Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-12
THE CONVENTION.

! ItiE CONVENTION.
+! The proceedings ofthe Convention were Yesterday
of spiral character, and the whole tlav from 1 TO
O'clock was consumed. with but the single effective
result Increasing the House of Delegates from lsa
to lai--giving one additional member to Brunswick,
aud one to ontgomery. There is reason to hope
however, lLa, the perplexng and nilammatory SUBJ
Iect of the apportionnent of Representative mower.
is disposed of, other amendment was of.
fered, and the amended second report of the Sc
lcct CcTnittce, finally adopted There are
now We believe, but two amendments before the
Convcntion-Mr. Madisons, Yesterday offered. pro
viding for future apportonments, by two thirds
of each House of General Assembly, and Mr. Sum.
nie'ss, respecting nonied corPora.o Neither of
these, it hoped, will occupy any great tine; and i,
no others offered, the Convention nav this du
reach the vote on engrossng the Constitution for
third reading This is the test vote, after which no
amendment can be madc-and on it will occur the
struggle OF accepting or rejecting the Constitution.
AS no provision is made for Lieutenant Governor,
it is probabIc that amendment of the executive
branch will be made As believe the Conven-
ton will pass the Constitution, and as the question
on It's third reading cannot he far off, we hope bv
Saturday, at iarthest to have the high qualification
OF announcing tho close of their ar;luo,s and pro-
tracted idbors, and the adjournment of the Conyen-
ton sincae. We sorry tn say, that that body is
every day losing its temper, having time ago
lost its patience.
hr Milers reasons for opposing. the motion to
| take Greenbrier from the Montgomery aud annexng
1t to the Boteourt District, have been omitted IN
the report of yesterdays proceedings from want q
time TO draw them off: They viii! be published to-
morrow
! In export Of AIf--GIayi ors remarks on Saur-
day, to coniine his ol,servat,ops respecting
the dvisibity of the Middle District to Il, country
south of James River. He Intended them to apply
both tn and south Of that ryc- which we perfect
y understood at the time, but we're not sufficiently
explicit reporting them. The calculat or,s Of
course, must be also extended.
u In reporting the proceedings of Friday we did
not fully express what Mr.. Mussia said in the debote
winch arose out of MIR. Summers motion osubstitu,e
MIR. Cooks article v to tile new Constitution The
following Is more explicit:
Mr. Massie said, that in his address TO his const u-
euts, hc had expressed various sentiments uut had
given one pledge, to which his opinions We're to be
held subordinate, namely, that he would vote for no
constiut which in his Judgment might expose the
country east fhe Blue Rid, the risk OF opprcs-
sve taxation
! The Legislature of Delaware met on Tuesday
That body has United States Senator to choose
| Gov Shuttle, during the SIX years of his admins
traiou, pardoncd more than seven hundred convics
| The Maryland Pentenliary made a nett profit last
year, as estimated by the Executive Committee, Of
| SI6 ,053 80 cts.
! The Governor of Indiana gives If as his opinion,
that the State las gained about 95 700 souls by emf
grafton during the last year, and not less than 900
| by natural increase.
Sunday UNails.-Numcrous petitions are again in
circulation to arrest the progress of the mails OH
Sunday.
Or The engagement of MIR s. Mrs H,son terminates this
evening with Mrs HiSons Benefit We in say
ing will be such Benefit manifest merit is dull,
appreciated rewarded ia Richmond The he
represented by Mr. Mrs. IL admirably calculated
play the ir talents.
| MARRIED--On the 10Th Dec. last, by the Rev
Matthew Anderson, Doctor ANTHONY r. JouNs, o.
of Prttsylvania county, to Miss ELIZA NJ, daughter
ofthe late Nathaniel Rivea, of Henry county, Va
! DIED-Yesterday, Mr.. BENJAMrN HEMINGWAY
i'll the 45th year Of his age. Mr.. II. was native u
the county Of York, in England, but for the last ter
years n respectable inha5itant Of this city. Fol
strict honesty and disnteresied friendship, few ex
celled him.
His friends respectfully requested to attend his
funeral from his late residence this afternoon ut 9