Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-01

poweficSe bnu uesplcaOle Oy thelr imaginary wants.
Seldom has there been man with a fairer prospect
ofaccompkshng great thirgs and of acquiring lasting
renown than Charles Fox, he had great talents of the
most popular sorts the times were singuarly favoura
bic to an exerton Of them with success large part
fthe nation admired him and were his partizans he
had. rs to the great question between hum and his
rival lPtt) and justice clearly his side: but
he had against him his squandering and luxurious
habits; these made him dependent the rich part'of
his partisans; made his Wisdom subservlent to opu-
lent folly seshness; deprived his country ofa the
benefit that it might have derived from his talents
and, finally, sent him to the grave without single
sigh from people, great part OF whom would, IN
his earlier years, have wept at his death at
tioaal calamity
great misfortune of the present day is that every
his estimate, raised a6ope ms real state
ote: every to think himself entitled, II not
to title and great estate at least 10 ice wtou toorh
This mischievous, thi- most destructive way of think
ing has, indeed, been Produced like almost all other
evils by the Acts OF our septennal and unreormed
Parliament. That body, by its Acts, has caused
enormous debt to be created, and, III consequence,
prodgous to be raised annually IN taxes. IL has
caused, by these means, race OF loan mongers and
stock .lobbers arise. These carry on species of
guning, by which some make fortunes in Il day, and
others, in day, become bcggars.
The words speculate and speculation have been sub
suted for gamble and gambling. The hateulness of
the pursuit thus taken away and, while taxes tn the
amount of more than double the whole of the rental
of the kingdom; while these such crowds OF
idlcrs, every one of whom calls himself gentleman,
and avoids the appearance OF working for his beud.
! In spite of every art made of to avoid lsbour,
the taxes wi after ALL maintain only many oilers.
We cannot all be "kni.rhfs aud e!pticUen;" there
must be large part OF US after all, to make and
mend clothes and houses, aud carry on trade and
| commerce. and, III spite of all we do, the far
greater part OF MS must actually 'oort at something's
for, unless can get 1t OF the taxes fail
\ under
Ayoung man, some years ago offered himself to me,
on particular OCCASION as dn;anuensis, for which
he appeared to be PERFECTLY qualified. The terms
were settled and |, who wanted the JOB despatched.
requested him 20 sit down, aud begin but he, looking
out Of the window, whence 10 could see the church
clock said somewhat has'y, Il cuHnoi stop nop Sir
must go to dinner oh" said J, "you must 60
70 dinner, must YOU Let the dinner which YOU must
wait upon day have your constant services then;
for you and l. hall never agree" He had told ME
that he was in great distress for want Of enpovment
ard yet, when relief there before his ewes he
coul1 forge for the sake of getting at his eating
anddrinkng three four hours, perhaps sooner
than should have thought it right for him TO leave
OF work
The London press is exceedingly. and that of our
own country not little given to affect great accura-
cyof details as to the movements of important per-
snnagcs, or accidents occurring TO them. The fall
OF Lord Wellington from his horse, at recent re-
view IN England, was of course an event not TO he
passed over, and accordingly find the London
Spectator commenting thus pleasantly upon the ac-
ouracy Of the various accounts of so portentous an
T. Amer.
The Duke Of Wefiington'S FIJI tram hiS horse
1t is edying to observe how difficult it is to obtain
an accurate statement of the simplest matter of fact
There seven eight oraces OF truth daily speak
ing in this city, and yet any two of them seldom
agree in their account of the ratter, whether
of criticism, political opinion, or occurrence.
Some accident happened 10 the Duke of yelling
for MT ha in vIo Pail NoJ,
what was it, One paper says his Grace tell off his
horse; another that the horse reared and the Duke
dexterously threw himself off, third print has that
the Premier did not tumble, but that the horse came
down. fourth, again, declares that the hero OF Wat
erloo was blown off his steed by gust of wind.
Such the discrepancies and contradictions of the
most faithful reporters of so simple affair.
First we shall give the version of the Times.
During the review, the Duke of Wellington,
while advancing at the head of his regiment, ,oas
HtrOton frOrn his hOrSe but his grace are happy
to state, experienced no injury Whatever from the
fall"
The Chronicle is, Of course great in particularify
During the review, the Duke of Wellington was
thrown from his horse rather the animal fell with
his Grace. Something having given 1t alarm, 1t
reared suddenly that 1t could not regain it's bal
ance, and fen Jdcktonrds. Fortunately the Duke
most dcxterously managed to throw himself clear of
the horse, otherwise the consequences might have
been very soFlpns. To the inquiries Of those around
him, the Duke replied that he was not in the least
hurt; did it appear that the horse ha sustained
any injury, as his Grace soon renouned, and the
animal quite passive.-The horse is The Dukes favo.
rite, of chestnut color, and ridden by his Grace
at the battle Of Waterloo"
The horse which the Duke of Wellington rides on
every occasion, has always this pecullarity that he
is the identical hOrse the Duke rode tho battle of
Waterloo. Sometimes he is chestnut. sometimes
grey, sometimes bay, and we have known him
loan.
As we have sincere regard for the horse that
carried the Duke through
RE d,fIo l mill tphen LIooyT iyI
Hhen Kings held the bottle and Europe tie stakes"
we must express pleasure at learning from our
friend the Chronicle thai he is of capacity rear
in this year 1929. Six years ago, Mr.. Martin GAL
way had him in dung cart,--that is To say, III a
Parliamentary statement, which is next in credit for
fidelity to n newspaper one
The Chronicle mentions this curious particular in
the behaviour fthe mob to the much quad
ruped i'll qucston-wc quote the sentence completes
g. At one time half dozen people were on
either side OF the horse, endeavorng to obtain
shake of his hand"
We hope he Of sixteen hands at least, for the
pleasure of distributing his manual courtesies among