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PARLIAMENT, ROUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 26. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, as Chairman of the Committee of Privileges, reported that the Claims of Lord Doneraile to vote for the election of Irish Representative Peers, were allowed. The Woollen Cloth Stamping Bill was read a third time, and passed. - Sir F. Ckm.mA;rEY, Mr. CHETWYND, and others, brought up from the Commons the Thames .Las tage and Ballastage Bill; the Rum Importation Bill, and several Private Bills.—Read a first Mr. WALPOLE, from the'Treasury, presented an account of all W►nes'imported into Ireland from 1785 to I"B26.—Laid on the table. The Earl of DARNLLY -presented a Petition from Sohn Dufresne, praying for some amend ment i❑ the Bankrupt Laws.—Laid on the. table. The Irish Prisons Regulation Bill, the Poor Employment Bill,, and the Irish Stamp Duties Bill; went respectively through Committees, and were reported.—Adjourned. . - • HOUSE OF COMMONS. • • MISCELLANEOUS . . Mi. HUTCHINSON, from the Bank of England, presented an Account of the Bank Notes now in circulation.—Ordered to lie on the table. 'MT. JOHNSON, from the Office of the Chief-Secretary of Inland, presented an Account of the Expellees incurred for printing Proclamations in Ireland.—Ordered to lie on the table. . Admiral SOTHERON presented a Petition from the Churchwardens, &c. of Radford, m Nottingloimahire, •against the Poor Laws Regulation Bill—Ordered to lie .on the table. Mr. EVANS presented a Petation from the inhabitants of 'Wean, in Shropshire, 'complaining of the severity of our Crind r_al - Law, and praying that the House would direct its atten tion to the subject, with a view to render punishments less se vere and more certain. ' Mr. COKE presented a Petition from a place in Norfolk, praying for an alteration of the preient Law respecting the Set tlernent and Relief of the Poor. Mr. SWANN presented a Petition from the Rev. Jr. Mil ton; praying the attention of the Hotise 'to a plan which he had to tug est for conveying . the Mails at an increased speed of one mile pe:r hour, without distressingthe horses.—Referred to the Committee on the Extra Post Bill. • Sir J!J%IES GRAHA NI presented a Petitionfrom Peckham, stud Mr. C. Grant a Petition from Christ. Church, in Surrey, praying that the'House would aliopt souse measure for the pu nishment of cruelty to Animals.—Ordered to lie on the table. .31r. C. GRANT moved for an Account of the Imports and Exports-of Ireland, for the year ending the sth of January, 1821.—Ordered. • ' Mr. CALCRAFT moved forthe production of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee appointed on the elaiins of General Desforneaux.—Ordered. The Coal' Drawback Bill was read a third time and pr.s.scd. The Bill for altering-the Laws relating to Vagrancy was read a third time and passed, on the motion of Mr. CHI: T W r x D. The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a second time, and or- ilered to be committed this day. The Scottish Malt Duty Relief Bill was read a second time. Mr. CA ',CRAFT said he should have moved an Amend ment for extending the benefit • of this measure to England ; but he feared he could not rely - upon the support of the Scottish Members, lest that support would endanger theii own Bill.— Ile trusted however they would on a future occasion 'support him, when he should propose other reduetions of the general expenditure. • Sir J. MAJOIIIBANKS defended the Bill. The Scotch Barley in general was he said of less value by 20 per cent. than English Barley, and by that amount the Malt was less able to boa: the duty. Mr. CALVERT said there. was an inferior sort of English Malt; called Brown Malt. As this was of no greater value than Scotch Malt, he saw no reason for denying the benefit of 'this Bill to the consumers of Malt of that description. 'Mr. CURWEN said he should not oppose the Bill, but he thought it was a hardship in England. The Bill was then ordered tei be-cominitted this day. The Scotch Distillery Drawback Bill was read a second time, and committed. Mr. WILBERFORCE presented - a Petition from the Inha bitants of Hull in favour of the Bill for punishing cruelty to Animals. • A message from the Lords announced their Lordships' assent to ti=re - rat Bills.—Their Lordships also requested that P. Goi.ExTEr.e, Esq. be permitted to give evidence before their Leedships' Committee on the Doncraile Pecrage Claim.Or dezed . Mr. HUME called the attention of thc House to a motion be had made for a Return relating to the Land Tax. The Retrain for which he had moved embraced a period of ten years ‘ai - 7. He now moved that the Return be extended to; twenty raars—Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for certain Accounts relative to the 'Un funded Debt.—Ordered. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Bristol for a repeal of the Statute of Anne, which allowed persons holding places urnier. the Crown to sit in the Home of Commons. 2 , 1 r. BENNETT said, he heartily concurred in the prayer of the petition. He was determined to bring tile subject before Parliament year after year.—The petition was then read, and ordered to be on the table and be printed. !air...SOLICITOR-GENERAL . presented a petition from Aanburton, in Devonshire, against tae I'oor .Laws Regulation Bill—Ordered to be printed. W. GORDON. presented ,a petition from . the Brewers tif Aberdeen, complaining of the mode in which the Excise Laws were carried into execution.—Ordered to be printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER' moved the second reading of the Tobacco Duties Bill. Mr. C. CALCRAFT opposed the Bill. • The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said a few wools across the table, for thepurpoae, it was believed, of post poning the Bill—lt was postponed accordingly. - The Loan Bill, the Irish Treasury Bills Bill, and the Ex .- chequer. Bills Bill were read a third time and passed.. On a motion for receiving dropped Orders on Tuesday, Sit' J. NEWPORT, Mr. BENN ET T , and Mr. DENMAN' COM' pLiaed of the practice which had prevailed a bringing on im portantpublic Bills at a late.hour. • . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said a few words acrossthe table, and a conversation followed, which led, as was insderausodnto an underitanding that the practice should be discontinued.; . BURNING OF WOMEN IN IN DIA. • Mr F. BURTON called the attention of the House to the dreadful' practice of burning females in India. He admitted 'that 'the GOvernor of India had done much to discountenance this prac tice, hot they had refrained very mach 'from in . • terference m general, lest it might be.concei3ied they Wisilect td 'control the religious doctrines of the natives. It appeared .that in the last four years n-o less than 9336 females had, been seen to naotsnt the funeral pile-, in the Presidency of Fort William. , Many of them were mere children; . _ some were pregnant;' some had ..been. made in toxicated ; and not a.fevik were :forced , to- the sa cri-firce. He relied in some !*rfeasure upon the diS ctr.tion of the Governors of India,,,but be thought -the House ought to interfere. The-Mogul Govern doent had ab*liShed the - praktice. and many others :had .rendered. it less.,..frequciat......lle-.theriefore • thought we .ought at once to prove our . detesta.;- tion of these abominable executions. It was wor thy of remark, that many of them hadAa.ken place in direct violation of the laws, of thenatives. Those . laws decla?ed,thot no female under 16 shouldhesa crificedl yet it wasai fact ) . that girls of 14, 13,, 12 and one of ei_glit years of age,• were subjected to this brutal sacrifice. Force also was prohibited • by the Indian. •law.;;•-but very ,often it was: had rerourseto, .amid the struggling and shrieking . of the victims. The..-Hon: Member stated several -instances of this description,. and observed,' , that whatever mightilietheiopinion of the•Ho.use 'as to the .propriety of interference. in general, there - Lould be. but one opinion an the justice of onfin.; ing the natives to the letter of their own laws. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for a re turn of the number of women sacrificed in India on the funeral piles of their husbands within the last four years. Mr. BATUURST did not Oppose the motion ; but he doubted the propriety of European interfe rence. It was admitted that great exertions had been made by the India Governors to put down the practice. The effect of those exertions was to invite breaches of the native law ; and it was a melancholy fact that the interference of the Go vernors had led to an increase of the number of victims. If any mode were adopted by confining the natives to the letter of their own laws, an OffiCer of Europe must superintend the dreadful execution. He therefore doubted the policy of any interference ; and it by no means followed that we ought to adopt a particular measure merely because it had been adopted with success by a Mahometan Government. The practice, he said, is not allowed . either in Madras or Calcutta, and the consequence is, that the victim is taken and sacrificed out of the boundaries of those towns. Every endeavour was made by the Officers of the - East India Company to prevent• the execution without the free consent of the woman. There was reason to hope that the influence of Govern ment, by disseminating useful knowledge among the natives, would have a much more beneficial effect than forcible interference. The subject had been fully discussed through the medium of the Press of India. The discussion was attended with a good effect, but he thought it would not be proper for the Government to make itself a party to the dispute. He trusted the Hon. Member, on reflection, would not think of pres sing any measure on Parliament on this subject, especially as the Officers of India were exerting themselves in the most laudable manner to put down the practice. Mr. WmaertFoncE was glad his Hon. Friend had brought the subject before the House. He admitted the exertions of the Indian Governors to abolish the dreadful practice, and he regretted that those exertions had proved so ineffectual. Provided they did not insult the prejudices of the sect, he was convinced that no people in the world would be more willing to listen to instruc tion in relion and manners than the Hindoos. Indeed, by proper attention to the essential points, he had no doubt of the practicability of the conversion of these people. It was a mistake to suppose that this practice of immolation was. voluntary. There were very few cases in which it was so. A. reluctant consent was extorted, hut when the unfortunate victim of religious su perstition came to' the pile she shrunk from the consummation, but not till it was too late, the priests preventing all retreat. In most cases this was effectually prevented by the woman being tied to a log of wood. There was no people per haps on the face of the globe so anxious to re ceive instruction in European matters as the Hin doos ; and that being the case, it was really sur prising we should be so backward in enlighten ing them. The most unobjectionable plan for the,purpose of bringing about their conversion would, he thought, be to establish a College in some part of our Indian dominions, to instruct Missionaries in the most effectual mode. Mr. Hume wished to know to what the motion of his Hon. Friend tended. When he was at Benares, in Bengal, it was his impression, as well as of those with him there, that this practice was almost entirely discontinued, and that that was caused by the steps taken by the Company to discountenance it. The usual way in which these matters were brought about, was by the party interested in the property of the widow, getting some. Brahmin to persuade her that she would im rnediately go to Heaven by sacrificing .herself. This being the case, he thought the most effective means of stopping the practice would be, to force the parties to take out a licence to 'the amount of some thousands of rupees for the privilege of burning. He knew that this might appear at first sight ridiculous, but it would be found to be a most feasible plan, as it would strike at the very quarter whence the evil sprung, viz. the in dividuals to whom the property of the victim were to revert. He was surprised to bear the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Bathurst) opposite. denouncing this as a subject not fit for Parliamentary discussion. He was surprised to hear the Honourable Member for Bramber (Mr. Wilberforce) talk of the victims being tied to a log of wood in undergoing the sacrifice, as he !)e -lieved that part of the practice had long been discontinued in the Company's territories. Nor could he agree with the Hon. Gentleman in his proposition for erecting a College in India for the purpose of converting the Hindoos, as he thought that the last thing to be resorted to for that purpose. It would have the irnmediateeffect of awakening the jealousies of the people, and in all probability defeat the benevolent •intentions • of the founders. • Mr. WILBEIZFOrICE said he had received his • infotination relative to the practice of t) ing the 1 Victims to a log, from good authority. Lord . ffiNNING observed, with respect to what had fallen from the Honourable Member for Montrose - 01 r.. Hume) with reference to his, Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Bathurst) that he had not represented this question as one unfit for Parliamentary discussion. lie merely said it was oue.. on which a wise - disCretion should be used. He'perfeetly. agreed with his, Right Hon ourable Friend in that sentiment, being satisfied that the interference of the Company hitherto in this matter, had only tended to make things worse. 'He-feared - 411e Hon. Member for Mont rose (nr : .ltUrne), when Ice saw the P.pers were mowed for, would .find there was too much reason for the asiiertion of Isis Honourable Friend (MT.Arillierfece).'relative to the 'victims being tied to a•log of wood. Mr. CANNftiC: 'said;', - that whatever shades of difference there might be in the opinions enter tained. on this subject, there 'seemed to be' two &int's'on which all were' agreed. The first was, that it would afford the highest degree of gratifi cation to,.eVery l feeling of. huinan .nature, if this abominable,CustOm were put 'dawn ; and the.se ond was, that the. attempt should not be made by oerciye - - ideasirres - oti the part of - - the COnl p-any, Lrihould, .be' borne in mind, that in. all exercise of human authority and discretion, hone was so difficult and: so• delicate as the interfer ence of a superior power with au inferior, which, while it were effectual, - required to be divested of all the harshness or appearance of controul, which naturally belonged to command. It .would• be', seen, therefore, that- the problem was a difficult . one, and although-he was not sorry that 'the ques tion had been brought before the House, he could, not agree with those who ~ thought that the pub lic discussion of it would tend greatly to facili tate the task of the Government of India. lie rather apprehended that the effect of such discus sion, if mixed with,any hostile sentiments, from which it was :happily - free that evening ) or the manifestation of any thing imperious on the part of Parliament, however it might be intended to stimulate the Government of India, which it did not require on the present occasion, would be .to raise the alarms of the natives, and perhaps force the Government to adopt some relaxation in the efforts now making in order to tranquillize. their minds. fie did not mean to say that the ultimate effect might not be good, in strengthening the Government with the opinion of the House. ,of Commons, but he- did not think the immediate effect would be to facilitate their endeavourS,-,-- lle had, therefore, in a former Session, when the Hon. Gentleman did him the honour to con sult him,•he hoped civilly, but unequivocally, dis suaded •him from bringing the subject before the House. The reason was, that the information which could then be procured must be defec.tiz , e in one national point, viz. as to the effect of the measures then adopted by the GoVernment of India to put a stop to these practices. It. was not then the case as it was now, that the matter had attracted public attention and discussion in India. That fact took from the present discus sion, in as great measure, the character of danger 7 it otherwise •possessed, - and reconciled him to the proposition. The Hon. Member .(Mr. F. Bux ton), in whose benevolent mind all the evils of human nature meta ready attention, argued that any thing in the performance of this sacrifice, which bore the appearance - of coercion, vitiated the proceedings on the part of the Hindoos, and, justified interference. This he •(Mr. Canning) denied, • and to illustrate his argument, would suppose they had to deal with some of the cus toms known to prevail in Europe. Ile referred to a custom preValent in Catholic countries of im muring human-beings in nunneries, the act being said to be voluntary. it was well known, how- ever, that many who were thus doomed to spend the remainder of their days in cloistered seclu sion, were too young to judge for themselves, and in many cases' were 'averse from such a destiny. —He asked the Honourable Member whether, if called upon 'to legislate as conquerors over a Catholic country, and it was desired.. to put down this practice, he would advise sending an officer of justice.to- the grate of a Convent on the day of the ceremony to catechise the youth ful victim as to the state of 'her inclinations, and upon the least . appearance of hesitation, to' tear her from 'the - sacrifice ? It would be acting in the way least calculated- to 'insure the object desired, by irritating the jealousy, calling up the. hostile opposition, and.- finally strengthening the prejudices of the natives. And were they to sup pose that the feelings of the Hindoos were less acute, or their natures different from those he had supposed in this imaginary case ?, Ile: did not mean to say that these superstitions might. not be put down •by reason ; but. he insisted they .must beware of going counter to the religious preju dices of the natives. One instance in .which, it could be shown that the Government had exer cised a forcible interference, would do more to wrest from them the affection and respect of the people, than all the conciliatory measures they could take. We had conquered this country, and our subsequent domination of it •presented a signal and splendid instance of preserving. all its internal regulations, and above all thOSe which related to religious matters, at the same time that we found that stream of light 'and civilization upon it which would in the end bring about that emancipation from our yoke which had always been foreseen, which every day seemed to exhibit as more practicable. - Though we had . followed the example, we had not walked in the ..footsteps of our Mahometan predecessors. They came as conquerors of the soil, they subjugated the inha bitants, and took possession not only of the Go vernment but the property of the nation. It had' been our policy however, as he before said, an original and splendid policy, to act in a contrary way. We had left the Soil to the ,inhabitants, and the property to the natives. We had. let the streams of society flow on in their natural course, only in a more efficient manner, and we stood alone in the history of the world, the conquerors of a hundred Millions of inhabitants, not able to call one foot of the territory our own: (Hear, hear !).—The adoption of this principle, which was essayed upon our first obtaining-small posses sions in India, and had grown with an increasing power, was.a monument of human - wisdom and for tune. If our pdlicy were abstinence, and practised as it had been seen, in matters where lucre was con -cerned,-why should we therefore depart from it in matters of religion ?' We had in the first place to provide for the security of this vast multitude of beings, and look to civilizatiOn to provide a remedy for the evils of superstition and ignorance. - According 'to the - Hen: Gentleman (Mr. Buxton,) the diffusion of knowledge was the soleeffectual, and the sole legitimate means of conquering ig norance : 'it was also the sole effectual and the sole legitimate conqueror, of superstition. •He knew -of no instance' in the history of nations o superstition being put down► by force. It was in human nature to struggle for the retention of that which it was threatened to remove by force. It was said that the natives of India looked up to us as having enjoyed a state of pre-existence, and that we appeared in this world endowed with superior and miraculous faculties as the reward of our conduct in a previous state, and that we owed their affection and allegiance to this notion. The diffusion of knowledge would dispel this illusion, and dissolve the charm by which we swayed tittir hearts, and we must be content to pay as the price of truth the loss of dominion. lie hoped whenever. that period, arrived we should be famed as good, as `wise, and as for. bearing as they no* pictured ; but at all events he (Mr. canning) counselled that we should not, by adopting rash and coercive measures, in a case like 'th'e present, teat the mask from our own face, arid .despoiVourselves of the pleasing onsolatiotxthat we had been the glorious instru- Thent of diNe illumination in' bringing about the separation.—("r, hear, hear 4) Col. MONEY thought that it would strengthen the hands of Government by putting an end to these abominable practices in a summary manner, and it was a mistake to suppose they could not be put down by force, as there was an instance on record in which Lord Wellesley, by sending a military force to one- part of our Indian domi nions, succeeded in putting an effectual stop to the practice of destroying children. Mr. W. SMITH agreed with the Hoti: Member who spoke last, in thinking that these abominable practices might be put down by force. If the natives were so open to understand our good in tentions, what would prevent their seeing that coercive measures were taken for their benefit ? Mr. BUXTON shortly replied. He thought the Right lion. ,Gentleman opposite was wrong, when he stated that there were no instances of force being employed to put down superstition. The murder of the Ragpoots.children was made a capital crime in India. The Cooah also was made capital. This Cooah was in the case of a native having a strong aversion for some . person in power; in which-case he would:make a large pile of lighted wood, over which he would put two animals, one of which was a cow, and the other an old won Nan. The suffering of the. latter he . would protract as long as he possibly could, under an impression that the object of his resent ment was . subjected to the same torments. Even the sacred person of a Brahmin had been violated, as some had been hung. And, on one occasion, the great god Juggernaut himself, with his car, had been-seized upon and kept in pawn, ,till the. payment of some arrears of revenue were paid.= The question was then Put and the Papers or dered to be laid on the table. . .MR. OWEN'S PLAN. Mr. MAXWELL gave notice, that on Tuesday next he would move for the appointment of a Commission to examine into Mr. Owen's Establishments at New Lanark, and to report their opinion thereon to the House. SLAVE TRADE. • At the request of the Marquess of LONDONDERRY, Mr. WILBERFORCE consented to postpone, until Tuesday next, his motion on the subject of the Papers laid before the House concerning the abolition of the Slave Trade. EDINBURGH STAMP OFFICE. - Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Wednesday next he would subniit - to•• the House a motion respecting the New Stamp Office in Edinburgh, and the conduct of the parties connected therewith. CAPE OF GOOD HQPE On the motion of Mr. MONEY, the Annual Return made by the Collectors of Customs at the Cape of GOod , Hope_of the Number, Names, &c. of the Negroes , Infranchised in that Country, in pursuance of certain Orders in Council, was or dered to be laidbefore the House. . - PRIORITY OF PROCEEDINGS. - A short conversation in which Sir R. Wilson, the Marquess of .Londonderry, Mr. Scarlett and Mr. llutchinson participated, took place with respect to the precedence of several of the Notices, and the probability or improbability that others would come under discussion in the courseof the evening.. Ultimately it was determined that Mr. Hutchinson should commence ; and that the further proceedings should be regulated by the period at which the discussion on that Hon. Gentleman's motion on the State of Europe might terminate. STATE OF EUROPE. Mr. C. 11. HuTcniNsos observed', that he should haye been very glad to give way to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just spoken, if the very reasons which that lion. Mem ber had stated for his anxiety about the Poor Relief Gill, did not quite as much operate on him (Mr. Hutchinson) with regard to his own motion—he meant the lateness of the Session, and the consequent difficulty of prosecuting any new measure through all its stages. After the do quent speech which they had recently heard from the Right Hon. Membrr for Liverpool (Mr. Canning), he himself rose .to address the House under peculiar disadvantages ; and he regretted that he did not possess the talents of that Right Hon., Gentleman the more, because if he did, he should be able to make an impression. upon them which, anxious as he_felt, he was fearful he . 'should not be- able to prodUce. From the thin attendance on the benches opposite, it would not appear that the Noble Lord was apprehensive of any secious discussion on the important subject which was now to be brought before the House. Upon such a subject, as it was nearest his . own heart, he (Mr. Hutchinson) might be betrayed, into some warmth of expreSsion ; but he . trusted that he should not (Arend - the 'feelings of the Noble Lord, as that was far from his intention. He stood* there as a friend of liberty ; and in: :hat character he eras free to confess that he thought the situation of Europe was at this mo ment tremendously awful. There had been a system pursuing. -against her., liberties and her safety for upwards of 9..twelyeMonth past, and it was his conviction that if the Allied Powers (he spoke of Russia and Au;tria more particu larly) wel'e, permitted to persevere in they. were to continue extending and prosecuting it—and if the Noble Lord was to continue supporting and defending them—it was one which would terminate but to fatally for the interests of free nations.—(hear!) —The Noble Lord on a former night had declared that the Russian column, which was put in movement soon after the breaking out of the troubles in Pied mont, was.. not intended to act_ against Spain. A contrary belief, however, had been universally , entertained ; and, was with difficulty relinquish ed, even after this information, so conveyed to the llouse by the declaration of the Noble Lord, The alarm excited by the movements of the Al lied Powers had been in no way diminished. He would go back merely for an instant, and refer to what was done in the Congress of Vienna, to show that the principles on which the Allies pro ceeded were those of aggrandizement,.ainl their consequent acts those of spoliation. At the time Russia seized upon, Poland, Belgium_ was con ferred upon Holland, Norway was annexed to Sweden, Prussia seized a half of Saxony and the Provinces on the Rhine ; Austria vas enriched in Italy with the Venetian. ProvinceS, in.addition'to Lombardy; and the King of 'Sardinia added' Genoa to his Continental, dominions, in Opposi tion to the positive engagement and public pro clamation of the - British authorities, that Genoa should be restored to' the independence which , it enjoyed before the irruption of the French into Italy in 1 . 97. Having alluded to these cessions and incorporations,thisaggrandizement of one sovereign at the expence of another, and this annihilation of ancient and celebrated states, to increase the ter ritory or swell the power of their neighbour, he would ask the Noble Lord, whether the principles 6RI the treaties of pace of 18 . 14 aiLd 1S 15 e tverelkot trio% of spoliatiou'riind whethj the allies had not followed the very couEse which they had de posed Napoleon for pursu►ng To pass over what had occurred since, he would merely refer to the late proceedings of two of the allies, Rus sia and Austria, whose acts were abetted by a third power, Prussia, to show the spirit in which they meant to continue the system 'whose basis had- been thus laid in rapacity and plunder. He knew that the Noble Lord would say, that neither he nor his Majesty's government were answerable for the conduct or declaration of our allies, in those cases where our efficient concurrence was withheld. But this plea he (Mr. Hutchinson) could not to its fullest extent admit. It was true, that, the Sovereign of this country was not a formal party to the holy alliance ; but it was equally true, that his Ministers in that House defended.the, principle on which - it acted, and did not remonstrate with the allied Monarchs when they professed to found. their violent pro ci.edings on the stipulations of thetreaty of Vienna,- to -which We were sa party. .Nowl what was the nature of those principles thus deduced 'and sup ported ? The House would best.jndge of them by the- acts which they were brought forward to justify, .and the course of conduct which they were in future to direct. Naples had declared the necessity of reforming the abuses of its government, and the' Neapolitan people procured the assent of their .government to a constitution which they supposed adapted to secure their liberties and extend their prosperity. The nature • of, this constitution,• or the source whence it emanated, displeased Russia and Aus tria ; and in consequence the latter of those states, with the consent of the former, sent an in vading.army to demolish it, and to restore the King, under a pledge of introducing some other institutions, to the creation •of which the people were no party, and 'which, according to an ac count of them that he had seen to day, did not seem calculated to secureany portion of free dom. Yet such were the acts, and Such was the policy, of the governments,. with whose conduct and principles the . Nohie Lord identified himself, by appearing in that House as their advocate awl champion. I t was this which excited his (Mr.llut chinson's) alarm., 'ln the conduct and declara tions of the two Imperial Cabinets,- he - could dis tinkly trace the 'principles-of aggrandizement and' ambition, which must at no distant period either oppress Europe- without . a struggle, or involve it n war and confusion. No one %Ow had attended ,o the history,of Itussia for a long- time, could doubt her ambitious projects. She had interfered in the: wars of Europe (of which 'she was the most ambitious State) whenever she saw a hope of. increasing' her power, and •she • never con— chided a peace without obtaining'a'cession of ter ritory. With one hand she now pressed upon Sweden, and 'with the other touched the north — West coast of A.Merica ; occupying 'the immense. space-between the Black Sea. and. the North Pole ; and extending 9,000 ..mites-in length, .by 4,000 in breadth. With thi . s.imm - ense power, it was alarming to retiect on the, tendency of her policY. 'She had formerly: entered into a. - - treaty with'Austria for the spoliation of Turkey ;•. and in the -present distracted state of the latter empire, she had an army of 100,000 men on its frontiers. Whatever the result of this might be, the: design' of these two powers to tyrannize over the smaller.'States.of Enrope was Manifest ; and he would repeat, ttrat.the countenance which this policy received:from the Noble Lord admitted - Of as little doubt. Without again referring to the cake of -Genoa, to skew • that in the worst parts of the system pursued by the Holy Alliance this Government had ..concurred, he would prove the same point by ae.vertin,g to its proceedings at home. • ThoNOble - .LOrd and his colleagues, like true imitators of their Continental Allies, bacl done affin their power to abridge the liberties and destroy the-rights of the people. lie need only refer to their frequent suspension of the law of Hdbeas cotpusi without justificatiOti'E4 neces-: -shy; their opposition to all,i:!quiry into the out rage committed at Manchester ; the obstruction thrown in the way of the right of petitioning? and the new shackles - laid on the freedom of the • press by the' acts Which - folloWed.. As a. farther Qvidence of the spirit in which they conducted their Administration, he might mention the coun tenance, which they themselves, and, the active support which their , friends gave 'to thc , self styled cc ConstitUtional Association-," which WO instituted to act 'as , the spy and. tyrant of the press, and which numbered among its subscri bers Peers, Prelates, - and a Cabinet Minister,. Viewing these things, he could not but give it as his opinion that the system of Ministers hA for many years been directed against the liber ties of their country, ,and that 014 . had come cordial; though unavowA, alliei of th%, Continental Cabinets in their-late procOeding sl by imitating, as fat- as possible, their example' if there wanted any more direct proof of this fact , he would appeal to that. single measure, the Aliq Act, renewed from year to year in "time of piofoan ° peace. Wby did the Noble Lord introduce Such, Bill but to failfil his engagements. w ith his Con tire; tal associates, to carry into effect their desig% against the political offenders whom they rnig t denounce, and to become their Once officer watching and controlling the motions of iod iv ;; duals obnoxions`to their principles ? The 7 : 401) : Lord, when called upon to defend this act/ 5 :: 0 . pealed to the lenity with which its powers , 5 exercised, and the small number, of P"': ° I 't . aeamst whom it was enforced ;.but te' AV a s a know that what might fall upon one strai;:f t7 o f t i l t : , terror to all ? Did he not see an exaniP . s Iloit in the question which Was put 'to hint b) Friend (Mr. Howl!) about its appl inhabitants of the lonian Islands, . s°nle tton 9f ica to dreaded to Corne here to demand .• Justice becau, they were supposed liable to its operaoo,i, D As , • an example of the hardships which it someticoc` r occasioned, he - might' refer to - the case of a 3 , i(alian priest, who-lately a rrived fiynt.St.4elent 1 n~`~ ~~4