The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-31
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NETWORK, Mar 90.

| .J7!f Of DtbhH 5o3s'y TO tbc 7fb mt.-Tb. FL
'ezrinS Elections baq' btsH made from TIE lat
eF datc5.
! The merchants at Madrid and C=di1. on an
application from The government. have at each
place contributed one million Of dollars tow. re,s
the equipment OF the navy. II was r3Dofsd
that thefe and fTri'a" contributions would ena-
bile the Spania"c's 10 A. out 90 Hips fire line
but the cODntrv is alnof defi'ute of rear,er.
upwards OF 10000 have gone into foreign fer
vice to avoid ffa-vation.
| Accounts received during the week. fro,, ",
! rious parts of TIE country, concur in Ta,ino.
that vegetation generally never bore ? NOR. r,r,
mifIng appearance. Scarcely any COR, remains
to he INT in the ground, and the bsrI~ve arr. in
| mott places Town. The plants fpread we'll AMI
are healthy.
The experiment. lately in'ituted NV general
Money for aicertanng the fiIcccf, aft nc irvar-
ton for mounting artillery upon wagcnrs, w7s
lately tried with 4 how.z;-, from which nc,!s
were fired withcu! any injury 10 tie vagaon.
The reco;l, however, was greater TIE how;t
ger weighing cwt. lefs thar the fix FOUNDER.
Thus it is dem onttrabiy proved, that the heavier
the piece, the lefs is the recoil. In the nrcfrnt
invention the fame carriage anfwers for either
gun or hovitZcr. The experiment is to be re-
pedted before the Duke of York on grand
fcale At Woowich in MAY next.
On Friday morning lat was launched at
Ringtend, the newly contributed float, whic h
has been built under the INFECTION and Nv re
direction of the commiiiiorers for conduilin,,
the Inland navigation this float s contributed
for the exDrcfs purpofe of removinr Dublin bar ::
lhortly after the launch 1t was conveyed TO the
/ Bar. where it was moored, and has fince CONT
| med its operation with great e"ea this ma
chine is worked by The tide, which occafons
four pieces Of machinery, ore from each Gle of
he fquare float, continually 10 cut throurb. and
throw M great quantities Of the fand, of which
Dublin Bar is competed, 70 lorg an,, 70 fatally
known to mariners acquainted with the har
hour-ir 70 'hort a fPace of TING, the effect of
this dredging float cannot be altogether decid-
ed upon is operation, however, augrrs well,
and 70 RAPID IFS movement, that one of the con-
du6eing irons has already been found too weak
for the neceiiary affitance, although confdered
! bv the inventor fully adequate to any oreration
of the machine: mould this invention fiicceed.
the advantages to the port OF Dublin will be in
calculahe.
The fvftem of brigading toe different reei
ments OF yromapry corps, throughout the king
dom, four daysin each week when called ont,
has been difcontinued by order of his excellrn-
cy the lord lieutenant, for two months, FOR the
purpofe of enabling the agriculture OF the
country TO he attended to with more cfta 4:
and iuhead OF being thus brigadei four DAYS ir,
the week, each corps or regiment OF yeomanry
is to parade twice a week, which order is &C
companied by defre to interfere AS little IA
pofiible with the hours of Divine Service on
Sundays.
letter from the Hague, of the Goth uIt.
iaYs-" French faiilioDS and morals have found.
of late, in Holland, and particularly in this
place, many followers gdlIanfry is quite n In
made, TO the great fcandal of the old. grave and
honeff Dutchmen-In general, the French in
Holland, much defpiftd (the French minif
tiers and few general officers excepted0 No
Frenchman has any admiliioa in the fri foc;e-
ties neither will the middle or lower classs
afocia'e with them, if they can avoid it. Seye-
| raj young ladies', fone OF them Of the frn ref.
probability, blinded by handfome perfon. and
French elegant manners, with much fatterv,
have eIoped from their parents, and given their
handsto thefe adventrrers. II has happened
more than once, that former wife has arrived
fhortly after the marriage, from France. TO
claim the faithful fpoufe ofour young country
woman.
The hiftory of commerce can fcarceIv fur
Min 70 ftrong an intance Of the uncertainty az
mercantile fpeculation as the following AT
fllc AT Ayr, on the 5th infant. Of the debts
due 20 the late Meilrs. Douglas, Ravens & Co.
Ayr, 9s,711I. 1875. loa. was expofed in lots.
"O IOlSJ amounting 10 l9.S2II ITS. al. OiG
not /tH, ard four lots, amounting to 74.47gL
las. 3D. were knocked down ~ fsrty-fv g,;yeo,.
being fomewhat more than ii,iiiing for hun
bred pounds.
ENtraH Of letter from EJifebaqrn, Marc6
&c. 1908.
On Saturday ait, one OF the ldrpen coal
pits ever funk in England, was openrd at this
place. 4 diicharse of cannon announced the
fir0 cargo from II which was put on board the
lrifh hip Lady Mount Stewart.
The coal Of ths new pit, is of A mon ex-
cellent quality, The fratum or team is eleven
feet thick, with ltrong roof, and very free
from water.
"1'he pit IS fifteen feet in diameter will three.
diyifiors, ard it is NOT admirably contrivcd,
the fame rnechanifm aSting ftparatcly 4. :he
fame moment. ~ as TO draw up Goals from two
partitions, whi'n it pumps tho water from he
third. The expedition with which this c-tcn-
five work has been carried on, and the xiii ina
nifefcd i'll tie execution Of it, reneei TIC hip,e
credit On the talents and zeal Of the viewers,
John Dateman, EfG. and MIR. Pien, his a7ifart ;
and IL would be iniu.tice not TO acknowledge,
that during TIC entire tir1c in which tbefs rcn-
tlcmeu were cr@7ysd in Experimenting the pro-
greis Of the woik, the miners conducted th.;0-
fclves in that orderly and proper manner, which