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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF
ABDUCT lON.
"(From the Liverpool Mercary of Friday.)
THIRD DAY'S INVESTIGATION.
The prisoners, along with James Dunh vie, whos(
name has frequently occurred in the course of the exa-
mieatian, were placed in the dock at twenty-five minute:
to thre 2 o'clock.
Mr. Grocott said that Dr. Dunlevie had been brought
there as a witness for the defendants, and as he did not
think there 1% as anything to implicate him with tin.
transaction, further than going for the license, he hoped
he might be discharged:
Mr. Rushton intimated that it was his duty not to
allow any person implicated in this affair to escape, and
he certainly thought there was evidence sufficient to de-
tain Dr. Dunlevie.
Mr. Snowball proceeded With the -witnesses for the
prosecution.
James Mead, car driver to Mrs. Sharpies, • Egremont
hotel, recollected driving Dr. Dunlevie, Rogerson,
M'Gill, Mrs. Dunlevie, Mrs. Jones, and Miss Crellin, in
a coach to Bidston, -a short time ago. He drove them
from Dr. ,Dunlevie's house to the Ring of Bells, at Bid-
ston ; thence he took them to 1)r. Dunlevie's again,
where he pulled up only for, a. mosnentor tWooaatLeal
drove them to Egremont Hotel.
Philip Hagan, dealer in cigars, recollected Seing at
Mr. Fryer's public-house, North John-street, on the
evening of the 23d of March. When lie was there,
Messrs. Jones, Duval, and Wood, came in. Wood said
to witness, " This is Mr. Jones, who has been at Gretna-
green with Mr. M'Gill, getting married." They asked
Jones to give an account of the trip to Gretna-green.
Jones said Miss Crellin was drunk when they started,
and they kept her drunk all the way. When they were
going into Carlisle, Miss Crellin asked where she was,
and Jones said they were about a quarter of a mile from
Warrington. Miss Crellin said she must get home that
night, and Jones replied that they would all be home
that night. They then went to Gretna-green, and got
married.
Inspector R. Campbell of the Liverpool Police, recol-
lected Mrs. Clayton charging Mr. Martin with stealing
231. from her. She stated that she had received 20/.
from him for the trouble she had with him, and that two
or three days after lie demanded this money back again:
She refused to give it up, and one day when she was out,
he had gone to her cupboard and taken 23/. out of a
purse. Clayton and Martin (who afterwards gave his
name in Bridewell as Dr. Copeland) were then brought
to the office of Mr. Dowling, who ordered Copeland to
be locked up. Next day he was brought before Mr.
Rushton and discharged, Clayton not appearing against
him. Clayton told the witness that she had given Cope-
land a receipt for 201., and this receipt was found upon
him in Bridewell, as well as another receipt for 201.,
signed by Richard Jones.
Mr. Dryden, a surgeon, who was examined at length,
and made statements little creditable to the parties mixed
up in this foolish affair, not excepting the lady married
against her will.
Mr. Snowball then intimated that this was his case.
Mr. Grocott wished to address the Court on belia'f of
Dr. Dunlevie and Rogerson, maintaining there was no-
thing to implicate them in the transaction after being at
St. Paul's church.
Mr. Rushton was of a different opinion.
Dr. Dunlevie wished to make a statement.
Mr. Rushton thought he had better reserve it, for he
did not think that anything he could say would alter his
present decision.
Dr. Dunlevie still persisted in his desire to address
the Court, and after being cautioned that anything he
said might and would be used against him, he proceeded
—" The only object I had in making a statement is t 4
show you how innocently I have been introduced into
this circumstance. About the Ist of March Miss Crellin,
accompanied by another female whom I never saw in
my life before, came with M'Gill to my house and lodged.
They went to -Bidston, and during the time of the
journey, I observed a very considerable degree of fami-
liarity- and intimacy passing between Miss Crellin and
M'Gill. We eventually went to Bidston, and there I
heard M'Gill wake an observation to, Crellin to the effect
of asking her would she marry him; to which I understood
her to assent. The same question was repeated again, and
with a like effect. M'Gill, in addition, stated to me
in the lighthouse that she promised to marry him, and
subsequently to go to Dublin by mail packet of the suc-
("ceding night. We dined and returned from Bidston to
Egremont, awl then Rogerson having again questioned
M'Gill as to Mss Crellin having said she would marry
him, he said site had. In consequence of this Rogerson
said, "I think there would be no harm in inquiring after
the license, if this be the case." I said that under the
circumstances I thought there would be no harm in it,
and we accordingly went to Mr. Stafford to inquire about
it, having known Mr. Stafford, who was a fellow 'student
of mine at College. We then spoke to Mr. Stafford on
the subject, and lie asked us if eitler of us was the
party, to which we replied that neither of us was. I
understood Mr. Stafford to say, that in order to oblige
the parties, he would prepare a license, and have it with
him in the church, to have it filled up in the morning.
I then returned home, and by invitation went to break-
fast in the morning at the hotel. We then breakfasted,
and during the time the circumstances of the brandy and
water took place, which I will explain. There was some
brandy on a side table, and it being a very wet morning,
some one said, would a little drop of brandy in the tea do
any harm ? Miss Crellin then appealed to me, and said,
" you think a little drop of brandy would do me any
harm?" I replied that I thought a little would not injure
her, and she accordingly had some. When breakfast was
over, and we were waiting to proceed by theloat to Li-
verpool, M'Gill said, the day being so wet, a glass of
champagne would do- no harm. A bottle was accordingly
procured, of which each partook. I believe it was not
finished, because it was not good, and we then proceeded
in the boat to Liverpool. During the passage, alluding to
Miss Crellin and to the conversation I heard the previous
evening, I made the observation that I thought she had
made a very choice selection for herself, as Mr. M'Gill,
from what I had heard of him, was a very gentlemanly
man. She replied she thought she had. I said to her then
that as things were pretty nearly ready that we would
proceed, on our arrival at the pier, to the church, to
which I understood her to assent; and, in consequence,
on our arrival at the pier, I accompanied them in a car
to the church straight from the pier. The object of
going to the church was the subject of the conversation
in the car. We arrived at the church door, and Miss
Crellin then said, " What place is this ?" She was told
it was the church. She said, " I'll not be married at
present. I must first consult my legal adviser as to the
arra.rgment of my property." I at once said, " It' this
is your decision or your wish, Miss Crellin, I think you
are perfectly right and justified in acting so, and if I
thought there was anything improper or dishonourable
contemplated, I should not have accompanied you."
We then went straight to Rogerson's house, and had
some refreshment. Afterwards the party went to the
races, which were going on at the time. They returned
to dinner between five and six o'clock. After dinner I
left, and there ended my connexion with the matter
altogether, and I can assure the Court, and the gentle-
men conducting this prosecution, that I am as innocent of
any knowledge or connexion with any impropriety as
the being that is not yet in existence ; and if it would
not be impious, I would appeal for the truth of my asser-
tion to Him who knows my innocence of the matter. I
have nothing more to say, only this, that being brought
into the matter so innocently, the danger and risk to
my prospects in life are of such a nature as to induce me
to ask the Court not to detain me, if it can consistently
with its sense of justice.
Mr. Rushton said, that even after hearing his. state-
ment, he could not feel justified in doing so.
Dr. Dunlevie—Would you admit me to bail, then ?
Mr. Rushton intimated that, in the present state of
the case, he could not feel justified in allowing any of
the parties to go at large. lie did not know what turn
the case might take, but he would have great pleasure
in liberating him if he could do so with a due regard to
justice.

THAMES EMBANKMENT.

The following is the Report made by Mr.
Leach, the Clerk of the City Works on the
Thames Nirvigation, on the important subject of
embanking. the Thames, to undergo discussion in
the Court of Common Council on Tuesday next :
" The Conservancy of the River Thames, as
vested in the Mayor and Corporation of the City
of London, the consideration of which subject
has been the immediate occasion of this Report,
extends from Staines, at the extreme boundary
of the county of Middlesex, on the bank of the
river, as denoted by the so-called City Stone
placed thereon, bearing date A.D. 1280, at a dis-
tance of 37} miles westward of London Bridge ;
and continues down the river eastward to Leigh,
in Essex, on the north shore, a distance of about
42 miles, and on the south shore through Yantlet
Creek and up the river Medway, a distance of
about 54 (below London Bridge), at both which
places similar stones are erected.
" The navigation of the river westward of
London Bridge having been many years seri-
.u.asly..abatutclearitatLin -dry sea kons.ucarly im-
passable for loaded barges, without constant re-
course to the injurious practice of drawing flashes
of water from the upper districts of' the river,
which occasioned both delayand expense, from the
want ofthose improvements which have since been
effected, Acts of Parliament were obtained by
the Corporation in the years 1774 and 1777 (14th
and 17th Geo. III.), by the former ofwhich powers
were obtained and carried into execution at
the expense of the Corporation, under the di-
rection of Mr. Robert Whitworth, civil engineer,
for making a horse towing-path, with the neces-
vary bridges and works, from Putney to Rich-
mond, a distance of nine miles, where previously
the towing of' barges had been performed by
large gangs of Men, who were loitering about
from tide to tide for that employment ;—for re-
pairing and improving the towing paths in other
places or parts of the district, by building
bridges, &c.; digging new and more convenient
barge channels; stopping breaches; improving
the river by contractions where necessary, and
other important works.
" The second Act of Parliament above men-
tioned, namely, that of 1777, was passed for
completing those improvements, and for enabling
the Corporation to purchase several private tolls
imposed where the original towing-paths had
been washed away for want of repairs or pre-
servation, and new paths had been set out by
the proprietors of the adjacent lauds. The Act
also authorised the Corporation to collect a small
toll in lieu thereof, for the purpose of making
further improvements in the navigation of the
river, keeping the works in repair, &c.
" Although great ameliorations were effected
under these Acts of Parliament, the navigation
continued in a very imperfect and unsatisfactory
state, being still passable only by means of
flashes, in low water seasons, and was attended
with great delay, uncertainty, and expense, both
in times of high and low water, to the parties
who made use of the extensive districts of the
Thames navigation. Repeated attempts were
made to obtain Acts of Parliament, to avoid the
navigation of the river altogether, on account, as
was alleged, of its imperfect state, by the forma-
tion of separate canals. These attempts were
resisted successfully by the Corporation, with
difficulty and at great expense, until, in the years
1810, 1812, and 1814, powers were obtained
under three Acts of Parliament by the Corpo-
ration of London, for more effectual improve-
ments of the navigation within its jurisdiction
westward of' London Bridge, and new tolls
granted to defray the expenses thereby incurred-.
" These powers were immediately carried into
execution under my direction, by the erection
of six pound locks, at the following places :
namely, at Teddington, Moulsey, Sunbury, Shep-
perton, Chertsey, and Penton Hook, with move-
able or opening weirs at the five first-mentioned
locks, by which about 21 out of the 32 feet of the
natural 11111 of the river between Teddington and
Penton Hook, a distance of about 15 miles, is
penned up ; facilitating the navigation of barges
laden to the depth of 3 feet 10 inches, as restricted
by Act of Parliament, during the low water sea
sons. This peen, removed or taken off in times
of flood or high water, has the effect, when shut
in, ofslightly retarding the downward passage of
vessels by checking the velocity of the stream;
but thereby, as well as by increasing the depth
of water over the shallows, materially facilitating
the progress of the vessel on her upward passage.
" During the execution of these works, and
subsequently, the towing-paths were generally
raised to provide for and secure the safe passage
of horses and craft in high-water seasons ; new
and more convenient barge channels were exca-
vated; a new towing-path, about a quarter of a
mile in, length, was made through deep water at
Staines, where the towing had previously been
effected by means of a long and heavy line hired
for the purpose, occasioning much inconvenient
delay and expense. Several other extensive
improvements have been made, whereby certainty
and dispatch for the navigation have been ob-
tained, the duration and ill effects of floods dimi-
nished, and the extensive drainage connected
with the River Thames assisted : this last being
an effect which may generally be expected to
follow the improvement of the river navigation.s.
" On account of the severe wear and tear of
the works above noticed, in such a river as the
Thames, large and expensive repairs are con-
stantly necessary to keep them in an efficient'
state; and it would seem that the duties of the
conservancy. (except, of course, as regards
the fishery) cannot better be discharged than by
so doing; and in this part of the river, namely,
between Staines and Putney, a distance of nearly
thirty miles, where the towing-path occupies one
bank of the river and the other bank is required
to be continually watched and kept in the state
most favourable for the navigation, little more
remains to be done or recommended than a dili-
gent perseverance in the same system of improve-
ment and preservation, as the means best calcu-
lated to promote the public benefit in connexion
with the river navigation, its extensive and im-
portant drainage, and the other valuable interests
dependent thereupon.
" Below Putney and Fulham Bridge the river,
although so capable of improvement for the pur-
poses of navigation, has for want of funds been
allowed to remain nearly in its natural state,
with irregular banks, inconvenient channels,
and formidable shoals. The first obstructions
to be noticed are the two wooden bridges
uniting Putney and Fulham, and Battersea
and Chelsea. Each of these bridges is in-
conveniently constructed and situated with re-
gard to the navigable stream, occasioning a
cross set of tide through the navigable open-
ings, which are themselves also of insuffi-
cient width for the safe passage of all, but parti-
cularly of steam-vessels, whether employed as
passage-boats or for towing loaded barges. To
remedy these inconveniences would be neither
difficult nor expensive, and should be done with-
out further delay, more especially when so great
an improvement as the removal of the present
shoals is accomplished, as it has been proposed,
above and below these bridges.
" To compensate for the want of an useful ap-
plication of steam power for towing vessels as
well as on other accounts, the continuation of
the towing-path from Putney to Chelsea would
he a manifest improvement to the navigation of
this part of the river. Great delays and expense
are not unfrequently occasioned for want of
such
an accommodation, particularly during land
floods and adverse winds; while the improve-
ment of the channel consequent upon regular
contractions of the width of' the river, the re-
moval of shoals, and the uniformity of the
banks, would all be assisted by the exe-
cution of the proposed towing-path, in a part of
the river where sufficient interest does not at
present exist, to induce the landowners on the •
banks to carry into execution, or even contribute
towards, such an improvement. The length of
the river between Fulham and Battersea bridges
is about two and three quarter miles, and
its improved average width 713 feet. Those
portions of the banks not occupied by the
proposed towing-path, including part of the
shores of Fulham, Wandsworth, Battersea, and
Chelsea, would in all probability be gradually
improved by the owners and occupiers,
agreeably to the plan which accompanies this
Report, and which has been carefully surveyed by
James Walker, Esq., President of the Institu-
tion of Civil Engineers, Captain Bullock of the
Royal Navy, the Waterbailiff, the principal Mar-
bourmaster, and myself. By this plan an ample
water-way is provided for the navigation, and by
the excavations from the shoals necessarily ,

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IPHE SELP-C—IGHTIN—G—SEALING-WAX
may now be bad of all respectable Stationers and Chemist
Sold in Boxes containing 30 Sticks for Litters, or 50 for
Notes, in Red and Black, and 36 Sticks of 'Shaded Colours,
for Ladies' No..es, price td.
Davis, Brothers, and Co. Patentees Poultry Chambers.

• MACKINTOSHES SUPERSEDED.
BERDOE'S VENTILATING WATER-
PROOF FROCK. This well-known and much-ap-
proved garment is the only sul.stitute for the Mackintosh,
which effectually excludes the rain without confining perspi-
ration. It is made of a woollen material, is light, gentlemanly,
and durable, and recommended by those who have adopted it
as the most convenient and valuable protection from the wea-
ther ever invented. lhe best proof of this is the number
m -de during the four yearn it has been in use through such
recommendation. A great variety is kept ready made.
ade on
WALTER BERD..)E,M TAILOIy R,by &c., 69, CORNHILL
(Eight &tont from Bishopsgate-street).

,EGITI MAT E SELLING OFF!—
MANNING'S BANKRUPTCY, Whitechapel.—
Thousands of Pounds Loss.—The assignees have accepted the
offer of BROOKS and WIG HTWICK, of the Borough, for
the whole of the stock, with the exception of two lots. These Goods have just been removed to their premises in the Bo-
rough, facing the end of Union-street, to be sold off at a ruin-
ous loss, the estate not real:sing more than ss. in the pound:
Amongst this enprmous and well-known stock there are a large
quantity of 'Carpets, which are to be sold at less than half . the
cost. Hemp Carpets, yard wide, will be sold at fil/el. per
yard; SO pieces of real Kidderminster, all wool, will be sold
from Is. 6d. to 2s. 2d. per yard, those at 2s. 2J. having posi-
tively cost 3s. 9d.; also Brussels, good patterns, loin 2s. 2d.
to 2s. W.; and about 70 pieces of the best extra qualities at
3s. Gil., usually void at 4s. 9d and ss. 3d.
The Linen Stock contains 1,400 pieces of Irish Linen, 370
pieces of Sheeting, and large lots of Table Linen, Towel-
ling, &c.
Knox's Linens, that cost IL and Is. 3d. per yard, will
be all reduced to 26 yards for • 18s.
650 pieces of Bennett's extra stout made, marked Is 9d.
to 2s. 2d. per yard, will be sold all 26 yards for... 2ss.
343 pieces of Ferguson's extra fine, suitable for finest
shirting, fronts, collars, &c.,usually sold at 3s. 6d per
yard, they will be able to offer 26 yards for
The following goods from this immense stock are worthy of
notice ;
Lr.en huekaback for towels, the dozen yards 4s 6d
350 dozen of Cambric Handkerchiefs, soiled, in dozens
anal half dozens, were all bought, the dozen f0r.....,... 9 6
GO Dozen of g, od Lawn Handkerchiefs, worth Is. each
are reduced to the dozen
B.'lo De Laine Dresses, being all the stock, will be sold
at one price (many worth 15s, to 20s. ). at the dress 3 9
Akw common qualities will be thrown out and sold at 1 9
Horroil's Long Cloths will bo sold, 40 yards in the
piece, for
... 12
1,370 Pieces f Fine Calico will be reduced from 4d
per yard to ill, dozen yards for
A quantity of large White Counterpanes, many 3 yards ..
long, at each
9
It is only nee. ssary to call the attention of families who buy
linens, sheetings, &c., to the advantages that must be derived
on such an occasion as this bankruptcy, the house having been
established thirty years, and the goods always considered of the
firs'. character.

The case was then adjourned, it being a quarter past
six, and it will be brought on again not earlier than one
o'clock to-day.

NEWTON ST. CYRES.—FATAL ACCIDENT.—A me-
lancholy accident occurred early yesterday (Thursday)
morning, at the manganese mines of J. Quicke, Esq.,
near this place, by which two labourers were killed, a
third escaping as if by miracle. About five o'clock yes-
terday morning, Mr. Pope a bat-maker, residing near
the "Fine Oak," was awoke by cries of distress ; and on
proceeding to the spot, he found a man just escaping
from the mouth of the alit of the mine, who informed

m that, as himself and two others were at work at the
other end of the lateral shaft, the water suddenly burst
in upon them, carrying him the whole length of the adit
to its mouth, whence he had just escaped. Mr. Pope, on
proceeding to the month of the slit, saw the body of one
of the unfortunate sufferers in the water, entangled
between a wheelbarrow and one of these upright timbers.

Tho sheetings and table cloths require particular notice,
being so large a portion of the stock. Linen sheetings, real
Barnsley, will be sold, three yards wide, at 10s. 6,1. the pair,
common qualities being reduced as low as ss. and ss. sd. the
pair, double width.
Table-cloths will he sold at unheard-of prices ; there are
some very curious cloths and na+kins, with emblematic de-
signs, that must be viewed as a curiosity, nevertheless on this
eccasion will be sold at the price of an inferior article. 430
cloths, full three yards long, superb damask, that cost 30s. to
355. each, will be all sold, each 12s. 6d. Forty cloths, full five
yards long, worth at at least five guineas, will be sold at 25g.
each, with napkins of similar qualities and pattern, many 59. 6d.
the dozen, tkose at 12s. 6d. the dozen being a yard square, and
of the very chileest description.
Most persons may remember the name this house once had,
as bring the cheapest house in the trade, ladies often visiting
Whitechapel fromdistant parts of the town, to make their pur-
chases of linens more particularly ; these goods are now selling
at one-half the bankrupts cost price, consequently the saving
Alust be obVious, and worthy of the attention of heads of
families, tavern-keepers, the trade, &c.
Brooks and Co. apologise for the confusion on the premises,
as this enormous quantity of goods are scarcely sorted for the
first few days.-106, High-street, Borough, facing the end of
Union-street. Wholesale warehouse in King-street.
N.B.—On all p reels above 10/., Live per cent. extra will
be Ulm off the bill,

He immediately procured assistance, and extricated the
body, but life was extinct. About ten minutes after-
wards, the body of the other man was found farther up
the adit, also entangled in timbers.—The names of the
unfortunate deceased are John Crump and John Barnes.
John Crump was about twenty-five years of age, and had
been married only twelve months. John Barnes has left
a wife and four children to deplore the untimely loss.
The bodies now await a coroner's inquest —Exeter Gaz.
PARSLEY. - The garden parsley was not culti-
vated in England till the second year of the reign of King
Edward VI., 1458. It is said to be an excellent remedy
to preserve sheep from the rot, provided they are fed
twice a week, for two or three hours each time, with
this herb. Parsley, when rubbed against a glass tumbler,
will break it ; but the cause of this phenomenon is not
known.

The Archbishop of Cologne has just addressed a
farewell letter to the flock of his diocese. Ile informs
them that the Holy Father has given to him a coadjutor,
'who is to be appointed Archbishop after his decease.
He recommends to his flock attention to their spiritual
duties, and obedience in all matters in which the tem-
poral power is concerned.

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made to fill up the embankments, a suffi-
cient receptacle would be • reserved for such
quantities of tidal water as are indispensable for
scouring-effect throughout the pools, and fbc
preserving, by a slightly Luca used velocity and
properly regulated course, the improved. navi-
gable depth.
"Between Battersea and Vauxhall bridges, a
distance of about two and a half miles, the river
as it increases in magnitude does so in impoi Lance,
on account of the multipled population and tie
value of the property on its banks. • The
contractions described on the plan would
doubtless be beneficial, both to the navigation
and the land owners, by many of whom,
there is little doubt, the improvement
would be . gradually executed. The pre.
sent width of the river varies from 1,010
feet to 640 feet, and it is proposed to be embaeked
to an average width of 720 feet, which would
be efrecta_d with the same results and advantages
as before described, and probabi likewise atf.rd
facility, on one shore or the other, rog a
carriage or foot road, conducing both to the
benfit and enjoyment of the public.
" From -Vauxhall-bridge to London-bri4re the
necessity for the improvement of the river, by
means of contraction and embankment, increases
in proportion to its magnitude and importance.
In this length of about two and a half miles
the width et present varies from about 900 feet
Just below Vauxhall-bridge, and nearly 700 feet
water-way at London-bridge, to a wiath, above
Westminster-bridge for instance (before the em-
bankment for the Parliament houses), of 1,085
feet; at 11ungerFurd market of 1,490 feet, at
Waterloo-bridge of 1;245 feet, and above
Blackfriars-bridge of 1,000 feet. The coa-
sequence of such prodigious irregularities, at
may be naturally expected, is the existences
of shoals in the river, and large accumu-
lations of mud on the shores ; the latter receiv-
ing constaut additions from the filth poured into
the rivatr.from the common sewers throuipliost
the extensive drainage of such an enormously
populous district. This accumulation of mud
cannot but be most injurious to health and un-
favourable to navigation, particularly to that
part of the latter which is effected by steam
power, and which passes up and down
at all nines of tide. These evils, although ex-
isting before, were not so apparent as they have
.been since the removal of the old and the 'build:-
mg of the new London-bridge: indeed, a state of
things more requiring aheration and improve-
ment titan the present can hardly be imagined.
"The most effectual remedy fbr these incon-
veniences, one which would simplify and render
more efficacious the duties of the conservancy,
the proper discharge of ivhieh is now attended
with difficulty and uncerteinty, viould be
the execution of the improvements des-
cribed oa the plan prepared by Mr. 'Walker,
and lately re-surveyed and corrected, and which
was submitted to a Committee of the House of
Commons, in the Session of 1840.
" When the Committee which sat relative to
the re-building of the Houses of Parlianemt, of
which Lord Granville Somerset was chairman, re-
quired to have time utmost possible quantity Of
ground that could be spared from the river to be
appropriated to the enlar,;ement of the site for the
said buildings, and which has been since so oc-
cupied, the line of embankineut in tht.t part of
the river was at once determined, ranging up-
wards wi tit the former embank went at tile
Penitentiary, and proceeding downwards in a
line nearly parallel with the low-water mark.
This embankment may be executed as may be
most convenient to the wharf occupiers, either
by low wharfing to admit of loaded barges being
floated over it at the proper time of tide, and so
to load or unload at the present wharfs,
draw-docks, &e.; or, by higher embank-
ment, sufficiently above high-water mark to land
and load from and into vessels laying outside the
line, and moored to the wharfs within certain and
well-defined limitations.
" In consequence of the removal of the long-
existing dam of the oil London-bridge, such
an alteration has been and will probably
continue to be made in the bed of the river, as
already to have rendered new foundations neces-
sary to Westminster and Blackfriars-bridges,
and has, in a more or less degree, ((fleeted the
foundations of nearly all the buildings (the heavy
pile of Somerset House, for instance) and wharfs,
on the banks between London and Westminster-
bridges. The new embankment
.would there.
fore afford an opportunity to give, to all build-
ings requiring them, secure foundations.
" From the beneficial (-fleets to property on
the banks of this part of the river, connected as
it would be with the removal of slam s and of
offensive mud banks, it is reasonable-to sappose
that the strong prejudices existing in favour of
the present modes of transacting the business on
the river, arising from long usage and custom,
would give way to a better, affording such
facilities fur time dispatch of business at the
wharfs, and ample space for the deposit of coals,
timber, deals, and other goods requiring room on
shore, as to render no longer neceszqtry the present
numerous and expensive floating warehouses,
which are a positive nuisance to the navigation.
The excavation front the bed of the river, for the
purpose of filling up the embankments, whether
low or high, would make the requisite ameliora-
tions in the navigable channel. The . ends
of the sewers may be carried through the
embankments, and deliver their contents as
nearly as possible at low water-mark, and thus
remove the great nuisance arising front the pre-
sent mode of discharge. It is hoped that all those
advantages, with deep navigable channels and
clean and well regulated shores, are so manifest
as to render time execution of the work, either
by owners or occupiers (every practicable facility
being afforded them) within a reasonable time,
scarcely to be doubted.
" Much has been said, in Parliament and else-
where, in favour of a road from Westminster to
London-bridge, connected with the formation of
the new embankment on the Middlesex side of
the river. Such a work might, no doubt, be prac-
ticable, but would be attended with great ex-
pense, and perhaps interruption to tne wharf
business. If this be the ease on time Middlesex
shore, it might be possible to construct such a
road upon the new embankment of the Surrey
shore, similar to the present quay-road in front
of the Penitentiary at Millbank. The new road,
being united to London by means of all
the bridges, would afford facilities for re-
creation or business, communicating as it would,
by the shortest line, with all time southern rail-
ways, &c. Whatever else, however, may be
done in this matter, safe and convenient piers for
landing and embarking steam-boat passengers
(projecting as little as possible into the river),
at all the bridges and other most accessible
public places Or thoroughfares on both banks,
should form an essential part of the new arrange-
ments, anti the present most objectionable struc-
tures be removed as the proposed safe and con..
VCiiiellt piers could be provided.
"Below London-bridge the principle ()Hie im-
provement of river navigation by means of con-
traction has 111-ea fully exemplified. But for
which, together with the proper tiering of ships,
which is but another application of the same prin-
ciple, and the excavations continually made by
the Trinity Corporation, it could not have been pos-
sible for ships of such draught of water to have ac-
cess to the London and St. Katharine's Docks, and
throughout the port, as is the case at present. As,
however, these contractions and embankments
have not been systematically constructed, they
admit of considerable addition and alteration
in several places, such as are described on the
plan, and may be connected with time neces-
sary removal of shoals and mud banks, laying.
down additional mooring's (such as for colliers or
other vessels at New Crane, where numbers of
West-Indiamen were formerly moored, which
has been proposed but not executed, for want
of funds), and various other essential improve-
ments, which will, no doubt, be much better
i.id firm
ol kbenloiwet-;
detailed by the other professional gentlemeft
engaged in this important survey. I beg
leave, however,
etxo adcl
experienceli aj tbunded on long per
ledge of the River 'Thames, and the shores at
Greenwich,
a Woolwich,%.eiy c4Cirtpla'abVleeSoe
of the
eand
alteration
several
other places,
re
and improvement pointed out by the lines whick
Have now been laid down, and which would be
equally advantageous to the owners and occu-
piers of the frontages, and to the navigation of
the river."

THE FARMERS VERSUS THE PEEL MlNisTny. 'no
East Kent farmers had a kind of preliminary meeting
on Saturday last, in order to concert measures for
pub'-
, licly remonstrating against Sir _Robert Peel's financial
reform measures, and to express, as we have heard,
surprise at the conduct of their represen:atives in aban-
doning the farmers' interests. A general meeting is to
be held on Saturday next, at which all concerned will
be enabled " to air their discontent.”—Kent Herald. [Sir
Edward Knatchbull will have to eh oose between his con-
stituents and his place in the Cabinet ---Nasquam tuts
again !]
• CItEDITON.—Many of the inhabitants:Lereturnialarmedng
from church on Sunday morning last, were
theon passing
hearing the rer olii.toonore of Mr. Poil,laarst.
a pistol. Itsoon
nmulodreigkeirl,owbyn
that Mr. James Pollard,
the late Mr. Jonas Pollard.
agetilmap
ritystt
illo2t-anntsleltld son
i..urAnino.f
quest was held on the body at the Ship Inn, on \\Wiles
and it appeared that the deceased, when yonng,.
mety
last,.,itl a severe scald which much disfigured his face,
This of late had appeared to prey upon his mind, and
for the last furtuight ho had been in a very desponding
state.

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