Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-24
LATEST FROM FRANCE.

trlllT HIS " A az 10 ~ w N"> ne e
o7nI Hayre to the Sd. Their contents have of
course been anticipated By the arrivals from Lii
,srnool. There are a few items which may be
worth mentioning.
~nriyate letter from Lisbon. dated April 18th,
mentions that our eccentric Charge d'Afaires,
Mr.. Brent, has left the Court of Don Miguel:
our Consul having left before, to represent to his
government the undignifed conductOf the Charge.
This rests on the authority of 4 private letter,
and we have no other accounts Oil which we can
depend. We shall leave the glory of recognizing
Niuuel to our wise cabinet, until .here is evidence
that they were deluded BY Mr.. Brent. II the
latter be the fact, it will not be much TO their
credit that they made such an important diplo-
matte blunder, at the suggestion OF SO weak an
instrument.
The same letter mentions a rumOr from Rio
Janeiro. that the Charter given to Portugal by
D,n Pedro viii be suspended during the minori-
~ Of Maria de Gloria; and that this concession
mas been obtained by the French Governments
We are equally incredulous as to this point.
Aletter dated at Madrid, ed of April. SAYS,
hat the King is much better, though his hand is
mach swollen. Iti said that he had determined
70 make his will: and one of his determinations
vas, that if the Queen should die, Leaving a child,
;he Prince Francisco de Paula should have the
regency of the Kingdom, until the heir should ar
i've al majority. The ambassadors had all gone
10 Araniuez. on the news of his i'll health.
The Constitutional says that ". de Polignac
is afraid of the measure of dissoiying the Cham
bers. the advices he received from the Protects
having shaken his courage, and despaches from
England relative to the Kings health having add
ed 10 his alarm.
The French Academy have elected VI. P0ger-
vile author Of a translation of Lucretius, to sup
py the place of the celebrated Lally-ro,leudal,
deceased. NJ. Pogerville had Is votes; his COM
petitor, NJ. Anceiot, Is.
The statements in relation to the sailing OF the
expedition against Algiers are not so late as those
received through the last English papers.
The Constitutional of MAY, "a, speaking of
the expected dissolution of the King Of EnSiand,
,ays:-" This event NAV induce consequences
and bring about results of wliyh it wouid Dc diff
Il alt to anticipate the extent and Importance
Without predicting how long the reign Of the
Dixie uf Clarence will last, it may be set down
as possible at least, il not prohaOi,. that there
viii b. a necessity of establishing 4 regency in
England; for how long a period a Power greater
than kings can only know. The day, OF l:egen-
cies are sometimes banrful To empire: often,
ton. they are favorable To the lib critics IF the peo-
plN AZ dll tNNliNN- NHN VII u
would concentrate the policy of England to a
certain point; and the inlldence Of that fnrmida-
bic power in the general affairs Of Europe aud
the world would be lessened in weight. And
certainly France conld not but be a gamer. =
By the fact of a new reign commencing,
the Il. itish Parliament Is dIssolved.-New
elections would take place In six months
The new house Of Common would undoubtedly
have the same feeling, and support the same
measures as It's predecessors The English ar
istocracy is too powerful. by It's ancestral dl-nl-
". It's riches, and the high emplovments which
exclusively devolve upon it, to lose the hcredlta-
~ nower Il possesses, in consequence Of a DISCO
luton IF Parliament and the formation OF a new
one. Jealous Of its rights, all the dissldent mem
hers who compose it would max u common cause
in defending them if they were menaced. The
chief Of an illustriOus family. who sits In the
House of Lords. and who had always been pro-
miueut IN the front rank among the champions OF
the popular interest, lately wrote 10 one OF his
friends-sI wish to leave i~nvlolate to my chi.
dren that portion of sovereignty which l received
from NV ancestors
.One man alone, whose loss humanity vet de-
plores, might nave happily modified the Perhdl-
ms policy of the Cabinet of is. James, which lsa
dead weight on the whole world. CANNING Is
uelNr w lll nun, HIS SNSttcIh SiCNPo ~
grave. There it will sleep, till the epoch of
Parliamentary Reform. vet, probably. distant.
vaiuly invoked by the most liberal part OF the
Bt,i,h nation. Till then, we must look TO see
the policy Of Pitt, Cas,lereagh and Wellington
continued in England. This policy of by-gone
tunes has prevailed aver that which belongs to
the uresent-that Of Fox. of Sheridan, OF Can
ninl. men of their own ace, who longed for the
civil and religious liberty of the people, and
whose generous thoughts. If acted upon. would
have DELAYED the period of those catastTophes
.o,,er or later reserved for the mishtiest earthly
powers.
Bit. without a change of the system. the
public tunctionaries may he changed. Here we
saw remember. that Lord wellington has been
soas,an,iv opposed to the Duke of Clarence
When that Prince was Lord High Admirai' II
was bv the intrigues, manourres ana host.e
SOuusels of Lord Wellington, that be was us
placed. Neither is il forgotten, that 1t was a
postscript, written by the Duke OF Clarence; as
lE,h Admiral, at the foot of a despatch addres-
,ed to Sir Edward Codrington, which powerful,
" influenced the determination OF the Aon"fa'