The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-04 00:00:00

INIER,VESS -SHIRE CAN, /L.

A Canal fioni nverness ',to Fort 'William,
'been for-some time in the ctintvnpl:ition of; Govern_
ment, - Me..T.ELF9Rok Engineer,:,hos *been these
two last summer seasons, einrioY.ca by.prder olthe.
Treasury, in taking the. elevations; aml
,soundings'
of 'the: Lakes, -and Seems perfectly. satisfied of ifs:
pratlicability :'"Loch Ness,-And :Loch lochy, are
completely navigable
.for vessers Of any: burden,, in.
point of 'depth ; and., in the event ,of contrary;
which_ may ..11tppen..in ill;siruaci-one,, there
are secure anchorages almost every three miles.—
The benefit 'of such a communication, Awn sea to.
sea will "be it)Calctilable',' 'lli. the mercantile world
it saves the immense aid dangerous round- of :the
Western isles, or their:Sounds, as well as the Pent-
land Firth, or going round the Orkneys slid, in
like manner, the.-a—ddiiloilaf dangers to which they:
might be subjefted, in tase of a ruptUre with` the
NOrthern Powers. A. a national benefit, the

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ploynient of hands in the very. Cutting'of it, would
,give a check to the spirit of Emigration so prevalent
at present ; when finished, the •consequent increase
'
kot manufaureS,, and influx of trade, • must
thousands with proper and I:flint-lid enjoyMetit, and
so ire Serve among us the friends and descendatVs of.
a people so mucft the bulwark of our nlttion,
thereby not only suppport but increase our popill4_ •
lion, ourproduce ;1114-resources,. From Mr. 'IE4-
F'pap's optnion, the probable exPenee of thiS great:
undertaking (supposing it to be zi feet' deco and:
fifty feet' broad) was only 34.5,d001:;. but of this 41
is suppcsed 45,6001. might be 'saved by dispensing
with ?the roads 'along the Lakes, -leaving .tMly
300,0001. a sum which would in a 'short time return
itself,'fr6m die increa'singprOsiieriryof that part of
the country, anti the advantages accruing ito COm_
rricrec general. The cmilpy big of the many
able but .bither4o idle young .men,.. discharged ,o
lately .from the 44'encibles. and Militia,- is also an ob-
jeCt • worth mentioning. . • • •

•On Friday,. the 24th of•Septernber,last, an 'alarm;
ing riot took place at BUrgh,:nearAcle, in Nor„'
folk Chairney, the Surveyor of the "waste
lands for •an inclosure in that Parish,-with two-Con:.•
st4bles, proceeding to execute :a warrant under the
hand and_seal of Sir ROGER Ktutit'isox., were very
trruch--beaten, wounded; and -violently -assaulted;
their lives Threatened, •their coats and hats torn- in.
pieces, and:put:upon trees. The abode Magistrate.
who ranted the warrant being regnested' to-usehis
endeavotiss to stop the :riot, find execute his
rant,-applied to the-zCommanding-Officer of the-
Norwich-Bat-racks, for a'party-of the Light. Hoi-se,
and Withaan Offteer proceeded with the Constables to
Burgh, where a large and dangerous thOb soon as,_
sembled, and-became very riotous and 'outrageous
after reading the Riot A three times, on the ai)_
penance of the Military they were prevailed upon
to disperse Without farther mischief, and the ring_
leaders wee secured. Sir ROC;ER KfiRRISON rC
ceived public thanks fr9m. the principal Farmers
in the neighbourhood, for his hied), meritorious
and spirited exertions.-,

Last week the servant of Mr. Stapleton at a
village near Sittingbourne, in Kent, being leftalone
in the house,
"the family having gone on a‘visit to
a friend's- house, in the Isle of Slieppy, .was waked
about twelve O'cloz.'k,ttnight by the noie of thieves
breaking into the
.Ifouse. She immediately arose,'
abd:going to the window, discovered two•men en-.
deavouriug to farce the window .shutters ..or the,
ground floor : she called out to them, and asked
What they wanted? 'They replied, they knew the
faMily was from home, and insfstedonha.eing what-
ever .plate and valttaoes her master was-possessed
of, adding; " that if she Made a noise,. they would
blow her brains out," hlbc told them: there was no
occasion to threaten belt., for she hid long deter.:,
mined on revenging herself on her master, and that,
if they would wait, she would throw the plate'out
of the window to them. In a few minutes she ap..
peared at the window with a silver tankard, which
she had in the interval nearly filled-With aqua
belonging to her master ; she desired them both, to:
stand direetly underne44he -window, and endea-
vour to catch it, as it was full of4.dollars and curious
pieces, her, master had colleCied, 'The thieves put
themselves in the attitude to receive the prize, when
she emptied the contents full in their faces, The`
agony the poor wretches were instantly thrown
into can only be conceived by those who ace ac-
quainted with the 'effeCts of this burning liquich
fhey bellowed.butrevenge,, swearing With dread-::
fill imprecations as they went away, they would'
return and set fire to the house. The girl, how-
ever, followed up this stratagem by alarming her,
neighbours, some of'whom kept watch during the
remainder of the night, but saw no more of the
robbers or their .comPanions; nor have they-.since
been traced-or heard of.

Mr. Kirkby, stable:-kceper,at Margate, had a
,haystack consumed on Wednesday, by the careless-
ness of some boys, who had been making a bonfire
in an adjoining, field. ' .
A new method of bleaching cotton,.thread and'
'hosiery has been adopted in Suabia. The operation
is performed in, two days, and does' not 'require ex-
tnsive preMises. An alkalizete caustic lye is pre-
pared, by two measures of. quick-litne, and cover-
ing them with ten measures of gdod ashes :.the heap
is then to he sprinkled with water, and, ‘hert the
lime is slacked Ind. the mass cooled., it is fit for
making the lye, by the addition.of cold soft water.
The skains of cotton being untwistea and. tied in
parcels, are to be immersed in the lye, in, 'which
they are to he left six hours, and to be occasionally
turned : tbey are then to be washed in kriver, and
afterwards boiled twelve hours, in.a .hate. of the
same kind of lye, in which, for. eyery. sixty-six
pounds of cotton-thread; six pounds of soap has
been disiolved they are then to be boiled the same
lengthsof time ,in a solution of soap'and water
according to the former proportion ; after which
they are again to be washed in the river,. and hung
up inshe air, or laid on the grass, to dry as quick,
a:, pos;sible. The. process for the hosiery is_ Similar.
'The boiler must be. made of copper, and.always
well cleaned after' it has been used.. .