The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-30 00:00:00

THE aims") juNcriog C. NAL.

.
THAT grand line of communication between the
metropolis and the mosudistant parts of ihe king.
dom, which the Grind Junttion Canal was to ef.
feet, was incomplete till Monday last, owing. to a
range of. high land, between Stoke Binen and Buis.
worth,' in NotthamptOnshire, riot being penetrated
by a tunnel or arch, as intended ; but all goods
coming past that place have been oliliged,to be un•
loaded, and placed on waggons, and conveyed on a
rail.way aver the hill, to be embarked again in other
boats. On Monday Morning, the s' ether proving
very fine,
,In amazingly large concourse of people
were assembled, some of them from considerable

distances, to view the stupendous works at. Blisworth
Tunnel; and to see the grind procession in honour
of the operiing of this internal communication by:
water; between the most distant places. One of the
Paddingtcin packet-boats,called the Marquis of Buck.
ingbarn, was the first' boat which went through the
Tunnel—this was early in the morning, in order to
join the other boats assembled at the North end of
the Tunnel,. at .Blisworthoo form the grand proces-
sion. About it o'clock the Committee of the Ca-
nal Company, who had superintended this great
work, Messrs. pf..aq, iViansell, 11,insvin, Parkinson;
Smith, and a'great number of others of the prin.
cipa,l Proprietors, entered the boats, attended by
Messrs, Telford,, Bevan, and others of Alic Engineers.
employed on the Canal, and by the Band of the,
Northamptonshire Militia, and proceeded into the
Tunnel, amidst the loudest acclamations of the spec-
tators; the pitchy darkness of the Ttinnel was short_
ly relieved by a number of flunk): aUX and lights ;
but the company in .general seemed lost in contem.
plating the stupendous efforts by which this amazing
arch of brick-work, about eighteen inches thick in
general, fifteen feet wide, and nineteen in height,
withinside, being of an elliptical form, 3080, s aloe
in length, had been cOrnpletvd between the le.h ot
August, 3792, and, the z6th of February, 1805.
The height of the hill, above the Tunnel, being, t..r
a considerable way, full sixty feet, -for drawing up
the clay and soil whieli were excavated, ,ind letting
down the materials to, different parts ot the works`,
nineteen, shafts, or wells, were sunk on different
parts of the line, and a heading, or small arch, was
run or formed•the Whole lend h, below' the present
Tunnel, with numerous cross branches to draw off
the springs of water, which. would otherwiic have
impeded the work. •
In an hour and two minutes the boats with the
company arrived at the South end of the Tunnel, and
were greeted by the loud huzzas of at least five
thousand persons, who 'were assembled, and who
accompanied theboats with continual cheers as they
proceeded down the locks to Stoke, and from thence
to (Jed Stratford, where one of the, boats being too
highly laden with people; they exverienceil a se.
vete squeeze' against the. bridge, and the instrument
called a Serpent, on which. one of the Band was
playing, was etruslutd:to pieces.' Except this, we
did not, hear of the slightest accident, but the whole
went off with the greatest eclat.
The principal company retired to the Bull Inn,
at Stoney. Stratford, and, about six o'clock, sZo
Proprietors and friends to this grand undertaking sat
dti,uriuti Ain excellent dinner,. Mr. Praed, in the chair.
After which, much Interesting -convcrsassoo-sook
place on trade and other stibjetts, enlivened by the
following Toasts: " The King ;" The Queen and
Royal Family-;" " Success to the Grand Junction
C coal ;" which „last was drank with three times
three, and the greatest applauses ; " The Marquis
of Buckingham ;"
.64 Mr. Freed, the Chairman ;"
iVir..l34lnes;" aa Mr. Parkinion;" " The'Coven.
try. Canal ;" The Oxford Canall" these' being
Canals withwllich.the Grand Jtandion now opens
a communication; " The Duke of Grafton ;"
" Success to Inland Navigation;" MrsTelford ;"
as 'Die Earl ot Ffridgewater;" The Conduftors of
the Embankment,',' meaning an embankment across
a valley near Stoney Strafford, intended- to preserve
the level of the Canal across the same, instead of
the lucks down on the one sideand up on the other,
by which boats pass at present. '46 Mr. Box," &c.
Ay. The utmost harmony and conviviality pre.
veiled among the company till near twelve o'clock,
when.they broke up. All the other Inns in, Stoney
Stratford were filled with company,' and many. Of
the patties did not separate till a late hour.
Though the Tunnel at Blisworth completes the
line of the Canal, and‘ enables boats truly to pass
the whole length, yet, besides the, embankment
above-mentioned, several,other works arc in hand,
or intended in.:different places. for improving the
Canal, or rendering. it more completely water.
tight, where, the soil is faulty, fig removing the disc.
content, or avoiding the interruptions of the Millers,'
particularly in she colrie Valley, and, above all, for
increasing the supply of.water, that no interruption
may, in dry seasons, be given to the increasing trade
reasonably to bc-expected on this essential line of
Canal,' particularly at the summits near Wendover,
aid near Tring, on which last, obit et. the great abi,
titles of an excellent Engineer are .at present exec.
cited.

BIRTHS.

Lately, at Walthamstow-liouse, Essex, the Lady of Ro.
Uert Wigram, Esq. M. P. ot a Son.
On Tuesday, the Lady of ju*eph tellicoa, EN. of A SOO.

MARRIED.
Yesterday morning, Mr, Charlas Lewi& Vidal, to Miis
Martha Butler.