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irm three members of the board appointed. required to pay the ad.
;oat vaccinators proposed to bep The 3001. thus saved
etield go to furnish six individuals at 301, per annum each. Cat-
ty] the talente of the gentlemen engaged, this was a very too.
inter-
Theemunration amte duties they had to perform greatly
wed with their priv practice.
Agreed to.
sum of 3.0001. met then voted in support of the institution
geed The Ketuge for the Destitute, for the year 182 e.
Tye the sum of IMMO/. tor the relief ot American loyalists.
The sum or 3.3061. for the expenses of Criminal Luneties,
Tea th agreed to.
The ven ote of tilt:. 7s. 1041. being then proposed for the usual
&flowers to Protestant Dissenting !Mters in Elieland, poor
french Protestant Refugee Clergy, poor French Protestant Re.
Alec Litt', and sundry small charities.
Mr. 11l 3IE thought it very strange that there should have been
so diminution in the annual expenditure requisite for the French
Protestant Refugee Clergymen. They appeared to him to be itn
„end. He wished to know whether those Clergymen who were
non the objects of the vote were the remnant of those persons who
one to this country in the year 1520? (A laugh.) Ile thought
that such must positively be the fact, for it was difficult to conceive
shy thee did not decrease in a fair proportiou. The Refugee laity
hel irdeed diminished according to what aright be considered a
*wattle average of mortality. Ile could not account fur the
tenacity with which those Clergymen adhered to life ; at least he
was armour to understand how it was to be made a matter of ne-
meshy ter that House to vote annually the identical sum that was
&emu! visisaMe in the preceding year.. If they could exist on
at that rate, there would be no end to the Continuance of the pr.i-
seat vota
Iik;RRIES mid that he Memberstht even the laity 'eve
found pleasing to the Honourabl by the quickness of
thew departure. It WWI to be hoped that-the clergy would hence-
(reword follow the laudable example. They had lot a long time
been determined
to live as long as they could, but now they had
weed to depart according to the most approved ruler. of mortality.
They had eonsultrd the prescribed periods of existence as the ave-
rages were csiculated at the Assurance offices, and the Ilonourable
Member (Mr. Hume) would in Route find that the Refugee Clergy
heel cormented to die in due time as well as the Laity. (A laugh.)
The difference which had existed between the Clergy and the Laity
vas occasioned by the different mode in which the parties acted
for the I Any had received their relief Individually, but the Clergy
%imposed that the relief was so the Church generally, and not to the
individual clergyman.
Mr JOHN NEWPORT expressed his regret at the great delay
which had occurred In respect to the Report of the Cimuniasiunere
of Registers and Deed& in Ireland. This was a valuable matter,
but n was strange that it was not given before the present time. It
wee in fact a dead letter. and the delay was of moat ruinous comm.
;pence to the public. These Commissioners did not think that
• they bad rewired sufficient remuneration for their services by the
stelae, and they resolved to supply the deficiency themselves.
w W
Mr. Ifril asked whether attything had been done in respect
e Board of 31anufaetores in Scotland ?
Mr. HERRIES said something of which we could not, on ac.
taunt of the noble in the gallery. collect the purport.
Mr. MABERIN thought that when a commission for an inquiry
vs. instituted two years ago there was good reason to expect some
benefit from its labours; but he was now apprehensive that the mat-
ter was got upas a means of aupplying situations foe a few idle per-
sons in Edinburgh.
Sir RONA LD FERGUSSON thought that the proceeding had
all the appearance of a job. The Honourable Secretary opposite
knew very well, at the opening of the Insitution. that nothing
could be done satief riaetom
ly. for the Government could dispose of
the matter without the uof any of these Commissioners.
Mr. HER RIES wished to assure the Honourable Member for
Abingdon (Mr. 3laberly) that every facility would be afforded in
the matter to which he had adverted. Th• report had been re.
mired, and would won be submitted for his inspection.
'The House then resumed, and resolved itself into a Committee
en the

MUTINY BILL.
Lord PALMERSTON rose, and (as we understood) wade
some observation respecting the reciprocity which ought to pre-
vail in this country toward, the French. In foreign territories the
Carewls of this country had been exempted from all those annoy-
ances that were attendant cat military arrangements. anti it was only
just the the foreigner should be treated here with equal indulgence.
There was a clause in the Act, that if an officer destroyed game
without a licence from the lewd of the Manor, he was subject to St.
peralty. But if a private soldier should commit the same offence,
his superior officer was to be fined 21 for every head of game which
was so destroyed. That was a remnant of laws which were now
gLing out of fashion. He therefore meant to propose to abrogate
the first part of that clause.
Mr. ROSIE thought it would be advisable of the Noble hoed to
reconsider the whole of the Mutiny Art, for there were many ob-
jectionable matters contained in it. From a clause in that Art it
might be inferred that the soldiers of this country were slaves. But
it was a principle of the law and of the constitotinn that from the
moment sty man arrived in this country he became free. He
wished to know if there my negroes now purchased for the pun.
pose of betotrine soldiers. anti it so what was the number ?
Lord PALIERS'I'ON said that he was surprised at the obser-
vations of the Hoe. Member who had yesterday voted fur two black
regiments.
11r. f/VMrebservol, thee anew ail the expense which had been
incurred in the formation of barracks throughout the country, it was
very strange that they wen not found to relieve the community
front all the annoynnemtwhich they were intended to obviate. It
was extraordinary that the deficiencies should prevail, and that it
was requisite to compensate It by billeting soldiers on different
persons who ought to be exempted. In such a case the fair ex.
penses incurred ought to be allowed to the individual. He knew
the caw of a man in Edinburgh who had been put to an unpleasant
expense in this way by six men who had been billeted en him.
lord PALSIERSTON said that it sometimes happened that
barracks were too full, end in othet instances soldiers were obliged
to be sent Where there were no barracks. In such cases innkeepers
were unavaidably burthened with billets i but it could not be coo-
lidera a Tay great hardship, as they entered the trade with a
knowledge of their liability to such contirgencies.
M. HUME thought that publicans, who paid all taxes as other
peters, should not be subject to this species of annoyance, and
particularly as it might be made the engine of private pique and
atelier'. They ought at all events to be allowed the fair remune-
ration of the expense.' incurred.
Lord PALM EASTON said, that if any publican was unfairly
treated, he could easily obtain redress against those who had ba-
bied an undhe number on him.

Two cLsoses Were then agreed to.
ABOLITION OF FLOGGING.
Mr. HUME rose fur the purpose of inserting a clause in the Bill
to put an end to the practice of flogging soldiers in this country.
It was a most pernicious mode of punishment, as it directly tended
to dentorallie the sufferers, and eventually to produce the same
effect on the spectators of such punialmtent ; both parties became
of less value—the one as citizens, the other as soldiers. Ile thought
that all punishments which were not absolutely necessary nuoto to
be avoided; and the system of flogging, instead of being irdispen.
'ibis was highly injurious. lie knew that many officers were of
the aspic opinion as that which he entertained on the subject; in-
deed, it had beery practically proved in foreign armies that flogging
might safely and creditably be diapenoed with. lie had on a
former occasion alluded to the ease of the Wirteniberg army, in
which the practice of flogging prevailed. An alteration had been
regarded as a matter of dubious and questionable benefit, but
when a diffivent syment bad beets 'dowel, the result was found to
be favourable to discipline. Men who had been considered too
hardened from the previous mode of treatment, became much better
soldiers when emulation became the principle of their conduct.
The whole imps was considerably improved, and so continued to
the latest accounts which had been received by him. That was an
example which ought to be followed, as its fruits were found so ad-
vanrageous. He did not know whether &similar course might not be
adopted here to that which was pursued in Wirtemberg. There in-
stead of flogging the following mode was substituted. There were
two regiments of a condemned character into which those persons
who, according to the old regime should have been flogged, were
drafted from these regiments. if still refractory they were seut into a
third, yet more ineligible. The consequence of that arrangement
tees found to be Igen beneficial. and he did nce see why a similar
plan should not be pursued in this country. liming heard from
the Right 1100. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and from the Colo-
Secretary to night, the liberal measures contemplated for the
Colonies, lie hoped that the site of the lash and the stripe would nut
gte motioned to England alone. The stimulus of the lash should
be dispensed with every where. I;ut more pattictilarly in the land
'which boasted of its freedom. Ile was no advocate for the reduc-
tion of discipline, but he did not see how it could be injuriously
affected by the removal of flogging. The time of peace. such as at
present prevailed in this country was most favourable to the expe-
riment. Emil a trial of its efficacy was heat made here, he was con-
test that It should not be applied to any dependency of England;
but in a time of peace there enuld be no danger of a relapse
of discipline. At the same time, however, thaq lie would
limit its operation ,n England; he felt convinced that a species
of punialmient which harrowed up the feeling as flogging did
should not lie permitted to exist any where—to the East In-
dus or in the West. lie should therefore propose two clauses to
remedy the evil, The first clause would be to person the infliction
nt corporeal punishment by lash or stripe on any soldier in Great
Brit:tin. The second claim was, that if any soldier be guilty, of
theft, it shall be lawful to his Majesty to send him to the Colonies.
The lion. Member then instanced the case of the United Statea of
America, In the armies of which flogging was customary until the
war in the )ear 11112. It ceased in that year on the 6th of May, and
4111:good effects were visible of dispensing with stripes and lashes.
.!bolll.r?!at.present interfere with the Colonies.

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SIT. J. SM IT II did not think that the subject had been brought
before the Muse in proper time and manner. He had hoped that
the Hen. Nietnia r (Mr. Hum.) or the lion. Baronet (Sir Francis
Burdett) with whom the principle originated, would have appointed
li day for the special4liscumion of thelsubject. lie was fart arable
to the peo.mire, and wan tinny to think that in England the tor-
t- tent, was inflicted nn the soldiery. Ile did not think that at that
late hour he should be livened to if he went ito a detail of argu-
roues. He should, thereture, restrict himself. Ile knew an officer
of dragoons, who vsceerofully rer tecered in the plan proposed.
After a great deal of watching hest. reed No far, with the exception
whlite
tit two or three refractory men. Ono his troop, at an ins n.
were highly praised, when all the other. in the regiment
cored. A man once brought to the halberd idist ail . Ind
would continue to deserve a repetition of the punishment. lie wan
rejoiced that the syriem in the Ira of this country was receiving
many improvements; and he hoped that the Right Honourable
Gentleman (Mr. Peel), who had so much disthigula.htd himself in