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ALEXA^DatH G4ZETTE.
PUBLISHED AND EDITED HY
EDGAR SNOWDEN,
Fairfax Street, (opposite the Post Office.)
T&RM3 —Daily paper eight dollar* per annum, p*y
aole half yearly Country p»p-r live dollars per
annum A Ivertisements inserted at the rate of one
dollar for the first ihrer- insertions, and twenty five
cents for evc*y subsequent insertion.
From the Xeu? York Courier and Enquirer.
THE RACES
The great contest between the North and
South came on yesterday at one o'clock, and as
in the case of Eclipse and Henry, the North
was victorious; though, in this instance, the
southern horse was very far from being a worthy
representative of her sire. She was admitted to
be, however decidedly the best Nag in the south
ern country, and with but few exceptions, her
friends openly proclaimed that if the north could
beat Maiy Randolph they could beat any thing
south of the Potomac.
Six horses entered for the four mile heats, viz:
Uncle Sam, 0*K.elly, Mary Randolph, Mu*
Mattie, Tobacconist, anuCelesfp The southern
sportsmen generally, and a large number of our
New Yorkers, hacked Mary Randolph against
the field, and five 10 four, and in some instan
ces three to two were freely offered, and to a
Urge amount accepted. Never in the annals uf
the* Union Course, have we seen such confi
dence exhibited a* w a* evinced by the backers of
Marv Randolph, and it continued up to the run
ning uf the fourth mile of the fi> si heat, when 100
to 20 wasbei lhat she would win the heat.
The horses Marled "ff in gallant style, Mary
Randolph soon faking the lead, hard pressed by
Miss Mattie. It was evidently not the intention
..t irkfllt ro run for the ftr«t heal, but perceiving
that Mu* Mattie was not suffiiient to put Marv
Randolph n» her speed, he made a push at her,
and M» rider discovering that he had the heals
ol her ladvV'ip, very judiciously determined to
push her to the utmost and then win the heat —
O Kelly i9 particularly remarkable for his great
bottom, and the repeated brushes which he is ca
pnblc of making without injuring his wind. He
accordingly made use of his advantage in this
respect, and about tae middle of *h<? third mile it
became eviden* that his rider had acquired a
knowledge of Mary Randolph’* powei9, and o(
his ubdi*v to heat her. The mao\ brushes be
tween O’Kellv and her 'advship, and the vaiious
exhibition* which the different horses made of
their respective speed, biought five of them re
peatedly in clo^e contact, and <xci»ed a degree
of interest seldom or never exceeded. When on
the las» half of the third mile O'Kelly took tire
matter entirely in hi* own keeping and placed
himself prominently in advance of the field; a
shout from ten thousand of the spectator*. and
the waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies in the
pavilion, responded to the gallant • ff»rt. and pro
vtd that they believed him capable of sustaining
hi* position Fr«>m tins moment, the hackers ol
“ the field” were in spirits, and accepted all bets
ofieieu mi the result, whether at odds or even.—
Marv Randolph saw her danger and went *» tu
her work” in tamest, but without success, and
O'Kellv came in ahead under a-strnng pull,
winning the heat without indicating any fa
tigue.
The backers of Mary Randolph looked ag' ast
and those who had freely offered 100 to 60 that
she would win the wuise. were nowvffered 100 to
20 that she woutd tint; 100 to 25 Mat she would
not w hi a heat, and 100 to 20 that O'Kelly would
win the purse. The reverse was a* great as it
was unexpected; but our gallant competitors
frankly admitted their errors* regarded the mer
it* of their favorite, and showed that they could
submit to defeat with the same equanimity and
cr urtesv which tney always evince wheu success
ful.
On starling for the second heat. Uncle Sam,
who had “ lain by” during the first, took the lead
a d showed that he meant to contend for it.—
Marv Randolph made two or three ntisnccessfu!
brushes at him, which not proving successful, in
duced O'Kelly to come forward and make an.ef
fort, although it was believed that he intended
to “lav by” for the third heat. A spirited and
closely contested race for the next two miles
was the consequence; but Umle Sum proved
himself agouti horse, ami won the heat in hand
some stvte, hard pressed by the favorite son
of Eclipse O’Kelly had now run for twro heats
mi! h>«t one: of course ne had done more work
than any oll»er horse, although Celeste had
pci form ’tl much more Ilian was expected
of her. The bets, which had been five io one
on O’Kelly's winning, now became even, and
in some instance' small odds were ofi'eced on In
cle Stm.
At the commencement of the third heat. Mary
Randolph again showed her unwillingness to sur
render to her northern competitors, and by the
style in which she led off the two first miles, the
hope* of her friends began to revive, but 0‘K.el
ly and Uncle 8am demurred to this and »' neith
er of them could permit the other to win in con
sequence of each having a heat, they were botl
di iven to the necesaitv of doing their utmost. Al
competitors were soon left far behind, and these
noble animals were brought in close contact a1
the height of their speed. In the third quartet
of the last mile. O'Kelley rapidly gained opor
and passed Uncle Sam some lengths, when h<
was brought under a hard pull, and on passinj
the distance aland was about lour lengths aheai
—his rider quietly looking over his shoulder foi
Uncle Sum & Co. The race was considered
won, and apparently O'Kelly was of the samt
opinion, lor when within three rods of the Judges
stand, he drew up. The rider ot Uncle Sam en
deavored to take the heat in consequence, aoc
would have succeeded in doing so, il there hatl
been a rod further to run—as it was, O’Kelly,
notwithstanding his premature hilt, won theheai
and purse by about half a length.
MINUTES. SECONDS
Time 1st heat - . - 8 .2
Time 2il heat - • • 8 .6
Time 3d heat - - - 8 8
Alter the four mite heats a match was run be
tween an Eclipse colt and a Winter Arabian
which was won by the Eclipse.
Old $v’\kfca wanted.
1WISH to purchase shunt 1000 Iba. of Old Spikes,
june 4 JOSIAH H. DAVIS.
| From the Xationul Gazette.
I LETTER FROM JOHN RANDOLPH.
Georgetown, Dec 2, 1811.'
My dear Sir: Your letter of 'he 2£<i has tain
on my table several days, during which tune I
actually have not had as much leisure as would
1 suffice to thank you for it; for to write in tht
' House I now find impossible—often catching my
self in the act of committing to paper the woid#
that are floating around me, instead of those which
should convey my meaning.
I perceive that Dr. Smith’s “ Essay oo the va
riety of Complexion in the Human Species” has
been treated iq the American Review I wish
the Reviewer could have been acquainted with a
[circumstance which proves how iui»h greater
j was the reverend author’s anxiety for his Hy po
1 thesis (no uncommon case) than for his facts.—
' Mv brother (Theotlorick) and myself are “the
two young gentlemen” referred to in page 19 of
1 the ** Stricture# on Lord Kaims” in the first
I edition: Philad. 1787. Dr. S. there states, cor.
1 recti? enough, “ there i* at present in the Col
i lege of New Jersev.”'&c ; we came to Prince
ton about the last of that year, entered college,
[after tome month# past in the grammar school,
| and finally left it in December ol the same year.
In the late edition (p S32,) he says “ there re
sided in the college of New Jeisev, in the years
seventeen hundred and eighty^/iue, six and se
ven,” &c. Why this variety in the complexion
of the essay I am at a loss to tell. But this is
j not all- He called us into his library and inter
I ruga ted us about our Indian descent—we knew
i nothing more than that we derived it through our
[grand mother, whom it suited him to make the
j daughter of Pocahontas, in order that we might
be in defiance of time and fact in the fourth tie
scent from her. He give us about that tune, u
copt tif Ins essays, which now lies before me.
with mv marginal notes. 1 cannot think of
Princeton (where mv ardor for learning was first
damped) with anv sort ot patience.
.inno 1613— Pocahont-*, alias “Matoahs, or
Matouha,” baptised in the Christian faith by the
name of “ Iteberca. daughter to the mighty
pnnce Powhatan, Emperor ol Attanoughkamonck
alias Virginia,” became the “wife of the wor
shipful Mr John R-»lfe ”—[Grangei’s Biog :
History ot F.ng : vo!. 2d, p. 57—Stith, Bever
ley, &c.l
She died at Gravesend, in 1617. leaving an on
ly son Thomas, whose only daughter
June married in 1675 Robert Bolling, of the
family of Bolling, of B'lling Hall, near Bradford,
in the" West Ruling ol York. (MSS in my pos
session: old family record,)—This Robert B»:l
ing emigrated to Virginia in 1G60, (married J me
Rolfe as above in 1675,) lived at K'ppax, in the
county ot Pnnce George, and is there interred.
He died in 1709, July 17th. By this marriage
tie had one son John, whose eldest son John, a
great Merchant anti Indian Trader, settled at
Cobb’s, in the county of Cnesterfield, on the Aj»
pomatox. He married Mary, daughter of Rich
ard Kennon, Ksq. of Conjurer’* neck, by whom
he had John, born Jan. 20, 1700, died at Cobb's,
April 20. 1729.
Jane, (tnv grandmother) born 1703, married
to Richard Randolph of Carle, fourth son ol W il
I liam Randolph of Turkey Islnwl (a gentleman ol
[Yorkshire,) whose youngest son John, born in
1742, married in *1769 Frances, daughter o(
Theodoritk Bland, ot Caws*ns (of the family ol
B and of Rippax Park, near Ferry b. ulge in tl«e
Avest riding of York.) John R. died at M.itoax
in 177ir. Theodorick Bland and John Randolph,
sons of this innrriage, are the “two young gen
tlemen” referred to in Mr. Smith's Kssav.
1, P irahonta*; 2. Thomas R die; 3, Jane Bol
ling: 4, John Bolling the elder; 5. John Bolling
the younger; 6. Jane Randolph.; 7, John Ran
dolph of Roanoke the elder; 8, John Randolph
of Roanoke the younger: making just seven de
scents from P*o ahontas, instead of “ fou'.”—
j The other children of John Bolling and Mary
; Kennor, his wife, were
I Elifcnbeth, bom 1709. married Dr. Wm. Gay;
Mary, married John Fleming,'born in 1711;
Anne, married James Murray, born hi 1718.
Burke also falsifies tne account of the descen
dants ol Pocahontas He make* J.me Bolling
(on grandmother) marry « Hulling. The mis
take was intentional with Burke, for life had the
t B >l!ing MSS. before him.
| William Randolph of Yorkshire set led at Tur
I kpy Island in Virginia, and married Mary, riaugh
| ter of Henry and CathaVine Ishain. Their sons
, were-^, William of Turkey Island,-from whom
descended Beverley (died without issurl-*/Vcr
of ChaUwnrth, father of the late Beverley ami of
\ Mu*. Fitzhu/h of Chatham, who, thereupon, sold
j Tuikey Island to my uncle Rylaml—and IPib
limn of Wilton—(grandfather of the present
; Wilton)—Mr*. Chisirell and Mr*. Price. 2.
Thomas of I'tukahoe (great grandfather of Tho
j mas Mann. Mr. Ji fleison's son in-law ) 3 Ish
' am of Dungeness, who had It'illiam of Bristol
Thomas of Dungenpss—.Amr, married Peter
J (Terson, ami bore him Thomas, the late Presi
(dent, &c.—Jbme married James Peasants (fa
| ther of my colleague)—Sukcy married Carter
i Harrison of Clifton. 4, Richard of Carles, mar
ried Jane Boling, and had Miry (Carv) — Hit'h
ard. married Anne Meade—Jane (fl’alker)
J Brett—Hyland of Turkey Island—Elizabeth,
married Richard Kidder Meade—John of Roan
oke. 5, Sir John, (Kn't) father of Peyton, Pre
sident of Congress, and of John (Edmund's fa
ther) Attorney General of the Colony. 6, Hen
ry. 7, Edward, who married Miss Grover, a
Kentish heiress Their daughters were—8, Ma
' ry, married William Stith, bv whom she had
President Stith, the Historian, &c. 9, Elizabeth
(Bland) my great grandmother, maternally, who
bore Richard of Jordan's Point, N. C. in i775 —
| Theodorirk of Cawson9, who married Frances
Bolling, a lineal descendant by a second wife
(.Inns SlilhJ of that Robert Bulling who married
1 Jane Rolfe, in 1675. From this second marriage
descend the Bollings of Boiling-Brook (Peters
burg) and of Boll-Hill.
From Sir John, (Kn't) 5th son of William,
descend, in the female line, my colleague Hugh
Nelson, (whose father married a grand daughter
of Sir John, who was also Attorney General and
Speaker of the House of Burgesses) and numer
ous branches of Burwells, Grymes, &c.
\ ou can find the placet on the map. Kippax
was afterwards called by my matecnal uncle,
Theodorick Bland, (a member of the old Con
gress and of the first House of Representatives
of the United States) Parmingdale; it is about
three miles from Cawsnn’s. Adieu.
JOHN R. of Roanoke.
LETTER3 FROM WASHINGTON.
Extract from a letter, dated
Waxhisgton City* Mav 29.
“ I am once more in the Capital of the Union.
Mv visit here was entirely unexpected to rue and
will be as short as the nature of mv business
will ada.it of. Washington, at this season of
the vear is very dull, and peculiarly so at this
time, as a great change is about taking place
among the subordinate officers of the Gjiverti
ment. It is rumored that no less than 150 are
to be removed, aud among them a number of the
heads of the subordinate departments, which
seems to cast a gloom over every thing. I have
not been able to ascertain the “ why* and where
fores” that have led to this determination on the
part of the Executive.
••I visitrd the President this mornr.g, found
him engaged in conversation «nh two gentle
men, anil at the same time indulging in his fa
vorite habit of smoking. He appeared quite
feeble, and very much changed for the worse
since l last saw him. 1 inquired of him in re
gard to his intended visit to the North; he re
! plied that if his “health remained as it wus now,
he should commence hi* journey next week, and
remain one or two days in the p*iur:i|ial cities
for the purpose of meeting l>ts fellow citizens
and taking them by the hand.
“ The improvements sdMftt th« President’s
! House are progressing rnpj^B t'-d when com
pleted will be creditable t<wBre country. rne
I mar adnmiziug of " Pennsylvania Avenue” is in
a state of forwardness,—a large uumber of hands
■ are engaged upon it, and by autumn it will
j be completed,
| “It is rumored that the President intends,
. soon after hi* return hum his tour, to visit “ the
; Hermitage,” there to remain, resigning nil the
' power of his nfli<-e into the hands of ,\1 r. Van
Horen. Should this prove true, it would not
smprise me nt all, as I have always been of opin
j ton that he only consented to stand as a < amlidnte,
t on condition that he should resign at the expira
i liuti of the lint year. — Jioslon (Juztltt
I li IV.ctiivrTm! Tirv 1
Monday Morning. June 3d ^
“ The prevailing and almost the exclusive
subject of interest here, of late, have been tne
i health of the President, die new budge, and
last, though bv no means least, the far-famed
proscription list, I au> happy from occular evi
dence, to have it in my power to say, that our
venerable Chief Magistrate promises to remain
much longer on this »ide of eternity than many
have prophesied. Tne world cannot spate him
vet; and Providence seems disposed to contin
ue her smiles upon our country by not with
drawing a prop so valuable at such a crisis. The
onlv difference which the recent suffering of the
illustrious old gentleman appeared in my view to
have wrought, was this—his pipe is shorter
than it used to be,'and his smoking liis longer.—
in rcxtCi as the French have it, i think you will
find him m full vigour to bear the acclamations
with which he will every where be welcomed on
his journev. It is now generally understoou
that lie is to leave Washington for your City, on
Thursday to remain in Baltimore through Fri
day, on Saturday to embark for Philadelphia,
there repose Sunday, and on Monday to
give him^tf up to the City of Brotherly Love.-—
On Monday he departs for New-Yuik IIis
w i-h is to travel as a private genthman, not lo
make his excursion the ostentatious “progress of
a potentate ”
“The bridge of width I spoke will be a splen
tlitl embellishment anti convenience to Washing
ton City; and the President is said to have ta
ken great interest in all the details relating to it.
“Tne proscription affair is now regarded as
a bubble and a ‘bugbear, got up by a few bu»v
clerks, who having been- pels of the government,
desired to attract notice, by distinguishing them
selves. The most universally accredited ver
sion of the store is this—A plausible petition
was framed, setting forth in substance that pub
lie men ought to have private virtue; anti that
those who were without morality deserved to be
without places ’I hose being truisms fioin which
no one could dissent, certain names, in,all I am
toltl, not exceeding eighteen, were obtained to
the aforesaid petition; but only one a name of
anv weight. Now came the trickery:—
“ The petition referred to certain illustrative
documents; and these documents gave names, and
observations, which were not examined by the
signers of d>e peiitinn; so when the paper met
the evps of die government, it was followed bv a
disclaimer fiom the only individual whose opin
ion was likely to prove influential, containing a
; statement of the ruse and expressing surprise
and regret that he should have been entrapped in
i to an attack upon some of his most valued friends
'and men of tried and unimpeachable integrity —
, It may readily be imagined that the Cabinet
j with one run so lit frowned aw'fc» the meddlesome
! and malicious attempt to injure the deserving;
and seemed so disposed to extend their frowns
to the faction which had sought the mischief,
that no one has yet appeared, with sufficient
hardihood to take upon himself the sill of the
! cnnspn arr.”— Baltimore Gaze'te.
' i ■ 11, - -
Tweiviy ttuUtvra Hew ai d
nflf.J, be given for the apprehension of J\MKS
Cl. M.V I’llKU9, an indented apprentice i«> the
Cabinet Business, who absconded on Sunday morning
last. The said Mathers (more familiarly known bv the
name of Burns) is (bunt 19 years of age, 5 fett 8 or 9
inches high, slcnd* r im le. thin visage, freckled f,ce.
light brown hair, of rather sluggish carriage sr.d
speech, with considerable self roitscqor-nce lit had
on when lie absconded a white hat. olive close bodied
coat, white -ntnuloona, Stc.; but havings vatic tv of
clothing, his dress may possibly be varied. Mathers,
having * slight knowledge of the Upholstering Busi
ness, may possibly tender Ins services as such.
The above reward, w ith ail reasonable expenses,
will be paid for liis apprehension and stcurennnt. so
that I get h m affsirt; ami all persons are hereby fore
warned against harooriug nr employing said boy, a- tie
Uw will be rigidly enforced ag-install offending,
june 4-If___JAMKS GHKKW.
Ostial \\ava\ug \auz.
THK public of Atexmdiia is respectfully informed
that the celebrated Picture of the Uesurfection of
I asa'us, from the pencil of Mr Boudc-t, of Paris, will
be exhibited in thi* t'.ity for one week nly, beginning
from Monday next, from 8 o'clock A. M. until 10 P.
M ,at the old Indian Queen Tavern. The Painting is
in the proportion of about 9 by 14 feet, and llie
principal Azures as'largc as life As to the merits of
the Picture, suffice it to sav, that it has been highly
commended by the Philadelphia press, and most ex
tensively patronized by all the religious societies, pub
lic and private schools, and the public generally, of
that city Admittance 25 cents. I
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
77ie Canal- — Change of Location — G neral
Mercer, President, anti Messrs. Smith, Jamiey,
Guntnn, and Price. Directors «>f the Chesapeake
and O do Canal Company, accompanied b' Co
lonel Cruger, Engineer, paid tins tu-vn a *•■‘it
on \\ edne*dai last, on business relating to the
Canal. We have learned that they transacted
business at Harper’* Ferry and She pherdstow n,
on their way up, apart of which was the letting
of that portion of the Baltimore and (Join Riil
Road, being four miles and one tenth between
the Point of Rniks anil II irper’i* Ferry, which
: the Canal Company have undertaken, by tne re
1 cent compromise, to grade. The contracts en
tered into for this purpose, provide that the work
required is to be finished on or before the first
day of March rust, being fwo months and ten
days within the tune allowed by the compromise;
! and yet considered amply sufficient fur the exe
! cution of the task.
i The gentlemen above named proceeded from
I this place to Hagerstown oil Thursday, where
' they also transacted business; and we greatly ie
gret to be informed, that they there adopted a re
solution to institute a survey of a route for the Ca
nal, on the Viiginia shore, commencing at Mid
dUkaufVT daui, (right miles above this p'ace)
I where the present contract* terminate. The rea
son for this contemplated change of location is
the excessive and enormous damages given in
Maryland by Juries, which the 11 *ard do not
i think the resource*of the Company justilv them
i in incuiring in luitire. They will therefore, il
mine a«lvantageous terms be met with, on the op
] pnsife shore above, (of which there, appears to be
i no doubt,) conduct their work across the river
i at the point mentioned
j Wc do hope that the public-spirited landlioltl
• eta on the Potomac, in this and Alleghany conn
' ties, through whose property the Canal was con
' tern plated to pass, and upon whose estates it
i would confer the most signal benefits, will not
i permit tins noble enterprise to leave our borders,
i carrying with it into a neghb iriug Slate village*
and manufacturing capital and establishment*
whii h would otherwise be our own, besides its
ordinary convenience as a public highwa*. lu»*
...i la l.t fv i •**•*.!«* r.irflitlMth
Williamsport Manner.
In the rase of (lie Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal Company vs Genage Lefever, tried on lues
day and Wednesday last, being a proceeding to
condemn laud for the Canal, the Jury returned an
Inquisition of 8G500 damages, rm* quantity of
] a ltd condemned was 421 acres, 3G1 of which
, were a'able. The quality was good bottom
laud. The location of the Canal threw a body
oi the land of the owner between the Canal and
the river, lo which two modes of access were
provided by previous stipulation, one a ferry a*
the most convenient place to the proprietor, the
other, a bridge over the Canal where a public
road cio«ses it. It was also previously stipulat
ed that watering places were to be made.for the
proprietor’* cattle, and that the v ater of a spring,
used heretofore by his tenants, and over which
the Canal would pas*, should be conducted un
der the Canal by pipes, connecting with a pump
upon the upper side of the Canal, all of which
the company was to have done at their expense.
Additional fencing was required, of about 1800
panned*. upwards of G’)0 ot which being ne w,
and the b.t ance-removed fencing The body <d
land separated by the Caual from the farm com
! prised about 40 at res of the best bottom laud
i in if, and is in shape perfectly susceptible *»! cul
• tivatiou, having now wheat crops upon it equal
to any in the county.
As to the benefits which the Canal is capible
of conferring upon the estates of owners through
which it passes, we will iiimiiioii one instance in
the neighborhood. A farm l)ing cnntigioos to
litis town, on the opposite side of the Cntmco
cheague, the largest part of which is bottom land,
equal to any in the county, was lecemly soid,
after the Canal Company had condemned what
was required of u for their uses to an enterpris
ing citizen of this county for 855 per acre. A
small body of it, comprising about an acre or
more, cut olF and thrown next to the river, was
sold to another individual for 87'X) This land
had been several years in maikct, and a year
ago could not command from y>40 to 45. Other
instances might be adduced, if it were deem
ed necessary further to illustrate »be beneficial
operation of Canal* upon projwtrti, which expe
rience every where has confirmed.—Ibid.
Yesterday commented the General Annua
Meeting of the Stockholder* nt the Chesapeake
and Olio Canal Company, the M rynr of the Cl
ly proming. ine Annual ivpnri m me i ie.*i
dent and Director* was presented uml re.ul by
General Mercer. Af'er which, a Resolution
was moved r>v Mr. Mi Inure on behalf of ihe Cor
poration id 'Washington, to enter into a Resolu
tion to proceed to the Klection of President anil
D.ift lor* of the Company for thcye.tr ensuing,
on Tiiuisday nett, ut 1 o'clock. To this mo
tion vari.m* Ainimlmrnta weie proposed, on
which mm it debate ensueil; but, before coming
to nn. < oik In*.on, the Meeting adjourned till to
day — A at Jut. of yesterday.
Turtle fcoup.
■ AI\K 1'nrtle Soup uill be served up by the subscri
I1 bc-r on l ueailsys and T hursdays. Families esn ue
! supplied. lilGIIAKL) H. H MINING TON
I m.e 4 -3»
sVutice.
IlilE bu*ines» carried on in my individual name end
. ed yesterday, and will, from the present .late, be
; conducted by myself and I >u » Dana btt. Junior, under
[ ihe firm of Wood (3* Beknktt I have therefore to
r-qn-st that all persons having demands agsinst me
| will render their accounts, that they mav be adjust'd
I and p*id—and those indebted are respectfully request
ed to make payment, as it is absolutely necessary to
close that concern. JJIIN A. WOOD.
Antigua, May 1st, 1831;
Bmitish Vue Go isolate, T)
Aletsnoris JuneS, 183
The above notice has been received, snd is publish
edfor the inform,tion of tho»e concerned.
June 3—3t
sVbtlce is Utirrbj given,
rl AT a General Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Fauquier snd Alexandria Turnpike Company will
take place at Buckland on Thursday, the 9ih day of
May next, for the purpose of electing a President, four
Directors, a Treasure', and other Officers of said Com
P»nv. J. MORGAN, Treasurer.
The above Meeting is postponed till Fm
day, the 7th June. mar 10
VERY L \TE FROM ECROpr
The pa- ket ship New York bring*.
Liverpool to the 1st Mav
Toe Ministry has sustained a siin,| (|„f (
the House of Commons, on a q ies'i »n .»t r ,
ir.g the (ax upon matt, and Ear, G
consequence, according to e(iq.i»i!«>, ,t.n |, ‘
his resignation, which, however.
ed by :he king. |r wa* thought thjf tv h0J^
ami window tax might aUo he repeal ,1 sri(j
Lord A thorp had given n-»*>ce tha* a taj „o
perty and income must b<» r--->r».»d toil the\V
on the mult duty was nut te% md-d
, Tt»e French Chamber of f) putics fca,| b..ea
prorogued, out were t mined lately re-rof!»en,,|
li was confidently reported in Paris, a,„[
i lieved by many, that the Ras.iau fl^et h ,<j. ,t
1 the summons of the Sultan, landed 6,030 tr„.
to garrison Constantinople, and that large ,-n-p,
, were in rapid march to the aid of .M.h-O'ij U
one division of 10.000 men had already Cr.*.t(j
the frontier.
The news from Portugal, via Spain,
favorable to l)»n Pedio, w ho it i* said lj ,* j,
feated the Miguclite army, and would in tw.a
| tv days be bcfoie Lisbon.
Mr. ILrret, toe publisher of the I) jb'in h!.,»
in which Mr O’ConnelT* letter appeared, hsj
bc« n indicted for the publication
‘ The accouchement of the Duchess 0I Birri
was daily expected.
The London Times, in remarking up,.n
subject of the deieat of the English.Mmi,tr» ,m
the Malt Tax, says:
The idea of the Administration resigning 05
such a point would be the height of |«ifT rai>
surdity. There could scarcely be a gn*ater u
lamity for this country than a change m t'lerMr..
citiors of the Crown at the present mu r
when plans have been matured for H,e veti.e.i \
of so many great question*. and vh,<n r-»e
try is so eager to leap some of to- fiur«rf.
form. I h** arrangement ol t ie aftnr*
List India Co...pane, tin link C!nrt-npvi ,
the tie* code lor abolishing or niiti/v,. - ,
mal slavery, tlte slate ol tin Cm, ji. *, .j,
many other thing* of great imp el.- ne, >.
for an immediate de» imuii. The !<•.••* wen ,
lion to toe Government at this intere»‘,iig r »
would lose liii*f id on* of toe must i-i.w-e,;
sessions in our annals Besides no t-t >v v.
the faction of an-iichv could gain an 'i.tv
the thinge. The u-turn of the Tmi*-* to t.flue
is impossible; the miintry rejects them, ar.il
they themselves are c on(e.%.ediy afiaul to t*'»<
il; and we «upp-v* the i-nuntiy i» no' v-*t pre
pared to submit to the dominion of ib- liivh l-ir-l
of misrule, or of the Btumoiag-n 11 i np<l<r,.—
AH that we co’ild gain t»v an evin otion of imjn
triotic pique or p'i le in tendering *h»ir pUni
bv the presen* Cabinet, would be vine curia
sion, and a gn*at inteiruption to die b-i-.me*» <*f
die countiy. We hope, however, that mmistpn
will take warning from the danger into »vi,i:h
their own want of fore sigh! has plunged them.
The following declaration made in the llouu,
by Lord Althorp, on Monday, the 50:n, poin’i
! out tlie course which the Ministers have delft
i mined to pursue in the embarrassment uudtr
1 which they labor, caused by their defeat on : e
previous Friday. This notice excited csidilrf
' able debate, several members having undented
| Lord Althorp to have said on Friday, "lot
I the vote had placed the government m a sun of
i considerable embarrassment, but alter the vote
to which the House had come, he could not think
of offering any opposition to the carry mg of it in
to effect.”
The Milt Tax—Ministerial Proposition.
I Lpird Althorp rose and said that he fell ipife
' persuaded that every gentleman expected ih«'
would state, upon the prevent occasion, whatwv
! the course which his Majesty’s ministers woe
! determined to pursue In consequence of the rrvo
i lulinn adopted on Friday last. | Hear, hear- -
j "fiie decision «>t the house on F>idi» evening tuf
| placed his Majesty’s government, as lie staiHit
j the time, under circumstances i f great cat*'
j rassment. After his Majesty’s ministers M*
! that it would be desirable to bring the
as to the reJu-'iion of the malt tax agiio umle
ilia mntiilf-rati'in of the IL*use, in such a no
j tier that the whole state of the ca,*e should ‘n
' brought fully and fairly before it—'hat *very >"
norabie member might see clearly all the ton*
<|iieuces of taking such n step as that inyolyili'1
! the' resolution -adopted on Friday last, and a'
j tliev should all coine to a decision upon t|,p *'1
jpct ui»h thpir eyes open to the whole •’jjrrti
effect of such a proceeding, fflear, l*cir. J
' If was obvious that the sense ‘*f ,!,t* l,1‘^
siould be taken npm the point at thysrir-’
moment and with the least po*»ible tltva*.
! for that purpose he now n»se to nive noti<e, t •
jit was his intention upon to-morrow nig-'
move, as an amendment -upon toe ino’mn nl y
linn. B tronef, the member for the city "I I. " -
for the redaction of the house au.l windi».«*,t
the following resolution, which he wnVd
read, in order to hare it placed upon the
so that gentlemen would have tune to consul-'
—namely, ** That a great di fi> ienev of re»»r
would be occasioned by the reduction of the
tax to 10s. per quarter, and by the repeal11 ^
taxes on houses and windows, winch roo d 0
be supplied by the substitution of a genera ■
upon property, (hear hear,) and that a» the t
of it would be to change the whole finan*,a* *
tern of the country, it would at present be'r'*
pedient to adopt it.” ^
Lord Altlioip having resumed his r'H
again in a few minutes, and moved the ordr ‘
the dav for the house resolving itself into* t
mittee of supply. In doing so, he said h* * y
take that opportunity, seeing the honorab.e®
ber for Wolverhampton (Mr. W . \S hitn>orf
sent, to express a hope that his honorab.e
whose motion with regard to the torn 'a** ^
precedence to-morrow evening of that ol t" ^
norabie Baronet, the member for the city ® ^
don, wonld not refuse the request ** 1
(fjord AI thorp) now made to him to g',e WJ; J,
on that occasion, and to allow the motion y ^
honorable Baronet to have precedence, »