Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-24
ENGLISH AFFAIRS.


The repeal Of the laws disqu alfying Ca,ho-
lies, appears TO US in this country, a. measure
at once so just and polite, that it is difficult for
Americans 10 conceive OF, such step as having
anv tendency TO shake the stability Of minis
try, or in any degree the loyalty OF the people.
YET, if faith is TO be reposed in the indications
Of certain papers and periodicals, in the Tory,
or High Church interest, it would seem that
both king and ministers have lost in the public
confidence and estimation. IN this state Of lee-
ing, there is naturally disposition on the part
Of the disconnected to look forward to the fu-
ture, to calculate the chances OF coming events,
and TO seek in the possibilities Of smother mi
nistry, il not Of another reign, a remedy for
what they consider present evils. The Kings
health, too, though at the last dates unusually
GOOD, had been a source Of inquictude and spe-
culation even already INDUCED in, as to the sue
cession. In allusion TO all these topics, We
make the following extract from the Noies FIN ,
5rosiane OF plackwood, for July-N. York finer.
Ticker. You may ha,ter yourselves as you
please-my opinion is, that the utter want OF
talent, courage and union, which has caused
the present condition of the tory party, will
keep where il is. With grief do say it, adj
nered TO that party, boy and man, through evil
report and through good report, for sixty years,
sir; scrved il zealously with tongue and pen,
and bsyonet and halber, 100; and it never did
any thing for me, Heaven knows; and adhere
10 il still; share It's discontinue cannot
share your hopes il is down, down, down. for
my time, at any ra,e-You are young men you
may live TO see better times.
Theodore. You must all be delighted TO know
Sis person 6sif an hour on Fhursdav az Ascot,
and, give you my honor, his Majesty never
looked better in my remembrance ;-complex
ion clear, eye bright; the whole prese and
bearing as full of life and vigor as Of grace and
dignity. This is one great consolation to US all.
Odoheyiy. His life is worth two OF the Duke
Of Clarence's. But still, the question Of the
Regency begins 10 be Tn anxious one. People
must be expected, in these times, 10 look lee
tie beyond their noses.
Ticker. Why, how can there be any ques-
iion? Upon what pre,ence could the Duke of
Cumberland be passed over,--ihe next III or
der; the hIsr, certainly, IN talent; and, with.
out all doubt, The sieadiesl i'll principle among
those Of his royal line who would then be left
10 US!
Odohsriy. Why, you are aware, he would
then, be king Of Hanover.
Tieker. And is that an lection? His son,
Of course, marries the princess Vittoia-I
hope they II alter thai ou,landish name, by the
way.
Odoheyiy. NIy dear friend, there's the rub.
Young Cumberland, or young Cambridge? On
one side, the royal family with one exception
of course,) and tie people OF England-and
the people of Hanover too, (for they're moi
such spoons as 10 wish to be left to the tender
mercies Of Prussial; on the other the Duke
Do you begin 10 see Daylight
Theodore. Aye, you've laid your hand on The
Shepherd An sud na the King himself settle
"a the like o Ihat9
0dohsriy Before the food, Ireland was
potato garden-Fill my glass. You see sir,
here is u delicate business, rather, for rough
practitioners. Aud you will admit, on the
whole, that the whiskeyed Duke has some pref
~ considerable cause TO be in no great hurry
about returning 10 Berlin
1ickler. They talked Of his having the Horse |
Guards.
Odohsrty. Stuff, my dear, stuff Nobody !
will have The Horse Guards-as The old TINES
uuly said when The Prince OF Waterloo's reign
began--exeepl some Lord Hill, OF Lord Dale,
that his Highness can carter over, as seemsh
good to bis spurs. Perhaps the good narured |
Duke Of Cambridge, Influenced, as he must be,
by certain considerations already touched upon,
might be reckoned sufficiently en- teaue-for
an experiment at least. Blu, who, that looks
to the great question We have been talking OF,
and looks also to The noble, correct, and vipor.
Gus appears nce Of that true GET of George The
Third himself personally, will ever dream for
moment of the Duke Of Cumberland having the
Horse Guards, while The Duke of Wellington
has Downing Street, beg his Grace's pardon
has England, Scotland, and Ireland, with
the town Of Berwick-upon-T Tweed, aud all 9TH
err dependencies tbereunto belonging The
Duke will have no other voice but his own any
I'm sure, after ell that has come
and gone, you'll be sorry to hear the enor-
nous fatigue 10 which he is condemned by his
system of keeping all-but his own al dis i
lance, is already telling visibiy-most visioly
even on that iron frame. He looks ten years
older at this hour than he did when the Duke /