Star. — London, England, 1819-04-03 00:00:00

7 • ••• • `. . .A. .• clause the Alien. Act which gives to foreigners ghat right. The affidavit, which was then tead, was to the followirg effect: " I, the make oath, ar.d declare before Goo, that when M. o:. the r..lrhing rf the 14th of Novem ber. :hewed me the ololcr of Lord Sidmot . .:l4.co:: - .manding me ir.stantly to leave Grant Britain, I eamesay required to be brought yetore the Peivy Council, according to the provisions of the A1ren11111'; and I itifoimea Mr. Capper, that by refusing rrrtnit me, he himself . .t . palitvd, the law. And-I further de clare, that at the time of the publication of my letter. to the Edi.pri.;s Maria Lefuisa, I toissulted several Mends, Who knew rrfectly. well; that in cue of arrest. I had a right to be"takes be:ore the Council." • The Tio;iourable Gentleman here observed, that it ::needless for hinUto detail the various tircum staucts attending his removal, as stated in the ,Peti tion. AU his remonstrances were met by the most insolent and contemptuoua behaviour. He was taken to the house of Mr. Capper, near Vauxhall, and he then asked for the property which had been taken from him, but'met with similar treatment. At length General . Getirgaud, at eleven o'clock at night, find ing hiniself overcome by continued agitation, de manded perrnisiitin to be Allowed to go to rest : yet even this wail not permitted, till after the men had supped. 'The next morning Mr. Capper brought with 'him • a Magistrate, *lra refused to have any thing to do with hiM, ref him .t 4 Lord Sid mouth. 'He then requested that . be .a letter for him to Lord Sidniontlx, rich he also de dined. "General ctonigatid then wrote a letter to, his' friend, Cotaist ".FOrbin Janson, begging - hi:ls to take care of ilaiiimiperty,.Which he had been compelled to leave Ischia in - LandOn: On' the 18th, Mr. Capper returned with an ,answer froM Janson, stating that I,e had not been allowed evenlo keep the letter which t: - c General had sent: General Gourgaud's clothes s Te tot even returaed to him, nor his papers. He tats put on board * packet at Harwich without a passport. On hisrpresenting that he could not land on the other side without one, he was at last fur.' nished with a passport, and finally arrived at Ham. burgh. A letter was received from him, dated from Harwich; the '2Bth of November. That letter was rather long ; but as it was an important one, he (Mr. Lambton) would again -claim the indulgence of the House. at was in substance as follows: " My Lord—When no longer at a distance from those who earl themselves your servants, I shall one day return to Eeg. land--You will itouw that on the 14th of November, a body of swan entered my room, and proceeded to take away my pa. pers. and other things, my property. They said they acted by ysur Lordship's order. I now write to beg that those things may be returned to me which were taken from MC by Mr. Capper. 'Your Lordship will remember that I did not come to dilacountr; ay ateakh. Duringmy stay here I was guilty of no infringement of your laws.-of no violence. Am I guilty? try Inc. I wrote to my friend Count Forbin Janson - begging him to take care of my property left in London. He was not al lowed Ora to keep or read my'lener. I declare I never had the hist idea of infringing the order. of the law ; it would have bees gigot folly If I had. Alone, warmed, unfriended, I was seized by scree or eight vlioyous meth If your Lordship thinks that the power granted es Ministers by the Alien Act Bill does not eitendlo the tontycation of the property of an unfoetunate 'foivigner, who is driven Out of the country, I have the handier to entreat you to allow me to return to London, to 411M1 the effects, papers, and manuscripts which have been taken from me,' and in Which my whole fortune consists, or allow isto to be bibuzht to trial if I airs accused." T:e this letter an answer was received, dated White- hall, 30th November, 1818, from Mr. Hobhouse, ac knowledging the receipt of the General's letter, and stating that he (Mr. Hobhouse) was desired by Lord Sidmouth to acquaint him, that the papers, p istols, add portfolio, taken from him, had been transmitted to Hamburgh. General Gourgaud addressed ano ther letter totord 'Sidmouth, dated Bth December, 1818, in which'he requests, as his Lordship must be brthat time aware how little foundation there was for the idle stories abroad relative to him (General (iourgatel), that he might be permitted to return to London ; he stated that he had added a detail of his rafferinp, that his effects had been pillaged without illegal order, that not having received an answer to second letter addressed by him to his friend, re qutisting him to take care of his effects, he presumed iebuil never been delivered ; that Mr. Hobhouse had transmitted to him only his portfolio, pistols, and a boncUe of papers relating to business; that portfolio, wltkhwas locked up by himself at the time of his seizure, was sent to him opened, and that he would not receive it (and to this circumstance the Hon. Gentle man particularly directed the attention of the House) from the master of thepost-office, I.ut in the presence of Mr. Bastade, the police magistrate of Hamburgh. Then follows this passage —a I am not a conspirator ; the object of my visit to England, was to let my friends know the situation of tale unhappy Napoleon, and to obtain for hint some relief. I was honoured by his kindness, and distinguiShed by his favour, for year's. Will Ministers find me guilty if I wish to alleviate his sufferings ?" The General next pro ceeds to express his conviction, that any eulogium . pasted by himself on Napoleon could hardly have had any influence uponthe conduct observed towards him, notwithstanding that he had said, that if Napo leon was vanquished at Waterloo, it was by fate, not by his want of skill, and that he was the first of Gene rals. On the loth January Mr. llobliouse again wrote to General Goureaud, that on the subject of the port folio he referredhim to his former letter ;that as the General had not particularized the remainder of his property, it was impossible to institute any inquiry into the matter; and that with regard to the state ment relative to the portfolio, as made by the General, it had been found upon inquiry to be utterly destitute of foundation. In reply to this, General Gourgaud again demanded to be permitted to return to London, ohsetving, that as to not having particularized. his property, his Liardship must be aware, that upon being removed from it, it was morally impossible to make out a list ; that, however, in his room were . four trunks, or which he had only received one ; that. as to articles of linen, tee. it would have been indeco-* rous to *Mee troubled his tordehip : as to papers, however, there were' on his table, at the time of his seizure, some notes fora histore:of the campaign or 1914, and remarks on the violation of the pear& Paris: That he disdained to'replyao the. charge of, having made an unfoinstledstateMent, anclavouldnot answer such offensive langUage. A'iertifieate Of the Police Minister of Hamburgh is endlosed;dated SO, 1819, confirming the fact of his finding, on being called upon pa examine if, that the portfolio was unlocked ; it istitistin.e possible fru' him to spr.alt to its previous state hsiniethatcly on its,arrival, though he had no dolgptiaiiadbAi tr a nsmitted in the ' samc state. He had isbw "doite with the correspondence on 'this subject ; the prayer of the petitioner war that he, come again to England, for zu;iiht lic to . . - t,:.::.. • sla Is • ' the purpose orbrbong aler_ those ithad aggrieved him. It slid ,it the pone. gilder the Act, of . Minisiers to do that - had via not im bra it disputed theaust cro - . pagn the. but ste c. lated one or its provisionV-"Cfraeffulligre security which was afforded by a single in the Act, had been ivildraWn from pelitieger ; the house had been invaded, his property serzedlaind his person 'subjected to indignities, from Whicii, however friend less his situation, his rank and character ought to have exempted bim. He should not go further than to move at present, that the petition be brought up and read, reserving himself till he should hear what could be alleged in answer to it, and trusting that a satis factory explanation would be given. The petition, which was then brought up and read, contained little more in substance than that already stated ilk the remarks of Mr. Lambtor. Mr. LAMBTON moved that it do lie od the table. Mr. H. CLIVE felt that, from the situation he held and the complaints preferred agaiist the office to which he belonged, he should be wanting in his duty if he did not protect, as far as he was able, the individuals who had been employed in the arrest of General Gourgaud. That individual's conduct when he first carne to this country had given reason to suppose that he was very different from what he had turned out to be. He had at last given cause to the Government to order that he should be removed, and a warrant to that effect • had been issued on the 14th bf November. He (Mr. Clive) protested that no unnecessary severity was intended by any indivi dual, and if he had submitted, as there was reason to expect he would, there would have been no cause for the present complaint. General Gourgaud complain ed of having been struck with bludgeons, but the men employed had none. They had spoken to him in a civil language, and he had answered them unci villy. They had given him time to rise, but be had attempted, by mere strength, to prevent them from electing his removal. They had resisted as much as possible without doing him any injury, and in fact they had suffered most. The General asserted that he had applied to be taken before the Privy Council, but•that was not correct. • The Officers em ployed seized a pair of pistols in a drawer, which he had pointed out to one of the Messengers, but that was subsequently to the seizure of those that lily loaded on his table. He had then snatched up a dagger, and endeavoured to stab one of the men, but it had been wrenched away from him. He also attempted to prevent the door from being shut, bat being at last placed in the carriage, had, in the first instance, beer. driven to Mr. Capper's house at Vaux hall, in order that the peace of the town near Bruns wick-square might not be disturbed. Mr. Capper wished him to send for clothes, but he had refused, and had therefore gone with those which he had on. He (Mr. Clive) had looked into the Alien Act, and written to the Agent at Harwich, to direct that all its provisions should be carefully attended to. An othet reason for removing him to Vauxhall was, that he had broken his window, and cut his hand, and was exciting the compassion of a considerable crowd which had assembled by his cries of murder. Con sidering that he had been so ill treated (according to his own account), it was astonishing. that so much time had passed without any inquiry being proposed into the subject. Paragraphs had long since appeared in the Papers, announcing the General's intention of appealing to Parliament, but it was only after two months of the Session were passed, that an applica don had at last been made. When taken before a Magistrate, General Gourgaud contended that he' could not be taken out of the country, as the war rant was contrary to the permission which he had received to reside in it. When at Harwich he had written to a person in town about his effects. He had remained five days at Harwich, and any of his friends might have come down to see him if they had pleas ed. —His portfolio and some loose papers had been sent from Lord Sidmouth's Office, and for greater security entrusted to the Agent at Harwich, who gave them to the captain of one of the packets. .A letter had been written to the British Agent at Oka haven, to know whether the portfolio and papers bad been properly delivered, and his answer stated the affirmative, and that the portfolio was sealed with four seals. He was aware of the certificate signed by the Director of the Police at Hamburgh, respect ing the portfolio being open at the time of its deli very. But the certificate said, that though the lock was open there were two seals on the portfolio. If General Gourgaud had not taken any opportunity of opening it previous to receiving it before the Direc tor of the Police, there would have been four seals instead of two. After some farther abservatiops, the Hon. Gentleman declined going more, at large into the case, as a future opportunity wouLd off er for bringing it before the House. Sir ROBERT WILSON thought the Petition pre sented by his Honourable Friend entitled to the most serious consideration of the House, as this was one of those cases to which that House alone was com petent to supply a remedy ; for, though several acts had been committed which might, under other cir cumstances, have been punished by an. appeal to the ordinary tribunals of the country, the Petitioner was restrained from seeking in this way redress for the injuries be had received by that law, which, in his; opinion, had been very improperly made. Xhis atiors of the Petitioner was or.e peculiarly.calcelated' to interest the most•generous feelings. He :wee ..ar stranger, helpless, and unfortunate. Yet he had not been so tilt lately. He had formerly enjoyed. a sup ! cessful career, and had been rewarded with the most flattering honours his Sovereign could bestow, an 4, he new owed his ruin to that fidelity which isack made him the voluntary sharer of the fortunes ofl?it fallen benefactor. (Hear.? It was this fidelity that had . marked him out as the victim of a telentlesscoalitio% He would not ask under what circumstances Genera • l Gourgaud had incurred the displeasure of those whose favour he had previously enjoyed in this cows.: try: The Petitioner had adverted to one cause, but he hoped it was not the true one. Indeed, he could not think it possible, tlsat because General Uourgand had vindicated the valour of his countrymen, he had bowl thought to merit the treatment he had received. He would net believe that it had been determined to ,meet his publication with die ignoble weapons of the' Office of the Secretary of State, because in that work the General had laboured to prove that his countrymen dirinht ingloriously relinquish their sworda.---fHease) He (Sir Robert NVilson), front the knowledge he had defa4Albitgau . dated to cia Me2l4,lW; dial* a 7, et 0 . . a coregssetne t l.euse - -i h d e enc i lw i rtl b a e n es y par til 7 44 .outeof 'in a lreetio pe ; and : e,.- • that he had been engagedein $ cenesponctenef In _. Europe that could at ullentidangerkthe Peace of c ountry. He (Sir Robert Wilson) bad had die honour is' to be acquainted with general Gourgaud, and knew some of his connelioes e and as he had had the deli cacy not to mention him tSr Robert Wilson) in the , Petition, he felt it his ditty to state certain facts oon; netted with this case that lad come to his knowledge . . Some days after the publicatiOreef this work, he (S ir ItobertWilson) had nietthe General, when the latter said he had some reason to apprehend that lie should very shortly be removed under the Alien Act. He (Sir Robert Wilson) ridiculed his fears, but tcld '..,m in that case it would be proper to appeal to the Privy Council, and on being : examined at the Office of the Secretary of State, if nothirg but his publica tion appeared against him, he was sure the warrant for his apprehension would be immedietely cancelled. He stated this to shew, that in case of Lis being arrested, the General was apprised of what he ought to do, and this furnished a presumption that when arrested it had not been what the llon.Gentlernan had described it to be. A few days after the General, on meeting him, had asked if he (Sir R.W.) knew a Dr. May ? He replied, he did net. The General mid, a , person so called had been with him, and bad treated him with such peculiar attention and kindness, that he felt anxious to make him some return. lie, how ever:lmre such a description of this person, that h (Sir Robert Wilson) swpectcd him, and told Generel i Gourgaud that he believed this Dr. May to be Mr. Oliver, or one of his brothers. Shortly afterwards, the person respecting whom he thus expressed him self, he was informed, had called on d:e General, and obtained from .C.l to Ce. He reproved General Gourgaud for lettine him have the money, but con gratulated him on finding that this Dr. May had proved to be a swindler instead of a spy. These eir.-. 1 cumstances he begged the House to bear in their re-: collection. On the day of General Gourgaud's ar-' reit, a distinguished foreigner. Count Forbin Jan son, called on him (Sir Robert Wilson). This Nobleman had only known General Gourgaud as a brave offi cer, and had only sought access to him to assist him . in a moment of trouble. From Count Forbin Janson he learnt the particulars of the General's arrest ; but when he first heard the statement, he could not be lieve that a person of General Gourgaud's character could, by possibility, have been treated with so much indecency and so much inhumanity. He, hcwever, went to the house of the General to learn the'parti e milers. There he saw two servants belonging to the house, but not the General. These stated, that on the preceding day a gentleman had called, and asked for General Gourgaud. The reply was, that he was put, and was not expected home till late. Upon this the gentleman went away, leaving word, that the General might expeCt Dr. May the next morning.— Now he would • ask the House if this Dr. May, .who had been proved a swindler, was not likely to be also pne of those dark assassins who. go about to betray the unwary into guilt, which, hut for them, they would never perpetrate—and failing to accomplish this object, they, by blackening the character of 'he imlividual, exposed him to all the pains and penalties ' of that guilt from which - . his honourable alimi re coiled? On the morning which followedthi Jay on which this message was left, the officers caine to seize General Gourgaud. One person first entered, and asked for the General. He was told that he was then in bed. Upon this lie beckoned from the par lour, and six or seven men immediately jumped out of the coach, and rushed into the house. They pro ceeded to his bed-room. One of the servants fol lbwed, and saw them pull the bed-clothes off the General. He was teen harried into the pullout; the servant followed, and implored the officers to have: mercy on their prisoner. lie asked permission to make some arrangements with respect to his pro perty, but this was refused. He then desired to be allowed to go back to his bed-room to put on his clothes. This he was not allowed to do, but they' fetched his clothes to him in the parlour. The ruf fians, for such he must call them, before be got into: the coach, forced down his arm with such violence, as to have caused great pain, and the General was described to have turned as pale as death. One of the men then struck his poor neked head with his cane, with great violence; and after that the General was carried through the passage,' his head struck against the door, so that it was heard by all in the house, and forced into the coach. in doing which hic leg was jammed by a premature attempt to close the door of the vehicle. This was in substance what the servants had stated, and most of the facts other wit nesses could be called to prove. He did not mean to say that this violence had been intended by the Sicretary of State, or the Under-Secretary of State; bin this he complained of, that these things had oc- Iscurred, and the offenders had not been punished. He blamed the Home Department, because, instead of summoning the General to appear lefore them in a *cent way, they had hired six or seven infamous ruffians (for such, in his opinion, they Lid proved themselves,) to seize him in the way which had been •deseribed. kte had then appealed, as he had a right -to a d% Nat the, appeal had been rejected. These was, in t his opinion, sufficient evidence to warrant a pre ption that the Generel had been. most unjustly ;and most impropply.treated. With respect to hi s .pruperly, that 44 bee n done which positively amoun ted to steeling, .and be defied the Hon. Gentleman Ipposite to ; sbew any. . under Which what had . . tiaskdelitpnl Lordshipace seized .. hair could i :: been ? ius. og4 t ue it p d e • . :i. b i a f y L lti o s rd po s rt l m ih an no t u e th au , herb misdemeae 4tour—Af it had4seen opened by Mr. Capper, he was guilty of a felony: Why had.his.prooerty been seized ,at all? or if seized, 'why-was iteliot restored to the ' teeneral at Harwich Or Cuihaven? Minieters dared liot to stay that the portmuntean hnd not been opened; And its enhtents ex:attired. S His pist o l s too b a d b een l taken /iota him. Why were 'not these restored •toei him at Mr. Capper's, at Harwich, or at texhavou?! The pistols, he believed, bum the arms of Napaleun,, i • t , estooux which i p . tws t e p o h ae ars, system i i ens , tntoet:hmsejoro.rfc sulbcient, coolitiol etl assimilate . Is h it:ile s i t: l a i ot 'e , tend these insignia being found on them, were; hr , iti,t4 n t g l.l l l44rts y h.,:t iol tiiltsci lt ;. i i c itatit t i td , He hoped an iriqiiiey into tn,-',,fii i its o r.-06:0,,,, would take eluee; wed he eveultf und•enske to mu ocontireit;tiehiep.lh. iittliliti:leef.' of the P, Akt rt ~. afra t pct it, and to prove the facts he Lei te.:.,mi to d a 'di R ',.,0 neehleuse---(Hoar, '6E6%) • tho P n l r,! . lr i o ni CASTLEREAGH thought the Ilencorthia 3 kd i ' w ' t n _Gentleman had gone further into the case than he • sal tis .:hliould have thought it necessary to-ho on tie prese t .. OW , _ . , f • ar C °l- " .. .: a t occasion; he did not intend to go into any c at ;. .4 . Cr.t.C.... . , testis ~, w details on the subject, as the motion befoic the lie , . ta king 1 h_ was merely 'that the petition should lie On the table, .roots; c he and as a future and more convenient epportunito fcr I t . Clive) n ; ,ditussi..,heg, , the whole question would a r ri ve . li e assertit) r :e , :wo el, ire ever, offer a few observations to preve e . h he' d fir' that misapprehension elicit might othereise arh e ~otob lc ..eh In the first place,. he would caution theideeetee s h ~... less Gentleman not to listen too readily to all the g ee . ~. A Id . but ii le meats he might hear from per..cns in the sittratioqhe , ` oats g m General Gourgaud, and not to be so prone , toplat h e 7. ln h e himself for the propriety of the cendect of one with ~ a tish ce whom he lied so recently become acqtainted. hi he ;brotillit : a. supposed him to have been with the present pee t i eah 0 ...13. B ~ art rothing could bonnore painful to any genet:minded . eable ( e h than to speak against a loan in dencral.Gcur g a uc r s he Cpl" e . g sihrition, and that too when he was absent and in to . , t w hat m -h t pable of defending himself, but he must say thei r e ,, and . en were ample reasons (besides those furttihee hr he 25 w hiel ad History of the Battle of Waterlho, which h eheht ,„ think on safely leave to speak for itself) for believin- g that his A dot a )r. faculty for representing tOansactions iv:accurately hod i ember h. a never been, in any instaiice, surpassed. He would agree With the Honourable Gentleman that tht fact s brough t 0 b ed e Prior I sat stated in the petition, if proved, would constittee a - did riot w _ merit reprehensible outrage, but if the Ilistore olhe e aimed. l a . Itattleoof Waterloo had been less inaccurate, th e . i ce,- for rid blouse would oat have regarded the prtient state- oppOs t o Meat of General Gm - gaud as very probable. hie e L 56 . 4171T a s Capper,. when he went to arrest the General, carried ins eOE m _ With him written instructions, not only to treat him hhe 11 0 ..a, with humanity, but to facilitate his appeal to the ideate a sal Privy Council. Carrying with him such instructions, udi.ar an _ there was no probability that Mr. Capper, (who was ashlars c ta d a humerreman,) Would have committed an outrage . raodY- I die like that described by the petitioner. The General : the het r e- hal been represented as bcinriOperfectly submissive hale • 1 ar e to the officer, that. he even• pointed out to him a ere was, me drawer, in which Idi pistols were ; to prove he had no -.. a alish si lan design to commit any violence. licw if he thee! .iv bare ,te. Castlereagh) were rightly informed, the coulee le tole of him took was such that the officers were in danger, fcr the lenient soli 'moment they shew arms they took into the room with-them, the first an. e.d him their warrant, the onIF hell hat nit , neral. be. saver he gave them was, by seheing . a . brace of loaded 'ere the: ;ter pistols. • So that it appeared, if they had am seized : arge, I ich these in their own 'defence, he would have brought ;ill they rer, the question to a more rapid • conch:don than could on his r e_ have been desired. After this has d",ne, it appeared ,eoniollsl t h e that the General had with hires what-was let always =MT t( on 'found in a Gentleman's bed-chamber, a dagger ea- add no k e d der the bedclothes ; 'but fortunately .for-theaohicers, Mr. SI was he happened to seize on it by the point, leaving the position his handle open to them, so that he, in- the struggio titre di: t h e which followed, had only the sheath left in his hand, dthe H while they got the dagger, which they did not use so rate ea l ie improperly as the General was disposed to usa it. to :eel I t h e When this was <were he locket and sealed his pert- plareorg ray folio, and the officers coolie remeretiated with him oantry ley on his situation, and on-the proptiete- of his sefihring the 1 ii s e himself to be conveyed quietly to the ter-thigh The eat the' 'b e same spirit which -had rrietply -animated him Mr. i t i cs caused Mm-to disreptet t :advice which they gav e; an the re . and adhe , hid not sir:melded-1n -the-home, hu lou;abt • on mined to try hihett. he could effect ii et Of.. it, by call- he chat th. ihh, " Murder—Robbery—and Rescue!" in thehope tality; e d, of raishig at mob in his Ueletif to prevent the.execn- bet, chi vas tioneelthe warranty Now, if any violenoe had 'been Mien A ar- toed it has not till 3fter this outraeectis conduct had would 1 out made it necessity. One of the cif:x:l, -io come- he hzol ece quence of the efforts lie made, was actually knocked Below r a h. down by some person in the crowd. Mr. - Capper sae, hie t h e offered to pay him every attention. but his digner case w t h e was then too much offended to lee him accept of charac ive those accommodations which were at - hie ovainund. the oth to On his way to Harwich he acted-a shnilarpart. He Hams e e . struck one of the officers, • and endeavoured to excite Win i b e the populace to attempt a rescue. When at Harwich whole hi s he had been taken befo: e the Mayor, who hadlooked asked' ley at the warrant, and explained to him tile necessity of be gra uf. yielding obedience to it. Ile was then oared his gate tl nto portfolio, but as he understood General Las Cash's the Lc ace had been detained some time waiting for his papers, traord vas he prefered having it sent after him to Hemburgli. friend of He could only say this, he was confident no officer mined hi s from the Office of the Secretary of State would have gallai ral committed so brutal an outrage as had been charged He m ick on them. Ile would now leave the case to the-Leese !odor the till the time arrived at which it could be fencer time el his discussed. Was , ' the Mr. F. DOUGLA°'. thought his Hots. Friend (Mr. recou he Lambton), had made out a else which called ur- wool it- gently for inquiry. He knew it was customary for teen an Honourable Gentlemen on the opposite side of the with he House, to meet statements of ;theses by reflectiees TaCte te; on the characters of those persons on whose veracity The 1 Dc. these statements rested. No douht the same of Ge- no st He neral Gourgaud, and the remembrance of his pollti- has 1 of cal connect.oas, were apt to excite prejudices in suer:! • whil. . a persons' minds; and perhaps he himself was not al- a syi us together free ft um those preiudieek Bet still a breach :le 'ed of the law of the land—a breach of that prinephr hie on which regulates our intercourse with fteeign notiors, it w Olt as well as of the principle which protects our I nter- us a as, nal property—the Neese were bound to watch nit's tie r e- peculiar jealousy. The cuestion rmecting Cenral teo tly Gourgaud divided itself into two branches. The Eiht e g , his was, his having neglected to d.errend that he shored iii ; in- be carried before the Privy Council. They must all -- .a, an recollect. in the debate en the Bel, how much stress tie lad was laid by the Geetietnen opposite. on that part 0 1 '• e s; situ it which provided 'that the Alien should have an ate ~ e th, peal to the Privy Council : but how did the Honed:- eae able Geatlernen (Mr. H. Clive) meet this point? tic he, Fes had avid- that General Gintrgaual did not require r ee :ed be brought before tiie Privy Coot. cif, but before a. ter ..he Maeistrate. Good GOD ! were :ores to be eluded or i a •ed such quibbles?—(_leer. hear.) it was the duty of do sir odo officer to inform General Gourgaud what course :e dr !en' should pursue. This treatment ues not generous:* he 'to' Diu the reverse, it wire both ungenerous and unjush-- r t h ? (Hear, hear.) He would apreal to those who, like h en, himself, had occasianally found themselves friendless ti he ha:Urgers in a foreign country, ignorant of the laws h ce,- of that (wintry and the'requiations applicable to fo . .ed ehigners, how they woohi have. judged of sind bar ti et,. :conduet towards themselves? Ile s h o uld say a, fey h. ill hehitie on the °other branch of this cu estion—the set - - I ge, tutieni the General's propel ty. If his paters sae:: c ..... "V !n o t: do be examined when b roug ht before the l'le hie Couhcil, . why had they been talZea aw i ay et he , e • . . , - ee..... X 11,.. . ' - • - • • ' 1 aeiothe - h. - eade-emaheahei-etee - ----- --.