Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-08

shame, and threaten rum 10 MS country, anu NC
j. obliged to wish the President may retire to the
Hermitage.
Such honorable expressions Of opiuion-so pa
-riotic. so superior TO mere party-are becoming
numerous. The change in public sentiment IS
decisive.
The Paris Journal DIES DehalS announces as
certain the complete triumph OF the constitution
al.monarchy party in the French elections Alta
village in Auyersue, on the festival OF ST. Yer
new. the Priest having complained that the pat
ron saint had in the procession been stripped OF
his white cockades and his cooked hat graced
with a ~tri.color, a quarrel arose between the good
villagers and their pastor, in revenge for which
The statute ofSt. Ferney was restored to ais niche
n the church, habited in the full uniform of the
National Guard. The emigration OF artisans to
Alp,e:s IS said to continue. Louis Bonaparte
has addressed a letter from London to the Temps,
complaining of political motives being ascribed
TO himself aud his mother, the Duchess of st.
Leu. He is in England, he says, because France
is still shut against him. He would have joined
the ranks of liberty in Belgium or in Poland, but
that his name, he feared, might alarm a too timid
diplomacy, while his sympathy would be attrlbut-
ed to views Of personal ambition. The tieetfrom
Toulou is now at Whitby, bent to Portugal
The inquiry is, what may be its ultimate objectF
The Lesant is still limited at.
The Hon. JONI M'PHERsoN BERRIES has
been appointed BY the citizens Of Chathap cOun-
ty, Geo. at a meeting held in Savannah, one
Of the delegates six in number to the Free
Trade Convention, TO be held in Philadelphia,
10 September.
The New York Commercial has tie follow
lowing summary Of the recent proceedings in the
British Parliament
The session Of the new British Parliament
was formally opened BY the King in person, on
the slst Of June. The spc- h from the throne,
It Will be seen, is very cautiously worded-sco COM
mencing,' as Sir C.. Wetheriil ironically said on
the foOr OF the Commons, with reform and end
lug With Cholera Morbus.' In the debates on
The address, the tory opposition found it a diff
'ult matter TO seize any points for opposition
SuIl arunnins fire upon the ministry was COM
menced and sustained in both houses for a con-
siderable time. Sir Robert IngIis said che mad
!'oAed over several consecutive speeches from
ne throne, aud IN every one OF them he had found
a direct ~alllusiOn made to the Providence of
'nd; but IN the present speech he had found no
allslon whatever TO Providence"
Lord John Russell brought forward the Re.
iorm Bill, without material alteration. in the
House Of Commons on the Gath. The speech of
Lord Russell exhibited remarkable 6rmness of
purpose on the part of Government, while it also
displayed the readiness Of the administration 20
Yield to reasonable objections on the part Of the
people This was fairly and boldly meeting the
question; anu IT must be at once conceded, that
Ie promoters OF the bill have taken a hish and
honorable stand on the principles they first es-
P9u'su' They have been tenacious Of their CPL
VVas, without being Obstinate; and they have
Welded some items in their plan to reason, but
Oohlag to faction. The opposition evinced no
petty jealousy or spleen, bat met tie minister in
NE same spirit Of candor in which he opened
SIR Robert Peel declared, very honestly. that he
"Ou,u not attempt to harrass the government by
any ulnins resistance, and on that account il was
ns desire to see the question fully and decisive
!eahfassed on tine second reading, SO that what.
ever SHOULD be its fate, it might be met at once.
IA the Lords the debates opened in an angry
mood The Earl Of WincheISea formally notif-
"a Fart Earl Grey that he could no longer adhere
oeS administration. The Reform question was
Incidentally introduced, and the indications are
sSsrhs' the passage Of the bill by the Peers. The
Slufess OF the Lords was moved by the Duke of
NUr'ok-One OF the old Catholic Peers, who has
'a't 'aSen his seat since the passage Of the eman-
,Pauon DILL 1t was the first parliamentary eff.
Inc manner IN which the late elections have
Tsa managed BY the government, particularly in
Ss0anu' oasoeen severely denounced. The most
r.I n corruption is charged upon the ministers.
S%'u riankett having been roughly handled by
)" NoOert Bateson in the Commons. apnealed
reers tor for protection. He denied the
80 @ade against him, and Mr.. Stanley de.