The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-01 00:00:00

CORN EA.CHANGE, JULY r.

TH E rt.e is not tr...tch further supply of Wheat •6
day, and thin of buyers, this article is dull sale.;
t,orne few sarrtries of f.tot -white quality are
taken off at rather higher than our currency; 13Jr_
ley and Malt remain nearly an our last; there is
little difference in the value of Pease or Beals ; wti
have some nrrivahs of Oars, se',ich c)niinue fully
to reach' last qu station; Flour, from the tuft gnarl.
,ity, 1143 the prosped of hei!,l; cheaper.

Sul+cat 48S a s6s•a 6as at, 'f;d- v.:Aug - 273 a Sts
Fine d;tto' 63% a 64s od t 21s k 23,0, 25,
Rye - -331. a 333 94; 264 a 23,,
nartry. 113 a ass 61 .••• - 351 ;;91.
4.11 t 40.4 a ,ohs ca fine - 47, a 52, 0(1
White Pease 40 a 49s Cid I 5tA,,..v11d4 - 435 a .{7s
BCaliS 32s a 355.0:1

COURT ,OF INQU I R r AT CHF LSE A.—The Court
proceeded yesterd4 to th .it:vestigation ot the•
case of Major BR • w, bu:, owing to 1,11;-ab.,
once of a material witness, very little progress was•
made in the business, and the Court adjourned .for-
a few days at an early hour.
THE ToRATRE.--Mr., CoLmAN's pleasant and
interesting,Romance of The.Alorinttainters,, attrafletl,
a very large anTelegant, audience last 'night at the
H tymarket Theatre. Uthievitin is one of Nlr.
.I.ls•roN's best performanccs. He enters lilt° the<
wild and p3thetie. enthusiasm of the character wi:11
a .congenial spirit, aod.embodies it altogeticr
impressive force and 'feeling,
,Mr..Gttosca
ed the benevolent lsratlite, in The j€cu and the
Donor, very successfully.
.Roc4, who, it is !,aid, is to_succeed JOHNSTONE
at Covent G.'rden Theatte, is it more 4entaal
than the latter, and plays law Irishenen better.; but
he certainly is not
.cap;ible of supporting so 'well.
Irishmen of.a higher order.,
Mr. Foc.r.r, is now perf.,rtning with succeß-:
at Windsor, is the Oentientitti M., to qic ,!,

able. an' impres.sioq on tie
Diury Line:ritegte, 'in lit

• It Is acrid tint( Mrs. Gt.,tvrit
'Lane -11watrt., heeattie Aro hei.

Cibiraet, r, which st,le h.:l/41 Ir,ra .:cc,l
form at the other II -the, tAt ..vpicsit the A:%l
alluded to, with ail isr .7,rin.,it comic .nert,s, “.ti
certaitily.not NO well
It is %rated In soin.: uf the. C.:1,! t., th3t.L.itle WAR -
RUN is on her return fr,,h St. Pelrrst:urgh.
110 k it i 3 the interyi,o of SA' Jit )%0C.:1 to follow
her, ag the Country shotaa pot at such a 11111 C as. th
present, he'tieprivel :of the rrofessiorliii service of
an Officer.

Dr. LA VAR D, the Lire D•nn oi Bristol. h.ts left
nine CHitirtm, turit c.,t ,vll ,1n holly unpro..hh2'd
for. The D itowek%'r, tva,; so much respritd.
h.r his talents and, diar.t(tr, hat'. ,sttelt a t.tmle..
rcus`train of friends ainongit the higher, as vv e),l as
the:mi,ltile Circles, that wc.:lltillt n t some lautLible
-1)1;1:1 will he set on foot in tehtity tcg.itt-I
for his memory a Trot*.isioo far iti4otritlting.
Ski AltP, a nephew of L.F. MIME, wyety able yow.g
Arti“, who has distinguish 'd ht taivnts in the
late I:2,xhibition, has tet;t:itcly, p.:,,ttly to his
fame bye`` stn excellent Portrait of ?\lr, Tit unt.,..s
Et,t.torT, a yo r% Gentleman hlghty' awl jutaiy
eiteetned at Sutalcrittlid,

An American Printer has ativjettiq't.l F,,lit:r,n of
the Corn nqn Prayer flock, wirh.this " 'Etc
matr;vonial article in large type, for 61,2..
dies 1417.`afleeti ili.yeari, who may tr: ttexptl
ter into that holy state,"
Yesterday, at the M.-inionllcrise, a W...-ter;ra:'
was fired 4c54. for not wearing l: i°i b dg';' ii, ;„.,1
grossly (..3;:nzlern,tn, Cr.!,
of the injure:l y Nva
pare of the tatl'i2nk:.e..

CALEDOSIAN CANAL.

TN I RI) R 0 RT.

The COMMITTEE, to whom the 6, Survey nd Re.
port of the Coasts and Central 'Highlands of
Scotland, mule by the Command of the Right
lion, the Llrds Commissioners of His Majesty's
Treasury, in the Autumn .of 1802," is referred ;
mt- who were empowered 'to report their Obser-
vations and Opinion thereupon, from time to
time, to the House :

Having considered, in their two former. Reports,
the nature and extent of the EMigrations from the
'Western and Northern Highlands of.Seotland, and
the necessity of Making Toads and bridges, to open
communications with the fishing lochs andstations,
and with distrils of country which arc at present
nearly inaccessible, have proceeded 'to the consider.
ation of that part of Mr. Telford's Survey which
relate') to 'forming an Inland Navigation from the
Eastern to the Western Sea, by Inverness and Fort
William; and have now received all the'evidence
they think necessary to enable them to form an
opinion on this subjel.
Your,Committee, being'nware,of the importance
of this great naiiunal objet}, have, with much care,
examined sundry experienced and respeaable
Masters, with regard to the present Navigation by
the Pentland Firth, Cape Wrath, and the Minch,
to the Irish Channel : from the testimony
,of seve.
nil persons long experienced in this Navigation, it
appeiirs t 0 you Committee, that this -Navigation,
which is the only channel of commercial intercourse
bet,'ieeit the Western and Eastern Coasts of Great
Britain, or between a considerable part of Ireland
' and the Eastern Coasts of Great Britain, or. be.
tweet) 4 . considerable part -of Ireland and , the
Northern parts of Europe; or between the Western
Coast of Great 'Britain and the same Countries, is
nor only very circuitous, but during the autumn
and winter_. especially in long nights, on account of
the thickness of the weather, the violence of the
waves, the rapidity anti diversity of the tides, is
peculiarly difficult and dangerous. .It appears,
hAwever, to yoCir Committee, that .some difference
of opinion prevails as to the extent of that danger,
for Cafitains Huddart and Fraser, whose authority
in all cases have great weight, seem not to think
it very considerable. But the contrary opinion is
entertained by, all those who have had personal ex-
perience of that Navigation, and is'tipported by
the acknowledged fifts of frequent and distressing
losses. of property 10.8 large amount, and of many
valuable live,.

Your Committee having also examined, with
much attention, sundry experienced Mariners and
Civil Engineers, as well as
,Captain Gwynn, the
Commaiider .of the Government Galley on Loch
Ness, a, mari,of 37 years experience in that set vice,
as to the pradietmility of tot ;iing the Canal, and
navigating both that and all the.lochs hetweenin.,
verness and Fort William with ships of but then ;
and likewise as to the difference of time and 'safety
in passing. through this Navigation, when compared
with that by the Pentland Firth,: Cape . Wrath,•
and the •Minch.; your Committee find,. that the
Navigation of the Murray Firth from Buchariess to
Fort George is lery. safe, has favourable tides, a
spacioUs and commodious harbour in the' Ifay of
Cromarty on the north-west
.side of the -Murray.
Firth, and a tolerable good one at Brough Head, on
the south side thereof:—Thar, between • Fort
George and Inverness, there Loch of safe Na.
vigation and good anchorage ; from • Inverness to
the north-east end of Loch Ness, a distance of
about seven miles, that the ground is favourable for
a Canal ; and that Loch Ness,:- which is' about
twenty-two miles in length, and from one to two
and a half in breadth, IS of peat depth, of water,
anti quite free in its channel from rocks or impedi-
ments to the Navigation ; that there are six an.
Oaring places on Ale north, and three on the south
side thereof, besides excellent anchoring ground-at
each end ; that it: never freezes ; and, though sub.
ica•to occasional gusty of wind, yet they are not
sufficiently violent to be dangerous, except/ram the
end'of November to the, beginning of February.
From the Evidence of three respedable Ship.
ii+.l“ers's who bare been many 'years eMployed in
teigating those Seas, it appears, that.frotu Buchan-
on the eastern extremity of the Murrayi
Firth, to the entrance of the Irish Channel, the
average passage at present is abeiva a fortnight;, it
has frequentlY been from two to three months ; it
lot, been performed in five days; hut for so short a
p,ssage, not only very fair winds are necessary,
but they mint change three times.
From. 13tchanness to the entrance of the 'lrish
• Chaitnel, by the Inland Navigation, with a mode.
.
rate anti fair avind,' the passage might be readily
and teguberly made in 'five days ; with a moderate,
but Tintrary wind, in nine 'days; and with any
contrary wind, when sail could be carried, • in
twelve dap ; 'the great superiority, therefore, of
the proposed Canal to the present Navigation, is
,evident, 'in expedition as well as safety.
' There have been submitted to the consideration
of your ConnAittee, several communications front
Well.infortned persons, of the Porm Of Dublin, Li..
vrtlioot, Greetioek, Leit.h, Aberdeen, and Peter.
which, all agree with respel to the dangers
atteraling the prcAent• Navigation .by the Pentland
Viral alai Cape 'Wrath; and with resped to ,the
advantakrs before stated, which' mist arise Glint
the prciposed. Navigation, to 'Commerce and the
Fisheries:

Your Committee are therefore deeply impreised
with the immediate necessity of emplaying
,the
people of the.Conntry in the execution of thi, great
N'arionfal Work, which will excite a spirit, and
intrirduce habits of indudity, anti will most, pro.
bably check the present rage'for Emigration, and
prevent its furore progress.
Ycnr Committee, from a full consideratiOn of all
el: z evidence laid before them, and anneked, to this
Report by way of Appendix, submit to the House
then opihion, that the execution of the inland Na-
vigotion propost4in Mr. Telford's Survey, under
'1 due regulation. tor the, economical expenditure
~t ,nies as may. be employed in this great
• -

Work, will he a measure highly cinfinci ye' tp
prosperity, and,happiness,of that ;)art of Scotland iy
wh ch it is situated, and of gnat iniportanc I,)
the general interests of the wh plc tioited Klog.

dotn.7
['The Committee examined several 'experienced
petsons, aA to the dangerous' Navigation of chi,
Pentland Firth, the prazticabilit r,of the intend.
ed. New Canal, and the facility and immense" ad_
vantages to'Commerce that would h: derived,from
it. We select only the 'Evidence of Capt. Gwynn,
as tending to.. illustrate more immediatelLthe New.
Line of Communication between the Eastern and
Western Seas; and as hiS long experience Inuit gi'v6
him superior zdvantages of loCal infortnation.]

THE EXAMINATION OF CAPTAIN MARK GWYNN,
OF THE GOVERNMENT GALLEY, THAT Ni VI-

GATES ON LOCH NESS.

I was bred to the Sea ; my father. at an early;
age taught me navigation, and to hand,• reel, iina
steer, on. Loch Ness ; after which I served for tour
years as midshipman in, the Navy, on board. Ilia
Majesty's. Bomb Furnace, Ships Mercury of 20, and
Hampton-Court of 64. guns, during which time I
was constantly in actual service in the Channel,
Coasts of France and heland, North'S'eas
tic, North America, West Indies, and Was present
at the reduaion of the Havanna.'

1 have commanded the Governmfla Galley upon
Loch Ness nearly 37 years, and succeeded my-bro.
ti►er and father in that charge, which they also held
for 39 years. The Galley (a draft of which you
have on the table), measures 37-T, tons, and is cut.
ter.rigged. In the cours,e of the above-mentioned
76 years, there have been six successive ones, all of
which, the present one excepted, have been fairly
worn out, and not one lost, or a mast, boom, or
bowsprit carried away orsprung,

I have never been driven on shore by force of
wind or weather ; but have frequently been on shore
in calms or in light winds by missing stays, and as
the swell always fell with the wind, there was no
. •
danger or difficulty in getting off again; it likewise
sometimes happened in tracking afong shore, owing
to the rugged and uneven beaches, which still re.
mainin a state of nature ; but, if a tracking road
was made above high-water.mark, I am'convinced
that in calms and light winds it'would greatly ac-
celerate the passage of ships through the Lakes.
With reaped to the squalls on Loch Ness, they
sometimes come with a considerable force froßthe
glens and gullies, chiefly on'the north side; andits
these:places are known, and the wind blackens the
surface of the wateras it comes on, it may easily ,
'be perceived in time_ to prerent any bad, conse. •
quences, and there will he nothing more to do than
'to low, 0,4 e topsails or top.gallant.sails if set, and
to hoist rtiths immediately when the squall blows
over, which it quickly will do, and it will not in
the least retard the ship's way. ' •
The Loch lies about N.. E. by E. and S W,, by
W; is about 24 miles in length, and from t to 2+
in breadth ; its extreMe depth 'is t 3s' fathoms., Li
the middle it is generally from 73 to too ; about
hall way from the middle to the shore 30 to 35 ;
thence to the shore, in general, Is to 2r.)•' with a
'film bottom of mud or clay, and no rocks, except
what are very near the shore, and most. part in
Sight. ,
There are six anchorages, on the north side, and
three, besides the creek called the ,horse Shoe, on
the south side, at which I would propose, instead of
ships letting go their own anchors, Mooring.Chaina
'with Buoys frhotild be placed, to which they might
send a boat ahead, with a stream or bower cable
it it blew (rest), from which they could again make
sail if turning to windward, without drifting to
leeward, which, troth the great depth in ;which
they would sometimes be obiiged to anchor, sup.
pose 15 or 20 fathoms, in order to clear the shote,
owing to the. banks sloping dowo so suddenly, it
Would be difficult, especially if it blew fres:), to
let the anchor go itt its proper place.
The Mooring chains Jnight he placed much
nearer the
.shore, as from their eonstruAion and Se.
curity the Ship might ride out a gale of wind, al.
most tight up and down; whereas by her anchor
she might be obliged to veer away the most of her
cable ; and in the event „of the Wind shifting sod.
delay on shore, which it' sometimes does,: she 'might
get on ground a-stern, before she could have time
to heave ahead by the cable.
Besides the anchoring places marked in the Chart,
I wotdd alsh propose that. there should be a 'Moor.
ing Chain placed at each end of the Lakes, us also
at each end of the Canals entering to the eastward,
at the Ferry of Kessock, and to the westward near
Fort William, in Locheil, at a cable's length from.
the entry into the Canals ; by which, if the wind
Was coettrary, they might warp ahead and make
• sail from. And as the distance :from the anchorage
in Urquhart,Bny to Dore's Bay, being ahout six
miles, is too great,' in case of Ships being becalmed
or benighted betwixt them, I would Glace another
Mooring at half.way betWixt them, on the south
side of. the Loch, it being better sheltered from
both east and west wind. There is no doubt but
providing so many.Mooriog Chains will be attended
with expence,. but it will only be the first cost, as
from a particular ytality in the water of Loch Neis;
which preserves. iron, they would last for ages ; a
protdof which is, that the bolts, nails, and other
tron.work in the present Galley, have been used
and drawn from all the preceding ones, and have
still preserved the mark of the hammer.
The prevailing winds are from the middle of
March to the middle of September easterly, and
westerly in general for the rest of the year ; and
though the winds are fthm the northward and Shoth..
ward at no great distance from the Lochs, in them
it is almost stlways straight up or down, owing to
the great height of „Alm. hills on each side, 'which
CQllfilld it uslt were in a fonnel.

From my knowledge of Loch Ness, nave not a
doubt that Ships of the greatest burthen may Davi.
gate it with safety ; tiit may, however, at tiptes,
blow so hard as to prevent their working to wind-
ward, and even getting into the intermediate an.
ehorages marked in the Chart. And in that event
they have no alternative ~but bearing away before
the wind to the lee end, where they may lid in great