| Description | Sir,
Mr. Boulton continuing in a very ill State of Health it has not been in my Power to consult him on the Subject of the intended Opposition to the Project of the Proprietors of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Company. I have therefore mentioned the Matter to Mr Robinson Boulton, who declines any immediate Interference, as he has not a Moment’s disengaged Time.
All therefore I can say on the Subject is, that I know Mr Boulton has expressed his Dissent both to Mr Curtis & to the Sollicitor of the Canal C’o; but, under the existing Circumstances, I cannot commit myself so far as to say, that he will bear his Quota of the Expences that may ensue from the intended Opposition; however, I have no Hesitation to give it as my Private Opinion, that he will ultimately follow whatever Steps the more considerable Landholders, who would suffer in the Event of the Feeder being cut, may feel it their Interest to adopt on the Occasion.
I am Sir,
your most ob’t huml Servt
Wm Cheshire
Soho Feb’y 19th 1805. |