The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-30 00:00:00

i-IWSE OF CWIIMONS.i

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Various Petitimul respecting the Leather Tax, 'Double
Licences, Wo4I-Trade, JIASOI vent Deotors'Aill, &e. ez.7, were
presented.
• Sir J. NIACKINTOSI; postponed his motion respecting the
Freud' Coutrihutious to the 15th lust.
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Mr. HORNER moved tor Paper* stating what steps had
been flatten for matting. ISt the separate accounts of the poll-
skid and comnicteisl affairs of the East India Company,
whidt was ctircuted by an :uncle of the charter. He thought
that the accounts produced, though on the flee of them they
Appealed riot, seemed to he a kind of evoihnt. The object
of tae House was to have a proper view, from year to year,
of the ClinitNe(CiAl Well use the political 'situation 01 the
Company.
' Mr. WALLACE'had Illt opposition to fairer to the motion.
o[4/ord..
,The Transport 'B,ll went through the Coinruittet : to be
reactti third time to-ow:Tow.

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Sir S. ItomILLY wished, hefore the Alien Bill
was 'debated, to receive sohie iinpoctailt
[ion be wanted an account ot the number of
aliens sent ont of the country at the iustanee of
faieign Ministers'. 'He also wished to kziow when
the.,2d reading would certainly conic on. • .
Air; H. ApptleizON
,withad. .defer'theld,
reading tilt to-,narrow, as the Bill was not yet
printed antrdelivered. •
Mr. Him:gait thought it of importance that a
day •shoill4 be fixed for the discussion of the prin.
-chile of-this peace Alien Act. Important busi-
to-morrow. The Bill was
noreisgsiiamirletymilly)ot-et ri
ti'r
avery late hoor of the night,
it"%vai 'read 'a first time after two o'clock in the
.morning, and,
,the second reading was appointed
for 'the next* sitting of the Hotise. This 'was
stealing n march in the progress,Of All
the.haneht of regular discussion ought.to he given.
Ile hoped the I.lou. Gentleman would fix amtne
thstrint day„
Mr. U. ADDINGTON ObSTIT'Cdi.
Act expired nit the 12i it of May. . "Illere was iia
idea ot talting'the lionse 'hy.surprise. HAI the
Bill been printed, the second tNtdir,g would hare
been moved that day. kle had no on.iect ion to name
Wednesderits•the -fixed day for the-discussion.
Sir J. MacKINTo4n, intended to mote fur -fur-
thel paperii.4llkh could not well he produced
:tor44enlisv. :.• •`

Nr.ll. ApptNGTON-, on the order of, dm d.ty
iug read, rno' yea the .4d reading fur. Wetlnetittay,
This geive rise to a cenver•,at inn of some' length.
• Sir S. Haastc.t Y tbotiv,itt that the expiottion of
t..he Act on the 11tb wits,,,not air objert ut import-
duce. lie, and 'l4 hers tvlio 'Along:it there •tionifl
he no such Act in pt..aer, could not. reit irtt that
,circutustAllee.ool(frWiSe.'

o.oltrotxo-roN
.sAid, that 6xing W,%lnef,day
could be no inconvvnielice, it whet ~.tu,nlet.s
then interfuted', it could slam! over till l'r:day•
!Jr. iirtoutitiAiiphjected to 11,7c,i,,csfiny,,or any
(Aber day inii„;ht n utter the dketission
etrtnio, itt whieli justice might twt he done
to the question. lf.ven Friday,there Was the
agricultural triestitm iilreltily fixed, 'Pie tlehy of
week txas not dangerous, unless tiangerwas ap-
prehended tit 20,000 foreigtoirs in this comm.),
exciting atr insurrection, or, joining smite invader
ready to upon us. He saw no reason for
hurry about foreigners here, to resist whom .11e
saw do need of any power heyiniii the laws.
Mr. LoNo said, the pnblie business was likely:
to be postponed till FrittAy.
DoutmAs observed, that muchinfortnation
was still retinit'ed. •
Sir F. B.,anErr ur ,ed the necessity of furilier
information, atd therefore preferred Frida'y.
Mr. lay..ttenostitv was itt.favour also- of Friday
for the -second reading,
Lord BIN 2,1111 t; supported Mr. Addinoton'i c.mo-
tion.

Mr. 1-i4No observed on the vnrini;s public
business that stood for Wednesday, and even for
wh*lch, if it eiltie 101W4Vd, would still tar-
'ther postpone the Bill.

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Mr. H. Aorm:p.rort denied any idea of impro-
per, haste. If k could not come on on \treaties-
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day, it could lie over till Friday, A div6ion en-
sued, When the nuniners Were---
For• the t.,44 teadink on Wednesday, 117
Aksiti-st it,
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TH A NKS To LORD EDWARD SONIERSL'r•
Whet‘ the pliery, •te.opened, the SlEBAx.ttt

addressed Lord Diward S'ofnef set, wl,O aprared
in full uniform, its follows :----

Maj.Or-Oeueral Lord Rowatto ShmeasET,—At length W 4.1
are gratified by seeing a»iong,4 us one of those diatingaishcd
Officers to whom tLi House !Jai voted its thanki for their
eminent services hi the battle air Waterloo--4 victoi y eelithiog
the fame of all other battles Intglit in those teli.hrtted
Of war, and consurnmatin the glory of the Duke of VVel-
lington, whit whose great +lame the gratitode of -this /louse
has justly associated that of Field-Marshal Blucher.

titho narrations of that gigantic conflict, our historlan
Rill always relate, that Maier- Gene ral Lord Edward Somers,. t,
already I,lflown by hiS brilliant services-- iit rho southern pr.!).
vincesulTrauce, heW a high and forward -coat tit mil iu tho.4e
gallant charges by the .I)ritish cavalry which defeated and le-
stroyed the boasted squadrons of cuirassier4„ They will relate
also, that Lieutenant-General Sir Henry,Cliiitun, who bail
-in 'tire foraier battles commanded divisions of that
army which rescued Portugal and Spain,- tnaintained also a
conspicuous post in the supiort of the embattled line where
the British guards repulsed and put to flight 'the •itoper:ll
guards of France... Nor will those other illustatau's men Ltd
forgotten, wholnight now have been standin4 up amongst us
to receive our thanks, if the fate ut war It +,l not laid them
low in their grave of glory ;—soldiers long dear to the ace-
tions and remembrance of then- country, which will .never
cease tu'revere arid re4ret the veteran but ardent valour uti
Neon, or the bright and rising honours of PMisonby.
" The days, indeed, of these oar minzled triumphs avid
griefs are note co.iclotied. Other soot's hare opened and
other Vir,di 'Wee arisen, to demand. our From the
lonieeonte,a,.ltowardr, now happily closed, this durable k_i-
Vantage has resulted tb our country—we have prove,} to out-
selvetithe value df those ntattty habits and institutions
have established the superiority or our national ;
and Such spiendid examples of skill, valour, and constancy,
as we hare haft this Jay to cotifillklllloratO, trill deeply.impre44
upon oor enemies, and upon our Allies, in all ages, a just'
respect for the counsels avid et ;let of this empire.
". The special duty which I bars this day to. discharge is to
'deliv'er to you the thanks of this I- louse far your tam „et.icei;
and I therefore, now, • in the name and by the commaad
of the. Common- of Great Britain an& Ireland in Parliament
assembled,. deliver to you Ntaiir-Generat Lord•Fidwartf
merset,
.their una&itious thanks for your indefati4 thia real
and exertions ujimi the 18th of June 1.5? 5, . wheat toe Freoeh
army, commanded by Buonapare, received u.signal and cum-
piste defeat,"
Lord EDWAIII7 SOMPAISFIT expressed his high
sense of the diatingutsha mark of honour which
the House had cotterred un thin, He was deeply
impressed by its value, and %rotted words to state
his feelings adequately, Whatever thilAitt be the
merit which'his biteable exertions had obtained far
him in the view of the ,House, he attributed it '
-ehiefly tO, the intrepidity‘ and valour of the bri-
gade:lie had the honour to-command at Watedor).
-Everone was animated by the spirit of the great ,
.
man Who. comManded the army. Ther&Was beet
one feeling and one object among all, alai that scat
to ensure ..isticcess., :It was his lot to form a :part
of the army ;. and if he was considered worthy of
the thanks of the House, he could only •say, that
he should ever feel it a source of gratificatio” anti
honour. . He could not sufficiently express how
sensible he ,Wai.of,the, honour
,confetred onhito
by the thanks of the House.—(Hein !)
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