Star.
London, England, 1807-12-12 00:00:00

Lord STAWELL, In the Chiir,

The following Refolutions were unarim,,ufly entered into, viz.
Tint the propelled Cl:,:a is trineerfnry. ai the Communic.it ion
between London, Porto:mouth, ::autit,r;l:vtnn, and Wincheiter by
Seals, in the opinlini cf calLul,ted t.) Anfwer
the purpofes both of Govcatw:ent and of i;:dividuals fur the fol-
lowing reafons, viz :

becaufe, flippoling the adv.- tages attending an intended corn-
=mica:ion uvtr that by fra to I.c as great a, tit prootetert of the
Canal fuppofe it thonbi appear, that a 01 fa ecna.lerable a part
of cur Cualting Trade and con!equemiy of the rurfery of our
(carnal, cfpecially too at a moment when our foreign commerce is
prohibited throughout the world, will more than counterbalance
any advantage which may be expedted from Coals, Articles of
Commerce, and Naval Stores, being conveyed iu barges in pre-
ference to {hips.
Becaufe the pi-rippled Canal muff be very frequently Ihort of
water, inaftnuch as there is already fo little water in the River
"Ney, on the line ut the propefed Canal between the Bifi,gftoks
Canal and Alton; that there is already infufficient to •lrive the
Mills on it in the rummer months, which are now to ceafe
grinding on that account, sonkqucutly there will be too littls
water for the Canal.

Decaure the Line of the prepored Canal between Ahon and
Ropley is through a porous foil which will never hold water, in a
Country .where there is a great fcateity of water already, fo much
fo, that the cattle arc obliged in dry rummers to be driven four or
five miles for water, front the Parifhes of halt Titled, Newton
Valence, l'arringdon, &e. to Alton, and the water to lilt the ':anal
for fire miles frees Alton to Rotherucld, mutt be taken from the
Kivu Wry. at Alton, where there is alceady too little water.
Ikeaufe the Navigation of the Canal will be continually impeded
by froll in the winter months, during which leafon of the year
alone can the inland carriage of pinlic acres be fuppofed to be
more advantageous to t:.c public, than that by fea, confeommtly
the benefits pretended to be held out to the public by the Canals
will prove to 6c fallacious.
• That this Meeting is therefore of opinion that the prefent
communication by water eoatt wdys, will he the air? certain, the
Imolt uferul, generally' the quickea, and the molt to be de-
pended on.
This Nlceti::g is alto of opinion that another material .earon
I why tWf. Canal would not be .of public utility le, that there is a
1 h:11 between Rotherfield Park and Lyderhill Farm, upwards of
two miles bread, where the Canal is not Fitended to be cut, and
. where the Pr,,prhitors propofc to have an Iron Railway over the
Ihill, fo that perkns trading, on this Canal will be put to great
trou'ale and iuconvenience of twice loading nn J unloading their

good at no v•-y eXpetICE and ride of damage and plunder.
which will certainiy prevent the Canal from being much tired, and
from being ot eaat public and general utility which has been hal
forth to the Country.

Tit this hie,:t:ng is of opinion that a great number of Milk
aid a large quantity of dry and water Mead,w Land, fo oh-
vioutly and impetinutly neceftsry to the agri, uhure of the country
on the Late:ldea line, will be defttoyed by this Canal.
That this !Wetting 14 of opinion, that the Pudic would not be
at all benefited by this Canal; whereas the extreme injury to nu-
merous individuals is certain ; and it appears that fearce any of t►e
owners or occupiers of land upon the propofed line, have either
contented or fuhreriheJ to its completioo, confequently that the
Canal will he of a very unneetrary and cruel violation of pri-
vate property, without an/ profpedt of proportionate public
Ibenefit.

That this Meeting is further of ordain, That the freeholds ami
property of a great iu,dy of individuals ought not to be entered on
and cut to pieces againit the confect of the proprietors, merely
to anfwer the purpofts of gain of a few rrferis ; and on there
grounds this Merti:l it determined to relit and oppofe the
paffing of the Bill for the propofed Canal by every lawful means.
That Committees be appointed for concluding the raid Oppofi-
thin, and that the fulliwing be of the Committee at Alton,
The Right Hon Lord Stawell
,James Ward, Efq
Sir Thomas Miller, Bart fhe Rev Noel Watkins
The Rev Ilsomas C. Miller Mr dridger Seward
I Robert Newton L. e, Lfq

♦T FARNHAM.

John Marfh,Efq Mr G. C. Kn!.ht
James Shatter, t• cci Mr Crum?
John Manwaring, Ella Mr Dowden a
John Williams, Elq Mr Newnham
Mr Chitty Mr James Stevens'
AT ALRESFORD.

The Rt Hln the Earl Templo The Re 7 J. Wright
Sir Chaloner 01e Mr Waight
Wrn. Harris, Efq Mr Wm Yalden
Major Barton Mr Richard Goldfinch
'1 he key C. Powlett
Ref.,lvA, fhat a Subecriptinn to derray the Espences of the f 31.1
Oppofition he imme.liAtely entered into, and Subf...iptiotis be re-
ceived by the foli.wing Bankers, at the difporal of the General
Committee, viz.—By
Meffrs Praeds and Co. Fleet.ft rein, London
Mr Knapp, at Airc,cord aid Winch..(ter
Mars Ariten, Gray and Vincent, Alton
Ivieffre Cock and Lampert, and Mari Stevens and Co.
Farnham
That the individual, of each Local Committee be confidered as
Members uf. a General Committee, and that Meetings be called
from time to time by any three Memh.rs.
That a Meeting of the General Committee be appointed to be
held at the Swan inn, Alton, on Tuefday the isth day of Deem.
ber initant, at Eluven o'cloot in the morning.
That a Surveyor and Engineer be immediately employed by the
General Committee to Purvey the line of the Canal, and to report
their opinions to the faid General Committee.
That there Refulutions be publifiaed in the London and Pro-
viucial Papers. STAWELL, Chairman.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman for
his Condudt La the Chair.