The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-05-08 00:00:00

ALIGNS.

Mr. LAMBTON rose to make g motion for the
production of certain State papers, which lie hid
yesterday, at the suggestion of the Noble Lord
(Castlereagh), consented to put riff until this even-
ing. The object hr had in tnoVing for these !tape's
was to enable the House to investigate whether his
Majesty's Government had lent its assistance to
foreign State in givii g efficacy to the Decrees of
that State, with respect to persons sent nut of that
country by the order of such foreign Government.
The Alien Bill, us he could learn from the admis-
sion of the Noble Lord on if former night, had for
one of its objects.the assistance of foreign Poweis
in enforcing its Decrees.—/!Jere Lord Castlereagh
expressed some dissent.j—The Noble Lord might
shake tits head, but he certrinly so understood hint.
Hut the subsequent seateniviet of the Noble Lord
went so far as to that the provisions of this
Ball were merely to attain British olijrels. Now,
this usearance, lie ceofo-serli lie could by .119
means reconcile with the uilliti,sion of the
hale Lord to %%Inch lie had before alluded. Ile
.proposed, by the production of Iliese papers, to
come at the title state of the intetieson of his Majts-
ty's Goveroiorot in thus respect ; and in order to
convenience the Noble Lord, lie should, if it were
considered expedient to conceal the mimes of per-
son. NllO might lie the subject of these commtiiii-
cations, consent to the copies or extracts being
made out in blank, us was not unfiequerit in such
cases. He concluded with moving—.

" Fur Copies or Fair:lets of all Curve,' tenet which had
taken place Mute the Qtbli of November, 1515, between the
Secretaries of Slate awl our ditierent Nlinistera ■t foreign
Couris, with the Principals of Gotersimeuts abroad, Maths
to the treatment of Aliens.

" Also, Copies! or Extracts of all Currespondenre between
the Secretary of State and the Ambassador of the Nether-
Imeek, relative to passports tpxtited to persona not heist;
natives of the United Kirigeluni, or the 'Sethi, lands."

Lord CASTLEREAGH confessed lie could see no-
thing in the motion of the Honourable Member
but au attempt to induce the House to discuss the
principle of the Alien Bill in a premature war,
before the Bill itself was regularly debated. lie
would in this case only ask the Hon. Member to
skew any instance wherein the Ministry had abused
the powers with which they had Loreto intrusted by
similar acts, or show that in ally one instance the
provisions of the Alien 13ill had been enforced with
respect to any individnals, in compliance with the
wishes of a foreign Government. lie should, it
the absence of all attempts to prove the existence
of any such evil arising out of the powers thus con-
fided to his Majesty's blioisters, resist the produc-
tion of the correspondence altogether, as involving
tlw publication of the communication of foreign
Governments with the Government of this conic-
try. This was a practice altogether minsual.—
He had no objection to state, as a principle m
which the Government of the country loud acted
hitherto, respecting parties proscribed, or persons
disaffected to their own Goverinuent, that it was
intended to permit such persons to collie over and
reside here, provided that they did nut employ
themselves, or their abilities, in attempts to &mut b
the public tranquillity, or assi4 the stews of any
exterior power, in opposition to the interests of
this country.

Sir F. RURDETT objected io strong terms to the
exercise of suds extraordinary and lIIIVOIIeIIIIIIOI/iti
powers in the Executive Government. The prin-
ciple was as abhorrent as the practice. It was coy.
indeed, to say, there was no opportunity of com-
plaint, inasmuch as Ministers had not abused the
power. how collid it he ascertained that Loglisli
interests had alone been concerned, until the 11,
formation required were laid before the House,
which would then be in a *tate to di tertnine for it-
self? Was it just to refuse to the House e•en Ilia
numes of those whom Government had not liesitatid
to banish from the country ? That the practice was
liable to abuse, he could prove its several instarce-•
lie remembered a case, where time foreign inti-
chants set out on their journey to claim certain deLt•
due to them, who, upon their passage through t; e
Netherlands, had been arrested on suspicion of too rg
sworn to some assassination plot or other, and wile
there detained for a considerable period of time, end
at length were discovered to have beets the victims
of tuisrepreseutatiou to the Government of the
Netberlatids. He alluded also to the case of one
Jobton, who owed his escape from being sent oat
of the country under the Alien Act. through similar
misrepresentation, to his fortunately Intviiig known
au official person named Chinnery. Upon the slici%-
ing of the Noble Lott', he thought no case had

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