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GENERAL-EIiECI lON.
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very ntalerotrs atid respectable MI STING
0.00)164rof deo LIVE,PIL XONDON*, held at the City of
n on tavern, o Tufidalf lerfeth day of June, 1918,
ROBERT WILLIAMS, Esq. M.P. Citizen and Uoldunith,
in the-Gasir.
Resolved, That it having been the opinion of a very large and
respectable blotting of the Livery of London, held at the Lon-
don Tavern, on the 30th day of September. 1612, Robert
Wigram, art. in the Chair,) that the Representatives in Par-
. liament of this great and opulent City should, from long habit
nod experience, possess an intimate knowledge of the Cormier-
cial, Shipping, and Trading Interest of the City and Port of
London, and of the Kingdom at large; that they should be
persons of unquestionable. layelty, and firm attachment to the
true and genuine principles of our most excellent,Constitution ;
and that they should 'lso be persons who had by their conduct
shewn a lively zeal and interest fur the tights and privileges of
their Fellow-citizens, and who had, by their active isersonal
attendance, supported the chartered rights and municipal regu-
lations of the City of London ; and that at the same bleetiag it
was resolves!, that Mr. Alderman Atkins, from his long and ea-
t •nsive experience in the Commercial, Shipping, and Tr idi-g
Concerns of this City, from his •icknowledged talents, and from
his tried and well-known loyalty to his Savereign, and firm at.
tichment to the true an.:. genuine principles of our mod excel-
•.lznt Constitution, appeared to that Meeting peculiarly fitted to
Lc one of the Reptesenutives in Parliament for the City of
London.'
It was now moved by Sir Robert Wigram, Bart. and seconded
by Job Mathew Rallies, Esq. and
Unanimously resolved, That Mr. Alderman Atkins has, by
his conduct in Parliament, fully justified the opinion which was
thus entertained of him in the year 1812. and that he has by his
invariably unwearied, and persevering attendance is his place
ia the House of Commons, used his utmost exertions to secure
v.) the City and :'ort of London, that prepon4erating share and
Lfluence in the Commerce of the Kingdom it large, to which
the Metropolis of this vast Empire is so justly entitled.
That Ms. Alderman Atkins has, by his uniformly affable
conduct to the Livery of London, and by the readiness of per-
runl access he has at all times afforded to his Constituents, shaven
hica.:elf alive to the duties of their Representative.
Resolved; That the conduct of Mr. Alderman Atkins in Par-
liament, has been such, as not only to justify this Meeting in re-
commending the Worthy Alderman a second time to the warm
v.,.pport of the Livery of London, but that it will be an act of
:slice to this intelligent and ind!fatigably industrious Repre-
sentative of their best rights, intercsza, and privileges, to return
him again to the House of Commons, as one of the, Mcmbeis
for the Cizy of London ; and that this Meeting will collectively
and individually use their utmost and moat strenuous exertions
to effect that object.
(Signed) ROBERT WILLIAMS, Chairman.
Robert Williams Esq. having left the Chair, the same was
akm by Mr. Alderman Cox, when the warm and unanimous
Tanks of the Meeting were voted to Mr. Williams, for his able
and jadicious conduct the Chair, and for the great interest he
manifested in the Worthy Aiderman'e re-election. •

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 9.

The Scots cause of " Muir`v. Muir," being taken into final
)3sideration, the Loan CHAMLLLOa delivered his opinions fur-
ther upon the case, and concluded by proposing a mixed judg-
ment, as the decision of their Lordships, going pertly to affirm
the fits; judgment and partly to remit the cue Mask for the fur-
ther examination of tie Scots Court.

After a short adjournment the House rammed, when
A Bill to prohibit, until the tlsth day of Mauch, le:19, Aliens
from brig Naturalized, or being made, or becoming nenizens,
except IA certain cues, was brought up from the Commons by
Mr. Baacuzx and others, and laid upon the table.
On the mod-in of Lord KENYON, the ippendix to the Evi-
nce given before the Committee on the Cotton Manufactories'
bill was orderi.d to be printed, for the use of their Lordships.

PURCHASE Or COIL

The Earl of LAUDERDALE, previou to their Lnrdsbips
entering upon the Order of the Day, called the star:don of the
house to a consideration which he deemed of very e-rious pub-
he importance. It htd recently come to his kuowledv, by
Ewa is of a certain publication, and through other channels of hi-
teiligence, that a practice pretty extensively przvailed, by which
no leu than a profit of one and a half per Cent. was male by the
ramluse of one, by another species of the lawful coin of the
mint, of the gold by sliver coin, and which, he conceived, was
to no small degree attributable to the present Mint regulations
respecting gold coin. It was therefore a serious consideration
for his Marsty's Government, if it were really meant that the
Bank of Eogiand should resume its cash payments at the expire-
tutu of a certain period, haw far the continuance of such a prac-
tice might rot Incapacitate that Corporation from making cash
psymetits at all. lite consideration of this subject ought to be
actrousty taken up early in.the nest Session, or the mast ruinous
consequences might ensue.

Lord Viscount SIDMCIUTH moved the first read-
int
ciordfthe Aliens' Naturalization Prevention Bill.
HOLLAND moved the reading of the 24th
Standing Order, which was read accnrdingly, stating,
that it was net usual to oppose the first reading cf a
Bill.—The Bill was read a first time.
Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH then stated, that the
object of the Bill was to prevent until the 25th of
March, Aliens from becoming naturalized by the
purchase of Stock in the Bank of Scotland, under a
law of Scotland, or under the operation of any law
passed by the Parliament oP Ireland, with reference
to certain Corporations in that part of the United
Kingdom ; and it being expedient to pass the Bill
without delay, he had given notice of moving to sus-
pend certain f the Standing Orders. lie now moved
the reading of the Standing Order, No. 26, which
was read and ordered to be suspended ; and also the
reading of the Standing Order 125, upon the ques-
tion for suspencing which
Lund HOLLAND rose to protest against the whole
proceeding with regard to this Bill. His Lordship
adverted to the clause first proposed upon this sub-
jvzt in the Committee uponhe Alien Bill, and to the
steps which had subsequently been adopted, for the
parpose of shewing that the variance in the different
propositions brought forward by Ministers them-
seties, seemed decidedly to prove that they were
-:.lliagupon the House to legislate upon a question
repecung which they themselves were utterly ig-
norant. It had been observed by a late eminent
Statesman, for whom he (Lord Holland) had the
gr* atest veneration and affection, that when, upon
t.olitical questions, they found themselves in the dark,
the best way was to stand still. Now, however, it
s-rnied that the course recommended by the Minis-
It.rs was, that though confessedly in the dark, they
s'.culd run as fast as they could, without caring what
:hey stumbled over, or whether they broke the heads
ci others or of themselves. Thus, with regard to the
present Bill, they were going to suspend the rights of
a number of person% without knowing whom or
what description of persons that suspension might af-
fect. It was true that no retrospective operation was
now given to the measure, and so far much of his
former objection was done away, but still, with re-
gard to retrospection, this Bill seemed to cast a long-
ing, lingering look behind, as it would, in point of
Let, be retrospective, by affecting persons who might
before its passing have ordered the purchase of Stock
in the Bank of Scotland. .His great objection, how.

•.tr, to this measure in its present shape was, that it
not appear w;iat laws would be suspended by it,
1.0: %hat rights of individuals wculd be Affected. It

'was even it attor of doubt whether the prerogative of
the Crown in grunting Letters of Denization would
not be affected by measure, or the rights acquired
by the descendants of the Princess Sophia of Hano-
ver. Exceptions were, it was said, here made
Bill, in favour of foreign seamen or soldiers, •
ployed in the Navy or Army, or Protestant foleignels
settling in our coloaies, but how were they to know
that these etceptions embraced all the cases that
ought to be excepted, and how could they pat t •
trust upon so important a question, in those Ministers
' who had so eminently displayed their ignorance of
all the laws relating to the question upon which Cie,.
' proposed to legislate ? He could not, therefore, under
' all the circumstances of this measure, whilst he ad-
mitted that much of his objection, by there being no.
or at least very little retrospective operation given to
it, but protest against the precipitancy with which this
Bill was attempted to be carried through the House.
The Standing Order last read was ordered to be
suspended.
Oa the motion of Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH, the
Bill was. read a second time, the commitment nega-
tived, and the Bill read a third time. . . .

On the question for putting the question that the
Bill do now pass ?
The Earl GREY rose for the purpose of asking of
Noble Lords opposite to explain the bearings and
import of their own measure. They had just wit-
nessed the precipitancy with which this measure had'
been hurried thiough the House, after suspe ding the
Standing Orders ; and that for this precipitancy no
reason had been assigned. That it might be conve-
nient so to do he had no doubt ; that is to say, that it
might be very inconvenient to many persons to delay
the intended Dissolution of Parliament ; but what-
ever necessity was pleaded it had arisen entirely from
the acts of Ministers themselves, and ministerial con.
venience was, he contended, no ground whatever for
departing from the forms of that House, forms which
were of the utmost importance with reference to the
proper discussion and due consideration of the mea-
sure brought before it. There were undoubtedly pre-
cedents for suspending the Standing Orders in cer•
tarn cases of necessity, but he did not believe there
was any precedent for that precipitate course now
proposed to be adopted, without any necessity proved
to exist for it, and he thought if that course was now
adopted, it would be establishing a dangerous prece-
dent, which might be productive hereafter of the
greatest public inconvenience. By the course-now
adopted no time whatever was given for the consi-
deration of the Bill; and it was surely not teo much
to ask Noble Loris on the other side to explain what
was their view of its bearing and import? As it stood
it was founded altogether in ignorance of the law ;
and how were they to- be sure that the ercept7,res
stated in the Bill were all the exceptions that ought to
be made, and tl at they would not, by passing it in i:s
oresent state, seribusly affect the tights of individuals,
legally acquired under the existing laws of the lan 1.
The Ministers had first proposed one measure, then
another, and then a third, and so they went e.
eviden ly shewing that they were ignorant of the few
upon the subject; first the meas.:re only applie;f to
the Bank of Sc eland ; now it k‘..l, to operate with
regard to Corp.irations in Ireland; aid how were
they to be certain that it would not apply :o
cases, not known or anticipated et the present monrein?
by then did not Ministers le ing foi were] the Alien
Bill at an earner tea iod e or why should they not
giv: further time for the consideration of the presmt
measure? for surely the inconvenience to a few indi-
viduals, resulting from delaying the Dissolution,
ought not to be put in the balance igaiast the serious
evil of depriving persons of ,igles which they had
acquired under the law of the eti.d. His Lordship
concluded by observiag, that though by removing
the retrospective operation of tire measure, much ob-
jection to it was done Away, he must still enter his
protest against the precipitancy with which the Bill
was hurried through the House, without any neces-
sity for that precipitancy being stated, end without
the requisite inqairy being made as to the effect and
operation of the measure.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, with reference
to the suspension of the Standing Orders, that whilst
they had an advantage over the °tiler House of Par-
liament, in that respect, they could not be taken by
surprise; the very order which stated that a day's
notice should be given of any motion to suspend
them, acknowledged in principle that there might be
cases in which it might be necessary or expedient to
suspend them, in order to pass a Bill through several
stages in one day. As to the argument that no ne
cessity was urged in the present case, he maintained
that the Standing Orders had been repeatedly sus-
pended in cases of much less necessity, for how did
the question stand with regard to the present Bill,
the necessity had no reference to the inconvenience li
of the delay of a Prorogation or Dissolution (though
he admitted that might be very inconvenient); but
if there were no Prorogation or Dissolution in con-
templation, he contended that it would have been a
matter of urgent necessity to suspend the Standing
Orders, for the purpose of passing through this Bill
in all its stages in one day. For what must be the
consequences of delay ? The Bill had no retrospec-
tive operation, and the certain result of its being de-
layed the ordinary time would be, that by the time
it was passed there would be no Alien in the country,
all those who were Aliens would have got rid of the
character of Aliens, either by purchasing stock in the
Bank of Scotland, or by some other means ; and he
put it to their Lordships, whether to allow of such a
result taking place might not be productive of the most
dangerous consequences? As to depriving persons of
rights, the argument did not apply ; the Bill deprived
no individuals of any rights they had acquired; it
merely suspended the capacity in Aliens of acquiring
by certain processes the rights of naturalized subjects.
And in every view of the question this measure was
essentially necessary, for it was surely of the greatest
importance to the safety of the country to prevent
[Aliens from acquiring the rights of natural-born sub-
' jects, without any pledge of their loyalty or fidelity ;
it was absolutely essential to any effect from an Alien
Act, and if there were no Alien Act, it was still'
more essential that Aliens should be prevented from'
acquiring the rights of natural-born subjects, with-,
out these guards and checks, wleich would operate as,
a security for their loyalty to the Government. This
Bill was merely intended to prevent the operation of'
these laws for naturalizing Aliens, until Parliament
could have an opportunity of properly investigating
the subject, with a-view to their repeal, which rs-

peel, he thonl.t, fir the rearms ha had already
stated, must be '.!.lrnicieleci ci,v.ously *xptdient.
The Earl SPENCER condemned•the precipitate,
manner in which this measure was hunied through
the House, and objected to the whole potacc,Attig as
being ditectly contrary to those principles which
ough: to regulate their legislative conduct.
The Bill was passed, and a Message ordered to be,
sent to the House of Commons, vating the concur-
rence of the House in the Bill—Adjourned.

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