Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-26
From NE BaHio,ore .4o,er;coa.

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Nothing Is more common than 10 manifest n
degree o Impotence ut the apparently slow pro-
gTess or human Improvement. And vet we
should consider that old, and sometimes almost
Inyctcrate prejudiccs, must be subdued. which
Is not usually the work of day. 4 work h,s
lately been published IN EIInburg, in winch the
author has given very favourable picture ofthe
progress Improvement in the Prussian domi-
mons. He states that the hereditary subsection
Of the peasantry to the proprietors has been n
polished, " likewise the absurd system by which
the propretors themselves held their estates
ihe peasantrv are now declared 10 be hered-
tary proprletors of the land. Formerly, The
landlord was bound by hereditary leases. and
not allowed to choose his tenant The first class
OF tenants now became the proprietors of the
land by giving up one third. As late as the
year 1907, nobleman could only sell Ills land,
10 nobeman, and such was the rage to force
manufactures, that no artist, manufacturer. or
other citizen, who had made money by his in
dustry, could invest it in land, unless he pur-
chased a title OF NOBILITY, D: unless he stumbled
on some one of The few spots which, in former
days, had not been held by nobamap. This
prePosterous regulation is now done away. The
same writer continues-"The Chancellor IIar-
denherS struck down at one blow ali guldcries
and those smaller corporations which regarded
particular classes and professions. But here he
found il Unnecessary to yield something TO the old
principle; so that although every man was made
rec 10 icli2w any profession, independently of
the letters OF any Incorporated body vet no man
could pursue any profession without license
from the state, which is granted on the ccrtifi
cate OF the provincial government that he Is du
~ qualified to exercise it. Thus doctors and
cinnney-sweeps, fnldwivcs and ship builders
ho'aries public and mill wrights. booksellers and
makers OF water pipes, with Il host of other
equally homogeneous PROFESSIONALISM, must be
guaranteed by that department of the govern
mcnt within whose sphere their OCCUPATION is
most naturally included, as perfectly Gt to exer-
else their Profcssonsn
Turkish F'nerak-Tn the journal of Mr.
Goodel, an American Missionary in Palestine
inserted in the Missionary Herald for Novernber
we find the following account of 4 Turkish fin
neral under the late Of the 10th Of March last.
N. T. Observer.
"This morning Turk of considerable dis
hnction was buried. The event was carly an
nounced by the screams of the women as thew
passed mournfuily along TO the place of inter
ment. They, being collected in great num-
bcrs among the graves, wrapped as they are on
all occasions. IN a large sheet, snote uDon their
breasts or waved their handkerchief i'm the air
and addressing the deceased, cried, nYou are
gone. you are nothing you are dead! YOU have
no mother 10 weep over your crave, WIN
did you die! Owhy did you dep They would
then vent their feelings in the Iondest screarns
and appear frantic with grief. After this had
continued more than an hour, being repeated
on every accession to their numbers, large