The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-07-20 00:00:00

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FIRST REPORT
Vaimi sittcr comsletrze oN rile
LOAD FROM LONDON, NY COVENTRY, TO
HOLYHEAD.

(Bra. et Commig.)

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The Select Committee sprained to inspire into the state of
the road from Leedom, by Covestry, to Holyhead; late
the regulstions fur conveying hi. Majesty's mail between
Loodun and Dublin, and between Dahlia and the tweeter
- • of Ireland ; Into the state if she mail coach roads in Ire-
Isod ; and into the reerlatiogs file the conveyance of coach
parcels sad merchandise between Hotyhead sod Deldia.;
and to report thew obseevationsibeiresepoo, together "kb
the minutes of the to/Weser taken before them from time
to have, pursuits.' to the Order si llre House, ex-
amined the swatters referred to them, sad have agreod to
the following Report :
Your Committee have eitsmisied the Report, Plea, aid
Estimate, whirls have receatly hero snide by Mr. Telford, of
a bridge at Curway, according the directives of tbe Cali.
soissioners, wailer the 50th !Geo. 111. foe the iniprowentegt of
the Roads from Logilloo, by Shrewsbury and by Chester,
Holyhead.
la order to bring the sehjeet fully before the Haase, as
to the procticalislity of coast/vette( sack a bridge, year
C.ossinitter think it proper to hawk Mr. Telfenre Report,
as follows
"la consequeoce igetnietiese from the Ceserembedegoes
for the Holyhead rood, 1 have examined the river mod Awes
at sad adjacent to the town of Conway ; 1 have hod merest*
sorrels, trial borings, sod sectioes; made al three di/fennel
places, mid am therefore now called to state—
" First—with regard to imitation ; that 'Ajar:est to Day.
*away, being tbe'lirst (tom the rime's newish, the breadth at
high water was found so be 100 fret, and as low water 11$
fees ; the depth at Irw water wile Ile feet ; the bestma god
'idea, is s tead of beteg rock, se gelleceily reported, are wholly
composed of gravel sod sand. Coosiderige the heavy sea to
which this place Is exposed, that, the foundaties would be
the aforesaid sand aril gravel, sad that all the vessels tea&
ins wish the port of Conway gravid have to pass the bridge,
I am of opinion that this site Is very tenantable.
" The second place surveyed was from • projectleg reeky-
head, og the western side of the river, at liodleadel. Hers
the breadth at high water is 1,043 feet • at low water MN
feel, having 141 fret at owl water ; the dioms is mad and
gravel, frogs 6 to 17 feet • thick, upon a this. stratums of
marl, below which lies mod, to se unknown depth. This
site is out su arch exposed as the former, but it is still cos-
siderably w ; the fommlatiogs, except on the writers dem,
are cruelly bad as the former; and it is equally objectiona-
ble with regard to the trade of Conway. It is therefore, in
ley upioiou, aim' an unlit place fur • bridge.
" The third station surveyed was frogs the Old Castle,
across the Rocky Waled, to she present larding beach or the
eastern shore. Here the breadth between the high-wafer
mirk, me the opposite shores, sod including the Becky
Island (takes at a 20-feet tide), was 1,433 fret; the depth
in the channel on the western side of the Island at hew
water was It feet ; in the change, on the easter. side of the
Island IC feet. By the borings, reek was found quite arrow
(ruin shore to shore; hot os the wester, side of she Island
there was from 12 to 19 feet of gravel upon it, sad ea the
eastern side, from 7 to 27 feet, chiefly loose sand. The
whole of this situation is well protected, sod beiag at the
upper extremity of the town, Doe port operations would be
left unobstructed, and it wash' *sly be for the small craft,
which occasionally navigate the upper parts of the river ki
the Vale of Llanroost, that a passage must be provided.
This, therefore, appears to be much the suet suitable place
for • bridge; and here it is eertnirly quite practicable to
coestruct a safe cominenkatioo.

" Secondly—Witb regard to the meat advisabk mode of
accomplishing this communicative, the plan which, after
manure constderatioo, bas occurred to me, Is lu soostruct an
arch of 300 feet, opening over the channel, hawses the Old
Castle and the Island; secondly, on the western side of the
Ithsod, to excavate a space solicited to let the small craft
pass, by means 01 • drawbridge; thirdly, to excavate the
Rocky Island, so as to leave sooty a mooed ur roadway; and
lastly, to construct • mound with rubble stone from the
Rocky Island to the eastern shore. This mound should be
raised to about three fort above the limeades highest kstowil
tide, and have on each side the roadway • parapet wall four
feet in height. In estimating the expense of the before mess-
tinned wio ks, there is some degree of nucertaiaty, becalm
• considerable proportion of it, by the proposed mammies
mound between the Rxky Island and the eastern Awe, must
be coostructed upon the before-mentioned deep bed of louse
sand and gravel ; if ibis bed an be preserved in its present
situation, a very considerable portion of the new of stone
works may be rendered minceessary ; but in a penal esti-
mate, it is prudent to providefor the construction of the
whole mound, because it is very passible the louse sand may,
during the progress of the work, be swept away over the pro-
posed opening of 300 feet. I have fottod, upon careful coll-
imation. that a bridge upon the principle of suspension is by
much the cheapest, and have therefore adopted it in the fol-
lowing statement :
ESTIMATE.

Iron-work, &c. &e. i■ 300 feet welt wasutary,• f s. d.
in abutments, retaining walk and para-
pets. connected with the bridge and its

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approstelsta
Drag/brake mud abainseats.
Eashauktnent across the easter. ensued and

beach, died filline is between the retsisisig
walla, and including enakisg the roadway.. 10.398 IS 0

31,858 17 6

" Of the above ma, it Las been already observed, that
if the gaud sod mud can be preserved in their place, that
use ball at least 4if the emliatikuseot aright be umiecessary ;
bust HIM experieuce alone can determine; and therefore if
the works are undertaken, the' coustructi rig the 1144111•41 should
be let by the cubic yard, and the quantity would the. wily
be paid for as circumstances required. _

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" If the causmonications across the river were effected in
the mausier here described, it would be thus uecessory to
make a new entrance into the town of Conway, immediately
on the western side of the Old Castle; and this might incur
a further expense of a1500t.4,001."
Your Committee do sot consider it necessary to eater at
length into the various details which serve to skew the utility
and necessity of this proposed bridge; it is sufficient to
point out to the Music she great "variance of the ossniser-
cial correspondence between I retliactod the wordier, eimatire
of England, which moot be frequently interrupted under
the present unavoidibie post office arramermests, which
snake it Necessary that the Chester mail should. pass the
ferry at Conway in the middle of the night. This islet-
oourse forms a very great :sropoitiou of the whole British
correspondence with Ireland, and according as the Loudon
mail to Holyhead is carried more expeditiously from year to
year, as the improvements of the Shrewsbury road are cola-
pitted, the difficalty of briugiug up the taster mail is
time fur the sailing of the packet necessarily There're,. At
present the restelatioas of the post office allow the Iriab
letters to be delivered each morning at Liverpool, so that
they may be answered the same day ; but unless some 01111.11
be devised for overcoming the inconveniwate of croeslitt
Conway Ferry, either this eccommuslatioa moat be interfeved
with, or the Loudon mail must be delayed, unsiecesemily, at
Holyhead.
Your Committee are of opinion, that the proposed bridge
is o great national object, and essentially Necessary to im-
prove the intercourse betwera England and ; and is
this peitit of view they conceive It to be a work peculiarly
retitled 1.. the rupport ui earlianieut.
Joss 27, 1020. •

DARING IHIGIIMAT Rossini' —On Taeeday sight as a
Gestileguate, mussed W. tiutith Scutt, woo airier towards his
residence 'mar Vauxhall, as he was wincing armor rite-riad
(laic s debt) at the bark of Litasbedit Walk, irodult towards
East•st►ert, lee was seavestaded by Gee or six deoperale 1.1-
lows, she threw bias dawn sad cotrarad his bead sad Gee
wish a piece of carpet, se rag, while they rlaril Ws purkets
of his +Mei sad seals, mad aim et his aarket.beek, coats's-
tag ?I. is mules sad valuable parsorawkws.