The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-05-06 00:00:00

"7' PV - 1 . 0 • • • 9 . • rosarl IS. the Jinn. Bart. came down, and without I nop..seil to the floese to rescind their &OP role detormin.tion. The lion. Bart. had 151(1 110 grimed eiorforer for his motion.. What took place in snot her Pintiantent, in 4809, was nn ground. Be sides it was Rot correct to say that the Noble Lord ...raped without censure; although certainly he (Mr. WI ma) tinsug,ist.. the censure ton mild. The nest year P.illiameat posted an Art- remove Mime - slaubts ohichenisted onibie k sobject by declarlog arts .similar to silo with which the Noble Lord hell been charged P.nal offences. With respect to the other case in MO, to the derision in that ease, he. (..Mr. Wynti's was no party. But the ground of it was that parliament h av i ng just passed the Act to which be .had allowed, it woad.) not he just to snake its opera- Aloes retrospective. To arced. In the Lion. motion mould be to declare that the bribery of elec tion was no offence,. And to annul ell the practice of ).ear forefathers from the earliest periods of the bis tro,' of Parliament, Ow, these Amends it appeared to him to be impossible; that Abe Haase coeld enter tain the MM. Baroitst's prespositioe.. Whenever the case might come regularly. before the •linese on the Petition of the individual suffering ender its dis pleasure; it would then be a fit subject for consi deration ; but at present it was not lA. Colol l el WOOD said, that the Honourable Bs renel. who was so ready to accuse. others, of undue practices in elections, would perhaps remembirewhen ills his first contest for Middlesee, be bad little pro. ..- - aped of beieetteuraed,3oo millers toted for him as proprietors of a &tit which was not built, and of which they had become possessed but the preceding night; teat the Sheriff 'was sent to Newgate for bis ;rose partiality to the Honourable Baronet ; and the election was declared void. On the second contest of the Honourable* Baronet for Middlesex, never was there a greeter - display of Universal Suffrage.— Persons who were gealilied, and persons who were not, were indiscriminately polled, until prosecutions for perjury were set on foot, and many of the votes abandoned ; and eventually the lionojele Baronet . Qll not obtain his seat. Perhaps tn" -- Honourable .Baronet might remember the third election for Mid. . diesel, at which he was a Candidate, and at which all the practices resorted to at the second election were exposed and brough tto light ; and at which, while the present Member for Middlesex polled , 3000 votes, the Honourable Baronet polled only 'Boo.—Thin was the history of the Honourable Be tenet's contests for Middlemen- If he had forgotten them, the einelme of Middlesex had not ; and were the Honourable Bennet to start a fourth time, he would experience the same result. Mr. BRAND regretted the introduction of per sonalities intp the present discussion. His lion. Friend had alluded as slightly as possible to the . dividuals whom be bad been. obliged to mention.— ,[44 laugh from the Treasury Bench.]—Gentlemen ; might laugh, but they might remember the Hon. -Baronet said, he rather wished, on the occasions to Which be bad adverted, that the offs'nce should be ,visited with a light hand because it was one of such general notoriety. Ile did not, therefore, think that Athe Honourable Baronet bad pressed the 'object in a way that ought to be at all offensive to the Noble lord or to bis personal friends. His (Mr. Brand's) ;object in rising, however, was to state the regions ,which prevented him from concurring in his Hon. Friend's motion. Ile had most unwillingly witnessed the introduction of the charge against the Noble .T.Ard and the Right Hon. Gentleman nine or ten years ego. He had most reluctantly felt himself bound on that occasion to vote for the resolution inculpatory of their conduct ; but having done so he felt a duty to maintain his consistency by pursuing a similar course with respect to Ferguson. If the House were to agree to his Honourable Friend's motion, it would be it once to declare to the country, that all irregularities -or Breaches of Privilege with respect to Elections were thencefor ward to pm* u unoticed and unpunished. In his conscience, therefore, he must oppose the Motion ; though he confessed he was at a loss to on alerstand how those lion. Members who rejected the foriner resolution inculpatory of the Noble Lord, could reject his Honourable Friend's present propo iition. , Mr. CURWEN observed, that the Bill which he Introduced several years ego would have gone far to remedy such evils as that In which the attention of the House was now called, had it not been deprived of alt efficacy by the Amendments which were en grafted 09 it. , Sir F. BURDETT, in reply, observed, that as the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had said so little on the subject now before them, he did not think it ne cessary to take any satire of what had fallen from him. As for what the Honourable Member behind bite had said about the Middleses Elections, he cer tainly had a perfect recollection of all the proceed iris connected with them; indeed no man had less reason to format them than be bad. He bad twice experienced the remedy asiticis the House in its wisdom - had thought peeper to provide in cases of contested Elections; and he could assure them, that to enjoy that benefit a third time would be out of his power. With respect to the different Boroughs throughout the country, nothing could be so disco's . ;peed with property as the right to tote. In the case of the millers alluded to by the Ilan. Gentle. man, the House did not come to a decision, on the ground that the persons in question had not been a certain time assessed to the Land-tax. Ile also re collected that the Sheriffs who made the Return were sent to Newgate. The Sheriffs returned him as he bad the majority on the poll; nor did the House of Commons came to a decision in the case of the millers. --With regard to the last Election, it was true the Sheriffs were not sent to Newgate, because, though be (Sir F. B.) had a majority on the poll, they not withstanding reterned-a bliaisterial Member. Those qemlemen who bad formerly wished for enquiry in the cue of the Noble Lord and his colleague, were certainly quite consistent is opposing the present Motion. Bet those who formerly, in the case of the Noble Lord, voted against all enquiry, could not -tainly, with any thing like consistency, oppose present motion; though he was perfectly well re ihat.the Noble Lord would succeed in per )ading a majority of the House to think With him, !hat which in a high Officer of.Goeernment was rectly justifiable, was quite unjustifiable in the Iran bumble individual. It would be quite use and indeed ridiculous, to give the Houle the cent& the pi *ware stoadin that it perfec case of Lars, 41 0 THE STATESMAN. trouble of Witnessing the consistency of one tot of Gooriemon, and the N inguene eof- the Noble Lord. • kis eirothor, and iherefore he would got press the matter to a tote. . The aillotjoe waa then ,bogeti red. I that be whited it'to be understood, that )se erti-160a. posed, altogether; to the enactment of en• Alien . Sir S. ROM ILLY said, he objected to: the NA, as IS appeared , to Mat that there was nothing to justify a ,peoeseding at variance with all she principles of the coontry, at variance with Its tree policy, and so de. gelling to the British character, that nothing could justify it bet strong necessity end danger to the State. He had not beard from the Noble Lord a statement of such danger. lie proposed the measure on the' .grounds on which he proposed the former, and he had stated that there were nearly as strong grounds now as there were in 1816. It was very possible theft might; but as he thought at that time there were no strong grounds for the measure, he had been en enemy to it then. •and, a fortiori, he was an enemy to it now. Nothing could justify each a measure bat some danger to the internal State and Governmept of this Country, from the residence of foreigners. Never had it been avowed before, that ettet a measure was necessary for our own protection, bit for the.protection of the great Continental Go- Serntnents of Europe. It was new in the history of this country, that instead of adopting measures suit able to the policy and wants of our own country, we ihoold tninister to the Despots of Europe ; ,and that all tp whom in past times we had afforded asylum and protection, should be persecuted for political or religious opinions disapproved of by the govereigus of other countries.—tlieer, hear fl—Not much 'more than an hoar ago the House hid, notwithstand4 Ing the distress of the country, granted a considerabit sem, with a view to an important literary purchase. But that subject sunk into insignificance, when com pared to the importance to this country of its having to look on itself as the sanctuary of Europe. , The moment a man entered on thitliallowed soil, .he was considered Ware from religious and political perse cution. Ile should be unworthy of the protection which he and his ancestors had received in this. coun. try, if he did not claim the samehospitality for those unfortunate individuals, *be, u in the case of the exiles from Spain and other States, were reduced •tis the necessity of claiming our protection.—[lll44 hear, hear!]-41e should be w angratefol i for the protection which he and his . • ancestors had sin. joyed in this country under, different tystito' Of policy, if he did not endeavour .that the benefit' of it should be extended to other individuals in- the same situation—if he did not raise his voice in de fence of those men who, driven from their . ewe, nun. try by religions and .political persecution, wished to enjoy liberty under titeintlety and protectien of the British Couttitotion. The. Hous!. were tiow z nived to understand that the present' measure, .under tiie name of a temporary•lawi was to be a permanent law—that it was to he the new Constitotion Bri talst.el-(llear, hear !)-None of the precedents* *to' which the Noble Lord had eppeeled hod any applica tion except the last. In 1802 it was known to every one in the'country, high and lewohat,:the peace then concluded was a sort of armistice, and that the lurk ing potions *mild seen spring up with . more rage and acrimony. In 1816, it bad been brou ght .je for the .first time by the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department; . on all former •occesions it hid lietu brought in by the Secretary of State for the Itome Department. It was then !insight in by the Minis ter who represented the internal government •of the country; but. it was now proposed by the Noble Lord as representative of the Monarchs of Europe in that [louse.—(Hear, hear t)--Ja 1816, for the' first time, had Ministers owned that it was introduced in subserviency to the views of Foreign Despots, that it was irtlended for the preservation of the peace of other countries. Now when the Noble Lord talked of the mitigated system, it was to. be recollected that the measure extended; not metely to Aliens who had recently arrived in the .country, or to those who might arrive, but to those who were established in the country with their families, and who from long habits were almost become Englishmen. The 20,000 Aliens in this coun try were all placed at the disposal of the Secretary of State, who, whenever he pleased, could send them from the country. These persona might thus be the victims of people, who from malice, or with a view to serve bad ends, should wish to ruin them. fie did not know if there was any Representative from Scotland then in the House, he believed there was not ; but if there were, it was proper 'they should know this Bill was a direct re peal of an important provision in the Bill for the protection of the subjects of Scotland sgainst wrongoos imprisonment. It was expressly provided by that law, that no man should he sent out of the kingdom except by his own consent ; and it had been decided by the highest tribunal of that country, that the provisions applied to foreigners as well as natives The Honourable and Learned Gentlemen then cited a case decided in 1778, in the Court of Session, after being solemnly argued,—the case of Knight, a negro slave, who resisted the attempt of Mr. Wedderburn,, his master, to carry him back to Jamaica, from which he had brought him to Scotland. It was then decided that Knight was entitled to the benefit of the %Strong., nes Imprisonment Act, and that being a native of Africa, he could not be citified out of the kingdoni. l Ile could let no opportunity pass without giving a I negative to this measure. The House then divided— For the Minion . . 55 Against it . . . 18 Majority . 37 The Alien Bill was brought in by Lord CASTLE REAGH, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday neat. The House went Into a Committee on the Bank Its. striction Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEQUER in troduced his new Preamble, which stated that it was expedient that the Bank should resume its pay ments in cash, but that circumstances had occurred to render it necessary to restrain those payments for a time to be limited. Mr. TI ERNEY said he wished this last discovery to be universally promulgated. The house resumed ; the Report was brought or, and ordered to be taken into Nutter consideration on Thstreday se'onight. /lASI ti BURGHS. Siili).jlolllllLLY'preseitteil Peiltion the Burgh rrnine option the' 'Xbusis In the Scots Hallo s pealing for the liberty of electing their own e 1 ' Fr, 11, JILAA .4 ) \ • r kit Magistrates l 4sid poudemning t as inadeqtrate r the before the- House. • n The Petition was read. It smlld vette. manner which the Magistrates of the Burgh of Irvine re-eircted by each other, and adverted to the ties thus created for thaiversation, and the impossi.. tiiity of dispossessing any junta which once had into possession of- the Magistracy. The Petitic stated, that in their own Burgh the whole polyp, the Magistracy was in the family of the Earl of lintoun. The Petition was ordered to lie on the . On the question that it be printed-, Mr. FIN LAY stated his setkfaction at the mm in which the Petitioners had explained their enoes. Their prayer, as far . as related to the ch, log of their own Magistrates leas, its his opi, perfectly reasonable; and it webs to be observed, they only prayed that the laws of the Parliament Scotland should be reverted to—which had never repealed, but which, according to the nor., of the Scots Judges, were superseded by long dime. The Bill introduced by the Lord Advocate was adequite to the object which it aimed at, viz. —the auditing the accounts of the Burghs, and that fell very abort of the rights of those Burghs. The Petition wag ordered to be printed. .1. Sir S. ROMILLY presented ,Petitions from die Dyers and other Incorporated Traders of Edinburgh, against the Lard Advocate's Bill ; one. of tiara Nat _ ed for enquiry into the constitutions of the dilimat- Burghs.---Adjourned. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONK Rank Stock 2824. 5 per Cent. Navy 107} S.per Cent. Kett,. i9iii India. Hoods 96 ' 98 p 3 per Cent.Conbols -- Stock . Consols for Acc. poi Long , Ann. 2111 4 per Cont. 9tiii . • Useirquer Hills 17 20 p ~ :• . , TWE sr.AritsmAN , _ • be Bill 'nor 4o Ins i fe facili. nipotti. had got Wooers ElWef of of Eg.' e.. . merino ' grim chnog. rd, that, meat of d head Maximo dime. vies in. • t.—the t object 'ow tbo IWO, • pay. • 7} . pp f DIA • • . at night ninq the bleb we of the e India• t by the risist of, - , Otani ur.Gene. ibev,ao.; - om of the a cots- F , PI M a petty Captaio had set. n stick al Chid, '"; T. Ills. . . 4STINOII, e), near , or 1 36 4, ;1740140F • o report has this , by the here the Oar Pe. and of. rhich we igein on ! s I felt dry and :her loss w in felt t of the er of his though, weed on • killed." Lieut..achinent B Army, 117, with tch from fanuary, ;tent, up ; troops, Se, ;silk its fres - v, thy tact A LI ENS. Lord CASTLEREAGH, in rising to propose tbll continuance of the Alien Act for two yeari4 ob served, that as the subject had been so frequently discussed in the House, and at considerable length on the last occasion, it was unnecessary to take op much of the time of the House at present. He was , aware that whenever it had been brought forward, strong prejudice had existed egaiust it, and he would be the last to quarrel with that constitutional jea• lousy, ready to take alarm at any thing approaching to a trenching en the liberty of the subject. But the warmest advocate of liberty must allow that it was absolutely essential to the safety of the country to invest-the Executive with a superintending power over Aliens. Such authority was inseparable from the governing power of any country—the ordinary laws were insufficient. In ancient limes the Crown, by its own privilege s exercised the right of sending Aliens out of the country. But' the result of the late discussions was, that whatever ground might haws formerly misled for the use of this privilege, it could at this day be put in force only under tbsowanc don of Parliament. lie bad tie intentien to propose a permanent law on the subject,, though in the opinion of some quite consistent with the liberty of the sob. ject. lie merely intended to proposes continuance' of the former law for two years. The esistieg law was quite distinct from the principle of the War Alien Law pissed in 1793 ; it was of a much milder character. When the War Mien Act was passed we had not to deal with enemies of" an ordinary de scription, but with men panting to extend disorder and convulsion throughout the world—accordingly, the principle on which the Act of 1793 was founded was, that all Aliens coming into the boontry were open to suspicion, and to be looked upon as possibly doing so with hostile purposeti. They were assigned a particular residence, and not allowed to depart from it beyond a certain limit—ten miles. The prin. ciple, in short, of the War Act was, that Aliens were under a constant system of 'vigilance, and at lowed to go from place to place only when they had i _obtained a passport. On the return of peace, the .system was changed ; it being then supposed that atraugers would come to the country only for innocent purposes, the necessity of s fixed residence was taken away; they were Aillowed to go wherever they pleased, the power being still reserved of re• moving them, whenever their residence might be come dangerous. Under the -present law, *llene from most foreign lands were subject to no ether re gulation than delivering at the port where they ar. rived their name and calling, after which,they may traverse the country without any interference what. ever, except the Secretary of State has reason to suspect theic designs. He was convinced •o man would say that Ministers had pushed the powers of the law to estraottlinery lengths, or to the injury of foreigners. During the six years preceding the paw iug of the last Act, the numbers remnved had been but nine; in 1817 but two; in 1818 but one. Sot the House would not be justified in Wordily from the fewness of these cases, that a inuch greater amount of evil would not have ousted, on supposi. (ion that the right to regulate Aliens had never been granted by Parliament. The House would gain some information on this head, by contrasting the sites.' tion of countries that had no Alien Law, with that of this. From this comparison, the House would see from how much mischief the country had been pro.' lected by Parliament telling Aliens, " If you are re. solved to pursue your mischievous plans, you must look for a theatre in another part of Europe: it is not in this kingdom they are to be porsued."—When it was understood the the law of the Netherlands permitted no interference with Aliens, ill the un quiet spirits fled thither from France, get posses sion of the Press to disseminate their pernicious and disgraceful projects, and assembled in such numbers, that it was there among them the plan was hatched for disturbing the peace of Europe. and re establishing the revolutionary system in France.— There too he knew that the conspiracy was formed against the life of the illustrious Duke of Wellington, not from any motives of personal enmity, but to take away the life most valuable for preserving the peace of Europe. It was not too much to sly, that had no Alien Law been in existence, the same plots and conspiracies would have been carried on here, and therefore he thought it the duty of the House to arm the Executive with moderate powers to keep them in order. These were the general grounds on which lie hoped the House would not hesitate to continue the law when they considered the mildness in which it had been administered. It might be said the law was now become unnecessary by the enjoyment of peace with the whole Continent; but, he would insist that the necessity of a renewal had ap imaged from his previous statements, that wherever the discontented had got perfectly free footing, they combined together to overthrow the esta blished order of things, and the Emotive ought to be armed with means to quell ihst spirit.— The law had been originally enacted in 1793—re newed with amendments, in 1814 and 1816—and he now bad to propose it the fourth time. lie could not take open himself to say whether the Army of Occupation would leave France in this year. The moment of drawing , it away would be one of great agitation and anxiety; and. it would be injudicious in the extreme to sufer the law to expire before ell ploring the tone and temper generated by that cant in foreigners. The Noble Lord concluded by moving— " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to continue the Act 68 Geu. 111. for e.inblisbing regulations resperibig Aliew ar riving nr resident in this country. in certain cases." Lord A I,TH WIPE observed, that this law, which originated in the state of affairs produced by the French Revolution, was now no longer necessary.— No argument he had heard from the Noble Lord, In the slightest degree justified its re-enactment. He rose however, not to enter into a dines:lon of the • • Measure- N that would be more props at a future period—but to express his dissent 1'1.4 sick a Bill, and to enter his protest against it. . 0 3 110 • Q • , Mr. LA M BT.ON did no t mean, a f ter Ana bad fallen from the Noble Lord, to debatis the tk ► i, ion now ; but, when the Bill came to a seebad ending, be ikoold move aaimoodoeut to k—at the lens time jaA J; LONDON: - !..X!""; WIDIONIDAIr t PUT lift' • 0 1. I THE • " DISPATCHES FROM TND, . . - A . ettpplement to 'the regOlar Gazette of last wit pqblished about nven'this day, containic Dispatches from India, in.'nut notice of which gate 'yesterday, along yids the • substance of Bombarintolliploce. . : • The . Dispitches hats been received at die Roost iddreVeed to thi''Sicret Comittittee b , • Goaernor in Council et flotnbay, and cot* first,. an Abstract. of . a Report from Liest:-Gtmetst Sir TifolktAs Hinge, Bart. to the Governor , rill, dated Camp at CharwOrth,.26th'ZiovembA, tailing preliinfnary moverenti;=•Estracta from patches of • the Governor-Ooneval fat Bombay,' lst and 2d .of January list, transmitting a munication from Brigadier:General Sir Sung 1 coma, of 'the 26th November, informing that a of Mysore 'horse, under the command of Ca GRANT, belonging to . Sir Joules divilion, had prised Talym, a post of the Pindarrees, in WALuB KuAN,the adopted son of the principal was taken prisoner ;—a Dispatch from Sir T. ,oft, of the 31st Dec. to the Marquis of HAsTL dated Camp on the Sipoora (field of battle' .Maheidpoor, situated on the. river Siffra, poora f and about 25 miles north of Orsgein,SClNDl capital, stating that be had the satisfaction to • to the following effect • ' 6 The army of MULHAR Row }Toucan ha! day been completely .defeated and dispersed, first sod third divisions of the army I ha' honour to command. "This result has grown out of the failure of ou► gociations with the Government of lint Amt, and the re pelted acts of aggression and insult which have experienced since our advance from Ougeii the 14th instant. Under these circumstances impelled by every sense of duty to my count' to your Lordship, to vindicate with Out furthei of time the honour - of the British name. " Brigadier-General Sir 3. M ALCOLm is now pursuit of the fugitives, with the greeter part cavalry. The camp of 1101.1CA-12 1 and a number guns remain in our possession. " Our loss, I fear, has been considerable, ti I treat, not greater then might have been *spelled such en occasion. No officer of rank has been k' sokt.fol,lows the Copy of • Report from C•haof Sctitte; commanding a British deal it Stamm'.„` to the Adjulant•General of the dated.Citisvp, at Negpore, 30th November, 181' an Inclosure, also transmitted with the Dispatch the Govern Orin Council at Bombay of lit Jac 1818, stating the operations of the detachment, ep to the 26th November, against the RAJAH'. troops, which had then taken post In an Arab village, with five guns, sod were receiving reinforcements from large bodies of the Arabs. Colonel Scorr, with Captain BATLEY, having posted sentries on the fac , h of the hill, and made all the necessary arrangements, doling the Uth, at Silt P. M., Colonel SCOTT says— " Seeing their determinition to commence hostilities, and the smell party with me having shown the ut• most forbearance, and until thiciime not having fired a shtit, I directed them to fire a volley, and ',treater! to the top of the hill under the fire of all the WWII posted in the village. "I'lle•acthen Ittnediatri, enormenced en both Mr, coo:jotted incenantly until 12 o'clock the # .4 It ceased. In cot:accretive of their greit lass and fatigueii