The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-13
Y[RILvLd LEGISLATORS.
EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNALS oE
TIE House OF DkLEGArEs.


FRIDAY. ian. 5.
An en- croSsed bill Concerning Edmund
Brooke ;" was read third time-and pas.
sed.
An engrossed bill " To authorize the coun.
ty court OF Randolph to sell part of the pub.
llc lot in the oSn OF Beverley was read a
third time and blanl. therein filled uo--
and passed.
An ensrossed bill Concerning pilots"
was read third tinIe-and passed.
On motion, Ordered, Inlt the Governor's
letter enclosing a letter from hIessrs. Price
and Underwood, keepers of the public to.
bacco warehouse in the citv of Richmond,
together with the letters enclosed in the one
last m-ntio;'ed, be retcrrrd to Ness.s. Da-
MEL, Woodmg, Wyatt, Walker (Jf Neck
ieHburS) x. Christl,n,. Beesoi Baytop,
Ma>oa, Pegram and Watkins.
M. Psytor, from the com nit,ec for Courts of
IN tee, ~ de tine l'Illoyng report ;r The COM
mittde tnr Courts OF Justice have, according to
order, aAd Under their consideration tie petition
or Wsiton knght, and the Tior.l ufGjs wifi,
Many An,ght, to them referred, and have agreed
upon report, and come to 4 resolution there
Hiion, as follow 1t appears to your commit,
tee, that the said Walton Knight, to support the
charge OF unchastity, by his petition aledged d.
Gain't his said wife, caused the dispositions Of
sundry persons to be taken, which have been
produced 10 your committee, bat before than
the sad Walton has locally failed to establish the
sad charge.
Ii further appears to your committee, from the
information ct u member representing the coun.
ty of Prince Edward, that late in September last,
IN conversation with the petitioner, after lie
had declared his intention to apply to the Legs
! lature tC ANAL his n ,rriage with his said wife
ne enflrircd ~ the PETITIONER, whether on such
an application he intended u irnnu,n the virtue
OF MS wife, and wHs sh;wercd 5nlt he did not
! d At he n,r thrs
tiine DID not pretend 80 question the chastity Of
h!s wite. 1t appears to your Committee, from
the deposition Of sundry persons, that the atora-
sad Nancy Knight is of a mild tem-
per and disposition that her husband, the sad
" alton ArISht, - oitcn intoxicated, and in that
situNilon very turbulent; thAt in conseque,:.
! oi u'iii al treatment received from her has.
Dahti, sIe has more than once been ObEgel to
cave his house and depend Oh the protection OF
her trientS; and tnat the said parties are ADw
living, and Tor some time past have lived, sepa
! rate and spart.--from the aforesaid memo
+, rial or The sad Nancy kn-ht, in which s,e cx-
press!y denies the charge Of :ontincncy allelg.
ed against her by her husband, it appears that
she IS willing her marriage with her said has
| oani snou'd be anmiled
| Resolved nevertheless, That the petition of
he sad Walton &Dght, praying that III act 10 ~
pass dlvorc:ng him fIoin his SAID wife, ana also
| memorial the SAID Nancy asserting thereto,
| DC rejected
The sad resolution Icing read second time,
| was agreed t. by tie House.
! Ordered, That leave DC given to bring in a bin
" AuthHrisins The superior courts aad court
OF chan2ery to issue writs OF certiorar; III cer-
la " cases." and that Me.,rs Brent (of Stafford J
| Bi.courne, Preston, Pope, Bland, Cart mill, Stti
! Alexander, Parker, Hoe, Walker lot Neck
ien'urg) and Johnson (ol Powhatan) do prepare
aud bring in the same.
The House according to the order of the day
| resolved Itself into a committee of the wao {
! house on the state of the Commonwealth, aud
| after some time spent therein, MIR Speaker re-
sumed tn. chair, and Mr.. Stth reported, tnat the
committee had, according to order, had under
consideration bill &" To continue in force for
| limited time act passed on the 5lst day OF
! January last, AMI Tor other purposes" had gone
through the same and made |, amendment
thereto, which ne handed in at the Clerks table
| where the same wastwice read, when, on mo-
ion, Ordered, that the said bill and amend neut,
De laid upon the table.