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, prurient *ay, if you can ; but save it ! .But if you are to take aoy mode for that purpose, in which you - niay have to encounter prejudices, or in which yOu may attach to yourselves a temporary odium ; though the opinion I have of the People of England will not allow me to think so, if you do hut inform them rightly of your-objed : however, if any pre: judice should arise against you—if any temporary odium should attach to your measure—if it be for tha safety of the Country, or for its honour, par. sue it —pursue it, although your may have to con tend with prejudice--pursue it, although you may have to encounter odium—pursue it, even although you may have to subdue ' resistance ! Do it ! for the Country must be saved! lam ready to take my full share of the inconvenience. If, therefore, Gentlemen concur with me, as indeed I believe the House does., that the' present Fotce is insufficient, I wish them now to pledge themselves ; 'to pledge Parliament, to pledge the Nation too (in which you will hOve no difficulty, if you proceed rightly), that a strong measure shall be taken for the defence ofaloa Nation, without any loss of time. I must say too, that at a period when the statement of the Fioartee of the Country is ahout to be laid before ' us, Jo is fit you should bring this measure for our safety forward, together with an estimate of the expellee of it ; for it is fit the People should bee the extent of 0104 burthens; tell ahem their expences,' and tell them at the same time their duty to them aelves; shew theM that their Representatives are determined to inq for their welfare, and fur their glory. You cannot now go into the detail, but you can have no difficulty about the number of men, nor of the vote to cover the expellee of it. My object, by all I have said, is, that the Country should now be told at once that it is to prepare for measures of an unusual extent, to make' exertions of an unusual nature ; that the People should he impressed with a notion that extraordinary prepa rations must hr 'nude, that extraordinary means ITIUSt be used. Whatever circumstances of difficulty may occur io the detail of the means for carrying the matter into effeei, which I believe to be essen. tial to the public service, I am anxious that at least as early a day ai possible should be taken for this subject ; that Ministers, instead of talking of what they will do, should pledge themselves, and that this Hotaae should pledge itself that the thing shall be doff : Let each person do his duty. Let Mini. seers bring this matter forward, aad I am assured that every Member in the House will assist in it. Whatever degree of odium may he endeavoured to be cast on us for not chusingperhaps the mildest course that possibly might be found, if we had full leisure to consider it, we should not mind—the thing must be done—must be done immediately. —Mr. PITT . thewproceeded to observe, that if he had to state here his objedim, it would not be that the Militia was too much ; he thought that a Militia to this extent we could bear, and he was ready to say, that another force calculated for offensive as well as defensive War, was superior, as a force, to a Militia. He could not, however, agree with the Right Hon. Gentle m a n up on thi s subject altogether—he thought, that with all due resped to the Militia, he thought, as they themselves thought, that it was a great ad. vantage to the Service' that the Militia were assisted with a great proportion of Regulars of the Army— he should not go into any detail—he thought that a large po‘rtion of Regular Troops might be added to oo,oo`o Militia, and must he kept at home, or we should not have a sufficient force for home security— Ile then proceeded to make several observations on this sulojed as it regarded the numbers of the Mi. &c. arid then said, he hoped that ,the addi ticmal itirce to be raised Was not to depend upon a system of tardy and precarious recruiting, and that the Forces should. not be confined t o serve at lint -Ise, as a *nee necessary merely for home defenee, and that at all events that we should titoare the advantages of the Forces being under 011ieers regularly trained. ,He begged pardon for the trouble he had given the Committee, but he begged to say one word more. He had given him opinion very much in the rough upon this subjed, but he wished the House-to benefit from re. colledion, and judge of what we can do, from what vedove done. We knew that we had raised by illot, without interfering with the agriculture or tit e industry of the Country, too,opo men. He knoo.a, from the concurring opinion of almost all Militia Officers, that we could not hope to have on she k,Vlilitia plan Officers for more than 75),000 men. Ile sa he would not go, beyond that, without en- Atte Militia Officers from the regular Pool.. Some means ought to be applied in aid of do, Army. If any better mode could be d ev i se d than any %vhich had been yet stated, he should he g l a d of ; he . would engage to give it his support. To e Country must be put in a proper state of Mill. c ol . preparation ; the best means.might, perhaps, dily seen—what he looked to was the' thing. Jr those have as much time for its considera. tutted as wi t s nbsolutely necessary t • understand it, but no more; for whatever was wanted for th e P u bli c pifetiee, some how or other must he obtained. Tke.o H N C.AL LO R. afihe la(. HE QUE I? said, li was very glad that the questions l ut by his Right Friend had given Gove rn m ent an opportunity of declaring that they diLt riot rely at tile present cria sis, upon tl.t: Militia consisting of weal . part of whom were at 70,000 :nen, present in arms that they did nut rely upon the regular force of the Ccun try, which was at present greater than at any other peri o d, except st hen an Embatkatioo was about to take place ; that they did not rely upon the brave and loyal Yeomanry (1 the Culotta!, but that they were prepared to bring firward measures for the purpose of providing a forge Subsidiary Force, to he Officered in the manner ' , tinted out by his Right lion. Friend. The ;':&it!,lit Hon. Gentle:Lao (Mr. Witaotia. al) had complained t- , f the large proportion i - ;1 . Militia Force ; hut that had been completely ate. 'cc: erect' by his Right Hon. Friend, at least that part of rite Right Hon. Gentleman's argument which re. hired to a system entirely deinsive. In looking to the population of the country, and the means t.,f ‘ c.• nstituting a large 411 efrzdive force, it was not jnei,ly an option on the pact of Government, whe. 'her I,tlCll a Force shoidd he caked out; tt was not 0000: 1 t Ris2ht I for. Gentleman or Covert - tattoo oiOo:o itiotisible to pr 0000: alarse proportion re-nn.t T , on , s , unst cowitler how, ci , u . ;;;',:crib tt ills the lectitv ;:o,l4,rintons of the Coon. cr t!s;t 4Ncdtiol;:i :;;':1 lousio‘s , , the largest and most effeCtive Force could he provided for defensive and offensive operations ; it appeared to him, that those means ought to be resorted to which were calculated to provide. such a Force with the greatest public advantage,. and the least possible inconvenience. The Right Hon. Gentleman had adverted to the danger arising from an Invading enemy ; that Right Hon. Gentleman would do him (Mr. 1, DDIIIGTOZ) the justice to recoiled that he never under-razed that danger, though he thought at the same time that it had been greatly over. rated: it was their duty, however, to provide against such a danger, and that without delay. He begged leave to refer the Right Hon. Gentleman to the con. duet of Government in the summer of 18oz, and many individuals then in the House, upon whose justice he confidently relied, would attest that there was during that . period - no want of exertion'on the part of Government, The Country was not gene. rally aware of the extent of the preparations in the French Ports at that period, nor of the steps taken by Government to meet the threatened danger. At the time when the Ships which defended our Rivers were sent to the Baltic, then was the period of real dan. 'ger. Government neither slumbered nor slept, but adopted all those measures which the exigencies of the Moment required, with a fixed determination to call forth all the exertions of the Country to repel the danger which then threatened us, hut which did not happen, He was therefore entitled to refer to their condud at that period •as a pledge of their disposition. It had been stated, that a pledge ought to be given on the part of Parliament, that it would make such provision as circumstances should require. He conceived that Parliament had given that pledge ; he.conceived, that when it carried to the foot of the Throne the Address in answer to His Majesty's Message, though there was no spe. cific pledge as to any particular measure, yet that a distiod and solemn-pledge was given on the part of the Country, that they would make every exer tion which the exigencies of the case might require. That those exertions must be great, he not only ad. mitred, but contended ; but he flattered himself that whenever he should appeal to the House either to meet financial difficulties, or to provide for increased military exertions, that such an appeal would not be made in v ai n . If an y obloquy was attached t o any such measures, he would cheerfully shale it ; but he trusted, that on the part of the People there would be on such an occasion but one sentiment and one opinion. Mr. WINDHAM said, that with resped to the desponding tone which he was cherged with using, it was in some measure founded upon a distrust of those who were to lead the exertions of the Country. General TARLETON expressed his satisfadion at hearing of the plan which was in contemplation for providing a large and effedive force for the de. fence of the Country, as well as for offensive opera. tions, A nd praised the spirit and promptitude of the Volunteers, as an instance of which lie stated with respeii to the Corps which had been offered to be raised by Mr. Boterost in Lancashire, consisting of boo men, that on Tuesday last, the day on which they were to be enrolled, Soo men immediately came forward to tender their services. After some further conversation between General NORTON, Mr. WINDHAM, and Sir JAMBS Put.. TENET, The SECRETARY at WAR said, he had omitted to notice one objedion of the Right Hon. Gentle. man (Mr. WINDHAM) which related to the raising of men for rank. It was true, that a Lieutenant to obtain the rank of Captain must raise 30 men, and an Ensign to obtain that of Lieutenant, to, which was a smaller number than had formerly been the case; but the Bounty money was to be fixed, and they were not to give more : they were only therefore to make use of their personal exer. tions, and whatever influence they could use for the good of the Service. It was consequently a different plan to thit which was pursued at the commence ment of the last War. He then moved his first Resolu tion, which was agreed to, as were the following ; 266,0041. res. ut. for the In and Out-Pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals. Et nil. Es. rid. for the Royal Military College. 31, 000 1. tier Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea. 218,2701. lis. id. fur one Regiment of Light Dragoons, and one %Vest India Regiment retained on the establislunent of the Army; at an Augmentation of Dragoons in Great Britain, and to the three Regiments of loot Guards. 31,0001. tar Allowance to General and StafFOllicers. 35,7511. for the effective Captains to the Companies of Cavalry and Infantry, heretofore commanded by Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, and Majors. • 1,741,57 d. for the sßlihua embodied in Great Britain and Ireland, and -liners of Cornwall and Devon. 3EOO. izs. 7d. for Contingencies of Ditto. fati9ll, for Clothing of Ditto. t 43,0001. for increased fiubsisterice to Innkeepers, and Allowance of Beer to Non-cominh;sioned 0 dic,:rs and Pri vates of Militia, 416,0001. for Supplementary Militia. 300,0001. charge of Volnnteer Corps in Great Britain. 58,3331. for Barrack Dcpartment, Mr. POLE then rose to move the Ordnance Estitnates, with respell to which he -said it was un. necessary for him to say much. If :!ny explanation was desired with resped to any or the items, he should be happy to give it. He should oats , ob_ serve as to the outstanding claims upon the Board of Ordnance in Ireland, that when that Board was dissolved, there were several claims of that nature upon it, and diet Commissioners were nt from the Board of Ordnance he re t o examine them, who, after the most minute investigation, reported, that the Sum which he should propose to be voted was due, and which was, by His Majesty's command, carried to the account of the Board of Ordnance here. He then proposed to vote the following Sums, which were severally agreed to. • For the Service of the Ordnance of Great Britain, . 282, 0 '6 5 to g For Ireland, 35,010 For the on tsfanding claims on the Board of Ordnaucv of I rebind, The Repoef was ordered to be received to. morroworelil the Committee to dit again on Wed.. nesday: 38,000 o o . , Ti!e CI:ANCEI.I.OI4 of the EXCHEQUIA postponed the Cormn,mv of, the Consolidation Bill to Thursday next, Mr. 1.„ 1 ,, vst ['TART po3toned the Committee on Supply, s Ni.:ans, tv Wednesday next , The then adjourned at tieyen o'clock. A9AIL L. I)Uw, ANKIV ILI, f.l !` , 1',.1 2 (1 i ,il% ta I Hatwourth 1 - ........ - I TIIE SU N. SOUR! QUIS DICIIIti I ALSIJNI •UDILAT LONDON . , JUNE 7, 1803• YESTERDAY a Message was delivered at the Stock Exchange, that the Minister would be ready to re. ceive on Friday next, Proposals for entering into a Contrud for a Loan. WE received this morning a series of the Mani. tours from the 27111 ult. to the 4th inst. inclusive. There are do accounts in the Official Journal, of the French Troops having entered Hanorver; but Gene. ral MORTrER has published a Proclamation to the Inhabitants of that Elettorate, in which he declares that the French do not come to spread consternation among them, but merely to rescue them from the dominion of a Power that is hostile to the repose of Europe. The rest of this Paper is intended as an answer to the Proclamation published by His Ma. jesty on the 16th ult. but it is couched in such lan. gunge, that it would be highly improper in us to trans. late. The whole of the Eleaorate of Hanover is in motion, and the greatest exertions are making to raise the Inhabitants ex masse, to resist the French. The Ship of the Line the jemerne, from Marti nique, entered the Harbour of Brest on the 29th nit. The Conservatory Senate have voted a sum ne. cessary for building with the utmost expedition, a Ship of the First Rate. The City of Antwerp has subscribed for the building a Frigate inf 44. guns. An Article from Genoa of the 19th of May states,.that the plague had broke out in Malta, and that the Garrison buried about sixty men a.day. This Article, we apprehend, is not en titled to the least credit. Gun-boats are construfting at Paris, from volun. :ary subscriptions from the Inhabitants. These Papers are almost wholly filled with the Proceedings of the Diet of Ratisbon, anti innurner. able Addresses to the First Consur, on the War. The French Funds on the 3d inst. were 48. 25. There is no mention whatever of any English Vessel having been carried into any French Port. LAST night arrived a M a il from Hambargh. The French Troops under the Comma.id of Gen. MORT? ER, entered the County of Bentheim on the 26th ult. and in the Town of Brnthebn made Pri soners of the lianwerian Garrison, consisting of 36 Men and an Officer. A Deputation was sent to the French General, from the town of Osnaburg, requesting good treat ment for the town, from whence the Hanoverian Garrison marched away on the 28th for Diepenau. On the same day, the French troops passed the Ems, near Meppen, and a part of 'the infantry marched to llaselune. On the a9rh they continued their march, and a part of the Troops, amounting to tomoo men, entered the Principality of Ornabrirg. Preparations for defence were fruiting on the side of the Weser. A great Council of State was held at Cow:anti. nople, on the 22d of April, to determine what part the Porte should take in the event of a War between England and France, but the decision was not known on the 3oth, the date of the last letters from that capital. The accounts from Italy mention what has been before stated, that Twenty Thousand French Troops would immediately enter the Neapolitan Territory. According to the Dutch Gazette, the Frerich Decree for the arrest of the English was to extend not only to the Batavian Republic, but to all Italy! Yesterday, after breakfast, His MAJESTY, ac_ companied by General GARTH, took an airing on horseback through Fulham to Kew, and about half past three er'clock returned to the Queen's House. Her MAJESTY and the Pa iNcessas, attended by the Countess of HARRINGTON and Lady C. WA G. DE G AVE, took an airing in two coaches and four, with the usual escort, along the Harrow road, and returned by Afton . about one o'clock. His 11 1 1 . Jarry will have a Levee to.morrow, and Her MADISTY a Drawing-room on Thursday nexr. We yesterday heard of the resignation of the Right Hon. WILLIAM DUNDAS, one of the Com missioners of the Board of Control. It is confidently said, that Baron HorRAM is about to retire, and will be succeeded by the pre. sent Solicitor General, in which case Mr. DALLAS will be the new Solicitor General. We understand,,that in consequence of the dissen. tions which have prevailed amongst the Commis. sinners for Trinidad, orders have been sent out to recall both General PICTON and Colonel FULLAR. TON. On► Saturday evening the Penus Cutter, which had sailed the (fly before with three Mails for Calais, under a flag of truce, arrived at Dover, and brought over Mr. MANDEVILLE.; some women and children. On Wednesday, at Portsmouth, Admiral Lard G A R DNER gave a grand entertainment in comae. ;notation of the aftion of the glorious first of June, in which his Lordship had so distinguished a putt. ICI VAL NEWS. • I PORTSMOUTH, [UNE 6.—Arrived the Brig Lady R 0 BEN N 117, from the Cape of Good Hope; and Essex, Ot ward-bound East India Ship, from the River. Sailed the I lussar Frigate, on a Cruize; and Petterel sla of War, on a Cruize. Went out of the Harbour, the French Ship Naturalist lately captured'on her return from a Voyage of Diseaverk but released by order of Government. YARMOUTH, Jura 6.—Arrived in the Roads frinn 11 Bay of Roses, with nuts and cork, bound for Hull, the . Ha du ras Packet, ano Ls, and sailed same day for Whitehoo l Road, to perform Quarantine ; De Vrow Julina, from Boa deaux to Bremen, with brandy, sent in by the Lapwing Fr gate. The Dutch East Indiaman sent into these Roads OP d id instant, is the Henrietta, JAcc ER, from China, Ando from Batavia. The Dutch Hoy sent into these Roads an 0 2d inst. by the Lapwing Frigate, is the Rietbergen,.Kost oi with brandy, from Bayonne to Bremen. . Arrived the Prince of Wales, HEARN, from Cuzhar with Mails and Passengers. The Passengers by her rePO that the French Troops arc within a few miles of Bremen,. The Brig Economy, of Woodbridge, from Shields to ! . 00. bridge, with coals, Cit a Les TROTT master, was taken 0 the 4th inst. off Cramer, by a French Privawer, with thirty men, She was taken the same day by two PililoQ 2t belonging to Lowestoft, and brought into this Port yestel* afternoon. The Captain and three men were taken on bc. 4 l the Privateer, and left on board the Economy f i ve. Fr! men. The Johannes, II U RD.& rz, sent into this port by Owl wing Frigate, is given up, and sailed this morning for lII_ Commodore Dolt ETT, Commander on the Cr i station, is appointed First Captain to the Fleet 11 4 der the orders of Admiral Co aNWALLI 9 `' 4 • Admiral MoNTActrE hoisted his Flax 01 1 ou",,, the Salvador del Minh*, at Plymouth, on VIII last, as Commander in Chief of the ships 07 place. Yesterday evening rather an interesting ,N4 1 , ,' took place in the House of Commons, on the Mllli7 Estimates. Mr. PITT, with that energy of 1.0 i!! adding to tc a ) lt t i l n i e e s m ut i i l p i o t :t ry our National Cliaisititi proposed, that strong Measures should be atioPr f w or hi a c d h :l however unpopular the Measlit'iorerscemolfy tahpepe.Caria:htir-117:: produce that first step to our National Security''" fow:%fa: will thatotlnhl hop e I) e ni G n a r 6 teM followinga a andn f o r w e w h e av a e re pe c e e u r i t ia a i lliali his great example, in teco".. -': tirniisgs tla e tt r iey s sm; will profit by the suigessit, mending at the present moment, an undividesSltt tendon, on the part of Parliament and the car , ,,. try, to the means of carrying on the War Kit , and preparing to meet with Enerq ti"" tiirearened Attack of our loveterate Foe. ' : e ii i desirous of supporting the Government at thet, sent aweful crisis, because no doubt can exist w 1 7 • justice of the Cause of this Country against Friritt• . and perhaps, the only use tlrr, coukl ;iris; butt f , retrospective discussion of the Conciud of MinisteZ. in the Negotiation woule. b.:, rya ascertain h o the Country ought to trust them wit h the ftirO% c cc on , d v i i i t ct tic : sp its r A ing if i a n i b r , s, fr a o n in d the application of the tr trtotic condo& of Mr. Supplies which the present coojunaw i. 11: W- are imp resse d with the c otv ittion, hosi'evir. r i a, erg, Our atte r lL ought to be undivided at the present moment. .7 ought to look only to the best meas of defendi ,ict ourselves from Invasion , and of annoyance to th_ ioffii, Enemy.. If that Great ' Man is not to have at' I cial Situation,' that demands the constant exerti.on:. his transcendant abilities tor the Public Weal, ,7 1 . _ ,rnagnanimous and. F a rejoice to find, chat on all great occasions, try will be animated and sopported by his atte_nt.i.,:. in the House of Commons to its Interests. Wl'iteli, P I I II :T his Advice is followed, we shall think ouslv e ' cr cure, and we shall practise and recommend the tn ch. thethe (.07.. ready acquiescence with die great sacrifices ili a ? the circumstances of the Country require, • • _ i , Yesterday there was a Meeting of the Eleacl ai . 4 co.de nr i : ) ) y ug p h r. of AtcN; S,uthwark, for the Eleait' n °l - 9 ; Repte:entative in Parliament, in the room .. 7 0 Sear, T jERNe y, Es t i. who had vacated proposed by Mr. ALcocx, and 7 1 : Ti p. ) , Ne ! long I.t appoi n ted vas fl P l ia ;: s t v :D: eb po ri e s it e l o ig, : , l e N ti . l ,(2 ) , : ri,: A re C .st t: l t rii l e e ' o t r i : ith a n it,l n ): : , asE :h syta KS : r t l u: i i N t r r il l; : ‘ i ; l :i t i - ty a i ii il e; °d sci r i ci s c : ln,ei n c l :::: a lil i e r ... b l r e a , : rid e ß : ll ; lT iti l o °)C ag l i t rs i a : ll‘l :l: 4 o l 4 , :o ... : ~ . . dared that the confusion was so great as to orey e ' it their knowing the name for which they held 11 P 1111 • . hand, anti Sir ToomAs Tu it TUN'S friends dreLitli tht the Hall had been filled at an early , hour b Y I l a friends of Mr. T't rItNS v , a Poll was dema nded, sn. fixed far this morning, at ten o'clock. • Ta Yesterday tieing Trinity Monday, th e Co_ ,rl l ° 0 o ' tion of Trinity House held their Anniversary me e I . ing, as usual, at their house on Tower.hilir; which were present, the Right Hon. 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