Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-08-16
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON. June 10.

The Alien Bill produced another dc
bate ard division in the house of lord
Yesterday; and certainly, il ever thu
|party had reason to repent their opposl
|ticn to measure, it must have been las
might; for they were dislodged from eve
Try post they occupied, aud finally driver
from the field.
Lord Grey had Feard from very re
spectacle authority that the American CO
lionel Burr had been sent ont of the coun
[trv undey the alien bill. What turns GU
70 be the fact ; Eord Sidmouth shall an
iswer The question. That the colonel hat
mot been sent out of the country undel
the bill. g But had any proceedings
Easked lord Grey, g taken place with re-
| spect to Mr.. Burr" 8. Mr.. Burr" re
|sponded lord sidmouth, had come tt
this country under a feiened name, bu'
,changed that name. and had passed un
lder another feigned name. He was &C
|cordingly apprehended, but not sent ou'
|af the country. He demanded 4 receiy
led passports for Sweden. He returned
land demanded passports for America
(which were granted" So much for THU
+ very respectable authority" case Of
!Col Burr.
The dixie of Sussex seems to dwell
with peculiar cnmplaceney on the refusal
tot the nntch government to give up Joyce
who took Charles the First into custody
and the marquis Of But bingham desires
|us to bear in mind to what excellent pur
poses his royal highness has studied the
history OF ms country And we must in
addition desire eur readers to extend their
eu'ogy to the noble marquis for the accu-
racy with which he has studied our histu-
ry. He is peculiarly plea Ed, and so are
the other members OF the party, with
queen Elizabeth, because she die not re.
sort to any extraordinary measure of po-
lice with regard TO foreigners, Oh, un-
fortunate allusion! Oh, unkind lord Sid.
mouth, for .ferreting among the records
Of the state paper office, and finding that
the queen did actually and frequently re-
sort to such measures, with respect to a.
liens. Earl Grey felt the proofs b ought
forward with such ungracious unexpect-
edness by the home secretary to be un-
answerable. But they we're instances
queted from a time when the court of star
chamber was in existence. Here again
his lordshlp was met and stopped by the
more accurate historical knowledge of
the earl of Liverpool, who showed that
the acts quoted BY lord Siduiouth were
acts not of The star chamber, but of the
priyy council, and completely proved the
understanding that prevailed as to the
power of the crown with respect to ali.
ems.
The very able speeches of lords Liver
pool and sidmouth, render any further
in tayor OF the bill unnecessa-
nv. But we own we cannot resist the
desire to put one question to lord Grey.
His lordship has been intimate with Sir
Robert " iison-his correspondent pro.
bably. Now, cannot his lordship sup
pose case Of foreigners in London hav-
lng recourse to similar practices with
those charged against his correspondent !:
and does he mean 10 contend that the ex-
ecutive government ought to have no
power of ending such foreigners out Of
the country.
Jane "a.
The indifference with which the ques-
ton respecting popish power was treated
in the house of lords on Friday, the small
majority against it, has produced exulta-
ton among the friends of the Papists.--
The question in its nature was ali absur-
div it was one of those articles, like,
the Lancastrian School, and Bible Scci-
ETY., by which sectarians now cndea'or|
to entrap the public. 1t was proposed
that next session the lords shall consider
the claims of the Papists. Any peer can
the house to consider them, e'ther|
next session, or this session, o. any o-j
Tier time. Then why propose to OBTAIN
that OF which the prcposer was aireauy
in possession ? NhyP But that oy I'M
by inference, pretehce might;
have been afforded for saying tne agree
ment to consider, was promise 20 s'ahe.
This cuibbling. this Trick. this attempt 10
steal concession by pretences, was just
such as isht have been expected from a
Popish party Of mystery and juggling,
The question seems to have been deiayeo
till tie close of the session, till the meats
of summer, when nobIemsn have retireo
to their seats. there to inform and eneeu-
rage their tenantry, beset by rumorS OF
discomfort, commotion and change. by
more than a common occasion lave the
nah.l;t. hnnn nallad into tho nnuIitrY THIS