The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-21 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. Win. Grant, from the Office of the Rolls Co'flirt, pre-
sented a Return of the Fees payable to the different Officers
of that Court.
Mr. STUART WORTLEY, presented a Petition from the
Noblemen and Land-owners of the County of Wigton, pray-
ing- for an alteration in the Corn Laws.—Ordered to lie on the
Table.
In a Committee. of Ways and Means, a Resolution respect-
ing- the Lottery was agreed to.—Report ordered to be received
on .Monday next.

The further consideration of the Report of
.the Apprentice
Bill was postponed to Monday next.
sTrima WORTLEY moved the re-commitment of
the HigliwaY Bill. It was his intention, he said, to bring in
a Bill next Session to regulate the °thee of Surveyor of the
Highways. In the Committee sonic discussion took place be-
tween Mr. S.Wort ley, Mr. Shaw Lefevrc. and M r. Davies Giddy.
'flit Report ordered to be received on N'lnaday next.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY moved an Address to his Royal
Highness the 'Prince Regent, that a ii.eturn might be made
flon',e of tiie number of persons, male and female,
comaiitted to the Old Ballty fortriu, during the years 1810,
1 I and 12, distiaguishing the crimes on which they were in-
t:lsA; and numbeis convicted, &c. This information
• • ,:cti aain again required, and an oi der' had
• •}t% lung back a' -rune, 1811, -for the year 1810, but
:: • had', -.-en yet mad,. He did nut believe this
, :•. :‘,ly ~n the pari of the Officer at•the
Old Bailey, to be a very respectable man.'
Perhaps the ()dicer retire some .compen,ation fur his
rrouhk: • There ought to lie an Act of Pat innuent reqairing
the flierks of Assn e to make such :ietut•ns.
Mr. HiLiCir he would not oppose the
motion. ic made a few o:.:„.;ervations, which were inaudible
in the

I\fr. -"y.riNNTF, said, the rronse might call the Officer to
the Bar of the House, and in,iuire whrhe refused to comply
with the Order Of t!i4.?
Sir }OMjLLY thanked his Honourable and
Learned Friewt for Uis hint, of •.vlfich he raid he would avail
Uimsrlt. :'he Ad lies's was then ordered.

Mr. NVlllTPlitl'il.,%9NsDar l'lCE'rleGiEdil. in his hands a
tPe,
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,i)o,,,,i_in, stiogni
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tr.‘evisiot)sne \s'nl-I(l)i'ewiriftfls ti(l)tfotegnetilipe!.
• . !feared in the newspapers orlate, and who had
excited a considerable degree of the public atten-
. tion. The Petition was from one of the personi
• against whom .a.Bill of indictment had been some
time ago' found for a conspiracy. He was sure,
however, that any individual might approach the
House in full reliance on its justice, without hay.-
ing any thing to fear from the operation of pre-
judice, whatever the accusation against him. It
was from Charles Random Baron de Berenger. •
The Petition stated, that he was at present con-
fined in Newgate, and, by means of his confine-
ment, precluded from having the necessary means
of defence ; and that he had been arrested and
detained on false pretences, under a warrant
signed by his Majesty's Secretary of State. As
the Petition was couched in respectful lan-i
page, he should therefore move that 'it be
read. [The Petition was thereupon • read: It
stated in substance, that he bad beeoapprehneded
under the Alien Act; that he had been deprived
of his money, clothes, and papers ; that no answer
had been
,returned to his applications for them ;
and that be bad been disturbed in prison by per-
.sons who came oii the part of the Stock Ex-
change Committee, with orders from the Secre7
.tary of State's Office]. - The Honourable Gen-
tleman then said, he would proceed to make a few
observations on the use which had been made of
the Alien Art in this case. Presuming that the
charge upon which the BarOn de Berenger had,
been detained, namely., that he was a person dan-
gerous to the safety of this kingdom, was one on
which the Secretary of Stat-e believed he was in
conscience called upon to arrest him; he had yet
to learn how any person so arrested could be de 7 ,
prived, under the Alien Act, of any thing but
-arms. 'The Baron de ' Berenger, however, had.'
been deprived of his papers, clothes, and money. -
?art of . them had been at last returned to him,
after it; long delay ; but the precise effects which
Were taken froni him at the time of the arrest, had
not been returned, When the other Gentlemen
got omit on bail, he bad-been 'remanded on a war-
rant, stating, that it might be dangerous to have
liiinsent out of this kingdom, and, authorising his-
, detention, Ste. Now, up to the period of this myste-
rious transaction, so far from M.de Berengerhaving
been considered as dangerous, he was employed. as
an Officer, in a corps commanded by the Earl of
Yarmouth. Unless, therefore, such an.explana-
tion should he given as he did not anticipate, he
should- feel it his duty to move for such' a Secret
Committee as had examined into the case of Capt.
Colville. Mr. Col Ville had been detained three
years,,and hopes bad lately been held out that he
would be soon released.; but the House ought to
consider, that-however short the days might seem
to them, there was a long interval, from- 1811 to'
1814, to a person in confinement. He should un-
doubtedly, therefore, move for the appointment
,of a Secret Committee. He wished to remark,
also, that no answer had been received to the
letter addressed by Baron de Berenger to Mr.
Beckett, dated the 19th April, expressing his sur-
prise that his papers, and other things necessary to-
his defence, had- not been returned to him until
the 14th of May.
.This 'letter also stated, that

persons bad been intruded on him from the Stock
Exchate ConanisttA:, %vitt, ot:clers front the. Se-
cretary of State's (Mice, who put' various interrO-
gations. to him. The Hon. Gentleman Concluded
with movinr that the Petition do lie on the table.
Mr. H, ADDINGTON ,expressed his thenks tat the
Hon. Geatleman for the opportunity he had af-
forded him of explaining this affair. Wi. gout
entering. into, any detailed answer, be a,-pahl
s:ortly State io the House, that M. de Bare:leer
• , being a registered Alien, and having. au Alien'S
licence, was arrested by a warrant -ssued by the
Secretary o!. State, in execation of his duty, on a
charge quite distinct from the offence for which a
bill of indictment had been found against him.
Ott this warrant, having• been apprehended and
brought up to London,_ and-when the her-Gen-denten were released, who had found hail ander
the Prosecution, he was (It:rained on the saute
charge for W!ielt lie ,had been originally arrested,
and which the Hon. Gentleman would hardly-ex=
pact him to state. With regard to the detene
tion of his clothes, money, and papers, the value
of the money had been restored, 'a great part of
his letters bad been, restored, and his agent had.
had access to all of them. If he remained' in New_
gate, it was at his own express desire, he having
preferred that prison to that (of Miens. •He was
surpt ised to hear the power of the Secretary of
State to issue such warrants under the Mien A! t
called in question. Such variants bad always
been granted by the Secretary of State, and had
never before been challenged. There was another
charge avhi•ch he could not answer, because he did
not know any thing respecting it—that persons
had been forced on hint contrary to his own wishes.
He did not know any thing of this, but he Was in-
clined to suppose, thitt when inquired into, a suf-
ficient reason would be given for whatever took _
place.
WHITBREAD observed, that although the
Right Hon. Gentleman might flatter himself that
he had given a reply to this Petition, the House
would feel tat in truth no satisfactory anSWa r
bad been given. It was impossible, ,its -IMittC:s
new stood, to contradict the assertion, 'that the
arrest and °confinement .of the Baron de Berenger
originated in a charge totally distinct front the
criminal prosecution which had recently been
commenced, and the Right Hon. Gentleman must
therefore receive full credit for his statement. It
was the fact, that Mr. Wrenger bad chosen New-
gate as the least comfortless place of the two that
had been offered him ; but there he was molested
by the intrusion of strangers, who came to inspect
his person and obtain evidence : to this charge no
answer had been given. It was at least doubtful,
Whether the extensive powers given to the Secre-
tary of State, under the Alien Act, bad riot been
abused, and that its provisions had been abused
and perverted to the worst purposes, Where,
however, under the Alien Act, of any other Sta-
tute, could a justification be fount; for depriving
Mr. de Berenger of his money and clothes, some
of which were kept from the 19th of April to 'the
14th of May ? What right had the Stock
change Committee, a self-e!ected and self-consti-
tuted body, to intrude upon the privacy of any
individual, or to pervert the regular course of
public justice ?
Mr. BATHURST said,that unless the House, in the
exertion of its paramount authority, chose to or-
der a particular inquiry, which in a matter of such
delicacy it would scarcely think
.expedient, the
subject must rest upon the statement made by the
Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Addington).
It did not appear that the situation of Mr. de Bel-
renger was worse than that of other persons under
similar circumstances, or that he was intruded up 7
on more by strangers, or was more publicly seen.
than if he had been at large, with liberty to walla
where he-pleased. He did not know what were
the precise regulations of the Alien Act with re-
gard to clothes or money; but when such a charge
Was exhibited against the individual, it seemed
natural that such a power should be allowed. •
Mr. ABERCRDMBIE thought that a moie serious
charge could not be brought against any Minister
than that he had misapplied and abused the
Powers vested in him by the Alien Act, and that
it well merited further inquiry. There was, un-
doubtedly, great hardship ,in the case Of Mr. de
Berenger : he was not, allowed the means of
making his own defence, and by means of his
,confinement witnesses were intruded upon him to
identify his person, and he was thus compelled to
supply testimony to his adversaries.'
Lord A. HAMILTON asked, at what time the
charge against Mr. de Berenger, for which he 'vas
arrested under the Alien Act, had arisen ? •
. Mr. BATHURST replied, that the House, if it
deemed fit, might order an investigation of the
whole grounds of his confinement ; but he would
not. consent to fritter away the subject, by giving-
answers to questions that might lead to improper,
disehdsnres.—(A laugh.)
Lord A. tIAMILTON added, that be 'wished for
no disclosure of State secrets, with which the
Right Hon. Gentleman always appeared so big ;
he only asked, at what time the 'suspicion arose
against Mr. de Berenger ?
Mr. H. ADDINGTON answered, that he imagined
the suspicion arose at the time the warrant Was
issued, which would appear by the date.
Sir F. JURDETT observed, that undoubtedly
credit could not be refused to the statement that
Mr. Addington had made ; but, under the cir-

cumstances, it was requiring a great deal of the
House. He wished that a Select Committee
should he appointed, to inquire into this case, as
well as into the cause of the continued detention
of Mr. Colville in Coldbath-fields Prison.
Mr. PONSONBY said, it struck him that Mr. de
Berenger had not been treated, in confinement as
he would have been in either case, had the other
not existed. He had a right to complain of this,
as he ought to be treated as a person under the
Alien Act, or as a person confined on the charge
preferred against him in the bill
of in~lictnient.---
He might also have a rightto complain, if money.
taken from him were to be brought against him
on his trial, which could never have been obtain-
ed had he tiot been confined under the Alien Act.
The question was of importance, and he thought
the House ought not to rest satisfied with the
mew assertion of the Secretary .of State. They
ought to institute some inquiry.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL defended the conduct
of the Secretary of State, • He had treated Dc

Berenger as an agent, against whom no bill of
int..; ;tient Was preferred, and had given him into
the custody of a Messenger of the Alien Office.
,Now that u -hill was Found against him, which
lodged with tie Marshal of the King's Bench,
wso;!;l‘ Lave detained him before he absconded ;
he e ow this committed to Newette. The ds-
teet: of his Pank notes, others of equal value
haling beets given to him, veyeld have been an
act et aety on the part of a Nfitgistrate in a case
ot telinly, and was in his opinion justifiable in,.
the case of Mr. De Berenger. With respect to
the order that the Gentlemen of the Stock Ex-
eietoge might- see him, he should say but little.
Be - trusted no such order bad been given. If
aech an order had been issued, Mr. De Berenger
was not obliged to see these persons. He was as
'merit at liberty to shut his door against them, as
he. would have been if at-large upOn bail..•
Sir S. ROMILLY held the question to-be, whe-
ther or not the power of the Secretary of State
bad been abeseel, by taking from De Berenger
adr•latages of which he could not be deprived but
by the Alien Act. It appeared this man's money
and clothes laid been taken from him before he
was charged with the crime for which he was to
be tried, and detained afterwards. The Petitioner
said, if admitted to bail, by showing himself to
persons who do not know his name, he could get
witnesses necessary to his defence, Weich other-
wise conld not be brought forward. On the other
band, 'those who were to be witnesses for the pro-
secution, were admitted to see him. This was
the use made of the Secretary of State's order,
for i hatever purpose it had beet, issued. On this
'subject the House ought to be particularly jealous',
to see that the power given to the Crown by the
Alien Act was not turned to assist private prose •
eutions, or to deprive parties accused of the means
of defending themselves.
`4I'IIe..SOLIC.I7OII,GENEtiAL replied at some length
to the last Speaker. He thought there was no
foundation for the Petition that bad been pre-
seared, told that the Secretary of State had acted
fair ptioa that the hulls:Wu' in
upon a <fi pt taut ; al
leestion was a dangerous character.
Mr. W. Weleee thought it siogular, that the
charge on the part of the Secretary of State should
have ,coincided in point of time with the prose=
cution on the part of the Stock Exchange. He
thoaght the best cours:s„ for the Hots* to take,
waeld he to appoint a'erret Committee to in-
vestigate the, circumstances of the trans tenon.
The main 4140411 ties consisted in this—was the
'ecretary of State justified in taking the effects
of an Alien ?
Mr. Locanaier observed, that Magistrates must
occasionally act under the exercise of sound dis-
eretioo, as in the case of a man with whom was
found a trunk, containing Clothes stained with
&c. Would it not. be a good plan on the
part of any peason, that he detained property un-
der circumstances of suspicion, for the further-
ance of the enttj of public justice ? He could see
no offence committed by the Secretaey of State,
either as such, or as a Justice of Peace, after be,
was informed that the property was necessary for
purposes of justice, whether. it consisted of _Bank
' notes or other matters.
Sir J. MACEINTOSII contended, as the Power
exercised by the Secretary of State with respect
to Aliens was of the greatest importance, its
abuse ought to be vigilantly guarded against.—
They ought to be particularly strict in their con-
struction of the Alien Act, and no power which
was not diefinetly given in it, ought to be exer-
cised by the Secretary of State against Aliens. lie
was surprised to hear ally thing stated by those
who hatrpreceded him in the debate, which might
.be_prejudicial to the prisoner on his trial. A help-
less foreigner ought to have free access to that
House, which was open to the petitions of all
was shutting their gates with iron tiolts, when
such a supplicant implores relief, to say he should
static for his temerity.
'The Petition Was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. WHITBREAD then rose and said, there was
no time to be lost, or prcjudiee would indeed be
raised. It was stated, that the obvious purpose
of Mr. Berenger was Co get property, which, if
detained, would_ operate to his conviction. This
mutt naturally go against hini, unless the House
investigated the subject. He hoped the Right
j-lon.-:Gentleman (Mr. H. Addington, Who was
going away) would stop a little—(a laugh),—as
'he had -some papers to read. There appeared to
have been a previous communication between
the Secretary of State and the Stock Exchange
`Gentlemen, which, while uncontradicted, seemed
expressly intended to assist the latter in their
private prosecution. In no part of the Yeti-
Lion did Mr. De Berenger pray for Bank-notes;
but for liberation, and to be put in the situa-
tion he was in before. Some parts of his
,defence,
he said, lie could not conduct by the employment
of agents. There were persons who knew him
only by sight, whom, if at large, he only could
find,anel who were material to his case. The At-
torney-General assumed(the case of Berenger be-
mg seized for going-beyond his limits; bat the
warrant of committal did not say so. There
seemed great reason to suspect the correspondence
previous to finding the bill of indictment. The
Solicitor-General sarcastically asked, why Be-
tenger had '_so long abstained from applying to the
House t Why, but because this was. his last re-
sort ! Had he-come sooner, would he not have
'been told thatibe carne there prematurely ? The.
case of the last necessity had arrived : he could
call the Secretin v of State to :no Court, and he
wasp now to be told that he came too late, and
wanted to get away evidence that would convict
He, (Ir. W.) knew nothing about the 'pe-
tition till it was put into his bands ; but 'after
whit had pa,sed, if a M-;:,mber of 'Parliament
could protei.'t th,:2 petitioner against unfairness, he
should have that protection. From early in April
lie had made constant applications for his money,
not for any identical haul:-notes, but for his mo-
ney to pay his gaol fee#, his medical attendants,
and for his sustentation. He had received. his
money only t;lese few- days. Mr. W. then.
prOc:edcd to rcEtpaAshflettcr from l',lr.Beckett,
in answer to his roprvsentption. 'one or the 21st,
of April stated, that all nec,:yary means shMild
be atiOrded him for hiTs defence that could,-with
propriety„ be g„yen 'l•Vhei e was time right of
dedding- Upon .Ivll,llt was Ileces,'3ary.l6r his defence?
Ir. Berengor wa-s -not committud 'to Netv;ate till

the 29th, to plead; hut the Stock Exchange Gen- '
tternen thought his papers might be convenient for
the ends of public justice. Mr. Beckett then said,
that as he thought they would be material for his
defence, he might be permitted to take copies, the
originals being retained lot future objects. At
that time no 'bill had been fiumd against him.—
What then, :he desired to know, was the Secretary
of State's authority for the seizure and detention ?
The Act, it was said, would be clumsy, if it did riot
give such powers ; but he shoold reply, " Shew
medic powers." Was it any answer to say, such
had been the practice % Was that sufficient in
the case of general warrants ? Mr. Beckett wrote
on the sth of May, stating Lord'Sidniouth's con-
sent to his going to Newgate ; but could give no
answer respecting bail. It yeas strange that Be-
tenger preferred 'Newgate to remaining in cus-
tody of a messenger. Mr,. Beckett wrote again on
the ISth of May, up to Which chile Mr. Beren-
ger had 'received uo money.' Lord Sidinouth de-
clined then doing any thing concerning his libe-
ration : as to property, every thing was to be re-
stored, except %dial was :yawed for public justice,
at the approaching trial, with which it was
siid that his arrest had nothing to do. • Other
notes. were then to -be delivered to hint, in-
stead of the original property. Mr. Solicitor-
General had said, that oue note was as good
as another : and so it was, it of equal value; but his
eloquence io a„Court ofJostice would have extorted
a verdict jruin a Jury, it he dwelt upon the value
of a thing being- one's 'own. In 1811, the Hons.•
appointed a Secret Committee to inquire into•the
case of Mr. Colville. No inconveiiience resulted,
nothing was div'elged, and the report sanctioned
his detention. -It was right to have. the matter
cleared up. Had the Stock
.Exchange affair never,
Occurred, tvould Mr. .Berenger have been arrest-
ed ?. If the indictment had not been found, would
he not, in a decent space of time, have been li-
berated % Had the Secretary of
.State's Office
abused its power or not, in paling the means of
conviction into the hands of private prosecutors %
it wae.due,. in justice to the Secretary of State,
to the House., and :to the Petitioner, vvho teas a
foreign, friendless, and traduced individual, to in-
quire into the matter. He had said traduced, on
account of the presumptions against. a man yet
untried. He concluded by moving for a Secret
C6nemittee to inquire into the circutustaeces of
the detention of Chas. Random de Berenger, and
to report thereon.
Igr. B. BATHU RST complained of the change in
the proceedings of the Hon. Member, proposing
at feat only to move for a Committee on a future
day lie saw nothing in the letters inconsistent
with the former practice, or the duties of the Se-
cretary of State.- Any information received by a
magistrate or private individual would justify the
detention-devil* was suspicious. The very ques-
tion might turn on one of those bank-nettes. It
was not those on his side of the House, but the
lion. Member, who occasioned suspicions and pre-
sumptions. Whci else had brought befOre the
House the circumstances of the &notes 'and the
coat ? Mr. Berenger only spoke of his property
at large : there might be a mark on one bank-
note, and not on another. Why would not the
value of the mites answer his purpose ?
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that was Mr. Beckett's
statement, not Mr. Berenger's.
Mr. B. BATHURST.----That did not matter, as
Mr. W. had proceeded upon it. Surely when the
cot duct of the Secretary of State was spoken of
as a wanton abuse of power, he might touch on
the subject without a charge of disparaging Mr.
Berenger. If Mr. W. hail brought him into a pre-
dicament, he (Mr. 8.13,) could not help it. There
was no malicious abuse of office, but a fair use of
it, from circumstances arising since the detention.
The notes given must equally satisfy Berengeee'
want. A motion like this should have had a notice.
Practice did not exclude inquiry; but he objected to
a hasty motion for examining the conduct of the
Secretary of Suite's Office, which could be done
by,a proper questiini, and a simple aye or no.—
Consider who iktroduced the Alien Aet, who Op-
posed it, and' vvho had since filled the office of
Secretary of State, under the eye of Parliament ;
and it was presumable; that • what- was 'done
was under-a fair construction of the act, or of
the authority of the office. It was once doubted
whether such an act was necessary during war.
.To send a dangerouS person, away with all hiS
:papers seemed to be a very improper thing. The
motion came on by surprise lie should there-
fore move the other Orders of the Day.
Mr. HoaNER.—It Was the ditty of the Tinder
Secretary to know what passed in has office, and to
be able to give an answer ; got he had no objec-
tion to indulge Gentlemen with a little time for
their defence.. There might be reasons for detcn-
' tion, but the House ought to be satished. At
present he must take the averment of the Under
Secretary, that the arrest was not connected with
the other question. Let the House take full time
to look at the act ; amid if that did not bear out
the Secretary cif State, then lie ulauld say he was
guilty of a' high crime and misdemeanour. At the
same time he thought those individuals right who
bad endeavoured to bring the late transaction to a
full inquiry.
Mr: H. ADDINGTON did not expect such a 'mo-
tion that night, and several Gentlemen had asked,
left were necessary to stay—(Laugh). He saw
no fair case made out to suspect the Secretdry of
State.
Mr. PONSONBY wished the debate adjourned
till Monday or Tuesday.
Mr. WinTeREAD would Have delayed his mo-
tion to a future day, but determined on an im-
mediate step, in conequence of what fell during
the debate. His purpose was answered for the
present ; and he did not object to a reasonable de-
lay. In the greatest questions of party politics
aournMents had occurred, without placing either
party in a worse situation. The Hon. Gent. had
(Mr.II. A.) seemed srirprised at the flock ofOrators
that ran away, after only putting the question "Need
we stay ?" He should he ashamed, to fight hint,
when he was stripped of his troops !—(A laugh).
But was Mr. Berenger now 'detained on any ground
connected with the Stock Exchange % or, taking
the solemn responsibility Of the Hon. Gentleman,
was he so, only because, it at large, the State
would be more insecure If he was detained even
now for the Stock Exchange transaction, it was a
high crime and'iniidetheaticiur. Ile put it to the

Under Secreta.ry.in.the interval to_saY, whether the
Secretary of State was warranted in refiling the
bail and securities offered, wr)ile,the.Petition,,be
it recollected, prayed only, for liberation, in order
to prepare a defence; the means of which, it wits
stated, could only be procured by the'party/liiin-
self, and to. enable himself to say, that the deten-
tion was for the 'safety of the State.
Mr. BATHURST thought nQW that there could
be no good result trona any postponement of the
question.
The Gallery was cleared, hot no division took
'place, the question being postponed 'till Monday,

LORDS LYNL,I)OCKMILL, AND nEttEsFoßn.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER IDOVeti the
Order of the Day, tor going into a Committee on
the subject of the grant to Lord Lynedock.
-The House went into the Committee ; .and the
CHANCELLOR of the ExcliEcitTEß, in a very low tone
of voice,said that it bad not been thought advisable,
in the present state of the finances o.fthe country,
to extend the grant as to its quantity, but that it
was prdposed to give the annuity, .not merely for
tl;ee lives, but to the male-heirs generally.
1.14. r. W. SMITH approved of the principle of not
giYing too large and extensive pensions with the
Peerage : the latter was in itselt a great reward.
It was not necessary that. a man, who had raised
himself to the Nobility by his exploits, should
live in the same style of splendour as one who had
not such, exploits to adorn his situation. It was
Lie, more advisable to be cautious on this subject,
as in every war we might- expect, that there would
be several instances where similar rewards would
be necessary.
Sir C. MoNK said a few words, apparently co-
inciding with the Resolution as it Was now altered.
Mr. S. NVoaTt..EY •objected to the creation of
Peers, if the finances of the Country were not
competent to furnish them with adequate peii-
simis. Persons so created might, perhaps, for
their own lives, he able to support their dignity
and independence ; but the inevitable consequence
must he, that theif descendants, in sonic generation,
must look to the existing Government for main-
tenance and protection.
After a few words'from the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, the resoliition was agreed to, con-
ferring 20001. annually on Lord Lynedock and his
heirs male. Report on Monday.
Resolutions .precisely similar were psed with
respect to Lord Hill and Lord Beresford. Re-
port on Monday.
CORN.

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Mr. Sheriff MAGNAY appeared at the Bar, with
Petition frotri the Corporation of London, against
any alteration in the Corn Laws.
The SPEAKE,I; remarked, that this Petition"was
contrary to the practice, presented only by one
Sheriff; though, indeed, there might be-a suffi-
ciently satisfactory reason for this.
Sir JAMES SHAW bore testimony to the fact
of Nis. Sheriff Marsh having been present-at an
early period of the evening, but having been oblig-
ed to retire in eonsequenceof.severe indisposition.
This. Was held satisfactory, and the Petition wag
received, and ordered to lie, on the table.'
The Report of the Corn'Exportation Till was
hrouglit up, and agreed to, .and the 13,111 ordered.
to be read a third time on Monday.
Mr.ltosE stated it to be his intention then to
move, by way of rider; that it should he in the
power of his-Majesty, at any time when he should
see cause, by an order, to prohibit • the exporta-
tion of Grain.
Sir 11. Pax-NELL said, he should take the sense
of the House upon that rider whenever it:should
be prOposed.
The Corn Importation Bill was. reeil a second
time. On an exp!anrition by the CKANtELLoa of the
Excu6;luEti, that it -could not be intelligible till
after the blanks had been filled up iu the Coni-
mittee, he should then agree to such a postpone-
ment of the discus4ion. on the merits, as should
give time for Gentlemen in the country to make
up their minds 'on the subject. To be committed
on Monday.
Mr. Nir.Smyrtt presented a -Petition from Nor-
wich against any alteration in the Corn Laws.