Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-08-15
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! fTcs PcoPIe IF Coiour.-A very INTERESTING debate
recently occurred IN the English House of Commsns on
The question of meoratiDg the condition of free ncop
OF colour in the w Indies. Some important ;,nd IN
T. e. tree co'oured peope) of Jamaica alone is worth
property to the amount of Se3 ,OOO,0 GOO (They are
SAID to consist of 80 o0o) One of them, Dr. Dicker-
son, left at his death S6OOOOO another MIR Syone,
S7500oo a Mr.. ilngal S 100, OoO and MIR. Benia
INN Scott Sl,25O,000. All the pimento plantations
except one i'll the island belonged to them and vet these
people were suffering under the gtievous era on.
preston The debate in Parliament "cvent.atedy in
nothing satisfactory
Mrs. Couits--The long talked of marriaoe bo,wee,
this lady and his Grace the Duke Of St Albans is VI
length on the OF taking place We have reason ia
hho" na special license applied for Yesterday at
DOCTORS Commons, upon the fiat Of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and of the necessary credentials f
lhe soiennzation of the ceremony issued IL is eyyec
led The marriage will take place during the present
week. Wv F"'
IN good society" or elsewhere. Miss Medon was q
subordinate actress for several years the cere annie of
ou eont's the banker, who married her n few hours
atte his we's death He died in three or E,ur years
and left her clear income of COS non fpe,,J L,Ir
million OF do!lars} per And now this anoua
ana ex-mSIress is ma rried to Dung and
handsome English Duke! The wonder, how ever will
sShliy cease when 1t recoected that the frs, Duko
OF ST Adams was the egimate son OF Charles II hy
one OF his numerous avoritcs Il is thus tlat extremes
meet
9nefa Opt", once the poet and novelist hut nov the
iair Quaker of Norwich" has been in town attend
ing the yearly meetings of the Society of Friends AT
heir establishment in Bishopsgat We have
ed'o some OF the eXtemporaneous oralions in public of
tins 81, accomplished lady highly spoken of
The greatest liberal makes the greatest dero,cc
10 early life Mrs. Opie Chen Miss AIderson) was ,
ron2hgons Jacobin and mixed up with Mrs. IncLbaid
God"in iiolcrott, Gerald, sc. She afterwards ,urn
Gu pro'essed 0tte s!0g and then ELAPSED into GREAT
sotary OF cards, scandal and tea We remember ier
re" years ago, when Mrs Ope could never rest ouet
W any society where cards were excluded She >,s
o" Oil her silks for plain rab and whist and ana.
urine nave oeen abandoned for pious exhortations
G0oa .tin1ners.-NhiIc the late Mr. Clifford was =.
.iS'oir'oh, he contracted ACQUAINTANCE with fam
s VI 'a' pace consisting of females somewhat adyan.
gu III age On one occasion, he yeDtured on the ne
rons exploit of drinking with these elderly Iad;es
iter having demolished his usual allowance of tea he
i" spite oil ms circumstances to The contrary that
ms hostess would by no means Suffer him to o-;ye M
""' persisted IN making him drink most Incredible
quahu'y' AT last" said Clifford in telIna the Story
oe'nS reay overloaded with tea put down ny forr
'echh cup and exclaimed, with an air of resolution 8.
heiher can nor will drink any more The hostess ten
seeing she had forced more down my throat than liked
began To- apologize, and added but dear Mr. Clifford
S you Gidht PUS yo"r spoon across your cup supposed
T11 ,e'6,ars were nothing but good Manners"
l'r clifford IS not the only person who has been hall
drowned by these over kind mnisraons ofhot wafer
ana sugar. But If people will venture on the periIons
exploit OF drinking tea, they should be made TO s,,nr
io IT. inc apoon across the cup is one Of the cahas
TIC signs OF food Society" in the old tne1
n uoS was lately carried over The cataract of Ma
sara ana escaped with slight injury-The first living,
amman ever known to come off SO well