The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-26 00:00:00

IuPGT-I rV IYS.

The t immittee of the House of Carinnon4 on ti e
Roads and Lli•=,hways made three very elabor.ite
,
Re-
po'r'ts previous to the Prorogation of Parlia-tnent. The
otlieas the Comtiiiitee principally had in vie4i
were to consider the AL-ts now in force relati%'e to
brOad Cvheels;' to examine what form of \t heui it
best caltulated for the, ease qf draught, and the pre-
servatiOn of the roads and,highways of the kin4'dfnn;

also to consider. the At of Parliament for regulatin,

stage coache.s:4-p-.4,r.iiages, the nilrnber of p3siet:-
gers to becylitaiiiV,d Inside attdoutsicfe, together with
thesbnduet cif tue drivers, guards, On tht-,!,e

au** the Committee have colteLted a vast boily.of
,most iMportatit and; useful information. I:l~e fit
Report is restricted, to the con,idetationof wheel cat-.
riages in Remit-Ad wtd the cowtrodioil of high s.
The snperinrt,!y cylindrical form of, wheels
over the conical had 4cett explained in a former Re-
port (printed in Julyouti), .and, Iron) the additional
evidence offered,. the„Pounittet entertaio...nodoubt
on that point. Iniegard to Carriages for the cenv.ex,-
ance of goods, the suhjea 'in discussion has been,
whether. large waggons, or single horsetarts, ought .
to be preferred? Many argutueots have, been intro-
duced in. favour of single -horse carts, but -they an:
not recommended for' general service; and it:is the
opinion of the Committee,, that wt/gguns, with
wheels properly constructed, are preferable. To
draw waggens. with Oxen, instead of .horses, , it is
suggested whether the use of oxen may not be en-
titied-Ao legislative eriCOOragettient, by sobjeding
waggons drawn by oxen to inferiOr.tons. • With re-
spec: to. roads,,and highways in general, the Com-
mittee are of opinion that a part of the Army might
be, usefully employed in public woiks, and, in repair-
ing' the' highway's, in the manner a detachment of
the forces have lateiy made a .considerable-traCt
road in the neighbodrhood of Bag-shot: This is,
however, a point to be more fully inyestigated than
it -has been in the power of th'e Cc, ..;nit tee to accom- •
plish. They are also of opinion, that a Parliamentary
Commission ought to-be appointed, to,whom 'every
trust relating to the roads should be obliged'annually
to transmit-a statement of its accounts, to be audited
and checked. An annual state of the turnpike roads
ought also to he reported by' these CommissionerS to,
Parliament. , Such :a Commission would not be at
tended witirany:exppnce to the:Public Tre.,sury, as
a small
,pouritlage on the money received by the
differentATfts
.would defray all the expellees it
might occasion. • •
The Committee have reported—
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That tlie,,general, Highway Act requires revision
and corieW2M4latkrveyors ought to possess extensive.
poweg dttitAtirig the mode of repair. A more re-
gular'SYstetn- 61 repairing and preserving the roads
ought lobe introdotacd, and all clashing of jurisdic-
tions ought as ninclias possible to be avoided.. Ail
wilful acts tending to injure the public roads should
be made ,punishable. . A new adjustment of the
compositions for. statute duty should take place, I:tci
attention should be paid to the breadth of wheels
c.thapared to the'number of horses used for draft, so
as to encourage the use of broad cylimiricat wheels,
That particular attention shoUldbe;given to the turn
pike roads and , the management, of the diffelext
Trusts. • The attention of some public establishment
should be direaed to the suhied of liighWays,
means-of whiela,the whole sy,tem mfly be thorough-
ly examined, ana adequate remedies for the.clefedts
existing in; every branch orit May be devised for,Aie
consideration of Parliament. That.for the conveni-
:ency of travellers, the na'm,e of every town or vil-
lage ought to be painted, in- the most conspicuous
patt.of it. ,
-The Third, Report suggeSts a number .of,
ments to the diffe''ent Acts now in force respeeting
stage coaches,•tnail-coaches, and ,return post-chaises,
tending to preserve the lives of many of his-Ma-
jesty's subjeas from 'those accidents which so ;fre-
quently happen-to vehicles of this' description,

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We are happy .to 'find that arrangements have
been triadeude built& away -tbe: troops ,in
Langela4,---without waiting for transports from' this
Country. The.Conknarider of the British Squadron
in the Baltic had gWen notice .ihat.he was willing to
contraa for 10,000 tons of shipping. It was.sup-
posedttlityciphyould be furnished, without,dit-
tjculty_ii but :seaqientyvere so very scarce, that the
vesselt4 cc:killi) aC 6- .11.. navigated to. Spain, unless a
suffitieht:riuirrbtOcre sent ont for them.

Yesterday -atjortitier's Inquest-was held at Salt's,
Orange-court, ,Leicester-fields, on the btkly of Jobri
White, who was some time ago one of the principal
coachmen to,his Royal Highbess the Prince of Wales.
It appeared 110 the deceased wa fonnd early iii ;Le
morning dead, in one of the'Caracans in the Stable-
yard of his Royal Highness. He had iateiy taken a
public-house, which he was to have entered this
day. No mark of violence .being visible on the
body, the Jury returned a verdict—Died by the r.t.ii-
tot:o n of God. •
On Wednesday night, between nine and 'ten.
o'clock;aGentternan who resides at Edgware-road,
was returning home from Egbatn Races in a gig,
which got entangled with a stage cilach'at Kensing-
ton• Gore, his horse, a high spirited on; fanged
furiously, and shattered the vehicle to pieces i; on
getting free he ran with such Violence against the
park-wall, that he killed himself. instantly. The
Gentleman was taken home in a hackney coach,
with little hopes of his recovery. .
A young child has been found drowned in: the ,
Thames, above Bridge, with a stone fastened to his
neck. A reward of 50 guineas has been offered by
the Officers of theTarishol-bambeth for the appre-
hension of the perperators of this foul crime.

• , --SMIT/-ttittD MARKET, AVG. 26. . .
N dari'ilbfaCwas tolerably well supplied with
ditferentqahibi uf .Cattle; I\4txtton is 'cheaper thaa
ar last-',reliort ; Veal; is dearer ;. Beef, Pork,
,and
Lamb support last prices, and., the trade`for theThost
part was rather flat. The sales'in the Haymarket
were inno.nsititArgipio; Clo.er obtained a helte'r price
• ti.r4a349lo4l,4,itpigiit ; Hay and S!raw fetched I,tst
prices.—Wre.spidiii au. accurate statement of the
prices and;butil/21Ak f,':•-
. • ' '- --; T44idlant Offal per stone of 81b.
Beef 49. od.- to ss7 ad..—netton 45. od, to S. ad.-Veal
s. 6:1., ty 75. od.— Lamb ss. od. to 65. od.—Pork 55. od to
6s. ad.
Beasts, 159..—Sbeep and • Lambs, o,ooo.—Calires, 250.--
- Rigs, .100. • .
: Flay ;1. 53. oil.; to 71. os. od.—Clover. 61. loS; 'od. tv 71.
i 53. od.,—Straw, &I. i6s. od. to :l. 55. od. . ,

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