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London, England, 1821-08-01 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

John Nutman, late of West Drayton, 'Middlesex, vintner, to
surrender August 4, 13, and September 11, at ten, at Guild-
hall. Attornies, Messrs. Kearsey and Spurr, Bishopsgate-
Within.

Jeremiah Bart, Edsvardstone, Suffolk, maltster, August 21, at
seven, 24, and September 11, at ten, at the Linn, Iladleigh.
Attornies, Mr. Last, Iladleigh ; or Mr. Hayward, Essex-1
court, Temple.
Isaac and Thomas BuUrnan, :1111nthorp, Westmoreland, spirit-
' merchants, August 27, 28, at eleven, and September 11, at
eight, at the Cross Keys Inn, Milinhorp. Aitornies, Mr.
Clapham, Burton-in-Kendal; or Mr. Beverley, Garden-court,

Temple.
Henry Clarke, late of Backden, Huntingdonshire, grocer, Au-
gust 27, at five, 28, and September 11, at eleven, at the
George Hotel, Huntingdon. Attornies, Messrs. Blaule, Hun-
tingdon ; or Messrs. Egan and Waterman, Essex-street, Strand.
William Kinks, Clapham, Yorkshire, woullen-draper, August
7, at the White Swan Inn, York, 20, and September 11, at
the White Horse, Huddersfield, at eleven. Attornies, Messr-:
Stocker a.'d Co. New Boswell-court, Lincoln's Inn; or tlr.
Peace, Huddersfield.
Richard Williams, Llangefni, Anglesea, draper, August 15, 16,
and September 11, at ten, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn,
Manchester. Attornies, Messrs. Jackson, Manch...ster; or
Messrs. Adlington and Gregory, Bedford-row.
Joseph Webster, Ikrby, tailor, August 17, 18, and September
11, at eleven, at the King's Bead Inn Derby. Attornies,
Mr. Bush, Bradford, Wilts; Messrs. Inn,
and Edwards,
Darby; or Messrs. King and Lain, Gray's Inn-square.
John Heague, Chalford, Gloucestershire, linen-draper, August
9, 10, and September 11, at eleven, at the Rummer 'tavern,
Bristol. Attornies, Mr. Goolden, Clutton, near Bristol; Mt.
Wigan, Bristol; or Messrs. Hurd and Johnson, Temple.
John Smith, Earl's Court, Bedwardine, Worcestershire, dealer
in hops, August S, 9, and September 11, at eleven, at the
Falcon Inn, Bronayard. Attornies, Messrs.Willi.uns and White,
Lincoln's lon ; or Messrs. Bray and Badham, Bromyard.
Thomas Sparrow, jun. and John Scarrow, Carlisle, wine and
spirit-merchants, August 16. 17, and September 11, at eleven,
at the Crown and Mitre Coffee-house, Carlisle. Attornies,
Mr. Cletmell, Staple Inn; or Messrs. Saul, Carlisle.
DIVIDENDS to be made at GUILDHALL

August 4, A. Kelty, Colonnade, Pall-mall, jeweller, at ten.'
August 7, G. Royde, Newgate-street, upholsterer, at eleven.—
Sept. 18, R. H. Day, Tovil, near ;Maidstone, seed-crusher, at
twelve. August 4, T. Motley, Strand, patent-letter-manufac-
turer, at eleven.
DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.
August 31, T. J. Gur-ton, Liverpool, merchant, at twelve,
at the Office of Mr. Brooke, Castle street, Liverpool. August
24, H. Thomas, Hull, merchant, at eleven, at the Ostrich or
Spittal Inn, Glcnthair., Lincolnshire. August 21, J. Fisher,l
Milby, Yorkshire, raff-merchant, at eleven, at the Black Swan
Inn, York. August 22, D. Wroath, Truro, smith, at one, at
the Rummer 'tavern, Bristol. August 22, T. Powell and W.
Browne, Liverpool, merchants, at one, at the George Inn,
Liverpool. August 22, S. Jackson, Ramsey, Manta, bookseller,
at ten, at the White Horse Inn, Ramsey. August 27, G.
Bowdon, Barlbmug,h, Derbyshire, sacking-manufacturer, at
eleven, at the Office of Mr. Wake, Sheffield. August 29, T. ,
Paine, late of Banbury, hardwareman, at twelve, at the Swan
Hotel, Birmingham. August 21, It. Ilolt, Lymm, Cheshire,.
draper, at eleven, at the George Inn, Warrington. •
CERTIFICATES.—AutatsT 21.
S. Scarf, Leeds, stuff•manufacturer. J. I'. Williams, Lam-
beth-road, slater. E. Crowe, Wymondham, Norfolk, shop-
keeper. C. Hilton, Over Darwen, Lancashire, whitster. M.
Girdlestone, Norwich, baker. N. Bliss, Water-lane, Fleet.
street, printer. J. Stafford, Leicester, grocer. J. Airsy, Li-
verpool, soap-boiler.
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.

Harper and Banbury, Cheltenham, auctioneer. Fraser and
Chater, Long-Acre, iron-founders. Cooke and Co. Liverpool,
cotton-brokers. Knight and Freeman, Basingbad-street, attor-
nies. Green and Greenwood, Halifax. joiners..
.Oliver and
Miueheben, anchor-sluithv. Llou.her and Clip

REPORT RELATIVE TO TILE SIOVING 800 OF KILMAa
LEA DY, IN TIIE KING:S COUNTY) MADE BY ORDER
IttiYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY.
Royal Dublin Society Home, July 16, 1821.
Sot—Tn compliance with the request of the Royal Dublin
o Soci y, conveyed to me by yirar letter of the 12t1.1 instant, I
have visited the moving bog of Kilmaleady; and findino..,li my
return to DulOin to-day, that very erroneous notions respecting
its magnitude and destructive effects have been entertained, I
think it my duty immediately to communicate to you, for the
information of the Society, some account of the nature and
extent of this once alarming phenomenon.
The boe of Kilmaleady, from whence the eruption broke out,
situated about two miles to the north of the village of Clem,. in
the King's County, is of considerable extent ; it may probably
contain about 500 acres; in many parts it is forty feet in depth,
and it is considered to be the wettest bug in the country. It is
bounded on all sides, except the south, by steep ridges of high
land, which are composed, at the top, of limestone gravel, and
beneath of cavernous limestone rock, containing subterranean
streams; but the southern face of the bog is open to a moory
valley, about a quarter of a mile in breadth, which, for nearly
half a mile in length, takes a southern direction in the lands of
Lisanisky, and then turns at right angles to the west, and conti-
nues gradually widening fur upwards of two miles. lrough the
centre of this valley flows a stream about twelve feet in breadth,
which serves as a discharge for the waters from the bug and the
surrounding country, and finally joins the river Brusna, above the
bridge of Ballycumber.
The bog of Kilmaleady, like all ether deep and wet bogs, is
composed, for the first eight or ten feet from the surface dawn.
ward, of a reddish-brown spongy mass, formed of the still tin.
decomposed fibres of *the bog moss, sphegnunt-i duster, which,
by capillary attraction, absorbs water in great quantity. Beneath
this fibrous mass, the bog gradually becomes pulpy, till at lengthy
towards the bottom, it assumes the appearance, and when ere
amined, the consistence of a black mud, rather he.:vier thm wa-
ter. The surface of the bog of Kilmaleady was elevated upwards
of 20 feet above the level of the valley, front which it rise at a
very steep angle, and its external face, owing to the uncommon
dryness of the season, being. much firmer than usual, the inha-
bitants of the vOinity were enabled to sink their turf hides, and,
cut turf at the depth of at least ten feet beneath the sur,ace of
the valley, art l it: fact until they reached the blue clay, which
forms the 3:llrstratnrn of the bog. Thus the faces of many of
the turf banks reached the unusual height of thirty feet perpene
circular; when a: length, on the 19th day of June, the lower
pulpy and muddy part of the bog, which possessed little orate.
sion, being utial,le to resist the great reisure of water from be-
hind, gave way, and being once set in motion, Seated the uppet
part of the bog, and continued to•move with astooishing veto-
cito along the vel ey to the southward, forcing before it nut only
the clamps of turf on the edge bo;, but even p .f the moory
meadows, to the depth of several feet, the gr.se eurface of which
heaved and turned over, almost like the waves of the ocean ; so
that in a very short space of time the whole valley, for the breadth
of about a quarter of a mile between the bug edge and the base
of the hill of Li zanisky, was covered with nog to the depth of
from eight to ten feet, and appeared everywhere studded with
green patches of moory meadow.
The hill of Lisanlaky retarded the progress of the bog for
some time; but at length it began to flow at right angles, in its
first course. along the valley, where it turns to the west, and con-
tinued with unabated rapidity till it reached the bog road of
Kilbride (which runs directly across the valley, and is elevated
five or six feet above it), and chuaked up the bridge through
which the waters of the stream pass. This barrier retarded the
progress of the bog for five days ; at the end of that time, the
accumulation was such, from the still moving bog and the waters
of the stream, that it flowed over the road, and covered the val-
ley to the south of it for about half a mile, Sowing with varied
velocity till it was again stopped, for a few hours, as I under-
stand, by a second road across the valley, leading from Clara to
Woodfield. (laving also overcome this obstacle, it proceeded
slowly westward; and if its progress had not been checked by
the very judicious means that have been employed, the whole
extent of the valuable meadows, which compose the valley where
it expands to the westward, must lung since have been covered.
But, when the bog had passed over the road of Kilts and
the conaternation in the country became general, at the de,ire of
the Lords Justices, Mr. Gregory employed 31r. Ktlialy, Engi-
neer to the Directors General of Inland Navigation, to carry
into execution any works that could be devised to arrest the pro-
gress of the bog. Mr. Kindly at once perceived, that the oniy
feasible remedy was to draw oil the water that had hecurnu-
latest ; and to accomplish this end, lie employed a number of la-
bourers to open the course of the stream where it was choaked
up ; also the drains through the valley that could be directed
I into the stream. By this means the head of water was soon
lowered, and in conseqLe:ice the bog ceased to flow—and all the
loose masses which floated on the river were broken to pieces, by
Labourers placed at iltervals throughout its course.
Such was the situation of affairs on my arrival at the le.g early
on Saturday morning. During the course of the day, I exerted
myself to carry into execution the well-advised plan which had
previously betel commenced by :air. Killaly. Towards evening
the floating nooses which came down the river began to lessen
considerably both in size and number; and, finding everything
proceeded with regularity and certainty, I thought it useless to
remain longer.
At present I entertain no apprehension of further devastation
from the bog, except in the event of a very great fall of rain
during the present week. Slight rains would be of service to
Increase the current of water, and facilitate the removal of a
considerable deposit of heavy, bog mud, which at present
fills the bottom of the stream. The general current has, how-
ever, been much increased by the breaking down of the weirs
on the river Brusna, below the junction of the bog river.
I shall now describe the present appearance and state of the
bog and moory valley.
In the centre of the bog, for the space of about a mile and a
half in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, a valley has
been formed, sloping at the bottont front the original surface of
the bog, to the depth of ?AO feet, where the eruption first took.
place. In this valley, or gulf, there are numberless concentric
cuts, or fissures, filled with water nearly to the top.
The valley between the edge of the bog and the road of Kil-
bride, for the length of half a mile, and an extent of between GO
and 80 acres, may be considered as totally destroyed. It is
covered by tolerably firm bog, from six to ten feet in depth, coo-
sisting at the surface of numberless green islands, composed of
detached parts of the moory meadows, and of small rounded
patches of the original heathy surface of the bog, varying front
two to ten feet in diameter, which arc separated from each other
by brown pulpy bog, and the bed of the original stream is ele-
vated to about eight ur ten feet above its former course, su as to
Sow over the road. Beyond the road to Kilbride the bog has
flowed for one mile westward, and covered from .0 to 70 acres;
in this part the heathy patches of bog generally lessen in quantity;
the green islands disappear, and nothing is observed but a thin
deposit, consisting of a granulated black Log mud, varying fruit
one to three feet in thickness. This, though destructive for the pre-
sent year, may, when dry, be burnt, and removed for manure to
the neighbouring uplands, or left on the spot to fertilise the valley,
Thus the whole distance which the bog has flowed is about
three miles iu length, namely, one mile and a half in the bog. sod.
the same distance over the re :wry valley; and the extent cover. 4
amounts to about 150 acres.—l have the honour to be, Sit,
Your most obedient humble servant,
RD. Gltll' r 1 M iniog Eugieeer.
To Bulinal M'Carthy, Esq. Soo Soo

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EVENING STAR.

LON DON.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, IS2I.
THE FUNDS.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS SAT AT OHM O.CLOCK :
Bank Stock 229% 230% 230
3 per Cent. Reduced 75% 75
5 per Cent. Cons. 74% IA %
5% per Cent. 85 %-4 per Cent. 94 93%
.5 per Cent. Navy, 107% 108 107%
Lnn Anns. 19 3-16 5-16.
Imp. S per Ct. 74 India Bonds 555. 575. pr.
Old Anns. 751/4—Exchequer Bills Ss. Ss. Ss. pr.
Coomercial ss. dis.
Conaols (or Acct. 74% %