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poor, and relieving their wants, by letting them have the necessaries oflife at a cheap rate. This I term charity to our brother. This is the sta-mina of our trade, and a principal security for our present and futureaffluence.

“ It is as impossible that the immense advantages that will accrue tothis nation, in a variety of instances, from inland navigation, should beenumerated by one pen, as it is to number the sands on the shore; Isliall therefore proceed to point out some local advantages to the manu-factures only, bordering on these canals.

“ I will begin with the country about Tem-bridge, in the countyof Salop, as the canal begins there at Severn. The amazing number oflarge iron works within four or five miles of that place, and all theway to Batchacre Grange, are astonishing. There are five large fur-naces, viz. Coalbrook Dale, Madely Wood, Lightmore, Horfehay,and Ketley, which are computed to turn at least eighty thousand poundsa year each ; and nine large forges, which may be computed to turntwelve thousand pounds a year each per ann. viz. Keinton, Tiberton,Upton under Haghmon, Withiford, Moreton, Pitchford, Sutton, Long-nor, and Sambrook. There are several other iron, coal, and limeworks, and large manufactories in the neighbourhood of the riversTern and Severn, that will border or lie within four miles of this in-tended navigation. There are also on the Cheshire side, lying on ornear the river Sow, two more furnaces, viz. Madeley and Doddington,which may be computed as above ; and four forges, viz. Lea, Win-nington, Norton, and Warmingham, to be computed as above, besidesmany other large iron and coal works, and other manufactories.

“As the great iron trade here carried on is but little known inother countries, I will proceed to shew what weight of carriage, andnumber of tons of materials used in that branch alone comes in and

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