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ALIEN BILL.

Ln►d CASTT.r.II6AOIII moved the second reading
of the Alien Bill.

Lord A. II ant LTON conceived that the Bill was
tit thu present moment whollT tinneceesary, the
circumstances of the times being totally different
fun!: what they erre at the first enactment of this
rill. The only reason that could be urged for its
ietruellierion now was, that because we had a %Vat.
.theis Bill we should also have a Peace one.-
11. the (louse tolerited an oppressive Measure of
this kind, respecting foreigners, did they nut stir--
pose the character of the country must necessarily
emit in the estimation of other nations, against
whose subjects it was directed? Would the House.
snider such circumstances, arm the Secretary of
State with the power of sweeping out of the
country; at his pleasure, all foreigners without re-
servation, be they alien friends • or alien enemies,
and no matter whether their residence shall have
been long or short in Great Britain?—(Hear.)—
The Noble Lord then took a review of the op-
pression to which an alien was exposed by the se.
caul awl other clauses of the Bill. Au alien
might Ise committed in the most euntniury mum-
tier to the common gaol, and then hostily sent out
of the kingdom. The security of the country re-
quired the exercise of no such severity. If the
Crowu had (as it now had by the common law of
tot m.q 4 ',cover of sending any foreigners out of
the land he proclainatioss, where was the necessity
of the Hill now proposed ?—(lfear. beim/
Why should this country adopt a system 01 11.
gour, which no other cnuutry ever thought of ex-
ercising ?—(lkar. heer.)—The principle of the
measure was in itself so obnoxious, that it would
be useless to try and modify it by the insertion of
any particular clause. There was one clause, how-
riser, to which he would revert—he meant that
which authorised the messenger, iu whose custody
the alien should be placed, to transmit, if lie de-
sired it, a representation of his case. But how Was
the prisoner to compel the messenger to exercise
this appeal ? It was astonishing that a Bill so
fraught with uppresion should have been allowed
to go to a second reading without a statement of
oily valid grounds or reasons for its introduction.
So far from three being auy thing in the enemas-
stueices* of the country to justify such a proceedin4
lee bud rather thought. that &mimed, ice the proud
situation in winch she stood. should set the exam-
le of liberality to other States, than hold out to
them ate inducement fur adopting oppressive meta.
MUMS to her own subjects.--(Heur.)—lt was ridi-
culous to say, that she was exposed to the machi-
nations or foreigners—her insular situation rendered
her less exposed than any other nation iu Europe to
the sudden irruption of an enemy. Impreioed with
the impolicy and daugeroos tendency of the Bill,
he would conclude by moving, as an satiendlueot
to the present motion. 46 That the Bill be rend a
second time that day three mouths."
On the question being put from the Chair,
Mr. H. ADIMSGTOIII ruse, to express his surprise
at the opposition which was intended to this Bill,
cud to state the reasons which, in his opinion, called
for its introduction. It was not, as had been uns-
tated, a Bill, novel be its principle, feel of übseuxt-
out cluuses, and dangerous to the country. It was
precisely the counterpart of the Bill which passed
through the Hume two years ago, without a divi-
sion, and with the single addition of allowing the
to!ieis an appeal to the d
s
Piivz Couucil. His Noble
Friend (Lord Castlereagh) bed the other night,
when this subject wits discussed, that if it was
tleemed expedient in 1814. what could preveut its
being equally so in 1016 ? Itnigh.)—He
would go farther. and say, that it was more expedient
now than at the foiling- time, from the increased and
inereasiug number of fureliciaers. that the state of
some parts of the Comities', had seat into this coin,
tey. Ile bad said, me u former slight, that lift it
her was slot less theta '20,000, he had mare
teamed. lissit it was nearer 43,000.—(//ear.)—This
Bill ens described as possessing excessive ri-
gour. Let sheets look at It, vied see if this coin,
plaint isms founded in fart. Before he culled
them to do this, he would, loissever, Leg
to direct their attention to the limner Act,
—lt was therein stipulated that the alien, on
his arrival at any of our ports, should sign a certill-
rule before the Alien Agent, of his name, business,
,t;:e.. in this country. He should three n.ke out a
license fur his particular residence, which lie could
..i.l twit to the extent of ten milts, without
iia iflf. to be scot away. 11.! could nut tat toe
1 I sr.' for alsolkr ultimo special perinissiou. Ile
Lad fin amoral, nail, if fo I er.;ain iu the entai-
-1 r.., niter having been mice seat out iif it, he
',wittiest the prisolty of inisoliortatiou for Isle.—
',.:e, was the IVar Alien Bill ; and let it 141 con-
trasted with the present. 'flee ahem, on sigaitig
L,riiiicate at his lauding, may proceed cloy whele
i L the conetry, quite unshackled used olesteel.
ti hets lan ra-eustarked, he had only to chew hie

eerlifiebte of landing, and that was sufficient. lie
was indeed liable psi be sent out of the kingdom at
the optjois of Government.—/Hear, Iseat.)—The
Crown had certainly the prerogative at prevent of
doing the same, but yet it was without the means
of enforcing its order, except by way of indictment,
if the alien should refuse oho:hence. This Bill,
thou. was actually necesisary to sustain the King's
privilege; and was it not also highly important that
the Executive Government 'should have under its
control a register of aliens residing in this country ?
To slew the 'runty with which this power was ex-
ercised, he.heed only state, that, since 1812. only
21 persons had been sent out of the country, and
six of them were for returnisig without leave. He
then adverted to the statement of an Hon. Mem-
ber (Mr. Baring), on a former evening, who had
said, that to his own knowledge aliens were sent out
of: the country on the interference of foreign Mi-
nisters. On inquiry, he (11r. A.) was informed,
by his Noble Relative (Lord Sidnionilt), that no
'such circumstance had occurred. The Hon. Mem-
ber, on a subsequent occasion. though he declined
stating the names of the persons sent away, in the
coarse of the conversation, did afterwards put a
paper its Isis hand, with the name of &sada writ-
ten on it as one of the Aliens. On inquiry at the
Office of the Home Department, he found that
about three years and a half ago, on the applica-
tion of the Secretary of State fur Foreign Attains,
conveying the strongest reasons for the act. M.
Baudet rood M. Labouchere were sent nut of the
country. The Secretary to the House Department
was assured, that there was the moat indisiwnsable
necessity fur ticking this step. But en far from its
being done at the lost's:seism of a borrow) Mini-
ster, he had to state, that there was slot one in
London at that time. The Hun. Mll. mb. r opposite
had stated that there Gentlemen sere in this coun-
try ou commercial lousiness, now, on the cniitiiirs s,
it was clearly shown, that they were here th,
different purposes. They had just arrived m L.c.-
dull, but representations ag.sinst deal ev, re
antecedent to that arrival.—( Hear, hear, from the
Opposition Beecher.)-Cho Right Hon. Oeolle-
man then pointed out several teductinois whicit had
leen made in the alien Department; the expense
was reduced from 9,000/. to 3.000/. and the num-
ber of terser. reduced front fourteen to five since
April last. Ile begged leave also to deny that the
Peace Alien Bill could at 1111 create dissatisfaction
among foreign Powers. He would also contend,
that the people of this country Wottici, so far from
bring pleased at its alsondomitisht, he greatly dis-
satisfied. It was for politica!, nut moral misconduct
that aliens could be sent out of the country, aunt if
Ministers had neglected to propane the re-enact-
Men( of the present Bill, they would hove beau
highly culpable.
Ham:miss' said, that in a country so ein.
lightened as this, it was most monstrous to expect
that ditch a change should be mode in her fun-
damental laws, without the slight, at shadow of
a reason to justify the encroaclootociit. It was
rlolictaious to say, that because it was enacted
is 1013, it ought in 18 1 ( 'ries of Mir, hear.)—
Ile called upon every IL:emit-man who bud the in-
terest, and, what was of still gr. ater consequence,
Use character and honour of his country, at heart,
to oppose this measure. The Right Honourable
Gentlesnau who had just spoken had made out no
case which could stinctiou the passe:;, of such a
Bill. 11'heit toe House was called on lit 1803, to
.auction a s' far measure. they were told thlt the
country was in a critical sat's(' —tint their dan-
ger was slut entirely teicoveti—that the peace could
Hot lie depended on. When tint peace was 1•4,t!.
eluded, France certainly postessrd a great envit,„
governed by a man of powerful mind. Hi• was mg'
then in safe custody, lie way mint under leek ;n al
key, as he was at ',rearm. Therefore, to compare
the circumstances of 1803, with those of 1914, us
A justification of the Rill now wider discus:owl, was
utterly fallacious. But leis comparis ~,,, with relCr-
ence to the prosomt question, was nut with the men.
sure of 1814, but with the oar measure. He
mated; that the war measure was extieuiely severe,
anal that the one now proposed was of a milder
natgre. Su that it was to be received as an
arg iiiii ent for making a perinasient infraction
of our lawv--for driving foreigners out of the
country at a moment's uotice—for putting them
out of the pale of the Constitution—for pre-
venting their ingress to this country, and their wife
living in it—that, in time of war, a measure, like
the present, in principle, had been *meowed —tool
that this ought to he acceded to, because it was
somewhat milder in its enactments. But this ar-
gument was not to the purpose, unless a case of ne-
cessity could be made out to justify the measure.
Ou a ground of necessity alone it was formerly so-
traduced. and nothing but a similar necessity ought
now to induce the. House to adopt it. Massy cir-
cumstances, of temporary pressure, which were
now entirely at an end, hued beets pleaded. at other
times, as reasons for agreeing to the ineastire. Nn
such circumstances were admitted in the present
day—the country was iu a state of profound peace—
toad it was fur the Right Hon. Gentleman to chew,
that there was something in our situation, like tle
slate of things which prevailed in 1793 and 094, to
justify the enactinesst of such a measure now.
IVltat authorities had the Right Hon. Gentleman
quoted in support of this proceeding ? He had
read extracts f Putlendorff, who wrote upon
the Law vNation,; sever once considering that
dots was a pure question of Alsaiiripal Law.—
( Hear, hoar./—'Fite authority. of Puffendurffi he
begged to observe, had but very lately grown into
favour with the Gentlemen opposite—that author
ass but sicsrly quoted from the opposite Bench.
When a question arose, as to the justice of sending
out a great expedition from this country, against a
blend, in a time of peace—which ended in the de-
struction of the capital of that friend, anal the loss
of thousands of hives—mo that great question of
public law, Putfetodiorif Was quailed from that (the
Oppositithi) side of the House—but the Noble Lord
got tip, si.sisted by his corns, and observed,
" Wilco see are in this critical state, shall we suffer
ourselves to go down, with the consolation that we
have l'uffeudurtf to plead in our defence ?" This
was the exclamation of those doctors of the
new morality. They would nut hear of
doll' on a question that could only be decided
by the law of nations, and where the authority
of that miter ought to have been respected ;
but here, on u point of municipal law, where his
authority could have uo weisht whatever, the Right

Hon. Gentleinan thonght proper to iftleelace bun.
—( Hear, hear.)—ln Act, he might, with (elitei ef-
fect, have quoted the Koren, the Talmud, the Le-
vitimil Law, or may other work, which was
uucon-
nectetl with the sultject —( tlear, hear. Now,"
said the Right Hue. Gentleman, " I plead my
Pufiendortf—now I get up with my Pulletelorff in
Inv baud, and I tell yon, that foreigners have tio
right to complain of this Measure." But, cruise-
tutiostally speaking, they lied. Looking to the
question us a point of Enge.sh law (of which Pate
fendorff knew no more titan some gentlemen wl
he had in his eye—Pitleefielmei being a lorries'
writer, u Swede, and the (pestle!' being whether
the King of England had the power, by virtue of
an Order in Council, to reed pet sone out of the
country), they certainly had much ground for com-
plaint. With every respect for the authority of
Pntfendorfe, on other quest:inns, he be:4;4...i ~I
Gentlemen, on this Ortlllloll, to lay
MIA to quote the statutes of the lend. 'l'o quote
them, as laid down by the greatest writer on this
subject, the hand of the Parliament of England.
It was his Hon. and Learned Friends, the At-
Itey tied Solicitor-General, who would have to
!thew bow far this measure could he justified by
law. bedew! of applying to that venerable writer,
Pulfendorti, to support hum, the Right floe. Gent.
ought to have quoted the authority of the Great
Law Officers iti defence of his proposition, " that
its time. of peace the King of England possessed
the extraordinary power, by an Order in Council,
or ,rizotig the body of an alien friend, and rending
him out of this teak', contrary to Magna t'irarta
tied to tier Ilubeas Corpus Act."—(//eta, hear..)—
'Da% wits the pent to be defended—and, in-
stead of a Swedish writer on the law of nations, it
wound re quire all the leg!!l talents, all the research,
sad all tee experience of his Honourable and Learn-
• Friends to usaintain it. lie was not bound to
reduce any uuthority, on the other hand ; but, if
lie chose to do it, he could shew that foreigners
were protected by the law of England as well as
native-leorp subjects. Such was our character for
generous and hospitable rondoet to foreigners, that,
even iu time of war, they were protected. Let
Geittleineri look to the 30th section of
Churls, and they would find, that " protection
should be given to merchant straegers, within the
realm—tied they should have full power of t
sojourning, and going out of the kingdom, as
they lot—unless such as had previously been pith-
hely prohibited." Jlere be slime P quote an Eng-
bob writer on the municipal law—no less a roe
than Sir Edward Coke. He had no great enmity
to the prerogative of the Crown, lint, on many oc-
casions, he 'hewed himself a lien filen(' In the
rights of the people. lie certainly was one te. the
most learned, if not the most learned lawyer this
country—noel his knowledge of the Constitution
of England wits W 4111141. hi his comment,. oil
Magna ('Grata, lie stated, OA the meaning of the
word poldire, in the 32(1 section, was, 66 prohi-
bited by Act of Purbameut." If his authority were
correct, it put the question beyond a doubt. It terra
clearly to prove this--that strangers were protected
by the low of the lurid. As to personal liberty, the
law was the tame, both with respect to,, ritish stet-
jects and foreigners. There were rest 4,ettnis phiced
on them, With relerence to property—but, as to
liberty of person, no check whatever was imposed
on them. They might enter the country--they
might move About iu it—and depart front it when
they pleased. The Right liou. Gentleman was
surprised that foreigners should eomplaie of those
slight restraints which the BM authorieed. When
a foreigner, he observed, arrived its this I.:country,
he acted as freely us a matfral-born subject could
do. The 'then was much obliged to the Itielit
Floss. Gentleman fur this tepresentation. But how
steed the fact ? foreigner could not move
aeout, until he had gut hie certificate. Ile l'olll4l
1,01 c IMO thi. country without receiving a cer-
tificate. What was his aquae (((( when he had 11'-
I[4-IVO' it I lie might travel without a passport.
Of .oche 411 instrument we knew 'editing in this
cotouttj. Ile 1111,411 i cote walk about without a
lieeese—thettgli that was contained in the dose for-
merly ee vest to adieus. Hut 'night lie not be seize
eel, 'sellout only prevent% notice---placed iu the
eincoey of a hide's elesfeenger—and banished
from the realm, atid sent wherever the Crown
"erased ? For he never heard that there was any
great desire manifested to take the alien where he
desired to go. While he wee pursuing a
journey front Lotoloit to York, on business ,if en.
portaiice, lie might be stopped, aye, before lie got
to Remelt, seed hurried out of the country. Did
he e from Hollutid, lie might be sent to
Ile come fruin France, lie might be sent
up •
the Mediterranean. Was this nothing ? Would
not foreign Powers look to three restraints and itn-
pedimeitta on their subjects, with a jealous eye ?
He had no doubt that such reitrictiotts would be
heard of in foreign Courts, said that our mer-
chants, our travellers—epersons journeying for
health, education, or pleasure—would have rea-
son to deprecate them, iu consequeece of the in-
security they would find abroad. If any act of
oppression were exercised, the plea would be—" Ira
England you use our subjects in this manner, and
we only retaliate on you." 'flue House would
indulge him in hoping that the conduct of this
Government would not induce less enlightened
States to adopt mare rigorous measures against
us. It we. our equal laws, extending protection
to foreigners as well as Englishmen, which drew
to our shores that wealth mud industry, which our
less fortunate neighbours lost by their impolitic
meusures. NVlteto religious persecution raged our
the shores of France, did not this country ere her
(mists crowded with refugees Why del they
11.111 e here, rather than proceed to Rnssia or to uny
other country ? Because they knew that the law
cat here as favourable to foreigners an to the natives.
- Hear, hear.J—They felt that Magna Chants
protected both equally—they knew that the Habeas
Corpus Act was alike open to both.—(Hour. hear.)
—Therefore it was, thut, when driven from their own
commy they sought our shores. During the last
year and at half, iu consequence of the rumour that
religious (I:nem:tees were about to arise on some
parts of the Contmesit, remittances, to a large
utuoute, were made to this country. From the
channels tiwy mare through—from the 'Jerson' to
whine they v e e consigned—they could only have
been transmitted to England on account of the
reason he had already assigned,—that the indi vi-
dust's also thus acted were cuafideute if they came

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to this cowitry, they Nstould wiry, as heretofore,
the protection of Eisg law—and have as much
security far their persons arid property, as nutiira!-
born stihjeete :Ile realer. .The Right Hoe. Gent.
hail ex hi. le; that time milieu might
eirmieal to the King. in Council. The Howe would
t r judge of the benefit of this aet•eal, when
they heard the interpretation given to the clause
under which it wet grunted, by the Privy Council,
and all the great Law Authorities. The Leanied
Gentlemaii here adverted to the case of in lawn,
in which he %vie rut:aged, where it ties decided by
the gout Lew °Hirers, although the elite) did
teulerseind Euglisle although he knew no more
or 6, I;a w of England than he did of the law of
Javan, 'lint lie should not be defended by COMMA
Mid alto nary, but that be must defend liiinetef.
near, hear,)—That iudivuitrot was afterwards
twee:lit before a Judge, under the Umbras Corpus
Act ; hot he declared that he could not iatel fere.
So lila iodithloal wilt sent out of the cyan-
tiy, on the mere sk rob sic jubeo of the Secretary
or State, who useeittel no reason for the proceed-
ing—or, if lie did, it was behind the back of the
allele, mild, therefore, lie could not oppose it. This
wes what the Right Hon. Gentleman called, the
appeal to the Privy Council. Better would it be
to expunge it from' the Bill, for it was a mere
mockery. 'limey acre told that wily one or two
cases of libelee hail occurred under the Bill. So
that, because no impeachable offence had beeii
eiii ttttt itted by the Right lion. Gentlemen and his
Noble Relat;tiai, they were to give up the British
Comitittition, pro taato—they were to give up
Itic:;•rus t'haria—lend to allow at most unjust stretch
of withorift• to he exercised over 20,000 aliens re-
siding in this • try. They might as well, be-
cause there were 20,000 Irishmen in Liverpool.
10,0ti0 in Manchester, and 100,000 elsewhere,
decide (et bringing be an Iriskman's Act, on the
ground that thsvonteuts had formerly prevailed.—
( Irear.)—la conclusion, the Learned Gen-
tleman observed, that lie should as soon vote for
the roar measure, as for the present, because it re-
sembled its osiginal in all its worst features—and
he trusted that every mail who loved the constitu-
tion of his semidry, or wished to• preserve its cha-
racter in the. vie of foleign nations, would mark it
with his reprobation.
Mr. H. AUDINGTON and Mr. Banuctust Se.
verally explained.
The Sore et TOIL-G CS ERA t. contended. that. un-
der the common lame, the King had a right, by
prochimetion, to order aliens out of the country.
He certain!y had not the power of immediately de-
portant"; them—but, if they disobeyed his proela-
"nation, they were liable to punisitment. The pre-
sent Bill, therefore, was introduced in aid of a
power he conceived, the Crown possessed,
without inly Act of Parliament. An 'then, though
with teriaie deductions, entitle.' to all the privi-
leges that tenthd be giveu to lens, still remained, in a
foreign country, under perini.siou of the State—
and had lint die same rights as a native-born sub-
ject, who could eater the country, unless he com-
mitted some crime which culled for banishment.
It belonged to the Seim to grant or refuse this per-
mission to a foreigner—and if this were the case, the
authority must be exereiseil by the Executive
Breech of the State, and that, by the law ~f
England, was the King. This power could be
proved by umilegy—by looking to the authority
whirl' tee S'evereign exercised over his native-bons
ill trivets. He ,night prevent his subjects from going
abroad, owl he might recall them from (weep'
countries, if lie tl elit prop. a Having this au-
thority over his native-leen subjects, on the same
gi•oundi he ought to posstes an equal power over
;then subjects. The Learned Gristles:um denied
that the interpretation given to Magma Charta, by
1119 Learned Friend, was correct. The pelt he ad-
verted to bail a prospective operntion, and must be
comishltred us applymg to thot.e persons who :night be
fools:lilted at a future period. It could not be al..
gruel that its application was general. If it were,
why were merchant-strangers alone mentioned ?
The filet was, that this *retitle' was not meant to
protect aliens against the prerogative of the Crown,
but to support them organist the exactions and im-
positionstif the subject. The Learned Gentleman
then quoted the opinions of Sir IV. Black.stone
and of Sir Edward Norilwy, who was Attorney-
General in the reign of Queen Anne, iii support of
hit position, that the King, in the exercise of his
prerogative, might send aliens omit of the country.
lie conclusion, the Learned Gentleman said, 1w
did out thick, after twenty-five years of war, when
every thing had been jostled from its situation, that
the mere signature of peace could rtetore them to
their just and natural positime He thought the
revolutionary spit it which occasioned this measure
originally was abated, but lie believed that it still
existed. It crouched, with cat-like wutele ready
to spring upon its prey, when occasion offered.
Therefore, it would not be suite to forego those
cautious measures, which were sure of preserving
to us that which caution, and wisdom, und energy
hail procured.
Sir S. itomti.t.Y said, the expediency of passing
this Bill did mint depeed at all on the common
law. He whited to avert the direussiim front that
lest it should be confined only to pro-
fessional men—because it was right that Gentle-
men, not connected with the law, should mark
the policy of the measure, and mint be gimled
in their determination by what tilts er 'sled seas
hot, volition,, law. Ile did not say this to
eweett himself from giving his opinion on that
part of the subject. He believed that the King
had no right, in tinie of peace, by his sign
to order any prison, loot a neturnl-born subject,
out of the couiltry. He must see souse higher au-
thorities than those cited by his Learired
before he %greed in his proposition. Every
pct.'s's' must have observed, diet it was the po-
licy of huts Majesty's Ministers not to suffer Na-
turalization Acts to puss where it well(' be avoided,
fur 100 other purpose. as he believed, than to keep
foreigners within the operation of this Bill, su that
his telajesty'si Ministers might have mg influence
over them. The best illustration lie cutild gee of
this is as, that there was u 'gentling order iu the
!liaise of Lords, by which it wits directed that 100
Naturulization Bill should be read it second time,
unless the party desiring to be lent unitized produced
a certificate, eiginet by sine of his Majesty's Minis-
ters, and that his Majesty's Ministers exercised their
power iii this respect in an arbitrary malincr the re
was sufficient proof. A e:e:e of this sort had recciely

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occurred, in c. hi. h a pi rson applying for aes rrifi.
care to his 'Majesty's Nlinisters had been refused.
Ttois person came to this country at eleven yews of
age, mid had passed liity years of his life in bins-
iie-s ; the greater part of which time he had •
elm-aged in the flax trade—a circumstance %%Inch •
particular Act o. Charles 11. for the
coura•gement of the growth of flax in this countiy,
raitiiled him to the privileges of a British 501•j....1, •
It happened, that a real, estate was devised zo this
person and his wire, of the value of •260,000/. upoii
trust to sell.. The nte.a immediately proceeded to •
sell the estate; but souse question having atiwo
upon the title to the land, the matter was rile:led
to n skilful cceriottneer, who discovered, that
though the :I..et •'f Charles IL gave him ad the
rights of a BHA) salij• ct, it did not uate..l is • •
him. Coder these circumstances, he applied to
his Majesty's 31iiiisters4 t unturalized ; bat, nut.
withstandlog the petard ::e hail livid in this coca.
try, and the nroiluci ma of testimoaials i*.•;!, the
most respiictal.le perm.. s ill the country—sin.... of •
those Members of that Iluuse—Minister, re.
fused to sign a cAtilicate of his good ma.. •
duct.—(i/ear, hear.)—That was to say, they •
considered it dangerous to admit a Mall of ins.
impeacluible character. and a man resident t,. t;jj, •
country from his childhood, to the benefit of •
ralizatioii. There were sevend other host
which his Majesty's Ministers had exert ised 1.114
power in the tootle manner. Whether this ea: .41-
sistent with the piinciples of the Constitution or
nc., he would not take upon himself to say. 'Fa!
Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had stated on a form -r
night, that there were much stronger res,ous for
the passing of this Bill now than had exi-o :1 •
at any former period of peace—if so, he l.so
only to lament that those reasons had not hems.
stated that night, as at present lie felt go•tu
at a loss to imagine what they could hr. lye '
was willing to n.liiiit that the exercise of this 1.,a, •
from 1793 to 1815, had been extremely moderate ;
but this, he contended, alforiltd an additional argu- •
tura against its renewal ; fur if, during a peraid
such danger and difficulty, the law had beets toms' •t t;•
so useless, surely, in a time of profound pc., e. •
when no.danger existed—or was rationally tai •
apprehended, the necessity for its re-enactment
ceased altogether.—(Hear.)—tipoti the whole, t...
thought the vesting such a power in the (h... ro.
meld, to be exercised so darkly and
was extremely reprehensible as well as at votraNce
with the principles of Brush laws, and with nap,:
feelings he felt it his duty to oppose the Bill.
The SOLICITOR-GEN ERA 1. explained.
Lord CASTLEREAGH and it dal not rcrpire the
talent or the ingronity of the llononral,:e ;not
Learned Gentleman to discover that a lat.!•• do•crr-
loamy iutwer allowed the irissiltilitv of
The ipte-tion in the present instance, howev-•-, v .ts,
simply, whether, where there existed a prati.ili.l to •
Of danger to the State, it was tict•proper twit his '
Majesty's Gove 11111 l rut shouid have the memo,
their hands of proteetion. This was a Inuit idle
recogi'ised by law, and the power which the Crown •
had, with respect to aliens, was one of the first of •
its prerogatives. The Noble Lord then atilt till to
contend fur the necessity of taking precatitimiiiiv
measures, mind to observe, that if such a pllVl!'r as
that which existed under the Al's,' Bill, ,vas
not vested in the [wok of his Majesty's Go..
willow:4 all these troublesome spirits who were
attached to Botiaitarte, as well us the &scout-10.d
front all parts of Europe, would take refuge i tins ;
country. The consequences of such an inu• dation 'l..
it was unnecessary for hiro to antiripate, but
ing the question iii a political point of slew, ;
thought it mare prudent to have recourse to prevein.
live measures than to he obliged here-aft:l- to ap-
ply to laws of a more aggravated nature.
Mr. floaNctt was willing to concede, thus, if
Ber existed, it would be sound policy to pass this.
ill. No such danger being to lie oppreliended„
however, lie sus of opinion that it ought to Le re-
jected altogether. Ile would musk, were the aio ::s
exempt from the penalties of the law, ishieli ap-
plied to other offenders? and, if riot, Mil not ilie
common law afford sufficient protection ie2.tiost
individual misconduct ? Previous to t I cool-
moot law was found fully adequate to prot•i:t the
country against datioers equally pressiite as Ito. t
referred to by the Nolle Lord--and why it shoui.l
not be denied so now, lie was at a loss t., &sue
Periods had existed during contests for the Ct..• u.
when the machinations of aliens might he ji,-1!,
appreliesoled, and yet no such power us that el..olii•l
by that Noble Lord existed. There was Ai.. r
period, %lieu a contest existed between t -No r.
and when there was great and real dairger i.ran
intrigues and factions of foreigners to this cniic,...
At that time All great a danger existed limn Pa;:
and Jesuits, as could possibly be apprelieu.ki
this moment froin the presence of ails• fi.e.ii2,to•v
whatever • yet those who then advised the
colic-tired the common law adequate to eosin e
safety of the country.—(Hear, hrar.) —Bat to 4
come to better times, eso,,ially since the art ess i•..
of the llonse of Hatiov..4 he would ask, was the:..
period of the reigns of the two tirst Prilices of thitt
family that was lite. (*taught with greater deo ger
when there existed Pretenders to the t;woue r- -
siding in the neighbourin^ country, suponried i•y
its arms mid encotira4t .1 by its policy ? The k lag
doin aas not, during any of those period..
llio Aht•il Ala. pad yet it scent tl;:oinz'i
all thi.se ilain4ers, 1. siittieg from Pretcod,
struggle. far Oft. cror% 1., and contests for rt
This lie conceived to h.• ao answer to the ra!tim:•y
of the Noble Lord, in accusing tlicin of su'e't sits
lity to the dangers ~I the country, when the rriett.a:a
seas, iii reality, bet c.eeu a srusihaitt, o.i tic
hand, to the dangers arising from the re-t•rt of fo-
re:goers ; and, on the other, to the *note -r:iou• 0:•e
of nitrusting so last a lamer iiito the liatid- of the
Executive. The Noble Lord had said that his
Learned Friend had argued the qmstion nn nal-
row grounds. True be had argued it on itartow
grounds, because lie could not have anticipated
those very witle tool extraordinatv slew' which:
the Noble Lord seemed to have uhopted. Tiuc
Noble Lord put it on perfertly hew grounds,
such as Mr. Pitt had disclaim, d ; for while
Pitt argil...if the iicce,ity of such iv' Act, Illertly
with left:mice to Bilusli 'pulses, soil our ititsroul
tranquillity, the only thing that could be coils-cool
from the speech of the Nettle Lord was, that tl e
Bill a4S necessary to soolont the tranquillity
foreign couch ies.—( ear, hoer.) —The \ot :
Lord, it was tune, had unity the airy:skin, c:5...-

tLd iittcre.sts of Great ;" bat vague its were
those words, it was nut difficult to thaw who lied
watched the coarse of his policy to attach a very
definite What the Noble Load meceit
by " the essential interests of British policy," was
plrtty evident from the piocreelings of the Con-
gress of Vienna, where the rights of itidepetident
countlies were sacrifired to the legitimate or
leerily-made Alowarehs.—( tear, hear, hear.),-
Perhaps, too. moue reference might be made of it
to that malign:tot action that had lately been wit-
nessed, when persons, twitter Low guilty they
may have been, listen.;; het ome obnoxious to the
IlLiverinnetit of I.hauctt, e ere prevetited from resid-
ing in any other coo:4:y Clem Illissia, Prussia, or
Austria. Perh.e.s if some of those unhappy Iwo-
istriltrii victims r f p,aer should heiiil their waialer-
StelE4 t 11, to setk for refuge and re-
pose, it iiii._!!tt et. ,u• .I hy t:.e Noble Lord " at.
essential oleret I i• .f.;:i.li policy" to deity them
Ca. hospitality Ii 4.,.r c:itnit:y. But wen!!! the
Noire, who with if :11.:ulty had bettii persuaded, in
ti ties of a rely ditlireot complexion, to Orin the
Executive with nit unusual authority—would the
Uonsr itow give such arbitrary authority ?—would
they cotta: ht to turn out all industrious
who burl inatiglit their property, their foul es,
:oat their industry to our country ?—(
hear, hear.)—Wauld they enable the Nob
Lard, swim.; in Dawning-street, to concur with
the French Ambassador, the Spanish—(hear,
bear)—the Mission Ambassador, to turn out those
persons, without knowing whether they may go to
th r drs.nts of Siberia or the dungeons of Ceuta
/Hear, hear.)—The Hon. Gentleman then con-
tende.l, that no proof had best given to the
House of any danger existing to our internal
tranquilltly, and that it would be unworthy the
I:Jul:owl dignity or character to lend ourselves to
gratify the caprice or passion of foreign despots.
The Arroestir-Gr.sLRAL argued that it was a
prerogative of the CrOWII to remove aliens at plea-
sure fro:ii the kingdom.
Sir J. !.lat rtiNTOSit considered the introduction
of the pre., ut Bill us a most wanton deviation
from the eoiniami law of the land. He lilt per-
fri thy (111 V hived that there was not the least shadow
of reASOII to suppose the Crown possessed the lire-
rogatiste of removing aliens at pleasure. The as-
sertiou had been made without the citation of
authority, and was, in fact, begging the rims-
(Mu whirl) was the subject of dispute. It ap-
peared to him, however, quite ridiculous to argue
sin a rigl,t winch for 400 years had lain rust-
ittg iii its sheath aiming the old armouries of jire-
rigative, miemployed in any active service. Ile
ridiculed the idea of there being at present soy
danger to this country from the resort of foreigners,
amt considered the Bill as an instrument rather of
0,111 of d ))))) estic policy. Ile deer, rated
paariug 20,000 persons, the %opposed number of
firei.4-tiers in this c try, at the disposal of tlir Se-
en-Lary of Steer, reducing them to a state in %sleet)
they lived by will and not by law—not nadtr the
protection of the constitutiou, but by a reinieve
I exile, at the will of a Secretary of State. tic
trusted that the House would not pass the rid,
which, instead of suffering us to boast with our ita-
ctsior., that the touch of the British soil tadraa.
chiseil the slave, would exhibit the' melancholy con-
'trust of enslaving the free.—(Hear, hear.)

Mr. Jo NES conceived the Bill most micoostito-
C011..' in its priuciple, and highly oppressive in its
operotion.

The question being loudly culled for, the 'louse
divided, %shell the nouiben were—

For the m0ti0n.....
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Mitiority for the second reading of the fill 9$
The thin was accordingly read a second time.
A new %Writ was (inhered for the county of Castli-
gall, in the Mom of Mr. Johnes, deceased.
Tile other Orders of the Day were then read,
and tile llouae Adjourned at ONE o'CLocit.

mention the nlond. r of the city of 11OheAt, the an.
eient residtstec of the Hakim., by 4,000 horsemen,
under 111 utaroot Gurruhsitth ; the fort had not been
*narked.

Nuthiug of importance bad occurred in the emir
of Itolkar by the last accounts.

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