The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-05-06 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

trouble of Witnessing the consistency of one tot of
Gooriemon, and theNinguene eof- the Noble Lord.
• kis eirothor, and iherefore he would got press the
matter to a tote.
. The aillotjoe waa then ,bogeti red.

Ithat be whited it'to be understood, that )se erti-160a.
posed, altogether; to the enactment of en• Alien
. Sir S. ROM ILLY said, he objected to: the NA, as
IS appeared, to Mat that there was nothing to justify a
,peoeseding at variance with all she principles of the
coontry, at variance with Its tree policy, and so de.
gelling to the British character, that nothing could
justify it bet strong necessity end danger to the State.
He had not beard from the Noble Lord a statement
of such danger. lie proposed the measure on the'
.grounds on which he proposed the former, and he
had stated that there were nearly as strong grounds
now as there were in 1816. It was very possible
theft might; but as he thought at that time there
were no strong grounds for the measure, he had been
en enemy to it then. •and, a fortiori, he was an
enemy to it now. Nothing could justify each a
measure bat some danger to the internal State and
Governmept of this Country, from the residence of
foreigners. Never had it been avowed before, that
ettet a measure was necessary for our own protection,
bit for the.protection of the great Continental Go-
Serntnents of Europe. It was new in the history of
this country, that instead of adopting measures suit-
able to the policy and wants of our own country, we
ihoold tninister to the Despots of Europe ;
,and that
all tp whom in past times we had afforded asylum
and protection, should be persecuted for political or
religious opinions disapproved of by the govereigus
of other countries.—tlieer, hear fl—Not much
'more than an hoar ago the House hid, notwithstand4
Ing the distress of the country, granted a considerabit
sem, with a view to an important literary purchase.
But that subject sunk into insignificance, when com-
pared to the importance to this country of its having
to look on itself as the sanctuary of Europe. ,The
moment a man entered on thitliallowed soil, .he was
considered Ware from religious and political perse-
cution. Ile should be unworthy of the protection
which he and his ancestors had received in this. coun.
try, if he did not claim the samehospitality for those
unfortunate individuals, *be, u in the case of the
exiles from Spain and other States, were reduced •tis
the necessity of claiming our protection.—[lll44
hear, hear!]-41e should bewangratefol i for the
protection which he and his .• ancestors had sin.
joyed in this country under, different tystito' Of
policy, if he did not endeavour .that the benefit' of
it should be extended to other individuals in- the
same situation—if he did not raise his voice in de-
fence of those men who, driven from their. ewe, nun.
try by religions and .political persecution, wished to
enjoy liberty under titeintlety and protectien of the
British Couttitotion. The. Hous!. were tiowznived
to understand that the present' measure, .under tiie
name of a temporary•lawi was to be a permanent
law—that it was to he the new Constitotion Bri-
talst.el-(llear, hear !)-None of the precedents* *to'
which the Noble Lord had eppeeled hod any applica-
tion except the last. In 1802 it was known to every
one in the'country, high and lewohat,:the peace then
concluded was a sort of armistice, and that the lurk-
ing potions *mild seen spring up with.more rage and
acrimony. In 1816, it bad been brought .je for the
.first time by the Secretary of State for the Foreign
Department;
.on all former •occesions it hid lietu
brought in by the Secretary of State for the Itome
Department. It was then !insight in by the Minis-
ter who represented the internal government •of the
country; but. it was now proposed by the Noble
Lord as representative of the Monarchs of Europe in
that [louse.—(Hear, hear t)--Ja 1816, for the' first
time, had Ministers owned that it was introduced
in subserviency to the views of Foreign Despots, that
it was irtlended for the preservation of the peace
of other countries. Now when the Noble Lord
talked of the mitigated system, it was to. be
recollected that the measure extended; not metely
to Aliens who had recently arrived in the .country,
or to those who might arrive, but to those who
were established in the country with their families,
and who from long habits were almost become
Englishmen. The 20,000 Aliens in this coun-
try were all placed at the disposal of the Secretary
of State, who, whenever he pleased, could send them
from the country. These persona might thus be the
victims of people, who from malice, or with a view
to serve bad ends, should wish to ruin them. fie
did not know if there was any Representative
from Scotland then in the House, he believed
there was not ; but if there were, it was proper
'they should know this Bill was a direct re-
peal of an important provision in the Bill for
the protection of the subjects of Scotland sgainst
wrongoos imprisonment. It was expressly provided
by that law, that no man should he sent out of the
kingdom except by his own consent ; and it had been
decided by the highest tribunal of that country, that
the provisions applied to foreigners as well as natives
The Honourable and Learned Gentlemen then cited
a case decided in 1778, in the Court of Session, after
being solemnly argued,—the case of Knight, a negro
slave, who resisted the attempt of Mr. Wedderburn,,
his master, to carry him back to Jamaica, from which
he had brought him to Scotland. It was then decided
that Knight was entitled to the benefit of the %Strong.,
nes Imprisonment Act, and that being a native of
Africa, he could not be citified out of the kingdoni.l
Ile could let no opportunity pass without giving a I
negative to this measure.
The House then divided—
For the Minion . . 55
Against it . . . 18
Majority . 37
The Alien Bill was brought in by Lord CASTLE-
REAGH, and ordered to be read a second time on
Friday neat.
The House went Into a Committee on the Bank Its.
striction Bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEQUER in-
troduced his new Preamble, which stated that it
was expedient that the Bank should resume its pay-
ments in cash, but that circumstances had occurred to
render it necessary to restrain those payments for a
time to be limited.
Mr. TI ERNEY said he wished this last discovery
to be universally promulgated.
The house resumed ; the Report was brought or,
and ordered to be taken into Nutter consideration
on Thstreday se'onight. /lASI ti
BURGHS.
Siili).jlolllllLLY'preseitteil Peiltion the
Burgh rrnine option the' 'Xbusis In the Scots
Hallos pealing for the liberty of electing their own

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Magistratesl4sid poudemningt as inadeqtrater the
before the- House. • n
The Petition was read. It smlld vette. manner
which the Magistrates of the Burgh of Irvine
re-eircted by each other, and adverted to the
ties thus created for thaiversation, and the impossi..
tiiity of dispossessing any junta which once had
into possession of- the Magistracy. The Petitic
stated, that in their own Burgh the whole polyp,
the Magistracy was in the family of the Earl of
lintoun.

The Petition was ordered to lie on the .
On the question that it be printed-,
Mr. FIN LAY stated his setkfaction at the mm
in which the Petitioners had explained their
enoes. Their prayer, as far. as related to the ch,
log of their own Magistrates leas, its his opi,
perfectly reasonable; and it webs to be observed,
they only prayed that the laws of the Parliament
Scotland should be reverted to—which had
never repealed, but which, according to the nor.,
of the Scots Judges, were superseded by long dime.
The Bill introduced by the Lord Advocate was
adequite to the object which it aimed at, viz.—the
auditing the accounts of the Burghs, and that
fell very abort of the rights of those Burghs.
The Petition wag ordered to be printed. .1.
Sir S. ROMILLY presented ,Petitions from die
Dyers and other Incorporated Traders of Edinburgh,
against the Lard Advocate's Bill ; one. of tiara Nat_
ed for enquiry into the constitutions of the dilimat-
Burghs.---Adjourned.

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