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

TRADE TO SOUTH AMERICA.

. .
The Bills brought up from the House of Corri'7
mons were, read a first time. On On the first read-
ing, of -Bill for repealing, so much of the
relating tb the Sduth
.Sea 'Company as confers on
that Cornpany'an'exclusive right, to trade to certain
parts of South America, , .
"Lord REDESDAIIE presented a' Petition' froth 'the
Southtea Company, -praying to be heard by Coon st-. 4
against the Bill on the second reading. •
L6rd'.WCKLAND decrared his intention of bp,
posing 'any Motion for hearing Counsel. The Bid
before the House was ,one whiCh 'did not in any
manner call upon the House to hear Counsel.. The
,South'Sea Company, although legally intitled to an
exclusive trade to a great part of South America, had
not for many years employed a single vessel-in that
trade. Conquests having been recently made by his
Majesty's arms upon that Continent, a large. capital
had been embarked in having; concerns to South
America, upon the supposition of its being perfedly
legal. It had since been discovered that it was not.
so, and that the legal right was vested in the South
Sea Company ; under all the circumstances of the
case,_ he could not conceive that a doubt could exist
as to the policy and expediency of the present Bill.
Lord REDESDALE. did riot 'Mean to pledges
himself as to any opinion upon the subject, hut con
ceived that the Petitioners having legal rights which
would be affeaed by this Bill, were intitled to be
heard by Counsel.
Lord AUCKLAN gave notice, that he should move
the second reading of the • Bill to-morrow; it the
printed Copies of it were then on the table. Con-.
ceiving the hearing of Counsel to be totally tinnecesJ
sary, ,he should oppose any Motion for ,that pur-
pose. • ' .

The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.

Adjourned.till to-morrow (this day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

MONDAY, MARCH 2.

BATTLE OF MAIDA. ••
j The SPEAKER acquainted the House,- than hejhad
received a Letter from Major-General Sir J. Stuart,'
dated the Bth of February, 1807, which lie read td
the House, and: which' was in stThstance, that, since
his return to England, he had obtained an authentic-
Copy of of the Speaker's Letter (which had :been sent
through the Oaice of Mr: Secretary Windham);
transmitting the unanimous Vote of Thanks which
the House of Commons agreed to on the '22d, of
cember,'lBo6; as a token of their satisfaCtion at the
conduct of the Officers, - Men, and himself,!: in- the
Battle which took place ;on the 4th of July, 1806, on -
the Plain Of Maida, in Calabria. He declared that
lie.should itiffil a most grateful duty in communieat,
ing to the Army the public honour by which their
gallantry had been rewarded; and he was convinced
that they would feel the strongest sentiments of
pride and gratitude in receiving trie Thanks of Parlia-
meat, the most valuable national acknowledgment
to' which a British Soldier could aspire.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
The following' Members •obtained leave of al),
sence :
_
Mr. CALCRAFTi for to-morrow, on account of
the Public. Service.
Mr. BENYON, for a week, to attend the Circuit,'
having served on the Malden Committee. •
Mr. RUTIIVEN, for two months, to attend the ex-
ecution of a Commission respeEting a
.Petition peml-
ing against him as._ a Member of the House of Coco- _
mons:

Mr. LLOYD, for to-morrow, on account of the
Public Service.'
Mr. N. CALVERT, from Wednesday next, n!r
days, to attend the Assizes,, heliaving,served on the
Chippenham Committee.
Mr. J. FULLER (of East Looe) for a fortnigLt,
for a fortnight, on onla,hcceoruinotno. ill health.
ctrßzoN ,
ac-
count of ill health. • -
Mr. HUSKISSON, fora w:%_.d.14„ he being subp(rnaed
to 'attend the Court-Martial of Sir Home Popham
at 'Portsmouth. •
General OROSVEN'OR, for a month, to attend his
duty,-as. having the Command of the E3stern

Mr. A. Monals, to go the Home Circuit.
Mr. MtumoeKs, Lord MILFoItD, Lord HENNI-
KER, Gen. C. CRAWFORD, and- Mr. 'll. BLIGH, tdr
a month, on account of
Sir J. COTTON, tbr a month, on account of tilt.
dangerous illness of his

appointed to take intoeonsideration the Petition com-
plaining of an undue return for the Borough of
Malmsbury, ;that the sitting Members •were duly
elected ; and that the said Petition was neither fri-
volous.nonvexatious.
• ROCHESTER.

NIr.,BLAcKauRN reported from the Committee
appointed to take-irta...,consicleration...the-Petition_
complaining .of an undne Return for the Borough of
Rochester, that The sitting Member was duly elea-
ed, and that the said Petition was neither' frivolous
nor vexatious.
A person From the Office of the Paymaster-Gene-
ral of the Forces, presented an Account of the Eu-.
peaces of ClOthity'r the Royal Veteran Battalions,
from the Ist of'August 1804 to the Ist or February!
.ipto7.—Ordered to lie on the table.
. KEP.RINI4ND.
Walter Jewry was called to the Bar, in order to.
he reprimanded and discharged. The Speaker ad-
dressed him nearly as follows
" Walter Jewry—The Selea Committee ap-
pointed to consider the Petition complaining of an
undue Return for the Borough of Maidstone, have
reported -that you, being called as a Witness before ,
them, did very ri.uch misbehave yourself; that you I
did grossly prevaricate, and refuse to give evidence.
In consequence, you were ordered Into custody by
the said Committee ;- and afterwards, this House
thought proper to commit you to Newgate. The
}louse- of commons is a tribunal which will not.en-
dure its dignity to be insulted, or its authority to he
called in question. Sworn to speak the truth, al-
though admonished of the solemn obligation which
'you had incurred, yoii thought fit to persist, till it
became manifest that your obstinacy was wilful and
criminal ; you were consequently sentenced' to btr.
imprisoned,, malefaCtors and felons. You hare
since presented'. a -.Petition, in which you e:tpresS
some degree of contrition. The ends of Public Jus-
tice bring answered, it remains for you, by a sacred
regard to veracity during the remainder of your life,
to redeem yourself, as far as you can, from the dis-
grace into which you have fallen. This House has
ordered you to be discharged, and you are hereby
discharged accordingly."
On the Motion of Mr. FULLER, the above Ad-
dress was ordered to be entered on the Journals.