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London, England, 1818-06-10 00:00:00

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The Royal Assent was given to the Alien Bill,
the Aliens' Naturalization Prevention Bill, and
several other Bills.
The PRINCE REGENT then delivered Toe SPEECH
from Ton Tit oN 13, of which the following is so
correct a report, that except that it is here given
in the third person, it may be considered as near-
ly exact.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS commenced his Speech by

lamenting the necessity of again announcing that

no alteration has taken place in His MAJESTY'S

Indisposition.

lie acquainted Parliament that be still receives

from FOREIGN POWERS the strongest assurances of

their friendly disposition, and their desire to

miintain the general tranquillity.

He notices the attention paid by Parliament to

the many important Objects brought before them,

and expresses particular satisfaction at the Mca-

sure adopted in consequence of His Royal High-

tresses recommendation for augmenting tl,e

number of Places of Puncto %Vomit'', belonging

to the ESTABLISIIED CHURCH, and his confident

Penance that that Meaiure will be productive of

the most beneficial Effects on the RELIGION and

MORAL HAL ITS of the People.

The PErNcE REGENT then thanks the House of

Commons for the Supplies granted for the sercice

of 'the year, 00(1 expresses his approbation of the
eps taken for the REDUCTION of the UNFUNDED

'I%EBT.

mss,

states Lis barriness at being able to inform

tilem of tile continued Improvement of tile Rs-

VENUE.

Ilk Royal Highness then acquaints both

Houses of his intention to give itnnietliate Di-
rections for DISSOLVING the Present, and calling

a'NEW PIILIAMENT.
Ile next takes ..occasion, from thus 'Communi-
cation, to advert to the important Change in the

Situation of this Country, and of Europe, since
he first met the Present Parliament.

llis Royal highness then observes, that at that

period the Dominion of the COMMON ENEMY was

so widely extended over tl►e Continent, that Re-

sistance to- his- Power was deemed hopeless by

many, and only in the Extremities of Europe was
it effectually, maintained.

IliS Royal highness proceeds to state, that it

was by the UNPARALLELED EXERTIONS. WIIICh

PARLIAMENT enabled him to make in aid of Na-

tiotis. nobly struggling for INDEPENDENCE, and
by the Spirit it kindled in so many Countries,
that EUTope was delivered from the most op-
pressivCnittALDom, and that His 8.. H. had the
happiness, by the Biss:og of .Divine Providence,

to terminate, in conjunction with our Allies, the

most eventful and sanguinary Conflict, in which

`the Continent had for Centniies been engaged,

with UNEXAMPLED GLORY and SUCCESS.

His Royal Highness remarks, that the Prose-
cution of so long a Contest, and more especially
the efforts which have marked its close, have been

followed within our own. Country,,,l9,,well asi
througiout- the -1.6 f of Europe, by considerable
,•- • -
Intel nal Distress. But deeply as lie felt for the
Pressure on the. People, Royal Highness
nevertheless looked forward without. dismay,

having the FULLEST CONFIDENCE in the SOLI-

DITY or OUR RESOURCES, and in the Relief.whicli

might be expected from the Continuance of

PEACE, and from the PATIENCE, PUBLIC. SPIRIT,

and ENERGY of THE NATION, expectations wbicli

bare not been disappointed.

His Royal Highness then observes, that the
Improvement in the internal State of theConntry is

happily manifest, and promises to be steadily pro-

gressive, and expresses his assurance, that the

unabated Loyalty and Exertions of all Classes of
the People will confirm those growing Proofs of

NATIONAL PROSPERITY, by promoting OBE-

DIENCE TO THE LAWS, and ATTACHMENT TO THE

CONSTITUTION, from whence all our Blessings

have been derived.

.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then .said, " My Lords

and Gentlemen, it is the will and pleasure of His
Royal Highness:the PRINCE OLWALES ' Regent,
acting in the name and on the behalf of His MA-
JESTY, that this Parliament be forthwith Dis-

solved, and this Parliament is Dissolved accord-

iogly."

The PRINCE REGENT quitted the House with
the same state as on .his entrance; the Com-
mons withdrew from the Bar, and the Lords
retired from the House.

The above Speech may be considered as one of
the most satisfactory that ever was delivered from
the Throne. It conies forth at a time when Europe
enjoys PERFECT TRANQUILLITY, chiefly owing
to the exertions of this Country, and solely
by the example of firmness and perseverance
which it held forth to others, by %% hie!) the
Continent was rescued from a slavish submissi,9ll
to the most ambitious and despotic ofTyrrilnis.--
We conceive, therefore, that a .Specchiso pregnant
with truth, and so modestly:"titaied, will be read
with universal pleasure:

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Sunday last,TheDuke of `WELLINGTON had an
audietCce of the King on Saturday, and was ex-
pected to dine with his Majesty on Sunday. One
:of the Journals states, that Madame CAUCHOIS
LEMAIRE, who has been detained for three months
in the Prison des Madelonettes on the charge of
being implicated in the attempt upon the life
of the Duke of WELLINGTON, has been set
at liberty. It is singular that no mention
whatever has been before made in the Paris
Papers of this Lady being detained upon such
a charge, and that the first announcement
should be her being set at liberty after three
months' confinement. From Frankfort it is stat-
ed, that the baggage of the Hereditary rl incess

of HEssa HOMBURG, arrived there on the Ist
instant. Great preparations ‘vere making at
Homburg for the reception of the august couple.
An article from Hanover mentions, that the
Palace of Furstenhof, in that city, is preparing
for the reception of the Duke and intended
Duchess of CLARENCE.
FIVE TS.

Saturday, 72 t. 50 c.
DEFERRED STOCK.

Saturday

.84f. 40c.

Though we conceive that we have sufficiently
expressed our opinions respecting the necessity
of an ALIEN ACT, in the present situation of this
Country and of Europe, yet as there is a degree
of pertinacity on the part of Opposition, that
rather seems to indicate a wilful blindness, we are
tempted to renew the subject. That Lord GREY,
Lord POLLARD, and others, who have not pro-
fessionally directed their attention towards the
study of Law, should have delivered weak or er-
roneous opinions on the subject is by no. means
surprising, and was naturally to be expected ; but
that Sir ./AISIES.SiiiCKINTOSH, whose knowledge
and whose talents are of a very different descrip-
tion, should have fallen under similar mistakes is,
indeed, a matter of wonder. The Honourable-
Gentleman was very severe on Ministers for hav-
ing been ignorant of the clause in the Scotch
Law, which is of so dangerous a tendency as to
open the doors of thiS country to Aliens of every
kind who were able to purchase Stock, to a par-
ticular amount,. in the Bank of Scotland ; but
surely the charge and discredit of ignorance on
this point applies with Much greater force to
himself. He is a native Of Scotland, and
a Lawyer by profession, and he _therefore.
ought to have known more of the Laws of his
own T?!ptryt,,, ,thij-Alis,ngqfpus:
clause it was his busineS•as a politician, and. his
duty as a patriot, to communicate his knowledge,
and to have endeavoured to effect the abolition of
so mischievous a...privilege. If he-(lid not know
of it .what right has he to reproach Ministers,
who are not professional, men, with ignorance,
when lre‘,waseqoally;ignorant of what he ought
to have known. He has here placed himself in a
itilematal.from which it.will require. all his acute-
ness to enable him to escape. But the Honour-
able Gentleman was also very severe on the Bill,
while it wac proposed to have a retro-active effect.
For our: part we do not consider that quality as
any reasonable ground of objection, but rather as
a recommendation. Sqlus 7). opuli suprema est lex is
an Old'and revered maxim. The inconvenience
of.individu'als is nothing compared with the wet.,
fare of the State, and if offensive and dangerous
characters had contrived, through the medium of
the clause in question, to become denizens of the
British Empire, would it not be wise and proper
to get rid of them as soon as possible ) It is said,
that an Aid-de-Camp of BUONAPARTE has been
naturalized by means of that clause. Would it be
unjust or illiberal in the Legislature it they refused
to tolerate the continuance of such a man in this
country, particularly as there might be others less
conspicuous but not the less dangerous ? We are
of .opinion that the Bill should have been re-
troipeCtive, because we are persuaded, that

Government would have made due enquiry and
proper distinctions. Ministers, knowing that
Opposition are perpetually on the watch
to detect and expose their errors, if they were
not actuated by higher motives, would never
have driven away foreigners of an inoffensive
character, who sought protection under the Bri-
tish Government, and were not inclined to abuse
its toleration. Upon this principle we conceive
that the Bill ought to be retrospective, and as it
is not to be so, we trust that Government will
keep a vigilant eye upon those who have taken
advantage of a clause•which was so strangely
overlooked by the Politicians of this country at
the time when the Law was. enacted..
SING made-aNeryproper distinction on this sub-
jeer; -which, we conceive, is not unfavourable to
our view of the question, as to the policy of ren-
dering the Alien Bill retro-active. That Gentle-
man justly observed, in contradiction' to what was
said by Mr. Bitouon Am, that the Amendment of
the Lords was not thrown out because it was re-
trospective, as Mr. BROUGHAM supposed, but be-
cause it trenched upon the privileges of the House
of Commons. What Mr. CANNING farther said,
though rather by implication than avowal, when
he declared his reluctance to revive the debate,
induces us to believe that he would not have ob-
jected to the Bill on the ground of retro-action,
and if we are right in this conjecture, we
shall siew him with increased respect as a
shrewd politician and profound Statesman.—
We repeat our hope, that as the Bill is not to be
retro-active, our Hiders will sedulously enquire
into the characters, and vigilantly watch the con-
duct of those Foreigners who, under cover of a
most impolitic clause, have acquired the power
of disseminating doctrines calculated to under-
mine our glorious Constitution, and to involve us
in all the horrors of revolutionary anarchy,

pg.
PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDEI4'-'
(Not from our Regular Correspondent.)
P J 4. If I had ‘nt you lett° .‘

ARTS, UNE .. mid not se_
to-day I might be forekr,...), for the faithkilitri',
lish, when abroad, forget not even ,theitlYl;
WO their rr dskp omet and araingliVe.dcntt,"
Way to feitivity. hoiliadr of our beloved snag'
Monarch in the English style, that is, With 91
good an English dinner as the. French cooks tae
prepare ; and, as usual, there is no doubt_ but _f
shall retire home like the true native breed,
full
• Wine.
Eilo
You have not yet noticed Madame de ST~'
a
work, at which I am a little surprised : it Is et
very singular production, full of brilliant imag
and happy conceptions ; it is, to use a frelicg
familiar expression, her bouquet; it is a w°l,
written evidently to captivate general approbsti°:;
her views are luminous, and her sketch °f ire
causes which led to the French Revolution 90
very interesting ; but her enemies reproach lior•
with being frequently inexact in the rel4(l°io
facts, and of not being consistent with herself of
many parrs: •But those persons forget, or 110nrii,
chose to reraeMberoltat it is a posthumous °lto
lett in an imperfect state; arid although the C'dt°
the Duke de BROGLIE and the Baron de s°ll-'
'. 11,
1
state that the first part (in whickthe errors
was quite prepared for the press,'ii is, to °
• -
like o
served also, that Madame de STAEL,for the
others, reservedher.princirat:correetions ke
first proofs : and- though she 'Might not d° of,
Lord LYTTLBTON, who paid 100(k for ths-c
rections of his HENRY 11., yet we'ari ;Ofc/fillitr
that the 'COrreO.t,ions of the proof sheets
works cost more than the first compositi°ll:fot
hence it would be unfair to blame her severely
not being.,exaet..in the. detail, of a' few•
,-;;r105-
stances, which a -reference to anitiltorten
ratios would have enabled her to.correcto/jio
not disposed to enter 'into a critical revia-f
work ptiblished under such -circumstanae);
though 1- frequently differ from her,in 00°11: if
for instance, when she ''praises the C6'lll-dist
BLACAS, the Minister who prepared in a 5}40.111
manner the fatal event of the 20th blaich'A sod
who recently would have bound France blitiutiot
foot by a detestable Concordat, yet her cons to
admiration of the English Constitution, her "::09t
attempt to place the English character in a pay
advantageous point of view in the eyell°(_,gl.' 00
lion highly irritated against us, her et49ifp,
the conduet and character of the Duke °i 9
LINGTON, and her marked detestation- °I dos
tyranny of BUONAPARTE, must claim for her
unqualified gratitude of every Englislails°loo
tacked to the Constitution of his CountrY' tht
word, many works have been written °P
French Revolution, but that of Madame deal ABr
S:dief
Pn
throws them all into the back ground, 9 i-010,
may say in the florid language of the ers ,
what charm can there be for Soltan,h
wen

appears but being bidden.

ded ((if I°'

The Journal General has been suspen,
rride
setting, in the number of Monday last, all "
er f•
concerning M. DUNOYER, and another Onciiiod
jog a pamphlet called " The Exiles, by w °
It is lucky for both that Toe i 064
printed in England, for the Police "°
17e
suffer one in a hundred of my articles to es°11:00
It may be my want of discernment, hot 1
read the two articles, and 1 cannot discave'
e
thing at all meriting such severity, as ?d;
contains a simple detail of facts respeeti"
DUNOYER, of no real importance whatever' fe
the latter simply says the pamphlet i 9 verYbor'
rnarkahle for the political principles of the 3111virit
his opinion, the subject he treats, and the
in which it is written.
The Company's ship Carmarthen Wive"
o`'
ester'
mouth Sound the Bth instant, and, after Ptjister'
fresh strpplies, was to sail for the Downs an‘l
day ;—she left Tellicherry the 4th January'
St. Helena the 22d

• nsitlerl4
CORN-EXCHANGE, JUNE 10.—We have bad C°" 00011
Supply of Wheat since Monday, the prices of 'dricbrice,
t
the same as on that day; Fine Barley supports itsP,rt ttic
inferior is nearly unsaleable; real Fine o'os snlf(
prices ; in Pease and Beans there is no alteration'

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TIIE QUEEN—The Recount of herrviios,ti eT4
terday. was—" The QUEEN had but on in(::".err Ile
111glit, but was much better yesterdaY• 00
Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, 31141 '4l-Y55/11':,.:055'
die Duchess of GLOUCESTER, visited Ole ".1
ill°
PRINCE
Yesterday morning, shout 10 t''cillore9.
REGENT left town for Ascot-tle3lb,i oe,11;
His Royal Highness was atter, 1, ecpecte- t°-
certain the Duke and Duchess7:llCAml"l,l °
Ch;irsla,teslteD cottager
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in, ,‘ hisv i suite, -
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Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE left ffi 14/36:
morning, about ten o'C'° 1 P
vvi. $
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(li (i Races.
not
accompany them,
previously engaged to an entertainrneot ciao'
Baron ,D
l'he Lindgrayeba-vin.f;ll:eii:\
FAGEL, lilt ArllbilSetidOT frOlll 11l 1
theThNe°(.l;lladn'DlsUke 71.11mkEL went Yesteitilli
Ascot Races.