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f NOUSE OF LORDS, MAY is. PiiRLIAMLNTiIRr PROCEEDINGS. • In a Committee of Privileges some discussion took place on the queolon of tlir claims to the Borthwick l'eera,;e. Several Peers dehvtucd • their sentiments, but no decision took place. he producion of some further Papers was deemed rte. ccssary, and the con,ideratioa of the case was adjourned till Tuesday n•rxt. • • Counsel and evidence was heard in support of Christie's Di vorce Bill. The circumstances were so very recently before oar Readers, deem any recapitulation superfluous. The rase ap. praring • xtis: aciory to their I.or iships, the Bill was lead a second time and t:oi,lan;ttra lora° morrow. Bi.:1 upon the Table were forwarded in their respective at?);.:s• S presented a Puthinn from Birmingham, on the subj. ct of the Corn Laws. The Petition being read, the Noble Earl remarked upon the strength ant! consistency of its a4AttuctitA, particularly that, be observed, in which the Peti tioners state their opinion, that it the persons who constitute the Rouse of Commons bad a more intimate connection with the People hi pubic of interest, those measures of which they cont. plain WO.W.MX exist. Ordered to lie on the Table. Viec , sant MELVILLE presented a Petition from certain Salt Merchants and hLuiufaci urns in Sec.tland, against the Muriatic Acid Dill, then Feuding efore their Loribbipo. Ordered to lie on the Table. DEFINITIVE ALLIANCE. • Earl GREY wished to be informed by a Noble Earl if he were yet prepared to make any communi cation relative to Se Treaty of the 25th of March, the substance of which had been for some time before the House, or if a Message from the Prince Regent was 'shortly to be expected on the subject ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL answered, that with respect to the Treaty, its correct substance was al ready before the House; and in regard to a Message, in all probability he should have to bring one down feom the Prince Regent, on the subject to which it referred, on Monday next, in which case he should propose the consideration of the Message on the fol lowing day. Earl GREY said, he deemed this rather a short notice on so important a subject. He was aware that, in general, Messages from the Crown Were taken into consideration with as little an interval of delay as was possible. But he believed it was usual when a Message referred to documents that required consideration, to allow some interval for that pus. pose. He knew that the substance of the Treaty had been communicated. But it was a question if that Treaty, of which they had the substance before them, had received any alteration previous to its ratification? And it so, a longer interval than that adverted to was the more necessary. In another view of the case, the production of the Treaty, as ratified, was more particularly necessary. He alluded to the con sideration of, how far the subsequent declaration of the Allies may he regarded as a counter-declaration, and what new views of the question may he drawn from that instrument, that may constitute an addi tional reason why some further time should be afford ed for the consideration of the subjt ct. It was, at any tote, a principle on uhiclesonie answer and ex planation should be given. A question had been put Virile time ago, by a ,brobie Friend of his, respecting ionle communleatiOn or overture that had been re ceived for the maintenance of peace with the existing Government of Frat,ce. To this the Noble Lord (Liverpool) :answered, that such a communication bad certainly bes. reeived, but that it heel been' transmitted to the Allied Powers at Vienna ; and until an answer we..; rec..eved upon the point rio cons mimic ition respecting it could be made to the House. Wrivn they considered that to be iipoint*hiCh nearly rclated to the great . qtrestion of Peace or War, be thought it right •theisbotild be informed of all the, proceedings of that negotiation, or attempts at negti.l 6a/ion, if any had been made. Bat it was not AC. cess..ry to ..rgue that point. before they should come to decide upon the question of Peace or War. He, therefore bored when the Treities should •be corn municated, a communication would be also made of the proceedings that had taken place, of whatever description they were, on the part of the French Go vernment, referring to• Negotiation for Peace. If the Noble Earl had no objection to produce that in formation, it would necessarily form an additional reason why the proposed interval should be far too Short for a full consideration of so very important a subject. He had no interest whatever in proposing delay ; but under all the circumstances of the case, when the question was, in all its bearings, the most important perhaps they were ever called upon to &s -cuts, he must think doe time should be allowed the House to enable it to come to a pr:per decision. At least, he thought two or three days should be allow ed, the necessity of which, he thought, the Noble Lord's own candour would suggest. ' The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he had no ob jection to give the eselanation desired by the Noble Lord. It was allowed by the usuarpractice of Par liament to take Messages from the Crown into consi deration on the followtog day, unlest some leery sire- Ci.il and cogent reasons eiipted for a postponement. respect to the two ;pounds alleged by the • IslobleEari, he trusted he could satisfy the House they were not stlfficielit grounds for farther &lay.— With respect to the two treaties, though both appear ed Mid ratified, yet the formal ratification of tine of them was not received. The correct substance was before the Muse. In respect to`the declaration, he could say it met the. entire approbation of all the parties. Ou the point of the supposed neeociation I with 'France, he had no objection to state hov the fact stood. A question was some time ago put to him on the topic ; the answer which he returned was, that.a certain overture had been made on the part of the existing Government of Prance; and that such overture .was referred to the Allied Powers atVicnna. He had, however, no diOcullY in stating that no ne 7 gociation bad beep entered upon, ancl : tt ihe deter initiation was not to enter upon any such negociassbn. These were the plain facts of the case.... The Marquis of LANSDOW NE expressed his opinion that the House ought to be made acquainted with the nature of the overture. • • l'he Earl of LIVTRPOOL said, 'there could be no Objection to she pireditetion of the overture. • This Marspois tit BUCKINGHAM obseried, it Was 110 t VOUVICh to know' that the treaties were re spectivelyPanted,' lint it' should • tit: known if the Allies lied alipesed say copoiti6ris to , Stir ratification die..tr . sitiets ' ' The Eat Of LittlekPOOL.—They had annexed • rtn:iondieinits Iva their ratification. In answer to e a i l s 111141E7 HOVE' Earl GREY respecting the overture, the Noble Eal (Liverpool) said, the proccatii.g might be contained iu a single sheet of paper ; and he shouldAndouhtediyi take env the papetiliateiid to should be presented in doe fer the proposed'clis— cussion. A. few wards in an nndertone of voice *ere : inter changed across the table between these Noble Lids, respecting the time of presenting the papers alluded to. Earl STANHOPE said he had also a question to put to the Noble Lord—Whether he meant to lay before the House a most important piece of informa tion, that . is, as-to the state of the finances of tbose who were now our Allies ? He understood they were in a most miserable condition, awl in that case this country would have to pay every thing. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that before the House sep.irated, he wished to state that the Treaty of Subsidiary Eitgagemitut would form one of the articles to be taid h-fire the House. Earl STANHOPE.—'• That is no answer to my question ; and therefore the Noble Lord shirks it altogether."—( lame. ) • The Report of the CoMmittee on Lord Roseberry's Divorce Bill was, ...fter a short conversation between the Islarquis of LANSnoWNE and the Earls of LIVER.. POOL and LAUDIMALp., agreed to by the House. 7— Adjourned till tu-m..;rrow. HOUSE OF COMMON& Lord MILTON gave notice, that ett Tuesday next he would make a motion on the subject of the Letter of the Fan! of Buckinghamshire to the Court of liirectues, relative to East India Pensions. The Irish Law Officers' Fees Bin vies ordered to be read a second time on Mondiy. Mr. W. SMITH moved for leave to bring in a Bin for the better management of Pour Houses: be stand its principal ob ject to be to prevent the stealing, pawning, or entbemiensent of any articles of clothing and necessaries furnished to paupers, and ter the better regulation of Poor Houses in general.—Leave given. Mr. MARRYAI"I' presented a Petition from the Ship builders of London, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bill for registering-lndia-built Ships.---Rai and ordered to lie on the table. Sir T. ACLAND obtained leave for a Bill to amend the County Bridges Act. Sir E. BRYDGES obtained leave to bring in a Bin to revive the use of Funeral Certificates, notifying the times of burial of persons dying testators or intestate. Lord ALTHORP gave notice of a motion for Tuesday next, relative-to the application of the af 100,000 given to the Prince Regent in 1811. Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to apprise the Noble Lord and the House, that every readiness prevailed on the part of the Illustrious Perms who was the object of the motion, to give an possible satisfaction on the subject of the grant; it was thereon perfectly unnecessary to bring forward any proceeding in that House; in order to obtain it. Mr. 'TIERNEY was understood to ask when the communica tion would be made and Lord CASTLILIBAOM to answer, as soon as possible. Lord ALTHORP replied, that the intention of the Prince Regent would not alter his view of the subject, which it was his intention to take up in a constitutional light, and as a breach of an Aet of Parliament. Mr. BANKES moved that there be laid before the House,.a statement of the authority under which the building of the Transport Office had been undertaken, together-with a plan of the same and an Esttmate of the Expenses.—Agreed to. The Report of the Foreign Soldiers Enlistment Bill was order ed for farther consideration on Monday. General THORN lON moved for leave to bring in a Bill fir the better preventing of rioting, and the punishntenf of riotet s.— He stated the principal object of it to be to authorize magistrates and peace-officers to apprehend rioters, without wanntg till ar. ltaur suer tits reading of the Act; and on conviction, tit subject them to flue and innstisonnietivi - ff not disperavg within the hour, then thepotrishtnetit to be tiansportation in:stead ea death. Alter wine fat ricer uture.gvations on thu Advantage to the pulaiitt of natant suppres•iou of rioting, the question was put and neptived. Mr. FORBES. postfaned his motion on the corre.rondence between the Treasury :old the Court of Director:;, rattive to the Ship Letter .pct. Mr. BROWNE alluded to a motion for a I.ist t.f thc Appoint ments to Coluotal Offices, aid a.ked when the papers would be laid before tile Htnt‘e ?--I lei was auswered by Mr. GeuLostram that they were alrrady•on the table: • • • CATHOLICS OE; IRELAND.. Sir H. PA RN f.Li. said be rose to submit to the House certain Resolutions relative to the Catholics of Ireland, not with a view of taking the sense of the House upon them, but only as a mode of enabling them to come to a conclusion upon the extent of their claims. He merely wished to give at present such explanations as would render the discussion on the measure more satisfactory, on the whole, than if a debate were to come on upon it, under circumstances different from any other occasion. It must be remem bered, that, in consequence of a vote agreed to two Sessions ago, it was deemed advisable to remove the disqualifications of the Catholics; and the House thcretore came to an agreement as to the general principle. It was now only necessary to bring before the House those details ; and as he had been informed from the Chair that he must move for a Committee of the whole House to take the Resolutions into con sideration, be wished to give Gentlemen.some'previ ous knowledge of -their nature. It was imperiously necessary to explain the whole subject matter to be proposed to the Committee, and in tr.sming the Reso lutions he had proceeded in this manner. When the Gentlemen had waited on him with the Catholic Pe tition, he had told them, that it would be desirable so enable him to state to the House what were the views of the Petitioners, and the exact nature of their claims. The Hon. Baronet wrs proceeding, when he was in terrupted by , • - - . Mr. CHARLES YORKE, who observed, that the manner of his proceeding was perfectly irregular. Sir H. PA RNELL repeated, that it was not his wish to take up the time of the House by entering into any details on the subject. He would shortly state, that the Resolutions contained the exact dispo. I sitiozi and nature of what it was that the Catholics of `lreland wished and 'prayed the House to do in. their behalf. On requesting the House to allow those Re solutions to be printed, he could refer to a precedent which had been adopted on a similar occasion, when an Honourable Member for Liverpool proposed the securing clauses in the Ball for Emancipating the English Catholics. He would nbtv beg leave to read these Resolutions, that their nature might be fully understood. They were as follow : Ist. That It is expedient that the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of these realms shall not be liable or subject ro any laws fur the liatitaion, charging, or discovering of their estates, real or per sonal, or touching the acquiring, enjoying, holding, or ditpoung of prupetty, of any kin,' ur Drum , save such as' the Protestant inhabitant, of these realms are liable and %%eject to. d. l'h:t it shall not be necessary (in order to enable or entitle any Roman Ca•holic inhabtrant of these realms to vote at any election of a Iv'ember or Meml•ers to srr.e in Parliamear, tar any other elections; or to vote at any rkeetion of a Repressnrat. tire l`ter of Scotland; or to be enrolled as a Freeholder in any shit..:>r otewattry sat Scotland, or to vote in any proceeding of the Cout t of Fret:twirlers, or to be chosen Prates or Clerk of , och Court, or to be chosen a Commissiouer or Delegate foe choosing hurgessts to serve in Parliament for au, District of Bo- • roughs in Scotland; or to enable oe entitle any Peer of Ireland to %Me Ely election ul aitepresestativoTemporal Peer s or to mho . , Kelso any return to the writ of eleetkxf ofisingoperal Peer, pur taint to an Act mule fir tlist'purpote by the late Paritanient Ireland, in the 4Uth year of the reign of his present y ,) 1 that any such inhabitant or l'eerAlould, at or previous to the time of Ms so voting or being so enrolled or chosen, or so making or signing a return to any writ of elettlon, respectively as atoremaid, tali. or subscribe the. oaths of alle giance, ahjiiraion, and supremacy, or make or subscribe the de claration against transubstatitialbo, the sacrifice of the mass, and t h e invocation of saints. id. I:hat whereas doubts have been entertained whether the provisions of an Act made by the late Parliament of Great Sri tato, in the 26th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, " An Act for the better Preventing of Clandestine Marriagese" extend or ought to ex:end to or affect marriages between Roman Catholics. It is expedient that the said Act, and the Provisions therein contained shall be deemed, taken, and construed, not to extend or to affect any marriages of Roman Catlathes (where both the parties shall belhoman Catholics) ; but that all such marriages Of Roman Catholics, being duly solemnized according to the forms of the Roman Catholic religion, shall be excepted from the operation of the said Act, in like manner as marriages among./ persona professing the Jewish religion, and marriages amongst the peopleealled Quakers a are by the aid Act cue: ted front the ups • ration thereof. 4th. That it shall and may be last f 1 to and for any person or persons whomsoever, to give, grant, transfer, or convey to any person or persons (and for such person or persons to take, receive, and hold) any lands, tenetnenoidiereditainents, goods, money, or other property, for site main.ei.ance, support, or benefit ut any Routs.' Catholic Chapel or House of Worship, Prieat or Mi nister of Wonhip Schoen, Hosp.tal, or other pious or charitable foundation or establishment, of such or the like nature, in the like manner, and to the same extent, as his Majeaty's Protestant Dissenting subjects are now enabled and 'authorised by law to make and execute gifts, grants, and con etyma-es, as afOresaid, for the maintenance, support, or benefit, of any Protestant Dissenting Chapel or House of Worship, Mi. nister of Worship, School, Hospital, or either pious or charitable foundation or establishment, of such or the like nature. sth. That, if any person or persona shall maliciously disturb any cougregation or meeting of persons assembled in any Ro ma. Catholic Chapel, or other place, for the purpose of felt. gious worship, according to the forms of the Homan Catholic re or shall 'maliciously prevent, hinder, or disturb such religious worship; or shall assault or menace any Roman Catholic Clergyman, in such chapel or place, whilst officiating, or about to officiate therein ; it is expedient that every such person so clouding shall forfeit and pay tor every such offence, a HIM of twenty pounds Sterling, British currency. 66. That whereas by an Act made bloke late Parliament of Ireland, in the frith year of the reign eel bee late Majesty Queen Anne, and branotber Act made by the said Parliament, us the 23d year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, any Roman Catholic Priest solemnising marriage between any two parsons (being Protestants, or either of them being a Pro testant), is rendered subject to certain punishments mentioned In the said Acts respectively, it is espedient that the said provhiess of the sakl Acts be tweeted , . so far as the same relate to suck punishments as aforemid ; and that any Roman Catholic Clergyman, who shall hereafter solemnize star riage between two Protestants, or hetweei any Protestant or Roman Catholic (such Protestant and Roman Catholic nut having been previously married by a Protestant Clergyman, and the said Roman Catholic Clergyman knowing such parry to be a Protestant), shall forfeit a sum sit £lOO to his Majes:y for the manse, on conviction thereof. . 7th. That if any ether officer or person, holding any military 'or naval office, or situation, under has Majesty, his heist or suc h season, shall by punishment, force, menaces, or otherwise, cons- peak or endeavour to compel, any Roman Catholic soldier, sailor, or marine, to assist or be airesent at the celebration of Divine worship, according to any other form than the form of the Roman Catholic religion, it is expedieut;such officer or person, so offeuding, shall arfeit and pay for every suck offence a SIAM GLOM hundred pounds .sterling of British currency. Bth. 'Hutt it. shall and may be lawful to and for t`.e Roman Catholic inhabitants of these realms, to sitanci vote in either House of Parliament; and to hold, exercise, and enjoy, ail civil, and gpilitary and naval fgfiCASI, and places of trust or profit, wi der his Majesty, his heirs, and 'secceseitirs, within these realms, and the domiuioits, dependencies, and colonies there unto be tonging, and to take and receive any degrees of inedwitie, law, or arts, in any Onto Pniversities of Gecat Brown or Ireland, and to be studeots, exhibitioners. scholars, professors, and lay-fellows for any of the said Univrnitics or Colleges belongisug thereto; and to hold, exercise, and enjoy the offices of Mayor, Sovereign, Bailiff, Alderman, l'retsurer, abr. riff, I owndierk, Councilman, Waster or Warden, of an y thoild or Fraternity! and all such cans (by whatever name the same may be called), in any city or town within digs realms ; • and also the offices of Governors, Deputy Go vernors, and Directors of the Banks of Englan and Ireland respectively, and all other offices therein; and also to be members of any other lay body corporate, and to enjoy the freedom, franchises, and immunities thereof; and to bold, exercise, and enjoy any office yr place of trust therein, any statute, charter, bye-law, or usage to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding, upon taking and subscribing the oath and declaration follow ing; (instead of the oaths of allegiance, abjuration, and supre macy, and instead of making and subscribing the Declaration against nansubstantlation, the sacrifice of the mail, and the in vocation of saints DOW by law required, and instead of taking the sacrament according to the forms of the Protestant Ica- Os) i that is to say, upon taking and subscribing the following Oath and Declaration " I A. B. do hereby declare, that I profess the Roman Catho lic Religion. " I, A. B. do sincerely minim and swear, that I will be faith ful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty King George 111. and him will defend to the utnrist of my power, against all conspiracies and attempts whatever that . shall be made against his Person, Crow, or 'dignity : And I will do my stmost &seise and make known to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, all trinities and traitorous couspirmios which may be formed against !nu or them. " And I do promise to malota.n, defend, and support, to the utmost of my power, the succession to the Crown, (which succession by law now stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Blectress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, deceased, and the heirs of her body, befog Protestants.) " Hereby utterly remounting and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person, claiming or pretending 'a right to the Crown of these realms. " Axil do notbelitar that. any fOrsign. Prince, Prelatesivales or Potentate, bath or ought to have, any temporal or civil jaricletiso, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, within these realms. • at And I do declare that I swear this oath, and every part . thereof, in thepliin and ordinary sense , of the words of this oath. • • 44 So help me Gun." The Honourable Baronet then proceeded to ob serve, that the House was now in possession of a statement of all that was required to be granted, and he trusted, that when these Resolutions should be ex t. mined, that they would be found to contain nothing more than what was fair and equitable in regard to the Catholic subjects of the Testa'. He sl Id there fore move 44 That-it be expedient that these Kesolu' tions be brought up." The SPEAKER apprehended that the Honourible Member had not distinctly made himself naderstcod as to what was the nature and object of his motion. Sir H. PA RNELL.said, he wished to move that these Resolutions be brought up. The SPEAKER replied, that the Honourable Member bad described a certain P.iper which he held in his hand to be a series of Resolutions come to b) the Catholics of Ireland, and he understood him to sir li. u p p attend to move that the PAper so described be brought up. Sir rejoined, that he should move the first Resolution.. • The SPEAKER-- 14 The Honourable Member 4im motie to n ia th ten at i l to le mo iote v n e d t s wa to di p d to l i: n o t se th ? itig l s 0 n fi de rst r 2 st t o l : s l now makes another motion. Whi c h, t h ere f ore , i s the the resolutions should be brought up ; sad aft:, wards, that the House should agree to these kesr,• lotions." Sir H. PARNELL answered, that understandiny the House would not agree to his first motion he hat changed it. The SPEAKER—" Then the Hmour4ble Mem. ber offers to the House the first of these resolution s for their assent. The question then is, . Th at i t i s expedient that the Roman Catholics of these ream : , shall not be liable to any laws for the lirnitatto,, charging, or discovery of their estates, dice." The Motion being seconded, Mr. BANKES said, he hardly knew how it was possible for the House to give their assent to these Resolution% without going into the full discussi% of the question ; for the first of them, though onlv one of the strings of the subject, was the main et:e on which all the others depended. The Hottourabl t 1 Baronet ought therefore to be aware, that if the House should negative it to-day, it could nut be entertainel in a future Committee. As the matter stood at pre. sent he had done all that could be done ; he lad es. plained to the House the nature of the 11. , •sol:eter4,, and according to its rules there was ttf) n by which they could be printed on an imperfect in.ccei• iig Of a motion. If the motion were pet st..,,red he should feel it his duty to negative it now, a , should the sabstancs of all this Resolutions ot, flity future occasion. Mr. C. YORKE had nothing to ad." to what had been expressed by the Honourable G en ik r ,, rl 1 ,1 10 had just sat down, and he trusted the itino•:tahlf Baronet •would withdraw his motion. Atter statie t : his perfect knowledge of the Orders of the lions., he had proposed Resolutions which could not be e:1 tertained consistently with any Orders, aid the House might comp6in that they were taken by Lilt prize, considering that a full discussion of the std. jest was to come on upon the 30th of this ting.ll2. If he persisted in the motion, the House mu.t ne cessarily go at once into the whole question. H, could not but regret that the subject had devolved upon the Honourable Btronet ; as, in his opinion, it was the last time much better managed. Mr. P. MOORE contended, tbat it was perfectly regular, that when resolutions of this description were proposed to be brought upproforaa and printed, chat they .should'be agreed, to. On this ground be should Bite his support to • the motion, but without wishing to go into any discussion. He would sug. gest, it: the motion were agreed to, to have the reso. lotions ,printed, :incl:brought forward foe the use of the Members. Mr. PEELE observed, that the precedent alluded to by the Right Hun. Baronet bore n:r relation to the measure proposed, which could only be recognized as the precedent of an individual. On the other oc casion it Was resolved that a Bill should be brought in to effect the tepeal of the disabilities of his Ma jesty's Catholic subjects; and as the Member for Liverpool had said, nothing could be more natural than that the House should be enabled to have a lair view of the subject ; so that when they saw the dis (publications about to be done away, they shou:d aee the nature tithe securities for their good conduct. Sir H. PARNsa.r. and Mr. Pfili.l.k; mutually ex• plained ; after which the Hon. Baronet withdiew his motion. NEW MILITIA SILL. Lord CASTLEREAGH said be rose to move for leave to bring in the Bill of which he had given re:. Lice, for ennbiing his Majesty to call out the whole o: any put of the Militia. On moving for this 13.11 ir. the present situation in which the count!) , stood, it was not necessary to occupy the time of the House with many observations; for in the course ussits prc. gress they would have better opportunities of vieeing the actual condition in which we were placed. Ht thought that he should be commanded on Moud.ty to bring down a communication to the House, in a Met• sage from the Throne, stating the arriangeineno which had been made with our Allies, and accompa• nied by copies of the Treaties that had been eirera ' into ; and he should propose that the Message taken into consideration on the following day, in order that an answer might be voted w&iout delay, amp ing the Prince Regent that the ilouse w.suld enable him to carry those arrangements into effect. He WAS therefore confident, that, tinder he existing state of things, the House would enable him to bring in the Bill As such a measure always had effect when the co;1i: try was menaced, the very circumstance of the pre. bability of a war with France was tutficient to autho• rise it ; at any rate it required no stretch .of constric• tion to sanction the Bill, for the very nature of preparations whiCh it was the duty of the country to make, and the necessity of sending so great a pro• portion of our regular force to the Continent, Ten• dered it fit that the internal security of the c ounuy should be provided for. There were various reasons of policy also, which most induce the House to lose no time in passing the Bill, as . there was a great potion of the Militia whose teem of enlistment would s oon expires He wished to apprife the House, that a re. gelation bad been made by GOveniment, whist, hef given entire Satisfaction to the men, by providing 10: their discharge within four months from t' c Ist MAY. It was not intended by this measure, to violate the good faith of the Government toward* the men ir the smallest degree. There were, however, certa in ' , very Considerable motives to avoid delay. lie "'a' not aware that it was necessary to go into any tarifiel particulars at present, as the state of warlike prepa .+ . lion in which we are placed ha d been reeognised Parliament ; but it would be admitted that it svei;•.' not be proper for the House to separate for the son' mei., without providing a measure to preserve the In ternal security of the country. His Lordship th' n move 1 for leave to bring in the Bill. Lord MILTON hoped that the regulations tinde, which men hasi been enlisted for five years, woni,i not be violated, so as to keep them employed longer period than they had a right to be Jct."'"' Lord CASTLEREAGH in explanations adecrted t') what he had already said on this topic. Lord FOLKESTONE said, that this measure ifforded a complete triumph for the opinions which 14 friends bad maintained whet, the subject of di , embodying the militia had come under discussion. l'he Attorney and Solieitor.General, AS Well AS the ither Gentlemen on the Ministerial Bench, had tor' tended that it was optiot oil with :Government , either • keep the militia embodied at their discretion , or 1 . (1 tU Out the whole Witl:nui. any provocatimi as long as any part of them remand embodied—(fro'ah)