The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-05-20

25,h Arcade Silk and cotton Bookings, MAMMA tau-
red in Beiancou.
goth Arcade. Cottons from Pont Audeme. The
| colours and patterns NOT very fine.
9th Arcade. Very excellent linen elo,hs from the
fame place.
2sth Arcade. The fncn pifols, -barreiled
guns, fabres of the mot coftly Workmanship the
pride Of the national nanufaaory at verfailles Thefe
fine fpeeimens Of tate, invention, and execution de-
rived additional luare from the in winch they
were grouped or arranged.
goth Arcade Very fne patterns of tiffany and
gauze.
3oth and SIR Areades. Fine fpecimens tannedo
leather, from two tanneries in Pont Audemer.
SGD Arcade. Linen and pocket handkerchief from
the fame place.
SD Arcade. Cotton Bookings, and mullins from
mandatory in 'rroyes.
Saith Arcade. Copperfmith work, excellent, but
till inferior to tina. of England.
35.h, s6sh, and s7th Areades. Silk and cotton
BOOKINGS, manuf tured at Troyes.
Ssth Arcade. Sealing of different colours feent-
ed. The ticks were very fine, and DILUTED an a.
greeable fmell without being burned. bought twelve
icks tor thirty fous, each fix inches in length, and
quarter of an inch in thcknef of different colours
red, white, green, blue, and brown.
39th Arcade. GlafTes of different kinds, blown at
Cora, near Paris.
10th Arcade. A complete fet of the new weights
and meaiures, executed by order of the Miniher of
the Interior.
4llt Arcade. The new weights and meafuses, ex-
ecuted by Cicer, and in the 42d arcade the machines
oy which the new weights and meaf1res are divided
oy Kuts this artizan exces Ccer in the execution of
thole articles.
49d Arcade. Books printed on Velum paper in
the othce OF Didot. the younger namely, Contrat
Social, Juvena, lie Telemaque, Anaehariis, Sc. They
are all n'aRer-pieeesin the topographic line.
9th, 18th, 10th, and Nth Arcades. Models of
nJaC I f,,,l
excellence in them; they very clumly executed
was iurprized to find that they fhould be offered as
fpecmens Of national ingenuity
18TH and 10th Arcade. Excellent fpecimens in ee-
neral OF cotton and woollen cloths which did great
credit to the mandatory in Beauvais.
5oth Arcade. A large atIortment or fabres, &c.
manufactured in Provoteaus
5iG Arcade. Plates of horn for lanthorns very
large, pure, and transparent
sd Arcade. Several coftly articles of drefs fewed
IN iuch a manner, that the ieam was not to be diff
cerued. had not the good fortune to fee them, as
they were loon taken away.
SD Arcade. Stoneware manufa aured In yaude-
ranges in imitation of the Englifh
54th Arcade. Excellent tin work, fuch as ink
itands, hower-pots, &c. The form was beautiful,
PaiHted IN different colours fome Of the defigns
We're very happily conceived and executed thew were
done by Deharme
55th Arcade. A handnlill, we'll contributed, bv
""Cn SreuHu ARD htted at the fame time.
he has invented feveral mills on different contrut
ons he is mill-wright.
5oth and 57th Arcades. Several fpecinens of por-
ceiai, the produce Of the national manufacaory at
Seve, iuch as tea-urns, balons coee-po.s plates tu
reens, aud large and fal vaies of all colours figures
and groupes, in bcuit, 70 white and fine, that thew
nhsht be eailiy taken for gips- A round table of
tnree ieet IN diameter, compofcd of MANY fn,all
pieces OF blue ground, with white bas-relief in imi
tanon OF Wedgewood ware notwithstanding it was
not Tree from tiemhes, yet the whole wa, y.rv
neat and flna On the porcelain there were two beau
tful andieapes, fourteen inches in LENGTH and ten in
=. nfsh' ne form, deigns, colours, and gliding of
tne porcelain at SIEVE are entitled TO great praiie
IN the mean time it may be proper to obferve that
two kinds of porcelain are anufa Cured at SIEVE fof
and hard the firt is fhowy, but the Ian an
Proaehes nearer to true and real porcelain
ssh Arcade Pierre Didot, the printer, and Fer
MN Didot, and Louis Herman, letter-founders, or
ieter-cutters exhibited fome of the newly invented
itereotypic plates, in which each page of the hook
cut or engraved, fuch as was ued in the nf,ncv ~
printing but OF competition 70 hard, that it will
ierVe TO work OIL from eight to thouland COPIES
ne expenee repaid IA the number of copies tbouob
they are fold at low price, In this arcade, faw an
edition ut Virgil in lo,o which ells for fifteen fou,
Psdrus for twelve fous, and Fables de Fop,ane for
iis.Seh ious' There was likewife fpIendd edition
oi virgil on vellun paper with copper plates printed
IN this manner. A }ereoypic edition of Callet's ia
pies OF iogarthms, &c. Some books have Jun i1Ied
from the fame preis, which do great honour to this
new invention
59th Arcade. All kinds of chryfial gIals from g.
Don fabric IN Creuzot, in the department of Saon-
and Loire. Thefe gaies are very beautiful in mar
ter, form, and polih.
Doth Arcade. A complete fervice of porcelain and
decorations, de6g1ed for the table of rar baker in
Paris. 'AN'' il"
cir arcade. The model of a threrhng machine
by miller in Rouen, not equal to our threlhing ma,
Chimes in Denmark.
o2d, SD, and 9th Arcades. Spinning machines
from fabric Luat, in the department Of se;ns and
QUE, together with fome fweet.mea,s bv A CON
ieSioner in Paris.
o5th Arcade. Porcelain from Dehrs and Ger
hards mandatory, Rue de Temple Paris This
porcelain is better, and durable than thar of
Seve 1t is called in general Porcelain dAuvoulen,e
Amongtt many other fine pieces, faw upwards of
twenty paintings OIL porcelain, the Target of which
was twelve inches long, and ten broad The fub;etes
mower aud trut pieces, fcene by moonlight, a Young
woman fitting, two old heads, and dGerenr lanJ9'
icaPes The deilgns corre& and natural rho
eoiourng hue, the light and lhade happilv blended
and TIE execution of the whole nimi,able All tbeG
ine pieces did not experience any cal or blemifh in
the burning, which is nor the cafe in other fabrics
1t mutt be oblerved, however, char DehI and CebarJ
excel in the colour line, and that their furnaces are
eon"rueied III iueh manner, that the colours do po
melt or run into each other. The hades of the co
Iourswere much delicate and clear than ,boC IS
SIEVE. ''' VI