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ROUSE OF C0.11,110N5.1,
TUr.sDAy, MARCH 20. •
Mr. Exchequer Bills Bill was:read a third
and
Sir,lnCoß .'rL Ey moreA f the following 'AC
• .
counts, which were Se ver all y ordered :
-;
Au Account:, quaetity ot NiAt.,e3cported from Great
Britain to Ireland, and
‘'eatA; ending(he sth of I antt.try , 1-8-.4;,ithd the lluti.es paid
••• - • . :• . •
,An Account of .the quantity of Malt :canted cc,..:wtse
front Et.. sand to Scot land, 411(1' Prom Scot; ed to E ns• l 414
for the same period; and Atie Dutine paid titt...eon..;, i
An A:ccount, or the qpiolitv. ot. Beer, exp ortcti front G
Britain to krel-ancl, and front i AiLl toI. •at I.;citain, Or the
and' the•Dtitic paid tiir
An Account of the'quantity of Matt '..nargcd vvit,h,l),u:yAl
Englautl;apti Scottan4 for t.te petiod.
An Account or "the qu .antity ciri\A.,llr charged Ditty ih
reiana; for the baine Petlo3; witiVtitt tat4.and-am9unt ot-the
ThityltheteOn., , '
An ccount of the. quantity of Strong Beer. T.;'3l:'i:.se•„
and Sptall'lleer, charged with I)utriri'G teat the
same period. •
Mr. UrsH ED KEET4E moved for a list Oc
lio Acconn,antj, the penees4 againstl whom+ h-en
.controlled or prevented tinder the 39 and' 40
`which, after a few 61.i'sei-v-atiOns' from-N.lr, VAlci-
-stn./Ott, Was agreed-ro.'• • -
An Account was presented from the F.;.C.Cileefielt,
of titp payments to; and .charges-on, the Cotiaulidted
Fund, .'together wiitAome Other AcXOU:nti,
vas"ortiered to4lie'oti't-he table,' and to- be:iiiinted,
" Hill vas rend a seeond--tiltie,Earld
.arter:a few troth Mr. Chitty Ety, 1-IV.Ir.
G. YANA TTAIT, Mr. C ELLus, anW
Ru'ss EL, was cqrnmitt'eti .witch an
should 'stand over till ilfeer the
v
tatrie(clee'rssst.anding it
PROPERTY TAX':'

•

Lord TEMPLE said, the House Was aWare,that
he had given notice of a •M,ition relative• to7t-he
payment' of the Property Tax by. Subalterns in. the
Army and Militia- Upon' looking, 'however, into
the AEI, he had found several cases stronger in }mint
of hardship than the case Of 'the Subalternsytandlhe
therefore 'thought he 'should 'do wrong to bring•ffr_
Ward their case, without•byibging'farWard .the oilier
cases, of equal or greater hardship. He shoal& rneie-
I re withdraw' his notice, and give a new•notice,,of
his intention to bring forwards- as soon•as possible
after the ReceSs, a Motion upon the.subjeft, whenihe
she uid sWitnit to the Fisi,use.the• propriety, of'.going
into a Committee'th 661qiiier'of altering and:moth-
' lying certain parts "of t4ie'Propetly Tax AO:
.
Mr. SecretaryNomti moved,the
,Order of the
Day for the further consideration of the Report of
the Volunteer Bill. .
The Report being !t.aken,into.-furirr„copsidera.
tion,' most of the Amendments. were gone through,
:.and agreed to iv Clout discussioi,
On tie Clause imposing a penalty. of 2001. on
I-Commanding Officers making false Returns, „
IIIr..CALCRAFT wishe.3 I,llat a stinjar pena„lty
• migh.t be • extended to Commaodi9g.,Cifficers
negleaed to make any.: Returns, as t4eteby a whole
:!Corps might lost-.,tbejr exegiptiqn•••;.l.
Mr. Secretary YORKE said, he did not know
:Of. any objeWon to'some Perta,l.LY, but he tbought
2001. too large a penalty fur what might happen to
,1..)e a mere inadvertertu,„
..,Hekiwas.of opinionAqw-
.ever, that a Clause upon sutije4 had better be
proposed on the third rti4ing.::(!

).. .1.,

^it ~4, ~~

The Proviso in the Clause relating to Resignation,
which prevented these Volunteers from resigning
who had entered into any special engagement to
serve during a particular period, was agreed to be

left outs
On the Clause respecting the Allowances to Vo-
lunteers on being called out,
Mr. PIT!' said, that as the Clause stood, the
Guinea to which each Volunteer would be entitled
who came out on permanent pay and duty, tvas to
be placed in the hands of the Commanding'Olicer to
lay cut the whole or part, as he should think fir,
for necessaries for the use of such Volunteer. Noes,
when he first took the liberty of suggesting to the
House the propriety of improving as rapidly as pos-
sible the discipline of the Volunteers, he conceived
that the idea of the House was to hold out to each
Volunteer distinctly a bounty for so doing. It
was agreed that many must make great sacrifices in
coming out on permanent duty, and he did un-
det.stand that the principle of giving a bounty toe
each individual was acceded to. But he could not
help thinking that the bounty being disposed of as
provided in the Bill, it must operate as an impedi.
:Dent to any encouragement to the Volunteers to
come out, as the sum to he given would no longer
be at the'disposal of the individual, nor would he he
enabled to provide for his family out of it during
his absence. The money was thus prevented ft=
becciining What it ought to he, a substitute for his
earnings during his absence. As to purchasing
great-coats and other necessaries out of this allow-
ance, it was clear that the Volunteers must have
those necessaries for taking the field in case of emer.
gency, whether they went on permanent duty or
not. It was clear, therefore, that in merely holding
Trot this inducement to them to go on permanent
duty for two or three weeks, in order to attain that
state of discipline which was so necessary and irn.
portant, there was not that encouragement which '
was adequate to the objeet. If they wanted the
advantages which would result from the Volunteers
thus corning out on permanent pay and duty, the
only way of inducing them to do so was to offer a
bounty whiCh would be a real sum in the pocket of
each individual. It appeared to him that this pro-
vision in the Bill was likely, in a great measure, to
defeat the ob'oaa of the. Clause. He then adverted
to an .Instruelion issued by Government, recom-
Meoding that those Volunteers who had large fami-
lies likely to become chargeable to their respective
Orishes, should not be called out on permanent rluty
[for which see a subsequent Column). The
material °Ned having been to obtain aa• many
Volunteet Corps as possible on permanent pay
and duty, Parliament had not only proposed
to give a bounty for this purpose, but also
to make provision for the Families of Volun-
teeis so coming out, in the. same. manner as:with
respect to 'Militia-men. If a large propOrtioe of
the Volunteers had families, and were not, there-
Use, to he called Out on permanent duty with the
rest of their. Corps, it might have a very bad effect
upon the Force of the Country, as, in case of their
bring called out upon actual service, when perhaps
one-third, or one-half, or two-thirds cf a Corpi had
been for three weeks upon permanent duty, and the
-rest not, the.whole might be thrown into confusion
from the inferiority of discipline in the latter. Could
any man suppose, that for the sake of a contingency
of families becoming burdensome to a parish, those
Nvlio had families ought to be prevented from attain-
ng discipline ? who having greater ties and ciciser
connections, they would be the more induced
'to fight for their homes, their altars, and their
country. If any preference was given in compos-
ing a Volunteer force, it ought to he to those hay-
ing.families, as from the nature of the service they
-were required to go only to a_short distance from
their homes, and only for a short period, unless
:called out
.into actual service. It did appear to him
a little singular, that whilst Parliament were adopt.
ing measures for inviting all the Volunteers to come
tout on ,pertitanent pay and.dtity, that another sys:em
.sboald be adopted by Ministers, and that it should
_be requiredtha't those having familiesiikely to be.
oine chargeable to the Parish should not be called
He was of opinion that every Volunteer
:ought to be invited to come out, whether he had a
,family_or not. There was besides a provision made
. for their 'families, in the event of their .absence,
and at any rate, the Clause in the Ati, and the
system adopted by Ministers, were utterly incurs.

sistent.r. , , •• •
Secretary' YORKE contended that the Guinea
.ought not to go indiscriminately into the -tickets of
the V,luntrer•, as, though there might he several
industrious men with fatuities, who might wish to
appropriate the money to the use of those families,
yet there were others who might probably lay it
Ont. JO procuring those indu:gencies which were mot
very consitent with the character of a soldier.—
Malty inconveniencies might likewise arise from
Votuhteers having their money given to them to
spend in a town where there might be other Troops.
The money besides would of course only be laid out
in necessaries, if the Volunteer stood in need of
them; if co the contrary he came provided with
them, the Commanding Officer might immediately
pay the money to him, and at any rate would
be accountable to him for it by Law. As to
the instruftion issued by Government, it was merely
recommendation to avoid as much as possible 'la_
Bing on rernianent pay anti duty those Volunteers
Nrbo had families, which were likely to become
Chargeable to the Parish. He knew that much incon-
xenierce had arisen last autumn from taking men
from their families to a distance on permanent pay
and duty, as they frequently returned with habits
not very congenial with industry. The only ob.
deft of the instruhion in Short was to inform Coin.
manning Officers that they were not obliged to take
with them on permanent duty, every man of their
Corps, but that they might, and were recommend-
ed to `leave chore behind who had families,- which
would be left without support.
Mr.WILBEgF:)RCE supported the ideas urged by
Mr. PITT.
a. A 1 f.' ROSE, said, that with regard to the in.
strutiurt which had been sent by the Secretary, re_
Lorrilirending that Volunteers ss jib iamilies should
not' be called out pun permanent duty, it would,
in his opinion, be produEtive of very. bad conse-
quences, because it would eery materially ohstruEt
progresi-of the Corps in the attainment of

tary discipiiui. There were two Corps of which
he had considerable knowledge, and he had glade
ing,iiries to ascertain the number of married men
with families in each of them, and he found that
in one of them three-fourths of 'the men were mar-
ried and had families, and in the other one,half. If
then it was necessary that these Corps should be
perfelted in their discipline, it would be absurd to
suppose that it could be done by calling out on per_
manent duty in one case one half, and in .the other
case only one-fourth of the Corps. The Right
Hon. Gentleman had said, that these instructions
were not mandatory, but left a discretion to the
Lord Lieutenant or Conn-handing Officer; hut how.
ever they were intended, they would be considered
as, mandatory. If the Right Hon. Gentleman would
alter his instruaions, and leave it in the discretion of
the Commander of a Corps, when it was called out
on permanent duty, to dispense with the attendance
of men in extraordinary cases, when, for instance,
they had eight or nine children, it would certainly
take.. away a great part of his objection ; but un-
doubtedly, if every man who had two or three
children was to be left at home when the rest were

called-out, it would inevitably injure the discipline
of the whole Corps.
The CHANCULOR of the EXCHEQUER
said,;that Gentlemen seemed to target, that the Vo.
lunteers had already made considerable_ progress in
their discipline, and therefore, it was not now so
essential that every man. should be called out as
it was before. A wish had been expressed, that •
a discretion should be vested in the Commanding
Officer, with regard to the mode of applying the
Guinea that was allowed upon their being called out
on permanent duty. This discretion was, in fad vest-
ed in the Commanding Officer ; because he was not
desired to lay out the whole of the money in the
purchase of articles for the men, but only as touch
as was necessary :—this Guinea, so applied, had
operated as a considerable inducement to the Vo.
lunteers to offer to go on permanent duty ; for,, in
the course of last year, no less titan z4.,000 were
called our. With regard to the instruction whch
had been issued by his Right Hon. Friend, he can.
tended that it was not absolutely mandatory upon
the Commanding Officer, bdt left him the discretion
to leave at home such men as he might think proper,
in consequence of their having large families. It
was clear that the Country would have a great deal
more to pay for disciplining men with families, tl;an
those who had none. This was certainly not a rea.
son why the former should not. be called out ; but
it certainly deserved consideration.; besides, in
many instances, it would be produelive of great in.
convenience, if men Who had.._ large families
,were
separated from them for any.lerrgth of time.
Mr. KINN4IRD denied that, this guinea was ati
inducement to the Volunteers to come ogt; '„eal..t
in tieothiod, I;eekitrec.'in ,faet,they,were not paid,' He
wished to know whether,this guinea. was to be paid
to them, and if it was, whether it was-in the discte-
tion of the, ComManding Office( to lay it Out for the
men in the .purchase of necessaries .for them ; and he
also wished to know: whether that 'uineal was to be
considered as a part of the awo guinea's which the
Volunteers were to receive when called out in case
of 'lnvasion
Mr. YORKE said, it was owing to a mistake
that the Corps in the North did not receive the
guinea when they were called but last yeat-,
,hut, it
certainly would vbe paid, and :the Commanding ;Offi-
cer would Tiave to lay it out according to his dis,
cretion..in purchasing necessaries fur the: men,
turning the ovrrplus to the men.
Mr. STURGES BOURN4 contended that the
Guinea allowed ought to be paid diredly to the Vo.
lunteers, as an 'inducement' to them to offer their
services for permanent dUti; Tile), came out last
year because they were told of Invasion, but they
would not come out upon the same groo:ais now
when they were told, rs they had, been in Parlia-
ment, that all apprehensions tn on that subject was
a mere paa.ic, and that thc Fleet- at Baulegne was a
Musquito Fleet. This Guinea plight therefore to
he given to the .men, and even that would be.but a
small compensation for the loss of time they 'would
sustain in being absent from their labour for three
weeks. _

Mr. O.EoRNE concurred in the same opinion.
Air. PITT said, if he had understood the Instruc-
tion sent round by the SECRETARY Of STATE, ac.
cording to the constrOion now put upon it, he
certainly would nut have troubled the House about
it, but certainly that was not the way in which it
was generally understood. He was perfaily satis-
fied with the explanation he had heard, and should
ad accordingly ; but he submitted, whether it might
not he proper that some means should he taken of
informing others who might have understood the
Instrudions as he had done, and who had not the
advantage of hearing the explanation which had
been given. He would not say any more upon that
subjc,A, but he wished to do away a miscowtrudion
which had been put upon what had fallen from him.
It had been represented as if he wished that the
Guinea should be given to the men as soon as they
were called out, in order that they might spend it
in drunkenness and debauchery. He had never said
that he wished the money to be paid to the man as
soon as he was called Out. It might be paid to him
after the time for which he was called out was ex-
pired, or it alight be paid to him in different por-
tions during the time he was out. He should there-
fore propose that the money should he paid to
the men within one month after they were cal-
led out, or sooner, if the commanding Officer
should judge necessary. It had been said, that
it was always intended that the money should
he laid out in necessaries, anti particirlarly for
great coats ; but this could hardly he • the
case consistently with the other provisions of
the Bid, because it was proposed that the man should
only receive a proportion of the guinea, :•cclrding
to the time he was out, for instance, seven shillings
for one week. But if the money was to he laid
out in the purchase of a great coat, it would not
be very easy to purchase a great coat, which would
cost at the lowest 16s. out of seven shillings, and
to pay the overplus to the man. In the case of In-
vasiOn he dill not think the money ought to be paid
in the first instance to the men, because then dry
were called out compulsorily and for an unlimited
time ; but the case was very different when it was
an ohjed to induce men-to go out in order to i;73-

prove themselves in their discipline. Mr. Pt yr
concluded with moving an amendment to the
clause, the objea of which was, that the Com-
manding Officer should pay tlte guinea to the
ma) within one month after he was called out

en permanent duty, or sooner if be sit3uld judge

necessary.
Mr. G. VANSITTART opposed the amendment.
General MAITLAND alici-disailiroved of it ; hi
said, many cases might occur, in which a man cal

led out for three weeks' duty might want necessa,
rics, which, according to this amendment, he migh
not have till the end of the month.

Mr. Y. CARE* also disapproved of the.amend
ment, because he thought it inconsistent. with the
Volunteer System that they should have .pay.
Mr. W. DUND AS conceived it to be highly tie.
cessary, that the money should be paid to the men
as an inducement to them to go -upon_ permanent
duty ; and as to the objeetion which had been made,
that the men might want necessaries before the ex-
piration of the month, there was nothing in the
amendment of his Right Hon. Friend that would
prevent apart of the money being advanced before
the month was expired.
Mr. HOB HOUSE was of opinion that it would
be much more advantageous that the money should
be laid out for the men in purchasing necessaries,
than that it should be paid to them ; and of all ne-
cessaries he thought none could be more useful than
a good great coat.
Mr. H. L ASCELLES approved of the Amend-
ment, and contended that it would not prevent the
Commander of Corps from laying out the money
in the purchase of necessaries for the men if it was
applied for. It was really impossible that men could
be expeded to come out unless they had some com.
pensation for their loss of time.
Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON said, that the most
advantageous way of laying out this money would
be to purchase great coats, which were in point of
fait absolutely necessary. With respect to the price
of them, he knew that so far from their costing three
or four and twenty shillings, that very good ones
might be had for 13s.
Mr. CANNING said, that the guinea which was
to be allowed to the Volunteers 'who offered their
services for permanent duty had been very improper.
ly, in his opinion, compared with the marching
guinea allowed to the Regulars and to the Militia.
With regard to the latter, when they were ordered
to march, it was not optional in them to march or
not, they were bound to do it ; but-the case was very
different with regard to the Volunteers. You could
pot compel the Volunteers to offer their services for
permanent duty, and therefore the guinea was given
to them as an inducement to them to go out. It then
became necessary to consider whether it would be a
grea:ea :-aa it ii;;;; :Zr ;el ;Tam trrn; ;113 pinta
must at all events he laid out in necessaries for him,
or to give him his choice tohave either the money or
the necessaries ;_because the Commanding Officer was
not restritled by this Amendment from laying out
the money in necessaries, if the man wished it,
Rut it seemed to him absurd to contend that the
money must be laid out in necessaries, and particu.
larly ill great coats. 'Suppose a man was only out
a seek, in which. case he would be only entitled
to seven shillings of the guinea ; such a man, he
supposed, instead of a great coat, -would only have a
Spencer. If he was out only a fortnight, theta he
would have a Spencer, with one skirt; and if he
staid Ilia whole three weeks, then he was 'to have
a whole great coat. t had been said, that there
were twiny. Article) which it was absolutely neces-
sary .that these Corps should have ; and it was ask,
ed, " Who were to pay them ?" His answer was,
gi The Public." If the services of these' men were
essential to the Public Safety, these Articles should
undoubtedly be furnished at the Public Expence.
Mr. POLE CAKEW explained.
The SECRETARY at WAR defended the Clause
as it originally stood in the Bill, and thought the
Amendment unnecessary. He said that , upon the
general observations which had been made upon eco-
nomy, the question stood thus :—Whether.the Vo-
lunteer who went out on permanent service was to
be allowed the great coat and other necessaries, and
also the marching-guinea ? If this was intended.
then Gentlemen should come forward, and avow
this as their intention, foie their arguments went
to that- extent, although they had never yet
avowed it. The only question in reality was,.
whether it was advisable that a Volunteer who
came- thus forward upon permanent duty, should
have the bounty in money or in a number of ne.
Cessaries to he provided for him according to the dis.
cretion of his Commander ; which of these two modes
was likely to be the most effectual and truly henefi.
cial to the Corps whO should come out ? He was of
opinion that providing the Volunteer with these ne.
cessaries was likely-to be the most effeCtual and bene.
ficial for the Volunteer, and for that reason he was
in favour of the original clause and against the
amendment; and he illustrated this by observing,
that an individual Volunteer when called out on the
sudden, inight be at a losskto procure at once those
necessaries of 7 whi'elt he might be in need, and he
might he made to pay extravagantlyfor them, whereas
the Commander, by buying a great number together,
might have them at a cheaper rate, and the man
would in this case be sure to be provided with them
at all events, whereas if he had the money, he
might be placed ,in a situation in -aOncli he might
not have them at all. Nor was this any hard• nip
at all on those who were completely equipped, for
in that case they would have the guinea, for it was
a _bouoty at all events to be advanced to every Vu.
!weer who thus came forward upon permanent duty.
'Mr. W. WY NNE was against the Amendment.
General G IiOSVENOR said, he never was an
advocate fur this guinea at all—it was one out of
two guineas to be allowed in all to the Volunteer,
-and he sleand vote for its being laid out as proposed
by the original clause, and not by that which was
proposed by the Amendment.
Mr. RO.S'Z thought, that the principal objeft to
be considered was; that which was most likely to
operate'as an inducement with men to come forward
upon permanent du-Iy, and 'make themselves better
fit to meet- the Enemy by superior discipline to that
posseis.ed at present. In that view of
the case, he was inclined to think, that the Guinea
would heve a better effed than the dloaths, gene.
rally speaking, and that determined him for the

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amendment. He ridiculed the ideas of Mr. g•
AoottioroN, on the scare of cheap doodling
could have wished, if these ideas were correct, (,°
know the direction of the Right Hon. Gentleman
tailor ; but the truth was, that the expence
Cloathing had been much understated, for Ile knew
°f
,",.,
from an Inspetting General of a Distritl, "",c
was as great an enemy to foppery as any. man in t''
Service, that' -the lowest penny at which a Volun•
leer's cloathing could be purchased was
He answered the objetlion to this guinea beings
bad`
bad precedeOt in the way of pay to the Volunte"
by observing that it .was not in the nature of par.
but bounty.
Mr. JEFFERY, of Poole, spoke upon „At'brie
same sublet", and did agree with the Right "-kg
nourable - Gentleman that a Volunteer's great-Oa
could be bought for thirteen shillings. If he vve,,f,.6
to present such a coat to one of the Corps ""
had the honour to command, he should expeet It t°
be thrown in his face. His Corps had3bzesehn
permanent duty, and the men had received their g"
neat in seven and five shillings at a tiny-, and theera
was no murmuring among them. He thought c
present Clause wanted a great deal of explanati°l' a
least, if not amendment.
Mr. KINNAIRD was apprehensive that et&
clause was very defeetive, and indeed inconsistel':
with the rest of the provisions of the Bill. He war
not quite sure that in strict military language, a gre_,—
coat would come under the head of necessaries'
—e
Neither was he perfeCtly sure that a Voluntl,
might not maintain• an atlion against his Comma"
ing Officer who &dotted, without his leave, orli/
part of his marching guinea.
Mr. BULLER thought the instruttion of tit:
SECRETARY of STATE upon the subjed of calling
OM the Volunteers very proper. He professedbiT;
self a friend to economy, and that was one of t:,
reasons why he supported the present Adminisffr;
tion of this Country, with which he never had alli
connettion. He was not ashamed to confess hill
self a friend to economy in public affairs, nor his
he any scruple to declare that other Administratio
would have been better for the Public if eenn°(ll),,
had been more their study. He was determine", , --1
negative the amendment and vote for the uriea'
clause. .
of
Mr. FONBL ANQUE thought the I.anguage,;nz
the clause doubtful :—He thought the Coalmanue
Officer had full power by the clause to proved`
the Volunteer with what was necessary, In'
then what was necessary was in a great me!:
sure a question of taste. A great Coat 0g1";
appear • necessary to one man, while anothea
might prefer a feather. The question here was 0
question of inducement, what was most likely to cea c .
a man into the field before the enemy comes, 0
when becomes we shalt none of us need inducement' •
but before lie comes, what was most likely to bri4 i
a man into the field ? To be provided with what 11,
.Commander thought necessary, or with what hill);
self thought necessary ? He apprehended the lot";
and the guinea in.the pocket .was mor4 co,octuci 're oil
the end than the coat to the back, for which teas
he supported the Amendment. s ?
. _
For the Amendment. .
.For the Original Clause without it /339
end'
The House then proceeded in the other Pi a of
men's in the diffetent. Clauses of the Bill, °-„th,
which produced a conversation of considerable 15111'
ably supported by ' .
„All,.
Mr. H. LAsCELLES, the SECRETARY of o' sit
Mr. Ross, Mr. P. CAREW, Mr. W. WYNNE' thC
WILLIAM GEARY, and Mr. PITT. It Was stet
Clause providing that no agreement betwerm 01 ii,
and servant, in agriculture, Ste. should he iforser, .
tot
dated by the servant being inrolled as a V.OIIAPo'e 4
but showing the master to dedoet a reasonable Pr
y„
portion from the wages of the servant, why shwil
ceive pay while he goes out to be trained and
excised, &c. ott°
In the course of this conversation it Was thr
tart
he
out, that there had been too much disposition 5.. ter
in Farmers to discourage 'the' System cf Voo.° AO
Service ; and, at the end of the conVersaticlich
Amendment was adopted, the substance of ,5,,,. for
was, that the Farmer should make no tietitleb°-rdess
the absence of his servant on suoth occasionso,3';ll/ ''
that absence be more than four hours in one (I,,sr,
in
The diFission on the proposition of Mr. yAss'. I
proceeded to a considerable length.. of 1.1
Mr. PLIT described some regulations, in, the wainds, o.ii)
lot, which he thought would answer the pr, oposedici r- ~vej\
furnish a compensation ore the part of the. Vold°,Taccl: t"-1,44
may. resign, &c.. for the temporary hardship, "V". is ''''',,c:. ,
previous exemptions imposed upon other iiidwiJoViild ''',
were generally liable—He: thought the regulation ' iide to,
better introduced as a Supplementary Proviso, and, bc to iftl
reasons he had stated, it would be a fair inducement
%. Roe,
lunteers to remain in their respeelive Corps, wh,cn t.he.; JP.
that such a real and efficient Ballot as lie had describe.'" ht
not a count:al one, was hanging over their heads. gir
• Mr. sioa Kr. appeared adverse to the ideas of the, iiitc,l):
Hon. Gentleman. He thought the present pra.iti::c. '' ',„,•001',
to be efficient to every desirable purpose ; beside, It kieiv •
cause a great deal of additional trouble to the DeputY ~ 1
tenants. sir Sl,
The Conversation continued between Mr. G 1 1., Of it seest
GEARY, Mr. BANKES, Sir I.War-rtst.xv,anit '..3.431°
tary Y.oaxg. : the latter did not entirely set his Otit 1; ii 1.4
the introduction of any alteration in that part 'of ' but at tdPf
He was averse from doing any thing in a hurry' „; 6;14 ",..
same time he wished so be understood as 110ts.'''‘abje';,
pledge to his proposing any thing specific upon was th=at I',
'The Clause proposed by Mr. VA Nst rT.t.it I* viT3'
gatived. i whon 0
The consideration of the Amendment pi-accede( ,
~. roc.
Mr. C A LCA An r respecting objettions, (IP'
principles, to the Clause Apprentices. . 4., e.,i
oflio.hremS, Pre
to the taking the Clause itself into consideration• qighti•:o,
i.tta
Amendments acquainted
shouldtlieH obne. IN, ili es
ii)notsxerd tor
1; revs cr.f.
Mr. CALCR AFT adverted to his notice of last
o' oria-ria
moving for a Legislative Provision for the paYlrs°: on ate,
cies, cloathing, and equipment of the Volun.tef,i, but l'.o a
two first heads his propositions were then prep..(rc,...,004 int,
ing learned they should regularly be previously, I:'therrne
ward. The
consideration. clause'
Mr. BANICES expressed his hostility to the • el
. ..- beA% rir;
general grounds.
rent.— t ..- c
snore elfed.tually employed in the service 01 kuS,, Poi
leaGveenetoralasGkßaGsevngtrmßeniwn hsettihPrat4 of the
Clivia'LlEt:r:::hrillic'
by defending him, his shop, trade, and fiat"' itiittc-c'
legions of Bonaparte the CO - '
The Clause in question, as amended by , on'
was then agreed to by the House. • ,ri to the ile t'6
retqllueinredbr'llini°r° 111:p.700
On the Clause respeeting the powers give se tliei'co3.r:
minding Officers to arrest Volunteers, and ca?..nwn'i
~..ic.
held in custody for misconduct on certain occasion `',lit -.1"
I,i
tailed discussion took place. The Gentlertlf" _ L
n, ti.,• ;I.
were, • .•• ' bie6ll 01
Mr. GILEs, who ofFered sorie strong ° Ler,.i, ~ ' , ,
wording of the Clause ; Mr. .1 t yr, tno p,i vi•
WAR, and Mr. SkiLRIDAN• tort,
tOrl Pat°
A great part pf !his was of an explana