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Malpas and Harthill: when this junction is formed, the wastewater of the Chester canal may be taken for the uses of thiscanal.

The Llanymynech branch may be extended to MordaBridge, near Ofwestry, with consent of land owners : themaking of this branch, /. e. the Llanymynech branch, is alto-gether suspended for two years, until the report of MessrsJessop and Dadford, Engineers, &c. be obtained.

The course of this canal is through a county aboundingwith state, lime, coal, and other minerals, which for want ofwater carriage have hitherto laid in a manner unattended to,these must now rise to notice and profit, and will afford a con-siderable employ for the labourer; by this canal an inlandnavigation will be completed between the Bristol channel andthe Irish Sea, uniting those great trading cities Bristol andLiverpool, with all the intermediate ones; so that whetherviewed for its local benefits, or its commercial advantages,it appears of the highest importance.

Of the local benefits it mav be observed, the county fromShrewsbury to Ofwestry, has hitherto been fupplyed with coaland lime by land carriage, from a great distance, and at a greatexpence ; the Llanymynech branch embraces all the advan-tages of the main line, in the articles of coal, lime, and state,and is of infinite importance to the counties of Montgomery,Cheshire, and Shropshire, for a supply of fuel. The Brombrobranch reaches the iron works of Mr. Wilkinson, which forextent and importance are beneficial not only to this nation,but to all Europe. The smelting works at Bersham will be

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