Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-04

moi been without accident however. Advantage was
taken OF her Majesys presence in Edinburgh to lay
The foundation stone of the Victoria Hall, and the
buildings erecting for the General Assembly OF the
Cburci, of Scotland. The anxiety To see the Queen
attracted so large a c"ncourse Of spectators that the
sca ldng gave way, killing one person, and inluring
more or less seriously, some fifty more.
From Span the only item OF information is the an
nouncp me 1T in the Madrid Gazette Of the 2Sh of thu
opening Of loan OF 40 millions of reals payable
on the produce oil the Amoden quicksilver Times after
.Ie expiration Of the RohachIld contract.
Quiet prevails throughout the manufacturing dis
lrcts but it is the quiet of volcano But small
number OF the working classes have shown that dspo
ston concate which had been expected, and il is
thought that starvation alone will bring them to com
plee terms. The rate of wages that is freely given by
some employers is stubbornly refused by Others and
no explanation is given. This leads to the general
conclusion that either the highest rate Of wages
than the price of The article when offered, and that the
difference must 60 out of the pockets of the employers
a conclusion, by the way, which will not be very
readily adniiled-or that those who refuse to pay the
same for the same description o: labor are con-
tending for advantage over their fellows at the OK
pense of their work people.
On the whole, though no outbreaks have occurred,
the former of things is far from being restored.
The harvest is abundant, and has been gathered in
the best order The quality of the corn, of which a
great deal has been reshed OUT realizes the best ex-
peca,ions Of the farmer Some droug hit had occasoned
want of pasture and had created necessity OF resort
ing 10 Gil cake for fodder.
INCOME TAx.-The great boon proposed by the Mi.
Mister exempt every person from this tax whose IN
come does not amount TO fl50 yearly is likely TO be
lost altogether by vast numbers consequence of the
mode which has been adopted in carrying the act into
operation. The assessors, whether under The authority
of the Office not il not presumed 10 state, do not
deliver al the houses the printed form Tor claiming ex
emption, aud if such form be not properly filled up
md iDtn fhp IN duet tne M re
,urn Of duty-wheihe stopped at the bank assessed
houses and paid by the tenant or assessed on The
party for profits from trade profession, however small
the income may be-will be made. Therefore 1t be
hoves every person, whose whole income, from every
source whatever, does not amount TO fl50 per
edatey 10 call the assessor OF the parish Tor
printed exemption form, and III have it filled up pro-
pery and returned to him without delay, or the Feel
blessing of CD per cent will be assuredy leved On
every person. even if his income is only 10 year
| IypoRrAsr ISyrSTlox.-We find, in the Monteur
Beige of September 9th, letter from Berlin dated
the 2Sh of August in which it is said, that Mr. Lebon
ardt, clockmaker Of the Royal Academy OF Sciences
and of the Berlin Observatory, has just made an in
yenon, of the greatest importance, In all scIentIc
operations in which il required to measure time with
great exactness. lie has constructed a time-pece,
which, indie pendently OF marking the hours and the
minutes indicates the thousandth parts of second
For this purpose the dial of The clock contains, besides
the ordinary divisions circle divided into thousand
|
con with continued motion, and not jerking one,
like that Of the common second hand, which gives ~
its progress all The regularity and cxacness desirable
This needle may be put IN motion, and stopped, al
pleasure, by means OF two springs. MIR. L"bonardt
has connected with this time piece contriyance for
measu ring the velocity Of cannon balls
.lru YORK. Ereniag Post.
There are reports of widening of the breach between
the Emperor Russia and the King of Prussia, in con
sequence of the refusal Of the former TO mitigate the ty
q p,1.
l On this head we make from London paper The tol
lowing extract:
The prussian State Gazette officially announces tina
the King Of Prussia, his visit to ST. Petersburg
could not obtain from the Gar any material change
IN the prohbitive system of Russia, thereby destroy
ing the hopes that might he formed of the late Rus
sian ukasc being the opening Of freer state OF things
There is even u tone of complaint in the Prnssiai
official article, natural enough, when 1t IS considered
that Prussia possesses the seapurts and the mouths
the rivers which run from Poland, and which are th
natural connection of that ancient country with tn
' sea- Such state of things cannot last Either Rus
STA must succeed in destroying the Polish tongue, an
and nation, or Prussia, by resuscitaling all thei
vital parts Of Polish existence, will pave the way 10
the resuscitaon Of Polish empire. The Sovereign
and Governments Of these countries may remain o
terms Of friendship, but the nature Of things tends
feud, and ieud 10 Interior consequences
: London Corn Erthange, Sept. 9.
= This weeks arrivals OF English Grain have bee
. small, of Foreign Whea, far. There has not bee
much done in the Wheat trade since Monday, but III
prices of all qualities have been firm In other Graz
y raot ,~r -L~epda- without vaL.a late =,
, vance
r .7nt'rsrp Market, Sept
Tosacco-The market has remained stationary, b,
# sale having been made of 62 hogsheads Kcnluck
no change of prices. Since ih's sale the quoted price
m have been firmly demanded, and sales would have bee
~ made but for the lack oil Virginia
AT the public sale OF the st were taken 30 hog
y heads Maryland, 30 G2 ceuimes 10 Kentuck
!. - Al 259 Virginia, ~ 43; % Virginia, damage
. 10 40 (mostly from 81 to 40)
a Sixty hogsheuds of Kentucky and Virginia ha,
= since been taken.
d lmporntions up to the 2lst of August, 5,546 hid
: New Orleans, Goo City Point, 545 Richmond, 81
- Virginia, CSC Baltimore, 49s New York, 81 Phade
:, phia 81 Havannah, end 933 London. Total 8, %
:. agains, G,S6l last year
N Stock hand before the sale of the ls 2,sOl Ker
!. ncky, 6O Virginia, IA Maryland. Last year, 22;
a, Kentucky, and LOG Virginia.