Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-01


FH.Se1 POLrrrcs-,rho following is an sx,,,s,
oI huer received by one OF the Editors of ,ho
ms5ning Herald, from an American gentleman lop-
resident of France. Itwas dated
,u PANS, April 8, 1899
The french government have recently vo, mr., .
quarrel with the liberal members of the Cb,Ioho,
about the prerogutives Of the crown The m;n;s,s,s
pretend that the Chamber have no right 10 chance
tue P,'ncPles OF any law projet which may be pre-
sented TO tnein. law wos proposed 10 tho Ie,;..
iatve branch Of government, the object b;c Co.
TO allow the Councils for the depsrtm md 49,
dscinents to be elected by limited number of 80
oiGs VINO Pala tne highest tax. il was prouo-
sed by the comrsttee Ia whom the proie va ~,
mtted To admit about one hundred and filv tbous.1
individuals 10 the honor of becoming ulec,,, ,:
Of fifty thousand, the number CONTEMPLATED n. III
ministry ms proposed change IN the law was n.
doPted by the Chamber Of Deputies, in con,ebuepc,
OF which the law proJet was Withdrawn Tbi,
event will probably detach the liberals from tho ~
sent ministry and finally lead to their overhrowi
Whatever difficulty may interpose, France will
become very free country. All the well inform
cd classes OF society are already better inform
ed as to what constitutes civil liberty and poIi,icsl
equality and in word what their rights are, than
any people IN Europe Of the present any former
epoch. Winnie they advance in the knowledge and
exercise OF their rights, it probable that they will
avoid the error into which hive fallen viz unive
sal suffrage. flour system slIond ultimately be faunl
TO De detective 1t will be the result Of that lbcraIty
fhnr.
will be IN every society 10 the highest PRIVILEGE 20
citizenship. Now that we have admitted this pTinc;
pie OF universal equality, the only remedy il 70 sx,
the benefits OF education to all classes of society mi
thus endeavor to mitigate the evils which will otbo-
wise eventually derogatc from the general suner;o;,
OF our political system, others.
The word has rung so much lately with Tho do
ings ofthe Duke of Wellington and the princ;naI ~
OF nus cabinet Mr.. Peel says the Evening Post, that
the following description ofthcir personal
and manners, will not be unacceptable we DE- aa,
to our readers. 1t is taken from the Ednburgb II;
erary Journal. s" i'''
, There 10 no resemblance of the Hero of Wotcr
100 extant upon paper which presents SO accurate
portraure OF the man as is given in the cnricntn,cs
Or Mr.. Peel all rho prints and portraits sero,. %
comic, with which the public have been favoyeJ NJ.
rs little IKE as may be to the original. The encra.
wing from the picture of Sir Thomas Lawrence 70
tiattering deception. BY the way the great men or
the day have few or none OF the supposed out
ward and visible signs of arstocracy John Ea,
OF Eldon, though almost if not altopetber nm
more dignitied III his habilments than
tne majority of his mates in the House of Peers
lie Is, out and out, fine old Englisbman God bos
written honesty. upon his vene rabe old brow pb,
DuKe OF w ellington evinces partislity towards
certain pedestrian convenience, for which cannot
account IN veteran campaigner. Paul PRIV i.;e.
SELL the Cockney deity, never a preatey 6rst
10 an umbrella Meet HE grace where YOU WRIST
Dowlng.street-or at Westminster, in HYDE Par
- w iuihS WI walking, III Cafrlape Or en-
let. the shadow is not faithful 10 the snb,ngr
than ms umbrella to the first Lord Commissioners of
Ills MaJestys Treasury. i am morally certain tbpI
some great mystery is shrouded in it's folds and sb"
dive into every club and coffee house in london, IN
vi arrive at It's solution. Peels personal phenomo
ma are strongly characteristics and tho fio;,;ra ~
preston of his features will always make HIM sub
tne subject Tor painter His appearance does no,
outsriP the date of his years in the parish rc;,o,
lie is above the middle height something soop shcuI
aeiee' ana oil proportions lndfcrently balanced His
hair is OF an earthly red, his dress careless and o
IKE, with an air of idiosyncracy about his chGps1
wnch nc is pleased to wear in depressed fashion
a Ia puritan The Secretary's voico il even a,;
harmonious, and his general manner wor.:i be- dec
dediy prepossesslng were it not that the oil. ofhnm;,
Ny glistcns over much upon the surface. The D,I,o
of wellington who rshcs to his subject like IIiol
lander to the charge leaves without any effort 70 do
So a far stronger impression of his modestv Tbero
is wide difference between the style of the iu,o
speakers Mr. Peel brings forward his sentmen,
neatly folded in silk paper, while the Duke Jaciaro
himself in the pop pop mode of corps of skiym;sn,
shnrp-shootcrs on the day of battle.