Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-19

found to be irregular, were taken into
custody. Most OF them are ordered toQuii
Fi@n,l,rs.
The private letters ty the Dutch mail
state. that the recent additional duly
on coffee is becoming every day more
odious, and The manner al collecting i, is
still more unpopular than The Imposition
itself. The public feeling on this sublec,
WAS strongly manifested at the Vauxhan
oi Rotterdam on the l4th inst. where
The minister APLluS. with whom The
measure originated, happened 10 he pre-
sent. The instant he Was discovered he
vas surrounded, rely beaicn, and
driven out oi The place had he not been
near the gate, aud thus enabled To make
his eJrit very suddenly, so irri,aled were
his assaiiau,s, that he would not have
escaped without seiious personal INJURY
lie made his retreat from Rotterdam The
next day, taking the circuii0us route of
Vlaarding and kctel To the Hague, To
avoid notice The difficulties To Which
our commerce Is subjected III the iransi,
o! Goods through Holland 10 the Interior
of Germany have turned the attention "a:
merchants towards plan Tor establishing
different route, and Tor avoiding The
Dutch provinces altogether. This is pro-
posed 10 be effected by cutting canal
from Mllnden, through the territories oi
lie Elecior OF iicsse, Ia The Rhine, thus
forming another communication by which
goods may be conveyed from The sea To
all parts OF Germany by uninterrupted
inland navigation. An eminent British
engineer has already been applied 10 :;
ana 1t Is III contemplation 10 iustiiuie an
actual survey for ilis purpose early III
the spring OF next wear.
Nuremberg papers To the 10th inst. and
| Frankfort Journals 10 The 2Olh, arrived
yesterday evening. The following are
extracts
BERLIN, August II.-Therc is Il repor,
IN circulation, that ID. JAIN will he res
tOred 10 liberty.
NASSAU, August i4.-Wi!h respect TO
The arrests which arr said 10 have taken
place, on account of the a,ledgcd con u.
splracy, l, is surprising that we must hear
80 much news about our own ueiglibor-
mood from foreign parts, while people on
llie spot knew netting OF all those events.
The measures adopted must be certainly
executed with great secrecy, since in The
country Itself nothing is heard either OF
| the terror which Is said 10 pcrvade II, or
| OF the persons of all classes with whom
| The prisons were filled. As far "a is know n
at '''SDd"tu, oHiN liiTee persons nave
been arrested, and the magistrates arc
sal' TO be diligently engaged in their exa
| inlnatlun.
From our file Of late French papers,
received yesterday by the Joseph, from
BordeauX, we translate the following:
| PARis, August 27.-Prolessor Meinke
has recently made "a very important dis
covery.1 He has found Tie means OF lish,
ing, by electricity, an artificial gas, in
glass tubes, which diAuses a light With.
Out burning. The electric sparks spread
and multiply TO an infinite number
With one of these electrical machiires a
whole city can easily be lighted, and
with very frtiIns experce.
| BORDEAUX, Sept. o.. The month
WINCH has Just commenced, has conside.
rablJ amelioraied our commercial siiua
ton. Business is much more lively than
II was the preceding month. The happy
effects OF the establishment of bank al
Bordeaux are beginning 10 be iell.