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ing with all possible dispa'c'i, on a 

 site or marsh above, ami is to occu- 

 py a surface of about 18 acres, and 

 is likely to be completed in the 

 Spring of next year. The capital 

 suljscribed is 200,0001. There are 

 13 Directors, of which four must al- 

 Avays be Directors of the East India 

 Company. 



CoMMtRCi.vi, Road. In addition 

 to these immense accommodations to 

 • trade, a wide road, called the Com- 

 merciallload, is nearly pared and fi- 

 nished, commencing at the North- 

 AVest corner of the West India Dock, 

 and coming out into Whitechapel 

 near Aldgate. This road has been 

 used since the opening of the West 

 India Dock, and the tolls received 

 weekly from 701. to 801. and are 

 daily increasing ; and, with the pro- 

 fits of houses and lands purchased by 

 the trust and let, will very shortly 

 yield the subscribers their limited 

 10 per cent, profit on the capital of 

 50,0001. subscribed. The road is 

 intended to be carried on to the East 

 India Dock, and to communioate 

 with the London Dock. 



Tiir. Cr.\nd Junction Cvnal, a 

 concern of immense importance to 

 the commerce of the country, is now 

 pretty well known to the public. 

 The company have lately experi- 

 enced some impediment from the 

 drought during the summer; l)ut, 

 on the other hand, it has enabled 

 them to repair and cleanse the bot- 

 tom in some parts where it want- 

 ed. The sum subscribed for this 

 concern is about 1,350,0001.; and, 

 when the tunnel and aqueduct at 

 Blisworth are coiiii^leted, which, 

 it is e.vpected, will be so at the end 

 of this year, this immense under- 

 taking may be cousidered as quite 

 complete, and well supplied with 

 water, without interruption ; then 

 tiie subscribers will besin to look 



forward for a gradual and rapid in- 

 crease of their dividends, which, 

 there can be no manner of doubt, 

 will very amply remunerate them for 

 their long patience and spirit of per- 

 severance in assisting a work of this 

 national consequence. 



What a splendid contrast do these 

 proud facts furnish to the condition 

 of our enemy! France is driven to 

 acts of unqualified robbery to collect 

 the momentary means for carrying 

 on her war; her army is unpaid, and 

 held to its obedience by the hope of 

 plunder; her commerce is annihi- 

 lated; she has ijow no trade but that 

 of murder and rapine: while in En- 

 gland, the confidence and the wealth 

 of the people are such, that, after 

 every sacrifice which the safety of 

 the empire demands, we find millions 

 embarked in commercial specula- 

 tions. 



4th. The splendid and interesting 

 spectacle of the presentation of co- 

 lours to the Queen's Royal Volun- 

 teers, which was this day displayed 

 at Ranclagh, fully answered the ex- 

 pectation which had been formed of 

 it. Its ell'ect was greatly heightened 

 by the case and adroitness with which 

 the Queen's Royal Volunteers per- 

 formed their part of the ceremony, 

 together with the great regularity 

 observed in all the o'Jier proceedings 

 of the day. At nine o'clock the 

 Westminster Cavahy mustered in 

 Hyde-park : their accoutrements 

 were in excellent order, their horses 

 in high condition, and they exhibit- 

 ed a very striking military appear- 

 ance: tiicy then proceeded to Ra- 

 nelagh, to take tlie difiemit sta- 

 tions which had been appointed for 

 them. A party of them were sta- 

 tioned at the end of Ranelagh-lane, 

 close to the Green, and at the be- 

 ginning of it, and others patrokd 

 the road leading "from Ranelash to 



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