Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-09-01

Smack in behalf of himself and crew. re-
turns capt Fisher his sincere thanks tor his
humane and gentlemanly treatn ent of them.
Washington, .august 80.
INTERESTING ELECTIONS.
Kentucku.-The latest returns give TO
Judge Logan, and Gen. Adair, the leading
candidates for the office of Governor, about
IL, 700 votes each. 1t is now supposed that
Gen. Adair has succeeded.
For Congress, we learn in addition to the
six members already mentioned, that Antho'
ny New, B, njamin Hardin, Francis Johnson,
and Thomas Montgomery, are elected. Out
of the ten members elect, six are not men,
Der. Of the present Congress. Anthony New
was member of the last Congress, and has
been in Congress, Of and on, whenever ne
chose, first from Virginia, and more recent
ly from Kentucky, for twenty-five or thirty
years.
Vlinoi,.-The election for representative
to congress has Just taken place in this state;
and it is believed that Daniel P. Cook is re-
elected, though seriously opposed by Elias
K. Kane
Observation-Disclosures election has been Just
held to 6ll the vacancy in the representation
of that state in congress, occasioned by the
resignation of Mr. Dowse and, from the re-
turns we have seen, il appears that " llilam
Eustis, formerly Secretary Of war. and late
Minister TO Holland is elected,
From London papers, received at the ofhce
OF the n. York Commercial Advertiser.
HOUSE OF LORDS. May &C.
Sundny Papers.
Lord Kenyon said that he was charged
with a petition from the news vendors In
and about the Metropolis. who complained
of being, by the practice of trade, obliged
TO sell newspapers or the Sabbath day. The
petition, which was signed by 70 news vend-
ers, stated, that forty FIVE thousand newspa-
pers, al least, were circulated every Sunday,
which, again, were regularly read by three
hundred thousand persons in and around
London. to say nothing of those forwarded
by species of anticipation to various parts
Of the country; while .he numbers Of press
men, distributors, mastervenders and others
Of both sexes, thus employed Oh the Sabbath
day, tended TO a continuous breach of Dr.
vine and human laws. Another fact of mo-
mentous Importance was, that public houses
were hequentcd in consequence Of such pa
pers. By these and other consdera tons,
their lordships were called on to relieve, if
they could not remedy, the effects arising
from the publication of newspapers on the
Sabbath day. The noble lord added. that
in the present stage, he should simply move
that the petition lie upon the table OF their
lordships' house.
Lord Holland would not have spoken at
this particular time if he had not apprehend-
I'd that it was designed to found something
like bill upon the petition their lordships
had Just heard but if ever such measure
were introduced TO the house, be should an
questionably feel il his duty 10 oppose it. In
deed 1t was TO he suspected that politics had
rather more to do with the matter than reli-
gion. 1t was stated, in something like
prospectus, which accidentally met bis eye,
and upon which, by the way the present Pc
tition appeared TO be founded, that the prin.
ciples of disloyalty and sediion were difu-
sed through the medium of the periodical
press and then followed an estimate of the
supposed circulation of Sunday papers. 1t
was natural TO argue, in this case, that the
objection went as strongly to the principles
as TO the diffusion of Sunday papers SO that
in common fairness, the petitioners ought to
have communicated their names.
Earl Grosyenor said, that some years ago
he was joined in the proposal Of bill for
prohibiting the publication of newspapers on
the Sabbath day, together with Mr.. WILDER
force, and that the publishers and vendors of
such productions then regretted the hard.
ships they endured. Whether the princi-
piles they promulgated were loyal or disloy-
al, was not the question now before the