Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-08-17
MHSCELLANEOIrS.

Preparations already making in Great Britain for
Fronting Ivy the late discovery of the termination of the
Niger 10y the Landers. This event opens communica-
ton with the heart of Africa, through country the nte-
rior of wchis thcky pcoplcd fertile and abonnln with
various rich commoditeso country, to which European
commerce has never yet penetrated and which seemed TO
be shut up rom the OF European enterprze by
barrier of forests sandy deserts mountains climate fatal
10 european constitutions, anu tribes Of inhospabe and
neacherous natives. Africa has its great river lead
ing far into the depths of its territory; and it is not to be
supposed ha England. anxious she ever is 10 extend
her commerce. and seek market for the various ,r,i
Giles of her manufacture with which her warehouses are
crowded will lose moment in avane herself f tbc on
porunity oiroducc them into those in
Tor their gold, ivory, gums, and pcy An expedition
shortly toleave EngaHd with view oexporng further
Niger and establishing trade with the tribes interior
The application OF the Steam Engine TO river navigation
Will make this an infinitely less difficult and hazardous
enterprise than would have been fifty years since The
brothers Lander, their account OF their late travels di
late at some length the wonder and which the an
pear"nce OF steamboat in the waters of the Niger ascs
ding the current and threading the difficult channels
oil The river, would strike Into the minds of the natiyes
The elder OF these brothers, Richard, 20 be chargesh
The execution OF the project the opportunity which was
created 10y his ortitudc and perseverance, He i
shortly to embark from England for Africa in steam YES
sell furnished with the ofovcrawinv tho
aud rapacous natives of the lower country and of cxpor
ing the various channels by which the Niger pns its wa
ers into the sea through Delta like that ofthe Nile the
mississippi An English paper mentions the expedition in
the following teTmS.-N. y. Eue. Post
To commence this suspicious work, Richard Lander sets
out on his 3D. voyage that country accompanied by his
younger brothers John we believe, remaining his To-
tenens in the place bestowed on him by Government
Mt arealv
by Sir John Tobin and the individuals concerned in the
mercantile speculaon and is hoped that the Admiralty
will lend all the aid cam il it do send out some
competent person 10 make scientific observations sur
veys which we should think very desirable The steam
vessel in which the travellers embark, will be attended by
sailing craft with fuel stores and supplies so az moi 10
exhaust the former her progress TO her destination
She will ascend the river high expedien and be-
come depot, while smaller steamboat of shallow
draught will adventure further up the This of
cast on and is capable going where there is four feet
OF water; and Mr.. Landers experience will carry him
forward at the time when the Niger is swollen by the
rams there great reason to hope that he will
every difficulty of falls currents and flats and reach the
famous Iimbuctoo in his iron shalOp-Hest Briton.
- The Times EstaJishment.-The establishment of The
ines newspaper is Xample large scale of A ma
nuiacory in which ,he division of labor both mental and
bodily Is admirably illustrated, and in which the Of
ec OF the domestic economy is well exempiiied. 1t i.
scarcely imagined by the thousands who read that paper
in various parts of the globe what scene of organized
ACTIVITY The factory presents during the whole night or
what quantity of talent and mechanical skill is nut i'm ac-
non Tor their amusement and information Nearly 100
persons are employed in this establishments and during
e session oi parliament, at least twelve reporters
Sany attending the House OF Commons and Lords each
In his turn after about hours work retiring to translate
into ordinary writing, the speech he has lust heard and
are constantly at work. of whom have already set IN
the begiuniug whilst others are committing TO TYNE inc vel
udred manuscript OF the continuation Of speech
middle portion is travelling TO the office in the rocket
oil me nasty reporter and whose eloquent conclusion
perhaps, at that very moment making the walls of ST.
SSePhehs vibrate with the applause of its hearers.
These congregaed types, fast they composed are
passed IN portions TO other hands; till at last the scattered
fragments OF the debate, forming, when united with the
ordinary matter eight and forty columns appear i'm re-
guar order on the platform OF the printing press. The
hands OF man too slow for the demands of his Gu
nosly but the power OF steam his assistance
Ink is rapidly supplied the moving types by the most
perfect mechanism; four attendants necessarily introduce
the edges OF large sheets OF white paper the junction of
two great rollers, which 10 devour them with I'M. |
stated appeuteother rollers convey them TO the type al
ready linked, and having brought them rapid and sue
cessve contact redcver them 10 four other assistants
completely printed by the almost momentary touch Thus
in one hour 1000 sheets of paper printed on one
sde and an Impression OF 10000 copies from above 800 900
movable pieces of metal, is produced for the public in
SIX honrs-Ba66age's Economy Of Manufactures