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London, England, 1820-07-12 00:00:00

ALIEN BILL.

Mr. BROGDEN brought up the. Report of the. Alien Bill.
• Mr; NI. P. GRANT proposed two clauses of amendment;
the.oue for allowing aliens who should be served with notice
to quit this country, to depart.at their own expenc'e to suck
*Opt parts as.they.,should choose. The other to prevent
fOreign.finales who were married. to British subjects, from
being sent out of the country. . .
The. SPItAKER hOwever acquainted the Hon. Member
that the present Bill was merely to continue, ..4.nut-to
amend, the Act lately in force, and therefore clauses of
amendment could not ,be admitted.

_ . .
Mr. GRANT therefore withdrew his clauses, and the Bill-
-was..
ordered to be ' •
The King's Servants' Bill, and the London Militia Bill,
were read in Committee', and ordered to be repented to-
morrow. •

SPIRITS INTERCOITIISE BILL.
The CHANChLLOR of the EXCLIEQUEIt postponed the
cornmittal'of this Bill to to morrow (tins clay.).
.He gave no-
tice that lie would introduce—some clauses .respecting the
strength of the spirits to. be.ilitrraliueed froarlreland, which
he hoped would have thel.fircia-of l'e'concitinf fife interests
Jule.

, .
; 'Sir J. NEWPORT,.IIIr. SHAW, and HuTCHIN-
, SON spoliestroogi4 in farina of expediting the passage of the
Hill, and declared theki hostility to any measure which shall
have the effeet4Mlucing the-Strength of the spirits imported
from Ireland. .
A sliort4t Otitlrlalien* entned- hetween4f. Sinai), Sir
H. Parnell,. Sir G. Hitt, ..Mr. Gilbe:-rt,-Mr. C. flntUhinsonk
General Hart, ;abject Wiii.draliped.
WEST-M-INSTE4GXI343EY7. • •
Sir Ikf.,W. RIDLEY .tuok-the. opportunity afforded ,bint by
the motion fur bringiag- Ofritieltrpiirt 'of the Appropriation;
Bill, to make a few observations on the present state of West-
minster-Abbey, . Noboly.conld now look at that venerable
pile without regretting the bad taste which bad prompted the
cutting down of those trees in St. Margaret's Church-yard:
which formed one 'of-its most. vkasing ornaments. - This had
hero done, as be understood, fur the purPose. of erecting scaf-
foldings, and affording accommodation to witness the cere-
mony pt the Coronation. He Wishetr to know whether this
had been done udder the authority oft helDeatiand Chapter
of Westminster, or merely by that -alb& Parish Churchwar-
dens. The changes and alterations which had been made
within the Abbey, and the dilapidated state:of many .'public
'monuments appeared to liciu to be also fit matter for the at-
tention of Parliament. He must again say, that he lamented
to see the trees planted at the Coronation of Geo. cut
down on the Cot Ong! i 01! of Geo. IV.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he could--
not then give-an atiswer mike coe-stimi whether. the cutting,.
down the tree; was. by order, of. the 'bean and Chapter, or of
the Churchwardens; but he believed it was nothing. more
than was done at every Coronation. With regard to the
state attic. Abbey itself, Parliament had lately voted a eon-
siaerattle'soln for repairing it and those repairs were nosy
progress.

giriOHN NEWPORT was sorry that the inquiries of his
,Hon:Friend bad not received a satisfactoryauswer. He un—
derstood that the interior of the Abbey bad been let for the
suut,a-20,00 1. and he did not think the public ought to be
charged with the whole expence, whilst the Dean and Chapter
weroputting so large a sum into their pockets, .
.114rtBANKES said, that the cutting down at those trees
for "&lordid pin-pose, reflected any thing but honour on the
Rev( rend Body. He would not vote in future, for any money
for he'reVairs of Westminster Abbey; and he thought that
the liousc.4o4lo.resist any such vote if it should be pro—
posed.

Mr. W. SMITH concurred with the last speaker. It was
shameful to see the manner in which the inspection of ►he in-
terior .of this edifice was,-;is it were,. let out by two-ponces;
no one felt more disgust at such conduct than he did ; but the'
Dean and Chapter could nut be expected to lap out, as the
public did, 41,0001. in Ike splendid decorations of Henry the
7th's. Chapel.

Sir M. W. RIDLEY said, that early in the next Sepeintt he
would tiring under the cousideration of a Select Committee
the stale id' Westminster Abberand.St. Paula.-• •
Mr. Alderman HEYCiATE said, that St:Paul's was kept itt
a very scandalous state.

• •
Dr. LUSHINGTON said, the Dean and Chapter had no
legal right *to., appropriate the Consecrated ground to their
own purposes.; they were liable to account for the sums they
had or might receive. ' -
The Report was received,• and the Bill ordered to be, read
a third. time on Friday.
Th'e Extra Post :Office Bill went, through a Committee,
after a few words from Dr. Lushington, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Lord Lowther, Mr. Wm.. .Smith, Sir H. Parnell,
Mr. Alderman Heygate, arid Sir J. Newport.—Report to-
,
Illtll COW-. • . .

The Report ofahe Bank Notes Protection Bill was received,
aki.l the Bill ordered to he read a third. time to-morrow.'th . •
e Irish Exchequer Bill was reported, the amend-
ments agreed:to' to, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed.
Maritits Relatives Bill was- read a third time, and
passed. , .

NU) !vent Debtors' Bill passed threugli a Com-
Jnittee. ItepoLt to-morrow.
The Scotelriffsheries Bill watrend a second time ,%tind cern-
,witted for to-Rprr,lsy.
The other Orders' of the D'af -were disposed 'of, and the
Adjourtred,,at'T‘V.le:LVE O'CLOCK. . •
... •

n consequence of the po4ponement of, the Co-
ronittion, a.-number of workmen have been dis,
still going on ill
charged, frmwtheir employment as carpenters, in
:the, iNifior of. Westminster Abbey. The out-
/
wnr.4,e,,rectinni area however,
Hertford:, Castle
Great, Li eotge.street,ana other places-contiguous)..
. ~.. •
benig private proimrty.
',edifice of
' The. venerabig
which was the ,ri,'si#ence of
-Queen
..I.,iz A BETH
during the reign, of her sister Malty, A .to be
completely repairealqtild. the Modern I'viligs taken
clown.

TusATiticAt. REGISTER..
Perforated Last Night.
THEATRFRGYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.--The Comedy-of Emirs.
After which, Too late for Dinner.
Til EATIa. KOYAL, HAYMARKET.—The Will. Alter whiell,

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THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA Houst...—The Promissory
Note. Alter yrlsicti, Is he Jealous I To which was added,
The Hun. tuack.

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THE SUN.

SOLE3I QUIS D1CE12.13 FALSU.V 4UDE.IT

LONDON, .
IVEDNESD,4:I:I4UIeY

We received this-Wioriiing Tapers of
Sunday last. 'The Cli'alaer of Peers Metbu Sia-
thtday, but transacted no business of iinportariCe.
In the Chamber of Deputies, the disctisiion was
resumed on the Budget of Wiys Mid Means.
M. B..CONS'fA7kr 'made a-slie`ecli,
niters with partiality in publishing. in,,aft official
qa.4n,eoll)3iSterial,fSpeeehes,
to them which, was .denied by the. Minister for
goTeigu4..kffaifs. M.FnINFC.tis D N A,N
:r,eadingrof very: long speech, w Web. atxleit.g
tlr
tired out t4Chamher, and. they adjogpedhear-
ing
.the remainderof it
,till'f r-Follow-

Lug are extracts
P4RIS, JULY 9.---Yesterday. being the an-
niversary of return of the King to the Capital
in, 1815, the King received several persons of
distinction. Ilis Majesty afterwards *transacted
business,,with the Duke de Richelieu and the
Marquess de tatour.Maubourg, Minister of War.
.The King gave another audience to-the. Duke
Decazds on Friday evening at ten o'clock.
..f.cV.riday...Lieutenant-General the Count De-
trance. conveyed , Lieutenant-General... Viscount
Pontp.dieu, in,hiscarria&e, from the Abbaye to '
tiehotel_of the Minister of War, - where were
unantsX
assembled Lieutuneralßordesoult,
ristourausl Pijeon. General D.annadien.,.was af-
terwards re-conveyed to the Abbaye.
4a The; King gale a private audience iesterday
to Lieutenant-Geliiial the Cubist Grouchy.
" 'lie • dep. artgro
_of Detizies for
London is finally settled fo.r to-morrow.
" Genral Donnadieu was yesterday set at
liberty.

FIVE ?T;.:1 CZYTS.

Saturday

. 79 f, 20 c.

STOCK.
Of the-22a Mardi. I -
MV-611,18.29 93-t. stie:"

-As the Petition from the Q,CEEIST to the Jiouse
of-sl_iords last night,..desiziag that her _ Attorney-
General may be provided with a list of the Wit-

flosses to be-produced on the Second Reading of
the Bill for the Degradation and Divorce of her
MAJESTY, fixed for the 17th of August, will be
the subject of discussion on Friday next, on the
motion of Lord ERSKINE, it would ill become us
to offer any observations at present. In the
mean time there will be a search.for precedents
applicable to the case. We deem it but right,
however we may distrust our own judgment on
the occasion, to give the opinions of some of our
Competitors in our daily Extracts from the
London. Journals. But we may be per-
mitted. to. remark,. that--precedents. must have
been :.founded.:.,tmcg. inatnre, experience, .and'
framed by reflection and
,sagacity, upon
sound. constitutional principles; They ought not
therefore io..he
.lightly Ngarded. for temporary
convenience— .0-iving,however,..the opinions of
our. ,more :liberal; Competitors, ..we have again

t=hought' it' tiecessary to extra-et- a passage from
the-Whics,:isfilmplieSa scandalous attack:upan
Giiiernment,-ind in our opiniop, a criminal pre7
judieition of the ease, which ought not to escape
due
-,notice. The. Tiines this day st)4es THE
QUEEN persecuted woman"--=and expresses
its hopes that .6.4.. Ministers will desist from this
iniquitous persecution." What is this but to
charge Ministers with being " iniquitous perse-
cutors ?" -Perhaps the forbearance with which
-Ministers receive the attacks of their opponents in
Parliament,.may induce the Times to suppose that
they will-be equally-quiet and conceding—to assaults
out of doors. The fact is, that Government has not
acted with due firmness and decision through the
whole course of this unfortunate business. Com-
pelled as they were to proceed to the trial so.
vehemently demanded by TifE QUEEN,. they
should nut have suffered themselves to deviate
from the straight forward course that Justice also
demanded. We recommended this course from the

first, and since they have 'at last deemed it ne-
cessary to adopt it the call of Justice and of the(
Nation demands firm perseverance. Most hear-
tily do we hope that THE QUEEN will tome pure
through the ordeal of Legislative Inquiry ; but
the charges are so heavy against her that en style
her a " per-secuted libmin," or to Chai•acterise the
Trial, which shesolemnly...required, as an " ini-
quitous persecution," is to ttample,tipon Law
and Justice, and. to be guilty. of 'in'. infamous
libel '..upon the Goveiliment of the Country.
We hai,e but 4 few mores words to say upon this
most audacious calumny.. .A Committee of fif-
teen Noblemen, of high rank in the State, and of
unimpeachable honour in pithlic and private life,
selected impartially from both sides of the
llouse, have solemnly declared that there were
just grounds for an inquiry into the. conduct of
the 'QUEEN. Does not, therefore, ti e libel of
77ie
Mies pronounce this Committee, as .well as
his MAJESTY'S Ministers in general, INlQultons
Te1;11.1. „
I'LLISECUTORS ?

The new sPanish Constitution has not been re-
ceived with more demoustrg.tions.of joy through-
out all Spain,- than in the It lands under the sub-
jection of that MonaTchy: T e whole of the
accounts we have received are replete with in-
formation on this hea4,, and are such as may be
expected from those•who,--,,probably•for the first
time in. their lives, =are-- in the enjoyment of

liberty. The island_ of Teneriffe has not been
less zealous ,in displaying this .feeling, and by
a letter which we have seen from a house of the
first respectability at Santa Cruz, it appears
that
•g meeting had been held for .the pur-
pose of erecting a handsome pillar, with appro-
priate devices to commemorate the event. The
spot selected for the occasion was in the princi-
pal square of the town, and/to,add to its appear,
ance the whole of the houses had been newly
white-washed, and the square newly paved.
Cockades of the constitutional colour were worn
by all descriptions of persons, who ,seemed to
vie with each other in exultation. Another fa-
vourable circumstance was the theaptieSs of all
kinds of prOvinions,:and the best wine of the
Island was to be purchased at ,28/. per pipe.

We intended this day to lay before our Readers a portion
of the Evidence annexed to the Loitns' Rerowr on the Tim-
DKR TRADE, but ate' plevental by 'the leni;th of the Parlia

- .
meritary Debates, upon various subjects of considerable inte-
rest. We shall, however, insert a portion of that evidince
to-morrow, until we have presented the whole of it; afte'r
which, we shall subniit to them some obst;rvitions on the
imp'Ortanee of the subject, and the necessity of a more en-
tarried end extended inquiry into it. For the present, we

shall content enrssices with taking a short retrospect of the

•
encouragement which the Legislature has held. out to the
COlonial 'fimber Trade, in order to shew, that such encou-

ragement is not of recent date, and was not a mere expedient,
devised at a period when our relations with Northern Eu-
rope made it difficult to procUre a supply from that source;
but that, on the contrary, this Trade has been cherished and
protected with peculiar care by the Government, on the beat
and soundest principles of policy, from the reign of her late
Majesty Queen ANSE, down to the present period. In the
Preamble of the Statute 3 and 4 Ann, e. 10, those sound
practical, maxims -of policy are stated upon which the
Legislature at. that time proceeded, -and, therefore, we
shall lay it before our Readers. .states -that " the
" Royal Navy, and the Navigation of England, wherein
" under God, the wealth, safety, and streng,h of this King-
" dons is so much concerned, depends on the due supply of
"Stores necessary for the same, which being now brought
" mostly from Foreign parts, in Foreign shipping, at cam.-
" bitant and arbitrary rates, to the great prejudice and dis-
" couragement of the Trade and Navigation of this Kingdom,
' may-be provided in a more certain and beneficial manner
from her Majesty's own dominions;' and, whereas,• her
' Majesty's Colonies anti Plantations in America were at first
Settled, and are still maintained and protected at a great ex
pence'ultlietreasure of this Kingdom, vith a design to render
them as useful-as may be to Englisnd,wstr t he•Labour and In-
dustry of the people there prOfitable.to themselves; and in
regard the said Colonies and Plantations, by the vastpacts.
of Land therein, lying near the sea, and upon navigable,
may commodiously afford great quantities of all
surts of Naval Stores, IF DUE: ENCOURAGEMENT be given fur
' carrying on so great and advantageous an undertaking,'
which will likewise tend, not only. to the further employ 7,
meta and increase of English Shipping and Seamen, but
also to the enlarging, in a great measure, 'the Trade and
vent of the Woollen and other Manufactures and COnnuo-
' dities of this Kingdom, and of other her Majesty's
nions, in exchange for such *Nasal Stores, which are now
purchased from Fureipi'Vountries with money or bul-
e lion."

This .Statute
.of itself proves, that flatlet the encourage-
ment to the Colonial Timber Trade, nor the principle, upon
which it was afforded, are novel; and the subsequent Statutes
of 8 Ann, e. 13.; 8 Geo. 1. e. H.; the 5 Geo. 3. C. 45. ; and
the later Acts which have been passed on the subject, reLog,
nize and confirm the wisdom
,of-theaa. We shall therefore
now state, as concisely as .posiible, the nature. of the en-.
couraiement which has been held out to this Trade.
From 1705 to 1781, a bounty was given on the importation
of wood from the King's Colonies; and at.different periods
large sums were voted by Parliament for this purpose; And
from 172.4 to 1812, timber fit fur naval purposes fimu these
Colonies was allowed to be imported, duty free. In 1806 the
late Lord Auckland and the-theti-Lord Temple .Crought in tie
46th Geo: 3. c, 117, overlOoking 17n all probability the:al:rye-
mentioned Acts, which did not expire. tiii itite. :The 46th
Geo. 3. C. 117, was to grant an exemp,tion. from duty of Naval
Timber. To this Act, and that of 109, thereftre, there ,s
little doubt that those who -contend that the encouragement