Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-09-18

tlut COlCeTHS tne S2io ONIe OF Marshal
OF France, such rs a COOL and worthy
person. who rs invested as am with that
stste, should AMI is bound to do, ia evety
thing concerning t|,-s state.
a. In sign whereof, and fur the setter
fulfilling what is ab vr, he SAID lord TIC
king, now gives the ,runohion OF marshal.
rs he has been accustomed 10 20, to AL my
Pr dscessors."
Some public papers speak ola machine
invented by NJ. NJ. Geyser, brother, which
would induce a supposition that they had
discovered the perpetual motion. The
Genevese Society. for the advancement OF
arts. thus speak OF the machine
NJ. NJ. q VS. r, brothers, and Langen-
thai, CNntNn IF Berne, resiiing at La
Chrux defends, have exhib tel to the So
Ct ~ wei, made aud ingenious machine,
VIZ. wheel viii h seems to turn of itself,
and ct which 1t is imp bic for the most
skiitul artists to- discover the moving prin-
cples. and which the artists keep secret,
bat which serves to show how FAR Illusion
can be pra,tis d on persons the best i.struc-
ted, in persuad,nc them that the perpetual
motion is not chimera. The Society adj
Mire the beautiful execution OK the machine
AMI acknowledge that the illusion is very
striking.
ANTWERP, July 6.
chemist in this city has discov red
means to remove from the pictures res
tored by France the molern varni.h, and
leave tn ancient varnish, under which
the painting has resumed all its primitive
splendour. 1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Yer
bert, the inventor of this art, viii make it
public.
1t is deplorab'e to see how much our
masterpieces have suffered on the road,
as We! from the rain, which has penetra-
ted the cases, as from the packing. and by
the delay III mnpackins them. To con-
pletc the misfortune, malice had been busy
b fore they left Paris. Measures are en-
p'oying to eff &C as far as % ssb!e the ira
ces ofthose injuries.
Mr.. David, the French painter, is now at
Ghent.
BRUSSELS. July 10.
letter to the editor of the Journal de
Ia Bslgique, CONTRACT IS the assertion of
the pictures having been injured before
they lett Paris; they having been
delivered to the commissioners lust as
they were IN the Museum hat is, in very
good Condition. The vdrnish NAV have
been injured on the way by the damp, but
now that they are cleaned, and his majesty
has eXpressedhis satisfaction at their good
condition, and most of them are replaced in
the churches, where the amateurs daily
admire them, il is really malevolent to say
they have arrived in dsplorable cond-
ton.
LONDON, July 90.
he MiDden. "a. under the command of
captain Paterson intended IS the flag ship
ct admiral sir Richard King. in tie East
indi S, accoHp mics lord Exmouth's feet,
and is intended to assist in the object of the
sNnPditiCp and oft Il D,oconxl
destination on the East Jndi4 station.
At P'ymonth very thing is ready, and
The force which joins his lortiship is waiting
for his appearance in the ofIing, which was
expect Il on Saturday.
The Jasper, it is rnmoured, will acc ompa
ny The feet as far As Gibraltar, for the pur-
pose OF returning with lord Exmouth's dis
y tches. Ere ship boxes have been pre-
p red for each of the sh ps from Plymouth.
The rockets amount to 5000. All ships
I'm 'er his lordship's order, have levers and
ni2gers, and their magazines arc Gtte d on
sir w. CongTcve's plan.
The f.c5 tIist lor,l Exmruth is OILY wait
ing for 2 fair wind to sail from Portsmouth
Is sutEiC eat answer 10 the reports In circu
iation of the reluctance of men to volunteer
for the expedition. But what shall we say
Sufficiently strong to express our Indignation
at paragraph in the Morning Chronicle
OF TO day, calculated to sow jsalonsies
6"tween the two services of the army and
n Wy The navy are represented as "s 50
disguised, and their pride and feelings so
5 vereiY wounded, that no temptation cauId
draw them back TO active employment"
SO that the navy, we are desired to be-
Heve. are indisposed to serve their country
when it wants their services-For that is
the plan meaning Of the expressions we |
have quoted In the me of the whole |
tritlsh navy, we may give the --latest con- |
iradict on to such = charge against them !
but what is represent ed to have occasion
ed this disgust The preference shewn to |
tie arHiy' What preference Has there
been any indisPosition to reward splendid
service in the navy ! If the fleets Of all o. |
ther powers, beipg Hnable and unwilling to
Contend with US, left fewer opportunities to
orT countrymen Of distinguishing themse YES
by sea as we'll as by land, during the late
war. are the army to blame! They had
TnuCh more to 10, and the opportunities of
themselves were more frequent.
Were they, therefore, not to be rewardede
The war was, essentially, land war. Add
this IS the sole cause of the numb + of ma
val officers, honnred With the Bath * other
distinctions, being less than the number of
military officers.
Captains Pring. Montresso-, and Lock
yer, are appointed to command on tine
axes Of Canada, under Sir Robert Hall.
1 hey viii take their passage with the
com modore, in the Dry, 81, capt. Chan.
,srs. Sir Robert arrived at Portsmouth
IN Saturday morning.
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