Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-12

ee', "'it"'he.c. geometry, trigonometry, and
navigation. tie must also know how 10 make
astronomical calculations for nautical purpo-
ses, and pass an examination on all those
points before hoard of navy officers, 10 be
appointed oy the secretary of the Navy for
that purpose by whom the morals and gem
erai character OF candidates will be enqured
into.
80. Candidates for examination and pro-
motion are to send in their applications TO
the Secretary of the Navy, on the LIST day Of
Octsber, aud on the LIST day of March, every
year aud they will be informed of the plar,.
orplaces where examinations are to he held.
either by letter or through the medium of the
public prints"
The code from which the above rules
are extracted, has been prepared by the
Board OF Navy Commissioners of the u.
STATES, with the consent of the Secretary
OF the Navy, IN obedience TO an Act of
Congress, passed 9TH February, 1915, en-.
titled : An act 10 alter and amend the
several acts Tor establishing Navy De-
parlment, by adding thereto Board OF
commissioners"
This regulation is but one of many
wii'h appear TO be admirably adapted for
HE promotion of regularity, efficiency,
r sponsibili,y, and ECONOMY in the NAVY.
III leisure serves, we will hereafter take :,
more general uoiice Of this code of rules,
which has b'n prepared with great labor
ana care'uiness, by men whose judgments
have been matured by long experience,
and whose professional character needs
not our praise. 10.
The Aurora states that the de bit of the
Corporation Of Philadelphia at this time
eXcse,.s one ,piition iw0 Hundred thousand
dollars. This is certaiHiy AN enormous
debi, but ~ has beeu contracted for i'm
provem"nts OF The first importance 10 the
! ciiy OF Philadelphia, aud which have made
| thai city what ii is-cue OF The most neat
| and beautiful III the world. Speaking Of
city debts, we are reminded that The Cor
| poratIon ot Washington, having had a
| wide common 10 work upon, through
which TO make streets having many
| bridges 10 erect, and other improvements
! to make incident TO the FIRST settlement
| OF city, have acted with singular for
bearance IN refraining TO tax posteriiy,
Tor the expense OF improvements made
more for their benefit than for that off
| present generation. The total debt of
the Corporation of Washington is but at
present about sixty thousand dollars:
ana gr~ai exertlons are making TO reduce
| The amonni,i 'not 10 pay il offenlirely, The
Corporation appear TO be Of mind with
the old proverb-Out Of debt, out Of dan
| ger. no.
The Baltimore papers inform us that
notes of the Stale Bank Of North Carolina
will he purchased AT CoHEN's Lottery
and Exchange Office al seuea PEI. cent.
discount; and those OF South Carolina
ana Georgia at J0ur per cent. THIS is an
| Improvement III the rate of exchange. Ii
Is not month since fifteen per cent has
| been paid for the former, and seven or
| eight for the latter. 10
Progressive Seal Leper Press.-One of
these Presses Is now used in the General
Land Office, in this city, and proves 10
be lar superior TO the .Scre,c Press The
| lever Ia about three feet III length. The
makers and patentees perkins and Bacon,
OF Philadelphia,) calculate correctly, that
po0er OF one hundred pounds, applied
at The end Of the lever, will produce a
momentum, equal to weight of thirty
thousand pounds, at the moment when
the lever is brought to horizontal posi-
ton.
he seal may be impressed about ten
times iasier than by the common Screw
Press, and by IA power much less than one
hundred pounds. The impression is per-
feet and complete. RIO.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 81. S. Bank
Siock-983 offered, 994 asked-mo sales
TIN" forenoon. In New York Yesterday,
% offered, 993 asked, no sales.
The English papers loudly complain of
the Imposliiens praciised by the cabinet
OF Madrid upon British merchants resi-.
dent III Spain. The minister OF finance
lately sent an order to the consulate at
Alcant, TO make all foreigners pay The :
contributions and forced loans raised Tor
hitting out TIE grand expedition TO South
America. Sir Henry Wellesley, Tie am
bassador at Madrid, advised the English
merchants tn rPsJSf Ruf nauartl,aI...
lhelr property was embargoed and sold
al public auction, to cover their quota of
contributions and the costs Of sale. Upon
being apprIsed of this violence, the Bril-
lish envoy procured an order from the
spanish minister of state 10 stay prc-
ceedIngs until the return Of Ferdinand
from SacedoD. The consulate. however
refused TO obey the order; and the meg
cbanis expect 10 lose their property. We
believe from this and other circumstances,
that The English envoy has not he infiu-
ence at Madrid which he is supposed TO
have and that if any other motives than
'nose originating IN his own iyrannicai
caprice, and III the intrigues of lis own
court, prevented Ferdinand from ratify.-.
ing the Florida treaty, il was moi The
aciual interference of England, but fear
that The Cabinet of London might de-
mand cesslon Of Cuba. AT all events.
II IS believed that the English ministry
are anxious TO make al impression that
they have attempted to use 10 influence
on The occasion. RI. Caz.
TIE OHIO RIVER COMMISSIONERS.
LOUISVILLE, (Ky.) Sept. 22.-General
). BLACKBURN and EDWARD W. TUP-
PER, ana WALTER LowRIE, Esq. Com
missloners appointed by the states of
Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio, for The
purpose OF examining The distractions
In Irrafinrt Ihn (lI,i.,