It is, perhaps, but a par...
It is, perhaps, but a partial degree of regret which we -feel that the Alien Bill is to be ienewed, for the debate qn. the subject has excited such attention,- that we should apprehend the amt cannot be much abused iu the execu- tion.- Still it is-a ainentable thing to see a public measure -caried in this counitry,simply to humour the policy of the arbitrary Governments abroad; and that such is the case viti respect t&tism'odouxblu, is unquestionable: for do we dread the operations of alienrs residing in -this country upon our own tranquillity ? If not,- the.-rneasure must haVe reference to the security of other Statesi. Besides, when the Foreign Secretary deprecated the continuance of this bill beyond two years. he most undoubtedly condemned its present enactment. What can possibly arise upon the Continent in the space of two -years, to render its state less liable to perturbations by the free admission of foreigners into Engiand, than at present? A certain Right Hon. Gentleman's speechesn must alwvays keep his friends upon the very tenter-hooks of anxiety. Poor Lord Lox- nooDSSE''s auntangible nonsense, N7hich left nolhing to dread, being unassailable at all points, did so much better. Thc speech of Friday night was more wanton and flighty than usual. Athens, Sparta, Rome, England ! By the way, when the account was given of the jealousy with which foreigners were treated in the states of Greece, whence was il that tlie fact ef benches set apart fbr their reception in the theatres was not related I The story of the old man, in whose case the Spartans practised and the Atheniansap- proved good manners,-was that forgotten ? The truth is, that the States of Greece always gave admissioni to foreign refugees.