The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-23 00:00:00

ALIEN ACT.

Sir JOHN NEWrDRT, alluding to the conduct of
Sir Jaines.Duff in preventing certain Spanish snb-
jects from quitting Cadiz, contended that he haci
thrown hack the charge of improper conduct on

the heads of certain branches of the Government
at borne. After entering into a history of the
Alien Act from its instittitiPP, Pn the breaking' out
of the revolntionary yar, and i';‘ revival in 18f,3t
he observed, that. the object of this Act was to at,
ford an asylum in Circat Britain for any oppres44
Foreigners ; but though many persons Imight
have been subllcted to great hardships tin'tici,
the operation of the Act at different tittles, it
had never heen supposed that. any powers 114‘i
been usurped by interior Officers. %%That then
must be the surprise of himself, and the }louse,
to find that in answer to the dispatch of Earl
Bathurst to Sir James Duff,- of the 2()th of Nor
ventber, 1614, calling upon hint tq state on what
grounds he lnid refused to grant passports to
Spanish subjects to leave Cadiz ; he had answer,
ed, that he had acted in direct conformity to his
instructions, receive ‘l almost two years before,
which were, to allow no Spanish subjects to leavg
that country in British vessels, ‘vitliont the slner
tion fit his (mu passports, and also to request
that all British subjects should cc.intertu tC)
regulation, which be (Sir John) understood
renewed at the request of the C7avrrnPr of Cadir.:
in December 181.1,
.‘vbc;; the poriotic suhicc4
Ferdinand were flyina from his detestable Linycra,
merit. Here the Rt. lion. Ut. acrd the. cotrf..spont
(knee, and proceeded to observe, a priktpd Oupy
>t ;!is ilo;r4csivuo pio tc: tV 1r1;1

,

ahroad. Thus was all the power of the
Alien Act di:leg:ll...d to these Con,uts, without
commnuiration made to Parliament ;
11l am disco Very of t:.is. direlirtion of duty.
o:! the u .of .?Ministers have been made. hut for
‘vhich had taken place relative
t;) rho ,-,-duct of S:r James 114. The Right
'l]'..,;,;.;clite Baronet prOcee:ded at much length
on the-conserptences of thus tide-,
tl;e powers of pia Act of Parliament to
ii:se..-vtion Of irclixidnah abroad, who tuight
1:y interested motives to refus, pass-
,• p-u `l-'! e•Situation the,o onsuls. rendered
then pc,:diarly under the influence of the Go-
‘e!,ere they re,:ided, an'l whose viotws
dispOsed to 111,2.'t.8ut beSideS this.
the:ll the potter of 1-et Using passporfs to
v.ho nlie;ht ivish tip .curve to this cow.try,
wake", complaints against them ; and aS t':!ese
l:nott toeng:l:_,. it. cOolniereLd
they had tile power even of pre-
fAreign merchants from e'on:irig here to
their private concerns. He concluded
:!: ce!'yur:e.,4 the ewninitial of this po..ver
•as direlictionof duty on the
o!-. Ihe great Officers of State, which 'was
any part of the Alien Act, and added.,
t; ,nrh' dclega,.ion was resorted to withO.in
diselowre being- made to Parliament; it teas
htub lit'on the House' to mark its sense of such
'e,,u,ket'..' ' Ile therefore moveit three
(43,soria'lit td, and containing ail the grounds of
rti ani,adversion. •-_ _

71itm3:11:Ar :11NoTon was 'ittrprised at the severe
t e:in§ in which the circular had been mentioned.
In Lis opinion, it was a very proper letter,. hot it
wourd he for the HOuse to decide, whe!herthere
• army thing in it under the 'ei-rmim-
i-tatiees in which 'it had heervissued. nr mvhetberit
etas nor a proper meagre OF•urecautien. At .tfo.;
1-'!:d which hid been referred' to, there were little
loss r•aii 20,007 aliens in t!,e comstmy; and.the
t:itenities of-making enquiriei into 'the characters
of all such personS, and the importance of pre.,
vout ieg aliens Flom- coming into the country, who
• ete'slimpposed to he hostile to its interr,ts, and,
mnatio- it necessary for Government to take tb,mse
peasnres e.hich had .been adopted ; measure§
••• 13icti lie considered to he. warranted minder the
cf-neral law the land, as well as under. the
,
preroeative of the Crown. Their only object
I,ad been to throw impedimenti in the way' of
rl:m-n enemies, and nentral aliens, wishing to visit
this rommtv, who 'were supposed to interidddimig
fur 1t stile purposes. The arrangements untie
1•2. d not Veen designed to extend tui•ther. TwO
letters, and another respecting; Aliens,
i-4ert with the administration Gren*irte,
• mvere dictated in the same- spirit with those
vfrostites which wetie now made a subject of corn
t. The histnictii-ins, however, Whieli had
1,;...etr sent out to'the Consols meeee never intended
to extend to a CRSi! WiliCIT was not then contem7
likely so soon to' arise. The restOra-
t•un of Ferdinand Was- not'then expetied :to
t .ke place at *. that ""period at which • it was
finally effected, and con4bquently the regulations
framed to'keep hostile 'aliens out Of the country'
were, not intended to deny tire subjects of. a
riemimliv country:an. asylmn in 'Englund. Sir
Blackstone, founding himself 'on thean-
thority of Puffendort; ban asserted the right of
the Srivert+.ol to exclude Aliens; wlio were likely
to be dangerous to time State: The Alien Act had
Jiot been Tassel!' without due consideration. :He
telieyed.'the necessity of such a measure inurbeen
strongly Sett; aimd he considered it only went to
a‘ithorise the Secretary of 'State to do that which,
if it di-1 not exist, he would, in some rases, he
I until to do, in the exercise of a sound discre=
tion on his own responSib;t:ity. • •
Wriv-rBtfEAD considered the Rigllt
(3(atlen‘lan (Mr. I"1. Addineton) to be a yeey-0,..d_.
.tared man ; but complained, that in giving th'e
net of 'his OW:11 hands, as he Timid done, he
.s;u4jected tile pool'. Alien to-the caprice of a' bad-
humoured Consul. After cumMentiny, on • the
liardships which'had taken plit7;e .ruder the•Aet,.
lie partJeulaily complained r.f ihe mmiju,t tra'nster
of phwer Emil the Secretary of Statc-to the Por-
tuguese which had taken, pl'aCe it: • time
erm,;e. of A!r. Correia. This Gentleman: had l‘ecn
sent' out a the country on an application fromo
time Portuguese Minister; because he had written
some pmersiwhich 'lead giyen o' rice to that per. ,
son. It was not pretended that lie Was n person
dangerous to, the State.; he WaS, sent' omit of the
eouetry for libelling Mr.,DeSnza. On this strb-
yet lie meant to propose an Address to time Prince'
Pegent, for Copies of the Correspondence which
Lad tal,ei; place tetWeen Mr. Reeves, of the Alien
Oifie,. DeSuia, and Selmo Critreja.
Mr.-H. ADDINoToN said,- it the Hon. Gentle-
man moved such an Address, he should certainly
tspose it. When the 11-On. Gently man had for-
mally broil ht forward this' case; his complaint
:-,wz, that Mr. Correia hail -been sent out of the
4-e•untry because he had n)t reeeived• passports.
from the Portuguese AlThassadors. 'He. appealed
to the IlOuse whether it Were•nht so, and whe-H
them- the lion. Gentleman hadnot dared hits to
cemtrailiet it if-he could ?' The llon.Gentlernan
had found that he was Mistaken in this, but he'
remained as mite!' iii the'wrong as he -was'hefore.
Unless a printafite.‘e ease were made out, the pa-
pers rchaing to. an particular caSe ought tiot•to
be given; and the 1-lorp;e might just as mvell
or-
der those every case to be 'produced which had
occurred within the laStr 23 years, as consent-10
time production of those for Which the-Hon:Gen-
demon intended to n;ove. On the. Motion under
c'insideriation he rnoved the' previous (Ines; ion.
Sir Jo •tt ti NEw2oRT replied.
• Lord CA!,TLF.kr.,tc.ff-t opposed the !notion,- and
ecfcntled the,rofithict of the 'Secretary of State for
the Home Department.
Sir J.lmEs—M.m.n.xt".7osH was in favour of it.
Mr. SoLicrrou 6F:NERAL replied' to the legal
arguments of the•preceding .Gentletna.n..-
• After a I.4.`.t•Yobservations from Mr. 1;11.11';`:7T and
:Mr: WM. WY t:Nr , t'ee laude (Uvided, 'and the
•ti'as ill a minority'et'2 ag-oist•lIS:
heing re admits: d, we fon r r. NV vr-
Etz E An" rimming for' copies of the Correspndence
which had passed r'6l-cting Correia.
Mr. II m t.F.v. motirin, as
the Hon. "Member °had ni,:de nn Tirigurf;eit case.
A short con'versati'on en•ned bet wren Mr. Wit FP"
-BREAD, Sir J. NaketuaT, Got:Lzul3-N, anal it

S. ; after Wllich thy' ruoilun was nega-
tivea without a-division.'

NE : 01:tATIONS'.

lir. Pon,:k-nvol- a.l,.ed tine Noi;te Lord (Cw;le-
r6glo whethei the Papers roiattee to the Pro-
ceeding,: of the C;),o4r: kt oak he i:tid on the
tahle before the lie e•ss, and whether it, was the
intention of hi: li,j,;st-,rs (7io"%;efainetit to produce
the instructions gi,Cll tr; Lord it tllianu Beptintk
CASTLEp NC-iH had Made inquiries, and
found that the I'al,erS relative to Cou,;';,ress could
not:b6luid on the taOle,:ht;fore thernecess. lie
should take car:. they should .he produced
soon after, as well as incise teat referred to Lord
WiTatn.fientinck s

I',l7urrßtlF.lo inquired whether a deelara-
tionpnlili,'.edin the Frenchmpers, and inirport-
ine; to have li-eit issued. iiy the Sovereigns-at the
dust- of their in Congress, was anthentic ?
Lord CASTLEI:EAGH snited, that it had certainly
nut emanated Itorn the C.ne,ress.

ORDER OF THE BATH.

C. INLoNeg.,. iu rising to. bring forward his
motipn respecting the Ord;n. of the Bath, ob-
served that it sv,,s tint his Intention tither to or-
wzirt to curtail .the prero;.Tat Ives of, the Crown,
nor to der-A-ate from the muctit of those who hod
been rewarded its honours. lie meruly
thought that to confine an order of honour to any
•particol,ir class or pyrsOns, was_an improper 'O7-
mitation of the hintt's prercattrive. The [lon-.
Baronet then entered into.a detailed account of
the creation of the o:•der, and the modification
of it Iv; the .v,..-ions statutes ; and he contended
that the Crown
.imot the power to ex fend the
number beyond .Fle concluded .with moving
for ;eopies 'of :aq letters. patent issued by King
George ,the:ll`i,r.s.t. tot the,cri..ation and erect;on of
time Order. of the. Bath„ intim a regular ittlitrary
order; of all li•tters patent issued since, op to
the present times, • and Of time paliers•lly which
that Order .had
Lord-CASTLEI7Attr-r dioilg the last war
it had beets felt tFat this CoinitrY v'ts peet.diarly
destitute of. those honours,. by which the Crown
• conid .reteard: spleltdid military servces. The.
right of I•;striii.es ,rot ld have b,7t;ii.equally affected
by creating the different individuals rewarded with
the honour in question, Knights or Baronets'..---
Some honour o! this ul iv,is in the, coOtempla.=
riot of 'Mr. Pitt toward s the Oose of his life. He
Wag willing to idlow. that these honours had been.
pushed toOfaron the Continent. 13r extending
thenttoo.mach they lost their- value. Every per-
' Son knew i tit.etigerly :in An Aria the, Order of
nmria: Theresa,' amni• in. Russia the Orderof. St.
GeArge,'wei'e 'desired by the armies of these coon-
trie,. nOthing-in the mariner in which
the Clown had exet'cised• its prerog,ative on the
occims on,' inVite Parliament to. cuni;.ider it as.
an abuse. As the other Orders were thsposed uf,
he should conclude with moving an adjournment..
Mr GORDoiI thought it .the dot:y of the Go-
vernment to I.6lre:is rather than foster the mill-
lacy whiric was becoming too prevalent in
thi4 country. We saw in it »eightmouting nation
how a military despotism could trample upon time
wishes of the people. It was an objectionable
imitation of foreign manners, and .cou,id have
arisen from time same mistaken persons, who im-
a01:11 that fetes and Temples of Concord were
suitable to the. taste Ow people.
Mr. W. BATHt'IIST defended the extension of
the order•as the nietibid of hononringNien
who. must otntrwise have been unrewarded, and
whOseor.ly object in life, and Consnlation itt death,
was hothlur. It was tick IVit:clrhad made the.lare
Ruler of France so popular-with his army—(Hear,
hear, front the-Opposition.)—lle 5a...1:-noreason
witY,liveitus.e time Rimier of another state had been
popurar,•the Monarch of this•should be unpopular
with the Artily.. •
Mr. W. WY atiE said, that where theGOYern-
ment was a,tnilitary despotism, theme, :an exclu-
sive military order ivas wise and con,titntional-.-'7-
Thits in Russia, for instance; which '}mod been
giited.by the-iN-oble Lord, even- the Cirancellor
was a Field:Mar:4l-ml, itlid the Very. Maids, of ho-
nottr rank.-antjor-Geimerals (a laugh) ;•
hitt it was tonl oul"Constitution that its
h•OntidrS siini,l he open to ail s;:rvices,' and, in-
deed; on the revival of the Bath by 'Ceorge I.
Many Civil Ogi-7.ers were Made Knights. He ob;-
jeered to time niF:proportion between- -the .rewards
giVen to the and-Military service, which he
said was as 49 to IFO. lie thought the !'lag Cap •-
rain of
.Lord Collingwood's ship at Tralfalgar,
and Captain Phillimore, ought not to have been
Omitted. .

Mr. B. BATBORST defended the measure.
Mr. WHITBREAD maintained that the Measure,
instead of conciliating or satisfying, had com-
pletely disgusted the army,. and•moreover etektted
a' jealousy between the naval and military ser-
There was riot a Man in the army who did
nut prefer one of his honorary medals .to the frilp•
pery of this new order. The navy ought not to
lie under Valued ; it. should be
.recollected that it'
was only because it had entirely swept the sea;,..p.f
if hostile force, that our army had been able to
Undertake useful operations.

Mr. G6IILBUItti said, it was an "error to suppose
that the services of the navy had been depreciated.
The number kniglit,s above the naval
wms twenty,' 1066 'was in exact proportion to
the numerical strength of the two
.8i:1-vice's..
Mr. PONSONBY thought that there was a marked
preference of themilitary over the naval service.
• Ir. L LESLEY PULL denied it, and 'entered
into a -general defence of the orcler.
The Ho'llse then, without a division ;a4reed to
L6rd Castle eagles amendment', and adjourned.

• Yesterday a Quarterly General Court, made
sts,..eial, %vas held at the East India House, %%ben
,t hi Committee for Inspecting. the Bye-laws, pro-
(!tleed their :'.eport, recommending the alteration
of sevet at. The Roport having- been. read by the
Clerk,-it was resolved,. alter -a discussion of some
length, that it he taien Into further consideration
can Wednesd:tv,
_the sth of April,; anti that the
Bye-laws, with the amensimenthe:print ed. The
Re.s,olutions of the Court, with, respect to. tbe ren7
sion--to.Dr HENLEY., and the appointment of Mr.
CAI; r, GILT N as Orieptal Profjssor, were9ippt or.ed.;
and a-l~ailot 6xe4lf or the return to the service of
W.M. BROWN cud THos. ABRAIiAN., 1141n7i.,

1)01,1,•1:1 72: E.

MANSION-pOUSE;

Yesterclvy' John' was- lA•anght before. the-
I osti) NIAYoR, and underwent a final examination,„
charged with steatong a crhintity of valuahlt
.and Italia sh,wis, from the warenou.e :of
Messrs, Willilins.:‘ll,l Co. of !Friday -steeet
sick.- He was fidiy cOnimitied for trial,

Ow.-NTI:EF.T. •
RIOTS ;1T .4.1•1 .I<on I. s es terilay John
Rristow, a young man of a respectable -appear:nice
and connections, undeewent another examinai ion,
charged On suspicion of .throwin,g Stoncs,• &c. at
the 1,1)1'7o:tot Mr. It obinsson. Thomas Sutton,: the
fooonan; attended,-and detailed'the pArtic,ilars of
the proceedings of Fhe inobillatta.eknig the house,,
hit knew .nat king, of the prisoner, Mr. Litch-
field, the Solieitoi; to the Treasury, "attended to
conduct the proSecution, 'The iirisotter is an ap-
prentice to. Messrs. Stephens and Croft, haber-
dashers, of Oxford-street. Mr: Stephens attend-
ed and gave•hinC.an excellent clafacter. He was
committed for further examination.
At the second exainin ri atio, on Toe'sday, of
that notorious swindle,i', Antony Puver, several
boo;:seller4 attended who find been duped by him.
It was suggested... by the Magistrates that every
publicity should be given respecting him, in order
to afford an bpliortonity for all persons 'to attend
at his thud examination on-Saturday next.

.-111.1,1301t0UG11-"I ItEET.

A procurer of men for the artily was convicted.
in the penalty of 2qt. midera recent Act of ParlilL
Mum, for advertising for a substitute to serve i❑
the 10th regiment of Hussars, without permission
in writing to du. so front the Adjutant-General.

Sweyitmun was charged with tripping
itp the heels. of'iNir. Coxwell, of Great Baddow,
Essex,. nod robbing hilts of some si!ver and. papers.
The prosecutor is above 60
.years of age ; and he
was passing along Drury-lane on l'aesday even-
ing when the prioner, accompanied by two
others, came behind him and tripped up.his heels.
They then rifled his pockets, and two of them got
away. The prisoner was fully committedf or trial.

torrox-oARbEN.

aliackney-coachman, was yes-
terday charged by Joh4 Hutt, the officer, with
leaving hi
„coach on the stand in Palace-yard, on
tic morning of the 16th instant, without any per-
son to take charge of it. He was convicted in
the penalty of ten shilling.; and costs.

THE LA.TE INQUEST.-

E,lrly on Tuesday morn'yng the Coroner isttell•
his warrant for the apprcherthion of Jantesßip4,
butler to Mr. Robinson ; Richard Barton, corpo-
ral; Richard Mathew, and Robert Herbert, •vri•
vateS•in the .3d Guards, pursuant to a verdict re- •
turned by the Jury, imputing to them the wilful
murder of Jane Watson, who was shot in Old
Burlington-street, The three.::soldiers being in
the house, . were taken to I'4oox-street
watch-house, and train thence to Tothill-fields
Buidewell, where they.couilucted themselves with
great propriety. Next, Thursilay heiug'•the day
appointed for he.general.gaol.delivery, they will
be rentoyett to.Neu-gate, preparato;7y to the-
sions of, Oyer and Terminer, which cointnenc.e's,
oil the sth of
Ripley ,vas in the house a short 'time previous'
to the verdict being returned, .and was heard: to.
say : " As -he,thoui.,ht be should not. be wanted,
any more, he would go home.'• ittfe accordingly
went away, and: every. search since made, by .the
constable to fihd him has beet-Lin-effectual; Clark,
the constable attended yesteiday at Mr...ltobia-
son's house with the Coroner's warrant,- but did
not sticeeed in apprehend:og It is stated,
that his reasons for eluding the officers of justice
are, that he is desirous to avoid prison' punish-
ment previous to his trial ; and that he will yield
himself up on the 'day upon which the trial is
like:- to take 'place, which in all probability will
be on the 7:k of the ensuing month. ,