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d eras confident every thing had been
dime by Its Majetraf-; Ministers, that ought to have
bean done ; but he 'malted to know whither their
plan embraced the whole , country and whether it
embraced Ireland. /t ought to go to the whole ex-
. tent of the country. I-Ic had proposed five years
ago, that there should be a military survey of the
country, and that 20,001 men shouldbe raised and
placed in the centre of the country. He was of
oainion, a force should be assembled, which, by
means of carriages, might he at any point of attack
in 30 hours. If this plan w.ts adopted, we might
always have a greater force than France could bring
together at any one time. He had stated, that plans
should he arranged fo br enabling Lords Litnittnants to
raise troops, and that-an efficient Deputy Lieutenant
should he appointed, who should give orders fur
every thing necessary to be done. His Lordship ob-
served, that the accidents of war were not in our
power, Providence directed them ; but it was our
duty_ to adopt the best means in our power.
Ile hoped there would he an arm? of reserve com-
manded by an officer of whom the country had an
• high opinion. lie would name that officer—lt Was
Lord Gre7. He knew he might be trusted with
the command of the army of reserve. He could
mow another Noble Lord 'ne;.r hint (Nloira) whose
mlitary conduct conally qualified him. It was a
rafleetion on the country not to make use of the
talents of such men. He could mention another
gallant officer %%the/ had saved the country by gain-
iftg possession of Egypt from the French. His
Majesty's Ministers since the peace had been tearing
the laurels from his brows ; they had not given him
any separate command.
Earl GROSVENOR called the Noble, Lord to
order.
The Duke of CLARF.NCE maintained that the
Noble Lord was strictly in order.
The Earl of SUFFOLK desired that his words
Plight be taken down, if he was out of order, and
debated upon. Ile did not know why he was to be
110 often called to order ; he was proceeding, when
• Earl GROSVENOR appealed to the Chancellor.
'Tice LORI) C.H A NCELLOR' observed, that in
point of fag not one of their Lordships had spoken
strictly to order. The proposition was to address
his Majesty for his gracious Message, and give:him
an assurance that efficacious means would be taken
to support him in the measures recommended for
the security of the kingdom and the prosecution of
the war. The Noble Secretary of State, who moved
it, was rather out of order in stating what the plan
was, but he thought he should have deserved ani-
madversion if he had interrupted him. The course'
adopted by the Noble Mover had led to a dis‘:us-
sion, to limit Wl4,th was beyond 'ais power.
After Lord Sitifolk was called to order,
The Earl of CARLISLE said, the Noble Lord
had been called to order correctly; because nothing
could be more disorderly than to name persons to
be employed by the Crown, which was a direct
breath of the great prerogative of the Crown.
The Earl of SU FFOLK said, he would go to
another point. He then mentioned the great utility of
the Marines, a corps that would be of the most es-
sential service both at sea and on shore, Ile recom-
mended Government to employ as many of them as
possible. In the conclusion he approved of the Ad-
dress, because no man could object to thanking his
Majesty for his gracious Message, and additional
forces must he raised.

Lord RAWDON (Earl of Moira) made a most
animated speech on the occasion. He said, the
danger of the crisis was so great, that the energies
of the people must be called out to enable the country
to repel it, and not only act defensively but offen-
sively. That the people were willing to stand forth,
if they were properly called upon, but it was not by
half ia•astires, or common.-?lace measures that any
god could arise. A Noble Earl had alluded to him
as a person fit to he employed He thanked God.
he was satisfied with the situation in hich his Ma-
jesty had been pleased to place hint in ; and upon
such an occasion as repelling an audacious inva-
der, he would as readily draw his sword as a pri-
vate in the tanks, as command at the head of an
army ; and he was sure that the same spirit per-
vaded the whole country. With regard to the pre-
sent motion, certainly no man could object to it ; hut
as to the measures to be taken in consequence of it,
as opened by the Noble Secretary of State, what-
ever his o'ojetrtinns to it might be, he would not
uselessly waste his time in detailing them at
that moment. The urgency of affairs required action
and not discussion. There had been tno mach tar-
dineAs and poicristinatien already, and it was won-'
derfnlthat hfinisters were now only commencing their
career. 'fhevlctiewlong since, thatthe aggression and
arrogance of the First Consul, would inevitably tend
to war. On the ath March, they brought down his
Majesty's Message to call upon the country to war,
Stud now it was the latter end of June, that they
told l'ariaMeln the outline, sketch, or skeleton of a
military measure of considerable military import-
ance. It was not a cause that could be mastered in
the night-gown and slippers of the dull routine of'
,office. It required adirity and vigemus condal, or
we had better give up the contest, and consent to
perish. Ile tieught it would be much more manly
and honourable to die like men fighting for our all.
We had indeed Leen like men insensible to a dan-
ger that stared them in the face. Men sleeping
under a poisonous tree, till the scalding drops from
its leaves waked us from our slumber, whi: h, if
longer continued, would have been the sleep of
death. Aw. therefore, that the country was
roused and saw its situation, they ought to ad like
men who were awake. We said, that the enemy
had been wise emu* to pursue a my different
lita: of conduct, and had been already suffered
to strike a blow, by stripping his Majesty of
Hanover andalte whole of hit Electorate. This was
an event painful in the extreme to'the heart of every
Englishman, to whose preservation of his Majesty's
patrimonial dominions was anxiously defined. as,
any part of the British empire. Nor was Hano-
ver of inconsiderable importance to the intereets of
Great Britain, it secured to us an -opportunity of
attacking the enemy at the back, while we were an-
noying him, in the front by sea; besides, it secured
to us the important circumstance of having Ham-
burgh open to oar commerce. These important .
advantages had been snatched from ns, without
Ministers taking arty one meaus to resume andpre-
oet ve Hanover, which they might easily have done, ,
as they must have long foreseen that in case of a
rupture the first blow that the enemy :could aim at
tts, would be to seize upon hie Majesty's Elec. ,
torate, and thereby enable them to shut our
commerce out front Hamburgh, the Elbe, and
Weser. Means of rPtaliPtion aught to boa