Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-03-20

The following summary is selected from our
late English papeis
tiuc On was rerent,y slaughtered M Exc.
ter lensth nom map 10 horn 0ieet 3incheS
eirth t"et inches weighed. when living
f5SO Id ;veiSht Ut rough tallow lis III This
aninisi was OF the North Devon breed,
robin Was brought last week 10 Covent
ultdeu, the pinni"ge a>d body OF which was
perfectly white. the beak aud legs OF pale
yellow, aud with whit. claws.
"A new aud improved observ atOry il 10 be
erected tor the University of Cambridge, in "A
field commanding an unUDstrncied view. The
present subscription Tor ito erection exceeds
XII 600 tho Instruments already ordered "a.
mount TO t23Jj.
"A horse At Hounslow, was lately backed
for fifty gnincas, to ,,or Que mile in iiiiee mi
mites aud ten seconds. which he wGu clever.
~, having three seconds 10 spare.
On Satniday se'nuight, b.isg twelfth Iay,
the several Foreigners VI distinction remaining
in this country
The E,I India Company's ships will now
SAIL iot ladia siusiy, and not la company as
III etoiore.
A colossal statue is about to he erected in
LanArk, to The memory Of sir William Wal,
lace.-The piitiot Is represented a. eisht feet
tour inches ~ height, aud "A Scotch ward a.
cross the shoulders. TGiS may be expected
10 bp hailed with enthu SIN t,> lie pairioti,.
inhabitants OF the country. where this brave,
but " iii-reqn'ted chief aud his hardy follow
ers. performs a deeds, ihe memory of wn.cl,
VIII never die while Scotland exists.
Accounts from RafbG,y state that A contest
Tor sovereignty WAS carving on in the Pnnlrr
OF morocco ;the ncw candidate tor the throne
Is hluiey lshmhtl, sou OF th" celebrated Mu-.
ley tc2eid, aud nephew 10 the ruiy niu. EN-
Ieior
There seems 10 ID" spirit now brooliuy "a.
mong TIE lower orders in Spain, thar NAV pro-
uuce fsta CO.'S, queues here aitrt they ". ar
publicly IN thcii hats "A green f.hand. win
ihe inscrip ion," The Constitution or Death
Es..
skaited OF rather run Tor on the ice al Ups
WI ~ the Isle q. Fly, by eight yoau. men nf
"Hefeh' parishes, IN pasienS. AT least 2000
persons were present, and The race Vas won
ny ) May, ct Upwsii; thtee Of the men baat-
en- we've reckoned the fieelest runners in the
IL and.
Christmas Presents Lord Liverpool sent
Nir reel, d fiLe place, but the hon. Gentle
man thinking il h""eaih his acceptance. I'M
politely returned il Lord Stewart has given
FRINGE Metiernich very smart box wishiu:
him, At the same time happy rev ucar.
The King has given 10 ihn ctisrrs Of London,
SEINE new aud very curious sauce, the com
| position ut his ministers; the epicures Of the
| Common Council hnwever, 40 not find il ~
| suit their TASTE, being much too sharp. His
ma'esty has also presented some OF the juni
~ Bishops with views of the high seas The
Bishop OF London has prepared for his ma
! 1esty sheet Of iu'alhb- Court nlaisi.r 81,
| john Leach presented Ministers with same
| peculiarly choice Italian dishes; bur, by the
u~inanacement of his Coolsc, they were all
| spoiled.
| The good effects Of a newly,discnverAI re-.
| medy, the chirinint1. or unitoaa f,b,ifnga i'm
| fevprs; aud essentially Intermittent levers ha.
| been fully confirmed by the experiments of
| the physicians appoinied by the Roya, Me-
| dical Society at Madrid.
IL CoDsrQuenCe at the severity of TIE laws
| against SNUG Cling lin spite of which foreign
| Articles are constantly brought ovpr) the
| smugglers 81 Kent. a race of hardy seafarinv
| men mo- valuable IN time of war, are now
| domiciliating on the opposite shore
! The puhlic were last week much amused by
| 'he novelty of a market cart in melton moyin.
| along the Strand nv means OF III chinery
gentlemen of Gloucester, who undertook
| for wager, Ia walk twenty miles la four
| hours, completed his task with apparent ease,
| il three honrs aud fifty SIX minnes.
On Christmas moraiog, as the Rev r Ho.
gan parish priest, of Newcastle in Ireland
was vesiing himself in order 10 celebrate first
mass, 81 ei"ht o'clock aud the chapel crowd
ed In excess. one ut the galleries suddenly
ave way, and fell, The scene OF cousterna.
tion " hich.foiowed, can be better conceived
hau described. N2tbiOg-wss 10 be heard bur
the cries OF those in danger. aud the lsme..
taiions Of others outside, for the safety of
their children and their friends but by The
sirgular instance OF the protecting hand of
providence, not single individual was ipiut-
ed.
The whole quantity Of land purchased by
the United states from The Indians j. esti
mated, in an ogicciaI document, at i9I, 77s 5aS
acres The price agreed 10 be paid 10 ia.
Indians, amounts Ia I $40 GIG dollars, or less
than a dollar per hundred acres The Unit,
ed States have already soil 20 1882 acres
for - COS, $50 dollars, or more than 200 dol.
lar pei .hundIed acres. Net profit, 100 per
cent