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mediate county, and with other canals, now to be connectedwith this; the state, stone, flags, &c. of the east end of thiscanal, will have a ready market at the west end of the fame;and the coal, cannel, &c. of the west end, will be as ac-ceptable at the east end. ' To the company, it will be a consi-derable hope of reimbursement for their great capital, (above8oo,oool.) by the trade of the intermediate county; now theoriginal plan and intent of this canal, is in a great measuredone away, by rival schemes for uniting the east and westseas.

MERSEY AND IRWELL NAVIGATION,TO INCORPORATE.

Mersey andIrwell Navi-gation, toIncorporate.

Particulars of an A£l of Parliament for altering an Act of7 Geo. I. for making the Rivers Mersey and Irwell navi-gable from Liverpool to Manchefer , in the County of Lan-caster , &c. 34 Geo. III Ch. 37.

THIS act recapitulates the intent of the former act, forenabling certain persons to make navigable the rivers Merseyand Irwell for boats, &c. from Liverpool to Hunt’s Bank inManchester, and allowing certain rates of tonnage on thefame; and by reason of the great increase of trade and manu-factures in the county of Lancaster, the navigation upon thesaid rivers has become very considerable, &c. The proprie-tors are desirous to be incorporated into a body politic andcorporate, &c. the present proprietors are named, and it isenacted, that they be one body politic and corporate, by thename of “ The Company of Proprietors of the Mersey“ and Irwell Navigations with all customary powers, vest-ments, &c.

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