Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-03-27

bett, proposing substitute. The substitute
was lost. % to S23 On the 18th. the address
was presented at Windsor, the House having ad-
journed until 4 O'Clock.
On the return Of the speaker, ministers and
twenty members who had proceeded TO windsor
with the address, the speaker communicated the
Kings answer in substance as follows: thank
the Commons for their loyal and respectful ad-
dress, and for the assurance which they give me
of their disposition to AID nv efforts for the pre-.
servation invioIatad Of the union beween Ireland
and England, and TOR the repression of violence;
in Short the house NAV be assured that | shall
continue my Efforts for the removal OF all just
grounds Of complaint throughout my kingdom.
The answer was received with great applause.
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer. in bringing
forward the measures proposed IN Irish affairs.
on the 10Th, stated that the ministry had, IN this
undertaking, done their utmost to provide RENE
DIV for all the abuses pertaining to the ecclesas'
,ticaI laws. They had appointed magistrates,
without anv distinction Of sects, and among the
sheriff, and lord tieutenants Of counties, there
we're quite as many Catholics as Protestants. -
They sought. in reference 10 the tlthes, he said,
to relieve the tenant. without despOIiing the
landlord; they proposed to distribute the burdens
more equltabIy. and to regulate the contracts be.
tween the tenant and proprietor. He then tie.
scribed, in detail, the aneioration projected in
the 1.-THE system.
AS to the taxes for the support of the church.
he said the new Plan differed entirely from that
of the 'i,hes. and was less onerous to the Catho.
lies; the tithes, he said, they were disposed
to abolish entirely. Burst of appausc.) The
change would afford relief to the people OF about
97O. 600 per annum. The deanerles are abolish.
ed, and the number of Bishops is reduc ed from
% TO 10. and thus farther retrenchment OF
EGO. OO0 would be effected. He concluded by
expressing the hope that these measures would
vindcate the good intentions Of the government,
and he approved by the House. Prolonged ap.
pause
The In,licsteur, Of Bordeaux, gives the fol-
lowing extract of a letter of the 5lst Jan. FROM
Madrid IN. Zea Bermudez has just conclude
ed treaty with Sir StratfUrd Canning, in virtue
of which Donna Maria da Gloria is to BE- acknOw.
edged absolute Queen of Portugal.-Hpr hus
band Is to be chosen from the House Of Naples.
By the same treaty. the Cabinets Of Paris and
London have engaged to acknowledge the young
Princess Of Spain, whose right to the crown Is
to be established by the Cortes, which will as.
scmble on April .
The Augsburg Gazette contradicts the rumor
of an intended European Congress to meet at Ell
Their Berlin AK Ia ChapeIle.
Intelligence fran Consrantinorle, received in
Paris OIL tn. Eth Feb announces the conclusion
of an armistire between the Pacha Of Egypt and
the Sultan. without the Intervention Of any TO.
reign power.
Mucn inquieude was manifested in the diplo-
matte circles on the arrival Of courier at Paris
on the 9th. from 81. Petersburg, The most pro-
found silence WAS preserved upon this subject, SD
much that fears are entertained that the news
cannot be favorable. Immediately after there
was Council OF Minister'S, at which the King as
sisted.
1t is expected that ministers will require of
the Chamber of Deputies the credit OF a million
for the dowry of the Queen Of the Belgans.