The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-20 00:00:00

Sixt.ECt.

IMPEitfj L PARIAMENT•

'froUSE OF PEERS.

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14oNoAY, DrCEMBER.,I9;
CoirNs to• Vere heard at considerable length in
continuation relative to the Appeal from Chancery ;
Keighley v. The East India Colirisatt_y, viz. Mc,
Aoltra, as second 'Counsel tor the Respondents.-e,
Their Lordships postponed the final hearing, till
to-morow,

Oo the question being put for the third feeding
of the Volunteer Corps Bill, a conversation of
,sonte
length arose, which was opened by
Earl F 112 lr. 11. Li 4111, who entered into the
general subject in some degree. of detail. In the
course of his observations, his Lordship made a
variety of remarks upon .certain•provisions in the
existing -,Arts upon the subjeft ; particularly ripors
the 42,:tand 431 (A. ilk Majesty, and aka upon the'
,A 4 bf the 33d. He expatiated upon the principle
.on which the Volunteers hod originally -tendered
their services, and ihe -tering upon which they were
accepted, and which he seemed-co contrast with the
system which had subsequently been adopted •ft
their regulatitin : from the tone and direaioo of
the. Noble .Earl's voice, we were precluded from
hearing many of ,his observations ; hut he argued
that the entire system required, and speedily, a
considerable degree •of revision : doubts had arisen,
and difficulties were daily experienced, which re-
quired Legislative inteeference,ll -their explanation
and removal. Many of the proviiionsto which he
had refei'red were inconsistent 'with the principle
'upon whielt the Volunteers originally came forward,
and from his view of certain parts of the Ads, 'be
deemed it mattetfor consideration how tar, in cer.,
taro cries, the Volunteers were or Were not suhjtl
to Pat t ieujar proviSions of the Martial LaW, . There
were points wind) required the most. KHOO con;
sider'ation. With respeEt to the point of Exemp.
liims, the Bill, he, seemed to think, was
...neither.
Sufficiently etficaciolis, nor did it extend far enough
there were several doubts and- difficulties which it
would not tend to remove.; and he remarked upon
what he cont.+ived to be the hurried progress of. the
1314 through the House. He therefore, in order to
afford an.opportunity of considering the introduc.
tion of some farther provisions to obviate the diffi— .
culties to which he had alluded, would propose that
the Bill ha recommitted. The Noble •Earl eon..
eluded by moving,accordingly.
• Lord II 4WK FS' ft II py , ---- 40, bererat
points wench had Yallen from the Noble Emit, ob.
served, that he regretted his absence from the
House fat some days past, as then he would he liens
sible how little pound existed for . the charge of
precipitation against Ministers in the progressof the
Bill through rise Houle ; and espeCially his absence
from the Committee on the Bill last Saturday, a
stage in which many of the Noble Earl's observa.
signs would more regularly apply. The Bill was
introdiked into that House on Thursday, read
a, second time'On Friday, when° some discussion of
the measure took place,' committed tan Saturday,
• and lay over for a third reading this day. ' The Bill
before the House was Merely of an explanattire na.
~ tune, acrd very limited in -its operation; ,it tended
tO do aisrai, certain praaicaldiftit.ultics, tot which
an imtnediate LegislatiVe interpo,ition was obvious~
ly necessary.. These prtnei'p.iily related, as up,.
prated by the 'Bill, to certain p,,int of Exemption.
With respect to the. general subjra, relative to
which a great deal of what had 11,11;..infrotn the
Noble Earl applied, he repeated -Whaz he had 3,04
on ranter occasions, that it was certainty its•lhe
serious coniidetation ofilis Majesty '.t Govermneot„
and they were fully' AWAre of what cm0(1 be of
:Nrinced on 'the grotinds of. revising and amelint.iting
the Volunteer system, but its extensive and-Corn-
plicate& notore seas at the same
time to he COII,
sidereelloWever, it was itOenAell that no prac.
sessile ~pporninity of doing that .Which was on 411,
hauls deemed so des t able tiid linporta,tt, should
~14 omitted o'n 'the:part of Mmistera. At the sinne
tune, though he 'threw 'out. these: observations, fie,
wished . to 11:!' understood as 'nut pktiging laimselft
to 'the .proda.ifo,i \ of
.:my ' ' ,et•tlic measure :at
.any pa-rticular ' tin-. Rectarrtng again t9' lianiti,.:
.of the, POW:. Earl';s 'detailed.. observations, he
admitted so A 'certain depee, 4•ttpe denthis attd dilL,
.cillties had itisfen with roasted tti ee.'tqn pFov iiion4
of the' relevin 'Mb, and respettiog iwhich, . the
most tegulafritithoriries. at the vtiintt; were resorted.
.to, namely, the Law Officers of the Crown; on
opinions, prOnnitgated by these, the Nl4gistrates
. aactl. With •tespen to the- Bill, he deemed its
provisions. fully adequate to-obVi:ite`ilittse dilli,!ulties
it professed to remove ; 31 d it was such .ts, under
all the circumstances of Ow case,, it 'was deemed ne.
cessary, to propose to the Legislature : but widt tr.
gard to any contingent difficulties Which might
prevail (or such 'as seemed to he In the mini of the
.Noble Ear)) until it sli:iuld plea4e Par!mament to
itdopt farther 'regolations, if such in its stii.d4m it
,should deem'neces,ary, that regular quarter which
he had alluded to as arbitrating on f,,interocca.
~sions, wroth! be again res,rted to, fur the direittion
of the Ntigismites, &c. in the discharge of their
dories; he •would therefine press the third reading
or the Bill. • ,
Esti Frrtw IL LIAM in Otplarlatl,qt, supported
some of the positioos•be had in the first instance ad.,
;voiced. He adverted 'to the state of the:ballots,
&c. in the parts of the country white he W.ts can.
.oedett—these were, in consequence of ihe Mien).
ties which occurred, in some instances delayed;
and the Liettterrincy felt themselves considerdtly
at a toss. • He conceived it to be the duty of lvii.
Pistess to lose no time in sibviatimg „those (Acid.
'ties.

Lord GR4IV7'LEY said a few wottls in support