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London, England, 1824-04-13 00:00:00

LECTURES ON THE PARABLES.

This day was published, in 12mo. price 4s. 6d. in boards,
THE PARABLES of OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR
PRACTICALLY EXPLAINED. Selected from the
larger Commentary of the pious and eminent Groaos STANHOPE,
D.D. late Dean of Canterbury.
By the Rev. C. M. MOUNT, A.M.
Late Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; Rector of Helm-
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Ordered to lie upon the table.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a Petition from the
Traders of Darlington, in the County of Durham, praying for the
passing of %rime law fur the speedy recovery of small D.bts.
The same Noble Marquis presented a Petition from the Journey-
men Boot and Shoemakers of the City of Glasgow, praying for a
repeal of the Combination Laws, which Petition was withdrawn on
account of an irregularity in it.
His Lordship then In-esented a Petition front the Members and
Elders in connection with the Church of Scotland in the North of
England, who prayed for relief is the solenmixation of matrimony.
Notice was given by the same Noble Marquis, that their Lind-
ships would be moved to go into a Committee of the whole House
upon the Unitarian Marriage Bill on Tuesday, the 4th of May ; and
thelr-Lordships were ordered to be summoned.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN next moved (as empowered by
the privilege of s Peer of Parliament) the first reading of a Bill,
which had before been under the consideration of their Lordships,
to enable his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects to vote at Elections
in England as in Ireland. He added, Unit he proposed at an early
day alter the Holidays to introduce an additional Bill, enabling the
English Roman Catholics to hold certain offices, and he eligible to
theist.—Adjourned at nearly six o'clock till to morrow morning.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
A new Writ was ordered for Lancaster, in the room of General
Doveton, deceased.
Soon after (our o'clock the Usher of the Black Rod appeared at
the bar with a message from the Lords, requesting the attendance
Of the House to hear the Royal Assent by Commission to several
Bills, for whick see the Lords' Report.
Alt. LINDSAY presented a Pe:ition from the Whale Mer-
chants of Dundee, in favour of the Oil Gas Bill.
Sir I. COFFIN said, that the Greenland Whale Fishers were of
no me to anybody but themselves, while the Coal Trade to his
knowledge had supplied no less than 16,000 men annually, during
the last war, to the Navy. He therefore should support the interests
of the coal trade, and hoped they would carry the day—(A
Similar Petitions were presented from Leith,by Sir W. DUNDAS
Salop, by Mr. W.' Tavima ; Berwick-upon-Tweed, by Mr. SYRYS I
Greenock, by Sir A. CAI4VIELL ; Bristol, by Mr. H. DAVIS.
Petitions against the Bill were presented by MrAlderman Sarum,
front the Coal and Coke Company; by Mr.?. Moons, from Coventry.
On the Motion of Mr. WHITBREAD, that the House should go
into a Committee on the Oil Gas Bill, •
Mr. P. MOORE, after a few observations, moved as an Amend-
ment, that the Bill be committed that day six months.
Mr. OBEN FELL supported the original Motim. He thought
the appointment of an additional Company wou'd be of advan-
tage to the consumers of gas, who in that case would get it cheaper.
Colonel DAVIES thought there were many objections to pit
gas which were not applicable to coal gas, and as lie haw no advan-
tage to counterbalance the evil% of the measure, he should vote for
the Amendment.
Mr. N. CALVERT supported the original Motion.
After a few words front Mr. Alderman Basocas,
Mr. ELLICE observed, that he thought it. very hard that the
lion. Member who objected to the committal of the Bill, and his
friends, had reserved their opposition until after the Bill had under-
gone the second reading, thus subjecting its supporters to a very
considerable expense. Had the Hon. Member objected to it at
any of its previous stages, the infliction of this expense would have
been spared—(hear, hear).—He (Mr. Ellice) therefore trusted that
a sense of justice would lead the House to acquiesce in its commit-
tal. With respect to the observation of the worthy Alderman
(Bridges), who said that he objected to the Bill from a fear that
the town would at some time or other be left ill total darkness, he
thought there was a much better chance to avoid that misfortune
by the establishment of two Companies, for if the oil faikil, tha
coal would give light—(A laugh):---He trusted, after the many Pe-
titions which had been laid upon the table, and particularly after
the Bill had been allowed to go through a second reading, that the
House would give the supporters of the measure an opportunity of
proving their case by allowing it to go through a Committee.
Mr. SY KES said that all the Petitions which had been presented
to the House were front persons interested in the Coal Trade. It
was not therefore surprising that they should look with jealousy to
a measure so deatruetive of their own monopoly.
Mr. Alderman SMITH supported the amendment.
The gallery was then cleared, and the house divided. The num-
bers were :--.For the amendment, 71 ; Agahist it, 74 ; Majority in
favour of the 13111, 3.- The Bill'was then committed.
Mr. S. RICA obtained leave to .bring in a Bill to inclose certain
waste lands in Ireland.
Mr. Alderman -WOOD presented •a Petition from Mr. John
Williams, of Comilla, for leave to bring Ist a Bill to make certain
Sub-ways in, Londott.-TOrdered to be bid on the table.
Mr. J. XI A Wel N 'resented a Petition from the neighbourhood
9f Hartintsiuttli, againstAellanunersntith Bridge Bill.—Ordered
to be laid on the table: • •
Mr. UtillWEN 'presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Cnckernsouth itr favour of the 'County Courts SilL=.ordered tube
laid on the table, and to be printed.
Laid Arrii uttp.
postponed the further consideration of the
County Courts Hilt until the.,3d May-
-Mr. F. ft UXTON presented a Petition front the Inhabitants of
iYakhara Abbey, said three other places, against Negro Slavery.
Mr. 11. DAVIS presented a Petition trona the Merchants of
Bristol, :praying that they might be allowed a drawback on unsold
Foreign Wook—Ordered to be laid on the table. • . •
Mr. KENNEDY Presented a Petition front the Inhabitants of
Portpatrick, that instruction might be given to the Committee now
sitting on steam-packets, to establish steampackets between Port-
patrick and Donaghadee.
Mr. GRATTAN presented a Petition front a Parish in the
County of Tipperary, against the Tithe Composition I3lll.—Otdered
to be laid on the table, and to be printed.
Lord PA LMERSTQN presented a Petition front the Licensed
Victuallers of the Isle of eight against the Duties on Excise Li•
reuses.—Ordered to be laid ou *the table, and to be printed.

Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a Petition from the Inhabit-
ants of Asbridge, in the County of Somerset, against the Assesed
Tate:.--(h dered to be laid on the table, and to be printed.
Mr. CUnTErs presented a Petition from the Wool-growers of
Framingham, in Suffolk, against the remission of the Duties on
Wo.d.—Ordered to be Lid cm the table, and to he printed.
Mr. HUM E innved I;.r a variety of Returns of Teas imported
by the India Company, with their cost and sale price.—Agreed to.
Mr. HUME presented a Petition from an Attorney, named Sa-
muel Jones, of Bernard's Inn, praying for a compensation in case
the County Courts BM should pass into a law. The Petitioner,
said the lion. Member, rtated th it he had been 2i years an Attor-
ney in the Court of King's Bench; that after paying 120 guineas
to be admitted an Attorney. he was subject to a tax of £l2 a-year;.
that en Act which passed in the 574 Geor,e I LI. had greatly in-
jured kis profession; and if the Cuurty Courts 13;11 should be-
come a law, his profession would be still more injured.—The Peti-
tion was ordered to he Lid on the table, and to be printed. •
Mr. JAM ES presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Car-.
lisle against the grant for building New Churches.—Ordered to be
laid on the table, and to be printed.
Mr. II UME presented a similar Petition from the inhabitants of
Mahchener. Ile .'aid that the Petition was signed by 1,100 or
1,202 of the respectable inhabitants of that place, who disapproved
of the measure proposed by Ministers for the building New
Churches. In one parish in Manchester there was a Church capa-
ble of holding 6000 people, but it seldom had more than 1,100 in it.
He agreed with they Petitioners against the grant, as he considered
it quite uncalled for.
Sir it. FERGUSSON observed, that in one paiish in Edinburgh,
which contained a population of 50,000, a Chapel of Ease bad been
erected ; but as the population increased they subscribed for two
additional Churches, which were built. They were, he understood,
completely filled, and the parsons were adored by their Bock.—
The Petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. II U MEgave not!ee that on Wednesday be would move for
a return of the manner in which the million voted for the building
of Churches had been expended.
Mr. HUME also gave notice that on the -same day he would
move for a Copy of the Treaties between the East India Company
and the Native Princes of Sumatra, in coder to :uund a proposition
upon the impropriety of the conduct of the Consniittee in the ma-
nagement of that concern.
Mr. BItOW N LOW presented a Petition from Armagh,'lsray-
ing fur the Abolition of Negro Slavery.
The Honourable Member present-d another Petition from the
Society of Freemasons in the same Town, praying that they might
be placed on the same footing with the Freemasons of England.—
Ordered to be printed.
Sir M. W. ItIDLEY gave notice, that on Thursday, the 27th
of May, he would submit a Bill to the House for the consolidation
of the Stamp Dute.s.
Mr. HUSKISSON stated, that on Wednesday he would submit
a fill to enable the holders of bonded wheat in this country tams-
vett it into flour. The Right Hon. Gentleman further intimated, .
that on the same day he would introduce another Bill, to amend
the, law between Principal and Factoi.
ALIEN BILL*.
On the Motion for the third rea rtg of this Bill being
put from the Chair—
Mr. LLNNAItII ose.—He regretted that he bad
been absent during the former discussions on the BM,
but be was resolved not to let this last oppottunity pass
by without delivering his opinion. He considered that
the Bill, though 'limited in its duration, was hostile 'to
the principles of the British Constitution, and tended
to identify this country more and mote with the ini-
quitous principles of the Holy Alliance. In this liglit
it would be received both by the oppressor and the
oppressed. He was surprised to hear it maintained that
the Bill was brought forward on national grounds. It
was never resorted to by our ancestors ; not even when
the Throne was assailed by a Popish Pretender, through
the intrigues of a Foreign Power. It was no defence
to say that the provisions of it had not been called into
operation. The question was not the number of those
who had suffered from it ; it was a question of national
feeling and national character; it • prevented those pa-
triots who had been driven from their native land by
tyranny and oppression from mingling with kindred
spirits in this country, and of ever escaping from the
hated hand of bondage. lle thought the House would
best discharge its duty by destroying this last link be-
tween it and the tyrants of the North. The Hon. Mem-
ber then nwved that the Bill be read this day six months.
Mr.LEYCESTER deprecated the idea of allowing the
Bill to pass because it was the habit so to do. The sooner
A bad habit was got rid of so much the better; for it
often became so strong as to fasten upon us for ever. •
Colonel PALMER stated, that being one of the half-
dozen individuals mentioned in a Ito speech as oppos-
ing the general voice of the House and nation in praise
of the measures of the Government, he rose to defend
his opinion, and declare his objection to this Bill, con-
sidering it to be only a further measere of that weak
and dishonourable policy is hich aggravated the danger
of the country. For what was the object of the Minis-
ters? It was not the security of their own Government,
but those of the Allied Puts ers, and to conciliate those
whose conduct they had reprobated ill the strongest
terms of indignation in the last Session ; but whom in
the present they had not only flattered by their praises,
bat bad actually invited to keep possession of the coun-
try of which they bad so basely and treacherously made
themselves mastet s. But putting all honour, until, or
consistency out of the cinestion,•the effect of the Mea-
sure totally defeated its intentions; for the indignant
hut honest language proveked by the di..cussion, and
circulated thronghoot Europe by means of a free press,
must goad the 'hostility of the Allies, their Ingred to
Eiti4land, analtheir effats to destroy that I'be"Y, in-
compatible with the principle; they
i,ad es:ablished on
the Continent and had pledged themselves to maintain.
The Ministets, in the lace of reas.m. ofn mon sense, and
.
all the acts and declat atanis of both parties, uiliboasted
of the flood understanding between them; but how
was it possible these le-
.potic p
owers could be actuated
by any one more favourable sentiment titan contempt
for a Government, which, whatuver might he its own
danger of the country in this cause,
increasing iss:o.ttrsttit,ieisat,hlre6t:soennsii,taiondulfronthexfaeecloiintgvisctt)itonthoei nthe
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hourly
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which admitted of ao compromise, and wherein the
Ministers, from whatever motives, were „aiding and
abetting by their conduct the avowed object of France
and tine Hi ly Alliance, the Han. Member once more
ventured io aadress the House upon the subject. And
first he Inns return his sincere thanks to his Right lion.
Friend below him for his answer to the speech of the
Itight H n. Gentleman, for it was the weight of his judg-
ment and opinion of the state of Europe, the conduct of
the Allied Yo.sels, and their designs against the liberties
of England, which had encouraged him again to stand
up in their defence, and would, he trusted, justify every
sentiment he might utter before he resumed his seat.
—But the question of foreign policy was so involved
in the system of the Gov ernment at home, he must neces-
s.trily refer to both in support of his argument ;mad would
(-begin by answering an observation of the Noble Lord,
ho, in the late debate upon a partial question of Re-
form, had so pointedly alluded to the case of the City
which he (the Honourable Member) represented, and to
Whom he must declare, that for the same reason which
had influenced his vote in the case of the City of Edin-
burgh, he would have voted for the destruction of every
close and totters Borough represented in that House;
for he Lonsidered all half-measures, whether of foreign
or domestic policy, not only to be useless, but danger-
ous and deceitful; and so far agreed with the Right lion.
Gentleman, who, as the determined enemy to all change
of the existing system, had openly declared he would
consent to no compromise whatever between the present
state of the Representation of the people and a complete
and radical Reform. Upon this issue the Honourable
Member would enter the lists with the Right Honour-
able Gentleman, whenever that question might be re•
:sewed; and in the meantime he hoped that his Honour-
able Friends would make up their minds to a measure
which, if their own picture of the danger of the coun-
try was true, was the only remedy for the evil.—
For what could that eloquence avail, unless they would
act as well as speak? Why moot these Spanish ques-
tithes, and complain of loss of honour or danger to their
liberties, unless they could redeem the one and save the
other? likhy talk of their recognizance to keep the
peace, unless they could suggest the means to pay it off?
Why vent themselves in impotent abuse, insulting and
provoking those who could not call them to account,
but might their country ; or who turn Job's comforter,
and remind the nation of her danger instead of setting
their shoulders to the wheel to help her out of it? For
what prevented them ? What infatuation, what lethargy
had seized them ? What ghost stood in their way ?,
What night-mare sat upon their breasts, and, in spite of
all their efforts, pinned them down? For himself, he
saw nothing but the danger of his country, and could
look to nothing but the means to save her—(Hear). In
her cause there was no sacrifice but he would make, no
hazard but he would encounter, and all the reward he
sought was the glory of her service. In her cause, he
would say with Hotspur—
. " By Heaven, methinks it were an easy leap
To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon;
Or dive into the bottom of the deep,
Where fathom-line could never touch the ground,
And pluck up drowned honour by the locks;
But out upon this half-fac,'d fellowship !"
For, unless his Honourable Friends would go all lengths
and make all sacrifices of private interest for the public
good, there was no salvation for their country. Virtus
solo Nobhitae was the motto of his heart, and he hoped
too deeply written down to be erased by any tempta-
tion which the vanity of this world could offer it ; and
it was there alone, and not to the mottoes on their
shields, that true Nobility and a high-minded Aristocracy
would refer those who once looked up to them, and
who did so still, wherever their conduct or example de-
served it. The Honourable Member was convinced that
he appealed to those who were influenced by the same
feelings with himself, and, as individuals, would make
those sacrifices which they deprecated or despaired of
as a body. He was convinced, for instance, that the
Noble Patron whom his Hon. and Learned Friend re-
presented, and not the people, in his late motion for re-
form, would teadils sacrifice his private interest for the
public good; n a did the lien. Member say it from his
personal ;:steeni of the individual,but because the whole
tenour of his public and private life gave the assurance.
So, too, would a host of others, the flower of the aristo-
cracy of the nation, and who, in thus coming forward,
would cat ry the whole country with them. Not that he
claimed the monopoly of his feelings,nor any merit but that
of treading in the steps of those who had set the example;
and above all that individual who upon the question of
Reform, and all others involving the honour and in-
teres's of his country, had ever stood forward, whether
in or out of that House, the firmest, warmest, and most
consistent friend both to the Crown and people. But
to return to his Noble Friend and others, who could
not agree with them upon the subject of Reform : what
was the difference of their feelings, unless that they
were conscious of their own worth, but had a bad opi-
nion of the world ; whilst the Hon. Member and his
friends thought better of mankind, and that others
might be as honest as themselves : for they believed
that Goo had implanted the same feelings in every liu-
• man breast, and that education only made the dif.
• ference : not the education of Colleges or Schools, nor
• even writing or reading, but simply the education of
example and good government. They contended that
the Government of a nation was like that of any smaller
body; nor could a better parallel be formed than in his
own profession. Suppose then a nation and a regiment,—
the moral character and conduct of each to be equally
good and unexceptionable—only put a fool at the head
of either, and it must fall to pieces. Let the system of
each be perfection itself—" of one entire and perfect
chrysolite;" again he would say, put a fool at the head of
either—its honour, pride, feeling, name—
" Yea, all that it inherit, shall dissolve ;
And, like the baseless fabric of a vision,
Leave nut a wreck behind."
A knave in such a case was infinitely preferable; for,
without a heart, if he had judgment, he would learn that
honesty was the better policy, and might at last discover
that honour, chivalry, and a straight course was the best
read to his ambition. But a fool had neither heart nor
head; be neither saw nor felt beyond the circle of his ewn
contracted mind ; and with the vanity of the knave,
without his sense, give him only the power, lie never
failed to abuse it. The Hon. Member hoped that in that
House he had been no egotist; and that the silent votes
which during lf,i years he had given in almost every in-
stance upon public questions, might protect him from
the charge; if, in support of his argument upon this sub-
ject, he referred to his own experience for the fact. The
cost he would quote was, that of the Regiment to which
he once belonged : and which, from the worst possible
state of drunkenness and neglect of duty, was, in the
coarse of a few weeks, brought. to the highest degree of
discyliaie and goosi order. And how wet) this elected?

Simply by justice, ll►tnness, l►timinity, aitd conigatiti
sense. Governed by these principles, this Regiment (as,
stated in evidence before a Court) was considered as a
pattern to the service; and so continued as long as such
system lasted. But the system being again changed,
the same Corps, which had been the admiration of the
Army, became its reproach, and the object of the se-
verest censure of its leader. And so it had been with
tins country ; for she was once, in every sense of the
expression, the greatest nation in the world ; but, alas
how changed ! She tow stood degraded, insulted, de-
spised; a bAnkrupt in character and in fortune; and
what was worse, lost even to the sense of her own dis-
honour. Nor was it his own opinion that he urged, but
that of. Europe and the world, and especially that Go-
vernment v. hose strength and resources were the main
aping of those combined powers, which, without a
change of system, must work the rui►t of the country.,
Let the House look to the policy and intentions of thel
ench Government, and their opinions and criticisms
on the speeches of Ministers upon the Spanish and South
American questions, and it would find, whatever the
case between the Governments themselves, vie. France,
Spain, and the Holy Alliance on ane hand, and England
on the nther, that England, neither in justice, honour,
nor consistency; had an inch of ground to stand on.
But to return to the present system. It was supposed
to be the law of nature, that all nations which rise and
flout ish must in their turn decay. But the Honourable
Member contended, that nations, might always flourish,
but for the moral causes of their ruin ; for Governments
were'moral strticturest easily damaged or destroyed, but
might always be repaired or rebuilt as long as the ma-
terial existed. See Spain, for instance! Was ever a
noble edifice in such a state of ruin? For look at what
she was, and what she is ! But still the mate? ials
existed ; for it was the same country and the same
people— ( Hear). Nay, a better; for it had been the
education and improvement of the people, struggling
not only against the ignorance and barbarity of their
ruler, but the open hostility of the combined Powers,
and the basest treachery on the part of England,
which had produced the present chaos of horror and
confusion in that devoted country ; for it was base to in-
sult even an enemy when fallen; and how much more
base, not only to betray a friend, but to blacken his
character to excuse your own conduct: not only to tear
him from his country, friends, children, wife, and all
that is dear to his affections, but even to deprive him of
the only consolation in his misfortune.

" Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing ;
'Twas mine, ids his, and has been slave to thousands ;
But he who filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
Mat makes me poor indeed."
So the poor Spaniard, after bravely fighting in his coun-
try's cause, will' his last hope forsook him, was now
called by those who prayed for his success a- coward
and a fool. Nay worse, an idiot For who but idiots,
in spite of all they had seen, and was still before their
eyes, could prefer absolute Monarchy and King Ferdi-
nand to the blessing of Constitutional Liberty. But was
ever assertion so utterly false and unfounded, so revolt-
ing against reason and common sense, or so foul a libel
upon the wisdom and justice of the ALMIGHTY; for if
true, it at once reduced human nature below the level
of the brute creation. And who was the author of this

libel? Where had he formed his opinion ? Where had
he imbibed his knowledge of mankind and of the Spa-
nish character ? In the Senate, Conventicle, or Public
Feast ?—the Bible Society, or Caledonian Meeting? But
wherever it might have been, or whoever he might be,
he (Colonel Palmer) would repeat it to be false, and
state the evidence to prove it. Look at General Mina ;
was not he a Spaniard ? Look at his brave army ; were
not they all Spaniards ? And had not General Mina
frequently declared, that, had the Foreign Enlist-
ment Bill been repealed, the Constitutional Flag would
have still floated over the fortresses of Spain. Of all
dupes, he believed John Bull to be the greatest, and
could find no better parallel to his character, conduct,
and present situation, looking to the state of Europe,
than that which he should conclude with. The Minis-
iters, as all knew, had an unlimitei po%.er over the
pulse of the people, but not their liberty r.f s?eech ; as
to the first, to do them justice, no Gentlemen of their
vocation could be more active, nor understand their bu-
siness better ; and if in picking John Bull's pocket they
could only stop his mouth, all might go on smoothly.
But here lay the rub, for John resembled a certain ani-
mal in the act of being killed, whose only defence was
to set up a cry, which disturbed the whole neighbour-
hood, whilst all he got for his pains was the hearty wish
of those within reach of his voice, that means had been.
found to stop it. And thus it was with Mr. Bull ; for
whilst the Ministers were bleeding him to death, be
too set up a cry which was heard throughout Europe,
and naturally alarmed the Combined Powers, who said
to the English Government, " Use him as you please,
for that is your affair ; but stop his mouth, as that is
ours, and unless you can do this, by the Holy GOD we
must do it for you."
Mr. DENMAN said, that the arguments which had
been raised against the Bill had fortified his mind in
the belief of its impolicy and injustice. He was happy
to find that the power of dealing with Aliens had not
been claimed as part of the inherent prerogative of the
Crown. His Honourable and Learned Friend (the So-
licitor-General) had fully proved, two years ago, that
there was not a single precedent—not a single dictum of
the law for giving such a power to the Crown. The
regulation of Aliens, therefore, must be left to the House
of Parliament. He did not know what the Right Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Canning) thought of the Parliaments
of ancient times ; but he instanced the Parliament of
Henry VIII. as the rye plus ultra of degradation, when
Proclamations were supreme over the law. But he (Mr.
Denman) would prove from an Act of Parliament which
passed in that reign, that there was a distinction between
the dii ect prerogative of the Crown and that which pro-
ceeded under the sanction of the three branches. In
the 10th year of the King's reign an Act was passed for
the punishment of gipsies who should introduce them-
selves into the realm without permission, and who were
accused of practising palmistry and committing felony.
The Act gave the power ot Proclamation to the Crown,,
by which they could immediately exile them from the
country ; but then this power was of brief duration. It
he had rightly understood the Right Hon. Gentleman,'
he seemed to have discovered that the Sovereign had ll
power to deal with Aliens at discretion ; and so the
same might be said with regard to every Member of that
House, or of the other House, and of every native sub-
ject of the kingdom. But the question was, not whether
that authority existed, but as to the proper exercise of
that authority, which might place every individnal
out of the protection of all laws at the Mercy of the
three Secretaries of State....(//ear. ACV, bittir),...Whe
, might connect themselves with Foreign P.ry et's.—

The omission of one dame in the Bill had been a cause
of rejoicing. ft was proposes' some years ago to ex-
tend its provisions to all those who had not resided ten
years in this country ; but now every alien who bee
seven years' residence was exempted from its operations
He did not think that this mitigation altered in the
slightest degree the objections which had been urged
against the principle of tlie Act. On this side of the
House we advocate the hospitable system for the unfor-
tunate victims of revolution ; for the Spaniards, who
had fled from the tyranny and despotism of the Govern-
ment; for the Neapolitans, who had been driven from
their native land by the aggression of barbarians ; for
the Sardheians, nay, for every individual who had re-
cently been compelled to flee their country. They were
now to be left to the vengeance and persecution of the
'Government of England, acting in concert with the Go-
vernments whence they had been driven. He was un-
willing to place such powers as the Bill gave in the
hands of the Secretary for the Colonial Department. He
should be sorry to see that Noble Secretary invested
with sixth powers over the subjects of foreign Stags,
when he looked back to the history, of the last
five sears of 'Napoleon's life—after having seen the
application of those powers in the cases of Generals
Montholon and Gourgaud, and of M. de Las Cases. In
his opinion,there was a great abuse ails' great excess of
power committed under the sanction of those laws.
Who were those who had been made unjustly the ob-
jects of those lalV ? The firm individuals who had re-
mained faithful to Nspoleon, yet were driven out of this
country, and thrown on the bayonets of their enemies.
When he sa a Mini.ter come down to the House of
Commons, e eh a sort of levity, to demand the right to
dispose of his fellow-creatures, it brad alwaysoppeared
to him (Mr. Denman) as a reason why those powers
should not be placed in such hands. He recollected
having made a similar remark on a similar occasion
last ye tr,..nd he had had no reason since for altering his
opinieii. With respect to the other Secretary of State,
who .a. al; • an advocate for the measure, he would
say, ,h,a eh all possible respect for those liberal opi-
nitres v.such that Right Honourable Gentleman hair
lately expressed, and which gave such general satisfac
tion—with every wish to see him remain in power, at
least so long as the present Administration should exile,
with every feeling of respect for those talents which were
universally admired, he saw no reason, even in the political
conduct of that Right Hon. Gentleman, which could in-
duce him to transfer even to him such arbitrary power.
The Right Honourable Gentleman's conduct, as far as
related to Mr. Bowring. did him infinite credit. He
had on that occasion put a question to the first lawyers
in France, to know whether a French subject would be
obliged to submit to the serge treatment which Mr.
Bowring had experienced? They replied that Mr.
Bowring had been only treated as a French subject
would h ave been under similar circumstances. But
suppose the contrary had been the case, in what situa-
tion would the Right Honourable Gentleman have stood
if the French Government should have said—" We also
have an Alien Bill, which enables us to treat Mr. Bow-
ring as a foreigner, and we claim the right to deal with
him as you would do with one of our subjects?" With
reference to the case of his Hon. and gallant Friend, the
Member for Southwark, who was not then in his place,
he would tell the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
Canning), that of all the means he had used to gain
popularity, none had been so successful, none redounded
'so much to the credit of his head, or the honour of his
heart, as the manner in which he had spoken of his
Honourable Friend Sir Robert Wilson—(Hear, hear).
He trusted the members of the Holy Alliance had at-
tended to the language of the Right Honourable Gen-
Verney, and taken a lesson from it; and that the acts
by which they had stripped his gallant friend of those
honours which he had so nobly earned, would not strip
him of one particle of the respect of his countrymen.
He thanked the Right Honourable Gentleman, because
his language respecting his honourable and gallant friend
had been used at a moment when he (Sir Robert Wil-
son) was supposed to be prostrate. He had heard with
astonishment, however, that the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had stated, that when Sir Robert Wilson bad
gone to Spain, he (Mr. Canning) had informed the
French Government of that step of his gallant friend.
He (Mr. liennian) thought it -would have been as well
' if the Right Honourable Gentleman had waited until
called upon by the French Government for some ex-
planation of that circumstance, and had then owned
that there was some sort of pleading in mitigation ; for
that there was something laid down in Grotius and
Vette' which treated of the right of neutrals to enter into
the service of either of the two belligerent Powers; but
what had the French to do with the laws of nations? If
they had, they would never have sent their troops into
Spain on the must infamous pretext that had ever been set
up. He found that the Bill was to expire in two years; but
he should like to know what there was in the charac-
ters of the individuals at the head of Administration,
which qualified them for the powers conferred by the
Bill? One of them* had defended the invasion of Naples
by the Austrians; another thought that act indefensible:
so that their c. induct would place the country in the
situation of the man with the two wives—one of whom
was for removing the black, and the other for extir-
pating his grey hairs. The Honourable and Learned
Gentleman then referred to the period at which the Bill
had been introduced by Mr. Pitt, and quoted the opi-
nion of Mr. Serjeant Hill against that measure. Mr.
Serjeant Hill was no mean authority, for his opinion had
been taken on the Regency question, on which occasion
he asked—" Is Mr. Pitt sure of a majority in the House
of Lords ?"—el believe so," was the reply. " Is he also
sure of a majority in the House of Commons ?"—e He
is."—" Why then (asked the Serjeant) of what consee
quence is it to you to know what the law is?"—(Hear,
hear). The prerogative of the Crown having bees cur-'
rendered on this question, where was the necessity for de-
parting from that line of policy which had existed from
the time of James the First to the commencement of
the French war? It might be said, as in the instances ofl
the Usury Laws and of the Game Laws, that while they
existed the country had become prosperous and 11,:ppy.
The same argument might be used with reference to
the Poor Laws, for the same thing had been said in de-
fence of that infamous traffic in human blond—the
Slave Trade. Such had also been the argument of Lord
Stafford, who had been Governor of Ireland, and who
lied been one of the greatest traitors to liberty ilea ever
appeared. In the hour of his distress lie called upon
his Judges to recollect " We my Lords, have lived hap-
pily at borne and gloriously Ahro.l(l. Let us ilot be
more wise than our encomia ; let us be content with
that which has undo! their hands been successful." Such
ware the arguments that had ,been urged in favour of
the Bill then 'refute the 'louse, by which we were called
ern to place every foreigner at the mercy of the three
Secretaries ef State lot seven years after his airis al in

this country. lie would suppose a case in which 'but
Government should be informed by a foreign Mildate
that an individual lodging in St. Martin *44w was
'engaged in a plot against the Russian Government,
and that our Government should be called upon to
take measures to defeat that plot. If they were to
demand upon what authority such foreign Minister
made that demand, he might refuse to mention it,
and would require of us to take his word for
Then we might, in case of our refusal, have the media.
tion of the French Government, which might call upon
us to give way, saying it was only an individual, and
might say, " Give him up—give up the point—let him
go to Russia—don't go to war for such a paltry cause
—remember yoer 800 millions of debt_.. you know, in
fact, that you cannot go to war." If such were the
language (and it would be similar to that which we ad.
dressed to Spain), there would be no alternative but
baseness or resistance.—The Honourable and Learned
Gentleman nest referred to the plot which the Right
Honourable Secretary for Foreign Affairs had allud•-11
to, and questioned, in some measure, its reality, on
ground of its having been discovered so opportunely
aid of the Bill, the renewal of which, even a fortnight
since, it was not the determination of Ministers to seek.
It might have been a fabrication of the French Police,
and being investigated by the Right Honourable the
Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Depart-
ments, reminded him of the two Kings of Brentford
smelling at one nosegay. lie did not accuse the Right
llonourable Gentleman of participation in the plot, no
more than he did Lord Sidmouth of being an accom-
plice of Oliver ; but he thought, like that Noble Lord,
the Right Honourable Gentleman might have been
made the dupe of the real conspirators. For these rea.
sons he should vote for the amendment ~f his Noble
Friend. That Noble Lord (Althorp) had been called
upon by the Rig-ht llonowable Gentleman to try his
hand on the 13‘111; hut ►t was for the Govei n :,ent to try
their hands vu the rneasoi e, and for Parliament to de-
-1 tide upon its adoeti.4l or rejection.
• Lord J. RUSSELL said it was somewhat consoling

to think that the Alien Act would not be much long&
continued, and that a better and safer mea,ure was to
be introduced with respect to the residence of aliens in
this country. No man could .‘i,ll to see this country
endangered by their residence here; but it was wor -
than idle to talk of a c nspiracy taking place bele
against a foreign Government. He did not wish to
this country involved in wal ; but at the same time, Lc
must always object to our lending any aid or assistailct:
to arbitrary governments. A division then took place--
For the third reading - 95
Against k 40

Majority in favour of Ministers - 53
Another division took place upon the motion of DENIIAX, that
the term of two years be sttuck out, and one year inserted in its
place.—For the motion, 47 ; Against it, II I ; Majority, 64.