JOS1AH WEDGWUOIV 

 [By I . E>. Scott, after Reynolds.] 



measure proposed to designate the undertaking " The 

 Canal from the Trent to the Mersey ;" but Brindley, 

 with sagacious foresight, urged that it should be called 

 The Grand Trunk, because, in his judgment, numerous 

 other canals would branch out from it at various points 

 of its course, in like manner as the arteries of the human 

 system branch out from the aorta ; and we need scarcely 



Bentley, archdeacon of Ely), drew up 

 a very able statement, showing the 

 advantages likely to be derived from 

 the construction of the proposed canal, 



under the title of 'A View of the 

 Advantages of Inland Navigation, 

 with a plan of a Navigable Canal in- 

 tended tor a communication bet \\een 

 tin- torts "I' Liverpool and 



pointed out in glowing language the 

 advantages to be derived from opening 

 up the internal communications of a 

 country by means of roads, canals, 

 &c. ; and showed how the comfort and 

 even the necessity of all classes must 

 IK- so iniieli belter provided lor 1>\ a 

 reduction in the cost of carriage of 

 usel'ul and mressarv commodities. 



