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Third.— That by the immediate effect of the new cut, the harbour of Lynn will he rendered unſafe for the ſhiips and veſſels Jying at their moorings; and that the violence of the current in the new cut will render the navigation through the ſame highly dangerous.

Anſwer.— The immediate effect will not be upon the harbour, but upon the ſancl banks parallel with the harbour; and the inclination of the channel from the Weſt ſhore towards che harbour will be gradual, and not ſudden; and therefore no poſſible injury can ariſe to veflels in the harbour..

That the violence of the current in the new cut ſhould render navigation through the ſame dangerous, is eaſy to aſſert, but impoſſible to happen; inaſmuch as the bottom of the new cut 1s to be carried on an inclined plane of no more than four inches in a mile, which is agreed by all engineers to be ſuch a declivity as cannot effect ſo violent a current as to injure navi- gation, but juſt the contrary. B-fides, the preſent danger to navigation is not in the narrow part of the river above Germans, but in the wide part of the river below.

Feurtb.— By the land oconers Hing on each fide of ibe propoſed cut.— That the ſoil through which the cut is propoſed to be made, is of a looſe nature, and that banks made of ſuch ſoil will not be ſufficient to withſtand the force of the tides, and the country may be in danger of a breach of banks.

Anſawer.—lt will be proved in evidence, that the ſoil is ſtrong and good, and that the banks will de more than ſufficient to protect the adjoining country; as they will be of far greater dimenſions than the preſent ſea banks, and made of the very ſame materials.

Fijth.— OLjedlion from part of ihe Soutb Level and villages bordering upon the fens.— That their lands lying at the greateſt diſlance from the outfall will not receive equal beneſit with the lands near thereto, and therefore ouzht not to be cqually taxed.

That the lands in the South Level are not of equal value when drained with thoſe in other parts of the diſtrict, and ought to be taxed according to their value, as was done by the Bed- ford Level, in eleven different ſorts or gradations, under the act of 15ᷓth Car. II.

Anſwer.— The fact is not true, which ſuppoſes the lands in the South Level to be at the greateſt diſtance from the outfall, for thoſe at the extremities of the Middle Level are more remote than the others.

All lands in the Great Level of the fens muſt receive an equal benefit from the lowering the head of water in the river Ouze, which at preſent forms a compſete dam againſt all the tunnels communicating therewith. The waters from the Hundred Foot River over-ride the waters above Denver Sluice; inſomuch, that if that fluice was removed, the ſafety of the whole of the South Lesel would be endangered. Take away the obſtacles belove, and the waters will be lowered againſt Denver Sluice, in the ſame manner that it will be againſt Old Bedford Sluice, Salte:'s Load Sluice, and the Tong's Drain Sluice. The value of the re- ſpective lands is out of the queſtion: for it is the value of the improvement which each will receive that is to be taken into the account; and it may happen that the loweſt priced land may be moſt improved.

The oppofition have hitherto treated this bufineſs as a matter immediately calculated for mternal drainage; Whereas it is only laying the foundation for drainage at the outfall, which can no longer be had without an improvemenrt in the outfall, though the conſequence will be a ſaving in the expence of internal drainage, becauſe the head of water being lowered againſt the hanks, the fock through them will be decreaſed, the banks will not be required to- be ſupported to ſorgreat a height as they now are, and the fize and conſequent expence of engines, will be leſſened in the ſame proportion as the. banks and the ſock through them are decndil⸗

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