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ranee as to the fine : If this was allowed to exist, it would' rel
duce the tine to the premium for the insurance; and .therefor*
:here must he a penalty on nil insurance, in order to guard
against this abuse. As to the expeace of the country, it would
not be so expensive as the Training Bill, and altogether the cirri-
petfee would not reach farther than 41. a man for the year. Hay'
ing stated the general outline of the plan, be would move test
leave to bring in the Bill to empower his Majesty to raise a
Local Militia of 60,000 men. A distant day would be 6 xedfoli
the second reading. The period of service during the year wits
to be twentv-eight days, exclusive of the days for assembling,
marching, for which, however, pay would be allowed.
lls. C. YORKE supported the motion.
nu st ridiculed the plan, and thought that it wopl.
lean very hard on individuals whose families would be materially
injured by it.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill to-morrow.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved for leave to bring in
a Bill for bettering the condition of Stipendary Curates in Eng-
land. Permission was granted.
Mr. Creevey moved for certain additional Accounts relative
to the King's Droits of Admiralty. Ordered.
The Reports of the Committees of Supply and Ways and
Means, were brought up and agreed to. A Bill was ordered on
the latter.
A new Writ was ordered for Sandwich, in room of Admiral
Rainier, deceased.—Adjourned. i
WEDNTSDA Y, A FRIL 13. • •
Colonel Stanley obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend
lie law respecting the Settlement of Paupers, enabling Purists
Hikers to remove to their own country the natives of Scotland
nd Ireland, who may lee likely to becowe a burthen to the.
Parish.
The Vauxhall Bridge Bill %vac, after a few words from Mr.
S. Thornton and Alderman Combe, read a second time.
Lord Bunn* presented the Report of the Sugar Committee,
SIR Mutly.sr said, that in this Report the Committee
,were not unanimous, a; it militated in a considerable degree
arainst the landed interest, and he considered it his duty to take
an early opportunity to ground some motion on the proceedings
of the Committee.

Mn. HI DBE tur said, it was a measure of necessity that induced
the Committee to recommend to this House the propriety of
suspending for a tiene the distillation of grain, but a power was
giytsn to his Majesty in Council to do :may the suspension when
the price of barley was reduced to a certain standard, and there-
fore the landed interest could not have any ground of com-
plaint, as the interest of both parties was equally balanced in
the Report.
The Report was laid upon the table, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr. Foster brought in a 13111 to suspend for a time .to 1!e
limited, the payment of (Iran backs oft spirits exported to Ire-
-1 out, which wns read a first time.
lord Castlereagh brought in a Bill to enable his Majesty to
raise a " Local Militia," which was read a first time, and
ordered to be printed.
On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Sti-
pendiary Curates Bill was read a first and second time, and or-
dered to he pruned.
A Message was received from the Lord., stating that they
had agreed to the Irish Duties and other private Bills.
On the motion of Mr. Foster, the report of the Committee
of Supply of :Monday, grantiag the Irish Estimates, was taken
into consideration. After some discussion the Resolutioas were
agreed to.
In the Committee on the Assessed Taxes Consolidation Bill,
Mr. Lethbridge proposed a clause, laying a duty of G/. ss. on
every donble-barreled gun owed in shooting game. This was
objected to by Mr. Huskisson, who said such a proposition
ought to originate in a Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Lethbridge deferred his motion till Tuesday the 26111,
when he should move it In a Committee of Ways and Means..
ith latent to add the resolution to the Bill.
A new writ was ordered, for Yarmouth, in the Merit Wight.:
in the room of Mr. Clitherow, who had accepted the Chiltern
H ;mired,.
The- House then went into a Committee on the Orders in
Council, w ben Mr. H.. Dewar was examined in their support.
Ile wits asked various questions by Mr. Steven, Mr. Baring,

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fikoe safe and permanent themselves, with thr approbation of his Majesty, into Lint
les imperiously demanded. Militia. It would be necessary to correct the abuse of iti'Ya