Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-02

pire And If Russia should once more hssh
her sword in the Turkish provinces, her appe>
lite will not be stated ill the whole empire oi
the Turks Shall be swallowed up.
CORPORATION AND TEST ACTS
On the l4th March, Lord j. Russell moved
the second reading Of he bill TO repeal the
CORPORATION and Test acts. Sir John Shelly &
Mr.. Huskisson said they should oppose the
mt assure, the former because he considered tia
s,epping-s,one to the Catholic Emancipation,
and me latter because il would have q contrary
tendency. Mr. Secretary Peel said i, was un-
ders,ood Iha, the discussion should ae taken at
the ,ommi,,al Of the bill. He was determined
TO OPPOSE the principle Of the bill, but he de-
prrca,td discussion a, that stage. HE com
initial was :hen fixed for Tuesday next, two
days'la,er than our ad,icCs extend.
The Morning Chronicle considers the battle
as already won in the House of Commons,
though still to be repeated in the House OIL
Lords The John Bull gives an opinion direct
" opposite, relying upon the powers OF Mr..
PEEL 10 check its further progress. The bill
certainly has not produced the excitement
which every body expected. In reference 10
this fact the New Times says, "uo mark Of any
division accompanies the notice, and the bill,
which is to break down what has long and gen.
orally been considered the buIwark Of The
Church Of England is entrusted among others
to Mr. Wilmot Horton, member OF the late
and supporter of the present government. Is
this act to be passed through the rest OF ITS
stages in the same cool and '"e'"
: II was undertooA, that Sir Thomas Ackland
would recommend the substitution Of an oath
for The general repeal of the sacramento lest.
TREATY OF LIMERICK.-m the House
Of Commons on the 6'h March, Sir II ParDell,
agreeably 10 notice given by him some time
before, moved Cor copy Of h. Treaty Of Linn
erick He was induced to do this from OBJ
serving that most Of the petitions Of late pres
sen,ed by he Catholics Of Ireland, referred To
the terms # that treaty to show that the sta
tutes passed 10 exclude them from civil rights
were violations of the solemn compact, entered
into at the surrender nf Limerick, in 1891,
when pressed by Gen. GinCkle. In this irea-
" is embraced not only the county of Liner
lex but also the counties Of Clare, Kcary, Cork
Sligo and MAYO, as appears in he preamble to
the ,rea'y. The Hon. gentle man made long
and luminous speech upon the treaty, i'll which
he endeavnred 10 show that the construction
given 10 ii BY the Catholics is The correct one
Mr.. Secretary Peel, followed in opposition, and
Mr.. Rice in favor. The motion was finally pas
sed
MIR BuReEs.--The following brief descrip>
ton of this gentleman and his manner Of speak
ing is given IN letter to the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, dated
WA,HlNGToN, April cl.
The discussion Of the | ariff bill was conlin-
ued TO. day Mr.. Burgess, Of Rhode Island, oh,
,ained the floor ABOUT . o'clock, and KEEP, it
till after 5 II was speech Of great power Ss
interest. 1t was the only speech Of the same
length made onrhc subject which has not wcari-
cd the hearers He commanded general and
silent attention from the commencement 10 the
end Of his Grafton. he principles of political
economy, and the interest Of The L. State, as
they bear on The American system, were treats
ed in 4 mastery manner. He then showed
that this bill was hostile TO the American sys-
tenn. In his reply to the arguments of those
who preceded him, he was, as usual, very hap
py, and now and then severe. Never was there
heard, in any legislative body, such philippick
| as he uttered against Randolph. II was on The
score Of the phrase "delenda ct Carago,"
which Randolph used, or was supposed to use,
in reference to New England. Among lhou-
sand words OF bitterness, he said, after speak
ing wi,h great force and feeling on this mon
strous doc trine-'i thank God, that, BY an ire
versiblt law OF nature, monsters can not peipe-
tuate their species" Pursuing the same idea,
he Said that even the Father Of Lies was no,
the Father Of Lars Upon some Of ,he Penn
sylvania and Kentucky members, however, who
had sneered al YANKEE notions" he was still
more severe. He carried the war into Ken,
lucky and Pennsylvania Every moment while
an this topic, be electrified the House with
flashes of wit and satire In some passages of
The speech, he rose 10 the more lofty ard com
handing eloquence. At the close, Mr.. Burgess
declared his intention tn vote for the bill, even
as it was. 1t had an aptitude for much evil &
little good. Blu, as il promised good, and as
| many in the North and West some 10 the East
and some in the South, wished for il, he would
not, by his vote, aid in defeating their wishes