Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-16
From he .Me,o- Yorh Skipping List.

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From the Ne,o-Y ors Skipping Lis.
MARIrIME LAVA case was decided in thi.
city last week, (which the owner of a ship was
held responsible for damage doneao a cargo on
freight-being eaten by RArs
The principle of the decision has been fully
recognized by writer's on the law of Marine
who have also held that the master and owners
are exonerated by having Cars on board.
The case Of Nancy James, of Philadelphia,
who was sentenced by the court to be tucked as
common scotd, has been ed to the superb
or court: consequently, the execution of the
sentence is to remain suspended until that tri-
bunal decide upon its consti.utionality.
Disfressing.-on the 23d ult a fine promising
child, two years old and upwards, (daughter of Mr.
Samuel johnson, of Montgomery County penusvl
van'a') was so drcadfully burnt as to cause her
"eath IN lew hours. Her clothes came in con-
'act win the kitchen fire, which nstantane-
ousIy cnveloped its devoted victim i'm flames The
parents were absent-one of whom a short dista nee
from the house, heiug alarmed with the cries imme-
diately repaired to discover the cause, when, Ia
mehtao'c tn state, the heart-rending scene was
presented To view. The above is another instance
oil many similar ones which frequently find i'm
The public prints, and ought to be a serious admo-
milton to parents.-Register.
Canal Renenue and Commerce Seventeen
thousand four hundred and tliirty-uine dollars
were received By the Collector at ALBANY, for
lamar toii during the month of October; and
tour hundred and forty boats cleared by him i'm
the same month, having on board thousand &,
sixteen tons of merchandise, besides iron cast
lngs, household furniture and sundry articles not
enumerated on the rates of toll.
The government of the United States requires
all boats navigating the New-York Canal, OF
hve tons burthen or upwards, to pay tonnage
duty of six cents per ton per annum.
The town council of Providence, r. ]. is pre-
pairing to send away all the idle and dissolute CO.
Toured people, that are found in that place.
The Dai,y.-At the late exhibition at Tons
field, Mass. six COWS were in the pens from the
farm of Col. Jessoe Putnam in Danvers, which
had yielded milk sufficient since the LIST of Nav
last, to make s85 lbs. of good butter, and up
wards of l 100 lbs. of cheese.
A NOVEL DisoUALIFIcATIoN.--In Ohio the
constitution requires that senator shall have
lived two years in the district which he is cho-
sen to represent. The counties of Delaware and
Franklin formed district; and a gentleman liy-
ing in Franklin had been elected, and served
as senator for the district. He moved from
Franklin into Delaware; and last winter the Ie-
gislature of Ohio SD altered the districts as to
leave Franklin out of the district in which this
gentleman lived. Hence the gentleman is dis
qualified, and cannot represent the same people
that he had done year ago-he not having resi-
ded two years in the district. II is curious af-
fair in politics. The gentleman did not move out
of the district, but the district moved from him.
Niles.
.hr. Rean.-Mr. Kean, of theatrical notorie
ty appears to be waning in the public estima-
ton. BY the last accounts from England, he was
performing his principal characters to the most
mcagre houses in Limerick, Ireland. II seems
he had agreed with the manager of the Theatre
III that city, to perform for two weeks at the rate
of forty pounds sterling night, but such was the
miserable patronage he experienced, that he had
to throw up his engagement, to prevent the bank
ruptcy OF the poor manager. On any occasion
he had not more than about three hundred in the
house, and before the termination of the first
week, the boxes presented nothing, but pros
pect Of emptiness.
1t has been repeatedly said in the public prints
that Mr. kean intends again to visit this country
If such is the case, he will have learned by this
time to bear the reverses of public TASTE That he
was an eminent tragedian, and indeed unique in
his style of acting, will at once be acknowledged
by every person of taste and feeling; but genius
has no authority from nature 10 outrage the sem
timents of propriety. When he comes again. we
shall all be glad to see him; fer the passion of
half enclosed eye was neverso truly embodied
as IN the action, the expression and the lanrnape
oI Nean. NJ. Y. Pat.