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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
House Of Delegates.
Mnnday. MnYember l8.

/ Monday. Noyenber Is.
i The House this day rose at an early
.Ihour. A short sketch will embrace their
proceedings.
/ The Speaker presented a letter from
lGeneral Breckenridge, enclosing the Me- !
nerial of the Stanton Convention, OF
(which he had been president, comp am
ling of the inequality ofthe representation
land praying convention 10 amend INC
Iconstituticn. THE memorial mas AREA
ID been puhfi.6cd. The papers beng
Iread. Mr.. Ihweatt h,ped they would oeI
laid on the fable. with view to ave me
members III to consider tue subject Ht"I
/. have the memorial printed. MIR. ae'cer'
Of l.. said, it bad been the uniform Gus,
stpln TO refer petitions to cemmitFse, a'i''
he hoped it would not be departed rom
in Ills instance-weuld it not be bette
To refer this memorial 70 the committee,
for courts OF u-tice, who were men OF ,e-
gal abilities ? IF it were laid onthe taD'e !;
tl!e object might be misunderstood ano
some sensibility might be excited alhohs
the people Ii it were referred, sill !,
might be printed Mr. Th~eati wlsheo
Ito treat this memorial with all possible
..respect, but after il was lad % tie ia.
Ible, it might beprinted. The question
Ito Law il on the table was put ard iost-
Mr.. Doddridse moved its reference to a
lselect committee: such memorial olight
to be referred to Il ose who were friendly
to It: he did not know Whstte r the com
mittee for courts of justice we're OF mat
character. MIR. Mercer. OF J.. said, he
!. had un fnrnly voted or the reference OF
every petition; he did rot know OF but
one which was not respectful during the
whole tine he was in the Legislature he
hoped that gentlemen, whatever they
Imis hit think Of the merits of this question,
would not no@ object 10 its reference
The Speaker said, the question must first
be taken on the general question OF refer
jence. ltwa, accordingly put and car
Tried. hlr. smyth knew of no subject so
worthy of being referred 20 committee
Iof the whole house on the state OF the
lcommcnv cath he wished therefore II
would take hit direction, he did not'wish
to precipitate the>discussion OF the ques,
ton aud if no other gentleman moved
to call il up, he would on Monday next.
Mr., Mercer suggested whether it would
not be better. before it went to the com
mittee of the whole house. to, give the
question more systematic form; would
lit not be proper to send 1T to select
committee to carve out distinct resolu-,
tons for the consideration Of the house |!
Mr.. Doddridge obaerved, that many CO.
pies OF this. memorial had been set ailoat;
and that some were already in the peck,
cts of some Of the members that sc :.
liect committee ought to receive these to
enquire how many of the people were in;
favor of t; that this fact was one which
required .o,ne calculation, was of some
importance, and ought, therefore, to bel
ascer taired by select committee. AL
ter they had examined it, it ought then
to come before committee Of the whole
Mr.. smyth withdrew his motion--a sci
Ilect committee was determined on, ard
the following gentlewcn named upun it
VIZ, M.ssrs. Doddridge, smyth, Mercer,
| of L. Matthews, Blackburn, Hay, Taze
y ell, Wilson, of MonUnga!ia, Conk, oil
Roltetourt, CoIston, Marshall, Giles
Jackson, and Williams, of frederick.
Mir. Heath offered similar memoria
from Prince William. which be was
charged to deliver. Mr.. Mercer moved
! to enlarge the number of the comm'tter|
with view of placing upcn it menhe'
from tie respective parts OF the counfN,I
who might be able 10 represent the leei
3inss of the people. a notion 'osnspe1aI
tie rule of the house, which limits the
humber Of committee, was put ana car
Iried. Ard Messrs Heath, Of P.NiliIan.
Fucker, Ranks. Sexton, EstI!!, Preston,
Bower. Fulkerscn. Crawford, Morgan,
Of Jefferson. aud Eide, were adsied toit
A petition was presented from sundrt
| Inhabitants IF the county OF Hampshire,
prayins the incorporation of the South
Branch Bark OF the Potomac. They re-
present thai banking capital is necessary
for them to make good sale OF their cat
tie and other products-that they have
other objects too, which require the en-
pleyment of capital, such as coal, lron,l
&c. that banking capital is as necessary
for agriculture there, as il Is t. commerce,e
in the large towns they complain thar
the advantages pt banking are too par.
italy distributed in the commonwealth.
Referred, as also similar petition from
sandfy inhabitants Of the county Of Har
ldy.