Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-06


There were some apprehensons OF further diff
6culties at Bristol, in consequence of the absence
of an efficent civil authority. notwithstanding the
large military force III the city. A very daring
attempt at i,.e a,llarism was made late on the
night of the eth, bv some ruian', VITO lad gain.
ed access so the extensive premises Of Mr..
Wild, in RldcliH:,lreei. occupied in the wine
and spirit business. A w'n''' Fortunately made
timely discovery oil their horrible design.
A notice has been given Of an intended appli.
cation to Parliament for an act empowering the
city of Bristol to organize m re efficient Police.
A large number Of the citizens Of Bristol have
drawn up memorial to the government. in
which they express their opinion that Sir Charles
Wetherell. whose public entrance into the city
as Recorder. was the signal for the late riots,
ought either Immediately to surrender his judi
cial Office, or to Withdraw himself from the con.
tested field of politics: as they are persuaded that,
50 lous a. he acts in the double capacity Of judge
and POLITICIAN the interests of justice in this city
will b. compromised, party spirit be rendered
more violent and bitter, and the feelings Of
large number OF his most respectable tellow.citi.
zens be directly outraged and nsulted." Up to
the date Of the last accounts, no definite answer
had been received from the government. Ina
note addressed to the uicmnrialists, dated .'Home
Office, Nov. TO-" Lord Melbourne says. the
whole of the unfortunate and disgraceful transac-
tions which have recently taken place in that
CITY, will undoubtedly demand the most serious
and deliberate attention Of His Majesty's Go
yernment, and have to assure you that there
shall be no delay in acquaintins you with the de.
termination to which they come upon this painful!
subject"
Sir Charles Wetherell, in his excursion from
Bristol. passed through town not one hundred
miles from Newport. in Glouoestershire.-
When he stopped at the inn, he accosted the
landlord with Terrible riots in Blstol."-
:. Yes replied the worthy host, "they arc ter
rible indeed. only wish that Id old Sir
Charles W etherell had been hung before he came
there, and that. when there, they had showed him
into the Float" Sir Charles looked unutterable
things, muttered pettishly sone unintsllisble
gibbcrish, and concluded by ordering chaise
the Learned Knight disguised, that his own do.
mestics could hardly recognise him when he ar.
rived in London. 1t is said, indeed, that Lady
WetherelI herself doubted his identity; nor is
the circumstance to BE- wondered at; the fact is
he wore a pair of braces !--Monnothshire Merlin.
IRELAND.
Mr.. VConnM -NegociatiOn are said to be
on the taps with the Government, the object Of
which is to buy the patriot O'Connel! up WITH
Office, They will fail.
At a meeting Of the benefited Clergy Of the
docess OF Leighlin aud Ferns, held lately in
Carlow, it was agreed that deputatlon of four
Incumbents should proceed to the Castle, and
represent to the Lord lieutenant the distressing
condition to which the universal resistance to the
payment of tithes has reduced them. The Rev.
Gentlemen have returned to their homes with lit
tie reason to expect assistance from the Govern
ment in their perpIexity. It's said that the DE.
legates were commissioned by their brethren to
resign their primary lines upon the lands into the
hands of the "La6del Whigs," and that on their
arrival IN Dublin certain of the Spiritual Barons.
elate with their recent victory, met them, sword
in hand, and reproached them with presumption
for offering to concedc any thing without the per-
mission of their superiors. 1t is well for their
Lordships that they derive not their income from
tiihes, and are thus better enabled to take dis.
interested view of the subject A good General,
to maintain the proper temperament for directing
battle, is all the cooler for being out Of the
range Of shot himself.
FRANCE.
The French adyiCes are to the 18th Of Novem
Der, inclusive. The state Of French politics re.
mains almost at the same point at which they
were left at our last dates. The Peerage Bill
was to be brou ght into the Chamber Of Peers on
the 14th, and the public anxiety increased with
the approach of the period when the question
must be determined
"In the contemplation Of results which depend
upon the positive number Of opponents that the
Minister may have ia the Chamber, and the eN
act estimate of whom is knownto those Ia office,
If ha