The Sun. — London, England, 1804-01-20 00:00:00

1, ---- , , • ast pluster.roll;Sh a ll Isar<ve notified to title Commandi n? , of iilvii!'ior, or rebellion', hot -• to the limits o.t: Ire_ rOffea ha ivh-77f; on of - disconiinzi; vg his service there- - ii•rlid,' hilt ale, .exten . ded . to. Grea t 'Britain aro, : - 1 - ,, aes [ the first moment of their enrolment iaa- or who shall - have hearodischargedalserefro m , on - land, and the Islands of . Guernsey and JeteF , .`, - .e-: t they acco'unr cif ‘non_artendance on'othe.rwis e ; in order i and from. that, from the date.of such' , resi c avae; a7s or dischar ge ,, 1 a re sonjett to be disciplined and officet'od by P e r Sj " .. . (for stab , are the fertiords,.if the Aa), they may h e _ aooninted by the King, .and are aubjet`t to tl'e collie liable to be balfottea for .t-he Militia, as if they At for the punishment of Moriny, and e Peser, had never been eitempted a0.a1.1 ; and even if there tool :• but there can be. no Hardship in any , , part c_!l shall , t! no vac an cy, s h a ll, serve till .there is o n e, as this, nor any doubt involved in the nature of stoat s uperninneraries ?,, How is it,possible, consistently 1 obligations, though originally voluntary.o.t 2 gealse Witl O - risSettion,coconsdfr that the enrolmentof.i-he the .tilt of Parliament must of.course have beeta VelU nteer, ' like the enlisting- of the re t gul Soldier, p r i or in date t o any vOlootaty offer of. e.rvice cor.si:utes a legal obhgation to contiouehis service. ; i . under it; and the plain unambiguous letter of jilt: '''"ce e if doe s , d,sconiinuanee of service is but A., ?..t had poiated out to eyeryesuch V.altaateer, be r-'lJrillfr narne ibedesertioro tliouoll ro,t sobjed a un-.. .fore he becam e one, ;hat-. by his ; ,Col}Seing to . ',, e s -8 Inec's:Se e Of Invasion, to he punished under thetah - ,be enrolled under its aroas;sioas, 1) placed .11i9tseil T u tinV . 2 4,?,..4rid it. is scaccey decent, to suppose , in the condition of a person serving as the regular that . •Ix.-...-• •-, .- ," a netircotaon by a soldier to h i s•(ornmandii - os' ISuhstitute of kballot.ted Soldier, bound , of Course to ' c .") a/ his intenti on t o d esert , could hav e fou n d serve in that Ar m y w hi c h i t object the obje of that. a Pli'e shewf, in a British Aft 01 Parliament. And to , Act of Parlia ment to create, and according to its l ~ ti. roar this was not It'sose anti nasty d: -o-s terms anti provisions. Nothing in this Statute has wor Le . ~te Ap, but the deliberate opinion .and purpose= therefore any application, direftly or intitedlye,' to cf ft,e- Legislature, the , prescribed 'return annexed to affect the condition of the Volunteer Corps, -whose tLe Statute;by•the schedule ranted ..,A , falis' ill di- engagements are in question. . , . reciiiwith the language of the fourth Sediotioand 'Tile Aft r)eXt in Order is the 431 of the King, contains a.N'.B. of those who have quitted sin ce t h e c h a p. 96, and it i s a most important one ind ee d f or dat e hforethe last i n uster-roli, . ,• .: , -1 .: ~. t h e gecurity .of th e Realm. It was passed to e na bl e t, 1, 1 ilsi've al r e a d -y' saidoand.l must - again repeit;that- l His Majesty more effeft ua lly an d s pe e dily .to exer nature, of the erigagei nents , d e p en d s Upon the erre ciss' his ancient and und ou b te d P rerogat i ve , i n re. gagements the e Mselv e s, to 'be xpounded, if :neces. • quiring the military service. of his Subjects in ease of sar -Y , . 6 ) - Ibis contemporaneOus Ac} of. parliament Invasion of the Realm : and fur this purpose it pro. under la !lici t they, wereeic • cepted e and that nothing vides that general meetings of Lieutenancy shall be batt.Vmaet po,i j i I,: e terms of ante subsequentStatUtes- - . held in each coooty, for...preparing lists of all the In. 146 Wi1. 9 .1a - bi.a.aioduce s me to ,l such a' charge habitants"of parishes bet ween the ages of 17 and 4.5, ttponl)„, t . ~. .3 9 .t, .4* tKI. suppose that it - intended, -to be divided into four Classts:' and His Majesty . aenf.iioe.sjaerl Whell , the first Ae'l Was passed, any new occasion or necesSity,:not - einposvered to dired , arms to be provided , for them, and May order the three first Classes to be trained to el.': t z :t . -.le caastiudion of voluntary and most meri; and disci Mined under the penalties provided ; and, e ,rl.,:sna e.ag'igententsr - much legs to extend them by in case of Invasion or appearance of an Enemy upon L gista“v.--trly,rit • , e --- 0 . . .- t. - ) , without the consent- of those the coast, His Majesty is further authorized to order an t; ohfad ,entered into them ; but I• find nothing in all persons enrolled under the ,Aft to be embodied, ter ''/.ttaeother .Ads which will bear such an in_ and placed in existing - Regiments, or formed into Pretat ioe. a • ' ' . ' - New Corps, and ttibe led to any part of Great Bria Theist: tt conin.ht „ate of the 431 of the .Khng, - chap. 82,1, rain, under pain of being treated as Deserters under_ un-/ called the Arany of Reserve Ad, is the the Mutiny Aft. -As the whole. scope .of this Aft next la „ r i more ese , t er. It was passed to enable His Majesty was so strengthen,the King's ancient Prerogative to an addt"u""Y to raise and assemble in England call-out the Subjects of the Realm in cases of Inva. and .t. 1 .-iotl s al military force, for the better defence * slain or Rebellion, His Majesty, as might be eXped weiesictY °kite Kingdom; in the formation of e , d, is invested with the discretion Of determining cot - n o t , a.faerli a i n a ea; the numbers to - be raised-in each :- 'l7vltat part of this 'Force *lle will 'from time to time m eet Y.' i' 3 ( l ,',gnafting fro p' their establish. .. organize or employ a anti therefore it is enaded by ti nns 'e tt- PF.C?.cg'sla ttatnarle out, the, different exemp. ' the 52d serf. that wfro - His Majesty shall thinlefit• 80,. ec_ah-tsitiascornpulsoty levy, , and by the 7th and • tO. - emoloy a part, or proportion only, of the - cliffe : the ' %,11,cial . s, a_rl,peisons duly enrolled-on or before • rent Classes enrolled' for Military Service, the Depu. r .1 ,,,,, i find. in an , y -.- - "etit'enants of the different Counties should cause V„l:titLitdr-ICC;ir l ' 3- .1. e"n * l4nrY or -IY . -1•4 „ a - stated in the Corps, w lose services were of the exrene - that number to be chosen by BALLOT, un ess rn li i the• - ,l ) .l ,;,and.liasibeeit aecepted on o a a c . - .7 . " • cases wbere the number of Polunteers :for serince, 111 bailor22.l day ut" j)me, Tr 80 3 , were ex,..,,,, -,,, ---ticeat trout v ib' FR THIS ACT, shall be sufficient for the purpose.” e •so as their . .‘ • • t , 3 m uster -rolls of their, respedive C ' ion the zed of June, r 8 3.s ihe .. a ' r i oros on Cl before of . Volunteer Corps whose services hat} been before K - under the authorir of the 2d Seetion in'giviiig. Illi, e: ,--,,, • lan t,-dge .or. the 7th accepted by the ing, , y 4. pbssible; strow , cr th an -. ptton ia the same 'er r if of the King, chap. 66 ; for they are before and ex the 21 . 2k 1 of tl-,-; Kin; l l ' 3' of the • former Ad} of press& exempted by the q.:er:y Ad lam '110 , 117 comment .r, bk,chap. t 6. t } ' , - - •,in the Toth Seaton, exempting tient cons,,tred , th e , 0 s iew that Partia. in on, which . service to h e e i,,, • - continuance of VOlunteer ' the alicers of State, lie Judges, Sec. 3ce. pro. :he exemp t i on or ." gether spontaneous : bet use vides by the itth Section, tii;st no person serving an!ed i s ticmal, a s i n reo ncinabsdinte And unecindi- ,a 3 an offediva Member in any Corps of Volunteers rents of aceeotee 'it must have. ben, if the engake.. lV h9SC servtces 'shall - have been, or , shall be accepted 3ng,s but 4 , a ' s, id se rvice had teen p::yettially-biril- l-,):i His 'Majesty, shall b , s. siihjtet to the provisions exairall ,a . a,„,,,i eue ' ! 'g - .6 . -°) il.)1 ,as the- iniiividual should of the Ad--" so long on& a 3 th, ) , shall respea;Vely* if oluriteer Corpsh ' eioag 4; 4nd serve in any of the continue (within any of the descriptions aforesaid;" t ,, ,,,,, pti0,i. ,, I‘,. whoe th,bers were. entitled' to which' last , sOrds are permed with he same reserve containsy • ' " Statute • • sub se • Cl in its su sevent Clause, . an d caution to narrow the e,xetnotion to the .continu arr:.4ls c.4:in -Aliso- ' • . ' , ing the additionaisfuta ..ey. provlsions fat the rais_ anon i 4 ; only ofd se.-v-ce, ewhich ,- being voluntag, mg ht t!it Volunteer,,.. et o, - d e t '' f '' r ee witullY dist:oa from be. (withdrawn. With regard to the Volunteers c:cepted.,-. and the 1 se services had been' before - under.this last AR mentioned in this sad Seftion, t,,em i ~ . . .eceptanee , of wHeh . ertitle'd it is plain, for the reasons already given, as applica 1. o, the abovt:tmationea- - . ' • . v et ni: ,)(1 0a e. ,,, , . ~ , exempzintia. It direda ble teethe Army of Reserve Ad, that they, if. any. ' 'Jae , ' . teet e ilial s 1 ~.1 ~ on every Psi sn ,' e. - . l' , l l, llty,of 201. tlp » , • - ‘IIC.. Have I lye existed or shall exist hereafter, caninat a - t. C. Jto nu' I_ t o SerVe ,, or „ e . r t ~.1. ',no s h a ll negled, or refuse retire . from their engagements ; because they (iiff . ,„ ~ ."), find; a Substitute; and io enable the would have consented to become Volunteers under , nt : .1 arisnes to m k their . . which the Aare .••'i e up quotas of men, the express terms and proviszons of it,. which mark ptnaity I,s .diceacogires them 'td do; One.' half Of - this' out the extent and limits of the service.under it, and . the Poor, to to be paid to the Overseers of makes the. compulsory ballot depend upon the num. be cari• chid' Rates, as an ' ' ted to the account of the Pato_ berauf such Volunteers : whereas. the Members of vide ~as du .' t° the different Parishes toeiro- roiusteer-Corps whicli have been accepted under the It , eers to, su 1• " '' arisingl . 1 fr om defaul t .2\ . 1 . PP Y 'the thficieneteso Aa of thechap. 66, had already; 4.zt of the-King, ~ to q ui cken. th . `end further, to ease the Pirialies and . by- t h e . Ii th SZaion of this very Ad, been whollyh portant, tl Paectmpletion ofa force o critically' • - Dishe s ' le .C-1114.elltv ~ I s ttn.• e,,emp . . • . • , with 0 '' a.t.- ens and Cterseers of Pa_ . Ifithis distindio n is:properly' attendecito; it will , :tuth ociz i le cohs4rit of their '' • ' •: ' • • he next-Seetion ai m, e( to ma k e .. inhabitants, are serve to remove all ambiguity froma 1 . , . , „le For as ._, lo 7 u. ' zi a - rate r . o e . giving a•bounty to . upori..whieh. I :tits informed that considerable - reliance s k ti l e, for tis or e,, al twou t i . voluntarily con - sent, -with O ut .has li ce , Fac,!,l, to shew that the Members of VOlim b rervote and o n t 1 '1 " ° I the ballot to Serve /0r Leer .C6rp% cannot legally .withdttaw themselves. - • proa o ' s i o d fee ~_.. e same conditions '. b . if h' e 5 3d Sett ,n invests - His Majesty With the - ‘ ,, e,5er.z,i,, ,, ,, , as 'was lore and tuck Volunteers • s - '-' '344stitutes under . ; hi; 1-1 , ( 4. . • ..isc.reti , n , fsuspending the COMVULSORY enrol be acc eptedP .0 . 5% , ,' in tedktion of flit and e"roited, - a 're 'to :1 - ...zrit_cf men under this ASR altogether; provided other •. . .. wise have been raised tee numbers -Which must . tile•efF,6live Members of Volunteer Corps in• any dire been 8 1 , 4 v. numbers th e in.•bl ' '' r D .flS l l accepted or to he accepted by 'His the 1 t under )4 ()t as e 'J'e .L''"'") °I. '" . " , , pla ces of asse Li 5 eire. t" be f 1 1 IV! • who had agreed to be trained and disciplined, muly •in th e di, 'gent ()twat( et to oesty, -,..nest according e ( li.crent - :unties,C and to march to any part of Great Britain irecase. of . 6to tiip.j,- Numbers. 4 Cretl as , - ' r Y -at War , His Majesty ' should amount rn stnltted - to the Inv.aston or appearance of an Enemy, . , Y tha ajesty that, Rl ' 'I. C the Ad, to a `Ward s -- --- oper at i o , • • aspent o fur together with, the ralunteers under ..,, A proc e , nor the ballot, to be after.. number satisfad ry to His Majesty; not being less ded u o And it is further e eh , ill the nu trili - era - are.cornOlete. than three-fourths of the whole number to be en: ati oubstittl.i..z.3.. naled, that, if sack Volunteers, 'rotted. • TI-ie objeet of the Clause . is obvious.-the fat - h. - 41 te; reeei ; enroi n - y e - 6 .- . I..ng a bounty, ,ref Use to Act 'was passed co strengthen, and indeed to enlarge , ree e i y , . cl, opt)t) .' they shall return the money the King's Common Law Prerogative, in , Case of enrolment fatn (.)f ; . . 4- nprisonment • buts after Inl , asidn, by authorizing His' Majesty to organize aa a , to HuLoubtedl •' ' ~ they ha be e ' ki b xl alY to „ ' Iland, in the manner oint_ y consoler soo t ,' Vo Lune- and di scipline thern before. p • ' he Ro al Aut horit with sera, es een a e es ,, , , ,• n the same footing • as: if ed out, to which, peehaps, t y y, . Cain slo ,, r ,,%gtila r 5,4 '- i I „, b Y b 'not, or, had agreed to chat the aid of Parliainent, did not sufficiently extend : - serve 40.ve under`'' v olunitet;o.:'Utes under the Aft.. ,But how But, as it Was most desirable, at the same time, that tki s 4 0 1 ~_ len enrolled and swearing to this necessary exertion for the defence of the King hers of Vf . - . ""t • 11 assimilated -; with light • pressure as' ' (} tilltee r c ur . ) 4 t to-the Mem. dons should operate as a pos ' King haw been aCcepted I),l4i'vvhoSp spootaneous services sible upon its general popolation, it was fitly left to to,f the, Act ti' f ihe 42 ,1 o f e Ki n.?' under the authority the King to contemplate the effective extent of the TTtuat account, were thei C.it; ' g, chap. 66, and who, . Voratittece Forces, and - to suspend the compulsory of Voluntee rs.,ienrolkd : „T„ ''''' re s! , ly exempted ?. 'The opertitiOn of the 'law within the limits of 3-tUurths --, ‘oir /a s i . 4,.i ' •''''. ""rn under theproViSiG:7s of She number . to be enrolled under. the Ad :IA are the mere Sul) t°itu'V 43d a t he-King ,eb a p . 82, limitation afterwards repealed by a subsequeini Aa vi clu4s . . Tin. `• s , ::: -' ee ' s of Parishes iiistead of Indi. , in the'6nie Session, which' leaves the numbers en. In t h e , Armj„ ( l a are 1 Y •?"tati Substitutes to serve tirelY•TO - His IVlajesty's discretion. • Whether this to Kin -', Reserve. • They laad made no . offer was a"Wise provision or nor, considering 'that the found • • ga9lVll:isiy terms , in this7parileil • ' ' -but aloe' that are to•be serVieeS of Volunteer Corps were spontaneous ; u se, they fire v , ,,ti ar Statute. Whether; there. -Whether it was.reposing too great a' trust in the s i ince,. • : Pfferin I s, ti t .tlie most liberal sense, 'cisntiintance of'itich services, though secured by the , . 2 toemselves far 'a enuatnd to tfie e e -a Ouilty, they are equally conditional quality of the Exemptions, it-is not foe me kTiew, sct; ice , (11. reed by the Act ; they to • determine : But, of this lam positively certain-,, .se r •• " ought. to have knowthe ofthat 1 - engagements of the Volunteer Corps Of the env they en i' ' n„, extent the the e iHre ~ gage( in l , s Le , , occattie it is pointed out in *continua/ice of them 'was before spontaneous-) are . not ~,,Icr terms by the pOO O , Pof Statute, * • .altered by this Section .• • the at all k'e'.. I „ , s se rvie s es,.uthl er . • , this Apt} are not confined to cannot' but be admitted to me, I am further Must* , a ,' . en9tsnedus terlTl3 nr o • .1 -- '."•lTts i i - Tr - - - r 'l l ' ) eu by themselves and decidedly of 'opinion, that' there is nothing in' the * ''''',Y : Y.P9t,.cuniined to the contingency langtia t etaf it, which can in . fair conttaidion afford in..z r I I even matter of rec.::,! that the engagemeilts, i in the, opinion of P:itli,aineot, were i fe nt the begin, ....1.4q finding ; beciuSe, 'in IL 5,0.1 e., or this 53• A • geclion, the frain“s of it, S;111 reepileeto , grihatfo;: r, of the Force, viz. the 1/ . 3 , 1...i n.er. -. L7 is, ‘,.:11,1:11 i was-to produce 'tlie,s&•ponSion of the . hallo i, 1..? ; i s cat a i iludiaating kind, have ai,ltledThese r,emarka!,,c.. wotdi, . , subject nevertheless to such conditions as to, tke roan_. her 'Of efeaive Men to it: constantly existing- in such Volunteer' Corp, or remaining :to eitg . nged as: - 1 7 01un..' leers under the Ad ; and subjed to such othe'r re • gulations as to exercise, muster, or inspeetion, by. getiiial or other Officer, as to IlisMajesiy should seentneceSiary ; ar.d, in case of failure ofcoMlioince . • with such conditions," kehrc77 shiWi that the'r l e Wds' ''i i a pouter of n0n„c0n. , i5i... , 4.,: e in some _ part at least of this force), '' or, • ii? the. mil - Tber of such Corps as aforesaid, or or sud,' VolUnteer3, Should . not continue 'eqoat to the numbers, required in • that ~ behalf," 'which shc , :-.41.i izga';n, that a jlUattatioa in .. • some part of this Force was to b'e . app?ehended; then the enrolment under the An was . to proceed as if neither of such forces had ever existed. • 'This is nothing more than tnaking the suipension of the Com pulsory Le'vy rest in . the King's diserecionary view of the extent :of other forces; but. certainly c an n ot. alter engagements of serVice. before •ziceeOted ; and indeed it ilitriptissible to put . Such a construtaion upon 'this' very SeCtion, without saving (what no Lawyer will, I thiok, venture tt proriounce)„.. vii,'. that although the mode of training_ and exercise of the yolunteer,Corps had ,been accepted as .expre s sly • dependiog Upon their particular terms and agree: mews ofServices,to he enforced by Fines accor d ing to . the'naturenf their various engagenients; yet that by the operation of this Seaion every Volunteer Corps (for that is one of the conditions of suspendino. the, Compulsory Lev)), was to be sObjea,' even before the time .of Invasion, or appearance of an Enemy . , " to such . rules and regulations as.to exercise, muster, " or inspedion by Gene?..alor other Fieli Officers, as "to flit Illqiesty should seem necessary.'.' A propo: iition whi.Oh, as applicable fo . Volunteer Corps in general, haS never yet been advanced. .. • Theiength of this s3d SeCtion gives an unavoid.„ able complication la any argnment upon it.. B u t Jo put my : ciear..opinion of. its: construction into' plain and short English ; it is-thislt vested a discretion • - , ift.toe kin g to,suv i iend the operation - 4 . a compulso,y levy of his . Subjc.64 hr the defence of the realm; whilst there existed, in-lhis opinion, a sufficiero ` . :3- itt.ntary.force for its• , proteCtiOn i and it is im.; possible to resort to a different construction, without saying .that Parliament, in CaSe,Of . the general • Mais, which. it, had a right, by this 'Statute, to •Coerceo in . case of.. those who had made no ciferi ; who had ex- ' pendednomoney, and had made rro pi tsoiial exec. tioniorsacri j 'ires whatsoever; had set a trap, in the first instance, for those.whO had given the earliest and best example;. coercing tlieni to screen others from coercesion, and' confining the comptilSory ea:i upon those who had done nothing, to the Mere 'con tingent supply . of suCh i numlyts as might 'escape tin-01.10h the snares with which it had surrounded the Ifoltinfeers. ' ' -' . • 7' . The provisions of the 54. th SeEtiOn add nothing to the arguimrnts against,. the .freedom • Of the -Vo lunreet" EstabliShments. It is there ena c cied, that such'Voitinteet Corps, so formed as aforesaid; and every 'Persou so enrolled'therein, - shall be liable to march,to any part of Great Britain for the. defence tSereof, on any InVasion or appearance of an Enemy,. Sec. whenever 'they shill be summoned . by the Lord Lieutenant of the Ciunty. But it 'must be recollect. ed, that such Volunteer Corp . § teferi to the V. lunteer. . ,Corps mentioned . in the 53d Section, viz. - l'olanteer Corps ;who by the terms of their (bolunt.iry'en:gage. meats had so 'engaged to be marched ; and.also that the proviSioo Only, extends tb Corps then existing. and not to all inenibers that had ever been - enrolled-in them, which leaves the question quiteuntouched;an(l , emancipates Parliament irony the' reproaclt of the operineSs and Manliness Of a brave and faith. • fill people byartifice and-deceit. .: _ , • But if any doubt remained, it would be, entirely .done'away by the provisions of the Subsequent Sta_ lute i if ' the "4; a' of the King, :chap. t et: ; 'which is •the laSt eXi'stitig . for the regulation . of thd Yeomanry and Volunteer Corpse fOt• this Statute" expressly de- Clatei.;'ilia'i. ilie- . ..ad of the' Kings chap: 66, under which the services of the Volunteers wereorit;-inally b aceed, remained in full force, "exCept so fur as l-Ae • " the same .iris varied this' Ad;" which - Could -..• by not: be if it:: had been in parts repealed or altered before : and so fi., frOm considering effective service ;ICOnipu.lsPrY, irdireCts, with a.view to exemptions, ' • that the Commanding ' Officers of :Volunteer Corps shall Make a return in a prescribeilibrin, distinguish; b int - r those who sh a ll cont i nue t o b e effeEtive, from those• Who, by non-attendance, -, hive become non. effedive ; and by referring - to . ' the Sehedule, as annexed to:: the ACI,• it -- Will be seen that. the same form . is still observed; . viz. " discharged or:y4itted " since the last muster.roll." And - to shew, Conclu sively, that this:right of quitting was 'considered by _ Parliament to'exist, and e‘Ven nuithout the sanction of ' the Commanding o . s.cer, the Bth SeCtion, which besides operates drily 'upon Serjeants, Trumpeters, Buglemen, and Drummers, of Volunteer and Yeomanry'Corps receiving pay; recites in'its preamble,'" that great " inconvenience bad been found to arise in the Vo " lunteer and Yeomanry Service of Great Britain " and Ireland, from their being no authority to en " force military discipline among' such- Setjeants, " Trumpeters, and Drummers of Volunteer and' " Ye6manrY Corps, or to prevent them quitting such " Corps without the leave of their Commanding " Ofcer." These defects are then remedied in the enacting part, by subjecting' strch / persons, to receiv ing pay., even before Itivasiori, to a Regimental Court-Martial. But surely this preamble, tollowed by the limited enaam'ent of the SeCtiOn, are, sufficient to shew . that Parliament considered the engagements Of the Volunteers in the light which I have ventur_ ed to consider them. I should have given this Opinion with very great pain and reluetance, if it had not appeared to me that ,► 1 the Policy of th e Q u e st i on was as c l ear as t h e L aw o f I 'it. It has been, probably, a difference of. opinion in this respell, which has given a strong bias to the. - minds of those who have thotight differently on this , ' tl The Opinions which I allude to, are .ent i.: elect t a o . very great respett from every b dy, from 'the high station of their authors ; and they derive I an additional weight-with me, from the opinion I I .S T. have a '..v;-.-y i .E=T, ing.. iF ,Bp t Opi n,,,i t rot i)eiq,.na ; terofd f'' rete - i - T-ut :he re,elt .c;reLisoiii,g, I have iiecri c ut . pelled to difEr ;:aEld it wt i y tutu . oulp that my pinion, not theirs, is erronen tui , an d t h at I cove lf ve been led into the error 6 , 7 mine, from ,:n o thr. f.,:d; 1 aM'afraid, art incurable cast, c ,f th'intlYni7. :1 h I liiiveall- my- life accustomed myself t o ex a l t the su. ph-ibrefficacy of voluntary zeal and 'air d:on, when brought into af.tiort ti ::n ra inentons ntti -_na: occi-, slops, whether f)r the internal support -ON Govern.. client, 'or for its defence against toreign Luce. - I never, indeed, - cotisidered•it ito”ible to substitnte a Volunteer for a Regular Nilikitary Establishment.; but coming in stiddto and critical aid of it, to; gilt time...furies form taw, and to strengthen and "sup p'ort- it When formed :, to give uoitoirtiity,and anima 'lion to a -National Cause, and enthusiastic succour, inThe'day of danger,. to well concerted Military •Defepce's. I feel no bounds to the reliance which ought 'to be placed hi such a , sy3telp ; above all, when Man is prudently donsidercd,' as he is, with-all his;imperfeaions as-well- as•his virtues : takifig se curity, against the, one I.)y the ordinary courses of corupulseiry'GOvernment, and givingAin addition, value to the other by that liberal trust,,aod confi dence which ought to the priociple of all free 4rdtesi. and which the . Pople of this Country have so eininently.deserved i , . • - , C.O • T. ERSKINE. Lintola's Inn Fields, ;pt. 16,h, 18 MRS. 4E,E A T nine VelOCk- M' ter, the nix. street . officer, ar-rived .in. -toivu twin . Ginner:3T , r. with Mrs. LEE and Mr. I.,i.trOcg GORDON, the person whU • carried otf that. Litly, - as stated in a fortner.pperr •Mr. GIORDoN . was ordered by the Bow-street -11/lagist rates. to remain in custody. Mrs: '. LEE, with a femdl,e servant, who accompanied Cot Police Officer to Gloucester, in search .01 her mis. , tress, went' to the house of Mr. PARKINS, her Arz totney,.,in -Great Ormond -street, where she siepi last might. .She .is a very handsome- w,wpan, the afilided state in which she arrived, rendered her. appearance highly interesting. . .The following are a few further particulars . of rise above.extraordinary-, a ff a i r:Mr. ' LAUD EN GORDON, , since his arrival in Eng_ . land from .the Nest 'lndies, about two months ago, , has resided near Raneligh, and a. part of the time in the same:house with his brother, M. LoCKItART GORDON,. at Alsop's Buildings, New Road. On Sunday last he wasitt the latter place,, warn formed 41 - re . Laci:y who keeps the house, that some , very particular circumstances obliged him to leave town immediately, and as he was g , )ing out to dinner t.' - ',lt‘ day; requested' she would pack hini up somt. linen and clothes in his trunk, hire a post,chaiSe for Uxbridge;.and come in it the same evening, at seven o'cloZ:k, With the trunk, to the corner of Bolton_ street ; ' which she' accordingly did:and, after wait ing a Mort time, Mr. LikuoeN GORDON came and told her to take a coach and I;o'horne. Mr. Goa_ Do! then returned t'o'Mrs. Lr,s,'s house; soon after i' , .vhich she was-carried off. On Tuesd_aye tr en i r, flow . ..street Officer, 'accornzianiid by one or Mrs. LfiF,'S fernaie servants, se, oir post :in Aptst of Elio fugizivzs ; and !ht same evening a letter from Mis. LEE, dira.-ted` to her maid, was brought to the house in 15 , iltob-row, by a young,man, who said that it,came inclosed to him in-:inotherikter from his mother, who keeps an inn at TotsWorili, Oxfordshire, and where it appeared they had stopped on SUnday night ; but, from their ~ strange behaviour to each other, much astonishment was excited in the Minds of those at the inn, espeei. ally, as the Lady remained wliile her go% . vn and stock ings were washed. Mrs. LEi's letter, there is rea.. son to 6 e lieve, was written privatelY, and in great haste ; the words were very few, and ,nearly thus " clothes, no money, (!eath or compliance." F:orn Tetsworth they proceeded to 'Glbucester,' where they were fe!!6! on Wednesday, afternoon by Miller, who took' Mr. LAUDEN GORDONinto cus • • todY. Mrs. Lilt's servant went with' the Officer, . in order to. attend her mistress Mr. ',AUDEN 'GORDON called two or three times at Mrs. I.Ei!s y house, since his arrival in'England; but who, - . we understand, was denied. to Min..: In the course of last week he sent a very polite letter to her, saying that, he - would-Aohiniself the honour of dining with her on the Sunday following, and should'take the liberty of bringing fifs brother, Mr. GkxDoN, with him. CORN. EXCHANGE, JAN. 20. WE have scarce any further supply of.Wheit to day ; the ordinary samples,have very quick sale, and fine quality would fetch better prices; therels some fresh Barley. conie in ; that with Malt, Pease and Beans are at no particular variation,; the. Oat, trade is 63. per quaitet dearer ; Floucr as our : last ;. fine American at 34.5. per barrel of I cwt. 3 I'4: Wheat 35s a 4as a 555; od Tick Beans -28 s a 345 od Fitic: ditto -56 s a 57s od Oats - to. a 2is a 23s oil Rye - -28 s a 31s od Poland ditto. 24$ a 25$ Barley - - 2.Ds a 25s od Rape Seed - - 361 a 391 . Malt • - stS a 57$ od Fine Hour -44 s a 48s 0.; White Pease 3.*a 45$ od Seconds ' - 405 a 44s 0.l Beans - - 33$ a 39$ od On Saturday the 7.th inst. the Hon. WILLIAM GEORGE MONCKTON was sworn into the office of an Alderman of Pontefrad, and afterwards enter, tamed the Corporation at the Elephant Um, The utmost convivially and harmony prevailed, and thti Company did -not retire till a late hour, highly gratified with the affability and attention of their new f Magistrate. Many loyal and appropriate toasts. were given, and on the health of Lord Vic. count GALWAY beir,ig drank, Mr. MONC KTON a d. dressed the company in nearly the following Mail. ner : " GENTLEMEN, " I request you — will accept my sincere thanks for the honour you have done my Fattier i drinktog his tie,lth, ana also for the favour conferred upon we, b ) admittinl4 me an Alekrmati of your ancient and most iespect ibie Curpotation. re.:eive is as an additional proof in your atil44:llMellt to the family of MONCKTON, the value. of which, 1 beg leave to asstm: you, no member of it is wore sL.tisioL :han roy , elf. The'only . return, Gentlemen, I can itioividualy tot your partiality is, the solemn assurame tat 1 ;intot at a!1 times study to promote the prospery), and anxious!, en. dedvour to maintain (as tar as to toe lies) toe privileges, A. dependence, attd freedom of the i3m0t.4611 of rouisl'ioki:t." \.,