The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-09-24

mons has made report Of the nun,
members oil the house, who hnld .,' =
under the crown, at the pleasure a. IS
crown or otherwise, aud The no, he
nents OF each. The number Is q e"nola-
amount OF their emoldmen.s Is f,,i ,' lie
There are besides, ID members > ba 80,
Offices IN the appointment of public o',I nola
the emoluments ofwhich amount IN 30 ,,e Us
pounds. There are seven fnen,bar. ~,
Ing pensions from the crown for rc ,'''a'
mounting to 3G53 pounds. nv a
hlr. liuise has proposed certain poo,
tons on the inadequacy Of the STU; ,Io'''
Fund, which he considered founded i, ~
lacy and maintained in delusion and 'a =.
have involved the country deeper in III -
than she would otherwise have been ~,
consideration of the resolutions nas nv
Poned Tor three months. Only ninetean
members were in the house.
An important change is said to be :.
contemplation relative to the transnor,a
tlon OF ielons-as it has been found H.,
Punishment to place go much praised -
New South Wales has no terrors to .'
guilty. 1t has been proposed to substita,e
Bermuda as the place of exile, and TO en-.
ploy the. convicts on the numerous govor,
ment works commenced on that island
For the youthful cOnsicts, it is proposed +,
send them to our settlements on [ he co...
| OF Africa. there to be registered and disci,
med, aud il possible, reformed.
An iron rail way, with steam carrace. !.
contemplated to be established betwee,
| Manchester and Liverpool.
Breaking stone by steam.-C ma new In.
OF road now cutting between Bury and Bol.
ION, about half mile distant from the lor
mer town, one of Messrs. Kay and Root-
ledses patent rotary engines is attached TO
machine, something similar to bona
mill, but considerably stronger, and breaks
the stone to cover the road at the astoni,h.
ing rate of 20 or 80 tons in the hour. Tbs
! engine is mounted on wheels, so that j, can
be removed TO any part ofthe road with.
oul beln5 taken TO pieces. This novel an.
plleation of the power of steam, originated
With the spirited and ingenious inventor Of
! the rotary engine. BY it the commission
ers OF the road are enabled to prepare ma.
| tenas on scale Of economy not beforc
| contemplated.
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
The following extract is from letter If
a member of the Mayo Central Commitee.
II Is an appalling fact, that, in little NOR.
than month, one hundred and htentu-ss-
rea human beings have persisted in one
! parish The victims Of famine and dvsentp.
ry:
a was ono Of those appointed by the
Mayo Central Committee, 10 inspect tbe
state of Eiris, and, having traverscd that
remote and neglected baronv, | shall be
oaefeo by my coiea2 oc5 of the miss on, in
/ ;ssun8 tie public that one hundred and
twenty seven persons, as appears by our
notes, taken on the spot, did actually fall
victims 10 famine and dysnnte Y, from the
Isl oFJane to the 9th o. July, in the parish
of Fillmore, within the Muilct.
"The Fact would, Of course, in time.
speak fer Itself but the assertion of it was
made, uncontradicted by the Parish Priest,
before Dennis and Robert Bingham, Esqrs.
aud Other respectable Inhabitants OF the
| neighborhood.
Indeed, the distorted countenance,
swollen limbs, and feeble figures, We be.
held, proclaimed but too sure oorr0bora-
! ton of what Tie had beard, exclusive Of o.
! Their instances ofeXtreme uretchedness and
actual death, from this cause, that we cur.
! selves were destined TO witness"
From hs Lime5Tct Chronicle, July so.
We feel it to be our painful duty to re.
port that distress in our city is daily a5su-
ming more aggravated appearance, ,aod
that, uniess some immediate assistance be
shorded, many Of our feIlow-c creatures
must perish from actual starvation. In
! making this statement we do not speak
uoa,l'iscdly. The weekly expenditure of
the City Committee, 70 whose immediate
protection nearly 10000 fellow creatures
/ look up for Their daily food and support, 10
something short of 1901 and we speak
from authority when we say, that scarcely
this sum, being hut single weeks proyi-
zion, now remains in the hands of the Tgea-
/ jurer.
Two cars, laden with -four, from Rock
Mills to this city, were taken OIL by the
reasantry near Derry CALVIN, in The Llber-
ties. Such acts are not only disgracefu,
but impose heavy tax on the parish
where such p!under is committed.
Worth Vcst Coast IF .4moica.- The fol-
loving satisfactory account of the nature of
the claims 5ctup by Russia is extracted FROM
the 52d No. ofthe Quarterly Review -
Let Us examine what claim Russia can
reasonably set up 10 territory in question.
10 the two shores of Behring's Strait
re admit, she would have an undoubed
clam, on the score ofpriority of discovery;
that on the side of Asia having been toas-
ed by Deshnew lii 1913, and that of Amer.
'ca visited ~ Behring's in 1774, as far down
as the latitude 50, and the peaked noun.
tam, since generally known by the name Of
Cape Fairweather. To the southwarl of