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.- sirmate to the want of it. The Rigio Hon. Gent. t ; e, it feed, reverted to other topics appity-ntly triton to avnid e uclting on some subject., which belnee boot strenuously panegyrised and tetOrr , . t rounded The leading feature of alteration in his system, is the co ndu x Adopted towards those men who had s reed •ss •nty ame years in the Regular Amy I'ne-e very -ten, whose disiborge the Right liesouralsr.• Gentleman had trumpeted ;- m oo. as o ne it the set ortgosi incentives. to inspire and promote a military Jot-Ten sity and inclination throughout the population of the Empire. T - e circumstance of dis charoine these men. said w n have no claim on the ster• to corotaa, will he fully A ypreciated by thus' on whom it was intended to operate. Th. Peon' o said he, will naturally say, when His Majesty's government has . vended the indulgence M those who were not e titled to it, by any dawn. , whet &not or hesitation can remain of re fusing it to those who are justified in de. maintrig it by the atithmity of Porliement, and th- reg-Oations of His Majesty. Yet, of all these a'Y ,it yea the measure has been d fronded, and for thi reason, that under the present circumstances t f do country, the In s of seven thousand t &thee men could not he ettitured In the ex onination of the me um, the Right Hon Ge.illeinaii, the &veto y et War, divides it on er three heads, namely, the Training Act, the Volunteer System, and th • Mode of II cruitog. On the first bead, he has not untried one word, for the best of all reasons. he catoe lie had nothing to say ; and the little it et has been said on the secmd d vision might Ilse- as well been left alon •. It is suppesest by the ft .ht Hon Gentleman. the Secrete , y at War, to he disrespeCtiul to e Volunteers. in :Mien !hat they dear. Bed cumbers. and dwindled in ,fortive streng.b, on the discontinuance of tin wince lumen's, it is a relltetion cast on the V. etl6, to SONpVISe, that in consequence of no Nlenthet being , entitled to receive any kind of ,allowance or pay, j whn had kilned after the t7th of last June, and that by old ego sltkness, death, and other contin gencieo a great vacancy must have been occasion ed. which, Mir the docontinuarce of the pay, was ent Wetly to he fit ed uo TOe Right Hon. Gen tleman who sp kit last, list asserted, that the increoe in the nunther of men raised at the present time, as , tomoared with the voters:winding period of the 1 ist I year, was in the porno:ion of two to one. 1 his cisnclusion was no: cert.,iolo dr ;Attilar from the I'apets on toe 'table. whatever document, the Rioht • Gentle (Lan mfy have in his pocket to list droll. In the months of Ott her and Novae bey, the ansomit of the Ivo, r•iost, as appears by the papers oefore the Hou•e, tsar ;:..2eo men In the coirespondinfo !cried oi the 1 •se year, there were raised 3,10.1 mm ; although Mr. Putt's bill ailed as a Jray.loisk on the ordinary m isle of rs• t'•US leaving a balance in favour of th correspnniiing period rat last year over the present. of SOS 0 ien. 1t tn. It glo lion. Gentleman had more expls•ietory paper, •n his possession,great blame certainly attache-• to tom, in not commoni- Ca' Mg to the House t. e necessary information. '1 he:e ware some other nosey/rations 01 that Gene demon, with v Foch he enti:d , • no means comply ; for, howt vier affecurg and pat- ful appals We to the honnufable fed of the House, there was en anemic, the steproximation to which was preg. Two with ruin and na:l"ral calamity. His Noble Friend did not complain of the Chelsea Pensions ; but was of opinion, tl•at the importance and neces sity of military discipline was not sufficiently pre served There we're s.v , some of the regulations, in his mind, direCtly contiary to law ; patticuhr ly the first pelmet it enliaimg in the cavalry and till.ry, eed the minds when an opportunity occurred, enabling them to make a fiesh engage ment. Ilefe WAS ale i a possibelify that a man ortijeft to fits may impose himself on the tweet ing Officer. al d after the interval may demand his tipseharge, under the provisions of the clause, which pros ided for toe woos out and disabled, nut from say vice and misconduCt i f their ov n. The Hon. Gentleman concluded, by declaring his fu!l e• ncur truce in the ab:e speech of his NoUle Friend near bon Vin-tint HOWICK decleeed his surprise, that notwithstanding the contraoiction given to the oterrient with teepee" to Buenos Apes, the Ho. nnurable Gentleman oppitsite still persevered in it. The Learned Gentleman, who lAA addressed the House, had charged his Right Hon Friend with not giving a satisfoCtory answer to the charge of the Noble Lord. The fad was, tte only answer that could be giverswas that which his itt. Hon. Fe lend g,sve. It was rather curious to hear the Noble Lotd talk inn of sending not reinforcements to a distant settle /nen:, in ten days, worn that Noble Lord was un able to send an expedition across the Channel, to the Continent of Europe, in ten months; and when the failure of that Coalition. on the formation of which he has token so much credit to himself, was attributed to the delay of the British Cabinet, in the note of Count OtoMertiberg. It is coo. tainly erne, that the expedition originally intended to reinforce Buenos Ayres, was under peculiar and necessary circumstance, countermanded; but it certainly did put to sea on the lOth of Cleober.— The Noble Lord then observed, that the result of the present measures was a considerable increase to the effeCtive strength and disposable tone of the conntry, more than even could hate barn expededs Ile considered some of the measures of Isomer ad. ministrations as very adequate to raising a sufficient force for the defence of the country, but the great ' , °Neff of bis Right Hon. Friend Ole. Windham) was a regular Army. which he considered as the best of all forces for the proteltion of this country. As a Magistrate, he had observed the manner the re cruiting service was formerly carried on, and the man ner in which it has been executed latterly, the rssult of which observation was, that the present measures were the best calculated for carrying Oat desired object into cilia. The Noble Lord (Castlereagh) bad alluded to the measures pursued in Mr. Pitt's former Administration, and those adopted. in what he termed the second Administration (Lord Sid mouth's), which latter was certainly the second ettiag to his Lordship's bow ; and from these mt:a sustd contended. that the military disposable : force was emoderably increased ; be referred to the• Supplementary Albite, the Dtf-ace Act, the Army of ite•erve Act, ate. in order to chew bow much and bees gained, le do regular army. b that • nitavares ; but. niien that canal to be cualysed. it would Ite found by no means ecral to the inereate for the present year. Thc Noble Lord then en tered into a numerical comparison of the number of men raised u.idar the torn-r, and under t: e lat • tor measl?res ; which our knits will not permit its to follow trial through. Front these comperiscns, however, In , L Irdship adduced, that the disposable fee-e of tee kingdom, from t:se month of July, 1804. np to the present period, had incteased to 13.165 men, including the levies in Ireland, and the troops raised here. By the last month's returns it further appeared. that no less than 195 infantry, and 707 cavalry, had been obtained for the regular army. These, there fore, were the effects • .1 the present measures, and he was ton afraid to enter into a competison with the Noble Lord tip,n this subject. Th, light Hen. and Learned Gentlemen (Mr. Percival) said, th it his Ilig,ht I lonourable Friend ( air. \a'ind• hem) had changed his opinion since the last mete mg of Parliament, when be had declared that the Parish Bill was a measure to raise m. ney, and not men; there were different ways of put ' tin; the argument, but if the men were raised, he would ask, by what means ? Thry were not raised by the bounty offered ; but, on the contrary, the sevetal counties were put to considerable r;. p nee ; an , +herefore, he insisted, that that measure totally fail. d, and considerably imptoded the regular recruiting sersee.c. In order, therefore, ce make a hill and prifeß comparison, every necessary doc.irneut upon the tunj%•4l he was willing should he laid be fore the House. The Learned Gentleman had also s rid, teat his Right Honourable Friend's measure (rat Training Ail), was intended to raise en immediate force, but he begged leave to refer to the !louse, and ask, if it was nut univer•ally un det sat .d. that this measure WAS not for the purpose of rising a Reviler Army suddenly, but by a regu lar std ()ingressive improvement in their condition, by ciaistiog pet sons et a better clrss, and by ame lierating their present situation, to increase 111,. Regular Army ? As the season advanc-d, the ne- Aassaty documents mght be produced; the may ocemparison, am presen•, wis between tne month of Oaaber, laos, and the present period. From th.. sidemen! upon the table, it Appterrd, that, previous In the intrelu&ion J-f the rarebit- of his Rugg[ Hun Friend (>•h. Windier-is), from Oillober, the repair recut-rd.); bad pro,'uzed 1200 mete and SI4Cr that event took place, the number ncreae to %fat Thu. , a vet y comidei able increase hid been effeß •sl, w tile the bounty itsclt n as re ikteed. 1 t further appeared, thst the de-er , i - es were very much drroittJsned. I'h rse in 1895, appeared to be at the rate of one in see n, attic 1 throe Or the present year, averaged Al she rate of one in thirty. Under 211 these circum-tances, theirfote. he was led to the most sanguoi. hopes, that the present m ;awe wou,sl •rove toe very best adapted t r increase the r •gulat army. With respect to the r servetions of t e !.earned Geitdeman upoo men subject to fits enlisting in the Army, and d tient -ng the putslic of the B runty ; be could ems , say, that proacetions, upon that offence. had already been instituted; but, if no proviston had been Alt easy made in the Act again r such feted. that om..ston might be easily rem-del. As to the lteusiog Act itself. all he could say on that subject vets, that it was now in prig-cis, and after scone Arne w.,uld be found an effective and important m we're. General Sir JOHN DOYLE said, that it was his intention. although he w as a new member, to have troubled the House folly with his sentiments upon this question, but fi dung the hour so tar advanced, he thought it would be highly improper for hum, then. to trespass upon the House, pain cularly after the very full and sitiltetory .expla a tinns, by the Noble Lord (Howicl.,) and the Itt. Hue. Gentleman (Mr. Windham.) he should, therefore, reserve himself fur a future opportu nity. Lord CASTLERE sG -I, after some observati. erns in exphunerion, said, he thought the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Windham,) had not only made his observations from documents not then on the tahle, but seemed even to impeach those already before the House. Lard HOWICK replied. that when vet the Noble bold thought proper to bring forward any sot e-fie moron upon this sulrjett, he assured the Noble Loud he was ready to lord Lis assistance to lay any other documents or accounts before the House, which the Noble Lord might deem ne erasetry. Mr. JOFINSTONE begged leave to correct an error, which the Secretary at War had fallen into in the course of his speech, The Right Hon. Gentle j man had said, that he had pledged himself to make a charge against His Majesty's Ministers He etc-- tautly wished to see how far the pledges made by those Ministers had been fulfilled, or had, or had not been released. He did not pledge himself to make such a charge, but he professed an anxiety to examine the Papers, and see how fir those who had been so willing to bring forward chargcs of want of economy against former Ministers, had themselves acted upon that principle. The SECRE IARY at %VAR replied, that it would appear, from the Papers before the !louse, that since the present Ministers came into office, they had uniformly observed the strielest economy. After some conversation between Mr. Windham, Sir John Doyle, Lord Castlereagh, and Mr. Rose. upon the subject of whether the Returns from the Inspeltor-General's or the Adjutant-General's Department, were the most entreat to go by, upon the future discussion of this question, the original Resolution was read and agreed to, without further opposition. Lord HENRY PETIT then rose, and having apologised for troubling the house at that law hour, observed, that as some of the present Esti mates came more particularly within the depart ment of the jlreesury, it was necessary for him to detain the house for a few moments. The Egli mates he alluded to were those of the Commissariat and Barrack Departments, the first of which could not, from principle, be included in the Army Extreordinaries, and therefore stood in a reps rate Estimate. The sum to be voted under • this head was the same as last year, amount ing to 841,520. 50,0001. of which sum was to defray the expences of the Royal Military Canals. this was the last issue to be sonde for that porpwee. contrUeralfs very great teorlsi :ake place in that expenditute. The only additional sum for the B. 1174( k ii..pattm.mt which he meant to move for was 57,0tX), for ereaing and completing new Works. At the same time, he observed, that it was not the intention of Government to tt.otertake any more new works, but such as were found to be absolutely necessaty Ihe Barracks at Portsmouth were the principal ohj-ft of this grant; they were con. siderrd as essentially necessa• y, and, it was posohle, might not cost more than 47,0001 for although, tech. ' nically speaking, they were denominated new works, ' yet they were in a considerable atisze of warilness. He took that opportunity of mentioning, to the House, a considerable reduCtion which inel taken place in the expenditure of that department ; as it appeared that, upon the former year, the cap ndi ' lure amounted to 5.'40001., and upon the last year to 500,0001 thereby making a reduetion of 50,0301 in the year's expenditures From other measures which had been adopted, he trusted there would be a further censiderahle redo:lion in the espences of the current year. The Resolutions were then read and agreed to, ' the Report was ordered t:' he received to-morrow, and further ordered to ba re-committed on Friday next. Upon the motion of Lord CAS fI..F.RE AGE!, the several Estimates and Return., together with the Rooks at Regulations, and the Returns of Ar. tillery, Ordnance, lie. presented to the house by Mr. Calcraft, were ordered to be printed. The oth-r Ord, rs of the Day were then disposed of, asd at ONE o'CLOCK the House adj iurned. ••• We have IaVII det,cted sot At:bated sevcral attempts is substitute au.oher Paper to Tee Battelle Plllll4 Fratii:s of this kind, and a •y iriegulaiiLy or iiegieet is .eiving it, will be ere-teeny prevented, ups,' applicatieu at the (Mks, N• I St Clement . ... S•ratuj THE BRITISH PRESS. 1 , THURSDAY. J4IIUANT 22. A l o ng Debate took vise last night, in the House of Commons, upon the Army Estimates. In the Hue of Lords, the second reaJing of the 13 , 11 or the Abolition of the Slave Trade, was d •terred until Mniiday se'nnight. We are concerned to state, that the letter. from !it. Thomas mention, that another dreadful fir trip pened there in the beginiung ni November, vr:.ich destroy - d a great Tip rer of hnotes And war,houses Yesterday a Court of llireetors was held at the East India House, when the hinny:leg C imnia• d -r. to tk their final leave of the Court, previous to departing for the .r respeeltve destination., viz ; Captain Swigs Wu d, Wore stet, fur St arlena and Ma dras. eldain Joseph Yates, City of London; C.pt..n James Carney Han d and Caoram Edward C. ItrAiord, Curd 00 ,, C..114 for M. 1144 sod &opal Captain Manna Lacks, Ntetealf,; for 11 - trabay dims". The following Captains were swoitl tato the com mand of their respedire ships, via : Ca,.tain Murray. 1.101, C.L.tirreagh ; for Mulras and Senyl. Canton , J. Perl,;:ra,.. II .pe, and Ca.nant James ilAy, Coons; fo, Coma The Cou:t adjourned at six o'clock, till Wednes day nest. We may expeß to hear every day from Buenos Ayres. Admiral STIRLING, who sailed on the August, and whit would probably much at Rio Ja neiro, would send home from that place some au thentic information of what has passed in the Rio de IA Plea since July last. The Committee to whim the Petitions relative to the Worsham Election were referred, have concluded their in:esttgation, and decided that the sitting Members, Lot& PALMERSTON and PliZt4Altala. were not dully eleX.ti, and that the Return stall he arnendtal by inserting the names of the petition ng Candidates. The Earl of LAUDERD,LE. Mr, ADAM. and a number of gentlemen, from Scotland, have lately had several ito t vies% s with Lord Geetoricte. They are said to have bees upon the suhjed of abolishn g the Epresent laws of Scotlaud , and making the laws of ngland to extend to that country. The Judges to go the Circuits twice a year, and the whole law. of Justices of the Peace, fk.:. to be adminiaered the lame as in England. A Circular Letter has been transmitted to the Commanders of Yeomanry Corps, in the Limerick district, in Ireland, desiring them to be extremely careful in inspecting the arms and accoutrements of the Members of their Corps. The ohjed of the Circular Letter is stated to be that of ascertaining, by *duet ffdpeetton, the state anal number of the arms belonging to each Corps. A number of women have attended within these few days at Fad Speeches Office, to requ-st per mission to accompany their husbands to 'litany Bay, who are Convids. 'the Noble Baal has grant ed permission to a number cf them to go. Although MIRANDA has been obliged to rennuace his projed of emancipating his countrymen, y.tt is seems his short visit has elicited a spirit there which is likely to produce much trouble to the Spanish Government. Letters of a very late date front Bar hadoes mention, that an insurreftion, fomented by a Frenchman, had britken out in the Cif ACCAS j the appearance of which became so alarming, tam the Spanish Governor sent to Guadeloupe tor a supply of troops, arms, ammunition, &c. with instructions that they should be landed at the mouth of the river Oronooko. It is possible that this movement might he a ramification of Min *noes projed, and ton certed to facilitate a fresh desc-nt, either on the part of that enterprising Officer, or some other Power. We believe there are some French Emigrants of condition engaged in MI eaeo•'s enterprise, of which the instigator of this insurredion might pos sibly be one. ‘Vednesday se'nnight was acedentally killed, by a fall from his horse, in the road between Fi amliog. ham and Wickham, Suffolk, RICHARD ARNOLD, the noted smuggler, well known by the s ame of Lode Dirk. When found, he was not quite dead, but wow afterwards expired. - tilt toußt. Yeate: day, itimtt one o'clock. Her the PatllC ledt the tlesse's PAlze, of IZattt's eartiageg, fbr Keosington they partook of an eiTly dinner pith _ Sesssa. At futir o'clock they proceeded journey to ‘Vincl , ,nr . At two o'clock His MAJ ES It held vee at the QUEEteS Palace, which WAS The 1...td Outoseullor. 1 so loved Pormteet of the Cq 7 , it First Lnnt of the Trea.ury. l'nu hocretarles of nt.te fir the MIMI and The !Walter General of the Ordnance Th • Lord Chef Joetice el the Curt of Kinz' The Lor , lChhaberlant. The Ft•-c.brel-r of 1. , ,a.t0n. e'.ea and Carnerron. Vts‘e..nt Valrema Lni Is—ll •atlre.tss and C Spencer. Sir tt•lahrhet. nil &acre's— \ekand, Spencer, a.sd Bre lerick. • The following had the honour of befit to His hi AiEst Y : Lord Chade , Spencer. by the Lord Chsnaberlai Leine appoistte.l cue of the of His r . it on I.llllCil OA:C.4IOa his I.,ird.hip kiir , ill.l bl flout hand. Vocation Yakutat, upon his return from trove* ,nenil Ackland, on hi, return from Maor-tiene.el Sven er, upon 1111 boing co.u,narut Ed the 9(11 C3,r0i.0..1 liatt..hun Brugad or•G•aoral Brodoick, upon his tutu' ihturraneat His Mawr, gave audiences to Viscount Ifowica, and sir. ‘Vamni,:, His May:stir bell a Privy Couacd RECOBEILS I LossoN attended, and n, post of the Convias capitally convnltesl Sessions in the 011 Ilailey, when /V -the soldier, fo. robbing Ss be LILL JA., Par k, WAS Orde , Cd fOl PZeCt1:1011 on WI S inn after taw. o'clock MS MAJCS" tlt incisor. The Earl of DUST LIIf ard itit, on s near tro)dim, a beau iful des,. present Lordship, by Flit Mai/tit-v.l The menced at I I o'clock, and was j .fined of eighty Gentlemen. Atter a rii.i of '25 moults, he was tabn at Drys Lordship and tw.lve Gentlemen were ails to ci me in, the ground belt., py. Th. , Nobl.• Earl wiil "eve another nt as Saturday, the stag will be tutee: Biish. near rpsom. On To is lay, Lea Secuccit had par y to dinner. Yesterday. the Earl of Motes CaSinet Minivers with a dinner. Tilt SPEAK /A of the lik)Use of Coast rand dinner on Saturday. Countess Trifisexe's des was the 40 the birth-Day, for She wore three yards if diarryini 90,0001. on her dn.'s, besides those neck. We have authority to nate. that vied., has no id-a of succeeslir.g tr Gu Ixo's share and interest in the Opera Mrs. FITZHERSERT left town, at o'clock yesterday, fur Bath, i.r coot express received at ole o'clock, stat. SMITH, her mother, was dangerously all. The worthy and venerable A rcabishop of YO7 we have toe pleasure of stating, was cbnsidezably better yesterd iy. Viicoaritess 1 - learvorto, who has been danger ously ill, is stared, in letters received in town yesterday, to be much better Mr. CU ILL LS Comae. son of Dr. Comae, hue resigned his situation of Assitunt Secretary to the Society for the Promoti in of Arts, Mannfafteres, and Commerce. Mr. Wooor t., son of the late respetlable Wi LI IA NI WOOOl A L of POrilanietilary armor', is a Candidate for the vacant other. I his day a Meeting ot the Royal Society will be held, to vote a new Secretary, in place of the late Dr. &;a IY, when it is generally supposed Mr. Day v wall be unanimously chosen.—Another and m re sfrinus otjeCl will also engross them—the can celling the sheet of their proceedings, which an nounced the names ot the sui-danni Kings of Brent jarJ, viz. WIRTII4IIIIIIO and BAVARIA, as made by Ho , and to substitutes their proper and generall► acknowledged titles in their place. PRICE or s roc's. ricsttitunr. Bank Stock - 3 peo Cent. R.Aise.el. r p.s Cesit. Consuls 49 3 per C nt. N.I•S I mronial J ye. Cent Atte Annuities .•••••• ,• • • •. r thnuron, Ilt Ind.i Binds Evjacqua Bills ..45.112. prem. • EAg ,, ali 1..,1t-ry Tiarts Camel. km. Mill . _ . T. RISK Stock-Broket, 4. CombslN, mil, Lim...4 ever COAL-MARKET, Jaw 21 row* at Marker. Sold Ptiee. 100 ..Netweastla. 9 44. OA ass. 0 4 S ..Cusidei . 2 St. 61 a n.. (..1 11111illS. On the 19th Instant, at Mrs. Chester's, Hampton Coorc. the Lads of Capt. 11r.,Idyll, of a son Oil I giddy oat, the Msrehiuneas Cornwallis, of a fifth daugl:- let. MARRIAGES. Yesterday, at St George's, I lanosei•square, by the Rev. id- ,ward %VlMama, Charles Tome-, Lisq of New Sond-streot, to Mies Rion., eldest daughter of the late John Bums, h:ot. of Leeds, hanker. Wedavelar sennight, at Roserea, Demiis M'Carthy, F.sq. of Minchill , county Cuik, to Mist I,ckwoort, daughter of the I ite William Lockwood, Esq. or Illallyelisaian, in the cuunty of Tipperary. DFA At Kensington Palace, its Wednesday, the 7th Mit Peggen Hale, Rag bank.., Bond erre% At Lob ,n, where he went for the recovery of h'is health, Mr. Jam., Warren, bookseller an,t printer, of Margate formerly ut SiitfrAlt 1114 H WAWA, rifts WtT. Ar L•INU'N Mom LONLatiN :—Frmted ks lir DIVIDSON, No 17, Duke's CoorT, Boar-etrret, CoventeGartlars, •nd poololted •t *ht. OfEcr, IS, B•ck of St. t...1...0c0t's Church, Steen 4, h. W STUCK, of No 7, Now Briton-street, Lutes Au• . Omar., to for tho Paprr, sent to the Othee UpostpaLd , •ill be duly wended to. AJIST♦ am,l :e, in the Duke whir: h the Duke o f seeded on their la private Le. r f 1 attended by :a ti 4 Foreign Depart Pltl L fit izr BenAt ick. )ring presentee; mborlain, nm,n h,, had aim limnoof m India , mid I. from Sicily. api."otted to the :urn from the Me- Earl Stescr A.M. I, At wlii h t'', mule his L. :red at the la•t Watkin ♦stns, ie 11, ednesiLly. CST Y Crt Oil lir on Wedne;dev, eresented to hi; he chase con- ned by upwards two hours and in in Kent. His were all that ring very swam. her grand chase se. uut at Roza. ad a numerous entertained the :masons gives a he most zulmire,l ;.inest, and taste. lid., valued at tinler head and at Colonel Ga !- in the late Mr. Opera Hausa. at halt-put two msequence of an hating that Met. sly ill. 'bishop of YO IC, was cmsidezably has been danger- received in town Dr. Co !ki 11E, hike goderntlry in the