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ENGLISH AND BRISTOL CHANNELS SHIP CANAL.
THE ACT for the formation of this Great Work
having panted, and its general merits, and the correctness of
the estimates of expense and return having been fully investigated
in both Houses of Parliament, the Committee of Management deem
Wright, at the termination of their labours, to submit to the public
a brief Statement of the nature of the Plan, and of the prospect of
advantage which it holds out. The Committee consider such a
I Statement, founded upon the evidence adduced, to be the more neces-
sary, in consequence of the partial and unconnected mode In which,
during a contest arising purely out of local interests, the attention of
the public has been called to the detail, while it has been led away
from the leading features of the measure.

CAUTION.
TAYLOIt and Co. (successors to M'Adam and Co.)'
beg to Caution the Public against the use of any Paints pur-
porting to be MINERAL PAINTS which are net supplied from
their Manufacwry, or furnished by their appointed Agents, as many
persons are Imposing upon the Public the refuse of the Gas Wish'
(which has beenproved by the highest autberiiies to be mow
Hens. particularly as a covering for woodwork). by pirating the
name of their Paints which bave for upwards of twenty yeark(not-
withstanding the gtitlit and erns cbmpetitiolOsseibtsiststkekteindid'
patronage from Goveminent, who still continue to apd the
following Certificates, granted by the highly di "011etirs
, In his Majqty's service, Will (tally piove its durability and economm'
itotirithstanding the appaant cheapness of these *dims
aW inci-
dent imitations. The ingredients these Paints are composed 0 are
Manufactured at the Works erected and conducted under the late
Bad of Dundonald's Patent, to Which no other hohse has access. _
The Mineral Paints are a cheap and durable coating for all out-
door work, such as Wooden, Iron, and Canvas Roofs, Sheds, Barn',
Out-henses, Fences, Palings, Gates, Boat and Barge bottonA, Ships'
sides and upper works, Wood and Iron Bridges, Docks Chain
Cables, and all Wood and Iron Work under starer, or eiposed to the'
weather • for Tiles on Roofs, to prevent them imbibing water and
being injured by frost ; and for coating Brick walls to prevent damps.
No wood coated with these Pthsts will be worm.eaten, nor will
insects or vermin of any kind inhibit hot-bid frames, or other
plates, coated with them, and they will be found an effectual cure
for the dry tot; being composed entirely of Mineral subets they
are inioluble in wiser, and thereby Mist moisture in a thinner su-
perior to all other preparadoss.
PRICE, READY POE USE.

The extreme danger and diSculty in the navigation round the
Land's:End, and thr direittions, extending frequently 'to six viretks,
and even longer periOds, arising from the southwesterly winds,
which prevali during eight or nine months In the year, are facts well
&Owens to all persons interested in the. shipping trade front 14e1aa d,''
Wales,, Liverpool; and the ports of the 'Moll Chits:set. The
eak-
niitons losses of lives and shi on the eager!' bevonshite aid
Cornwall are tots frsently hi theitewspapers, to halm
escaped the notice of the public generally.
These circumstances being kept id view, a slight glance at the
map will stifEce to demonstrate to any one, the great obstructions
which must consequently arise to all vessels trading from ports
westward and northward of the Land's End, to ports southward
and eastward of it ; and that these obstructions mast most especially
preient themselves to the increasing trade in the southern counties
of Wales, will also be readily perceived.

To remove these evils, and to open a speedy and safe communi-
cation m all salons for vends trading from London and the ports
on the eastern and southern coasts.of England, to the ports of Ire-
land and to the western ports of England, including Liverpool and
Bring!, and to the coasts of South Wales, are the main objects of li
the proposed Ship Canal.
. 1

The Canal will extend from Beer or Beaton Bay is the 'Bagßah
Channel, to Boolford or Bridgewater Bay in the Mod Coonoip ;
it will be 44 miles long, 90 feet wide, and IS feet Mob awl r
be navigatedilvessels of 200 tons urden, reeditawtrr
when fully loaded.

At the two extremities harbours will be eumltfueted, and, as
will be seen by the evidence, these harbotirs will am only secure
1 to vessels using the Canal sale and commodious enumees to k, but
will be of great service to the Shipping Intense generally, as
Asylum Harboun, and will also prevent an lama* Ms of Wes
I and property. The prepoeed Harbour at Seek wli, IN dose of war,
be of inclimialik advantage in preventing captures by tbe Msensy's
cruisers.

The total -expense of foinsing.the Canal and Harbours, and 'of
amply prerriding'for tier" eontingenty Incident to ouch a work, is
estimated by Mr. Telford at afirntipho, and from his Memos,
on oath, it appears that be has allowed for each distinct put of the
work a sons at which be can immediately find parties swilling to
iioutradt for it.

Tile sources of a ravens*, proportioned to this expenditure, awl
bibbed by the @Widens* ofeornpet sot and resPettable Wititesses,intre
strmagetl under the following heads
Ist. The supply tif coals to the Whole eikent of
'country bordering upon the Canal,add for a
cambia:able distaneu on et& Ode 'of It. Mk-
clarding dm towns 4 Ifoodfon, Tenntsib, 12-
snifter, Ailitinster, Chard, Crrltiticisa
Colytest, Lemon, Bridgewater, gal
others, taken only at one half of she admen.
at 45,000 tees, and groceries and other goods
at 16,000 tons
2d. The like supply of cash to the southern
parts of England, taken at me.bail only 4 a
reduced estimate • • . 600,000
3d. Tonnage of limestone for paving. Wilding, Jet. 30,000
nth. Tonnage of Woe trading betveMs English
poets, passing thew* the Canal.taken mune
half of the temsgoef 'semi at proem nays-
vWog round the Land's End, as eggerakts by
Remus made to Pulliam fee the popes*
of this calculation 205,337
• •
Sch. Toning* at foreign vessels ming the Cad,
taken at two-thirds of eke amount ascertained
by the like serums • -

Tonnage of British vessels trading to fo.
reign ports, taken at one ball the quantity
awertained by like cetera' • •
:b. Tonnage of vessels trading from Ireland to
British and foreign posts, taken at one-third
of the quantity, ascertained by like returns

00,000

irr,sts

119;010

$551?

Mal Tonnage 11094,17

At a charge of ld. per ton per mile on an ave-
rage, the above tonnage will prodece, for the
whole 44 miles of Canal, a grass revenue of 5C200,446 12 4
Add a tonnage rate, to be levied on all vessels
taking refuge in, or using the proposed har-
bour and also, on vessels proceeding along
the Canal, to Bridgewater and the river Par-
let. The amount annually frotn these looms
may, on an avatar of years, be taken at

. 10,000 0 0

Clear annual income arising from the Canal
and Harbours, and applicable to a dividend
among the Proprietors, of about 12 per cent. 210,246 12
N.B. The expenses of management, repairs, and every other
contingency, Will be
.provided for by the tonnage arising on the in-
ternal traffic on the CanaL

In the shove calculation no allowance is made for the vase in-
crease of trade which is annually talus place in South Wales, and
to which this undertaking will most essentially contribute; sbr is
any tonnage reckoned on coal brought front Wales to London : the
Stone Cull and Culm are, however, already used there, and on the
Litt coast of England ; and there it evety 'salon ti expert that the
eon Welch Coal will find its way to the London Market, When
is safe, and regular mode of transit shall be secured.
The consegaent increase of trade and mansiketift in the lb*
and populous country through which the Cunt will pass, presents
a prospect of additional revenue to a very considerable extent; and
in the great Northern Canals, which have proved so butnelleelar
productive, that increase has been the great ImldAll of profit. It
should here be noticed, that a recent aesotiatiaa Will InoW the
Corpontion, at a vary moderate earns*, to nahke a brands £hip
Canal to the populous and wealthy town of Taunton, and that a
janatiaa with the Brand Western Canal will, by the same meant,
effected.

It should Mahe matted, that although in the event of a war, the
trunk through the Canal will be vetf matt:tiny amputated, the
additinsalluaosoo to be &stood (tows that event bat an Misr tam
into consideration in the above estimates.

The Committee, therefore, conceived that dim loodersaltigg canna
be masidered of a delusive or ellen eta deabtful &nitres
ebrasettr,but a *testate alfordtnt to the Sebsttiberi read-
Ade iessnene el as ample presrst probe, dna the pin-
ata of as Ineenbe Ineeehelog with the Wanes ernemenasenveekt.
The capital of ill 0/41,000 is &tested its the Aet to be rsieed.by
Oases of each. No Shareholder wiU be liable bend laig
Shame, and his liability to &tote Calb, in re yeti a gudi,tikerell,
will cease immediately on a transfer; tile Aet Vats, that two
tnenthe et the kiet shalt intervesie betskeitelltb Call, led tuft So
cau shall sifted hive per Cetn.
A General Weskit et the Sobetribers will take pia* NI es.
lea Melia, to dent Unite% qui ftlebs tlarairteNraiotht
moments Attest,
the 49punessentent the work ;
:Mete regain Matti/ teannuelestlens,ittele Ifititvet, nit be ad.
Ate*Sta to *mew Ong add Luitik 11, (MO •ign.sontre; ista
Cleee, than', Cot-anal

Mineral Green Mint . . St per 1).
Mineral Brown Paint . . led. per lb.
Mineral Black Paint . . 20. per lb.
Manuhientred and Sold by Taylor and Co. (stitatsson toltrAdem
and Company), Mineral and (smicd Colour Manufacturers,
Willow Wharf, $7, Bankdde, London, and of their Agents in most
Provincial Teems.
Goverentent Certificates of the cheapness and durability of
Messrs. Taylor and Co.'s Mineral Brown Paint, granted to Messrs.
10Adans and Co.
11 Barrack Cate, March 14, 1814.
" We hereby certify, übat the Wooden Barracks in Great Britain
hare been, for several years past, covered with Messrs. M'Arlirn
Bed Co.'s Mineral Brown Paint, for the preservation of the wea-
ther boarding, and it has fully answered the purpose for which it
was applied.
(660011) "JOHN SANDERS. Architect.
THOMAS JEANS, Architect."
" Tice above dingiest, made by order of the Ctmesidedinees tor
the Affairenf barracks. " JOHN STAPLETON, lee."
Plymouth_Lioes, May IS 1607.
" This Is to eatifi, that by eider at General Mercer, at the
desire et Mans. Widens and Co. w!made empedinsilte With
their preparations of Mineral Brown Paint In April and 84-
tubber, Inc The situation of the wood 'and ironwork Made use
of is this experiment is very Ihigh, and endrely exposed to the
wind from the Chagnel. where It is difficult to find any coating
able to resist the weather. The paint, after having withstood the
winter in the above situation, has formed a very hard and com-
pact body on both wood and iron work ; the wood when cut is
hard and very dry ; the iron free from every appearance of reit,
From the present appearance of the Mineral Brown Paint, its
hard, solid, and Impenetrable state, there is every reason to believe
that it will defend the wood and iron work for years against the
effect of weather and the moisture of the atmosphere; and we give
It as our opinion, that it is a useful coating for wood and ken
with exposed to the weather or to damp, and consider it to be
cheaper than any ether that can be procured.
" Certified by HENRY SIMMONS, / Grangers of theworks.
" JOHN PHILLIPS, 1
" ROBERT WIIUMAN, Serj. Maj. Master Carpenter.
" JAMES MOIR, Serj. Master Smith, R. Artificers."
.4 Plymouth Lines, May 26, 1107.
" I confirm the above eerdlicate or statement.

•4 ALEXANDER MERCER,
" Lieutenant-General Commanding Royal Engineers.
Royal Engineers' Office, Plymouth Dock, May b, 11115.
" We hereby certify, that Messrs. M'Adam and Co.'s Mineral
and Brown Paint has continued in general use in this Department,
for all kinds of knees, since the date of the above certificate of
May U, 1507, that it has also latterly been used on sentry boxes,
travelling magazines, side arm racks, carts, and other wood work
exposed to the weather, with every probe/Art at success; we,
therefore, after nearly eight years' additional, experimee, have no
hesitation in confirming that certificate, as to the lima good qua-
lities of the Paint in quesdon, for the preservation 1 wood and
iron work. " BEN. JONES, Clerk of Works,
JAMES SH I it RAH, °veneer."
Royal Engineers' Mee, Portsmouth, May 15, 1S1&
We hereby certify, that the Mineral Brown Paint, prepared
and sold by Messrs. M'Adam led Co. has been used in the Ord-
nance Department at this station for three years, for purposes,
similar to those beforententioned ; and we are of opinion thud
has fay answered the purposes for which it was applied.
" JOHN HASSA RD, Lieut.. Col. R. Engineers, Conanswidin
G. BUCHANAN, Captain Royal Engineers.
"JACOB OWEN, Clerk of Works.
JOHN OWEN, Assistant Clerk of Works.
Messrs. M'Adam and Co."
Innumerable certificates may be seen upon applicatiou.
Patent Bright Greens, genuine White Lead, Varnishes,
and Odours, dry and ground, of even description.

PRESENT TO GENERAL BOLIVAR.

--mew—

The National Istelligencer gives the following ac-
count of a present which is preparing at Washington for
the Liberator Bolivar. It will be confided to the Co.
lombian Minister, through the hands of General La
Fayette, who will shortly visit that capital
This compliment will consist of two articles—at me.
dal, which was given by the city of Williamsburg, the
ancient capital of Virginia, to the ancestor of the pre-
:eat donor, the Lady of Washington, in eommemora•
tioa of the virtues and services of her illustrious hus-
band in the war of independence. The medal is of the
weft gold, weighing upwards of an ounce, and has
engraved, on one side, the genius of American liberty,
represented by Wisdom and Valour : legend " Virtute
d Laboreflorent Respublica." City of Williamsburg.—
On the reverse is teen an armed warrior, who has
thrown aside his thiold, and is in the act of piercing
with a lance a crowned lion, which rushes to destroy
'him. Above the warrior appears the American Con-
stellation of Thirteen Bteitt, with the legend, In hoc
oleo ektel!t.".
there is added to thii memorial a portrait of the
Vent Citiel, largest siud
°Miniature, execteted by the
talobtated Ykid, jo hie begitylts haw a painting by

• MIME SEVEN POW.

Stuart. In the back pirt or the picture is enclosed 4
lock of the Patriot's hair, of the same deieriPtion as
that now worn in Ilse sing of La FlAyetle, and encir-
cled by a wreath oft* Rontin larirel, the legend sign-
ply g, Fidler Patriie i" and the inscription, •" Auctorig
Libertatis Antericitins in Seotentrione honc unegineal
dat Filius ejus ideptatits. Ili qui gloriam stmilern is
AuStro adoptus est.°

CatEECE.

-.well ••-•
K PROVISMN AT. GOVERNMENT OF GREECE.

"Sec:ng that the co-t,peretion of all the Hellenists it
necessary to the existing struggle, efficaciously to repel
the implacable enemy of the country—seeing that,
pending the war of independence, the Government has
had many opportunities of observing that the Greeks
cherish in their breast that great virtue of their ances-
tors, to forget all their private pessinns, when the safety
of the country is at stake-=seeing that the Government
ought to confirm and encourage eiis virtue, upon
,Avhich depends the glory of the Greek name. and she
biplisntss of the country. .•
i Voosideriurthat ail those whp, in different circurn-
abscess have acted in oppdsiticin to the constituted ins-
thoritiel, and conspired against the established laws,
solicit at the present moment from the Government -'
honour of marching against the enemy.
k The Executive Council, with the concuitence.
the Legislative Sedate, declares
. Ist. General amnesty Is accorded to all those convicted of
poptlar ceases.
" idly. All de preceding deettrations of the Government against
the said individuals, shall 1* dull arid void.
" &fly. The said individuals, of whatever rank Or condition they
may be, are restored topic': civil and political rights, accorins/ to
the Law of Organisation.
" Italy. Those are excepted from the present Amnesty who
hive been convicted of open treason.
sthly. This Declaration shall be published in all the Week
territory.
" 6thly. The Secretary General, conjointly with the Ministers
of War, the Interior, and of .I(astice, are charged with 46 exec-
don, each in his Deparenienr. • •
" The Vice-President. GUICihS BOTASIii
d Napoli di ir.--
“ The Secretari-Oessersi MAVROCORD*TO.
Romania. 1825."
lONIAN ISLANDS.
The Lord Commissioner from his Britannic Ma-
jesty to the lonian Aslands, Sir Frederick Adam, pro-
ceeded oa the Bth of June,with all the pomp costomary
on such occasion, to the Hall of the Legislative Body.
His Excellency seated hints& on a Throne prepaed
for the. parpose, between the two Presidents of the
united Legislative Charilbers, and pronoance4 the.aesal
Speech on the occasion of clstsing the Second Session cf
the Second Pailiament.

of

In this Speech, which contains nothing remarkable
with respect to politics, his acellency, co:•gratulatibg
the States generally on the result of their legishitive
labours, bestowed upon them *special praise for the
wholesome measures which they had adored for the
maintenance and amilioratiain of religious isistitutior.i,
and for she restoration of the city of St. Ahura, de-
stroyed by the earthquake, which conruhed the Whole
island which bears the same name.

The Austrian Observer of the 28th of July contains
Admiral Sachtury'sOfficlil Report of the action on the
Ist of June, betwe-n Capo d'Oro and Andros, in which
the enemy's two decked vessel, the Hassene Gepsissi,
commanded by the cruel Arap Ali, with a crew of 800
men, a large quantity of the materiel of war, scaling
ladders for Missolonghi, are. was burnt; a corvette of
Sa guns, and SOO men, commanded by Capt. Misserli
Meumet, shoed the same fate. A small frigate and
brig-belonging to the enemy sere destroyed by lite on
the coast of Syra. No. 120, of the 6th June, rhentions
the march of the Turks in the environs of SAIOIIAs and
their entry into that place on the 17th of Mar. A letter
from f-hydra, of the sth June, mentions,, in a vague
manna, the action of the Ist June upon Mount *Ja-
naiki, in which Ibrahim Paella bad the advantage. The
Augsfnogh Gazette states that the Plague bad brolen
out in the neighbotiihood of Alexandria, ambng ibe
troops destined for the Morea.
At Spezzia, the Greek Amnon, llobalifia, has been
shot. Her brother had seduced a girl, whose relations
were making some clamour about the how!. nab Aim*
made a sortie upon them, and had Insulted them, wbeit
some unknown hand drew a pistol, and shot her
through the head.

BALLOON ASCENT IN THE UNILED STATES.

Mr. Robertson made his promised ascent in a balloon
from Casde Garden, New York, on Saturday, the 9th
of July, to the great gratification of the many thousands
who witnessed the performance. By an error in filling
the balloon, the ascent was delayed about half an hour
too late, or it would probably have been one of t4-:e
handsomest ever seen.• The balloon began to rise jo,t
at dusk, and rose quite slow at first. As soon as it
was above the Garden walls, the groom threw out
some of his ballast, took a graceful leave of the com-
pany, and then arose more rapidly, amidst the shouts
of the multitude. The wind was from the westwasd,
and took him in a direction over nearly the v hole
length of the city, so as to be visible to nearly every
inhabitant. In the lower part, he skimmed apparently
about 50 feet above the tops of the chimney., and con-
tinued to rise so long as he was seen, when the balloon
appeared like a small black spot high in the horizon.
It was visible about seventeen minutes, and did not
appear then to have begun to descend. The darkness
obscured further view.
The zronaut alighted in safety io a corn field on tb.
farm of Mr. Abraham Remsen, it N. wtown, Long
Island, which is stated to be between 10 and 11 mires
from the place of ascension. The car struck the ground
gently close by a feriae, which Mr. IL laid hold of "with
his hands, and secured the balloon, withoat having
resort to his grappling irons. He returned safe to the
Garden about 11 o'clock at night, and received the con-
gratulation of numerous citizens, who were in waiting.
The time occupied in the Voyage was less than hall an-
ibour. The passage of the balloon ores the city vi as
=seeding), beautiful, grand, and Interesting. De
Jeroisaut was distinctly seen most of the way employing
hitusclf in throwing out sips of paper.