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DAntit AND OTHERS V. FXECUTORS OP CAPELL.

In this case, reserved for the opinion of the
Court, the eincstion arising was, Whether a Bond
entered into with the Royal Society of Musicians
in thc'year 1790, by one of the Colleaors, named
Jesse Horwood, which imposed a penalty upon him,
and his Successors to the Office of Colleaor, who
should not make an annual return of the different
sums received during the yeai from the Subscribers
to the Charity ; was not io:le away by the incor-
poration of the Society; effecled by a Charter some
time since ? The aflion was brought to recover the
sum of 5601. on the Bond (during the present term).
It then appeared that Horwood had died without
making the yearly return, and doubts having oc-
curred as to the obligation of the hand, a verdift
for nominal damages was given. The Cour..., after
5 long discussion of the case, intimated an opinion,
that the contraft entered into by Horwood was ren-
dered nugatory by the Incorporation of the Society
in the year 1800. Another point remains to be
argued, arising out of this case.

AMERICA.

NEw.yoRK. MARCH 24..

Captain MORAN, of the EmmeliNe, 19 days from
Cape Francois, ink,rms, that the brig ,Cyreir, WHITE-
HEAD, of Philadelphia, has been captured by a
French Privateer, 18 leagues from the Cape. The
Schuoner Italy, BROWN, of Philadelphia, has also
been taken cif the bound from the Cape to
the Bite of the Leogane. From the mast-head
Clptain B. saw the brig //et,:y, BUNKER, of New-
York, boarded by a Privateer, and supposes she
was captured.

French Privateers swan in the neighbourhood of
the Cipe, and board every vessel which they sup.
pose contains stores or provisions for the Haytians,
many of which they capture. Tice Blacks have
fitted out several Privateers, and are very alive in
etu'eavouring to make reprisals on the Enemy.

A most atrocious murder was committed in Pen-
dleton Distria, on the 27th ult. Miss Po)ly Young,
a floe amiable young woman, on the morning of the
above day, had lett her father's house, to go to a
mill two miles distant, and was killed on her return
about ten o'clock, by her father's negro fellow, in
a manner too barbarous and indecent to detail. It is,
however, certain, it was one of the foulest murders
ever known in this cnuntry. This monster of in-
humanity and bloodshed was fairly conviaed of the
crimes he had committed, and was executed.

Yesterday morning, about one,nint o'clock, 250
Hanoverian troops marched through St. James's
Park, on their way to Lymington, ir, Ilampshire.

The following is a list of the Sea Fencibles for
the Severn Division :

Bristol Division, under the command of Capt. seew.by 4.?7
Gloucester ditto, Captain Blake • • 3/7
Chepstow ditto, Captain Pulling - • 247

Total

Mr. WILBERFORCE, by his intention to bring
forward his Motion for the Abolition of the Slave
Trade on the day appointed for a General Fast, seems
inclined to proceed upon the old principle of " The
better day, the better deed."

The materials that were to be employed on the
Stone Exped;tion are, it seems, to be made into a
beacon, as a warning to those who venture upon the
perilous ocean of Po/jilts, without chart or compass.
A German Do for has, it seem?, discovered a
new Planet, which from its prodigious size, he has
denominated Hercules. This Planet is so far dis-
tant, that indeed to mike itself visible to us, ap-
pears to be a Herculean labour.

6ALbakihk bAIyAL

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OF THE (iOISINUSSIONERS FOR. iROdEEDfNO /14.
EXECUTION OF AN INLAND NAVIGATION PROM
THE. EASTERN tO THE, ItiESTERN .11?
VERNESS A.NO kCIR+ WILLIAM.

,
pursuance of the Ad which Comiiiiiiies Com.
missiOneirs for the piirposes therein nientioned,we have
prepared a Statement of our Proceedings towiardi
carrying the said Ad into execution whkh we stink
it eXpedient before Pailiarhent at this time:
The Ac: having received ihe Royal AsSent on the
7th day of July.list, we held our first Meeting, oo
the 3oth day of that ibutith and having settled the
necessary arrangements and forms of ptoceeding, we
ordered letters to be written to the Conveners of the
Cotintiei of Initerrieis and Arkyll; through which
the Inland I\Tavivation is proposed to be made
transmitting to those Officers a Copy of the At of
Parlianient; and requesting from them specific in-
formation as to the number of labourers and artifi-
cers, and the tools and materials, which might be
collected for the immediate commencement of the
proposed works, and desiring them to use their best
endeaitours• to obtain the general concurrence of the
Heritors of those Counties in carrying the purposes
of the Ad into execution.

On the 3d of August we called before us Mr.
Thomas Telford, the Engineer employed by the
Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to
Si!rye), various parts of the Highlands of Scotiand,
and whose report thereupon was, by His Majesty's
command, laid before the House of Commons in the
last Session of Parli:iment.

At successive Meetings holden on the 3d, 4th, and
6:h of August; we framed and delivered to Mr.
Telford our lnstrudions, under which he was to pro.
coed to Scotland without delay, to make the necessary
Surveys; anti set out the line of a Canal for corn.
pleting the Inland Navigation from the Eastern i 9
the Western Sea, examining the navigation of the
several Lochs or Lakes, and making proper trials of
the intermediate ground through which the Canal was
intended to pass ; ,:nd also to expedite the Plans
and Notices required. by the Standing Orders of the
House of Commons, in order to the making applica,
tion for a regular Canal Aft in the present Session
of Parliament. Under the same instrudions he was
authorized to commence the excavation of the En.
trance Docks or Basons at each end of the proposed
Navigation, to open Quarries, and provide materials
and machinery for the intended works ; and part icu-
ler direlions were given to him for regulating his
expenditure, accounts, and correspondence with the
Board, respeding the various business upon which he
was to be employed.
In pursuance of these Instrudions, Mr. Telford
immediately proceeded to Scotland, and was employ-
ed [rem that time to the middle of Odober in exe.
curing our instrudions, and in corresponding with
the Board, the Proprietors of Land on the Line of
the Canal, and other persons whose assistance and
co-operation appeared to be desirable.
Thinking it our duty, in the prosped of so
important an undertaking, to omit no means.of en-
abling ourselves to form an accurate judgment as to
the pradicability of the proposed work, and the
probable expence of executing it, we took measures
as early as the 4th of August, for obtaining the opi:
nine. and assistance of Mr. William jessop, another
eminent and experienced Engineer ; who, in conse-
quence of our diredions, met Mr.Telford in the mid_
dle of Otiober, at Edinburgh, and from thence
proceeded to examine the Line of the Canal, which
had been previously set out by Mr. Telford, and
the works marked out by him for the Docks and
Entrances from the Eastern and Western Seas.

On the 14th of December, Mr. Jessop and Mr.
Telford attended us, and Laving stated generally,
that upon the result of the trials and observations
which they had made along the course of the In..
land Navigation, no material objedion or difficulty
occurred to prevent its execution, we directed them
to make a final report on the exalt Line of the
Canal, and the nature of the ground through which
it was to pass, and to form an estimate of the ex+
pence, distinguishing separately the expence of the
Entrance Docks or Basons, of the Locks, and of the
necessary excavations in forming the Canal.
Upon the 6th of February last, the Reports of
Mr. Telford and Mr. Jessop were laid before the
Board, together with the Maps and Surveys made
by our direction ; and these having been taker, into
consideration on that day, and upon the 9th of Fe-
bruary, it appeared to us that the several parts of
the proposed Navigation were sufficiently describ-
ed, and its pratlicability satisfaaorily establishzd.
The Estimate included in the Report of Mr. Jes_
sop, represents the probable expence of completing
the Canal with all its incidental works at 4.74,5001.
exclusive of any expence to be incurred by pur-
chase of Land : but we do not think the additional
expence on this head will be very considerable, as
many Proprietors have offered their Land gra-
tuitously, and as the Land itself on the intended
Line of the" Canal is not in general of great value.
It appeared, however, to he necessary that in.
formation should also be obtained of the sums which
might annually be wanted for carrying on the work
with the utmost expedition which the circumstances
of the case permitted ; and we accordingly, on the
9th of February, diretted that Mr. Jessop and Mr.
Telford should jointly lay before us a Statement of the
Sums which would (in their opinion) be wanted from
year to year, for making and completing the Ca.
nal as expeditiously as possible ; specifying also the
particular works which it might be praaicable to
execute in the present year ; and upon the 18th of
February they laid before us the required State.
ment, together with a necessary explanation there.
of, in which the expence to be incurred in the pre.
sent year is estimated at 75,0001.
At the same Meeting, deeming that sufficient
grounds were now laid for making an application
to Parliament, we direfted a Petition to be prepared
for leave to bring in a Bill for carrying into furthet
execution the purposes of the Adt of last Session,
and for making the Inland Navigation from Sea to
Sea ; which Petition has been presented to the
House of Commons accordingly.
In order to complete the statement whic'h we are
required by the Ad to lay before Parliament, we
think it necessary to give an account of the several
works which have been at-tunny commenced under.

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the sanElion of that At, •and cf the preparations
which under the same authority we have directed to
be made for eventually'completing the Inland Na-
vigation from the Eastern to the Western Sea.
By the monthly Correspondence and Journals
which we have received from Scotland, it appears
that the works at the Dock or Basun adjoining' to
the intended Tide-lock at Corpach, on Loch.Eil,
upon the Western Sea, have been carried on through_
out the whole of the winter, and a.considerable pro_
great has been made both in excavating the ground,
and forming the banks at that place. The situation
of this 13350 n. has been determined by the cbriside-
rations of affording a commodious entrance, and 'a
sheltered-situation for any vessels which may here_
after have occasion to frequent the place.
At Clachnaharry, on the shore of Loch-Beauly,
upon the Eastern Sea, the Dock or Eason has been
set out ; and the excavations and. banks are now
carrying on with considerable activity. •
These Docks or Basons have each of them been set
out about gco yards in length, and upwards of 70
. yards inkeadth—a space which will- adroit large
vessels t lie therein, and to pass and turn with
sufficient ease. At both places several people of
tl e Highlands, who have been engaged in Canal-.
work in other parts of Scotland and in England,
have begun to work ; and they may be expeaed to
prove useful examples to others who have not been
accustomed to that sort of employment.
To ensure subsistence for the workmen at Cor-
pach, four hundred bolls of oatmeal (each boll weigh-
ing tgolbs. English) were purchased ,in September
last, and lodged in a store-house at Fort William ;
of which quantity, , part has been since delivered
out to the workmen at prime cost, and upwards of
three hundred bolls still remain in store.
Tools and utensils have been provided at each
end of the intended Inland Navigation, partly by
employing, the people of the country, and partly
from- London; and means have been taken to pro-
cure a regular supply on moderate terms. Three
small Brats have been provided on the Line of the
Navigation, and two large barges for carrying stone
and other materials, have been contra led for, the
one upon Loch Eil, and the other upon Loch Beauly ;
the latter of these has already been delivered.
rubble.stone quarry has been opened near
Clachnaharry, and a considerable quantity of stone
pas been thus procured, in a very. convenient situa-
tion for the works upon the shore of Loch Beauty
and a free-stone quarry has also been opened on the'
north shore of Loch Beauly, near to Redcastle,
from which stone may be carried by water for the
works at Clachnaharry, and for the construction of
the locks to be ereded near Muirtown.

A very considerable quantity of fir and birch tim-
ber has been purchased in the vicinity of the various
works ; the price varying from ten.pence to four-
teen-pence the cubic-foot ; from which a great say_
ing will arise in the prosecution of the works, as
for many purposes this timber is not inferior to
what must otherwise have been imported at double
the above-mentioned prices.

Both at Clachnaharry and Corpach, workshops for
blacksmiths and carpenters, and storehouses for
tools and utensils, have been ereeted; with hilts for
accommodating above a hundred men:
The number of persons at present employed on
the works (besides those already established in
trades-, and engaged in making and repairing tools
and utensils for the service of the workmen, is about
150, and in the further progress of the work, there
is reasonable expeaation that employment may be
found for many hundreds of persons, who at present
have no means of employing themselves in profitable
labour, and who may otherwise be more readily in.
(lilted to emigrate.
The rate of wages hitherto given to the labourers
upon these works, has been about eighteen pence a
day, upon an average ; that being the ordinary price
of labour in those parts ; and numbers of labourers
who have from time to time otfered themselves for
work, ar:d demanded a higher rate, hare been uni-
fo:mly rcjetled.

In the progress of our inquiries concerning the
modes of executing the Entrance Docks or &sons,
we thought it necessary to ascertain how far any
danger was to he apprehended from worms injuring
the wood-works, which it will be necessary to
consult& at the entrance from the Murray. Firth;
and we have great satisla&ion in learning, from the
most respe&able testimony, that no injury of that
nature has ever been experienced upon that Coast.
Having thought it material, in the commencement
of our inquiries, m procure the best information
concerning the Navigation of the Murray-Firth,
,and of the several Lochs or Likes, which must ul-
timately form so large a pot tion of the Inland Navi-
gation from the Eastern to the Western Sea ; and
having for this purpose, in August last, employed
Mr. Murdoch Downie, a person well acquainted
with those parts, and of great experience in nautical
matters, we have annexed his Papers, as an impor-
tant addition to this Statement of our Proceedings :
they will be found to contain much valuable infor-
mation, and the soundings and bearings which are
noticed in his descriptions and charts are inserted on
the General Map of the intended Inland Navigation,
which is also annexed to this Report ; and to which
is added a Settion of the several Lochs or Lakes,
and of the intended Canal.
A general Account of " all the Monies received
or disbursed fur or upon account or relative to this
Undertaking," which we are dirthed to lay an-
.nually before Parliament, is hereunto subjoined ; by
which it appears, that of the Twenty Thousand
F.e.nds granted for the purphses of the At of last
Session, the Sum of Ten Thousand Pounds has been
received by us from His Majesty's Exchequer, and
therebut the Sum of 6,05z1.. Los.. cold. has been
disbursed in the manner therein specified. •
March z 3, r 604..

CHARLES ABBOTT•

W. GRANT.

CASTLEREACH•

BINNING.

WILLIAM PULTPNEY.

ROBERT JOHN BUXTON.

N. VANSITTART.

CHARLES GRANT.

1. H;BROWNE.

*PORT ON THE INTENDED INLAND NAVIGATION
FRO`+I•THE Et,TERN TI) THE WESTERN SEA, BY

INVEItNRiS AND FORT WILLIAM. BY THOMAS

TELFORD, ENGINEER.
London, 2d February 1804.
I have the honour of stating, for the information
.of the Board, that, in obedience to their instrndions,
I procerdni to Scotland in the beginning of August.;
and- immediately caused an accurate Survey to be
mate of the Line of the Caledonian Canal from Loch.
Eil near to Fort William on the West Sea, to Loch
Beauly, near to Inverness, on the East Sea. I like.
wise caused Mr. Murdoch Downie to make a care.
till Survey of the Fresh-water Lochs Gr Lakes
through which the Navigation is to pass, as well as
the Sea Lochs at the Easern and Western termina-
tion of the Canal. These Surveys and their Ex-
planations have been delivered to the Board. From
the correti Surveys and Measurements, it appears,
that the Navigation between the Edst and West
Seas will be 59 miles 15 chains.
Utensils and materiais have been purchased to a
very considerable extent, as will appear from the
Accounts in the possession cf the Board; and the
tradesmen of the country have been employed to
make sundry articles, which are within their habits,
and are more immediately wanted.
Sheds and Turf-houses have been construaed for
the accommodation of the workmen employed upon
the Bason at each extremity of the Canal, and at
the Stone-quarry at Clachntharry ; two Stone.
quarries have been opened,e,and limestone has been
found and proved at several places.
In order to prove the quality of the ground,
trial-pits and borings have been Made, not only at
each Shore. where the Sea-Lochs and Basons are to
be made, but also at the distance of every half
mile, nearly along the whole Line of the Canal.—
The particulars of these experiments have been re-
gularly communicated to Mr. Jessop, as well as
every information which appeared to be useful ; and
I have likewise had frequent interviews with him,
in order to to explain matters more fully.
The Line of Canal having been correaly marked
out, the before-mentioned trials having been made,
and the Stone-quarries and Limestone having-been
thus far proved, as to admit of a tolerably correEt
judgment to he formed of the value of each sort of
work, the price of each article is estimated so as
fully to cover the expence, and there is a consider-
able sum added to the total amount of the calculation,
for unforeseen contingencies.
In order to save time in passing the Locks, Mr.
Jessop advises to have them cased round with ma.
sonry, and built at some distance from each other ;
this has increased the expellees from 50001. to
74491. each. As I think they may, even in this
mode, be executed under Mr. Jessop's Estimate, it
appears advisable to have them formed in the way
he proposes ; but if, in this way, they had been to
cost I+,ocol. as estimated by Mr. Rennie, or even
so,oool. each, as formerly estimated by Mr. Jes.
sop, it would have been an objeet to have adhered to
the former cheap plan proposed by me, even at the
expence of a little more time in passing them.
Owing to-the nature of the gravel at the entrances
into some of the Lochs,' it has been found, upon
trial, necessary to move the Line of the Canal, and
cut some rock ; but the difficulty is not of a very
formidable nature.
On sounding and boring in Loch Oich, it is found
necessary to deepen a part of the Loch ; the part to
be deepened being mud and loose sand and gravel, it
can be readily done ; although these circumstances
taken together, tend to enhance the expence beyond
my former Estimate.
Its every other respell, matters have, upon trial,
proved quite as favourable as has been represented
in former Reports. The ground is in general good
for the purposes of a Canal; excellent building stone
has been found convenient to where the Locks are
proposed to be built, and water line has been dis-
covered near to each end of the Canal, and also on
Glengarry's Estate, in the middle of the line.
Country Timber has been purchased upon reason-
able terms, and will answer many useful purposes.
Much pains have been taken to get valuations of
the Land upon the Line of the Canal ; and from the
information I have been able to procure, that part
of the expence may I think be taken at r 5,0001.
The Board having now perfea information be.
fore them upon every point which relates to this
Inland Navigation, will, I am convinced, perceive
no formidable obstacles in the way of this great na-
tional work.

At Corpach, on the Shore of Loch.Eil, and at
Clachnaharry, on the Shore of Loch_Beauly,
Basons which have been set out, have been carried
on with as much success as could be expeeted in
the winter season, and in a kind of work perfealy
new in that part of the Country. The people
have already, with considerable facility, fallen into
the necessary modes of employment; and will soon,
I have no doubt, acquire habits of industry, which
will prove a lasting benefit to themselves, and may
be expected to improve that part of the United. Kin-
gdom, and put a final stop to the spirit of emigration.
I have the honour to be, &c. &c. &c.
THOMAS TELFORD.
To John Rickman, Esq.
Sec. to the Commissioners Caledonian Canal.

(To be c6ntii:lled.)

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