§ MR. BAILLIE COCHRANEsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether Her Majesty's Government will consider the propriety of, as far as possible, not calling out the Militia for the annual training in the various counties until the harvest shall have been well gathered in?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONsaid, he certainly hoped there would be a harvest this year, though he feared it might not be a good one. There were only thirteen regiments of Militia not yet trained. The majority of the regiments were called out in April and May, and the remaining thirteen were usually called out in September or October. The precise period for calling out those regiments was fixed by the Lord-lieutenants, according to their notions of what time would be most convenient.