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of ,itightim ;,nli trcl,t;itt; he knew the elhjectioiii
•`,rliht :would he mt on both sides,Of'the %vines. ; but
• he' rui!as, that wheriesieti'the restriction
upon th'e was rernoved,an'assimilation chile
entsrhfey-inight be ins'o'le concurrent with it. The
diffieu4)seallv was nOt so great as some siopptised,
still les.S Wont() tb'e hi,tlian what the p,ople'of
'lreland stippose.d. It would not occupy the Com."
mittee a Single moment, if he'stated how it might
he effected-: Might not an Act be liHsscd, pr,,id-
ing that all ekiSting cotiCratts should he 'edosioer-
ed as di-charged, if paid one thirteent'i lea, At no-
- initial value thou they luid been Conti-acrid for ?
h would affect the reality of no engagernetit-; 'ex-
cept thoie under twelve-pence, and it would, ar-
feet then) only to the extent of one thirteenth.
liven this slight variation wonld be henefiCial to
the poor and those who receive in smalls stuns.
begged pardon, there was one other class,
namely, the Offiters of the Courts of Law,' who
would be benefited; for it, as an Honourable
and Learned -Filen(' of his stated the other
their profits were made- up Ms tees under a shil-
ling, they would have reason to be
.gl:td of. this
'assimilation Of Currency. ; but to be serious,' he
testily thought there Would hi no difficulty in 4,,
the theastire explained to the emin-
trY: AS to the-dille'rence of the rates of interest,
lie should make n&ohserv:stiou now : the laws
tinder which it Was regulated iu Great Britain
W'i're skortly to be brought before the Ilinise
which would give a more favourable opportunit)
•ol'utiticii,g the difference which existed. On that
-subject also he bait en deil voured to present to the
Committee such intOrtivition us he had been able
to furnish ; hh 'titight haiAt', perhaps, gone too
-itmelt into detail, 1)14'4 had sheen necessary, as the
'ground of that 'proccedin.., which alone remain-
eitt fOr us to take ; he had stated the opinion of
littressive Committees of their own body, ee.-
'e.oluttfending that liadiatneut 'should exercise that
Otwer,• which the Act of Union-had reserved to
it ; and,' indeed, it appeared now to him, that
there was no alternative.; He hoped it would not
be .siid to-night, ' that Iroland has thrown a
great' additional blirdett On the rest of the empire
to save herself. Oh, 'no, said the Right Him.
Gentleman, belietre tue, in her exertions site ha,:
not been back ward. Yost contracted with her for
an expenditure which she could not meet, your
own share of which you email not meet hot by
.lacrifices unexatt9led, by exerCons the tension of
which only grigland could have borne---Ireland
had !seen led to hope that her expenditure would
have been less than befure.she was-united with
you. In the 14 years preceding the Union, tt
amounted to 41,000,000 L bll.
tin t. 1.; ycars
lowing., it swelled' to the enormous size of 148
millionS. The increl.se of the revenne of Ist:land
would have more than hisch‘rged, wit Lout the aid
of loans, an expenut'ure greater than that of the
Afteen years which preceded :1801. Ireland had
absolutely paid in takes more than 78,000,0001.,
being. 47,000,0001. inore than her'revenues in the
fifteen, years upon which her contributions had
been calenlated.'. Their own Coiumittee 'hewed

thelll Nvliiit an atl'ytitic'e in pertihownt tiixatithi
Ireland had erode, 'even greater in L.upi-,11.1'i1l to
loriner revCniles•than ;kat of Great Britain
notwitht,iato7Hig the' ininienss ckertions of
the hitter,
.and including het .etraordioary and
taxes It "lie..l)ad sheam Unit eutlve't,ln of
the revemic hnd proved in hotel vcios, that
evert under the pressure of the lanes its pr oduCe
Itatl ificieasco ,10 *him not'he sappu,sed to arrogate
on smith to himself, much ino-re was owing to
the z e'it I and indostiy t,f thu'e depAltrltClitS to
Nyfi1)111 the iiihllllll:3tritt ion of it 4,441 bt.eil more piir-
ttelha'lly -00111;1)itIC(1. Fur himself, it ?")).; thing
could fold to th;lt tolthority Of which he
%vas 'o,cioos tlffit he dt•ikeit .a share from the

confidence of Parliament, and the support that
that Eloise had given to the nieasaes which it had
1 heel) his. duty to propose, he owed it to tho;e No-
ble Persotrs %rho had pre,ided over the It jilt Go-
vi'liment„ and to hint particularly, Who had now
tnittlinistered the litlairs of that country for the.
greiiter pant of the time that he hail his present
office ; he had never, in any one instance, con-
sidered that Power, or those appointments which
were vested ui hitn, but as trusts for theirenctit Of
thelievenne in .ill its -branches. To, the Noble
Lord-hd owed this lestiMbity ‘r there' is another
tivlit, Sir, '(said the non. Gentleman) which I
!_doill not attempt to pay. It is to the friend,hip
and cooprrahint tildi of with whinn .1 hive been
'tidied in Alice since our first entry into ptitlielife.
Bat I cannot express all I feel with respect
I could not, even if he, were not present, cspres
it. I cin say tin' more upim- olds subject-:-1 have
almost said toii much; 1, shall 'put the. Resolutions'
which I have to twive in your donbtine., not
that the Conmiitree will adopt them, that wcsitall
this night contribute' to the accomplishment of iliar
great measure, the accomplishment of that union,
which is the prOodest inonoment of his reign, wins

for moretilait tit ty years has swayed the sceptre

of these free and 110-weri id kingdoms ; not donut-
,
ling that an Unitr.d Parliament will remember
Ivlitit it owett to. this( peOtt:eLwlto have contribiliv'd
10 mainly to (lion 4410:1ei have
•
the administration of his son. S i,r, these days' will
pass away—hut 1. trust that the principles of grtie,
•rosity and of instire- which were cOtgOiul,to 40111
'our people, nosy, like _that. compact• sv-isich
sinites them, be perpetitated by, our acts; and that
the interesis pf Great Britain and ireLtild may thi
as inseparable as 1 pray Gin! to .make their fiber-
!les immortal. " (I It.ae, bear');---He' cnitertidetl
by moying, • • •
Lhat it k the ereinion 0107 S ytilt the I:,thlei
*°r the' 'respeetit'e debts of -0 tit BeitaVrt irel:iii4:(6ti-;
inutted according-to' thu,priteitiolittof vtl'e Uts for tile' Haiti'
Qreat liritainitnit Iceland) hare been. at n period' wine'
quent to the F,aol Act,' in tite„s;itne proportion to each otiti.r,
(%iiptin• tine' hitnilredth part Of' t1:4: jai l value) with the re-
-Blieetisitentiiribut ionsl4,4laelt Ceinittry re,peetier;y, tow4rils
Site lttultnl expenoßureA#oll4 Linited kiitgllont Pinta tile the
xeipectire;circonistances Of•the twir)cotiOries wiit: henceforth •
,lufroit of their contribtifinit' Ilyiequiit taxes
'lmposed on the same Ott ides in cache to he rofttre
lure-of the A.Ta Rya- Kingrisnirr sttbj•cat-ortiY to such lartic"l"r
tXempt ions or abatea.ents iii Ireland, and in that part of
Gt'catßeitttlft CrilleiPlStottand;- a 5 eircurnitanc,i'nnty ;iive;tr.
r‘2.l4' tirtteto' time toothen,od; awl that it g•ai tio. 104gcr
Itecessary to regulate,ttic tont riOnt ot The two courvl rues 14'
"tints the future expendii arc of the 1 t, led Kingdoin, m•cord;
"Ilt.ts,any specific prim-flint's, or according to tne.rnlrs pre-
'Utaiied by the said Acts of union, with ieveet
vifir rnportiOnr.
" ciiirittittit.of- this Committee, tli:0; it i,3CN-
Tetlient fitture.ott;tucri iworeforth to he jw.',irred,
`°ketitor-414.4-4110 iiite*of-alidtharges of all joiliPile!)l.3 hi-
Mett
e°nthtcted, shall he so defrayed indiscriminately by
*Vial tut:" to kpj itufoyed on the sauce articles ill eirch

ecanry, and that freartirne to titt'e, iSS cirATalli-rgest
require, • taxes should he impoie (Land applied accordpoy,
sol9ectu,ly to such yortionlar exernint.otis or .ahltemtliits irl
'and to that part Brest tiritain callea
eireutitstaitee,: appear front lime to time to tfeninia..
" That it it the opioimi of tins t dminittee, tint stick legit-
haire should lie athiptvil as 'hay necestary to
carry into tart her effect the purposci of,i he saitt Acts Alf
Uni.in, by consolidAing the public revenues of (ircat 1161.14
and Ireland into one Fund; and the tattle to the ge—
no al services of the Milted Kingdom."
Mr. baNites alluded to the various predictitins
he hadanade respecting the inevitable defalcations
which would arise in the Irish reignite; and can.'
tetided, that all lie had said had been-verified by
facts and the experience of time. He had said
that Ireland had not •kept up, the bargain that had
heel) entered into, bt.t had been receding every
year. What was proposed was a most extraor-
dinary cure, and perhaps the only oae that could
resorted to. • lint it was a perverse interpreta-
tion which the Right tiou. Geotleman had given
of the Act cif ,
.Uniull4 to assume that because it
might be competent to him in 1816 to make this
proposition, it would have been equally,sos in
1811 or 1812, If this were the best way of meet.,
ittg, the difficulties, of Ireland, let it he adopted ;
but let it be understood that Ireland must depend
for some years to come :on loans alone f the
whole expellees of the Peace Establishmeot, as
they 'could not possibly he d,..lrayed by taxes.
'1 his was indeed 'a melancholy picture, as the
event !mist tend to plunge Ireland still deeper
to debt. liut'thiS tact, coupled with all that had
transpired concerning our situation, ought to to-
duce illinisters toatiru their minds to nteasoret
the strictest economy and retrenchment ; it;l.! he
could not retrain from pressing wire wore on tlia
[-lathe how necessary it was to reduce our Esta-
blislinielits. Adverting to whit the Right
Gentleman hail said respecting an itioa
of the currency, he conteuded, that sti tar trout
being a cure for evA, the measure would lilt
even be. bettefieial, Respecting' the alteration
in the Salt Duties, be observed, that this would
he of'little avail ; for many pasts of. die laws re..
lath* to tint revenue, nay, he might say almost
the whole at them, required revising and entirety-
reModelling ; fur the state of peace had placed
things hi such. all Unnatural sttuatitpt, that. it
would be iinpossible to Maintain these laws on
the tooting on which they hail flourished during
the most extraordioary war that had been con-
cluded. The, contusion created by the Distilla•
tion Laws, both in Loglaud and Scotlaod, proved
the necessity of their being revised mid altered,
and the sootier the attention•of -his Ri•glit Ho-
nourable - Friend Was turned to this ioiliject,
the better, He Objected to' the first Uesalti_
lion, and added, that lie felt it hiS 'dilly to
watch over-the provisions of the Bill In question,
though he was far from snspecti g dial any tiling
improper "was intended to be introduced into it;
bin lie wished to take care that there might be
something like restitution aced reciprocity pro.
vide& for, when the revenues of Ireland should
be restored-to ;t flourishing state, which lir hoped
and predicted they Would lie, when the internal .
dissensions and other causes that had depressed
them, should be pot an end to. Every..thing
shewed; that Omagh the exertions of Ireland had
11.ecn great, they had not been effectual ; he was
in Whether this was the time fur the eon-
solidatiou of the two I!;;;chegners,. and 'he also.
doubted 'whether his Right lion, Friend wenabe
able to introiHiec any-system of taxation which
would coo* the taxes to he collected at a cheaper,
rate. Oct the ,:hole he was Sorry to find that a
great 411 Of What .he had said had come to pass;
andi t was incumbent on Ministers lo relieve -os from
the hurthen, we should hare to bear, as soon as
they could. lie enoclehied with nit enlogione oo
!qr. Fitzgerald's public ctHilitct. Tin' Right HMI..
Gentleman had disclaimed a mcsit•to A-Lich he teas
fully entitied, lie coosideredr him as deserving
the thanks of the House, and of his country, fore
financial admi.eistratiouL
his retirement as a:great politic JoSs...iftliontrairs
of Ireland 11,41, been conducted siglouriAue"
c ess, it was owing to the exet lions of the.Cllian,
calor of the KNCliegner.
•
FiTzoeumm explained on the point-re-
lOtilg 11" k assimilation Of the currency.
Mr. L. FOsTea:denied that,the.itesolutions pro-
posed were it violation at any part of the Act of
Union. it never was, understood by. it that the
expenditure of Ireland was to depend on lier.o.w.n •
discretion, or her own hocsl necessities. Fles
hegged.the Committee to refer to. the Stare of the
finances. of Ireland at the. time of the passing of '
that Hill,-when the whole. revenue was only two
million, and the charge of her debt was 7,-6C1,000L
T e Whole 4tvailithle revenue of Ireland since the
- Union :had, only amounted to ouv,tentli part of
that contract which the ;Union, had, imposed:mi.
har,,,ar year. The It ights Honour.,
able Gewlentati then went into tt detailed state-,.
mem , the reveunew oil the ditrerent years 'Liu
Irtilamt since 808„ she*hig heir general:lle.
crease, except in 810, in the same terms,. and,.
quoting- the awe slims as weer' stated by Mr:
Fitzgerald, trirm. whicii..le.cohtended, that as
Ireland' bad' not been able: urnisb ,;.the I2oth
pater tine quota of entitributieilt, there-were only,
two modes: to remedy. the evil,---by direct, taxes
ahil by horre.twinglfe thew went oo to spew,
that tanwithstatuling,thealtfieieucy on theibrotaL
scale-, the revenue of iretatok itt the grost4;* since,
th, Uaion, had in irearly dmeLle what Ist'
was the Hseven :years rectding; nr in the
sport ion of fourteenaosix. He stated to tire Com..
mittee.‘fhats lead-been, the deficit' the Irish
venum,dieri trgt the years eudingio: 1814. 181'5, and'
1816, ,While this had eiceededY3oo,oool'.•• the'
gituta which- reland ,ha&•tO pay •
.
Yu .
hod lit 1411‘t • • •
lle,howeVel',tinil not eollSiderircland to hove hceu
dealr_by under rue Onion. Atic.r
considered that what had ()Yenned had only anti-,
cipate:d, ti a Aw, years, that a hieli.every, one
might pave expected place 77
the cir
•titt4l)itnicits of' EngLoul hail
laud. In a suite of peace, 01 one of ordinary
,
war, this tenuil.l inive become neet•ssary so
hut it (it'ml‘i !int ni.• tlouUCed, th,tt this, mast
take place some time o'r
hr yinild not Bile achnil that it wasinst that !re-_
land should, in pi Opar.iion to m her e.ols, hear,
an equal proportion -ot the hurthens of the Em-
pire, and 110 bllgitibUlltil could desire that 1"

4turitild he cathil urn to do snorts. Upon the
ulnae', he. uho:ught, Ireland derived !`,-,rcat benefits
from the lie considered the Measure now
iecomuientivd by iine Right Ilntt. Geintleisian ne-
cessary tit 'consOlidate the Union, to .wisieh he
lookeit forivart) for the Support Of the industry rind
for the .estab!Honent of the peace and fiiiure
krapipillity of irelaod.
Sit JOHN contended, that the course
about to he pursued towardi Ireland, was no
more thati an act of justice to tlitt country, and
an net Which-, ii his opinion, oaglit to have
been. resorted in long slut :I'. At the period of
the Union, alth'ongh not in Parlianient, .he had
given it his support out of doors. He felt it his
duty now to state, hoWever, that the hopes then
held out on the 0411 of thii country were de-.
luOVe ; t!. at the expectations eXcited'were not ful-
filled; and that many publie measures, Which
were to luive been the result of the' Uttion,
reniaitied one;tecnied, Much bad been said
of the progress of prnsPerity in Ireland since 'the.
Union ; but he begged leaVe to tibierVe, that iii
Many instances the eitports had been leis since
that event than before—he alluded particularly to.
her linen trade, in which her eXports were greater:
in 1792 and 1793, than they had been :Since the
Union. The Right Hon. Part.then penceededi With;
his usual clearnessi to point out the evils under
which Ireland had laboured, as well froM the ab-
sence of its principal landholders, as from the adop •
tioti of an erroneous system of taxation, which had
enhanced the deficiency of her revenue. 'With re-
spect to the present mesealre, lie thought it would
have been better it it bad been adopted three years
back, :is to have held gnu the hope that she could
have paid the proportion of the burdens of the
State imposed upon her at'the'Union, was Merely
to have kept alive a delusion, which could .ouly
end its some such course as that now about to he
taken. It Was his opinion, that in the ctinstili-
datiou of the taxes of the two 'count! ies, no tax
hhould be imposed upon Ireland which was not
imposed upon every part of Great' Britainatthe
sante-time.
Lord CASTLEtIRAGIt said, that the construct ion
which his Right Hon. Fricnd bad put upon the
clause in question was, in his junigment, theseal
anti trite contruction. It would be more manly,
therefore, to meet the difficulty at once, titan to
postpone it to a future day, when the evil would
he considerably increased. A • system of identity
of taxation formed the great basis of the Seotelt
Union but, at the time of the Union wit h'lrv-land, the debt of Great Britain 'preponderated sti
much, that it would have been 'unfair to have call-
ed upon her to cutter into It Paitership of debts'.
Fort his reason t he quota principle had been adopted
on that occasion ; butt as the 'debt of Ireland had
now passed the point of prOporthiri, it would he i.th-
surdand unjust to continne thesame state of things',
Since 1811, the debt- hail' 'been a.ptinst
instead of being in her favour ; and therefore, to
delay the measnre for fouir years ionger niust he
highly impolitic in every view of the subject. He
did not• wish to revive any of those. animqsitirs
which had been excited with respect.to.the LinionT
but, in regard to the quot; he could not agree
with many of the reasonings of the flonourabie
Baronet, without stating..thaj this was the only
point that had not been opposed at .the time.
It was iterileil in .it spirit of indalgence to Ire-
land, and was grounded on the best and fairest
principles, If x property tax had existed at
that. period, it might have famished a better cri-
terion; but as that was not the cit,e, We were
obliged to have 'recourse fo the relative
sittni-
lion of the two cotiittries. For several years after
thellnion, the war expenditore,or Ireland wits.tiot
less, than lour millions a year ; anil such ,wits the
pecudiarity of her eirewo.towei; Chat site coo!ti
lint have madt ultra,' on her own s'eenrity. This
country, therefore, had been her guarantee ;: but ;
it was not at all clear him that (ireat Britain
:would go On perpetually securing the loan of
distinct legislature Ile had no hesitation iogivivy .
ItifdelibCrutt ffifininn, that Ireland would only
.he entitled to the exemptions during the twenty
years, and at the end of that period she would he
open to -wsysteni of equal .taxation. The time,
however, was now come:which Parliament, had
originally contemplated, and b trusted the [louse.
wind(' adopt rise law which had beenproposed.
He not think that this country had ever heard'
any complaint front Ireland against our tax6i;
the attention of the legislitureirad bear frequently
directed to many grievances which were stated to.
exist in that part of the kingdom, hut tint a word
had beets:Said against our system of:taxation. He
sva.s :confidcust that. the Hyrangernent !low recoup.,
wended was pplectly conformable to the views of
the legislature at the time of the Unit* ; 'and he
felt ,e6nvinced there was so mneit real prosperity
and, st.erling merit in lrclau'l, that both countries
would soon receive the greatest st4smutages from,
this partnership:" • " •
Mu. PONSONEY set forth the'grievances
luvlitirmwti to lyeland, from 4: Union and 'Com-
plainett that Ircland had been. called upon to pay
taxeS which she Was not able to bear. Ireland
iy,ss unable to pay the charges thrown upon' her.—
what 1 Wowed ? Englund mint pay. then' for-Ire-
land. From this, he hoped one good inference
would be drawn by the Honse,---nameiy
that it was necessary to - rkduct leer expences.—
He hoped and he thought Sortie attention, would
be paid tt! us Gentlemen would see, that
imposing' bUrthens on Ireland they only did'
'twat which must oltitutsfely 'take ni6re. Money
trotnitbeirtneyO pockets and thOse of tlseir eristl-
Nerds. . Pt.t,-proceetied to sluew the s y
bi.land to bear
,the weight of taxation which had
bee'd'llift4ri'lipiio her. In prof ot
this lit slew=
that 4%titice haul: hein in the preseut year
of noire thaut 3000 carriages of different desepip,
which were,ahout to he. laid ,down. Ise
oot !Milne-the' Itiett lina:Gentltinan (Mr.
Fittgeraliqu forlhe present situation of anions it)
that equPiry.,lll-ivos,oo. fautlt .of ltieArtti.l ooiy
pinedythit's
„et-nth! be supplied was vie itkeasure
now Isbatit";tete He did not.
that this had been adopted so&itiort ;
bis,ftluur„►yaVit luid.becniesorted to•too. 1„t e. The
1i0414-941:444•11,'Ai1i taxatiOn..:was. not Inech com-
pkined of its Ireland. It might:be th,.04111
fand
,h 0 ##.lvAileg4,lo c4.01101,itt:.(11 still. gr,airt
11f14•!.*k'04.1ffs; but ilte.:knew of the sitinttiou
of the country who did not know that the t iXe3
were the subject of loud and general complaint.

ife did not agree with the Noble Lord in tl.itikin
that Ire! had devisees gte;il .itivaotage frog,
letup being negociatedin England.
Lord CASTLEttEAGTI (.14pLAined.
The Rest.;lntiOns were then read and agreed o.
Sir 1. NEW roar aished to know wifto
TIOn. :Gentleman opPosite woold 1,1
Wiird his new plan reipectingThe Ir,ishFinances
A conversation etittetl, 'which tilts
CliAncr„Lt.dlt of the Exctintinai and Mr: VT'sn*
FrrzcEnatiiparticiated. The result was, it was
stated by the CitatqcyLi.oß of the I‘;',ltcniatiml.
that the plain
.tvould '"e developtid' when the Bill
founded on the Resolutions iliSt carried wei
iii-
trotl,:ced,
Thi, [louse re'storied, and the 11,poc.of the
COMmittee was ordered Co he receiVed to-1;10:1.ov%.*
Mr. liAtOttl's postpoded ic'pectiog
the Elgin Marbles till to-InoriOtv.
Mr. Poteiowav reniiintted the Right liOn,
°email that the MOtion,of ilk !tight lion. Friend
(Mr. Grattan), on the for
tri-morrOw, which he hoped lie would not put Wl'
on any. account,
Mr. 13,t.NkE-s said, he would let !IFS Motion stand.
611 he Say what course the btiSinesS of the day
might take..
A short enn.vetiation. took
,place lictweett
Tierney and Laird CaStlereagli On the Civil
Bill, and an understanding was coule to, that tint
Bill shonlii be coniMitteil tin Wedneidty,- and tha
Report brUugHit !IP on Po
ALIEN laid,:
the Report of the. Alien Bill 'being about
lie brought
Mr. J. P. GtiAi,:T rentirlied, that frdn the 'pc..
tiod at tvi,ich Magua Chartit was signed, down.
to the, Tel 1792, it had never oeenrreil tct allY
Minister to propose, miller ally elkuniStaneel itt
the.,,Foootryliarl. been id:iced, the adOptiort
of such a measure as that now brought wider ith
consideration of the Clouse. In the present
titation of things, he could see no reasnii for
having re,ourse to it, and had.he been in Parrot:.
ment in 1792, or had he been called upon now to
give an opinion on the course pursued their, lie
should certainly have opposed his negative tri
1301 which accounted -for oat hing all that the wis-
dom of our aticeitors had done, and with reshct:t
to a large body
.of, usioGuiling foreigners, com-
pletely changed the who:e system of our Cans. Ile.
Thad beard no arguments urged in fat our of the
line of cOriduCt tinw about to'he por:iied, that to
him seemed at all to justify the gene-,c 1 will/711)1a
of the weasore,'or the propriety of baying Tr-
course to it in thS:jiartietthr instance. lle sassy'
nothing in the polic.y.of foreign l'cireers thlt re.;.
tinired the adopt iorrof such a measure on onrprt;
Mr. Serjemit Br.sT. thought the case did wit refit
on the aothoritv of Mr. Justice Blackstone; mitt
as to Pnfientiorif,- lie had been quoted by Black.
stone, to"shew what was the law of Rations,
which, in aninteroatiolial tllle9titin, etas the law
of England. : Bot on this question he would refer
to an authority which ought to have some weil,ht:
yithithe opposers of. this. Bill, namely, that 4
Lord Grenville in 1792—(Hear, hear ! from shies
gpposition)—who had theq that this-powee
over Aliens was vested in the ding to a veil; g-e4tit.
extent, anti from hilts of re mot e ant y, Iso
(ThtiOtt. tot _Lord Liaughhavotigh lralfi the
charld had berm quoted by the opplwri
of this ; hut tit begged the llon,e to ob...erve,,
that what it contained on the sn!jcet rulateil
merely to Alien merchions.---versous residing 'itt
'this country for the benefit of trade, otid the
mtonties mentioned in that a'id other norient
tares were by no weans gronted to the tna‘s Of„
.the ltingdoni—(helr, hear !)---It was fir;.'
that the power of sending.ioreigners oat of the
'country should elitist somewhere, and it eohidi
certaioly be no where so properly lodged as 11k
the hands of the Sovereign, Such a nicasnie as
that now proposed, would, its hi.l opinion, be
necessary, e ten it the country were in the Fnlbe
state as before the year 1792.-(l'lear, hear, hear!
from the opposition).—lf any Minister abused,
this power in sending a foreigner out of the emu)._
try,, he was responi,ible to. Parlitunent. Ile hind
found no mention of foreigners in the Act of Zig.,
beas.Corpus ; nor did he find any thing stated in
its any booleof nothot which.recognized any rightfnreigners to come to this country and.sttly
itt
it as long' as they .plea,,ed.
Sir S, Romit,ey thottl.!ltt it was of little import,'
once to the present Bill what was the common
law of ,Eughtlid on-the stibject.• As to the antho-
rity of Mr. Justice Blackstone, lie would take lonia
hits to assert, that it.did not in tiny degree hear
on, es the prentquest ion. The prerogative of the",
Crown -was so guarded with respect. to Aliens..
that in • t he Treaty: of Amiens, the authority a
PVlLiniellt WAslleCeSSOry to give the Crown the
uttrhority of, senditig back to Prance even mar.,
deters- and other atrocious criutitnds. 111 defied
his flott..Friend WhO spoke last, tea, quote ;an in.
s.ta,ttre: in which :Otis pretended prerogative hail •
.
been exercised. Sonia doubtful case, in the reign,
of Lleitry Isla, was the only one (0 be found its
which such a ,dower seemed to be exereised.--,
Alrnat-appeared tit taint the wilts, part of the enact•
me nt:s'lvats, the profound secrery‘.witb wWvii the
whyle progeedings against tin Mien might be con.
ducted, and this made that part of the Bill quitu,
littga•ory, which gave 'to the Alien the privnege
of. maintaining:an action at law, in case of nrw
abuse against hart; because It was in:possible for
hint, to procure aq.eridence' tti bring
,before
Court, iihisoloch ass all the proCeedings agnit.sc
him were cotiducted.with the most prnfOtind
creey,
•
11Vr..C.,,Y.OttKq thought it:was cleirly the pies .
ro active of the,terown to st.to•d fortigocts out of
the f,01.110.ty eti,Cept InerehnOTS. The erlACtMeitift,
in Magna 41i4rra. and the Sfatine,,, Ed,vard
by teloeh protection trilS eKttnilvd to tnerchantiv,
congilete ioroof Olt r Crown had
slit power .as against toreigners, td,e why was any. ,
:Ct:Cptiott neevs.,,Ay its favorer at atti.e who came
pu,that :As to the
lego,...o.atiens. who wese not met ehants„ awl totkenr
I.IOW entirely they were within the power ot the
.wpos-gloill Coke on
tliton, in iii ich i64f..,ttoi it wag decided by
that.-ao. ithen merchant might.take
1.yiy6?,1)114. if an i.tlien of any- other
iii serrieion slot? ;..at
.house, the King shoutil hoe
it.--((tear, hear !)--lnis slimed pretty clearly
bow great a difference theta was bctweett