The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-24 00:00:00

NAVIGATION-HOUSE, DUBLIN.
16th Otober,. 18ot..
THE Direetor:General of,INLAND NAVIG A-
TION in Ireland; considering the importance of ren-
dering the River Shannon navigable from Lough Allen to the.
Sea, whereby a ready conveyance may be attbrded for the
produce of the fertile shores of that River, and of the Col.;
Aeries and other Mines upon its banki, so far as the ciremn-
krances of the country will allow ;
"And haling taken into consideration the favourable oppor-
tunity which the pros-peel or returning Peace holds forth for
undertaking works of this description;
This Board will receive Proposals (according to the pro-
viiiona of an.Ad passed in the 40th year of His present Ma-
jesty for promoting Inland Navigation in Ireland) 'from any
Person or Cc.aapany of
"may
belonging, to any part of the
United Kitigdcin, who may be willing and able to enter
upon RAC( prosceutewith dispatch, and cilia theimprove.
went of the Ncyjralioo of .the River Shannon, from Lough
Alien ; and the Board will recommend a large and liberal aid
to be granted to the persons who shall contra} for the 'come
pletion of proper*WorkS for that purpose, of such dimensions
and upon such terms as shall be agreed,u_pon,
By Order of the Direetors-General,
WILDIAM GREGORY, Sec.

, COUNTY LEITRIM.
To EARL HARDWICKE, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
RESOLVED," That it appears' to us, that the
Agriculture of Ireland has received a severe check by
the abolition of Ireland and Coast Bounties in the carriage of
.Corn, Meal Mnit, and. Flour to the City of Dublin..
TResolved, That-it appears to us, that if these Bounties'
shall not b-4.restored, that no other effectual subStitute can be
given for the same, than by freeing the Navigation already-
made frOm the paytrientS'o'f the heavy Toils to which they
are now subjed, and by •inaking all. new extensions thereof
at the Public Expeno,,itut five, fiom Toll. •
Resolved, That it appears, to us, that if the Navigations
made, and proposed to be made, shall be' freed from Toll on
Corn, Flour, and every species of Maniire that Agriculture
..would be so much leomoted as to enable Ireland. to supply
Great Britain with Corn,' at all tiiineS,' to the extent of her
great 'demand; and tend materially to lessen the alarming et=
tears of the present enormous rate of-Eisehange between the
two. Countries. '

Resolved, That it appears to us, that this was the princi-
pal objet of the I rishParliament, in the establishment of the
Board ot. Diredois-General of Inland Navigation:
ReSolved, That it appears to us, that in the appointment
of the said Board of DiredorS:-Ceneral, and providing a Fund
of
.50c,0001. for the extension of Inland Navigation of j
land, the Legislature expressly -recommended as one of the
first considerations, the making the Shannon navigable, and
completing the Communicaticin between that River and the
Liffey.
Resolved, ,That it appears to us, that was,the Shannon
made navigable and free trom Tolls, and the Communication
opened with the Liffey, the Kingdom at large:, and the Coun-
tries bordering on the Shannon in particular, would be mate-
rially benefited, by increasing the Agriculture, of those Cowl,
tries, and by encouraging the Landholders to work the Mines
of Coals, Iron, &c. with which those Countries abound.
Resolved, That the unanimous Sentiments of the Grand
jury of the County of Leitrim, expressed in the preceding
Resolutions; 'shall be in the most respectful manner lard be-
fore the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Lord'.Ciements;,
Right-Hon. Theophilus Jones, Right Hon. David Latouche,
and Peter Latotiche,,ESq. with their humble request that His
Excellency will be graciously pLeased to adopt such measures
as he may judge expedient to-forward the completion of the
Navigation of the River Shannon.

- Tlieophilns Jones' • George F. Hill
Peter Latoucne, M'atthe'w Nesbitt
Peter Latouche, jun. Johnson Morton
lames tohnston Edward Lawd.:r
Luke Craton • Robert Johnson
Mvles Keon • • William O'Brien
John Johnson J. Crofton . .
George Percy : Francis WaldronThomas Tenison- ' John (tarter'
C. k. lit:NnOldS • William Slack
-Richatd Irwin Robert O'Brien.
His Excellency the LORD .LIEUTENANT'S ANSWER.
GENTLEMEN,. •

I will immediately take into consideration the important
objed to which you have so particularly called my attention:
and you may be assured, that I shall always have a great sa-
tisfaction in using ail the means in My power to promote in
this, and every cithir iastance, the Agricultural Interests and
Internal linprovements this Country. •
-HARDWICKE.
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