this great difference in price must insure wonderful and incalenla-
ble seems to this grand national undertakiag, whereby more hers
oil he eventually saved annually from shipwreck, than the Royal
Society can possibly do by
anyearthly means during the " pitiless
pelting storm, ' althoughit is the duty of Christians always to as.
tempt to succour brethren in the hour of distress, but particularly
when threatened with the jaws of drub.
The euretnie of the Canal, Ste., for vessels of 200 tons bur then,
which is tat preferable to one for smaller vessels, is now estimated
at 1,200.000!., and, including a Harbour in Seaton Bay. at
1,350,0001., where frigates and East Indiunen may find a refuge.
at high water, when embayed in winter ales, in what Is styled by
mariners, with terror," the West Bay,. 'extending from the Berry
Head to the Isle of Portland (the two head lands), a distance of
twenty leagues, and a stretch of nearly one hundred mike of coast,
which must be passed and repassed, chiefly by the outward and
homevrarelabounti, &c., without a safe or convenient harbour in ex-
tremities to be found, where many fatal wrecks have often happen.
ed. which may be avoided when this Canal and Seaton Harbour an
'accomplished.
One thonsand pounds' worth of ships and merchantlize. anti two
men's lives, are on anaverage lost weel-ly on the Coenieh Coasts.
le.c. in going or returaiug round land.
If one-half of the coals annually consumed peas this Canal, the
toll on 1.500,000 tons, at one penny per mile per ton, foe 42
asave mile% at 3a. dd. per ton, yields 5;2.5004
1 hoe vessels must generally and nVarally_((rearPt . in
saw* SheillMideiwas may tie ermined) repass the and
pay a rntila toll, with fresh cargoes or in ballast v ce.n-
aequently, the annual income on coal, irons copper.theillir. brirtgs
stone, clay, grain, &c. may probably produce 525.0001. to be paid be
ship owners, who will then pay one hundred per cent. less than always
fell on merchants or consumers before, as they would, on ave.
age, save above three weeks on every voyage ; because during seven
winter months, there have been many instaneeaof ships having per-
formed voyages out and home from the West Indies, before othm
could get round the Land's Etd.
The Bristol thannel is, perhaps, the most dangerous navigation
in Europe, if not in the world, for the constant ebb and flow of the
tides are from 30 to near so feet perper.dicular, and at (lemma.
front 50 to 60 feet.
Thus have I, briefly, but, I trust, clearly proved, that id. pet torn
would produce an inexhaustible and handsomedividend tbe the pro.
jectors and proprietors, whose names ought to be written In letters
of gold; but who will find a much more durable monument in tht
everlasting gratitude of their native land, in countless ages orpos.
, terity ; for they will not only eurich themselves, but greatly ex.
tend the trade and navigation of ()Id England. It being very re-
markable, that since this grand scheme was prosected an 1110. at
Bridgewater, where the canal will enter the Bristol Channel, the
' trade round land has been augmented (according to the Parlia-
mentary returns) nearly one-half, in the course of fourteen years,
proving what mines of wealth have been lost, in consequence of
the measure having been mysteriously abandoned, when the Late
Mr. Rennie reported that this union was perfectly practicable.
Indeed nature seems to have always pointed out this grand work
to mankind ; end it is a v,-- curious fart, that the tides of faith
. ..
- • each ,

Appended to the Annual Report is the Special Report,
made to an extraordinary meeting of the subscribers in
February last, convened to take into consideration some
articles affecting the Institution, which had appealed in
The Time,. In this Report .tbe business of the Society is
minutely detailed, and the coarse and calumnious attack of
the anonymous correspondent of that Paper most satisfac-
torily repelled. The Board of Management anticipated
that " the explanation those imputations havetalled forth,
will probably gain an accession of supporters, tow for the
first time satisfied with the capabilityffissat.aiLliehtnent.
to dhidlhik the sum. of Iceman oareretio*lmt
general flow of benevolence into useful and proper chan-
nels ;" and by their Annual Report subsequently made it
appears, that the result has corresponded with the antici-
pation. The Annual Report concludes thus :
In conclusion, the Managers consider it important to mention,
that the utility of the Society continues to be acknowledged by the'
Magistracy of the metropolis. and by other individuals, whose
official situations enable them to afford facilities to its operations,
and whose talents and experience impart value to their testimony.
Many persons have doubled their contributions, and a large acces-
sion of Subscribers has been obtained, several of whom have stated
they were indebted to the recent developement of the Society's
views for a knowledge of its usefulness. At no former period, In-
deed, was the Institution so effective for the attainment of the great
and salutary objects for which it is established.

The professor G. B. Gianni, of Milan, has determined,
in a positive manner, the field where Annibal and Scipio
fought the battle of Tesino. By digging upon the spot,
he has discovered a quantity of urns of divers forms and
sizes, lacrymil wises, ornaments, arms, spurs, &c. which
objects leave no doubt of the reality of the discovery of this
I learned Italian, aho has directed a work on the subjcct.—
French Paper.
N r WT

:,EW PRESB' ..ilia I "n-""- —•--- - - - - chtchannelsfie; Within aiont7B miles erf . otimarilift miles of
_
On NVednestlay, at three o'clock, the first stone of this the proposed line &cartel will be o, frog; Bridgewater to Lang.
building was laid by the Marquis Donegal, attended by port, withiut a single lock.
Sir A. Chichester, Bart., M.P. in the presence of a large I have much 1110Tet0 AO, which my time and your limits nitai
assemblage of' the inhabitants, who seemed to feel a great defer till another opportunity. . ?
interest in the proceedings. The Committee of Clergymen I am, Sir, yours truly,
Jonx BURRID.F.
of the Synod of Ulster, under whose care the intended Nelson-square, London. 28th June, Iral
congregation is placed, and the Committee appointed to The quantity of coal conveyed by the miserable navirstion of
manage the erection of the Meeting-house, also attended the rivers Parrett, Tone and ,tee, into the interior. would Jowl
on the occasion.—lrishoom. 18,00) waggons, and 24,04,0 carts, requiring 127,d0u horses, all
tf.1..100 hands. allowing to a wri7,gmt Mir horses., man and boy ;
A set of those ancient tin mines,Stowes and NThealJonkin,
and to each cart, two horns and a ram; the ••••-•st.s,. of which, nt
in the parish of Linkinborn, has been taken by a respect- 20r. per waggon, and 10.. per met, foe eme--&-wi.34044..
and
able company of London adventurers, who are erecting a allowing one turupike, would amount to above 2,0011. Total
steam-engine on Stows, from which mine a considerable 32.0001. annually.
quantity of tin ore has already been raised.—Cornish 'flue execution of this canal will afford employment to thou-
santh of poor, pennylesa. hurgary Irishmen, who visit Englard to
Paper.
The building of houses on with rest s irit at
earn even Ann livelihoods during harvests, and will greatly cape.
g dire the Irish trade wish London. &e.
goes p
Lanark ; accommodation for a great number of families The distance saved by sea will be about 350 miles ; and, it
have been reared on entirely new sites ; and a still greater needful, the trade would beat lid. or sd. per ton.
number of old houses have been taken down, and larger The trade on the Welch coast, Bristol Channel, and Cornwall,
and more elegant ones raised in their stead. This week, e",1:-a'alul..atalenni1,-Mr:: ejestkiiirdameeXtl7dli:
seesdnensulfhurlo slitual Ale.
those employed in removing two old houses in high-street I west, there is no doubt but this noble project would base been ae-
found a number of ancient coins ; and in one of the walls a complished in former ages. The North will of course tyro* the
niche, containing a statue of very antique wotitmanship, Western Projections, as it will stop their monopoly of coats, aryl
was und built up. Tradition reports the place to have Ifivf them cheaper to all consumers, But ali°Pi"46‘l",._, will baaa,...,
useless and vain, as attempts to Forma nut the IlTeLlihme Mean or
been a ounnery.—Glasgoce Chronicle. the Bristol Channel itseir,in my humble opinion ; although sere
Wince LEA D.—The substance called white lead, and so gentlemen have already tried to threw cold water on it, but casts
well known as a paint, is made by exposing thin sheets of and iron are too hot &MI too strong on this occasion.
lead to the action of vapour of vinegar, which gradually ,ware alp?.
The consemption of coal is contently rapidly Meowing from
converts it into a white powder. The manufactory of this
ethie.qieenseral introduction of gas lights and steam parkas, and steins
substance is carried on very extensively in lirsgland, France,
and Getman y, and has lately been very much improved. The manufacturers will be greatly benefited by the reduction of
It was used by the ladies of Rome for a cosmetic; and there the price of cool, and prove a blessing ui the poor.
is almndant reason to believe, mach as we hear of the
rvotierierymnrumetiL:ii'leagothe
I am aware it may be urged that %Veldt coal are generalh i.e.
beautiful simplicity of savage man, that it is only in the coal but the rice of the hrirmer kens
"'and the p posed frei t, diar canal oco...beteg
very highest state of civilization that both sexes find their
whence supplies chid... come, on account of the clinger and delay
compertioon must against the Tornio
enjoyment in the charms of nature. The Hottentot and
the Esquimau% besmear themselves with grease ; the wool- generally attending vOyages round lard.
ly-headed African and the copper-coloured Indian disfigure Newport coal is the best in \t'ales for househobl2rs. and crash
their faces with hideous slashes; the ladies of Rome for- equal to Newcastle, in my opinion, particularly for kitchen Inc.
tinily, and the Cireassians of our day, paint themselves ha- si it,_, I
ir.tere
beg this
ma,
ed r . e
to hove only
considered
said nsiderthe nsp
uthhific 864
Meetil.+rur.if .1 eievut.n.
bitually ; while in the crowded cities of Europe, people, as stance of whit
' the general rule, arc contented with washing themselves, my health did not allow me to eater intd these details or rearms tar
and nobody paints but a few antiques, anxious to assume expressing my conviction, that coal and boo alone are sufficient ;Lo
the airs of youth, or a few dehauchees, who Claim by gas- insure eeesetle_,su,ecess_.; anti not as a liernber of the Corutii,hee.
light the appearance of beauties. It is a very philosephi- Hence
,nrtbesittivourfts-r=gfoaressL
dividend
to
rier c tprceixt:i. t the T
cept krst.
cal and correct remark, therefore, that it is enl:y in the monetary restrictions, or that the competition may destroy the 'no-
highest state of civilisation man listens to the voice of na- nopoly of coal, and reduce the prices and the dividends to £0 per
cure, and permits his physical powers to be fully and freely mot, or the proprietors may reduce the toll to a halfpenny per :dn.
developed.—The Chertist. which will Insure most extensive traffic through the (.'areal.
On Monday an altercation took place in a public house wiTittiesu"lidretautrnstiteg f"orem, asi'Dtlf•led°lf:eil'htsbani*lidt eqwurlitidnobey tilett;
at Killinicic, where some of the police ere drinking, when Toone thmugh the Canal, and they would sail to the Eintivard es
a man of the name of Richard Bennet. of Fearney-hill, in the Wesorad, according to wind and weather.
the Barony of Forth, was stabbed in the thigh and belly, In abort, it is impossible to describe all the local ar.e. national
of which wounds be lies dangerously ill. Sergeant James !advantages attending the execution of MI6 noble measure for a
JA Wanson, and James W. oh, Sub-constable of the 1 union of the navigation betwe-en the British and Ilristol Chanigs,
The Canal will pass by Bridgewater Longport. 'Wince
Police Establishment, have been committed togaol, charged : Chard, Axminster, and scam,. and greatlys ,e v... trio.. '
improve .hto,
with the assault.—lrerf:rd Herald. all lands :tad buildings in those districts.

CIAN NIEFTING-Horse IN BELTAFT.—

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