Star.
London, England, 1807-02-25 00:00:00

rxtuiimEnTAßT PROCEEDINGS.

HOUE OP LORDS, TUESDAY, FEB. 23.

Pad Dingy took the oaths and his feat.
Thr further confideration of the Appeal—" Mackie v. Dick,
wroi deferred till Thntfday.
The Spirit Drawback Bill, the Turkey Tnbaeco Bill, the lrt
Andtion Duty Bill, and the lrifh Quit Rent Bill, were read a fe-
cold time and committed for Thurrday.
The further eonfideration of the claim to the Barony of Zouch,
liras poftponed till the lath of March.
Mr. At.eoex, from the Treafury, prefented an Account of the
difpofal of the rums granted for the fervice of the year t B:34s.—Or-
tiered to lie on the table.

Adjourned till tomorrow (this day), when their Lordihips pro•
<tea to Wcitminfter Abbey.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The reduced Lift on the merits of the County of Mayo Ekaion
was as follows—
John Woolmore, Efq a Charles lee, Efq
Arthur H. Holdfwortb, Efq Jolla Dupre Poreber, Efq
Wm. Elliot Lockhart, Efq George Skeene, Ffq
Gilbert Elliot, Efq T. T.Tyrwhitt Drake. Efq
Hon. Charles Holway Butler Lord R obert Stephen Fit a-
Hon. Cranky Onffow gerald
Patrick C Bruce, Efq Thomas Tyrwhitt.Efq.
Nominees not having been ehofenby the parties, the Committee
retired to choofe two Members, the Hon. fames Butler, and the
Hon. Thomas Knox, were elated by the Committee.
A Meffage from the Lords, agreeing to the Newfoundland
Fiihery Bill.
The Sheriffs of London prefented a petition from the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of London, againft the Oak-
lark BilL—Ordered to be referred to Committee on Paid Bill.
The Sheriffs alto prefented a Petition from the fame Corpora-
tion, praying to be enabled to eredt a Coal Market. —Ordered to
be referred to a Committee to confider the matter thereof,
Lord Hoa•ycr prefented the Papers relative to the Grants of
Land in Trinidad.—Ordered to lie on the table.
The Order of the Day for calling the Houfe over, was difcharg.
ed. and laid Order fixed for Thurfday next.
Sir J. PULTENEY poftponcd his notice refpeaing the Finance,
for this day to Friday next.
Mr. ROBARTS prefented a Petition from the unrortunate fuf-
ferers from the Fire at Rofeau in Dominica, praying for foci► fn
ture Aid as the Evidence by them adduced of their Loges tall
warrant—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. SHAW prefented a Petition front the Grand Juries of the
City of Dublin. praying to be enabled to Affefs certain Sums of
Money, for repairing the Streets of laid City.--Ordered to lie on
the table.
Mr. HOBTIOUSE brought up a Bill to enable his Majeftv to
give the Building in the Neighbourhood of Greenwich, called
King's Houfe, to the Royal Naval Aftum —The' Bill was read
s firft time, and ordered to be read a lecond time on Thurfday
next.
Mr. Whitbread's Poor Laws Bill was read a fecond time. The
Houfe then went into a Committee on the Bill, the amendments
were adopted pro forma.
Mr. HOI3HOUSE brought up the Report, which was then re-
ceived and ordered to be taken into further confideration on the
'l3th day of April next.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT brought op the Report on the Dublin
Paving Bill—Ordered to be referred to a Committee on Thurfday
next.
The Thames Police Bill was read a third time, paled, and or-
dered to the Lords.
Mr HORHOUSE brought up the Report of the Ira Sugar
Drawback Bill.—Ordered to be read a third time on Thurfday.
The kith Tax Bill was read a firft time, and ordered to be read
a fccond time on Thurfday.
SOUTH SEA COMPANY.

Lord TEMPLE moved the Order of the Day for
the Houfe refolving itfelf into a Committee on the
Bill for repealing a part of the Statute of Qt2een
Anne, with refpeEt to the Privileges of the South Sea
Company.
Mr.CRIPPS hoped that the Committee would al-
low the Company to be heard by their Counfel, who
were then in attendance, againff the Bill,
Lord TEMPLE (woofed the hearing of Counfel,
as he thought the Petitioners had not made nut fuch
a cafe as to entitle them to be heard by Counfel,which
would occalion fome delay in the pang a Bill which
was of the utmoll importance.
Mr. CRIPPS Paid, the Direftora of the South Sea
Company felt themfelves in the fituation of guardians
of the rights and intereffs of the great body of the
Proprietors, and would therefore confider it a dere-
liaion of their duty to let inch a Bill as the prefent
pats without endeavouring at leek to have the cafe
of the South Sea Company fully Rated to that Houfe.
The capital Dock of the South Sea Company had
amounted to 26 millions, and although they had not
lately traded to South America, yet it was s miflake
to fuppofe that their claims had lain completely dor-
mant for 65 years. They had fince that time granted
many licences to chips to trade there, and although
this right had for a long time been but of little value,
yet they had hoped that its value would have been
tocreafed by the fuccefs of our arms in South Ame
rica. He was lure, that if they had offered the right
that their charter gave them to the Corporations of
Liverpool, Britiol, or London, they would have
received a confiderable fum' of money for it. As to
the faving the property which had been embark for
Buenos Ayres, &c. which was the avowed object of
the Bill, the South Sea Diretors did not with to
throw any obflacles in the way of it. 1 his Corn.
pany had, in many refpeets, been unfortunate, and
perhaps entitled to remuneration. in the year 1750
the Spaniards owed them 1,360,0001. and they were
obliged to accept of very little more titan ico,oool, in
casnpenfation for it. It was evident that their char-
ter could be of no life to them, or that they could
never have a right of trading in South America, wi-
lds in the cafe that had happened, of the Brit jilt arms
having made conqueffs there. He thetefore did miff
that the Committee would confider that the Petitin.
ners had made out a diffident cafe to entitle them to
be heard by their Counfel.
Mr, JACOB did not think they had made out a
fufEcienr cafe, in as much as they did not date that
they would fuffer any injury from the offing of this
Bill. Betides the charter that was given them was
exprefsly for the put pole of trading to Spanifh Ame-
rica, and therefore, when it aligned the limits of it,
from the river Oroonoko to Terra del Fuego ; Sari. I
nam, which belonged to our allies the Dutch and
brazil, which belonged to Portugal, that was alto
an ally, were exprefsly excepted. The intention of
the chatter was merely to allow them to make what
they could- of the trade with Spandh America, to
eltablifh faaories there, and to vairchafe land; but
as for any pate of South America that Mould come
into the pniitiThat of hi. Malefic, it could no more
be intended that they fhould monopolize the trade
of it, than that they th, uld monopolize whatever
trade could be cat tied on with the col, -,itl pollen-ions
of out then allies, the Dutch and the Portuguefe.
They had, !ince their fir( formation, loft their ca-
pital, and cool.] not undertake the trade themfclves
without cooling to Parliament for leave to borrow
money to form a c +pita!, which was a permillion
that it could hardjy be expeaed to gra.nt in" favour
of a monopoly, anti agaluft the inteielts of I.3zitifh