The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-19 00:00:00

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Mr. YORKE seconded the views of the last
speaker, declaring that he would be better pleased
if the Honourable Baronet would consent to with-
draw his motion. But he must add, that the Hon.
Baronet's mode of proceeding appeared to him to
be altogether novel and irregular—quite in opposi-
tion indeed to the Stunting Order of the House, with
regard to any question upon the subject of relig?on.
If it were, as it appeared, the only object of the
Honourable Baronet to get his Resolutions publish-
ed, there were various means by which he might
have contrived to give them publicity without this
mode of taking the house by surprise. As the no-
tice of a motion upon this subject stood for Tuesday
sesinight, he (Mr. Yorke) should not at present
eider into the general question against the object of
ho%evrr, he felt no hesitation in protesting
•at the present time. The Right Honourable Gen.
Liman concluded with obsessing, that he could not
help expressing his regret that this subject had been
taken out of the hands by which it was usually con-
dueled, because, if it bad remained in those hands
it was not likely that the House ivould have been
applied to such inconvenience and irregularity as the
present mode of proceeding involved.
Mr. MOORE thought that after the Resolution
which the House had already adopted, and to which
his Hon. Friend had alluded, the present Resolutions
tnight.consistently be admitted pro /erase and printed
without any discussion. -
Sir H. PARNELL willingly mequiesced in the
suggestion of the Honourable Member (Mr. Bankes),
and withdrew his motion, as the only object which
be NO in view was accomplished, namely, that of
expleiwing to the House the objects necessary to sa-
tisfy the wishes of the Catholics of Ireland.
Mr. PEELE observed, that the precedent alluded
to had no analogy to the case of the Honourable
Baronet, for the Nondurable Baronet, although de-
puted to act for a certain Haas of his Majesty's sub-
jects, was but an individual Member of that House,
whereas the Right lion. Member for Liverpool was
depeted to act Eby the House itself, being one of al
Committee appointed to draw up a Bill; of which,l
according to the Resolutions of the House, some
provision for the security of the Protestant EA.
blishment must neceatarily form a part. Therefore,'
that Right lion. Member was acting in an official
capacity in bringing forward the clauses which the
gape agreed to have printed.
Sir 11. PARNELL conceived that it was not ne-
emery for him to prove an exact analogy, in order
to justify his reference to the precedent alluded to.
The snotiou was withdrawn.
MILITIA.
Lord CASTLEREAGH rose, pursuant to notice,
in order to move for leave to bring in a Bill to em-
power his Majesty to call out the whole or any part
of the regular Militia. Ott the assurance which the
House had already given of a disposition to support
the Executive Authority in making adequate prepa-
rations for the security of the country in the present
emergency, he grounded this propositioai and in the
course of the discussion of the Bill more opportu.
silty would be afforded for the consideration of the
nature of that emergency, together with the general
circumstances in which the Empire was placed.—At
present he did not think it necessary to enter into these
circumstances, and the more so, as he hoped to be
enabled on Monday to bring down a Message from
the Prince Regent, with regard to the arrangements
which had been entered into with our Allies, together
with Copies of the Subsidiary Treaties which hnd
been concluded. That Message he should propose
to be considered on Tuesday, and on Wednesday it
was intended to submit a motion in conformity with
the Subsidiary Treaties. Upon these occasions the
great question as to the state and views of the cpun.
try might be fully gone into ; but the information at
present before the House he thought sufficient to jus-
tify the proposition of this Bill, to which indeed he
did not anticipate any objection. For according to
the principle of the Militia Law, he apprehended
that this proceeding was justifiable, from the noto-
riety of the public danger, while from the nature of
that danger it was obvious that our utmost military
pleparatine must be made on the Continent ; but in
making these preparations it consequently became
proper not to neglect the means of providing for our
internal security. Those means were to be found
in the Militia, which various re;sons of policy sug-
gested the necessity of calling out either in the
whole or in part, as circumstances might require.—
Some portion of the Militia had yet a certain.period
to serve, but there were many whose period of service
was on the point of expiring, and therefore a legislative
measure was become necessary, in order to render
that body effective. With respect to that part of the
Militia which, from certain circumstances, it was
deemed expedient to keep embodied after the con-
clusion of the war, such arrangements were made as
were found satisfactory, as to the discharge of men
when their period of service should expire. But
with regard to the great body of that force, the
House must feel that it would he impossible to col-
lect and embody it without farther arrangements
which it was the object of his Bill to provide. The
Noble Lord concluded with moving fur leave to em-
power his Majesty to draw out and embody the Mi-
;ilia of the United Kingdom.
The motion being read.
In reply to a question from Lord MILTON,
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that the bal-
loted men would have all the same advantages under
the present Bill, which they enjoyed under the
former.

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Lord FOLKSTONE adverted to the opinions for-
merly expressed by the Law Officers of the Croin,
maintaining the doctrine that when the Militia ware
called out the Crown had the right of continuing
them so embodied, according to the emergencies of
the .country and he contended, that-if that doctrine
ivas correct, there was, no necessity for the present
Hill. lie also condemned the apparent intention, as
he understood the speech of the Noble Lord, of
continuing those practices with respect to the Militia,
which tended directly to overthrow that wise and
ancietst system upon which it had hitherto been con-
ducted; be alluded to the innovation of allowing
militiamen to be drafted into the regulars, upon
every temporary difficulty in wldcb the country
might happen to be placed.
Lord CASTLEREAGII said, that the 'won
silty- the, L iEI ,was necessary was, because a great
part of the Militia had been disembodied. And

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