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nosed to operao , should be fairly considered. He sr tt
:Jame that, to a cet tarn extent, endeavours had ,
been made to countenref the operations of the Bill ; • •
and these vices would be rather forwarded, tisan
otherwise, by the hokling forth the ides that t:.e
measure was not likely t', be prosisten in tie dife
feted widely hom his Nellie i'ricnd h deeming of
the measure, as he knew that it was not only an
efficient, but, he believed, it was likely to prove a
very beneficial measure; at -the same time he ..d.!
mined, that the numbers at first exuefte.l were net
raised under the Bill. In consid•nieg ibi merits',
it would be proper to advert to the peeve:ors tree
of tlnees. The country was so circumsneneed, !hat.
much larger force was requisite for general err--•
vice than etisted at the time. This urgency bad_
the eWt of raising the bounties to a very high rate, n.
and which induced the necess'ey of Attiring the
mode of raising men. Upon great deal of' die
principle of the Bill proceeded, the moism e, he con-_
tended, had as yet, by nn means, a fair trial. Un-
der the circumstance of the case, its ore ration had
here of that kiad, as, in every pilot r 4 view, to
render the continuance. of the measure 41*U-table-
His Lordship referred to the beneficial changes
which, under the Bill, had been made in the rela-
tive proportions of the miht try force of the country,
as Militia, Army of Reserve, and I)isposeable force. •
He contended for the superior policy of persevering
in the present miltary system, and of giving the
measure fair play. He was sanguine as to the
operation of the Bill, and that the m^n avoid i be
prndeced by it. He referred to the provisions in
the Bill respelling the fines, the peculiar tempta-
tions held cut, and the liability, in certain cases, of
the parish officers, as likely by their scpArete or
combined eff et, to produce the most benelkiel con-
segeences. Ile deprec tied all animadversons in a
discussion of the kind, which were unt coneeded
with the topic under censideration ; he was seldom
in the habits of troubling their Lordships, and he •
confessed himself unit for the woody warfare. Not-
withstAintrw, he would venture O 'ay, if all the •
circumstances atten•!ing the elhoge in Administra-
tion adverted to by his Nahle Enend, were 16.90W1
to the world, very different opinions would be enter-
tained of it. Those who accented of office at the time,
arts .rg whom he was one, did it re seer very urefAvciur-
Able circunestences, a ra had un dee tAkeci a very pain-
ful deny: it was not from an corn and anxious dens
for the occupation of office, they came forward, but
t.,mis a sense of duty, :in upon ernislic grounds.
fleet the Admirastraene at die tittle was nut formed
upon a more extended ...cafe was nor the lank of
hose with whom he hid the tioniier tie aft •.Re.,
curving to the suirieel of the Bill, tlen Noble Earl
made Lorher references to the diatiments epna -
toe fable. hough, he Admitted, toe
ei !strobe?: were nisnogrceneve I. tat from evekg,
thing that appeared, he related it was arida*,
the -Bill ought to have a tint 10r.saditisike
to these, was the important cbasi.iikeatirm of wtslt.
system thee wire prepared to bubaitnte in CU,e of*
repeal of the 80l Coold one so, ustohj
upon the whole, be neurseesa, oert their
restore the ballot for nerseloAt nerviie s e cone
tended the, from a street sewiew iserintoidoi
curnents before the Rowe, Jttsenne-ossa,re would tie
found far from ineffi :tent in the .0-Ilse id has. year.
Throush its open-tom, it would :Trey that an ag-
gregate force of 23,00 r men was reneured ; :rod
they had, beyond the number elf last Taal, aii addo
lion of In.ooo men for geueral service. Upon taal
whole, lie argued that the effendi of sita Bell were
hitherto decidedly beneficial, and were likely to
prove more so, in a very increasing ratio; and,
therefore, he held it his ditty to give a negative to
the proponents of the Noble Karl
The Earl of SUFFOLK referred to certain parts
of the documents, from which it Aopenred, that no
more than 505 men were, seinen a givni p rind.
procured for general service—these, 396 boys. He
telt himself at a loss to find where the immense
number, stared by the Noble Earl, were to he found.
The county, he coctended, were ill satisfied with
the late c ,inge in Administration; i• might have
been unon a much broader basis. Were it not
for the present Ministers, the country would
not he involved in a new war. Ile considered
-he Bill as objeOinneble in every point of Vl.•Vf•
,Let even its preamble be cons dered ; the pro-
minent and leadiog feature of the Bill was to ics
duce the actual force of the country A great part
of which, as sifted upon by the Bill, were highly
disciplined troops. He supported the onservAttoos
of .he Noble Earl who Opened the delatC, as totote
inefficiency of the Bill, car-:ended dolt very few
men had been gained by it tor general service, and
expressed his hope the Bi I would be, to him, rote
UsfaCtorily disposed of, tneore lie left the House.
1 he Earl of CA Moss spite in explaoailn, as did
the Earl of Sirronx. •
L od KING •ens of opinion, that revelling the
genuine merits cf the 11.11, little ditTerence, of seliti-
resent coull prevail. In vie a it was a money bill.
a bill of taxation, rather than one for the purpose of
raising men. On the pecuniary operations of the Bill.
the Ni•ble Earl was totally silent. In thie opinion he
was confirmed, by viewing the cleat of the Bill for
the "oast twelve months ; it in- ontrovertibly operated
as a tee. He would admit the abolition of the ballots
to be a beneficiel measure. He thought unfavoura-
bly of that mode of proceeding, but he should con-
sider the abolition of that, and the repeal of the Bill
in question, as a first step towards a complete re-
form in the military systern of the country. With
respect to gaining men ftn'the service, the channel
of the Army of Reserve was one which eventually
proved very prolific; the men who enli•ted into it,
if not to-panned into the army, were, in fiat, to be
'considered as enlisting into the army. Considering
the Bill as an engine of taxation, it was the
most uner.o4l, partiAl, and oppressive, that could
well be dcvi ed ; it bore not up in taxable prope t:,
but according to the ratio nt population ; its some
parishes it amounted only to 401 in others co 230 L
That part of the operation of the Bill 1. uoti skew

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