Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-07

the 18th May, inclusive, have been received
The Treaty between the Four Powers, al
though ratified by Queen Donna Maria's Go
vernment had not been received from Lisbon,
ut London, but was hourly expected, by the
County of Pembroke steamer.
The British Government have determined
that all foreign papers shall be admitted into
England on payment OF three half pence for
each paper.
King Leopold in order to secure the peace of
Belgium, was about to propose as successor
10 his throne, in case OF default OF another heir,
one of his own relatives.
Letters from Madrid at London on the cath,
announce that the ratification of the treaty of
Don Pedro had been received there.
There was a current report in London on the
23d, that the Bank had taken another sum of
E1,00O,000 of the East India Company, on
which il has agreed to allow interest as q depo.
site at the rate of two per cent.
The funeral of the young Prince Royal Of
Belgium was to be celebrated with great pomp
at Brussels, on the gath. The ceremonies to be
performed by the Archbishop of Malines.
The petitions Of the Dissenters for relief and
of their opponents for the protection Of the Els
tablished Church, occupied no inconSiderable
portion of the time and attention of the British
Parliament.
The Earl of Harrowby, on presenting peti-
tons for the protection of the Church, admitted
that the real grievances of the Disssenters
ought, as far as was practicable, to be redress
cd. But he called upon their Lordships to take
care that they did not place that body in the
vantage ground, by which they might be ena-
bled to continue the attack that they had .avow-
edly made against the Established Church. He
trusted that their Lordships would agree with
him, and not give their assent to any thing that
would endanger the safety of that fabric
General Jackson's recent conduct is made
the subject OF newspaper controversy between
the London and Glasgow Editors. The Lon
don Courier, which seems to understand its sub
ject, in the conclusion of an article says:
"The Glasgow Chronicle assumes that il is
proper to set aside the Senate that the House
of Representatives is sufficient to represent the
people, and that II is as well that the contest for
the abolitioa of tie Senate should occu, aolc as
at some future period Such view may be
correct but il goes far beyond our horizon;
and in the first instance, General Jackson set
aside the resolutions of the House of Repre-
sentatives, as well as those Of the Senate. We
looked only at theimmediate effects of General
Jackson placing his own views in direct opposi
ton to those of the Senate and Representatives.
which he did when he put veto on their reso-
lutions, and every paper which comes from
America proves that he has thereby hropn the
Government into confasion. That it may be on.
ly temporary is possible, because we have seen
within the last eighteen months that the good
sense of the Americans has ertricated them, with
out any ultimate disasters, from dangers equal
ly as threatening; but the present evils cannot
be denied Our contemporaries description of
the influence possessed by the Bank, shows at
once that in opposing il the President acts con-
trary to the wishes of all those who either APP
prove of its conduct share its advantages, or
are acted upon by its power. When our con-
temporary speaks of the influence of the Bank,
does he forget that Of the Government Un-
doubtedly the veto of the President, through
the prejudices in his favor, had considerable IN
III, pnhlic inst tbn
Bank All the partzanS of his government
throughout the Union, and in fact all those who
support the executive authority on principle,
must side with him, whatever may be their OPT
Mons of the character of the Bank. We must
repeat that General Jackson appears to us, in
the whole proceeding, 10 hare preferred his ocn
CONNECTIONS and pie1s TO the legally and constitu-
tionaLy expressed opinion Of his feltow citizens
acting rather as European SOrereigR than
as the Head of Representative Government"
From the True Sun of May 25.
LAFAYETTE-THE DYING SCENE.
An apparent Moderation had taken place in
the poor invads sufferings on Monday but at
midnight all the alarming symptoms returned
with redoubled vigor-A devouring fever op-
pression of the chest great difficulty of breath
inc. with a death-like cough. At two O'Clock a
poultice was applied to the chest. "What are
Won APPLYING there2' inquired the patient; " is
tanother blister2' mo, General, poultce."
"Cest Bien" CIT is welL) These were the
last words of Lafayette. The death, rattle soon
followed; the dying man for few moments
breathed more freely and then serenely sunk to
death, in the arms ofthe honorable M. Cloquet.
The numerous and extraordinary scenes with
which his noble name is SO pre-eminently con-
nected in the old and new worlds, might have
induced the prevailing belief that he was older
But his placid benignity of countenance and
disposition, with his natural strength Of consti-
tuition and temperate habits, had taught his
friends to hope that his Invaluable life might
still have been prolonged, perhaps yet to witness
the consummation Of his patriotic wishes.
Since the fatal day of Dulong's funeral I
have seen him few times, says our Paris co..
respondents and as l frequently anticipat-
ed in my correspondence with the True Sum-
saw there was no hope. The last time met
LAFAYETTE in public was on the 14th of January
at the grand dinner of the :" Union ofNations;'
banquet from which, of course, political dis
cussion is excluded.
Previous to the splendid repast, had the hon
or Of shaking hands with him, and of holding a
short conversation on literary and scientific
subjects. His mind appeared as intellectual,
and his ideas as philosophical, as ever; but there
&c. m indefnable tact EXPRESSION of mal1ice