Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-22


have been armed with these muskels the time the
English army of Eve thousand made the attack ~
Washington, the capitol, with the other public bniil
ngs, would prohh.y not have been destroyed. r !
the five hundred men would have posses ed SIX |
thousand charges, winch could have been 6Ncd in |
less t0ie than common musket could have been
relocated, giving to thc fvc HUNDRED men The adj
vantage OF one tNorSaUd shots over the Oi five
thousand II = believed, that IL our rn,ii c,ttlos,
were furnished with pistols containing FIVE ar siS
charges each, iha; our public ma would uot ouy Dee
protected whC" attacked, hut the knowledge u then
heing armed wi,l these pistols, would deter rohbcrs
from making attacks on them.
II merchant vessels would supply themselves with
lfw of these gons, they would be able 10 teach p-
rates bette, manners than 80 autmpi "a hcrri ttrm IN
open boats n Friend TO improvements.
SELECTIONS FROM LATE LONDON rArERs.
Incubation by steam Prsc'sS-A man of respectable ap
hle mode Of producing chickens iron, without
Ing for the denvs urc. he hen placed u.on lie
chief clerks desk b.,kt containing ehcSeas a,d duck
which were hohed 10 ilu artificial way ari appeared
to be well acquainted with persoa who introduced tbeu
To the dignity ot tue Ciy's notics.
The Lord Msypr WISHED to know in who, manner the
Chi'i M'strHie 81 The Ciy o Lotdnn eoun he Interested
in any prn forthe bringing forward eli, hei> IN
any other ;hin the natural WaN all natural productions
nrng c9n'rNsciy superior 20 those which We're forced
The chick NJ hatcher said ihs invention had excited The
a,tOnishmeut several moi emc, and csnilemer, an H.
dies who were present white he vas aioh'ng and that he
coult bring perfection well Is ducks hens
corld therefore. he Doubt aud he duty To
make known hi discovery 10 he city London FIRST he
chickens aud ducks, and liz Object have hi. LORD
Inps SHncuo1 rs rr'ol'n'end!,sn t. he Society Of
venon before the Chic! Magistrate he shuuld the
The Lord MAYOR ,honpht the application was very ex
uaordiuary ard such he certainly heard OF
before lie bad. however, objection, il Society of
Ar required his The way OF hstcbipr
eggs, to have AFFIDAVIT, ortbe facts before him
| veni,n To- niasiiri;v Ind been very great.
TIE Lori Mayor said, the hatcher could that he
The ccte-acher replied, that he moan, tho artificial
Incubation. lie bad experiment Of taking b,
hen' place Gor indeed dd III suppose thai human
uon would 10 in the Of the eggs thar bird or "
| goose. "
Mr., Hober begged to call bis LorIships attention to
Iy other nations which were far behind in the arts
Chinese snip Of war captured an English vessel, md
termined 90 COM crt tho prisoners use En,Dl,y
an, the other ia,iasnlan on hoard Inn, ,y,, ~,
ernine AZ er-ih' at,r deliberate consideration OF lie
difficulty, they resolved oput pair feather b,eeche,
upon the man oil letters, and him 10 batch number
OF goo-e ,sgs au' wonderful relate, young geese
The chicken ,hen dec that his discovery fur
exceeded n ais effects ~ that could be eVpccte any
amal eHhsr "ith two or four legs for he could pro
IHfe the living Young in prime state a shorter
,i ~ t'" 'o.Suuc'eda machine for The
by e ndicious application of steam, tu MI The
gres Of animation ia the When first he advanced in
hi ahours with the engine was obliged &c sit up 90 oys
formed, but he had brought the thing 10 such srfc
Ion l"l hr vas not obliged 10 sit night
OF 1909 chickens, and they appeari more
ane character than brought up under the OF their
The Lord Mayor asked what peculiar benefit ARCS. from
n'' u.n.ery, a. 't "aS Well known that poultry in
The chici eu-hacher replied Immense aiyan-
age arose irn 't-thai the public could ayavs@e accom-
new-eid eggs The fowls which sprung oui Of the sa,n
bad The extraordinary faculty Of laying seasons -;
'hoSe 10 winch nature the handmade
al al TO be prevailed upon, except stated periods 10 sup
The Lord Mayor then signed az affidavit stating the no
er OF the Invention, aud the chicken hatcher called oc,
or MS chickens aud duck, which had themselves
T-'''t;N va t"' NV, "E"'on ny feeding before his
LoTtship departed in order the Secretary of
Ike top htldTd mi'es NOTCH Powells match 20 York
and back j9 miles in I've DAYS and thirteen been
pc,ed his nsR OF 400 miles DAYS and twelve hours
AZ na' na,t eievsn clock on Thursday morning His pro-
day morning and al Two o'cloct had rearbe H. ooo MA
stone IN siNy-two hours, in good health and returned a
to Chirk To refresh and arrived miles London
sleep On the fourth day he felt much inconvenience rnm
hlsters on the feet which relieved ly introducing
MorSed through the hiis,ers lie did 50 mile, only his
easy work On The oh day he arrived three miles rom
Ol%u " m,Pe clock IN The evening ne had 81 miles 10
were Short and lac travelled hu miles aud less each
hour lie passed Gerrars Cross six o'clock and did
the match in half hour within The time and il Is he
greatest pedestrian match record
gineS at present in action this country NAV he rekoe
at ioOGoi that one with another each he estimated ~
equaiim twenty horses; that each horse ~ mi do
tie work OF six men, end that uetely the acting now
e OF " eim engine are equal in effect 10 20 900 horses
or lOJOJO men IL we contemplate this accession
OF strength much Of The ouder that naturally excited
by comparing the magnitude external and the inter
nal capabily with its territorial superfcies
will vanish for il viii he that win a uorui1np f
about 100000, employing active force flai
could not he obtained independently Of these means ,
double the nucber We ought further retnlec thai tho
power thus produced i more concentrated conse-
qucnN more eff acious tban il could possibly under
me circumstances that The capacity of these machines
comes elective ~ various instances in which human strength
could Ivy no possibility be employed, draining mines
aud similar operations Under this point Ut view there
fore The steam engine ought considered merely in
.t sn OF an hgenlpus mechanical construction, but
most gigantic national resource, claiming equally the at
tehlon OF tue philosopher and The political economist
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