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c , ‘v . ' l - 1( a 1 enjo . S long repose, - and we should have . 60_ thing t o fear from external foes. But after such violent convulsions, , it was improper to throw aside at "nee our Me ans o f D e f ence ; i t was prudent still to keep upa Corps, from which much effeaual pro teaion• coud be- deriv e d. Th ese cons iderations were sufficient to shew the propriety of en- His . Majesty to accept of the Services bf t'le Yeomanry and Volunteer corps under certain kegulations, and the regulations he should pro_ Pose, were the following : that their services Should be perfealy voluntary ; that only such. Corps should be kept up as were to receive no pay._ As an. induce ment to t h e Y eomanry to offer their S ervices., be intended to propose certain exemptions in their favour as follotvs that . a Member of the xeomanry'Corps might procure an exemption from t he Militia, by appearing completely armed and e quipped nn horseback at military exercise for I ; e ven days each year ; and from the Horse Duty appearing in 'th e S umm er one day each year. it should ,be judged expedient to keep up any of the Volunteer Infantry, he should 'propose, that this should take place only in the great Cities of the Kingd om, where they coul d be. easily collea e d. he exemp t ions he meant to attach to their servi ce , Were ; an exemption from the Militia if they ap fr*red r 4 days each year at exercise ; an exemption a j, °4l the Hair Powder or some such Tax, if th e y --- rPeared one day. each year at exercise. The only ZP e nces Whicsh he meant should fall on the Public ere, - a Serjeant to each troop with Adjutants' rY; arms front 'the public stores, and a small al ro the Serjeants to keep their horses in In case of ;lethal invasion, he 'meant that an e 'e Corps should be placed u n d er m ili tary l aw, ci at the call of the Sheriffs. He said, it was needless for hi m to dwell on the excellence o f an y 4v leasur c that tended to keep up the martial Spirit of the Country. We had examples in every Coun try, ancient and modern, and in none more than in o ur Own, how essential it was to cherish that spirit. 6 1 ` If o ur martial spirit be once extinguished, " said 1 1e, " our we a l t h i s va i n, and our commerce fruit_ es s ; we are destined to tall .viaims to the first Attila th at i nirades us. For my own part I wish t° see th e sp i r it of valour flourish among our Coun rymen. I wi s h t h at every one o f t h em s h ou ld , as th e d,ys - our 'Ancestors, have his helmet and Sword suspended over his chimney ready to put first and his horse prepared to bear him against the j apd. enetny that shall dare to invade his native tr , Si r .ED WARD KNATCIIBULL rose, he said, 1i s econd th e Motion, of which he highly approved. h ' e r ,Pahl some h an d some cemplitnenrs to the valour t '. lo yalty of his Constituents, and hoped, that if -a-Tpriv ate concerns o b l i ged several of them to re from t h e Y eomanry, i t wou ld not b e con `lel,,,re(l as any di m i nut i on o f t h ese pr i nc i p l es. S. STANHOPE said, that it was a thing 1 1-Pre etdented i n t h e anna l s of the Country, to dl i v Y a Military Corps in the time.of Peace. He ; "°t approve o f t h e p u rposes for w hi c h th ey, 19 r - to he k ept up . H e t h oug h t t h at t h e exert i on the t Civil P ower s h ou ld b e em pl o y e d to que ll th e ti m ains of the Jacobinical spirit, and that dragoon. hg ° "ght to be our last resource. He said, that fa e Measure would have the effed of setting the, atirrnanufaauring interests at variance ; as and latter could not but look upon a body of firmed 111 "" disci lined farmers as intended to proteet the atkets where' enormous prices were charged for grain't He contended that the Measure would .. tir°Y, instead of cherishing the martial spirit. If leY were only to be disciplined seven days in the I , o 3 ' ea r, they must he aukward, and consequently ex -701, to ridicule and contempt ; hence the spirit • 11, ( 0 ) 7 evaporate, arid, in the event of a war, there th; u 'd be greater difficulty in recruiting the Corps, CZ i f the Institution had not been kept up in the - e of Peace. ' W ILLIAM YOUNG said, that the obse r - L, ° "s of the Hon. Gentleman, with regard to its ri ot g unusual to keep up Yeomanry Corps in the p e -; of Yeace, were applicable only • to profound t e ';' - '" - a term belonging to former times, but now, .?5,-ger to b e use d. Th ere was not hi ng now like It '„,"/ peace i n t h e po li t i ca l s i tuat i on o f E urope. Lief as necessary for us always to Lit prepared for of e ; and, where could we find better guardian s 0 our liberty add safety than in our Volu n t eer ? h e 44i.i C HANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 4t ") that this might he profound, as it was Ive r ,, e , s _ent, and th at i t m i g h t b e permanent, was, j ust he sincerely wished, hoped, and trusted : the 1. 1 ":/ea of his Ri g h t H on . F r i en d i n ' t h e M ot i on h e ad made, was to g i ve to th i s Country the full Li t r i efi t of th e w i se system under which we had to be prot e o e d ourselves ;and among other effectse produced by it, was that of deterring persons . u-tc:;tl attempting,' from a sense or apprehension 0 . 1 aunt Q weakness, to disturb the tranquillity of .this Rn, • He knew that a principle, the import. of levi3O.l. which . we had all seen, and the adyantage, L d ell we had all felt, would not be lost sight of Wth e I, oup riouse ; and the Legislature had aeled, and 0, c ontinue to aft up on it : the principle he r an d was this —to consider wh at w a s necessar y ut Publi c security on the one hand, and what was th e ° Public ec roomy on the other. But of all th at char,aders t h at could be given to a Bill, tear hi had b een stated by an Hon. Gentleman t ) teli n in ' (Mr. S. STANHOP E ) was the mo st extra. Conthe arY ; for h e h ad said it was inconsistent with to rlsi stituti on of these realms ; that it was in thatstent with t h e pr i nciples of the Constitution establish h a measure sh ou ld b e adopted, or such an He iimenu should be continued in time of Peace. eo ron n° "ght exaaly the reverse : there was no, ci:. posi;!ance belonging to the Constitution, or com liad 1 " ar our Military Corps throughout, that pres s. 0 attraaed his attention, or made more iin. Q O , I°n 0m his mind, than the icita that such a 4teprsnir!s this could exist only in a free country. A . arms . Illation on the part of Government to Put l oitlc iloto the hands of a whole people, and a le for jun on the part of the people to accept them to itl".e.....defence and security of both, was peculiar toli:_.Lommunity in which we had the happiness fledge It proved a double security, and a double ro e " ot It was a pledge on the part of Govern , .._ Lo sti L t hat they should never attempt any thing sc to the C Qnstitution, It Was a pledge on tile. jj part of the People, thai they value 83 *Ol as Under. stand its excellence; that they are steadily attached to, and deterthined to preserVe it. He was, there fore; Warranted in saying, that the adoption of such a measure as this would afford a singular gratifica tion to this Country at large; It proved the good intentions of Government towards the People, and of the attachment of the People to its Government, and of the zeal and ardour of both for the Constitu tion, by which they were mutually protected. It was upon this public principle, that those Volunteer Corps had existed and flourished in this Country.— It had been said, that such a power this might he wanted to meet the remnants of Jacobin principles And spirit, which had manifested itself, for a few years, in this Country. He hoped; he trusted, he was, indeed, confident; that the Jacobin spirit, which once appeared in this Country, was very much subdued, and must be so,—its malignant and poisoned nature could not long continue, for it was contaminated by its own breath. The general sense Of mankind had scouted and driven it into -its hid ing places, and those principles which it attempted to uphold; during a period of the War, and those vain theoretical notions it endeavoured to fasten upon a deluded multitude, had, now, by 'dread ful experience of their praCtical effect, become universally odious ; and mankind were now con vinced that the principles of Jacobinism were neither fit for political nor consistent with the safety of private life : this was abundantly proved by the enormities it had produced. There might be a few who still adhered to this system, but they were now so inconsiderable in number,- so degraded in character, so abhorred, so detested in principle, that they had no hope of appearing again, in such a force he -would not say, for force they had none, but in such numbers again in this Country. The lesson which this system had taught mankind, was a great and useful one. What had occurred in this respeCt was not likely to occur again, but might occur again, against which there could not be a better ,antidote than that of putting arms into, the hands of a People who had shown their abhorrence of such principles, and determination to resist them, and to protect their property, and all the -parts of the established Constitution. An Hon. Friend of his had said, if it was necessary to pursue such a measure, it was better to revive certain Bills that had lately expired. A to the renewal of these Bills, of the wisdom of enaaing whieb he was fulty convinced ; but the continuance of which was unne cessary since the cause of them no longer existed, he was himself convitited that the Laws of this Country, as they stood previous to that RevolutiOn which produced such convulsi6n in Europe, would be sufficient for the preservation of the public peace ; but if the re should ,be any material inter. ruption, which. the authority of the Civil Magi strate was not able to suppress, and he hoped there never would be a disposition to use force without cause, it would then be time enough to 'use military force, and he knew not how we could secure to ourselves so much military force with the chance of so little military , violence, as by the plan now pro posed by his Right Hon. Friend, for it was a force which we had now long known, and generally ap-, proved, since we had felt its use. This was, therefore, not a measure of speculation, but one that was approved by reason, and recommended by ex perience. An Hon. Gentleman had said that this measure was likely to introduce an invidious dis tindion between the farmer arid the manufaatirer. die had no such apprehension. He thought the manufadurer would feel a union of sentiment with the fanner ; there was no point in which the manufacturer was more deeply , indebted - than he was for the protedion which was afforded to him in exposing his goods at market, and no ser vice could be of greater use to the community in which we live, than that by which the Volunteer Corps had preserved a free communication between the Farmer and the Manefadurer, in the market where the prodUce of the earth was sold. An ap prehension had been expressed, that this proposed Establishment of Volunteer force, may become an object of ridicule, instead of respell : he had no such apprehension, for of all institutions in this Country', this appeared to him to be the least likely to become the objet of ridicule ; it was so far other wise, that it had already, from the effeds produced by it, obtained the admiration of all Europe ; nor was this to be wondered at, for it occasionally ene abled the People of this Country to give convincing evidence of the feeling they had on public events; and by this system, that feeling might be always called forth in the hour of danger. Nor did he see why such a system was to be reduced, or that we should preserve nothing more of it than'the nucleus. The eminent services it had already rendered, in time of War, taught us to estimate its value, should another War break out, of which he saw no proba bility ; but there was wisdom in precaution. The. advantages we. had met with,. in quelling disturb ance at home, while our other Military Force was carted into service abroad, was another instance of the excellence of this plan of National Security. It was constitutional in the most eminent degree, and experience had proved it to he the cheapest, as well as the most honourable defence a Free Country could adopt. For these reasons, although he was aware that some differences might arise, on some points, in a Committee; to the principle of the Bill, he trusted, he should not hear another word of ob jedion. After a short explanation from Mr. S. STANHOP the Question was put and carried, and leave was given to bring in the Bill. Lord TEMPLE gave notice, that on Thursday next he should move for certain papers relative to Malta. He could not at present exactly specify what these papers should be ; however he believed they would chiefly be accounts of the. Territorial Revenues and Commercial .Duties ralsed in Malta since that Island has beenjp the possession of His Majesty's forces. He should alio move for an Ad dress to HiS Majesty, to• lay before the House a Copy of the Treaty of Luneville. After some conversation between Mr. GREY, Lord BELGRAVE, and Mr. NICHOLLS, about the propriety- of deferring the motions relative to the late Ministry, Mr, NICHOLLS still persisted in his original intention of bringing it forward on Friday, and" Lord BELGIIAVE said that he had determined to, bring f6rwitrd his IYLo' *AV s'4ine that Of_ Mr. Nictiot.is. • Mr. DENT, after a few-observations; it-loved for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the prattiee-of Bull-baiting and Bull-itinning. . Mr. WIND /JAM said, that if he did not 'Oppose .this Bill in its present stage, as was his original intention ; it was not that he had at all changed: his sentiments, but thi pressure of other affairs of rather more hnportance on his •mind, made - hire defer his opposition to the second reading of the Bill, which he hoped would be pit off till the pub_ lie business should haVe been discusSed. Leave was then given to bring in\the pin. The House then 'vent through a Committee on the Grant• to be made-to the Dukes.bf SussEx-ond CAMBILID.G,E, and the Report was ordered w bere ceived on Thursday,. The Irish Navigation Ad Was ordered to lie com mitted.to-morrow. , _ Mr,. CORRY. moved for leave to bring in a Bill to indemnify such as, have,omitted to qualify them, selves in Ireland. Leave given. The Elktion Treating-Till went through a Corn niittee, and ; was ordered to be ingrossed.a.nd read a tllird time tomorrow. • The consideration of the Irish Linen Manufaaory Bill was deferred to Thursday. The Scotch Militia Bill was read a second time, and is to be committed to-morrow. The House adjourned at., half past six till to morrow. Cambridge May Soz. • Cambridge,-i To the GENTLEMEN, CLERGY, and FREEHOLD ERS of the Coiinty of CAMBRIDGE. G EN T L EMEN The Sheriff of this County having - with great impar= tiality declared a decided majority in my favour; •or* a very numerous and respectable body of _f reeholders, ,pre sent this day on the nomination of a Candidate to represent you in Parliament; I beg yoU to accept my warmest ackmow ledgements for so distinguished a mark of your good opinion. I earnestly request your further exertions, and anxiously en treat your attendance and votes' on the day of E leCtiOn at Cambridge, on WedneSdaY the sth of May. partiality yOU have so often shewn to the family of MAII NERS, .is my surest encouragement to hope for your support; and if I should he 'fortunate' enough to experience it on this occasion, it will be my uniform desire to prove, •by my conduct in Parliament, my attachment' to our happy Con slitution,,andto the interests, and prosperity of this County in particulai% - - . .• • I have the honour to be • with the greatest respea, • Gentlethen, Your moat obliged afid dbedient servant, CIIARI-VS SOMERSET MANNERS. ARRIVF'), I lamburgli - 0 MAILS. PRICE OF STOCKS, DVE 1 TrtlS DAY AT TWELVE-O'CLOCK Cfms IS, 76/ Omniurri - - - THE SUN. SOLENI QUISAICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, MAY 5, ISo2. WL this, morning receiver ,a imperfect Set of the French. Papers of the zd instant.—They bring no intelligence of importance. The Moniteur is nearly filled with Debates on the subjea of Finance; and, if some of the statements are correa, the revenue for the ensuing year will cover the expenditure. The Law respeaing Pnblic . instrndion has been adopted in the Legislative Body ; by a majority of 251 to 27, ' The French Funds are 57' f.. • - The Hon. - Admiral CORNWALLIS, Commander in Chief of the 'late Channel Fleet,""arrived in Town yesterday morning, and had a long interview with Earl ST.:VINCIENT, .at the Admiralty. The ondovi Sloop of War, arrived 'oh the 28th of February at Malta from Egypt, brought gence to that Island, that hostilities be.tween the Turks arid Mamelukes were carrying on with great animosity. Much blood had been shed on both sides ; and. Adrhiral BICKERTON was preparing to sail for Egypt in the of 54. guns, in Order to effea, if possible, an accommodation between the parties. It has been Very erroneously stated in a SundaY . Paper, that Passports are no longer necessary for Foreigners. to enter into the Country, as the Alien Ad is still in force, and no alteration in this respect has taken place. Mr. Nurr has been chosen Governor of the Bank bf England,. and= Mr. \VI NTHROPPE Deputy Governor. The vacancy in the Direction will re main till the next Eleetion. Count WokoNzovf, who left this Country some time ago, for Russia, arrived at Cologn on the zest ult. and ccintinuedhis route to Petersburgh. We have more than once heard the epithet of fortunate applied to Mr. ADD INGTON as a Minister, and of unfortunate to Mr. PITT. Wise men will 'be as little disposed to adopt the one term as the other, in their invidious application. By mere events, except as fir as they were necessarily the effeCts of public measures, no Statesman was ever yet fairly estimated. That many untoward circum stances, which no human prudence could perhaps have averted, marked the latter years of Mr. PITT'S. Administration, : and thwarted his wisest measures, we are by no means disposed to deny : but what he could riot prevent will never effaCe the recollettion of the spl e ndid serv i ces w hi c h , in. the course of a long and brilliant Administration, he aetually ten_ dered to his Country. As to Mr. ADDINGTON, we suspeCt that it must be to him a matter of per rea indif&rence what term may be applied to his Administration, so long as the result of his efforts, in a most arduous and trying situation, shall prove' to be an increase of happiness and prosperity to the Country whose afEtirs 4e was called upon to direct. fiA . 4 l- §s: MAY 3; . . SAILED the BauTei;i:,' Meri of War; .atl a cirtfie Frigate§ Poi.tsitiotith: PORTSMOUTH, MA ie• - CAME into Harbour to be paid off, A/F "e ty ts Ship Casnd. . , . , . went out of the Hailioiii-; Flis riVlajesty' ,Ship • • • . Arrived the R;fleilicin, MONDAY,- and Polly, DA. MOll, :from London ; and Nile; DRAYTON front Havre-de-Proce'::: • Sailed the Piincesi RoyaI, , DoNA . LID, fOr Londdn; and RaTer; BAcs, for Havre-de-Grace. SHEERNESS, MAY 4. YESTERDAY evening, came tioin from Chatharii; swirl-, men for a pasage to the ,Westw;ircli the Mi.:. ge r SloOp; Captain ; JONE ; ivhithet s fe will pro.: ceed on the tan of the tide. The Zealaird `Tearing Vice-Admiral OR ME '5 E Flag), was this day . ozdered to be paid of at thig Pon, for which purpose she has come into Harbo.a. DEAL; , M , Ay 4. ARRIVED the Laperviiig and Thithd Slogs, tite. forrrier from Leith, - and the' latter froni'Sheerneiii, • both of which hare saileil on to Portsmouth. " .. r .The.Eireenie.Sloop.proceeded this morning from the Downs, on 4 Cruizel;and His Majesty's Shcry. . Amazon and Com . flia dun_brig remain. CORN EXCHANGE; 111 . 6- 5. • Tiltsdak. we ,had a middling supply of Grain in general ; 'Wheats- little flu6tuatioo; Malt being: now sold with, the new Duty, causes that arti:. cle to go off at high prices ; of Oats, the chief of the importation is of inferior• samples, ,and very, low ; Pease and . Beans are brisk ; Flour plentiful, heavy sale and ratherlower. Wheat 4os a sos a 6os od Fine dp. - his a 6zs cd NIAlt - 4os a 44s a sos od Fine ditto - sis a sas od Barley 28s a 34s od Rye - -32 s a 36s od NV rite Pease 28s a z2s od Beans - zS.s a 3zs 6d Tick-ditto -25 s a 3os od ()Ars - -14 s a 21$ Oct Poland db. 22$ a 23s od Rape Sced 3:1 a 341 per - last Fine Flour 4.;!4 a 4Ss per sack Second do. 4u a 4;s pi - (10. - 'Yesterday the LORD M AYOR or d ere d the bread' to he lowered one Assize, or Two.pence in the Peck Loaf, to take place to.rnorrow. The price of the Oilal tern Loaf Wheaten, will then be §-id. and floilsehold Bd. Saturday's pit conveyed to Major-General thy wATEß.,`Colonel Commandant, of the Plymouth Division of Marines, the welcome news of His MAJESTY'S gracious intention to constitute ;he Marine Corps, a Royal Corps, by the style and title of the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines, as ...a testimony. of His Majesty's perfed approbation of the conduft of this truly valuable body of men, by, and and sea during the late arducus contest... —4n the evening the Marine Barracks were most brilliantly illuminated, and (he .Corps fired three' . excellent vollies on the occasion. Their Colours, so often bravely defended, were deservedly dressed with laurel, live oak, and olive branches. .A • grand Dinner wasgiven at the 'Mess-roorn, at which' genuine mirth, tempered with sobriety, reigned for several hours. The toasts and sentiments were quite appropriate to the business of the.day, The Royal Ma'rine - .Cloathing, which was faced with white, is now ordered to be changed to blue; but the alteration is not to take place till His MA- J ESTY'S Birth-day. On Monday night, agrancl Masquerade was given - at the Pantheon, in honour of the Peace. The Ball-room was illuminated with great taste ;• very beautiful festoons of coloured lamps Were suspended around the windows and pillars. At the upper end of the room, two crowns in co l oure d l amps were suspended.from the ceiling, and the word'Peace, in large letters, appeared on the front of /he Gallery : The company, though not' crowded, seemed very well plea'.cd with the Entertainment, Mrs. SI DDONS'S Benefit on Monday night was, as it should be, a very excellent one. The - House was crowded with fashionable company, who re ceived the highest gratification from the exertions of her inimitable talents in Lady Macbeth. Mrs. St DDONS appears at Covent Garden Ththre once this season, for the benefit of her son. The DillelantiTheatre had another exhibition on Monday night,' and, to prove that they were all in good humour with one another, they dramatically concluded with a dance. A son of Lord DEERHTJRST was lost amidst the crowd on Thursday .night during the illumination, and the family were in great alarm for many hours. Yesterday the five persons taken up on Thursday night last,.for riotously assembling about . Mr. Cob bett's house, in Pall-Mall, and breaking the win dows, were brought up to Bow-street, for re.ex„ amination ; when the matter was fully investig,ited, Counsel attending on both sides to argue the merits of the case; hut Mr. BoND, Sir WILLIAM PAR SONS, and several other Magistrates who were pre sent at the examination, being of opinion, that the offence amounted to nothing more than a misdea-' neanor, the Defendants were admitted to bail, to answer that complaint at the next Middlesex Ses sions. On Monday night, about ten o'clock, as Mr. KE AT I NG, of Bloomsbury, in company with another Gentleman, were passing the Thames in a boat, nearly opposite Westminster 1-1311, tlrey were over taken by another boat in which were five or six men, who came alongside of then ; when two of the robbers, armed with pistols, steps into the boat, and robbed Mr. K. and the other Gentleman of their watches and money.