Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-20

NC, commerce and wealth, amonss, all na,ions.
ou WI see by the iAondonpapeis that tn. poi
icy OIL country is the very reverse of that u.
America in regard Ia import duties we have
lhls session reduced the duty on silk and taken
oil the duty on wool. We therefore look for
ward ~ tae hope that ia avery short period
the whole ol the duty ON the raw material
VIII he repealed, and that co,nn,erc. viii
he qnite unshacklcd aud as Tree Us the air W.
breathe. lcanswith truth assure you, the i,ru-
pie of this countryh have no cause To r.rinr Al
the happness that awaits other na,ivns for his
tnriahis "ill record shat the present times are
like the rrign al SUluinOm-iUr sill, or is Thought
nothing af in the reign Of George the 4,h. IL
may be truly said that alt the dealers and man
htacturris pay money, and in my line the grea :
Test u'thcuity Is 10 prevail ON peulie IL taxi,
credit. discounts Of paper ON the first hut
ses, eau be obtained at 3 Fer cent. and such il
the superuous capital at the present time. that
people are Induced tn advance money in va
rions undertakings, must Of which will be of
great natural advantage. will enumerate a
lew, and when you call To IDind the imm. MS.
amount which has been expended in this way
within 10 years, It will appear incOnceivable To
postetlty. superior bridge is in progress
across the Thames, over Dock head to the
Brickiayer's Arms IA tunnel under this river
lower down !; "a new " London Bridge" ia in
considerable progress bridge is
completed; Waterloo, also n stupeudous mon
ument of human art, and VauxhalI. Til. bill
Tor one at Hammersinith has passed, and one
at windsor was flushed last week. The new
streets from Fall mall to the Regents Park
are nearly finished in d style Ut architecture
superior TO any in Europe, and the Park is en-
cireisd with elegant houses Which let from
100 TO t4O0 PR annum Post Office is erect
i',S when viii cost 10000 The Bank oil
E"sidDd Is repairing aud the whole octhe ex.
terror excepting that 10 Lothbury is building
IN another style; the Royal Excange has been
under repair the last 8 years new roads ar.
making IN various parts Of the town-lh. ston,
pavements are taken up and broken in small
pieces, and consequently made like turnpik.
roads, and The chief streets in London will b.
Gone IN tins way, which prevents noise. Tue
roaus throughout the country are like bowling
sreens-the Hills are lowered every where, and
me chodches travel regularly from to 10
miles an hour; the poor laws are every where
reduced to trae the manufacturers are fuI-
~ employed from one extreme part of mn.
country TO the other; there are no specula-
lions gong forward 10 the raw materia s..
tnere are no failures Of any moment. aud all
Inc nation Is contented. Dou't think this il a
coiOureu DESCRIPTION of the present stale.
OF things ON this side the " alters, but be assur
ed II Is The language Of truih-we only reuuir.
years more peace 10 finish the picture, the
outlines OF which have here drawn.
Ihere are moi less than 90 persons gone into
uermany last month from Yorkshire, with let
teIs III credit 10 the amount of between and
toooo QUO To buy wool. 1t is to the credit of
the present age that we are not irreligious but
on the CONTRARY every part uf the country is
Ia M .<.l..
already voted fI,500 900 towards this object
and certainly we have man v elegant structi,rrs
newiy raised to ornament this great civ
We have had lately imported into this conn :
Try a considerable 1qoastity of Egyptian Cot
Ton the produce of Upper Egypt, and il sold
Tor nearly double the price of any that is else
where produced. There are some EDglishmen
gone o.t to collect seed to send 10 India. and
TO encourage the extension Of its produce in
Egypt, as 1t is found of vast importance in
our manufactures. What think YOU of ,b,.
working population of Tiyerton, Taunton. &c.
In the West of England, being fully employed
10 ths occupation ofiace-inaking BY machine
ny Fne wooiien manufactuses have ceased
IN tnat district, and the towns Of Booking aud
bfa!nlrss IN Essex are repairing. and the pop
ed in the like nursuits. and an
dressed az neat nov as they formeriy used TO
be IN their holiday trim. These and other
cd - ,s;s s,s.ss..s =. mas produc
ex,snson p ..' OH eath, vast
its inhah,sn,: sn.I aiM snpioymenf OF
fhrourhon1 ths lsnd ne'aa eon'entment
must moi cIose ,.;,ho;,. .,.: =,
seryations on New So",h v w.n. snns v Few oo-
.s.n,s g =" Nrw oou'h Walss and Van Die
~ hourislling state. calculate in the course
oftwenty years we shall be enabled to supply