Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-29

STRAW Tr,,tll,xa az rur Cn"~o. RoAps.-- One
Of the General Steam Coach G 'leany c"aeii"s Start
cd from the York and Albany HOTEL, near t"e hrsen
Park at 20 minutes past 4, yrs'cday afternoon, ana
Uniformed The Journey The Manor House al ioiien-
ham and back AGAIN. in -, o. e inmates, distance
OF from seven 10 nine miles, as estimated rs Two se'e'
raj parties. THIS wouid gave, On r""g" calc"ia'"n.
about Ii miles in the hour. E t!o line oas'ruct'ohs
which grrr encOnnrred ,ac road, N The shape OF
Il c;s Of sheep car,a :o.sss, aud vehicles cevery de-
scrpon ccDv.nced Tins - 80" .+if estimate,
and That 20 miles an our w"ui b. the more corrrc'
computation One fact however, cncd I" b" establish
e,.-nanelY that Tie s'r"rcnaai y caaaoe y run
nnr on ordinary roads with spt.t, iony, arc sa'
The noise the engine scarcely crcer ihir; ir!e IS
neither smoke nor visible escape q! ,am, and the
boiler constructed Of numerous pipes, that Il one
or even two should burst tic boiler :, IL we'd. aaG All
danger agoi1ed To enter INTO any description OF lie
carraae oud be ioirgn Il purpose, but we can
not AVOID noticing the exl,enly rg, nio:s cmn5i:ance
which bic ~ and keeps Inc fire alive The facility, TOO,
with which the engine is managed ~ irny rrnar adbe,
of wh,ch appeared IN the descent from Inc
Camden Villas A COW St ieny rush'd across the
road w'rn The e"aeh ~'s srs'd a"a had The s We,
taken place. and no doubt Af'ns consequences would
have resulted: whereas The engineer With a pfec;-
son wi c! must be to hc duiy apnTcc aied steer
ed We cannot say drove, the coach clear of the
mal We may also menIion that though 81 Teral Hooks
Of sheep were met or passed, yet "nh"rt s'c'iai!y
To describe the carriage VIZ have on' TO say that the
wheels are very bread tat IL the portion allotted t.
passe myers il resembles The open carnagcs Oh lie rail
roads The s.ukers sit behind, and III, whole comp!t
ment nf passengers 10. Several members Of par
lament were passengers and one lady The coach is
shortly make trip 10 Windsor Tor The inspection o.
her Majesty and Prince Albert.
Az E,rrE!MESrAL Tar On Thursday morning
last new steam carrag", bnii, by company Of gen
tleinrn at the West end OF the town. started on an ex
pei imenta trip from London to Hastings, where they
arrived in the afternoon wen unfortunately, the boil
or burst. The carriage brought into the town Of
Hastings, and Friday il repaired, and on Satur
day morning the party left Hastings their return Ia
London. In descending the long and steep hill, with
in one mile Of Sevenoaks The skid drag cham broke,
and they descended The h al the rate Of 63 miles pei
hour, and fortunately rcacacd the bottom of il I'M
DAMAGE in person, although in the descent they erer
moment expected 10 he dashed TO pieces. On their at
tempting 10 proceed up the opposite hill 10 Seeencaks.
il was found impossible, the whole Of tie machinery
being broken and ont Of place. With the assistance Of
ten horses il was conveyed to the Crown Inn, where
i; remains much Damaged.
[oco,aotirs Steam ercGrdi,pr jdchinc There is
exhibiting il New York, a1the Ear. Of the Amerca.
Institute, machine, the Invention o! a Mr. Cochran
which is said 10 be fully worthy ." The high com;neBda
tons bestowed upon IT immense laboT saving
machine. On an average, one thousand cubic fee
Of earth may be excava.c6 ard placed in the cars
in the course of day; end the workmen have dub
bed il the "Sieam Paddy. 1--WE hardly know
he perfect ct" control wfeh the Engineer
over its diversified motions, or the vast amount o
labor it performs in gwen time. " at operate
equally we'll under water, md may be used IL clearing
out docks, digging canals, &c. Mr.. Cochran has
contract in negotiation with the British Government
TO dig ship canal three and half million cubic yard
in length for which they offer fifty cents per yard
Mr. Cochran says he is satisfied be can mpish tn
work at expense 10 himself of from FIVE TO ten cent
per yard, which would ksvs pretty fair profit a