Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-16

'"'S SOHS 50 duu WiStlSO so IOnuly TO hear
out you will be pleased to bear in mind. tina
their eyes and fingers must ache at the wr,tino
ut speeches which to you are mere matter a
amusement, and that their me,noires must he on
the rack recollcctng, and their judgments I'm.
twisting and piecing together the bones and
muscles of this body fcloqucnce.-Whcn YOU
have finished your survey, aud are listening tc
some Piecc oi cri.si'n or end of wit upon the
seat behind you, You hear the names of tho
numbers repeated lin very melodious but So
lem voice. and fancy that some one has come to
give the House lesson in arithmetic: but.
upon lending your other car, you find that it il
not'"g more than the SpealStr going through
tue routine OF counting the House. When he
comes 10 thirty-nne he makes one himself takes
the char, and business commences
"fou are now all impatience. petition.
the SIZE of piece ofcalico or belt of canvass. is
Drought UP, praying for abolition Of the mo-
noPoiy OF alehouse Licenses, which latter few
words from Mr. Broughnin in its flyonr, and
MIR. Buxton against it) is pushed ouietIy under
the table. To this succeed other PRAYERS for
othcr matters, which meet with similar att cnti-
on am snare sIinilarfate. COL Davies next,
seeing Right honorable Gentleman oppo.
site IN his place." puts question about the i'm
Portation OF "French kid glovcs,n WHICH he saws
Il very important matter; and the Right Ho-
nouraole Gentleman mods without rising. Sir
James Graham next brings in Bill for the drain.
ing OF amiil-pond IN Cumberland. which meets
WIN no opposition a Bill TO amend an Act
passed III tue Session before, to amend another
Act passed IN the Session before that, for rer,,
iatig INSTRUMENTATION of marriages, is then NOV
tooe read 2d Tine Ii is read as far forth as these
words, Whereas great Inconvenience have in
many Instances arisen, fran marriages. Upon
which some very signiicantlo looks arc cxchanged
ana DIR. Phiinore, after making a speech of 3
quarters OF an hours length to which few listen
ana which gives the pens ani pencils of the re-
porters aJubiiee, moves that the SAID Bill be COM
United for Monday se'nnight. Mr. Hume then
latter stating the number of men, and women,
and Children IN the four provinces of Ireland.
anu placing Leinstcr in the west and Conpaught
IN the castIn the former of which he is set ri@ht
by Mr.. Spring Rice, AMI in the latter by MIR.
Richard Martin) moves for a return of the mum
Der OF ilibcrnians, in the parish of st. Giles in
the tieiFs which is opposed by Sir John New
port, AMI ultimately refused. Mr.. Barring then
puts a question to the Chancellor of the Exchc-
gner, about the Sinking Fund: and MIR. Hob
house recommends that the Kings news should
be made library and not a barrack
The Honorable Henry Grey Bennett makes an
able attack upon the trcad-ml; which is defcn-
del IN similar style by Mr.. Holmes Sumner
An attack is made By Mr.. Brougham upon the
practice in the Court of Chanccry, which Sir
John Coplcy parties. Sergeant Onslow next
presents petition from some Jews, against the
Usury Laws which is violently opposed by the
country gentlemen upon both sides of the
House, bat ultimately received, read, laid upon
the table, and ordered to be printed; the
Learned Sergeant makes long speech upon
the occasion, which shares the same fate with
that of Doctor Phlimorc.-lIr Martin, of Gal
way, awakens the sympathy and admiration of
the "Collective," by recounting a most pite-
Gus tale OF the beating of jacil-ass in the Lam
beth road, opposite the Asylum, in which he
had fortunately put stop, by bribing the cudg-
elling costcrmongcr with n ssf'ppcny;o and
how he had been glorious at s;niih.icld, in tr-
umphing over butcher, who had struck bul-
lock in the ptiI 10 tine beef, and who, by
tho Honorable Members graphing with him,
had been himself kicked into the kennel, and
had In his fail, upset great basket of potatoes
which had been scattered over the place., and
picked up by certain. emgrants from Come
mara, who called out g Long life and the bles-
sings OF a rcd COW to your Ionour!" all the time.
at this stage of the proceedings, Mr.. Dennis
Browne and the Honorable w. Mauic, as being
the largest men on their respective sides of the
House, so far melted that they at the same in
slant tato out their handkerchief and .gire their
faces. The hanlkerchiefs appear to be India
silk, which calls forth remark against the
smuggling of them, from SIr. Elce of C ov entry,
in which he is supported by Mr.. Peter Moore.
MIR. Secretary Peel makes some Jokes about the
bullock; and MIR. Canning plays off his wit
upon the subject of the handkerchiefs. MIR.
Alderman Wood presents petition from Mr..
Hunt, praying that his roasted cora may be
used at the public breakfasts given by the
Speaker. The petition is supported by Mr..
Gooch, upon the score of agricultural relief;
but violently opposed by Sir Charles Forbes,
as an invasion of the East India Company,s
charter, ana by Mr.. Rose Ellis, as injurious to
the w est India interests. An animated discns-
sion ensues, which ends in the petition being
Withdrawn. Fight o'clock approaches; the
benches and tho side galleries fill and the Speak
er calls upon Sir James Macintosh. 1t is some
time ere Sir James makes his appearance but
Ing comes ut last, presents a petition from
place the name of which you cannot hear pray
ing Tor Committee To- inquire into the conduct
oftie Law Oiicers of the Crown, and for a rcvi-
sion oftic Criminal Code.
" Sir James umties a bun,l|e Of documents a.
nong which there are numbers of the Etii,a-
bursh Reoien, one of which he hands to Lord
john Resell, and the other TO Lord Alhorp, lie
then advances towards the table, looks up to the
ercadincss, and begins. At first he IS low; but
lc rises till, Notwithstanding the oratical struc-
tIre of his pc..ods, your cars SILVER as though
fifty tnDcn were making kettles all around you
and till your teeth are set Oil edge as at the
sharpening of fifty scythes, and rattle in your
head as if you were in quicksilver mine
Tie learned speaker shows so intimate an ac
quaintance with English law, that you wonder
why he has not completed his history. All this,
however, is merely q beating o! the bushes; till
the scent Of quotation is discovered; and then
off he scanpcrs full speed, bounding over every
heJpc of the question:. COlIrSInn all the Held oil