Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-08-10
:, ;.n,nomd. Friday, August aO.
qgr GREAT WESTER.r.


4 TIE GREET WESTER.F.
r.berin 10 calculate the return OF the steamboats,
my a.ulost with as much regularity as the as
S n'- tho sclipscs The average ct tue trip of the
v.,s,n is about Ia days-But Sor the gales she
G"s ..J Cor DAYS she might have reached her port
.'''1 1S.s sooner. The n. York Star says
S,o n,s II DAYS, IL hours, from BRISTOL, which port
"sw clock on the evening of The 2lst. She |
81 'H GO Ir.rn. off Sandy Hook the nigh, before
Hrsa F ,,ss,re NAV be said 10 have been just ii |
f. "4 Sm came NJ 10 the city in fine style, and passed
H., - r1 took her customary station on the East !
kTf' ~ Inc Battery, with the almost certain assu-
&C ''e,t r o,ord be in that day. In the Bay, she |
1rfce ,'a ..S br the Robert L Stevens, which, with |
6SsS 9ae ,.ssprrrrs, was on an excursion TO Brown
t To' ,ba nr,rr harbor This welcome was warmly
'"' t m. messengers bosrd the Great Western,
' Nv 70 l3l in the cabin alone, among whom
50 49, of n, Courier Mr. Power Mr.. aud Mrs. T.. |
t.h..s late Mad Vestris) Mr.. Haywood She has
,sose number of letters, the postage OF which is
,n,,sI a, 81 so. Also crowded with freight. The
80 money alone is computed at near S2O OuO-
80, facts with the punctuaiiiy with which she has
red her FIVE VOYAGES over the ocean, each within
,srod 81 fifteen days less, seem to have settled
4 ,r.Usiyely 10 the minds Of all with whom we have
,ystsed the triumphant success OF steam Navigation
. me superior character of this noble vessel which
N ,sssc, perpetual honor on Old England. Not less
.,s, on Us as having cordially co.operaed, and now
- resolved than to go hand and hand, and head
- head, with our mother country in an enterprise
.n,h establishes new epoch in commerce, and may
sroIu,ionj;e entirely the plans upen which all our TO-
.rn intercourse have been conducted Indeed, it is
oosbIe 10 forete the mighty results of steam power,
com. of which, more astounding than those to which
reached NAV be much nearer at hand than magn
:, The Great Western is truly gallant chip. We learn
TN. she showed usvely this last passage hav
80 encountered four days. very heavy gale which she
v,lsed through like thing of life. But for this,
which rnrst have Gipsde6 her passage to three
-cr miles an hour. she would have in ciersn
SHE went out TO England in less than thirteen
cy Of course, she is the herald of her arrival both
,r:- and here, other craft might her going across;
gu; none can bring news Of her coming Sirius
,--ed out England in little more than 10 DAYS Let
e.. written a; New York. July and senlby the Sirius,
=. answered by the Great Western, that is, in,erns
Of Mry tre days for reciprocal correspondence
,,rsd on over space Of 5000 m,les!-The Great
Western Steam Ship Company, impressed with the con-
con Of the Of their enterprise, have increased
: The capital from ESQ 900 TO million sterling"
The Great Western Company have already ordered
s immediate building Of three large and splendid steam
;,gs 10 run between Cork and New York in conjunc.
tn with the British Queen they to be chrstened,
rs'GeEt Great Britain, and United States. The keel
1.-THE Presdsp has already been laid she is to measure
80 .ons.-The supendoas steam ship British Queen,
,.g sIanded by Capt Roberts, late Of the SIRIUS,
arrived at Port Glasgow and gone into dock 10 re.
80. her machinery She was lowed 10 Plymouth, from
GrTesend, by the Vu'iure steamer. Al Plymouth she
herself under sail, and even then beat every
ing on the channel, even the smallest craft. The
Slmsoa then towed her into dock The top of
rnnel chimney Of this boat just reached TO the
the paddle box of the British Queen 1t is thought
ia. she will not be ready to come was
announced, and that tie Tiger meanwhile will take her
i,cs.
There is nothing of any political news brought by
'e Great Western half interesting herself and the
TIN, o.; Information she furnishes respecting the onward
3r'grrss Of steam navigation.
/ The army in Csnsda is not TO he augmented The
:onalon festivals continue and Marshal Soul is still
ne Ion CT London. Mr. Throop, American Charge to
Y,p-s and Con, Perry OF the Navy land Doctor Nc
luey Of Ba,more) have been presented TO the Queen
Victoria. These items are nothing the following:
la Van of the President 5eted
Duke d. Nemours PRICE E,tehazy Prince Schwarzsn
G to the AnbassaGOi. at Guds by The cor,
> la= r,aI baai Of tie Lord Mayor"
Bennett In mis- letter from LverpooL20th July SAYS:
/ have been over all England and Scotland | have
ben nguIrIng in every quarter TO this question: and
tie widest and best information can find the crops
XII generally be ACREAGE and tn many places oucr an
garage II this out 10 be The fact, as think il will,
wit DC that the manufacturers will find good
sss and consequently become keen purchasers Of our
,nple (Couon The stock on hand here is greater by
v QO bales than at this period last year. but the
Imports up 10 the time still greater, being 3O0
80 beyond those of last year The prices also are bet
@ BY lO,o ID per cent than they were at this time last
as follows:
Humphrps & Bidde, about $4,000 bales
| frown & Co, l20 QUO
| Banng i Brothers, 80 900
D-an!slcn "a Scotch house) 50 900
The whole stock on hand is larger than nave pre-
Tously s,eet-some cay reaches 500 600 bales The
Browns are the principal seers-the other houses hold
ag IN as much possibs. We do not believe here
that the Unttet States Bank, and the Southern Banks,
can resume specie payments simultaneously The agent
the Mobile Bank here very confidently, that the
Southern banks cannot resume till mex. crop con.
huance OF the partial suspension in the South at least
VII prevent The fall of cotton here, Ill, the next crops Of
h'gand come into play, and the internal trade, well
ne oregn, to!ce the manufacturers TO pay the prices
" the Brokers. HUMPHREYS and Bddle will make large
P'As BY their conmsslons-the bank will lose. The
oi'"ns VIII come out OF the late revuson, stronger
sal better than ever Ou Of protested paper 10 the
amount OF 40 600 pounds, returned to New York by the
Towns IN 1851. they will not lose so 900 pounds. am
ssc Of H. for they highly respectable house, and
I've, gave themselves such airs as the three WIS IN
LONDON Hereafter the American trade in cotton will
~c'ni'oed by the three B.'s-he BiGdes the Barings
'no NE Browns The day Of the three WIS is pas,
ana gone forever
me suferahundonce of money in England is in.
S,FssI"s The Bank Of England has 600 600 in de
p'ss waiting for investment if,he crops Of this
county aad the United States be only full this year,
"a1e VIII revive astonishing y-and probably cotton may
~ P"ce' although could not predict it positively.
ans Correspondent Of the New York Courier &
writes on the l7th Jolly SIN the mean time,
""e country improves daily in appearance. A mag.
'Acen season "a little too hot however has succeeded
"ne The most Indictment, and bids fair to bless the in
-a's win splendid harvest, and vintage unrival
curing many years. Railroads and steum navga.
va are The hobbies of the day, aad in fact pushed
!'nd any extent that the most sangune could have
'''c"f practicable in France. Nor banking esta
''nens less in favor. Several new provincial bank
=, companies have been formed-and better test
public prosperity-the revenue for the first six
booths Of the present year shows large comparative
n,'ease [len millions of francs or two millions of
;;at''J those for the corresponding periods of
$50 and 1887 and this, says the Courier Francas of
= cay, IN the presence of those phantoms which Nj.
leave Laplsgue, Minister Of Finance, conjured up
ihtsoans 10 him. 'the crisis in the U. States any
,ts s w. over. While, however, he was pronouncing
were Grafton Of the American banks, the latter
&C. Ttp ',ns 'omodlfy the regime of circulation,