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time to complete the .discipline of Volunteer Corps- than by all the detached attendances they had -' hitherto given. The expellee might be urged as an ohjeCtion, but he world ask if too,oool. 'or even 100,0001. was to be put , in .Conapetition the benefits which the Gauntry would derive from the advantages in point 'of discipline to be by. this means attained by the Volunteers, who he was ciansdent would . cheerfully at tend a call of this nature without pleading their avocations ? or any other excuse. Corps thus - as sembled for a short time on permanent duty, would have the advantage of being inspeaed by the Field Officers stationed in the neighbootheod,'from whom they would learn those points of discipline from which the Country would derive the greatest 'ad * santaae . This brought hien to the second tided, which he had stated to exist in the Volunteer - System, and which he had involved in the first point,. namely, theo want of sufficient means of instruaion for the Volunteer Corps. .He had prpposed - before Christmas the appointment of Field Officers and Adjutants to Volunteer Corps; to ,this, two objeatona were made - , "the one that it might be disagreeable to the Corps; and the other, • that a sufficient -number of Officers could not be found for the purpoite. Now, - as he only proposed to appoint these Field-Officers to such Corps as applied for .thens, to.,be told' that such measures might be disagieeable to those who aid not apply, was not exoaly an answer. As to not being able to find a sufficient number of Officers, his only reply was, try—nothing cough 'be lost, by the experiment, as they were only just in - the same. atate they wee; if it did not succeed.- -Besides, to soy that Corps would not like it, was to say ohat few_ wetritl apply. for it, 'and therefore: the fewer Of ficers would be wanted. He was of-opinion, there-- t'ore, that the experiment ought to be tried', but he thought that much might be obtained by Officers being appointed to that service; Who were- not above the tar k of Captain or even of Lieutenant, many of whore might make very ette-ellent Field Officers, - as Assistants to the Commanders of'Volunteer Corps, veld not ceriainly.to talc a e the eommantl, of which he - had 'never entertained an idea. As to economy, it was too niirrow an objeftion to be considered in the present instance. All these Corps which had: been formed prior to Aug. ISO 3, were allowed to have Regular Officers., who were in sortie cases entitled rQ full, and in others to half pay ,'upon their Original Commission's ; but of the Corps "established' aub. Sequent to that period, none were allowed - upon that . It could- not be supposed. that Officers were wanting when theft were at present two Lieu_ tenant Colonels .and two Majors to each Battalion of • Regulars, many of which were incomplete ; and if Cores were e sembied'Orr permanent duty, as he had paoposed, aoteof these Officers need go but a sport distance from - their atatiams to discipline such Corps, whilst So or -00,600 - men might by "this means be assembled in 'the. course of twenty.four hours, in caae of any suddet - oalorm. He intendeti to make a proposition on chi) stiljeo on a future day. With respeCt to the third point to which he Itati.alluded, he thenght that some system ought to be adopted, and that- not a harsh one, to - enforce regular attendance, good order, and discipline. By tl.e Defence AA, Corps Were direaed aid be gt'ojaa to such regttlationsat t s 'His Majesty ahould appoint. The - Making of regulations - ha.d, however, been con fided wholly to the different Corps, and no steps upon the subjaa had been taken by. Goverranent• He therefore theught, that an' Aa.should,be passed for makitg such general' regulations, for the purpose of ensurteg in every Corps regular attendance, good alder and discipline, by the infliaion of moderate floes', and perhaps in some cases by arrest and de teroitio ; toe latter of which modes might probably Irc• better substituted fur fines than in levy by dis tress. Some suche regulations appeared to him es sential—lt had been said by the Right lion, Veit_ tietnan (:11r. Secretary Yontea), 'that we ought to eo as little as possible with respea to the i ,Volun.: tiers ; he would rather subatithte no more -than was necessary. He could not agree, that any such sys tem of regulations . would be likely to deprive the service .of many Volunteers ; lie on the con trary thought, that they would he submitted to with cheettulness, coupled with the right of re signation, which every Volteercer possested, but which he did rot think- would be used to any catent worth . mette:aming. There was another euiot of very considerable importance, which was theoippointmeot :of Officers. In point of form the ,'.commendation certainly r ested with the Lo r d Lieu , tcnanr, but at the same time it 'was not to 'be sup posed that the Lord Lieutenant would recommend -an Officer for a Volunteer Corps without consulting the , C o mmaroler, who, it' *• be was not fit to re . L.:um:tend, was not fit to remain Commanding Officer the Corps. It was not to be sopposed either that a Commanding Officer would recommend any ;ee e a; tot a Commission without consulting the ,:eaeie;a of his Corps, without however: any e like a regulate Eleaion. This point, how- . e.,er, he thought ought to be settled by Parlia ment. 4nother point now pressed upon his atten tion, for he must say that whilst he was extremely aoxious with respeti to the Volunteers, it was yer necessary that. we should 'pay attention to our other force. They were not 'merely to' consider what force was necessary for the exigencies of fhe moment, but to consider it as conned with the Regular Army,' Militia, and Army of Reserve. could not deny that the Volunteer Force had narrowed the sliallot fur the Militia and Army of Resetve, but that only arose from the Ballot of a single year, and of course must be. materially lessened in future .years. He contended, that by an_Army of Reserve, .or by some force to be raised by Ballot, the Regular Army might be regularly and certainly recruited, by allowing a certain number, a. fourth, a fifth, or a sixth, tp . volunteer fur the Regulars, every year, and again filling up the vacancies by Ballot. , It was et ident to his mind that they must resort - to some method of securing an effective Regular Army, - and he could not bring himself-to agree to an); mode of raising men for that servile, in the first instance, by Ballet ; but men raised by Ballot to serve in Great Britain and Ireland,, under .regnlar Officers, would tioon be induced to volunteer fer general service. He wished that an Army of Reserve . of this •o4t.tre shOuld be increased to 72,000 men, rind that the should be reducd to 40,606, thus having the Same number of men, only differently distributed, as be thought the ~ Militia ought to remain on the old constitutional principle, without Eyeing subject to recruiting for - the Regular Army. This might easily be effe&ed by not hallotting to• fill up vacancies in the Militia, but by ballotting foe the same number of men to be added to the Army of Reserve: He proposed these plans of permanent faice, • because to be a free and happy- Nation, we must be a powerftil one. Minor , difficulties must give way, where it was possible, they would - doubtless be softened ; but where they, . - could neither be .removed or softened, they. must be endured, as those who suffer must be aware that let these difficulties be heightened - beyond any degree that could be conceived, they were nothing compared with those calathities with which other nations of - Europe were affiitted. He should only .add upon this subjeti, that when 'a balloted - man did not serve personally,. the • Substitute ought to be found in the same distria, and that 'it would * be much better for the balloted man to pay a'fixed sum, - leaving theprish to provide a Substitute,' whose 'ac counts would be under the superintentlance of Magi- strates, and thus the giving of large bounties be ~ , . pre vented. - This would tend to put a•stop 'to that competition which had for some time existed, as men, knowing they could . get no more than - a .fixed price, would come forward more readily in the first. instance. Thee general °Urines, when finally -digested- would, he thought, tend to lay the founda tion of a-system - calculated to make - us the greatest, as well 'as the bra Vest and freest Nation..upon earth. As to another species of Defence, - that of Fortifica tion, he hoped no narrow view of economy would prevent that from being used Wherever there were vulnerable points, as a.--feW thousands well ape plied, might probably save a much larger sum, .and preserve the lives of mapy. There were other means of Defence which were of the very highest importanee, and to which he should only now allude. (,fin. this, sUbjea he did' not speak lightly when he said, that our eff,..4ts in tlic' way - or - naval defence were not adequate to the - danger. Whilst our naval means had been greater than at any-former period, 'our exertions had been less. 'He' said this from no sentiment of prejudice"; if he erred, he erred on the side of the, Country ; giut the day might come when • if an extraordinary exertion . for the defence of .the Coast did - not -manifest itself, he might. think it,his duty to saytnore one the subjett.- •His only wish was ' to make the whole system of our defence as perfeet a 3 possible ;•to.that end he only looked, and-attached - no importance to his own ideas any further than as . thef.olght be,,Considered as tending to.that objet. Mr. IrliVDl : filMdelivered his sentiments at some length, and entered into a variety of detailed considerations of-the subject. ea great-part of his Speech applied to what fell from ..theeßight_ Hon. Gentleman under the Gallery (Mr. PITT) relative to his proposed amelioration of the Volunteer System. He said the Volunteer System should be considered in a prospeCtive as well as in an immediate point of view ; and he condernoed in pointed terms the greater partof- the measures adopted with respect to the Volunteers. Were 'it pro . posed tot-ender them useful, even on their own principles, a system of trbublisome :snd, harassing discipline should not be reserted to, as probably the less in point of number, by ye signation, would hi...greater than the advantage attained with respect to unproved discipline. He contended, that the pre sent system of Defensive Measines, particularly of the Vo lunteer System, Went to counteract the augmentation of the regular and disposable - Visrce -of the Country. No per feelicn of discipline.. on the part of the 'Volunteers would comperisate.lor this iii died. He thought the plan- of using -a force,of this description as a means of annoying an Enemy in _whatever way they could, would be preferable to the mode of employing them in battalions ;in which shape they would be rather a disservice, and tend to induce the defeat of regular 'Troops. He adVerted to an instance of insubordination which was said to have occurred in a part of the country, where a number of Volunteers insisted, On a Commander of theirs ' being liberated from the jail. He wished for authoritative information on this head,. - and- to know whether any legal cognizance was taken of the affair : this lie :bought of great , _importance, the more especially as it was argued as if the Va.: lunteers were intended as a permanent force...in the Country., Condiiet such as he had alluded to, Might be pregoant with danger, of which no inencould foreaeethe limits, In Other points of view, the Vohniteer System, as now condutted, was seriously to be considefed. On the occasion of Elee tions, tot' instance, when Corps might set up their favourite Candidates, as a great number of those armed men were Electors, it would not be so, practicable to, send-such soldiers out of the sown, as that in fact would be sending the town out• of ( A laugh). To cer 'tain parti of his Right Hon. .Friend's plan he decidedly objeCtcd. Notwithstanding . they.-in and. force,. - and eicquenee With which these sargeestions were delivered,. still he was unconvinced. edeemed it Materiam'suptrabit opus. • However, he wished to have the energy of the Country dis played upon adequate occasions. Ile did not wish it to be rendered a Military Country ; those. Countries, which Were professedly so, that is,' where all the Citizens were deemed Soldiers, as Geneva and America', were in fatt 'less Military Counts - 16's than any : other, .Prance, wherein a rtiiferent;sys,. tern prevailed, displaYcd in fad the greatest ruilitaryenergies., ' They should seriously set nboii, the great 'work 'under consi etc:ration., and atone for past neglect, in sedulously labouring to...reate an. etiective Force, which could co-operate with , or support the Regular Force of the Country, when the 'urgency of the occasion should require. • - -Lord (.4.371.E.REAG11 said, that a great deal of What had transpired it the Debate, particularly misty parts of . the suggestions of hisliononrable Friend, could be more regulae - ly and erriedually discussed in the Committee , on the Bin, or in the regular discussion .of that Motion of which hia.Hon e Friend gave notice in the course of .his Speech, With respett to the Speech of the Right Hon. Gentlenian who spoke last, as applying to the measure Under - discussion, it resolved itself into two points : first, the supposed prejudicial operation of the 'Volunteer System with respect to the other Force of the Country; and, .secondly,' the alledged defeas within the..,System itself; and on both these points, he - thought the Right Honourable Geottenheui fully as un suecessful,now in attempting to - establish as he was upon tonne? occasions. In illustrating this - pOsitione' the:Noble Lord entered into a detailed consideration of those parts of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech to which he referred. With respeel, however, 10 the idea. that it would be prefer.: • able to employ the Voluntetrs in an .irregirlar desultory way of operation,- he entertained a different idea, and in this he was warranted by what took place in other countries, and adverted to the services rendered by an armed peasantry - on' the Rhine and in, Suabia ; but these were particularly cir cumstanced—their attacks were directed agarnst a retreating army :. besides, the peasantry in these countries are more inured to warfare and to the use of arms than those of Eng land. ' But the great superiority of disciplined levies,' though newly ;raised, may be learned from the victories obtained. by those • under the . command ,of Dumourier at jeniappe and other places; He was well convinced of the loyalty, integrity, and patriotism of the Volun teers; their connection with the Crown,, and with the Laws of their Country, should tend entirely to set our minds at-rest on the score of their principles and. conduct.. With regard to the anecdote allitded to by the Hon. Gentleman, he was sorry that a diSposition prevailed any wheie to Search ' out for impotent circumstances and trivial Os, which must sometimes unavoidably - occur in an aggregate of - 37a,e00 men, and bring them tbrward as proofs - of the disposition of the Volunteets in general. In the best disciplined regular troops in the world, such instaac'es of improper coßttutt or insubor dination Would* 'sonietimras be found to occur. The affair alluded to, lie understood, took place at Chester, but the _ • persons who Were concerned in the proceeding were instantly dismissed. with strong marks-of disapprobation from the - Corps, and Measures were-taken by the ATTORNEY-G ENE R ,Vt. with a . vie w to their prosecution. Adverting to, what hid fallen from his Right Hon. Friend, with respect to the gene ral questioe of Recruiting, ireceas iltid he had turned his wind to i tone subie!zt was o: tlielast importance, and he hoped same means wou ld ibe struck °m a° carry Imo eifeet some regular s tein of recruiting, free from those difficulties. hitherto experi enced, and whicli;aroSe from crinsideratioos connected witiathe wealth and:Piosperity of the Country. Another point which .wished to,9bseue upon, as .connected with wind- hill front rlis Right Iron. Friend, 'teas the state of the Counfey in point of Naval Defence. And with the vie,/ to prove that the greatest exertions were made by Ministers in that vitally important line, his Lordship entered into some calculations of the comparative state of our Naval- Force at present, and at different periods of the late War ; this, he argued,. was greatly in favour of the former, speaking of ordinary Ships of War, in . addition •to which was to be considered a flotilla of itiz small vessels, either armed or arming., which the peculiar circumstances of the present time required.' ilfr. PITT begged .leave to say a very tew words in ex-, planation. He assured the Noble Lord that he should feel more'" happyin finding that every thing predicable had been done in the line of Naval Defence, than that any of his appreheneions of another kind should be realized. .But to be convinced of this, ..some further explanation than that just offered should be given. He thought the comparative statements which had been given did not proceed upon a fair principle : there certainty was no comparison between the first years of a War e when the previous Peace Establishment had been only IS,ooomen, and that in which it had been 5.0,000, — Where they had passed to a - War from a state of profound • Peace, and where hostilities were resorted to after a con tinual apprehension-of War.—He thought it should be,sheivn what progress was made in that species of defence to court teraa attempts at Invasion, by means of shallow water ?-.. Were the comparisolts drawn from the state of preparation at those periods of the late War when Invasion was more par ticularly thought of, as in 97 and 98, and in the summer of the year iBor, the difference would be more apparent, and the contrast more visible with those steps which had 'been fately:and tardily taken for counteracting the designs of the Enemy in these particulars.. He felt it a duty due to hint selfand to the Country,' to point the attention of the House to this important topic—a duty with which no , former partis ality or private frieodships should interfere, and which, therefore, he should perhaps bring forward in a more specific form to the consideration of the House. • • . WILITI3ItEAD spoke at some length, and-argued with considerable ability against i. some of the more pro minent measures of Ministers with respectto the Volun teers. (Of this and the subsequent' parts e!tf the Debate our restricted 'limits allow us to give but a very briet sketch.) -• The Honourable Gentleman dwelt partieular ly on' the circumstance of • the opinion of His Majesty Law Officers, which had been circulated by Autho rity.to the Lord, Lieutenants, &c. and which they after-. Wards, he said, declared were contrary to their intentions in originally framing the Ads. This proceeding he not only reprobated with great force of argument, but displayed considerable degree of humour, when he treated- it• ludicrous ly. Heehouglit ail the expences of the Volunteers should be paid froM the public purse, which would do away the much talked of evil of the Committees; he censured Mini sters for the tardiness of their measures, perticularlf" with reaped to The Volunteers;" and in'a neat and well delivered , oration, he deprecated the idea of • taying emphasis upon' the character of the invader, it was enough that' the invasion was threatened.. Were it the Detni God, of the' Thuilleries, i. or the Devil 'incarnate of the print-shops Of Piccadilly and St..laines's-street, or even the illustrious Henry IV'. hims' self that came to invade us, the spirit, energy and patriotisrn - of '.Britons would alike be roused to repel the aggression, and' to - drive him from their shores with defeat-and disgrace.. Mr. Secretary Secretary YORKE saida few words in explanation. Mr. TIERNEY, - in consequence of some points which felt from Mr. WHITBREAD, entered into some explenatiops re.. lative to what passed in the Borough Corps, respeding the appointment of .oflicers, &c. (These being already before the Public, we do not recite them..) Mr. FOX, in a speech of - some length, in whiCh he dls- Playect'hisaccustomed talents aod eloquence,'supported the arguments of his Hon. Friend. (Mr. WHi TAR E At)) but pre vious to his entering upon the main subjed, he adverted to What tell from the Noble Lord (CA STLEIEACH) respeding the exertions made • for the Naval Defence of the Coulee-ye In7this, he observed, %vete any blame imputable to 'his Noble- Friend at the head of the Admiralty, it, roust be 'done away by a better Advocate, or by different statements. than those offered by the Noble Lord ; it - Was not by eolii-1 parisons of condud, that of his Noble Friend was to - be judged, or ,by what had been done by others: --it must stand open its own -merits : —it was to be considered reds; what was requisite fer that Noble Person to doe and 'what means lie had for the performance alit but comparisons of the nature advanced by the Noble Lord, were by no means just, and he had to censure similar proteedith;s the Ame rican War, when it was attempted on such groendS. to jus tify the late Lord SANDWICH. . He censuthd the con dud of Ministers for their tarditiet;S of . Oreparatien, when they mast have known the relative state of 'the-Belligerent Countries long before hostilities commenced; • when, ac cording to their own accounts, the •coodua of France to-e wards'us, since the sigassiture of the' Definitive Treaty, was one uniform system of insult and aggression. He col-_ demned in strong teirn; the coudud of Ministers respect_ . ing the consulting the opinions of the Law Officers, and the „I,:row n, &c. witieh had the etled of inducing Magistrates ao colones pseele who ought not to be convicted, and to levy fines w teee ;:blie ought to be levied the general syatern Of men e • ee:,,et with. reseed to the Volunteers,. also had his ei s apeee:atioe—Nor could he agree in a great part of what ;,,. eden froill the Right Hon. Gent., under the Gallery. eSi not mean to propose a ,geheral plan himself for the aniciioretion of that part of our defence: he deeMedhinieelf. not eqn.il •to, it ; neither did he suppose the Ilouse would adopt iiis suggestions.' Indeed; at present, lie thought such would be the .late 01 those Of the Right• Hon. Gentleman. I-lose:vete lie hoped the general subjeet would be made a matter of. regular 'inquiry. Were such' inquiry, adopted in i t ibe or August last, the Country would-now be in a dieter. ten situation. - Mr.Ti•ER N EY and Mr. Fox spoke severally in explanation. • ,The CHANCELLOR qf 'the EXCHE,QUER'said, he Would . trespass on the House but a very short time. He defended . the - comparative statements advanced by his Noble F riend (Lord CAsi• Leas:keit) as fair and justifiable, in evincing the unparalleled exertions made .in these tipes in the -present Contest. . _ He adrnitted that the Recruiting of the garine Service was and had been in a state of lanyour; but not from any defed in • the conduct of the. Admiralty, Which . he justified altogether, as he did also the conduct of Government as to the use they, had made of the means put into their ,hands, and professed his readiness to discuss the subjed at length at any future day. He said that the present regular force of this Country was within 17,000 men equal to what it was in the year 1799, when our Military. Establishment was - at the highest. As to the question of the Right of Volunteers to resi'gri e • the point' had never occurred to him beldre the Opinion of the Attorney General had been given, but if the question had beet, asked of him he should certainty - have said that it was - of the essence of a Voluntary System, to be accompanied by a right - of resignation; but after the Opinion of the Attorney .General had been taken vpoh it,' he tneught it wouldha've been unjust to. the Volunteers themselves• to keep it a se cret, as many of them at that time had not entered, and if there was any blame to be attached to the publication of than Opinion, Gentlemen on the other side ot'the House Were accomplices in the tad, siece they never found - fault- with IL although frequent opportunities occurred for that purpese 7 i- He assured Mr. Fox that every attention would be paid to whaniyer suggestion came from him upon the -subjed "Of the Volunteer System, and Mr. PITT still more partied - - lady of the same thing as to his ; and he assured every, tleman in the House that Suggestions from every lalernbef would be attended to with great reaped, , for - it was the ob, jed to make the Plan as nearly petted as possible; and this I was a question in which Gentlemen might aftbrd a truce to party feeling—He expressed his hopes' that elle Bill might be commited on Wednesday, and go through all its stages in that House in the course of this week. • Mr. GREY answered all the objections of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and censured the conduct of GovernMeht with regard to the Volunteer System, which had - prevented the increase of the Army and Army of Reserve; Marine, &c. Captain MAR;HANI justified the conduet of-the Admi ralty, and considered the. low rate of Insurance as conclusive evidence of the merit of that Board. • • Tile-Question was then put and carried: —Bil I read a Sp •contl time, rand ordered • to be committed tp a COMMittee of the whole Hattie on Wednesday. • Sir joex W a (yr Es LEy renewed his notice of a Motion for Inqadry into the Conduct of Government in Ireland, 'previ ous to and on the zsd of July last: He said lie should move it on Wednesday se'nnight. A new Writ was ordered, on the Motion of Mr. Rosa, for Liskeard, in the room of j. EL tor, now Lord ELi ot . Deferred the other Orders of the Day. At four o'clock in the morning the House adjourned to to. morrow (this Day.) IMAI LS. DUI. A&$lV$D. Amhurz h 3 . Pi< it. it OF .1 lUL. A.), , .. YESTERDAY. 1 - 13. 1.. Ann. 16 5- r6Z Exchvpier Bills s. S. prem. Orn.n . oirn 3i, Ditto Ann. 9 7-16 Deferret4 3 pe.r Ceot. Cons for 12th April :57,4fi' TV't LV E WC I. f) r. - .. Red, Ann. Clank Stock Navy 5 oer Lem. 88ii 5 ver ent. , "9 - , 94,44 per Cent. Con 3 hper C. R. 5 5iiii er C - C'on 55a1l TN .DAY AT cQnsols - - 55; THE SUN. ROLEM QUIs DICERS FALSUM ATTDEAT LONJ)ON, PEBRUARY 2S, 180+. THE Official Billlztin of this morning is as fol' lows :t - - s , We have the same favourable opinion of His MAJ zs ' Y's progressive amendment as , we hid yesterday. • (Signed) " PIPYS. " ;El REYNOLDS. '" Queen's House„ " F. MI L MAN . • F.'S. 28 , tSc4. " W. flipritots• No Communication, as was expefled, was ma` e yesterday to the House of Commons by Ministers • but it will be seen. from our Parliamentary Proved' ings, that a most interesting dis;ossion took Pla ce upon the subjed.of His MAJESTY'S Indispose— in the course of which the Minister distinalY dared " that there was not at this time a necessary "• Suspension of the Exercise of the Royal istab ° ' " The Second Readin'g of the Volunteer Bill WY* place last night. Mr. Prvt, in a very brilliant a ' impressive Speech - of about two hods, dura ri°llr made some - very important obseriations and 64 ' gestions respecting the general Defence of the Coon' try ; and "intimated his intention, at some futu re opportunity, of bringing forward some spec ific tion respecting particularly the state of our Na'' measures of Defence:. - - We have the pleasure to say, Hrs MAXEsTY a re ,' li m e , a Ai r ,i t l . l y ze ' s d rp i yi i e n:e s r tn o zß S ln 4n ao d .r a st y tao , t a fe n o d tril l e t r a e d pco a hvl v ,es e ri r )c y ri,_a : n o .as o i d ogef n n is Eri. ,?: fi ," ; being at an early hour yesterday moruing to the Piri4cf.. Of-Wmies; at Blickhealth.'. '' ' -l; - 1 0 . ,. .., The ROYAL, DoicES continue constant in th e ' tendsnce on HER MAJESTY' and the Pit IN . c- 05-5 ' 3 ' thi4 trying time. -; -- ,-, , Yesterday 7a verknitmerouS 'Cabinet Counc il was held at- . Mr. ADDINGTON'S House in D" wnitig i . Street:: The Council assembled at one o'clo ck ati` : continued " the ir sitting till past three. .. Sir LticAY ?ETV'S', Sir fiANtY3 MILLImAN a Dr. Itiv-50?.,0f and Di. lit ERokii . , attend e d . t he Couricil duri n g the. whole 'time. ' - : - . , - - ' The interview betr.;Cen the •Ro - Y - i;Bioilj E li we .tinderstartaLtook. pike on Saturday . at a 3 0- eo house in Pidi--Mall, - at , Which His Royal Highness ta r sides 'during the necessary repairs 'going ,on ai cart r: , ,n. Hotise. The Only person present besi,les sv o . - 1,-)rd PAGET. The PRINCE, With that .0 01 ' n d e r o ' and grace which belong to hiS, c h a r a a er , is : t3 n ie t he have advanced, and thus addressed , himsel' .l ;"„ vo tt butie:' " Brother, here is:my hand.: I give." A . n " sincerely, and only desire neither discosslces " nor explanation respeaing the past; • The titil the q require an oblivion, either of real or l „ -„e ft ginary evils, among those who ran have burro •• common alien.; I wish to he.,,t.lieTrgt CO °',.i.. • fr example of a determination to sacrifice everYrs o . " vate- feeling to the duty we all owe to o ur 0 , • " ir ERE I GN, and to our Country !"—The 9 : r iate we are further informed, made a very arli r %tuat ouce ro%ivneMidelori reply, and the Royal Brothers parted with 01 ;: nz i tokens of affelion, highly Creditable to the fe ed. "' of both. , e sot' Mr. SHE it t com4.---From every thing we Ilea" 4 f toes believe that the kind intentions of His Royal Hig'',,,," ill , the PRINCE of WALES towards this Ge n tleman - - . , 00 , ; be frustrated.' It appears that the Patent gi vl a rs fel , / the Reversion of the Qffice of Receiver to the AA - '.l. ( l e ' err: of Cornwall tvas given several years ago to ---- 11 he LAKE, who is pow in the East Indies ; and thArso has appointed some - persons in this , Country ° a n as his Deputy during his absence. - only bevsacated by the formal resignation of u e s p. , The P a te,or 0 ,, rap LAKE himself, and of course those who are ori a I. lL l i i s t ch t teest to a a f o i hi m will think themselves h ° y e so to do. The PRINCE. of WALES had Of Cr epe . n n q S u u H r i spchritei presume forgotten this appointment when he offer e ' oe ral Li uw : he tr e F oh a ce n ok i nj eo w aa h , us e ly t eh h , e t t ? I, :i iir , e c.s - cso si_ .. " neral we knoivalways counted upon' the p0 .,- ,,,i in of.-tfii3 Office after Lord ELiOT's deCtast ° ,dit ° deed we remember that ail endeavour was. " 1 1,, lot induce his Lordship td resign it during his l' ~.$5.• the .purpost of transferring it to General d oil Mr. SHIR I DAN'S friend 3 are of course a goo mortified at this disappointment. f 04' :Mr. Prrr'S general: Plan for the Defence o f the' cannot -.but be highly approved -. 0 - " 7 * People at large look up with confidence to this G O ,fr, nti` - , , h e _is ..),,, Man'; exert - ions, and lament deeply til.a. , •--- -- „ - , 0 t , placed where he could catty his own Plan' 1 " . CCutiOn., at nnr . . Letters , received from ,the in=shore tr S ili by ° dated off' Brest the zist instant, brought la da r e, ‘Ctitter from the Hon. Admiral CoftNwAt , ni s,, ,, in' that. the Enemy were as, aSiral,'-al,' that cert 3l ( l , cv id . telligence had, been received by ,our-. Fleet iha.„, a ter Line.of-hattle Ships, o f 74 g„ s ant i a .FrP6 O O n, • . . had - escaped from . L'Orient, and had got -s af. 1 • Rochefort. .- , th e e ir ill ' os ' •PLvtviov.TH, FE.B./2.6:---Sailed this'....; . fl-- i ' A4 , .. Plantagenet, of , 7 Oa e .4 guns, Capt. Han. CoUKCY ; with the David Scott, Bertdry, 01e,.t and Fame, - outward.bound East-India Ship s convoy, , for St,. flelerva. - r / 00 411 d DEAL, FE 8.77. —His Majesty's Ships A..' coif,. . Squirrel, Pegasus, and Lark, came in froli tin jo , P.; . off th e Coast of France; and the jarksta‘ . ' ern . .; from the Note. Sailed the Aral-on a'Crli g rfri,i- PoitTsMOUTH, FEB. 27.---Arrived the flAr‘ .. O , ' Walesity,,... LB BLANC, -and Marc a ss B ~ 00. 3 0 a NAY., outward-bound East Iniiarncot i ' ' ;-,/ Downs. • . . O s T FALMOUTH., FEB. 24 I .—Sailed Packet for Lisbon. the - AI! London: Printed by Bo w -s oso ' B. WMILLAN ((II Covent.-orden) ; and Published by Wz 0.1 SCR irPS (of G rQs verer ...a n . :. Nr.. 112, Strap t, • I