The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-06-06

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London, if such scene were exhibited
there and. above all, not the least APP
proach to indccorum was 10 be discover
ed Every body appeared to be aetua-
ted by an innocent spirit OF mirth, and,
immense as the crowd was, the police
deemed II unnecessary to take the least
precaution for securing public ORDER
The weather was delightfully."- fine.
The masquerade at the Teatro del
Principe was as crowded last night as on
Sunday night. The theatre was not
cleared until eight O'Clock this morning
but here all the ioviality Of the carnival
Terminated. This being Ash. yyednes.
day, the FIRST day OF Lent, the Prado pre-
sented very different aspect from that
of the last three days. A penhen,ial
stiffness rsigns in the streets, and the
churches are crowded with those per-
sons who, during the last three days,were
perhaps the gayest of the gay. The
theatres are to be all shut during the
Lent, and no public amusements OF any
sort are to be permitted during this So
lemn season, except musical CONCERTS,
which are conducted upon minor scale,
at an assembly room, called the Cruz do
Malta. 49,.
have no political news to send you,
as, during the carnival, nobody dreamed
there was such a thing as French ar
my on the frontiers, or sacitous band
at Ruete.
NEWSPAPER BEGGING.
The following remarks, from the. Ball
timore Morning Chronicle, are, perhaps,
equally as applicable iE many other pla-
ces as in Baltimore; and they are on
subject of such an evil nature that il can.
not be too sharply handled:
There is a certain class of citizens so
deserving OF. the appellatjon of nezus-
hafter borrowers, that we can no longer
refrain from introducing the honorable
profession to public notice. Scarcely a
day passes but we are told by our SUBJ
scribers of the inconvenience they suffer
from the continued applications for the
loan of their paper. Considerable Of
their time is taking up in looking about
their stores for the paper, should it be
mislaid, and they are often obliged to
send to one borrower to lend 10 aDother.
No sooner is it thrown in the store than
- - sSiIS0 Wy OuO VI thSSV opOlfRCIS Wild
appear to watch for the carrier. In ma
ny parts of the city the practice has be-
come SO notorious, that every one ap-
pears to have right to the paper, but
the subscri5er-they not only infest his
store, but frequently rocker the paper,
and walk off with as little ceremony an
though they had right to exercise such
an ownership over this species of pro.
perry.
Disdaining, as we do, the custom of
making individual veYation the subject
of newspaper complaint, we cannot, in
common justice to ourselves, be silent
here. Some Of our subscribers assert
that they are SO much annoyed by the
presence Of these paupers Of intelligence,
who arc perfectly willing TO satisfy their
own appetite al the expense Of other
people, that they must iorego taking the
Chronicle, unless. this abuse is discounts
nued. Thus do these mean animals do
substantial injustice, not only by abusing
the hospitality Of their neighbors, bus
they likewise deprive us of the support
of those who are disposed to favor us
with their patronage. What would be
thought Of the delicacy of man who
breakfasted at his neighbours table, and
at his neighbours expense SO often. that
he compelled him to forego the enjoy,
ment of that meal, and the baker who
furnished his morning loaf, thereby lost
the custom of this family!
There are those in the community who
think little or nothing of newspaper.
and who, ignorant Of the cost and labor Of
printing it, suppose that the same value
is set upon il by Its subscribers. We are
acquainted with some of those liberal
minded gentry who are fond of discuss.
ing the various topics received by every
arrival which they have niggardIy pilfer>
ed from their neighbours paper--some of
whom have even had the impudence to
apply at our Office for the loan of a paper.
Over the private transactions Of our sub
scribers we do not pretend to exercise
control-but when we hear from so MANY
of our patrons the same complaint against
newspaper mendicants, we conceive il a
duty which We owe to them u ourselves.
to oppose them in common with other
paupers who infest our city. Those who
are able to pay fer papers, should either
remain IN ignorance by letting his neigh
boris paper alone, or subscribe for one.
Far be it from as to iDsinuate, that we
desire such persons to be added to our
lst--we care not whose paneP thev take