The Sun. — London, England, 1804-04-11 00:00:00

TUESDAY, APRIL 10. Mr, DicklNs, from the Office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, presented Copies of any Orders made •by,the Treasury of Ireland since the Union, aff c a. ing the Half-pay of Officers on the Irish Establish_ ment, which was ordered to lie on the Table, and, to be printed. BARRACKS. ..."Admiral BERKELEY expressed. a wish to have some further Papers respeiiing the Expenditure of the Barrack Department, which he would now move for, and if ; there was any.objeaion 'Jo their produaion, he would withdraw his Motion, and give notice 'for a future day. -lie ,then moved for Copies of the. Contra&s entered .into for building Barracks, between the . Buitders'and the Bamck - - Master - General. An. account of the periods at which the unfinished Barracks .were_ to be .tom- pleted, with the penalties on non-performance of contra&. Copies of Certificates" granted by the .' proper Officer, stating the progress made in the ue4lion of Barracks, and the payments to which the Builders thereuPon became intitled and an account of the Barracks which were in the possession of Go vernment at the timo of the Preliminaries of the Treaty of Athiens, wiih the number of men and horges they were capable of containing, guishing tbe.number hired, and ,whan given up. Someconversation'ensned between the SECRETA -ty'at"Wki and Aittnirdl . lisßKEL;. - Y, chiefly with respect to the wording oldie MotiUns, which were at length, in substance, agreed to. Mr. HAwII NS .1310 WN E .brought tip a Report re. spewing the Inland Navigation •in Scotland, which was ,ordered to lie on the Table, to be printed, and to be taken into consideration On Friday s'en night. •-• IRISH CIRCULATION. Mr. CoRRy - postponed his intended Motion re. speeting the Circulation of Ireland 6 . 11 Thursday; IRISH MILITIA. Mr. Secretary YORKE moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee on the Irish Militia Voluntary Tender Bill. On theluestion for the SPEAKER'S leaving the Ch'air, • Mr. ELIOT arraigned, in strong terms, the policy of the measure : the whole system of Mini sters with-resped to the Irish Militia he conceived - to have been erroneous. At'the end of the War, a discharge was given to the whole Militia of,lteland, Shortly afterwards it was proposed to .revive the • - Militia, and to raise . 18,00 ti men at a bounty„,of two Guineas ; that being found insufficient, it, was then proposed.to raise it to four Guineas, whilst _the • 'bounty given for general Service. was only five Gui. - neas ; it was objetaed at the time that this. dispro. portionate bounty went to cut up the solirceof Re; cruiting for General Service, And-they were now called upon to adopt the present measure in order to • repair the fault which Ministers then committed.---: - He objestled to this measure as- tending to introduce into the Army a spirit of deliberation. Offic.:ers . -who Wished to volunteer their services musccanVass : amongst the men, or the men might previously de: liberate, 'and in some measure compel their Offi:era to go - with them; The off rs also were far from be ing spontaneous, many were dragged into a sort of • consent, from the fear of disgrace if they refused..l He saw something like this in the Paper upon the - 'fable, where - the name of one.-Officer who had re. I fused to volutiteer, was particularized. If they - agreed to this - measure, -they-must admit the prin. Ciple the exchange of the Militia of the two COun. . tries, the policy of which. I - 7e totally denied. Mr. Snretary . YO RKE observed, .that it was whilst. the Hon: Gentleman was in Administration ii:lYelanst, , .inthe;year 1799; that passed the' - . lrish Parliament- m of -04 d service of the.lrish in Great: 13r twin. • This he thought ..was a. argiiment against the. Hon-. Gentle Man as Iris opirion'Arpon.the .subjca. His view, of. the "subject was-""this; that if.a part of the Irish Mi. litia were brought here, anti 'an .augmentattoo to tf:e.::,..sAme extent made-in' that I,;rce, -ro,ooo Re. plat Troops tii ht then be ti:,posable for gene . ral service. He denied that ,the principle .Of the Militia '.lyste.m..l.vas,in any material degree trench. ed upon. by the present measure. _There was nu in. to weaken the defensive force of Ireland, the -io,oco. Militia brought 'away,.would be re-. placed by c44er. Trppps ; for instance, a parr of the Army of R eserve ; they .would also be replaced : by . , the augmentation of the Irish Militia in the same proportion. As to the Bounty which had heel -I ,alluded to, the fad was, that the bounty of twcr' gcaine . as, was a Peace Bounty ; it was not increased to four, till the 17th of April 1803, nearly about : which period the War Bounty furthe itegularTroopi was announced. As to the Charge againit Mini. ter of erroneously reviving . the Militia of Ire.: land, there was then no.questio n of bringing them Over here; nor would. there have been now, had it not been for the voluntary eal of. alarge propor tion of that Force. It hid beeninsintrated as if Mi. niters had said, that the Irish Militia were better any where else than in Ireland ; but no such expres sion had been' used by any of His Majesty'y nisters. .The truth was, that the Trish Militia were an excellently disciplined Force -equally ex. cellent, eiiher in Ireland orGreat Britain ; an d h e was perfealy persuaded, that whether in Ireland or 'Great Britain, they would do their duty again..r the: .enemy, and that in zeal, loyalty,' and discipline, . they, would not Jae inferior to any other Troops in His :Majesty's service. The Hon. gentleman had objeCted that this measure tended to 'create a spirit of deliberation in the Army.. far as the abstraCt ~principle went, it must he admitted .that delibera tion ,aniongst armed bodiei was dingerous ; but _when — they looked at things as they were, was _there any military bndy in_which there was no de liberation; Was it not usual for a Captain of a emu_ pany.to requite deliberation amongst his' men, as io.stoppages of pay and other things ? When se veral Regiments .foltinteered, in the must patriotic and honourable way, to go to Egypt, it was done exatily in - the same manner. With respdt to tl,e Officer particulatiied in. the Paper on the Table, as . having .refused tb voltinteer, he was extremely .sorry that his name had been mentioned in that sort of way. As to the idea . of e xc h ang i n g t h e Mi 1 1 ,.: tin cif the two Coentries, there was no such int:.n. !ion on the part of Ilis He %;UIIbItICICU MCSe Mrers CHUM 111311 IVIIIItIa 113 a re procal service for that performed by the English Militia in Ireland. He saw great advantages to be derived from the present measure, with a view to increase the disposable force of Great • Britain. Mr. CALCR/IFT considered the measure- as a gross breach of •the Constitutional principle, of the Militia. It also tended to place Militia Officers, in the roost degrading situation,. when they were obliged to ask their men whether they would do this, that, or the other; it was utterly inconsistent with.every military idea. As an equal force was to be sent from this Country in lieu of the to,ooo men brought over here, he could not see what ad vantage was to he derived from the measure, be sides which it was the opinion of Military men that the Militia would be most effeffive irothe Counties in which they were raised. He thought thairsuCh measures as the present tended to destroy the Militia in an iodireft way. He entirely dis. approved of the measure, which he considered to be not warranted either by expediency or policy. Mr'. ALEX,INDER shortly defended the Mea. sure.; •He denied that it tended to introduce a deli. beraitive system Into the Army; as it w as merely a single Aft of Deliberation, without .engendering a habit. BANK ES thought the Measure highly dan gerous in its conseqoenees, as no man, whether in the Militia or Volunteers, could then consider him. self safe from being, in a certain degree, compelled to go onn - general service, • Ca/eafel HUTCH/AVON said, he rose to 'support this Bill, but not upon any of the grounds .which had been stated. It app . eared to him, that bringing the Irish Militia into •this Country would- be pro &Clive of-the most beneficial efFetts, as it• would teach the common men those habits of inclustty which they would see in this Country, and the Officers would see the advantage that resulted to country Gentlemen, from the reciprocal kindness subsisting between Landlords and their Tenants. Bin though he approved of the plan for bringing over the - Irish Militia to this Country, yet he by no tototos,coneurred in the mode which. the Right Hon. Gentleman had suggested for supplying the deficiency which this would create in Ireland. In. stead of supplying them by the Army of Reserve, Or with Foreign Corps, which latter mode he eon. sidered as highly unc atitutional, he thought they ought to be supplied by British Militia. He knew that this would he e prodottive, of inconvenience to the British Militia, but at such a crisis as the pre. sent; .personal convenience ought to give way to poblic goode e ,Tbe,-Hen; Gentleman was thettpro ceeding t make spine" observations upon the pre. sent state, of Ireland;' w . hen he was called to Order 1 • - Col. ATEREZ, who -ccntended that his.ohser vations were irrelevant, and might tend to irritate the the. People ofehat Country... Col.:HuTotale “,) v (I<t'llied his observations could have •any such t-Fz c a,.. and contended that be had a rig ht tu e eratee ititciliieral argument upon the sub jeet. • However, after , a -few words' he concluded —with-giving his assen - o to the measure, : - Bt.TRROUGHS 'Supported the Bill, . My, ,C ANNIA9 said, he had heard no:grounds advanced to induce , him, to support the. Bill. The proposed objet 'Ministers was to increase the disposable force of- the Courrtry, and the way they took to effeEt that was, to bring over here a force thateVas not disposable, and they meant to supply the deficiency in Ireland by raising a force that arso was .not disposable. He denied that there was any ,necessity for increasing that kind of limited force in this Country, because we had a greater force in this COuntry,• whose services were limited, -than-ever was knctt-ri; and' he contended, th a t die force which it was .to bring Over, could not be conveniently. spared from Ireland ; and, finally, he-disapproved of the mode by which it was proposed, to supply the deficiency which would thus be created in Ireland. Upon these grounds he should oppose the BASTARD 'completely disapproved of the measure, as it would 'tend , to injure, and perhaps finally to destroy that old and CoustioUoional part 'of our military force, the Militia. It had 'been :hi fashion of late to rim down the Militia, but he should always consider them as the best sitfe,guar;li of the Constitution ; and therefore he should resist' every attempt to convert them into regulars. One' oihis principal objettiona to this measure wasobat i n w o uld convert the,different Regiments- into dee liberative bodies, which would necessarily be the ciestru&iuti of all discipline.. It•had been said that thiswasa voluntary offer un the part of the Irish. Militia ; he'had nadonbt of the loyalty and !spirit ofolott body of men, hut he knew from what passed in England some years ago, what these voluntary offers measit. .He believed that many of those who' went' to Ireland e . when the Militia Regiments vo. lunteered in 5798. to go to Ireland, went merely upon a principle of lounitir, and not from their free consent, and he believed that some of the Regiments volunteered merely to spire their Officers. Upon the whole, he considered this measure as not only useless, but dangerous. Mr. PYTCHES said, he could not see any ore benefit that could result from the Measure ; it would . not even have the -effect of promoting inter-mar. riages, because the strong - attachment of Irishmen to celibacy, and the chastity of English women, would prevent any thing of that kind taking place. When the Volunteer Bill passed the House, Mini sters represented their Military Fabric as complete, but now they found that it was out of, repair, and that it wanted an Hibesenian Pier to support it. He disapproved of this measure, because it would ren der them an aisiphibious race, for if this plan of interchanging -the Militia was adopted; some of them would always be upon the sea. Sir R, HILL said, that it was a subjea upon which military men were.the most competent to decide ; and he begged leave to read, as part of his speech, a letter he had received from a Nephew of his, who had seen considerable service in Toulon, Egyvt. and in Ireland; and who, thoogh a young lean, had attained the raole'of B r i ga die r G enera l. Sir Richard then read - part of the leiter, which ex pressed a strong opinion of the advantages that would result from an interchange of the and spoke in high terms Of rib.: Irish Militia,. YEK.gKER ConsideTed Ifeldrid From the LONDON GAZ ETTA 4 _:, April 10, 1804. Whitehall, April 9, x 804.. The London Gazette of yesterday contained a Letter,•datrd Dec. 3, 1803, from the Governor in Council ar Bombay to the Secret Committee of the Court of Direaors of the United Company of Mer chants of England trading, to the Eat Indies. Within - the above-mentioned Letter were the fol lowing Enclosures ENcLosurt&.No. I. gives an account of.t4e Capture of the."l . (kwn of Agra; which will be found in our Parer of yesterday. . • (ENCLOSURE, No. II.) To H;s Excellency the Most N9ble Marv4s Welles. ley, Governor-General, Eic. &c. MI LORD, I have the honour to inclose herewith, for your Lordship's information, a Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in the. Affair of the loth instant. I have the Honour to be,' &c. (Signed) G. LAKE Head-Quarters, Cant,b bef)re Agra, • 08ober 12, 1803. Return of the Killed, Inzindeci, and illiscing, rir the Afar of the loth.Oenbcr, 1803. Artillery:— i Gunner, killed ; I icutchint, 2.1 intlals, t 4ci Havar, t Gunner, 7 Prlvates, and 7 Gun Lascars, wounded. zd Battalion 9th Reg. -1 Lieutenant and 6 Sepoys, killed ; Lieutenant, 3 Suba!lars, 2 Haiildars, 2 Naicks; and 44 Sepoys, wounded ; t Sepoy missing. .ist Bavalion Lath Lieutenant and z Sepoys, wound ed. • Ist Battalion of 14th Reg.-2 Havildars and 15 Sepoys, kill ed; - ..l'Major, .1 Lieutenant, t Ensign, I.Subadar, 2 jerna.. Bars, 3 Havildars, 3 Naicks, 2 Drummers, and 55 Sepoys, wottodect ; it Sepoys missing. Ist Battalion 15th Sepoys killed; i Lieutenant, a. navildar, and 17 Sepoys, wounded ; t Havildar missing. .2(1 Battalion of ditto.— t Havildar, 1 Naick, and 5 Sepoys, killed ; 13 Sepoys wounded ; 1 Naick and t Sepuy miss ing., ad Battalion t6ill Reg.-1 Sepoy killed ; 4 Sepoys wound. ed. Total.--1 Lieutenant, 3 Havildars, i Naick, 1 Gunner, and 29 Sepoys, killed ; I 111ajor, 5 Lieutenants, i En-- sign, 4 Subadars, z Jeinadars, 2 Tindals, 7 Havildars, 5 Natc.ks, t Gunner, 2, Drummers, 7 Privates, 135 Se , nor s, and 7 Gun Lascars, wounded ; t Havildar, nick, and 13 Sepoys, missing. Names of the Officers Killed awl Wounded. A rtille rv•—Lieutenant Bcagliam Woundeß. zd Battalion 9th Reg.—Lieutenant Grant killed; Lieutenant ‘v hi taker wounded, since dead. Ist BattatiOn 12th Reg.—Lieutenant ‘Voolet wounded. is: Battalion 14th Reg.—Major Thomas, Lieut. Roso, and Ensign Myer, wounded. Ist Battalion tsth keg.—Lieut. Perry . woimded. (Signed) J. GERARD, Adj. Gen. E rv n e e L my o n s r which tt,N w o. as alsoilllianu le:I . our eapCeOrnglifilg yesterday the Enemy, rd 37. ENCLOSURE, No. IV. giv e s an account of the CaPT'.,,,'.d ,tion of the Fortress of Agr a , w hi c h w ill likewise be t°4 in The SU N of y esterday. so f ENCLOSURES, Nos. and.Vl. state the particularb the taking of the Fort of Barabuttk by Assault, fur w hic also refer our Readers to the Sun of yesterday. • 11° ' Return of the Killed and Wounded of His' Majesty's am<J be „ t br Company's Tro6ps in the Assault of the Fort cf klarabiatY,,°l,o.. 14th October, under th e C omman d 'of Lieutenant-Col: 4e ' ' cent t, Lang Baug Fort, Cuttack, Oa. t 5, 183 ' EUR OP CANS. Detachment of Bengal A rti Ilery —1 Lieutenant wo unded. ; 1 ,•11, Detachment of His M a j es ty' s 2.2 d Regiment—t Private s.. Captain and 8 Privates wounded: • 10; Ist Division Madras European Regiment— r Private. , Serjeint and 4 Privates woUnded. zst 'Battalion 19th Regiment MadraS N. I. -- r Captain wounded. Total. —z Privates killed ; z Captains, r Lieutenant' Serjeant, 12 Privates wounded. NATIVES, o: II ;? 2oth Bengal Native R.egiment-3 Privates kit led. Ist Battalion 9th Regiment Mad ras N. I.—t Private W° lll/j' d. • A r ast e Battalion 19th Regiment M a d ras N . 1.--z iernau 3- s, 'Havildar, and 9 Privates wounded. pfy Total,•3 Privates killed'; leinadars, -a Havildar, t° vatos wounded. ' - .Manti.r . tyr'Officers wounded. - Captain Hurlstone, of His Majesty's 22d Re'gineitt • „, ca dras Captain Kenny, o f the Is t B at t a li on 19t h R eg i me nt •L" Native Infantry. • Lieutenant Faithful, of the Bengal Artillery. cON , (Signed) ERAS. THOIVIP-, • Major of Brigs" e 'gost Published by Command of His Excellency the. : Noble !the'Go,vernor-General in Council. ,a o y; LI:MSDEN, Chief See. to the - (ENCLOSURE, 'No. Vii.) . t vr To the Honourabl e JONATHAN DUNCAIkr, Esq. V eS. and Governor,&c. ac. in Council. - lioNotia.AßLE IR, I have the Honour to transmit, fan your information, a cl of my Letter this day's date, with En', - . 4 .ostires to t ile leas t Major-General-A rt h ur W e ll es l ey. W e have taken 1; iraye twenty stands tif Colours from the Arabs and Scindians• ; et lieC only been able to colle4 ten at present, which, ° f a re° With the Colours of th e F ort , 1 s h a ll 'h ave. the plea'" send to-the Presidency by the earliest opportunity. I have the Honour to be, &c.. , s;c. H. Woontra pro t , r, Lieut. Coa• P. Rar h S. Sincethe writing above, I have three more storlmojor Arab Colours brought tome, besides which I have, : 1 ; ',t to .Cuyler's particul ar request , perm i tte d t h e 86t h Reg keep two, making in all fifteen. To the . lfovottrable iVlajor.. - Ge?zeral Arthur 41 ireil lj . 1 ' 'll 1 Comina.nder Chief of the British fort-a We'stern Side of India. I w sl ro ß t: a e zd ) a , v o et u a. yesterday evening, after -C L IP ~ Ilia s rc t ) ° ac r r). f:d' more T h e fully breachon th t kn v e: ) : i vn ti brtije'le:eitshr.e:sesndi:unr of the tahc acquainting 111 prafticable by th e gineer at eleven, A.M. when -I determined t° 3t°— I th e 3n but 'delayed it until three o'clock, not only th might profit by the assistance of the F u ry av d . we armed boat, which I expetied would arrive in t i to take their stations opposite the. Fort, but as thought that a very likely hour to find the Enc il ' i off,their guard. noC The vessel and arm e d twat, however, aid arrive in time to affind any assistance.. , f ro The inclos e d or d ers f or t h e storm will 'O lO O ,, you of the disposition I made, as will the gcca t papying profile anti elevation of the western fro(' the Fort. n 104 onr entr ance Enemyi nt m o a the e a b breach, , , A Thee l, ra i t ) e t4t a b tt y ac i k he in va n jo lir d r, n r: y a spirit of the Troops were speedily repulsed' 3-1 Nitcr ordcre ' were carried into fiiil execution. ` i t he Captain , Ri c h ar d son kid obtained possession of that first gate„ Major Cuyler pushed . ori so rapidly' a ir, he ov er t oo k .t h e A ra b s before the greatest P o o ' both horse and foot, could get Out of the gatel A ,,,,,y put to death, ab out two hundred of them. I\ i' - horses were also killed. . saY I beg leave to submit to your notice the r e co-opetation of Major Cuyler throughout e very , part of the service,. his his gallantry and coodu"', l l i ,,.. the command of the storm, as also of Captain Ric. ardson, who led. . on The whole of the Officers and Men emPloY e T this service have conducted theniseiyes so rPtic i ,i' t i y a 11 my satisfadion, t h at I cannot express . 1 1" 54: Strongly in their commendation. r in T am now employed in establishi n g some or -e all a the Fort, in getting the eighteen.pounder s, every thing we do oot want to move with, ot° . also in burying. the E nem y% d ea d, atnounu nb ... about two hundred and fifty. tt c or _ I have great ple asnre i n i n f orm i ng you ,.: loss is small. C a p ta i n M'L aur i n, of His iv . ' l f sr A 86111, the only Queer wounded, and not i as: return of the killed and wounded in the 5i( 1 ).- 1 also a general return of the killed and ing the aiege, I enclose. • have the Honottr to be, Vic, G 01! HENRY WOOI)INGTQN;i-ki eL t t.- &roach, August 30, 1803. , Return of the Killed,l4-'ounded, and Allising i a the' Fellav'llo' Sto,rm of Baroach on the . :lo q August, under the Cil ij Lieutenant-Cobnel Woodington. B o3' liaroach, the 3orb Allgas• I r ife r , Detachment of A rtil lery. —t Lascar, killed ; 3,Ra ids= a''' A wounded. • and f 1,4 1 " His Majesty's 86th Regime . nt.—r Sc ‘ ric..ant, i Rank- ~a(14 ,-* killed ; z Captains, I Serjeant, IR:ink:in:l Fi1e..% .1 " — , Sc ' tsc Grenadier Battalion.—[ Rank and File, " i l i e li ; , A Kant, 6 Rank and File, and i Puckauly, Wo und ki-I l l' e , Total, —1 Serjeant, 3 Rank and File and I LA''''' l ;. - ':, df - ' a Captains, a Serjeant, 1 klavilda'r, ro g'""'" -1.1 cl - ii s - nd t Puckauly, _.• Nap., Capt. Tames Richardson and L. IVl`La' - ' --9 t" . Majesty's 86th Regiment, wnunded on the 29th instani3. g, (Signed) J. JI3LET'' • d Sieg e Return of ,the killed; Minded, and /Wising a'aring. lb 4 1 11, Baroach, under the Comm an d of Lied:et:ant-Colo° IPoodington. pqrachment. . is , 3 , , , lc 31Sti File, and; LaSeats, wounded.' ' Detacl ! iment of His Majesty's 6tst Regiment.—i Rattle • i li . File, killed i Rank and File, 'Wounded. ' g a': of A rt i I lery ..___ B 3 ar L oa a c s h c , ar t s be 3koilibl'eailiugsu -4,1 4 4,0 k ,ii . l( .t His Majesty'slAth . Reg.t Captain, z Serjcants. 3 said File, killed; z Captains, 1 Serjeant, II Rank l,, r.ounzd.. - ist t; ren cl adier Battalion.-2 . Rank and File, kill ed ;z . 0 pill= dars, 16 Rank and File, and t Puckauly , ‘vounded ; ' 3 and File, and ! Puckauly, missing. ' clo' w Total.— t Captain, z Serjcants, 6 • R an k and F l i l l e a ' v i ao l c i . a_ A O: .Lascars, killed; z Captains, 't Serj ea n t, oun 33 Rank and File, a Lascars, and I Puckauly, i, 6 Rank and File, and t Puckauly, i nissing• ._,; ( , , s S 6l ',`. ITT. B, Captain William Semple, of His I ,l .in i s i s ill7 l Regiment, killed on the 25th. histant. ' ' CappT t he 19' Richardson and L. M`Laulin, of ditto, wounded wi instant.' p . J. BE.T`' 13 (Signed) (True Copies) r Se,;• C;°l. (Signeu) j, A., GR A N " Published by Command of His ExcAltney tae. Most Noble the Governor-GeaelA in Council. LUMSDEN, Chief Sec. icrtile C°lr. mosr vuinerabl, .he Bi e part of t. ritish Empire at the present moment, and therefore he did not understand the policy of a measure which took away such a num ber of troops that were at present so - well cal. culated for its defence, withoUt making an adequate provision for.. the deficiency which this measure would occasion. He did not think the Supply could be adequately made out of the Army of Re serve, for._the Irish Militia were as..good, or very nearly so, as any of His Majesty's Regular Troops.' He should, flowerer, not objeEt to the measure, if the supply-- of the deficiency was •to be- filled: up from the English Militia. He professed himself to be attached to his native soil in preference to any other, and he could not therefore 'allow Ireland to line this great foice in the hour of daoger. If the Invasion of Ireland Was out of the question, he should' be one of the first to oftr his services at.the head of his Regiment to come to England, but he would not agree to it,u n d e r thepresent - cOnditioo of things, nor could he forget the- Old Proverb; of " Christen your own Child first." Mr. WINDHAM entered much at large into a vindication of his conduCl on former 'occasions, when he had assented, to the English Militia go ing to Ireland, &c. ; and insisted ,that the circum stances of the times then required a ' totally dif ferent policy from the present. He objeeted to this measure, on the broad general grounds, that it . was impolitic, on account of its changing the ,Con stitutional nature of the Militia, partaking of ai breach of faith with them, by changing their con dition ; and he thought, calling it a voluntary ser vice, ,on the part of those who offered, was a mere play upon words, for that in these cases the offer of a, few was always, taken for theoffer of all. That it put the Officers in an improper conditibn, by making them canvass men whom they ought to conitimnd, and lost the power of commanding with requisite energy for a Military Force. That the • men carried with them the idea, that if they were once to deliberate they might 'always deliberate, and think how long they,should continue, as well as whether they should offer to extend their ser vices, ' That this waS' Most injurious to discipline that men might change their minds upon these sub. j'etis as circumstances changed ; that the offer of a Volunteer Service, finless taken diredly, might be good for nothing, for that in some cases it. would not keep any longer than mackarel, &c, After Ois.: cussing a variety of topics with his usual talent, .he concluded in opposing the Motion. Lord C ASTLERE AGH entered at large into. h defence of the Bill, which he charaCtetised as a _measure of true policy for this Country at the re. sent crisis. ' Mr. 0 KFNI'ILLE, answered all the arguments of the Noble Lord, and made a very able speech against the' Bill, adopted the arguments of Mr. Windham, and, added many forcible arguments of his own : Coloyel HUTCHINSON explained. , Lord De BLAQUIERI supported the present measure, which. he considered to be a questiOn only, . whether His Majesty should be empowered to avail himself of the loyalty of his Irish suhjeas, or whe. ther they should he 'permitted to serve the Empire agreeably to their zeal and energy ? The question was at last put ; after which the House divided on the question, that the SPEAKER do leave the Chair, Ayes 14—Noes 54,. The House: being resumed, the Reptirt was or. dered to be received on Thursday next, Mr.'ALEXANDER brianght up the,Report of the Committee On the Irish Militia Augmentation.— The Resolution was read, agreed to, and made an instruction to the Committee on the Bill, on the motion Mr. CORRY. Adjourned. at Eleven o'Clock.