Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-09

nation that, in their OPINION, IL was ,aoric"oeu
and false. Time would not admit further ihves-
tga.ion in the Senate, nor was 1t admitted I'D t''e
House: for a friend Of the Secretary, VINO ilad
piyen notice that he should there call up the fost
Office Bill. did. when this discovery was made,
prudently omit to do so.
Speech to be continued.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE
FROM EUROPE.
The packet ship York, Capt. Burse'y' has ar
rived from Liverpool, by which conveyance the
editors of the n. Y. Commercial Advertiser
have received London papers of the Esd, and
Liverpool of the cath of February. Their con-
tents are of high moment, as will be seen by the
series of extracts which follow.
VERY IMPORTANT FROM FRANCE.
Our private letters, saws the London Courier,
are of great interest. They state, that much dis
satisfaction with the present Government prevails
among the National Guard, and that an lmme-
llate change must take place. Soult and Lahtte
will. it is supposed, form part OF the new MI
nisry: but the latter is not expected to hold his
ground long. and Lafayette Is expected to take
part in the new Government. The war party IS
evidently gaining strength, Notwithstanding the
great efforts made by the present Cabinet. and
by the most influential Parisans. to convince the
public of the great advantages OF peace. large
portion of the National Guard have pettloned
the Chamber to prefer an act OF accusation against
MN. Mentaliv, Barthe and Bande.
ALARMING STATE OF PARIS.
It appears that some iudiscreet, or perhaps
treacherous friends of the late reigning family,
attempted on the 18th of February, to celebrate
the death of the Duke of Berri, by the perform
ance of Mass. The step greatly exasperated the
people, and the following are the details oil the
events which folowed:-
A funeral Mass for the Duke of Berri was Gel
ebrated on the 18th Feb at the church OF st.
Germaine l'Auxerrois, and against the advice OF
the magistrates of Paris. In that old Sanctuary
all the celebrities of the Carist faction had rem
devious, and collected money for the wounded
of the ex-royal guard. A bust OF the Duke de-
Bordeaux was paraded in the church, and the
consequence was, that the crowd assembled with
out. rushed into the church, and put to flight the
whole assembly. The people then broke into
the presbytery, and were prevented with the ut
most difficulty, by the Natioual Guard IRON
precipitating into the Seine several priests. The
multitude around the church was immense the
whole afternoon. In short time the line gId-
ed cross, with heurs-de-lis at its angles, which
crowns the steeple, raised general cry OF rage
The National Guard joined the people IN demand
ing its distinctions Workmen were sent for,
and under the protection of the National Guard,
at torch light with municipal guards about the
church. the cross was precipitated, and Tell with
laundering noise. amidst the tumultuOus APP
plause of the people, and full chorus OF the Mar
sellois The night was pretty calm, but i'm.
mense parties of people shouting "down with
the priests" filled the streets On the follow
ing morning another scene took place, OF which
it is impossible to give any description The null
titude succeeded in taking possession OF the
church. and not an altar, NOR glass, nor chair
nor bit of wood is left. All the gold and sill
yer ornaments were conveyed to the Louvre, in
mock ceremony, and some Of them thrown on
the tombs of the victims, opposite which the Gu
rate of the church bad thought proper to perform
this carlist exhibition. However, nobody per-
ishcd The National Guard saved every priest
who was attacked Paris was in the most violent
state of effervesceuce for several days
On the 18th. the church of st. Paul was at
tackled and all the objects ornamented with
heurs-de-lis destroyed; many IN wood were
brought out and burnt before the church. Several
persons who were carrying off articles they had
stolen were. arrested In the evening the cross
was pulled down amidst loud accamations. At
the church of Notre Dame, an officer of the Ma
tional Guards, who ATTEMPTED to prevent the pop
uIace dislodging the cross, was roughly handled.
Tr.colored flags have been hoisted BY the people
upon the churches Of st. Sulpice. ST. Etenne du
Mont, st. Gervais and St. Laurent. The church
of st. German FAuxerrois has been metamor-
phosed into the Marie du quatrieme Aron-
dissement;" the facade was brilliantly lluminat-
ed, and about eight o'clock a bust of Louis
Philip was placed on the platform, where it was
inaugurated amidst the applauding shouts of the
people, and surrounded with trl-coored flags.
The feurs-de-is sculptured under the galleries
Of the Exchange were on the 10th covered with
plaster, and those in front of the Pa'ais Royal
were on the 18th ordered by the King to be re-
moved in the course of the night.
DESTRUCTION OF THE PALACE OF
THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS.
On the 10Th, the popular fury was directed
against the Archbishop of Paris. We copy from
! the Constitutional Of the following day:-