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HOUSE Lonts.
THURSDAY, mApcli.3l.
After the Heys? had been hewing Cotinqel in a
Committee of Privileges, on the Chandos ,peerage,
:hey proceeded to -

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of a nature so foreign to the original constitution of
the Militia.
tord.CAWDOR then rose, and again put his
question to Lord Hobart. •
Lard HOBART said, that although he was not
entitled to take upon himself the responsibility for
any fittere measure, yet that he had •so much- per,
sonal respeet for the Noble Lord, that he would yen-
' titre to assure him, that he was not aware that his
Majesty's:Ministers had any such intention.
At length the question was put, and the Bill com-
mitted for tome.:
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NONitr-SII3F.NCF. OF TIDE CF.ER TY. • '
• The,House having, pursuant to the Order'of the
I)ay, resolVed itself-into, a Committee on the Bill
for etripenceing Aaious brought against the Clergy
tort Non-residence,
Lord IVA tsiNce Ast in the Chair,
(When the Clerk came to that Claes.e which fixed
the Bth of.luly as the term of the Suspension,)
* The Bishop of ST. ASAPH rose He had not,
he said, at present any occasion to occupy .the at-
tention of their Lordships for any. enr,fle Ofetirne,
and should have been still more brief m hisobser-
vations, if he did not see a fuller attendance than
usual of his Right Reverend Brethren, and was
not desirous , that they should be apprized of
the grounds upon which he meant to propose an
amendment to this clause. He had before given
notice of that intention ; and all the arguments
of which it was produdive, from other Noble Lords,
so far from cons incing him of the inexpediency of
his design, served only to confirm his resolution, and
strengthen his opinion. Generally. speaking, he
professed-himself to be always inimical to bills of
suspension, which he could consider in no other
light than as disgraceful to an enlightened Legisla-
ture, and they unhinged the basis of fixed law), and
left the people no rule or standaid for the guidance of
men's condu.. The At of V.l Hen. VIII. it must be
' said was unequal, and inflicted peaalties by no means
proportioned to the extent of the offence or the va-
lue of the living, so that the same thing which would
be a harsh and cruel punishment upon one man,
would be no more than a trifle to another. But
notwithhstanding all the severity that belongs to it,
he should prefer its continuance to this temporizing
system, which, in attempting to supply deficiency
of law, had in fad left us nu law at all upOn a sub.
jest of such importance to religion, morality, and so.
fiat order. The hardships ocit undoubtedly would
fall heavily on individuals, but it would, at the
same time, operate for the public benefit, be-
cause these hardships being felt, and all palliation
rejected and settled, substances fair and comprehen-
sive would be substituted, which would embrace
the whole of the subjede enforcing parochial r&
sidence, and making due and reasonable allowe
ante for any .unavoidable deviations from it. No
pun thought more highly of the character, the •
talents, and the .virtuel.ni the Learned Gentleman,
to whom this great subjed seemed to be specially
entrusted. Looking round either House of Parlia-
ment, he knew of no person from profound abili-
lities and professional experience more capable of
undertaking and executing such a task. But how,
long was the House and the country to wait for this
promised blessing? lie, . for one, could not tell.
This was the fourth time that this disgraceful mea-
sure of suspension had been proposed to them, and
judging of the future by what was passed, there
was every reason to infer and to fear, that if this
Bill should be continued, as proposed, till the
Bth of July, the lateness of the Session, and
other causes, would be adduced as reasons for
letting a general measure lie dormant, and in-
stead of what they were all given to expel, they
should find another suspending proposition sub-
mitted to them towards the close of the Session-
-His • Lordship professed himself most decidedly
and strenuously an advocate .for stridly enforcing.
the residence of the
,Parochial Clergy, if it was de—
sirable that religion, morality and that •order so no-
cecessary to the stability of gOvernment,-bOth is
Church and State, should. be preserved. One ob.
jedion he had heard very emphatically urged against
it, which was, that if the ltthors were themselves.
obliged to be resident, the consequence would be,
that a'great number of Curates would necessarily
and inevitably be turned adrift upon the woad,
without any rrovision ;*or their support. But though
he felt in common with others for the very scanty
and insufficient provision made for the inferior cler-
gy, he would assert with confidence that enforce•
ment of residence or. the part of the Redors or
Vicars would affect the curacies but in a very incon-
siderable degree. He did not mean to say,
that the parishes of the whole kingdom would
be sufficient to provide curacies for all that were
in orders ; but he would maintain his former pro-
position, that the enforcement of residence would
diminish the curacies but to a very inconsiderable ex-
tent. He had no objection whatever to speak out
upon this subject ; he was in the hearing of many
of his brother prelate.% who had the sante opportu-
nities of information that he had, and he would
alledge nothing that was not within his ow n know-
ledge. In the first place it was evident, that men .
possessing opulent livings would always be willing
to relieve themselves from a part, at least, of the
fatigues of duty, by obtaining the assistance of
curate,. at a 'Moderate expence. Ttt whit may
to them be only a matter of convenience, would
be to others a matter' of necessity. An incum-
bent, for instance, in years, or labouring under
infirmity, even though not opulent, could not be
enabled by any degree of zeal to discharge his
parochial duties, however constant in his residence.
f o such a Man, therefore, a curate must be indis-
pensible. There was another sway, however, in
which a rigid adherence to residence would at in
the way of veryleneficial regUlatiop. It frequently
happened that an opulent incumbent, net liking the
glebe-house, nor wishing to midi> in his parish, got.
very cheaply rid of the duty in the following Man-
ner : He looked out for the curate of some adjoin-
ing parish, perhaps four, five, or ten miles off, who,
after discharging the duties of the sabbath—that is,

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prayers.
MILITIA BILL.
Lord HOBART moved the older of the day. fur
the second reading of this Bill.
The F.arl of CARNARVON rose, and remon-
strated in strong terms against the reading. of the
Bill•a second time then, as the prints were ottly.Leiti
upon the table the preceding day, and Nob Lotds
had not had time to make themselfres maitesti 4 the
dill, which contained a princii?le direalirein` rite
teeth of• the constitutional foundation of theeKl.iiia
Laws. The principle of the Militia, as reeieninhiei
in the preamble of the last years was, that the <lf:ti-
ters should have landed qualifications ; arid that
princiek was to be found hi every Militia 13ill that
lied ever been passed ; hut, as he was not .pre-
pared to argue the Bill then, he begged to be al-
lowed more time ; and therefore moved tliate the
word 66 Now " be left out of the question, in order
to insert the words " on Monday next."
Lord HOBART said, it win evident that the
noble Earl was fully possessed of the object of the
Bill ; and he saw, that if he were to agreo to the
Noble Earl's Motion, and accede to the postpone-
ment of the second reading, lie.sboull not thereby
be able to obtain th Noble Earl's vote in support
•of the Bill. In order toxive th sese thoroughly
to understand the provisions of die Bill, his Lord-
ship proceeded to state the objea of each of its
clauses, and to explain their respective purport and
tendency. In j:le of them, he said, he meant to
move an amendment, when the Bill should come
let° a Committee, but the part of the Bill which
gave the Lord-Lieutenants power to fill up such of
the officers' commissions, for which men of landed
qualifications did not off..2r, with' persons who had
no such qualifications, •was merely a power to be
exercised in cases of extreme necessity, and might
possibly te wholly inoperative.. Having gone
through the Bill. his Lordship., said he must persist
in his,originai Motion—" That 'the Bill be now read
a second time." •
The Earl of CARNARVON rose again, and
argued at considerable length, on the ground that
the officers, having a landed qualification, was the
essential principle of the Militia. That this Bill
tended to convert the Militia into an army, whereas
it was never meant to be an army, and that it would
disgust the gentlemen of landed property, and pre-
vent their ever serving in the Militia in future.
His Lordship was expatiating warmly, and at length
on these topicks, when he %Ms interrupted by the
Lord Chancellor, who said, the Noble Lord, in-
stead of cenfriiziek'hinuielf to explanation, was pro-
ceeding to make a second speech, which was con-
ti ary to the forms of the House.
This gave rise to a long and desultory conversa-
tion upon •the motion, in which the Earl of CA R-
' WAR VON, the Lord CHANCELLOR, and other Noble
Lords took part.
Earl GRAHAM (Duke of Montrose) regretted
sincerely, that in a moment of great danger. and
peril, there should -not be a sufficient number of
nobility and gentry of great landed property, who
had public spirit enough to jcin the Militia, and ac-
cept the officers' commissions. Where, he asked,
was the national patriotism, if it really should be
found that they did not at with their accustomed zeal
and ardour ? But he trusted, that the event would
not justify the apprehensions expressed in the Bill.
Indeed, as the Bill only provided against a possible
inconvenience that might arise, he should not ob-
ject to it. He spoke of the Militia, in terms of
strong panegyric, and said, it was the true con-
stitutional defence of the country. That the Army
and the Militia, though differently constituted,
were most serviceable instruments of internal de-
fence and external offence. That they operated
usefully on each other. The militia served as a
check upon the army, and the army on the Militia.
That he hoped whenever occasion should require it,
the English and Scotch Militia would serve in Ire-
land, since by the late. At of Union, that part of
the United Kingdom was a part of ourselves,

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Aim will be esteemed a particular favour.

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Lord ROLLE wished that a list of the realms of
the officers of the Militia, and their qualificatiOna,
should be laid on the table, and the second reading
deferred till then, as those returns would lay a
ground for the bill.
Lord CAWDOR. complained of the measure re-
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He describes the pernicious tendency of that mea-
sure; that when Militia officers had taken treat pains
to train and discipline his men, they were taken,
and he was left merely a nominal military officer.
This had happened to himself; and it had so dis-
gusted him, that he never would serve in the Militia
again, if the measure wcre repeated, but would
enter into some other service, in which he would
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Lordship concluded his speech with asking the
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The Earl of RADNOR said a few words, and at
length the House divided—Contents 41—Non-
Contents I.
When the House was resumed, and the LORD
CHANCELLOR put the question, " That the Bill be
committed,"
The Earl of CARNAR.VON rose, and debated
the principle of the Bill on the same grounds that
he had before taken, but at considerable length.
lle opposed the going into a Committee upon a lill