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London, England, 1816-06-01 00:00:00

PARLIAMEATARr
_PROCEADINGS.

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HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY et.
hi the Appeal Cans. 't Cunningham and others v. the Mule.
trate. and Towy, of Dumbarton," Counsel was finally heard and
judgmen:po.Toned.
In the case of Mills sr. Ricidel," Counsel was heard in Par 4
and farther proceedings dd, rred to this day seinnight.
The Royal Assent, by Commission, was given to the Soap
Duties Amendment, the Local Militia Pay and Clothing, the .'?t.
Pancras Church, the Malt and Beer Duties Reduction, and the
Burro-ghnnnesa Harbour Bills. The Comtn;ssloners were the
Loan Cumscrums, the Earl of SnArr, Hauer, and Lord
Mccvict.c.

Counsel was heard at the Bar, previous to the second reading
of Dyott's Divorce Bill, when, after a few observations from
~the Loao CHANCELLOR, it was agreed to, on t° a motion of
Lord SUATTESRURT, that Counsel should be called again in that
case on this day sennight.
Sir J. GRAN AM and <Wier', from the Commonkbrought
up the Irish Duties,the Dunleary Harbour, the British Gaol,
and several Private lls, all which were read the first time.
Lord FALMOUni pre.ented a Petition from the Iltdslirans
of Pengaisce against the imposition of any additional Duty on
Licences.

The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from the
Merchants and other Inhabitanis of Meptrose for the aid of Viz-
llamas to repair the Harbour Of that Town.
The Marqufs of BUCKINGHAM called the attends,* of die*
Lordships to a fllit-witich stood over ter the third reading-14
meant the Coroners' Bill. Their Lordships were aware Of eery
min alterations which had been made by diem in that Bill, sad
they would consequently perceive the expediency of rise =adult
which he was going to make, namely, that the Bill be read the
third time that day six months.—The motion was agreed to.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented an Account of dal
Receipts and Paymen's belonging to the Droits of Admiralty far
the last year, agreeahly.to an Order of their Lords!nines-Th.
Account was ordered to be primed.
Their Lordships' then, atter the adjustment Of Kane road=
business, adjourned to Thursday nett.
HOUSE OF COMMONg.
° Mr. HORNER brought in the Irish Grand Jury BilL Read*
first time,-o and to be read a second timen Thursday wit.
Report of the Commissioners to inquire into Feet mad
Salaries in Courts of Justice in Scotland was brought up.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR brought in a Bill for the better Paving
of the streets 01 the Metropolis. He observed, that thesßenort
of the Committee had been fully complied with, and tke
dishes had possessed information on the subject, not three months.
Ad the Parishes, about 70 in number, had, with the exception
tat one or two, whose opinions were not yet precisely known,
appe met; tavust able to the measure: but he did. riot wish it
printed till it had conic out of the Committee. He believed
that. if passed, it would produce public benefit. He wished it
to be passed this Session, as he could tnre.ee little objection to
it. It was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time on "Ibursday next.
Mr. H. ADDINGTON.save notice of it Motion for Thursday
next for a Bill to zmend the Mhitia Laws.

The Hon. Mr. I.Y t tEL postponed his Motion respect-
log Lotteries till the Ishii of June. -
The Report of tee Local Poor 13111 was received.
A new Writ was ordered tor St. Mk in the room of Lord,
Binning.
The Anicecan Convention Bill went through the Committee,
and the Report brought up.
The Manure Carriage Bill went through the Committee. Re*
port on Thursday- next.
A conversation of some length took place on the Report of the
Conference with the Lord., on the suhjec: of arranging and
classifying the Statutes, between Mr. serjeaitt OtilLow,
BRAGOR HATHOIST, Mr.BOOTLE WILBRAHAM, Mr. C. Wt 88,
Mr. Most, Sir J. Nitmeoss. &c Au Amendment was at
length proposed by Mr. Simone BATIMIRST, by which the Sup
tutts of the Parliaments of Scotland and Ireland before their re.
speaker union were Included.
Mr. BANKES moved to adjourn the farther debate on this
question to Monday se'nnight. Agreed to.
Lord CAS 1 LEK EA GH moved, that the House, on its tilling,
should adjourn till 1 huradaY.
On some remark about the length of adjournment, by Mr.
Timmer,

Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that he saw no very strays
reason to apprehend a particular pressure of buduesviaad thought
that the time proposed would be acceptable.
Some Member stsertioned Wednesday. •
Lord CAS 1 LEREAGH said that WAS die. Court-day—(Cry
of No; Then ; and a laugh).
Sir JOHN NEWPOR r then moved for Wednesday instead
of 'Thursday, but nu Member seconded the motion—(Laughter]
—The otegin.d uto:ion was carried.
ALIEN BILL.
Lord CASTLEREAGH moved the order of the
for the tesuened debate on the Alien Bill.
Lord MILTON moved a clause, exempting from
the uperaticn of the act Alien women married to na-
tural born subjects.
Lord CA SI LI:REA G H said that nothing was less
in view than acting on the bill in the way supposed.
He thought the Noble Lord might safely leave the
bill as it stood to the discretion of Government. The
amendment did not. appear necessary.
Lord FOLKESTONE thought the Noble Lord
had now given an extraordinary confirmation of are.
mark made, that he would resist any attempt to pre-
vent the possibility of doing injustice, and reserve the
whole power of the bill or none. While he said he •
had no view of the bill operating against alien women
married to natural•born subjects, he yet objected to
the clause ; not that it tied up the hands of Govern-
ment, but because he wished to have .entire discre-
tion and control. The bill was a measure of hard-
drip to aliens, whether meant so or not. What was
the responsibility in such " a case ? It was high in
hardly any case, but in this it was nothing. Cases
of abuse had been stated over and over again, and
not'denied or answered ; and no justification was
made out for this bill. Same persons had been sent
out of the cot:ntry for immorality, and one person
sent away by mistake for another per:on—and this
was not denied. There were cases of power exercised
which the former bill did not confer. The bill might
be made the means of gross opprestion to aliens who
had tiroaght their families and property here; who
had resided here long, who had all their interest i 4
this country, and might be exposed to the insinuations
of a rival in trade. It was an impolitic -measure, in
contradiCtion to an old policy for centuries. The
Noble Lord read the preamble of an Act passed ilk
the time of Lord Somers, in Queen Anne, for natura-
lizing foreign Protestants. Though it was afterwards
repealed, yet the preamble :hewed the sentiments of
those days. It stated, that the increase of the people
advanced the public strength, and that many Proles.
cant foreirmers would come to reside here, if they re-
ceived the protection of natural subjects. That policy'
was well repaid. • We were formerly the champions
of Protestantism and of the general liberty ; and
those foreigners looked to us with regard and Arcs
tiou who bad shaken off monastic and despotic rule.


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