Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-21
GREAT BRITAIN.

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GREAT BRITAIN.
In the HOUSE, OF LORDS the slavery abolition
bill! was read second time on the l2'h OF Au-
gust, and after a tedious anI uuproductve dis
CUSTOM the commital Of the bill was fixed for the
Wednesday following.
On tue same night the Irish Grand Juries bill
was read the frs, time, aud the second reading
ordered for the 18th.
Ga motion Of Lord Auckland the following
bills went through a cOmmittee:-The British
Possessions Bill, the Registry of Vessels Bill,
Customs Management Bill, the Customs Boun-
ties Bill, the Customs Regulation Bill, the Isle
of Man Trade Bill, the Warehousing Bill, the
Smuggling Bill. the Navigation Bill. the Gus
toms Duties Bill, aud the Assessed Taxes Re
duction Bill.
In the House OF Commons the China Trade
bill was read a.third time on the 18th, aud pas
sed.
The Factories Regulation Bill was again dis
eussed.
The second reading of the irish T,thes Bill,
gave rise TO protracted discussion, but was car
RED On Glvision-lO9 to So.
The Bill TO recharter the Bank Of Ensla
was again discussed and some important altera
tons made IN it, amons which IS clause declar-
a,ory that the discountng OF Bills and notes OF
three months date and less, shall not subject them
To the operation OF the usury laws. THIS point,
we believe. has been similarly settled IN the Uni
ted States, not by statutory enactment, but by
judicial decisions, In the course of the discus
sion Sir ] Wrottesley urged the expedency OF
making the currency OF England of an entirely
decimal character, similar TO that nonllnalty es-
tat!isned IN the L. States
IRELAND.
THE Lord Lieutenantcy. is stated positive.
~ that the Marquis of Auglesea is forthwith to
be recalled from the vice royalty Of this king
dunn. The name Of his successor has not trans
pred.
The state Of Ireland continues to present a
happy contrast to ITS condition six months ago.
That country is in fact so tranquil, that the Lord
Lieutenant is said to have declared that in case
of necessity, he should not be afraid to dispense
with considerable portion OF the troops there
If as was a short time since apprehended,
there might be a necessity Tor force for Portu-
gal.
ON the one hand to maintain the authority Of the
law and on the other to aurd relief to the people,
has produced this resut-lt has taken away the
food aud the stimulus Of agitation.
u
by systematic agitation, it is not likely this year
10 be interrupted by distress. The crops Of grain
are very guod-the prospects Of the potato crop
excellent.
GREAT FIRE AT Dublin DUBLIN .4ugust
lO.-Lsst night, about half past IL O'Clock, the
prpat bonded sugar and spirit stores of our Custom
House we're discovered to be on fire. About
5000 nhds. Of sugar, and about 1000 puncheOns
OF spirits of various kInds were stored here to-
uetner with wine and oil tn considerable amount.
All the fi,e engines in the city speedily put
in reou,sition, but without the least effect, for
the fire ragged with irighttul violence, and all the
goods that were not instantly withdrawn from its
fury were totally consumed, Notwithstanding
all that the engines could do, though they had
every facility Of supplies Of water from the docks
and river that surrounded the store, which lay
n and 5. IN the shape at the Egyptian letter J. in
the midst 1hi, fine store which cost 9l0S,O00
in 1894 to erect. +, now perfect ruin. Its length
from n to ) Is 49S teet, its breath at the north
ern extremity Ill feet, and at the southern side
(aous the qaayl 292 feet; the breadth at the east
ern end is 7Oiret IL was three stories high, each
flonl supported by cast iron pillars, on which al
SO ,he frame iron roof rested, but on the floors
y,viu- way the ro"f sfadualiy fell in also. All
the sugar. am, taliuw stored there are consumed,
and there are npt 500 hnds. mnre Ot the former in
the Guy at present. The principal part of the
spirits are saved, one portion (the whiskeyj by
being dragged out and thrown into the new
(Geocse'sl dock; the other (brandy and rum) be-
ing sale beneath the sugar store in fire proof
vaults These stores had been rented by the
Messrs. SchoSell from the Excise Board, and
they Of course, will be serious sufferers. The
merchants wNo owned anu stored the goods must,
however, bear the loss Of the goods consumed;
the Messrs. Scaovell, especially excepting cas-.
ua,ty by fire." IN their contract for afording safe
storage for bonded gnods.
The damage is roughly estimated at e4OO, 900.
Few thought of insuring. in consequence OF the
general reputation for safety enjoyed by the
Kings stores. The wine and tobacco stores at
the opposite side Of Georges dock, are quite
safe, being all stone, brick and iron. The wea-
ther was very calm, and no flakes or sparks
we're waited beyond the Immediate quays Of the
adjoining docks, consequently the shipping es'