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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The House being resumed , a further debate took place , dufing which Mr , Wilberforce moved a second amendment , which made the motion nearly tli « same as Mr . Grey's , and a division taking place , there appeared for Mr . Wilberforce's amendment , 90—against it , 254 ; and at a quarter before six in tilt morning the House adjourned . 28 . Mr . Ilussey moved , that there be laid before thc House an account of the National Debt , as it . stood on the 5 th of January 1795 , as also of the interest thereonOrdered
paid . accordingly . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in consequence of a notice he had given relative thereto , moved that the House should enter into a Committee of the whole House on Monday next , to consider of the most speedy and effectual means for augmenting the Navy . He said , he did not then intend to enter into any reasoning on tlie expediency of the measures to be proposed , but he thought it proper to state the propositions which he should then make : FirstThat notice be given to the merchants and traders of the different port *
, In Great Britain , that no ship shall be permitted to clear outwards from any port in this kingdom , without . laying-contributed a certain specific proportion of seamen for manning the navy , and producing a certificate thereof , signed by the proper officer . He said , that in the mean tinuThe should be happy to inform himself , from any merchants or other persons who were capable of giving information , relative to any other mode of more effectually increasing the number of seamen . , SecondlyAs he considered that there were a great number of watermen iri
, the internal navigation of the country , who may be very advantageously employed in a ship , he should propose that the jowners of vessels in that trade should also furnish a proportion of their watermen ; and Thirdly and lastly , He should propose , that as it was allowed by all , that ithere may be incorporated into each ship a large proportion- of landmen , ther « hould be a general call throughout the kingdom , in all the counties , to furnish
¦ B sufficient number , according to tlie exigencies of the case : he said , that ths magistrates and justices of the peace should be obliged to represent the number of inhabited houses , which are not exempt from taxes , and that each parish ' should be obliged to contribute so many persons ; according to the number of such houses therein ; these contributions to be made subject to a fine , which ¦ being greater than the probable bo-inty necessary to raise-men , would have tha good effect to make them enter voluntarily into the service of their country . Mr . Pitt allowed , that these were strong measures , but under the present
• ircumstances he contended they were perfectly justifiable . Mr . Grey and Mr . Jekyll said a few words on the subject of the propositions , and were answered by Mr . Pitt . The motion passed num . con . The Order of the Day was read for the committal of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill . Mr . Fox rose and said , he should object to the Speaker ' s leaving the Chair , hut not upon the grounds heretofore advanced by his side of the House , but suggested whether it may not be necessary to have a declaratory lawin order that
, the law of treason should be perfectly clear and intelligible to the people , as fome improper constructions had lately been put on the former statutes on the subject . The Attorney-General insisted , that there had been no improper construction put upon the law of treason at the late trials at the Old Bailey . Mr . Pitt said , that since the Revolution twelve acts of the Suspension of the habeas Corpus Act had passed precisely similar to that of last year , a continuance of whichat this timehe considered as necessary .
, , On the question being put , " that the Speaker do leave the Chair , " the House divided , for the question , 6 S—against it , 14 . The House then entered into a Committee , and the Speaker having resumed tlie Chair , the report was broiight-up and received , and it was ordered that ths Bill be read a third time gn the morrow , and engrossed . Adjourned .
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The House being resumed , a further debate took place , dufing which Mr , Wilberforce moved a second amendment , which made the motion nearly tli « same as Mr . Grey's , and a division taking place , there appeared for Mr . Wilberforce's amendment , 90—against it , 254 ; and at a quarter before six in tilt morning the House adjourned . 28 . Mr . Ilussey moved , that there be laid before thc House an account of the National Debt , as it . stood on the 5 th of January 1795 , as also of the interest thereonOrdered
paid . accordingly . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in consequence of a notice he had given relative thereto , moved that the House should enter into a Committee of the whole House on Monday next , to consider of the most speedy and effectual means for augmenting the Navy . He said , he did not then intend to enter into any reasoning on tlie expediency of the measures to be proposed , but he thought it proper to state the propositions which he should then make : FirstThat notice be given to the merchants and traders of the different port *
, In Great Britain , that no ship shall be permitted to clear outwards from any port in this kingdom , without . laying-contributed a certain specific proportion of seamen for manning the navy , and producing a certificate thereof , signed by the proper officer . He said , that in the mean tinuThe should be happy to inform himself , from any merchants or other persons who were capable of giving information , relative to any other mode of more effectually increasing the number of seamen . , SecondlyAs he considered that there were a great number of watermen iri
, the internal navigation of the country , who may be very advantageously employed in a ship , he should propose that the jowners of vessels in that trade should also furnish a proportion of their watermen ; and Thirdly and lastly , He should propose , that as it was allowed by all , that ithere may be incorporated into each ship a large proportion- of landmen , ther « hould be a general call throughout the kingdom , in all the counties , to furnish
¦ B sufficient number , according to tlie exigencies of the case : he said , that ths magistrates and justices of the peace should be obliged to represent the number of inhabited houses , which are not exempt from taxes , and that each parish ' should be obliged to contribute so many persons ; according to the number of such houses therein ; these contributions to be made subject to a fine , which ¦ being greater than the probable bo-inty necessary to raise-men , would have tha good effect to make them enter voluntarily into the service of their country . Mr . Pitt allowed , that these were strong measures , but under the present
• ircumstances he contended they were perfectly justifiable . Mr . Grey and Mr . Jekyll said a few words on the subject of the propositions , and were answered by Mr . Pitt . The motion passed num . con . The Order of the Day was read for the committal of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill . Mr . Fox rose and said , he should object to the Speaker ' s leaving the Chair , hut not upon the grounds heretofore advanced by his side of the House , but suggested whether it may not be necessary to have a declaratory lawin order that
, the law of treason should be perfectly clear and intelligible to the people , as fome improper constructions had lately been put on the former statutes on the subject . The Attorney-General insisted , that there had been no improper construction put upon the law of treason at the late trials at the Old Bailey . Mr . Pitt said , that since the Revolution twelve acts of the Suspension of the habeas Corpus Act had passed precisely similar to that of last year , a continuance of whichat this timehe considered as necessary .
, , On the question being put , " that the Speaker do leave the Chair , " the House divided , for the question , 6 S—against it , 14 . The House then entered into a Committee , and the Speaker having resumed tlie Chair , the report was broiight-up and received , and it was ordered that ths Bill be read a third time gn the morrow , and engrossed . Adjourned .