Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-23

I'otc no doubt rcciprocal to the fiaeI;n.r NJ ,t
friends at home, who, from this pIace must i,,,
deep anxiety for the success aud safety of,hns,
bravo and intripid adventurers, a iee,inr i,
which their corntryrncn in general ,rust ,I.,
participate.
GaEEyscK. June I.
The competition among the steam boats RIM
ming between the Clyde anil Belfast just now
IS such, tia. the voyage may BIZ mad. for an.
.tce pence In consequence, we have been vi
sited by crowds fron the sister kingdom. Tho
Swift alone last night brought Oyer three hun.
dred passengers.
The project of the West India Company is
ahaudoned, Ministers refusing charter 80 IT.
The hay harvest commenced at Weston. near
Bath, ON Saturday week, with every prospect oI
an abundant crop.
TIE Elirerpqol .Nu.i.ts, Juac 6
fHTTNN The Diamond l,: ;,
pesdey scarcely any thing was done. AMI tho
markets. appeared much depressed, though hold
crs were unwilling tn submit to reduced rates :
subsequently, however, our ESchlngc was Vi
slted with aconsd3Taeie number of the trade as
well as consumers, vino purchased very freely
Rawots AMI Aiibarnas TO which that attention
has been principally confined ana with very
few exceptions, on equaiya favorable terms as
before. Brazils and otlierdescrp.ions have OK
pericncod very limited sale, but at no rc,uc-
ton oil prices. The total tran sactiors are esti-
naate,i 1T l1,2si bags, including 1900 bags of
Bowels AL A!aba:nas taken for export and
speculatioa. Tine following arc the par.:cu-
llrs:-6530 Bowels at 7 I'D. to SD. I777
Tenuessces, Ala5lmas ALL III )bile 74,i To 10
Lid. 461 Orleans 7-3i tn 3D.; $50 Sea
TsaaRls l3} to Isl. II staited do. 3ii. to
11s1.; 267 Pcrna:ns 1 SD |. TO I'D. I'll Ma.
ranhains, Ii Sgd. to 1-oi. 10 D::iias 10
3-3 II 1l4I.; CD Mai Noyas 1871; % Esypti-
an 10ii.';o I'd. (; 10 Dcpararas a.. e Car
thagenas 7li.; 60 Surlis al. /; amp !ss Bcn-
gals at II. to.6iI. per ID.
T03ACCO.-fh Transactions Of ti,e past
week have been augmented by the sale of 20
hhds. of ordinary Maryland scrips AMI Virginia
leaf foo shipment, at I'd. to Cd. per Id. in adj
dition 10 which, the trade have purchased about
~ "'is. y. a''s''S-' '''''S5 81 pre-
rioas rates
CANALS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
The following particulars reepcct;ap canals
in Enrlapd and France are extracted fran tho
last nnmber of the Port Folo:-
1t anncars from NJ. Fiucrne,s work that Che
number of canals in the United kinrdo,ns is one
bundread and three, of which ninety.seyeu are
formed in England alone, not including those of
which the length does not exceed five miles ;
five in Scotland; and only one in Ireland. The
total extent of these canals for the three king
t,ons is 2682 Id mics: l. c. 247l miles of En-
giish canals, Ia3 Sd miles IN Scotland, and 6 !
miles in the Dublin and Shannon canal. The
sum expended III these constructions is estima-
ted at more than EDO ,O90 ,03G sterling; and. In
some cages, the original shares nave risen in a
few years TO fifteen, aud evoa twenty times
their original value. In tile lines of these CT
nails, forty-ejght subterraneous passages ocGur
tho entire length of which Is not known; bu
forty of them, whose lengths are stated, give q
total devclopement of 57,0oi yards, are ,nort
than thirty-t@o miles. It's deserving Of reinarh
that, OF the total length of the English canals
(ai7i uniies) more than 400 miles communicate
with the grand navigabc line between Londor
AID LiYerpao the length OF this alone being 30
r,;,os: and ii Is connected nNitseourse with for
tr.6cc o,i,cSs, OF which the united cXtclt equal
il5o miles.
In saca!Aing Of the iron railways, tl,e aatho
states. on the authority of report, dated III
t,,s,,st, l3i7, of the proceedings OF socet
for The projection of a canal between Ncwcasu
and Carlisle that at that time, III the neighbour
hood Of Newcastle, and within space of tvcn
60 ,ne miles IL, length AMI twelve i'll breadth
G,s miles of iron railway were constructed 2
hove rroanI, amlan equal LENGTH underground
,,,.,inr the almost incredible total Of 400 mile
;,I,,c,h wi;i,io n syacc q; less than ninet
,nt,s nj s;;sor;e;ics.
snch i tl,c present state Of the English nay
a.,,,,s. NOT -v,,rd of ,ybicl, existed bf