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London, England, 1807-03-05 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE,'

•
March 4, 0307.
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the 6th Seaion of
the 7th Chapter of the Bye Laws of the UNITED
COMPANY of MERMAN-FS of ENGLAND trading to the
East Indies, it is ordained, • •
." That a List shall be puhlisheci•fo.urteen days before the
" gnnual. Eledion of Diredors, containing the Names of
" such Proprietors, qualified agreeable to Law, as shall.sig-
" nify, in Writing, to the Secretary, their desire of becom-
-4 ing Candidates for the Diredion sixteen days betosc such
" Annual- Eledion ;"

• The COURT of DIRECTORS of the said Company do hereby
give Notice, in order that the Prop, ietors may conform to the said
Bye Law, that the ensuing Election of Six DireElsrs of the said
Compaq for four y:arr, is appointed for the Bth of 4pril nexe,
and that such. List will be published fom;teen d:-.ys '6g:fore the raid
ElOion, as the abow-ntentioned tye
IPILLE4M R4MS.4Y, Sec.

IMPERIAL P.4RLIEIMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

WEDNESDAY, .MARCH 4.
Lord Vis. GRimstoNE took the Oaths and his sept.
In the Appeal " Thackwelt and othittsE4f:'jeftetiys
and others," the Attorney General and—Mr. Fon-
blanque were heard on the part of the Crown. On
the Motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, after a few
observation's frOM Lords R EDESDALE and ELDON, the
Decree, of the Court cf Chancery was. ordered to be
affirmed.

The Earl 'of AYLESFORD stated, that His-Majesty
had. been waited upon with" the Address of that
House, to which he had been pleased to return a
most gracious answer. •,
The Earl of Motax- presented a Petition from the
Debtors confined in Lancaster Gaol, prayinvelief;
which was ordere.Pto lie on the table; • •

The LORD CHANCELLOR read aletter which he
had received from Major-General Sir John- Stuart,
K. B. expressive of his high sense of the honour
conferred upon biro by the Vote of Thanks of. that

Eouse. • -
The. House resolved itself into a Committee on
the Thames Police Bill.

L6rclELno& objected to a clause in the Bill. which
, declares it to be a misdemeanour for,Seamen to quit
the Vesseis in which they have engaged 'to perform
a•voyage, previous to the Vessels' sailing, and ren-
ders then liable, for such misdemeanour, to One
month's imprisonment. -His Lerdship observed, that
this had hitherto been merely a breach of a cMI con-
tract, and he entertained considerable doubt hoW far
they ought to legislate in the way propoSed,. parti-
cularly as in this clause the Seaman was to be liable
. to punishment whether he was engaged under writ-
ten articles or not ; and thus he might be liable to
punishment for quitting his Ship on account of the
Captain refusing to sign articles, although it was
onlyby means of those articles that he could recover
his wages. He wished, therefore, the- Bill to be'
postponed, in order to give time for its due consi-
thiation.

OU the MotiOn of Lord aporry the Chairman
left the Chair, and the House having resumed, the
Committee on the Bill was postponed till this day
•
se'nnight. . .
The South Sea Bill and the Sugar Draivback Bill
passed through ComMittees; ' atud reported.
Moutgile, from the Office of the Chamber-
lain of the City of London, presented certain Ac-
counts dire led to he laid before Parliament; which-
were ordered to lie on the table. Adjourned.