The Sun.
London, England, 1815-04-19 00:00:00

(OUSE OF COMMONS.

The second reading "of the Copyhold Bill teas postponed
front TburStiav to•Fridayn'est.
Mr. ATROTTELEY wislfed to correct an error which had
gone abrCad,resPecting the notice he had given the preceding
evening. His lot thou teas to more for is Bill for the better
security of purchwaets of land, raider sdecree of a Court of
Mr. H. ADDINGTON brought tip, in conipliamee with the
Address of the House, a cethtH copy of the Royal 'Commis-
sion f.r instituting an inquiry into the Fees taken in Courts
•of Justice in Ireland.
Mr. FORBES moved for-papera., relative to the Tees en
Land-owners in Bombay,
The House then went into a Committee on the Foreign
Copper Acts, anti the Sweet Wine Acts. Report to-morrow.
The Greenland Fishery Bill was read a third time.
The Seamen's Wills Bill passed through a Committee ; and
the Irish 'Treasury Bills Bill was ordered to be read a third
time on Friday.
The Irish t'rize Bill was read a second time ; to be com-
mitted to-morrow.
The Reports of the Committees on the White Herrings and
Southern Whale Fishery Acts were received, and Bills or-
dered to be brought in adcordingly.
The House having resolved itself into a Committee on the
Act relating to the Scotch Hawkers and Pedlari Licences,
The ,LORD ADVOCATE, proposed a Resolution to impose
an Annual Duty of, 41. '...n.ypts,pers.on, and of 41: on every
-horse engaged in the carrying 4.-a of that traffic.
After a short conversariigrtietWeen Mr. Horner, the Lord
Advocate, and Mr. Rosi; iil•which. -Mr. Horner deprecated
any measure calculated tb distress and annoy a very useful
elass of the et,mmunitv, the Resolution wisag,reed to, and the
rteport was ordered to be received to-morrow.
• SLAVE TRADE.
111 r BAaiIAM, in pursuance of -his notice, rose
to make a motion for leave to bring in a Bill for
the better prevention of British subjects front aid-
ing in any manner in the trade in slaves. He ex-
, pa4ated on the horrors of this traflie---congratu-
sated the- friends of, humanity •on its having re-
ceived its death-blow from what passed at the
Congress, and the Decree of Buonaparte-----and
stated the following to be the -principal features
of 1ti5...8111-: first-, to prevent the employment of
British capital, he would make it felony to em-
ploy it in that way; whether so employed by a
- subject or a foreigner residing in the United
kingdom. He would prohibit the insurance of
ships engaged in it, and would have a prohibition
against lending.money on any security, in those
• countries where the slave trade was not yet abo-
lished. -He then moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to the effect he hadist)ated. •
• - Mr. Scrjetto aVittoveMr. A Baow:st, and Mr.
WI LBEIIFOII CE, of the motion;
hick it 114-itigietti to, and a Committee
appointed to bring in the
A Nlttt.itu:e front the Lots inftwruel the House that their
had a!•reed to Vac Pancras Paving Bill, and several
other witl7ontany amendments.
ALIEN ACT.
Mr. BATIVORST, in rising to renew his motion
for leave to bring in a Bill to make further pin-
visions respecting Aliens, stated this to be a ne-
cessary measure of ptecaution, as the Act now
- in,force had been passed at a time when Europe
was in a very different situation, and when Mi- •
ni:Jters could confidently look forward to a durable
peace. The changes-.which had taken place,- and
the many AlienS' t4illg to this country, made it
neczss-ary to strOlg"theterthe arm of Government,
by giving it grehtife.:powers than it at present
• possessed. 1-le proposed' that it should continue
in force for one y:.:ar, and on this condition, he
trusted, the measure would meet with the appro-
bation of the House. Whatever objections had
at times been urged to the 'former Alien Act,
lunch public benefit had been derived from it, and
'he thought at the present crisis it woulll not-be im-
proper to arm the tiovernment with those powers
which had been entrusted to them btfore.
Mr. WurTneEAD thought that an Alien Bill,
from the first which passed to the present mo-
meta, was a blot 'cot the Statute-book. ln the
, case of Mr. De Berenger last year, and of Mr.
Corea this year, great abuses b-ad been -committed ;
- anti though the [louse had not visited the Mini-
ster who .had abvised .Iris powers with their cell-
., sure, yet he thought ,it should make the House
cautions. The .powers now called tor, had never
'been 'given ID r we • of peage. At preient the
people-of. thilAwintry knew' nothing of the -state
in which we ..vveyplaced. The House knew. very
little about it, .and,.he believed the Right lion.
Gentleman and his Colleagues knew very little
more titan any of them. There was. sufficient
powers already in the hands of Ministers to pre-
vent mischief, and he therefore objected• to any
extensive powers being added. It seemed also
there had been a conspiracy between the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs and the Secretary for
5 the ;lonic Department,: who, nut contented with
the abuse of the powers vested iu themselves, had
delegated then to Consols resjkliog at foreign
Courts—as was the case in Spain. Fur these rea-
sons he waslast night desirons the motion should
he node in - a ',fuller House than there was last
• .. night. Hd,tbdught also that the Bill should be
delayed tiib‘i.e were actually in a. state of war,
trilieli he still hoped we should not be, anti there-
fore objected again to the bringing in of the Bill.
Lord CASTLEREAGH slid the question was,
•
AVhether there was any likelihood of danger which
called for the Bill; and it would ()illy be nu:cis:lvy

to compare the advantages with the ineonvenien-
cies likely to result from the measure. Under
these circumstances be thought the House would
not feel any constitutional jealousy of giving leave
to bring in the Bill.
Lord A. HAMILTON was against the Bill being
brought in.
Mr. Srunozs BOURN t said the first measure in
1793 was only a cautionary measure, and this was
the same. _ _

Leave was given to bring in the Bill.
. Mr. BATHURST then brought up the Alien Bill,
which was read a first time, and ordered to be
read a second time on _Friday, and to be printed.—
Adjourned.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

rnocLAnATIoN OF MONSIEUR LAINE, PRESIDENT

OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT %TIVES, &C. &C.

In tl►e fume of the French Nation, and as President of the
House of Representatives, I hereby-solemnly protest against
all Decres by which the Oppressor of France presumes to or-
►ter the dissolution of the Houses.

I consequently declare all proprietors dispensed from pay-
ing contributions to the agents of Napoleon Buonaparte, and
all families exempted from snpplyint, by weay of Conscription,
or other mode of recruiting, any number of wen called for fur
the service of the army.

Since so disgraceful an attempt is mail on the liberties of
the French people; it is their duty individually to maintain
their rights. Their allegiance to Napoleon Buonaparte has
long since been dissolved, and being now hound by their af-
fection and their oath to their Country and their King, they
would Cover themselves with infamy in the eyes of nations,
and of posterity, were they to neglect such means as remain
in their power, as individuals. History,- in preserving an
eternal gratitude to those men, who, in all free countries,
have declined giving assistance to tyranny,, l►ad with con-
tempt the Citizens who so far fOrget the dignity of man, as to
stbmit to its miserable agentS.

Under a persuasion that the French are thoronghti• con-
vinced of their rights, I look upon it as my sacred duty to
issue the present Proclamation', which, in the name of my tol-
leagues, and of the cOuntry of which they are" rept:esenta-
tires, shall be deposited with our records, and secured from
the reach of the tyrant, that reference may be bad to it, in
case of nccd.
(Signed) LAINE.
BourdeaeLK, the 28th of March, 1815.

FAREWELL ADDRESS OF THE DUCHESS OF ANGOU-

LEME Tp THE INHABITANTS (►F BOUIWEAUX.

" Brave BordeLais,—Your fidelity is well knOwn to me;
yon devotion, unhmiteel, -does not permit you to foresee any
danger : but my attachMent for you, for:cvery Frenchman,
directs me to foresee it. My stay in your city being pro-
longed might aggravate circumstances, and bring down upon
you the nvight of vengeance, I have not the courage to be-
hold Frenchmen unhappy, and to be the cause of their mis-
fortune. I leave you, brave Bordelais; deeply penetrated
with the feelings yQu have exieessed, and can assure you that
they shall be faithfully transmitted to the King. Soon, with
God's assistance, under happier auspices, you shall witness
my gratitude, and that of the Prince whom you love.
(Signed) " MARIE THERESA.
" Bourdeanx, April 1, IW."