Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-01-21
From the Edinburgh sco,ch,uan.

Lircrpoci and .uanShestsr Raiiray
The the probable results OF this groa are
co. INC more extraordinary they appear gentleman present
at the late experiments informs .aes ply
scnscr. every COACH we have 4uo from
TO Nisnclesier, and 100 Manchester to
When expense is reduc ,h and the ir a, m,ch
we think the Intercourse viii nr,ea.s ,snsod @ s a. u.
seveniod We shall then have persons passing in each
persons Trip 70 trips daily would he rcs"ired fo% each
town and II I'D Of these for the night and dfb
ting every II minute, from morning iii evening fTo" either
end oil The road and the whols ITO trips will cuned
Then lie, us suppose that the passengers paid Id pee mile
- 6d for the journey this The 56O0 .suns passing
either viii yield the Company 7ooi per
day, Ia0oi per week OoOi per annu Aud TIN, is
exclusive of the profits derived from goods Two
work aud take of engine which costs
at first, but the expense fuel he of the steam,
hore is trifng, amounting for .c journey Of 81 miles, only
to about Of coke which about IS Cd IL does not
surprise us them that the shares have om
PER ce' premium. since the experiments made
question whether the great we
assun,e ard may he asked villa, many travellers
TO do f the objection soundess Liverpool and Mances
,e with the villages the immediate vicinity Of the latter
contain than 0Go inhabitants and the railway will
bring these two towns into state of proximity which will
make them essentially Lvcpool will just he the port Of
Manchester, and Manchester the workshop Of Lysool aud
the two will he nearly much part and parcel another
az Edinburgh and Leth London city and the borough
Now let any Imagination erJetua
nux aud .ux Of people the Thamc. by bridges
IN coaches be,wix Edniurs Ic,h which has been e.,ma
ted NJ 500 hour, 60oa per day We defy
fro ye, exists For nur part, when The railway
to Glasgow carried through, If social fellow,
ceent cellar, gives invitation tere
chay in accepting i and If opens very pre-
eons think may conIrivs tolerabe days work
pei"e we set OUT ana Ivy tie help Of the night seancoaeh
sleep in bed, without losing of
have sometimes lost when partakg Of friends hospitality
within few steps Of our door
Ihe Exploding Lctier.-We have received. says
the Courier lie Bayonne, further particulars of
the explosion of the Internal machine the hands of
General Eguia. The general had his fingers in
part carried away, and The thumb of his right hand
nsiled to the ceiling: his great coat, well his
nntaloons were shot through in twenty places and,
independently of four holes in his thigh, he received
several wounds in lis stomach and other parts of his
h-Iy- A. .Ie s-~-Edi oPrneu packet near the
table before Which he had been sitting, he pre-
served all those who were present from greater
or lesser injuries. The packet was abou, eight inch
es square at the top and inch thick and weighed
between seven and eight ounces Several surgeons
were Immediately sent for. Phe general gave or
ders to put his troops under arms, and double the
guards The authorities and inhabitants ran through
the streets astonished and dismayed-A four
O'Clock, Surgeon Lancano performed the operation of
smputation on The right hand; at seven O'Clock he
took three fingers from the left hand. and made Sow
eral missions III his thighs from which he extracted
many pieces Of silver wire, glass, small pellets of
hardened paper, and pieces of his coat. The sur
geons said, they had never witnessed any thing more
distressing than the state and suffrings Of the gen
eral, and they could not entertain hope of saving
him, on account of the wounds in his thighs.