Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-23
VOL. XX.---NO. 5.

inc nait CioSeu uOOr, TuSifeu into The Chtlic en-
and got the keys of the vestry door, which WAS
then opened while Others entered the corrihur
from the vestry, passed through tine crowd T."
the other end, and broke down the door at The.
bottom Of the steps but unfortunately these
exertiOns were not i'm time to save the I'M
happy sufferers.
Many, however, were taken out fiintinS,
and soon recovered ; Others, apparently Er-
less, were afterwards brought tn their senses ;
but, we regret To add, that one hundred and
ten boys, of from TO Is years of age, perish.
ed, on this occasion, from s,lIncation, by being
pressed together in SD small place OF tram
pied upon.
On rejecting upon this fatal occurrence, the
Lieut.. Governor is convinced that none hut
persons of the most depraved or perverted
minds can suppose for moment that there
has been tue smallest wilful or Intentional
fault on any part. That there are, however,
individuals of the above description in the
island Is hut too evident, as reports of the
most malgant nature have been raised and
circulated Unthe occasion. 1t will be the first
duty OF government to sift these reports to
their foundation, and the au,hurs if tliscov-
cred, " I'll meet with the punishment they de-
serve.
That fatality of such an extensive nature,
so unexpectedly and unaccountaby produced.
| should excite ut the moment strong sensa-
ton among tn. relations and friends of tile
unfortunate sufferers, cannot be wondered at
but the object of this annual institution is so
well known here, and in itself is so praisewor-
thy and so beneficial to the younger classes
! of the community, that they ought to have
been satisfied and, indeed, il is bIt Justice,
| to say, that, generally speaking, they were
satistied-that accident alone could have ca,ls.
ed such diaster.
| The Lieut.. Governor, however, in thus &C.
quitting the parties, concerned in superint.nd.
ing the arrangements of this institution, from
all Intentional blame, deems il 10 be his bound
en- uuty, az The natural protector of eve6y
individual in these Islands, especially of the
i"wer classes to remark, that the regulations,
originally laid down On this head, were on the
present occasion SO far tGyiated from, that the
ceremony had been too long protractcd, ami
| that the children were brought from Floran
| INTO the city for the purpose of having the
bread and: frnit distributed to them-ihereby
| creating delay, which in the first place caused
the accession OF a number OF nearly fu-growu
persons not included IN the procession who
had hcen engaged in the Carnival and who af..
forwards ilocked to the church to get "A share
at the bread. and thus increased 10 an extent
unknown Ia the Superintendents, the number,
shut up in thu corridor of the Conyrnt-and
which delay, in the second place, occasioned
IN the Convent that darkness, waich, If not
the principal cause, must at all even,s have.
materially increased the mortality on the &C
casiOn.
In closing the account of this melancholy
business, it becomes the duty OF government.
10 notice, in the hig hest terms Of appreciation,
the genera! good conduct of the inhabitants
| In the nelghbUurhOod Of the Convent and
even Of the miserable parents of the sufferers
who not only obeyed the prompt and salutarv
directions given by the deputy Inspector
general of police on the spot, lint who assist.
ed the police officers and the soldiers of tl.
Malta FencIbies IN clearing passage through
the crowd In the narrow street where the qrc;-
dent happened; by which they were enabled To-
carry the bodies of the sufferers, without loss
OF time, from the Convent Ia the civil hospital.
The thanks nf The government are euualIy
due To the medical officers, civil and military,
who instantly Oh hearing Of the accident, pro-
.ced"i To The hospital, and assisted IN the most
Jealous manner the medical gentlemen attached
10 mat esabshinent-alsO To the Malta Fenci-
bies under the immediate command of Capt.
the Marquis de PRO, and TO the deputy in-
specter general ana the subordinate officers OF
the police. BY their general exertions the
loss, great as it unfortunately is, was cnnsi-
derahiy diminished. BY command of his
I Honour, RICHARD PLASKET,
| Chief Secretary to the Government.
! Palace Vallotta, Feb. ii, 1928.
Extract from speech Of III Hyde De .NeurMe,
detteeTed st .Ufrch, 1923, on The proposition
| to erpel ". Manuel
" Ii is necessary 10 advert to the unlimited
power possessed by the two Houses of the
Congress of the United States.
Such, Gentlemen, is it, that each house can
establish its own regulations, punish IFS menu
hers for disnrderly conduct, and with the
concurrence of two thisds, rxpeI them from
their body-observe here that am speaking.
ofentire expulsion, of the total loss of cha
racter IN the Representative, and not simply
OF n measure Of scxprdiency, adopted by a
body IN respect ~ its dignity, but even Of its
exisenee.--Such is the rule which prevails in
the Federal Government and il is to he found
even in the mostdemOcratic states. In Ken
lucky, in Louisiana, Ohio, Mississippi, India
ma, in shsrt IN nearly all the states Of that
Republic, ESPECIALLY in those of more recent
4 date, which in general are imputed the least
disciplined in their civil and political institu-
ti0ns,) and even some of them add to this
regulation that expulsion never can take place
second time for the same cause.
! southern state, Georgia, appears 10 al.
low of final expulsion but in cases Of frloDy
4 and infamy for mildrr offences it prrscrijt :;
4 reprlmand, fine and perpetual imprisonment
have not Thought proper to- extend furthrr
my investigation on this topic. 1t is sulA-
Il Gent unqncsionalhy, to demonstrate to You
that even republicans find not the destruclion
i Of the representative system IN simple and
natural measures, dictated by reason and pyu
dence, and may also Say by common sense
4 have thus citedtO you, GrniIrmcn, the
laws of an union which sanctions the cxpulsiui
Inf ,f,r nod q. n