5^2 



A. D. 1800, 



An Account of the qtuinliiy of coals shipped from the ports of Newcastle, Sun- 

 derland, Hartley, and Blythe, in the nine preceding years. 



1791 

 1792 

 1793 



1795 

 1796 



1797 

 J 798 

 1799 



To London. 



New- 

 caftle. 



Sunder' 

 and. 



320,218 



358,70/ 



357,3(58143 



303,366 



342,540 



329,753 



348,646 



296,866 



332,165 



51,759 



42,571 



,035 



59,475 



79.157 

 53,406 



63,716 

 75,231 



Hartley 



and 

 Blythe. 



23,044 

 29,000 

 24,546 

 26,197 

 20,362 

 20,300 



23,661 

 26,642 



Total. 



406,021 

 0,278 

 424,949 

 589,033 

 442,059 

 403,459 

 ,434 433,058 

 334,243 

 434,038 



To other parts of Great Britain. 



New- 

 caftle. 



78,140 



07,390 

 108,181 



84,094 

 120,956 

 109,024 

 1 10,520 



97,503 

 115,654 



Sunder- 

 land. 



194,9'^9 

 214,317 

 211,976 

 184,404 



Hartley 



and 

 Blylhe. 



11,657 



9,400 



14,004 



11,455 



203,73911,132 

 196,839] 9,423 

 219,603112,172 

 210,416114,172 

 223,33sll5 



i,047l3 



Total. 



284,755 

 321,116 

 334,161 

 230,013 

 335,877 

 315,286 

 324,295 

 322,091 



54,039 



To foreign countries. 



New- 

 caftle. 



45,702 

 42,993 

 34,105 

 40,461 

 40,342 

 42,778 

 38,149 

 44,722 

 43,366 



Sunder- 

 land. 



54,150 



53,313 



50,064 



38,885 



5,884 



6,293 



6,434 



5,U! 



4,039 



Hartley 



and 

 Blythe. 



127 

 234 



48 

 128 



48 

 542 



32 

 166 

 127 



Total. 



[)9,979 

 96,5-10 



84,217 



79.474 



40,274 

 49,613 

 44,615 



49.999 

 47,532 



The numbers in this account are chaldrons of Newcaflle raeafure, 

 each one of which is nearly equal to two chaldrons of London meafiire. 



A committee of the houfe of commons, ' appointed to confider of 

 ' fuch further meafures as may be necefTary for rendering more com- 

 * modious.and for better regulating, the port of London,' after having 

 made the neceiTary inquiries refpeding the nature of the bed of the 

 river, the height of the mails of vefTels, &c. and confidered the in- 

 formation obtained from a great number of profeflional gentlemen in a 

 variety of departments, were of opinion, that the navigation of the 

 river is much injured by the impetuous rufh of the water through the 

 numerous arches of London bridge, which was built when the city 

 had almoft no {hipping, and by the fhoals which have accumulated 

 from the mafles of materials employed from time to time to ftrengthen 

 the bridge. They therefor advifed, that, for the improvement and ac- 

 comodation of the port of London, a new bridge, to be conftructed of 

 iron, having the center arch at leafl fixty-five feet above the furface of 

 the river at high water, which will allow veflels, not exceeding 200 tuns 

 burthen, to pafs under it by flriking their topgallant mafts or topmafls, 

 may be erefted, whereby that part of the river which is between Lon- 

 don bridge and Blackfriars bridge will be added to the harbour; — • 

 that the moft convenient fituation for the bridge is immediately above 

 S'. Saviour's church in Southwark, and thence in a line pointing to the 

 Royal exchange ; — that the fhoals between the Tower and Blackfriars 

 bridge ought to be removed ; — and that the river ought to be embank- 

 ed on a regular plan from the Tower to Blackfriars bridge, and wharfs 

 with warehoufes formed on the embankments. 



The eftimates of the feveral architeds for the propofed bridge varied 

 from ^,^350,000 to X^i, 279,714. 



March 11"" — A fociety, incorporated by charter from his Majefty, 

 under the title of The Royal inflitution of Great Britain, held their firfl 

 meeting. The patriotic objed of their eftablifhment is to diffufe the 

 knowledge of mechanic inventions and improvements, ufeful in agri- 



