Star. — London, England, 1803-06-28 00:00:00

WPT - laic,'" ~y, 'F AIL A 7.1 Pl;uc EEDI GS. norsF. 07 I.oitils, JUNE i ; i••• cotircd in f.p. 4 k t• and uth,:rs, ar.,l iltterred iurth,r procoka i-, orci.,. nru. ; (Ir.; f vent! l ills on thr table. A ti Hour; • t 7,4::1; I y !4r. I'. I htV;,.11 , 1 and ntlit t 4, ft, S 'l4Ol til;'l Ruad, ; ,:g•: the CI:r.•II!T,ECC tsi taut I.oe C I ton:; raulvtd Ititu r Comnittcr on th, J Cunvic ti, I.ord I.D, in eonftluenee of the convt, ration with the Litt. I : former day, pollpontd to another Sriliobs, that ✓ ri;: which regulates the lormy of Conyit?toes; and the •.t " to rtoder juitiera more fate in the eaecueou of their duty," • ay Red in the t:otomittee, and order-.I to he reported. by againf acy latices, on account ot any ('onvao:on meie by v,rturt of any A: t. of Parliament, or for or by realm ot aft, matter, or thing, done or commanded to be ...t n. titch . 3cleis, for the levying any penalty,appr heeling ary party. or cat. yin) "(any Inch Conviction int. , filch 1.15:0 ; and wherein, up a, rte trial ~t tht fame, it 311311 appear to the fati4fae tion of tl'e !utig- that t c Ot.'clitlant had a reafonahle ground for ritAing, bleb cortri.qint , , ;.It!.onr.l, Each 001 have bet n confh...l).r.dth• illail....ccordingly certify the fame upon the hark ot tlie Rtcorj. 11.,. Plaimill Lull I‘3l. he t nth:et' to • It:tt-t the biro of two-pence, nor any colts of fait volw t !he Loan Cit.: %Cr: LC, 110Vtl:, t' at the I.nrds he fonirintied tot: t!'[. C .:1 .4 tlit'g Older. Of the Huufe nn %% • ,'n et:01 a making Inme alterations in its p?..vith prfect quently ll:pp:med, that when portions of ironrul Ac. were nought for the per of ea; tying into effol Public Work.. Canal•, and othrr toy; nts touod..d upon A ..•,• of't.•• '4rl vie,. a ~nod tiee cot!d not be given to the pur eharer, it. cont. quince n which the purch..fr mnney was thrown Into Chancery ; 'Tom which much inconvenience arose, and the ft-thr fourd tow hi% money. It was in order that a cif': -ru' as to tit.' =Tier might hr adopted. that he wAhr.l t;andieg Order to he cErredered on Wednefday, when he intended to propole tome!' inn. on the fubjedl. A num. cr of BTUs from the Commons were brought t.p.-Ai j-vrocd. HOUSE. OF COMMONS. Foote'. Divorce Bill was read a fecmd time, and ordered to be committed us-morrow fe'nnight. The Scotch Roads and Bridges Bill, and the Work Houfe Bill rc fevcralls read a third time, and palled. Captain Cot tilt AN t moved, that there he laid before the Houfc a Copy of the Memorial prefented by him to the Lords Commif- Corers of the Admiralty, on the 17th day of January, 1797, CC- U:lye to Prize Money, and Prize Appeal Cauca; ordered. A Nl,lTage irons the lords informed the Houle, that their Lord- No had a2recd to the Clergy Relidence Bill, to which they re quilled the concurrence of the Houfe. Ordered, on the motion of the Coaxer:AAA of the Excneopt that the Amendments made in the Clergy Refidence Bill by the Lords Mould be taken into confideration to-morrow (this day). The S►aat:t a informed the Houfe, that he had that day rectiv edtbe Minutes of the Commillioners appointed by the Salta Com mittee to inveitigate the merits of the Waterford candled Elec tion, and that be had Jibed his Warrant. which was to be in tine next Gazette, &reeling the Paid Committee to re-afkmble on Thutfday the 7th July next. The Southern Whale Hillery Bill was read a fccond time, and ordered to be committed tomorrow. The Militia Field Officers Bin was committed, the Report re• mind, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Bill for coofolidating the Affeffed Taxes was read a Brit, and ordered to be rca a fecund time to.morrow. Sir F. BASING brought up a Petitlos relative the Docks at Biockwath which was ordered to be referred to a Committee, five of which to be a quorum. The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means on the La test, was brought up, the Refonstlond agreed to, and the Hills or dered to be brought in, purfuaut to the fame. The forth r contideration of die Report ea the Scotch Militia Pamily 818 wan deferred till to-morrow. The Bill to prevent unlawful combinations atnoog the workmen • In Ireland went through a Cosnaiittee, and the Report was ordered to be received to•tnorrow. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURRRS. Mr. WI macs role to prefent a Petition in be half bf a large body of perfons interefted in theWool len Manufaeures, and who compnrcd a large portion of the induitrions Manufaaftmers of Yorklbire- The Petition was of a nature which, in his opinion, de ferved the ferious attention of the Houle. The dance in the Bill, .-eipeeting the ufe of Machinery and Ap prentices, againfl which they wifhed to petition, the Petitioners were not at first aware was likely to affeß them. —They imagined that its operation extended only to the Counties of Wilts, Somerfet, and Ginn .cetiei. He begged it to be recoflelled that the per t. nc who brought fors: and the prefent Petition form. tel a very confiderable and very relpeetable body, n coll. Fled in one Town or one Manufaitory, but over a large portion of the Country, and r: titoting the larper part of its induarious daft. It ..t e , itoteed, that they might appear late in their • , r; .tt ':.:n Parliament, but the Houfe, he trufled, indulgently interpret their condnet in that re -1, as they had no means of an early acquaint ance with the particular Claufes and provifions of the Bill. Here the Hon. Gentleman entered into a mi nute detail of the mamser in which the Petitioners carried on their baGnefs, and of the principles by which they were influenced—principles which had for objett national opulence, individual comfort, and focial happinefs. The prayer of the Petition was. that the Petitioners.might he heard by their Counsel againfl the Claufes on the third reading of the Bill, a prayer to which he made nn doubt the Houle would accede, when they duly confidered the nurnbcr, the refpe6tability, and the particular defcription of the pet lons who bad fi ned the Petition. The Hon. Gen tleman then brought ue :he Petition, and after it seas read moved, that it do be on the table, and that the Petitioners be heard by their Colloid ar,ainft the ob. jeeinnable Claufes on the third rending of the Bill. Admiral BIRK VAT was as anxious as his Hon. Friend could be that (hi& * J uilice might be done to the Petitioners, but he could not ftihfcribe to every thing which hi: Hon. Friend had advanced on the fubjeft. The petiti.m now ptefented was, in almoft all its features, the fame as that which had been re• jeeted not long finer by the I lot:fe. the p e . who ,e T ined t., he I.:tard at the B.tr f t . r.e I ilufe, ha 1, in ;il:,,,Jy AL-2n Least: by their CI MIL' :::fort! C..ll.lll;ltet. .7 ti, .y I , ad Cf• 111- Thi!iloned a to act for then n ht. had appear. ed an] a.ted shun caufe bs fors !Lc Cmtrittce.— 'lite Bill it.id I t tri helot: a Co!lttai:': , .. froni ti.l 1.0.1 an..l -ca i •!..rieg cvety n Vet. al:c1 q . ? Bill .‘.l 1;:a under the ennfirkr.t.' ,, n a Conitt.:!•,e r G,rh .t 1,,, : •th .1 time, at..,:•.:rnia. v•.:5 !ride to Coln lirptsl t. i it !!.it 4 the • c.).JI :1- r ..wi:11. , i•;:l o;,l. ass: !: LI, A - 1:: t••11:1, pr..yer i • : ' o• . t )(It. , • V •, tt • 14 1•'1' r !.• : • : • • :• '11• • • I I . •re, p e.:71" i•• .1 1A1 .r. r . • • 12 that w ::r: t:;a F 7e:c..: i 11. !'• :••%. 1:111 t, eminent Clothiers; he reprerented 111,:m only as in uttful body of manufashun.rs, which was in part tor/Toffs! of a.. well as mallets. Admiral Bs aan.tv was certai t, that though they thould I e allowed to he heard by their Countel, they would he unable to produce a new lea. He thould their:fore move as an all::ntirrrnr, that the latter part of the Motion be oznizt-d,.viz. that they be heard by their Counfel co the thir d reading of the Bal. Mr. SPKNCER. STANHOPE Arli Mr. BROOKE raid a few words, after which the quetlion was put and a divifron called for on the propoled amendment ; but, though firangers were order ed to withdraw, no divi lion took place. Mr. Wilberfrrce agreed to the amcndmcnt,but left it to be underriond that he thould renew his motion on Wednefaay rest. ARMY OF RhSERYt. The SRCRETARY at WAR moved the Order of the Day, for taking into further contideration the Report on the Bill for the Army of Referve. Before the Speaker left the Chair, he Paid he would move that it he an inaruCtion to the Committee to divide the Bill into two. Ordered. The Houle then went into a CornmiLter of the whole Houle, Colonel Stanley in Chair. The SF Cllt TAR r at WAR Men rofe and raid that in order to fave the time of the Howe as much as pofli ble, he would jult beg leave to point out the material amendments hz meant to propcfe He firft adverted to th:!claufe which contains the quota of the different count Ls. The numbers now to be furniffied by each county vary from thole diretted to be railed by for mer militia aCts, and the calculation was founded on dderent balls. The number of men liable to ferve ammimcd in the whole to 900,000, of thefe 75p,000 were liable to ferve in England and \Vales. The pre fent calculations were made on grounds more certain, being taken from the late} returns of the population of the country, and on a cornparifon of that population, it was found the fureil method to take the number of 84 in every to,ooo as a medium, and by fo doing, no county would be charged more than 84, at the moll, and 16 as a minus. The quotas for Scotland were meant to be on the fame plan : but he under- Rood the Gentlemen of that Country felt (rime diffi culties on the way, and he had therefore determined to divide the Bill, and when that part which relat ed to Scotland came before the Houle, ice would be very ready to do every thing in his power to , re move the objeaions to it. Scotland would furnifh ' 6oco men, and the appointment of the quotas was in different at prefcnt, and might be fettled by them in the manner heft fuited to the convenience of the people of that part of the kingdom. The next point in order, was that of the Exemptions; and in regard to thefe he had a material alteration to pro pole. The 13511 had been originally formed accord ing to the Militia Ballot, from 18 to 45. He thought it, however, expedient to look to the names of per form from t 6 to 45, who are able to ferve, and five feet two inches high, who he propofed ffiould ferve perfonally, or fin ef a fubilitute. He thought the cri terion fhonld be this, in judging of the property of perfons, viz, every man above 45, who is affeffed to the affelfed taxes to the amout of pl. a year, or up wards, Mall be liable to be ballotted, or find a fubfti tine. This will render it necelfary that the lifts be al tered, and the Deputy Lieutenants will be called on to amend the lifts, by inferting the names of thole who are perfons of fuch property as above mentioned, and who are above the age of 45, and will sow be made liable in confequence of this alteration. He then came to take notice of the exemptions; and in doing this, be laid the outline was nearly the fame as that which had been purfued when the Supplementary Militia was originally railed. He would, in the firft place, propofe to take the day on which the bill was brought in, viz. the 2:d June, as that on which the Exemptions thould not take place, as to articled clerks, volunteer and yeomanry corps, and teachers in holy orders, who were regularly licenfed to preach, and had a place to preach in. He had found out that innumerable frauds had been committed by the eva fions of this defcription of perfons : but he was in hopes that the means dow adopted were fuch as would be effeEtual in putting a complete end to them. The next in order, he raid, was the Volunteer Corps ; and he propofed, with regard to them, that the Ex emptions (hould extend to all Volunteer and Yeo manry Corps, whofe fervices had been offered and accepted before the Bill was brought in. Thofe alto whole fervices extend to garrifon, cities, and great towns, the names of fome of which he would enu merate, though he did not think it neceffary to so through with them all:—thefe were London Edin burgh,Brillol,Liverpool,Glafgow, York,Leeds,Man cheffer, and Bit mingham. It was moll evident that garrifons mu ft be kept in thole towns, as there would be a conflant occafion to be palling through them for the purpole of removing prifoners, and a variety of other eireumftances which would require foldaerstobe on constant duty, and where Volunteer and Yeo manry Corps did fuch duty, they would render it minneceffary to keep our regular army, or any part of it, from being tied up by fuch fervice, and were of coolie entitled to exemption, from being lent to parts at di ance from their homes. He propofcd that no individual whatever fhould be exempt, unlefs he was aanally enrolled before the day he had mentioned, the and of June; but thole who are accepted to fill t:p vacancies which happen in Corp., !hall be enti tled to exemption, if they moiler and excrcife two days in a month, or a certain number in a fublequent month or month:, as (hail make it equal to two days in a month. "?'here was alio, he (hid, an amendment %sill' regard to ilmt which lie !merged to men tion. The footiies of mile Non commitlioned officers and folditts than be feppportel by the parifhcs, in the f.Mc •;:aist , .:r is 11101: in the militia are : but in add;tion to thi., there would be an aid in the fin:: that was ttl bst p Iss s erfon.: rot finding f u bllitutes in due time. ~c was at la d intended to be heed t 51. as he the :::z.pplcnientar y Militia ; but he mew 'lint eve; y person a. s' ell between 15 and ;, ii.. ie ;mhos e, who are uo::.1! . :d of that quail t Ira of opt rty before fia!emi, em renders them li.i .e to suite rh e r ri f,lv e ,, m•, .t lubli if me, if they ; a .; tit (!iP it in due time, ILA!! pay a tine of act. from m• :am the p. :ec m.l 4 Ittliii:.ol.. 111.111 li.li be paid, -n. t'rs , ier was to ;-(1 to the pai ill, in aid of :I t , I'lo who p.:y rzsl. a dear to the .:; :•..v .t esi m.,:mm pm op. a lion to the pa s.. the Bin alfo, t : to rife men fir the army, by so -um my of ;any:. It had been laid , that great. crir.culties lay in the way' cif this, ansl lie did not doubt the aliertion; much would depend on the example let by Gentlemen in different parts of the Country, and he was languine enough to believe that there d i :fliculties would loon be done away, t Gentlemen would fbenudfly exert themfelves. He then came to that part of the Bill which enaets, that half the price of a volunteer (ball be paid to thole perfons who themfelves ferve by ballot, to be arcer tained and paid by the Deputy-Lieutenants ; and it was aim intended, as a fill greater inducement to people ballotted to terve, to give them a further boun ty of one guinea, to be paid by the Recerver•Gene rid. With regard to the claufe which enables his Ma. jet) , to model this army, and to officer it, he Paid,' that no officer was likely to command in it, but effeßive Colonels—not Generals, but aaual Colo nels, who are to take the command of feparate Corps; the Field Officers and Captains to be taken from Officers on half pay ; and there were alt . ° many very excellent Officers who had altogether re tired from the army, who would be invited to take Commillions according to the rank they had formerly held in it. The mode of proceeding, when thole men who formed the army of referve witted to volunteer into the line, was intended to be the fame, or nearly on the fame principle as was adopted during the laff war under fimilar circumflances. The regiments were intended to be formed as much as podible from the fame Counties ; and where the Counties are fo (mall as not to furnifh a fufficient number, then to be taken from the neighbouring and adjoining counties; and as the regiments of the line were many of them -called after the name of the county they were raifed in, fo thole who volunteered from the army of referve would take the fame name, and wear the fame facings and uniforms as the others. As to non.commillioned Officers, there were a great many Serjeants on the re cruiting fervice, who could be ( pared from the recruit• ing flaff abroad, and many Scrjeants and Corporals from the regular army. It was meant alfo,hefaid,thai no man fhould on any account be made ufe of in any other way than that for which he is exprefily railed, unlefs he chutes voluntarily to change. There were two points he had to mention, which were, the quo tas to be railed by the Cinque Ports, the 'l'ower Ham. lets, and the City of London; from the three be es. peded 3,200 men; the number of the Cinque Ports was 400, and he thought a,ffoo men would be the portion of the others. As the City of London bad a right to raife their quota in their own way v he hoped the /dagiftrates of London would devife among them. (elves the means of giving the utmoft and moll prompt facilities to the plan. He begged pardon of the Committee for having detained them fo long, but he thought it would be bell to give them the leading features of the principal alterations in the Bill, in order to prevent any ads fire that might take place on the fubjeft, by objeflions being flailed again( par. titular parts which had been altered, but were not known to the Committee in general. Mr. PITT laid, that as he flood in a particular re lation to the Cinque Ports, from the fituation which it had pleated his Majefty's gracious kindnefa toylace him in, he could not avoid requefting the attention of the Committee, and of his Right Hon. Friend who brought forward the prefent meafure, to a few obfer vations which he had to fuggeft on the fobjeft. The Cinque Ports, from the nature of their conftitution, had always been left to raife their quota in their own way. He did not mean, however, to Hate this_by way of exempting them from the operation of this Bill, but he looked on this as a new kind of levy, and therefore did not know, that under this or any other regulation, they can form a true judgment of the true numbers which ought to be the quota for the Cinque Ports; and he was by no means certain, that .soo was that which would be fair and equal. He had no reafon ro believe it would make any great diffe. ' rence how their quota was railed. but he wifbed to atrend as much as pofGble to the juftnefa and fairnefs of the proceeding. As be did not with, he laid, to trouble the Committee more than once on a local fithjeet, he would then beg their attention to the claufe relative to the Cinque Ports at the end of the Bill. By the Aft of the 42d of the Ring, they were direeted to raife them as they chofe. but this was a new levy, and made an climate of their quota on a new principle. The Deputy Lieutenants were every way competent in the different counties to the talk of railing the Militia, and of judging of the quotas to be provided for each, but there were no loch perfons in the Cinque Ports. The Mayors and different Of ficers in the feveral towns, had always performed this office, and railed their quota in their own way. He witted, therefore, to apprize his Right Hon. Friend and the Committee of thefe circumtlaisces, in order that they might turn their minds to the fuhiat, and prevent any delay which a milconceptiou on thss point might occalion. The SkC RRRRR r at WAR laid, lie hord lie had nor formed the climate too high in fixing the quota of the Cinque Ports at sno. It had been made accord ing to the fame calculation as the other parts of the county, and there was a power given to the proper Officers to alleviate any circurntlances that might be thought to prels too hard on them. Sir W. Yov Nei found fault with the number of men fixed cn as the quota of the county r,f 13uaingham, viz. 443. This county, faid he, had already raiii.,l a corps of volunteers, who had agreed to ;;n to any tart of the country, which amounted to Soo men, who have already been out for the laft three wecks ; the proportion was not equal to that fated by the Sect c Lary at War, of one to lateen. As a Magi:i!m•- the county, therefore, he could not avoid e kpreiling his fentiments, as well as thole of hi. bro.brr Mato trates, and as this would probably ro , r be the Laf} levy, he Thought the number of 443 was n.uch Liar great for their proportion. The S: ,ex tant. at WAR faid, the cot:: iv uf Buck ingham had been rated according to the calculation of one to fixteen, as in every other county. Mr. PITT laid, lie could not hot feel firon2ly how rnifai e .ou s this compcLition for exemption muff prove ; if it was purified in, and be eiailJ rot c, •n -cebic how thole volunteers fall make the chErrrence flirted by the Hon. Baronet, that it fluid throw anv difficulty in the way of railing the fj men, accoi• I dim• to a p normal calculation. Air. Alderman CON:Ok fail, that as the city c: London had a right, from their chatter, to raile quota their own whether that r•A; t he Son ta- Goo, cr 5.:3; he. could with that the ptoc,eding thould take place in that manner which would hr m.,;1 vicar. ii to th, - : Citihens of Lonavu. He the 111,41 it Hon. rier.fleman would ag‘rce m cl.r!:t :1.%; rirt of the Bill to a futu re period, till tit.: (Amid have it meeting on tlit 'lle StottLrariv at Wax Lid, he had no o l ajenion to potipone it, but hoped the Magiatatcs would Life every poflible expedition. The Lotto Mayn't laid, thought it• would be much the belt way to leave ale means of tailing their quo:a to the Magiftratel, and lie was certain that the city of rondon would come forward with their qucta is fuch a way as would be highly fatisfadory. Sir It Buxxori recommended that new lifts fhould be made out in preference to amending the old ones. The SECRETARY at WAR laid, that new lilts were to be made out, if necelfary t but where they can bo amended, he thought. it world be more expeditious. /dr. Etusos raid, it would be impoffible to amend the old lifts. Mr. Wu. SMITH objeCted to the propofed amend. ment, to include perfons fo young as ;6 years ofage: and as to taking away the exemption from perfons above the age of 45, provided they paid Affe(Tea Taxes beyond a certain amount, he thought it was putting the qucflion entirely on the principk of pro. petty : and on that account he could fee no reafon why women who paid afraid taxes to the amount of 301. a year, fhould not be obliged to find a fubflitute. As the principle now was, that the Bill was for the proteCtion of property, and that perfon 1 fervice was not required, undoubtedly all perfons poScffing pro. petty Mould contribute a there of it towards railing this new force : and if that was not the principle n which old men were liable td be balloted, he thought a man of 95 years was as much entitled to exemp tion as any woman. He was not fo ungallant as to thy that every WORMS of property (honld be balloted fur; but if the p6iciple the Bill went on war the pro. teaion of property, all perfons ought to lupport the meafure. The SECRETARY at WAR fa%.l, he would not pro pole to extend the ballot any higher than to perfons of fo. As to women being balloted for, he knew of no inflance in which they had been called cn to fur:tills folittitutes for the military fel rice. He now meant to propofc, that all perfons between 45 and 60, pay ing the taxes already mentiontd, fhould, if drawn, be obliged to &mill a fubflitute. Mr. Wu. Saito, in reply, obferved. tha: Ladies were obliged, during the lag war, tp contribute to wards ralfing the provilional cavalry. General MA I rca se Paid, he could allbre the Hoofp that men of the age of 50, if in found health, made very good foldiers; and he thought the Secretary at War might go higher than 45 ter men who were to give their perfonal ferrite. Mr. SHIRIDAR obferved, that he thought it would be much better to extend the age from 45 to so than to take in fuch as were between the ages of 16 and tat, as in that cafe there would be a great nun 'yr of boys, who were incompifent to else ferric.: rich might be more effeaually filled up from t' .tbar ages. But admitting that the claufe the 'else place in refpet to (Lich as were between the -of 16 and 18, he thought that people of props: ire the highell age, whether 45 or so,lhould by r Ins be exempted; but all who had property abov: re tain Randard to rifk, fhould contribote their quont towards the prefervation of it. He (aid there were more men at this prefent time employed in ereaing buildings about the metropolis, than the whole re gular army of Great Britain amounted to. He did not know why perfons, exempted du account of their age, &mild not have the privilege to provide a fuladi. tote. Surely a man above fitly or fevetuy years af age had vigour enough to put his hand in hi. pocket. (Alangb.) Minifiers were not exempted, the Judges of the land were not exempted. and furely no trifling confideration ougbt-et this momentous crifts to exo nerate any man from contributing his finite torails the defence of his country. With regard to the cai terion of property, it was ecr; evident; that theist were raft number. of perfons about the town, 5h either refided in lodgings, or cfcaped the alkaline to that amount in come other way, who were per ftaly competent to contribute their quota. How many were there in this Striation who drive the* curride, keep their hOrfes, and take their range i l pleafure one way or another ; and w hy ILOo they be exempt t It was much better for loch pot font to make a declaration upon oath that they woo above loch an age. and were not worth fo fuppore soot per ann. Undoubtedly perfons who poffeffed an income above that furs ought to pro vide a fubßitute. There wac one obfervation he had to offer with refpel to the limitation of flu. which was fico feet two inches. •He could not conceive why there flsould be any fuperflitious adherence to that Randal-J. We know (laid he) many great and daring fouls that dwell in little men (tr leit,A)a and certainly there were many people under five fest two inches, who were-ambitious of (erring their country ; and if they could not do it perfonally, why might they not have the opportunity of contributing towards it with their fubllance ? An Hen. Cattleman had propnfed, that women lhnuld not be exempt. This was a propotition he could never approve of.— The days of chivalry were certainly over ; hut if they were, it did not follow that we Iliould be fo inatteA tire and urgallant to . women as to make them raw about the country to find fubititutos t and make them fay, wherever they went—'‘ I warn* man for a fob' Ritute !" The StCRCTAIt at Wait raid, he had no °Nati= to In the ages at is, below which perfons Ihnold not be ; and from the Inggeltion of as Hon. Gale ral, br was ready to change the age from 45 to 50 up to which age all perfonsilsculd be liable to be bal. lotted for. Mr. KIN/lA.ID willed, that be('re the Bill went any further, he might he inhumed, whether it wasto Jc on the ct property, or of pet fonai fcreice ?By ;.ropoti to take aw.ty the exemptions from perfons .4 above a ccrtaia age, who poll:Aced much property, it would appear, that th e former WAS the principle and therchue he law no re.i!on why Bitty' and be ncheed Clergymen fhoold he recropted. If the Bill, tiu.t.. went upon Cut principle, he gave notice, that he ihouid move to exclude thole pc:Cons [tom eacniption. Mr. liar oblerved, that the lifts already made cot included all perfons from etS to 4; years of age aol C perfor.s bet‘teen 45 and 50, and from that to 60, "etc now to be included, new his mull be made on:, the elc2 of which would be the loft. of an en ai: e wc:k before the Bill could be carried into effe:s!• In the yweCent critical fituation of thee sentry, this d.lay wculd be an injury which could Ccvir !scum- r ~~ M 4 `~ 1 • / J