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HOUSE OF LbRDS, Jbisa 5. .
• re*. Ravel Arent wits,glieh by Canna%Sl to the Edit To-
„ ..;hisplatig 'Bill; the Regime, Art Ausandmeos Bill, the Irish
,Zll Dans
moral .curie
add Ifforestee Gas-lights
roYik‘ owl seeeeal prime Bills.—Tbe eseweeplonen
,ne Lordi Coltaactiktri ' the Earl at allahaatallaTr and Lord
II
etedwitates
The icons elm"...
___,clialaa hav•inslallseld In Vie ens et Car-1
wick r.Trapettelowniewmeg. the- decree of the theists comet of
cinsacerl
...sri• '. • S.
. ake. w. &gib, as 'Devil, Clointroor of the
.Ifrithis-Boelety
fee enteoding diet Yhthes preseaSed the assaroataistesmst of the
k..eaitere.e.f that.Soeleiy. . • -.-: -:•9si:, . :
7plis Eddeslimo of the Pony Bill, the Neleowidow seem,
„webs Bill, the Bath Gokiglit Bill, dte. woes benne* fres the.
Corrals with Mirk .Lordship' atravadmenta armee 0, by Mr.
'coon, Mr. Lockhart, Me: Palmer, and *them: ..';
THE COTTON-maNtrrAcTurtEr BILL.
Lord KENYON raid, as several of their Laidships had tag-
- Pilled a witlif Viutilier evidence on this Bill. nudes so this pe.
rind „nhe Sessioi it eouht ant be expected that the Committee
caw closochtodger, he would ors:pose to postpone the mea-
sure toad the sot Session of Parliament. with the view of
their ;nosing the re-appointment of the Committee.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE was very end to bear that the
Noble Lord. who had forakily refused to hearany evidence,
how so far comurred with him as tti think firther`treldrece ne-
w. With !said to the proceedings of the matudaetut era
who opposed the Bill, be Mould ant help stating, that tile utmost
• degree of sodirory had been exercised by thenyn inform their'
Lordships no the subject en which they were about to legislate.
The evidence they bad brought forward meet • far beyond his
utmost cipecialino, and proved that. in Morcheeter, the C4otOn
Ilitonfactorieswerelooked to by parents as a meant of employ.
sent for theft weakly-children
Lord KEN YON had not intimated any change of his opi. ,
moo. He Aid wetly, hi compliance with the desire of other
Noble Lords.- proposed to vstpone the proceedings, for the.,
purpose of hearing further evidence need Bessie*. When the
ec",,y ;v0(01,4010, then would be the time for giving an
opieino no the Alen a the Information obtained.
Tne Earl of L'A UDERDA LE said, that the evideore tattoo
before the Committee had been distributed to their Lordships;
bat that the register cuurA of proceeding was to report it from
the Committee. "
Lord KEN YOB then beneght
Comm the evidenceilaidlaid it
on the wide ar theleeport /if the ittee. ' . • !, e' . • .
4CO.fr 11 CHURCHES.
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The Earl if ti UDE RDA L Weaned the attention of thelf•
Locd,kipc ti, th,, ill. and Roped that it would 'not he pressed
forward new:. tools what hnd alrendy passed' on the soSject.l
he hoped taaNabk Secretary of Stale WOUt CONWIPI to /111111gri
the measure to lit ever until rex t ;klf ion, w en th•ere a fluid be
time to eumehe into lne stonily of!apply its the public missy 1
to the object of the Bill,
The Earl of LIVER POOL was aware of the 'difficulty at
Riving foil casasideresispa to the measure at the reseal period lc
tied that there might be sullitieat time for that purpose, he bar
aonlikction to tie delay proposed by the Noble Earl. .
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DCIN DIEGO CORREI.A.
(Aril HOLLAND presented a Petition from Doe Diego
Correia, a Litpluin ils the Spanish service.. Natio; certain in-
juries he bad sustained in coosetrehee of what had sewed be-
menu the itii,ish and Spanish (sisserimcnis relative to his case,
and praying for 'chef.—[The .Petition ant in substance Ilse
Pattie a, that resented in she Celrithilthi 011 Mullthly last by Lord
itiflolinth.l-4.0111 ittalard, its 11101Pillg that the Pesitino be laid '
~n themble, "Awned to the ancient policy of (lira( Britain in
proiceilug fel rigeert, and encouraging them tts4Asek refuge in
ibis 'watery cgaion oppressi as. This 'whey he was now sorry:
to see completely nbauduned. In support of his opir.lon re-
ipeeting
the practice and rectifies of former times. h, quoted the
preamble of au Act of Parliament for the encoursemect Of re-
fugees. is hick had been drawls up by the great 'Lovd Somers.—
The preamble slated, that whereas many Protestants in France
might wibil. ON account Of our free Constitution, to settle is this
metre. it was right to induce them to do su.
The Petition was laid on the table.
BR ADIWILI'S PATENT.
The End of LA UI/ERDA LE objet twil to this BilL on the'
groend thr.t it proposed to exempt
_ tic Patentee front the tamer
ennilmesit of the specification. That was a Ammonl flame in all'
Patents. trod their Lordshipi could am ogles fir it propositional'
this kind in fauna; Of iill lUdlloidual. Ile therefore moved that'
the *ill he rejected.
OFFICES tN REVERSION AND SINECURES,
Earl GROSVENOR rose, io pirsuance of notice. to Make'
is motion respecting the Grants of Offices in Reversiop and
WITHIN I. Ili. Lor..sliip repeated nearly the same iirgionents
. .t: be hiss all ',focal ig* upon this topic, and contelided, that.
* • bad been done byAlienters, isl Ilienters, in alishiog various useless
Oates. •Wris not aweigh. There acre still reeve'. Sinecures,
Whirls Wits* ercessary there should be a• determinatinis ex-
Vested, ought to be abolished oil the termination 01 the existing
tpleresis ; it ens oho expedient that the Home should declaie
its tipi.ition, thin no Office should in fusee be ranted in Rever-
sion, in (seder to pthient Others now elbeieut Gina becoming
Sinn err., or being tilled by hwompetent persons. His Lord-
ship ceccleded by moving *moieties to its elect.
he 111411illliS were put, 'lndio gatived.
Adjouri.ed till to-morrow (this day).
HOUSE OF' COMMONS.
The Speaker !moil op to the H.:use of Perri, attended b se-
veral Members. to hear the Royal Assent given 'to several ills.
Mr. HENN ETT pee.maied three Petitions from persons is
m Smith at - --- --sees, Read. - "- -
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New South Nate', .if the names of Rime( ~_ and (as we
beliese) Miseassloo.complaisoos of 'she __of the Gayer-
oor of she Colony; sinel raying she llnU-e to sake she matter
of their Petitions •inso vosulacriesioo.—Ordesei so lie on the
stable, and to he prinsid.
General PEPtiUSSON presented ft Petit's:it from tl.e SCOIS
nova Burgh of Forfar, totopliaining of she loss of po:iiical
Interest, imed lira) lag for Reform iu the 'violations of the
Burgh,.
POLICE.
Mr. BENNETT brooght up a Report from the
Committee,.wilich was ordered to He on the

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Mr. BENNETT then observed, that the Report
referred to the prison of Tothitl-fields, 'and 'hi. Haase
of Correction.: at Cold Bati.fields, &c., to which in
no long -period 110 less than .10,000 or 11,000 had
been committed. Ile was desirous that Members
should read the Report, and consider and examine it
folly. Theo his -should wish to call their attention to
the want of • proper classification of persons in pri-
son, as to ages, sexes, and distinctions of crimes.
These rireemststices were not confined to Loudon.
—There were establishments termed Houses ot. Cor•
section, wherein labour was not imposed according
to the nature of the institutions, though tt :le was
picking of oakum, and other occupations, by.:*bich
thiidle and the wicked could while away the time.
There appeared also, to be • great grimace in these
places, in the numbers of persons who were mixed
together under different sentences for different crimes.
This required a remedy. The evil might be seen at
the Culd Bath-fields Penitentiary, though he believed
that the keeper was an hottest and most praise. worthy
person. He acted from the best of his judgment, as
It was understood that the Magistrates had not issued
a written order for some time past. The keeper
acted like a sensible man, with a due regatdlo
duty and to humanity. But there were two Acts of
Parliament which it did not appear that the Magis-
trates had sufficiently attended to. The great in-
crease of prisoners had been variously accounted
for. The distresses 'of the times might in some
extent tarnish a reason for it. No man could
now walk shoot the streets without knowing
the frequent applications for relief--applications
not known in any such extent till within these few
years. Ile was matins ced, that, in many of these
cases, the misery did aot arise from the want of a
disposition to wotk or todo Something% but frees the
want of the Means of belt% enabled to do so. The
distresied went to a Jetties without a fritrod,-and he
was often told that the weeitheeee was open to bleu
But this surf of relief wilkisfstrieneriflly applideble.
B. various charitable isrstketione had been very be-
neficial. •1111. Hon. Wilber then adverted to the
sptem of tratiopertatiao to Botany Bay, w hick' ten.

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depeaCiriaimpostiiiiien for seven years nearly the Jsame
!tai tintiapertation for life. The !listen) itself was es-
tremely.-eppersitive. He did not know of any that
could be ototi so.' The criminals might be employed
at house, or near hotise, at a much lefle'espence.—
,Kvery part of the system appeeted to be rotten end
noosed, and he could at ot ,seneoliatllsere was about
It-t, keep it ',live. It had been shown before the
Comusitiee,%that the ConStsbles under the Police
were often thieves themselves, entl.defrauders of the
unwary. ,He trusted that the Hesse would look se-
riously to such grist end crying evils. The crimi-
nality did not attach upon the Magistrates, hut on
the, lower:classes of those who were employed io the
Police seriice. There;was 'one eronsiderable source
of evil arising out of the licensing system, and the
remedy was not effectsal by merely patting down
flash houses; &c., as they were called, mud by say-
ing, " you are not to cell gin without beer, or else.
woe - betide you if yoe have 'not a tap-room."--
He trusted that the House would, nest Session,
examine the whole system, sad trace it back for years
past, and then,they would see bow the child wes led
on from the ale-hoese to bed company, and afield
also see, that if no material alteration were made, the
evil would go on increasing. The prevailing sy •
sisH
dili4Ot operate to prevent vice ; but tended to cor.
rupt and degrade individuals, sad so to prevent the
beaddal effects of reform. He concluded by mow- I
iog the printing of the Report. .. f
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• General THORNTON spproved of what had WON
.said by the Hon. Member. •
. Mr. W. SMI'T'H presented the Report of the Bri..
fish Society relative to the extension of Fisheries.
Mr. BENNEI7 asked, whether any improve-
ment had been Made in the mode of contracting for
theclothing of Comte, sent from Ireland?
Mr. PEELmatttd; 'that the attention of Govern-
menthad been directed to that subject, and it was
found, upon enquiry, that a considerable saving
6tuld be Mode by contracting for the clothing in
Dublin, and sending it from thence to Cork, where'
it was,formerly the'costons.to perchsse it. A plan
was therefore adopted consistently with this disco-
very,
.which had in the -:eiltrie of the last year ef-
fected a saving of 1,0001.'•”'
On the motion of 54i:'19.1BATHURST, the Re-
port of the Committee re remunerating the person ,
concerned in preparing 'the General Index to the
Journals of the House was agreed to, and an Ad-
dress adopted accordingly. •
Iir.S.ROIWILLY presented a Petition from- Roger
Cole, complaining of the conduct of the insolvent
ThlbtoreCourt ; in which the Petitioner complained
that the -toort had improperly remanded him and
continued his imprisonment ;which, under the course
now'adoptetl bY the Court, might be continued to an
indefinite time. ' The Petitioner did not impute any
corrupt or improper motives to the Judge of the
Court, hut only charged him with en error in judg-
sent, and prayed for relief from the House. The
' Petition was reed, and Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. BROUGHAM also presented a Petition from
John Dodd, of Shagford, in the county of Durham,
complaining of having been improperly remanded, on
a decision of the Itisolveiit Debtors' Court.
'The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, it was his
intention, in the early part of nest Session, to call
thi.ottention of the 1100010 this Act, which' Would
otherwise espire of itself. The Petition was then
ordered toile on thrtable.
Mr. BROUGHAM presented a Petition from Mr.
O'llanlin Complaining of certain injuries which lie
tradrrecei;ed from certain high legal authorities in
Ireland. The Honourable Gentleman said, at this
lee period of the Session, he should move nothing on
this Petition except that It should lie on the table,
and he printed.
Mr. PEEL, complained of the conduct adopted by
the Hon. Gentleman on this subject. As long ago
as the Session of 1816, the Hon. Gentleman pre.
seated a Petition almost aimilar to this from Mr.l
O'Hanlin, 'and then gaie notice of a motion on the
subject; but OW brought it forward. Lest Session
another Petitirin was presented, and another notice
giten; but do motion Was 'esoer Irrought'forward.—
The Petition contained charges 'against' the Lordl
Chancellor and the Attorney :General of Ireland ;,
sad now the lion. Ceisilemen come- In the third year, I
with a third. Petition, and still contented himself
with again moYing that flitirifflliin should Jie on the
'table. This was a most mortar Coarse towards the
Noble and Learned Personsltebad alluded to ; who,
however, WherteSer the charge should be brought for-
ward, would he'reody to•meet it.
Mr. BROUGHAM defended himself against the
chargeo(jrreguterity and unfairness. .
Mr. C N OGSTO thought the mode now. adopted‘ ,
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was most unfair 'towards the parties sewed. lto
trusted 41% Hoop would not ailuw this Petition to be,
printed:
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Sir S:TieIYILLY denied. that there had been any
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think 'unfair. on the part of his Learned Friend, iu
the proceeding on this Petition.
After a few observations from the CoANCELLOtt of
the EXCHEQUEU and the SPEAKER" Mr. Bitoortutw,
withdrew his motion:
LORD STEWART.
Mt. BROUGHAM seeing the Noble Lodi se-
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sreagh) in his place, wished to put a question to :hltit,
in which he was not influenced by any hostility to-,
wards him or his Noble Relative, fai whom he ep-
t,rtained a high respect in his military capacity.—
He pat the question in a spirit of centinitr, and as an
act of justice to the House and the Country. The
delay for which he might be charged in this caite„
arose from a desire not to clash with the proceed-
ings of 'a Court of twice; be The notoriety giien
to those facts by the proCeedings in Court made it
necessary that they should now he noticed. The
brother of the Noble Lord had stated, in an affidavit
In the Court of °wintery, upon a private felt with
strhiCh they had'no4biscern, that he had 194001. a
year from this connty, 0 Ambassador to the Court
of Vienna, end also that he had 10001. a year as
Lord of the Bedchamber. What he wished to know
Was, whether doting the tbserice of the 'Noble Lord
from that station, comprising • period of about
twelve mouths, he continoed to receive the jpCpflle
arising front it ? The nest point be ;geishas(to no-
fiat wait the inconsistency of the two Atostions.—
The otto6datico 6Y a Lord ,c 1; ihjo Bedcheotber was
nernaniy in she spleedoirt Alibi! Crowd ,toad it ties,
a quetlien'whether the eMeT)tnistaels;,pc Mb shetyld
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ncompatible. He should feel mud graei‘ed. _
Noble Lord could give satisfactory Omen to these
enquiries.
Lord CASTLEREAGH declared liitista satisfied.
list the .Honourable Gentleman was only influenced
by a public motive in putting thi questions he bad
just stated. lie regretted at the same time, that he
did not feel it necessary to do so at an earlier pe-
rind. It must be obvious to the House, that con-
sistently with a respect for his own character, his
Noble Relative could not have removed froM the
country sooner. Tie bad returned here on leave of
absence, and was detained by the circumstance which
the_ Honourable Gentleman had noticed. It was
well understood, that those public servants who held
high situations abroad, were often permitted to return
home for the arrangement of their private affairs. in
these cases it was customary to augment the Wary. of
the Secretary of Legation from the salary of the Am-
bassador, who was absent. . This was done in the
base of his Noble Relation. With respect to the
inconsistency of the two offices, it was to be observ-
ed, that its no instance where a Lord of the Bed-
chamber was appointed to an Embassy abroad, was
it deemed necessary that he should retire from the
personal service of the Sovereign.
Mr. BROUGHAM. said, by had abstained from
pulsing the question before, because be thought it
was unnecessary. As to 'the office of Lord of the
Bedchamber, if it was requisite for the splendour of
the Crown, another person ought to be appointed
when one was sent abroad.
Lord cAsTLEltExcill remarked, that the CAS('
had often occurred before in which that principle
was not acted on, the. House would therefore judge
why it was nn* brought fOrvierd for the first time.
Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that the reason was
perfectly clear. He had not noticed it till now, be-
came now for the first time it was admitted upon affi-
davit in a Court of Justice.
CORONFAS' ELECTION RILL.
On the motion of Mr. LOCKHART, the Lords'
Amendments were agreed to.
PETITION AGAINST TIE CLAUSE OF THE ALIEN
BILL. •
Sir J. MACINTOSH presented a Petition feom
certain persons in Edinburgh, against tip clause
added by the House of Lords to the Mien Bill, tak-
ing away the right of naturalisation which foreigners
had by the possession of 801. stock in the Rink of
Scotland, by a Scotch Act of 1695.—The Petition
was read, end laid on the table.
Mr. TIERNEY moved, that the Petition should
be referred to a Select Committee.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said he should oppose
the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The right
given to the foreigners who might COMP into Scotland
and purchase stock to the amount of 801. was a right
which be considered by no means proper to veldt.—
'Testate of the law by which the operations of this
reentry were conducted, was entirely contrary to
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such a right without certain reservations which the
Act by which the right was given did not contaio.—.
Th, facts of the case were all known, and therefore

it was not, he conceived, necessary to enter into an.
investigation. The Act, indeed, appeared to-him to
he a kind of fraud on the law, by which foreigners
would be introduced into the country in despitelndl
contradiction of the Alien Bill. Let the Rouse
only ermine the fact. .A man, by the Scotch
Act, hod only to be possessed of eighty pounds,
worth of. Stock in the Bank', and he was a nate-
relized subject : in all other cases, however, a man
could not be a natural born subject till the Oath of
Allegince should be taken. He put it to the Rouse,
whether it was proper to allow such a state of law
to remain. Indeed, considering all circumstances,
he thought an apology ought to be made to the
House, for no such measure as the clause repealing
'the Scotch Act having been iaserted in the Bill. It
might be consideredvhowever, that the Act bad been
virtually repealed. The Acts of Geo. 1., and the
13th or 14th of Geo. 111. might he considered as a
virtual repeal of that Act. tie hoped that it would
not be allosied that such a technicality of law, as be
might coil it, should be recognised. It was a prin-
ciple of law to which that House never, he was cosH
winced, as ouldssubmit. There was nothing so com-
mon as that when a law was passed, with reference,
to particular facts, it had been made to operate re-
trospectively upon what had occurred before it was
proposed to the Legislature. Throe was a Bill rela-
tive, to Resident Clergy, which acted upon that prin.
ciple. That measure formed a perfect precedent of
that kind of law. The question was not, it should
be considered, whether the persons whom the clause'
would affect were naturalized before the Uuion, or
whether they should be, naturaliz.d by a regular Bill
of that. Mope for the purpose, Ina whether, by the
purchasepf:a certain quantity f stock, and in a man-
ner. takiug themselves yet of the class of Aliens, and
taking themselves out ni,Ae,purview and operation
of the Alien Bill, they wqptd consider that clause in
a Scotch Act as a repeal of the Alien Law entirely.—
Jt was then a question whether they would not sup
pond porches. of stock, from excepting from the
'Alien Act, sod allowing foreigners to come iato the
Alibis 9( British-subjects, in a manner by such a abort
Wet-Pt-( near, hearl)—br suspend foreigners from the
mottineatice of the effect pf the Scotch Act. Under
all circumstauces he should certainly oppose the
motion.
Sir S. ROMILIrY rose , sttorigly to rapport the
Petition,. for he considered it the duty ot the House,
if it bad' the least regard for the Peoplti, or had not
a determination to act against all justice, propriety,
and ial‘i to enquire into the facts therein enumerated.
Since be had hid the honour of a sett la bat Muse,
a question of greeter imoroance never came .before
them, considering what was the measure that was
proposed, and the distirinesi.rinl which, the 3.1,101de
Lord had ventured to defendneer; 4efr1
The noble Lord bad implied thek it was not
miry io enter' tab an luvestiga's4tln, heetresal ..if 'the
(octant' ;he case seek kneels, The !VOL'S Lord did
Igot Mkt w, the raft. • Ile did elei lie. the Act (riot
I Was ruipmili,d by ;he eiattsy. lio,did know; be had I
'not; lionevei„ read to (lie Mete. got let
them know what that Act was that it smils..propoied'
to repeal. 'there was, however, not etifj that one
Scotch Act, bdt five Acts which bad all recognized
the Meteriii point in diacissii.n. The. 444 bad been
,re.enicted.by the
,Partioof kingdom
sigh: tit Ihion.. `They; WI .194 u• la great a
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liosed would not ant
1 that particular case
Act* of the Parliami
' ACt of 1618, the Rai
with a capital of 100,
thing bed been known attain whet hit ass shout td
stale. In 177 k, it had hien flintiest prephr to in-
crease the capital of the Rank to 200,0001. end by
the 14 Geo. 111. c:s4—the Noble lorttbai ih ilni
habit 01 requesting Gentlemen to attend ; The would
Wend to him; Its would hear something *hick; per.; .
hapt, he did not hiloti-[nedr, ;learn—by Met
Act, ht AP 17th section, it wasiniacted, 'hit the said
Act (that of 1695) should remain in full fOia sato'
every particular, eiceplirre so far as the Oldie watt
altered by that Act, and should 'hpirste wittriegerd
to 114 stock is it had dein° in the Nutter Act t-that
wag, that a man, by purchasing so dtuchiadilt, be-
came
a naturalised aubjecr of Great Ebritalh. ' It wad'
distinctly stated, that all terSons who became pub-
chasers-to a certein amount, lit& all the idsantiges
of the Act ofll9/1. l'T.4atillisii the • fad,' that li*
mnn by that hicame 'al doilliiroliatcl 'subject,' lib
knew not wfiat Words eolith' :b1""loorts. explicit:!--
The Act had * been tetegniterf roar times.--
By the nil Geo. 111., old 6f 'the tith,thap. 19, it
was declared, that the piosiiibni hf the Act of 1094'
should continue, a-94 Abe' henAti of.
m that.Aciste •
rive to the stott lie aintain! to 'frirelgtieri. ' d,
did the Noble tom derignite that a fraud bpdis Abe
law ?' The Act said; thit was the4ll4a`wthitt foifil001&
should hate by coming to their Institution.. 4.ol*lta
extremely important to encourage, persons tO'fiereWse
partners of the ComPany. It Would be a filist 'le
have held out that to them, end to take ItastiS,;:'entit.
oblige them to sell their stock, as itiv'sistd bektieces.'
stry, ate Ceduted wire, when they heist:Oaken the,
privileges they enjoyed had bektliti.V; oil-NO'
' them. There was an Act of dui Ithltuetris ?tone,
by which all Protestants landing ill' this coutitrybri.;'
came natural•born subjects: thilitth year ft itreeliti"
Healed.—rlicar, hear! from tat' Coriloreie. Al'
tile
But did the stidesmen of that ddy Act wittthe't '
as theNobielArd would held the flottse Colder? *r
had paised an Act not to take elfectitiltafter 114 Mete •
so that foreigner§ who might be ria Asir wayA 'filar
advantage of the Act bad three irrOriti6 gip& fttele*to
return, end the law only corttVencid its operations;
at the termination of that perind.These-were 'fie preCe-
dents of former times on which It wet said they wive'
(toting. A thing so much /11441 k ell,priociple of liw
and common sense was never thought 9f by any mars,4e'
that w hich was then proposed. But he was more then ell
sc rpi ised,w hen he saw the conduct of the other House,'
who were the suprenteCourt efJu wire of that country .
It was that body that were legislating by a short tut.
They sent the Allen Bill back to the Commons with
the repeal of an esisting law; end they Catlett that
an addition to the Bill. Ile bed never known a p.a.
needing like that, to force upon them such en *Mee&
meat, tinder a supposition, perhaps, that' In *thik
harry at the close of the Session, it might be passed'
without observation. It appeared to him as monstrOut
a circumstince as had ever been heard of. He should,
however, take another view of the case. Unless be
was much mistaken, the House could not, without
a surrender of its privileges, agree to an amendment'
which subjected a nimbi!. of paople to the Alias
Duties. Supposing that, amongst the 49 rittraona,
, slime pf them had come to the kingdom with the In-
, tention of making a considerable pirchase of pro.
perty, the effect of the lair would be to forfeit the
estates of these individuals. It was, in fact, Chit
they should he Aliens daring the whole operattbie be
the. Aliiin Act. With regard to privilege'', there '
• coehl he no doubt of what he bad stated, &Irae in-
stances bed occurred which he should mention, that
bore much more remotely upon great and iMpotlant ,
principles than that they were then onsiderlug. id
Hatsell's Reports, a Case ' was recorded, where
the House had thrown out en amendment of the '
Lords, enabling a Judge 'ln Certain rises to. glee
a less sum than 401. That **slimily's' out is being
a money clause. Several Instances were on record, •
in which clauses, imposing "pensitir4,• Irlire thrown '
net, which tiled individuals much mere rentntcly
than the present clause. ' !Awl, he might risk how
it was not known, that there might not be 419 Itidi-
sidoels in the Scotch Bank In the unfortunate Outs•
lion into which the clause would throw them; -IhstEed-
-49 ? •In 1787, in a 13111 •respeeting Horsham Jail, ,
the lords hail ordered that it should be repaired as
other jails were, which was by a county rater That
regulation was also thrown out. There were various
regulations by which foreigners became neteralized
subjects as well at by the common mode of neturalid;
ration : serving in the fleets for two years; there.,
had been one by serving in America as an engineer
for three years : to Protestants and Jews, Idlr Being':
in the Colonies for some years; being a sailor in the
whale fisheries (Jr three years. (Levi Castleredellil-
implied that these were limited.) 'ln whet way ern
lit meant that they were limited ? Some of lien were .
I not so at all. By the 6th of Anne, cap.. 3741eyery man
who served in the navy, &c. for tali years, be-
came a subject, without any. limit or restriction.
Theta was One instance in ,which injustice had
been done in a similar cases but the object of it had.,
, bean first fully heard. It was impossible to know
what course the Parliament
.were to take on the Wt.,.
' jest before the., bat be was disposed to apprehend.
what would be their conduct, considering how neer •
wet the approach of the dissolution of Pirliament.• •
He was afraid that they would pass the clause, untie!'
withstanding every thing that could be urged in the, •
contrary, mad that the last Act, of the present Parlia-
ment would be one of signal injustice ; end it was 4
fit Arse when they recollected whet ,pad been the
Wire of street portion of their proceedings. There
Ow beta few hours remaining of their political es.'
Loescio 66 Let et reflects" proceeded the honour-
ellis'ehd Learned Gentleman, 66 what has been don.
by the ParliiMent which Must so shortly appear
before their Coustituents,,erlicit must render ea sc•
etlent.te tilt entliffe of Eitgland of their contleVs lot
we remenaher /Wilsey ere the racliiintent width risks.. •
' sespended riat..MboaaCarpos Act, in • period of pro+
foeud peek*, 415411 thfre oils no foreign enemy from
wheel we isetkite tarter to. anticipste,--tbat they •
are the ctslitidial Peet that allowed the Moisten!
of the Crotetl„010,1)
the authority given softer the
Saspeneions inlishet It* that they **old .kenititioble4
for itit'sdiscontiettesdi, till after dm midi .wh, &I t 1 . -
themitivesooppesid. it to be nommary; that thyy are the. :
likes e Parliament that atm wardicoesastell it, iodate..

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