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11-y .WILLIAM TUR.TON, M. D.

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111111ERI,•;1_, PA RL TAM ENT.

ROUSE OF PEERS,
WEDNFSDAY, MAY 26.

PR ZVIOUSLY to the-ordinary' business of the 'day being
entered upon,-their Lordships, in a 'Committee of Privileges,
heard Counsel and• Evidence relative to the claim of the Rev.
Mr. -Brydges to the- Barony of .Chandos. The 'further con-
sideration of the case was.adjourned till Friday.
Prayers %ver.: then read, and the routine business of the'day
was cur:m:need,
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The Earl. of SUFFOLK expressed his wish to learn from
two Noble Peers then present, one 'of whom had mentioned
his intention, tobring. forward direz-tly a -Motion respeCting
the Condoet of His Majesty's late Ministers, and the other.
had atmouni:ed an intentions of a 'Motion indirectly upon the
m • sae Subject, whether these Peers persisted ihsuch incep-
tions. ; as, in case they did not, he'should hOld it his duty to
submit -a Proposition'` to' the'llousi:' upon .the subject him-
self. What -he should propose, would go upon three differ-
ent Grounds :" First, n:spectinethe principle of the late War;
Secondly,a in regard' to the Condu of the late War; and
Thirdly, with reaped to what he Would call the desertion of
those Ministers of 'their situations, and at a peridU when the
British A runs had. achieved a conquest, that of Egypt, which
was, unexampled in the annals of the Country, and by that
Condua had led to a Pacification, which whether •it :was
safe,- honourable or, secure, he ivould leave their
_Lordships
to :judge., 'He. concluded with fixi.eg to-morrow se'nnight
for nis Intended Motion, and for which Day, their Lordships
were on the instance of the Noble Earl, ordered to be sum-
moned.

The Rills upon the Table were forwarded in their respec-
tive Stapes.
,Lcrd HOLLAND, shortly expressed his surprise, that the
ACC'JUIItS relative to the 44 per Cent. Duties, Which, on his
. Nlotion. nearly two.montas a.,go, were ordered to be-- laid be-
fore the House, were not yet produced.
Lord PELHAM observed, that he conceived some una-
-voidable delays had occurred in making up the Accounts re-
quired. it was. found ne.i.essary to send as far as Scotland
upon the occasion; bdt as soon .as the Ace,ounts.ccnild be
regularly made op, they doubtless would be laid before the
House. -

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The Earl of SUFFOLK took occasion to remark, that there
were other Accounts, which were, on the same principle,
as necessary to be produced,- as those relative to the 4i per
Cents. He alluded particularly to the proceeds un the sales
of Old Naval Stores, zkc. on .which, as,he was informed, di-
vers pensions had been granted ; he observed upon what he
called the excessive amount of the Pension List, the mo-
tives in some instances,for conferring pensions, the right the
Public had to know the particulars and arnowit ofthe,Pen-
sion List, Scc.

Lvd,PiI.HAN/ adverted to the obvious irregularity on the
part of the Noble Earl, in thus descanting on Subjeds not at
all before the liOuse. It was undoubtedly competent to any
Peer to make a Motion upon the Subject. With resped to
the appropriation of part of trig proceeds of old Admiralty
or Naval Stores, mentioned by the Noble Earl, he could as-.
sure the liouse, it was the first tirne "he ever heard Of it.
Lord HOLLAND suggested the propriety of a Motion on
the subjed, and didated one for the purpose.---Some propo-
sitions urged by his Lordship, gave riseto a conversation,
chiefly of an explanatory nature, -between the Noble Lord,
the Earls of SUFFOLK and RoaiNey, and Lords PELHAM
and Attocc AND ; the result of which was, that Lord Su
r cit,K, who proposed to make a Motion for the produCtlon
of certain Accounts respe&ling the proceeds of the Stores in
question and appropriation of the same, was induced to post-
pone the Motion.

Their Lordships then proceeded to the,Order of
the Day, and on which they were summoned, name-
ly, the second reading of the Militia Regulation
Bill, when

Lord •1107? ART: rose, and stated to the House
the principle of; and grounds on which the :mea-
sure proceeded. [Our restricted limits preclude
,us from giving but a brief sketch of the•
mess in general]. The Bill was, the. Noble Se-
cretary , observed, a consolidation of
.the
tia Laws : he confessed he could not, anticipate
any well founded- objedion that "could be 4'.4Tered to
the measure. One clause miglit possibly create some
difference of opinion among their Lordships, name-
ly, that which went to authorize an eventual
.atig-
mentation of the Militia to 20,000 men beyond
the usual-number. The icircumstances of the Col3ll_
try, and of Europe, were such as required an in-
creased Military Establishment.; not with a re_
ferente, how ever, to any apprehension entertained
by His. Majesty's Government of the Peace being.
insecure, or likely
,to be violated ; as he was of.
opinion the same pacific 'views which led France to
agree to concludethe Peace still continued, :and:of
its stability they held the same opinioni as hereto_
fore, but with a reference to the continental ac-
quisitions of France, particularly .opposite to our
'coasts, her' aggrandizeinents in other quarters,
combined with a consideration of the general
circumstances of the country. Ministers were
of opinion an intreased Military,Establishthent was
necessary, and they deem& it prerable to augment
the. Militia, to an increase of Standing Army,
,not only on Constitutional .Grounds, .bat with, an
eye to economy. The Bill was' founded on the ge_
mint: princi&s of the original Militia Establih-
mem. .All the Clnstitutionol Guards were pre_
served, such as the necessity ofHis Maieqy assem_
bling Parliament, on calling out the Militia, &c.
—On the whole, he deemed the necessity for the
Measure was so apparent, and that the Bill was so ,

unexceptionably fornied, that he was a a loss to
kro I/ what objettions, could possibly be urged

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against it.
Earl FITZWILLIAM delivered his sentiments
at ,some length against the measure. He principally
censured it 1n detail, and pointed our the hardships
which he conceived it Would impose upon the lower
orders of the people, with a reference to the nume-
rous exceptions to serving in any the higher and mid-
dling classes,. anti also from the consideration of the
poor being requtred to pay as much as the rich.
The price of bubstitutes,• he contended, had varied
from 61. to 71: With respeta to an increased-Mili-
tary Establishment, he was fltr from having an objec-
tion to it, he only disapproved of the means of effeel-
ing it provided by this Bill ; that there was no dread
of Invasion, he believed, was universally admitted.
With regard to the lciyaltY of the people, he would
• not libel them so far as to suppose it ; the people
generally speaking were lOyal upon three grounds,
first attachment to the Sovereign.; 2dly, Attach;
rnent to the Constitution.; and: loyal, '3,11y, For the
sake and welfare of the Country itself. His idea
was, that by :this treasure something relative to
foreignervice was in contemplation.—His Lord-
ship concluded'a number of objeftions with moving,
tear instead cf " Now," " the Bill be-read this day
three months."
The Earl of 'CARNARVOA: in seconding the
'-'lotion,, deliver his opinions on the subje4with
a considerable degree of warmth, which were de-
cidedly,hostile to the Bill. He censured it as go:
ing to produce an oppressive tax principally tyon
the land occupiers and the poor of the country.
Placemen, pensioners, the rich in general, and par_
titularly rich womer.,,who could not personally e,
were nor called upon to contribute. The mei'_
sure was alsO, be said, uneconomical and w:cvasti-

rational ; it would go to convert the Militia into
an Army. He expatiated upon the great utility of
the Constitutional Military Force, and cited an, in-
stance of their loyalty and willingness to serve
when he was stationed in camp near Plymouth in the
American War, when the Country was in constant
apprehension of a French Invasion.

The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM argued at
some length in favour of the measure, which nothing
short of a convktion of its necessity could induce
him to 'support. He expatiated on the utility and
good services of the Militia, but contended that,
upon several occasions, their numbers were-found to
be too small, and that augmentation was uniformly.
resorted to.

The Earl of RONfNEY delivered his sentiments
against the Bill, as did the Earl of DARNLEY in
support of it. _

The Earl of RADNOR argued strongly against
certain'parts of the Bill ; but seemed to say;that his
sense of the situation of the Country was such, as
that the objeaions which he might have, against the
measure, should upt influence his vote.
Lord PELnAni, in a speech of some length,. very-
ably and distinEilv defended the Bill, and satisfac-
torily'answered the various objegions which had
been urged against it.
The Question being called for, the House, divid-
ed, when there appeared,
• For the second reading of the Bill, 22
Against it, 6

Majority, - 16
Their Lordships then, at half past Eight o'clock,
tuijourned (on account of the intervention of Holy
Thursday), till' Friday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, MAY -26.

NEWBOLT called the attention of' the House to a
mistake in the Return of a Burgess for Newtown, in-the Isle
Of Wight, in which the name of EVAN LA W was inserted,
instead of EWAN LAW, the Gentleman actually elected.---
The Eledion of Mr. E,w AN LAW being proved by Roali a r
CLA RKE, Esq. the Returning Officer, the Deputy Clerk of
the Crown was ordered to amend the Return, and Mr: EWAN
LAW was then introduced, and took the .oaths and his seat:
The Medicine Stamp Bill, the Irish Loan Bill, and the
Irish Sinking Fund Bill, were. read a third titne.and passed.;
The Auction Duty Bill, and the British Fishery Bill, the
Irish Yeomanry Bill, and the Police Bill, were' read'a second
time, and.committed for to.:morrow.

Mr. ALL:XA NDER brought up the Report of the Franking
Bill, Much was read and agreed to, and the. Bill ordered to
be read a third time to-morrow.

The Report of the Scotch Militia Bill was ordered to• be
received to-morrow. -

The SECRETARY at WA R moved for leave to bring in a
Bill •to repeal an Act of the 33th•of his present Majesty, tUr
'exempting the Mine.rs in. Cornwall from serving in .the
litia, and to embody them more etfeclually for the defence of:
Great Britain, it being now, he said, thought advisable to
put them under the general system established' throughout
the Kingdom.—Leave given.—The SECRETARY at WAR
shortly afterwards brought up the Bill, which was read a
first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-Morrow.
The Volunteer Corps Bill, and the Irish Militia Subalterns
Bill, passed through Committees.-Report to-morrow.
Mr., B p)t op t 1110,,Td, to refer_the Report, of the Petition
relative to tile-boats, to the Committee of Sup ply.—Order-•
ed.—lle would, he said, give due notice of the day on which
he wished.to bring the subjcd forward in that Committee. •
A Message from the Lords informed the House that their
Lordships had agreed to the Lottery Bill, the Temple Bar
Bill, and several Private Bills.

Mr. N. VANSiTTART brought up the Report of the
Debtors Bill, which was ordered to be taken into further
consideration to-Morrow. .
The Comn►ittee.on the Irish Linen Bill was postponed till
Monday. • •