Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-14
FOREIGN.

LONDON, Dec. 23.-Y esterdav The
French Ambassador had Il long interview
with viscount Casilercagli, al his Office in
Downing street. His e%ceilency had al
forwards a long interview with carl Ba-
thurst. The noble secretaries, at the
conclusion, had a long consultation To-
gether.
Perpetual Notion Am ingenious me-
chanic in Linithgow, has invented n ma
chine, III which by employing magnetism
IS the moving power, lie has realized
The hoasted discovery of perpetual mol
on thus far, that the machine, without
The apphcaiion of amy other force ihau
the magnetic influence, will move as
long as lis materials will last. It's con.
struction is very simple. small wood
| Ell beam, with piece of steel al one end
is put III motion by two magnets, the one
fixed about an inch above the piece OF
steel, the other as muc! below il
The magnets are covered by valves which
are opened alternately by the beam IL
self, and The motion is communicated l,y
crank from the opposite end of the
beam, 10 fly wheel. These are the
principal parts but there are some sub
sidIary contriy ance, which could not be
we'll understood without Il diagram Our
correspondent who gave us this informa-
ton, says that the machine has CONT
nucd in motion for two months past with
ont pause.
Our readers have already been inform.
| ed, by extracts from the American pa
| pers, of the arrest of eleven British Off.
GERS at Philadelphia hut the public have
never vet been rightly informed as 10 the
particulars. BY letter from a most re-
spectacle house in that city, we learn
That their arrest was by a writ from
! Judge Washington They were pass
ing quietly, as strangers. through The A
merican states, and had taken out iheil
passage for the West Indies. Tley
were seized upon construction gvel
10 an old act Of Congress of 1905, pro.
hibitipg the furnishing of neutral bellt
| gerents with munitions Of war; and il
| was pretended that these British officer:
| by transferring, as was presumed thel
| own bodies To South America, Which, i
was contcnded was their ultimate desti
nation, whatever they might shew osten
sibIy, were, in fact, furnishing tile princi
| pal arm of war TO one of the partlcs.-
| The proceedings of Judge Washington
| had caused much surprIze among al
ranks and parties in America for flies,
| officers had only with them their side
arms, which even when on half pay, ey
cry officer has a right 10 carry at all times
| and II is the opinion of many OF tn,
best informed, that bis arrest is an ac
which the British authorities cannot pas
over without some serious notice. Ii i
| difficult 10 account for Judge Washing
toms conduct, unless upon mistaken
idea that lie would thus manifest TO tlr
| Spanish consul, tie sincere desire Of th
United States TO main ain perfect neu
| iraIity and imparially. But if this wa
| bis motive, he has mistaken altOgelIc
tie means for while he has thus seize,
upon the persOnsO Of individuals who wer
violating no Law, and had right to trans
port themselves whittier they pleased,
| is notorious that almost every wcel
vessels loaded with warlike stores ar
| cleared Out from tAc ports Of the Il. States
which every one knows are bound ,io
! SoHih America.
From tie detention Of the packe
Swiltsure for about 10 days, ~ the tim
the preceding event occurred, II is be
lIeved at Philadelphia that our Anbas
sador, the hon. Mr.. Bagot, has sent HON
precise information and strong repre-
sentation to tie British government VI
OF the subject.
There is now exhibiting at Sprln
Garden, one Of The most ingenious an
simple pieces Of mechanism that can j
well imagined. 1t is a self moving eli;
riot, aud can be made to proceed at
rate according to the pleasure Of tlle 7