The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-24 00:00:00

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AIERICAN ENTERPIUZE.

THE OFFICIAL rtzvo las .f tile CANAL COMMIS-
SIONERS of the STATE of NEW YORK, ;old the
;A.(' rS of the LEGISLATURE, respecting. .NAVIGABLE
(ON.INIIINICATIONS betw"een the Grent WESTERN
Nt )11To ERN LAKES and-the ATLANTIC OCEAN ;
Perspicuous Maps and Profiles.— Published at the
request of the Board of Canal Commissioners.

REPORT OV THE CANAL CONEI/41ISSTONERS.

(Continued front Yesterday's SUN.)
',thy No. 1-6, includes 8 mdes and 32 chains.—
A! four little streams between the %vest end of
!Li; !nap and the lock east of 13, small embank-
ments will be necessary, which, with steep side-
lying ground and sleep-cutting, in the sante dis-
tance, are estimated at - - Dollars 2,000
This lurk will have a lift of 9 feet,
estimate;l 10,000
Adjoining the lock east, deep cutting 1,200
At the end of this deep cutting a feeder may be
conveniently introduced, front Sherman's mill-
pond in Mud Creek. This- feeder must be 20
chains long and if it be calculated 4 feet in
width, and the ,ante in depth, it- will require the
excavation at 782 cubic yards .of earth, at 15
cents, - - Dollars 117
Fur a small embankment at Clark's Creek 100
A nide east of this brook commences a piece of
thep elating, 36 chains long, very favourably si-
tuated for disposing of the excavated earth, The
depth of excavation no where exceeds 7 1-2 feet,
and !he namber of cubic yards to be removed is
19,100; at 12 1-2 cents, - - Dollars 2,387
Other uneven Places to the east end
of the map
4 bridges
10 culverts -
Grubbing and clearing 60 chains

1.580
1,290
1,000
7:)0

Aggregate of extras on t-his map . 20,334

:\ 1 p No. 17. includes 10 miles and 51 1-2
chains. At the west end of this map must be a
lf,ek of 9 feet hft, estimated at Dollars 10,000
Ail the small inequalitrof surface between the
luck and the hill west of H, are estimated at

Dollars 2,174
At Baftey's Brook, which is a perthanent stream-,
a feeder may be brought into the Canal by a cut
of 27 chains long. If this feeder is 6 feet wide,
and 4 feet deep, it will require the excavation of
1,584 cubic yards, at 15 cents, Dollars 23S
The hill west of H, and the one west of I, are
composed of sand, and lie out the margin of Mud
Cret k. To pass through them, the- excavation of
24,730 cubic yards is necessary, at 13 cents,
Dollars 3,700'
To secure a passage for the creek here, add 600
East of 1111 is a shallow embankment required of
17 chains in length. The number of cubic yirds
to be moved, 6,540. at '2O cents, Dollars 1,308
'To obviate the difficulty presented by side-lying
ground between this embankment and K, is al-
lowed - - Dollars 1;000
West of K, a piece of excavation is necessary,
of which the greatest depth is 16 feet. The earth
liere consists of sand anti a yellow slate gravel,
and there are 26,410 cubic yards of it to remove,
estimated at 25 cents, - Dollars 6,602
At A, another lock is wanted, of five feet lift,
estimated at - - Dollars 7,000

Adjoining this lock on the east, an embankment
of 5,330 cubic yards is required, at 18 cents,

Dollars 960
Near the cast end of this map occurs a place of
deep cutting, 52 chains in length, through a
swamp, which no where rises pore than three
feet above the surface of the water in the Canal.
it will require the excavation of 12,520 cubic
yards, at 15 cents, - - Dollars 1,878
5 culverts - - - 500
5 bridges - - - 1,500
6 miles of grubbing and clearing 6,000

Aggregate of extras on this map 43,460
Map No. 18, includes 7 miles and 20 chains.—
Near the west end of this map a lock of 0 feet
lift is necessary, estimated at - Dollars 10,000
At the distance of two and an half miles further
east, must be placed another lock of six feet
lift - - - • Dollars 7,000
Smatl embankments and excavations from the
west end of the map to the last lock above men-
tioned - - Dollars 3,700

Adjoining the hick on the east, an embankment
over a Sill ill brook, to contain G,BOO cubic yards
i required, at IS tents, - - Dollars 1,224
Between this embankment and I', for little ine-
quAties of surface, in the aggregate, Dollars 2,000
At P, au embankment over a black ash swamp,

• Dollars" 630
From the east lock above mentioned to the end of
this map, a distance of near four miles, some pro-
vision must he made against the highest floods of
the Canandaigua outlet, with which Mud Creek
intersects at the village of Lyons. This provision
is intended to be wade by giving to the south bank
of the canal an addition'al elevation of two feet,
Which will require a proportionate increase of its
Nvidib at the base. This enlargement of the south
bank will require for every yard run of its conti-
nuance, an extra embankment of 9 cubic yards,
amonnting in four miles, at 15 cents per cubic
yard, to - Dollars 9,50-1
8 culverts, - • 800
2 bridges, - 600
'Grubbing and clearing six miles, 6,000

Aggregate of extras on this map Dollars 41,458
Map No. 19, includes 6 miles and 60 chains.
From the east end of it to the east side of the Se-
neca river, where the section of Mr. Geddes ter-
minates, is two miles and 6 chains, which are not
laid down on a map because they pass over a level
marsh, where there is no difficulty in choosing
time route. The first 3 miles and 76 chains of this
map run on a side hill of a gentle slope, present-
ing few difficulties. For this distance, the whole
e):pence of excavating the canal and formin4 its
banks, may be estimated at 5,500 dollars per mile,
in all; • - Dollars 21,725

At the end of this side-hill commences the
Cayuga marsh, over which the canal is to be con-
ducted, for 4 miles and 60 chains. When the
waters of, Seneca river are low, the surface of this
marsh is abuut 3 feet above them whet-Cate; are

highest, in the spring floods, it is near 2 feet
below theta. At the west end of the marsh, the
level of the canal is 0 feet higher than the surface
of Seneca river, in low water. To secure a con-
venient passage over this marsh at all times, it is
proposed to place a lock of 41 feet lift at its west
end, estimated at - . - Dollars 6.000
From this lock-, eastward, there must he au em-
bankment sufficient to preserve the water, in the
canal, 18 inches above the general level of the
nThrsh. An excavation 40 feet wide, and V; feet
deep would furnish earth enough for these banks,
calculating them to be raised 2 feet above thv
top-water line of the canal, in order to guard
against floods. Bat the spongy nature of this
earth renders it indispensable, that in both banks
gi eat precaution should be used to prevent leak-
age.----At the Montezuma salt works', a canal has
been dug through a part of this Sallie marsh,
which was there found to rest uprm a bed of dark
blue clay. Let a partition of pile plank, then
extending the whole length of the marsh, be
driven through each of the banks. It these planks
are 7 feet long, and driven into the earth 2 feet 9
inches below the bottom of the canal, they will
stain' 3 inches above the upper surface of the
water within the banks. And this, it is presumed,
would constitute an adequate precaution against
leakage. Constructed in this way, the expellee of
one chain in length of both banks is estimated as
follows

For removing 200 cubie"yards of earth, at
20 cents, - - Dollars 40
924 feet of 2 inch pine plank jointed,
grooved, and driven - - -
Gravelling towing path (which might be
done by boats after the water is let
into the canal)

8

Whole expence per chain, - Dollars 80
Amounting in 4 miles and 60 chains to 30,400

[To be continued.]

SUICIDES.

CORONER'S INQUET ON LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
JA NIES PODE, OF THE SCOTS GREYS.

Saturday an Inquisition was held at the sign
of the King's Head, St. John's, Hackney, before
J. W. UNwtx, Esq. one of the (stoners for the
county of Middlesex, on the remains of this gal-
lant and much lamented young Officer.
The first evidence produced was a letter from
D'r. Munro to the Coroner, the substance of which
was to the following effect :
'Edward Thomas Monro, of 64, Gowcr-street,
Bedford-square, attended the deceased about nine
months as an insane person,- in Brook-house,
Hackney, where he had been confined, and
whence he, had been discharged, at the request of
his friends, about three days previous to his death,
and tesided with .his wife and mother at-No. 21,
Gloucester-street, Queen-square, whence he came
to witness's house in Gower-street, about six
c)-'clock on Wednesday evening, ani being shown
into the parlour, he threw: himself on his knees
before witness, and embracing his legs, in an
agony ofgriet he wrung his hands and cried most
bittedy,,saving he found himself worse and not
fit to be .at large, and requested witness, in the
most piteous manner, to send him back again to
Brook-house, to be takers care of, to prevent his
doing harm either to himself or any other person,
as he knew be was not fit to be at large. He
appeared to be rather stupified, as it he was in a
state of inebriety.—With the consent of his wife
slid mother, witness sent George Adcock, a trusty
servant, to take care of him, and conduct him
back to Brook-house. Adcock, on his return

home, Informed witness, that all the way to
Brook-house, in the carriage, the Colonel ap-
peared in a state of stupo faction, from which he
concluded he had been drinking. The deceased
was decidedly an insane person.
William Bailey being swot n, said, " I am a
surgeon, and live at Hackney. I have seen the

deceased from time to time since he has been
at Brook-house, which is about nine months ; he
was decidedly an insane person. About a quarter
past ten o'clock, on Wednesday evening last, I
was sent for to Brook-house ; the message was
that the deceased was very ill. I went initnedi-
ardy, and found him lying on a sofa, supported
by two keepers and Miss Pittingham, the proprie-
tor. She said she apprehended he had been drink-
ing. I examined him, and found that his illness
was not produced by drinking, and suspected he
had taken opium ; 1 administered proper remedies
to him. 1 found in his pocket the little bottle
now produced, which had contained opium. Dr.
Bell was sent for, but the deceased was dying
when he arrived; he continued to get worse, and
at a quarter before three, on Thursday morning,
he died, I have no doubt from having taken the
opium, and am confirmed in this opinion from
having since opened his body, and finding a quan-
tity of opium in the stomach. Ile had attempted
twice before to commit suicide--He was 31 years
of age. Last Saturday he was discharged by de-
sire of his friends out of the house.- Dr. Munro
was riot satisfied that he was fit to be at large ;
and Doctor Power cane down, mid they had a
consultation, upon ‘vhieli it was agreed that he
might be discharged ; he was accordinily deli-
vered up to his friends. Verdict—" Insanity."
An Inquest was held yesterday at the Swan,
Fulham Bridge, on view of the body of Maria
Cooper, aged twenty years. The deceased was a
girl of easy virtue, and was walking across the
bridge, in company with a titan of the name of
Jones, with whom she had been drinking at
the Golden Lion at Putney, and a stranger, when,
after some altercation, she lagged behind about
twelve yards, and took an opportunity of throw-
ing herself over the bridge into the river. Ver-
dict---," Insanity."

An Inquisition was taken yesterday, before Mr.
STIRLING, Coroner, at the Board•rcrom, St. Giles's
Woikhouse,. on the body of Maria Over, alias
Barlow, otherwise Mad Maria, who, it was stated,
had poisoned herself by taking opium. Verdict,
" Died in convulsions, occasioned by excessive
intoxication:, •

The landlord of the sign of the Good Woman, in
a town in the west of England, has been roused
a license by the I.lllgistrates for keeping a disor,
erl;; house.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ATROCIOUS ROBBERY IN IRELAND.

WoßstuP-STREET.=--About nine months ago
a band of robbers attacked the house of the resi-
dent Protestant Curate, at Foxford, county of
Mayo, Ireland, and robbed it of all the money,
plate, and erery thing valuable. The ruffians
beat the Gentleman most dreadfully, so that his
life for a long time after was despaired of. They
violated the persons of the Ladies who were in the
house, and most brutally had cut off his daughter's
ears in taking out her earrings. One of them had
been apprehendea soon afterwards, tried at Castle-
:bar Assizes in March last, found guilty, and
Was executed before the Curate's house. The

rest of the gang escaped totally from the coun-
try. They were headed by a daring charac-
ter, named Gallaugher, who, before he left the
place, had the audacity and boldness to stop Mr.
Patrick Kelly, an active Magistrate in the place,
upon the highway, to whom he presented a loaded
pistol, threatening his life, till he extorted an oath
of secrecy from him, and a promise that he would
not apprehend any of the gang. anstice, however,
overtakes the guilty. Last summer a young man
left the same neighbourhood to seek employment
in this country. He came to London, and
found out some of his countrymen about
field, who procured a lodging for him at a*public-
house. lie remained there only two days, for
want of money, or work, and the weati:er be-
coming fine, he went into the country to get hay-
making; having wandered from one farmer's"house
to another, at last be met two of the above gang,
James and George Walsh, brothers he itmnedi-
ately returned to town add informed his country_
men, who were shocked at the detail of the rob-

berv, and they very properly athiised him to in-
form the Police. James Kennedy and John
Creswell, officers at kVorship-street, went imme-
diately in pursuit of the Offenders, and they traced
them from different farmers' houses ; at one place
they were only discharged a few minutes in con-
sequence of a rainy evening, when the officers ar-
rived, but they. kept up the chase till they again
rettirned to town. On the evening of the 20th of last
July, they secured one of them in a garret, in Cow-
lane, and took the other next morning ; they also
rook a man named Gallaugher, whom they
thought to be the captain of the gang, and they
were all examined before Jon N GIFFORD, Esq.
Gallaugher' proved not to be the right person, and
he was discharged ; Mr. Gifford then wrote to
Mr. Hoblionse, the Under Secretary of State, to
know how they Might be disposed of, and Mr.
Hobhouse wrote to the head Police office, Dub-
lin, from which place a cotnmunication was
made with the Magistrates of the County of
' Mayo, where the robbery had been commit-
ted; every necessary arrangement being made,
Farrel, and another officer, from the head Police
Office, Dublin, arrived in town on Sunday_ last,
and on Monday they waited on Mr. Gifford at his
country house, where the worthy Magistrate is
confined through indisposition, to receive instruct-
Lions how to proceed. Yesterday the prisoners
were brought up from Newgate before Mr.
DicKENsoN, and in his presence were delivered
over into the custody of the Dublin Officers, who
set off with them by- the Liverpool coach, to
transmit them to their own country, to he tried
for the atrocious crime they had committed.—
Gallaugher, their,Captaiu, is suspected to have
escaped to America.

IVIARLBOROUGH-STREET.—ifenry Wiltshire and
William Cavendish were charged yesterday with
stealing fron► the house of Mr. Brandon, of Covent-
garden Theatre, a silver butter spoon. It ap-
peared that application had-been made to the em-
ployer of the prisoners, for the purpose of having
Mr. Brandon's chimnies - cleaned. Wiltshire
and Cavendish were sent to his house to (to the
business ; the family were at dinner, and the
spoon being left upon a table in a place through
which the prisoners passed, they took the opportu-
nity of taking it away. It was missed in a short
time, and the servant was in the utmost anxiety,
fearing that suspicion would fall upon her. In
two or three days after, one of these young thieves
took it to the shop of a silversmith and offered it
for sale ; the initials, of the name, and the arms of
Mr. Brandon, were partly rubbed out, which ex-
cited the sulficion of • the person to whom they
offered to sell it, and he bad them taken into cus-
tody.—They were fully comMitted.

D4RING Rozneer.—A middle-aged mats, gen-
teely dressed, called at the house of Mr'. Fontain,
in Gilbers-street, Hampstead-road, on Monday
evening., with a genteel dressed female, about 15
years of age. On inquiry he was: informed Mr.
F-- was Rot lv ithin) and he exclaimed, " God
bless me, I was aware he was going to the Whea-
ltre, and 1 had hoped to have been in time.'' Af-
ter a moment's hesitation, he desired a young fe-
male to go to her Mama in the carriage, and desire
her to wait whilst lie scratched a •letter to Mr.
F. He then began to talk of the consequence. of
his neglect in not being more early on business of
so much emergency, and he was shewn up stairs
to write the said letter. To give a plausibility to
his anxiety, lie pulled the bell in the middle of his
letter to inquire if it was known what box-Mr. F.
had gone to at the Theatre. In less than five mi-
nutes after he pulled the bell again, met the ser-
vant at the bottom of the stairs, and said he
would go ..to the Theatre. The fellow contrived
to steal a' watch and 171. from the bed-room on
the same floor, and two gold seals. He must have
been informed that Mr. F. was at the Theatre.
Yesterday evening, about- nine o'clock, as an
elderly gentleman of the name of HARRIS, with a
lady in company, was passing the end of Castle-
street, Finsbury-square, he was attacked by four
fellows, who knocked hint down, and robbed him
of his watch, chain, and seals ; and although the
alarm was immediately given, the villains escaped
with their booty. They appeared to he from 18
to 20 year of age. The ruffians had not time to
rob the lady, but they struck her a violent blow
in the face.

PASSIBLE FEAT.--A few clays ago, a young
plumber of Richmond, for a wager of a pot of
porter, run along the top of the wooden railing of
Richmond Green (which is scarcely three-inches
in breadth, occupies a square of about half a
mile, and has a swing gat-e iii each corner) in
tour minutes.