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substitutes, if that system were 
adopted, would be much higher 
than what, by the present bill, 
was proposed to be given to re- 
cruits. 
Colonel Bagwell contended, that 
the Ivish militia was highly servicea- 
ble to the recruiting service ; and ex- 
emplified his observation, by stat- 
ing, that last war, when there was 
a pressing necessity for a large body 
of troops, the Irish militia colonels 
became recruiting officers, and in 
a few days procured 10,000 volun- 
teers, for the expedition to Hol- 
land; a similar levy was made tor 
the expedition to Egypt. 
After some farther conversation, 
the bill was agreed to. 
On March the 16th, Mr. H. 
Browne, as chairman of the commit- 
tee, upon the Nottingham election, 
presented the report, which stated, 
that the last election was void; that 
John Allen, the returning officer for 
Nottingham, had acted contrary 
to his duty, in opening a poll, ata 
time when there was no third can- 
didate; that the freedom of election 
had been grossly violated, by riots 
and disturbances; and acts of per- 
sonal intimidation and violence 
practised, during the election; that 
Daniel Parker Coke, esq. the peti- 
tioner, was obliged to quit the 
town, from a just apprehension of 
hazard to his life ; and that a large 
number of electors, in his interest, 
were deterred from polling; that 
John Davison, esq. the mayor, John 
Allen, esq. the returning officer, 
and the magistrates of the town of 
Nottingham, took no steps at all, 
~ to secure the freedom of election, 
and the peace of the place; and that 
it appeared to the committee, that 
there was no chance of a free elec= 
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tion m Nottingham, unless the ma- 
gistrates of the county had a con- 
current jurisdiction with those of — 
the town, to preserve the peace of 
the place, during the election. He 
therefore moved, that the farther — 
consideration of the report should 
be postponed, till the 20th of April; 
at which time he intended to bring 
ina bill, pursuant to the report. 
On the speaker’s putting the 
question, upon the first resolution, 
Mr. Fox thought it would be too 
precipitate for the house, to vote © 
such resolutions, merely upon their 
being read to them by the clerk. 
‘The committee might be in posses- 
sion of good reasons for their reso- 
lutions, but, he thought, it would — 
be, perhaps, too much to say, that — 
Nottingham should be without a — 
representative in parliament, until — 
the house should have time to de- 
cide, upon what measures ought to — 
be taken on the voluminous report, — 
which was not to be presented for 
their consideration, sooner than in 
a month from this time! It would, — 
perhaps, be keeping the town of © 
Nottingham, too long in a state of — 
ferment. 
After some farther conversation, 
the motion of Mr. Browne was 
agreed to; and the house came to 
a resolution against issuing a new 
writ for the town of Nottingham, 
until the farther consideration of 
the report. 
Upon the day appointed for the 
farther consideration of it, when 
the different resolutions were agreed 
to, 
Mr. H. Browne moved for leave 
to bring in a bill, to regulate the 
elections at Nottingham. It had 
appeared, by the report, that the 
freedom of election had been grossly 
violated ; 
