Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-22

speee" as INA. OF ioesday night. The scn..
full laugh, which broke forth immediss,s .r''
his first sentence, was more con,emn,uon. E''ei
humiliating than any thing lha, have Nd
since the days when Lord Cas,lereap oh 0, VA
meet with similar greetings amids, his I.. %
professions ofr'gard for the ,eorIe 'N''
The ora'ory of the House Of Commas
according to most person., has bres sr,a" '',,r
declining since the days Of Piu and F., '''f
,ainly al lower ebb just now ,ha, 4, any, 90 &c
mer period within my remembrance IT. re
speakers have been lost TO The Huusp with. u
last Twelve months,whos ora,orcaI ,enn,,,, W.
both in England and Ireland. stood h. r%'
that of any whom they have Jeff behind. 4 roa.i
alude to Mr.. Canning and Mr.. Pmnk,u T.,
true that Mr. Dfoaghsm remains; but he isl,
ther clever, ready, and powerful deba,rr' ~.
afinished orator. When he choosrs(as h. ,,v D.'
times does) carefully 10 work up brill an, 40,
sage Commonly peruration) in his cb,,, ~,
body can SUI pass him in the felicity with wS,,
he selects his language, or he truly uond, rrnI
energy with which ne pours i, forth, wi,n.,,
his speeches OH tie Queens Cas- in the Mr.,
and Irwell cause a, Lancaster on h..,iN, a..
year to Liverpool, and, since the teginniDe d
the presen, session, on his motion for an ,rc,;
ry into the State Of the Law. Beatirs ,h.s
thing, in mid, i: is impossible no, 10 ,brf
that,spite Of those most multifarious ayoc.ro,,
which are necessarily claiming hts ausn,ip,
he is by far the hes; SPEAKER whom the Hogc
of Commons can nov boast; and that, Er ,bo,
avocalions, he might have taken rank as an ~.
- al Il
thar House has ever krown. Sir Francis B,,.
deu and Mr.. lierney are Sill in the eni.yn,r
Of reputation earned in days gone BY; but In,
are now either TOO old or loo inactive 10 as.,n.
any conspicuous place among parli,ntnr,r
speakers. | have heard il said by men Of eIr.
riencc, that Of fluent, sensible, geutIemarIs
but rather unimpressiye debA ers, The pirsr
House of Commons exhibits more than an aver
age number. Certainly Oh the opposition sid,
named, who has any chance of pursuading yos
that he is an orator. As to The m'ni,,rrahA
their leader, Mr.. Peel, has not the smallest DE
tensions to eloquencr, Mr.. Huskisson Ia,
shown not p.rtlcle of it during The pre,c
Session, though in happier days he culi rcg
and then produce an effect, which am mis.l.
en- il he ever produces again while he Sit aih
his present colleagues; Mr.. Charles Giant,
though formerly deemed speaker Of graf
promise has OF late years, fallen into ans
silence; and, as TO all the rest, know Of ~
man whose oratorical powers rise above he
barely res pectable. These reflections are dEn
from me by the vapid debate upon The TsNu!
Corporation Acts; a subject which WAS sSnf
calculated 10 draw forth whatever eOqrsa
the House contained, but which did not pro
duce on Tuesday last: any thing deserving d
the name. Much unornamcned good shs
there was on one side; much undisgulset %
surdily on the Other, but noih'"s ~ '"'" ~ W.
parrra fr.-,.---,--,-------~o tlll exists. MAJ
people (who, like Plato, think an orator d,.
gerous member Of Commonwealth are ole
pinion tina, the country will gam BY The ching
which has been gradually taking place in lha
respect, within The last quarter Of a crntGr
whether they are righI or wrong, 1t may bsdt
fcul, 10 say; but undoubtedly the change l'si
whether beneficial or otherwise, is now wT
nearly complete. p. OK
A late number Of the London Times Ia! tx
following editorial paragraph.
"The arrival at Portsmouth Of The Bn't
troops from Lisbon, was yesterday morurs
telegraphed to the Admiralty. This IS an iH
porlant occurrence, which we confess gives .
some pleasure. The feet, then, is az pr'N
deemed sufficient 10 do all that We owe to ~
lugal as an ally. OF what use then, II ny
asked by The enemies Of Mr. Canning aud
policy, has been the army which he sent g.
The answer is obvious aud undenlaIir'-n
it has effected, and that without bIoodn0
the yer. object for which ii was sent-H %
prevented foreign Intrusion and aggEe'""
When the British army quilted The Shore
England, Spanish forces were hoverInso"p
Fl ontiers of Portugal, and Portuguese rrIuST
armed, equipped, and brigaded, were po"r'"
pouring back into their native land, io' 70
purpose of supporting the Queens PIol'' %.
establishing an absolute Monarch. Is 'as
case now? Quite the reverse! We have an'O..
ced from good authority, that Span '0s - -,
wholly from minsIing in Portuguese . .i.',T
and stops the return Of the refugees IN ''..
array; so that if Portugal will have 40 ~.
lutte king-will sub,ert the legitimate ''''
sion, and overthrow the Constitution g""
he only authority which the friends o. noI,
governments acknowledged must u"
,wh internal force, and by the pre'at
Portuguese faction supporting treaso"' W.. .,.
his mischief will be effected. we may ~
he issue If il should take place; but "euV
interfere in The dome site disputes oil any u.