Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-01
MONDAY. NOVEMBER l, rs:
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yertiscr have received London papers OIL Tue iotl
of September. and Liverpool of the l. tn, the day
the packet sailed. These papers were received
about al. hour after our paper OF Yesterday Was
at press. We published second edition. but as
our Subscribers at the South, and some OF thHSe
in the CITY. we're previously supplied. we repuh-
lisn it on the first page of this paper
The contents Of these papers possess HIGH de-
gree Of Importance. The condition OF the Meth
erlands, the disatftction spreading into Germa-
nv. and the troubles evidently brewing in Spain,
exhibit a state of feeling among the people, which
must make ROYALTY trcm5le. even upon the iron
throne of the Muscovite. In England. the most
striking event is the mechanically and aWful!v sud-
den death of Mr.. HUSKISSON, the great com
mercial member of Parliament for liverpool.
GREAT BR1rAIx.-The Duke OF Wellington
took Manchester in his route to Liverpool, to at
tend he great celebration of the completion OF
the Liverpapl and Manchester Rail Way-Uver
the festivities of which such deep gloom cast
By the shocking termination of the valuable lille
ofMr Huskiss0n. While at Manchester. splen-
did dinner was given to the Duke, on the 10th
OF September. In his speech on the occasion. his
Grace pad tribute to the wonderful ingenuity
and skill of Manchester. 1t was. he said, . the
fountain and centre ola system OF commerce, such
as never existed in any part OF the globe till thus
moment" On politics. he was silent, notwIIh-
standing the Invitation held out III the toast to
''the health of his Majesty's Minister'S" The
Morning Chronicle saws. the sudden termination
Of hi, speech, when he seemed, from the energy
Of his manner,t to be big with some mighty secret
filed his audience with surprise. Thcy.no doubt.
expected, in returu for their magnificent dinner,
All account of the wonderful manner in which the
e.. King Of France and his Ministers contrivcd
To mvsify HIM and his colleagues respecting their
ihteutions; but this was too important secret,
it seems, tn be entrusted 10 them.
One of the party. the Earl OF Wilton, fought
hard to entangle the Premier
ale might, he said. ..be allowed to alude to
the public opinion existing then--it was strid
inq athaart the land. and was frausht with con-
siderable danger aforementioned when the pub
lc opinion breahcd obedience to the I.aws-her
editary attachment to the Aristccracy-loyalty
and afiectloa to the Throne. lie should be the
last man to say that those sentiments did not now
exist: but he thought that theyewere at least les
sencd in degree. To what cause To trace th;s he
knew not. God forbid that he should say or do
auyht 10 stem the current Of knowledge; but he
could not help regrcttlng that the source trcm
which il sprung--that the higher casses.by whose
Iiberaitvit had been bestowed, should he the first
10 be overwhelmed by the stream Some. one
exclaimed here. No; that's wroug@]. How far
they were to be affected by the elections which bad
lately taken place ne did not know; but he for one
hopcd that they would not prove unfayCrable to
the Noble Duke loud checringl."
Thh crusade Of lie nirisian Printers against
machinery has set the English printers in motion.
For this saws the Morning Chronicle, we We're pre-
pared. The erroneous notions of the French
mechanics are very generally shared by the me-
chancs in this country. Indeed, itis impossible
for an individual, who does not view the industry
of country as whole, 20 escape from the er
rors into which the printers fall: and the proceed
ings in Paris have not msied our Own mechanics,
but only encouraged them TO give expression 10
opinions previously entertained. The Printers
have organized themselves into body, and are
about to petition the king for a heavy protecting
duty against the printing machines.
The Duke Of Brunswick arrived at Dover on
the 18th of september, with his secretary, but
one servant. aud not much baggage.
The article of English intelligence which first
strikes the eye, is the announcement cfthe death
of Mr.. R,tSkisson, on account oil which meian-
choy event the columns of the Liverpool papers
Of the 18th are in mourning. This distinguished
statesman expired on the evening of the 18th, IN
consequence of wounds that day received by
beinr run over by one of the Liverpool and Man
chester railway carriages. The particulars are
related at great length in the Liverpool jour
nails, and some passages of their accounts are
placed among our extracts. Our readers arc
aware that great preparations had been made for
the opening of the great railway between Liver
pool aud Manchester, which is now near enough
completion for all purposes of commerce and
travelling. The 18th of September was the dav
appointed for the ceremony and the Duke of
Wellington, Prince Esterhazy, and great num-
Der of the most distinguished men of the King
dom, had assembled at Liverpool by invitation,
to DE present on the occasion. The ceremony
was conducted with great splendor. and was wit
messed by all immense multitude. The carriages
prenared 70, the procession were twenty eight IN
number, and were capable of accommodating
eight hundred persons. At seventeen miles
from Liverpool. the engines were stopped to take
fresh supply of fuel. and during the delay Sc
yeral gentlemen descended from the carriages