Star. — London, England, 1803-06-07 00:00:00

from the intervention nr the afrirlastee of the regular Governments of the Continent, it bzturved us to look to other experiments, which might in fume fart make up for their lots. We molt look not nnlv to the Rnyalifts of France, but to the Rnyalifts of Holland, to the Royalias of Switzerland, to the Royalins of the Italian Republics, and to all the Roya.iils in every quarter of Europe, who have been fo deeply injured by the depredating and all-grafping hand of this tyrannical enemy to the liberties of mankind.— We mutt always diftinguifh between our willies and our hupes ; he had h yes enough to warrant, that we had nothing to fear ultimately from the attack of our Country. He would in no cafe hirlanguine as en events, but he lhould never defpair, when he law In c fpirit of the cntintry called forth, and its exer tions placed in the hands of thole who knew how to dire& them with vigour, propriety, and cffea. If he faw better hopes in war than he did in peace, he would be for war : but he feared he might fay with the P 4 , Creatures that love night love mot fucb night§ a. there." So he might add— " People that love wars, love not Loh wars as there." He would not, he laid, add any thing further on ibis head ; but he thought the Army Estimates dally conflated with it, and a want of vigour and energy may ruin every mediate. The Cubic& of Invon he, fir one, never did make light of; and we have n, w• to Jo with an enemy that will attempt any thing; and it we don't look forward, the form may bilrfl over o•tr heads before we were aware of, or prepared for it. He compared our flotation to that of a Ihip in a form ; where, if the have .1 brave and affive crew, good officers and able pilots, there is every hope and expeetation the Ihip may get fife into port ; but if not, (he will inevitably (minder. It feemed to him, that we have a crew who make tile of language that nobody undeillands. They talk of the Ipirit of the country, and that the pe••ple will rife to a man ; but do not tell us how they will be officered ; and if we Lase mo better pilots than they hive hitherto prov ed theml.lves, we cannot flatter notielves with fay inG our bti k. The country he looked upon to be. what it ever had been, and, if its refources were pro perly called' forth, he had no fear ; but our prelent Minniers were men— u Whn nev,r in a Cquadron in the field, " Nor the uiviilon of a haute imow, " More thsn a (pirate!..." From Inch men, therefore, he could have nn great reafina t.' hope est:tam-din - at y 'natters, and he thought it more peculiarly hi. duty to r emind them and the Hook of the t.xtr.toldinaty difficulties we had to en -0011111(1. Mr. Purr role, and raid he (horrid only fay a very few word. on the prefent occalion. From the nate tnent now l aid on the tab'e, he was not able to of certain uric important faCI, and thetcfure he begged leave to afk his Nlajeft 's Moline's, if what is opened this day be .ill tut I•,rce that is meant to he called fo rt h to atif.ter the prefent emergency ? As this Efkablifhntent sans voted .it the commencement of the Sawn, he had been of opinion, that it was ton great for a time of peace ; but as matters were pow cir cumilanced, the contrary feemed to he the cafe. He was averfe from afkin4 what was intended to be the number of tortes to be employed, that peculiarly be longed to has Majelly's Monikers to divulge ; he WAS alfu averie from cowing into any details at prefent ; but if he thought the prefent forces were to be all that it was intended to call for, it would fill him with great apprehenfion and infinite regret. However, as he did not mean to pref, the fubjea, he only threw out thefe hints for the confederation of his Majelly's Mininers. The Seta [TART at Was fail that the plan of his Majelty's Minifters was to bring forth Inch a force as fhould be deemed, on the moil mature deliberation, fully adequate to the defence of the kingdom in every part. He then adverted to Mr. Windham'a argu ments, and laid the Right Hon. Gentleman had, in the greaten part of them, conjured op a phantom which he meant afterwards to combat. He might, however, mike eafy on that head, fur isle snifters were determined not to confine themfelves to the means of dcleate alone, hot to fuch Ai would ena• ble them -to !h ike at l ath 01:CAIIMIS AS may offer, to annoy the en my by every mod: i i our power. When the Right H Gentleman talked fis much of vigour, be did nil item ta recoiled, di rt it confined in frame. thing more ig words. w e h ave nnw , be raid, a much grea•er t iice sin foot t h a n we ever bad at the comineacement of any fit: mer war,, brit be did nit ray that was luffiaient ; he did not fay that all our coat gifts might not to be called forth. It was the intention of his M ferveuts to call f a-th loch a number of faipplenientary forces as fhould be not only futfirient for defence, but faith as would kave us a difpofeable force ails, whenever occafion might induce us to tile it ; and when we had got the men, it would then be time et-m.lO to look for the money. The probalnin y of invafion, therefore, how. ever much it was to be deprecated, ought not to throw is into a panic, nor lead us to ripple, that if at tempted, it will not ultimate}, tend to thedilcomfiture and difgrace of the enemy ; and, he believed, if it be ever attempted, very few of :hole who tea med part of the e t :pedalo-in, if they ever ilaurt d cried a Landing, would get back to France tt tell the effed of the rafh anterprize in which they had engaged. On the rub. hr.R of peace, he had but bole to fay, only that he ad always keen one of thole who approved of it.— The Rigut Hon. Gentleman that by the Treaty of Amiens we , ave up the Continent. How did we fo The reverie was the cafe ; and his chief Peafon for approving it was, that in that yelped we could no lounger derive any advantage from p ro l e . cluing the war. He denied the affertion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the fy nem of this country had ditheartened the Continent. Nothing thews this (ince the Treaty of Amiens; and before that we had fought a glorious fight, to keep up our connection He denied that the (yam intended to be porfued by Miniilets was merely defenfive. As to the Militia, lie complained that the Right Hon. Gentleman did clot bring forward his objedum to the fyllem when it was firft propofed ; and wants to know what it has always been? He fhould not follow the Right Hnn. Gentle man thintigh all his points: the question now on the table i s only to vac money fit . Inch forces as have been thought necctfary. .I' he Right Hon. Gentleman raid, regnlar tromps instal b- ..ppo rJ to regulars. He fhould be glad it lhould be fo, but dues not f e e the nteellity of , t _witneff. the militia of America•-- H e would alGa ant him. n t, , t oappened to France i n the la& wasp when tho King of PrufLa entered, France French forces then conned chiefly of the tettioorl guard, hut they did not fuller themfelves to be terrified by that coalition, though they were then without thole : numerous good officers which they proctired during the cootie of the war. He thougiit the Right Hnn. Gentleman, by his arguments, (hewed mote delpontlcncy than there scab any occalion for; and if an iovalion Ihould take place, he made no doubt. but the people of this country would evince that they pone-Wed the inflexible fpirit, and undaunted courage of their anceftors, and would boner die than yield up one iota of their liberties to the Mask- ag grellions and impudent attempts of an enemy, whole general conduct has juftly ittfpired them with art a't horrence and deteflation of hischaratter, and a Ready and firm refolution to lhed their tail drop of blood, rather than fubmit to fuch a determined foe, to the dearetl intereas of a free and enlightened people. Mr. PITT declared himself much latisfied by the flatement of his Right Hon. Friend, who had jolt fAt down. HT. was happy that Islioi.ters had rethived to adopt meafithes of vigour f u ited to the lituation of the country ; and of cotirfe, had they not propofed to go further than the Refoltitions before the Com mittee, he would have been very difcontented indeed; but he could not help expreffiug his with that this plan Ihould be brought forward as early as pofli• hie—even though not quite matured, it Ihould be fubmitted to the Houle, in order to relieve the anxi ety of the public. They Ihould lee the evidence of ac tivity and refolution. They Ihould however fee that a neceffity exiited for the adoption of a meafure more vigorous than has ever before been tried. It was in deed deferable that the neceffity and the means taken to meet it fhould he equally obvious to the country. That was the mode of fecuring unanimity. With re fpect to the Militia, he confidered that a force pecu liarly calculated for defenlive pin-poles, and altar for nilhing the means of employimga larger proportion of the zegular army as a dill:10/4111e force ; however, whether for offenfive or chitenfive war, the country Ihould he in poileffion of a complete force, and en abled to avail itlelf of any opportunity of attack which ',light offer. For that purpole then the report allud ed to by the Right Hon. Gentleman ought to be im mediately brought before the Houk. It was much better, under the prefent circumitances, that it Should be limn propofed, and that it Should be eafily and im objedionably paned. The question is to ferve the country. Let that be done, and it the neceffitry mea lures flinuld even incur odium—if it Should provoke refiflance in carrying it into execution, (which, from the knowledge he had of the loyalty and good fenfe of his countrymen,he thoughtextremely improbable,) that refiitance ought to be encountered. Let the fafety of the country be provided for. The people exfieded it, the Parliament lhould be pledged to it, and the peculiar cir comftances of the State demanded it. He underßood that it was intended very loon to fubmit to the Houfe a Ilatement of our finance, and it would be a good foundation for that Ratement to thew the number of men and other means provided for the public defence; it would be a very proper ac companiment to a defcriptioa of their btu-diens. He conlellid himfell perfeety latisfied with the general principles upon which Miniders ailed, and withed that all their proceedings might be in unifon. If, therefore, any of the proceedings which it might be effential to adopt in the prefent crifis Ihould ex. pole them to obloquy, he would cheerfully take his Share. Referring to the remarks made by his Right Honourable Friend, he would elk of him whether, if we had not 70.003 Militia for the defence of the Country, we Should not be obliged, particu larly in the prefent foliation of affairs, to keep the fame number of regular troops at home to fop- ply their Rations'? If fo, then were not the militia for every put pole a valuable body of men? Indeed he held it to be very impolitic to make any diltinc• thins between the leveret deferimions of our military I oce. It was Isis with, and he alfo.knew it to be not Ids the inclination of the officers of the militia them- Selves, that they Mould fight fociably in concert with the regal sr army, for whom they entertained all the esteem which was due to loyal companions in arms. But his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Windham) had Slated, that there were not men fufficient in the country to limply the army and militia; the fad however, that from the report of the moll in telligent pert'. xis, it appeared that towards the dole of the lad war roo,ooo men cowl I have been railed by ballot, without making any injurious dedudion from the numbers neeeirtri to the purfuits of agri culture and ma%ufaFtur el, but that officers could not be conveniently procured for none than 70,000 men. If fh, thcit here was a difference of 30,000 applica We to any fopplementary force which occallon might call for. With regard to the allufions of his Right Honourable Ft iend to the ohjed or conduct of the lan war, And his willies, that it had been more made a Study to attack the G.wernment of France, or ra ther, that it had been the principal point of attack, however lie concurred in the wishes of his Right Ho nourable Friend, he could not help obferving, that his opinionsat that time feemed to refult more from the high and generous impulle of his feelings than to be the fruit of psolound policy or mature refleftion. Recurring to the plan alluded to ty hi. Right Hon. Ft iend (the Secretary at War), he exprelfed his con fidence that it would be immediately introduced, and that it would be fo contrived as to fecure immediate execution; that whatever fupply of men was to he railed, Gould not depend on the precarious and ta•dy fyflem of recruiting ; but that means Should he taken to have the ranks speedily filled up. The advantage which loch a force would derive from the direCtions of officers, regularly trained and experienced. as his Right Honourable Friend had referred to, would no doubt be highly important. The Right Honourable Gentleman 'tady recapitulated his principal ergo ments, and contended, that from the cafe he had cited, of 30.000 men being forthcoming, by ballot, 1 more than could be drafted on the militia, and from other circumilances,the populationof the coon, ry was more than adequate to any exigencies, either for the army or militia, and therefore, he contended. that the fears of big Right Honourable Friend as to the diffi culty of recruiting for the army in confequence of the increafe of the militis, were quite groundleft. The Cearceccoa of the Eget, "rapers Paid, that lie entirely concurred with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that whatever was found to be abfolittelynecenary fur the fafety of the country, ought undoubtedly be made known, without loft of time, to the people at large ; nor had he any doubt that all expences attending any filch curo:din:try ['oilier would be cheerfully fuf t lined. That there was a very extraordintry necef lir v for gre.tt exertion at the pi efent crifis was beyond doubt, and he was thoroughly convinced that it wa, already In lie cntiv known by till rv, ar 'tall he had no reafun to tl;:i,k others , ire. I lis Right lion. Friend had laid, that we ihould nor reiy on the amount of our militia, nor cle yeomen of the country, but on our regular fired: ire begged, Inlw ever, to remind th it Right Hon. Gcol,:maii, that the regular force within the cou , u-v was c,llC:.iera hly greater at this vary morneot than datlog any period of the late war, excepting at tile time of as embarkation for foreign fervice. The Right lion. Gentleman who fpoke firil fre:red c,implain f the great proportion of Militia F-rees on which th: de.• :ence of the coontty tab; th It ohjeClion linwev,t he thought was IntEciently anf , t•ered, when it was faid to be intended merely as a &let:live force. Looking at the pcpuiark.n of the country, linking at the means of conlituting a military lot cc, lie did not mean to fay that there might act be a very confider. able augmentation afforded to our regular army, hut we mutt confider the convenience of the country, and the general fittiation of the people who ate ail engaged in various purfuits throughout the king. dom, and relied how we can draw out fioto amnngll the population, the largett military force, both for public fectirity and operations abtoad. It was the method by which a Country could he amide capa ble of producing a force. 10,-,th with the grcatefl advan tage and convenience, which ought to be adopted on every occafion. As to the danger which might arile from invafloa, a circumftance which has been all. alluded to by that Right Hon: Gentleman, he seas well aware that it seas one which ought always to be provided against with vigilance, and it was one which he himfelf could fately affirm he had never once at tempted to tinder tate, though no doubt it was one which had lwen deplcrably under-rated hl- fonts indi viduals even upon a fetinus emergency. It was At ail events our ditty to be fully prepared, and that t. without delay, for whatever emeigency might rice to. He begged to refer the Hon. Gentleman to the con• dada Government in the year iScot. There were, he was certain, many individuals in the Houfe who would atteft the circumftance, that during that period there was no infenfibility on the part of Government in regard to that particular, nor any want of afloat exertion againft it. The Count!) , were not fufficiently aware of the preparations on the coat of France at that par. icular period, nor were they at all aware of the great exertions and means employed by Government to meet that threat ened danger. At a tints when we were under the necellity of defending our rivers before the return of our Baltic :::et, which was a time of great danger, he ccadd affore the Houfe, that Government neither (lumbered nor flept. They, no doubt, entertained a prudent dente to avoid giving coo much alarm to the Country at large ; but they, at the fame time, en tertained a fired determination to call forth all pof. fable exertions; and tiled every prudent precaution for that purpofe, In far as was confident with the plan which they had adopted, in cafe the danger af. fumed an appearance at which it did not arrive, but which it threatened to affitme front day to day during the greater part of that summer. He affirmed, there. tore, that he thought himfelf entitled to refer thofe who were unacquainted with the condut of Govern. ment on that occation, to thefe particulars of their procedure, as a pledge of our prelent difpolition. and our determination to meet any event of the kind which may now be threatened.. He conceived that when Government lately carried an Addrefs to the foot of the Throne, in anfwcr to his Majelly's MefTage, they gave the folemn pledge of this Houle to put forth every exertion which the fituation of the country required, and its powers would admit. That the means to be tifed upon the piefent occafion, mull be great and unparalleled he undoubtedly confidered laude bound to confefs ; and when an appeal was to be made to the Houle to meet the financial difficuldes incident to loch a cribs, inch an appeal, he felt confi• dent in laying, would not be made in vain. He faid that he had heard, with confiderable fatisfadion, from a quarter from which he expelled nothing of the kind • that a hope exited of there being a readinefs in the Houfe to affociate itlelf with the Executive Go. vcrnment in all meafures which were worthy of flip. pot t, and to fhare in whatever might be the obloquy attachable to any part of the proceedings of Mini tiers, in order the more effedually to attend to the honour and fectirity of the country. It was not from a great &fire to avoid fuch obloquy that he rejoiced at hearing fuels expreffions, but it was from its teti. lying to the country, that in providing for the fafety of the people, there was only one exiting opinion, one dilpotitiou in Parliament. This, he concluded with Paying, was not a time for defpondency and difrnay, but it was one in which it was indilpenfibly neeeffary to call forth the utmoll fortitode and exer tions of a generous, loyal, and a courageous people, who have not been found wanting in fuch ftrenuous efforts on former occafions, which even did not re. quirefuch extraordinary exertions as the prefent one. Mr. VerniDH•/4 explained. He laid, that he only helitated as to a reliance on a fugitive and tranfitory impulfe at a erifis like the prefent. He witted to fee a plan laid down for the employment of (time fettled and efficient means. He had not thrown out any thing like a fuggeflion of defpondency, but he con. felted his anxiety to know what were the means to which Miniflers meant to refort for our defence. General TA a I. R Tom laid, he approved the meafures adopted by Mini(lets, and ctngratitlared the Honfe on the fpitit and determination (hewn by the people to defend their country. Mr. Bolton, a relpea ible merchant in Liverpool (the town he reprefents) had made an offer to raife a regiment, which his Majeft y had accepted.—That Gentleman had not been a week, nor even a day, in railing this regiment, for in ore hour sad a half he had ash:led 590 ((tong, able, and effeftive young men. General NOR TON laid, he had no fear the people would be off their gu , rd, and rnerrioned one or two inftances in which he had witneffed their vigilance on the coat during the lall war. Mr. WOODMAN laid in explanation, that if the peo ple were off their guard they might go down as the Royal George did at Spithead. Sr JANI,I PULTINS T laid, he had no doubt of the good will of the people to defend the country, but that is not filificient againll an invading army ; a body of people hailily armed and got together could not be futticient to flop the progrefs of a regular ch= cipliocd assay, aad timed - ate Come lath plan as that propnll..l by allC.,7ntelv nr,tr:rv. 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Mr. Pni.a m,..vcd for 0: dr.ance Land Service. sfo'r,o6st.r7s. e. for Grcat 121.5.111:. 104:.(51. forttier Cliarers Oriltia•,:r Office in Ireland. 38.0(.)1. outitao.ii:-.; Claims on IL, a Otlive. Agreed tn. lin.ife reft,med, and rte Re;,r-t was ordered to be received to 7n.-4-Inw.—A,ijoia fled. IMAIL'URGH )?41L. CONSTAFTINOPLr, APKIL 30 —Oll the 22(1 a great Council of ;irate wa,l2.:d to icier mine what pe the te take in cafe of a new war hetween Eng land and F ante. The dectrion is not yet known. Years-day pair...l an Englith coutier to India. Gen. Btuste i; trying to negotiate a treaty. of c,rorneice with the Potte. A Turk;fh fleet, confining of five (hips of the line. one of which i. of !so guns, and your of 74, laded this day for the Archipelago, fur the prinettion of ihe Turkith trade, and the levying of the tribute in the Archipelago. BREMEN, MAY =R.—We have received aJvice from Amilerdam, by an extraordinary courier, th.tt the French have detained at Helvoetiluys the Eaglifh Packet boat which brought the Englifb letters of the 24. th to Holland, taken out the Mail, and fent it open to Paris. HARDENBERC IN OVERYSSEL, MAY 26.—A courier from Paris arrived here yeflerday evening at ci4he o'clock, and proceeded to the French he:td•quarters at Coevorden, and this morning the 9ith and to3ti French half brigades of infantry cantoned here and at Heemik, received orders to enter the adjoining Launty of B:ntheim. About noon they began their march, and tomorrow the 23d regiment of huff& chaffenrs, and the t rth regiment of dragoons will fol low. Thefe troops make one divition, which is corn• manded by G:neral Dumoulin. This morning like. wife the 48th half brigade broke up from Coevorden for the county of Bentheim, which is now full of French troops. The providing of the French army with provinons and forage has been found not a little difficult ; pro viftons for 30,000 men ha►e been colleaed hum Gro ningen and other places The peafants in the vil• lager have from so to too men quartered up.•n them. At Ommen and other places the chtirche, are tiled lor hay and Rraw magazines, and for Gables for the nurfes. The country through which the French army has paiTed is entirely eihaufied of all pins ifions. MUNSTHI, MAY 27.—YeRerday afternoon, about four o'clock, the French troops entered the County of Bentheins, and in the town of Bentheim made psi :Oners of the Hanoverian gartifon of 36 men and An officer. To-day, it is laid, they will advance by Mep• pen and Hafalune, into the territory of Ofnaburg. _ _ OS:YAM/AG, MAY 28.—We have received certaio advice. that the Fiend) have entered Meppen. As they will probably be here in a few days. a deputaq :ion has been fent, in the name of the Municipal Ma giflrates, to the French General, to procure good treatment for the town, of which we do not doubt. The Hanoverian battalion, which we had here its garrifan, has to day marched away, as is fuppofed for Diepenau. 'AMGEN, MAY 29.—Yellarday the French pa6:•d the Ems near Meppen ; a part of the infantry march. ed to Hafelune ; the cavalry remains at Meppen, and in the neighbouring places. To-day they have all continued their march, And a past of the corps has entered the principality of Ofnaburg. The corps which has entered conlills of about io,oco men.-- More troops will this day follow. Ofnaburg has been abandoned by the HanoreCans, and it is believed that the people of Ofr•.abarg will make no refalance. We f}.all icon hear what will be done in the ether States of the Hanoverian territor'. Preparation. for defence are making on the fide of the Wefer. The intercource by poll is not interrupted by d, French troops, though the mail from Zwoll to Lingen was obliged to remain at Yerillau. fur want of horfes. Li:sast:ltett, MAY :9.—As the danger of war be. comes iLirly more tlircatcning. our regiments have been confiderably firetstliened. Lail week we were called on for a certain number of rev-nits. 1-1 Mvr 28.—A fare idea having got abroad, that it was intention to raife a Levy en M Ire throughout the Eicaorate to oppore the enetni i.i cafe of invafien, a proclamation has been publifh. ed. addreffed to all the Magittrates. contradiAing this report, and affuring them. that the inter.tiost of the general tegiiiering plan perfnns able to bear arms, is no other than to obtain the necefliry number of recruits to ocenplcat the troops of the lisp aad