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ROUSE OF FEZ S.

THUR:;DAY, IvIA.XCH 31.

'Tut Tieuse, in a Conunittee of Privileges, heard
Mr: EttsittKE ar sokne length as leading Counsel in
support of the claim of the Rev. Eow. TIlsiEW ELL
jilrYDC;ltti, -to the Barony of Chandos, after which
-M-r. krroitrie r Girsu LT was heard at cons' ide
able-length on' behalf of the Crown.
',rite further. consideration of the case was a(
joesned till tomoyeow.e..,
The House Mieleresumtii, Pray,.!ri
mail, the •several pvt,, roti;Le were. fass—e:l
warded in their reiiteitisre- ;• ',see:sees
'The Order of the- Das, be. ..-, the Leetee':
Of the *MicitiaeOffieera'
• Lotti'Hon Arts moved, "Aias the' Pill be now
read a second time," . • - . e .
. • •
liiofCARNARPON rose to-oppose the
proceeding; he delivered his sentiments at some
yegth, whic.h were .decidedly, against the leading
orovieions of the .Bill; his hostility to the mea.
Xure, the observed, was founded in Constitutional
. The '-Bill,. which went to aptho_
rize the service of Officers not duly qualified,
would,: when superadded to the other measures
dopted by GoVernment of late years with respeel
to the Militia, grind down that Constitutional Force
to a.*,ery StandlegsArmy. He was aware of the
neceSsiry of Great, -Britain, especially in periods
like the presetit,'having a large disposable fince:
however, at the` same tirne;' one constituted on the
original principles of the Militia. was admirably'
'well caiculated for defensive service. The-conduCt
of Government latterly, was such as weot dis.
gust the. repeCiehle qualified Officers, and would
tend greatly to ditineline.thern from serving in the
Militia. Pursuing this line of observation for some
time, and:in strong terms; the Noble Earl observed,
that were the Bill pasied in its present shape, he
would never again come forward in the discussion
of the subjeCtso degraded did he consider the
by such a:propobition'.. At the *Preseni-oio.
moot he urged the propriety of allowing farther
time' for the consideration of-the Subjea ; in
that view he moved, in the wily of 'an Amend_
men', ihat.thie wor4 'enost,' be left out of the. Mo.
tiOo ; that this Bill be now read a second lime."
/Aid HOBefkreXpressed himself perfeftly aware
"of the importance cf the 'Measbre, told his inclinas
don to concur in the Motion just made, did he en-
tettaid any hope of, being able to -.induce the Noble
Earl to .:,free to• provisions which he thought wise
and necessary. The Noble SecttErhßY then pro.
ceeded to defend the provisions of the Bill, which
he thought, in sound argument and feet, not at all
liable to the objections so warmly urged by the
Noble .Earl ; a 'discretionary power was vested in
the Lord Lieutenants, who, in cases of necessity,
in the event of their not being: able to. procure
Officers possessing landed qualifications as heretofore,
were authorized"to 'accept the services of a descrip-
tion.,
.Dicers, whose admission the Noble
Earl so strongly opposed. Hit Lordship then de-
tailed the prominent provisions of the Bill, which
offered arraegements, he conteuded, not liable to the
imputed obje4ions. At the same time, he enter-
tained
,no doubt of the. Lord Lieutenants exerting
themselves to find out Officers Italy qudtited, and
st On would be [Wit:his to serve. ,51,2,1 v. Officers
would naturally be preferred by them._ In .con-
eltuti g, his. Lordship olinerv,!.(l, that the Noble
Earl bad assigned no sufficient reasonforpostponing
the second reading of the Bill.
The 'Earl of CAR rrA,Rvorr spoke shortly in ex,-
p. kord ROLLE seemed to think, that no necessity
existed 101 the present
,Measure, which, in 4,ome
points of view, he regarded as highly questionable.
weertaiti his first pint, lie thought that 'an Of.
vial Roulet of the Number, See• of the'Militia
Ogicere sh Hid be laid before.the House, and if it
should appear that_there were reit a . sOfficieet ndm.
l'ser, he should have no objeftion to the'Bill's pass.
1.44'110,8ART, in repjy, as we understood his
Lordship,, observed,. that with a reference to the
provisions of the Bill, •too great a length of tiine
sktielti elapse before such a Return could he duly
node. '
t CARNARFO
Pa N spoke in farther
eXpliiiattion, in the nurse of which he repeated his ,
Observation, that the conduet of Government of late
years relative to the Militia, was such as tO, disgust
• the Officers in general I respecting this, he entered
into some details, and observed, that wereihe
elan ,ysteln 'persisted in, and the Militia continued,
, it would be preferable -to, lower the number' of that
fart of the Nationallorce. The Noble Earl was
hft eeeding P, When
The LORD CHANCELLOR, referring td the
point of Order, reminded him of theyteet4 ques.
non beft-ne the House.
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The, Earl of CARNARPON-expressed his °pi.
nion, that what be W/13,1.aying, was regulatly in
the way .or explanation.

7he 10-RD' CIIA NC ELLO R differed from the
1.1,ar1, and rested his objedion on the ground
of his tive3kini a second tithe.
Tbr Dmir of MONTROSE spoke shortly in sup-
port of what tell from the Noble Lord on the Wool.;
wick. With respeti to the observations of the Noble
Earl, he conceived none of them applied against the
p'lrbetit measure ; they were the arguments adduced
iiist year on an neepsion nearly similar, and he hcg.
ged leave to nbserve,, that the measures respecting
e-Militia so strongly reprobated by. the Noble
were not, properly speaking, attributable
the Minister, but approvcii by .the
latore after full and repeated discussions. The
Noble, Duke expressed his r,gret that wen duly
gaited were not Seen at, such a crisis as the'
presetft; cheerfully coming forward to serve in
that highly useful and constitutional part of the
National 'eruct. He approved of the Militia on
Ow grounds besides those of constitutional prin.
eiple ; it was an excellent defensive system, and
being on foot, together with the Standing Amy,
t:ley were reciprocally useful checks upon tacit
ot.hr!r. Every man Who possessed an acre of land