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*feeding army that happeeed to be stationed within its artery. lie would give it ell the advantage of discipline, and accustom it to the manner in which soldiers lived. He would place it under the same tinders us toe staudiag militia, but not to be called out except in case of invasion, ou which occasion it ought to serve in Great Britain and Ireland as the standing army. lie would wish that in addi tion to the force proposed to be raised by the Se cretary at War, there should be a farther force of 35,000, to be ready at ad times to defend our coasts. By placing them on a permanent esta blishment, they would feel pride and confidence in • their situation, and become the active defence of the country. Mr. WI.HDRAX disapproved of the plan pro posed by the Secretary at war. It was stated to be in the spirit of the system proposed by himself when in office, but it differed materially from it. No person had ever heard him advocate, that the volunteer corps should be shackled; that they should be obliged to leave their domestic business to join a camp. Who form the volunteers ? the merchant and every class of master tradesmen in your cities, in the country our fanners, and the people possessing a small independence. joining your •camps they must lose their buri urea, their employment; the merchant's business will go neglected. and he wilt become a bankrupt ; the tarmer's land will go without tillage, and the landlord will wrest the farm out of his hands. Was it to be supposed, that volunteers, entering freely iute the service of their country, choosing their own officers, and actuated by the principle that they come voluntarily into the geld, would feel the same energy as if they were under the controul of Officers of the line or standing militia ? He thought, from the preamble of the Noble Lord. stating that this was the last time the subject was ever to he agitated, that he should have heard some great, new. and superior plan ; but lie ap pealed to the House, whether it was net in sub , stance the same proposed by himself and his col leagues when ill office, with this exception. that the local or volunteer militia, when called out, in stead of beiur under their own officers, ore to be corn quailed by officers of the standing army. He woald ask the Noble Lord it' lie-wished to suppress the ardour of the people in eJiniug forward to de -fend the rights of the King. the Constitution, and the country, by proposing to shackle and place them as a level with a common hireling? They would at all times be ready to desert-ice to the country, without putting the country to expenee. Re recollected when the Training Act was lint brought forward. it was called the Raw-bead and Bloody-Bone Act ; but that immure, instead of , *beg the inhabitants from home. only directed that they ghould be drilled by officers of the line, who were 00 half pay. how have the present Minis ters acted ea that system ? Instead of employing 000 disabled officers. or officers on half-pay, they hove employed teem serjeanta ; and new, to make th e eolanteer system more irksome. it is proposed that they all Be liable to be called to the f.arthest pert of the country: This could not be done with out the greatest iujury to their concerns in life and to their families. The very Magistrates of the Country,. if they were called en, would tell you the impseposty of the plan and how difierant it is from that of which the Noble Secretary wishes it should be thought a copy. The Noble Lord has . said. that during the last Administration there , were only eleven thousand men raised for the army, and by the returns before the House, them were 11,000 fiesta in the last six mouths. Ile allowed this to be $ just statement; but did his Vole . leagues or himself enlist from the militia, hold . oat bounties to them. and then call a new draft of , the petit for the militia. which, in proper terms, milt:called a le•y-en-ussue I Teaerrow considered the militia of Qemt Britain and Ireland as perfectly competent to their defence . ; and as to the vices of the army, she period of peace, avid not the period of war, was , the time to do them away. The ingenuity of the speech of the Right lion. Member who spoke last was its only recommendation. Without that gnu . lity it wonki not have been listened to, and . was like Rachael weeping over her children. By the formation of camps, and the concentration of mar forces, they would be prepared for the field of Node. Ile hud known volunteers of this country and Irelimil march to or 30 miles a day. to be drilled with the regular troops. fueling a pleasure in it, and knowing that they could not derive the same advantage from any other source. The question was then put s and leave even to tiring iu a Bill. CURATE!' DILI. The CIIANCBLLOR of the EICUEQUIII moved for leave to' bring in a Bill for die amelioration of the condition of Curates, by sik increase of their etipsodix The Right Honourable Gentleman took a review of the rations UM witilk, from time to time, the Legislature had adopted for this saki • tory pupate, and alluded to the fate of the fanner Bills, which he hail felt it hie duty to submit, hav ing the same laudable object as the one which, with the permission of the House, it was his inten . tiers to submit. lie was couvinced that there was an interest to the public, as w ell a s t o th e dual whose situation was ameliorated, in having the resident Alinister °fa parish supported in a state of ease and comfort, suited to the sacred charaster of his prefesaion, amid called for by the multiplicity iluties which he bad to perform. The Legit.- lature ought to prevent those rigorous bargains which the Rectors were stabled to squeeze out of the indigence and distress of the subordinate Clergyman, who pawl in many cases the whole du tad of extensive parislits to perform. Taking the depreciation of money, and the actual increase in ell the articles of life, it was his intention to pro pose that the Resident Curate should receive one fifth out of the net proceeds of the living, until it amounted to 2501. per annum, when the advance ceased. If leave should be grtintud, lie should then propose to read the Bill a second time ter morrow, to have it committed. and the blanks tit led up before the recess, iu order to give the coun try an opportunity of seeing the mature of the measure, which would be subsequently recom mitted and discussed upon its principle. He was anxious to extend its provision. to Ireland, where he fancied it was much wanting; but he nnderstuod .that it was the intention of an Honourable Friend ,of his to b:log in a separate Bill fur that purpose, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. Aram 13. Lord C A sTi.i.nEntat last night submitted his plan for the internal defence of the country•. He pro vost* a lucid militia. u tt substitute for the present system by the training act, to be raised by means of a ballot, iu the same way as the regular militia. This new force is to consist of 60,000 rank and file. to Le chalet' by gentlemen of property throughout the cotudiy. No substitution of ser vice is to be permitted. except on payment of a very large fine ; and the troops thus raised are to be collected in the principal town in the county, there to be trained to the use of arms fur thc smote of twenty-eight days each year. Ile also proposes to add to the regular and militia force an addition 01'50,000 men, by filling up the companies in each regiment to 100 rank and file. Those only are liable to he balloted into the local militia who are above the age of 18 and under 33. The Catholic Petition was presented, lust night, in the House of Commons, by Mr. Ga►rrsw, but rejected on account of an irregularity in the signa tures. A similar Petition, though liable to the sante objection, has bees► received by the House of Lords. The Gazette of last night contains an account of lie evacuation of Vc } •lla by the British garrison. OnMonday, His ALkiesrtr, Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHI A, took an airing on horseback, iu\l'uid w►r Park, soon after ten o'clock, attended by Lady ALRIKIA Cu SISCILLAII D, Count MUNSTER, Gene rale Gwyeaa and FITZROY, Colonel TAYLOR,' Mild Mr. V 111.1.1101.11; they returned to the Palace about twelve. Her MAJESTY and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing to Fro more, and walked in the gardens. His MAJESTY colors to toffs this day. Yesterday the Duke of Yuan held a public day at his Office, in the Horse Guards, and gave au •ienses to aWilber of Military Officers. Accenting to the statement of the CHANCELLOR of the Ext.:scut:Ea, in the Committee of Ways and M tuns, on Monday night, the annual sum which is to be provided is about 750,0001. mut lie proposes to raise this sum in various ways : By the felling ill of the Short Attouities,tbere 'is a Snm w of the existing Taxes relisted, amounting to per 11111111111 1..390,0•0 . . A sa%ing is the Charges fur Management of .. .. ... .. . .. the Valle F 141114 By the new mode of collecting the Assessed Tears, and Additions thereto 345,400 • And by a Modiflcatiou of the Stamp Mile!, - . ... 65.0041 togAlerr with s variety of Additio;s, wbicli our readers will find eiunurrOted in Mr. Per- aware speech (biter i• tW Papa, yesterday) 1100,000 Total . . 1.770,000 We have received Spanish and Dutch Papers, the latter to the Irl instant, cootai g the Paris news to the 27th ult. Their contents are very im portant. It appears from theta, that the work of revolution proceeds rapidly iu the South of Europe. An insurrection has taken place at Madrid, and nothing is wanted but the presence of Bon APART% to complete the overthrew of that kingdom. The Papal is incorporated 'with the French army, mid Cie annexation of the Papal dominions to the king dom of Italy will follow of course. The ancient and long tutterihg empire of Turkey will next tum ble to the ground. The. rm't that the Porte is disposed to negotiate with England is repeated in the Dutch Jeerers, and can be considtl only as the signet for its destruction. The inserrection at Madrid was produced by an attempt of the PRINCE of Pasta to curry off the Royal Family to Mexico. We have not means to estimate the purity of tlae in tention ; but the measure is apparentiras wise as the emigration of the Court of Lisbon.— The French army is advancing rapidly to Madrid, and surely a But/aeon haw as much td fear from BONAPARTE. as a lIRAOANZA. We have Oen the , substance of the present state of the Dutch Fi nances, from the Dutch paper. They are ad mitted to lie deplorably defective, but to console the people, King Louts informs theirs that the French J.:mimeo& has given them assurances that, iu the Peace to be tieguciated with England, he is to stipulate for the restoration of the Dutch Cohi tries, particularly of <;uiana. The Spanish brig A. S. del Rosario, from Vera Criss for Cadiz, is catured by the Lion. We are happy to @tete, that intelligence hasbesin received from Heligoland, that the Danish hue-of battle ship, which, according to the late accounts, had ventured out to 'cruise, under the supposition that our vessels were blocked up by the ire, was taken off the Island of Seyero, on the 23d. of last month, by some of our ships of war. The par ticulars have not yet reached us. . . A Letter frisia . 'Gibrailtar, dated March 13, says, —" The provinces of Catalonia, Navarre, and Biscay, no - longer belong to the Spanish Monarchy. They are taken possession of by the French troops sad the Grand Duke of BEAN has published a prechimation, stating that this measure is taken for psi* prepares. This proclamation has occa sioned a fall in the vales from lift to tins. The num ber of French troops which have entered Spain ex seeds 180,000 men. A French force is daily ex pected at filming*. Considerable gluons prevails througliont Spain." A Proclamation by Ilia Ms.learew was issued on Monday, directing our privateers not to interrupt any neutral vessel laden with lumber and pro visions, and going to ally of our colonies, islauds, or settlements, in the West Indies, or South America, to whomsoever the property may appear to belong, and notwithstanding such vessel may not have re gular clearances and documents on hoard. . On Monday morniug last, died, at his mansion at Resellampton, BENJAMIN GOLDSXID, Esq. who for many veers past has laboured under a compli cation of aisorders, of which the principal was the gout. On the morning aboveinentioned, the ma lady suddenly seized his head and stomach at the same moment, which brought on a fit, that in a short tune effected his dissolution. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR, on examining the Reims of the meal-weighers, ordered the price of bread to be continued at lid. the quartern leaf wheaten. and W a d. household. A "house-warming" is generally given to his friends by the builder of a new habitation. But what a house-warming will be given by those who. without any expense of building. shall gain the noble [louses on the 2htli instant. which constitute the Prises, all Capitals in fact. in the Scheme of the City Lottery ! The possessor of either of them, from the little sum adventured. will be able to treat hi friend* 'WI a hogshead of wine at least. Leta PORCIIIISTER reprobated in strong terms the principle and real object of this Bill, the most unconstitutional that was ever subinitted to the Consideration of Parliament. Ile was astonished that the Honourable Mortar should think of parse- Tering in such a ineasure,after being thrice defeated in his attempt at carrying it into a law. It was not with the amelioration which it proposed in the condition of the subordivate clergy, nor with the alleged purpose of enforcing the resi.lenee of cler gymen in their respective wishes, that lie had any inclioation to find fault. His hostility was directed agsiiist the monstrous and unconstitutional power which it gave to the Bishops over the Hectors in their respective dioceses, a power which subjected the property- of every Hector to be invaded or ' mulcted, without any proof of improper conduct, merely ut the caprice or whim of his Bishop. After a variety of cogtait reasoning, the Noble Lord con cluded My observing that be feared the Hon. Mover was in this measure the organ of an occult influence behind the altar, us formidable and us designing as that which was now ascertained to exist behind the throne. Its object was to introduee into the church establishment a system of rigorous puritanism, the unfailing source of uuconquerable bigotry and ran corous persecution. Mr. llsoistirom defended the Bill, us calcula ted to produce two desirable effects, namely an in crease of comfort to the active curate, and the ad vantage of a resident 'clergyman to the parish. Mr. Calms- coincided with his Noble Friend, Mild declared his determination to oppose it in every stage. Ha designated it, if operative, as uu act of plunder on the property of the Rector, and if its efficient, one carried under false pretences through the Legislature. . . . . . . Sir RALPH MILBANKS thought. in justice, that a liberal compensation sl lit he male to the Cu rate, proportioned to the duties performed, and to the receipts of the living. Where they amounted to 5001. per annum, he thought one hundred a year hut a fair allowance. Doctor Lawattece considered it as an innova tion. and said he would take another opportunity of stating his objections fully on this subject. The tIitANCLItI.OII of the Event:on ER . ' replied at length to the objections advanced against die mea sure, and enitsreed the necuisity of going into a Cominittee, when the opposers of the bill would have an opportunity of submitting their various amendments and modifications. After some brief observations from Mr. Ttaattuv and Mr. Wixom Ott e leave was granted to bring the Bill, under an implied ungtrtaking, that its prin ciple was to he fu'ly discussed on the re-committal. DROITS 01? THE ADMIRALTY. Mr. CREEVY adverted to the former motions made in that ROM,', relative to the Drain of the Admiralty. The retards from the Office of the Registrar did not give an account of half the ap plication made ut those sums. Intlenendent of this neglect, there was no account bef ire Puha meta, either of the amount of the Dote' Commis sions in the year 1793, or of the two subsconent commissions on *e Spanish prizes. He therefore moved, " That there be laid before the House, an account of all proceeds of the Droits of the Ad miralty, from the year 1792, whether accruing to the King in right of his Crown, or of his Office as Lord High Admiral." Mr. Husklasois said he had no wish to oppose the motion, which wits accordingly carried.. The Report of the Committee upon the Cotton Weavers' Petition, was brought lip by Mr. Rost:, and ordered to be printed. Th. Irish Recognizance' Bill was commited, and the Report ordered to be received this day. WAYS AND MEANS. The Report of this Committee SIRS brought up; on the first Resolution being proposed, Mr. TIRRNEY stated some objections to the duty which was proposed to be laid upon priimis wry notes not payable in London, and he did not understand that any collateral security wool !there by be afforded, as had been stated by the Right Hon. GenCensan yesterday. He thought it would be an oppressive measure upon country bankers. The CIIAXCI:LLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, there had been a variety of applications made to hint upon this subject, amid many losses had been oc casioned by the failures of country baukers.— There was, therefore, if not a collateral .recur tv, at least an additional security, by imposing *higher duty upon notes payable in one place, than u.ion those payable in two, as it would encourage twin try bankers to have correspondent Houses in London. Mr. TIERNEY was not satisfied with this expla nation, as he still thought it would operate to the ruin of many country hankers. The several resolutions were then read •id agreed to, and bills ordered accordingly. The Irish Customs Fees Abolition Bill, and the Irish Promissory Notes Bill, were severally reportei, and ordered . to be read a third tits this dry (Wednesday.) The Committee upon the Petitions against the Orders in Council was postponed till this day (Wednesday), end Witnesses ordered to attend. The Irish Spirit Ihawbesek Bill and the Irish Tythes Bill were severally committed, and the re ports ordered to be received this day. The Irish Glebe House Bill was read a sec mil time, committed, the report received, ordered to be printed, and the report to be taken into further consideration upon Tuesday, the , 26th in stant. A new writ was •rdered for the borough of Sandwich, in the room of Admiral Rainier, de ceased.--Adjourned at HALF PAST ON F. 0 * (1.0 n. THE BRITISH PRESS. reticE. BOP -STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT AND DAIIING U47'ItAGE• Yesterday, lease Dawberry was brought before jAnEs REAP, Esq. charged by Margaret meat with committing a most violent *4i/suit and dariag. outrage tipoiilier person. ;Margaret West, servant to Mr. Lumley, a lodger at Mr. Foley's, the corner of Hand-court, Llolbura„ said, that her master sent her, yesterday monde & about eleven o'clock, to a liver)-stable, in Duke street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, to order a single-horse chaise; she saw a man at the public-house, the comer of the livery stable; she inquired of him where to go to hire the chaise? he told her, he would ohm her, cid asked her to take glass of ale; slit! slecline.l taking any ale; h e said she should, but she positively refused ; he then took her into the staple-yard, whe re he told her she could get a chaise; he wanted her to go into the stable, but the refused ; when he, with anotlier man, who appeared to belong to the stable, took hold of her and forced her into the stable, in which there were three other men; they said their master was up in the loft, and she mo a t go there to speak to bon about the chaise; she ac cordingly ran up stairs into the loft, with as iuteu tion of hiring a chaise for her master; the men followed her up stairs inimediatoly, one of theta knocked her down by giving he; a violent blow upon her breast; she screamed out very loudly, to prevent which one of the men stuffed" her noluth toll of hay ; they called her some horrid name,, made asc of several blasphemous oaths, and said if rho did not hold her tongue ; they would Cut her throat ; the Prisoner was one of those olor made use of the threats. (inc of the men held her head down to the floor while the Psisoner violated her ; she contrived to get the hay out of her mouth, and screamed most bitterly; sire was kept tnere near two hours, during that time five or as men treated her in a similar way ; all of them lett the premiss s but the Prisoner, who kept her there till the Officers came and rescued her from him. She never saw the Prisoner or any of the ulna before. &flab Bates, a servant of Mrs. Riefs. of Duke street, said, *Le tsui looking . out of a window, and saw the Prosecutrix forced into the stabie by two men ; she appeared very unwilling to go in, sad put her arm against the beam of the door, to pre vent thet getting her in, but they overpower ed her ; as soon as they had get her in, they locked the door; Je afterward. saw the Po.- seentrix in the loft; they pulled her away from the window of it ; she heard her scream very loudly several times, and heard a man make use of very = bad expressions, in consequence of which she went and told her mistresa of what she had seen. and what she suspected was doing ; and a neigh bour having heard the screams, they sent off as • express to the Office for some officers. He was committed for further examination. FROM LIST if !GUT'S GAZETTE, BANKRUPTS. William Ryan, of Dune, Seat, butcher, to sonender„ April CIS. 26, and May vt, at tea, at the Marquis of Grubby fun, Folkestone. Attorney, Mr. R. A. Webb, Folhestoue. Robert Daniel Clarke, ur Wareham, Duran, born draprr , to surrender, April 16, g 6, and .May /a, at ten, at Gaikthaii , Loudon. Attaraey, Mr. Rlanalfurd, ilog's Meneh•YraLs, Temple. Jacob 'matins Levy, late or Aldeete, Hi leetreet, Los. doe, frattorr-merchant, (but glow of thot King's /heck PA. sue) to surreutbc, April so,•t twelve, Mavte, and 3-1 at We, at Guildhall. Attain/a, Mews. Getty sod Haddiu , Augtl - Tbroymortoo.oboet. David Puller, late of esiesonwtrert-teed, way, Middlesex, (bat wee of the Kier's Meade Prisoo) eseriact, to surrroder, April 43, at two, Jo, and Mel el, at wee, at Attorory, Mr. James Aspirtaik, Gleality.eort, Clamarrry•leue. Aaßel Regebael Lash Dehonesty, et Wakeley, laseader, dvrr, ieaaaveader, May g, 9.65 d 14, at three, at tint Norm; Eagle lam, ia Maaebeeter. Algerian., llr. Renee, Great Orumad-street, Usage ; and Mr. Witham Kik,. bias cheerer. Isaac Hartman, lets of Liverpool, hanker (hat now a prisoner is the Kiag's Bench), to soars& r, May :I, 6, at the Globe 'ravens, Liverpool, sad 24, at His Iluirety's Prison of the king • Bench, Surrey, at twelve. Attorneys, Mr. Woods, Liverpool ; sad Mr. Blacketoek, St. Mildred's timid, Poultry, lAntdou. Samoa Sum, of Bailiwick, Somerset, stet/mire, to 'sr rendcr, April iti, s 3, and May sr, at citron at the Castle sail Ball, Bath. Attorneys, Mr. Edentiis, Exchequer. Office Lincoler-Ina, London ; sad Mr. Miller, Path Roeicrt Stereos, of Percival-street, Goswell-street, Mid dlesex, silk skein-dyer; to sansoder, April 16, May a, and at, at twelve, at Guildhall, Loads Attorney, Mr. Beajeada Wilson, Desoashireortrect, Bietropawate.atmet. Janis Bartlett, of IVlsitermorstreet, Landon, walkout , chant, to on:render, April ;6, slay 3, sad at, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. John Pullen, korr-stieet, C.:Ap plegate. Julia Dead, of Kirkby-Stephes, Westmorland, husker, to surrender, April 16, :t.,, snit May .2.1 si ten, at GaiklhA, I.,indon. Attorneys, Mann. Boordillat and Hewitt, Little Fehlar.street, ebespride, Loudon. Christopher Perkins, late if Swansea, Glamorgae, shop keeper, to surrender, April $9, 26, and May is, se row. Guildhall, Loudon. Attorney, Mr. Field, F6443y-4144 , 4, London. Rutert Bather, of Oxfunl-street, Middles-e, jeweller, to surrender, Spril pti, 113, iind May is, at nu e, atCuilillalL Loadao. Attorney, Mr. Wi 4, Warsielt.square, Nelogste street. I rams Fenton, of SheffiekL, uterehant, tit snnender, Aped VI, Jo, and May 24, at eleven, at the Tontine Inn, ot. Sheffield. Attonter, Messes. kykes and Knowles, New Inn, Locum ; and Means. J. and .1 Wheat, SiellFeld (Dividends, Certificates, i.e. tmesorrow.) PRICE OF STOCKS. V ENT ER I V 3 per Cent reduced 3 pot Cent. Cons • . per Cent .6%:!ti . _ a triv Cent. Navy Imperial Asasitics India %Nada pat. I du. 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