Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-26

opposition formidable. 4 very considerable
movement has recently taken place in the PROF.
iss; several that have given the Anti-Reformer,
have changed hands; and many Peers, who had
hung back, are at length declaring their acquies-
cence in the Great Measure. We state these
facts, not to uil, but to stimulate the vigilance
and activity of the people. We call on them
now to labor heartily and actively in the cause
that is their own, inasmuch as their labor Is not
without assured hope Of Il full and deserved sue
cess"
"The cholera has manifested itself at Berlin"
says the States Gazette, officially, on the end
INST, "one man has already died, and several
suspicious cases had occurred. SAT Vienna the
alarm on that subject had in some degree subsld-
ed. At Posen the disease was observed TO make
more havoc on the Tuesdays and Wednesdays
than Oil the other days of the week, on account %
the ertemporaneous crcesses in which The people
indulge ON the Sundays and Mondays.
The instructions IN Hungary have been sup
pressed. Four hundred Of the revolted peasant
ry had been made prisoners, of whom several
have been tried by Courts martial, and shot,
Italy is, for the moment, tranquil. The French
Journals disbeeve the accounts OF movements
having taken place in Naples and of disturban-
ces in Greece.
No accounts had reached Paris from Portugal
of later date than oath ult. A report had oecn
circulated in that city during last week, that the
British and French Governments had mutually
agreed to support meditated attempt OF the Por-
tuguese refugees on the Government of Don Mi
gueI. Our Correspondent writes, however, that
he could not trace this report to any authentic
source; but remarks, at the same time, extraor-
binary hustle among the Portuguese residents of
Paris, and increased attentions, on the part OF the
French Government, to Don Pedro and family.
Public tranquility had been disturbedin Paris,
during several days of the previous week. Some
females employed in shawl factory attempted
to destroy the machinery lately introduced INTO
it. and were only prevented by the armed fprce.
The nelghboring streets, Petit Carreau, Monitor
gueil, Montmatre, Polssonnere, sc. were inme-
dateiy filled by idlers. or mschievous persons,
who broke some lamps and committed other out
rages. On the night of the 4th day OF disorder
the tumult, which never had political or serious
character. terminated. Great distress and con.
sequent discomfort continued however, to exist
in Paris. At Blois, and other places in the De-
partments, disturbances have taken place in con-
sequence of the Increased price of bread. The
Chouans are on the point Of submitting aud sur
rendering son terms"
"The renort of the Committee OF the projec
for abolishing the hereditary Peerase was not
pected 10 be ready before Wednesday next. Not
withstanding al! the time devoted to its construc-
ton 1t will, we are assured, be little more than
an ampliGcation of the project itself. The at
fairs of Belgium had ceased to attract attention
in Paris, and the reliance of the public on the
continuance of peace continued to increase, the
Funds had consequently risen.
The Paris Mom ear contains the following coll
irmation of the deplorable events that have late
~ occurred at Warsaw
Letters have been received from Vienna,
Dresden, and Berlin, containing ample details of
the melancholy occurrences, which have taken
place at Warsaw. The Patriotic Club has long
excited alarm in the minds Of the well disposed
portion Of the inhabitants. The most dangerous
doctrines were prolessed by them, and it was ca.
sy to foresec that, emboldened by the weakness
Of the Government, the members of that society
would sooner or later give themselves up to via
lent excuses. The pretended plot, in consc-
quence of which Generals Janowski and Bukow-
ski were arrested, is generally looked upon as I'M
founded; no proof had been produced against
them Nevertheless, the Government through
pusillanimity. abstained from procaming their
nnot ence, and preferred delaying the judgment
By this system of timidity it gave satisfaction to
no one, and irritatedithose whom it wished to fiat
ter.
On the other hand the plan laid down by &c
neral Skrzynecki, which led to his being accused
of treason. and the necessity OF remaining upon
the defensive after so many promises of attacking
and beating the Russians, all concurred to en-
courage and facilitate the projects of the anar-
chists
.'After they had formed their plan, the Patri-
otto Society assembled in the afternoon on the
18th ult., and about seven O'Clock proceeded to
the palace of the Government, where they de
manded that General SkrZyneckl should be tried I
The Government promised it, but this act of