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

t enquiry... _ Mr. PITT—" My ardent deism in this bufinels is, that what is now determined upon, may be fomething lets frivolbus and evanefcent than what has been hitherto performed. It is the diny of Parliament to eftablifh fome fulid and permanent fyftem, by which all the advantages of which the Volunteer fervice is capable, may be fecured. The firft amendment I am inclined to propufe. is directed to the equivocal meaning of the term invafion. As it now Rands in the Aft, it admits of too great a latitude. When the Volunteers were invited to put themfelves upon per manent duty, laft year, there certainly existed grounds fur the belief that an invafion was about to take place. The apprehenlion has continued, but no precife limits are yet afcertained, to which the' pro bability of invafion is to be applied, or on which the Volunteers are to be called upon to their aftive duties in the field. The Right Hon. Gentleman did not explicitly tell the Houfe. if the bounty he fug gelled was to be extended to all who fhould be aril _ ling to turn out to Cave their country. 1 with it to be extended generally. and I mull acknowledge my fears, that it is not. as now propofed, fuffictently liberal. I underftoocrit to be one guinea for at days, but then this fnm was to be dedtteted from the two guineas marching money. This is only changing the time without incleating the benefit. It is faying, 4 , We will encourage you to march ont,but when your . Cervices are aSeally required, and yon are fulfilling year military stutiesore sill takeaway the encourage meat." With regard to the faring, furely the Right Hon. Gentleman s notions of Bate ceconomy.are very eatromdinary. If the Volunteers will meet the enter gescy of the boar, and proceed to the field of battle,to PIMA the land. (Drell' 3 fo 0001. can no way be bet. .terapplied than to remunerate thefe gallant defenders 1 of Abair country. A prominent aijed it is with ..une..to bring the difeipline of the Volunteers to as • high a fiats of excellence as the nature of their en. • gagsweat will permit. I do conceive no General Of ficer re this Houle will think kfs than 4csdays, or 46, including the infpeftion will produce this important eiee. Parliament h as implied in the reftding Ms, that twenty days is (officiate and on this Government has afted ; and hence the neceffity of not leaving it to the difcretion of 'the Minifiry , without interporing the recommendation of th e Le: gillature. Whea - Parliament does in its liberality .atfign the fond in proportiou to the number of days for the Volunteer dikipline, it keens to me more coafillent with the maxims and principles of the Comllitution, for die fame high authority to deter mine what than be the precife time to which the in &salon in military difeipline Mil be extended.— The fame rale of condo& is adopted with refped to the Militia, and why Ihoold not the .uniformity be preferved with regard to the Volunteers ? The next confideraties to which I hall folicit the attention of she Coransittee, is the mode of inftruftiob molt proper far this intlitution. Pollibly the molt !ego. •Isr ersyfor Parliament to aft in this particular, is by modish to his Majaly exprehly on this fulled. I I me an& concerned to fay, that I Rill difeern in ad.' thitiMmetheo a reluctance to giving pay to fuch Field mesas Imodd be required to iffill the Volunteers -Inith dieitibparior knowledge. I with it to be dilline- ipundirilood, that I never have propofed this addi- Sim Amid be made to any Volunteer Corps without the concurrence, nor even without the particular re-. leek of the Commander of fuch Corps • Nor have I Aid fueb Field Officers thould have the command tithe Corps. By an attention to thefe matters, I nanocive all poffible objection is removed in the mind of every individual in the Houk, excepting in what = to the expence. How contemptible is this compared to the v. great advantages which mull be derived from thefe7xteans of information. I entertain no fears of the energy and enthofiafm of coGentlemen to promote difeipline among their 4= n.s who have entered the Volunteer fervice; but Come of them, at leaft, are not fully competent to the new and important fituation they are called upon to occupy. With the moll poignant grief have I ken Officers whole brow. are adorned with the laurel of victory, who have begun a glorious and triumphant career, forced to abandon the fcene of dawn and of- honour ; and either from difeale or Pegnir7, driven into obkority. Such men. with re. paired conflitation% may be invited to thole honour. able duties, and their hearts will throb with gratitude to be again regored to that rank, and to thofe utilities, which the iron rod of iteceffity conftrained them to Ttfigo. This is not an imaginary tale; I have vifited chi* hooch veterans in their dark retreat, and they have accepted the invitation to light and happinefs. Surely Gentlemen will not confider the infignificant fonts mifepplied, that fhotdd call into action thole who are fo anxicus and fo capable in the fervice of their country. With regard to the appointment of Officers, perhaps, this fhould be left with the Lord Lieutenants, and their recommendation fhonld be fail, unlef. his Majeflv fignify his ditipprobation.— TM only grieflion which vela on my mind, as ap plicable to this part of the fliVie , t, is, that fume doubts having been introduced on this head, whe ther it would not remove all ambiguity by fome de claratory claufe ? The remedy is extremely eafy.— Why not affimilate the regulation in this refpeft to the Militia ? for when a thoufaad commillions are to be figoed, the delay of many months may be occa. honed, and numerous inennveniencies mull ante from fuels procraftination. Perhaps then it may be proper to prepare a chore for this Bill, direfting that the catamarans for this purptle fbould be figised by the Lords Lieutenants, which appointments Ilsottld be deemed valid. milers ditfented from by the higheft authority. Thus all uncertainty and delay would be obviated, for it would then be the clear and indif penfible duty of the Lords Lieutenants to fill up the vacancies. What I have before explained, will (up. ply my reafons for differing Irons the Right Honour. able Gentleman on the lobjel of intoning the at tendance of the Volunteers, and the means pro poled for taking due care of their alms. Many of tbefe over-rate their attainments, and foppoki when they can fall into the rank, and go through a few manxuvre., they are as competent as their reigh bouts a ho have fact ificed a much larger portion c f their time and attention to thee matters; hence all the operation . of ti.e corps are frequently coniufed and abbot' .11-4. 1 do the, efoie infift upon ;:, that if it is incest, to Lw.g the diMpling to -.:ny to:: of refpettable footing, it is neceffary that times and days (hould be prefcribcd. It may, perhaps, more accord with the popular fentiment to fay, that the whole is voluntary, and that will or caprice Mould be the Pole guide. Ido not court popularity by fuch a declara tion. I admit that no needlefs reftriaions Mould be impofed upon the Volunteers, but I have too high an opinion of the individuals of which our corps are compofed, to fuppok they will not cheerfully fubmit to all the privations their new fituation requires.— We are to confider that theVulunteers are molt of them at a period of life when difcretion is not always pre dominant ; fomewhat of the wantonnefs of youth we mull eve& ; and if there be not tome moderate and gentle fyllem of aontroul, very ferious inconvenien cies may be apprehended. We mutt not, from timi dity mifappfad, and from delicacy unfeafonable, admit mattYrs of great moment to depend upon the accidental humours of mankind. The Right Hon. Gentleman here again kerns difpofed to leave every thing to the difcretion of Government. Parliament has not thought fit to rely fo entirely upon it; it has affigned rules, and I am much miflakeo if the conduit of Adminiltration has not evidently Rican that thefe regulations were expedient. I (hall fee how far Mi ni tiers are inclined to refpee thefe in the confideration of this Bill. I have framed Tome which Teem to me appropriate, and I Gall make ufe of them, or other wife, according to the difpofition I fee in the Right Hon. Gentleman in this particular. The next affair to which I (hall advert, is the power of refignation. I prefume a Ilion explanation will make it evident that the chafe propofed will require no trifling alteration. The change need not be tedious in the form but it is very material in fubßance. It is nothing form, but convening all the affirmative into negative dons. On the quellion of the power of re me p the eminent perfon in the profeffion ow the Bench, gave an opinion, which was oppofed by ano ther Gentlemanof very high diainaion in die law,who is no . lefs admired for his brilliant imagin ation and commanding eloquence , than for kit legal know. ledge. From the uncertainty to which we were ex pored, we were relieved by the judgment of the Court of ring's Bench, who removed all further doubt, and &dared the power of refignation under the exilling Adis. But what is it propofed we are to do under the new Bill ? We begin by declaring that to . be yet doubtful, on which the bigheß Coon of Judicators has declared there is no doubt. We fay then the Judges of that Nemo Tribunal are mif taken, and that it is tweetary for us to interpofe by a declaratory Law. But what is the aim of this declaratory Law ? Laws of this kind are not to ma& new refiriaions, but to revive and explain the old law. Yet here a condition is attached be fore I afn dO that which,prior to this time, I could perform without any condition, in the opinion of the Learned Judges, who decided on the conflruilion of the Law. This AB, then, inftead of reciting there was doubt, ought to fay. there is no doubt ; and as I laid before, all the affirmatives in the fue ceeding pbrafes, founded upon them, mull be con verted into negatives. The Right Hon. Gentleman fometimes adverts to the number of Volunteers, as if they impeded, more than I think they really do, the recruiting for the other Cervices. It certainly deferves attention, that the recruiting be promoted in convenient fituatiocs, that the manufnaures and agriculture of the country may not be unneaffarily obllrnifted. In certain cafes, where the levies fall iojurioufly on particular parifhes and dill:ids, tome expedient fliould be retorted to, by which the adja cent parts, not fubjea to the fame difficulties, may relieve its immediate neighbourhood. While lam making thefe obfervations, I mull not omit to no tice an impediment which has arifen in Come places, where the nature of the manufaaories require an immenfe number of juvenile dependents, who have been engaged under articles of apprenticethip. In Tome of thefe cafes the mailers altume a fort of pro. perty in the time of the apprentices, and. I under. Rand, will not admit them to have the opportunity of being inftruCted in the ufe of arms. This eircum- Rance, I confers, has not fallen within my own know. ledge, but I am informed of it from an authority, the correanefs of which has given it confiderable weight in my mind, and the evil operates fo exten. fively, as to make it proper to take notice of it in the pmgrefs of the prefent Bill. I have now perhaps trelpaffed too much on the indulgence of the Com mittee ; it has, however, appeared to me material to enter into thefe explanations." Mr. Secretary YORKE Rated that it was intended to propofe an inereafe of the prefent eflabliffiment of Field Officers attached to Volunteer Corps, and that among other alterations it was intended to appoint a general officer to every :sou or ;moo men, which officer was meant to aft as a Brigadier General of fuch battalion, in the event of invafion. He agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the propriety of having all Volunteer Commiffions figned by the Lords Lieutenants of Counties, and his forprife was that loch a priaice had not been long fence adopted. The Volunteer Syftem, however, was upon this point the fame under the late Miniflers. With refpal to the claufe to fettle the right of refignation which was defcribed by the Right Han. Gentleman as a decla ratory law, it was in truth both a declaratory and an enacting law, and the latter was that which formed the Cubic& of that Gentleman's entertaining rem arks. After come further converfatlon betwen Mr. Pitt, Mr. Secretary Yorke, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Ctirwen, Mr. C. Wynne, Cul. Eyre. and Sir John Wrottefley, the feveral claufes of the Bill were agreed to, tl,e Houle retuned, the Report was received, The Bill ordered to be printed, and ta be taken into tut thee confider*. lion on Tuelday next. Adjourned till tomorrow. LONDON. SATURDAY. MARCH 3. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY A ONY. 0 CLOCII for money. 33,t1.—Ditto i for April 36.-omanitim 3 Ili( Yeßerday a box, containing dicpstches and tom :millions for the Kisu's fignattne, was kilt from the Admiralty to the Qi2een's Palace. We are hippy to Rate, that his Mai s STY was will enough to hear the difpatches real to him, and to fign the commislion. The fonowing is a copy of the Bulletin (hewn by Lord AMHLP FT at St. J.:mes's this day : Queen'.• Palate, March 3,1164. " nese it so material air atizm is His MAyssr r jsi:t Siped as ifesfirs.) The length of the Debate prevents our giving, this day, any of the articles received by the Lilbon Mail, except the following, which will be foond very inter citing. Some of our contemporaries have denied that Lord Nsisow had gone to Algiers : we can, however, alfure the Public, that we have letters from Officers on board his fleet, dated off Algiers.—One of them will be found fubjoined. Lord hlst.so.'s fleet was left by the SZAHOILSI frigate on the z4th of January off Majorca, on its way back to Toulon. Letters from Lilbon, of the tyth ult. Rate, as fol lows :—" Although it was generally fuppofed that our neutrality was eonfented to by the Flail' CONsUL, on condition of our Government paying him fix mil• lions of livres annually, and three millions in ad vance, yet it is now rumoured, that this arrangement will not be ratified, unlefs a further advance is made of half a unlifon of ernfadoes. According to the late& advice from the eafiward, the Toulon fleet was ready for feu." The above is exactly what we predicted would take place : nor did it require any uncommon fagacity to do fo. The blaory of all nations has verified the faa, that a purehafed peace or neutrality has always opened the way to tient exations. The fame thing will take place with Spain, and will be repeated while a tingle dollar remains unexpended of all the.mafs of treaftuv brought hair from /youth America, fusee the ratifying of the mat peace. IXTIACT or a LITTIII nor AM OITICIR La LOU ■sisos's Filar, Dated off Atlas, January al, z!O4. a On the night of the t sth the Su r Ran, command ed by Captain Kerr', anchored at Algiers, having Mr. nacos, the Conful General, on board, and letter from Lard Newton to the Day, demanding that Mr. Fatcon lbould again be received as Conful there, and that an the Maltefe who have been lately captured by the Day's cruizers, lhould be liberated and given up as Briti(h fubjeas. On the following morning, at day break, a falute was fired from the fort, which, however, Captain Hags did not return, but feat p Lieutetuutt on fhore with a letter, to re• quell an audience of the Dry, which was accordingly granted. Captain Haws, accompanied by Mr. SCOTT, Chaplain to Lord NrcsoN, who Cpeaks the Arabic fluently, and who ailed as interpreter, there waited upon the Dry, and prefentcd Lord WILSON'S letter, with a (nimble and fpirited remonfirance on the occafion. Throughout the interview, which kit ed nearly an hour, the Div's conduit was extremely violent and erstropear. and it concluded with his poll. tively refuting to receive either Mr. F•t.coa back again, or to give up any of the Mahefe iahispoffdlion. " On the t7th, fn the morning, our fleet of ten fall of the line came in fight of Algiers, when Cal.l tain Stays again went on fhore to wait upon the Dar, who, however, refufed to fee him, he being then bnfily employed on the batteries., and after waiting for nearly two hours,Captain Keats return ed on board, and on our fleet entering the Bay, Captain KEATS U l na on board the VICTORY, and communicated to Lord Mitres all that had palled with the Thy. 4. Under theft circumflances his Lordiltip 4114 not think it advifeable to attempt further iniercourfe with the Day, or to make ufe of any threat he was not prepared to realife, as, though we could eallly in a few hours have dearoyed his whole fleet, which was then lying in the Mole, 4nd have knocked down the town about their ears, we might have crippled fame of our 'hips in fuch a manner as to render them enable ro retinae the blockade of Tou lon at this feafun of the year, which was deemed a much more important objeft at the prelim moment. We therefore to-day left Algiers on our way to Tou lon again. 4 4 The whole fquadron were more difappointed than I can poffibly expels, at not being permitted to humble the Div, and val.-pate for a time this neft of pirates. Two hours would have done the bufinefs completely, and I truft we (hell one day make the experiment. I am pare:lly convinced, from my own obfervation, and it was alfo the opinion of the able( officers in the fleet, that ft. otr fail of the line would certainly deßroy all their storks, and all their navy in one morning with very little lots. They have, indeed, a great number of guns mounted on their principal battery, which defends the mole where their ' fleet is laid up, and it has a formidable appearance from the bay ; but, it is f• injudicinufly confirm:led, that line of battle (hips can anchor upon each flank of it, within half piflol fhot, where not a gun cculd be brought to bear upon them, and in which fitua tion they would foon lay the wh.,le work in ruins. " This work is the file defence of the town from the tea fide, except an old wall without a tingle gun mounted upon it, and which a few broadfides would crumble into due. " The garrifon does not amount to above four thoufand foldiers (if they cats be called filch), who have neither dikipline co.irdge, and who particu larly dread the Englifh ; not only from our naval &ill, but from an ancient prophetic tradition they have menet them,and whirh they all firmly believe, that Algiers is to be taken and deftroyed by the Engin on a Sunday :' The Pi. , phecy may be eafily fulfilled by us whenever we chafe, and we molt Non ly take fnme decided Reps to humble the Dry, tinier' we are content to pay him tribute, like moll of the other European Powers. N ' Confil now can ever i be lent back with honour or Vt.. y, till fatisfaSion is obtained for the ili.fu!ti retired." EXTRACT 09 ♦ s ILITTIR PROM A MARCHANT AT CV I!ALTAR, DATID.IIII.+ N On the iii of this month, the &Aeolus frigate, commanded by Captain Boyce, arrived here from Lord NsLsoa's fleet, which he left off Majorca, on their way to Toulon, eleven days ago. '4 Lord Nscsor his been with his fleet to Algiers; to demand rellitution ofa number of hialtefe, whom the Dey has lately captured and made flares of—ead alto that Mr. FALCON, who had been forced out of the country in a moll violent and uojult manner. fhonld again be received as Britifh Conful. Both of which requeßs the Dey refuted to comply with.— This we were prepared to expo% by letters received a mouth ago from Algiers, would be the cafe. The Dey is folely guided by tome attire intelligent Jew Merchants at Algiers ; one of whom is his confiden tial Secretary. The whole trade of that country is in their hands, and from their exteufi►e mercantile eorrefpondence, they are perfetly acquainted with the politics and charater of all the Governments in Europe. Through their perfuafion and influence Mr. FALCON was driven out of the conatry, under the pm. text of Come Moorilb women being found in his bouk though the real canfe was his having confladtly refilled the attempts that were made to induse him to connive at their covering French property daring the war, which has been taken by our creiaers. and which thefe Jews endeavoured to claim as fubjelts of the Der. This, and his uniformly oppofing the ra pacious demands of the Dar on Great Britain. de termined them to get rid of him, in hopes we &mild fend a Ids confcientious and more pliant Capful " Our letters from Algiers, in November. train one of the chief Jews, pofitively Rated, that the Dkr was determined not to receive Mr. FALCON, Oa that they knew oar Goveramnd woad ime dare to on& Lord Nutoff to enforce hit being reetive4 otheroife there can be no doubt that the fight of_a Arita fleet of fovea fail of the line. led on by the Conqueror of the Nile, would have obtained a ready compliance with any terms he chafe to prefcribe, bad not the DST well known the temper of our prefent Governmedt." OFFICIAL FROM TMa GIBRALTAR CHRONICLI Or BIM 4. " In confequence of the refufal experienced by Mr. FALCON, !...s return to Algiers, the following Notice is bore publii;leJ by authority ; is Vic Teat, attics, rob Jam. 1104. M The Dar of Monte bay*/ related to maw, tbe Brit& Coaful, all thipe are gnawed to beware bow they appear& do Coat of Algiers, or permit tbooktres to be boarded by lb* Ad. gcrioe Cruleas. (Aped) " Nllsoll 11111011rre " MALAGA. JAN. r 6. " On the 13th intl. at 43 minutes pail five in the evening. a violent earthquake was felt. accompanied with a loud fubterrateous noire, and terrible convul fions, the equal to which has not been experienced for many years, fince we are allured that it exceeded that of 1735 ; it Lifted go feconds, and did much damage. particularly in the churches. " The thermometer was at 63° ; that of Reaumter at , 4 0, the barometer at 30,4. 5 : the atmolphere dark and cloudy. with the wind at North, variable, alma calm ; in this manner It remained the whole day, with Come rain in the morning and evening?' Boa. Secretfte 11 144.11ih aoalt serial claufes ; there are fome titrilndlllats efs confequence, which it is not rianegary.'in the prefent Itage of the enquiry, to fubmit to the attention of the Committee. JAMVAtT Z 3. " Since the earthquake of the 13th, fcarcely a day has paired without two, three, or snore flunks being felt, even to this . morning; and on the sift. at 57 min. pan four in the evening, there were felt fix letter, and three more confiderable &Unit (hocks, . which larked 8 feconds, and appeared to be from N. E. to S. W. The weather was fuch as has been feldom known at this (cacao, fultry, calm. and fettled—the baro meter never lower than 3oV'-; at this it continueh with our apprehenfions of more misfortunes." Admiral HAITIINCKIS efcape from Ferrol, with his fquadron, and Sir EDWARD Psi taw's unfuccefsful putfuit of him to the Madeiras, mud be in the recol lesion of every one ; and face that period, nothing has, with certainty, tranfpired, refpelling the courfb and declination of the Dutch Admiral. At length, however, it appears that he arrived at Rio Janeiro, in Anvil, in a very dills-did Rate, and in Glom in wane of every thing : A letter from , Rio Jaaeiro, data sioth Septart - . bee, contains the following intelllgenCe We arrived fare MN on the aid, and fail to morrow, In mammy web bra Mi flips Albion. 74; Rotel. 74; Serino"., 711 Giss•Vms , n; and Company's fitips Effea Lard Melville, Earl Spencer, PrM4 Mary, Anne, Olcry, a nd Northampton. Thee .re two Dutch !hips of the hue, ...he frigate and • Coop here, and two more Domb flips of the line are at St. Salvador, ail bound to India." fn the above partkular•we have to add, that the Comberbmis Capt Pierce from London. arrived at Rio Janeiro, on the 6th of °dater, and foond Illug.there the Albion, of 74 guns, Captain ?Mier ; the Ruda, of 74 suss. Captain Williams; the S. of 74 guns, Sir A. Di e k en f on , B ait . an d t h e Grampus., 37 guns, Captain Campbell; alto the following Ealt Indiamen outs ward bound ••••:fh.. fifth, Caf.thsts Doslsam; the bed Melville, Capt. 1... ; the Earl apencer, Capt. Rak i the Primers Mar7s Capt. Grieve; the Anne, Capt Price; the Mary Capt. lathe; the Southampton, Capt. baker, and the Awn, Capt. Scott. The Dutch Iquadron w re allo lying there, under the command of A - alit& Itartfinek, mantling of La Lips of the line, and one Min , . Two of which were in Salvador Day. The EngliL were to fail front Rio Janeiro on the t itch of Gather, and the Distels oath d of falling about the sock ; but k wait luppided that a mach lucre time would be necafLiry to equip them for lea. . . At a Court of Dimetors. held at the Est India Hoeft on Wednefday tail, Copt. Joao Sanyss was (sewn into the command of the l'•• Teo Kisco ar as was alfn Capt. Jona blacrwrosit into that tithe AsaLv Cairt.t. Dirt). Early yeitertay Ing. H Glanieefttr-pliet. P.,rtnitr-141.are. the In:avt 4..rosbc r J Capr a .a Lia!•. of the Royal Nall, Lait Pie", v ht. bamfe, Nev. Midge (tree, Illacktrial'h jag , Harm ks, 1.11 :V.. P. fur Prettar., I..auceabire. LON N'N 1 '""i and puldifl , cd 1.7 LEVEL XL NE. ;of CZ. ttry-• la L.M.,01.) a .he S rAo or rocs, so. I. Coq' l'oblithsd alto at Vs STA& 0111:1.