Star. — London, England, 1804-06-19 00:00:00

A . •:C Alt% 1 ?AOC. k.L.I)/..Vi,,u ttlnt3Els? LOlttd. MOilD iY, Itl4olg The tlda *upon theTslde *ere forwarded. sua agettioutatlterut of ,* a Alum, 1112 adjourned rill wernorrble. n _ tin th• Apveli 'mar. Fake of (treraberry v. M.Marde, an 001, was made pirraant to the prayer o a Pinkies, from t*a par tiu Vela hid came to I private (Adana:a of the halhars. d; went oh theesse. Flow v. I.afhle s =iltpaned N Thud doe ; was dais upon Grieve v. C , Adjouritedi. HOUSE OF COMMON& tool MAIISHAM yrdemed a P4ldoa from *SUM Weft. in . oPody hie OA niiSteadadt before the !distaste; Meal's C..o.entetee. hekocradeetaing hti fat& and poling the doodle/ et , Medd ....-Onlcred le :le on the tsbl • . Lord ‘I,4IISHAM then metakt That Wilda Kett beep ed to the Ear, In ceder to re bog di:cursed 9 et cuß"d? .Yie .New brought tq the Bar seConiblar. in W 1 1,0,141 1- ' rd in a very smyrellre miser br hjr Speaker, be was ordered Wbe difelwerd forthwith, ea paybeg a firs Sind the (mood time the Woolley Penalty Sof &Ow Bill -..-Consitdtted fee fe.tweettlehr• Mr.) FITZ "a: It A I.D Moved to yoltyche, to thle day three Months, the Creond reading of his 818 for the'prevcodon oftwapery end other tubules at patio= ip lidand, owl wand glebe ashrth sred period of the Stem, Ind with a hfew kpbrlogk karward aptly lb the neat. Mr. SPURGES &Wain 1 0 4 4 41,01 him"' "Stlfe fir trove to loins In a Dill ftlpealng ao ll lotadreet fort.. ' Dania Royal htlemoo account of and made another motion for leave to being in the BM. IMO erred tm cuotatt *dented. mid the *ft time, and eidand kw the fiecod rending Mr. FOOTER moved to yoßporse, till 'Midday, the Ceirawal. Mien the FOO TER ROOM it egsbeion 111111,-Ordm4. ire. rittsgrstiow pretested certain ammests 'dyeable tth Prole lmhs* Roar sod a Belt per Coot Dada... Ordered to Be as khe tabk. On the modes of Mr. ROSS the Hook retsbred Into a Cob game emake.l.lnryoJ Salt leas PAM Well Bali 111111.4m101 6 ad to bereperted to-marrow. Mr. AlJetlise Of yndsomil s jeliden Aim ernalaams , ehahts or the City Of Landow *ha led all• MitriVall 61 1 1 board by Coma& Mr. ROSS exposited Mae implis ea OAS ANSI* bide tome forward The Maas Wit Ilse ell fala at dill ea* at Liverpool wield he lijialawt Nth* ialerel dela ply at ,all. Gen: Now, the ot-ly pilaw *hits !Mirth 11 . wad fs V* pal* to inj ure were the Raft-ladle Campo*. sod the al had Mir emmonetsee The goods bad beta WWI at Llyeiellaarn Err at Me Deorlat Cs. imit *stud la *Mr Inks- Rah me was ail all Miry *perm aaalfle ' is re-eirring , bade sot of totteksot letrosede Pr Is %ere they world taw Pe kill; 'pia tit awry rt e lt k a tilt= srar beskt be a very Wary le. Sr, Ow issross. es *a Olry trt Lehstehreihrfr4l4 aid At coomittds thirstarsh ll** wir mat - ap i z stawasa * wary, aws pa sea Thatew * 611,i ipre the Hauls well/ jos 109"11 an ion ,Z 6. la Wais la lis a tip . sad lera sty* I& ParlPirjarr**JuiPyppisAmelbl* , Os* IR • Mr. STURM, POWSM gawe tuna ila • pm*, ilailwasewriar, tel ha*. Prilss sale topmast ths oweseet r yst -amm . Dallet • • • - - r - r , . o. • ._ Awvirrffsmia roam irs. CHANCELLOR of ' the EXCHEQUER 100 ,AV moved the Order of th e day for the kc6nd ' Ztlil the amendments roads' in the Additional ... • ' fait!, that if thitehteeovetthoce the H 0 .6 to tie Made acqtramtad with the amendments in the' • fire balance, before any • debate . Wok ;place. The firk provided, that all vicaneirt which may octuf by elefertion of deaths in the face to be railed, Hall be fupplied by the counties , inks:ad of the parilltes. The next material asnessimaot related to the wives and families of the mss who entered the &tyke. The wives and families of thole who entered 'the Army of Referee were, by tbs AA, entitled is the provifion which the ytiou of the Minds received I trot no provifisa was made for the families of thole Who transferred the- fowler yr* ftwekthe ReferVir to the Lii.s. It was don . •i i: rf..ii err to de away chore pro v•fions Altogether, an.' ril,l' .1 e; ' thaeftwes the die :-;try which might be thus railed egoista entering the I ... lir .Aim v. The third amendment m ()veiled, ~' ' adJiti nal force fhould only continue for it •ut after the flawing of a definitive treaty of i.....,ee. 'rhos every apprehenfion as to the perms nence of this Army muff be removed, becairfe its • duration was only to be in time of war. When peace Sall be made, fuch number will be kept up as. for mer Ails on this fubjeft prefcribed. The fourth granted a power to ellablith rendezvous in certain . places, for infpeaing the men who dial' be railed I and likewife to the officers appointed fur that purpofe, to rejed fuch men as they Should deem unfit for fer vice. The amendments were then brought up Inc ceffively by the Chencellcr of the Exchequer, read, and is:flirted in the Dill. On bringing up the third amendment, Mr. Grey trilbed to know whether the Officers of this force were to have permanent pay I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re. Fred, that they would be entitled to half pay only so time of pc. ce, excepting the month daring which the men were to be out on ditty every year; they would be thus on a footirg with the Officers of the Militia, with this difference, that the fOrmer were to be in the way of promotion. A few verbal amend ments being made, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Vier moved, dust the Dill, with its amendments, be 4r l e 4 . re ta HARRIS rote to oppore it. and laid. tLat not Laving delivered his fentiments upon the Bill in an ' R ifler Rage, he now rofe, ant with say Intcntion to detain the H-ufe, but merely to explain, as away a. poillble. the reafons that governed his mind in , voting 'gala the bill. He was wining to Wash, that, after the amendments it lend melted. it was certainly much leis exceptionable than in its originXl int m. Still, however, its principles were radically bad, and, therefore, he mud plea it, convinced that, from a meafure load its its pnntiples, no zeal good could refult ; for if ne foundation was rotten It was in vain to expel the tispertlinsaa4 could be folid or billing, however expenGvely dei.oraied. The prinelpie of this bill he held as utterly unennfiito frr it W2i calculatel to raife mat far the army, not in she ;J And ellabliallzed mode, but Ly one esppretlive and obn”xinits, and by the alleffneent of fines and penAltie. o r iin pArithes and their officers, fur not doing that which it would render imprar ticALle, namely, by obliging them to raite refpec• Lively a number of men at a limited bounty of 71. 1.-s. übi:e it left the Recruiting Officers for the Line At to out Lid them, and thus preveot them being luccefiful. Another objection which he flit WA , ' that it went to eitablial • permanent liaodieg ainty in the country—an at tempt Always viewed by OUT itWetiOTl with the moll fesszvolou. jTAIOUry. a. .1.4117,TT0US to a free conlli tution. Ile ol jefledi tii it ad as a new and wt . coldlitutior.AlltWalt of railing money. by levying fiats visliti . piplifbes 's also therefore, For theft lean, many others that Ind been fisted in alit Int* 6F tht difenffiont on this Oil, that Were contotcing it bit miod. be thoold give bls decided tote againft It. Mr. EbLIOT obnerved, that al:hough thil DM had betn fo ably Ind umPly difca Ire,' in its provers through the Honk ye: he hoped he might be allowed to exprefs the motives ethich itidocid Mtn to tipple in It was i meafure of a permeirect, and not bf a I rpoeary stature; the objeas of It. as hated by the ght Hans Gentleman who brought it itr, were to (apply the vacancies that per Decor, and to increafe the regular army, at the Gina time chat It was tX pelted to gjen us a large difpofable force: He had 'satin thicrubjea mature confide-ration, and he could not refrain Rolla laying that he thOught it would be found .n expettmept to fail in all thole purports for Which it Was intended. As to the fines, and the mode of railing them. he tonfidered them, in every pan of view, partiel'aud opnr;ffive. If its egett on igniter r eel ailing was oar: owl,' examined, it would clearly appear, that the latter nut& be entirely de arrayed by its operation; for when a sectoiting party came into a twills, they would find all the people of it in arms *pion them, bet-aufe they would perceive that every man who took their bounty was a man log to the parifh, and might fubjea it to the irnpofition of the fine for wabt of its quota. The very mode of granting the bounty according to this Bill, mutt ope rate direaly to the difcooragernent of recruiting for the lines Whn would not enter fill into the Army of Referee, and take his fix guineas, in addition to the ten fbt entering the line t Thus there were fix teen guineas to ten again( the Regular Army. This was not the, only difadwantage refulting from this caesium I it would have the effea likewile of impof ing not only penalties, but feverittes and perfecutionsi for inilance. thE game-laws would, lie bad no doubt, be revived in all their rigour, anti the poor man who thould trinfgrefs them not being able to pay the fine incurred, would be left no alternative but that of engaging for the pariah and fubmitting to the op wan of the Officers. Having noticed many other points, the Hon. Member concluded with an opinion, that it was a melding both nestireffi ee and unjun. Genteel MAITLAND Mt it to be his duty, as a Menbet of Parliament, and a member of a Military Paeans, to deliver his opinion on this &I), which he thought would be inefficacious in a military point of view, and nOpregye, if viewed in a civil light. Ne agreed with an Memorable Gentleman who called a NM and water; he was certain, however, tit th e ' .rsOf it may contend that it would S :a. turn out • in one rtfpea, and that was, 'in oPm'drifig and difi e laa4 the people. He highly ap pnoetd teethe plan • 411 by *his Right lksourat MO Frilled (Ur, Yoke) of railing aemoo amen for rank. Akhough this plan was objetled to by the Mailer, prefent ailer, yet he confidered it a good mode, and by no roans objeaionabie; it was not the tile, hot the abuts of the principle, which could excite an arerfion to It I in the application of it fairly, it aug mented the kin, in a very greet degree. Tkeperfon wiled' raifed 'Pea for rank, bonen a certain number into the ferric., whillt thufe who rote by machete did net add a main and performed merely a private bargain. Certainly it mull be acknowledged to be 1 a mode preferable to that of levying twenty pounds on parilb oaten, whop they (hall fail to perform the duty. IMI Iffitkdi and which h; the bye, will be often I iiiipialitibet. There was one confederation which I =es; It he Houle to attend to, and that was, the es; &nation in which the country was placed at pretest. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pitt) bad frequently, before he came into office ' urged the nettffitn oi eigernst r 7 oceeciangs for the defence of the notantrY, and ona!iy c rnoleined of the lois of time, whieh he thought might be aeoided ; but it was with confideraWe apprehensions he tefiened, that the Right Honourable Gentleman was now nosy in sh e beginning of a !yawn which would remain. a long time to be matured and perfeaed, if it was at all predicable ; but if the plan of his Right Honours. ble Friend (Mr. Yorke) had been adopted, he was l certain that we thould have at present ic,ooo men' . added to the regular force, inflead of which we were only to hope, that at fume time or uther an augmen tation would take place. He did not like a puma aunt force, and much lets when eiefled on fo bad a hafis as that laid down by the Right Honourable Gentleman. He approved of the Army of Referve land SUpplementary Militia, becaufe they were Item porary force which it was necel/ary to have, in order to meet the exigencies and apprehended dagger of the moment. This was no radon, however, why we fbould ellab:ils a permanent fyllern at prefent.— He thought it much better to lay the foundation of a baling military plan in, time of peace, when expe riments may be tried without danger. Mr. OSBORNE could not agree to the objellions made to the Bill, which, he was fuze, would be !mind efficaeious in all its ol;jeas. Gen. GASCOYNE did nut mean to contend, that the rememhta nCe of long bounties could be done away immediately, yet he approved oldie Bill, as far as it went ; but he thought it did not glifar enough. Hay. ing eared Gen. Maitland (the Right Hon. Colonel) which he .repeated three times in the mida of laugh. ter, the General role to order. The Hon. Member then made a few obfereations in fupport of the Bill, which, he Mss confident, would be efficacious in every point of view. Mr. ELLISON felt jt tobe his duty to oppofe the Bill as onjuti..oppreffive. and unconfiitutional. He oppofed it from a conviaion that it would be ineffi- CIICIOO4, and diragretable to the Public. The coun try Was in danger ; and tome meg:fore more cliental, and likely to be pomp' in its execution, &could be Adopted. Woad VANSITTART obfereed, that when fo impoetant a part of the military force of the Colin. try was to depend on fueh a meafure, care ought to be taken to gourd ageintt the mikhiefs and inconve niences it was likely to produce. Among others, he feared it might become nice/eel' that Government Should fendyernans in official fituatione. into every fubdivifion an England, to do that duty for which at present a landed qualification was requifite on the pea of thous who performed it without remunera tion. He expreffed his doubts how far any relearn in the Maly was neer:try ; and alter a warm taco. mitten on its valour and dikiplitic, concluded by op. l poling the prnacinle of the Bill. Mr. SOMERS COX obfereeda that neon a review of foe tontine of the lan Adw.ininration. he could not help proaouncitig upon them, that they bad nut • • • that Oat t y lrblch was tequifite in the preterit flee of the canter. Upoil that grouted he willied for the fetelgonislthofe who soenpoted it t and there was no map to whom he lotiktd forward with Argot& c'infi dente thatt to the Rilfht Hrinalrible Gentleman who was no* at the 441 of public affajia. 'Though he was difappoipted with regard to the Admirsittration that Right Honotit'able Gentleinatt - had formd, yet his inclinationi froth s old habits, and the opinion he' entertained of his zeal, ability, and witthim, induced him to approve any mature that came. recommend ed by him. Upon this ground lie had voted for the preterit Bill In its flea two Rages: He had, however, hefitated upon the' &Nat of the ptan it contained ; and now, upon i thorough confederation of the Bill, he declared it did nut appear to his mind efficient.— It was fraught with difEctilties, and fell f, fhort of that energy and vigour which he had expelled from it in the Rrll initiated, that he could no longer give it his Rapport. 'He doubted very much *healer the Bill would fumed in railing the large number amen it profeffed to taite; and with Jcfpta to its prevent , ing competition, he woe emtvid44 it would not havft that tree, but a tositthry: ' Trot it was, it went to abolilh the ballot. Hr had certainly ken the hard. (hips of that fyfteen, and had pitied them; but if the R a g e of the coun t ry was fuch, that, with a view' to Its etiftence, we mud have'reeourte to compulfion, lii thought Ode hUrdthips ought not to have any weight. Coropollinn b ballot he confidered prefer able to the plan of thh Bill. By ballot there wag; an equal chance whether the lot fell on A. or B. but there was no piability of the whole of it Parillt feeling the inconvetiience of the prefent meafure. The Ripst Honourable Gentleman •mtift estate him for faynig, that, with all his experience and wifclom, if there was one point on which he was kfs informed than ano ther. it was with reihrence to thd. internal interetti of the country. If the Bill would not roife the men but the money merely, it would be nothing more or lets than a heavy tax. It was not a direa land tax, but, pretending to be one thing, it was another. He did not think the landed intereft had been fupported as it ought to have been. He argued that this bill would be produAive of confidcrable injury to the Volunteer Syßem, by defirnying thole exemptions, which he entertained no doubt had Influenced a con fiderabk number of perfons who formed part of the immenfe force to which the country was fo much in debted. Mr. Berjeant BEST Paid, that after fo much dif cuFlOP had taken place, it was far from his intention to occupy fur any length of time the attention of the Hook; but the Bill was fo important, (o novel as to hs objta, aad fo pregnant with milt:hid. that be could not give t Glens vote. An Honourable Gen ii/map ba d fuppofid that the oppofition was not se ferable to the Bill. bat to tome objeCtion to thole who contlitufed his Majefly's Feint Government. This obfkrvation he intended to have anfwered, but the Honourable Clentlemap who had fpoke jaft rendered any thing from him an that fubjea Mineceffary. The, Honourable Gentleman to ohom 'ht .- alluded had Rated that he bad twice voted in faihur of the Bill frogs his attachment to his Majefty's Knitters, but that be found it impoffible to fapport it any longer. He took it for granted his *talon was not to thole who fopported•the meafore, but to the 'rearm itfelf. An Hon. Gentleman had kid, that this was a period when privations were ,neeelTary, and that the people were willing; but there was one privation, the pri vation of liberty, which ought not to be fubmitted to. If the facrifice of the conflitution was to be one of the privations, he was of opinion there would be (care; any thing left worth enjoying. The Bill appeared to him to strike at one of the fundamental maxim's which had been held facred from the Revolution to this time, and had annually received the tantalum ofl Parliament. , He admitted there was a difference in the Bill as it was originally introduced, and as it Rood now. He adverted to the obfervation of an Honourable Gentleman, that the Atmy to be railed by this Bill would fleep during peace. When there was found in the preamble of the Bill, that an addi tional permanent force was to be railed, could any 'man luppofe that fuch force was intended to be laid ;apeep during peace in the manner Rated ? The prin. aisle remained, and a permanent force of 74,000 men would exift, which his Majefty's Minifters might at any dunk call forth. Was there any Gentleman pre pared to fay that (itch a force ought to exit in this Country, either in a dormant Rate or otherwife com manded by °Rims differing only from Militia Officers in being dependant on the Crown. No one could deny but that this was contrary to the Bill of Rights, which declared there timid be no Randing army. He had beard it laid that this Bill, permanent as it was Rated to be, would diffolve of ofelf, it Parliament did not renew the Mutiny P.a, within the operation of which it was included : this did not cure his objec tion, which referred to the deelaratiott of the princi ple; but he contended. the non-renewal of the Mu. tiny Bill would only put an end to the force roiled by that Bill, and not to any other. It might as well be Paid that the Militia would he dilllvcd by the Mu tiny Bill not being renewed. The Militia Bill, as the indent Bill, was uncomseaesl with any other; and confequently, though the Mutiny BM Ilmuld not be renewed, thefe 74.000 men would Rill continue in the hands of the Crown a permanent futce, without Parliament being able to put an cad to it. He referred to the remarks of De Lolme upon the fubjea of the annual renewal of the Mutiny Bill ; and contended, that the force _to be railed by the mea(ure under difeuffioo was contrary to thole laws and maxima which oar ancallors thought fa ne ceffary to our liberty and independence. Ano ther °Nation to the Bill was, that while it railed a permanent force, which was out of the reach Of Par liament, it diminifhed that force which was railed as a counterpoife to the Army—he meant the Militia. Scarcely two years ago, when the Militia was in creafed by an addition of 30,0c0 men, what was the principle ? He thought the country was indebted to thole who had railed that force. It was in 'elms Rated in the preamble of the Bill, that it was effential to the fecutity of the liberty of the lubjeCt, a large Militia force thotild he railed, officered by men whisk qualifications made them independent. In this Ibort period, at the end of two years, after having lane tinned that meatuce, was the Houk called upon to contradia the propofition, that it was needful , to form a counterp ore to the Army • and, on the con trary. the there was no neeet fi ty for fuch a force, but that we n t ! ••..l ourselves over to Covet nment, azoicsi win.., d. 4 , 1: A my. The Right Hunoura- Me Gentkitten bitrifelf had tented to the pr , pot. titan, and therefore was incontiflent, when he desired the ROA to unaty what it had &rationed t il,e litia hail been railed yo,orio, beret& it wa. nece&ry to here an addition of tkoopoo men to the army. 1 he balance was of conife in favour of the connitinirma force he ihnishi like therefore to know the re.fou why the Militia was now to he reduced ; it was laid, this was neceffary, becaufe we ought totave a farce under reviler officers. He was daunt:. of having a lerge force ender regular oh,cers, that is, officers who had ferved abroad, cud had had experience ; but he %Oiled to know 'these officers of that defeription were to be found. Officers who had not been on foreign teraice might be called regular officers, but eoul I they hare had the experience neeeilary The 'milt point in which they could be called regular officers would, be, that thew would I egailary receive their pay during the war, and regularly call upon Government at the coheluflon of the war for their half-pay. OK, cers of the Militia put Government to no fuch ea. pence. and therefore the bc.lt of the two. Could a man heave to which he would give the preference There were advantages attached to one which did net belong to the other. He maintained, that the reduttion of the Militia to the level prnpnfed would antwer no good purpofe to the country, but was preg nant with mifchief. It profeffed to rails more mta lo a fltorter rime than could be procured by recruit ing. 'He would examine hoW far this was predicable. It was to be obferved, that the Army of Referve Bill 'had not been able to raife more than so,ooo men, and At was thodgbt neeeffary to have recourfe to a monger mealetre, but this was not only a felt vigorous Me - ftere, but was more mirchievons. The Army of Re- Arve proporedto . reire men bar ballot. This was a lode condemned for itst.vertty. It was, however, the molt effeaual one for an addition so the ballot, if the quotas were not railed. Penalties were de nounced againft the pariftles for the deficiency. As it appeared that the Armj of Referve hid all the effi cacy of this I3W, and fornething more, was it to be fuppoled that this Bill, which was weaker in its ope ration, could area what the Army of Referve Aft had failed in doing ? He was unacquainted with ml: litary affairs, but he could early conceive, that if an officer was ordered to take • pod with a car tab number of men, and was repotted, it not likely be fhould fumed, if he renewed the a tack with a number lets than that which had bee inefficient. He obkrved, that the Army of Merest had never been carried into effect with refpea to the ft tines. In Surrey the fines were so,oool. for not pro viding* quota, but the peril officers bad never been called upon to pay them. He was perruaded that after the public bad been taxed and berated by the prefent Bill till this time twelvemonth, either the Hours or the %tarter Seffions would• be called upon to afford relict. He obferved, that the Church• , wardens and Overfeers were to be converted into Re- I cruiting Serjeants, but be had little expeaationfrone I their exertions or influence. Gentlemen of large for tunes, who a Mimed a command, might expea that perfons who were attached to them would follow them ; but was this the cafe with regard to thtrat. wardens and overrun ? They profiled no influence ; people would never at their iallance cadent to go ' into danger, and leave behind thofe who had tempt. ed them. Churchwardens and overfeers were there fore merely decoy docks. The only influence thee( would poffefs would be by a relaxation of the duties of their offices. Undoubtedly, if inflanees of crimi nal relaxation took place. they would be liabk to be ponifhed ; but it was the duty of the Hoeft to plaoe officers in situations in which they would be preeludeki the opportunity of doing wrong. Such a mode of recruiting the army be thought highly reprehei There was no one part of the Bill which was not hle to obleaions. He had attentively perufed tbtz Bill, and found but one claufe which he approved of ; that was, the claufs by which Parliament was inr. powered to repeal the Bill in the coorfe of the preterit feflion. It was a meafure which had been called a boon to the country. Sure he was it was a boon which, the moment the country had received ir, would call on the Houk to take back again. He concluded by laying, that if the object of the oppoti• tion was againft his Maje ft y's Knitters, the belt way they could attain it would be to (offer the Bill to pa l•, for no Miniller who had been the mean: of patEn fuch a law, could long expel to retain hi, fituatioo. Sir RC 111:1( I' PELLA:. argued, that his Majetly' prefent Milliner; had, in time of peril, raved th country ; and as the Right Honourable Gentleman at the head of the Adminiftration was acknowledged to peals a greater portion of political knowledge than any one elk, (Ns, Ao, exrlaiw,d many of ibe Moak-. r). it was but right to give him credit for the efficieue tar of the rncafure he had now introduced. He cenfurr thole who hied fpoke upon the ruble& for the contra diitory opinions they had exprefed, and obferved, that it was imptillible to tike men from civil employ ments and make ufeful foldiers of them, unlefs their duty was permanent. He however deprecated the mifchiefs which might afire in * commercial country like this, from taking too many men from the loom and the plough,. With regard to the stealers before the Hoofs, he thought it adapted to the prefent cit. cumftances of the country. Lord TEMPLE (aid, be had been charged with upholding the plan of *the Right Honourable Gen tleman before lie came into office. He denied the . , 4 charge. Fiat, he recolleiled that the plan was dif ferent train the ',Went one ; and, fecondly, that he had not praifed it. If ever he felt regret in difchaig ing his dusty, it was when he oppored a meafore, fepported by the great talents of that Right Himont - able Gentleman. In the late Administration, the great complaint was the want of preparation to meet the danger !chick we were told citified. The Hours had been told, day after day, that it ought to watch days, hours, and minutes, until foam plan had been adopted to ' , dine the conntry from its danger.— Days, hours, and minutes had gone by, and the fitu ation of the country remained the fame as it was.— He obferited: that the Right Honourable Gentleman had brought forward this plan in concurrence with thole under whom he had faid the country could not profper, but whom he had confented to join. He in veighed againfi the meafure, which he defcribed as nugatory, oppredive, and unconftitutional. .His Lordfhip compared the conveniences and difadvan tages of thefyltein o 1 ballot with the prefent plan, expreffing in the aloft deci.:ed terms his preference t 4 the lotion. lie coitidesed di.: Bill AS imputigiv an unjust land tax, and defined the Houle not to I,Ac ;~} • . r:`, 4 90 l• a id Ie L it- le. ill ; tor. le- `, tt- be e- if L e t. he Cr ed f Is • e- or- at t ; re- lea Imo lie rkt of le. )f; is- 11T. eat I .on it, He P a y its ill 11. Y th 1.111 ;C4l lan I). icor reef fl- ed, ry. eir the try am ate I tit• ith en-