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nourable baronet from the news- 

 papers ; to which authoritj', how- 

 ever, he gave little credit ? In his 

 opinion, nothing but the most try- 

 ing necessity could justify the dis- 

 cussion of military affairs by the 

 legislature. It had been urged, 

 that resistance to the motion pro- 

 voked discussion. How could that 

 be avoided, when gentlemen find- 

 ing that they should not have the 

 documents to debate on another 



day, took this opportunity of de- 

 claiming on the general question 

 of flogging in the army ? He 

 concluded with declaring his deter- 

 mination to give his decided nega- 

 tive to the motion. 



Some other members joined in 

 the debate ; but nothing new oc- 

 curred in the way of argument; 

 The house divided on the motion : 

 ayes, 17 ; noes, 49 : majority against 

 it, 32. 



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