The Sun. — London, England, 1805-06-29 00:00:00

1 111 1101 In tl :hat • . .It so aftive and eaterprisinA an Enemy wcalla I have endea voured to,put an end to the War by one . 1 )10w. In that he had been deceived, for 'o,le Egomir • had preferred the Slo,v and curtain course. It itad ' be"m tttated from thy: Threne,. and the newApapers = every. da yrePresented, that the preparations of; the Enemy :were Autin terrtipted. Tilei'd '',V:ls 110 reason to suppo.e that 'ucli gigantic pret::tratiotlA 'were in ten4ed either merely to amuse 'the French or t o alarm us: - .fie-- had, he ir a . therefore, .been Lurprised, to Noble Lord, K:Moliibe r of the Cabinet, late . ly state - that the. eliaraacv of:. the war:'haci! . .ber:iti ~ altered. IL! hoped , that 'Noble Lard itvai singular in that opinion in the Cabinet. If our danger / had il en increased abrciad, . it had not -ben di:ninislied-,1 a t . t , l l lll le. What 'waS.mtire prellabit.b i .than that the ci "- 'r IV')Weer,. after landing. their nailitaty force at Jamaica, Nvltre 'there wer,...!. only 3000:n1 , 1 to ', oppoie them, shoull, return to Europe, and, joining* With the Brest lleet, •. sail up t.11 , — , Channel, . and kak . e'l Iriiession of the anchorage, there, ; as ih the Arrieri 'in YC, T ar ?. 'llse night lion. Gebtletnan .smile.-; ((//- ftrtlingo ihe ;.3i'ei--7-7.6,t'Tt/Co); but the . projea that /1 , 34 been tlionght,nr.tCticable with' the tarde under NE , ' ettint Del. 4 0 ~ e, was mere probable n ow , Wh en - tllava4 to I?lotilla„exisi.ed_at 13oulw.ne. carne notv Tc)riiiciet Witit Lad been tile . increaselre of our 100 ear T;lll,6lite.. On,theist of 'January, t B'o4, ''otir wrilol•P • .till,;!Y FPice; .611siStitq ot Qaval ry, 'lnfantry, and : :,!''''',,• 60 ii:&teLl Of- r.: 0 (5,41 a , 'of which there were. "lola 46,(4),-.3. , 66, , t h e , i A . - o f June, . 1805, ',the ,joitt Porce v.%tS . 2 : 3 ! , ,i.i.1 6 ;':•'0f which d3,:353. 'weie ±, 11) 0, Wllie!l' left -iliLt FibrueFgrce, in the, first i,ipd, 17.1,7.?0, ant . ' in title seeritid.,period 1601184, l'itig 1 ,I. 1 • . • •, ' -r. (5 'TI •‘"e - 4 . , ,it )1-nation in . tae littler o .443 . ?.... .: I Z, ~',-'nether .with •reference- tri .titre State , •of the o , 'Y' or • Army, 'he, Concluded. that the .daugcr. Of . kl 'e . C : P'' 4l trY was- 4eatei s.titian ,twelV3 - utontli.', - ,Pee. Ile. sh ou l d. in 'thee ne)tt . acre. read to the 4 : ll ie the It., oiut ion.; which hu Mean tto subnilt' to tii , , ,,e,fils 4 l z l ' 4 ' . )n . .. 'The . *first was, “... That it was 4:411Y expedient to keep u p' the ' stten,lth . ' of ',the „:sll)taiPearly .its po.biblecoynplete to. the Lii‘tablish -I.9ttlo9Yitleil, for hy I.',lrliarnent."... 'This • .11 , 6 vas 1141411:Jot 1)v. objeaed t 0,,, particularly aureat rona,venience anhe Trod the adital-establishrrient datlitell4`'/IbteiritYlche'vletot 11.2':;.9,tia°t:tfi();(°)';:(!hti:a'tv:b°Ntete..tNodn;eid'e:liblIt;neel).cE::4tstlidnirce)a:tilasf plc Present existnig; ES tablislutent had only been 4 r il rl? for . , .The deficiency was 50,000 Olen, tool: e BuPl-'44144. tlii..Nlajesty's 11Tiniiters would :tx„,,,nPon. it, as their . duty to. shew., how x-hY. . 4txt 3( . 1..- to ,mike. good, this deficiency. - The • Hon , '64)ltui P" \vAs, " that -it .apPearect to the ,Z,_,. fro m , tlie,..Paperi. on •-the: Table, . that , the yk.. 4l lll')l ' Ll t i ja . ntrY, .nn . 'the. I St:: ill j . ..Tanitary,. r .1804, to 13...,,,' 14 1 :5, ;;',7 00 ; and. on the: tst of Jan. , 1430.5., ul i i ch i 1 ;7 ,1 6 , .111. a, brit); , au. increase of I 410.4 t. A . frcioi tli o '- \ I ,!'lit.ily, itr, , , ell from tile transfer --,0C,9,90,0 AN.IN tit , ~','itin tq;:the Dine;" - . st) that the,stetuaL in-. r.t.i_1 4 ,,,. 4i . ) j,k 4.l.'lWittlts.,had. been, only 5,682 men or il.,,l,4l.l:4ll)sofAtti4,,,iqielacy, whiqh.,,at that rate, *.kiiiiii;i, I.A4l.ll).'letcclin...eleyen years. iliouokt .)1- Ihs'''.':9os,illit:d to tlit onliptti - itive. ttangattrft,. pc, Ntkiv 4 '- ' , ' ' ti o ,i . .i ,I:MY,..trom whicit.lic infcrred, that, the la 1' () 9,, :,Br4sii Infantry during ,the last ( ,Iktou K .' '' " . ' • . 1 " de". .' (.;tcy,4,„,:, 1,1;1)-- o u c t : . .timly.$13ttli,part. 7 o f tl. . 14;f. i„-",.'•!!4441-i1)4.. This staten - lett t he., pledged. 1 1 ‘.C.roy ;i \ l / 1 9 .ye• :.1)11,§ liiili, _q • 0 itiv,i . Ilan_. (til,‘.§e.-.,' ) P1414.1 4: , il ~)f ril44ll,tr Shake 11.11 ,I.t.ead;_but.sito.would t,V,tapo. i:4l4s: hi.„..Suititruents.out tram-.the t1.., , i 3 ii•-• !.,'. Li ft ' 1 , ' 11 ,'",... At alt tNenl.s, what he. proposed 1:' .. : 1!, :ttlq:••;' ,1 ''' 111 3' 1 15, PO, Jean; inaccuracy 41 1oUla. r*:%4 th e i.:, ~,''') ql.‘:e.s.thiation,,i tvoulA,l:leasy to re -I.,Vltry • ti ,,',,,' , , YYllg..prQspeet.: hid . they . that the dii.fi-,. ‘,e '0171,14,,n,?..0,41111).1ti1e.c).? .W.,,hat„-tiiat,,the-Aii,litar,Y 14 JN, 40. •%41‘ikiL115 more. on ed whni,,ths 34(41.0 ;t4- swailii 4. , - . • ' ilit* t ;',.- - c., : ,011) .r,n44.,e,t1j0y* . ed , reAcir,4l4.he riilli4ii.K.;,Pk.l4qopropttierv4,:tt of 'War giVt4i..:it , t,i)..F.,4,k-fmiti,,,,.!,oNther \vitli tile I:tikht,iie-," rd )' 4il 4 V4 t 'i'Slo" ' 6, 4f.Cit 'l,-n-' ClVelVe.;4ii.intl43, -it,,, t'lic,,,c-,.,,ili,i)ulivrit.::,, ixitc.d',,tvhiFll:sh,f4w/". -hi,tk t.; •: ~"LP,lore i"t%'',,,-••* l',' • ''.- • -.,` i f ei.issiry .., 1 .1 1 ,,t,.,,,. ;. ..... ~. .v4 ,. .l".casytj‘f z), l , ex, c , ' ii! ,:l l ' or iii , "l , • ! 9l''*‘:t in etill).l‹o7,7ol67'stilliliSlr.7. ti c '''. " 4 „kh, k ) i --.'.''.': altY.lllii.tAtial pro,44'ess `'it . the 11- l'eitiiiii).... .•,'Tt"'-''‘'eri::l;.tiiiir,;-6d 1 The tict'lli‘Ol kl i 0 .1)ii4i4 3 , ,..t ~ ' t .4i: , ".. • , *:'' . ':. .- • 6 n or toih e 1 ,, , A,-.: : , 0 move, I:‘ , :ate,. : That it . le ;,/kt 4fi;m:-, Ag . sd that HiS" 4.70.47;i 3rinist.{..rs . 's )( .4 i ' I;k )i ', e; )1:9„ 4,tt' foritrant:nhfiicw oleuSiii'.es I,,it,taitt.iil!,,,t,...y.c'r;:titilii--;,ti14,1.1ti.,;' ilia, it bath, tin 't',,,,,ttiii,„„).lll-Pi,:klic• i) w.: Alifitaiy' I:cire, P 4 1k ..,tOl 'lt,tll i . Eli.; tZ)Ai&' clpreolv'e lis'Of iiip a ':4 4 4 , ,ij., :ii ~- ', 6 6 0:3i:14 ( i‘f fl,e +l l *••' .ortant ~. .Ilk ;„,,, ~,. _, -= 3e tutl y nr . il ~., , ,g,,,,,..ti v , :., . 4,,oposed ~,titis IteSolutieti ; , be r41411..:i„,,,,,, ii ier.,.4.,vi.i,hy the Right lion Gen ' 7111- ' ll4 t '(' ir4;"11: t! i ', 4 '. 116 fi' , m . A' iv , i•i';%•c rit iii COil'- i 'lYvi.);, ; :' . 11 14.:,;0{'• Y, ''Silt' - •", 1 ;.,,, .1 60.,. x t ,,.;4 it 4t. interference wat nect . .s:- i ;; 6 - j t .' , ,G,- - ,,,. it: ,4,; x 1,,i).:43'. to tltilt of the Elteltiy... as t,,,;,,;,t,"`i'1-. ~:iii.`lo.i'.',be'._trt6rti sc) : nevi, When we ti.„ .1' iii,is..t..ti,Tliie,- is) . 1•;, when the d3iiger. 1 !) ,,,, 'l.r!iii 'lil'i,,,h.,'i,loo.S' wereiticrea`Sed, aticrwtlph ' ,i • 1 14: 4 , . 0 I)444Bdeitt( l ll' to illy dliiolllii a• '''ril','!Vll:l2l'..lllrizt:/C:4:5i11( I d .„ 11 ° 11. **ec ' tipoh ,N:y . ht 'gi . o . tin' d' 4 1.,,, ;.1, , i.,t tr, , ,,, i\r„.....141., Lieut.. or aus , one near' . him, 11,, 1 ; ~' (1 ii i • a co ±) 1 1a nllO .‘ V \V II) C I l'ho had so stiowilir 1J,,,,,,n,' , 1,,,„ 14,,1?!,rle,ssioit; uhless oti the ground k,,,,illto.tistqr t. i' l l ' i L l 4 : . et . ' ''noVv i and' that. anoilier had ' "ki,!.),li(),llilagti(A :\i,.4..,..*11ie1t some at least or tlis. t4p t , o, , 1,14 1 i, t ,..,.. „ ,otud rtot carry their .complai-. 4 ., i ll 1 . ,' fm. l j i . L ' t :" 11 to concur. ft was n ot' to be 1, i r . ' , ri (.!,.0.,,,,,,,,.,1,11 When Ile 'SlieWO the deficien 1, ~:fC. , it .i,i,:,!,.nn:lett.notwitlistanding all the ad -1.1,.,„: !"a1d.),,) './ (.1, tvitiiijut 'sc . arcelr -in loss, at it ii4i'.);l:t.,lt:cC:ll:l:cl',,er..k‘'.,ard rn—e'llstiretY t‘o73retned y titn all i . ,,, 1)4 1,'1!.ii,,i .1,11...;.,1,9.-fibt confidence to Undertake ' rjr,l,l:ct:l 4 111 m : 1 4 ' i :A . .e. he clipos'ed to. repoe.: such i k Allt n ii t ! ) 1 )('. d on , , ~.4 ''''Ale askOci what he ::!lotild ~,,Qti, qt, tk.'l'le sh6ill,..'`, th"6•HOI.Ige Shatlid go into 1.4 ` t ,tifi erri ntle.l 4 , lll h t a l : l d' ''''' I3', to undo ail' that the Itigllt I t, , ~,,r ' i n 6iii) itit".olYe: liefore the Right lion, ;.. rir,4„c, '..1,,,,k-r,,1ti15,,,n Of-liCehe had Obit:Ai:4 so much pt 4: ,, t ,1 )r i. , p1,i4 ii '•! of (Air ,-,Military Foice, as th:tt a 1* , 4 4 ,, t ht: til t . (-i f., it tvaS not disposable. What ,4.464:eit''''i,' 411,'.1Ya,,,1,1;J'1-4il.elaeiil4,!cl,i.i'Obtitin Oita* b;sppsable 41' ta‘i' l '''' With 1 . 4 Pt. 4n 4 1 4i*osahle lorce of (,th ,„'',,t'c,rv.ie i.,',lllitia Would -an:ilium. to an ,p)tlit ..,Litrotlitit,..„,,c)tr 1453,000. lie should not go ..'l'''t,l/4-1114* .ir-iiii';,,,.1111,..",,e,,PF9duc(,...d. l'' the. r9-', ~nikit4k, '', .").' .tht'_.cre4joit of an in. i 4 1, 14- - .44444.14 u -ftlitie.6 VA la s -II so ,l ist 41), ~v , „44 .4 t if, „,. , . 7 , -. ,".. L. I, 5 .4141144,444 11 41 1 5* iq: '' 'ha jul 54'1141101.1ra*Ertend ,(Mr. 1 t ':.llo,i,P.tittiltio.,,ii.sl)en. field 4401.11.4.bt given to: .- ‘, - ,7ti i . 74 .' 1 : 1 01 h.. 1 , ' ll 9 81VVI2e, he was ;;Itre that i ' - oil ' ,Itl'34i. f. r4 T'ula .a' d 1 11 • . '/..—tiik v .',' 1 41; 1 o ; ! n• t 44t :a , who now . ' -- 4)0.4i,' Pl 'N.,,i0.,k .-‘ver tit by the Palf,:6s,- . , . `44:1'11,1; ' tr 't!"-Itoguktr Army if tlaery . , '). '44(it!.. - 4 spisit of ilde,eess . . ''. :,. ,' --. • '," ' ' •-• .''.. '.. -, !.:'''''v ., 'ii I timi . .6. 4 ., - ,pratitu.‘cliiVmfultii 0.3131q403 . pz . ii under . entered froma., Wlishix B;,ea.r the spiviicii,l - drev, .of - the . sai:lier.. &nother Point to . tvizi:.;jr lie alioidd. - eall Cie .i.te.rition'''.4se the 'llettsw- Al'ras the diffi . ..striee - be t well:i re etkiiiing for life,..and , for. a torn .. . of Yeam 11 . ;•;-ono was . lik,e, going' to glut bour4 front which n‘i ,, ti; .:eller ,•teturusi - the'is;Oner ,W a an e:yeriiiient'lhat iytight lii prachiFtiv ~of ''os senti•ar service. ' 'The g;:ilimit Officer:bereorow 41 comparison .between the etii;lits . ,. of ' the..Ulu4h 04= ficers and of the regular Recruiting : Si.trjeantS . itt obtaining Mert, and : contended ,that - v ! 'l;A di; lat ter were ineh lit Ter the former . N; , 6 - ts littlelikelfr to 'succeed in. , : , Of the -number raised by thelli4l t , Honourable ..Gentleman's, Bill, 3940 Werestated, t l .. . he, by the Ppiri5he5,,..22.99.. of which had been :r theft in ; Ireland,, but, as he .14.been.inforined-by.a.Coupty Member of that 'Country,...4l.l bt . •,bounty,' not one `by the'PariSheS.: 'The lion. Oihejr centended 'that this had the effeccteif'Centinuin4 the high Bounties, one of the - evils :'Whielt :the'. Mill - was: Intended • to • remove; because . thZs • 'Parishes iyere, al fewiS4 ,141.. for • each in-ati, and it would be -their interest .to gilv an - ,:7 sum under - 201. in addition to that, by ' which they might:escape a 'part of " the , ,penitlty. Thus a bounty of ,331-nlight be given, to which. 101.. would be added . ..on , the man. volunteering ~into - the . Regulars, ..which would 'make. .4:31'. whilst ' tho '. bounty„'.' for . the Line • W:i. , • but 'l5l. f 4,'.',Coii- :siderable 'es.pence. had' elsO:',iiecrued. ici'ilietYiati- - :lie, from , the Establishment of •thejteeciving, , Bat- . .tations; to ,the'amount Of .'4oo,oool..whilst; th e risen •in these, battalkons,y,7ero v411).te41 to con)plete: the re tgular'Regintits.,, so that cacti matt stood theTutilic. in pal. ' Therefore, it in Axe; Corn ai!t, tiffs• - iirn - shotlrd be. resolved tO 1)e repealed, he 5:,,01tl eon gratulatc !vim - self:Th:ld the Cotuitry on the advantages that *.t.ould ri..;uit froin it, ri.lwal.. - Ai. he' if.:ldoitt. troubled. the house, he shoul, hegits indulgence for ashOrt - tithe, whilst he Mated, i,, a foil/ words, what. ‘. he' •-siinuld ' propose' i . !l ; the Comnii rice . r,rhe Pr.it. 'Clitatg he should iceOnatnend was . that.on , Milinny. , , Eitablislartent should be so arranged tiLlt liii'part of it shot ld'iritirfi.Te: 'with the reernithig•for'the Arrny. The i,vhole of.: such ii.i arrangement could not be .? coml. ietcd. -this ' .Session. , .As to the;' Volunteer . E• - tlbli::hnitnit.; it -,4';:i the - ost incomplete thing , he ev , .T kilt:W.. , Nothing eoUldeNaeot the obsurdity - ol" , •prostituting the , Military ran', by . granting: it to Velttitteef Offieers Without C.Perikee,. .. How must' 'the feelihgs of a veteran. OC.icer 'he 'a4e4ied, if, after • thirty years, he teund : a man without experience or serYice possessing the spine distinaion of ran . lci. Ge; •'l'enten hl ,other prOfeSsions pOisess'ea in,any . en- Joyments •••, - :. - '4l "Were out ').l the reach of Soldiers, and the:i `,' , it . ' not to rob i'Vuri of thi , ir ranlt.--:-..fie, nie4nt..n.,* , : :;.':ei,J. , ft't() . ally One, and lie w t, sure the individual to ''a horn he •Slintild I.llutie, AVOnid,iot, be lurt :it what lit illi . a.ild: 's,i-y. Nothing, could be,More ferhote Irdvn lii i ii,ii, , ,; ilium to say any thing that c:.)Uld wound tits Icclin t. , ;s i of any in dividual, or 'to a , •;ail himself of ltiisituation as a Metubet 'of . Parliament. to tis'e expivsioits for - winch the incliv:idual . rol:i•red ti, ci;;t id have lick r(-: trietly... tut . 6;1111 it 1) borne 'that the rank` of Co 10cl 'should ~ be pr,.:,,titiited to it:'cont,.etiOner ?--to a inatii•ifigUrer .o: buns, of cheese-calies :iti.l tails l-..--• • IVhat lutist be the Ijelitigs Of an expi...ricareed and ..A4l4rit Office - a '•' .. ' ' - ' ' ' '''" * ' . ,. ri, , T,o...ut..,tia..it Lol,md,. : Nt,..en, in. ease an Invasion were t.i.) take place, he should find 'hinviilf placed wider - the.coininand of such a Supt- . rich ? . .-- . ..-1 k ii ?..---lie aiot. Mean :,a:iy - disresp'ect . to the person in,q , ,„te4iait. N ca. dird he suppos.: he would fake any* ` , .*lft-n (s ;at having •a, profesion. meat iot led, Wltich lie*`..,,exereised ppenlv and publicly. lit had b'eett.hiinself' in his slio x. fd ; he'Was an e:ellent' cell .l,l6tioner4,ne could poi. be an experienced Colonel.. The"..o9uoUrable,'Ottker . then ridiculed the ;idea,. of 'the: pi r triiLttieltt. c,ntyr, .0 the 'Volunteers, by going 'a', .. - Al:Ort ' 6 4 l * . ft.),, tour. or, five~dayS, - to a village a , few . tNfes, fro in , to Wni - .:...zind ntitking :holiday, C-iting,,. and Ai hiking, and al.sent.inc , , t lieniselves from their li , n3i.- flags'. .A` to TLae•'6lx.... of the Volunteei Offiet',TS, . .. • : os:4 - '0110:it be struckaway : in half art hour in the . .Coluthittes, ,and ...the. 'rest snierht be done next Ses ' • II ' ' sl ea. ' - . ° ll I . ' t' I . l rub in mg, ~. ear , , iiy.T. i y :a ,t ie las i ath,. nab- • btih, lie meant not' the Volunteer bZx.h ., , - but the. rank .of their Pthceri, and the Parish' Officers' .. 13111, together with"' their clothing,. Wla . perina-' ilea duty,: they iiii., , lit :then eoute:te 'consider . , Of ' the cfringel.' that ought` to b'e' inOe • iii the 11tegutn- Army. ...'r !id 'first was to r&ti,ii - 11 - .)r 'A tt:',itim of yvvrs•in 'place orfar life; 'r:il,lii.,' Itiq.:it Jon: Genifil'inlit had itchnOwloded to •ho •‘.0.11y eensi. 4e...,'te4i0)1., ill 4 afterwai% i!. - -: to be miler ilie•tc,n4iitilit ticeoPOoveinmeat bin thon Stat.ol that li . rh'il li' ~ , , . , , ... t. l c , n - tally authorities were itgainst . it. - rie hadliirn4elf eS. Much respea as any one for high military.anthOri ties; but,. conceived the House to be better quali- . fled to decide thivquestion..because it was not p,ro;• -perly a Military.m ws ti on, , fume.. it• was disrespetlfal -td ..tli6 House '-to oe told, that' high military natio• rities were - against An. , alteration, . which it might deerri nemsay, without beitig.told who these Mi., litary ~ .Authorities were, .or .what Was thore ei.. sential, ..what their reasons. Were. :-The .:question • divided itst.ilf:in i to two I)iiiiehes •Wi.K it fitting to cldprive. hien , forlitb - efthe -. .fichr;intages : of . that: Con were kill' realy, to, die ? stitutida . for . which . .,tliey Particularly' , when they 'tot* boys • formexty of Iti, • nOw. 0f , 1t...) , 0r. tY, into the serviee?' ~,fle shoal not waste his breath, or the time of the,House,•by.prov ing that ma' enlisted; for 'four ct . five yearS would entet with .imre. alacrity than it' enlisted for lite. :Another part of the subjea was, what numberwould be lost in consequence' of the . expiration of the term? 'Frorn his Own ,experience in the East 'lndies., When there; be ;kite* that would he a Ivry small- pro pOrtron; r Beside 4 the:men when theyshOulci return -would becoMe the most etfeatial recruiters _'for 'the . Army, as it would then ,be seen that per-, sons did return without being either invalids er eriplpes.- Aficither point to which he should ad vert was one of great' tAiency; but as it had Lean mentioned- in the House, he could not pass it ovcr, • namely; the punishments in the Artny.-.- A Court- Martial WaS , as lenient es any Court, but he wilted them to have the power of eortuntiting the corporal . pniiiithinent in terfiiin . cases . for imprisentrient.— Anather 'point was oru.,, for hi's silence, on' WhiCh; i since be . had been a Tyleiiiber of the flOwe, heiilmost r reProttelted himself, and which VitiAS ~ varthy.tho h.. : beraity Of Parliament; This Civil List hire been . iti'creased -in eOriseilnertee, of the : , inerease of every, 'necessurY and'ef • , every 'article, grid - 1.V1.4 it possible' '''that Officers could tatbiL;t as Gentic.Theti on Alto 'l'ay regulated , .aecc,rding to its present. aniount., I , g' -so long , a time-sitice ? ' A 'Ciptain;•and'alY: Q:- titers, .dAer twentyzli . ii-0r.. , -t.-orty: years -- senace•;•• ',. 'seldOrn ascended higher, -. had :but about I soli bier" annum; -Subalterns- Ead ' but gpl. - 1 - :and could they on-kitch'pay, - -tuaiithiiti, themselves lik6'.Gentlern ?en The MOnarch Who Maitiged.the achninistration of hiS . Army bettoi tliari any other potentate, the Great Frederick, was sd sensible 'et . the vilicy, and ' . • propriety of making . the situation tif his - Officers' comfortable, that 25 years since, *hen lie had hint self been in'that countryi the pay of . a Captain was ' . about 3001 . .. per annum, which, where every thing was .heyond comparison Cheaper, than .hero, enabled these Officers riot only to live like Gentleineh, but to enjoy rimy of the contrOrts of life. He should look upon it as a . duty he owed to the . Army, tip • resS, this question on the attention of. the mouse he'd Session, .11 he should not:socceed - in the ~ . pre sent. 'Another* means of improving the Army would be td open it . to:the Catholics Of . Ireland,. by which • -they would secure. the of those who. made the best Oleers lththe armies . of theother Powers ....17 ' of EuroPe. : They might now become General 'Of tieers,bat they cannot have the command of armies.. 'The Opening suclva field for their ambition would 'attaeh - them to the service of their tittive country, and be alsd nstrong induceitent: to the lower classes of the same persuasion to, enter, into the Ar t ny....-: The litin. Ciilertel . then briefly _ recapit u l a t o d hi s prinCipal peims - ,*dpcilogizing for 14wing - brought the . matter forward ' at,soltne _a .period of the gesion. ‘- 1 - . - ' ' ,-,- their - '- • .the , entertainec icspeam i .., accuracy, Debate might be adjourned till Act-morrow, as well as -the Heconeltnied. by moving his lir6t. Resolation: And tie ,ri r p fi ro ed i. . a ! i l i t i e o, : t. i t e t z , lG 6l 7 ; t ; ie b tn il e t t i k € o ri i lly tl d ie ot o lu p t po sh s o it t e il l i t a d b e e -.ThtbaTe du the Sinogglers”Bill had been adjourned. ttic'(liie'sticin bt.illg tAlt, :" ' Lord, CA sa Elt.E.dG II obsorved, slat' the Hon. Coloyid,• in the outset bf hisS:peech, seemed very i sangtitie , - that lie should .be 'able to. convince the. 'Howe of the expediency of appointing' a Commit tee on the subjea of his Resohttions ; 'and then stated, as the first remedy which he should propose in that Committee, for the evils of which he .coni-. plained; the Undoing of .. that which Parliament had been doing -for the last: two yens, having- himself brit little to i)ffer in substitotion, 'and being willing . to defer the ,introtluaion of that little till next Ses sion ! He ratlit:r thought that on these gratuids the Hon. Col. would be disappointed in hi 3 expe.6l;itions. Did' he imagine that...his. Right Hon. -Friend '(Mr. Pitt) was ready to go into tt Comrnittee at all times because there way one period ia which he deemed' it expedient td do' so ? 'The Hon..Colcinet, should recallea that the same propositiph had been' agitated in an early part, of the present Sessiou,,,attd that nei- titer his Right HO. Friend, nor the . , H ouse, at that ' the, deemed it'expedient to go' late- stall' 'a Com inittee ; and he did not belkve that what the - HO:r. Colonel had, this., evening urged Would hold out a sufficient' inducement to' them .to acce d e to t h at, Which on the occasion he had alluded ,to they' Baled rnogt 'deci;iedly rej,.&,‘.l. • Putt in ,, out of his view theearly part of, the Haiottrable 7Colotes speech, in...which he - travelled so f-u out of hi s u - a y t o cen _ sure the condh6t of Government in the rupture with Spain, and to state the. injurious ConseTtences of that rupture to,Great Britaio, he Would confine him- idt• t o th, s t gijea' imlft...liately :before -the House, . naotely, the present Military State o f th e. Cenutaw... 'There was . one. .ice .which the Hen. Colonel ,could . not dis t rate, - andfon,whicla lie could not help won gratnlating the House.: ParliAntent - had- certainly ' a•lopted a systerit in 'the Additional' D..Teneer,A6f, Which, altholii,h it laight not '• ha , .' . ;il:.:'': produaive lathe fall exont that was ekpc6ted by his Right Hon. Friend who. introltved .it, yet, as far.its it went, was not only compatible with the Recruiting Service, hit !duce the existence of - ‘rhich . the Re crniting for the Regular Artny- had . been Constantly and' progressively iinitrtlvin,‘;. 'Though the Hon. Cu --16801 may ir2p4eh, the detalis (Windt had already lygm'discusSed too largely), he,cinutot contend that asystein which produced, under every disadvantage, nito' or ten thohland- men in the year, is -an unen portant one.. 'He liad asserted. that the increase had not exceeded flyer thousand .rnen in the . year; but ,the Palitis on thc.t T.tbie confuted his statement. In the font 'first months 'of this year the "Aa - My :had eikirieticedan increase of 7500 Men ; caletilating on that. proportion for therernaiiiing, eillt inonthsi•the nurnher would be t 5,0041, ntakiag, in the : Whol e be tween t - -e and q. 3,900 men, instead of 403 t h. and this without inducting the transfers frOin the "Militia. But the Hon. Colonel seemed tnthit* that the, mea r sure which lie suggested; of enlisting; then for a term of years instead of. for life, might without, de . : lay be adopted, and, by ithproving the - charaeter, augment the miMbera of our Artily and he insi turned blame agaimt. Mihisters . Tor not having at ' tended:to this subjea. ...Now the het Was they 4, ,.., that had:ghn it the hiost anxious and painful attention; kind the great difference of opinion that prevailed, not only among them, but amoug.men of.the highest military authority, justified them in not coining to -Thirliament , to prdpose such an alteration: In his own mind, he thought.iew more men wo t ild . byt olnaiu'ed by this new indneetnent, and he was confirmed in this opinion by the fa6l,. that• When it NV asi proposed to . the Irish Militia to enlist intl . ) the Regulars,. a ivninty of 16' guinea being offered .tar limited : per, viO, and i e guineas' for unliMited . servicv,. out tf 9000, 6111 V ?50 took the t 0 guineas for limit e d sir,. vine, curd the. retnainder were induced, by the trifling addition of tw , e,guineos, to enlist for onlimited set: vice. As to the tiOn., ,Colonel,'s complaint el the , `heavy expi...nCe ofthe SeCond Battalions; these we're. of infinite' service. Front - them the First Battalions were' most easily supplied, as was clearly'evineed in , the. Regiments lately .sent out to the 4ast •,ladies; which were imtriediatelv completed to their full eqm plement of 1060 -men 16rit the . nntriber of Vohm teers Crowding from theze second ' WattalL)ns.... Another benefit attending these Battalions wasxt that in ea' elof Invasion ~(1110. danger' of which hi l 'h a d, never asserted to be 44 , ati ettid); the numberof ex.iio:;. rleneed Oilicers ill tke ITlle44•Of, the Cellatryjreadyi to take 'charge of the 7 'olu:l:vers. or lirrhed J'elfstintry, would boa, circumstance of ilk:di:4l4li adsialtiog6.— With regard to the detkiz!nces at prescor oilitting in the Regis at. ArmyStwasevideilt that an .i'4rnies ;:used' as tho•ie of Great Britain .v re, by voluntary enlist-, ment, and hot by conscription, tntl4- be ocealienally, short, but owing to the Sups:lnututraries not havittg been accounted for. io .lee e44pers on'tilt. - Tablq, 1143 rather thought that they 4...4iqr,t tlit. atitaibrar* ils, grelter than thy ri. , :dly Nr.:,!re._. ,'.tile ;Regtalinhopar: . Nvl4 arlicOta cri:att , 4- tlean 4 eier w..atitt.tfils-VOuti- try; of that Atilt the 13i•/,po;:tble FOree was• to tliat'Dinkisoble Force t! , e rmfantry, and portico ' larly the IlritisliJnfantry ; depeddent of a IToltititeer,,•,Fotcei....x.'eve:ling 400,0 J.) mem ' which, whatever,tl,lq T-f be..c.;9lk)na ttlig lit 'of thent, weteiin a State determinatiti w inch wvould render the" tbrinid;:ible to any Eneini that ,should dare to ati.ack 'Elwin. Compare our gri ; ; : FOrce with the highest point to which it reach.!.l in, 1802 ) and it, Nvould•• be found, to ekeced number by 5,100 'men. (idtupare our present re;- gular Army with that egisting - oiythe ist Of Ja nuary; 1804: at that pdiod it consi.e,ted of 1564431 men— , it now amounted to 1/9,100, Mit%ing , in crease' in the lagi 18' Months Of 25,600 iu n. thattrutuber the DiSpOsable Force Was . on Ist of farm ary,.lBo4, 122,700'; it was now 161,300, Wing ad ,idcrease of, 34,t300. Of the l e )isposable Forze, the - Infintry - (Which - . had been contended, and. fairly contended - , to be of the "most awl/lent) was on the , Ist of Sarni:try 1804, ,90,500, it was now 1"1;7O0, being , an increase Of al ;feu° id the regular ,able lufantrydurizi the lasteigliteeti months. • The number of Foreign Troops waS pretty` tnich the s:lLu ' e at each period, 'the increa.;o being '• nearly eNkciti:. sively in British 'lnfantry. • Tho lion; Coldni <!id .not seem 'to attach so much consequence to the ;reign Troops in our pay as they tleserved. the Native Troops. in Ceylon. were by no in,:ans r•on teniptible..; the Sepoys had -freque.otly she selves 41)1'niida - Sle„ but what could the lion.. C0:0..el • say against the I-I tnoverian Tio...ps, or thoSe *.Coutinental Reginaents, - undet (1. , Stuart, in I . l:gypt, abil:i.dint)y preve.,l bro...'ery and discipline ? • It was linpOssible for itirn. Con y t endy With Ilisrdtity; to :cay' any thin e ,r,on the dition that had bet.h,sinit up 'the N , tediterraik , .;;l; cept to express his surprise - tnat the in total ignorance of idlthe to is which . Ind Government to tit (Alt 'that Expedition, sh‘iri I upon liiinselfnncquioeAlly to condemn it. Colonel'S statements oldie general ttistrilfitioo and amount of our. Force in our Forei;ti PoSSes. , ..ioti•,i was - erroneous. : In the Aceontits Ots.r.u:lC,"l 405, t!l'.! lerk were not included, but lie compared them witA those of January, 1804, in , which they were in::qa ed. The 46tual Iteturn of the*.Troopis now sr yin abroad was 6n ,jOO men ; in J.,inuary, 1804, tt„w . ,- con . sisted only of 49,000 Men, so * that the al,:t aal in crease of the number of Troops serving ahrAtt Was not 16,000', as stated by the Hon. C.,16ne1, h.!: p 0, 3 ,),). With respe4.l tO 'the general. deficiencies: a: -' borne; the Hon. Colonel hx..l truly sht:tl it.at 4:010 ; 'but was this surprising, us iletl Airs.' hal detach,:l-sUCh 'members abroad ? Be ides; ek:inlizie the error, irit,i . ve gnality-'of ' the Puree. in•Geeat noW; t 111 January,: I'Bo4 ; IV i heth:?r we look to the r ' A rtnyi . the Militia, dr the Volni deers, no inati . of did Mind bUt :t , lolit; that , - ;6 fir fcointhe.tireani ofdistencewhich tll CoUutrypo: , i , .! , ;5e , •1 being ~ v,"..iker 'at' the present monit:nt than :It that :riod, :they. were much p,o\yerfid, 'and ani'd.?..l much greater security ;• and although a woald not say that tll, danger of ‘vould certainly say; ath - e7ting to our Noval'a't Feree,. that' the danger was not near so siderable as it -was at tlie , period'Allud , Jd to:` Cult ttel' was . i, t Opinion, th:lt sitelf • uv,e-our N'tilitary - Mc cotild not avail ,nit- SLAW S of Any opening that might offer its4ftbr ope rations on the . Contnient, but should Cipprta it y''reolly,•oecur, arisitt;„-; tram ‘ the eribrts''ot tli ;se great POWer`s, 'ivho anvils Wait atil t ; to eht.t.th gigantic strengtli it grea 'of 'Our posabie Force might be it...tic:ilea Lion with them, leaving' the QoUtitiy tinder the. pic" , ; te6tion cif the Militia; theNdlithteers, and t.tr• in:iinder of. the Regular Artily, who *Dial be an l iAy sufficient for its * secured 05 it 'Would be froM any danger or hm.iiieti by necessity which the 14nemy s ft 1 to direa his ek.cl,:S!ve at.t.ei tioti to 1110,;e parts Of his ot 4 n em,nhe ho 'was.. attacked. A,i flitting that 04 . Foro:.:, as it iww stands, dilt.!s not St• An a. SI, 'nigh as it . c•'•,.tidli.l3 55iSite41, WhA , could he More.eXpr.;:licnt th:in tO'.i)"Pe mit the trios' m +:1 Ii .. b whi,.: 1 .1 it: id 111,1, ili lterillly :bah it►tmod,tiert~e bk his Iti,;ht till, In , der die 'Most disativant,4eoti!" chided above 10,000 in in the 31 ii ral., and regtlar lieeruitingshotild J ItO hietef: it had httli'rto done, it }satinet ecru ~r tlil ~:,i , ualti( :i t s'Vi3tll , l be i net addition to /Air; I ; hut fli res WJ eVery reason to that the ()unitary it:icenititil ''‘vOttld rise liivah abtive the standard of last year. - What it exceeded that standard would ha so touch still added to our Foree... .1t Was impoiiihie, tner2. • for , , with justice, to contend, that this syitem wa,;'• h3ii or inadegwite to the, wants of. the Country, ' Hon. ColOnc.L. talked 'of new selietn;;. of tile us had tuipraialcal eiperienee; hut we hid iierience of At ißight Tron.,.Fri6U4's systoo4, ci91.111;; , earzieStly 'dissuaded the:Hanie tatnperirrA with that systoin, or setting. ,the question p4co aflo a t. On a revision of t l / 6 ties hole Ow eirqulv gtances of the caSe„ iu "co . niviriitg our prevni. strength ' witholarl‘fariner„ he saw no gr4Luiduf 'charge against • acive4ninent ~114, lho voiltrlry, it appeared' t o i i i . ti t ;'.ihaf : tht;y'l6d dime their duty,.,;ind•a4ed 0n.4 system, behiginju6o44. to .cede tarts of*the iiad 5 t y considerably tlteaßir v mi sc pttsc. ii .„ hi, sliould'l>riciy'ti the Aden of tlit:.i a uv,,, were ! al‘trin , ..‘ii *O;4, wiui 600,000 .brave Yriloutcerkwett- in, his opinion, in Itt SerriCO a:; lily (0t . ;1: description of Troops, and Le i n Manc e d • the behari,,ur of :several Coxps in ti County fry of wilose copt-lut , c;eneral DOA, tinininantker - spokti in :of the, highest appio; , .iilen Tin. 'SOD. ailitniiiiversiooloo chai.4l,cler—he - us i s c.:; ,.. 10 6i it, and,veil;;liyi. .4$ p ratc , r zu t h e t .01604 •of Itratice , 44oloA,l),ttriy, in Staub, Ob,r s Ti a t or tll., ettiLMlNit 1::)t lilt. lind :the enfol-. i t ,,..4 4; ; ; A r n0r40-ovi ar,, nil It ',IN:4a ;LI 450 1. .ti141 I:?iiftsite - 1 0 1, laii6 •