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fore he hoped the House would not now agree to ; „,:y alteration thereof. Afer a few words from Gen.PORTER, in expla nation, his motion fur postponement to Wednesday seninglit, was agreed to. On the Motion of Lord FOLKSTONE, and af ter some observations from the SPEAKER, and from Lord TEMPLE, relative to matters of form, leave of absence for two months was granted to William Hussey, Esq. a Member of the House, that be might remain in the country for the benefit of his stealth. Lord Folkston. presented a Petition from certain Tanners, praying to be heard against the Oak Bark Indeionio nil!. Ordered to lie on the Table, and to be printed. Lord TEMPLE rose and observed to the House, that as several Tanners seemed to have taken alarm as t o e Bill which he had thought it his duty to pro pose, and as such alarm did not appear to he of a nature that was well founded, it was his wish to on- id/ parties concerned, an opportunity to inquire siother into the merits of the Bill which they con co, ved tended to injure them. It was, therefore, his intention to move the postponement of the second reading of that Bill to this day fortnight, in order to give the House full time to consider the question. The Noble Lord then moved, and it was ord:red accordingly. On the motion of Mr. P. MOORE, Bowyer's Lottery Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. VANSUTTART, the Ex- chequer Bills Bill was read a third time and passed. IRICIT ELECTION RILL. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, pursuant to his notice, rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Elertrin Ad for Ireland. In doing tl.is, there were only one nr two points to which he needed to draw the attention of the House. In the former Ad there was a provision relative to the swearing the Commissioners, but none in regard to swearing the Clerk employed to take down the proceedings of the Committees. He wished, therefore, to intro duce a provision to this latter ellen, as the duty to be performed by the Clerk, in such case., was gene. rally of the first importance; the greatest acc u racy was reignited as it was pocsible that the decision of the whole proceedings m:ght ultimately turn upon the point of the Clark's accuracy or inaccuracy. The alseration or omission or a single word by the Clerk so employed, might alter the decision. In tie Bill; he was about to bring forward, he should propose, that neither the Clerk te nor the Commie. the have right to ; and also that the Committees here should hare a rig!it to order such books. papers, and documents, before them, as they might think necessary to de-term:le the point in dispute, in the same way as they had in Ireland. Another point tipoo which he meant this Bill to touch, was relative to the fees of the Clerks employed upon such Committees. The fees had hitherto h..en at di rate of sixpence for every 72 Words, which afforded an inducement to the Clerks to protrattl the proceedings to an unreasonable and u eras leogsh t us.l•ed, it did so happen in one Kltaion case that c ime within his knueleolge, that the oietk employed got no less than 4001. for his trouble. On these grounds, therefote, he should propose to reduce said fee to threepence instead of sixpence for every 72 words. Another imperfec tion in the or;ginal Bill was, it was not perfealy deer whether cit not it was the intention of the Le gislature to require every charge to be made good by proof at the time of stating it. It so happened, in one case, that out of 400 chatg•s originally spe cified, only 60 were afterwards made good; a proce dure which he should propose to hare considered as frivolou s and vexatious. The loaner AEI was then entered as read, and the Right Hnnostrable Gentleman mewed I ,?are to bring in a Bill to alter and amend it accordingly. Mr. WALPOLL moved—" 114 the time allow ed for the sureties on the Petition horn the County of Londonderry entering into recognizauces, he en i led to Friday nest. "_Ordered. BRITISH ARMY. . Lord CASTLEREAGH rose, h 1 pnrstrince of his notice upon this subjeCt. " Before," said his Lordship, " 1 address the House, nod particularly the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Windham) oppo site, I shall preface *hat I have to say, by observ rug. that I wish not, by my present Fuocedure, to excite any argument, or create unnecessary discus- ItiOn- I shall merely confine myself, Sir, to stating, very shortly, and in a manner not calculated to re ek- oppositioo from the other side of the House, the several points upon which I have fek k my duty t • call for int;. , rma ion. The first point then ; assresped io the .sclual effective sttength of our Arany. inc/using Militia, and also Artillery Corps, from the frth of M .rch. WI: the lest period up to which returns had been made to Prdiament) to the Ist of Jan. J 607, inclusive, dist nguished under va rious Zoids, and distinguishing the force, at home and abroad, at these periods, to order that the Homo might asce- tarn whether die Army was really increasing or diminiailig. The second point on which I shalt ask fur 7 nforpscion, is relative to the sources by which that Army is to be kept up; in order that toe House may see, whether those sources they were it ernerly in possession of, are enolinoiog to increase or to diminish; and what sources of supply they ought now to rely upon, as losing likely to keep up the Army to that standard which the military policy of the country may re qure. These are the outlines of the principal • • ° r wish for information, as to the and the means of supplying it. - other two pants upon which necessary to have some inform:tee to the collateral supports of Oro :aletilated to ssrenothen it, and I mean the effedive sireni;th or y stood on January I, 1806, 1, for the purpose of ascertain the present day ; and also the in regard to tf,e general train- It is certainly molt desirably, should be adopted in rogeid to 'der to render them mote corn. the Jrlence rd the country ; Litt till this nrormation be laid to me Training bill, I tool: former day, to apply to the t some inform-460. ) ; hut tlistatauly tv Mr s or to the .. . _• -, House. than the answer which I received. It was, indeed, a matter of astonishment to me, how such a very general and vague reply could be given by one of the Ministers upon such an important sidled.— It appears, therefore, still very uncertain, whether or not any step has yet been taken in consequence of the AR which was passed last Parliament for the training of the populace. I muse therefore, be under the necessity of calling for an Abstract of such instructions as have been issued by His Ma jesty's commands to Lords Lieutenants of Counties, so consequence of the Ad for training His Majesty's subjeets. I call only for an elesteett of this infores ation ; but when it is before the House, I shall feel it sny duty to state my opinion very fairly and openly to the Right Honourable Gentleman oppo site, upon the whole of this important measure.— If I find that the information which this Motion will bring, does not give me a more favourable opi. nion of the efficiency of this system than I have yet colleeted, I shall certainly not think it consisteet with my duty, to permit that foundetion which the Right Honourable Secretary has chosen I.)r his system—l mean the change in the Mutiny Aet—to pass unnoticed. I shall then certainly bring the policy of it het; ire Parliament; because unless it can be shown that his system has, in point of feet, greatly increased, and rapidly too, our military force, it is evident that he has sown the seeds of the ultimate decrease of the British Army. I shall then, I say. think it my bounden duty to endeavour to restore the Mutiny AR to its original purity, as beino an Aft by which Great 13rilein has long been estehled to meeitein inviolate its liberties and independence, against the efforts of i:s enernite." Lord Castlereagh then hanJed his several Zdo tions in writing, to be read horn the Chair. On the question being proposed on the first one, Mr. Secretary WINDHAM rose, in answer to the observations of his Lordship, and said.." The Motion which has been proposed is liable to objec tions, on account of its conveying, too much error oration to our enemies. No information, it must be acknowledged, ought to be withheld horn this House, but it is impossible that the enemy should not reap some advantage through the medium of such returns as those now sought for. When the Noble Lord first read this Motion, it did not seem to me objedionable. or at least more objentonable, than any other of a similar nature. Former re turns, however, were less liable to objenion, as they only embraced a period of six months, whereas this one is proposed for a p er i o d of twelve.; beside s which, it would give a view of our force to our enemy, in four situationa. which I cannot think would be proper. It therefore falls to me to per fonts the disagreeable task of opposing such returns, without sense modification or alteration. Ido not wish to withhold the information . to the extent re- I spired "out of any favour to myself, but from a sense of the duty I owe to the public. I think. however. > hat this objection mi g h t b e remedied by the Noble Lord confining himself to such an ex tent of in/ionisation, as would not disclose any in formation that might prove dangerous to the Coun try. I thi n k the &era of his Met ton goes to stat to the enemy. w h at i s the state of our force io re gard to West India Regments and provincial Corp s , in a manner tntally uenecessary for tee objet in view. It would inform our enemies, for ist.tance, what force we are possesseJ of in Nove Scotty, and what is the strength of our bitch regiments in the l' West Indies. On the whole, the inconvenience will be found to be so great, that it will much more than enunterbalance the convenience the Noble Lard supposes would result from it." Lord CAS I'LEREAGH" I perf ale softie( the wisdom of the principle, that nothing theulJ be called for by Parliament, that can be wide use of by our enemy, its any part of the world ; and I herd no difficulty in stating, that this kind of in formation has been, for some years, carried much farther thee true wisdom ought to have deflated or allowed. I remember, in point of fah. that a return liablen mide et Perliement, in a thape precisely to the objeetion which the Right Hon. Gentle man has stated. It shewed no: only the distribu tion of our army at home and athrusid, but theit . numbers and particular stations were due:l4lly stated, in separate columns, upon paper. / think tors, that the enemy can procure too much informe tine from publications which have been Allowed. not only in regard to our garrisons, but the aetual distribution of His Majesty's navy. This, indeed, is a procedure, which it is desirable to see a period nut to. The Motion I have made, hu`siever, is not liable to such objeetions, as it only called for the geeeral distribution of the force at home and abroad, anJ uot specifying tee particular colony or Wend in which any past of it is stationed—a oecessery piece of information for Parliament to be ponessed of. The enemy cannot thereby know which is the most eligible place for him to attack us. As the whole military system of the country has been al. tered, and as the House were responsible for the success of such alterations and supposed improve.. mem+, it is necessary that we should be possessed of ' • every information, p rev i ous to our being called on I S everal neut ra l s h ave arrived in the Downs from to judge of the netted benefit like:y to be derived i holland, which announce, that the Embargo has from former measures; or of what is to be knee .1 lona taken off in she Dutch ports. Some of them regat d to the Winne'''. and the Training of the I also ao,ree in stating, that at the time they s tiled, a Country ; or to determine if nothin g at all is to be done. My Afotent is merely for a se turn of the ! report was prevalent in Holland, that a great beetle gross force, a rpLci, , s rf information which Paella- had been fought between the French and Russians, meat cannot dispense with." in Poland, that it lasted three days, and terminated Mr. Secretary IVINDHA el—" in this 1 • ' motion he oely for a general return of rate force in favour of the Russians, who defeated the enemy abroad, yet it seeciees, in particular, the number of with great slaughter. The Dutch newspapers, our Bleck Corps, which denomination immedi- I however, up to the eth inst. are silent upon the sub , points out the spot in which they are sta- . ziu, as there arc no Black Corp. but in use West Jeet. In the present state of the press, in Hollentl, Indies " Lord CAS FLE R EA G H—e I have no ote we do not indeed even to read an ear l y account of eetion a signal defeat of the French in the D utc h papers ; underto class t h e f ence abroa.l 'older the more general title of ' k• oreign, I. teal, and Bl ac k C orps, ' and but if a b att l e h ad taken place, we cannot suppose tree h ead ." that it w ou ld h ave passed without notice; they state, from t h e C ha i r The SPEALIER rea d t h e following motions that sever a l divisiotts of the F renc h army have crossed : the Vistula, but that no affair of moment had That there be 144 64ot* the House a It .t!o•rt of the cif:ichly •eitetli.e yren N ih or Me MAjestv's Mortars For. e, taken lace. We must presume, that the in chiensue .114 lb• G. I "Y. rffiK ( iu• r d. , 1 " 14 ""Y "h the it ; "'e creasing strength of the !Weems, as they fall bark Ciarrstun lisaeloons, Veter,o liattettons, Yoe. opt awl LU'a I Curry (...,,,n.. L.g.u., j.,, c ,,,,,, ~,,,1 1,i,,,, Ni,l" , ~,,,4 .1„, ep en thei r own resources, has made lintra PANTS more theso l eo.,ni ng the fecce At i 1•0811.• ass,l .6,44, front the let „f cautious in his advances. This is tolerably evident, Match is 6, to the let et J.inii.irs ta.l. A Return ior diesseatti:s erfi.tias strength of Artillery . se I in his care to throw up euttenchments upon the Engisteem, to the ssass par4 , 4l. mast tistitnuisltusg slims as . , .., . Big, tile Vistula , an d t h e PlAieW a caution not home, as , l that ::trra.l. A Itettatt a thu SlallllCf lot sacs need for tea draw hew likes: so be adopteJ by any man, who did not take • , f , .... • 1 i: 1 I . ~ •;y91.., i THE BTU TISH P4E SS. • lA)N DON, TUESDAY, .lAnvAut 13. Loan GlaaavoLt.c stated last night in the Fluu‘e of I.lrds. that the Treaty lately entered into be tween (hie Country and America, and transmitted for Rvifieation, contains an article respecting the Slave Trade. We may presume that it is 411 Article in favour of its Abolition. The new recruiting system is to be fully and fairly t►ie.l on its merits. It has been considered an expe riment from its commencement. After a reasonable time, if it is not found to succeed, the measure will be abandoned. Some additional instittaions and advantages are on the eve of being issued. Our Plymouth Correspondent mentions a re ! mour which we shall be happy to find confirmed. but which we fear is unfounded, fla states that the Ferrenr, which arrived from the Straits, has brought en account of the annihilation of the French force in Dalmktia. Admiral Louts, with his squadron, has passed the Dardanelles, and is cruizing in the Black sea. the Id of Jannary lam, to theta of hurler, 1807, exclusive of Vueln Or C. 310.141 Levies, disivogurstri ng Ils IllJt 1114 V.• beat Liken from the Militia, and those tamed under the .1d chttonal .Force Ad. • COpt• of cud* o , ders and Iteguditiorwlts hove been issued since last Parliament, for the biter regulator.' of the Army. and irnpronng the condition of the Soldier. Abstract of the Strength of the V,lihrtecr Corps, Com the ! lit January, ltitdi, to the I , t.LISIUJry, 15,7, dislinguiihisig Lr fanny forni Cavalry ; and also seer:dying upon what terms their Services have beers rereiverl. Abstract of such Instructions as have been issued to tho Lords Lieutenants of Counties, by Iles Majeit)% Command,. soul such proceedrner as have been taken in consequence there. i of, fur the purpose of training the people. All these Motions were severally agreed to, with out much additional observations. Before the passing of the last one however, hlr. WINDHAM ststeJ, that the Noble Lord must be sensible that there is a great deal of civil detail, which it was almost impossible to accelerate by the exertions of those in office. The first step was, the taking of the lusts, which it was impossible to cat ry through in the course of t -.umtner. Fu ture circumstances must determine the proper time for further proceedings under the I. The ap proaching spring would certainly be the must eligi ble period for adopting other steps. The Privy Council are put into a state, that they only regulate themselves by the discretion left in the Ad to the Executive Government. MARQUIS WFI.I.IESLEY. Lord FOLKS I'UNE, at an early part of the proc‘edings, and previous to Lord Howick being present, gave notice, that he would, on this day fortnight, move for the reproduAiou of the Papers relative to the Oude Charge against the Marquis %Vellestey, which were laid More the House, and printed hut Session. Lord 110WiCK having learned that such a no tice had been given. lose, and called upon the Noble Lord, who had given such a notice, to state Papers? Lord FOLKSTONE said, it was not his inten tion immediately to ground any proceeding upon them. The House were aware, that Mr. Paull, the Gentleman who first brought forward that business, was, at present, a Petitioner before the House, and he (Lord Folkstone) thought it right not to do any thing in the business till such time as his (Mr. Paull'.') seat was decided, as he was the most eligible person for the further prosecution of it, from his very great !neat knowle,lge upon the subjeCt. But, as it was de.irable that these Papers should be ready, in order that this new Parliament might be informed upon the nature of the business, he (Lord Folkston?) had, therefore, judged this the most pro per mode of procedure in the mean time, so that the charge might be brought forward as early as possi ble. If Mr. Paull should not be successful in his Petition, probabq either he himself (Lord Folk stone), or some other Nlember, wutald think it pro per to prefer some measure upon them. Soar coiversation took place upon this subject, betwixt Lord HOWICK and Lord' FOLKSTON E, wlnc.i it is nee gess tu b detail, as it ended in Lord Fo.kstone persisting the notice he had given being correctly in order, and consistent with isms duty as 4 Member of Parmiantent. The Malt Duty Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-mterines—A r j,r urned. i d . 4 1 ir r 11 . , , , , ~i 1;'. , Et , f 4.' ! I ' 1 . . . 1 i ( , ! • j 1 k ' points upon Which I v ~ awe nt the Army, an There are, however, ( it :stay be deemed nem non. 'limy relate to 1 Army, as being cakes • r. rider it efficient; 1 it ti•eVolunrit pri ah ree as!liey p to i . it g thew standard At til !..te N moceeding-, in ' t g t.t ilie people. I t is some measures also ::e. Vc.luoteers, is urdei .r,ely applicable to the 10,4. 44 c..n be done ti! ,1•. r.- tie r - lou,e. As 1 in :•;)poitoniti. on a f, ; I f lon . beele - .:: i 1 :.l:1 CULlid be lr.s 3'41 W. 1 deck or an ataiirik su in 4 t e e d • partic u l ar l y c tl 4 te lcri p i o sr : r s r i , b n i . lity tiri o r f , a ir is the f:,•nius of the French army, and t h, t co sidm:o wiiio Bour,Pnare has always exprei c.l in Lis foitune. The following svis the I P t (s s)ti3 of the P m ti° ont 'J. Thol:ftr.encilund'ereheNC Mars-iiathl e N in es i : l 2 i tr ie ,, : t liypi n ; the advanced guard of the e.ntre, upd et , AVGERC IU, was at Plonsk; and the tight, 1 11 4 4 , Davouar. bad established i:self at Sietoc, at it e eonAuence of the Nartgw and the Bug. An O ffi cer of His Monor y's ship L'lsoepiee, Lard Cocai ne , to Isis r elative in Portsmilth, dated Decemb er 3 lst last, stys— " There are five sail of th e lin e ( one a t h ree -decker), three frigges, and thr-e brigs, ready fn. sea at Boordesur, we have taken four small resse!s, 14.1.nr w;th wine and brandy, and one with rosin. `Where the ship can, not go, oar boats do, so pit we are sum:•t:as.s arouse.' by go:ng within half a tails of the Eencb squadron, h ad arechased off by their boats." The f 'Sowing distressing account of the C 0?.,.,, it New South Wales, is estrnektd from a letter receivcl from an officer. dated Sullivan's Cove, new Culeny, August 4, ISOG 1 , The Orate brings you this. Our situations very bad, under many buffeting, ; we hare had nu ratio's' served lately, nor no to serve. Vl', hare not aitute drop f of spirits io the c o l ony ; and are very deu o meat, bread, clothing, farming, a n d building utensils—in Fag of every thin:; , , even to a sheet of paper; The Litutmant•Governor of this Colony is reduced to an allowance of two pound s of rotten pork, and One pound of flour, per week; eves at this rate we have not a suficient supply for one month." The Captain of the Ocean sa;•s, that he saw a merchantman going up the River when he was coming down ; and he hopes she had tupelies for the Colotly. We !his day resum e our Extra& from the Pa. reign Papers received on Sunday. They are givri in the last page. Another General Court Martial, as we stated some weeks ago. will speedily assemble at Chelsea linspltal, for the trial of a Field Officer of Clry. One of the charges is for contemptuous and ava dine. ve&ful behaviour, unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman, t0:4...rd : a junior branch if an illustri. ous Family, commanding a distil/ in which the regiment wars stationed. Ge eral Court Martial, which lately sat at Chelsea Hofpir al, on Captain Diseis, has closed its proceedings. The se:.t.:ncts, howover, will not ttansinre, until sanctioned by Has M•AF,T V 4 brit, from the r a ore of ti.e charges, enl the circum. Lances that were giv.:n in evidence, an acqu;ttal is expteci. The Court, as we originally stated, was iiioinplsed of the Household lrifo;a. Our paragraph was copied, trerbdror, by all the papers, but one, which, by attempting to improve an it, inserted what was not coned. The Members were selerfied Irons the Life Guards and the Oxford Blues, and not exclusively from the former. Far the information of that Paper, the Life Guards and the Oxford Blues, or Royal Dragoon Guard., are on the same establishment, and equally considered Troops of the Household. The Budget, it is said, will he opened berate the end of the present month. Last year's taxes proved so produCtive, that the Minister is not expected to move for a loan exceeding twelve or fifteen millions. If a Rnssian Subsidy be found ostensory, it will pro. bably Increase the demand to three millions more. for which the Capitalistic( this opulent country are amply prepared. *I he kLaelperk, &MASON, from Viana and Oporto. bound to Erigland, was captured off Oporto, on the 10th ult. and carried into ha7 ,, r,:e. Th e from ,Falruou t h ; ere earo/Ora. Dula; the T. ; the FltZt:'llittllN, -; and the rfepairiferus, from Boston, a re driven on 'hose at Leih-rn. The Gerard L'lJilsoro, from Len.lon for St. Sebastian':, was lust near the Latter place, its De cember last. The Lisette, ---, from Batavia fo: Copenhagen, is dr toilled and s: n: into Dia:mouth. The foliowing Courts •U tial have been held at Port 3 M(.11:11 : Aimildy .C• 1111 ght , }} tt, of Nis kf , je.ty's c. Teoge,•nd on I.t•ut. Couto, trad er of Ills MdiCitrl a:huouvr CualtJn, tu. tl..nhodienc • el order*. They wer e both aecturitel. ten I iiiirlasy, on Lasc ttrown. or rem,: James Sipping a bkh• or hie scowl' It, aloha sparrin g toge.h er na play, by which e rrl, nevus sad expired in a fry unnuh, al lele...rd. A. it a ~ .eared tube as. aecolental blow, the Court aljedged Into to be acy The n gob belonged to the novelise. R•ar•Atlmital Si, Eau Coffin, Hart. Preodent. Captain Af , lvatt, of the brig Dac of Greenock, who was captured on his pa s age r ]ome from Limerick, the guth August, about e leagues W. S. W. of Tory, by La S:yrere, and Le Re wrack-. French frigates. of 40 guns ea:h, attired at (.:re-flock on Tuesday. He and crew were carried to Pampole. when Capt. /Myra, and Captain SA It Mori. belonging to the ship Eagrestene, of Lou. d f o L n, were libera:ed- by requ es t o f C ap:. LA Duc. oa .s.ereNe. Capt. IV , lveit speaks in high terms of the very polite attention and kindness tit expe rienced from the revisal Oificera. Ilse crew of the prekeverili, and a number of other prisoners, were marched 210 leti;tues up the Country. We Lav e heen irfo rme d, f rom undoubted au thority. that Joisssov, the deserter, who is stuffed ed of the murde r of the pnrtor helo• gi..g to the Linen Banking Co., and t- ,se arpreuefision a great r ft: word is off h as wr i tten to the Ma. nagers of the Bank. informing them. that If they will use their idiueuee to fen lam free front the ego. sequences of his desertion, he will deliver up hips, seit, and clear himself of the charge of 11111.Jer. . ...., ;