The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-06-16

iiiter- in-law to the king Of England, arrived
| at Calais, on the 12th of April, at eleven
| O'Clock at nieht-FIere, for once! The Ex-
ar1inef, even the great Examiner, is mJH@keh
BY an eytraEF If G prifln.s isffec fran Lon-
dan, which we wrote, and addreGed, this morn
I--ing,-to gentleman IN Richmond, it appears
that her ROYAL Highnefs did nat arrive at
Calais till the thirteenth OF April, at half paff
four in rhe afternoon. What careleis fellows
thefe Examiners are, to blunder in matter
of fuch vaa Importance.
The fame newspaper has great deal more
of the fame kind of ftuf-The Grand Seig-
nior, and hts Diyan are in a hate of conhdera-
bic agitation.--Certain provinces of the OF
tonan empire are now in fate of total an
archy.--The court OF Vienna is going to open
4 negotiation with the Turks for the ceilion
of Boinia and Servia.---The TurSiih empire
will be divided among the great powers con-
tiguous to it, Ruflia, PruiIia, and Auitria.---
hpS far the Examiner.
Alexander is hardly feated upon his throne.
Auttria has been difmenbered of many pro-
yiRces. She was preierved from extinction
by the prudence of Buonaparte. After
hxteen years of the mott unfortunate and
destructive wars, this government now Lam
guiihes in debility and bankruptcy. France,
with all her conqueifs, land her glory, mutt have
time to breathe. Pruflia is but fecondary
power, and, during the late war, The received
ieVere iqueeze. People talk of the Turks,
as if there was nothing more to be faid than
Let as march to Csnfantiaoth." They
do net think of the ftupendous MATS of bag
gage and artillery, which mutt be dragged
after All army; nor of the rivers, the marines,
the deiarts, which are to be croGed in the
tourie of this conquef After the late Eu-
prefs ct Ruliia had beat the Turks in one
war, ofeph Of Auftria Joined her in another
Ills rei~urces were great. His forces
had every advantage of numbers, Of bravery,
| ard of difcpline. His character was obfinacv.
He loft iome hundred thouiands Of men. He
made no progreis. Finally, the genius
Of Baron Laudohn interpreted, and faved Au-
ftria from poftive diferace. This is about
the beit way OF telling that ftory.
But thcie are matters beyond the reach of
! the Examiners Information; and he cannot
| be blamed for laundering, when he finds him.
| iclf 5fjoHd bis dspt5, We go back, therefore,
/ 70 MS congenial element, the politics of Vir-
| GINA.
We had reprinted Mr. Hays pamphlet
| sgaintt the 1srebant 1ax. Cigis attack ed
/. it in this paper The Examiner attacks Civis
! fed 90 us that Mir. Tones fhall have an anfvger.
In the mean time, we ihall give him word
| or two.
| Jones Jays thar the Penitentiarv and the
Armonry have produced s*trq0rdinary de-
r'1dy7ds on the public fsndS, He could not
have lelected more happy word The Ar
nloury has soft about An hu1sdred shoufsua
dollars. About as much more is wanted 70
complete it Memorial can fpeak, upon this
head, within luch triAe as thirty or for,v
! thouiand dollars. After the building f,alI
| have been completed, the arms could have
been purchafed much cheaper than thcv can
be made. Thus, without promoting aiIy ore
| practical purpoie whatever, two hundred
| thoufand dollars are extirpatsl. And beoaufe
/ the houfe has been once built, arms, at an e,I
| traragant charge, mutt continue to be made,
| that the fabric may not feen to have been
| quite MjeleE The building itlelf has been 70
wrctchedly patched together, that already has
| IT begun to totter; and burrefes have actually
/ been RATED to bindrr TIE 1Uaih from fum6E1g.
What is your opinion Of child that REQUIRES
| pair Of crutches, even before il can oct our
Gifts cradle Suchis the Richmond Arnourv.
| The Penitentlary has been faid to difI,lav an
| equal ihare ofeconomy. Thefe are, no doubt,
extraordinary expences; and, in the midH of
iuch doings, it is expected that the afTenbly
viii continue TO give Mr. Jones, as public
printer, iinecure Of three bouiaad doHay,
aJeay.
| The Al9rkjmc" fay that the refources Of
the itate, for the grelent year, exceed the ex-
PenI,ditures by an 6nadyed and fny tboajand
! a@H@r5. we 1hoeId rejoice to be quite lure
/ OF that. In the mean times it is reported that
me tTeaiury contained Tome titf}e ago, jiia a
french crown; and that, GncS dat sine io Is,
or iatsiy was, withoue one fonr tsate init
/ RS"y II u bt that oar eougery readers
! mould be made acquainted with oheis matters.
eetr delegates, when they come here in De