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a 4 :lur to tbe grain of any tingle county ; :time the tt,llio:tion would, of course, embrace the whole lou.-4 ,1 0m..ut0l would involve a per centate upon less then three millions of ntottey.( Hair.) 4kt.wtate said, that the inquiry in Scotland solely retitled to the quantity of spirit distilled from In, wr herby: h wasitupeuable the an Increase he Nina WS pale malt._ All he asked was, thst the experiment should be fairly tried before our rainbow lb ttrs kiiiirduaL \Tr, Lynette; tom stated, tliat the regnlationsia the Bill were founded on the fair average 411 Vtl . lllllll reCllrl weal Baita.air restated his denial that the fact until he proved. liter a few words in explanation, from Mr. Vst.vuee and Mr. Maim?, the house divided, whets 11e ',write/no svcre— ro' Ate. <alvest..ansus.lsuent 44/111 , 4 St ) . 11ssjurity alsiest it Bill was then ordered to be reported on REGISTRATION OF SLATLS. . - 34 r. Wit.amtvoacs gave notice, that on Mon: day se' 'glll hr wnuhl move fur leave to bring in a 1;111 for the Registration of Slaves in our West India Colonies. ELGIN MARBLE*. Mr. BA I/11XS gave notice, that on Friday next he world more hi have the Report of the Commit ter on the Elgin Marbles referred to a Committee of the whole llouse.—(Hear.) ALIEN BILL. Ln►d CASTT.r.II6AOIII moved the second reading of the Alien Bill. Lord A. II ant LTON conceived that the Bill was tit thu present moment whollT tinneceesary, the circumstances of the times being totally different fun!: what they erre at the first enactment of this rill. The only reason that could be urged for its ietruellierion now was, that because we had a %Vat. .theis Bill we should also have a Peace one.- 11 . the (louse tolerited an oppressive Measure of this kind, respecting foreigners, did they nut stir-- pose the character of the country must necessarily emit in the estimation of other nations, against whose subjects it was directed? Would the House. snider such circumstances, arm the Secretary of State with the power of sweeping out of the country; at his pleasure, all foreigners without re servation, be they alien friends • or alien enemies, and no matter whether their residence shall have been long or short in Great Britain ?—(Hear.) — The Noble Lord then took a review of the op pression to which an alien was exposed by the se. caul awl other clauses of the Bill. Au alien might Ise committed in the most euntniury mum tier to the common gaol, and then hostily sent out of the kingdom. The security of the country re quired the exercise of no such severity. If the Crowu had (as it now had by the common law of tot m.q 4 ',cover of sending any foreigners out of the land he proclainatioss, where was the necessity of the Hill now proposed ?—(lfear. beim/ Why should this country adopt a system 01 11. gour, which no other cnuutry ever thought of ex ercising ?—(lkar. heer.)—The principle of the measure was in itself so obnoxious, that it would be useless to try and modify it by the insertion of any particular clause. There was one clause, how riser, to which he would revert—he meant that which authorised the messenger, iu whose custody the alien should be placed, to transmit, if lie de sired it, a representation of his case. But how Was the prisoner to compel the messenger to exercise this appeal ? It was astonishing that a Bill so fraught with uppresion should have been allowed to go to a second reading without a statement of oily valid grounds or reasons for its introduction. So far from three being auy thing in the enemas stueices* of the country to justify such a proceedin4 lee bud rather thought. that &mimed, ice the proud situation in winch she stood. should set the exam le of liberality to other States, than hold out to them ate inducement fur adopting oppressive meta. MUMS to her own subjects.--(Heur.)—lt was ridi culous to say, that she was exposed to the machi nations or foreigners—her insular situation rendered her less exposed than any other nation iu Europe to the sudden irruption of an enemy. Impreioed with the impolicy and daugeroos tendency of the Bill, he would conclude by moving, as an satiendlueot to the present motion. 46 That the Bill be rend a second time that day three mouths." On the question being put from the Chair, Mr. H. ADIMSGTOIII ruse, to express his surprise at the opposition which was intended to this Bill, cud to state the reasons which, in his opinion, called for its introduction. It was not, as had been uns tated, a Bill, novel be its principle, feel of übseuxt out cluuses, and dangerous to the country. It was precisely the counterpart of the Bill which passed through the Hume two years ago, without a divi sion, and with the single addition of allowing the to!ieis an appeal to the d s Piivz Couucil. His Noble Friend (Lord Castlereagh) bed the other night, when this subject wits discussed, that if it was tleemed expedient in 1814. what could preveut its being equally so in 1016 ? Itnigh.)—He would go farther. and say, that it was more expedient now than at the foiling- time, from the increased and inereasiug number of fureliciaers. that the state of some parts of the Comities', had seat into this coin, tey. Ile bad said, me u former slight, that lift it her was slot less theta '20,000, he had mare teamed. lissit it was nearer 43,000.—(//ear.)—This Bill ens described as possessing excessive ri gour. Let sheets look at It, vied see if this coin , plaint isms founded in fart. Before he culled them to do this, he would, loissever, Leg to direct their attention to the limner Act, —lt was therein stipulated that the alien, on his arrival at any of our ports, should sign a certill rule before the Alien Agent, of his name, business, ,t;: e .. in this country. He should three n.ke out a license fur his particular residence, which lie could ..i.l twit to the extent of ten milts, without iia iflf . to be scot away. 11.! could nut tat toe 1 I sr.' for alsolkr ultimo special perinissiou. Ile Lad fin amoral, nail, if fo I er.;ain iu the entai -1 r.., niter having been mice seat out iif it, he ',wittiest the prisolty of inisoliortatiou for Isle.— ',.:e, was the IVar Alien Bill ; and let it 141 con trasted with the present. 'flee ahem, on sigaitig L,riiiicate at his lauding, may proceed cloy whele i L the conetry, quite unshackled used olesteel. ti hets lan ra-eustarked, he had only to chew hie eerlifiebte of landing, and that was sufficient. lie was indeed liable psi be sent out of the kingdom at the optjois of Government.—/Hear, Iseat.)—The Crown had certainly the prerogative at prevent of doing the same, but yet it was without the means of enforcing its order, except by way of indictment, if the alien should refuse oho:hence. This Bill, thou. was actually necesisary to sustain the King's privilege; and was it not also highly important that the Executive Government 'should have under its control a register of aliens residing in this country ? To slew the 'runty with which this power was ex ercised, he.heed only state, that, since 1812. only 21 persons had been sent out of the country, and six of them were for returnisig without leave. He then adverted to the statement of an Hon. Mem ber (Mr. Baring), on a former evening, who had said, that to his own knowledge aliens were sent out of : the country on the interference of foreign Mi nisters. On inquiry, he (11r. A.) was informed, by his Noble Relative (Lord Sidnionilt), that no 'such circumstance had occurred. The Hon. Mem ber, on a subsequent occasion. though he declined stating the names of the persons sent away, in the coarse of the conversation, did afterwards put a paper its Isis hand, with the name of &sada writ ten on it as one of the Aliens. On inquiry at the Office of the Home Department, he found that about three years and a half ago, on the applica tion of the Secretary of State fur Foreign Attains, conveying the strongest reasons for the act. M. Baudet rood M. Labouchere were sent nut of the country. The Secretary to the House Department was assured, that there was the moat indisiwnsable necessity fur ticking this step. But en far from its being done at the lost's:seism of a borrow) Mini ster, he had to state, that there was slot one in London at that time. The Hun. Mll. mb. r opposite had stated that there Gentlemen sere in this coun try ou commercial lousiness, now, on the cniitiiirs s, it was clearly shown, that they were here th, different purposes. They had just arrived m L.c.- dull, but representations ag.sinst deal ev, re antecedent to that arrival.—( Hear, hear, from the Opposition Beecher.)-Cho Right Hon. Oeolle man then pointed out several teductinois whicit had leen made in the alien Department; the expense was reduced from 9,000/. to 3.000/. and the num ber of terser. reduced front fourteen to five since April last. Ile begged leave also to deny that the Peace Alien Bill could at 1111 create dissatisfaction among foreign Powers. He would also contend, that the people of this country Wottici, so far from bring pleased at its alsondomitisht, he greatly dis satisfied. It was for politica!, nut moral misconduct that aliens could be sent out of the country, aunt if Ministers had neglected to propane the re-enact- Men( of the present Bill, they would hove beau highly culpable. Ham:miss' said, that in a country so ein. lightened as this, it was most monstrous to expect that ditch a change should be mode in her fun damental laws, without the slight, at shadow of a reason to justify the encroaclootociit. It was rlolictaious to say, that because it was enacted is 1013, it ought in 18 1 ( 'ries of Mir, hear.) — Ile called upon every IL:emit-man who bud the in terest, and, what was of still gr. ater consequence, Use character and honour of his country, at heart, to oppose this measure. The Right Honourable Gentlesnau who had just spoken had made out no case which could stinctiou the passe: ; , of such a Bill. 11'heit toe House was called on lit 1803, to .auction a s' far measure. they were told thlt the country was in a critical sat's(' —tint their dan ger was slut entirely teicoveti—that the peace could Hot lie depended on. When tint peace was 1•4,t!. eluded, France certainly postessrd a great envit,„ governed by a man of powerful mind. Hi• was mg' then in safe custody, lie way mint under leek ;n al key, as he was at ',rearm. Therefore, to compare the circumstances of 1803, with those of 1914, us A justification of the Rill now wider discus:owl, was utterly fallacious. But leis comparis ~,,, with relCr ence to the prosomt question, was nut with the men. sure of 1814, but with the oar measure. He mated; that the war measure was extieuiely severe, anal that the one now proposed was of a milder natgre. Su that it was to be received as an arg iiiii ent for making a perinasient infraction of our lawv--for driving foreigners out of the country at a moment's uotice—for putting them out of the pale of the Constitution—for pre venting their ingress to this country, and their wife living in it—that, in time of war, a measure, like the present, in principle, had been *meowed —tool that this ought to he acceded to, because it was somewhat milder in its enactments. But this ar gument was not to the purpose, unless a case of ne cessity could be made out to justify the measure. Ou a ground of necessity alone it was formerly so traduced. and nothing but a similar necessity ought now to induce the. House to adopt it. Massy cir cumstances, of temporary pressure, which were now entirely at an end, hued beets pleaded. at other times, as reasons for agreeing to the ineastire. Nn such circumstances were admitted in the present day—the country was iu a state of profound peace— toad it was fur the Right Hon. Gentleman to chew, that there was somethin g in our situation, like tle slate of things which prevailed in 1793 and 094, to justify the enactinesst of such a measure now. IVltat authorities had the Right Hon. Gentleman quoted in support of this proceeding ? He had read extracts f Putlendorff, who wrote upon the Law vNation,; sever once considering that dots was a pure question of Alsaiiripal Law.— ( Hear, hoar./—'Fite authority. of Puffendurffi he be g ged to observe, had but very lately grown into favour with the Gentlemen opposite—that author ass but sicsrly quoted from the opposite Bench. When a question arose, as to the justice of sending out a great expedition from this country, against a blend, in a time of peace—which ended in the de struction of the capital of that friend, anal the loss of thousands of hives—mo that great question of public law, Putfetodiorif Was quailed from that (the Oppositithi) side of the House—but the Noble Lord got tip, si.sisted by his corns, and observed, " Wilco see are in this critical state, shall we suffer ourselves to go down, with the consolation that we have l'uffeudurtf to plead in our defence ?" This was the exclamation of those doctors of the new morality. They would nut hear of doll' on a question that could only be decided by the law of nations, and where the authority of that miter ought to have been respected ; but here, on u point of municipal law, where his authority could have uo weisht whatever, the Right Hon. Gentleinan thonght proper to iftleelace bun. —( Hear, hear.)—ln Act, he might, with (elitei ef fect, have quoted the Koren, the Talmud, the Le vitimil Law, or may other work, which was uucon nectetl with the sultject —( tlear, hear. Now," said the Right Hue. Gentleman, " I plead my Pufiendortf—now I get up with my Pulletelorff in Inv baud, and I tell yon, that foreigners have tio right to complain of this Measure." But, cruise tutiostally speaking, they lied. Looking to the question us a point of Enge.sh law (of which Pate fendorff knew no more titan some gentlemen wl he had in his eye—Pitleefielmei b e ing a lorries' writer, u Swede, and the (pestle!' being whether the King of England had the power, by virtue of an Order in Council, to reed pet sone out of the country), they certainly had much ground for com plaint. With every respect for the authority of Pntfendorfe, on other quest:inns, he be :4;4 ...i ~I Gentlemen, on this Ortlllloll, to lay MIA to quote the statutes of the lend. 'l'o quote them, as laid down by the greatest writer on thi s subject, the hand of the Parliament of England. It was his Hon. and Learned Friends, the At- Itey tied Solicitor-General, who would have to !thew bow far this measure could he justified by law. bedew! of applying to that venerable writer, Pulfendorti, to support hum, the Right floe. Gent. ought to have quoted the authority of the Great Law Officers iti defence of his proposition, " that its time. of peace the King of England possessed the extraordinary power, by an Order in Council, or ,rizotig the body of an alien friend, and rending him out of this teak', contrary to Magna t'irarta tied to tie r Ilubeas Corpus Act."—(//eta, hear..) — 'Da% wits the pent to be defended—and, in stead of a Swedish writer on the law of nations, it wound re quire all the leg!!l talents, all the research, sad all tee experience of his Honourable and Learn • Friends to usaintain it. lie was not bound to reduce any uuthority, on the other hand ; but, if lie chose to do it, he could shew that foreigners were protected by the law of England as well as native-leorp subjects. Such was our character for generous and hospitable rondoet to foreigners, that, even iu time of war, they were protected. Let Geittleineri look to the 30th section of Churls, and they would find, that " protection should be given to merchant straegers, within the realm—tied they should have full power of t sojourning, and going out of the kingdom, as they lot—unless such as had previously been pith hely prohibited." Jlere be slime P quote an Eng bob writer on the municipal law—no less a roe than Sir Edward Coke. He had no great enmity to the prerogative of the Crown, lint, on many oc casions, he 'hewed himself a lien filen(' In the rights of the people. lie certainly was one te . the most learned, if not the most learned lawyer this country—noel his knowledge of the Constitution of England wits W 4111141. hi his comment,. oi l Magna ('Grata, lie stated, OA the meaning of the word poldire, in the 32(1 section, was, 66 prohi bited by Act of Purbameut." If his authority were correct, it put the question beyond a doubt. It terra clearly to prove this--that strangers were protected by the low of the lurid. As to personal liberty, the law was the tame, both with respect to,, ritish stet jects and foreigners. There were rest 4,ettnis phiced on them, With relerence to property—but, as to liberty of person, no check whatever was imposed on them. They might enter the country--they might move About iu it—and depart front it when they pleased. The Right liou. Gentleman was surprised that foreigners should eomplaie of those slight restrai n ts which the BM authorieed. When a foreigner, he observed, arrived its this I.:country, he acted as freely us a matfral-born subject could do. The 'then was much obliged to the Itielit Floss. Gentleman fur this tepresentation. But how steed the fact ? foreigner could not move aeout, until he had gut hie certificate. Ile l'olll4l 1,01 c IMO thi. country without receiving a cer tificate. What was his aquae (((( when he had 11'- I[4-IVO' it I lie might travel without a passport. Of .oche 411 instrument we knew 'editing in this cotouttj. Ile 1111,411 i cote walk a b out without a lieeese—thettgli that was contained in the dose for merly ee vest to adieus. Hut 'night lie not be seize eel, 'sellout only prevent% notice---placed iu the eincoey of a hide's elesfeenger—and banished from the realm, atid sent wherever the Crown "erased ? For he never heard that there was any great desire manifested to take the alien where he desired to go. While he wee pursuing a journey front Lotoloit to York, on business ,if en . portaiice, lie might be stopped, aye, before lie got to Remelt, seed hurried out of the country. Did he e from Hollutid, lie might be sent to Ile come fruin France, lie might be sent up • the Mediterranean. Was this nothing ? Would not foreign Powers look to three restraints and itn pedimeitta on their subjects, with a jealous eye ? He had no doubt that such reitrictiotts would be heard of in foreign Courts, said that our mer chants, our travellers—epersons journeying for health, education, or pleasure—would have rea son to deprecate them, iu consequeece of the in security they would find abroad. If any act of oppression were exercised, the plea would be—" Ira England you use our subjects in this manner, and we only retaliate on you." 'flue House would indulge him in hoping that the conduct of this Government would not induce less enlightened States to adopt mare rigorous measures against us. It we. our equal laws, extending protection to foreigners as well as Englishmen, which drew to our shores that wealth mud industry, which our less fortunate neighbours lost by their impolitic meusures. NVlteto religious persecution raged our the shores of France, did not this country ere her (mists crowded with refugees Why del they 11.111 e here, rather than proceed to Rnssia or to uny other country ? Because they knew that the law cat here as favourable to foreigners an to the natives. - Hear, hear.J—They felt that Magna Chants protected both equally—they knew that the Habeas Corpus Act was alike open to both.—( Hour. hear.) —Therefore it was, thut, when driven from their own commy they sought our shores. During the last year and at half, iu consequence of the rumour that religious (I:nem:tees were about to arise on some parts of the Contmesit, remittances, to a large utuoute, were made to this country. From the channels tiwy mare through—from the 'Jerson' to whine they v e e consigned—they could only have been transmitted to England on account of the reason he had already assigned,—that the indi vi dust's also thus acted were cuafideut e if they came • to this cowitry, they N stould wiry, as heretofore, the protecti o n of Eisg law—and have as much security far their persons arid property, as nutiira!- born stihjeete :Ile realer. .The Right Hoe. Gent. hail ex hi. l e ; that time milieu might eirmieal to the King. in Council. The Howe would t r judge of the benefit of this aet•eal, when they heard the interpretation given to the clause under which it wet grunted, by the Privy Council, and all the great Law Authorities. The Leanied Gentlemaii here adverted to the case of in lawn, in which he %vie ru t :aged, where it ties decided by the gout Lew °Hirers, although the elite) did teulerseind Euglisle although he knew no more or 6, I;a w of England than he did of the law of Javan, 'lint lie should not be defended by COMMA Mid alto nary, but that be must defend liiinetef. near, hear,)—That iudivuitrot was afterwards twee:lit before a Judge, under the Umbras Corpus Act ; hot he declared that he could not iatel fere. So lila iodithloal wilt sent out of the cyan tiy, on th e m e re sk r ob sic jubeo of the Secretary or State, who useeittel no reason for the proceed ing —or, if lie did, it was behind the back of the allele, mild, therefore, lie could not oppose it. This wes what the Right Hon. Gentleman called, the appeal to the Privy Council. Better would it be to expunge it from' the Bill, for it was a mere mockery. 'limey acre told that wily one or two cases of libelee hail occurred under the Bill. So that, because no impeachable offence had beeii eiii ttttt itted by the Right lion. Gentlemen and his Noble Relat;tiai, they were to give up the British Comitittition, pro taato—they were to give up Itic:;•rus t'haria—lend to allow at most unjust stretch of withorift• to he exercised over 20,000 aliens re siding in this • try. They might as well, be cause there were 20,000 Irishmen in Liverpool. 10,0ti0 in Manchester, and 100,000 elsewhere, decide (et bringing be an Iriskman's Act, on the ground that thsvonteuts had formerly prevailed.— ( Irear.)—la conclusion, the Learned Gen tleman observed, that lie should as soon vote for the roar measure, as for the present, because it re sembled its osiginal in all its worst features—and he trusted that every mail who loved the constitu tion of his semidry, or wished to• preserve its cha racter in the. vie of foleign nations, would mark it with his reprobation. Mr. H. AUDINGTON and Mr. Banuctust Se. verally explained. The Sore et TOIL-G CS ERA t. contended. that. un der the common lame, the King had a right, by prochimetion, to order aliens out of the country. He certain!y had not the power of immediately de portant"; them—but, if they disobeyed his proela "nation, they were liable to punisitment. The pre sent Bill, therefore, was introduced in aid of a power he conceived, the Crown possessed, without inly Act of Parliament. An 'then, though with teriaie deductions, entitle.' to all the privi leges that tenthd be giveu to lens, still remained, in a foreign country, under perini.siou of the State— and had lint die same rights as a native-born sub ject, who could eater the country, unless he com mitted some crime which culled for banishment. It belonged to the Seim to grant or refuse this per mission to a foreigner—and if this were the case, the authority must be exereiseil by the Executive Breech of the State, and that, by the law ~ f England, was the King. This power could be proved by umilegy—by looking to the authority whirl' tee S'evereign exercised over his native-bons ill trivets. He ,night prevent his subjects from going abroad, owl he might recall them from (weep' countries, if lie tl elit prop. a Having this au thority over his native-leen subjects, on the same gi•oundi he ought to posstes an equal power over ;then subjects. The Learned Gristles:um denied that the interpretation given to Magma Charta, by 1119 Learned Friend, was correct. The pelt he ad verted to bail a prospective operntion, and must be comishltred us applymg to thot.e persons who :night be fools:lilted at a future period. It could not be al.. gruel that its application was general. If it were, why were merchant-strangers alone mentioned ? The filet was, that this *retitle' was not meant to protect aliens against the prerogative of the Crown, but to support them organist the exactions and im positionstif the subject. The Learned Gentleman then quoted the opinions of Sir IV. Black.stone and of Sir Edward Norilwy, who was Attorney- General in the reign of Queen Anne, iii support of hit position, that the King, in the exercise of his prerogative, might send aliens omit of the country. lie conclusion, the Learned Gentleman said, 1w did out thick, after twenty-five years of war, when every thing had been jostled from its situation, that the mere signature of peace could rtetore them to their just and natural positime He thought the revolutionary spit it which occasioned this measure originally was abated, but lie believed that it still existed. It crouched, with cat-like wutele ready to spring upon its prey, when occasion offered. Therefore, it would not be suite to forego those cautious measures, which were sure of preserving to us that which caution, and wisdom, und energy hail procured. Sir S. itomti.t.Y said, the expediency of passing this Bill did mint depeed at all on the common law. He whited to avert the direussiim front that lest it should be confined only to pro fessional men—because it was right that Gentle men, not connected with the law, should mark the policy of the measure, and mint be gimled in their determination by what tilts er 'sled seas hot, volition,, law. Ile did not say this to eweett himself from giving his opinion on that part of the subject. He believed that the King had no right, in tinie of peace, by his sign to order any prison, loot a neturnl-born subject, out of the couiltry. He must see souse higher au thorities than those cited by his Learired before he %greed in his proposition. Every pct.'s's' must have observed, diet it was the po licy of huts Majesty's Ministers not to suffer Na turalization Acts to puss where it well(' be avoided, fur 100 other purpose. as he believed, than to keep foreigners within the operation of this Bill, su that his telajesty'si Ministers might have mg influence over them. The best illustration lie cutild gee of this is as, that there was u 'gentling order iu the !liaise of Lords, by which it wits directed that 100 Naturulization Bill should be read it second time, unless the party desiring to be lent unitized produced a certificate, eiginet by sine of his Majesty's Minis ters, and that his Majesty's Ministers exercised their power iii this respect in an arbitrary malincr the re was sufficient proof. A e:e:e of this sort had recciely N occurred, in c. hi. h a pi rson applying for aes rrif i . care to his 'Majesty's Nlinisters had been refused. Ttois person came to this country at eleven yews of age, mid had passed liity years of his life in bins- iie-s ; the greater part of which time he had • elm-aged in the flax trade—a circumstance %%Inch • particular Act o. Charles 11. for the coura•gement of the growth of flax in this countiy, raitiiled him to the privileges of a British 501•j.... 1 , • It happened, that a real, estate was devised zo this person and his wire, of the value of •260,000/. upoii trust to sell.. The nte.a immediately proceeded to • sell the estate; but souse question having atiw o upon the title to the land, the matter was rile:led to n skilful cceriottneer, who discovered, that though the : I ..et •'f Charles IL gave him ad the rights of a BHA) salij• ct, it did not uate..l is • • him. Coder these circumstances, he applied t o his Majesty's 31iiiisters4 t unturalized ; bat, nut. withstandlog the petard ::e hail livid in this coca. try, and the nroiluci ma of testimoaials i*.•;!, the most respiictal.le perm.. s ill the country—sin.... of • those Members of that Iluuse—Minister, re. fused to sign a cAtilicate of his good m a .. • duct.—(i/ear, hear.)—That was to say, they • considered it dangerous to admit a Mall of ins. impeacluible character. and a man resident t,. t; j j, • country from his childhood, to the benefit of • ralizatioii. There were sevend other host which his Majesty's Ministers had exert ised 1.114 power in the tootle manner. Whether this ea: . 41- sistent with the piinciples of the Constitution or nc., he would not take upon himself to say. 'Fa ! Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had stated on a form -r night, that there were much stronger res,ous for the passing of this Bill now than had exi-o :1 • at any former period of peace—if so, he l.so only to lament that those reasons had not hems. stated that night, as at present lie felt go•tu at a loss to imagine what they could hr. lye ' was willing to n.liiiit that the exercise of this 1., a , • from 1793 to 1815, had been extremely moderate ; but this, he contended, alforiltd an additional argu- • tura against its renewal ; fur if, during a peraid such danger and difficulty, the law had beets toms' •t t;• so useless, surely, in a time of profound pc., e. • when no.danger existed—or was rationally tai • apprehended, the necessity for its re-enactment ceased altogether.—(Hear.)—tipoti the whole, t... thought the vesting such a power in the (h... ro. meld, to be exercised so darkly and was extremely reprehensible as well as at votraNce with the principles of Brush laws, and with n a p, : feelings he felt it his duty to oppose the Bill. The SOLICITOR-GEN ERA 1. explained. Lord CASTLEREAGH and it dal not rcrpire the talent or the ingronity of the llononral,:e ;not Learned Gentleman to discover that a lat.!•• do•crr loamy iutwer allowed the irissiltilitv of The ipte-tion in the present instance, howev-•-, v .ts, simply, whether, where there existed a prati.ili.l to • Of danger to the State, it was tict•proper twit his ' Majesty's Gove 11111 l rut shouid have the memo , their hands of proteetion. This was a Inuit idle recogi'ised by law, and the power which the Crown • had, with respect to aliens, was one of the first of • its prerogatives. The Noble Lord then atilt till to contend fur the necessity of taking precatitimiiiiv measures, mind to observe, that if such a pllVl!'r as that which existed under the Al's,' Bill, , vas not vested in the [wok of his Majesty's Go.. willow:4 all these troublesome spirits who were attached to Botiaitarte, as well us the &scout-10.d front all parts of Europe, would take refuge i tins ; country. The consequences of such an i n u• d a t i o n ' l .. it was unnecessary for hiro to antiripate, but ing the question iii a political point of slew, ; thought it mare prudent to have recourse to prevein. live measures than to he obliged here-aft:l- to ap ply to laws of a more aggravated nature. Mr. floaNctt was willing to concede, thus, if Ber existed, it would be s ound p o li c y t o pass this. ill. No such danger being to lie oppreliended„ however, lie sus of opinion that it ought to Le re jected altogether. Ile would musk, were the aio ::s exempt from the penalties of the law, ishieli ap plied to other offenders? and, if riot, Mil not ilie common law afford sufficient protection ie2.tiost individual misconduct ? Previous to t I cool- moot law was found fully adequate to prot•i:t the country against datioers equally pressiite as Ito. t referred to by the Nolle Lord--and why it shoui.l not be denied so now, lie was at a loss t., &sue Periods had existed during contests for the Ct..• u. when the machinations of aliens might he ji,-1!, appreliesoled, and yet no such power us that el..olii•l by that Noble Lord existed. There was Ai.. r period, %lieu a contest existed between t -No r. and when there was great and real dairger i.ran intrigues and factions of foreigners to this cniic , ... At that time All great a danger existed limn Pa;: and Jesuits, as could possibly be apprelieu.ki this moment froin the presence of ails• fi.e . ii2,to•v whatever • yet those who then advised the colic-tired the common law adequate to eosin e safety of the count r y.—( He ar , h rar .) —Bat to 4 come to better times, eso , ,ially since the art ess i•.. of the llonse of Hatiov..4 he would ask, was the:.. period of the reigns of the two tirst Prilices of thitt family that was lite. (*taught with greater deo ger when there existed Pretenders to the t;woue r- - siding in the neighbourin^ country, sup o nried i•y its arms mid encotira4t .1 by its policy ? The k la g doin aas not, during any of those period.. llio Aht•il Ala. pad yet it scent tl;:oinz ' i all thi.se ilain4ers, 1. siittieg from Pretcod, struggle. far Oft . cror% 1 . , and contests for rt This lie conceived to h.• ao answer to the ra!tim:•y of the Noble Lord, in accusing tlicin of su'e't s i ts lity to the dangers ~I the country, when the rriett.a:a seas, iii reality, bet c.eeu a srusihaitt, o.i tic hand, to the dangers arising from the re-t•rt of fo re:goers ; and, on the other, to the *note -r:iou• 0:•e of nitrusting so last a lamer iiito the liatid- of the Executive. The Noble Lord had said that his Learned Friend had argued the qmstion nn nal row grounds. True be had argued it on itartow grounds, because lie could not have anticipated those very witle tool extraordinatv slew' which: the Noble Lord seemed to have uhopted. Tiuc Noble Lord put it on perfertly hew gr ounds, such as Mr. Pitt had disclaim, d ; for while Pitt argil...if the iicce,ity of such iv' Act, Illertly with left:mice to Bilus l i 'pulses, soil our ititsroul tranquillity, the only thing that could be coils-cool from the speech of the Nettle Lord was, that tl e Bill a4S necessary to soolont the tranquillity foreign couch ies.—( ear, hoer.) —The \ot : Lord, it w as tune, had unity the airy:skin, c:5...-