Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-09-30

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naaac 10 ITS incorporation by act of Pari;amen,
7 Mr. brougham accordingly brought in bill fo
uiat purpose The capital for the undertaking i
: 10 De t20O,O0O In transferable shares of Elof
4 each. lie shares are to bear an interest of ne
Gem. per annum, payable half yearly, and be emit
ueu 10 present one student for each share Thu
money will be called for by instruments as wanted
out II ~ Calculated, that cry 2-3rds will be re-
quired, and thus the remaining third will be in re
serve TO extend the plan to meet any unforeseer
contingency. No person 10 hold more than Id
shaies; and a donor of ESQ to have all The priv.
reyes OF shareholder during life except the re-
eoip' OF Interest and the transfer of his rights
Inc interest 10 be paid out of the surplus rev emu,
OF The institution, alter deiraying all its expenses
ana arising from the annual payment Of 8 guinea.
oy each student To the General Fund besides nm,
guinea ear To the library, museum asd colIecio,
| o maps, charts, drawings and models The rule,
vi INC institution TO be submitted 10 general
meeting OF shareholders and donors; but the 90.
'ernment was expected to be vested in a chancellor
Vee-chanceiior, and ID ordinary members of coun-
Gil IA proportion to be changed annraIly.) 10 be
elected at general meeting Tie Professors in boy
moderate salaries, but their enolurnents PRINCIPAL
~ 10 depend on the students fees meeti,r was
heid IN London, o. about 100 of it's friends. Mr.
brougham IN the Chair; he detailed the plan and
proceedings; and particularly the active part MIR
campbell had borne in them BY the lest accounts
IN central situation, Tor the building and walks
and 1t was expected, that the structure would be
completed In August 1926, and the classes omen i'm
octooer The University shares mere at a Dre-
mum IN the fasfweeS OF July--rLe greatest .f-
iorts (asfonishing in any other age than this y
are making 10 ditfuse the benefits of knowledge
among the English pesple. More than so M
chdnics Institutes, for instance hav been formed
IN short space of time. Brousham, Mcintosh and
other distinguished members of Parliament are ex
erting themselves in the extension ofthese estsb-
nshhehts, whose great object is TO instruct the
Glasses oil iradesnen and apprentices not only in the
principles OF the mechanic arts, but OF lnoral science
Dy 'her multiplication, as well as b. the exten-
sion OF general colleges TO the principal cities
comprehensive and liberal education is promised
TO the mddling well as to the higher circles of
British socety.-The British Steam NAVIGATION
company alluded TO in our last Summary is in
corpora,ed by act of Parliament, with capital of
d6oO,oOO. The Duke of York and Duke of
w eihnSton, Patrons; the Marquis of I.ansdoyn
fresideht The objecis, establish lines OF steam
Vesseis, TO Communicate from he United Kingdom
TO North America, the Yves, Indies, and the new
states oil South America. The vessels are 10 pro-
ceed from the Thames, toUcn at intermediate
ports and pass on TO Vaentia in The southwest of
Ireland, harbour Blessed with great natural
advantages and free from all port charges
Thence, steam vessel of large class is 10 pro-
NJ
second every month sJ Madeira and The Lee
and Fayal. The Company me,n is g., hermuaa
hications between Jamaica, Vera C,ny I.r
ana the ports OF South America. az sonn =. 'a'
Vessels can be procured From HaliC,x IN r, L..
ue Gut OF Canso, branch il already i;
P,o%ress' which will thus afford s,eam-iine TO-,
:. oiaha 10 quebec, and the interior of Nor,b A.
separate lines, 10 Communicate viii he
lated, that NOT d1 1fsg VIZ from Glasgow Lv-
one certain length, but the average time abridged
fully one third. Much support is expected TO this
scheme, from the Canadian. Nova Scoiian, Ame-
rican and Yves Indian ,as well the British man
ufactHing and mercantile interests; to the nation
generally, 10 ireland aad TIC Colonies in particular,
II exhibits many interesting advantages. The
Prospectus also adds, "The large body of Eng
lsh capital concentrated in South America, and
the rapidly increasing Importance of the Britt
Colonies in N. America. will augment, in an i'm
portant degree, the number of passengers, and the
transit OF specie, stores and goods" The pow els
of steaning and sailing TO be united, in the
most effectual manner and such other mechanical
improvements successfully introduced may he
discovered and justified By experence.NIr. Clarke,
London chemist, has been engaged, b. direction
OF the Lords oil the Admiralty, in ualyzing l467,
sacks of flour from the warehouses at Hull; more
than one third was found to consist oil plaster OF
Paris and ground bones! The owner, WHO propos-
ed 10 send it to Spain or Portugal, fined
10000. Mr.. O. anal zed some souchong tea, and
found 20 per cent OF lead in it.t is said, that Inc
late travels of Major Denham and Lieut.. Clapp err
ton in Africa will form in its Geogra-
ply; that they will change the great features
crbedto the central parts OF that mysterious con-
inent, and give to the theories of its ri
vers. The mountain torrents form the Egyptian
Nile and occasions it's periodical inundatons. The
Niger, so long sought after by the prying traveller,
may be no longer sought after discharging itself
into any sea; 1t loses itself in the interior. Tie
great fresh water lake, which exists in the bosom
of Africa, Is sometimes more than 20 miles in
length. The powerful Kingdom which these ira
yelleTs visited had never heard Of Great Britain;
and was little known to her; ii is supposed that
the natives on the sea-coast the most hostile
and barbarous, and that they prevent Europeans
from penetrating the more civ LIKED parts OF the
continent. Thus, these travellers were received
with courtesy, and entertained on the best sort OF
provisons--tbe inhabitants OF Arabian origin,
| oliye-colored. not There have been
lately discovered at Pompe, the remains OF Sc E.
raj most elegant baths, consisting of entire vaults,
varionsiy decorated, together with bath OF white
marble sufficient 10 hold 20 persons; also la a con-
tiguous chamber, Two bronze sophas, and a large
vase of the same metal During the last month, a
| large Basking Shark was entangled in The fisher
mems nets near Halifax, N. S. aud after much
fioundering hauled TO the shore: Ii measured 80
feet long, OF breadth proporlionae its liver filled
several barrels; the ching he OF Basking Shark,
on the Western Coast Of Scotland, and the Irish
Channel, aud melting down it's liver to oil, affords
employment TO many industrious families: those OF
the large kind yield an average barrels.--The
Shark comprebends 50 species; OF which the most
remarkable are, the spotted Shark or dog-fsb, the
great Basking- SHARK $50 called from the great plea
sure il seems to take in baskng on the surface OF
the sea in the heat Of the day } and the Great
White Shark, or Requin; which last is the most