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r c 1 five th the miltitt of tt, the previous tCaClllllg would be of nn use. llc hoped this would be matter or grave arid . serious consideration. With respeet to the question of Invasion, that nothing ought to tic lett to chance, he wished only that thy: Country should he turd to a wends of its dan. per. Ministers, it was truf., rested upon a - dread. fill responsibility; but that was a pour cons,olation the evil i4tially arrived. - G enera l TARLEMS, delivered his sentiments on the butOis in discussion, in a military point of '!dews after gencrall,# noticing the differences be. tweet) regular _and irregular Tidops, -he said that great advantage may be immediately derived from the piejetted levies from the mass of the people— they may be particularly serviceable against such an E:oen l y as the Ft enela prnbal)ly would hr, totally urkyrov ideal with CaVally. The reg Mar tiit Country Coelit at With great effeel ageinst them. advetted to the nature and circumstances 'of the different Counties in which, in,the greatest prob. - o , lliter, they my be celled upon to act. , Suffelk svas'a County where Cavalry' could an with as teach elfeet as Most ot her; in England. In several parts of Essex, they aho ceoldeeet with great area ; but in wane parrs that kind of force would yxperience considerable difficulties. cavalry may be of the greatest service; and in viewing this part • Of the sullen, ,he thought, that consideting the re. tiltlAtjenl of the opposing Troops, Cavalry could he use\t with the greatest advantage. Ad yeti ing to what httl'been said of turning the Mi litia into - Po-kola's, seemed adverse to the rOjeCt. The con,ritutio n of o ur Army h a d b etter , lw' thouint, 'remain unaltered. He instanced a care where the discipline and valour of the British Troops shone eminently conspicuotts—!hey were commemied, in the-affair he alluded to (at Camden, iiiNi , ulll' America), by a Noble Lord, whose name had been more than once adverted to in, the course of the Debate (Lord Cornwall.h),— they met the Enemy in the night-time e our 'rumps were ready for the attack; at the ma. nwni, the Enemy wilted to - alter their position ; they foutel the hest Troops were placed' 'on •our r ; they wished to move these, but were _un iteeeessiul ; the Cevalry then poured in, turned their which decided the aCtion: u force of GOOO Inch wete routed. The British Army, generally speaking, was well constituted. Ile then adverted to whathad been said by an Hon. Officer, ()fan ex tensive System of Fortification, which, as conceived by him, he meant should be front Yarmouth to the Downs, .and from the Dawns to Portsmouth, and that the requisite Defences could be constructed t..vo months.: probably Lines were meant ; but be begged teat e to set the flunerurable Of. , ,• e , hoc ri g ht a s 1 0 the difference between enrFltic, 4 . tilted and Lines; the , former wire works of a stn . l ee ni t uee an d ponderous nature ; they were always funned upon regular plans duly donsid e r e d by ,En. tineers. The celebrated Vauban, who fortified more places 'and with more ability than any other turn, considered his plans and, the nature of the the Situation he was about to fortify, a long time the works were began ; the Houittwould therefore judge of the p o ssibility of fortifying much an extent as was alluded to by. the Hon. Officer, in the space of two Biondi.,. With resped to Sy ,mem dieapetoved of them, becauke the experience of I lr.tr -i• hewed that they were always rather detri. meetai titan eery tceeblee to illustrate this position th e thie,Ceffirr A &Wed to certain operations in the Civil Wars Frenee, in the Reign ofLouiv &e. part ictilarly plc repeated CtiiifOrefi of Arras, when defended by Liees, by Marshal Turenne and the Prince de Corlot:: aid even in the hie War r several! (anions, as toe.urg anc). other VL i c ts , sh e weii the iorflic,Acy of Lines. With re. &pea to theidea Of defending the proposed space in this Ceuntry by . Lines, it woe absurd in thee highest degree ; it would require the whole population of tie Country Sc' occupy them; besides, were those lines broken in Upon, at 4ny given p or p o inte, wC should he in a worse situetion than otherwise we should be'; 'allowing for the sinu'isi. ties, of the Coast, the extent A'Otiki exceed 4 00 He w a s adverse to all prek.ete of the kind he rather depended upon the well known valour an t i Keglislunen, aed on the exertions of the People iii delence, Ad ten the great soperiori. ty which we should derive from our Cavalry, ugeiost time Invutlets. lie wished fur that sort of 1 , 1“.`e which would point the attack, and not one enetreelted behind !..,tires, stn Army which, in the military phrase, would be one of menoeuvrieg : with such 'a fence we (should have nothing tti icdr from the ieueetf the contest. Csisw spoke shottly in explana. tion ; cis ` lit tFlr. who Observed, that h e un d eretoo d the lion. Ofli,..er to mean, not a continued chain of fortification, but a selection tel judicious" points upon the' Co;ist : neither was it in his idea, that Lutes were recommended about London, but merely she ereaiork of detached walls np,in stations in its vicinity, %stitch, and in other points of the Country, might 4ssist.in tetaribiz tile progress o f the Enemy. Genital TAtitot - rati said a few wotds its exltl:tria. (lon. r;entral tf,117 ,-1N observetl,', that there had been a cansislvtahle degree of Misunderstanding with reit rrtl to the tre.r.ares IntriuM by Ills Ma. j , °styt vli,tt s r. : it had been s 'id, that it was ow.. ing to what hail fallen from an Hun. Gentletnan, s that th.! Aunt of of Reserve witsprojected-01i, \vac, egregiusly wrong, as that measure had bccri fit; iy arranged, aod in print before ever that lion. Gen. rleman spoke upon the bubjed. It was wished to jr.., o w what progress had been mule in providing for th e secu!ily o f the Countty. lie was anxious that it should nut go l , rth from thnse walls, that Gyvtruincnt had brute remiss .iii thirst: respects, when the coottary was the f.ki. Ile Wcll knew t h, t or d ers had been sent to varioth General Officers, to !cirri in What situation it would he it r, iceable to ereet works for the Defelve or ilt C Jinn ry ; in these places It was detern inc.! work 1,„ v.q:m! , l take this t,pportwii ty it, , x1 ,1 ,i it , a point rela , ive to the Alloy of R . c,eie, as hr ur,dcritooti ir, iind arhich was as 101 l tt „rig, %).1 B '"alrOn . t cry 1 , 1 lit foul - led tile I!est I she Mel , : ( .1 4 'r tin die next be. , ..)1 the owt. iffid (: Reser' e front Gat; t he ti ist of the Illett# and this Itt: CORCelVed, Mitt the CICCUMetanCeS or the case, 10 be a good arrangement. The CHANGILLOR of the EXCH.:EV.I I .O - said, he should not detain the House three minutes. He had listened to the Hon. Gentleman who SEn first in the Debate with a considerable degree of attention he heard all his observations with that degree Of respect which they Were entitled to, but he could say with the greatest truth, that not one of them,,had the re ommendation of Novelty. Every point he had s t a t ed w a s c o ntained in th a t body of information which had been for' some time in the' possession of His Majesty's Government, and of which it was their duty to make every use, that could augment the mewls of. defending the Country; hut he rose principally to set the House.right as to a particular point which had been alluded to. The faCt was, that steps had been taken by Govern%ent, in consequence of the representation of certain Generals and other Officers of experiente, for the. construction of Field Works. He' repeated, that measures had been . adually taken' to carry thOse recommendations ihto effea ; and even some weeks since, orders had been issued from the Trea. sury, .on account of Field Works, and other Linea. sures adopted for the defence of the Country some of which were alluded to in the .Course , of that night's debate. lie wished it not to be conceived, that it was any thing which Ole Lion. Officers had said, that called Ministers to a'sense of their duty, or that admonitiols given in that House were ne. cessary to induce them to perform it. Dr. LAWki,iNCE observed, that with respect to the proceedings relative to the Bill alluded to, the Hun. Officer had taken the opportunity olone of the stages to recommend certain meaSores, strong. ly to the attention of Government, upon which he was stout (somewhat irregularly) by . the SECE R TARY at WAR, who told him of the intention to introduce amendments of such a kind. This, he insisted, was the real state of the case, and any man who possessed an atom of memory, must know that he was perfeCtly cornea. The Learned D )c. for then'alluded to what had fallen from an Ho nourable General 'respelling the Works of Vauban ; and the operations of the Contending Armies of France, respelling Arras, &c, and after referring to some statements in that part of . ,the French His. tory, drew an inference therefroM very diferent from those of the. Hon. General. Arguing ferther in support of what had fallen from the Hon. Officer whose observations had been so frequently animal. , vetted upon, Ire said, the Naval D e f ence o f the Country was set aside by him, becaus4, it hid no regular connexion' with, the' subjell in debate, which was the Military Defence of the coon. try. Alluding to the Field ,Works spoke n o f by the CHANCELLOR: of the EXCHEQUER, he observed that if they were carrying on, they must certainly be in a very incipient state. He knew' that a week or two ago ,b oine money had been issued, which he believed must be done pre, paratury to the erellion of the Works : there were, he well knew, persons employed in surveying the Coasts and in t a ki ng soundings,' but, for purposes very different from any that were al_ lulled to that night. The individuals he meant werb known in this Country by the name of Cumneteial Agents, lint who were in Effekft Spies and Emissaries of the French Government. Much was said of the great things to be done by and bye, but this must b e , prov ide d t h e I nvasion did not take place in the mean time. However, it was; incum. bent on that House to do what it could to rouse the spirits and energies Of the Country ; and since that ditty seemed to be abdicated by Ministers, it would be desirable that some Member, either his Right Hon. Friend, the. Ri g h t„ Hon. Gentleman wider the Gallery, ot 'some Ot h er of a d equate we i t h t . and authority, would iirutertake the taik. Gen. MAT rt.Atsto spoke in explanation. Sir fr. ARS/UNE delivered his sentiments tallier in detail as a Military Man, upon the sAjell in did. eussion. He was onfavourable to the Fortification System , Fteld.worki without an adequate number of men to Occupy them, would be of tittle avail ; besides, the attempt would be but detaching the Army) and rendering it unable to' prevent" a descent. It would bebetter, where practicable, to assemble the whole force in one ',Timer+, particularly the Tioops of the Line ; the plan of dividing our forco. into small separate divisions would be injurio us ; it would tie impossible under such cireuttistaOce s to Assemble a greater number of men than t 5,000„ tVhicli surely would not keufficient to ..fiAlit a battle upon, which the fa:e of tYgland might depend. colonel CitAwromo spoke in farthe r explana. Colord ARCVIDALE mile a variety of (Amt.. v4tions upon the Alibi "tt in discussion.; in the course of WiiCll he said, the manners, the propensities, an t i the minds of the people of England were nut yet fated he principal reason of this was, that they were not yet :IW:lrepf the extent of their danger they were among the ht 'vest people upon the. Earth, but hitherto they relied too much upon the local ad. vantages of their situation. Alarms, therefor e , contimaerl, might be Attended with good efUtts. The next ohjett should be to give them due confidence in their own own personal powers. The. measures pf Government were, he thought, well adapted for these purposes, The English con, quered every thing ,abroad, but at Atonic their char,taler was not sufficiently military. Sir 7 , PULTENEY made a few observations, and seenrd to think the creation of detached works would be highly useful. Captain KIARK/Mill spoke at - some length h e thought much of what was discusseil'had better been avoided ; he adverted to the difficulties which would attend the landing of the Enemy upon the Coasr, among which it should be considered that the wind which would be favourable to their - tan s & ing, would create a great surf : he however thought it would be adviseable to prepare the best postoble means on shore fcr our defence, in addition to these advant ffitages &d which our nava l power an d i nsular situa. a. Afr. C;. /l. ~ 1 11I TC1114VSON expressed h opi nion that witch rat what fallen limn an Hon, 01., Beer +y h - worthy thr sciinus.attention of the House. tie 'd to speak friits the conyidion of his heart, 111::,mt-1ttio to professional advice on points , i f Ccx 1.1.“ Times Of danger, lie 4lltterved were titnes: - .of public virtue ,aO4 the c retent circUtustitnces were such as rewired 411 LAST night the Bill for Arming the Nation pass. td the House of Commons, and was ordered to be carried up to the Lords, who meet this day to re. ceive it. Mr. Pr rr, ,it will be seen by our Re.. port , ma d e a m:, s t eloquent and admirable Speech, in which he pointed out what ought still further to be done to place the Country in the best possible state of security. WE this .morning received Paris journals to the loth instant. Under, the head of Pienita, July 4., it is said that the •EMPEROR J. at the instance of PRINCE CliAltl.29, had countermanded the ,march of his Troops to I ta ly, determi ne d to g i ve to France an unequivocal proof of his intention to maintain the strittest neutrality. • They state front Bremfn, that the Magistracy of that City,.had received'hy its Deputies, the positive assurance that the Neutrality of the Abseatic Towns shoOld,:lit preserved. General MORTIER has nqt since the refusal of the Senate, upon the sequestration of English Property, as chid measure would be contrary to the Neutrality which that City ought to preierve. Te Privateer Le Furtt, which sailed from Boulogne on the 9th, has carried three Brigs into Dtinkirk,, laden with'eual. The Privateer l' Agile, of L'Orient, has taken the English Brig Paientine, from Bristol, the Augusta, of 400 tons,' froin An tibes for London, laden with sugar and coffee, and the Rackel, from NeVis to kistol, of 300 tons, laden with sugar and coffee. The Agile, which sailed from L'Orient on the zoth of June, returned to that Port on the ist instant, having 32 English prisoners gn board, who were sent to A' runes. An official Notice has been published at Em6den, that England had consented that the Prussian Flag, as a Neutral Power; should have the liberty of going into the Ports of Fiance, submitting at the, same . time to tie' laWs established in England with re. siva tcvNeuttals. Offers: oTGun.boars are making. by almost every town in France, and the Soldiery are subscri6ing day's pay towards defraying the expenc:e of the War against England. Letters from Madrid announce, that a levy is ot. dered of io,ooo men to, reinforce the Garrisons of Alicant, Carrhogena, Cadii, Ferrol, and Corunna the entrance into these Ports will be furnished with a numerous artillery, and the Maritime Force of .sp, t i o will be aug:nented with pine Ships of the Lint and twelve I,.'rigatea. A pat of the French Army has reached its des.: tina;ion lt7 Lhr i.cinztioM ot.NVIs• 4. 1.4 bzliOved that the Kto* will pass to - firkin: The Esiglisit who were at Naptss, have precipirately emliarked 311 their efreets and . are gone to Meuiwa. Lora NELSON was at Afaha in the end of June. Several Couriers dispatched by him had arrived at Naples, in consequence of which Councils were held. I - lAMBI/40H, Jura B.—They speak here of , a new and very important League about to be formed amongst the Powers of the North t relative to . the, freedom of,Navigation. Several events which have, taken place .since the War broke outbetween Fratet and England, and, above all, the capture of Neutral Ships by the English, have pointed out to the Courts of Petersburgh, Berlin, Stockhold4 and Cit• penbagen, that their interest demands that they should take combined measures to make their Flags respetled by the Rulers of the Seas. They speak of a Leagnewhi c h h as b een p r opose d to t h at effeCl by the Cabitiet of Peter : b urg h, an d w hi c h h as the same °bite as the Armed N eutra li t y a d o p te d at t h e end of the last War, and which so much affeded the Coat of London. The,Cabinets of Kerlin and Copenbagel are, we arc assured, much disposed to make a common cause with that of Prtmburgh. The Court of Stoeiham has - made some objection to the proposed plan; but there is reason to believe they will be removed. It is besides confirmed, that- Negotia. tions are on the taPis between General Moat! Bit and the PRINCE ROYAL of Denmark, relatiVe to several very important objeas.—(Le Publichte.) HAiOU E , JULY I 2.—For several days eight English Frigates have menaced the Texel. The pass of that Road is defended by the jean de and the Government, for further security, ha ve sent another Ship of the Line, the Pieter Pruitt, of 74. guns. HAN PV ER ' JULY 6.—The French have . already levied in ready.money two millions and a half of francs for the wants of the Army. They ire fur, with complete c l ot hi ng , Bte.. The &shed, besides, French yesterday morning occupied the PutchY cfl - Lauenburgh. The ilanoverian Troops have eXe. CUM' the new Capitulation. The Chief Coniul arrived at Cher:to:ton the r4th. The French FUnds were on the. s Bth at 52. 40. PLYMOUTH, IULY 21.—Arrived the French Brig 'Pala, laden with coffee and cotton ) from Tobago, bound to Havre, captured by the Hussar Frigate. Also the Spanish' Lugger San Cuiney, laden with sugar; from:Bi'boa, bound to Bourdeaux,• detained by the Atalanta Sloop of War. • YARMOUTH, Jur.v 22.—0 n the Sth inst. six Putch Schuyts were:cut out of the Drilla by the 80211 of thiLeua Frigate; an attempt was made at the same time to cut Out a. Brig Privateer then lying there, btu was not attended with success. HARWICH jut. v 24.-...1.20 night arrived this Is 4 pOs e Revenue Cut* froM a eruize off the Sualk Coast, Wear. informed that Capt.SrAc tz on Sunday last MI in with about,. ten miles from Lowestolft, a French Lugsail Privateer, which lie chaced all day add the following night, but unfortunately she . made her escape. The Repulse was at one time so neat • as to discover the Privateer had no carriage guns, but bet crew appeared to consist of upw,ards of one hundred men. , FALMOUTH, JULY zo.—Arrived the Ling Les peull . Amis, Captain NIANDRILLAN, of Rouen, ?Of Havre ftVal Martinique, with colie, cotton, and sugar, taken 14 daY• sinceiu lat. 44. long, 16, by His Majesty's Ship Thimdcret, of 74 guns, which 'was left in educe of five Vessels, supposed. to be French. . Seventy sail of vessels (French) were nearly laden, and expected to sail in a few d,sys after her, for Europe from Martinique, Twodays since they spoke the Resolution Lugger, of.Mevagissey„ who had taken a French Ship 0 1 3" tons, from G,uadaloupe for Hay re ; and which the had with tier, DEAL, JULY 2%.—His Majesty's Gun,,hog Vixen Sailed this afternoon to the Northward. Arrived the Hambro' Sh iP ?Eolus, from Bourdeaux, bound to Harnb4o!.; laden with to bacco stalks, witie, and other merchandise, detain 4 by 1. 40 Locust Gun-brig. • On Thursday evening Their MAJESTliiiibq Dukes ofetruu 1: it LAND, KE Nvr, and CANIIIRLDGEO. and the PR INC E4S2i, tusk an airing in Itichmunt. Gardens. Yesterday morning filo MAlvsrir and the three- Rorm. DUKES, inspeaed the new Palace in Kew, Gardens; afterwards THEIR MAirtsTras and the. PR INC ESSES I honoured the Countess MANSFI r with a morning vi,it. The ROYAL FAMILY (qua Kew, and left that place for Windsor. Telegraphs 'and signal posts are now ete6ting in all parrs of Wales, and on the several high hills , s'unetirtshiri. We4lnesday General SrmcoE arrived at Feri4 dennis G arr i ion, to i nsped into the t..ite of that Cl. tittle!. The Out. Pensioners of Chelsea. Hospital are tci assemble on Monday next in different parts of thtl Kingdom, in order to undergo an inspection, Pre, ',oratory to such of them as are fit for service being enrolled in the Army of Reserve. Qo'Wednisday evening a fracas, took - place at Cittusi. the following statement of which it givenby the friends of Lord CAMELPORD, (MC nib` the parties concerned• :—Lord CAMEL-P.m', havi,og, inadverten t l y Tot on his hat, afte r bli e ,duncoieto himself during the performance of 1, t King," was struck .1n the head with -a large en!" . stick, by a p erson o f the.namoolSKAvv. 'lbis atta ck Lord CAMB.LFoRo rese n Le d, hy k n ock i n g the aggresit sot. down; a scufflL:ensudond3n,lov blows were on both sides. The next iti,rning th parries met at Union-Hall, when Lord CAMELPORD very 1 ) 12 ` inanely offered to give - further proceedingi.t it Mr. SHAW . would acknowledge the impropriety of his conduet. This he refost.d to d,v p and Lora CAME4PORD hats since directed his Solicitor to corn- tnence Adion against him. , London: Printed by Ii /AIM' L LAN (nt flow-slic e s . c 9 ::n r - t " f artie c n‘i; . t, ttn I , l ) , tiblish ett by WILLIAM AR mlos ikt s ,o.t .Avitvn stßet, 4rti,ivenoraocioar e o No, It; Strand, care atm attention of crovernment. He thought it right to encourage as far as waspraflicablei the Vo lunteer Services of Individuals; and seeming . to ad vert to - another part of the United Kingdom, he deprecated, more especially in the commencement of a War, every thing that wore the appearance of dis. trust, as tending to produce the most injurious effeets. Colowl PORTER seemed . . of opinion, that a great part of what passed in this discussion, could not 'tend to any useful purpose. A great deal of it was not adapted to the meridian of that House.— The measure had his hearty approbation. The question was then put, and_ the Bill was passed nem.,con, and the SECIRTARY at WAR. was allowed to take the same to the l o ot& for their Con. cur rence. The House resolved into a Committee on tht In. come Tax Bill," Mr. SARCEA . NT in the Chair.. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER remind. ed Gentlemen, that it was understood last night the Bill should now be committed for the purpose of re. ceiving the Amendments which were then proposed. He would therefore propose them, and were they agreed to; lie intended that the .whole should be printed, and the Report taken into consideration . ,on Tuesday next. The Amendments were forthwith. agreed to by the Committee, and the House resuming, the Re. port was received, the . Bill with Amendments or. dered to be printed, and' the Report to be taken into further consideration on Tuesday . next. The CHANCELLOR of the Exc H EQU s-a, agreeably to a former statement, brought in a Bill to prevent certain Goods imported, to be secured in Ware— houses without payment of Duties, &c. This Bill' was, on the suggestion of .the Right Hon. Gentleman, read a first anti second time, coin.. mitted, and the Report afterwards received and agreed to by the House. ,Lord AMR ERST'S Annuity Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time. The Citiatcrt.Lowof the EXCHEQUER gave no. Lice, that on MundAp he should'propose in a Com. injure of Supply a Vote of Credit for Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, in addition to the Four Million already granted. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock till Monday. MAILS. Dug. Ais :yap. Hamburgh O PRICE OF STOCKS, ?11 16 LIA Y. Al' TWLLVK O'CLOCK. Consols - i 3 I I -.. 61 Disk THE S U N. ti 1.11114 QUIE, PALNUM AUDIAT LONDON, JULY 23, 18.03.