Star.
London, England, 1804-10-25 00:00:00

TO BUILbERS AND OTHERS.

THE Inhabitants of blilbrook. near Southamptnn,
having determined to rebuild their Parini Climb (aerie till
Town and part of the North Wall}-,—The Churthoordens
wld
attend at the faid.Chureh from to till is o'clock in the marling.
Thurtelar the syth and Monday the asith of this woo* to as.
?lain to,apy perfoo what is intesded to be done, that they MO
snake plans and elittnates for ezecatios the fame early in the neat
Sumurni.
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- Tel TH. EDITOR OF THE STAR,

Ste—Having feen in your pellet Cottle tomniend
on the cot whith is about to be made from the tied
!Luther to Hythe, in the County of Kent, and the
benefit that may :life to the old harbour of Rye, fd
much wifhed fur, I take the liberty of writing a teal
lines, hoping you will put the fame in your paper t
The river, known by the name of anther, whieh
a little ahove Rotherfbridge, in Sufrex, and after lei.'
veral meanders, conies down by Newendeti, in Kente
encompaffing the Ifle of Olney, formerly balm*
widened and deepened fa confiderably, as to admit
fh:ps of the largeft burthen to ride afloat at low Wa-
ter, but now is fcarcely navigable for barges of ted
Of twelve tons. However, it kill rttairts a pig* id
the fez through the niece famous and fintitifhlag har-
bour of Rye. That this harbour lino r ifbed in ancient
times, Rye and its immunities ruffkiently demons
(Irate. Such was the harbour of Rye once, to ad,
mit vellels of the largeß burthen, till avarice proved
its ruin ; and perhaps the little Man& which were
(tattered about between Rye and the harbour ennuis
betted not a little thereto ; for the farmer, regardledi
of the rifing generation, or perhaps ignorant of the
confequences attending filch proceedings, obfervini
the verdure of thole ikapd; after the fall of the ;idea
was tempted to enclof'e them t And this wands be.:
ing followed by the proprietors of the lands in fbd
levels, a fluice was put down, called Scorch Mart
Sluice: by that means the tide was flopped loin run.
ning up the channel as it ought; the reflucof the tide
was mach weakened, and to this may be imputed the
lofs of that once excellent harbou: : as the tirength of
the ebb &veiled by their continual encroechments,
the wefirrn beach began to gain ground, making the
' channel crooked, and conk-emend, the firearm Rillmore languid; till at length lard began to rife at
the mouth, and rendered the entry d oi,zernos
itC
tempdfluous weather. It is obferiable, that two
powers of nature were now combined to completd
the detttudion of this harbour, via: the fweesifig
within and the adion of the fear and wiad without,
which the wind from any point between the S. and
S. W. never failed to bring plentifully into the Mt.
tom of the bay, from whence it was impoitble to nil
turn; but, if Government would take this badmen,
iu hand, it would be of great natinnal benefit.
Tere is no place in England *berg a harlot*
is wanted more than at Rye. Often have I lien
the bad elicits of not having one, and many valu.,
able lives 1011. I have many times fern a large fleet
come from the Downs, and pars with a favnurable
I/retie; but before they have weathered Deachy•head
a gale of wind has Iprung from the S. to the S. S.W.
where they have been embayed by the neat poiatgoiag
out fo far, and having no harbour to fiy to for flicker
the confeeptences are sometimes dreadful; the Ids of
;temente property, and what I have before laid, the
loik of many valuable lives ; when, if there.wav a nod
harbour as there ought to be, they might fly to diet
tinker. But while the CottimirGanera of Rve bar.
' hour are landholders, we may never exped to have
a harbour, nor can you make them underfland that
the deerer the harbour, the better their land will
drain, and quicker.
Their eyes were a little opened the other day, when
the mouth of the harbour was got fo bad, that the
waters in the levels would hardly drair. out, which
made them take a little pains with the m..uth of the
harbour; but no former was the water completely re-
moved, than they gave up the work. Such is the
Rate of the harbour at rrefent, at the New and Full of
the Moon, we have from t 6 to 10 feet of water flow in
t an hours ; if that water were (Offered toheve its tour&
up the Channel to heighten the walls and confine it
in the Channel, the water would be hail ebb at the
mouth of the harbour before it tetor tied from the
country, when the refl.,: would be much iminget
than the film in confequence of which. u ;tit I,ime
Alliance at the mouth, the Bay wnula I .n ue deer
coed, and Ryt liathour would once mine tilt to per-
:.caion. Bellies, thee.: is another re.if .r, .hy Co.
vernment lbon;d take it i than i : !n)olikip
t•
BoJlogne ; wade every none it (Ira., ,4
that a good fabler, ought t‘t r the fame ite'
counter h 'CC A gain Ina tto-,1, if G^•.inot
•n-rit take, i. 11.11,4, I !Live no el .t hut it will
in.•ll tear 1:. L.A.!. and bcc,;lnt a t.....i•;;;J1 Gasitc,
as
thei, is not a I 4.:13-tlr ren.3l 1,,r any toiiig fr,im
vet to isn't:m.o. I • union. Sir, your molt obedient:l,
ennkant Reader nr yet.: raper. NAUSS, 11.1
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