Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-05-05

indicates the hopes which that parry has 70
defeat the Reform Bik- =
on has been ascsrAined that upwards oil
ff,v of those Members who voted Tor the So
cond reading Of the reform bIii are oetermi-
ned tn destroy its character 10 the Conin't-
tee. Ministers will therefore be lelt ID voc
f.l minority when the first clause comes 70
the vote. No wsnder their Journals urge a
DISSOLUTION, but the King positively refuses
TO grant one, so here again Ministers are
impedsd in their revolutionary course. -
quite true that tbe Duke oil gloucester Is
deeply impressed with sense Of 'he danger
which the country would incur oy aaopnse
p. Earl Grey's Benthamite Constitution. ne
/ Queen is also known to entertain very IA
tural antipathy to it.
The assertion made in relation to the sen.
tinsnt Of the King; has been fatty contra
d,c,ed by the Courier. Some discententment
is expressed in London at the delay OF the
Reform question, till the 18th April
A London paper says: "In this liberal and
enlightened period, tae Spiritual Sovereign
of the Catholic world has shown that he can
appreciate his situation aud hiss age Inc
predecessors Of the present Pope Gregory
! XIV have always shewn reluctance to con-
firm the nomination of Bishops made by the
new Governments Of America, from the dou-
bic fear OF displeasing the Court OF Spain, &
of giving sanction to revolutionary prnci-
piles. His Holiness, disregarding these srru
pies, proclaimed, ia Consistory held al Rome
on the goth ult Bishops to the sees OF Pueb
Ia de los Angeles, Guadalajara, Naladolid,
Durango, and Sonore. in the United States
OF Mexico, appointed by the Government OF
that Republic This measure has been OF
course accomplished with great difficulty and
after considerable delay, the Court oil Spans
having left no effort untried TO prevent IT -
This may be regarded as the recognition OF
the new States of America by the Power
which originally pretended TO dispose oil the
Western Hemisphere, and conferred upon
the Spanish Crown its proportion ef the IN
explored regions.
Colonization Society Some ofeur readers
SAYS the last Number Of tho African Repo-
STORY naay not have forgotten that Captain
Weodside formerly rendered important ser
vicesto the Colony, having contributed great
" to the success. of the attack upon Trade
Town, a notorious piratical establishment
The following is extracted from his letter OF
the ID instant
IL returned from Montserado, via. Phila
delphia, in November last, and | must say
this visit afforded me more real satisfaction
than any had hitherto made to Africa-be-
ing in great measure untrammeled with bu
siness, had leisure 10 visit Caldwell and
King Bronly's Town and was much pleased,
| assure you,wita my excursion The beau
| " OF the situation OF Caldwell, the fertility
OF soil, and the air OF comfort and hap mess
which reigns throughout, will, hope, roman
an everlasting evidence of the unceasing ex
f la,,, (..a At IA.
ed with King Bromley, and had a long con
ycrsation with him on the affairs Of the Co
leny-he frankly admitted to me that he be-
lieves no white man but Ashmsn could have
reconciled him to his loss of tho beach trade
that Ashmun had been father to him and
to his people, and that he had convinced hiH
satisfactorily, that trading in his fellow men
was crirslnal and wrong"
! Inlprttlsnt Leap.-An ovsrgrown Johnny
Raw. who would measure six feet two in his
stockings, made his 6rst appearance in Cats
kill. IN. " a few days ago for the double
purpose of dlsposing load of lumber. and
seeing the wonders Of the town Having ne
yer in his life fallen in with water craft lar
ger than canoe, his first desire was to sse a
ship, horseboat or steamboat, 1t was all one
to him. He drove directly to the whaf-a
vessel swinging cut few yards in the stream,
by her cable, and the surface OF the water
between her and the wharf covered with a
floating mass Of scum, chips md rubbish col
lected by the eddy. He paid no attention TO
this, but with his eyes fixed on the vessel.
walked 10 the edge OF the wharf, and Jumped
of distance OF about ) feet to take a near
er view: down he went, and the scum closed
over him! in moment more he re appeared
fortunately within reach Of the dock, he seiz-
ed hold, and crawicd out dripping and shiv-
erng with thc cold ooh DEAR" said he, al
thought 1t ,Sas ground Philadelphia Ga.
Safety Of Steam Engines Society
d'Encourasement Of Paris have decided up
on granting two premiums:-"One TO him,
who shall perfect and complete the means of
safety, which have hitherto been employed
or proposed, against explosions Of steam en-
gInes and ether boilers, or point out better
ones; the ether, to him, who shall invent
form, and a construction of the boiler, which
will prevent or annul all danger from explo-
sIons."
Each Of these premiums shall he two thou
sand francs, and decrced to any Frenchman,
or foreigner, who shall be deemed most nor-
thy of it.
The method proposed must have been tes-
ted by, at least, ak months trial in a steam
engine OF high pressure, of ten horse power
or larger, or on boiler Of equal force The
efficacy of the proposed Improvement mast
be duly authenticated, and the inventor must
renounce any intention of securing pa
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