Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-08-15

through the delightful regions of fancy, or pene.
trating the depths Of science and eruditon never
dreamt Of including among her worthless the men,
bers of her independent fiscal Boards of Customs
and Excise. Much cheering and iaushteT I
When enumerating her Abercrombies, her Moors.
her Lynedochs, and her Hopetouns, never thought
OF coupling with them the obscure functionaries of
civil department. When, tive years ago, il fell
to my lot to move the erection of q monument to
the memory of Lord Duncan, never dreamed
that the honour of Scotland would be furnished by
Transferring the seat OF the Board of Customs from
Ednburg TO London. (Hear.) thought that
the honour of Scotland rested on more solid basis
thought that the real glory Of that country would
nave shown with parental light, if the Excise had
never meddled with its whskey, nor the Customs
controiledits commerce. Hear, hear.) thought
that the lustre OF the national fame would not have
been dimmed, though both these wretched fiscal
boards had been swallowed up oh woeful catas
"ophc in the all.devouring vortex of English
uniformity. (Cheers.) These measures, dicta-
ted alone by the necessity of reform and retrench-
meat, have been held up as punsbm ents wantonly
inflicted on innocent and unofrendng Scotland and
her wra'h has been denounced against their author;
out as long as can enjoy the consolation, while
performing my public duty, that am engaged in
diminishing the burthens and increasing The hap
piness OF the people, shall look without terror
on the flashing fthe Highland caymore, though i,
the hrst magician OF the aye. loud cheers.)
HoH Rodas.- Another successful experiment
has just been made in Great Britain of the efficien
cy OF hail Roads, which affords more remark able
and satisfactory result than any preceding one
we copy the following account OF it from, the
London Courier
.Nonkidnd and Rrkintlloch Railuav.-Ths
important and useful undertaking. the object of
which, as our readers may be aware, is TO onaect
the great Monkland coal fields with the Forth and
Ciyde canal, AMI consequently, by means of the
Union Canal, with Edinburg, approaches to its
completion; and on Wednesday last, slight trial
OF It's performance was made by Mr. Granger, Of
TINS city, who superiniends the works, which, con-
sidering that the rails are not yet perfectly ADJUST
ed, and other parts of the work and machinery in
complete, was highly satisfactory. A single horse
was attached 10 train of eight wagons, cont ain
ing each AZ cw'. OF Goals, and weighing, besides
OF itself, Is cwt making ia all l6 4 9th tons of
coal, and 10Th tons in the wagons. With this
accumulated load of no less than "a TONS the ami
NAL started from Gar,sheuy colliery, and arrived
at the depot near kirkintilloch, distance of sig
miles and three quarters, in two hours. Owing to
mistake, however, one OF the guides which direct
the wagons into the passing places, was turned the
wrong way, and by this oversight the train was
stopped fully eight minutes, that in reality the
time employed IN the 6 3 4th miles, was only one
hour and 81 minutes. or fully better than at the
rate OF three and half miles per hour. The first
= miles OF the Railway is on a level, and it after
wards descends with various rates of declinaiion
from zero down to foot in 100, which forms the
greatest descent in the line, and where it is impor-
tant to remark the wagons were observed to move
with their own weight, and to require drag to
check their too rapid descent