Star. — 1818-05-15 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE WITH RESPECT TO ALIENS.  Lord HOLLAND rose to make his promised motion on this subject. The Noble Lord contended Mat tire documents he was about to move for, were  necessary to a due understanding of the subject on the part of their Lordships, and chiefly for the purpose of their knowing upon whom, and in what way the Alien Act, and the system connected with it, operated. The Noble Earl opposite, on a former night, stated that the measure was proposed solely on British grounds and for British interests. But he could not avoid thinking that the pending measure had a most important reference to the internal state of France, and the views of the French Government, as well as those of certain other Powers in Europe. ' He must deprecate any departure from the ancient principles of British freedom and the Constitution. in favour of any foreign objects whatever ; and he was averse to withholding in Britain the rights of national hospitality or protection, from the unhappy persecuted victims of the French Government, or of any arbitrary Power on the Continent. A very different spirit actuated the United Provinces in the best days of their independence and freedom. Their territory was open for the retreat of all such persons, a principle approved by that great political writer, Sir Wil; ham Temple ; and the practice he extolled was most pointedly exemplified in their reception of the great Lord Shaftesbury, notwithstanding his reiterated phillipics against Holland, which he generally concluded with the pointed quotation " Delenda est Carthago!" The information he required was essentially necessary to shew the general nature of the subject on which they were about to legislate, in a re-enactment of the Alien Bill, and the real grounds and objects of his Majesty's Government in thus bringing it forward.— The Noble Lord concluded by moving—" For Extracts or Copies of all Correspondence since the 20th of November, 1815, between any of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State and the British Ministers abroad, and the Ministers of Foreign States, relative tosAliens ; and also for the same taking place between his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the British Minister in the Netherlands, relative to passports granted or refused to individuals respectively—not being natives of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that the measure to which the Noble Lord referred, proceeded, as he had already stated, solely on British grounds, and for British objects, and which, when the subject should come regularly before their Lordships, he could satisfactorily demonstrate. The number of French individuals sent out of the country since the last passing of the Alien Act, did not exceed three, and that took place not in consequence of an application from any foreign Government whatever, which so far precluded an inference that the Act was passed in consequence of communications with any Foreign Powers. He had no difficulty in saying, that in tne present state of the world it was essentially necessary the Executive Government of this country should be empowered to expel from its bosons any obnoxious or dangerous individuals who might-harbour there. It should be a principle of the internal policy of this country. And it was not from any thing that ever } et took place that honest or unoffending individuals would be deteriorated or outraged by it—it was solely against murderers, villains, or traitorous agitators, that such a salutary and saving rower would be directed. Such a procedure could not be regarded as a falling off from national hospitality, or inconsistent with the principles of genuine British freedom. After ably discussing, and successfully refuting the various topics and arguments used by the Noble Baron, and again contending for the necessity, under the circumstances, of vesting the power about to be required in the Executive Government of-this cc.untry, the Noble Earl said he felt it his duty to offer a negative to the motion. The Earl of CA RNA ItVON made a few observations in support of the Motion. Lord HOLLAND shortly explained. The question was then put, and the Motion negatived without a division.  The Bills upon the table were then severally read, and the House Adjourned till to-morrow.