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'2,la- ,:4:7715Zt0 ( a "-`.,, 44,, le , ,i__Ta N'l - : 0 ,,, . . ~....F . -,...„..... . , ir, • - - 7._ - AAt ' ..,,i __----_-.. . ..„ -., - s 't, ......., ..,-- -g- ' 4 1 . 4 _ ~-" 0 4 • ~• •:'_ '• t.i. •,. .. A i,... . '''. ' ,' ' ;, -. WlAratifs r ,,\\ • 4.4 , • W'7 , • ..41%.• /ie . e l l if ir M o Z . l dtAr--,•-., " -- N, )") 4 6 f" N r.) sed Of- If /1.41 NUMBER 9855. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1824. PRICE SEtrEN'PEICtt: sented, and the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again this evening._ in this country against their own Governmentss abroad. That was his (Mr. Hobhouse's) reason for objecting to the Bill for he thought that this country had been too long the accomplice of the Holy Alliance. A friend Of hi s w a s 'discarded from the Milan States because he desired. an Officer in the Theatre to take off his hat. When he remonstrated upon this act or op.: pression he was told that the same thing was done under the Alien Bill of this country. Something of the same kind had happened to a Gentleman travelling with a passport from Mr. ,Secretary Canning in his pocket. He was stopped at Rome; and told that his was one of the names that was not allowed to pass through any State in which the Austrian troops were or had been. He Was in short suspected of liberal principles, and he adduced this as a proof that there was an attempt to establish one sysetm of police throughout Europe, of which it was endeavoured to make the Right' Honourable Gentle man opposite one of the police runners—(Hear, hear, hear i) —He gave the Right Honourable Secretary for Foreign Af fairs credit for thinking that the power now to . ' be dreaded in Europe was not the power of liberty, but the monarchical power—be believed, he thought, that England had gone too far. If, indeed, England were to go on in this way, it would not be her Allies but herself that would suffer ; for no State ever began by compromising its honour without ending by sacrificin g its interests. The opportunity was now arrived for abstracting our neck from the yoke, and why should it be ne glected ? Whilst the language of liberty was yet - spoken in that House, where he hoped it Would often be heard from more powerful lips than his own, could the Right Hon. Gentleman be afraid that the Allies would upbraid him for giving tip; the Alien Bill ? Did he think they would dare to remonstrate ? This great Government ought, as had been said of Caesar's wife, to be above suspicion. But this Bill tainted both our domestic and foreign policy—the first as being hostile to those ancient principles of the Constitution that no man should be subject to the arbitrary will of any Minister assuming respon sibility, and the second as abetting the policy of the Allies, that there should be no resting place for the soul of a free man. —(Hear !)—The Right Hon. Gentleman asked would they allow foreigners to plot in this country against their own Go vernment ? He answered to this, Yes ! To be alarmed at plots against the Tyrant of Europe, was to he afraid of the sheep when they ought to dread the wolf. All that lie (Mr. Hob house) was afraid of was the plots in favour of the Sovereign Tyrants of Europe. In asking the termination of this Bill he asked nothing new—he only asked for a return to the old world in which our ancesters lived, when liberty and the hatred of tyrants flourished in this country. He should move a Resolution, which, according to an example lately set by a Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, was taking the bull by the horns. He meant by it to put on record his opinion. The Hon. Gentleman moved an amendment as follows : That it is the opinion of this House, that the Alien Bill is a dis grace to the Statute Book, and that to renew it for any period whatever, however limited, would be injurious to the character of Englishmen abroad, and destructive of the principles of their Constitution st home. Moreover that it is a badge of servility connecting the Government of this country with an association impiously miscalled the Holy, Alliance ; and that having al ways looked with horror and alarm at any thing appearing to threaten the liberties of the world, they can never sanction a , Tp Bill had b een or i g i na ll y i ntro d uce d were theiis e e circumstances measure in whi c h th e y wou ld appear to ma k e common cause with the abetters of ty ranny , an d the prosecutors of liberoz." different Mr. widely Y N opposed which thisfon o i s e d the p t. eeAmendment.n_(li a r a The c r i m ) u_ts,tea h ic a e d s been a friend to the Bill throughout the war,because he thought it the right of every independent State to secure its own tran quillity against the machinations of foreigners. He denied however, having used the expression " physical force" in the sense taken by the Honourable Member for Westminster.— He had never justified this Bill on the ground of its being a prerogative of the Crown.—(Hear, hear !)—No such prerciga tive had been advanced from the time of the Restoration to the Revolution, although, on many occasions, it would have been useful. The Hon. Member for Westminster wished to make this country something like France in 1702—the declared enemy and abettors of insurrection against every established Government. To that extent at least did his argument go. lie (Mr. Wynn) did not vote for this Bill, on the present occasion; from the fear that this Government would be dis tdrbed by 'the machinations of foreigners, but on the ground 'that this country should not be suffered to become the focus of plots against the Governments of other countries. StiCh a course, he contended, would be a breach ' of good faith, and a violation of the laws of nations. The Hon. Member for Westminster complained that foreigners were not ad mitted to one of our Colonies. This Colony turned out to be the fortress of Gibraltar, respecting which the orders given were to carry hospitality as far as was consistent with the safety of the fortress, to let refugees stop no longer than was necessary. He did not see how any thing else could have been said, or hoW it could be expected that they should have opened the gates of that fortress to a multitude. He should support this bill on the same grounds as lie had supported the Foreign EnliStment Bill ; for lie did not understand how they could carry on war against a nation with which they were at peace. Those foreigners who were dotiii ciled here, were excepted from th e operation of the Bill: They always had been ; and the way in which the power thus granted had been used by the different SecreLarirs of State who had received it, went a great way with him to quiet his appre hensions—(Hear, hear !)--Certain that he was neither invading the constitution, nor incurring any other danger, lie should-sup port the proposition' for passing this Bill for the limited period asked. VICTUALL4AG-OFF ICE, March 20, I R 24. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY, 8 1 -c. da hereby give Alotice, that on Friday next, the 26th Instant, they will be ready to receive 7'enders in writing (sealed up), and treat Ar the undermentioned Articles, to be delivered into His 41irojeaty's Victualling Stores, vie. : ' PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 23. ROYAL . ASSENT. A little before 4 o'clock, the Lord CHANCELLOR, and Earls SHAFTISEURY and HARROTVEY, appeared as his Majesty's Commissioners, and brought down the Royal Assent to the Army and Navy Mutiny Bills, the Sugar Bounties' Bill, the Four per Cents:' Bill, the Irish Court of Exchequer Bill, the County Jails' Bill, the Female Orphan Asylum Bill, and se veral Road and Private Bills. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. MvNDY, Sir C. BURROUGHS, and, others, brought several Private Bills from th e C ommons , which were read a first time. Articles. Quantities. Periods of Delivery. • PEASE 5OO Quarter Onv half in 14 days from O ATMEAL 5O Tons the date of the Con tract. and the other FLOUR (Kiln-dried) 300 Sacks half in 14 days after. (One half by the 10th hiscurr MEAL 1500 Sacks April, and the other half in 14 days after. Within one month from KRI ITISH HOPS tract. - Mr. ADRIAN, from the Treasury, presented the annual accounts of Superannuations in various offices, and also returns of the amount of arrears and balances in the Tax-office.—Laid on the table. MARRIAGE OF DISSENTERS. 84 Qpies of th e P ease , O a t mea l, an d H o ps, will he required ° ,Produced with the Tenders ; those of the Pease and Oat „,„to!be of not less than two quarts each. 7'4 Conditions of the Contracts man be seen at this Ogee. t, e E ach Tender must specify the price in word. at length, and ti de livered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and t V'erso n who makes the '!'ender, or some Person on his e ry; must a ttend to answer when called for. he Persons contracting for the Ootineal will be required to give security with Two responsible Persons for the due Performance of the Contract. WALLER CLIFTON. The Marquis of LANSDOWN gave notice, that he should move the second reading' of the Protestant Dissenters' Mar riage Bill on Monday next, and moved that the Lords be sum moned.—Ordered—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. hITSCELLANEOUS. The House was summoned to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to several Bills. (See Report of the proceedings of the Lords.) A Person from the Treasury presented certain Papers, which were laid upon the table. Mr. H. SUMNER presented a Petition from certain Per sons interested in the South London Docks,_ graying for l eave to present a petition relative to the same.—Laid on the table. Sir R. SHAW presented two Petitions from Gas Light Com panies in Dublin, against the General Gas Light Bill.--Or dered to be printed. ,111 r. T. WILSON presented a Petition from the Watermen of St. Nicholas, near the Tower, against the building of a new Bridge.—Laid on the table. BANK of ENGLAND. Mardi 18, 1824. THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give Notice. ,e u y a R t s a O C A ENERAL COURT will he held at the BANK on the 25th instant, from Ten o'Clock in the rrnoun till Four in the Afternoon, to take a Ballot in pur ance of the following demand, viz. :- I, :; } Ve, the undersigned Proprietors of Bank Stock, each °amount of more than Five Hundred Pounds, do hereby dema nd a Ballot on the Amendment for a Dividend of Five per Cent. oa od od od .. Sir J. SHELLY presented a petition from the Freemasons of the County of Tyronne, praying to be placed in the same condition as the Freemasons in England.—Laid on the table. Lord LOWTHER presented petitions from Kendal and Perth against the Duties on Excise Licenses. Also a petition from Alston against Slavery in the 'West Indies.—l Aid on the table. Sir W. ROWLEY presented a petition from Elford and the adjacent villages against the Duty on Excise Licenses.—Laid on the table. A petition was presented from certain Wool Growers in the County of Cumberland, against the Importation •of Foreign Wool.—Laid on the table. Mr. H. SUMNER presented a petition from certain inha bitants of Camberwell, against the Insolvent Debtors' Act.— Laid on the table. Mr. JAMES presented a petition from Mr. Wm. Cobbett, against the Game Bill, stating that by making rabbits game, it would ruin a large proportion of the farmers of Sussex who depended upon the rabbits produced upon their forest lands for paying their rents, taxes, and other charges. The peti tioner further stated his belief that no Member would dare to propose a measure so revolutionary and mischievous in a re formed House of Commons : he therefore prayed that the House might be speedily and radically reformed. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that if the petitioner or the Hon. Member would read the Bill, they would find that rabbits were not made game. Mr. JAMES said that they were so in the first Bill, which had since been amended. " Nathl. Gundry " Wm. Nevill " Wm. Harris " Edward B. Lewin " James Nisbett " Geo. Ridge " Thus. Butts • • " Wm . "Thus. Edwd. Baker." Mutric March 1 9, 1824. R. BEST, secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 10, 1824. 'THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the COURT will be ready to receive PROPOSALS in • writmg, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 31st of March, instant, from the Owner or Owners of good sound and sub stantial SHIPS, of the Burtben of from 400 Tons to 600 Tons, Registered measurement, specifying the Rate of Freight at Which-they may be willing to LET such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL and MADRAS, to carry out and bring Ittinie Goods on the Company's account. The Court will also be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, on the aforesaid 31st March, from the Owner or Owners of good sound and substantial SHIPS, of the Burtben of from 450 Tons to 550 Tons, Registered measurement, spe. cifying the Rate of Freight at which they may be willing to LET such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL and BENCOOLEN, to carry out and bring home Goods ou the Company's account. The Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender" on the cover, to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary, at this House, at or before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on the above- Mentioned day, beyond which hour no Tender will be re ceired. ..JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The Particulars of the Terms and Conditions upon which the Ships will be respectively employed may be had - on appli cation at the Office of the Clef kto the Committee of Ship . Ping, at this House, on or after Monday next, the 15th inst. 705 igi sqs, Fo`' s og, Mr. CURTEIS said, that so far as regarded the rabbits in the county of Sussex, it would be a great benefit to farmers if they were alt destroyed. T e tpetition was or d ere d to be printed. pres ty en o te n d co fr a or „ Lyme Regis ll n e t g h i e s ta a b n l d e another place, P against the t 'e the m Mr. BURRELL presented a p e titi on f rom Staining. against taking off the Duty on Forei g n W oo l.—L a id on the-iable. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from the Corporation of Candlemakers in the City of Edinburgh, praying a remission of the Duty on Foreign Tallow. The Hon. Member said that if he found himself likely to be supported, he should bring the subject before the House.—Ordered to be pyinted. Sir G. HEATHCOTE presented a petition from Oaking ham against the Duty on Excise Licences.—Laid on the table. Mr. C. CALVERT presented a petition from the Parish of St. Olave's, Southwark, against. the Assessed Taxes.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Water men of Iron Gate Ferry, against the St. Catherine Docks Bill. .—Laid on the table. 0 . •••••• 1 91 , I of' ....'""..' I).E NIS JACOB, DEALER in DIA MONDS and PEARLS, begs leave to inform the Public he has REMOVED to No. 213, REGENT-STREET, where be continues to give the Value in Ready Iltloney for the above articles. Ou Saturday, the 27th of March, will Ise published, Printed u n if orm l y w i th the former Volume, w i th 13 M AP , aie. and 26 finished Engravings, by Finden, after Draw ls/1;s of the m os t interesting Subjects, by Captain Lyon, <Ho. price 41. 14s. 6d. OURNAL of a SECOND VOYAGE for 'ex the DISCOVERY of a NORTH-WEST PASSAGE from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in the Years 184.722, 23, i n Hi s Majesty's Ships Fury and Heide, under ceders of Captain WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, R.N. Hinting for JoHN MURRAY, Albemlrle-street. T ° BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By MR. SOTHEBY, At his ROOMS, N o . 3 , WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, on MONDAY, 29th of MARCH, and Eleven 'T• follewing Days, (Sunday excepted), at Twelve o'Clock, HE highly valuable Collection of PRINTS, the Property of the late Sir MARK MASTERMAN 'BI(KES,. Baronet, of S/edmere-house and Settrington, in the County of York : PART TH E FlRST,—Consisting of a series of BRITISH PORTRAITS, from the Heptarchy to the end of the Reign :of 'William 111., comprising a capi ta l assemb l age o f extremely r are and-curious Prints, including several unique;—Beautiful Equestrian and Hisiorical Engravings, by Delaram Elstracke, ,t Pass Family, &c. ;—the Vollar --A Matchless display of the Productions of that Cele principal Works of W. rated ' Artist, W. FAITHORNE, many of them Brilliant &c. &c. &c. Catalogues (puke 3s. fid.) may be now had of Mr. Parker, Oxford ; Mr. Thorpe, Cambridge ; M r . L a i ng , Edi n b urg h ; Me asrs• Hodges and M'Arthur, D u bli n ; M essrs . R o bi nson, Liverpool ; Messrs. Robinson an d Bent, Manchester ; Messrs. .Ifngnian and Co., Paternoster-row; Mr. Triphook, Bond '",„eet ; and at the Place of Sale. B. ch 24, t Admissiono the Time of (with Ca al Sal e. ogues only) to View on Wednes- Mar Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Inha bitants of the neighbourhood of Smithfield, in favour of the Bill for preventing Cruelty to Animals. Ordered to be printed. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from 1525 Journey men Carpenters and Joiners in Westminster and Southwark against the Combination Laws. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition to the same effect from the Journeymen Boot and Shoemakers of Wigan, in Lancashire. Both petitions were referred to the Committee n Artisans. Mr. S. RICE presented two petitions from parishes in Ire land against the Tithe Composition Act.--Laid on the table. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from Newfoundland, praying relief to the Roman Catholics from the regulations of the existing Marriage Laws.—Laid on the table. Mr. Secretary PEEL presented a petition from certain Per sons in the Borough of Leicester, against the system of the Pri son Laws.—The Petition was referred to the Committee on Prisons. _ _ sose tar , fore r;:if NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES. Mr. MrILMOT HORTON rose in pursuance of the notice he had given, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to consoli date the Statutes relative to the Fisheries in Newfoundland._... He wished the House to understand that this was not the Bill which was printed at the end of last Session, to which a consi derable opposition was made. That Bill would again be brought forward, but it would come through the House of Lords. The present Bill adopted one clause only of that brought forward last year, and related simply to the Fisheries. As therefore it embraced that object alone, and not the general principle of the former measure, he should confine himself to moving for leave to bring in the Bill. Dar jet' ;till Mr. BRIGHT suggested that any alteration from the old Statute should be printed in the Bill in italics. Mr. W. HORTON said the suggestion should be attended to, and leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from a parish in Greenwich against the duty on Excise Licenses.—Ordered to lie on the table. r ;V, Lao sat TTHE PATENT SEI I 'LITZ POWDERS. HIS MEDICINE is prepared us usual, by, the Proprietors, Messrs. SAVORY, MOORE, and AVIDSON, 136, New Bond-street. To identify their I re- Paratio, in future, a Label, on which the Arms of the In ventor are engraved, will he placed on each Box and Bottle. The Medicine may•also be obtained genuine of their Agents, lessrs. Newberry' s , 45, and Mr. Edwards, 67, St. Paul ' s Church-yard • Messrs. Barclay's, 95, Fleet-market ; Messrs. Butler's, 4, ebeapside; 'Messrs. Sutton and Co., Bow Church- Sanger, 15 0 , Oxford - street; Mr. Hudson, 27, Haymarket ; Mr. Richands, 1 1, St. James's-street; Mr. John ston, 16, Greek -street ; Mr. R. Johnston, 68. Cornhill ; Mr. Mackrill; 33, Whitecliapei ; Me.ssrs. Ward and Co., 324, Holborn ; Messi-S.. Hastings and White, 17, Haymarket ; Mr. Stringer, 4, and Mr. Prout, 226, Strand ; and Mr. Kid die, 24, Russell-street, Covent -garden. Likewise at one or more respectable Houses in every principal Town. Ftilt CORNS BUNIONS, &e. - VIO R RIS' S ROYAL BRUNSWICK , ...L. CORN PLASTER, prepared from a Recipe belong_ 'a4 lo her l a t e M ajesty. It is an excellent Remedy for eradt *llc-''t,in Corns, an d g i ving relief to those who have bard fleshy ;r ustances at the bottom of their feet, without the least pain iconvenience, and will prove a very useful Family Plaster cir• fresh Wounds and Scalds, likewise for Bunions. Prepared tl9 MORRIS, Chemist to the Royal Family, 1 , ,; :old in Boxes at Is. li. and 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Chemist . s, v .._ 4, Cheapeide, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent-street (tier Kensington. ,_l_: . Argyle Rooms), London; Waterloo-place, Edinbupt ,7. 4ville-street, Dublin ; and by the principal Medicine der 1 1 1 1 . s throughout the United Kingdom. B. _ B e w icK, CORK PL Awrita. „ Care ful to as k for " Mointts, s BauNs SLAVERY. Petitions were presented from Folkstone by Sir E.KNATCH BULL ; from Sherborne, by Mr. M. PITT; from Brompton and another place, by Sir J. GRAHAM ; from Oakham, by Sir G. HEATHcFTE ; from Berwick-upon-Tweed, by Sir F. BLAKE; and from Greenock, by Mr. HUME, against Slavery in the West Indies. Mr. HUME, in presenting a similar petition from the Mini sters, Elders, and Members of the Scotch Church belonging to Well-street Chapel, gave notice that on the first open day he should endeavour to pledge the House not to interfere at any future time with the propriety of those who were so unfor tunate as to be the proprietors of slaves in the West Indies, without granting them compensation. Mr. HUAIE presented a Petition from the Journeymen Boot and Shoemakers of Montrose against the Combination Law.— Referred to the Committee on Artisans. . Mr. HUME presented a Report from the Committee of Ar tisans and Machinery. Mr. BARING presented a Petition from the Licensed Inn holders of Taunton, praying a reduction of the duty on Excise licenses, and a repeal of the duty on cider. The Hon. Member strongly recommended the adoption of the latter part of the prayer of the Petition.—Ordered to be printed. PENITENTIARY CONVICTS. Mr. Secretary PEEL moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Penitentiary Convicts' Bill.—The Bill was read a third time, and passed. COUNTY COURTS' BILL. The House went into a Committee upon the County Courts' Bill, but as some discussion arose upon one of the clauses, Mr. Secretary PEEL suggested its postponement, in order to make way fo r t h e deb ate on the Mien Lord A ILTHORPE con- ALIEN BILL. Mr. Secretary PEEL rose to discharge a duty imposed upon him as a Minister of the Crown, by requesting from the House a continuance of those powers possessed by the Government re specting Aliens corning to, or residing in, this country. He felt an embarrassme nt i n doing this, w hi c h every G ent l eman would allow, arisin g from the repeated discussions which had rendered all the ar guments, for and against the measure, so fa miliar to the Hou se , He felt a reluctance to weary t h em by another repetition of the same ; but, on the other hand, he was tstill more reluctant to pass the question over though it were one of no importance an d unwort h y o f di scuss ion. • H e s h ou ld therefore, choose the fi rst em b arrassment , an d proce e d t o state to the House the ground s upon w hi c h h e ca lled upon them to extend a continuanc e of those powers. The Alien Act, as passed in 1816, required that Foreigners arriving at a British port should state to the officers of the Customs his name, pro fession, and the country from which he arrived ; and a penalty attended the wilful neglect of these regulations. Upon the pro priety of this, there was no difference of opinion. But there were-other provisions more important: irPlateir natura l and to which objection had been made. The Crown, by the present Act, was empowered to issue s proclamation, commanding the alien to depart ; and in case of his refusing, or wilfully neglecting to do so, he was liable to a month's imprisonment. For a second offence_, which of course became aggravated, he was liable to twelvemonths imprisonment ; that is to say, this was the maximum of the punishment to which he was liable. If, however, the Secretary • of State had reason to believe that the alien would not obey the proclamation, he had the power, in the first instance, to give him in charge to an officer, in order to his being conveyed away.—Against the exercise of this power the alien might appeal to the Privy Council. This appeal suspended the execution of the order - until the Council decided upon its justice. These were the provisions of the Act. He now came to the objec tions which on former occasions had been urged against it ; h e should allude to those objections, not for the purpose of taking from them the fair weight to which they might be entitled, but fairly to meet and answer them. First, it had been said that this law was a complete departure from the ancient policy of this country, always celebrated for its hospitality. From that hospitable character he should be sorry to detract ; it was a proud trait in our national history that we had always afforded an asylum to those who were under prosecution ; but he de nied that this Bill was any departure from that ancient policy. It was, in his opinion, a fallacy to suppose that, in ancient times, the admission of aliens into this country was indiscrimi nate. Their admission was general, as it was now, but it was under certain restrictions, as lie should be able to show by his torical references. Mucli had'been said of the provisions of Magna Charta on this subject, and of Lord Coke's construction of that ancient document, but he apprehended the text as well as the comment could be understood as referable only to alien mer chant traders. He should refer to different periods of our history to prove that this restraint over the admission of aliens had been exercised in,ancient times. Ile should, of course, refer only to times when tile country was at peace ; for he admitted that if his examples would not assist his argument they were exam ples which occurred in times of war . T he first case of this ' l e scription occurred in the reign of Henry IV. , who issued an order, directed to the Keeper of the Port of Dover, reciting the inconvenience which had been occasioned by the indiscri minate resort of aliens, and commanding most strictly that the Keeper would allow ~no alien to enter the port; but if they persisted in urging their admission, to give them into custody. An order at the same time was sent to the Governor of Calais, commanding him not to allow aliens to depart from Calais in order to come to this country. „These orders were relaxed in favour of merchants, a circumstance which supported his opinion of the construction of Magna Cherie by Sir Edward Coke. The next case to which he would refer had occur red in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,—a sovereign whose name was cited oftener in favour of liberty than that of any so , instan c es in supp or t Of hi s argument, many other sovereign :before the Revo lution. Vet from no other reign ro that I was the interest of th e coun t ry , and not the conven ience of t he alien, which always regulat ed,aa couldaa whichh a dduc e a s, o the conduct of our Government ; though from th e argu ments he had sometimes heard fro f m the other side of the House, a stranger would suppose that the interest of the alien was always the paramount consideration., Queen Elizabeth had shewn herself to be lib era l to the Protestant Fl eming's; but her liberality was not i n di scriminate; f or s h e was always guided by the proper policy of the country. In the year 1573 she sent letters to the Lord Mayor, av,d other public officers, calling for a note of the strangers resident within the kingdom. Of these no less than 1,500 were ordered to depart. There was also a letter to Lord Cobham, then Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, representing that a greater number of strangers than were allowed had repaired to Sandwich, and desired that the exces sive number should be ordered to depart. In the year 1574, a greater number than usual had assembled at Lynn in Norfolk ; andoffered t o go to Norwich ; but this was refuse dl that were allow' ed to remain at Lynn t u be c i i ng them noticed ,and the t y hey on condition that they deme ane d themselves proper l y. . T he same policy was observed by J ames the F i rst. Compla i nt was made that the privileges grant e d to aliens had been abused. _ And he could not but here noti ce t h e difference observable be tween the practice of even th a t t i me and the present; for an alien was not then allowed to wor k at handicraft , or to sell by retail. However, complaint b e i ng made that the privileges had i James re ccomm a nd ed d should n n adtepaallnwhthoedirdeanlomt.chonosee htoeenwoarkbusd,dservants ase h ' really should not consume tim e on this part of the sub ject. He had shewn that by ancient custom the Crown had exercised a restraint over the admission of aliens. That alone was sufficient for his argument; though he boldly challenged comparison between the ancient and the present treatment which aliens experienced. Another objection to the powers given by this law was, that they were liable to abuse. This argument he submitted did not apply. Ample security was taken that those powers would not be abused, or exercised to gratify wanton or malignant motives. There was the appeal to the Privy Council, which he had already noticed. But the best security was to be found in the knowledge by a Minister who exercised these powers, that he was liable to be called to account. For his own part, if he were conscious that he abused them, he should never dare to come to Parliament and ask again to be trusted with them. He begged the House to bear in mind that he by no means contended that the ab sence of abuse of this power was alone a reason for conti nuing it. He had only spoken to the absence of abuse in answer to the objection that it was liable to abuse. He, ''of course, could not say that it was impossible this power would ever be abused by any Minister. He only said for the present, that it had not been when entrusted to him, or those who had preceded him. In proof of this, he would refer to the returns before the House, showing the number of aliens sent out of the country within the last ten years, which had been laid before the House on the motion of a Noble Lord. From these it appeared, that in ten years only 17 persons had been sent out of the country under this Act. Of these 11 or 12 persons were connected with Buona parte, and might therefore be considered as sent out under very peculiar circumstances. There were therefore but 5 or 6 others in the ten years. In the year 1822, when lie (Mr. Secretary Peel) first entered his present office, there had not been one ; and in the year 1823 there was only one. That person, too, was sent out under very extraordinary circumstances. (Ve be lieve the Right Hon. Secretary alluded to a person sent out of the country for an attempt to assassinate Prince Esterhazy.)_ 'Another objection to the Act was, that it was liable to be made instrumental to the designs of Foreign Powers.—(Hear ! from the Opposition.)—The best answer to this argument would be found in the fact, that not one person had ever been rendered an object of this Bill at the suggestion of any Foreign Power.— (Cheers from the Ministerial Benches.)—Another objection was, that the Act discouraged aliens from miming to this coun try, as they knew they were always liable to the Act. Seeing that so small a number of persons had been made to feel the consequence of this a ct in the course of ten years, he thought there was no reason to believe that there would be such an ap prehension among aliens generally. He would, however, here again appeal to the facts as the best answer to the argument fOunded upon mere supposition. He would notice the num ber of aliens now in this country, compared with those of pre ceding years. In the year 1818, there were 20,000.—[Here Mr. Hobhouse, we believe, said across the House that " that was owing to the circumstances of the times."]—" Circum stances of the times !" said the Right Honourable Secretary, " Undoubtedly—l rejoice that such was, the cause ; and I thank the Hon. Gentleman for reminding me that not one person has ever been refused admission into this country on account of political opinions in his own.—(Loud cheering from the Ministerial benches.) —England has opened her ports to men of all countries, and has sustained her high character of affording asylum to the persecuted."—(Loud cheering.)—The Right Hon. Secretary proceeded—To return, he said, from the digression into which he had been led by the Hen. Gentleman, in the year 1821, the number of aliens had increased to 24.000; , in 1822, to 24,500; in 1823, to 25,000 ; and in the year 1824, to no less a number than 26,300, being an increase of 1,300 in the course of the last year. Upon these facts, he thought he might fairly assume that the Act had not deterred aliens from resorting to this country through any terror of being exposed to its powers. It had then been said that, at all events, the Act might become an instrupent of abuse from being used as a menace by subordinate persons. He declared it was not en trusted to subordinate persons—,that it had never been put in force, in consequence of whisperings to a Secretary of State— never had been, and never would be,•exercised by him, except on public grounds, which he should hold himself liable to be called upon to state in Parliament. Another objection- to the law was, that it placed all aliens on • the same footin g ; and those who had lived many years, and had contracted ties in this country, were as exposed to its effects as those'who had come to this country for only a temporary purpose. He felt the force of this objection, and would propose a remedy for it, which he flattered himself would meet the approbation of the -He House. He proposed to exempt from th e o p eration o f the Act all who had resided constantly in this countr y for a ' space of seven years.—(Hear, hear, hear!)- -ile . to believe that this exemption - would apply to ioi "had reason essthan 10,000 persons. He trusted that this would be considered as an important alteration, and as a proof that he had no de sire for arbitrary power.—(Hear, hear, hear !)—Having now occupied the time of the House longer than he could have wished, in going over the objections to the measure, he should address himself to such arguments as in his opinion could fair ly be addressed in support of it. This he considered necessary, because he admitted that the answering of objections alone did not entitle him to ask for a continuance of the Act. He admitted that the powers given were extraordinary, that the bill itself was novel; and therefore that it ought to be supported by fair argument to its own merits. As far as he might presume to advance his own opinion - on this point, he would say,' that unless this act were renewed, he be lieved that in less than three months it would be necessary for Ministers to ask for its renewal with increased powers. The number of Miens who resorted to this country, it was known, had increased with the troubles of the times, as had been ob served by the Hon. Gentleman opposite, on an interruption for which he (Mr. Peel) begged to thank him. He would not en ter at large into the situation of those persons, nor would he, on any account, say a word which might be thought offensive, touching the cause of their leaving their own country, and seek ing refuge hi this. Probably they were men of refined minds and ardent feelings, suffering wrongs, and seeking asylum against:their repetition.—( Hear, hear !)—Thatasylum they had received, and would enjoy as long as they behaved well and deserved it. They must recollect that they came here for their own repose ; and therefore they must not disturb our's. Our manners, our society, but particularly our free institutions, gave many foreigners the means of attacking those of their own countries; but was it right that we, who professed neu trality should allow our country to be the place of resort of those who were determined to take upon themselves the reform of Governments ?—(Cheers.)—Suppose, for in stance, such persons, disappointed in their own country, should come to this, and endeavour to disturb the Colonial Go vernment of their own country, was London to be the place in which they should be allowed to form and digest their plans ? Yet this, he assured the House, was no imaginary case. There had, in this very town, been conspiracies to disturb the colo nial possessions of the Mother Country of those conspirators (Hear, hear !)—And had Ministers enforced the Alien Act ? No !—(Loud cheers.)—From kind compassionate feeling to wards tho t ile , unhappy men they did not enforce it. They warned them, apprised them that the Executive Government had the power to send them away, but would not, so long as they remained peaceably and tranquilly in this country; that stood; the objections which i h is a d df been mentioned. a continuanceurged moving a against' ob s dftr i'dithlten remaining peaceable and tranquil here, they should be , protect ed, but that they would not be allowed to make this country the place for devising schemes to disturb their own.—(Loud 1 - cheering.)—This he mentioned to convince the House that the power might be necessary in - many cases to remain with the Government, though they might exercise it with the utmost forbearance and caution. Thus he had stated the law as it now a e ov w l t e a i w t t h o such answers to those objections as had occurred to him ; and s h u e b l j l e a c d t then offered e off e e x r e e i d ni? h ti i o s n rea h s e ot re collect any other topic which he could urge "at present in sup port of the motion with which he should conclude, and to which he trusted the House would not be unwilling to accede. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by bring in a Bill to continue the Alien Act." Mr. HOBHOUSE said, that on a former occasion. he had thatde r s t n o o o satires t y expressed his regret that the Right Hon . Gentleman had begun his career by advocating a measure s o much at variance with the opinions of those who were considered th e best g uardian s of th ea e r c , o t n h s o t t i l f g u h tio n i o ia t l fr l o ib n e l r t t l i l e e s ß o i f g t h h t is H c o o n u . n G tr e y n . tle i t i n e an u , n would be heard of this odious Bill. So far from be in g of an y use, it had Calumniated the • character of the country by con necting it with that of the Government. He was determined to do all in his power to prevent the passing of the Bill; and to justify him in this determination, he had the example of a Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. Ile had no wish to compare past virtues with present failings, and he therefore did not refer to the former sentiments of that Right Hon. Gentleman, except on account of their authority. The Right Hon. Gentleman had, in the year 1816, as he (Mr. H.) understood, recommended that the Bill should be opposed by physical force." He (Mr. II.), of course, did not refer to this advice. for the purpose of recom mending any violence to the Right Hon. Secretary, who, he hoped, would live and repent.—(A laugh.)—Neither did he understand that the Right Hon. Gentleman meant " physical force," literally understood ; but that kind of Parliamentary resistance which was often very effective. He was not in the House when the Right Hon. Gentleman uttered these words; but he understood they were really uttered by him.—( Hear, from Mr. Wynn.) —He understood the Right Hon. Gentleman now to deny that lie had uttered those words. Certain it was he had not acted upon them; but that was not new, as it was only a variance between profession and practice.—(A laugh.)—The Rt. Hon. Secretary had informed them of the provisions of the Bill ; but this was unnecessary, for they were known too well. It was not to the provisions of the Bill, but to the Bill itself, to which the opponents of it objected. It was a base subserviency to those who had shewn themselves unworthy of the success they had enjoyed, and who wanted to make us accomplices in their villainy. He denied the soundness of the construction of Magna Charta. It was said to refer only to merchant stran gers ; but there were at that time no aliens, but merchant strangers. There were no Gentlemen making tours.—(A laugh.) The cases referred to in the reign of Henry the Fourth were of no weight, and they occurred in the reign of an usurper, who was afraid of foreign interference in favour of the cause of Rich ard the Second. Those of Elizabeth's time were of as little consequence, as she disliked the influx of the Scotch on ac count of James of Scotland, afterwards her successor. Even James the Second, tyrant as heowas, did not expel the protest ants who sought refuge here in consequence of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Argument of this kind, was however unnessary, for when this bill was introduced in the year 1792, it was admitted to be a perfectly novel proceeding. The small number of the persons on whom the bill had been enforced, chewed, in his opinion, that it was not necessary. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that these powers were not dele gated to any subordinate officer, but the same might have been said of General Warrants which were issued only by the higher powers, and yet they were grossly abused. The Right Honourable Gentleman had argued that this power would not be abused on account of the responsibility of Ministers. But lie was quite surprised to hear the Right Honourable Gentle man talk of responsibility, constituted as Parliament was. As for the hospitality of this country, through the Government, he had only to refer to the fact that refuge which had been re fused to the Spanish Constitutionalists by one of our Colonies, had been afforded them by the Emperor of Morocco. He thought little of the concession of the Right Hon. Gentleman with regard to those who had resided here a certain time, be cause he objected to the Bill altogether; though it was worthy of remark, that a similar clause, proposed on the last occasion by his Hon and Learned Friend the Member for Knaresbo rough, had been rejected. The excuse for the Bill in 1822 was, that Buonaparte was not fully established in power ; in 1814, it was that the Bourbons were not settled on the throne of France ; in 1816, they were told by the Right Hon. President of the Board of Controul, that the revolutionary devil was not yet laid ; and in 1818, a different excuse from all the others was found. In 1820, the late Marquis of Londonderry told them the Bill was necessary to guard against the enemies of our own country. But the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Secretary Peel) fo tb re r igi theirwrs agreeing to might. pl ot this made i l-3par lifee of e tthoeldsethreeansionthaabtlewigurioouunt it foreigners Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH stated, that the reason he troubled the House at this period of the debate was, that he did not possess such physical strength as would ensure his being able to do so at a later hour. He was ready to confirm the representation made by his Right Hon. Friend who had just sat down, of the sentiments he had formerly promulgated on this subject. He always had denied the existence of pre rogative to render this, bill superfluous,—a principle .which the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department now con after a revolutionary war whi c h h a d convu l se d tended for. In 1816 , the pretext for an Alien Bill was very different from any that could be offered; for that was the first y whereas this was the ninth y ear o f peace . — Honourable Gentleman, ho wever , h a d i ntro d uce d a very dexterous speech. H e h a d never h ear d his hse a ep r wr o ihot f poi glo a ehs p it ei world,osne ie more liberality of sentiment in any speech than he had heard from the Right Hon. Gentleman upon this occasion. He had made great use of a figure of speech,, called by the ancients Euphonistntss ; in other words, calling bad things by good names. He alluded to the way in which he had described ab solute power. And that in reality was Vie question now, for this bill was a bill to confer absolute power, the nature o£ which was not altered by its being well or ill used. It was In deed tedious for him and his friends to maintain a ten years' opposition to this measure, but he should be consoled for all his public labours, by having at length succeeded in withdrawing IQ,OOO men out of 26.000 out of the reach of absolute authority -That House, he hoped, would never believe, however well that power had been used, that it would be the same in any country where the same severe scrutiny upon public questions was not maintained. His Majesty's Ministers must see that they were the more closely watched and more opeii ao suspicion in proportion as they exercised a power which was liable to suspicion. If this measure were good at the present period, the Right Hon. Gentleman ought to have shewn its use; if bad, he ought to have shewn the hard necessity for its enactment. For 400 years there had been but five acts of power over aliens. But did the Right Hon. Gentleman know T how many precedents there w e r e for General Warrants ? hey commenced about the end of t he reign of Charles the Second, and continued till they became more frequent at the edge of the Revolution. They continued,in use indeed to the time of Lord Camden, who, to his immortal honour as u Peer of Parliament, condemned what he had unwittingly made use of as Secretary of State. , Lord Chatham had also used them, and also condemned them in the same manner; but they were never noticed in Courts of Law. For ship money there was an abundance of precedents and analogies. The Judges of that day took upon themselves to decide that question upon those slender grounds which afterwards brought the very Go vern m en t, whom they wished to serve, to the abyss of ruin. He had the opinion which was taken in the year 1792 upon the question as to whether the King .had any prerogative to send away friendly Aliens ? This opinion was from one of the soundest lawyers, and the most impartial man on this question that could be named—he meant Sergeant Hill.. He was no in cendiary—no Theorist—not even a Whig. His opinion was " that there is no general power in the Crown to exclude or expel alien friends ; for all prerogative is founded on Common Law, and all Common Law is founded on usage, and so far from usage affording any precedent for. such a thing, _it .sa Statute to enable the King to banish from his kingdom al has produced many to the contrary, as in cap. 3, Henry V 2 subjects of a foreign neighbouring sovereigitY.." This was.l the