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Militia; and. that the Parishes should be 7e. itlll.)ur.;',
1 ed by the Rec?.iyer-Generil, out of the.
Money.—The next Clause which-related to the Firv°
which was be paid,by those wheyd id not serve or
provide a Substitute, he should propose to lealß- out,
;for the. purpose Of int roducingdie fou titled upon ;!.,sttg.
geition of hi-s Right lion, Friend. fMr. Pt TT.I,.
the Militia Laws every petson V,;tift ballot ti 4114
who did not appear or find ka Sultititnte, was:4mA
in the sum of Ten .Pourlds. In the Case at the.

Supplementary Militia, it was raised to Fiftreo
Pounds. lie saw no oliji*-aikrn to the introilutait,n
of a Nimilar Principle into this... Bill. But it apeceired
reasoeable, with -a view to Property', thot I'6.w-es
who were in very different Situations, with re gird to
Property, should not be flees eicoaly in the tame
sum. He therefore proposeil, that in. the case of
persons between i 6 .and 45, who did not provde
Substitutes or serve, that they 'should pay a F:ee i f
1 'f'iventy Pounds ; that .Fin w e as' to Be }kind to ii
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I'.ir4h, who Tata& be called urn, at di cy,
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. make up its quota. The Parish were r- be au-
thoriseded. to lay out as quoitquoitof that Money, , in pro-
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viding a Substitute, as was necessary, and the Hr.
plus was to go in aid eithe poor-,rate. But in additiun
to the fine, he should propose that a sum Of- 51.
should he paid for every i 01. which. well person pa ti
to the Asiessed Tasks; until it amounted to root.
Iliur additional foie was not however to be paid to
the 1).16814.1)ot to the keceiver.Genetol, to be .ti e.
plied to the Recruiting'Serviee Of the Atoty. A.
it was nn objea to encon,;a ►e. the raising of men
by Volunteers, he luid proposed that when the.
Volunteers amounted to two.ibitds of-the number
of men to
.be raised, a 'power was- given to suspend
the ballot ; this plan hattlieen tried upon a forinck
• occasion, and with success 1, anti he hoped it might,.
now beadopted with ad vantage, because much would
depend upon the exertions 'of Gentlemen, and ineelk
might be done if they exerted themselves serif:lloy.,
1 as he bad no doubt they would. The next-Ciao-sit
which lie rune to was that which allowed; that
half the sum paid to Volunteers should be: given
to such persons as chose to serye for' thrrnsel% es.
This, Was the principle inf ;Cie Militia M, but
he would go still further and propose, that the:
Person win) chose to serve fOr' himself should not
only have half the stain allowed to Volunteers, but
that he should also receive; the sum of two gitli-
neas, instead of one wiinea, -which he would be
entitled
,to when
,he joined his corps. He 'noW
came to those' provisiens of the At by Which the
King ,was : empowered to model this Army; milli tt
appoint the Offieers. 'file Cotmoittee Wouhl,Wisli
',,perhar
.thiit he should Store the otitline of' i.his
part ,of the plan. No Officer was to commee I
any of these Bouillons \v.l I o was not a C.aii,ne it
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whogd,and take the cornin‘oel of their Rre,iment, otei
not Generals, As to the yield aid Suleilreinflieerse.
they were to be taken 1 roin the 11311-pay, and fiout
those Officers who Inie)it folic emitted thr2. Army
for family reasons; and for oilier con.;ideratient,
„hoe'
who were nevertheless skilful and 4.•xperienceti, 'anti
would be ready Upon on 0e,',15;011 like the pre-
score. again to stand. forward in defence of tbeit
Country. It was intended to propose a Clans, tin
enable the Colonei to discharge, from time to time;
such olthe men as might, be inclined, to tolunteer
into the Line, under stich, regtilotiorel eaS the King
might think proper. Time Regiments were to be.
' formed as amchas.possible fromethe smite' Connties.
Where the nutnitiir of .men furnished by a County
was.,ioo stnall, ITiose of two, neighboMing COurt.
ties were' to be.: joined.. together: An ,l /me 'Oen,.
tielnan heti. upon it ' father occasion expreSsed huts
apprehensioruthat they would not be able to protein:
Non.cdkomissioned Officers: This certainly might.
be urged upOn the raising of any new, ra,'sied corps,
If these, men Were raised for the RegUlars, theY
could not all be absorbed into the Liec, and then
there would be the same want of Non.ccininissionea
Oitcers: But he hoped t'his diAciulty wcivid not be sti
great as was apprehended. At the beginning of Old
last War, a. very large army, was raised, and- hiia 7
been very well .provided with Non-eotnir,ission:d
Officers. We. had my- very considerable tesoures.;
in the first place there were many serjeant4 to he...
lOnged to regiments rinsed last War for limited sire
vice ; ,in the nut place the Recruiting Staff of iris:
:Army *mild furnish many, very valuthle Nno-eom.
missioned Officers, 'and many might 'al-so be proetrrett
from the reginielits of the Line in England; parti. ,
cularly if , that whit!) be meant to priliiils'e wits
adopted, if die new raised regi e zits thotild
be considei4l as battidieni of reserve *to • the
Regiments Of the Line, wearing the tattle fad ngqi
kceeTherewas sane point which he wished to be
most dittintily understood, which wa,.... that l';.) 'limy
Was to be taken out ot this Army ttp,io May re_
tenet whatever .unless with his own eonseut ft
was not necessary' for him to take up snore of the
thole of the Committee it present, except to obier.w.,,
that it was intended to propose regulations refl'pee.:',;.
ing the.Oinqk Ports, the City of Loodon; ar'id the:
Tower I-Lmiets. The Cinque Ports .it vi,z4s ittrinL
ed should raise 4:otS men. With regard :0 tle it),
of LondOn, with every regard to the 1,:i'.11;::;,,,c,,,
they had , been- called upon on, former ticc4sitniS by
Aft of Parliatneni to :provide Men for the
public :service. He .hop'ea on the Retail to be
Alt to present a chaise upon this point, anti
lie trusted the Maghliatv.),ol. that City WCIIW lend
their assistance upon the Occation.
et he tit AlllNtAit then rtoCeetled fo read the Bills
Upon the clause regulating the number .of men to'
be raised by the Counties, .
Mt. PITT' said; 4,,,,eettail4y vi,00,1 be one of
the last men to.throw asty iMpediment in'the s
•of the Bill;:bnt as by liis.Majesty's must grocit,ott,
favour he stood in a peculiar relation to the eine i-e '
Ports, be hoped be should Ate excused if h s#.l4