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Ass.ilftleibiako 0( those *hi STRAIN' steirepablib if;
Tina: an acct rata, judgiswat, that "he, whale mist be
completed, and the Canal *mod for . the passage of
vessels, in Ampere front' Its OillOlDOOCelbent ; but to
do this. would require more than ordinary exertion.'
The utmost limit 4 tints which either easiness or the
operatiie pertons'ealployed under them, seemed'io coo-,
template, wasiveyeere ; but this was rather spoken of
as a period for covering possible coatiageocies, than as
likely-to be required ',within the fait ratige-of
bility—in 'host, I arrived at the conclusion, that we
might safely and confidently reckon on the completion
of the Canal, withinfootipers after its cottimenchrnent.
Foy. years, howeverc would certainly be a long timb
to be left Without any return on our capital embarked
in th:ri undertaking t but.it must not be forgotten; that
the wipe of our advaniei are not to be made foi that
period—the instalments will be called for, I presume,
either monthly .or quarterly. and the piyrnents will
,consequently be in progress at stated intervals through-,
out the whole four years; so that, in fact, we.. may
reckon that we Asa be only two years in advance, be-
fore we begin to receive a remits; and if our patience
shall become exhausted before that time arrives, I have
no doubt but that oar shares will readily find pur-
chasers, and that at a premium too, as the th ng be-
comes biter known, and its merits ate more fully
appreciated.
In the course of my enquiries on this subject, I find
that it is intended to begin 'immediately with the two
Harbours at either extremity, and from them ur proceed
in excavating the Canal towards the interior; so that,.
probably, in less than a couple of years, veisels will be
able to use the harbours, and a traffic will he established
along such parts of the Canal as ate completed, as it
advances; for Bridgewater, Taunton, Chard, and other
towns on the line, will no doubt severally take advan-
tage of the opening. so soon as it ismas,e. This w ill, at
le ist; yield something, it not a very cintsidei able return ;
and will prepare the way for more effective i.p, rations
hereafter.
I have thus detalei the information which I ohained,
after a very minute enquiry, on the sev.,ral points to
which I thought it right to direct my atttlltion he or. l•
signed the Contract. The information wh ch I this
acquired was quite satisfactory to my own mind, anti
fully met every doubt or difficulty which had been
startel by the feat interested opponents of this great
national measure ; and it is with the hope that it may'
prove equally satisfactory to the other Subscribers, that
it has been now drawn up, and here submitted to their
notice by one of their own b_ dy.

A SUBSCRIBES

NifrAL. INILI.LIUENCE.

The Highilyer and Viper, tender, to the Hennas, retorfted. to
Newhaven on Friday.
A fleet of homeward hound ships detained in the Channel by
contrary winds, passed by Port mouth nn Friday.
Arrived off Penzance, the &kids. Gnat., from New Orleans.
Arrived at Greenock en Friday, the Roger Stewart, Comma,
front Charleston—sailed thence ith ultimo. Left loading for the

Clyde, the Hero, Pones, to sail near day.
The Alexander, Itetecout, from Kirksldy to Riga. struck on a
sunken rock 51st nit. near Riga, filled. with water, and upset—
crew saved.
• Front the, 'Agents to Lloyd's at Rlsineur, dated 9th April t—" It
Is repotted !Sit the fallowing vessels upward bound, were lost on
Bornholm, 97th ult. via. The Stag. KILL ; Trader, Season; Hope-
well, CSLARBIARI and Woodhouse, Rear."
FaLllOlllll, Ansi. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived the Melantlso,
Barmen, from London for Cartliagena. Sailed the Faith,
Comas, for HuU.
?mammy, Arms. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived his 'Majesty's ship
5EX11431311, with Admiral Lord Coms.z.a and suite, from Cork.
Poannownt, Amu& N.—Arrived the Numa and
Zephyr transports, from the Downs.
Cowes, Ann. IL—Arrived the Kains and Hope transports,
from the Downs for Jamaica.
Dear,, APRIL 18.—Wind N.R. by R.—Arrived the Dldo,l
MALRLAIIII, from Marseilles ; and George Home, from
Bengal, last from Cowes. Arrived from the River, and remain,
the Princess Charlotte of Wales, Baru, fur India.
Lyman", Ann 17.—Wind N.—Arrived the Montezuma,
Porn, from Philadelphia—sailed 20th March; Trafalgar, Sarnia-
TTNI, from Charieston—salled 17th March; Chelsey, Seastwono,
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March; thought•n,
r—saded 7th March:

from New Orleans—salled from Belize
GUIIIIMAPD, and Limper. WATSON, from Mt.
and Carelina, Woures, from St. Michael's.
Maroon, Apau. night, the ship Rglinton, Tnoserson
from Messina for Glasgow, was wrecked and stranded on the
rocks a little without the entrance of this harbour. in St. Ann's
Head, about a mile to the Donk of St. Ann's Light-house.
%Maud and lined with water. The Captain and crew all 1..00
i,without injury.

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Captain F. MARRYAT,nr his Majesty's Ship LAlRelt,
an the East India station, has been promoted to the rank of Post.
Captain, and appointed to the Tao, ti-gun ship.
The levers from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the
end of January state, that the C-rnmissioners Of. In-
qt.iry sent out by Goeeinment, have directed their atten-
tion lately, to the possibility 3f steam-vest.els making the
voyage from London to India. They; appear to take'
the deepest interest in the success oft the Undeetaking,
and have received several reports as to the itiiply of
fuel, Ike. which will be necessary at: the Cape.
Letters from Cadiz state the number of persons de-
tained in custody. is so pito, and. the means of sup-
porting them so insufficient, thai a 'considerable nom-
bee has, for that reason, been reliised. t The. scarcity
of provisions has already occasioned several' tensuhs
in the prisons, in_which several persons losetheir fives.
Advises from Berlin, dated the 9th Aprii; state that
an English Embassy, whose destination was Vicbaiia,.
bad been held at Balk,where a new Chan of the Usliecks
had made himself independent of the Chanof•Bucharia.
Letters have been received from the city of Meijer,'
to the 26th January, being 20 days later than our for-
mer advice:. The country remained tranquil, and, as
regards the produce of those ,mines at present worked
by British indestzy and machinery, the reporp,mit Lad
to be favourable.

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A Public'Meeting was held at the Guildhall, in New-
castle, on Thursday, whets a Petition to the Legislature.
for a recisions of the Corn Laws was agreed to..
The dreadful disorder siiriong the horses in Paris still
Oostinues; the KII4O has lost twenty out of hii own- stud.
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