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London, England, 1805-12-07 00:00:00

•shife Volunteers, in fall uniform, playing, " God
save the Kmg," and other loyal airs.
- The fourth boat was filled with ntnnerous Ladies
and Gentlemen, the Agents' Clerks, and the Heads
of the.. Departments employed in the execution of
the wk, and decorated with a handsome Flag, on
which was inscribed, •
.4 queens to the Iron Trade. of Great Pritain,
"'Of which Pontsysylte"Aqueclat is a specimen."

The fifth and sixth boats were filled with various
persons, crovtding, With anxiety, to have the satis-
faelion of thinking- that they had been amongSt the
first to pass the Aqueduet.
As soon- as the first barge entered the cast-iron
water-way, which is t:6 feet above .the level of the
river Dee, the Artillery Company of the Shropshire
Volunteers fires sixteen rounds, from two brass
field-pieces„ which were taken at Serincrapatam, and
presented to that Regiment by the Earl of Powis.
In the intervals of the discharge from the guns,
the procession received the repeated acclamations
Of the numerous workmen, and prodigious concourse
of speelators. -
As the barges entered the bacon an the north end
of the Aquedua,-fiye 'waggons, drawn by one horse,
arid containing two tons of coal each, the produce
of Mr. Hazledine's collieriei at Plas-Kynaston, Were
brought along the iron railway, 'arid deposited upon
the wharf, in order to their being (with more, which
had been previously brought -there,) loaded into two
boats which had followed the procession for' this
purpose. .

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The Company from the barges landed, and the
Earl Of Bridgewater, as Chairman of the Committee,
condu&ed the Ladies and their friends to a house
:belonging to the Company, where they -partook, of
a'ecild collation after which Mr. Hunt, of lloreat.
ton, one of the Committee, ' delivered an eloquent
and impressivt oration, etplaining
idle origin and
objeEt of this work, and .drawing a comparison
between this and the ancient and Modern Ague-
dues—but as I ha'e 'heard that the ortition will
appear in print, I. shall not attempt to detail the.
particulars.
The Company went back to their barges, and the
procession_ returned in the same order as it came.—
The two boats laden with coals followed the pro.
cession, the Ant having a handsome Flag, with an
inscription : •
" This is the first ttadir; Boat which passed the Great
Aqtteduit of Pontcysylte, loaded from Plas-Kynaston Col-
lieries, on the .6th day of November, tgas,"

The diseharae from the guns, as the procession
returned, the plauditi of the speaatorS (which I
cannot calculate at less than 8000), the martial mu-
sic, the echo reverberating ' from 'the mountains,
highly magnified the enchanting scene; and the
countenance of every person present beSpoke the
satisfaCtion -with which they contemplated this very
useful and stupendous work.
From the Aquedua, the Committee and their
friends. proceeded to the Inn, at Ellesmere; where
upwards of fifty Gentlemen, with a number of their
most xespetaable tenants, who had been invited, sat
down, to a sumptuouS dinner.
The Earl of Bridgewater, who presided as Chair-
man, gave several patriotic Toasts:
Upon the Chairman's retiring', his health was limp
mediately given, not only as Chairman of the Coin-
mittee and Meeting, but as Lord of the extensive
and rich manor which gives.the name to this Canal,
as a worthy successor to the Father of British Canals,
and as .an "a&ive prothoter of the irriprovements in
the Agriculture, Commerce, and ManufaCtures of
Great Britain--this was thank with three times- three,
and repeated acclamations.
That every person Might be apprized of the di-
meusions and magnitude of this work,* a card was
distributed, previous -to the first passing the Aque-
due, containing as follows

INSCRIPTION UPON SUE SOUTH SIDE OF TUE PIER
EXT_,TO THE SOUTH SIDE OP THE RIVED.
The Nobility and Gentry of
~
. ,The adjacent Countiia
Having united their ellbrts with •
The,great Commercial Intere* of this Country, "
In creating an intercourse anti union between •
ENGLAND AND NORIH WALES,
By a navigable cunimunication of the three Rivers
SEVEIiN, DEE,, AND MERSEY,
For the inutiial'benefit of Agriculture' and Trade.
Caused the first Stone of this AqUeditti of
FUNTuYSYLTE,
Tobe laid on the 2011 day of fuly, 179 ft
Muni Richard filyddelton of ,Chific, E sq, r
• One of the origin:l Patrons,of the
ELLESMERE CANAL,
Was Lord of this Manor,
,And in the Reign of our Sovereign
GEORGE THE THIRD,
When the Equity of the Laws, and
• The Security of PropertY,
Promoted the general welfare of the Nation;
While the Arts and SCiences flourished
By I,it patronage, and
The conduct of Civil Lite was improved
By his example. • .
The Navigation over this Aquedul
Was (Tpneti 26th November, tSps.

othtxtitltorit. Ft. Tn.
Lepgth of the Iron Work . soa, o
Height from the Surface of Ate Reek, on the south
side of the River. to the top of the side-plates - r 26 C
Breadth of the Waterway, within the ironwork - it 10
Number of Stone Pillars, beside 4 abutments, , s 8
Distance of ditto, from each other at the top
Depth of the Iron. Plates for Canal part
Length of the Eartheu tuthankment, south side the
River • .
Height of ditto at the,South Abutment
Thornia Telford iiv;.!s the Engineer.
lklaithew Davidson superintended tho Work.
John Simpson cxecu tett the Masonry.
Wm. Fluzledine the Iron Work.
William Dorn the liiirthea Embankment.

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At. Pontcysylte, during the procession, 'I Observed
that. a couple Of sheep Were roasting near the Ague-
duet,. upon Which, with an ample addition of beef
and. ale, I was .infottned the numerous WOrkmen
were to dine in the adjacent foundery,. Where the
ironwork was cast: And as the Artillery Company
and band of Music were plentifully regaled#both at
Pontcysylte and Ellesmere, the Whole of this day's
arrangement affords a beautiful, pi6ture of the har-
mony with which alt ranks mar unite in pronioting
the prosperity of the British Etnpire, and. in ditfushiLi,
general happiness.

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