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1 ~i -! 11 'J;;. -.~ =' i; ° ;~ • Je I'y ; I~'F , ~ . '1 •4 e 4. • • 41%1f L)//3 .Cco,a7pict, (I),tv4, NUMBER 9292.] TBRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. UE GALLERY, with a SELECTION of PICTURES, of tile ITALIAN, SPANISH, FLE- I , '7 l , and DUTCH SCHOOLS, is OPEN DAILY, from en la the 111orning until Six in the Evening. By Order, • .JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. AdmisQion H.—Catalogue Is. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, May 21, t 822. E COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY'S NA VY do hereby give No. li ce) That on Friday, the 7th -of June next, they will be re ady to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for T wo Hund re d an d Thi rty - two Mill e o f Dantaic, Menzel, Stettin, or Hambro' Crown Pipe STAVES, to he delivered the following proportions into the Victualling Stores at 'Deptford; Portsmouth, and Plymouth, viz.:— Deptford. i i Portsmouth. I Plymouth, 157 Mille: 15 Mille. 60 Mille. - k e e , li ali by the 3ls! of ilugsist next, and the other half 6t, 7 ,.',"°, 111 of November following; and to I`...l2aidlor by Bills - 41' 1 e, without interest. sixty days after dale. he Conditions of the Contract may be seen at this Office. s i, 4 ' r l'rcgard will be ha an Tder in hich the Price - halt not be inserted i n w ord s at en length, w or that shall 7t he delivered to the Board before One o'Clock on the said ,„ riel ay, the 71k of June next, nor unless the Person who 0, --a kts the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, attends to " . er when ca ll e d for. n r , EAST INDIA HOUSE, June 5, 1822. E COURT of DIRECTORS of the ~ UNITED (t o IdCANY of MERCHANTS of notice; CI TRADING he EAST INDIES, do hereby give • c ir-bat in reference to the Bye Law C.), Sect. 4, a SPE ') 1 4611- ' GENERAL COURT of the said company will be d at their House in Lead'enhall-street, on WEDNESDAY -E xT, the 12th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Fore p°'!, for the purpose of.considering a Bill now pending in hliatnetit; for consolidating the several Laws relating to A ' Private Trade with the East Indies, and also to Consider w b e ie r9Pricty of conctirring in the Repeal of the Law by Ships under the Burthen of 350 Tons are at present ki e n c .. l 4 "ded from engaging in such Trade from the United o otn, JOSEPH DART, Secretary. taEAST INDIA HOUSE, June 5, 1822. ERSONS who are willing to Supply the 4, EAST INDIA COMPANY at their House in Lea nhall-street, or their WarelsOu u ses, as inay he required, wit POUR HUNDRED CHALDRONS of the BEST COALS following descriptions, viz. WILLING.CON, • HEATON, KILLING WORTH, and - HEBURN MAIN, t o- ndon Wharf Measure, with the usual ingrain, may send in I teie Proposals, sealed up, and addressed to the Committee °1 1" 1 0055, on or before WEDNESDAY, the eGth instant, T l '°' if on that day, before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, as no eutler will be received after that Time. Not more than 4 ,, ;` Chaldrons will be wanted till the end of AlstLnst, though ," it be the wish of the Contractors, 250 Chaldrons may be lent in i m mediately. Th e y will be paid f o r a s th e y are de rered. The Tenders are to specify the price at which it proposed t° deliver each sort of Coal. The prices are also to includ e the Whole of the expense attending the delivery of the Coals. • 14 0,Tender will be received but from Coal Merchants pos- , ess ing Wharfs and Establishments of their own in or near neither will any Tender be taken into consideration i t ' i ss the addsess of the Party making it be mentioned there -IC - and be or an Agent on his behalf be in attendance upon . , e l aid Committee at the day and hour above-mentioned. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. This Day was published, price Is., REFUTATION of Mlt. GRIMSHA WE'S Ay PAMPHLET, entitled " The WRONGS of the CLER- N i of "th e DIOCESE of PE'T'ERBOROUGH Stated and t a -tta ted." In which is given a Correct Account of the 1 , ("4 Which have called forth the Violent and Abusive Zphlets againstthe Bishop of Peterborough, &c. &c. • hr Tuted for .F. C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church `', and Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. • IL_lYts Day were published, price.6s.6tl.:in boards LUSTRATIVE REPLIES in - the form of Ite,. E SSAYS to the QUESTIONS proposed by the Right l't 0 t e 1,,, " etld HERBERT MARSH, Lcirci Bishop of PETER.BO- , H, to CANDIDATES for HOLY ORDERS : in which Irrek,ordibip' s Interrogations on Redemption, Original Sin, lions "e tll, Justification, Everlasting Salvation, Predestine s~ek Renovation, and the Holy Trinity, are ANZ I ; to be constructed from the Holy Scriptures, and the Les of the Church of England. l' t ed for F. C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church a \ Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. Tbi DEBRETrs PEERAGE. 1 4d.' "ay Was published, in 2 Vols., price 11.49. in boards, f lea ted by Permission to His Majesty, with a set of Plates t e o lt lY enraved, including a Portrait of the ing in his P "atio g n Robes, a NEW EDITION, corrected to the 14 "ent time, of BRETT'S PEERAGE of the UNITED 1),.. 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V . ;.' -.. ~ • — 3, tf. lik , '''‘';':• , - • •••nal\ x ' `,, ,N ~.., ,• • 47/11/37 ' ' \ ' k ,•-t.... .- • • 0. s'zi ~..., , , e• /72._. l• ~ 4,.. ;:e ........„ d i.- / t tre."..• The Motion for the Return was then agreed to. SALT TAX. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1822. other questions involving the consideration of the st a te of the leading interests of the country, had undergone inquiries in that House, in away which he coned- ed to be the only prac ticable mode for the House to inquire. To such an inquiry, Go vernment were most anxious to lend themselves. In his opinion, the best mode of inquiry in such cases was, to allege the grievance, and to seek for the best remedy that could be applied to it. That species of inquiry was constantly going on, and he hoped would never cease, whilst there was any ques tion of consequence to the interests of the nation demanding their attention. He should .be extremely happy to give his most cordial co-operation to the suggestions of any measure from the Hon. Baronet opposite, applicable to the present state of Ireland. Hon. Gentlemen opposite had with great readi ness. given the coercive me a s u r es required for Ireland, in con fidence to the Government of ' that country, and he had no doubt that the information which would be afforded by his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Goulburn) would convince them that they were justified in the grant of confidence which they had made. The spirit of leniency in which his Majesty's Govern ment were disposed, on both sides of the' water, to treat that, country, was seen in their attention to remit the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.. Mr. C. H. HUTCHINSON said, that if his Majesty's Go vernment suffered the Session to pass away . without doing any thing for Ireland, but continue the Insurrection Act, and apply certain local relief, without pointing attention to the internal state of that country, and devising some system of general amelioration, they would not do their duty to that country or the empire. If the Noble Lord and his Colleagues did not devise some means of turning the misery of that country to happiness and peace, not all the military force of England and Scotland could keep down the population. He called upon his Majesty's Ministers, therefore, to put their shoulders to the wheel for the security of the Empire, and not to satisfy them selves with saying that they were willing to lend themselves to any treasure that might be p ro po se d. - He was excessively grateful for the noble contributions from this country, and for the disposition shewn by Government to relieve Ireland of taxes to a certain extent; but all that would not do. He knew the difficulty of the case, and in proportion as it was difficult did it behove Government to look it in the face, as the certain destruction of the whole country would flow from, the evils under which it at present laboured, were they not ramoved. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought his Majesty t s Government had not shewn any -disposition to be inactive in procuring labour for those who were idle, and food for those who could not get it for themselves. The Hon. Gentleman ad mitted the difficulty of the ease, and although he (the Mar quis of Londonderry) had professed himself willing to give his cordial co-operation to the Honourable Baronet opposite (Sir J. Newport) in any measure he might propose for the relief of Ireland, he had not pledged himself to accede to all he should come forward with. Mr. CURWEN gave notice that he would,on Tuesday next, move for the entire repeal of the Salt Tax. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from James Peters; a fish-curer, of the city of Bristol . on the subject of the Salt Tax. It was very obvious, the Hon. Member stated, that the reten tion of the tax upon salt used in the fisheries would be highly prejudicial. The country was obliged to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the relief now to' be afforded ; but it was al ways to be remembered that that relief was purchased—that it was not given by savings which had been effected; but by in creasing the public debt pro ternpore. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no ob jection to the petition which had been presented. He de fended the plan which he brought forward, as that which went to relieve the various interests of the country more than any other which had been suggested. The duty which it was in tended should remain on Salt, was in future to be collected at the mouths of the pits or pans, but that which was to be ex ported to foreign parts was to be delivered free of all duty.— Salt obtained for any other purpose was to pay duty, but in order that this regulation might not interfere with the trade of bur fishermen in foreign markets, where salt could be pro cured on easier terms, it was proposed that a drawback to the amount of the duty should be allowed on every barrel of herrings or other fish exported, but this was not to be allowed on fish cured foi home consumption. In other respects the fisheries Would be relieved from many inconveniences and restrictions of an extremely rigorous nature to which they had been sub jected, and which, while the duty continued, were undoubtedly necessary. Mr. H. BRIGHT offered a few words in reply. The petition was then read and ordered to be printed. ILCHESTER GAOL. Sir. F. BURDETT, in rising to move for the production of the journal kept by the Magistrates at Ilchester gaol, thought, as a matter of course, it would have been produced when an in quiry was pending on which it might throw light, and was much' surprised that the former motion on this subject had not been acceded to. The statements which Mr. Hunt had made, that a door had been closed which was necessary to be opened, in order to ventilate his apartment ; and that a M ag i s t ra t e had refused him permission to see his sister, which it was said the Rev. Dr. Colston had authorised an Hon. Member of that House to contradict, deserved some attention, in order to shew what degree of importance ought to be attached to his autho rity. The new jailor had opened the door, not on Mr. Hunt's account, but to correct the insalubrity of the prison. He (Sir F. Burdett) understood that Dr. Colston had written a letter to the Secretary of State, representing that it had been necessary to close the door iu question which led to that part of the . prison called the Factory, as workmen were employed there in con sequence of its having been lately burned down. Now he (Sir F. Burdett) had been at Ilchester, and having seen the prison with his own eyes, could say it was impossible that it should have appeared necessary to close the door for the reason which had been assigned, as not a stone had been touched since the fire took place, and the factory had not yet bee rebuilt. The other point was more important. In 1820 application had been made by Mr. Hunt to Dr. Colston, and another of the visiting Magistrates (Mr: Moody, he believed), for permission to see his sister, in order to execute some legal instrument, and had been denied. Now one of the contradic tions authorised by the Rev. Doctor being negatived, by what he himself had seen, and the other being, as he believed, capa ble of being contradicted by witnesses who were ready to ap pear, at their bar, he knew not what term to apply to the conduct of that individual'; but he thought it clear that he r was unworthy to remain in the Magistracy of the county. He had seen at Bath, in a paper called the Sherborne Mer cury," a lengthened report of a speech made by an Honourable Gentleman near him, m which, very incorrectly probably, it was stated that Mr. Hunt and a turnkey of the name of Hobbs had conspired to punish a Mr. Wyatt, because the latter had surprised Mr. Hunt with Mr. Wyatt's niece on his knee. This -story, he was convinced, was without the slightest foundation. The insinuation which it contained was very gross, and ought not to have been advanced on slight grounds. This Wyatt had waited upon Mr. Hunt who had finally quarrelled with him. The lion. Baronet then attemtped to shew that the evidence of Wyatt was not worthy of attention—that he was at best but a half-witted fellow, who had been confined for a violent assault on his wife and children, and that his testimony had been very properly stopped by the interference of the Commissioners, on account of its trifling and irrelevant character. He then called the attention of the House to the case of a man of the name of Evans, who had complained against Bridle, and who had been confined in irons. By the way he thought it right to remark that all who had complained of Bridle, whether officers or pri soners, had been visited for doing so in some way or other. It ' appeared that an Hon. Member of that House, to whom he had before alluded, had sanctioned the use of irons on one occa sion. He had gone down to look at the wall where the man had got over, and had approved of confining the individual in the way he had described. Evans had been confined for six months, but it did not appear what had then been done with him. He could wish ,to know when the man had been delivered, or whether (as might be the case for ought that appeared to the contrary), he was still in solitary confinement. The sub ject must be followed up ix some way. It was absolutely necessary to ascertain what bad become of this man, and that appeared to him an unanswerable argument in favour of the present motion. The book which he called for ought to be produced. The Right Honourable Gentleman, in refus ing to grant it, had faifly admitted that it was not to be re garded as private, as containing merely the memoranda of the Magistrate's private pocket-book. He would not call for it if he thought it would make against the jailer Bridle. But he should judge, that instead of prejudicing him on his trial, its production might be necessary for his defence, in order to shew that this or that act was performed in conformity with the order of such or such a Magistrate. He hardly wished \ to see Bridle prosecuted at all, as he conceived much of what he had done to have been caused by the course which the Magis- ind 16, dessrs. Id gr. :,Callt at the t. So- c° l7 l: Court licitols, id Mr. 8, ,15, • Bank id G 0.9 29 , a t Niers of Pocock, une 14 oilers of ;ser and s-street , court of vr, ;15,2 5 ; Bank-' did Co•+ I-dealer Tune 251 normal: 4 dand,o f ff. San' Tune 16, e 29, M. Tune 25. V. Eyr e ' Le 26, tr• J. Hir t ," of Be"" Han.oon' 27, nderson, ) f Stool' Suffolk, uatt°"" Ley °Ws/ Wood/ °f n and i t ' VV. Ma e " r. r and an d T' wande r, A. 1 1 °T egards At ham, I E. re 3r. rentharo. J. Bent. Jeff er Y' isr.ScO t ' Butche r ' 1311ers. N rs P a arr ;.r th e KIN G ' rash, *hi he ~?, ; (le , f.:: t all of •eand. ~~ Z ~/I ,~~rk• • 9 CF. 4 Q6B 11 9 27 0 , 35 o Us. 65 O. 65. ° n el Ex .w tiv e stfo Effe'l 0). p c • 0 o P" - 4 4 • ov er DY 3tir4 Rev. q S /r t V; to Oizel: naDY Y - o f so .eldest Se n of -gate, or oe, -- 0 the ligst 3t 21,1115. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS , WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. General. GASCOYNE and Others brought up from the Commons the Liverpool Water Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. SCOTT, from the Chamber of London, presented an Account of the number of Beasts and Sheep sold in the Smith field Market from 1790 to the present time.—Laid on the table. The Earl of MOUNT EDGECUMBE presented a Petition from the Mayor and Corporation, it was understood, of Ply mouth, praying for the revision of the Criminal Code.—Laid on the table. The Bishop of LONDON presented Petitions from the Dean and Prebends and from the Archdeaconry of Hereford, against the Catholic Peers Bill.--Laid on the table: - The Bishop of CHESTER presented a Petition to the same effect from the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Peckham, in the County of Surrey.—Laid:onthe table._ CRIMINAL CODE. Lord SUFFIELD presented Petitions praying for the revi sion of the Criminal Code, from the town of Wincanton in the County'of Somerset, from the neighbourhood of Taunton in the same county; from the Borough of Lewes in the County of Sussex ; from the Town of Gainsborough in the County of Lin coln ; and from the town of Sherborne m the County of Dorset. Read, and laid on the table.--The Sheriff's Depute Bill was read a second time. VAGRANTS. On the motion of Lord SUFFIELD, and after a short expla nation from the Noble Lord, and a few words from Earl DARNLEY, the Vagrant Laws Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed • to-morrow.—Ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. . MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. • EGERTON presented a petition from the licensed vic tuallers of Macclesfield against the Ale-house Licensing Bill.— Ordered to be printed. _ On the motion of Mr. HUNTER BLAIR, a return was or. dered to be made of the quantity of all Irish spirits bonded for the last year. Mr. WILBERFORCE presented a petition from a reli gious sect, calling themselves Separatists, praying to be re-. lieved from the obligation of taking an oath.—Ordered to be printed. Sir F. BLTRDETT presented a petition from the parish of Steyne, in. Berkshire, praying that the Bill for the prevention of cruelty to animals may pass into a law.—Laid on the table.. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from the Chamber of Com merce in Dublin, praying the protection may not be removed from the Irish Manufacturers.—Ordered to be printed. _ IMPORTATION OF GOODS REPEAL-BILL. On moving that this Bill do pass,'after the third reading, Mr. WALLACE gave notice that as he did not consider the decision of the House last night final with regard to the clause introduced into the Bill respecting the silk throwsters,he should at some period call the attention of the House, in a separate form, to that subject, and the enormous protection enjoyed by that manufacture..—The Bill was then passed. QUIT RENTS—IRELAND. Colonel BARRY obtained leave to bring . in a Bill to autho rise the sale of Quit Rents, and other rents in the sale and ex ercise of Crown - lands in. Ireland.—The Bill was afterwards brought in and read a first time, and ordered for second reading on Friday next. ROASTED CORN. • Mr. LUSHINGTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the sale, under licence, of Roasted Corn and other Vegetable Powder. The Assessed Taxes Composition Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. On the motion of Mr. HART DAVIS a Return was ordered of all the leaf-tobacco seized in the Thames for tho last seven years and its appropriation. Sir W. CURTIS presented a petition from certain persons in the City of London, praying that the House would not sanction any measure for placing a toll on the craft passing under Lon don Bridge.--Ordered to be printed. CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS. The House went into a Committee on the Consolidated Customs Acts. Mr. LUSHINGTONproposed certain Resolutions for rep lations to alter the mode of collection of Custom Duties tending to decrease the amount of the Duties. Sir J. NEWPORT expressed a wish that the system of the scale of duties should be so simplified that any person might see what the duties were at one view.. • Mr. LUSHINGTON saw no objection to this. The Resolutions were agreed to, and the House liavir.g. resumed, the Report was - ordered to be received on Monday next. Mr. HOBHOUSE asked whether it was intended to intro duce into the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill, a clause re specting Law Clerks, which had been in the former Act, but which had been omitted in the Bill of this Session ? Mr. LUSHINGTON was not able to give an immediate answer. PRISON LAWS.-IRELAND. Mr. GOULBURN moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Laws relative to Prisons in Ireland. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that the object of the Bill, would be to establish a better classification of the prisoners. After a few words from Mr. M. A. TAYLOR, leave was given to bring in a Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition from certain persons interested in the Butter Trade in Dublin, praying for a protecting Duty on Butter.—Ordered to be printed. STATE OF IRELAND. 31r. GOULBURN stated, in answer to a question from Mr. S. RICE, that he did not think the present state of Ireland call ed for a continuance of the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and it was not therefore his intention to move for that. Mr. S. RICE then moved fora Return of the number of Pro= secutions under the Insurrection Act since Ist January last, in Ireland, stating the Convictions and Acquittals, and the Bills thrown out by the Grand Jury. Lord A. HAMILTON took that opportunity of asking whether it was in the intention of his Majesty's Government, in the course of the present Session, to institute any inquiry into the State of Ireland. That inquiry was promised at the time that the House consented to invest the Government of Ireland with the arbitrary powers that had been granted to it, and he thought it was not too much to ask, at this period of the Session, if it was intended to perform that promise ? It was alleged at the period he had alluded to, as a reason for delay, that such an inquiry would only tend to increase the em barrassment, but although he was far from wishing to aggravate so great an evil, he did think that so severe and oppressive an act should not have passed without inquiry. He desired• to know, therefore, if his Majesty's Ministers meant to institute an inquiry; and, if not, whether they meant to come to that House, to ask a renewal of the coercive measures already pos sessed by them. , Mr. GOULBURN said, that he had given notice for the week after next, to move for a renewal of the Insurrection Act ; and as at that time it would be his duty to lay before the House full information on the subject of the state of Ireland, it would be very improper to anticipate a discussion on that subject. He begged also to observe that it would be then seen whether his Majesty's Government were justified in calling for the large powers. the House had granted them, and the natural inquiry which would then take place would answer all the purposes of inquiry spoken of by the Noble Lord. After a few words from Lord A. HAMILTON, the motion was agreed to. Mr. S. RICE then moved for another Return of the number of persons apprehended in the Counties of Kerry, Cork, and Limerick since the Ist of January. Sir J. NEWPORT thought the House had a right to ex pect at the time that the coercive measures were granted by the House to his Majesty's Government for Ireland, that some pe riod of the Session would have been found convenient for en tering into an inquiry as to the state of Ireland. The present was a period that loudly called for it; and, although that whole some inquiry had always been postponed, he hoped that would not be the case on'the present occasion._ __ _ _ _ , The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that if by the word Inquiry were meant a Committee up stairs, he was sure that nothing had ever fallen from that side of the House to countenance the expectation of such en inquiry into the state of Ireland being instituted. The state of the agricultural in. tefest, the police of the empire the system of tithes, and most "tr 4, --,•.".' S '5 4 475. ; 4 3 ~ V 1 . Crates ates.had pursued. There were .two acts which appeared tl be his own,. the placing a blister on the h ea d of a prisoner, hy, way of punishrtemt, and the confining a poor female, with her infant, without giving them even the refreshment of a drop of water. He hoped he would only be called upon to an swer for those acts which were undoubtedly his own, and that the Attorney-General would be careful to lay the venue in another County, and to make such 'other ar rangements as should secure him a fair and' impartial trial; and counteract,so far as might be necessary, any disadvantages under which he might labour at present. He, however, could not see that the production - of the Magistrate's journal was likely to prejudice his case, and from the manner in which it was withheld, he suspected that it contained something of import ance. He concluded by moving'an bumble address to his Ma jesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased to give di rections that there should be laid before that .House thejournal kept by the Magistrates. at Ilchesteijail. . . Mr. Secretary PEEL said the Hon. Baronet had, perhaps unintentionally, misled him and the House,' when rising as he ,had understood merely to move for the production of. the Ma gistrate's journal, he had gone into so many circumstances connected with Ilchester jail.. He now proposed to -confine. himself to the motion and the grounds on which he should op pose it. He had already stated, that on the Reportof the Com missioners to the King, he had felt it to be his duty to advise certain proceedings with respect to that Report. He had taken the opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown. They had ad vised the prosecution of the jailer, and had accordingly directed a prosecution to be commenced. He had also addressed a let ter to the Lord Lieutenant of the County, stating what 'had been reported by the Commissioners as to the scite and condi tion of the jail; and requesting him, though he believed that to have been unnecessary, to call the attention of the local au thorities to the subject. He also wrote to others who were con cerned, calling on them ' to explain what had affected them. The Hon. Baronet adMitted that Mr. Bridle at present la boured under some disadvantages. All he "(Mr. Peel) desired was, that these should not be increased, and; theiefote, he was anxious that the .Journal in question, and the explanations which it might be necessary to give with it, should be reserved till after the trial. Then, should it be necessary to the elucida tion of the conduct of the Magistrates, he would pledge him self to consent to the production of any part of the Journal, or the whole.' The explanations which would be given, he was bound to say, would 'in many instances, afford much satisfac tido to the house. With the Journal, the trial being over, he would consent to the production tif any document respecting the scite and condition of the Jail, or the conduct of the Ma gistrates. Till then he hoped this discussion would be waived ; he only wished. it to be postponed till it could be, entertained consistently with the fair administration of justice. . One word with respect to Dr.' Colston. The representations which he had made had been confirmed by those received from other parties who were not connected with him, and who were the same to whor; Mr. Hunt owed the relief from the inconveniences to which he Was formerly subjected. With, respect to the dehial of permission to Mr. Henry Hunt to see his sister, he'would repeat the words of Dr. Colston, which wetethat " the first in timation he received that Mr. Hunt had a sister at all he had from the declaration of the Hon. Baronet. He had applied to Mr. Hunt the regulation of -the prison with respect to females, but doing so he had not the slightest idea that he was interdict ing him from seeing his sister." He(Mr. Secretary Peel) could not hesitate to give credence to this statement, coming as it did from a Magistrate and a Clergyman, till he had strong grounds for doing otherwise. t Mr. DICKENSON complained of the attack made on him by the Hon. Baronet without the least notice having been given of such being his intention. lie had a faint recollection that on one occasion he went to look at a wall which a prisoner had got over. What he did on that occasion was written down and left in the jail. If, in that instance, he had sanctioned the use of irons, he would appeal to any one in that House but the Hon. Baronet, if they could be more properly aPplied to any one than to a prison breaker. With respect to the .closing of the door, he stated, that if the way had not been rebuilt, men had been employed there at the time when it was ordered to be shut. He objected to the production of the journal. Mr. BROUGHAM, after what had been stated by the Right }lon. Gentleman (Mr. Secretary Peel), *as the journal could not be produced without prejudice to the Jailor, who was soon to be put on his trial, thought the motion h a d b e e n re sisted on reasonable grounds, and was of opinion 'the Hon. Ba ronet had better 'withdraw it. ' The . ATTORNEY GENERAL opposed the inimedi6te production of the book, as likely to prejudice the ease of Mr. Bridle. Mr. W. COOPER read a letter exculpatory of Dr. Colston. Mr. Alderman WOOD maintained- that the defects of the jail had not been remedied, and its t:tate - had been such that 4,000 prisoners out of 6,000 had been ill. lie did not wish the motion to be withdrawn. Mr. DICKENSON seated improvements to have been blade in the jail, and a machine had lately been procured to pump water up from the river. • Mr. ESTCOURT said, with respect to the statement, that out of 6,000 prisoners confined at ilch6ter, 4,000 had been sick, rested on documents which had been framed for the Quar ter Sessions. A new account was made every' time, the whole remnant being carried over, so that one prisoner who should remain during_ three Quarter Session's would in theie returns count for three. He did not think the production of th e book would be injurious to Mr. Bridle. It had been in the posses- Eton of Mr. Httnt many days, and if it had contained any thing that would make against the Jailer, he did not think it likely that it would have escaped him (Mr. Hunt). Mr. BROUGHAM explainecl. Sir F. .BURDETT replied, and after some remarks on the probable effect of the production of the book, consented to With draw his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. ALIEN. ACT. Mr. PEEL rose to submit a motion to the House which, but for the discussion brought on by the Hon. Bart. (Sir F. Bur dett), he should have presented at least two hours earlier in the evening. What he had to propose was, that the powers of • the Alien Act should be intrusted to the Executive Govern ment for a period of two years longer. An Hon. Member who sat opposite (Mr. Hobhouse), had desired some time since that the measure might have a full discussion; and had ac companied his demand with a threat of adopting a remedy something unusual, if that full discussion was not given. He (Mr. Peel) did intend to discuss the question fully ; and he hoped he should thereby obviate the necessity of that remedy to which the Hon. Member opposite had alluded. While he stated his intention of full discussion, however, he felt that it would be impossible for him to introduce any think new into the subject; and he must declare, therefore, against being taunted with only saying things which he had, said before.— Even those who differed from him most widely in opinion, would admit that he opened the question fairly to the House, if he touched, first, the nature of the danger to which he pro-, posed to apply a remedy ; next, the character and extent of the remedy itself; and last, the various objections which, upon general principles of policy or apprehensions from abuse of power, might be started against the remedy by those whO were adverse to its application. And to begin, then, with the na ture of the evil which he was to cure. He recollected that he was proposing the continuance of an Alien Hill at a time when the country had been seven years at peace, and after an assurance from the Sovereign, 'at the commencement of the Session, that he continued to receive assurances of the fa vourable disposition of Foreign Powers. But every man who looked back to the events of the late war, the circum stances. of the contest, and to the principles which had produced it—every one who dwelt upon the consequences by which that war had been attended, upon the subver. mon of ancient dynasties and the establishment of new ones upon the growth of fresh interests in the process of the struggle, and upon the affection of those interests by the transition from war to peaces every man who 'considered these facts must admit, that it was not the mere signature of a treaty of peace, nor even the duration of that peace for seven years, that could extinguish the principles which had led to the tumult, or conciliatethe various interestswhich had taken part in it. He denied that the fact stated threw any imputation upon the peace ; but every one who attended to the political af fairs of Europe must have seen, within the last two years, great ferment and great political agitation : in some countries, open and absolute revolution ; in others; attempts at the same end, through the instrumentality of armed forces and secret socie ties; and in others, conspiracies which were of the most dan. gerous description, but which the wise and timely exertion of power had prevented from exploding. The' consequence of those conspiracies and revolutionary attempts had heed the ex patriation of many persons who were concerned in them. Many of those individuals had sought refuge in this country; and, notwithstanding that the powers of the alien bill were in exist.. ence, the protection which they asked had not in any instance PRICE SEVENPENGE been 'denied to them. No mattee what might 'be thAheranter • of the man, tile principles he entertained, or the associations With which he was connected. On bis arrival in this country there had been an Wagon of thepast ; and the asylum which he looked . for upon the shoees of Great 'Britain had not, he (Mr. Peel) repeated; in a single lost:tilde : been - ref:seed. - Even where infonnalities existed, which Might have borne Out ex elusion, he appealed . to Hono ura bl e G ent l emen bef ore hi m if those informalities had been taken advantage of. He stated these facts, because he wished to shointhe House .that England had not forfeited her character for - hospitality. If in any one instance the powers of the act had been employed, it had been in the case - of an individual (probably Gen. Gourgaud) who bad come to this country, not for protection e but in order to make it the'scene of his abominable designs. He (Mr. Peel) was holding in his hand a list containing the names of several parlous implicated in the events to which he had.been adverting. He did not think that he should be justified in so exhibiting it as to give a clue to the retreat of the individuals in qUestion ; but he said no more than could be shown when he stated to the House, that not a conspiracy nor a revolutionary attempt. for the last two years, but had thrown some persons upon the face of this coun try. The fact-was, that-instead of the Alien Bill operating as a terror to foreigners,the number of aliens basing increased dur ing the time of its enactment. In the year 1818 there had been 22„0004liens in the country :, in the preient year the number exceeded 25,000. In 1819 the increase of arrivals above de partures had been 266 ; in 1820 the increase had been 640 ; ire 1821 the increasehad been 645: and in the five expired months of the present year alorie, the increase had been no Jess than 655. It was impossible to avoid inferring from these facts that the Alien Bill had not operated in any way to prevent the re sort of foreigners to this country, either with a view to their in terests, or to escape prosecution for their crimes. Ile hoped that he should not now be met with the argument, that the increased number of aliens formed an increased reason for withholding the.powers of the Bill. If power over an increased number of persons was to be called an increased power, then, had the num ber of aliens diminished instead of increased, he might have made an argument upon that diminution of, power in fayour of his measure ; but it would be most unfair to convert a proof of the lenity with which the Act had been used into a plea for continuing to intrust Government with its powers. Under this Bill, then, he might engage to secure to the foreigner who sought an asylum in this country an oblivion of the past.--(Cries of hear froni the Opposition.)—He should be 'glad to learn what was the meaning of that—(Hear.)—Was it intended to deny the ,fact ? and if not, he (Mr. Peel) would maintain that he had a right to say to Aliens -You shall not abuse the hospitality of these realms, you shall not, desecrate the sanctuary you have chosen, by making it the scene of future conspiracies and ca bals."—(Hear )—lt would be in the highest degree improper, and indeed unjust, to suffer this metropolis to become the re sort of all who should be disposed to enter into plots against the peace of States with which we were in amity. Were the pre sent Alien Act permitted to expire, such, he - averred on the re sponsibility of a Minister,-would be the case, and helield it better to justify the measure whichhe was about to propose by precedents and an appealed the kind he had now Made, then to lay before a Secret Committee information Which it must be Always desirable to conceal. It was with a view to a particular evil shat he recommended the measure in question—a measure to which he attributed the prevention of very eerious evils and incovenience. lie could assure the House that in bringing it forward he was biassed by no partiality or preju dice, and that he founded it not on any vague surmise. Still less was he influenced by any suggestion from foreign Courts. --(Hear, hear !)—No, it was as Secretary for the Home Depart ment, and by virtue of that office alone, that he should now submit to Parliament the wisdom and expediency of renewing thOse powers under which the admission of foreigners to this country had been regulated since the peace. -,(Hear, hear !) With regard to the nature and extent of its remedial infittence, he was himself utterly at a loss to discover what there was about, it to challenge so•detennined an opposition as . there was some reason apprehend.—(Hear, hear !)—One of the chief provi sions of the Bill was that .which required from every foreigner landing in this country a statement of his rank and situation in life, and in default of such communication imposed a penalty On the ship-mastee in whose vessel he arrived. The more ma terial, however, indisputably, was that conferring on the Crown a power to direct by proclamation, or order in council, soy' fo rbigner to quit. the kingdom. .In case of - disobedience, be was 'at first subjected to a small penalty, still retaining a right of appealing to-the Council, after which he might, if he gave no satisfactory explanation, be at once removed. 'True it was, that -the whole measure mustbe regarded as a departure from the ancient laws and policy of our Government, in favour of which a presumption must always be entertained ; but .then this pre sumption must necessarily be subordinate to great emergencies, and to dangers of a peculiar character. An Honourable and. Learned Gentleman (Sir .J. Mackintosh) had the night before attempted; and as he (Mr. Peel) thought not very fairly, to cre ate an unfavourable impression against this proceeding, by a reference to Magna Charta. Just- so it had been usual to'al- Jude to the policy. of Queen Elizabeth; and of States placed in circumstances altogether different. Now any individual who listened to the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, and . ditt not happen to •be familiar with the original ,copy of Magna Charta, must surely conceive that the admission of .foreigners to our shores was established in it as a . ruling principle, according to which the right could neither be limited - nor withheld. On examiningit, however, there appeared no such variance between its authority and measures of a more recent date, •He found in, it, indeed, but one enactment that at all re spected strangers, and this, by the exception accompanying it, proved to be far from a general or permanent regulation. Quod mercatores habeant potestatem salvum ire et venire ad ernenthins eel vendendum sea, omnibus mans toltis per antiquas eonsuetu dines. But it was also provided that, in the event of war, the merchants of the country with which we had commenced hos tilities, should, in the first instance, be attached, and kept ih custody till it was seen in what manner' our own merchants were treated by their government. He believed,that on all such occasions the balance of hospitality was in favour of this coun try, and it was also worthy of remark that the enactment which he had already alluded to terminated with the phrase nisi antea publics prohibiti, or unless the King in Council prohibited them'. —(Cries of " No, no.")--As to the conduct of Queen Elizabeth and the policy subsequently adopted by this country on the in vocation of the edict of-Nantes, the periods of those events bore no resemblance to the present. When Queen Elizabeth, in another part of her reign, was surrounded by different circum stances, she,probably recollecting the expression nisi antea pro hibiti, pursued a course wholly unlike what had been so loudly commended. In the council-register of her reign might be seen copies of directions issued to Bishops, to the Master of the amine) two Aldermen of London (Haywood and Osborne), that all foreigners not belonging to any church or congregation, should be ordered presently to avoid the kingdom. Nere then great Princess now alive, she would be disposed to form ,no exalt ed idea of their wisdom for, hesitating on such a measure, or for appealing to,the opinions entertained by the Barons of King John as a source of instruction with regard to it.--(Hear, hear.)- —But, in order to fortify his argument, be might here allude to a Bill lately presented by an Hon. and Learned Member of that House (Mr. Scarlett) a Gentleman of high reputation in the Courts, and who might' be considered as the model of a' Whig Lawyer. He meant the allusion merely by way of pre cedent, not as a reflection in any point of view, though hp hoped it might serve as an instance that Gentlemen on the other sine' whatever were their political opinions, did not when they, sac down. seriously to remedy a grievance think of referring to all': the ordinances or principles of Md . gua Charta. The Hen. and Learned Gentleman had recently i ntroduced a Bill for the more effectual removal of the poor, and this Bill enacted that a single , Justice before whom a pauper should be convicted of refusing to work, or of leading an idle or disorderly life, might haVe the power of committing him to the 'Holm of Correction, there to', be kept to hard labour for a time not yet specified.—(Hear n hear !)--Now he (Mr. Peel) was far from censuring this prey:- • sion—(H ear, hear !)—but how did. it accord with the well-knoWn - declaration of Magna Charta--Nullus liter homo-capiatur . . . e . tmprisonetur niszperluds' aunt parium suorum g--(Hear, heir !) could not be dented that all power was liable to some abuse; but the experience of 7 years went to indicate that the proposetl • measure was as little likely as any to produce it. jleturenliad• been laid before the House, showing that the powers with which • it invested Government had been exercised but in four instances , since the year 1815.. Doubtlessthiswas not a completejustification but it at least afforded a presumption, that the continuance of those powers would not lead to any practical evil or thence. If it were said that these was no guarding against the abuses of subordinate agents, he would undertake to assure the 2 "Ouse, that subordinate agents should never txerctse iheti 7, powers, or be permitted to threaten their app/icatiOn. Ile did not consider That foreigners were in any real danger of suffering injustice by the effect of malignant insinuations on the mind of ,a Secretary of State, nor had the conduct of t'ie British Gc. 'vernrnent - hitherto been such as to afford an injurious examplu