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Co anter on a contest of life and death. lit coh-1,
elided-by stettng, that i Militia tOrce, by hi rat
' turn shirt} constitution, leas less effloienttliati- It re.
Marione, aril for those reasons bas would enter his'.
&tilled protest Against the present nveasine.
A 11.,. tIEeIitTARY tat WAR said, he 84 not
':insult t
_gi'.. to any] great length ott the prbsent que,
• Min: Hi thotfi.,rift, indeed, after what 'Wad been
. tat en theinbjeel yesterday, that it Would neat be
. ointilidettki nfeesgary by 'anv 'Member .bf 'this Betas;.
He itas, ho*Vier,,•ver,y ittipv that the `Riglrt.liton.
• flaistlenian sfat nntistopped•ili•phifit of olleri' as it
*ffeidedika tin opportunitt of delivering' his senii-
- thents on thersublea. He mute, however, conftilaln,
. -that the Right tion Gen erita'n; in makcitg his 0,-
ILI
le_Oid.ti did nbt ;date, to *pra,:tical conclusion.
• - tie *Sint ftleo complain titit t o' the Rt. Hon. Gen-
tleman ohleds in so strenuous .2 manner to the miii.
Oa ststem at preseilt ; yL.t,dtiri% the long period in
- Whichtle filled his &Ana atuanon, he not only did
*St ohjed' tri Ake
.liglithi, loft had 'encr&tseki it to
•en extutt flew?inanildtkilete. The 'Right Hon.
aerial: 44i was' itsti an -aheiCateier raising the nii,
it& cf+leotlatd, h".'l he' believed ilso for augment.
lag the' ir.lli :I.: of 'IT( land, ait'd hoti,•after thc princi-
' fle had .'seen -agre?l -maid, &rifts' the present Ses-
• lion of Parliament, nFtlietit atilt opposition wdrat-
ester, we bOtv hear an nbjealioninade to the raising of
the boauty fcir Irish militia-men froth 2to 4 guineas I .
?re contep'sledllial* ballot would be a more ex-
pensive riievetre, and would chit at least six guineas .
ter Man. •thrt what was most es:traoriiitark, the
Right lions Geieleman did not. manifest any hi*
ihtv :d tlih measure, wlitt.it WAS proposed ; kW W
• he felt any, why did he • tfot then :mewl and state
leis Objeaions ? Hariffl.T' said so mtich as to the pio-
• stiety of time-for making an opposition, he did not
mean to.go.at length ou the general observations of
the Right Hon. 7entleinan, but some remarks were
tetesiaty. The 'Right Hon; Gentleman had said,
• that the Militia •was not t disposable force. This
tVeryond kpew---it was not the nature of the Milli-
' • tb, the'y tyre :lever ihiended for roreign Service,
• tor to ati a's 'a subsidiary: forte to the regular troops
In, the king.dorn, . -n....ever aiw uccasion occulted •
' -*tech required their •.. or eratiira. die could not but
' tress his winider at hea:itiojtheltlilitia obje!ted to
• • lab 'conittltiresil foa. lit the' year Vito it save
the Capital, asulat tie peeseiunwment, nocotwry in
tarok:: viola briaglorw•Ad 'stith .in effiSerti force
'•• *llrib/ill-an 'slither, or solkpeklitiuslv for scrdce.
4-6 As to the Milittia of tteland, which the Rittlit,
'ion. Gessflenagfisb ifecidekkily Objeaed to (for he dots
' Ito* Seen' egtispy iterktr to"Ille English Militia lys-
. ttfrfl, tle.netht • late' ikelieliiiin, , that very Militia,:
with the eo.operation Oahe
.Yeornanty and Volun-
tter4, ta'‘ifell'll.l4ael ; ink& vv;:tali be bold enough
to say, 'that in Isoint of ipilit, of enemy, and of
ability th starnohnt 51141ie diliculties of tlte severest
-bllntiligti, no teriiaps in the 'ivorld• were superior to
joie :tliJi of„lt'el'ar.'l.
.'As to the 'English 'Mai-
ra, Many, reghhetits very meritoriously volun:
letlitit their services to Inland ' • and, thtnigh they "
" iffited diett ll'h late Isefiod iif the • rebellion, no
person in the stnallest decree acvainted with the
*.ilibrill'cotild Oily, that thelr'ieroices were Of great
twOrthlieeito the ernmay, and'higtly honourable to
ttrern.vlves. The soft. .Got. has said that the 'Mi-
Pia, in chse cff bilar,strvice, could n& be trusted.
(flete Mr. Iritifthini said No.) He admitted that
itarlkikht Hosteurskle Gentlernan had nut expres-
sed himself etattly in such terms, but his wonds
' 4tere-caleulated to make such an impression. The
Honourable Gentleman had said, that the Militia
&old not be retied on in a&nal service, as they were
an ineterienced body of men; but he Would beg
leive to observe, that in one 61 the greatest expe-
dition, of the late war (to Egypt) the army was •
principally tomposed of volunteers from the Irish
Militia. He would also refer to an Expedition
which took place when-the blight Hon. Genolemaa
was in office (the- Expedition to Holland) ; though
the troops composed of volunteers from the En-
glish Militia had antis but just put into their hands,
yet they conJuded themselves in a manner that
would refiea honour on veteran troops. The Hon.
Gentleman is for a regukar army ; but can we main-
tain a. regular force equal to what the service of
the empire requires ? We certainly cannot. The
militia was at all times to be consi&red a powerful
• auxiliary force ; and he was happy to hear that
it was in such a state its to be called out effeitually
on the shortest no:ice. He wonla alio be bold
enough to state, that there were more regular
troops. at present in Great Britain.aud Ireland, and
ip better order, than at any period of the Right
Honourable Gentleman's AdmoristratiOn, or than
there !sere at the beginning nr conclusion of the
late • war, and he was confident we were in a
situation to meet and repel the attack of any enemy.
At to the other point urged Ly the Right lion.
Gentleman, that the adoption of this measure would
have the elle& of retarding ft.,: recruitiug-service
for the •fine, though he admitted it to a certain
extent, he could not think it iaterfered very mate.
rially with.that seri-to!. The men
.who in general
entered the Militia of Ireland, were of a deicriptioa
different from those who-would enter the Regulars.
lie much feared, the Right lion. Gentleman's
sneech Would be likely to have the effesfl of showing'
that he had withdrawn his as,isunce from. the pub-
lit cause ; he was contislent it was not the ease, and
he was equally confident that the Government of
the country would be found equal to any difficulties
t hat may presrnr themselves.
Sir WILLIAM rin.TY.NL:Y said, that the Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mi. Windham) possessed a power
of painting-from his imagination which could Hite
the most lively or gloomy colours to any sutra.
He seems to consider a disposable force only to be
looked to; and this was not to be considered wonder-
ful ; when strong prejudices were considered, the
Mind was apt to warp to that side. He ago. ed
with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that it was an
alarming crisis f but when the First Consul mention•
ed his 500,000 men, did the Hon. Gentleman ripe@
in meet him with an equal regular forte ? Ate we,
because we have hot such a regular force, not to use
the Militia, trained and disciplined with such care
• ' nut first objet was defence, and after
' us then talk of a disposable
seems rather strange that the Hon.
be so decide:lly against the Militia
.
the approbation bf the c9un-
-1757, when it was first esti-.
, the HottbUrahle Gentlentim did
in office. Is- it .NNitauieritil that
the country should be called of;
Every man 'carotid tidemi hit_
of dagger ; besides; the•militia
of using our disposable force.

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