Star.
London, England, 1828-06-12 00:00:00

THAMES TUNNEL.
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A Meeting of the Proprietsrt was held yesteraay
morning at the City of London Tavern, to receive tlw/
Repot t of the Directors, which is of a very encouraging
and satisfactor y ch'artieter. . •
It commences with announcing that no obstacle now
exists to the prosecution of the undertaking, though a
delay is intended until a sufficient part of the further
capital, authorised to be raised by the Act of Parliament
recently passed, shall have been obtained.' It proceeds
with the Report of Mr. Brunel, who makes the follow.;
ing observations :
The unanswerable fact of the Tunnel having been
made perfect and complete to the extent of six hundred
feet, and of having withstood the destructive impetuo-
sity consequent on two irruptiens of the river, cannot
but satisfy you, as well as the public, of the sufficiency
of the construction, and of the reliance which may be
placed upon the works when completed t that the late
irruption has been effectually overcome, and that the
arches and works completed before that irruption have
been found in a sound and perfect state: so that when
the shield has been restored to a working condition, he
will be ready to proceed as usual. That the Tunnel has
approached rto within three hundred and fifty feet of
low water mark on the north shore of the river, having
been already completed to the extent of six hundred
feet from the shaft on the south side of the river. That he
feels perfect confidence in being able to overcome every
obstacle that may oppose itself to the progress of the
work, and finally to complete the remaining part of the
Tonnel in the• same perfect and substantial manner in
ch the 600 Pert have already been completed: that
when the increased resources contemplated by the re-
cent Acr of Parliament shall have been raised, and the
COmp,ny will have at their disposal the means, of ea-
,ahling him to have recourse to additional precautionary
measures, he shall propose to have a diving bell, with
a proper vessel at all times ready, to enable him to ear
amine and probe the bed of the river above the shield;
also to make an artificial bed,if and when found wanted,'
over that part of the grnund under which the shield will
traverse ; and that this bed, consisting simply of clay
bags. he shall be enabled. by the experience of the past,
to effect upon a scale of expense within the scope of the
finances of the Company."—Mr. Brunel concludes his
Report by expressing his decided and firm conviction,.
:that he will meet with no obstacle which can prevent
the perfect execution of the works, and the completion
of the Tunnel.
The Directors then call attention to the probable ade-
quacy of the tolls, and the profits likely to arise to the
Proprietors when the works shall be completed. They
augur favourably. on account of the great distance of
the Tunnel from any Bridge—fhb dense population on
either side of the River—the great convenience of a land
communication, &c. and remark in addition, that
Waterloo-bridge, though not possessing similar advan-
tages, produces an annual sum in tolls, which would be
more than sufficient to pay the interest of 200,0001. the
further sum required for forwarding the work; of the
Tonnel. it is in conclusion proposed to raise the addi-
tional capital requisite by the following modes sanctioned
by Parliament.
By the creation of new Shares of SOL or less, which Shares
the Company are authorised to issue and sell—the Act also author-
ising the Proprietors to give such privileges and advantages to such
new Shares as they shall think ht.
2d. By Mortgage of the undertaking, or of any part of the pro-
perty, estate, or effects of tbe Company.
sd. By Annuitiei for life or lives, or for termini' years, upon such
terms as the Proprietors shall think fit to grant.
4th. By debentures payable to bearer, bearing an interest of five
per sent. charged on the mils and, other revenue arising from tbe
estates and property of the Company.

?NOM TUESDAY NIGH.T'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS to he made In BASING H ALL.STREET.
'June 17, Lawrence Williams, late of Nicholas-lane. Lombard-
street. Merchant, at eleven. July 1, Robert Stein and Alexander
Irby. Sim, Tower bill, brewers, at eleven. July 8, Richard Beau.
Mont, Noble-street, ribbon manufacturer, at eleven. July 8, Thos.
riper and George Dewdney, Dorking. Surrey, bankers, at eleven.
July 1, William Holland, Rotherbithe, Surrey, linondrspers, at
eleven. June 21, Richard Rutlidge, Weedon Beck, near Dairen.
try. Nortbanytonsbire, pluMber, at eleven. June 17, Bryan'
Tronghton, sen. and Joseph Troughtun, Wood-street, silkmen, at
eleven. July 1, Chichester Sears, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square,
ironmonger, at eleven. June 27, George Stevens, lalington.green,
victualler, at ten.. June iS, A. Clarkson. now or late of Thatchaps,
Barks, innkeeper, at eleven. July 1, Moses Abitbol, new or late
of Bury-street, St. James's, and of the Commercial Chambers,
'Wearies, merchant, at eleven.
• DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.
July ;. John Square, Walter Prideaux, fun. 'and Walter Were
IPrideaux, late of Kingbridge, Devonshire, bankers, at ten. at the
tKing's Arms Inn, Kingsbridge. July 4, Richard Allmond, late of
Abingdon. Barks, grocer, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Bath.
July 5, William Wragg, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire grocer, at
eleven, at die' Green Dragon Inn, Mansfield. July 3, Samuel
Mellor, now or Lite of Aistonfield. Staffordshire, cheese factor, at
twelve, at the Green clan Inn, Ashbown, Derbyshire. July 2,
George. Wainwright and Joseph Meteyud, Liverpool, coopers, at
one, at the Clarendon Buildings, Liverpool. July 3, Jas. Woolls
and C. Wools, late of Winchester; linendrapers, at the George Ind,
Winchester. July 15, Jew Fisher, Wits.-y, draper, at two, at the
Ring's Arms Inn, Oxford. July 2, Ann Lloyd, Dolgelly,Merio-
neth, grocer. at eleven, at the Talbot Hotel. Shrewsbury, Salty.
July 4, Abraham llroomhead. Manchester, corn broker, at eleven,
at White's Hotel, Manchester. July 8, Thomas Lowndes, jun.
and Richard Hateson, Liverpool, brokers, at one, at the Clarendon
Buildings, LiverpooL
CERTWICA TES.
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JULY I.—James Bigp, Lewisbam, Kent, builder. Jos. Bolland
late of Distaff.lane, wine merchant. Hopkins Williams, Saint
George Circus, Southwark, Surrey. wine merchant. -Richard
Lovegrove and William Cubbidge. Ldogwick-mill, Lower Sander.
tun-mill, and Bledlow Berk*, paper makers. James
Kent, Great Cambridge-street, Hackney-road, builder. Michael
Duffield Slater. late of Devonsdlre..quare • stiopsgate-street, hat.
ter. _Samuel Witin, now or late of Leeds, ae, Xorkshire, victualler.
James Taylor, Surrey, builder. John Charlton and
Lot Charkon,•Manchester, sawyers.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Robert Wills Ryles, Edward Ryles, and Frederick, Dollen, Lud-
gate-street, laesnmercisants. Thomas Parke and William
Cheapside, shawl manufacturers. John Waitt and Thunias Stracy,
George.street, Spitalfields, dyers. Andrew Van Sandau and John
Tlndale, Old Jewry. attorneys. Thomas Willmott and Chide!
&wring, Little Bell-alley, London-wall, machine rulers. John
Livesey and Ellen Livesey, of Leyland and Iloghton, Lancashire,
gardeners. Isaac Jefferson and William Redmond, Wigton, Cum-
berland, tanners. Richard Emerson and John Crosthwaite, Friday.
street, haberdashers. Benjamin Chives and John Cbrees, Wood-
street, glovers. George Woodcock and John Abbwin Smith, Bir-
mingham, platers. Frederick Hardt, Carl Gruner, Otto Gruner,
Rudolph Gruner, end Johann Jacob Schmidt, Manchester, and
Leipsie, Saxony, merchants. James Leitheat, Jonathan Soppit,
William Reed, William Denton, Marshall Bowey, Collin Mitchin-
son, Wilson C'hilten, George Leithead, Jennison Taylor, and John
Stabart, Durham, ship builders. H. Hilliard and Win. Thorns,
Albemarle-street, Clerkenwell, watch gilder& Michael Iyam and
Joshua Joseph. Upper East Smithfield, boot makers. Joseph'
Dawson, Wm. Dowson, and Was. Earle, Albion-what f, Blackfrian
Bridge, dealers. John Alley and Michael Rusbby. Doncaster.
sign painters. John Rymer, Henry Petry, and James l'atry,
London, dealers. as far as regards Henry Patry. Wm. Wood and
Walker Wood, Wlaitehaven, grocers. Robert Cooke and Thomas
Cooke. Leicester, cabinet makers. John Brown and John Mes.
senger, Carlisle, corn factors. Charles William Ham and John
Hardiman, Norwich, tea dealers. Luke Leak and Emanuel Leak,
Burstein, Staffordshire, stone masons. Thomas Riu, and Thomas
Mounter Wu, Liverpool, butchers. Nathaniel Bayly and Robert
Savage, Bath, attorneys. James Klogdon and Mark Cum, Colyton,
Devonshire, attorneys. Thomas Bromwich and George )dander,
Warwick, coal dealers.

Thursday se'nnight, asa Pilot, belonging to Pill, was
gathering gulls' eggs on Lundy Island, having missed
his footing. he fell at least three hundred feet, and was
instantly dashed to pieces.

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