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.'.raring the ancient Governmest o *MAW t• a parti- r.i'ar ~,w i't the Theatre. Was'Mont to be supposed, ls ! a,kol, that such grants or raniunerations astbnse l•^ he.l ins seemed would operate in this country as • they had dime ithothers, and not only be a dseacts of (hawing men intti the army, but of making them hood and attentive to their duty, while they were in it ? For his own part. he could not entertain the rm , ,t distant doubt of it. It now remained only I ir !hie to touch as. briefly as possible on the sten.- •- !, objcaions which slight. perhaps, be made t i t.';• •e different alterations and points of reform. v; ich he had taken the liberty to suggest to the F.:oitse, as applicable to the present state of the frrres, and the peculiar circumstances of the country at the present moment. Qne of those was, that this change will require time, and that at present . we have none to spare. This was an old argu ment, he said, but it weighed very little with hint. In order to aft as Ise ought to do, we must boldly look our situation in the face. If our measures are .‘r have been bad, the State will be in danger; e •- cannot therefore change them too soon ; ". ill- the state will 1, i• danger, beause our treasures are had. 's'. a; .ntld be found, according to this ationent, to Ise in the same sittiAtion with the hare that is hare pressed with the greyhound ; she must go oil became she has net time to turn, and yet in turning lies her only safety, for if she persists is go. int foeward. she is sere to fell a sacrifice. Such will precisely, .ltd he, he the state of this country, if we blindly end obstinately persist in pursuing the same measures as have led us into our present unfortunate circumstances. Can acs one, lie asked, oretcusl to tatter himself that the danger we bad to s!read is over, and ha, passed away ? He cautioned the liouse to beware how they suffered themselves to be deluded by such an idea. It; theietore, that should be allowed, and that it should be granted. that it was still hanging ever us, then he contends .d, there was n.i time like the pre sent; we Lad net a moment to lose, and, that our geeaten safety lay in looking the danger ' tardily in the face, and endeavouring to avert it by an immediate adoption of measures different to those which ha • been proved to he so imbecile in them selves, alol so tatally contrary to the ends and pur. poses for which they hat ot iernally been intended. He was of opini. r., Was th at part of the plan which he had propos. ,i, again to be adopted; the re:ruit.ng for a term of years ; (but then he IS.IS Aft .t 1 I It would be resorted to, and carried • on in ,rich a way as to deprive the country of tl:e greatest part of its most material and i hopnttant .t lvantages ;) it should h e don e at o nce, or the gehlen opportunity would be lost, and we would suffer our iron and water to cool without &tiring any benefit from the temperament, which might otherwise have been the result of their prompt and due combination. In short, these must, he said. be a regular and radical refoon in the whole of the recruiting system. We have, said he, a Crimp Exchange as well as a Stock Exchange, and . the speculations in the formerhave Icing been such as, if persisted in, cannot fail us bi:ng she country to ruin. Oar particular argument he had heard in regard to drafting, which w ou ld, perhaps,. be used in the , same way as to enlisting men for life. It has been urged by His Majesty's Ministers that they have foond a convenience in drafting men, and that not draftieg them would therefore he attended w.th great inconvenience ; so of enlisting men for years, they say, that when the time is expired, there is n:,t one in ten but will take on again. So much the better, said he, if so, you will get him fur next to nothing, and what is .:ore, you always net him both at last aee.t Iht, with his own free will a• a "glsgnh 'ht . :Cause he is free fturn the degrading and ' desponding idea of having made himself a slave for life. It has, however, been objected, that by thus en• listing men for a term of five or seven years, you materially injure the service of the regu lar army, by sebjerning it to a considerable Went of discipline. What then, he asked, have we been doing all this time with our Militia and our Army of Reserve ! According to this argument, we mast at this moment have no less a number than 140,000 men, who are without discipline, or at any rate but very badly disciplined. What must Aus tria, the old Government of France, and the pnwet s on the Crntinent have for so many years been doing. when they have been coestAntly pursuing this very system of enlisting men, for a term of years? and yet, during all that time, we in this country have always understood, that these very powers. in all that period, possessed the most numerous, most powerful, and best disciplined Armies: in the world. But to return to our own Inrcec..— Surely, said he, it cannot be denied that the men of this country will enlist fee a term of five or seven yeas s, sinner than they would for their whsle lives; there could net, he thought,. be ii doubt of it. The Right lints. Gent. here adverted to the praelice of enlisting boys of fifteen Or sixteen into the army, which he condemned, as a system . fraught with the Most serious and mischievous con ',genets. He did not mean to allude, he said, to what was done with boys, generally speaking, but he particularly alluded to those boys who were the •' sous of soldiers, and who were too often seduced •:!.ir into the service, by means of the lowest end basest • arts that mild be devised, which, when they came • to find nut, and that they had rashly and unthink 'l'. tinily rendered themselves slaves for life, become . • uneary in their minds, were but too often driven to ' n 'ts .dielancholy, despondency, and despair, and finished lion their unguarded and thangliesen imprudence, by irs . "• putting an untimely end to their wretched and Miser:o4e stare of existence.- HVvrits, therefore, clearly of opinion, and melt confirmed in it every hour, that enlisting men foe -a term of years was the best plan that coulu be punned, in order to re cruit the Regular Army ie the most speedy way that was possible. He was also convinced that it - would be a very 'treat mean& of preventing desertion, that was -su prevalent, and at the same time so en- • feebling to our armies, as well as so highly expensive. Besides, if you must have men for life, let it be atter they deserted. It would then he 1 kind of merited punishment, am-as:ire of - jastice, and could not fail of being Attended with the most salutary con. istitiencta. Ile 'had heard a great deal said about the spirit ef.tisis Bilk- not only as the ser vice ,n( ri courting- wratld be benefited by the adivity and rah:ions .d•' parish 'officers, but that freely Gendenean woulde in each parish favour • the system and are his* personal infinenee towards • Main • fteruhres Those were abe framers at i the Measure • and, enniequeetly tett a little sanguir e is e ffects they expe&ed to remit from it, might have deceived and deluded themselves by rich fanciful ideas; but to him it always appeared in its true colours—he saw from the first, that no thing but a complete failure was likely to ensue, in spite of all the efforts of the parish officers, even if they should be aided and assisted by the Gentlemen in their respe.fhve neighbourhoods; but that even a•iniitting for a moment the truth of the argument, it was extremely clear to hint, and he thought it might be the sime to every one that heard him, that the influence of the Gentlemen of the country in their several neighbourhundo would have been much more unives sally and cheerfully exerted, in case the enlistment had been fur a term of five or seven years, than as it then stood—tor life, and the suc cess of the parish officers would Lave been propor tionably great. Thus then, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, thii country seems to be &totted at the present moment. We confess, that the mode which has been adopted, and that so unsuccessfully, for the last 20 years, is at length arrived at a complete stop. We are at a positive stand, and in that way cannot proceed one single step further. What is to be done? Why, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, we must seek for other means, and, in that case, it ap pears clear to me, that to remove all obstructions which remain to oppose us is the spediest and most effeautd way to retrieve ourselves on this important subjea. We have teen 'Oka to the various incon veniencies to which wavering councils, during a pe riod of 30 years past, have, from time to time, sub jeffed us, and we now find their effeas have a dirca tendercyto consequences not only highlymischievous, but aaually ruinous in the extreme. Taking, there fore, into his view all these measures relative to our Army, and combining these with other leading and prominent circumstances which have lately happened, he could not, he said, help sna p...ding that the present government of this coun try were di iving on to a system of shutting us out from all councillor with the powers of the con tinent; and he west further, he did not think they would content themselves with that, but that their design was to withdraw us not .inly from a participa tion in the affeirs, but to render us complete stran gers to the feeliggs and the interests et the several Continental Cabinets. He thought he saw a set tled and confirmed inclination in His Majesty's Mi nisters to pursue. a similar conduct to that which had been adopted during the whole course of the American war ; a conduct which had been produaive of the most melancholy and serious evils to this country. From these circumstances he found it his duty to offer the various observations, which he had submitted to the Hotfle. He begged par don for having trespassed so long ; returned his warmest thanks for the kind attention with which ' they listened to him ; and begged leave to move •• That it be referred to a Committee t.. revire the s•Teral Aeu prod during the two last Seciions of Prrlia neat r:lrtive i the o,fettee of Si.. Country, sod to remiter that defence nnrc complete an.' permanent." The question having been read from the Chair ; Mr. CANNING rose and sa?ch that hawc ver •widely he Might differ from his Right Hon. Friend who had just sat down, on the general principles of the case, that Jiffetelice would only been the appli cation of the principles as appied to the present Ad.niniatraticn. He had no doubt but his Right Honourable Friend would feel eolisiflerable as tonishment, and perhaps indignation, when be allowed that he believed there was not one man in the country who did riot find fault with the Lill passed last session. lint he .still contended, however, that the Bill had two purposes to answer: lost, that of raising a present t.ipply of troop), ; and, secondly, of laving the foundata in of is permanent system. To alfeet this latter point, it had not yet been fairly tried, and it sets only on that pi inciple, therefore, that it ought now to he crammed ; for. it had only had a trial in those distrals which were al capable and exhausted by drains for With, and Army of Reserve ; and therefore it was wrung to iefei that it must be radically defective. There tees, however, no fair calculative that held out tile positive future failure of the Bill, for it had not received a fair chance. Another cause of its partial failure was the expetience et many changes in Hi, Majesty's Couneile, and of the con:Leung opinions of that /loom. That the people have looked to those ophados, and to none more than those of ,his Right lion. Friend, woo, he contended, however, went tin tar in de.iring the repeal el this which, whatever might be its general merits, had taken away many rrestaeles to recruiting, such as the high bounties, competition, and the failure of the parish adiceri, had now left the recruiting service cam* in the hands of the Crown. He observed through the whcle speech of his Right Hon. Friend, that Be thought it necessary to retain some part of the Militia system; but he still disco vered in this art appeal to the feelings of the Militia Coloaels, and while he lamented over the grave of de parted ballots, the conclusion seemed made for the argument, and not the argument for the conclusion. He differed from his Rt. Hon. Friend as to the point of rendering thewhole force regular and systematic, because it a peace should soon happen to take place, what could be done with the Army ? It could not be immediately disbanded; and if •kept on foot in time of peace would be an enormous 'science to the empire; and if his Right Hon Friend proposed such .1 measure, be believed there would be few of that class to whom he had appealed, as Militia Co lonels, would go along with him. He coincided with his Right Honourable Friend as to the pro priety of introducing modification of punish. vent, and alteration, tis soon as it could be ef fettled, in seeding out our culnnial supplies, and should be a friend even to the black corps in the West Indies, rather than we should ex haust our own population, by sending out supplies as heretofore, but thought this not a time for going into a Committee on die subjea. He went into a variety of statements of the troops raised since the passing of this Aa, and insisted that us had gained by it a disposeabie body of troops, amounting to 12,000 men, and that out of 306,000 Volunteers, 160,000 are reported fit for service. From all which he drew a conclusion, that there could be sr, reason for the Motion, and that he should therefore oppose it- Sir W. Yoeno spoke in favour of the Motion. The Question being Iwsdly called tor, the (louse divided, when there appeared, for Mr. WI N 0 AWS Motion, Ayes 96—Noes 242--blajurity against 146. Adjourned. ~~ THE COURT. . . . .A 94 •IL 21.1* . :•• "NrJlllll7l..ibrnme. THE KINDS LEVEE. Yesterday, about two o'clock, His MAIM'? held a Privy Council at the Queues House, at which the RECORDER of London attended, and made his Re port of the Conviets ender sentence of death in Ncwgate. The Council was attended by the Loan CHAW. CELLOA. the Duke of Morrvaost, Marquis EIERT roan, Earls WESTMORLAND and CHATHAMs Vis counts SIDMOUTM and MaLvit.r.e, and Lords HAWICESBURT and MULGRAVE. After the Council, Viscount MELYMI r and the Earl of CH•THAM had audiences of His MAJESTY for a considerable time. The following had the honour of being intro duced to His MAJESTY : The Archbishop of Canterbury, upon his translation from Norwich to that See, when the Rev. Prelate did homage before Ilia Majesty upon the occasion. The late Baron Hothant took leave of Hut Nfajeity upon his resignation. The Hon. Mr. Sutton was introduced to His Maiesty, upon his being created Baron of the Exchequer. Mr. Dallas, upon his being appointed Chief Justice of Chester. Mr. Gib's:, upon his being appointer' Solicitor-Genenl. Mr. Jeykll, upon his being appointed Solicitor Cu the Prince of Wales. Sir Thomas Trigge, upon his return from Gil...liar. TILE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOM. Yesterday, about half past twelve o'clock, Her MAJts Es and the P AINCESSIS went to St. James's Palace. for the purpose of holding a Drawing-room, which did not commence till half past two o'clock. It was attended by, besides Her MAJcsr v and the Paiscassu, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prim_rss of WALES, the Duchess of Yoeic, the Dukcs of Kra r andCAssaßlons. The Archbishop of CANTIRDLIRY, the LORI) NIMA TE of ITCI.IId, the StoatrAtits of ST tTIL, the MAsrrai of the ROLLS, the Arvonmav GENIRAL, Baron SuTtow, and rther Officers of State; and a great number of the Nobility and Gentry. The following Presentations to Her MRJESTY took place s The Archbishop of Canterbury, upon his transLti'm to that Sea. *front Norwich. Toe Rev. Dr. Legg, by the Rev. Dr. Moss, upon his being ap Than cf W.Msor. Nunn Sutton, upon his appointment. Prv.k, by her mother, Mrs Poole. Lady Eliot, by Lady Ely, on her coming to her title. Mist Somerville, daughter of Lord So.nervilie, by Lady Mist Vernon, by her mother, Lady Vermin. Afi.s Elii,t, by her aunt, Counter.. of, elvitham. Lady Catherine West, by her mother, the Cquittwas M De laware. Mrs kalylle, by her mother. - Lady R Fitagerald, on her return r, England . Lady E. Townshend, by her aunt, Mrs The tiwu Lady Fitzgerald', by then mother, the Duchies" of Mi s Glasse, daughter of the Rey. Dr H. G. Glasse, be the Ditchers of Leeds. Lid kosidyn, on hi coming to his title. Ltferre, by her anther. Miss Smith, by her mother, Lady Carrington. Cast. Wrrilley, by Sir Bradt Waives. Mrs. Lockhart, by Mrs. Palmer. Milt amp , t.y her mother, Lady Glynn. Mr. Nfalendie, by his father, the Bish.in of Chester. Ge t. Maitland, ou Itis appointment as Gay...mot of Ceylon. Misses lour tier by their mother. Miss Dab wood, by Lady Effingham. Mr: James, by her toothy , . Lady iarics. M. Mahe, by the Marchioness of Sligo. 111 . 4. Th011y , ...1, by het mother. PAM Bak, r, by her 'ather, lady Baker. Mrs. Forbes, by the Lady in Waiting. Mine &artiste, fly the same. C mines.; do Cliff etl, by Laity rlgin, me her appointment . Generne,, 0, the I' ince" Charlotte. The lien Mr. and Lady Wellesley, on their marriage. The Ilea Mr. and Mr. Paget, on their rear iegr. Miss J,m s, by her mother, Mrs. James Lady Frampton, by she Counties of Ileheiter. Dr. Fisher, Master of the Charter !loose., by his brother, the lialio,. of F serer. Mew Knight, by the Duchess of Athol. Mr. tierj. Williams, and Mr. Holies, on their appolotments Mist by her mother. Miss sin a it, by the Con neer: of I I seri union. Mr N. Yield, be Sir James Pniteney Ms, Manning, by the Marchionew of idle. Mist tVright, by Lady Murray. Mr. Gunning, by Sir Robert Gunning. Mr. Dampier, by the Rolm,: of Reeheder. Lord Kveringtim, by his father, Karl Forte•ene. The Ciauntess of Aberdeen appeared at the DrawingiltiOns yesterday, for the first time this season, is a ic-y neat end si aple dregs : 1 white crape petticoat, puce velvet bottom, covered eye: with rich pet, t lace, witli an elegant deanery of the same, tied up with rich silver cord and tasside. Body a,d train poet velvet, sleeves - covered with point laces head-dress, an elegant turban, erne:Dented with die/myrrh. Lady Boy stun was present:4 by Lady Chambers. This elegant lad fascinating I.ady wore a white wain :intl.:nit with erape drapery richly euitruidered with goad, soperbly ama in:lied with Brussels point ; her train was piirple velvet, edged and etnhr.tiderett w;th geld. The body and sl•_•etes to corm. :mond, r:imined with Brussels lace: the Irina of the dn..* wasloowil a.l confined with dii eh, and ix!: Lorde awl tavola. 11.. bead.dreas was simple bet elepint ; wore in the from a diamond crescent with reads of ¢o:.1 ur tlrworen with her hair, and plaited with a beautiful plume of Ostrich feathers . L,dy Boise Warren, on her return from Russia was pre sented in a must superb areas : her petticoat was 'vitae satin with a white !rape drapery of the most beattifol einbioidery sat gold, edged With sable of immense value, sod fastened rosettes of diamonds. Her head-Arei dianiondland lothero. Lad, Gatherire West's deer was extremely elegant : stooge sawn into@ and drapery, tenement:a with pearis,sllll a profusion of diamond.. I.ftlyEloot—..Portile velvet, with gold Withwoidery; wes el,gant. Br..dylle daughter. Ms.. Gordm rorttec on her man ilea. II .s tin,: Ara. Cl444of4tely I , OM and eleguot r white crape pethe...t, t .urk• r bottom, and citeckered OvaJ trimming; salt dr-402 y, ti.d n, with rich bead tame's. Mow iteshwourel dresa-.White ...tin and band trimming, very elegant Th. Drawing-room close., about a quarter before Ilre o'clock. . The Court was not so numerously or so brill iiantly attended as was expeaed. The Duchess of Yost went in state a quarter be fore four o'clock, attended in her carriage by Lady Awn Cuctes SMITH, and followed by two other carriages, with attendants. Yesterd morning, _at eleven o'clo c k, th e con firmation t i the Archbishop of CANTS* BUSY to that Bee took place at Bow Church, according to cus tom, on these occasions. The Commissioners' un der the Great Scal for the executiem of the cere mony were the Bishops of WINCHES'''. R. BATH' and Wes.t.s, CrICNtSTte , CHEStIIII, ROCULSTER, and Eritrea. After the sever.' ceremonies ei'ere gone thtlugh, the A ACillitSnOr took the necessary oaths kneeling. We shall give a full account of this in teresting ceremony to-morrow. :-~,~ LAW. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Wairissurse, Sinssigs e Nisi Prisu Ire:feyr Loa ALL ammoaoucnt and as Special Jury. rue RHIN P. LITUT COI.. 11/081111IT it/NIRM A N, es, JOAN EDW•R OS, ESQ. This cause, one of the most extraordinary klu t ever came before a Court of Justice, occupied th e Court from its sitting at nine o'clock y ester d ay tiff two o'clock this morning, and involved a most se rious question, not only to the patties, but to di e public in general. It was an indictment for a conspiracy, to prom, the consent of the Prosecutor to a separation front his wife, and to compel him to allow her a large ss . parate maintenance, charging him with crimes of the most abominable and unnatural kind. From the evidence it appeared, that the Prosecutor, George Townsend Forester, Esq of Elmly, in Worcester shire, was married to a Miss Jones, of that county, with whom he lived for some years in the greatest harmony. The Defendants were tea relations to her, the latter (Mr. Edwards) by mar riage. Great habits of intimacy and friendship s%'s sisted between these parties for years, until die De. fendant, Colonel Passingham, seduced the Pro secutor's wife; and this latter yentleman found it expedient to issue a commission of Irankreptes against the other Defendant, Edwards. From that time a conspiracy was formed to charge the Prose cotor with unnatural propensiritt. Reports were at first circulated, letters were the n dispersed, which stated various prailistw of the Prosecutor's tend. ing to diabolical crimes; and, lastly, persons were produced before the Magistrates at Cum. street, who gave such positive tssurncny on oath, of the most shocking crimes, as induc-d them to issue a warrant for the apprehensinn of the prose cutor. He was arrered on the coast of Rent; but upon a further investigation, the priacipsl witness ret rafted his assertion, and acknowledged it sear false. On the part of the pro ecutSon, a gr at uumber of witnesses were examined. The Pro.e:ut• r sat was near four hours under eramimition, in the course of which, he was frequently su agitated as to be deprived of speech, particularly when the sithj.•& of his wife and children was called in que•tion. Hh own evidence, and that of the greater pars of his wit n.-stes established the fazts of his having lived on e teems of affection and happiness with his wife ; sod some of them, with whom he had been charged es have acted in a criminal manner, gave the mast as eonivoc:;! testimony of his innocence ; many of them adverting to expressions of the Defendants, by which it appeared they had persecuted the l'r tor. for the purpose of compelling him to ni . ,!.e a large settlement on his wife, who had io:ated his bed, and now lived with the Defeneant .On the part of the Defendants, a greet num er of witnesses were produced, eleven of whom sw.•:e to aft: of the greatest obscenity committed by the Prosecutor; but, upon their cross-exuminaticis, it appeared, that, thou it the majority of th•fll CO circumstances of some years back, vet tlTey fad never mentioned them, until called upon by t 1 Defendants and their ageats, is::e of them • cletyy main with whom the Protest:tor had bad sows (licit:on-mem • Ater an investigation of severeeen hours, in the emirs, of which thirty witnesses were exanntA, and many fats transpired, at which human Dowd! must shudder; Th.! Jury, without a' mornert's hesitation, fond the Defendants, Guilty of all the charges stated is the Indiament. MK !CR OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 pet Cent. KA SOU 3 per Cent. Consols 7l Iti the King'eTheetre, the ()pent nfEripi”lt, with ta Be to Laitieto —At Drury Lan.. The Ilwtway Mo wit.. The Lary of the Rock —At Covent %mien. The Eng.....k Fleet in 1342, with The Review; et. The W..g of Wiwi. r. TH.E. BRITISH JP I JIN DON, FRIDAY. Primo/kir 2t. We have received a letter from our Private Cor respondent in Dublin, written on Saturday evening, which states, that a final meeting of the Cathorics took place in the morning, upon the sntsjeft of Ca tholic Emancipation, when Lord Fisc•s. deter mined to secede, and the Catholic Nobility and the great majority of the landed property resolved r.o: to embark in the discussion, Of the question, tt.l' - under the auspices and assured of the support of - vernment. The remainder, however, purpose t o proceed, and pl .:.ed Sir Tilos; as Fitamcw in the chair. Sir rlt A NC!I Gootn, Mr. O'S" re. of the County of Waterford, and N Ir. SCtL , .l', a Bar rister, are to be appc ;I,Letl to bring over the Pi:tit:cr.. The latter Gentleman is the principal anor in this business; but, in con,equence of the secession of so very respe&able a portion of the Catholic &Js. the hopes of success are very much reduced, and the question has lost much of its poplar' y. We ha.. e ieceived several sets of Paris Papers to the 13th ; but they contain no news of any interest. pates are chiefly filled with common place railin7s in their public assemblies against England. and the most disgusting praises of BJNAP•ILTZ for his late hypocritical overture of Peace. Dutch ?apes to the 17th have been also received; but the f are equally destitute of interesting intelligence. Mr. Satan) st 4 swirl, list n ght, in the Laby of the House of „Commons, that it w.O his jou:nth ,to give notice of a Moion for the repeal of Mr. PITTVS D.-ftttee Bill ia tote. The Qid Bailey Station• commenced yesterday. No trial of any moment c;ccui red. LON UON GPkrft...;£ 11)N ViluSON, M Wirth .treat. St. Clement;, and et.tnts.ied Ay • JOSIAII YDIII, at! ill* Office, :11 IS, Are. of St. Carse.3 s Court*, Strand, wh• rt Orders for ths P kc. (post NW) m 11119414 attended to.