The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-31 00:00:00

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GOAL TRA

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ALFRED.

(Cr:firmed l'csterlo .)

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Tait cnnimencenient of the New Century is
distinOished by the revival of -Epic Petry--
Two have recently appeared that enga.ge much of
the attention of, the Literary World;4lfied, by
Mr. TOSEi:ii COTTLE ; and 'Richard Cain de
.17ci:,.by Sir JAMES BLAND BITRiIfS, Bart.---From
the forrnet• we shall at present make an Extract,

Mr. Witham Jessup, a Civil En meet : called
in, and ciamined : •
What Coal Mines are. you most acquainted
with? „
I am not much -acquainted with the,Mines
StatFordshire, the Coal of Which might he brought
to, London: Those .that I am best' -aequainted
with, are -in Derbyshire, in one of w‘hich, con_
netted 'with some. iron works, i have some in.
terest.s I know sorheof the Yorkshire, and some
the 'Leicestershrre Mines, and some of those
in North Wales, and something of those in
Shropshire. •
Is it your opinion, that Coal' might be supplied
front the Derbyshire ,Mines to the Metropolis ?
• There was a pfoipea of bringing the Derby-
shire Cdals to the Metropolis, if a Canal; called
the Union Canal, had Even efiefied, but as that
is only partly done, 'and not likely to be com-
pleted . for many years" to come, the Derbyshire
Coal could'come by no 'other means than by Sea,
by.the River Trent ; and excepting in times of
great scarcity, it is not-likely any great -quantity
will &rne to the 'Metropolis. .
Is it your opinion, that Coals might be brought,
many quantities from ,York%hire ?
I have known Coals brought from Yorkshire
to London, but as no great quantities haye ever
come, I should infer that they cannot bring them
at such expellee, as to enable thern,to continue the
trade. I Oncd had a concern in 'a-Colliery. on .the
River Calder, near Dewsbury in. Yorkshire,: from
whence a ship load of Coals was sent to London
as an experiment, but it did not answer.
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Have you any reason 'to believe that its not
answering, • arose Me' rely from •an inferiority in
the Coal, or from any disinclination in the trade •
to encourage the iinporr from any place but from
Newcastle ? . . •

Which we. think cannot fail to .convey' a vet).
filvourible'impression of the general, merit of the
Work,- • -Or

. •
Th;.. follow/nrr Address 9f Alf* red to his Army.,
after thei&fe.lt of the I).ines, breathes setitt-
tne'nts.so Patrioiic and inspiriting,. tit we thill
they vvill not be ,read without corrununicatipga
spark of' the fervour which- they breathe.

"NOW is our Foe no more! The fearfnl clouds
That o'er our head hung lowring, anti with threats
Of devastating fury, through the land,
Spread terror and most ominous surprise ;
Like midnight dreams are•vanisli'd, and the sun,
In new and gorgeous splendour, decks himself !
Raise high our voices I With hr*.a,rt melody,
Sound the deep tones of gratitude ! kir now,
Dangeris o'er ! That blessing, which, to taste,
Our Fathers sought, yet to the grave went down,
And knew it not, that blessing..--FeacelA Ours !
At death theY trembled, not'for their own sakes,
For they were good and faithful-; but, they saw,
When leaving this low earth, the gatherkrg cloud,
And fear'd for trs their children. Cease to feart
Ye holy Martyrsl Flonour'd Shades, beheld,
Our bands are brokert,,and Ilritarnia's soil
Once more is free ! Where is the languid heart
At such an hour ? •Where stands the man, whose breast
1 eas:hot my transport ? Where is he who views,
1-. hat !leaven tiath wrought, lyith black indifference
He lives not t6.pollutethe air f Your hearts
Glow oxttyour cheeks, and glisten in your eyes !
" NOY to your homes, with souls elate,seturn,
Long left;-but not forgotten•!, Now prepare
r.r..) call-from cr.-41, and caves, and forests deep,
Your flighted Offspring wt your trembling Wiyes, •
And prize the treagfret ye lure .bled zo 'save i;
Nowaill.your lands, nor fear th'oppressors
To share the produce! Rest your heads secure
From nightly plund.lre.ra L. and, when you return
'ROM daily labour, Scar.not TO 1.)Ct101d, •
Within your cottage cloor,tl.•!,Waster'4 hail_.
Th' Assassin's spoil ; for you shall dWell infpeace.
Look now upon your "smiling Itnlocents,
Nor feel the horrotof the thought, that these
Rio up to taste your sorrows, and manna
Th'oppressiie burden you have.groan'd beneath;
for they shall:reap where you have nobly sown !

I ncrer knew the particular reasons, but,l im.
pitted it to the inferiority-AA' the Coal.
. At what price do . you . conceive .it could be
sent ? ' •
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believe at about the same price as the •New.
castle ;rpossibly Less..
Supposing! the, London Market to demand anr.
quanticy,.are there any Manutktoriei
.that would
be. injured by it ? . • . .• •••
•J think it would be• more
.likely ;that the Ma:
nufa6lorieS would no .be; injU'4d than thilf they
would.
Do ydu apprehend the price 'Olit would he
raised in those .pants pf the Country
where the-• Coats would be sent from
If the demand. for Coal should only betem.
perary, it is. likely ;that it would raise. the price
for a time; but if the dematid should eon nut,
do not think that it would tend to raise .the
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price..
What .parts of Yorkshire do you think the
Most probable that Coals would be brought from ?
Chiefly horn thole-parts bordering on the
Rivers Ayr and Calder, and the River Dun.

" A. fairer Isle than Britain, never Sun .
view'd in his wide career ! A lovely spot
for all that life can a:ok !—salubrious ! mild !
Its hills are greit! its woods and prospeds fair!
Its meadows fertile! and to crown the Avhole
In one delightful word—it is our botrie—
Ow-native Isle..

Might Coals be brought from Leicestershire ? .
Not from any Mines that are at present worked,
but probably in considerable quantities from Mines
now opening, belonging to the Earl of Moira
and others, near Ashby de la Zouch: •
Are there any Manufactories established in the
neighbourhood of those .Mines ? '
None' that I recoiled of any cowidcrable im-
portance ; there are some Potteries, but riot at
present very extensive; and they have it in con-
templation to establish Iron, Works..
.Might not the opening the London Market
tend possibly to injure the one, and prevent
.the
other ? .

• " Let us receive the boon
Which Cod bath give4us, and, if future Foes
S itztuld dare invade our dwellings, Once again
Stand forth to conquer ; and, rno6t manifest,
Make it to all the,world, that we: are brave,
And not more brave than free; who can respen

The rights of others, and &tend our own.
And if, in titre:: hereafter, there Atollld rise
Croat Foes and mans, we may proudly hove.,
Our Progeny, thinkiug of us, their Sires,

Will fist vindi6ivc, ar.d thl Iniarler's spear

Trample ititlust, as we this thy have done."

I don't think it wduld have that' tendency,
because as. there are various Reds of Coal, the
using them for various purposes for whiCh they.
might be fitted, Would probably enable them to
get Coal cheaper upon the whole than if they were
only to get one for a selea purpose. • ,
Will that observation apply, in ybur opinion,
to Iron Works-and other Manufadories generally
established in the neighbourhood of Coal Mines ?
In most of the Collieries that I haVe.known,
there are various Beds of Coal of various quali.
ties ; wh4fc only ohe sort is demanded; without
a:demand for the others; that Coal will be ne.
cessarilygot at a greater expense tkaniffor other
purposes there was a demand for other Coals like.
wise. .As an in46nce of this, some years ago,
upon amilieition :being macle to Parliament for
powers to open the Severn Navigation to Coal.
brook Dale, one principit.reasdn given was, that
in the working the Coal Minei to obtain` a' sort
of Coal prOper for. :smelting iron, they were
obliged to get .another tort. of Coal for which
n was
the no demand,; and, this Coat was fit
for domestic
.purposes, it was ahledged that
,the
enabling them to open Markets for. that Coal,
would much benefit the Iron ManufaCturers; by
enabling theM to get the Coal they wanted at a
lesser price: And, since that time; they have
aeivally made Canals' arid. Railways for convey.
ing, that Coal to `ihrewsbary, and I think to
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the Severn.

A method of reviving Writings which have
been effaced, by the Oxygenated Muriatic Acid,
has been discovered by Go STAND, Apothecary
to the Grand Hospital of 'Humanity, formerly
tip; Hotel Dieu, at Paris. The sulphur of am.
=iliac, and the prussiate of pot-ash, are the-two
substances which Guy ETAND prefers employing
in the procesaor restoring Writings which have
been thus effaced. The disagreeable smell of-the
sulphur of ammoniac. will, no doubt, prevent
persons from using it. ,But it has the advantage
of not staining. the Paper,' while it makes the
Writing re.appear by mete exposufe
.to its va-
pour in a' close jug, or under a glass bell. To
produce this effect, however, more expeditiously,
inay be proper to wet the paper in water, into
w hiTh a few drops of the sulphur have been pre.,
viowly poured, The_ Writing will soon re-ap_
pear of a deep brown colour, and quite legible.
The pressiate of pot,ash gives a blue tinge both
to the Writing which has been erased, and to that
which has been substituted l'or, it ; and thus fur-,
uishes an easy mode of ascertaining this species of
,at the same-time, however, gives -a
[lightly blueish whew to the -Paper. In using
it, a 'quantity of water :itifilielent for completely
wetting the paper to be sultnsitted to this test,, is
first put into. a common plate or other shallow
vessel ; to this is added, nearly a thimble full of
• • •
the solution' •prossiate ; after well
,mixing it
with the water, she' paper may he putioto the
vessels leaf by leaf. When it is compitely
soaked, it few drip.s of sulphur, or 'any other
444, poured ieto the mixture,' will be sufficient
to make "the Writing start into view. Thq same
itAnce, eMploycd •itecoriling to this process,
H! equally revive th.; contents of ancient Ma-
-110 iptS.

At what Price was Coal. in London at thetime
the,CoHl came from Yorkshire itr which you was
concerned ?

I don't know exactly, but I believe under two
guinces.
Are you acquainted with any Canals in the
neighbourhood of Barnesley, and has not a large
water communication been opened with very
great quantities of Coal in that neighbourhood ?
There has. .

The Hiram, Withey, from Liverpool to Savan-
nah' taken by dte6l4, has been retaken by
the Captain and two men ; taken by another Pri-
vateer, and sine retaken by La Unite Frigate,
and sent into Martinico.

- Wharis the quality of the ..best of that Coal ?
1 have understood that the quality of the best
of that Coal, called.the Silkstone Coal, is as good,
or nearly as good, as the Newcastle Coal ; the
Coal' near Barnesley, though inferior in quality,
has the advantage of being got at a- smaller ca_
prince. _ _

The Lark, from Lynn to Liverpool,
was taken the Bth jangary, near the' Land's
by the Bougain'ville Priyateer ; on the following
night sprung a :leak, and was deserted by the
whu arrived at Waterford in the boat.

Is the SilkstOne Coal of a cakirig nature ?
It is. •
•Is it equal to the best Newcas'tle Coal ?

COURSE OF E

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FRIDAY, jit
Hamburgh 3t g Vs.
Altona -3: 9
Leghorn -- 54.
Naples - 4o
Genoa -46. E

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Lisbon - -
Oporto
Dublin - -

CANAL TUNNELING.
To MINERS, TUNNELERS, andOTIIERS,
• TO 111 LETT BY:CONTRACT,

In One, Two, or Three Lots,
THE finishing ano making• complete for Navi-
I Orion, the TUNNEL of the HUDDERSFIELD
CANAL, near Marsden, in 'the' West Riding -,ot the
Counts, of York, of which about 34.75 ytirds 7are.ygr.to,bc
cut, and about tOOO vards More are in part cut, and are to
be enlarged and comirieteth
• The Tunnel is it for narrom, Boats, and is to .be
inadeof the Zlear width of ofeet, except for. 20a yards in
length at the centre, where it is 'to be glade of the clear
width of 15 feet, to form a place for boats to pass each
other.
The Works are opened at each end, and arso near tin:.
centre, where two pits or shafts are sunk to the IlAtt dt
the boltorit of the Tunnel, „where part of:the Turinelingis
done. On one of the pits a Steam Engine is erected, suffi-
ciently powerful to raise itsore than twice the quantity of
water which the works. there have been hitherto found ni
yield. Several other pits are opened- to the level of the
Tunnel, anti some othe.rs in part sunk; and preparations
are made for raising the earth up the pits by.wate? engines.
A number of Houses, in convenient situations, are reads
for the habitation •of Workitten, and for Workshops fur
Smiths and Carpenters. • • •
The strata are favourable, and in many parts stout
enough to stnml without being :itched, and, for the part.,
that require arching, there is abillidance of Stone tteca the
Works. •
' The Canal is navigable. from - the Yorksltive Navigations
to the East end of the Tunnel, and from the Navigations
coniniunicating with Liverpool and Mancliestet, to tic:ti-
the West end of the Tunnel ; so that all necessary mate-
rials may be obtained at an easy ex pence of carriage. ,
Any Persons desirous to coniraCt for liseishin4 a part 'pt
the whole .of the said. Tiinnel. are desire:l to deliver in
their Proposals in writing to the Committee of the Hud-
dersfield Canal Company, at the George Inn, in Hudders-
field, on Wednesday the acth day of February, tiler, before
Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. .specifying in.:.tich Pro-
posals, the Terms on. whith they are willing to engageto
complete the Works, or such part of them as they may •
wish to Undertake; the time in which they will engage,to
complete them, and the -nature of the security they pro-
pose to give for performance of theii Contract. Preference
will be given to such Persons as will Contract to complete
the Worts in the shortest time, if the expenccs are not
thereby too much enhanced.
Plans and Sat ioni'of the Works are in thqtantis of Mr.
W. BaYlia, the Company's Ahent, at MarSdclii, and of
Mr: 'Dimas .Brown, •of Disley, near Stockport, in. tins
County of Chester, Engineer, for isispe4tion.

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