be agreed to, a confiderable time would be loft, from the neceffity of making new lifts.

Mr. Kinnaird was glad to fee that the local circumstances, habits, or even prejudices of his countrymen had been attended to by the Secretary at War. This, he thought, was much better than endeavouring too much to affimilate the regulations for raifing the militia in both countries. The bill was then paffed.

IRISH VOLUNTEERS.

Mr. Wickham gave notice, that on Monday he should move the House to refolve into a Committee, in order to propofe to bring in a bill for empowering the Lords Lieutenants of counties in Ireland, to iffue warrants to deputy lieutenants for the inrolment of volunteers.

IRISH DISTILLERY.

The House refolved into a Committee on the acts of the Irish Parliament of the 37th, 40th, 42d, and 43d, of George III. relative to the diftillery.

Mr. Corry ftated, that these were acts merely for the collection of the revenue, and imposed no duty; but they would expire on the 27th of September next.

After a few words from Mr. Lee, the Committee refolved that the faid acts fhould be continued and amended. A petition was brought up from the prifoners confined in the King's Bench prifon, praying relief. Ordered to be laid on the table.

The Irish fmall note bill was read a fecond time, and ordered to be read a third time next day.

A meffage from the Lords ftated the affent of their Lordfhips to two private bills.

The Irish militia pay-bill was ordered to be read a third time next day.

The Lottery bill was ordered to be taken into further confideration next day.

The Irith duty bill was ordered to be taken into confideration on Monday following.

The Exeter road bill paffed.-Adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

SATURDAY, JULY 2.

The army of referve bill was read the fecond time with

out any debate, and committed for Monday.

The

The militia officers augmentation bill, the excife duty regulation bill, the addition excife duty bill, &c. were read the third time and paffed. Ordered to the Commons.

Brought up from the Commons the additional Scotch army. bill, the woollen manufacture bill, the fouthern whale fishery bill, the new clergy refidence bill, which were read a first

time.

Several petitions against the woollen manufacture bill were received, and leave was given to the petitioners to be heard by their counfel against it.

Ordered, on the motion of the Lord Chancellor, that a message be sent to the Commons, requesting them to communicate a copy of the evidence upon which they paffed the bill. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

SATURDAY, JULY 2.

Mr. Wickham rofe to propofe a measure for the relief of militia men's families in Ireland, while the men were abfent on duty. The reafon why he had not fooner brought it forward on the fame footing as a fimilar provifion in England, was, that the fame clafs of civil officers for carrying it into effect did not exift in Ireland. By this bill, it was intended, in order to prevent fraud upon the public bounty, that no perfon claiming as the wife or child of a militia man should be intitled to fuch, without producing a certificate from the Colonel of the regiment, that the militia-man, whether ballotted, a volunteer, or a fubftitute, declared upon oath fach perfons to be his wife or child, at the time of his atteftation. He then moved for and obtained leave to bring in

the bill.

Sir H. Mildmay wifhed to know from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if Tuesday next was not the day for the de

bate on the income tax.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer answered, that it was the object to confolidate the income and land tax bills into one; he fhould on Tuefday move pro forma, that the House refolve itself into a Committee, with previous inftructions to confolidate both bills, and in this form the bill to be reprinted, and debated on the Monday following.

Mr. Baftard wifhed to know from the right hon. Gentleman, if the tax on land was meant as a tax upon the net income, or one upon the value of the land. 3 F 2

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer declined an explicit anfwer, as not at that moment orderly.

IRISH MALT AND DISTILLERIES.

Mr. Alexander moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better collection of the duties on malt, and the better regulation of the diftilleries in Ireland.

Mr. Corry detailed at confiderable length the objects of this bill, as not going to exact any increafe of duty whatever, but merely to establish a more efficient mode of colTection, the better to prevent frauds on the revenue; and as much for the advantage of the fair trader, as for the crown: the objects of thofe regulations were, to enable the gauger to place malt in the best mode of fairly afcertaining its quantity, by gauging in the couch instead of steep; and to empower the commiffioners of revenue to make fuch reduction as to them fhould feem juft, from the annual charge upon the fize of the drying kilns: to prevent malifters from mixing malt of other men's manufacture with their own; to prevent malifters from dealing in malt, not of their own manufacture, without a malt-factor's licence; to impofe a penalty on diftillers when fpirits in ftock fhall be deficient in comparing with the officer's returns; and to levy fines upon town lands, where clandeftine ftills fhall be found, or when fpirits fhall be retailed without a licence, to be recovered by civil bill. Leave given to bring in the bill.

IRISH LOAN.

Mr. Corry gave notice, that he should, in the Committee of ways and means, on Monday, move for a provifional per miffion to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to raise one million by exchequer bills, by loan from the bank of Ireland, in cafe the loan for that fum already voted to be raised in Ireland should not be filled upon reasonable terms. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORD S.

MONDAY, JULY 4.

BETHUNA AND MACKRETH.-THELLUSSON AND

WOODFORD.

Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Romilly, Mr. Dampier, and Mr. Markham, were heard on behalf of the defendant in error, and Mr. Erfkine and Mr. Serjeant Lens in reply for the plaintiff; after which the Lord Chancellor left the woolfack, and entered at very confiderable length into a minute detail of all

the

the various circumftances of the cafe, pointing out the bearings of each tranfaction connected with it, and concluding with reading a series of questions on the most leading points in the caule, which, with their Lordships permiflion, he fhould fubmit to the confideration of the twelve judges. Before he did fo, however, he would take the liberty of mentioning, that it occurred to him, that in one of the questions fubmitted to the judges, on the appeal of Thelluffon v. Woodford, a sentence was omitted, which would have rather more completely embraced the intire object of that question, and rendered it more favourable to the appellant; he fhould, therefore, move the infertion of the fentence at the prefent opportunity. His Lordship refumed the woolfack, and put the queftions, which were ordered.

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Lord Mulgrave then rofe, and remarking upon the great importance of the fubject, on which the questions had on a former day been fubmitted to the judges in the appeal caufe of Thelluffon and Woodford, fuggefted that it was not very likely that the judges fhould have been able to have made up their minds upon the points fabmitted to them by Monday next; they might, therefore, want more time for their own confideration of the fobject, and after they had delivered their opinions in anfwer to the questions proposed to them, fome noble Lords might alfo with to ftate their own senti? ments upon thofe opinions, but be defirous that fome time fhould be allowed them for deliberation and investigation of the fubject; it might therefore not come to an ultimate decifion till fuch an advanced period of the feffion, when it could not be expected, that there would be an attendance of noble Lords fufficiently numerous or becoming to give judg ment in a matter of the utmost importance to the interefts of a confiderable number of perfons. His Lordship, therefore, faid, he really thought, that on every principle of coinmon juftice, the opinions of the judges fhould not be called for at an early day, nor indeed till a future feffion.

The Lord Chancellor put a question, ftating, that the judges defired time of the queftions put to them on the writ of error, Afkew v. Sir Robert Mackreth; an order was made, therefore, for them to deliver their opinions on Tuefday the 26th instant. An order was also made for the judges to give their opinions in the caufe of Thelluffon and Woodford on Monday next the 11th inftant.

Four bills from the Commons, by Mr. Alexander, Sir John Anderson, Mr. Dickenfon, and others, prefented and read a first time.

The

The clergy farming and refidence bill was read a fecond time.

The feveral other bills on the table were read a flage each.

Lord Rawdon (Earl of Moira) prefented feveral petitions relative to the woollen manufacturers bill.

The order of the day was next moved by Lord Hobart, and read for the Houfe refolving itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe on this bill.

Earl Suffolk faid, he had no objection to the principle of the bill. Every man must be agreed upon the neceflity of saifing an additional force for the defence of the country. But he had fome points to fubmit to his Majefty's Minifters not-contained in the bill, and he wished to know whether he would be at liberty at any future ftage of the bill, in case he fhould forbear to urge them at that time.

Lord Walfingham anfwered, that if the noble Lord had any obfervations upon any particular claufe, the proper time for doing fo, would be when the claufe fhould come to be read; but as to any general obfervations, the more regular way would be to referve them for some future age.

The preamble was then, as ufual, poftponed, and the queftion was feverally put upon the fucceeding claufes, which were agreed to without any obfervations up to the claufe confining the fervice of the force to Great Britain and Ireland, and the islands of Jerfey and Guernsey.

The queftion being put upon the laft mentioned claufe, The Duke of Cumberland rofe, and spoke to the following effect: As a Member of this affembly, and having the honour to hold; a commission as an officer in his Majesty's fervice, 1 hold it my duty to speak my fentiments, whatever they may be, with openness and with candour upon the bill. As to the principle of the bill, every Briton muft, in common with me, approve of it. When I confider the spirit. of the country, when I confider the danger with which the rights and liberties of Englishmen are threatened; when I confider the infults and aggreffions of the First Conful of France, I feel that all muft acknowledge the neceffity of an additional force; and I am convinced, that if it were 100,000 men, inftead of 50,coo, the country would gladly acquiefce. I rife not, however, for the purpofe of propofing an augmentation, but for a different purpose. The bill, I perceive, embraces three defcriptions of perfons; perfons chofen by bal

lot,