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House be summoned on Wednesday next, to take
into consideration the Standing Order, No. 126.
His Lordship said; that when any private property
was purchased for a public purpose, such as to ac-
commodate a turnpike, an enclosure, a canal, or
any other °Ned of that sort, and the title could not
be 'quite satisfaCtorily made out, although perhaps
a few months would have made the title complete,
it was usual for the seller to deposit the purchase
money in that great reservoir the Court of Chan-
cery, and there to let it be till a sufficient title was
made out. This circumstance naturally invited
persons to come forward, as claimants, although
they might have but a shadow of a claim, and who
would not otherwise have thought of setting up
their claim. If, therefore, the deposit was 2001.
it frequently put the seller to the expence of 40 or
501. costs, to recover his 2001. He meant, there-
fore, on Wednesday, to move an amendment of the
Standing Order, viz. that the costs should be paid
by those who set up a claim ; and he was prompted
to move his proposed amendment from circum-
stances which came under his own experience, in
consequence of the proftssiohal office which he held.
—Ordered.
Lord Sheffield's ConviCtion Reform Bill WAS again
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
NIOND•Y, JUNE 27.
The Scotch Road and Bridges Bill was read a
third time. •
Captain COCHRAN moved, that there should
be laid before the House a Copy of the Memorial
ompanying the Papers presented by him to the
zds of the Admiralty, on the 17th January, 1799,
aative to Prizes, and Prize Appeal Causes.
The Poor Workhouse Bill was read a third time
and passed.
A Message from the Lords informed the House
their Lordships had agreed to the Clergy Residence
Bill.
The SPEAKER acquainted the House, that he
had this day received a Copy of the Minutes of the
Commissioners of Ireland, for the purpote.of being,
laid before the Select Committee appointed to try
the Merits of the Petition, complaining of an undue
Election for the City of Waterford ; and that he
bid, by his warrant, published in the Gazette, di.
meted the said Sele& Committee to re-assemble on
Thursday, the 7th July next, at ten o'clock in the'
morning.
The Southern Whale Fishery BM was read a se.
coed time, and committed for to-morrow.
The House went into a Committee on the Militia
Officers'Alill, the Report was received, and the-Bill
-ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. WILBERFORCE presented a Petition upon
the subjet of the Bill depending before Parliament
concerning the Woollen Manutadory, the obje& of
which Bill was the repeal of certain statutes, passed
in the reign of different Monarchs, to prevent the
use of certain machines, and also one of the clauses
of the statute of Elizabeth, which prohibited per-
sons from exercising the trade of a woollen-manu-
fadurer, unless he had served an apprenticeship.
The clause in the present Bill, which went to the re-
peal of the apprentice clause, extended to Wells,.
Somersetshire, and Gloucestershire. The manufae-
turers in general' conceived it a matter which did not
concern them ; for that reason they had abstained
from coming forward. The body of men, whose
petition he presented, formed the basis of the popu-
lation of an extensive part of the county he repre-
sented ;' that might account for the Petition having.
been presented so late. The number of petitioners.,
amounted to 15,000, and they consisted of persons
who did not work together in large Manufaetories,.
but each in the bosom of his family; and,, as, they
lived in distrkls that lay far apart, it had been impos-
sible to collea their signatures earlier. The prayer
of the Petition was, that the Petitioners might be.
allowed to be heard by counsel on the third reading.
•of the Bill. He moved'that the Petition should lie.
upon the table, and the Petitioners be heard by
counsel.
Admiral BERKELEY observed, that the Peti-
tioners had had sufficient time to have come for-
ward at a much earlier period, therefore thcy were
not entitled to the indulgence they prayed. He
moved, as an amendment, that the words relating to
the Petitioners being heard by counsel shOuld be
'omitted:
After a short debate between Mr. Wilberforce,
Mr. Stanhope, and Mr. Brooke, the amendment was
rejeded. n
Mr: Vanlittart brought up the Scoteh Consolida-
tion Duties Bill,' which was read a first, and ordr-
ed to be read a second time to-morrow.
The SECRETARY at. WAR' rnoved the order ,
of the day for the further consideration of theße-
port of the Army of Rewrite Bill.' He then moved
that the Report might be re coritrititted: 1.4 also
moved that' it should 'be an iiistrudion to the Cotur
mittee to divide the Bill into two Bills.' It. hail, he
said, been foimd impossible to include England as ;
Scotland in the same till; it. was therefore prop°
to hive it separated.' Thiftrould create no inateri•
The Speaker having left thechair,
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The SECRETARY it YirAR observ.edi.tbat per-
haps it would be convenient to theConanuttee. 111
was tngsithrongh the, sill. and - " the tnitarjal
amendkientile proposed - . should
therefore do so, and begin
scribed the quotas to be
ties. In that clause,
where it would be
Gentlemen who had
baps' have observed the
provide. The number
seen, did tot *mops; to
wbttc ltad'hutin raised.
The nag*. ei the alleiation
lutist Mai lir posiessson' • of the'
to serve. Returns had b.,
Council. it had been thought right

those- returns, as the criteria of the number of men I')
be raised. They made the number of men liable 1°
serve in this country 900,000,.but that was inciudiny
had7s o ,
beenoo.
,:poatdoTio furtherA,
tbhte quotas:itnhbi
y,s proposed
thet
pcorrectedoieousleccd calculated
be
:yft
operationtar ayt
found
oedi
jef;
Diegtwnnotche
etet;cnr.he toon
tgiireeteeoi
ascertain-
ed. ttui
a(lt,criti
(rxnat
Scotland. In England and Wales, the number w..,
•
l
aeeoPElvdfolpryhyuetolalltpt:lit he 40,000 men ; it would appear, he was
persuaded, that the quotas were.corred. The quo-
tas for Scotland were the same, but there had been
some objenion to the adoption of this system in that
part of the ceuntryeand therefore he should refer
them to the principle pf the last Militia A ; how-
ever, it would be the proper time to state that part
of the subjen when the Bill was brought in. Scot-
land would furnish 6006 men during war, either
with reference to the Militia A.,1, or the principle in
the present instance. The next material part of the
Bill was, the clause containing the exemptions.
Another alteration hadlietu adopted. The Bill, as
originally framed, proceeded on the idea of a Militia
ballot, which was to apply to parsons between 18
and 45, because the principle of tlie. Militia system
was personal service. It would be for the Com-
mittee to say, whether they ought not only to.look
to the personal service of persons between ta and
45, but of persons above 45 years of age ; and that
'lf any such persons were drawn they should be
called upon for substitutes. It was proposed, that
all persons from 16 to 45, of a proper height, name-
ly, 5 feet two Inches, should serve personally or by
substitute, and that persons, from 45 to 60, should,
if drawn, be obliged to find substitutes. But, in
framing this clause, regard was to be bad to pro-
perty, and therefore he intended to propose, that
every person above 45, whose assessed taxes amount-
ed to SO 1. a-year, should be obliged to find' a sub-
stitute. The Deputy. Lord Lieutenants might be
called upon to amend the existing lists, by inserting
all persons who were not exempted, and by in.
serting those who came into a .parish, and those
who left it. He came next to the exemptions, the
outline of which was nearly the same as that which
was arranged when the Supplementary Militia was
raised. He should propose to take .the day in which
the Bill was brought in, as the date beyond whith
the exemption should not extend to articled clerks,
teachers in holy orders, and persons in volunteer
corps. With resped to teachers of congregations
he had reason to believe, that frauds had been prec-
tised in the mode by which they had obtained ex-
emption ; he had; therefore, altered some of tile
clauses by which he trusted frauds would. be :11 fu- •
cure prevented. It would stand, that teachers of
congregations in holy orders, or not is holy or !ers,
should not be exempted, unless they had bee t lie
tensed twelve months before the 29.c1 June. Hes text
came to the volunteer corps. He proposed th ex-
emption of the yeomanry and volunteer corps thus
fir—that it should extend to those whose services
had been accepted before the day the Bill had Lee
brought in, and also that it should extend to those
Whose services were co-extensive with the present
'system, and, with respell to England and Scotland,
those who served in garrison. It was evident, that
tondon, Edinborough, Bristol, Leeds, and in tact
*lithe great towns in the kingdoin, must be guard-
ed. If; therefore, volunteer corps were willing to
guard such towns, that service would be quite suffi-
cient. Having stated all that was necessary with
regard to corps, he should next proceed to refer to
the services of iedividoals ; he should propose that
no person should be exempted, unless he had bee
enrolled before the 224 June ; however, if they ap-
peared at roll and mutter a certain number of times,
then he proposed the exemption should not be taken
:sway. In the late war five days service in the yeer
had been sufficient ; but he should now propose mu
days in a month, or service for a certain number of
successive days, eq.ual.to two days a month. With
regard te.sulestitutes, the Bill,*as originally drawn,
prescribid that no substitute shoUld be taken who
had more than three children.; by the Supple-
mentary Militia Aft there had been no limita-
tion. He wished to propose, that the families
of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, shOald
be provided for by the parish, and, that the parish
should be reimbursed upon the order of two magis-
trates, by the Receiver-General of the county. He
,•shp_4l4 bone, that, by adopting the :regulations of a
'Bill that had lately received the Royal Assent, to
'check improper expenditure. The next clause was
in page 9, which he should.strike oat, and supply-by
;another. It was the clause that applied to persons
.Dot serving or finding substitutes. The Committee
would recolleft, that, in the Militia system, persons
itOt serving or, Ontling substitutes were liable to a
fine ; that fine was .101. but, by the Supplementary
Militia.A6t, it was.lsl. It was proposed to apply
she same principle to this Aft, but operating chtf.:-
~Ogitlx upon persons whom property was different.
He contended that persons between. sixteen and for-
tyefive shouldpay a tine of *AL :which sum was to
go the parish which was, at -20.)srlate, to find the-
stu9ta. and whatever surplus.remeined should be re-
tained by the parish in aid of the types'. rates. Every
person liable to serve should pay a-fine of 201. but,
~ with repel to persons who paid a year asses-
sed. taxes,he meant that they should pay in propoi-
tiou till thq fine amounted to 1001. which was not to
be exceeded ; but this addition. was .not to be paid
to the parish, but to the Receiver-General, and by
bins to he carried to the Paymaster. There were
other clauses, which were very similar to those in-
, troduced.in the Supplementary Militia Ad, for the
purpose al eneouraging the raising volunteers. He
observed, • that this Bill, whether it was more
or less .44491 d, .must depend upon the exer-
, tioas the gentlemen - themselves. -If they Se
the tees at. work With energy and spirit, he
,e,wtee persuaded -a very sbee period would ,sot
.elapes without the full number of men being rat...
that were necessary to the'Alifence of she country.
next tothatpcaert of aof
thvleo üßnillteer should 6= d
paid to those who served for themselves ;„he meant
eliedtat came
half the price

e Bill, and point nut the matesjal ,
Oieci fo recorninend... kip sllould
)egin with the clansirty.4 Pre.
be failind by the different con
, he ibciuld come to ithe:placa
necessary to divide the. Bill.
1 looked at the Bill, sui&ht per.
he number each county. wots to
'er in eaelz cotinty, it would le
st to more than'three-fourths of
uzidei the late Militia AA.
thetatiozi was because Govezjft=
in of the' nuinber of misniable
had been made to the Privy
seen thought right to resort to