The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-23 00:00:00

THE TUNNEL UNDER THE THAMES.

, The Tunnel will consist of two archways, and in order
t hat there may be no obstruction to carriages,&c. those going
from the north to the south shore rviJl pass through one,
while those from the south to the north, through the other
archway. Theie passages are to be Macadamized, and
'there will be distinct footpaths for foot-passengers. In the
centre, between the two archways, and dividing the two
rotuh, urea line of numerous arches of communication,
spacious enough to admit of persons passing from one road
to, the other,, and in each of these will be fixed a strong
gas light. The approaches to the Tunnel will be by cu.-
Oder descents; that on the south side of the river just
below Rotherhithe Church ; and about two miles, from
London-bridge, on the opposite shore, the descent will be
at the eastern end of the London' Dock, in Old Gravel-
lane.

The dimensions of the Tunnel are about 35 feet in
breadth and 20 feet in height. The excavators are de-
fended frem any of earth, &r. by working in frames
ectustructed so as to fill the whole body of the Tunnel.—
These frialtie are divided into cells, and 36 men are thus
milde to carry Mt the Pxywitnti6n with perfect safety anti
celerity. As fast as the earth is excavated to its
ppi;AF dimensions the bricklayt a follow, and'construct
the art;; which forms the Tunnel. They are now passing
throekh very strong blue clay, which almost assumes the
qualitTes Ampe-clay, arid ifi equally capable of - resisting
water. '['hi* strata of clay is supposed to rise 12 feet
above the tno,r the archway; so that all thoughts of mitt-
carriage from any inundation are completely set at rest.—
Tl!it Tunnel is, now proceeding with uncommon regularity,
front 13 to IFlJect of it beiTig completed every week i and
already L1P7114 20,il feet of this great' undertaking is
fin 44 of Li/era/um.

MRS. WEST.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN,

answer to a statement of Mr. West's, in your
paper of Wednesday, I beg leave to say, the allegations
which I was 1!lost reluctantly compelled to bring &ward.
against 'him;for my preservation, were strictly true, as
cau he well attested by the filthily in whose house I have
resided for four years. With respect to the assertion of
Mr. West beiwz ruined by, my family, I. here, declare it
wholly untrue. My mother, indeed, has been with me for
six years, with whom I found great comfort, and, when
engaged in my professional duties, could rely implicitly
on her management in my domestic concerns. My bro-
thers) it is well known, are on the stage, and have este-
blialime»ts of their own. At the time Mr. West left me;
for the purpose of paying his addresses to Miss Lawienee,,
and reported his marriage' was illr.Wal, I, in an almost state
of. distraction, most earnestly solicited the presence and
interference of my father, whom I had not seen for seven
years, who, with myself, aintde every inquiry respecting
my marriage, rind found, to our, great satisfaetion, that it
was valid. So far from My father being a dependent, he
has always had it in his power to. be a better friend to
himself than Mr. West would, or could have been ; besides,
he would not have submittettto the idegradation. It is
highly pailitid to my feelings to be obliged to make this
public declaration of my domestic concerns : nor should
had 'I not been loudly called upon by the assertions of Mr.
West in the daily papers of Wednesday. Should he again
say I have uttered falsehoods, and as I hold truth and in-
tegrity as the brighte4t ornament of life, I,shall, in justi-
fiCAtiOYl of myself, publith the whole of his correspondence
with the lady its question, who most ingenuously deli-
vered the whale of his epistles into my posseNsiott.
by inserting the above, you will greatly oblige,
Your obedient servant,
24, Erydees-street, covent.gurden, SARAH WEST.
September 21.

The mortality hal, heen very great in thelast month
at Newark, there having been nearly fifty deaths during
that period—by far the largest monber ever known.;--
Lincoln Mercury.

wa
are happy to learn that trade in the manufae-
Wring districts is gradually improving. The (teimuld
for our goods is on the increase, and our inandac.
turers are daily giving employment to an additional
number of operatives. The prices offered, and the
wages of labour, arc, however, still very low._
Wirsgow Courier.
On Monday last, twelve convicts, sentenced to the
bulks, attempted to snake their escape. It appeared
that they were confined on board the „his/ilia prison-
ship, lying► off Woolwich, and being sent on shore to
work in the dock-Yard, the sentinel on duty observed
them jump into a bout moored alongside the yard, and
attempt to make their escape he called out, desiring
them to return, but the more he called, the stronger
efforts they =he to get away. The sentinel then
levelled his musket, and shot one of the convicts, named
Gardiner, in the leg. The rest surrendered.