Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-08


Tho motion wa, then noga,ivcd without a division.
occasional by violent attack made BY Lord London
derry upon that nconary In reference that attack
The Duke of Wellington during the debate, made
&c He must be allowed say a Few words respecting an
iusrious individual prince Talleyrand who had been
strongly annadveried upon by his noble lieud
him. True II that tho illustfious individual had en-
oyed in very high degree, tho confidence Of his noble
friends deceased relatives and true Is alsowa that Of
tho groa measures which had boon resolved upon at
Vienna and at Paris had been concerted carried with
oat tho intervention OF that i,usrous personHo had
hesitation in saying that both that time in
the great which took place then, and in every
trans,c which, s bad been engaged with NJ Tailey-
rand ,nco the had occurred during tho short
pcrol in which he (hc Duke Of wolngtoa) had bee m in
's Majc,ys councils after tho late revolution i'm France
he had no hesitation he said in declaring, that in all
transactions, from the first 10 the last of them no man could
havo conducted himself with more rmness and ability
Win regard to his own country with uprightnc.s
and honor In oil his communications with the Ministers Of
othor countries than Prince Taley (Checr,) Thcy
had heard good deal of Prince Taeyrand from MANY
qraierSbut he felt himself bound TO declare it to be his
sincere and conscientious belief that no mans publ, and
private chaaecr had ever been much bccd both the
public and private character Of that ilustrous individual
had been CCries Of hear, hear. and much chccrng.)
Lord Holland followed and said
There was one part OF the noble Dukes speech which
had svon him the greatest pleasure and which reflected
tho highest credit upon tho nob. Duke He need hardly
say that he alluded to tho temper he mainline, and
roaty with which tho noble Duke had upon
what had TALON from the noble Marquis with regard to
private grounds he thanked the noble Duke for that part of
his speech There could be but little difference of op
mon az the injustice, and want Of generosity, of speak
IN harsn and Insulting terms respecting the Ambassa
dor OF friendly power lcnt among On the other
hand no fo that there could be good taste in dwelling
OH the viruo and merits Of mans acquaintance, in
an assembly like that Of their Lordshps; w. he trusted
that forty years acquaintance with the noble who
had been alluded to, enabled him bear hi, testimony
inc iac that although those forty had been passed
during time peculiarly fraught with calunne, Of every
description h,r' md boon no mans private character
moro mistaken A." misrcprcscn,cd than the private and
public character OF Prince Tallcyrand (Hcar)"
Serere Storm at Que5ee.-we were visited yesterday
(ov 22d) by strong gallo Of wind from the eastward
encc would not however have done much damage if TIC
fall tides had not also occurred. The waters Of tho s..
lawrence rose to greater height than they have been
known 10 do Tor many BY far tho largest portion of
me lower part OF tho building the north end of the
Lower Town aud of the suburbs Of ST. Roch were several
icet under water. The tide in fact no in ST. Peter street
20 tho Commercial Buildings Of Mr. Jo,es; the
cellars OF the houses 10 the being all filled with water
In d. raul street. the woolen foopath have almost been
removed anu where fences only protected IL from the
the street IL entrey filled up and impassable from the
wreck OF buildings, Yharves. panks and timber. At Mr.
onr or i've feet the hanger nearly overturned From the
East India wharf TO this point all the waryes have been
injured and Mr. Dudden's wharycs, which were piled
many thousand deals belonging to Ii. Gowen & Co. have
received much damage, and the deals estimated at to
10000 carried off, Beyond Mr.. Taylors shin ward
Mc;srs Turseons and Mondor and Eries deals Meal
ium wharf, have in great part been carried away and
mo buildings &c Sc, Oh the wharf injured Mr.. Bells
largo hangcar has been thrown down and carried off,
and the adjoining whacs and buildings all damopod
great part OF the m1tcrals thus sent adri by the
menduous along ST. Paul street, were carried TO the
ncighhorhood OF the Kings woodward and the north
vi o. Ifoch There II has accumulated in huge he AM.
and assisted in driving five six schooners and number
OF vessels across the streets up against the fences the
woodward or agan the HOUSES Tho shis building varJs
OF Messs Mum Finch, and tho property in the neiyb
oorhood have also sorod and particularly the vessel on
the stocks at Mr. IS. yard. Tho whole Of Mr.. Dakins
kyyoh nj ar: A
away: Ii was reported this morning that woman and
child becn drowned in OF the houses This dc,ruc
half Of what has ascn place by the rise of IN. id. in
gers, houses Offices and cellars proat doal of suc,r
isn ana dry goods must hayo r>ccived damage. In the
front lort OF ul> Lowor Town, the damage the h,rcs
by waor IL NJ; so considerable; although al M'Caups
wharf, and generally Of tho other hangers tho water mus,
nave entered AZ tho Lower Town landing place one
sha schooner was sunk ana number Of boats damaged
IN tho Cui dc Sac the damage comparatively tHinr
suppose that the amoao done can ,carcrlv he ,n,L
below 80 Or $4,000. Within six or seven wear. Nc
Perty to tho Of double triple tho necessary
pence Tor erecting durable por tho mouth Of the
Gazette. ~
Daring Robbery.-A robbery more daring IN is plan
ana execution yet moro inseniousiy and oxpediou-y
never porhaP' was recorded in tho annals Of
city, than the one about 10 relate.
On Monday night, at half past 10 o'clock large p,no
OF glass, in the window Of MI A. II. Schuylers Lottery
robbers, AMI t,so bundles of money containing about 40
were stolen from the showboard This daring act wa,
uo In one oil the most busy parts of the CITY, while many
ciLens We're passing 10 and fro and while Mr. SCHUYLER
win ms clerks was in the office. The circumstances are
he.e Mr. Merritt, Of active and enter
Pring police oiccr having last week received in
formation, that tho robbery in empajon laid hi.
plans with great ingenuity 10 permit it tako place and
InT ,dacly to arrest the robbers Tic communicated his
information To justices HopSm and Lownds; ticy from
Its dangncss could scarcely crcl; the account and then
TO High Constable Hays, who, familiar as he has bocn
wish the dcprcdations of robbers thought the affair so i'm
probable that he preferred cnrust hc whole matter m
inc management OF Mr.. Merritt, and under him. than
conduct il himself 10Y ~
MIR. Schuyler had boon in the habit of PLACING large
sums oil money at his window, wrapped up in bundles
and The amount mor%ed the envelope which temptcd
the villains TO their daring plan On Wc,ncsd eycning
OF la|t week, tho robbery would have boon committed
but Tor tbs schemes OF Mr. Merritt-thcn there wcr,
many thousand dollars in tue power of the gang Having
suspicion mat 1t the robbery Of tho window could not be
accomplished, II was the intention of the villains TO way
Jay MI Schuyler on his road home at night and murder
him. il necessary Mr. Merritt communicated the secret
TO him. and arranged that the robbery should be permit
ted To take place Accordingly, Mr. SCHUYLER placed on
~ TWO Dun1es III ms window, to appearance valuable
az before, and marked large amount on their
on each fifty dollar bill being uppermostthoueb in fact
bou did not contain over $li0enough to make the Of
fence grand larceny.
Last Saturday the time fixed for the pcrpctr
ton OF the robbery but Mr. Schuyler having by misap
prchcnon closed lbs ofice earlier than arranged be-
tween MIR Merritt aud himself it did take place thai
nght-though mT Merritt, in disguise, saw the men AZ
the spot i've minutes after the Office closed APPARENT
~ chagnned at Their disappointment Monday evening
at halPlst 10 o'clock the robbery did take p3cster
were five villains whose names arc Elisha Sanders Wn
~ Russell Moore, Abraham Rickow and Francis Favord
Ce oil them with billet Of wood broke the large pane of
glass, another standing ready seized the money and the
ohgf nrco Stood on tue side walk to facilitate escape