The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-08 00:00:00

TO THE EDiTOR OF THE SUN.

SIR—On opening Captain NrcnoLLs' Report
upon the probable amount of Tonnage available to the pur-
poses of the Canal, my attention was greatly excited by its
peculiar moderation. The anxiety evinced to avoid even the
appearance of exaggeration every candid person must admit to
be truly praiseworthy in the commencement of the proceedings
relating to so important and desirable an undertaking. Hav-
ing had opportunities of making observations in similar cases,
I will, with your permission, suggest wherein I am persuaded
several items are rated greatly below what might be fairly anti-
cipted and reasonably calculated upon, without adverting to the
hints given in p. 36 and 37 of the Report, which most assured-
ly deserve great notice, in regard to expected gains not includ-
ed in the estimates. • Tons.
In taking the whole Tonnage of Article I. p. 32,
at 60,000
15,000 Tons are allowed fur groceries, dry goods,
and all other articles .of import,. .which I submit
is fully 10,000 Tons too low an estimate—take
this at only one half, or 5,000
Article 11. is inserted as - _ - 500,000
The coals consumed in the district alluded to can-
not he less than 1,500,000 Tons, Which is below
the medium estimate; but as the splint or stone
coals from South \Vales will to a certainty be
imported for public works as well as private
consumption on the score of good quality and
- cheapness, it must surely be admitted 200,000
Tons additional would be considerably below
the reality—suppose it only - 150,000
Article 111. p. 33.
Not knowing the price of blue stone for pav-
ing, and blue pebbles, I do not offer any ad-
dition to the - - 30,000
Article IV. p. 34.
Tonnage taken at - - 205,337
The amount of Registered Tonnage from official
documents of vessels passing round the Land's
End was 419,673 Tons ; any person acquainted
with the coasting trade must be convinced that
at least four fifths of those vessels would have
gone through the Canal had it been formed, for
independently of the difference in the premium
of Insurance, and the time saved, which would
exceed the expence of Tonnage, a very material
loss would have been avoided in the general
and particular averages on ships if not cargoes,
between the points mentioned in the Appendix
C; the whole amount of which, exclusively of
the usual allowance made to the Underwriters
by the Assured of one-third off the coast of the
new materials substituted for the old in repairs,
is rarely if ever recovered from the Underwriters,
notwithstanding the party may be fully insured.
As a saving in time would increase the number
of voyages,_ and consequently the Tonnage, I
have no hesitation in enlarging this estimate by 102,168
Article V. is taken at -
At least one-sixth short as to the whole Tonnage,
13217:686
986
which may be fairly admitted of
Article VI. is very moderately taken at 80,010
Article VII. is taken at - 83,312
The grain and provisions alone from Ireland must
have amounted to upwards of 100,000 Tons,and
there cannot be a doubt, including other pro-
duce, this estimated is short by 20,000 Tons at
least, but suppose it only 10,000
The Irish Trade to London anti the different ports
in the English. Channel has for years past gra-
dually increased, and it is not too much to as-
sume, that from the ports of Cork, Youghall,
Dungarvon, Waterford, New Ross, Wexford,
Dublin, Drogheda, Newry, Dundalk, Belfast,
Londonderry, Sligo. Galway, Limerick. &c.
there will be upwards of 50 regular traders of
150 tons burthen, upon en average performing
12 trips every year. all availing themselves of
the facilities the projected Canal would offer :
many Irish vessels at present go through the
Forth and Clyde Canal, which it is evident
would give a preference to this, because of per-
forming the voyage in less time and with di-
minished risk. Here would be 90,000 tons at
least, independently of what are included under
Article VII.; but to avoid objection, take these
at the commencement at only one-third 80,000
The articles of Salt, Earthenware, and occasion-
ally Foreign Produce, from Liverpool to Lon-
don, and ports in the Channel, the vessels in re-
turn being laden with Flint, Potters' Clay, &c.
must at least amount to an extra 20,000
Carlisle, Maryport, Whitehaven, and -Lancaster,
the whole of the West and South-west Coast
of Scotland, will present an increase of Ton.
nage to the extent of at least 50,000, which
must be admitted to be taken much under the
mark at 30,000

Total Tonnage, exclusive of the Bristol Channel
Trade - - - 1,474,661

Tonnage referred to under Articles of 1. to VII.
14394,661, at 1(1. per ton per mile (44 miles) £255,687 17 0
80,000 not included in the Report, taken at the
same rate - - 14,666 13 4

£270,354 10 4
Original Estimate . 1:200,8.16 13 4
Becomes increased by . 69,507 17 0
I have been exceedingly desirous to limit myself strictly,
within the bounds of probability; and in presenting this in-
crease of 69,5071. 17s. I am actuated solely by a sincere wish for
the success of the project, and not in the slightest degree to ar-
raign the original estimates, which most assuredly are entitled
to a large portion of respect.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
February 4, 1825. AM ICUS.

KONIGSBURGEI, JAN. 18.—All the lower dis-
tricts of this City continue flooded with water. So great is the
injury which the dikes have sustained, that many of them will
require a complete renewal, which will prove a very costly
affair.

COPENHAGEN., JAN. 21.--I II the course of
the present winter we have at different times been visited with
a mighty influx of waters; but, thank GOD, very little
damage has resulted. At Amager, upon one occasion, the in-
undation was awfully complete.

The Grand Jury of the Court of King's Bench
have found a true bill of indictment for conspiracy against Eli-
zabeth Virginia Perrot, a French milliner, and Victor Bertrand,
formerly a grocer in the Rue Grenelle Caiolet, Paris, who, it will
be recollected by our readers, preferred a bill ofindictm entagainst
Mr. Jas. Askew, of the firm of Askew and Normanville, late
proprietors of a French millinery establishment in Oxford-
street and Cheltenham, at the last September Sessions, at the
Old Bailey, for an alleged robbery of money and jewellery to
a large amount, when Mr. A. was acquitted on the evidence
given for the prosecution.
LONGEVITY.-[From the New York Gazette,
28th Dec.]—Within these last eight years, says the Canadian
Spectator, there have died in the village of Caganawaga. ten
Indians, each of them past an hundred years of age. Some
day's ago the curate buried a woman aged 108. There is
now living a squaw, who has her descendants to theififth gener-
ation ; in other words, the child has now living, her mother,
grandmother, grandmother's mother, and grandmother's grand-
mother ! It may be worthy of remarking, that the life of these
people is made up of a singular mixture of idleness and hard-
ship ; and upwards of ninety meals in an hundred consists of
Indian corn (maize) cooked in a way peculiar to Indians.

We extract the following from a Frankfort
Journal—" Lately, as the Frankfort post carriage was passing
through the Wood of Walmeroder, a mad fox clambered up
the fore part of the vehicle and bit the postillion. The latter,
however, perfectly undismayed, seized the rabid animal, and
lifting up the lid of the box upon which he was seated, thrust
him therein without further ceremony ; after which the poqil.
lion resumed his seat, and drove on to the station at Freiling.
Having arrived there he had the box carried into a barn where
the dangerous animal was shot." ,