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BANKRUPTS.

Charles West, of Bucklersbury, London, warehouseman, dealer
and Waltman, to surrender June 25, at eleven, July 8, and 30,
at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Dahl, Bißiter-lane.
M'Quoid, of Leadenhali-street, Lumina, merchant,
dealer and chapitian June 22,July 6, at one, and July 30, at
twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hacker, New-court,
Swithin's-lane.
Joseph Barker and Charles Graver, of Broad-street, London, and
at Amsterdam, merchants, copartnera, dealers and clupmen,
June 25, July 2, and 90, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney,
Mr. E. A. Wilde, Warwick-square, Nowirate•creet.
Benjamin Gall the younger, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, draper,
taylor, dealer and Chapman, June 24, 25, and July 30, at eleven,
at the King's Arms Inn, Woodbridge. Attoniies, Mr. R. Jack-
son, Woodbridge ; or Mr. Nelson, Barnard's-Inn, London.
,Thmtaas Cobden, of Chichester, Susses, carpenter and builder,
dealer and chiptuan, July S. at one, July 4, a: eleven, and July
NS, at one, at the India Arms Inn, Gosport. Anomie', Mr.
John Bogue, Clements inn, London; or Mr. James Hoskins,
Umpart.
Robert Clack., late of Warwick.J3ridge, Cumberland, dealer and
Waltman, July 9,4, and 30, at eleven, at the King's Arms, Car-
lisle. Anomies, Megan. Muunsey and Sisson, Carlisle; cr
Messrs. Mounsey and Fisher, Staple-Inn, London.
Thomas Clarke, of Worley, Lancsnbir:, corton.manufacturer,
dealer and chapman, June 26, 2P, and 1 oly SO, at two, at the
Warren Bulkeley 41rms Inn, 5t0t..p0r.... Attornies, Messrs.
Cooper, Lowe, and bower, Southampton-Building., Chancery
lane, London; or Mr. Chethton, Stockport. '
Thomas Buttock, of New Leith, Clupelry of Comae, Lancashire,
coitus-spinner and edicts-manufacturer, dealer and chaptnan,
July 5, e, and 30, at eleven, at the Dog avert), Manchester.
Aunrnies, Mr. George Oswald Smith, M-chester, Of Messrs.
Hurd, hhaw, and Johnson, King's Benet, liraiks, Temple.
Wilfrid Forster, •of Shaddon-gate near Carlisle, Cumberland,
brass and Ireo.founder, dealer and chapnun, June 27, 9.13, and
July NO, at 'l ven. at the Duke's Head inn, Cardsle. Attornies,
Mr. Hodgson, Mucklersisury, London, at Mr. Pearson,Carlisk.
Henry Becher, of row/full'. ferrate smiiiistun Nod, Surrey,
ohlriner, nserchant,dealet and chapman, June 22, 95, and July
80, at one, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Kearsa7 and Spurr,
111, ilieht:ptgato• street-Within.
Alexander Dues, of the North Shore without the Walls, New-
castle-upon-Tytte, ship-Int:oer, dealer and chapmm, July 9,
10, and 30, at eleven, at. the George Inn, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Attornies, Mears. Atkinson and Wipes, 56, Chancery-lane,
London; or Joseph Bainbridge, Newcastle.
Joseph Farthing, of St. John's.street, Middlesex, victualler,
deal e and chaplain, Jane sS, July 0, and so, at one, at Guild.
MB. Attorney, Mr. Rothman, Ely-place, Holborn.
Thomas Byrchmore, late of Caddinvon, Herts, (but new a pri-
soner hs the Fleet,) farmer, dealer and ehapnaan, June 25, at
eleven, June 99, and July 30, at NA at Guildhall. Atimmes,
Messrs. Aubrey and Curls, Toc:Vs-coati, Curshor-street,
London; tpr Mr. Vakatine Willis. Luton.
John Tay*, late of Hoxton-town, Middlesex, rag and flock-
merchant, Inas MI, July 6, and $O, at one, at Guildhall. Attor-
ney, Mr. West, New Boswell-port, Cireratreet.
MINIM.
Milburn, Hignmosurs-court, Mincing lane. London,
Wine and spirit-broker, June 112, July 1, at lit, and July 30,*
1, at Guildhall Attorney, Mr. Haynes, Faithurab-street.
DIVIDENDS.
July 0, F. Cur, of Newmarket, .druggist. July 9, H. Rugg,
of Amain hive, sillnan. July SO, B. Bova, lam of Catherine-
con 'fewer-hill, corn-factor. July 9, T. Pinkerton, of New
merehant. July 9, M. Falles of Upweb, Pam-
bridgeoldre, shopkeeper. July 13, J. H. GOodlake and W. it
Goodish% el Ligaelsouse, ship-chandlers. July 9, W. limiter, of
liamet,street, Uondnslin's Fields, broker. July IS, I. Strom-
: BUM, of Austin Friars, merchant. July 9, J. Moorhouse, of
Illeatw-street, Chelsea, wipe-merchant. July 9, S. Wright, set).
Grahsgo-road, Bermondsey, bricklayer. July 12, J. Noyes,'
ha of Pewsey, Wiltshire, coal-merchant. July 11, J. Saint, late
loLLymington, Southamptoushires Iron-founder, June sp, D.
Anderson, of Billiter-lane,.nierebaut. July 9, A. F. Kemp, of
Austin Friars, merchant. July 10, S. Ackerky, of Liverpool,
dnber. July ts,l. Harvey, of Okehampton,Davocshire, wool-
July IS, F. Fiber, 4 the Edgware•road, nurseryman.
July 13* T..kiinnam, Toctenham-coort-md, grocer. July tai,
1. Whkaka• Lend!) asealseller• July 9, J. Banter, late of the
,City Chambers, Bishopsgate.street,merchait. July 9, J. Brown*,
of Sindf•rd, Devonshire, farmer. July 13, D. Cornish, of Fronie
Selwood, 40thter. ;sly 9, R. Mara, late of Stoke Goblin&
Leicatershire, farmer. July ISt, W. Price, of Worcester, anima.
CARTIFICATES, JOLT 9.
J. W. Sowerhy, of Fbh4treet-hill, merchant. J. Tyre'', late Of
likkaniedis Lanaphire, cattle-dealer. W.lHancocks, late of
Stratton, Henterfsbize, pig-dealer; R. Woakley, of Plymouth-
Dia, warn- . H. Norman, St. Kept's, Hisatingdonshire,
corn-dealer. IL Bam of Uttotteter. Staffordshire, ;Quinton
earlier. T. Strafforsl and Q. Strafford, of Holborn Bridge, ha-.
beiditshers. C. A..4asdl, of Canbaltimi *lnn, PsPePPaker•
W. Oriettlis, of Bads; hatter. S. Stocks, of jamalca.row, Ber-
-1 npondinip rope manufeaver. Halford, lets of Finch-lane,
Corghtli, stock-larther. L. Stns. of Castle-street, Hoondsditch,
ineftbest. R. King, hag of Oldp-strosh-road, botcher. R. ?otter,
MM dpbeities., ibtrbrklre,

Mr. Beocineri and Others, from the Commons, brought up
the Soldiers and Sailors Trades, Agricultural Horses Exemp-
tion, and the Charitable Donations Bills, which were read the
first time.
After Dome olviervatinns from Lord Et.t.csmoito von, the MAr.
quis iiißucitianth•ss, and Lord ELDON, in the Committee on
the Bristol- Small Debts Bill, the third reading of the.i3lll was
fixed for Thursday next.
Previous to the order for t;te tLird reading of the
Alien Bill,
Earl GREY was desirous to procure from the
Noble Viscount opposite (Lord Sidmouth)
.some in.
formation relative to certain alledged facts which ap-
peared to him not only intimately connected wit the
Bill itself, its nature and effects, but of the deepest
importance to the character of the Government, and
even the credit of the country. The person to whom
he was going to allude, was a man of considerable
estimation, having once held the high office of Vice-
President of the United States of America. Mr.
Burr was that person, who it appeared h.id been,
under the authority of the Alien Act, sent out of the
country. He wished to learn from the Noble Secre-
tary of State, whether that had not been the fact?
Lord SID mount had heard something of what
the Noble Earl afliolud to, and made particular in.
quiry respecting it, and he could assure .the Noble
Lord, that Mr. Burr bad not been sent out of the
country by any exercise of the power or authority of
the Government. It had appeared that Mr. Burr,
after having twice, for some purpose or from some
motives of his own, assumed a false name, had been
arrested by authority of the Secretary of :Rate; but
it having afterwards been discovered that the feigned
names were not adopted for any dangerous purposes,
Mr. Burr was released, and obtained passports for
proceeding, according to his desire, to Sweden. He
afterwards returned to this country, but was not or-
dered to quit it, nor was any such measure in the
contemplation of his Majesty's Government.
Lord HOLLAND was not satisfied with the ex.
pianation given by the Noble Viscount, and thought
the Bill itself by no means sufficiently explicit respect,
ing the Animate and NorAntettati of America.
Eatl GREY thought that some more satisfactory
statement than that which their Lordship had heard
from the Noble Secretary (night to be laid before the
House. H 9 had heard it asserted, and he was not
unprepared to name his authority, that Mr. Burr had
been sent out of tl:e country.
Lord SIDMOUTH repeated, that though the
conduct of Mr. Burr, in assuming at different times,
and under the peculiar cilcum.tances of the times,
two feigned names, might render him a proper ob-
ject for the exercise of the discretionary power of
Government to send him out of the country, he was
not, fur the reasons that he had stated, so removed ;
but, on the contrary, was accommodated with the
passports which he required, and allowed to proceed
to Sweden.
garl GREY thought tee order by which Mr. Burr
had been arrested should be laid before the House,
in order that thci: Lordships might judge of its pro,
ptiety. It was admitted by the Noble Lord, that
Mr. Burr bad been arrested ; but it was natural to
inquire what threats had been used, or what other
measures had taken place to account for the subsea
quent events, and the manner in which a foreigner
of distinction so placed had been induced to conduct
himself, particularly in the instance of entering his
nante un his return as an Alien.
Lord HOLLAND asked whether Mr. Burr had
not made an application to the Alien-Office, and his
Lordship repeated his objection to the vague term;
in which the Biil referred to Anhwei and Non-Aateseti.
Lord SIDMOUTH had never beard of any appli,
cation made by Mr. Burr at the Alien Office, we,
vious to the time of his arrest.
Lard HOLLAND complained, that whenever
any matter of accusation was urged by that side of
the House against the conduct of Ministers, they
always sheltered themselves under the alleged plea of
ignorance.
Lord SIDMOUTH stated., that the transaction to
-which the Noble Lord opposite had referred, occurred,
in the year 1809, three years before he had entered
on the office which he thep held ; but he could by no
means discover iu the conduct of his predecessor any
thing improper, or different from the course which
be should have felt it bis duty to take,

4LIEW !ILL.
Upon the order for the third reading of the Alien Bill, .
Lord ST. GERMAINS rose Lo de nd the princi-
ple, the object, and the character of the Bill. The
origin of the measure was fully in their Lordships'.
recollection. It had proceeded out of that strange and
prodigious event the French Revolution. The neces-
sity of it was then manifest, and had since, at various
seasons, been recognized and acted on by the wisr
dom and vigilance of Government and of Parlia-
ment ; and, though the original cause had ostensibly
ceased, there was no reflecting man but mutt ac.
Knowledge that the temper of the times required a
continuance of the salutary power entrusted by the
Bill to his Mijesty's Government. He most heartily
approved of the Bill, and moved that ict be then read
the third time.
The Earl of DARNLEY, though he had pre.
vioutly declares' his *mimeos in distinct terms,

could not suffer the Bill to pass through its last stage
without repeating his strong and decided dilappro-
- bation of it. He thought it peculiarly disgraceful,
that on the very anniversary of that glorious day by
which the liberties of Europe were achieved and the
glory of this country shone forth with peculiar lustre,
measure sknuld be-in the contemplation of Parlia-
ment okrotatory to the justice and liberality of Great
Britain. His Lordship should give his decided vote
against the Bill.
The Earl of MORLEY spoke in favour of the
Bill.
l'he Duke of SUSSEX could not suffer the Bill to
be read a third time without stating, however briafly,
'the seasons for which he must give a decided nega-
tive to it. His Noble Friend near him had alluded
to the comm•!moration of that glorious day which at
ri:,ce had been the salvation of Europe and the pride
• cf the arms and policy of Great Britain. Only one
year had since elaosad, and though no person more
enthusiastically cl erishe I the resection on the high
achievement, he should consider it a victory too
deeply purchased, if it was to be followed so soon by
the eii.honour and degradation which seemed essen-
tially attached to the enactment of the Bill on their
Lordships' table. It was at least incumbent on the
. framers of so ;:gracious and so unconstitutional a
measure to make out a clear or at least a plausible
' case of necessity, before they ventured to violate and,
supersede the inestimable provisions of Magna Charta
and the Bill of Rights. But instead of any such case,
founded on ostensible reason or overt acts, the only
argument adduced by Ministers was, the existence
and operation of the Bill for twenty years back, as if
precedent itself could ever sanction injustice or a de-
parture from the soimd and acknowledged principles
of the British Constitution. Upon the ground of pre-
cedent they might as well proceed to render perma-
nent the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, ur
any other Act or security provided brthe virtue and
wisdom of our ancestors for the safety, welfare, and
Ereatness of the country. As to the itopolicy as well
as the illiberality of such harsh proceedings as the
till suggasted against foreignets, the Noble Duke
produced the authorities of Judge Blackstone and Sir
Wiiiiarn Temple. If for the inconvenience of other
countries, we were to barter the Constitution of this,
then we were legislating for them, and notlor ourselves.
The Marquis of BUCK INGHAM began by paying
a compliment to the talent and information of the Il-
lustrious Personage who had just sat down, and
whose admiral" e remarks spewed how well he had
studied the Couctitution of his country. The King
had no right in this country t i interfere with the per.
s'iHal liberty of any 1213 V, except in time cf war. The
instant a stranger set toot in Englarfd he was free,
and how could it be maintained that the King had by
• his prerogative the right to seize his pcnon and send
him out of the counity ? The case that had been
quoted as occurring in the reign of E4ward 1. was
of a nature quite eifferent from what lead been in-
tended ; so tar from that case proviiig that the King
bad the pourer by his prerogative to send people out
' of the country, it only stated that the citizen.: tit
London had presented a Petition to the King, to
noel ali foreigners out of their city. Atter the revo. I
cation cf toe Edict of Nantz, when tatty thou:doe:
Protestants sought refuge here, no prerogative was
ever exercised towards their removal. The great ob-
bection to this measure was, that or its giving an ar-
itrary pokier to Ministers, by which tiiey could ex-
pose any Frenchman or Spaniard to the veugeauce of
their own Governments; and their power us this re-
spect was wholly undefined. Upon these grounds he
must oppose the Bill, and move that it be read a
third time that day six months.
Lord REDESDALE contended, that the King
had, by Magna Charts, the power of ordering fo-
reigners out co the kingdom, he could do so by liso-
elatalation ; but as such power rniAht be evaded, it
was necessary to have a new power such as this Bill
created, by which that could be done in a tomato)!
way. In the piesent state of Europe, he asked if it
was expedient to permit an indiscriminate infll ux of
foreigners at a tio e of as much danger to Europe as
eany that ec..r existed at any former peti,:d. The dan-
ger existed to such a degree, that he should not think
he did his duty if he did not support his motion.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, he now
understood, that after the successes we had gained in
war and the security said to be established in Europe,
there was still as much danger as existed tiering any
period of that war 1 Such was the opinion
the Noble Lord who spoke last. It was never in the
contemplation 'of the Constitution to give to the
King's Government such a monstrous power as this
Bill went to give in time of peace. The supporters
of this measure in 1793 supported it on the ground
est immediate and urgent danger ; and now they con
tented themselves with holding forth a mere imagi-
nary danger. Their Lordships however should con-
sider, that remedies like this to meet imaginary fears
Must have the effect of sapping and undermining the
Constitution of the country. In tact, it appeared as
if ttie Legislature of England was to be made sub-
aerfent "to the views of other countries. la the
reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King William, no
recourse was evet had to such a measure as this,
and no danger ever resulted. No such paltry mea-
sures were adopted when the Doke of Alva drove so
many people into this country. The Constitution of
the country was her best security ; and • she gained
strength and power from opening her arms to fo-
reigners. It was a maxim of ancient Rome, that a
great part of _her power arose from the reception
given in her bosom to the people of the nations she
had conquered. He wished their Lordships to look
to the persecutions practised against British subjects
under the tyrannical House of Stuart, who fled to
and gained protection in Holland; and to see what
the consequence would be if they had been denied
that protection. The world would have lost all the
benefits derived from th 4 labours of that great and
excellent man Bishop Butnett, if he had not been
protected in Holland when the tyranny of King
James IL obliged him to fly from England ; and
let it he recollected, that James used every art of
negotiation and every possible threat, but in vain, to
person removed, which must have
get that eminent
been the case it such a law as this existed in Holland.
For these reasons be would give his decided opposi-
• tion to this all.
Lord SIDMOUTH observed, that in the course
of .25 years, the Alien Bill had been enacted nine
times to ithout any opposition having been girca to it.

• ,
• The Nolee Lord quelled a eau Which occurred in
1571, in the reign of Elizabeth, from which it ap-
peared that an order was issued for making a general
search for all strangers, and to prevent the landing of
all strangers in the country, and to send them back
in the vessels in which they came. Orders were also
given to all householders, forbidding them to enter-
tain foreigners, or employ foreigners in any work.—
A similar order was given to search for all Scotch-
men—(e loud laugh)—pod to send them back to their
own country. These orders were issued by Secretary
Burleigh, under the direction of the Queen. He
would rest hi's defence of this measure on the pru-
dence of their Lordships, who must all be convinced
of the danger of an influx of foreigners into this
country from other States, where they were not
allowed to remain.
Earl GREY denied the statement of the Noble
Viscount (Sidmouth), that this Bill had passed an
1792 without opposition, for it must be within the
recollection of almost all who heard him, that it
was not then passed until after long, repeated, obsti-
nate debates. Before he placed any reliance on the
cases that had been quoted, he must know the cir-
cumstances and the necessity belonging to them ;
but he believed that the orders against foreigners
were the result of an unjustifiable exercise of autho-
rity on the part of the Privy Council. In the time
of King William, when attempts were made to assas-
sinate that Sovereign, and when the very Constitu-
tion was in danger, while there was au siocomnion
influx of foreigners, there was nut a giinle instance
of a foreigner having been sent out 01 the count y.--
There had been from the time of Richard 11. J. iwn.
wards, repeated laws passed respecting Aberis, which
laws would have been wholly unnecessary it the
King had such a power as was contended for. By
Magna Charta, it was expressly provided that sill
Alien Merchants should have liberty to remain in
this country. Now, by the mere order of the Secie
tart' of State, an Alien tni;:ht he torn horn his Tastily
and connexions and banished fri.m the cudnzty. lie
maintained, that there exited no danger to call for
this measure. He recollect=ti at the'r,me it wrs firs,
introduced, that Lord Minto and Mr. Bur ke sup.
posted it as a measure necessary for the public safety
in a time of emergency, but not in one which was
founded in any prerogative of the Crown. At that
time the re-action of the Fiends Evolution was
'rushing over the wail like a torrent of liquid fire,
lad the measure on that account might he justified ;
but nothing of the kind existed now. On all the.
grounds which he had stated, he should oppose the
measure. It was not consistent with the Government
ot this cnuntsy to be hunting out people who might
be suspected of having bad designs. He had stared
What was the cause of the French Revolution.—
He bad traced it from liberty to an unbridled li-
cense, from that to a military despotism, and from
a military despotism to a wish for universal empire.
The restoratieri of the B,urbnns, that followed, had
beer. productive of consequences which he had by
nu roeans foreseen. The Protestants had been per-
secuted in a must shameful manner ; and was this
country to league with the persecutors ? To do
this, or to remove those from this country who
were called the supporters of Bonaparte, would place
the Noble Lord in. a very difficult situation :—but
would they come here if they saw that a Bill like the
present was passed purposely for their exclusion from.
our shores ? They would go to America—to that
country which held out to them the hand of protec-
' lion and the means of subsistence ; to which they
would carry the arts and manufactures of their native
land and of the places whence they had been driven
by the hand of oppression. It might be said to
Frenchmen as well as Spaniards, and to every op-
, pressed person in the rest of the world, you need not
' go to England, the policy of that country is changed
—there, there is no longer protection for the exile and
the unfortunate. This was a measure, which placed
at the will of the Executive Power the hopes and
fortunes of every Alien in the country. Nay, every
man, however exemplary, and however careful in hi,
ci.nduct, was liable to be seized and driven from his
home. If their Lordship. s would look at the Bill,
they would find it completely inoperative on Aliens
who might •laud in Ireland.. By Ac's (which the
Noble Lord produced) all Aliens on taking such and
such oaths, and of any nation or sect, except Jews,
might he naturalised;
Le rd ELLENBOROUGH said he wished to re-
lieve himself from a most degrading and calumnious
aspersion, cast upon him by the Noble Earl, who
had accused him of deliberate misrepresentation on a
former night, respecting the Petition which bad been
presented from the City of London in the reign of
Edward I. He contended, that he bad not used a
single word on that occasion which was not to be
mound in the Petition; and the Noble Earl, therefore,
had no right to throw a doubt upon the authenticity
of that instrument. He hoped lie bad used no aspe.
rity of language—(4 load laugh.) That laugh awa-
kened only one sentiment in his mind, which he would
not express. All lie should say was, that a man who
was capable of patiently enduring the imputation of
having falsified a document was capable of doing it.
Earl GREY saidi whether the Noble and Learned
Lord had indulged in any unwarrantable asperity of
language, he should leave to their Lordships to de-,
terniine. For himself he could only say, that whetherl,
he had or had not, was a matter of perfect indiffe-
rence to him ; if, indeed, lie were to add that his feel-
ings upon the point bordered upon another sentiment,
he should not belie those feelings. No apology was
due from him to the Noble Lord; though he did not
however recollect that he said the Noble Lord en-
deavoured to impose a premeditated misrepresenta-
tion upon their Lordships. What he stated was,
that the document brought forward by the Noble
Lord led to a very different inference from.that which
he had drawn. He mentioned that as an explanation
which was due to the House, not to the Noble and
Learned Lord, whose manner and tone precluded all
apology from him. The Noble Lord would never
find in him a person who would sit and bear such
language, without repelling it; and he was in the
judgment ot the House, whether there was ever a
more unfounded or a more unprovoked attack than
that which the Noble Lord had made upon him..
(Hear, hear, hear.)
The Earl of LIVERPOOL maintained, that aR
authorities were in favour of the Bill, nay, if usage
WAS sought after, that also would be found to be in
its favour. Magna Clam' itt itself, though a decla-
ratory law, contained a strong presumption at 'testi

that each I prerogative elided: Wu this ministry to
be overrun with foreignen ?—with Ines (ruin &eery
country and every quarter of the globe, whatiVer
might be their deigns? •
After some farther discussion, in which the Loup
CHANCELLOR, Lord HOLLAND, and the Marquis of
BUCKINGHAM, took part, the House divided, when
there were for the third reading, 60—Proxies, 48—.
108.—Against it, 25—Proxies, 23-48.—Majority
for the third reading. 60.
The Bill was accordingly read a third time and
paned, and the House adjourned at One o'clock.