Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-29
TUESDAY, MAY 90, 1889.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

tUhElON In lELLluENCE.
The ship Josephine at New York, from Belfast,
brings London dates to the 2lst April. The heads
Of the news brought BY this arrival we issued yes
terday in an extra to our readers in town. We
add to those already published, further extracts.
EngLand-In The House of Lords on the 18th,
after several had spoken, Earl Grey, rose to re-
ply He maintained that the feeling OF the public in
fayor OF reform had been expressed long before
ne attained power. The feeling on the subject
indeed. was SO strong, that reform was inevitable
The ONLY question then was as to the nature of
that reform.-(Hear.) This feeling had been
sometimes dormant, sometimes loudly expressed,
but it never ceased to exist. 1t was equally ne
cessary for the peace Of the country that the mea-
sure of reform should have been satisfactory
and that il should have been speedily produced.
He denied that the production OF the measure had
produced the agitation in the country. The po-
itical unions had been in existence before he had
come into power. Something like an attack had
been made on him BY the Noble and learned
Lord In allusion to the speech OF the Bishop of
Exeter, he said" have been congratulated by
a learned and Right Rev. Prelate, that have re-
iected with scorn and indignation the stigma OF
revolution. The charity Of that sneer, and OF
that insinuation is not lost upon me-Gmmense
cheering);-but tell that Right Rev. Prelate
that have long life to appeal to, which even
those who know me not in private, will think sui
6cient to justify me in the opinion OF my cOun-
trymen from the foul and malignant charges which
he, in his christian charity, has thought proper to
produce against me, (Great cheerng) have
a stake also in the country, perhaps as large one
as he has. have also given pledges to my coun.
trx,-pledses which must prove my sincere de-
-. to- ~ no RI
Ireceived from my ancestors, pledges which ought
20 satisfy the country that shalt not with my
ewes open, undertake any thing that is dangerous
70 the constitution. The Right Rev. Prelate
threw out insinultions about my ambition. Let
me tell him calmly, that the pulses of ambition
may beat as strongly under sleeves OF lawn as
under an ordinary habit.-Inmense cheering
wish not to pursue farther subject on which
feel strongly: but speech more unbeeoming the
situation of a christian bish"p,-a speech more
remote from the charity which ought to distin-
yuish CLERGYMAN Of his order--( cheers Ia speech
more replete with insinuations and charges, cal
culated to promote disunion and discOrd in the
community, never was uttered within the walls
of this or any other House Of Parliament. ~
CONTINUED cheers.
The noble and learned Lord said, that he earl
Grey) would not consent to any alteration IN the
bill To that assertion he would make the same
answer as he made in October-that it did not de-
pend upon him, for that 1t depended upon their
iordships When the bill wen, into the commit
tee. he should certainly feel it mis- duty to resist
any alterations which he might think inconsistent
with the min object which the bill proposed to
carry into effect. But If il could be shown that
apy Injustice had inadvertently crept into any OF
the sc6edules-if it could be shown that any qua
l6cation, not so small as Rl0 would be less open
to fraud and abuse-he would not resist the cor
rection of such circumstances. 1t was, at the
same time, perfectly true, thai he should strong
" oppose any diminution OF the number OF NIFTY
SIX borouphs which il was proposed to disfranchlse,
and any increase of the P1O which it was propos-
ed &c, fix as the minimum of qualification.
With respect to the probability of the conse-
uuences Of that rejection, he would say, that
every Minister of the Crown was bound to use
all the constitutional means placed IN his power
for the preservation Of the public tranquility;
but the danger of disturbance itself was not so
great as that of alienation Ot the feelings OF the
people IRON taat house, and withdrawal OF the
confidence they had been taught to rePose IN the
Legislature. 1t was for this reason that he now
impIored their Lordships 10 pass that bill, which
he boped and trusted would pass, and which, he
believed, must pass, whoever might become Mi.
mister of the Crown. Having already tIespassed
too much on their Lordships attention. he would
merely take leave to say one word on a cues.
ton which had frequently been discussed out OF
doors. and in which he was, in some degree, per-
sonally concerned He alluded to the probable
creation Of peers. All the best constitutional
writer's had admitted, that although the creation
O. large number Of peers, for particular OBJ
iect, was measure which should rarely be re-
sorted to, vet that, IN some cases, such las to
avoid collision between the two houses, it might
be absolutely necessary. 1t was true that he.
lord Grew was. for many reasons. exceedingly
a, erse to such course, but he believed 1t would
be found rhat.n cases OF necessity such as he had
stated, creation of peers would be perfectly
;us,i6sble, and in accordance with the best and
most acknowledged principles Of the constitution.
Having said this much. he would remind those
who charged MIN with uphn!ding revolutionary
doc r;nes, that he was Hrerely faOoring to carry
into effect that system which Mr. Pitt had main ]