The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-10 00:00:00

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term aspiring In the interval • between the solo of
ibis Bill, end Ilse 204 of ? • '
the Nil Iris pasea.t..o4. a Messagrerdered to bfi
sent to the House of Cepaseass stating.", Ft.o#4l
rione Mitre Ifieeeln'tblWl3Mil • ' • - ••
Adjourned till tomorrow (this day).
HOUSE .OF COMMONS,
At.Forer_ o'Clock the SPEAKER toonted
,the;
when,_ only 20 Members being present,attl
adjournment until tomorrow secessarily took plaee:.•

PRICE t)F STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Hank Stack I per Cent. 97
9 per Cent„ Had. 780 b per Cent. Navy ,
9 per Cent.Coavob India Hoods 9.2 •
31 per Ceet.llll4 Long Ann. SO 5-Ifit
Lymph for ditc. IS§ Exchequer Hills 20 21,0'

TIE STATESMAN.

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Thie day *t two o'cleck. his Royal "Ilighness 'the
PiteCz REGENT proXieded in • state to the Nauss of
Lords to prorogue Pirliament,•the couerresie
spectatort was not very-tholitfrone. diXalation
is eXPected ttstake piece to.intivtorr. •• •
The BM tsiklast Alierri,.which`ges to. roach be-
wildered and impededthe Ministerial designs: at a
Period vary critical to. their power,-passed through
the Rowse of Lords. lest eight; with.the celerity so
desirable to its sapient friaries., the. Standing Orders
of the-House being suspended to
.permit its being
cniried into a law. Minister' hare thus succeeded in
repairing, in some degree, their former blunders, and
have sccomplisbed theli'torigracioirs object to a con.
relievable extent, bet not without 'brislings in the
Most ontragioas menotri tile • established forms of
-Parliament end the best *Maples of
.g overnmeot
And bemsnity. This Bill, besides tot which.
It will inflict upon individuals bys the cooleisplated
erptation egainit foreign porcheiers of Scottish.
Oink Stock, is calculated to have important and.
mischievous effects on a variety of interests. It will
,interfere in suspending rainy of the Statutes of the
'Parliament of Ireland, ie favour of the settlement of
' Protestants, and it may be expected to have worse
consequences, in leading. to the increase of orbit
trary power in the bands of a credulous, a weak, or
a vindictive secretary of State. It is hat too pro-
:bable, that those who have shown themselves so.
ignorant of the existeace of so very impettont a
Taw, is has been discovered, so ignorant too of
its
effect's, and the extent of the measure now propose&
should be also equally ignorset of its consequences to
falba* and private ioterestav It is really ansisini
of etch bass "F. 1111' CASTLEREAGH,
the despotic faction that :Ms drained this nation.
WiPPor foreignt erceearhe and keep op en over-.
at as
saing, military power 4.114111 M, talking 'orthe
&ogee of Weiss) armies. useting their way into thin
etsootry through the Bank of Scotland, by buying
themselves into a deoiseuship under bit Lordship's
Ouvernotent. -These amen, biro set op this begbear
of Great Britaiu being "overrate by an Irruption of
foreign nations by the posh's' of Scotch stock,
to have uo ides that the digital elite Bnlt- to which
they areefdingllth sechapprehewsions, is limited,
and that Alhabr (earl aret. Zhirefete as stupid as they are'
seemodless. Their object,' however, cannot be ells-
lakes. It is a part of thrheaalasive system, which
wits lately so strongly directed egainst•ot her country
ankh% E"tablishmenti. The laW, which is se
earnestly sought to be annulled, we cannot hours,
gard as one of the most. salutary provisions of the
I Act of the Scottish:P*4lll'4'ot of 1695, establiihing
the Bank of Scotland., Oar ancestors wisely consi-
dered that they could not hold oat too great induces
meets to encourage foreigners to transmit capital te'
this country, and they therefore enacted that the
purchasing of a costal. qoantity•of Bank Stock Ifr
an Alien 'Weld of itself naturalise him as it
subject of Great ,Brielin.—Qur present Rulers,
however,: ire' riot eCteated iry. the same Jibe-
rat 'policy. Insteat ,fir, endeavouring to 'attraiit.
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foreign capital to, tin country, they are doing
,all iu their power tofairce -it abroad, and is order to,
*accomplish this object, wantonly interfere With the
rights of a Mercantile Company, and elfecteally
duce the competition for its shares. •
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• ' Now that a Ministerial Member has started fir
`llFthislaster, and the 'Absence so inimical to Re.
formatlen threatewirlo establish itself in the very
teert ,f,a' City tSiOleit remarkable In the kingdom
p honest and leolepeodeat principles, by taking id-
saatige of distils. owl .such eircerostancea as may
premise sacceseltiPis Government lofts...NW, we
(list the ftiends.of Sir F. Btranat and the Citizens
41,,‘,Y1strniusterlpiienera!,, who 'piped the cause of
Reform, Will see the necessity of bestirring themselves
tweriert a circomiteece so permanently iaaespicioes
!Os. die object., oft their political desires. MURRAT
Mi. I Ciptain in the Royal Nary, is
" Pe Ilia who pas* pet forth .his claims to the
oplfragei of the
.lioesaholders of itestasiestey I
Tbe- perispsi eleivee of: such a Candidate each
dittlerielted
_epprobefierti mestoappear a m `!'cry
sore,relldtls whettPput-' In .comparlitii teith
'ellieseretees end sentiments of the' present Reldestie.
latives'ef Westinituter, as well es wise placed is