Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-27

G;ddincs the .7ritaior We have not YET the
moveme Mt made which the Washington Correspondent
of the Charleston Courier speaks Of in his letter OF the
9Th instant, follows
"Mr Gddinss il is said, his resolu-
lions conduct Of the Creole negroes in muny and
murder and Great Britain be called on
To surrender make compensation for them Some have
expressed already determination 10 adhere with as much peril
naciy Mr.. 6. HIMSELF to Their own previous course anu
again He will then suppose return to Astabnla
county ohio elected His majority tie late cleo
ton thousand less than al his previous election after all
the boasng the support Of his constituents AT the same
also il said lots petitions praying dissolution of the
Union all abolition petitions and resolutions be received
| This tsto.morrow has not yet come; but come the
movement when it may, we trust that the friends OF
union and of Justice will renew their vote OF censure
upon the Agtator. query: Is this the same Joshua
r. Giddngs, who specially invited to the dinner
given to Mr.. Clay, on the 2.'h June l54 at layi"rs
Vile. Hanover county, Virginia Mr.. G. unable
10 honor Virginia with his presence, in consequence OF
uorior engagements forhidding doing the pleasure
of unitinG on that occasion with you and your fellow
citizens in public manifestation IF respect for Me
distinguished and patriotic rirtues Of .ar. Clay
| The Great Chartist Petition in Enstand.-The Lon
don Correspondent of the n Y Sun states that this
Petition was presentedto the House of Commons, on
the 2nd inst by Mr.. Duncombe, the member for Fins
I bury. 1t contained 3,315,752 signatures The honor
able member proceeded to observe that he believed
they were all genuinely signed. The petition prayed
the House hear them at the Bar, and then II they
proved their case grant them the charter namely, the
extension of suffrage TO all male adults, the vote by
lot annual puraments, no qualification tor members,
the payment of members of Parliament, and lastly the
division of the country in electoral districts. The pc
ttoners moreover conclude by saying, that they desire
to promote the peace and prosperity of the country;
they most seriously and earnestly begged to press their
petition upon the attention OF the House. long de-
bate took place upon tin the course OF which, Mr.
Duncombe stated 'hat there in the kingdom six
hundred bodies or associations organised to promote
an AGITATION for the acquisition of those rights which
they considered TO have belonged to them under the
old Constitution of England and TO have been UNJUST
" wrested from them; and that there were more than
one hundred thousand persons now subscribing eacn
penny week towards that agitation tie depicted the
distress suffered in some of the manufacturing towns,
and enlarged upon the extent and intensity Oh inc feel
ing prevalent among the operative classes IN favor OF
charisn. Mr. Macauey, Sir Jas. Graham Lord John
Russell and Sir Robert Peel resisted the prayer OF the
petition able and characteristic speeches, and Mr.
! Hume, Mr. Duncombe Mr.. Roebuck Sir y Easthope,
and Others urged compliance with it; but the House
denied the prayer division, PSI to az
"Ne,o CoahtionsF'- Of oil the humbugs, WHICH have
ever beer put FORTH Coalition between Nessrs Clay
aud Van Buren, is the most ridiculous we are sur
prised, that the Madsonian should lend me sghtes'
countcnance to such a chmera. The "Oid School ne
publican" of Columbus CO., sports the notion, and
has no better foundation for it, than Mr. van buren
visit TO Ashand.-hlr Clay invites Mr.. van bureh 10
visit him his from the Hermitage. ihe NV,
tation is couched in the most courteous and cordal
terms-and because Mr. Van Buren, thinks fit to accept
it. it is at set down to the credit OF new ooa
ton What miserable trihng is this with the common
sense Of the People!
Mr. Van Buren, also visits Gov Polk at Columbia,
Tennessee, where he is Hospitality received-and ms,
of course, gives rise 10 new, rumored Coaht'on DE-
tween Messrs. Van Buren, and Polk. is tnere never %
be an end to this species of humbugf
Mr. V. B. was expected to return 10 the hermitage
on the 10TH He intended to depart for lexington,
Ky. by the way of Sumner on the 10th Win regard
to General Jackson he may say 10 his TRENDS al home'
(says the Nashville Union)-
81 him in green old age
| "And looking like the oak worn, bnt STEADY
| "Amdst the elements, while younger trees
Il fas nd