INLAND NAVIGATION. 191 of commerce which have hitherto been unfairly monopolized by the port of London, INLAND NAVIGATION. This is a subject of considerable importance and intimately connected with the commerce of the town. The rivers Mersey and lrzeell connect the two great towns, Liverpool and Manchester, by a conveyance so easy, expeditious and cheap, as to subserve the interests of both, in an incal culable degree. The river Weaver connects the trade of the town with the heart of Cheshire, particularly with the salt works of Northwieh, Middlewich, Winsford, &c. The tonnage on this single article, at Is. per ton, amounts to 16,0001. per annum.— The Hankey Canal facili tates the conveyance of coal from Ravenhead, &c &c.— The Duke of Bridgewater's Canal, communicates with the Birmingham, Worces ter, Staffordshire, and grand trunk to London. The Leeds Canal not only unites Liverpool with Hull, but opens a communication between the Atlantic and German Oceans, through the manufacturing county of Yorkshire.—The Roch dale Canal, lately completed, connects Hull, Leeds, Wakefield, Manchester, and Liverpool, and opens an intercourse between Liverpool