Star.
London, England, 1825-06-23 00:00:00

EST 'ERN SHIP CANAL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Stn--No less than twenty-s 4 Petitions from Mer-
chants, Iron Masters, Naval Officers, L indowners, and
Pilots, from Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Wight, and va-
rious places in Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, were this
night presented to the House of Lords, by the Duke of
Beaufort, Lord Rolle. and the Marquis of Lansdown,
and I believe Lord Shaftesbury. in favour of the Ship
Canal Bill. It was read a second time on the motion of the
Lord Dudley and Ward. One of the greatest Capitalists
in Lurape has also, to-day, signed the Contract Deed.
The force of" An Opponent" and his employers seems
now to have been spent, and tire subscribers are coming
back to that sound and judicious view of the merits of
this undertaking which they took before they listened
to the artful misrepresentaticnt cf those who had an in-
terest in deceiving them; and who now stand self-con-
victed of numerous gross misrepresentations and false-
hoods. The price at which a few shares are sold, and
consequently quoted, is unquestionably the effect of
trick, which is apparent when any considerable number
of shares is wanted. Indeed, there-is nothing too mean
for the adversaries of this great national undertaking to
stoop to, th it may be likely to have the effect of intimi-
dating the subscribers, and to prevent their signing the
Contract List, upon apprehended deficiency in which
all the hopes of " the deceiver" now test. Ido venture
once more, therefore, to call upon the Subscribers,
to defeat the base and cowardly conspiracy which
has been formed for the purpose of defeating one of
the noblest and most promising undertakings that was
ever conceived in this or in any other country.
A writer in a country paper, after detailing the dif-
ficulties which retarded for ten whole years the execu-
tion of the Trent and Mersey Navigation, makes the
following observation In the case of the Western
Saip Canal, it may be observed, that its friends have
many grounds for confidence which the enlightened
advocates of the Trent and Mersey Canal could not
have. Canals were then in great measure untried ; the
manufactures of the country had not arrived to that
pitch of eminence which they since have; the nation
itself had not established those connections, and that
credit in foreign countries which now afforded such
ample security for the extension of commerce and I
manufactures; the Government of that time had not
adopted those liberal and enlightened princip!es which
unretter and excite so powerfully the national energies
which ours has; the distance to be saved by the Canal
was nothing like so great; the prevalence of particilar
winds, which prevent vessels from trading to the
Metropolis from places full of minerals, especially a par-
ticular kind of coal admirably adapted for steam engines,
was no part of their case; art immense populaton in-
adequately employed, and ready, therefore, to engage on
favourable terms in the labour of executing such I work,
and in carrying on the trade to which such an excite.
ment and such facilities as the Canal will present, must
give rise; a whole town engaged, of necessity, in illicit
traffic, and, by their very occupation, traint'd for pilots,
navigators, and fishermen, eager to leave their present oc-
cupation for others more honourable and less dangerous,
and, upon the whole, more profitable, which regular
occupations undoubtedly are ; an immense capital ready
to be applied to the extension of manufactures and
commerce; some of the finest land in the. kingdom; in
the event of a war, the protection of our cruizers and
trade ; and, more than all these considerations, the pre-
servation of human life, which must be the result of
depriving the West Bay of its dangers, and rendering
the difficult voyage round the Land's End unnecessary ;
all these are considerations which belong exclusively to
the present undertaking, and which give it an import-
ance and a claim upon public confidence which could
not be possessed and advanced by the projectors of the
Trent and Mersey. But without any of these weighty
claims, the great men of that day persevered year after
year, until at length the Navigation was completed,
and the Duke's Canal, and the Trent and Mersey, led
the way to those other internal Navigations, to which
the North of England owes its present extraordinary de-
gree of population, industry, wealth, and public spirit.
Nor had the Capitalists, who had confidence in what
were then deemed by some wild and visionary schemes,
and such as could never payalte subscribers a single
shilling, any cause to repent the part they took in them.*
—They laboured, and their children are reaping the
fruits. Let any man go into the North of England
now, who has heard of its state sixty or seventy yews
ago—let Iflm go to Liverpool, the second town of the
most rising empire in the world—to Manchester, Leeds,
and other towns; let him inquire as to the comparative
value of the lands, witness the amazing increase of
public buildings, cc mpare the bustle and spirit, and
cheerful, became well rewarded, industry of the peo-
ple there, with their condition in the West ; let him
visit the hospitable mansions of the great manufac-
turers, go to the public libraries, and places of resort
for their merchants, and hear of their liberality and
public spirit ; let him reflect on the influence of all this.
aeon the agriculture and trade and credit of his coun-
try, and consider what that country and how her
prosperity affects that of every part of the habitable
globe—and then, if he can, let him lightly esteem the
exertions and the energies of th. se men of former times,
whose noble perseverance overcame every obstacle, and
secured, in spite of calumny and prejudice and sel-
fishness, the final executio t of those great works, which
have led the way to ail these vast and delightful im-
proventents. if he cann t lightly esteem the men of
Once days, he will not fail to emulate their noble ex-
ertions, and to encourage works calculated to incteas
the vealth and honour of his country."
London, June 92, MS. VERITAS.
• These Shares, originally 1001. eacb, art now wuidi 2,000!.

IyAr4L INTELLIGE.VCE: .
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Captain J. WHIT; of this Royal Charlotte yacht, is appointed to
command the ships in the Medway, with the rank of Commodore.
Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Mexico, dated
30th March The Bransty, and the Jupiter, two &gilds brigs,
have been chartered by this Government tor the transport of some
troops to Campeachy ; and, in consequence, an embargo has been
laid on %V vessels in the port of Alvarado. His Biajesty's ship
Talmo', at San Bias, has been ordered round to Acapulco, to toke
on board G. A. MONSON, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Commis.
stoner for Guatimala."

Arrived off Dover, the Cherry, Sues; from Sicily.
The following vessels were left on the coast of Japan and Timor,
in September, 1824, by the Hope, HA ARM arrived in the River
from the South Seas, viz.—Supply, Tuousms, with 700 harrels of
oil; Indian, Gissois, 600; Greenwich. Tstousor, 1400; Wildman,
13ansr, 600; Harleston, GULLIVER, 900; Cretan, fius.t.tvee, 700;
Cuquet, STAYERS, 900; Ann Elizabeth, Cast.tx, 600; Saracen,
Demi, 900; Mary, DAVE, 2000 ft and Ann, Gum, 1400.
The 5 lald on of London, I 1 Lieu ex**, om Grangemouth, laden
with whiskey, is lost on the Sheepwasb Sand. Crew saved, and
arrived at Harwich.
Fausourx, Jima 21.—Wind N.—Sailed the Princess Elizabeth,
Knit, for Smyrna ; and Hope. Ntotor.s, for London.
Posy:morn, Jung 22.—Wind W. S.W.—Sailed the Ocean
transport, Dzax, for Halifax; and the Gilbert Henderson, Gasser,
for Quebec.

15 AL, Jinn 22.—Wind W.S.W.—Passed through for the River,
the Mangles, Cosma.„ from New South Wales; and the Stockton,
Getaaatru, front Honduras. Sailed the Reward, Taney, from
London for Quebec.

Lmutroot.—, Jots 21.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Superior,
Trams, from New York—sailed the 17th May. Off the port, the
John, &mesa, from New Orleans.

LAW REPORT'.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Before Mr. Justice LITTLIDALZ and Mr. Justice CAMEL,
Ilants- at Winchester, Monday, July 11.
Wiltshire, at New Sarum, Saturday, July 16.
Dorsetshire, at Dorchester, Thursday, July 21.
Devonshire and City, at xeter, Monday, July .96.
Cornwall, at ISuclmin, Wednesday, August 3.
Somerseshire, at Bridgewater, Monday, August 6.
City of Bristol, at Bristol, Monday, August 15.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Before Mr. Justice BAT Lir and Mr. Baron Hut.Locc.
York and City, at York, Saturday, July 16.
County of Durham, at Durham, Saturday. July 30.
Northumberland and Town, at Newcastle, Wednesday, August 3.
Cumberland, at Carlisle, Monday, August O.
Westmorland, at Appleby, Thursday. August 11.
Lancashire, at Lancaster, Monday, August 15.

SEALS, RTAIRAILIIIRS, APPEALS, •xn PRTITIONS, RITOna TIM Loan
CHANCILLOR, ANTIS TRINITY Tall3l, 1825.
Tuesday, June 22, First Seal—Wednesday, June 99, Thursday,
Friday, July 1, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday—Re hearings and Appeals.
Friday, July 9, Second Seal—Saturday, July 9. Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday—Re•bearings and Appeals.
Saturday, July 16, Third Seal—Monday, July 18, Tuesday. Wed-
nesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday—Rehearings
and Appeals.
Tuesday, July 26, Fourth Seal—Wednesday, July 97, Petitions.
Saari, CARUS, ERYIIPTIONS, FUNTNRIL Dtaacetons, AND PRTITIONT,
RRYORR TIOR Vwws•CxaxcsaLoa, AIMS TRINITY Team, 1825.
Tuesday, June 29, First Seal—Wednesday, June 29, Thursday,
Friday, July 1, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday—Causes.
Friday, July s, Second Seal—Saturday, July 9, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday—Exceptions and Further
Directions
Saturday, July 16, Third Seal—Monday, July 18, Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday—Eaceptions
and Further Directions.
Tuesday, July 26, Fourth Seal—Wednesday, July 27, Petitions.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 22.
The Court has been occupied in hearing motions, this being the
last day of Term. In the cue of Heroes Hotel, in Bond-street, re-
garding which the'Vwc-Cstancrttos had made a decree, the Lows
Cstartcat.ksa directed that its execution should be supended until
Tuesday, when his Lordship would hear Counsel upon it.