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PROPERTY TAX

A Prtitino was prevented from Nurttuimptoo spins! the
renewal of the above Tax.
PORT OF LONOON.

Sir J u.xn bronxitt up the Iteaolutioui of thr Committee
appolge.,l to examine the Act of the 42J of hie M•Cu,t.e,
for the lit moot of the Puri of Usoluu. The kraohl-
aiouß wire 4,..•.•erd to—and Stave was giveu to bi giu a pill
to amend the said At.
COUNTY R ITE BILL.

Mr POLE CAREW Our( i*L• le,twe to bring in nan fur
amrndhig the Act of the IYth of G u. II fur filo more easy
ro!lecting, and tering County itat,
▪ Mr. SISAW LT Crete, slr.Cavertionsrr, and Mr. Pare-
▪ laiL each a few words.—after which leave was veal to
• iii the Hill Mr. P. CAREW tlturlly after intr.ithired
it. It tr:ui read the first, and ordered to :,e read the Lecwid
time on naday and to be
Iliugwood, front the parish of gt 31ary-laltornie, prt •
loaded an account of the expenses of Peeing mid Lighting
Bite said Parish, fur the last year.
ALIEN ACT.

(Ur. 11. iloatieraole rose to call the attention of
the Ilouw, fur one mieneint, to a statement,
winch, though it did not ntlect himself, materially
affected the credit of the office to which he belowg-
ed. It would Ire recollected, that the Dom Mem-
ber fur Bedford (Nlr. Whitbread) had on the pre-
ceding evening, adverted to a case, which, he said.
came within his own knowledge No," said
Mr. Whitbread.) lf, then, it did not conie within
Ins own knowledge, be ought to have taken care to
inform himself fully on tine subieet, lwfore he had
allnsiled to it. Ihe circumstance on which he
touched, related to the c Ina of the Secretary of
Sunlit for the Wane Department—and the lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread)• put is pointed qui--
tioa to him, with reference to it. The ease adverted
to by the lion. Gentleman was that a enr.,,R:.
Portuguese, who was said to have been sent out of
this country, and, as lie had exwesseel it. Si s'sipped
' to the Britrils"—(" No,"frum .3lr Whisbre ed /
because the Portuguese Ambassador l:ere, the
Chevalier De Souza, would not sign lini license.
Ile confessed, at the moment the statement was
made, Ins mJiJJ WU MIS. that no such thing had ever
ra-corrcd. Ile then observed, that he had never
heard of such a transaetion, and that the name of
. the individual was quite new to him ; but that it
night have occurred during u temporary alawnee
from his office. This day, however, Inc made in-
quiries on the subject-4w asked his Noble Bela-
ton (Viscount Sidmouth) wlwther he recallocted
any thing of the affoir—arid Witi ann3weretl, that no
ends case had ever occurred while he was in the de-
partment. aial Aunt Ire knew nothing about it. He
(19r. H. Addington) then searched the books of the
'llepailment, from ;he period his Noble Relation
Si. became connected with it, and the result was, that
too such case was to be found, no such name was
Inelilinlted, as that to which the Hon. Nlemlier hurl
drawn his otsaduen.—(ll€4,r, heur.)—Th, nom
• water ~ko tle,ited to ki..,,w whether any rule
lexisted, in the office of the t bone Department, for
Ivrtveating Portuguese subjects., (for lie seemed to
confine haanself to Oscan) Irian feilti4sitiiig iii• this
c:;statry, ink-s trey le d'a wises sisal I.y the Pm-.
th . ' ttegnese Minister at this Court. It now could it!.

form the Hon. Gentleman, that no such rule either
does, or ever did exist.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Witurntatesen said, be hail riot made the
statement alluded to, as one that he contd youth
for, from his awn knowledge. He then held in
In' hand, the representation which induced him to
notice the subject —and, at the time he referred to
it, lot expressed his hope, that the Right Hon.
Gentleman would he able to give it a full C011till•
diction. In adverting to it he might have made a
mistake in the date, and Ie was sorry the Right
Hon. Gentleman had not examined the books a lit•
tle farther back than he had deemed it necessary to
go. He had not made any charge against the re-
lation of the Right Honourable Gentleman, bet
he had reprobated the way in which the Alien Act
had been executed--,and he had spetinrally stated,
that the Noble Lord was not in the office during
the whole time that the Act had been iu force. The
rule, he understood, formerly *as, that no Portuguese
subject should be allowed to remain in Great Bri-
tain, eivitlmut a license from the Portuguese Ambas-
sador and the cirmonstances of the case, us repre-
sented to him, were these :—The Chevalier Conejo,
formerly Charge if' .4flitirer to the Court of Stock-
holm, came to tins country...lint having made him-
self obnoxious to tht: Chevalier tle Sousa, the latter
re:tried to sign a license for him, and he was si-nt
oat of this country, with a Messetiget from Mr.
Prder's office, in the most summary way. He
(11r. ‘Vhithread) diet not assert that he was shipped
from hence to the Brazils. From this country he
was seta to Litilion—and, of his Own accord, he
allow ads proceede Ito the Brazils. lie there laid
his ease at the toot of the throne, and received a
pension, and various honorary rewank.—(ilear,
hear.)—This statement was not now disproved, and
he hoped the Right Hon. Gentlenmo wonid push
his inquiries a little file-Bier, and state whether he
meld find any trace 01. .

Mr. 11. ADDINGTON said, he understood the cir.
ennistance to hove been noticed, as if it lead hap-
pened while the present Secretary of State for the
'Lowe Department was in office. If it were other-
wise, why should the question be put to hint ?
How could he be expected to answer h question, of
which he could not he sulyte.ed to know any
thing ? Under these vircusnstaneesi he thought,
in common, he believed, with every Gentleman in
the !louse, thud" the einit4e whip i was made referred
to the conduct of his Neble Relation.

Alr.*WititukEsu said, he hoped, as the Right
Hon. Gentleman wet now set right on the subject,
he would make a more extended inquiry. With
respect to the igaorance of the ltigl.t lion. Gentle-
man, on the e:ISe alluded to, he (.lr. 11'llitliread)
conceived that lie paid him a compliiiient in asking
for on explanation of what had occurred, before he
belonged to the Dome Department ; because he
supposed that he was perfectly acquainted with the
atitecedent proceedings of hie office, and could at
once call to his mind the circumstance he had
stated.

Mr. H. ADDINfiTO/4.—." Who was iu the office,
when the occurrence took place?"
Mr. WIIITDREAD--" Mr. Ilvder."
EASt INDIES._

Mr. W. linEwr. wished' to call the attention of
the !louse to certain proceediugs, of the highest
importance' that had 'vividly taken place in India.
It appeared, from a late Calndia Gazette, that an
officer of rank was tried, by Court. Martial, for
having extorted money from the natives, for his
own purposes ; and, in his defence, he admitted the
fact, but stated that it was a customary proceeding.
The Court-Martial, however, in opposition to the
evidence, and to the petition of the accuser, ac-
quitted him. The circumstance afterwards came
under the cognizance of the Court of Directors;
who expressed their unequivocal displeasure at his
conduct—and observed, that, but fur certain dr-
cumstanres, they *mild have caused his name to
be erased from • the list of the India Army.—
They also declared, that if any case, of a similar
kind, occurred in future, it would be so dealt
with; and, if the Court Martial did not inflict
all adequate punishment, they would cause the
tlclimment to be suspended, unesent to Europe,
by the Hist opontuoity. -The I lodourable Mem-
ber then is out the necessity which existed
for giving due protection to the natives of
India—
awl was litoce(xling to • tadvert, with severity, on
the conduct of those who, in the person of the offi-
cer alluded to, tolerated a dangerous abuse of au-
thority—when he was called to order hy—
The SrEAKER, who said, that the Honourable
Member's proper course would be, to give notice of
a motion on the subject—as the !louse could not
Ise converted into u place fur mete general couversit-

Mr. WALLACE stated that the subject to which
the Honourable Cent!ennui referred, bad been
very seriously examined. Every means had been
adopted, to prevent the natives from sufferiug any
oppression--mid he was sure the result of the steps
which hind been taken, would be found perfectly
satisfactory.

MIMMOK;IL