Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-18
ONE DAY LATER FROM ENGLAND.

By the arrival o! II. ID NJ. pdChet Lduy NS'S
at Boston, the editors Of the Commercial Adver
tiser have received files Of London papers to the
4th of April, inclusive, being one day later thar
were received by the ship William Byrnes.
.New Ministers will be perceived, from
the "Cuurt Newsman,''. that the change in the
British Ministry was more extensive than was
expected or intimated by our last advces:
From the Court Ne,osman.
tbs KINe's LEvEE, &c.-Soon after one
O'Clock yesterday, his Majesty, attended by Slr
Herbert Taylor. arrived at st. James, from h's
Palace at Windsor.
The Right Hon. T. j. Stanley was presented
and kissed hands, upon his being appointed BE,
cretary of State for the War Department and
the Colonies, and received the seals OF ONCE
,hey having been resigned by Viscount Goderlch:
Sir John Cam Hobhouse was presented and
kissed hands, on his being appointed Secretary
OF State for Ireland.
MIR. ElIice was presented and kissed hands,
on hi, being appointed Secretary at War.
Vlscount Goderich was presented, and kissed
hands, on his being appointed the Lord Privy
Seal, and received the seals Of office, they having
been resigned by the Earl OF Durham.
His Majesty then held Privy Council. at
which Lord Stuart de Rothsav was re-sworn
privy Councillor, as was also Sir Charles Bagot.
Mr.. ElIice was introduced and sworn in Pri-
w Councillor, and took his seat at the Board
accordingly.
Viscount Goderlch was sworn into Office as
Lord Privy Seal.
Mr.. Stanley was sworn into office as Secre-
tary of State for the Colonial Department.
The entree cvee was attended BY the Russian
and French Ambassadors; the Bavarian, Prus.
sian, Swedish, Wirtembers, Mexican, Hanover.
ian, Belgian, Saxon. and Dutch Minister'S; the
Sandman, United States, and Turkish Charge
d'Affaires, &c.
In the House Of Commons on the Sd Of April,
Mr.. Plumptree introduced petition for the bet.
ter observance of the Sabbath, and expressed a
hope that. Notwithstanding the clamor that had
been raised against the Bill introduced by an
Hon. Baronet, both in and out Of that House, it
would be persevered in, and passed into law.
MIR. Ewing presented petition from Glasgow
to the same effect, signed by 1l,904 PERSONS
He stated that that petition was agreed to at a
public meeting, where persons of every denomi.
nation of Christians attended. He must, howe.
yer, say, that the Bill now upon the table Of the
House went much further than he expected or
could support. Also one from the same city,
signed by upwards of 5000 persons, praying for
the abolition of Church patronage in Scotland.
The petitioners stated that the present system
was an innovation upon the old ecclesiastical
system of Scotland. aud was the cause Of much
Of the dissent which existed in that country: and
one from the same city. praying for the abolition
of imprisonment for debt, when the sum did not
exceed 98. They stated that, in the year 1882,
out Of 437 incarcerations two thirds were under
IS. A petition from the Dean and Faculty of
Procurators Of Glasgow, praying for relief from
the many duties they were obliged to pay on their
admission; one from the cotton and woollen ma
nsfac;urers Of Bury, in Lancashire, praying that
Commission of Inquiry might be sent down to
inquire into the factory system before the Bill
was passed upon that subject; and one from Rye,
PRAYING for the better observance of the Sabbath
Similar petitions were presented by Messrs
McLeon and Fielder. Mr.. Wilkes also said
that he had number Of petitions to present from
Yorkshire and Lancashire, Shropshire aud Che
shire. The first class was from Dissenters, and
they prayed to be relieved FROM being oblig.
ed to contribute towards the repair Of churches,
and the means Of carrying on the worship in
them, from which they derived no benefit The
second class was from the same description OF
persons, complaining Of factous attempts which
had been made to enforce the payment of Door
rates upon their chapels and schools. The third
class complained Of the present compulsory sys
TEN By which Dissenters were obliged to be mar
ried in churches; and the fourth was in favor Of
national system Of registration. Also peti
ton from the inhabitants Of Ashburt0n and the
parishes adjacent. signed by the Portreeve, the
Clergy an, all the Dissenting Ministers, and
most OF the respectable Inhabitants, in favor o.
the bill for the better observance OF the Sabbath
The next petition to the same effect, from
the Town OF Market Deacon, in the county o
L,ncoln, in which il was stated that that was ,
large market town, situated in the centre Of ,
great agricultural district; that in consequence,
Of the farmers not paying their servants wage,
until the Sunday morning, the town during tina
day had more the appearance OF fair, aud tina
there were frequent disorders in consequence
His next petition was from the ministers. elders
and members. of the WEIGH Calvinist Method
ists Of London to the same effect. He hoped tn,
Bill would be allowed to be read second time
and then referred to Select Committee, in or
der to make such alterations in it ss would pro
mote public morals without the introduction Of ,
tyrannous system.