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London, England, 1807-03-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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HOUSE OF LORDS-- el hiPAY, MARCM $.
The Attorney. Genera!, Solicitor-General, and
tether Learned Cmin.el, were further heasd in the
Appeal cause, rnackweil and ether. v. Jeffries an,:
others ; and the fttrlter consideration of the said
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Appeal fired for to-morrow.
The l'hAmes Polices, SLigar Drawback, and Slutl,
Sea Bilis, were resd a second tune, and ordered to

b. cuminitud to-morrow.
SOOTH SEA TRADE.

On the motion for tne second res,:ing of the South
Sea Bill, by I.lrd WALSINGHAM,
Lord REDESUALE moved the, House, that
Council he heard in behalf of the South Sea Ccm•
pally, according to t'e prayer of the Petition he
heti the isoaour to lay before their Lordshipa yes-

t.:rday
Lord AUCIZLAND rote, and said, he was ex-
tre'u-ly voices-4J he could not in the present la-
smice v ste for extending the usu tl indulgence of
the H use to the Peltioners. lie telt that in this
case the Petitomets had no ground whatever for
suds as Application; and that the beams; of Coun-
sel would only be attended with unnereAary delay,
without any possible advantage to the Company,
as it was utterly impossible the House could ever
consent to the Kayer of the Petition. The former
An, pan of which the present was intern-1.2d to re-
peal. had ve-ted in the S•unli Sea Company the
exclusive tr.,de to the countries in those seas, which
at that time were solely is the possession of the
Crow:, of Spain a but would any mut ever couteild,
this ,a was intended to be construed to the ex-
clusion of the Zing's subjects in general, from trod
log t ealonies or possessions we might in fu-
ture pt s.ess in those sofas ? C•artaialy not. Nor
would e:•••e. the Nrole Lord, who was so warm an
advreve tot Me hearing or Counsel, hazard such an
atatertio:l. bet seen admitting that such was toe
intemiuo of the Legislature. yes the Company had
thedisdres editftually surrendered their privilege, by
totally negleOlog to aisv it lbe fact was, that for Se.
%Mal years .ftes toe farther ?set had posed, theCtilli-
patty bad, oss a very confined sCa,e, carried on •
losing trade, by the mecium of *net were generally
adieu diaisse..to Contracts, with the Spanish G.
vsesunsent ; but finding dm trade unprocivaive and
bas.roaus, they Way' abandoned it in the year
1744. s ncr which • 0 .h-present hour, the Company
Lai ~or a will. Asa:sc....at •in Loose Seas, a period os
hear 6 y.sars. if thew atioborn latts could have
any proportionate **gist with tut I-1 :use, he was
Of ups .i o t : sold .111se the applicett..si, and soder
the dill to ~.,as tot rateh its cliff:mot stages wicouut
fv. titer ittterruoti
'Vue Dike of /tOSE. conceived, that al-
thou.:ll the application would ultimately be of tso
off 1, yet as a had been the usual cus.om of the
fluast r prima Conowl to oe heard in similar case.,
it Wen:. be .sly jog to extsaid Weir Suoulgetwe in
the pia* .s IsitasAte.
Lord HOI.i.,,IsND said, this wool./ not be the
only molasses iu violin the House has "mug:. fit .o
retuse s Ica an aolicition; be cited ass Instance
within his owu rectotettsr.t, wherein a PetitiOn treat
the Woollen l'raders had been. in similes circuits •
stances. distnizvtd, without granting die prayer us
the Prtiassa. it: tit, ught it was bester :he House
Should a' on.e gore the company to siuderstasd
they Is .d not! ing to etpea front them. It winbu
be a sfira.ie. cif itnelLy to hold out eltpethittOllS
w!tacn could never be fulfilled; as, from al be
(tumid eullell of the sense of the House, he would
take upon itiasself to prophecy, the bill mould pass
into a 14W vrith.int any opposition.
The Qu:s.too was then put, and negatived with-
out a a. &MOM