Star. — London, England, 1804-03-29 00:00:00

PARLIiMENTAKT PROGEEDINGs. . MUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH at. Cassia wets farther heard upon the Croft Appeal, Abercrom bie la Fleming 1 proceed again oo Friday fennight. Or FRANCIS HUE OFT r brought op frem the Cameo= the p ac as. workbook BM. which was read a Ord time. The tor mullein/the Mollies into Pridts and Deacons' Orders was r, ai a kcood thste,and committed for Friday fennight. Lord ELLENBOROUGH obferving. that in the Committee be gtaaN auwe, that the NU ihasid not go to Wed the Tights of the Atehblanalt of Canterbury er the Primate of trekst Lord HAWKESBURY, having mooed the Order of the Day far taking into esnlideratice his Maier's mod gradate Maw. =awed the Hoof as the fpirit and loyalty difplayed by the of Ireland; and having paid fame defervedeastplitnenta to that proof of union hod adedion between the Madre puts of the V.ked tinidoln. nweed—f• That an Addle(' load be palette: 'el to Ms Majelly, thanking him for Ms soft gradate comment dam. and capreling the intention of their Larded's' to take into ea tildwarian the bet made to enabling his Majety to avail Um- Wel loch loyal and patristic odes" The Duke of MONTROSE Wadded io the aphides ezpreffed by the Noble Secretary of State; tailed that the mesfurc might bane a amititanienel ree, and that the Intake of the Militia of both of the United [Madam Rasa he reciprecaL to Thatiley tie Kb el April. HOUSE OP COMMONS. Mr. AI.COCK, ham the Tratfury, preßsted at the Dar the iiesenats ibeinetty mond lac of the fame remaining in the Es ghigner, and Shevrife of the tome yet tithe paid for the entreat goar.`witith were brie* up end ordered to he en the Table at J. ANDEISIAN prefentni a Petition from the Cony/my of Deers, ppraaying far keen bring In a Petition to be relieved from metals which was referred to a Committon A maw wrirwas angered wire kneed for the &MO agave& heroegh. b Yerldhlre. for the der ion of * Member to Sine in Thrlbi In the roast of pates Hate. Efq. demafed. A dig he has the Lon* Raged. that their Lunar bad . Agreed to the deed impertades.the Greenland Whale Ellhery Es . and the Irina Plantation Pude= Warebording Mr. STEELS prellothod reveal amour relative to the Army Th li Petite Deem Mdflast iii was, en tllO 1110610 • MID V. BURDETT. read • third date, and plated. Lad MARMARA repined how theMiddiefes Ekdion Cwt• seldit. that it wet the opinion of the laid Ceramktee, that Imre' Braid be Abed el done& to adjourn won Monday the etb of * F t The ripen reraneekod, and leave secerabgly gourd. r* bob" Mk Repose of die bib Wilda Parefly Mardian &Eau sakes k osedideraiste. and stir ion eleolkl" ea las Porf of Ms 0011111 f, eta Awes which west toswisd the *OW asp gladine from she alas wed Wain of Milidnotora do the foiled offerOwies. thadelle wile related. the rd teed aimed . WU. INA telthed to. end tin BEI seined ei be mad a third dim beareerwr. • Ms Rhea a the Cenwittee appointed to reel der of the di& • Tabetween the Madura wed u• whew' dopier& is the Cu oat kw& p, and entered to be total iota denPttirreMesidoy the whet ApAL .tuaytEN ow" Oa therein laid before the Ho& es BMW Odle ditties rid so the &oral expects sod 'swooshes' • andlowtheas A Man, from the add sloy. to tR of Morays awes* of the epp.on d the reflathas ARCPBSALD HAMILTON fad. that at it was as eh greet forgartswee to have as newly as polkas the who a dllignpre of Airy rid by Oohed and ileodend es Masai . Allidebied. be alined dot the hake 'night dal* way Ewa the Wears of Oesdnient will tun hd ao. *" oaten.- The Cosanittes appointed fer tbee in- .1 at yet &Sag. ard he theeittherefensweve, that I Midair, the Mem. Mr. Ebasied. sod Mr Wm •Ile AAA to the Cessathwe pasireed se asiphe Ina Maeda the Rase ef Doty en Yak eel &del Sae ileedesd. • .* a words boa ROB E RT BUXTON , vibe gwe OMR ROI So IMAM taronamoor repots mom names or be oiled lapin Comeniee, the weeks wee kroalry pet sees the same ef lhodebea, eod egad is away esti VtIICTIOII PaTlTtnn. 2RA SHERIDAN ptelecaed a Paid= front Thltow Shoddar by , of tbr &Ale reales which had Men ae& litri_ ! gil t fareggli Lifter and praying for th e avid' aima.o. He Md. that he Ad at with to pewits any per. dollop tar dr eadtheries of the Mold" with:ha a t& es tint It might to ri before *nodal of the of Wee& ellibled by the wrawory dceillan if the two 1 he 'widow OW Illa hound na sprier helm the • fear he whiled eo Freest the othre-Osedidwe, Mt. Row tabieg he fat for roy booth of date. he bad. gwooding se the AA, mkt to by a writes swim en the die, roam period of do &ye wield eseeffere y &ph Wire dm Cam -11/11ABO Appian/ ...iron of Mr. iinhialsde Simkins est& Alma ritisfees. Me weld. boursoer. MAT fly ,both thr Mad( osf the P a rairaar. thee th.l were net &keen so take reiventage proeillon a the A& Mere the EPEAKPA &taken& do the only whom buoy .de Elude woe, se la do day fee the onakiteades of the Pal fliee Mr. MIERIDAM stationed Monday .April the std. Pill' twos, that if the Meek whW to AA. conddent • Sy, wall adhere te the order of proceeding they bad already • k wee curses& diem& •ty f when the warflion of ; might wesid be breoght w o dwifim. but in the areas tune. tlfsar Wei no talon whatever Aimed why the Boron& of Likeard limed he Yore a Sapn.frotadve. In his opinion. the Petition if Mr. HlMdrioneoglo grit to be heard, and the motion &odd Ibereiare have he uplift. • Me sHtbtDAN easeadrit. tl•at the fabeftian of right ought • inbe previa* decided. and that the relent infante was ako. giddier Okras from thok which had hem mendoned on the of a dig& retool. as u than there was a pin at nigh: 'Mt. PITT thoeobt the Hon. Camden= could oat Ia loftier • awe Wad( of the right a.. have hie petition tried, and at the fame dos sin sesta to the Returning Ulm that hie Hos, relative bodva lotereft to the roue. Ito • SURROUGHSand Mr. BRAGG? or *man. taut petition of Mr. Malawi paireffed a priority af right to be &AAA To wedifort, that the Order of the Day far taking tato emit. decades the p Winn. romphdoing of an endue worn for the Bo rat# of Lidtainl he now :rad. w • s tins put and negatimd. • TNI. 'since 5.1113 AT TOUI me The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU ER moved, that the Hours do resol v e itfelf into aCorn mince of the wh , le Houl. to confider further of a Supply to be granted to hi, ILjcily ; and that the 'paper, failwitted to the Houfe. ielpeeting the prises taker. at Toulon, he teferred to the faid Committee. Agreed to. The Honk hiving accordingly retolved id - till into the Committee of Supply. The CHANCELLOR 1.1 the EXCHEQITER faid. be :elt it his ditty to call the attention of the Committee to a fobjed which prefect Wilt - moft pe culiarly on their confidetati , n. It was. indeed, a futile& which claimed all the indulgence the Router bad ever been accußomed to bellow on the merits of the Britilh Navy t and it wet Doe intimately eon melted with the fervices, and gallant erections of ' tome of the metitorious officers and hamen when. the country pialffeJ. He Mould merely lay. that he alluded to lard Hood, and to thole on , der his command, when Tingles was in the pificition Obit liajelly's alms. He had only to mention the • maws of Lord Hothain, Load Keith, Lord Rad- Sock. Lord Welf.ir. of Lord Hugh Seymour, the Sahitte of Snare and general regret,_ of Sir Sydney dmigh, of Captain Cooke. of the Sybille, and of eamar name gallant aka% who were then under is command of Lord Hood. to skew the importance tsf tine fah e. m, to which it. begged leave to call the attention of the Committee. thefe meritnrinua &theirs. or then families and relatives. wen deeply involved ia the coafidetatioa of gm Committee. He fhould got . detaiti the Hoare et any lehgths, not his intention to enter into the particulars furrender of Toulon to his Majefty's arms, bat It t confine himfelf to thole leading prints which apPe. ed to him moll material. It wonld.be veer/Bah. by every Gentleman who heard him, that the of the South of France, after experiencing the is•Al dreadful calamities which Could be inflieted by tha i wortl of tyrannies, had expected a fincere dears to be placed under the preiteetion of the Bri!illt Govern ment, with the view of being ultimately refigned the Government of the fucceffor of their murdered, ' Monarch. A convention was concluded with dial 'inhabitants, according to which the port of Toulon, ( , and the (hips in it, were to be held by us during the war, in troll for Lewis XVII. and they were to be, reftored according to the terms of the Proclamation.' when a proper indemnity lhould be given for the ex-1 pence. incurred, in confequence of the meafures adopted for talking poffeffion of thefe (hips. The na ture of the terms prevented Lord Hood from apply ing for the remuneration, which he conceived himfelf, and the officers and (cameo (crying wider him, were entitled to claim. It was true, that a number of thefe veffels, confiding of ten (hips of the line, and three frigates, had been deltroyed, to confequence of the prefure of circumftances,. which were altogether unavoidable, and which it was unneceffary for him to mention. But although the nature of the MAW by which the port of Toulon. and the (hips in that harbour, had been furrendered to his Majefty's arms, prevented Lord Hood, during the war, from making any application Sin that bead, yet after the war the Noble - Lord put in his claim, and that of the officers (crying under him, in a memorial, which Hated, that if thefe (hips had been condemned in the High Court of Admiralty, the amount of their value would have been paid. His Majefly referred the memorial to a Committee of the Privy . Council s and their opinion was, that no remuneration could be thade for thole dellroyed, but for thole brought away. It was then referred to the Admiralty to value the hulls of the velfels, and to the Board of Ordnance to ellimate the amount of the flora. The whole amount was affs,oool. end the return thus, made by the two Boards. had received the approbation of the Privy Council, whore Report upon the tubjea, his Majefty had been graciouOy pleated to fanaion. It was evident, that if there (hips bad been condemned in tile Admiralty, the whole value would have been paid to Lord Hood, and to the Officers, feather+, and marines who (creed under him. At the Helder, wbso Admiral Mitchell took poffeffion of the Dutch' ADM, the remit was eshaly as be mentioned ; yet, however meritoriass that Service was, for the Dutch 'MM. would have been taken forcible polka* of of, had it been necefary, would any man fay that the simetioos of Lord Hood and the fquadrou under his consitrand. were lets entitled to reward ? The Alps taken at the Helder were libelled, although they were wit condemned, and the value of them was giv en to Admiral Mitchell, and.the officers and hones under his command. It would alto be .re mitated. that Lord Nelfon had received pecuniary compenfatioo for the (hips deftroyed at Aboukir and Copenhagen. When all thefe coofiderations preffed span his mini.. he felt himfelf jullified in Paying, that be Agra no favour for L ird Hood and his feet. but he merely propofed to the Noble Lord, and to the of tiers and men under his command, the value of the i thips taken at Toulon. many of which had proved benefi. ial to the Service of the country. It might be naked why the claim was nor bonner brought for ward ? He (hould anfwer. that it had been pre , eluded by the very nature of the engagement or con vention m ew-ding to ilia they had - fallen into our poleffinn. Ou the 3orh of Ana, the queftinn had been referred to the Ring ii, Council, and if blame were to attach to any perfon for delay finee that time, he ()mold not Lfitate to rake it upon himfelf. There were, wever, room mites which could not be forefeen, and which it was not neceffary to Rate to the Committee. He e , ncluded by moving, " that it is the opinion of thi, Committee, that a turn not exceeding 465,3361. be granted to the officers, lea men, and mations ferving under Lord Hood. being the eiiimated vain of the (hips taken at Toulon." Captain PIERREPOINT bore teftimony to the ezeeltent char after left behind them at Toulon by Lord Hood, Lord liertham. and the other Officers' keying there. Had any of them fallen in that of fair, the llonfe wiuld nut have helitated to have voted them a monument ; and w th refpea to dude who' furvived, " let it not be laid, (exclaimed Capt. Pierrepoint ) that, when living, you denied them bread, to whom, if dead, you would have given a Stone 1" Mr. JOHNSTONE laid, that the (hips were in the poffeffion of Lord Hood, not as prizes. but by a convention. The cafes of Aboukir, and the Helder, Apptaud to him to be not at all analogous. With reaped to the latter. the faa was, that in the anfwer of the Dutch Admiral, to the Commons made by Admiral Mitchell, he and his Officers had (wren. dered themfelves prifoners of war. The captors in that cafe were convinced of the juftice of their claims, and had applied to the Admiralty to declare the right of capture. If the queftinn of capture u ere once admitted in the inftance of Toulon, he fbruld maintain, that the land forces had an equal right with the Rcet in dividing the value. He would not, however, go In far as to vote againft the fop ply in the firil inflance, but he thought the opinion ' of the Righ: Hon. Gentleman, who was then in hi. place (Sir Wm. Scott), timid be taken, u hethedthe (hips brought away from Toulon. were good prize or not ? if not, he t. ought In large a bum ought not to be granted to Lord flood, at a moment when the financial dr Itredes of the country were fo great. Sir HOME POPHAM (poke in fopport of the mo. tern, though he thought it had not been fairly Rated. He then went throngli a derail of the cireumftances of Lord Hood's affair at Toulon. !rib Lordfhip ap peared off that port with 14 fail of the line, and there were aftually t 7 fad in the harbour. He dii. embarked the troops that were on boat ti, took Fort Milgue, and threatened the enemy's fleet if they did not Surrender. There was no Cruet neflocia tour whatever between Lord Hood and the French Admiral St. Julien ; it was nothing but a fair trial of their two nii.itai y poners. St. Julien quitted his fi:uati. , n, tcith many other., who entered into the army of Coteau. He then panezytifed the excel• lent condoet of Lord Hood at Bafteterie, which mull have had a great eden uaj n the French Commander. and vint7odeJ that his Lordth'p had not only po.ived him Self as excellent fea-offsecr but alfu an able laud- nd, in addition to boththelki an.Abilt 11E4 4 .-4 1 ciliating the affations of Ate itffiabiiiits . by taking idliftlon of the place .for; P77:e the XVIIth, to whom they were attached.— was for this perpofe no conventioimkde, but 't%lshole was the refailt of a Military operatian. The propofed, it fhould be recollettect was not 'merely to Lord Hood, bat to his Lordibip as one, and to a watt number of other claimants. He felt that the Houle ought to confider the beneficial eon• fequences of remunerating the gallant defenders of the country withliberality ; and likewife to think of the bad cunfequences of neglefting or refuting to do fo. We were again at war: fupprife_Toulon was again to be attempted, would it not go very much againtt our interells to have it known that the Offi cers did not receive the rewards they had merited? Lord Hood Aced for remuneration. The queition had not been brought forward during lail war, for it would have appeared indelicate in the eyes of that Noble Lord, to have libelled the Blips at a time when fuels a proceeding might have had an impro per effeft; confidering the circumflances of the cap ture. But after peace he thought it more proper to lay it before Government. He had done In, and it was to be hoped that no quirk nor quibble of the law would defeat the great objeft of remunerating the gallant O ffi cers as they well deferred. Mr. CREEVEY thought this was a matter to be determined by law, and not of fuch a nature as pro perly to come 'under Parliamentary conGderation. The CHANCELL9R of the EXCHEQUER ', obfcrved, that lie had not fpokcn of any eau:aeon nation, but that the whole traufaftioa had the cha rafter of a convention. He did not. put it to the Houle, an a queftinn nr claim of right. No fuch word as right had efcaped the lips of the Noble Lord alluded to in the cootie of this tranfarnion. He there fore put it to the liberality and generofity of the Houle ; and begged them to confider that the nation bad received all the ufe and benefit of the Blips, and to weigh well whether thiw ought not to recompense thole who had procured diem. Dr. LAURENCE declared, that he was no nig gard in matters that claimed generofity ; but he could never agree with the gallant Officer, that, be eaufe this meafure came thus recommended, Par liament ought not to confider and esamine it well and fully. He likewife animadverted on what fell from the gallant Officer concerning the confequfnees of this being refuted. He then went into an enumera tion of various circumflances, pointing out the lead ing and different features of the trantattions at the Helder and at Toulon k at the laft of which the fleet was in a great mature furrendered, but not captured. To fucb cafes, the claim could not attach to the fame extent.• After noticing the proper practice in (uch cafes, he declared, he had no objeflion to an equita. ble remuneration, but the papers on the fubjeft ought to be in every Member's hand, to esamine them at• tentively before they were called upon to vote the funs prvpofed. As it was, it might go to Nina a very bad precedent for future demands. Confidering that this fervice had been performed ten years ago, 'end during another adminiftration, he believed Mi nifters had thought they were only dving their duty, and acquitted them of every undue motive. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER "(aid, that the Hon. and Learned Member had done him no more than jullice, in Paying that he believed ihe was only eel:aced by a fenfe of his duty in bring ing forward this bofinetir. But in point of faa, the Papers bad been on the table much longer than the Learned Gentleman teemed to imagine. He wifhed 'once more to be completely underflood, that he by 'no means brought this matter forward as any claim lof right. If he had thought it Inch, he never certainly &mad have thought of coming with it to Parliament. It was a broad queltion of national liberality. Nu ,,her of the other cafes mentioned, were brought - be fore Parliament; but his Majetty, by his prerogative, ordered compenfations. He believed his predecef fors in office would have done, in this inftance, ache had done. after the length of time had elapfed, namely. to have brought it before Parliament. Dr. LAURENCE laid, he had never Peen the Pa pers till jun then. Sir HOME POPHAM explained to tome points of Dr. Laurence's fpeech. His anxiety for the gallant Officers might have led him to ule throng words ; but it never could have beets his with to ufe a threat, of bit mexeing to lay any thing that ought nut to be 1 1 raid in that Houle. Dr. LAURENCE difclaimed the idea of imput- I ing to . the Hon. Baronet any intentional allithon its the way of a menace, to the eifeets of a refirfal of this grant upon the seamen ; lie only meant to fay, that the Hon. Baronet's word , had that tendency. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH ilyolglir, that whenever a Britilh Houle of Commons wa. called upon to ante away fach a turn, their difpolition to involigate the rufous on which they were fo called, ought not to be counterafted by the cape& ition of any other dif to nn. The matter itfelt was of Itolicient impor.. tance. If he was to confult merely what, generally (peaking, was due to the glorious exertions of the Navy ; if he was to conftilt his own feelings for many in that (orrice with whom he was conneeled, he should not feel a moment's doubt as to the voting of the money, and, indeed, he had come down to the Houfe with a difpolition to do ; but, he mull con. refs, that what he had already heard in the courfe of this debate, had made a confiderable change in his mind. He did not incline to think that the gallant Officer had put the hutinefs on its proper ground. He rather leaned to the Itatement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that this was not a quellion of right, but one of liberality. Now this was a vet y good reafon for a little longer time for enquiry. The quantum of the remuneration would depend up at the danger, the importance, and the thilliancy of the exploit. Then again, the gallant Officer had 'ad mitted, that the army .:re concerned in the buGnefs. No one could poilibly ;smile the exertions of the Bri tt& Navy too much; no one could poflibly feel dif• pled to pi...fe them mare highly than himfehf; butt lardy, if the army were employed in that tronfac• tion, we ought not to reward one branch of fervi:e alone. unlefs any contiderahle realms% were given for it. The papers might have been laid on the table ever lince lath ).,nary. but that mere circumilance did not fupp le every individual Memb:r to be ac• quainted with them. It was not fo material to know when the papers were firft laid on the table, as when the notice wa, lit it given, which was but one or two days back ; but that, in affairs of importance, was cwt time enough, He thought there were groom!' fur ficient to lead to a farther examination of the fubjeet, and for that purpofe to u little delay, which, he hoped,. would not be produdive of any ill conic' guences to any of the parties. At the fametime, he begged to fay, hat he was.forry to feel it a duty to tnterpofe any further delay between the generofity of the- Oldie- *ad the downtime of thofe who had (erred it. The length of time that bad elapfed.rnight have alma eattauded them, and " hope deferred," might make a the heart lick." Admiral BERKELEY (poke sn fupport of the motion, and (aid that the WWI' troops were ma riner, and that the other `troops were Neapolitans, , Spaniards, and other foreigners. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER raid he underaood that the flatement of the on. Ad. miral was a jolt one. He &mild with to know; whether the troops were entitled to the remuneration as marines ? • Sir WILLIAM SCOTT gave his opinion, I n th eir. favour. He likewife declared his conviaion of the. equity of the wbole claim on the part of thofe whn had been inarumental in a meafure, Which gave a death blow to the French trade in the Mediterranean.. The Hon. Mr. KINNAIRD though: the convent tion was binding in all refpeSs. It was Made by two parties ; the one compofed of Frenchmen attached to their Sovereign, the other of the Officer of the Britiai King. He wilhed to kninv whether, in cafe of the reitoration of the King of• France, thefe (hips would be rebored ? Let it be confidered as a remuneration i , and not as a claim due to the captors. He Ihould therefore move the previous quenion. The CHAIRMAN informed the Hon. Member that this wal not a regular motion in a Committee. Mr. JOHNSTONE obferved, that Lord Mulvey, was at Toulon, and alked if it was intended to the propofed diftribution of this prize.money that his LorcHhip fhould (hare as a Marine ? The Hon. Mem ber laid, that rte underllood there were four regiment; of land forces at Toulon, who were entitled to their proportion of this remuneration. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEIVER ob. (erred that it was to the troops concerned in taking Fort Matsui that the remuneration would be gives. Admiral BERKELEY laid, there were only two regiments ferving as Marines. Sir C. POLE obfervedi that the force which was at Toulon under General O'Hara arrived after the (hips were captured, and therefore had no claim to any of this money propofed to be voted. Mr. WINDHAM laid, that the dircorme had, like moll others, given him Come infermatioe epoe the que Ilion, but had dent nothing towards a decifion. It was either a matter of right, or of liberality; bet it was not a fettled quelliou, whether we gained the (hips by a capture or a furrender. He remained ig norant of.that point. If his ignorance was peculiar, he had better withdraw and avoid the deciGon. He was for fome further examination. The Hon. Mr. KINNAIRD moved that the Chair. rut Ilionld leave the Chair, which was negatived. The original motion was then put and carried. THI RING'S 111155AG1. _ _ Mr. Secretary YORKE moved the confideratioit of His Majelly's Met age, relative to the offers made by feveral Regiments of Ira Militia to extend their fervices to this Country. Sir F. BURDETT immediately rofe to Rate, that he wined to take the cornea opportunity of calling the attention of the Houle to this Make, which he thought involved conflitutional quellions of the high •ell importance. He would not now go into any I difeuffion on the banners, but willied it to be under- Good that he fltoold on a future day bring the mat ter under conlideration. Mr. FULLER willsed that, before any meafure was even alluded to, it was bat fair that Minifless thould have an opportunity of being heard in their own defence. Mr. Secretary YORKE thought that any Gentle. Man in that Houfe matt rejoice at the noble, volun tary and fpontaneous offer of the Militia, which was (0 fati.faelory a return for the equally fpnntaneous and voluntary exertions of the Britilh Militia, at a time when Ireland was in danger and trouble. This was, however, only a pan of the ge neral me_fures for augmenting the difpofable force of the country. to which ;matures he begged weal! the attention of Gentlemen while he briefly adverted to them. He fhould Rill take a Ihort view of the ac tual tiara of our military force, and compare it with its Rate on ()dither t. • Sol, and April 1. 0103. He took its afloat (late as made up March t. 1804. — The total of the regular Cavalry, Infantry, arol Mi litia. being then 252,80 ; cumprifing 23,324 Ca valry, 130,167 Infantry, and 99,650 Militia, includ • ing Officers and Men. The Artillery amounted to t 4,242. Now let this Se compared with Oflober the t tit, !Sot, at the end of a ten years war. The amount then was 266,895. and the Artillery was 12,287. fo that the deficiency of force at the end of ten months was only 14,000. compared with the ar my at the end of ten years hoffility ; at that time there was a g number of Cavalry, making 26,300 ; of letanny, 129.710 ; of Fencibles, now dicCOntitlUed, 25.0f • .0. I of Militia, 79.37 a ; of Inva lids, 6,263. He withal the Houk to confider thek Ratements before they liftened to the charge of want of esertion. Nnw. on April the ail. 18422, there were in Great Britain, of Cavalry 10,14 0 , of lobo' try 24,724, of Militia 47,232 in Ireland 3,760 Ca. valry, •end 38,000 Infantry of all defcriptions, mak ing a total of 124,842. On the ill of (Mabee, ;Sots the force in Great Britain was 170,426 ; April 1803, 124.84: I and March 1. aloe, 199,993 M.' , Now, in Ireland at that time then 'Jr 28.000 Militii, 3300 Fencibles, but only about 2,c00 Regul at. Now there ate 28•878 Regulalt of Infantry, and in Great Britain and Ireland there was of Regular Infantry 99,0c50. On the tfl of No vember, I Sot, there were not 50.000. There etre fitiely, in haft war, time, of danger equal to the ow (int. For inflame, in aBoi, when the Nr.rthern League exified ; but it pleated God Almighty to take away the Head of that League. He willed it to be conlidered, that with our Artillery we had 200,000 troops, and to them were to be added the numbers of our Volunteers. With filth means of defence, it did not feem any very remarkable bold nefs to feel no very acute (gore of alarm. But the Houle ought to know what .umber of men bad been 'aired during the laR ten months. The altar amounted to 192,640. Theft ate eornpe&J of the Btitifh Militia which had beat dabileded, saa664 , 6