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%::"Etil4L PARLIAMEIv

HOUSE OP PEERS,

TIJ E.SD AY, JUNE J 5.

Cc uvs ~.verc heard at
.4o,fne length rrjakive to the Scotch
Appeal—Rebecca and "Thomas Lashley; v. ThOnias HOg, of
Newliston, Esq. namely—Mr. ATTQR:Niiy GENERAL,' on
the part of the Appellants, and Mr. FCoMIitLY, as leading
Counsel for the •Respbricient. After which their 4...ordsbips
cicferred the farther hearing of th,e case till Friday.
• The Neutral Ships Bill—the Hackney Coach Bill—the
British Fishery—the French Letters Postage, and ,the West
India rocks Amending Bill, were brinight ft,brn the
Commons by M r.' ALA XANI)ER attended by se:iferal-%Ment-
Jbers.
Some,of ,the Bills upo;i the 'cable were forwarded, and
;orne routine business disposed of.
Their Lordship then proceeded to the Order of
The Day, which was for the ,Co.mtnitment of the
. . .
Scotch Militia 134.117---the Hopse accordingly resolved
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into the said Committee, Lord WAL§INGHAM in
the Chair.

The various Clauses and provisions' of the Bill,
As they were submitted to the Committee, produced
a great deal of discussion, which passed through
the medium of a very long, desultory, and, in some
instances, ratter irregular conversation, in which
the Eajls of CARrARVON,
Rost.tx, and BERICELPY, the 'Dille of
Nlimltost, and Lords TyuaLow, HOBARTi and
the Logo CU4::;,CE.LLOR, took a part: Yn an early
loart of the discussion, a division took place relative
U) an Amendment proposed by the Earl of CAR-
NAr,VON, to the etfeet, that the qualifications for
the Deputy Lieutenants, should, instead of 4001.
Scots, as proposed by the Bilir be +OOl. sterling.—
The numbers were, for the Amendment 6—Against
It 16 Majority, 10, .
In the course of the 4iscussion it ..transpired, that
the Scotch-Militia being by the conclusion of the
War in 'far?` dissolved, the Bill was to authorise the
organization, of a new Militia in that part of the
Urtited Kingdom, and on principles entirely new ;
and'also, that as coon as the present Bill shall have
passed, it was intended to propose a new Bill for
granting certain allowances to the Subaltern Offi-
cers of:the S,cotch•Militia,

• A variety of Amendments were proposed, chiefly
by Lord.HOBART, and adopted by the Committee ;
and many of the Clauses were severally animad-
verted on, and opposed principally by the Earl of
CARNARVON, ar;d by the Earls FITZWILLIAM and
)3ERKELEY.

The Duke of MONTROSE warmly defended many
of leading provisions of the Bill against the
arguments of the opposing Peers. His Grace, how-
ever, took occasion to express his opinion, that
the period limited for the purpose of drilling and
exercising the men, was by ito means sufficient for
the purpose : it was pot then his intention to pro-
pose any amendment, but in a future Session he
hoped Ministers would• see' the necessity of .ex_
lending the period in question.
'The Earl of. C ARN ARVON having- observed,
that the charges.of the Militia in this Coontiv, as.
well as the maintenance of the Parochial Poor, fell in
g!meral upon the, Land Occupiers, whereas Personal
Proprietors, Monied Men, and Placernen and Pen-
sioners, were comparatively exempted,
The LORD Cil A NCELLOR stated, that.personal

property was by law, as liable to be ra:ed to those
charges, as landed or any other species of property
the causes of its not being actually rated in the
sarne proportion, was sowing to its peculipr nature,
to the inipraaieability of getting it so well—to
its intangibility,"and to other obvious causes. And
with respcd to what the Noble Earl had more.than
once said respe4ing Placemen and • Pensioners
increasing these 'rates a-id charges, he could inform
hint, and from his own personal experience, that as
a Placeholder, to which situation, however, some
onerous diities were annexed ; he paid to the Land
Tax not less than four shillings in the pound—

wherf as as a land-owner, for 'alit of land which
;le posses., d in the North of England, the rates
.‘vtie.so- Lid, that he got off for ahout 71d. in the
Fou:r3. _ _

Uo the remaining clauses of the Bill, discussion
more or less tOO% p!ace, particularly on that clause
elated to (he trial and punishment of such
Soldiers as should not use " due dil;gence" in
coming to the appointed place of rendezvous. The.
provisions were warmly combated by the Earif, of
CAR NARV ON and FlTzwit,t.rs, and defended
with very great ability by the LoitD CHANCELLOR,
whO wa f,ilowed by Lord HOBART.
The Bill being- t.ntirely gone through, the House
ret.umed, and ordered the Report to be received to-

111OrTOW.

The rcrr.t.ining B:Ils before the House were then
forw:irded iu their respective st;:ges,---these y,•ere
mostly' Cornrnitmenzs.

The Order for summoning doe House relative to
the Earl of SUFtcwc's Motion rcspeding the con_
duff, of His I.Vlajesty's late Ministers, was, as we
z7ou d colle;:i, discharged, and no future day spt.ci-
fled for the purpoe.
The Bilis hiought up from the Commons in the
early part of !b•_ esening were severally read a first
time.

Some private business was then disposed of, and
at nine o'clock the House adjourned till to-morrow.

HOUSE COMMONS,

TUrSDAY, JUNE 15.

e Marquis of Downshire's Estate Bill was
read .a second, time, anti ordered to be committed

;5)- morrow.

The Vie.st India Dock Bill was read a third time
and passed. _ _ _

The Fren;:h Postage Lill. was read a third time
and passed.
Certain Accounts, relative to the Emoluments of
Pubiic-Oflicts, were brought up, ordered to lie on
the Table, and a certain i,umber of Copies of them
ordered to be printed fOr the use of the Members.
The Report of the Committee on the Marine
Mutiny all was brought 141, and the Bill was or-
dered to he rcad a third timetc—inorrow.

"an Repirt the Leg;icv %unit) Duty Bill was
brought up, anti tiv 1 brckred to he read a tlitrd
time to-morrow.

Report ()idle Clergy Relief Bill was brought
un and. tlle u;dered to bz.' read a third time to-
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