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House Of Commons.
Mr . Rose moved , that there be laid before the House an account of the amount of the Exchequer Bills issued on the Acis oi ' tlie last Sessions of Paiii _ . i ,: eiii . . Ordered . Thursday 13 . A Petition from Sir John Henderson of Fordel , complaining of an undue Election for Stirling , was presented . Mr . Ryder brought up a Petition from certain inhabitants of Nottinghamshire , praying for the aid of Parliament , to make a Canal from the river Trent , to communicate with the River Mersey . The Petition was referred 10 a Committee .
Friday I . J . A Petition was presented against the return for Lov . nton , in Wiltshire . Mr . Windham brought up the Army Estimates . Mr . Brottghton moved for several papers relative > to the receipts , sales , and prolits of the East India Company . The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply , Mr . Hobart in life Chair . Mr . Pybus movedThat an hundred and twenty thousand men be employed in the
, sea service , during the year 1797 , including twenty thousand marines . The resolution moved by Mr . Pybus was adopted and reported .----Adjourned . Monday 17 . A Petition from Mr . Vassar against Malmesbury Election presented . Mr . Serjeant Adair begged leave to bring in a Bill for the relief of ( Quakers . After some observations on the existing Laws relative to that body of people , he moved , ' " That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the further relief of ihe le called Quakersas to the imprisonment of their petsons for the
non-paypeop , ment of tytiies ; and for making their solemn aiiirniation evidence in criminal as well as civil cases . " Granted . Adjourned . Tuesday 19 . A Petition of Sir James Graham was presented against the Carlisle Election . —Petitions of Electors against the Colchester Election were presented . —A Petition of Mr . John Hill , against the Election return for Shrewsbury , was presented . —The Trent and Mersey Navigation Bill was presented and read a
first time . Mr . PITT , then rose , and after a great variety of observations on the projected Invasion and the internal state of this Country , proposed the foilowingas the intended regulations of our domestic force : 15 , 000 men applicable to foreign or domestic service , levied by the parishes , and to be divided between the recruiting of the navy , and filling up the regular regiments returned from service abroad . 60 , 000 Supplemental Militia , levied by the counties , and to be called out 0 : 1
any dangerous emergency , to act with the other Militia Regiments already- embodied . 20 , 000 , or nearly so , of Irregular Cavalry , to be furnished at the charge of such persons as kept io horses or upwards for pleasure . 7 , 000 Marksmen , composed of the Gamekeepers of the country ; but he was by no means certain , this numberwould be realized . Total , 102 , 000 additional men . He then concluded with his first resolution , that the Chairman be directed to move for leave to bring in a Bill authorising the lew of 15000 men i ' er the use of
, the Navy and Army . Mr . " jjiindtis seconded the Motion . Mr . Sheridan contended that the House ought to inquire , in this early stage cf the business , whether or no there existed a necessity for resorting to such violent measures—measures that would load the country with additional taxes to a very considerable amount . A manifestation of the enemy ' s intention to invade tins kinedom he deemed not sutricienf , unless there existed a state of preparation to it into executionIn 1745 the ports of Fraiice filled with vessels de
carry . were - signed to effect a" landing on our coasts before any extroadtnary preparations were made on our part . —If Ministers were new in possession of intelligence of a similar nature , it ought to entitle them to the confidence of the House . But be feared it wasinteitded for very different purposes , one of which , perhaps , was Io enable them to-continue in the obstinate and inhuman warfare in the West I 11 d . es , by directing to that point all the regular forces in ' . he kingdom . £ lO HE UKCCl-jMlLy CUNI"INC „ I > . J
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House Of Commons.
Mr . Rose moved , that there be laid before the House an account of the amount of the Exchequer Bills issued on the Acis oi ' tlie last Sessions of Paiii _ . i ,: eiii . . Ordered . Thursday 13 . A Petition from Sir John Henderson of Fordel , complaining of an undue Election for Stirling , was presented . Mr . Ryder brought up a Petition from certain inhabitants of Nottinghamshire , praying for the aid of Parliament , to make a Canal from the river Trent , to communicate with the River Mersey . The Petition was referred 10 a Committee .
Friday I . J . A Petition was presented against the return for Lov . nton , in Wiltshire . Mr . Windham brought up the Army Estimates . Mr . Brottghton moved for several papers relative > to the receipts , sales , and prolits of the East India Company . The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply , Mr . Hobart in life Chair . Mr . Pybus movedThat an hundred and twenty thousand men be employed in the
, sea service , during the year 1797 , including twenty thousand marines . The resolution moved by Mr . Pybus was adopted and reported .----Adjourned . Monday 17 . A Petition from Mr . Vassar against Malmesbury Election presented . Mr . Serjeant Adair begged leave to bring in a Bill for the relief of ( Quakers . After some observations on the existing Laws relative to that body of people , he moved , ' " That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the further relief of ihe le called Quakersas to the imprisonment of their petsons for the
non-paypeop , ment of tytiies ; and for making their solemn aiiirniation evidence in criminal as well as civil cases . " Granted . Adjourned . Tuesday 19 . A Petition of Sir James Graham was presented against the Carlisle Election . —Petitions of Electors against the Colchester Election were presented . —A Petition of Mr . John Hill , against the Election return for Shrewsbury , was presented . —The Trent and Mersey Navigation Bill was presented and read a
first time . Mr . PITT , then rose , and after a great variety of observations on the projected Invasion and the internal state of this Country , proposed the foilowingas the intended regulations of our domestic force : 15 , 000 men applicable to foreign or domestic service , levied by the parishes , and to be divided between the recruiting of the navy , and filling up the regular regiments returned from service abroad . 60 , 000 Supplemental Militia , levied by the counties , and to be called out 0 : 1
any dangerous emergency , to act with the other Militia Regiments already- embodied . 20 , 000 , or nearly so , of Irregular Cavalry , to be furnished at the charge of such persons as kept io horses or upwards for pleasure . 7 , 000 Marksmen , composed of the Gamekeepers of the country ; but he was by no means certain , this numberwould be realized . Total , 102 , 000 additional men . He then concluded with his first resolution , that the Chairman be directed to move for leave to bring in a Bill authorising the lew of 15000 men i ' er the use of
, the Navy and Army . Mr . " jjiindtis seconded the Motion . Mr . Sheridan contended that the House ought to inquire , in this early stage cf the business , whether or no there existed a necessity for resorting to such violent measures—measures that would load the country with additional taxes to a very considerable amount . A manifestation of the enemy ' s intention to invade tins kinedom he deemed not sutricienf , unless there existed a state of preparation to it into executionIn 1745 the ports of Fraiice filled with vessels de
carry . were - signed to effect a" landing on our coasts before any extroadtnary preparations were made on our part . —If Ministers were new in possession of intelligence of a similar nature , it ought to entitle them to the confidence of the House . But be feared it wasinteitded for very different purposes , one of which , perhaps , was Io enable them to-continue in the obstinate and inhuman warfare in the West I 11 d . es , by directing to that point all the regular forces in ' . he kingdom . £ lO HE UKCCl-jMlLy CUNI"INC „ I > . J