Star.
London, England, 1819-04-03 00:00:00

PRICE SEVEN -Ptiqc r.

in the Petition affected the morel character of tie
.ividual concerned most deeply, but he feared the •
.muse could do nothing in the case. There was
nothing illegal in the , measures which that person
a&pted, fot every man had a right to do:what
.. pleased with his own property. If the House'
were to interfere in the present instance, every case
which a landlord ejects a tenant would be brought
bef9re it. Suppose great landed proprietors in this
city', such as the Duke of Bedford, or Lord Gros-
armor, were to give notice to their tenants, to quit,
chase to turn large streets into pastures, the
consequence might be ruinous to many individuals,
but up legsd measures could be taken to repress their
disposal of their own property. This appeared an
insurmountable objection to the object of the Petition,
Mr.'DICKENSON stated, that a considerable no-
'e to quit had been given to the individuals who
lad beak ejected, and that the Parish Officers had
Jrdeted atte• shilling each for men and women, and
sieeestAi,fdren, to be paid them to re
lodging. "iiiTere none to be tonna in Ectuown,
however, and they had been Org.' e,.4. to repair to the
neighbOuring villages, where; being beyond their
limits, it was no longer iii the rower of the Parish
Officers to pay them the intended allowance.
Lord CASTLEREAGH felt the greatest sym-
pathy towards the unfortunate sufferers, bnt as it
was not in the power of the House to grant them re-
lief, to receive their Petition would only serve to give
them unfounded hopes. Ho therefore advised the
Honourable Gentleman to withdraw it.

Sir J. NEWPORT thought it possible that if the
Petition were to be recelved, and ordered to be

mted and inserted in the Journals of the House, it
might produce a beneficial feeling of shame in the
individual whose conduct formed the ground of the
?resent application.
. Mr. BENNET consented to Nvithdr4* the liet!tice4

GENERAL sovito.tols. . - . •
r. LAMBTON rose, pursuant •to hiv.notice, W ,
present the Petition of General (lourgaild, .-He !as •
totally unacquainted with that individual; and came . .
forward at the request of a distinguished foreignei
now residing in. this counts y, and Who was a friend
the General. fie considered it his du:y as al‘ LT- t,
bee of Parliament so to do, and. lip was the muse - -
*filling as the complaint arose florixthe execution pf
that Alien Act which remained among our Statutes,
‘ -record of our departure from that liberal hosrita- .
fry_ which formed the ancient honour of the Iltitish ' •
;ltaracter. He owned that he should have preseated .
la a Petition to the last Parliament with little hop
its meeting with the attention it deserved, for that
Parliament had sufficiently sliewn its diiregard icg, ;
cousideratioos of liberality, justice, and. humit4y. .
But he had seen in thg. present,
.symptoms 0f.4 dif, -
,ferent kitia,..atid`lit felt eneonAggect to thiulc TA*. is. •
would act with a degree of jttfacie *Rd lillemlity tin";
kikinvn. to or onpractised by its predecessor, ,:llik;
...
Petition wlicla hp ihc.ld complained; that the:Fail, '' ,
ion in the Alien: Wit, by which 'a Emeiper might.
:biro .to be. carried before the Privy Coancil berme
to wa.s sent out of ,the. country, liad !nen appealed . •
iiin vaio.,; It alle7ed .a. seizure Or.PPets4po PO'. •
petty ueantlimirasii by die Act, vo, gated that .4 Ser, -
ies of barbatitiee had *sr ;nflictail po General
)ourgaud, wbieN if ;not
.sa:i4F4O44llY digAQVS4I •
must enta4 an eveaastiog .t.iisgracp..ppcq plc Go. •
vertiment.„ He; sincerely willied those
,a4legedous . .
,tight he so
,Wsproved,, and 14atporcituneut might ..
:leer itself.frons the charso,ot.Aayjog heaped up in.
waits and truelaies on au urfortulat!, Insl4 Lima!, who ...
,sad nothing.to prtect Won aganiitrheir 'boittullers..
~pOle.C7. - Ha shock( now briefly state the
:atbstancet,
ihe Petitioa. GenerHal Gourgaud.stated, thitt qn 1., ~
1111, of last Ncarernber cc' Cl 4 TOO hi 7.4 Tit; i......:;a0 .
','s ape:rt.-nem Om lie was in 44; Nr- 'apPer,
Nho was 4 their head, desired him.fia rise, as lauitt ,
lidthouth wished to see him, lle e*prcsaed lxia.rea-
:diness to obey ;,but when he saw that they were pro.. ,
deeding to seize his papers, Le had asked to seoilseir
warrant for so doing. Mr. Capper then sheaved him
4 warrant tram Lnrd Sidjuouthj orderit,,l him to
leave the coutatry instantly. Pie asked or a few
hours to settle his affairs, but wa's told that ii he did
not rise immediately, he should be taken away naked
as'be was, and some of the rucn even began to Frill
the bed-clothes from him. The General then de-
manded to 1,0 taken before ahe Council, which was
also refused Lim. lie at lenzli tat down Into the
sitting-room, and to shew. hiSlvi not to obitruct
their search, he peintg.d.to the different' lOsets in the
room. He contrived to rut some papers of a private
nature, in spite of the elaits of
.1)Ir. Capper to the
contrary, into his I:natl.:41o, and Licked:At in their .
presence. He then.also protested, agaiastibe seizure
of his fiapaih, some others of which he also lurked
up, and attempted to seal. gr; Capper tried to
snatch the key and seal., out Of ha' hand, so that Ile
was not able to put Mare than One seal. Two of the
men then caught hold of his chilies, and two others
struck him win their bhidgeous, . They only. ceased ,
on his setting up cries of ".lklurder I" which really
(said the Honourable Gentleman) frown their conduct,
he might well anticipate. Mr. ('apps' wit, Use 4"
, sembled cr,r,srd that the flenaral Was a madman, 4
ret`, and guilty of high treason; stud he thrsat-
' that if they attempted.. to interfere± he wOila
re on them, In getting into the carriage he rw4rlT .
nuke his, leg by shutting to the door.opon. it; ust
en the General we: ai,last thirst ill, overpowered
}Tot and.ugitation, be suolZ down in the bottom.
it, 'and- .they Juii've off iron the..lixlgiogs. at full.
• Hop. ile Or. Lanibtoulliad.beenihiti millitte ill
detailing these circumstances, because lie: thought
they involved. the main points ..eomplained of,-viz,
the refusal to take the Petitioner.h4re tho C 04041 i
the seizure of his, papers: iin.i tbe injury done V.? 4
foreisuer,ao Officer, and,a (:I;,,tlernap--(iliar;,ll.car.)
Ile had with him an affidavit of ' ihp General's, 'rela-
tive w liis•doolanki of being carried before the Cr
cif, which the-Hotsse wauid perhaps permit
read. It appitareal :hat General (lowland c 4
with a friend upon the subject, who shewed

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