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time he was Peeking the difiinflion of a command in a volunteer corps in Norfolk—a ditimEtion he argued againft chi, evening as In mifchievous. But as to de mocracy, he could not help laying, that this was the queeitil part of the Right Hon. Gentleman's charge upon the volunteers, for he appealed to the Houle 1 j whether there was one other man in the country ex cept himfelf, who would accufe the Right Hon. Gentleman, or Isliniflers, of being likely to favour democracy? What, he would afk, would the Right Hon. Gentleman propofe to do with the Volunteers ? Would he have them quit being volunteers in order to make pealantry of them (a laugh) ? and how would he provide a force for the defence of the coun try? But really the Right Hon. Gentleman, who was bimfelf an officer in a volunteer corps, and afpiring i to the rank of Colonel, could not be ferious in the objeaions he made to the volunteer inflitution. If he was, inilead of applying to him the quotation— .. His own exunpkiirvirbened all his laws ;" i fhould be— . His own example utaintedall his laws." But no doubt, as a military man, he would Coon have to" change his pofition," which he had contriv ed to do as a politician. " However, (obferved the Hon. Member) let the Right Honourable Gentleman change as he may, I (hall continue to efleem the To. lunteers, among whom I fhould be happy to enrol c myfelf;—and, as the ißght Honourable Gentleman 1 under the gallery has fo well trained a corps under his command, I would be glad to enter into his ler vice. I have ferved for many years as a private in the ranks, and now I am ready, if the French fhould r . attempt to approach our (bores, I will offer him my lervices, and hope he will accept of them (a laugh). t Dr. Lawataca fupported the arguments of Mr. I , Windham. On the fubjettof changing fides, no perfon, he laid, had veered fo much as his Hon. Friend, ' (Mr. Erfkine), who now (poke in a (train quite op i, polite from what he had ufed left war. He con ' demned the idea of military obedience recognifed by the Volunteer fyftem. He did not diftruft Britifh valour, but thought half difcipline a dangerous thing. He regarded the prefent enormous bounties as the 1 greateft check which the regular recruiting could experience, and to them did he attribute the decay of the regular army. Lord CASTIAILIAGH thought it neceffary to fate, that comparing the ordinary recruiting fince the war, taking it from laft May, with the ordinary recruiting for the fame time in the' preceding year, it would be found that 6791 men had been railed r for general fervice, exelufive of 7500 from the re . ferve, which together made a grofs amount of l 4,291. The (even months of the preceding year li was a very fair . ground of comparifon, as there was no fort of recruiting going on for the militia, or any other body but the army, and confequently the re enticing market was quite open, and Government the only bidder. They amounted then only to 7294, slaking a difference of only 503, notwithftanding all the prefent difficulties in the way of the fervice. The seat point was, whether the Volunteer fyftem had *dually locked up men from recruiting ? He had tot looked into the Ad, to afeertain the point whe ther Volunteers could leave their corps to go into a more efficient fervice, namely, the Army ; but that was a point that fhould be cleared up, and would be fo is the Bill about to be introduced. As to the ' *ate of fads. it did not appear that volunteering I *nice* had afraid the regulars. Dr. Lavalieres meant to take the effect of the Volunteer Inftitutions, not from the beginning of the I War, but from the operation of the Bill. ,1 The ATTORNILY Gsneeat commented with great 1 4 aentenefs and confiderable feverity on the conduit it sad language of Mr. Windham. He was convinced . that Gentleman had no bad views, but he thought ibis obfervitions very difadvantageous to the interefts oP the country. Now had the Volunteer fy Item been quite new, there could have been hardly any limit of criticifm to be Pet to the animadverfinns of any Member who dated it. But being adopted as a . great (ounce of national defence. and being afted upon fo estenfively, fo far indeed as to make it in '1 vain to think of materially altering, far lefs of aban doning it, it was Pure to do mifehief when Gentle men treated it as it had been done that nthr.— I If the fyftem were not Co flrong as could be with ., ed, hill we muff rely upon it, and Curdy it was more to our advantage to teach the Volunteers to hold themfelves high, to think nobly of their In(li • tution; to tell them they are not to be led to ufelefs 1 !laughter, but to fuecefsful exploits. He could not help here comparing the Right Hon. Gentleman op. ;Hite him with the Right Hon. Gentleman under the gallery. The latter would ameliorate and improve and flrengthen the Volunteers; the former endeavour -1 ed to vilify and degrade them in their own eyes. But really if the Volunteers are treated in this manner, ' whit is to become of the Right Hon. Gentleman's I own Corps ?He is certainly very well calculated to be a Commander; but if he, following his opi Dion' here, or any other perfun imbibing, his opi nions, fhould tell a Corps—" I can exiled to do nothing with you ; you are little better than a rabble ; you cannot be relied on to any extent." what would be the eonfequence ? what could any rational man taped from fuch language ? The fyi. tem would fall, when men were thus taught to fink in their own eftimation. ' The Hon. Member had otafervetl, that the Right Hon. Gentleman under the gallery was prejudiced in favour of the Corps horn Tome local circumftances ' • and then the Learned Gentleman tells the Houle of more faults or fillies of Come individuals in corps. But nothing could be judged of in this way. Thefe (pots were to be view ed as they were, very fcarce and few. Such per. inns were diftinguithed by their difgrace ; and a man might as well go to the cells of Newgate to form a charade,- of mankind, as to take the eharader of the Vi lunteers from fueh inflances. The Mull.- nTy General then made feveral obfervations on the corps to which he himfclf belonged, which had exiii• ed daring the lan admiuillration, and which was under the kind of regulatu,ns Gentlemen had fo mu' h nhjelied to, hot in which no figns of ti.fsibor dination ever arpearel He then (hewed the dif tintlion between the powers of the Committee, who in the field were nothing, and the author:ty of the Office's. Whit 'civet to what had been laid rf the want of Martial Law, he contended that it was as much as e' iii he expeded, that they ihotild he tinder Martial I iv:, ss hen a:Nally cal!cd i.ut to fervice.— rls to Officers in the Army thtn;)ing the V , .lunteer fy Una burtild to rank and :Jruzqucucc,irthutthl be remarked that many of thofe, if not molt, who .' held Commands in there Corps were perfons of high refpeetability, if not of high rank and importance. But what had the Gentleman who oppofed this plan offered in lieu of it ? Nothing but an armed peafantry and the dilbanded Volunteers. When Gentlemen talked of the Volunteers hurting the Army of Referve, they fhould recollect, that thole of the Volunteers, who might be drawn, would, in almoft all cafes, ferve by fubflitute. The extent of exemptions, was a fubjed that would come more properly before the Houfe in the next Bill. Gentlemen had propofed nothing like a fubftitute, and he trolled they would fee the impropriety of their oppofition. Mr. WINDHAM explained. He had not Paid re duce all the corps, but don't inereafe them. Dimi nifh them rather, and promote the regular army. He did not with to attack an inevitable eftablilhment, but he confidered the whole fyftem as nearly at an end ; and, therefore, as being juftified, in confidering the means by which it was either to be repaired or replaced by fomething elfe. Mr. Bragge and Mr. Windham explained. The Refotution was put and carried nem. con. Mr. Secretary YORE' moved the xd reading of the Bill to amend and explain the Volunteer Ad.— Read a fecond time, and committed for to-morrow. COMMITTSE OF SUPPLY. The CHANCILLOR of the EXCHEQSER moved a va riety of mifiellaneous fums, and the refolutions were unanimoufly agreed to. Among others were— Col. to Mt; Brimlie. 2191. to Mr. Clementfon, for rant of a houfe is lieu of his for. Nur apartments. • sjocd. 9s. 6d. to W. B. Cobb, for additional earners of Clerks auditing Public Accounts. a,7e11. 91. to Lord Wallineham. 6491. 2s. to the Magiltracy of the Thames Police. 24 1 1. its. 61. to Wm. Mitford, for repairs of Port Patrick. 6,5 231. is. Bd. for expenens of complying with the Addicting of the Houfe.—Agreed to. IRISH WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. Coe& moved 46131. or yoool. frith currency, for Building and Repairing Churches in Ireland, &c. Ecc. 23,076 L for Civil Buildings. 2211. for extra trouble in colleeting Public Accounts. 1841. to the General Infpcdtor of Imports and Exports. And revere! other (mailer fume. Agreed to, and to be reported to•morrow.—Adjourned. LONDON. The leach of the Debate eonitrains to to delay till to morrow the tub Letter of GALCACUII. TUESDAY. DECEMBER PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK I • Cancels for opg. Al—Reduced 54},4—Oinnium 6. 4 per Cent. 74—New s pf-r Cent- 9°491 Long ADD. 1.413-i6...Sliort Ditto 3 1-16{ PRICE OF bTOC S YESTERDAY 3 Per C. Rai Ann. seiti s pie C. 1797 r 3 per C. Co. E But Long Ann. is 4 per C. 7of ()amines 6 . 3 per C. Ann But ConE for nee. 33 fa Lail night we received Paris journals to the 23d ult. Their contents, however, have been in a great meafure anticipated by intelligence received through other channels, and which has already been laid be fore our Readers. In the Journal de Paris, of zoth Nov. one para. graph appears fimilar in complexion to accounts be. fore received from Hamburgh. " We are allured it may be potEble, that yielding to the felicitations of feveral friendly Courts, France will loon determine to evacuate Hanover." On the fame fubjeet, the Manirear of the following day, ix a note on an article from an Englifb Paper, rays, " Hanover will be evacuated when you eva cuate Malta." Government, we underftand. received yellerday Conte very importune information from a Gentleman who arrived in town the preceding day from Hob land, and who formerly held a very high military fituation in his Mai ssry's fervice. He has refided many years abroad, and returned to his native coun try for the honourable purpofe of communicating to Minifiers as much of the nature of the enemy's pro jeEts as he has been able to at - certain. He has brought with him a large packet of papers, among which are corral plans and charts of our coati, and drafts of feveral of the feats of our rich Nobility and Gentry, which have lately been tlifiributed among the officers, of the army deflined to invade our !holes. There drafts were delivered by the Minitter of War, by or-' der of Bowa►asrs, who, in a circular letter, written by himfelf, allures the feveral officers, that the landed property of England fball be the reward of their ler vices ; and that, in the general pillage, as equal a difltibution as poflible flt,til be made among the pri• vates. He alfo Rates, from his own knowledge, that one hundred thnnfind men are ready to embark at a moment's notice, and that before he left Holland a kind of Manifefto had been iffued, wherein it is laid that the time has at length arrived when the Britifh Go% ernment is to receive the punilhment due to its offences. To the above we have to add that the Captain of Pruflian velfel, who left Rotterdam lan Tuefday, affirms, that kill previonfly to his departure there was a general fcivure of all Dutch veffcls, and that the invading Army was actually on board, and expeded to fail every tide. The frofl had not then (Tuefday tall) fct in at Holland. The general and avowed opinion was, that an immediate attempt was about to be made on England. The Captain had fevere weatl ••• in his paffage ; and his betief is, that the flotilla of Rotterdam, which be furveyed with a lea man's eye, was of a delcription that could not pof. fitly weather fuch a fez as he experienced. The crtf!, he lo are in general fhyht, and, letting afide the perils of the Ocean, filch a, I.e thinks could not Sided the effeet of ;heir own Ere, eac:i carrying a 24 r:u,nder. The CT:Ain who 10.ir.ss the 1.211-rncokciA Rate- runt is a man of known veracity ; but it is poffible he may have been deceived or mifinformedNand that the moment for the attack is not fo near as his nate ment would induce us to believe. We ought, how ever, to be on our guard, and indeed, from the pre cautions that have been taken, we need entertain no apprehenfions refpeding the iffue. A private letter from Leyden, dared Dec. 1, rays, 1 , According to intelligence from all the ports and other places of this Republic, the greatefi adivity prevails in the preparations for the expedition again(' England. The body of land forces deilined for that purpofe has already been cbofen by hit, and the chief command is to be entrufted to General DuP4ONCEAV, who is to have under him Major-Generals Cats and Colonels von HAIM, CARTERET, and von HASSELT ; Colonel CHASSE, of the Chaffeurs ; Colo nel CaLvasex, of the cavalry ; and Lieutenant-Co lonel 'rem CATE, of the artillery." PARIS, Nov. 23.—The FIRST CON su E. has not re turned to St. Cloud. It appears that he wiU refide at the Thuilleries all the winter. M. D. Eturaatouls, who was Counfellor of the Ruffian Legation at Drefden, it is Paid, has been or dered to quit that Court. It feems that the complaint brought againft the Englifh Government refpeeting the fuppofed treat ment of General Boyßa, was founded upon the report of a French prifoner lately arrived frum England. The Ex-Commandants of Malta have penfions or dered them by the Italian Republic. It appears that the Italian troops ordered to march to France, to take part in the expedition, were not to begin their march from Milan till the 17th ult.— They confill of 7000 men, and to march in (even columns. The Senate of Hamburgh has ordered the demoli tion of all its fortifications, that city by the treaty of Ratilbon being declared neuter in all future wars. We hear that large quantities of mulkets have been contraded almolt at the price of gold by Colonel PNILITGER, who is traverfing all Germany to obtain them ; but at Berlin we apprehend, as the arms bought there are known to be for England, the re moval of them is much doubted. A long article appears in the Alfossil:us of the 2 tfl, written by a French traveller, who left Eaglaid on the 6th ult. giving an acconnt of the (late of the mi litary preparations, of the confidence of the people in the Government, and the national credit. It con cludes, that, if France and its allies were only to de termine againft the confumption of any thing of Bri ti(h growth or manufafture, Great Britain would be infallibly ruined in fix months. A letter received at Hull laft week, flues, that the Englith veffels lying in the river Trave, had put to fea with the utmoft Italie, for fear of being fcized by the French. General BIRTH in was at Lubeck en. deavouring to obtain a loan. The condua of the French troops in Hanover was fu oppreffive, that they were execrated by all ranks of people. A letter from Dnblin (fates that Dwyer, tbe Wick low robber, and his gang, have furrendered to Go vernment. Accounts from Cork, of the 6th. mention, that the fleet of Eat! India fhips, which had put into Cove, failed that morning with a fair wind at north well, tinder convoy of the Euvrat.vs, Captain !hack. WOOD. They were, on their arrival, 'hurt of provi. lions and water, which delayed them fo long ;here. One of the Batavian prizes was to crazy that it will be neceffary to difcharge her cargo of tagar, coffee, and faltpeter. valued at So,oool. at Cork. The Waterford Mail was robbed on Sunday the 4th, on the way to Clonmell. An Englifh with Admiralty difpatches, was contained in it. The account of Sir ROBERT CALDER'S Fleet hay ing arrived off Cork, is premature. Letters have this week been received from Admiral Lord KEITH, by the Wardens of the Trinity Honfe. Hull, requefling information as to the number of (hips of war which could find anchorage in the Hum ber. From this circumflance it appears probable that that port is likely to he fixed upon for a naval Ration. It is the opinion of experienced feamen, that z 5 fail of the line might ride in fafety in the Havci, and 40 or 5o more between Grirhfby and Whitebooth Roads, if neceffary. The centrical ruin ation of that port, with regard to the extenfive coall oppofite, now under the controul of the enemy, ren. ders it very fuituble for fuck a Ration, and the faci lity with which veffels may enter or leave the river,' at any Rate of the tides, adds confiderably to its other advantages. Cap:. MANS L, of his Majefly's (hip BECHIRM IR, has received a blow from the fall of a block from the mall head ; but fortunately no immediate ferious con. liquences are likely to refult from the accident. The Grizell, Captain l'oayea, from Ayre, bound to Gottenbuigh, laden with deals and iron, was dri. yen on (pore in a dreadful gale on Cape Wrath, on the 13th ult. The whole of the crew (mate excep. ted) arc drowned. There was an error in our paper of laft week, in which it was Rated that the Commiffioners in a Commiftion of Bankruptcy againfl Mars. DORSET, JOHNSON, and Co. will meet on the 351 i of December to declare a dividend of their elate and effeds. It is only intended to declare a dividend on that day of the feparate dive of Groitcs Doassx and the lips rate ethic of Janes Ti e sox. GAM s.—A few days ago, as a failor was travelling on the great road near Brotherton, a hare made an attempt to croft the road, but was fo confounded by two carriages at the fame time paffing, that (he ran fo near the failor as enabled him to knock her down', which having done, he put it in his handkerchief, and travelled on ; and loon after met with an Hon. Baronet, particularly tenacious in the pr efcrv.it•on of his game, who immediately called out to the " I fay, man, is that your own hare ?" and upon re• ceiving no aufwer, the fame queftion was twee C• peated : at laft the tar vociferated—" D— your eye!, you lubber, de you fuppofe I weal a wig ?" NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind S. S. W. ARR. DUE. ARR. WM. Dublin 1 o Hamburgb 0 Waterford 6 Fitetourn, Dec. to.—Put back the Pelican, BROAD, bound to Smyrna, having miffed the convoy. Arrived the NIMROD lloop of war from a cruize. Wind N. W. Tows., DER. I Arrived yellerday from Guernfey, the brig Taly I Ho, of Exeter, Captain WALKER, laden with wines, part of which cargo the fhifted in a heavy gale of wind and bad weather ;-- the came in under jury malls, but the wind moderat ing this morning, (he failed for Exeter. Alfo arrived this morning, and remains his Majelly's !hip Ns- MEM, Capt. SWIM I , arti.Ls, &.Om a cruise. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. la.—Arrived feveral (hips from Ireland, but cannot learn their names.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Princefs Augufta tender, from off Havre de Grace, with an account of the lots of the SHANNON, of 36 guns, Captain E. L. Cows*. on Saturday left, near Cape La Hogue. She had received confiderable damage in a dreadful gale, which obliged Captain Gowsa to run her afhore, to fave the lives of her crew, who were then taken pri loners, and marched up the country. When the Princefs Augusta left .her, /be was all a•tanto; fur. rounded by French tithing boats, who had taken pot. fawn of her. and hoilted the French colours over thofe of the Englith. The homy cutter, Lieutenant WHIM with feveral other Email vefiels, were dif patched immediately from hence, to attempt to de firoy her. The Tetsuo, and DICADI frigates are cruizing on the fame Elation.—Sailed this morning the Houton florin of war, Capt. Maxwass, to lie as guartfhip in Chichefter Park ; from whence the was forced by the huricane of Saturday loll.—The APO L. CO frgate, Captain Dixon, is ordered to rejoin Lord Gaanmsa's fquadron at Cork. Doyle, Dac. 12.—Our cruisers being blown off Boulogne in the late gales, a French lugger row boat privateer efcaped out, and boarded a neutral brig of Sbakefpeir's Cliff, bound into our harbour; after overhauling the papers. they permitted him to pro ceed, after taking from the Captain a filver fault box and all the wearing apparel they could lay their hands on. Three pafengers landed to-day from a flip from Quebec ; they loft the Quebec &et three days ago in a gale of wind, and have not ken them fince. They law the French privateer left night, but luckily a coo ter heaving in fight, efcaped being boarded. Six Eall Indiamen ate in fight, names unknown, fuppofed to be the !hips that put into Leland. Sailed the LORD Miami hired armed cutter, on a cruise. Daas,Dtc. ie.—Arrived and failed for the Ri. ver, the William Pitt, Cosner, from Quebec.— Sailed the outwardbound, under Convoy of a gun brig, to the westward. Nine vefels are one more on the French coati, between Blacknefa and Gravelines. Wind N. N. W. Sir as Dsc. I a.—Arrived his Majelly's Hoop EXPLOSION, Capt. PAUL, with the BOLD and JACII. ALL gun veffels, the former commanded by Lieut. CNIVAIIS, and the latter by Lieut. C. T. Liven.— The Arsicaixs, Capt. MASSY, and AMOR gua brig, Lieut. tIPRItIff, have failed for the Downs. The GaLno is taken into dock, and the Wiliam. saa has gone out of harbour to the Great Nore.— The Scoarrom and ARIADNI have been fitted with the greatelt difpatch, they are both nearly ready for lea, and will go out of harbour on Wednefday. Mr. Joan DOUGLAS appoiuted mailer attendant of this dock yard, has arrived and taken pnffeffion of his fi. tuation. Mr. JAMES NicooLts, late purfer of the FAVORITE, is appointed to the Cava's, Capt. HAN. COCA, which /lip has arrived here and remains at the Little Nore. YARMOUTII, DEC. la.—The Kingßon, of Hull, WILLIAM Wass, bound to Peterfburgh with goods, has put in here, having 101 l both her anchors.—The Indullry, of Bolton, bound to London, with oats, was taken by a Dutch privateer, and retaken by the OW* 'EIS !loop of war: the above privateer took out all the crew. The Perfeverance, Ws. Jo N N son, of Gain/. borough, from London to Gainlborough, which drove on this beach, as mentioned In my tall, got off and has been brought into this port, where the will be hauled np to repair. Yellerday the Layby, a Ming Hoop of Barking, TIEVMAI Hawates was chafed into thi► 130a4 by a Dutch , - igged privateer. The Hero and Brothers tranfr to the Wefer for troops, remain waiting Arrived the LARK (loop of war, the FLII KING GEORGE cutter. Remain the Re , ral Rvsast., Peiscass of °RAMIS, Irao two cutters. Wind N. W. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. MC. la.—Parted by, the FM 1‘4 4 hell; Vein*, blickotfon, , nod Jerky ; and Vrow EL wind, front Rotterdant.--Sailed the Lord Duncan. St. Vincant's ; Edward, Walker, for Tobago; Sufpence„ for St. Kttes • Cygnet', Silber, for Jamaica ; Cbriltians r Smith; and Thelma, Orme., tor Lubec. On the Etb Inßant, after a 12surt Worts. in North lord road, the lion. Mrs. Murray. only daughter of John Murray, and ode or Col. Murray, of !fanner re. On his return from Botany Bay, tuft frren 1 homos Fytch Polawr, who WA. bandhed (ram deal yra,s ago, during the period of the democr..tie facietka, Bay, for (edition. LONDON • Printed and pistil:Med In• LEVEL terbery-pbee. Lambeth,) at Ow STAN o.Flel Ikea. 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