The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-19 00:00:00

THS PUINAIIIIIIIT ARMY.

Tbe faro of the Spinsiali army was reduced by the Corks of '
i• uttartt WAN seam eisil its simissit h. since bees -
limited to about 62,000. The poverty of the public treasury,
the just desire of alleviating the public burdens, the existing
political systrin of Europe, which guaranteed the integrity
of the Spanith Monarchy, and the ferilii of collier out the
actual militia, doubtless dictated these determinations. The
conarq has, however, beta, that the troy is sow re-
duced lower that it ever has been Mace the reign of Philip V,
list, besides brine reduced to this wituisnitan, it is out rtf e-
live to that amount ; and, instead of the 44,000 men deerred
by the Corte, the army is not at preseut tascu above 52,000
strong.

11 is not my intention to discuss the ►eamns why the law
decreed by the Curies fur replacing the de ficienries of the
army has nut been carried into effect. Must of those reasons
are sufficiently notorious, and the principal tenses hare hee.n
the epidemic in Catalonia cud Andalusia in 1821. and the
unfortunate tendeney of the mail...own which has talon
place this year in several province. of the Peninsula. But It
is plain that if 82,0011 weee thought sufficient its tranquil
time for the 'whi- seevO.e, it is impressible now to perfus us
that service with 32,000 men, at a period when isle rnal in-
trigues and foreign protection have excited • war of
the must fatal description, and armed hipaulards against
Spaniards.

♦RTICLE 11.- GENERAL IDEA OF THE FORCE OF
THE ACTIVE MILITIA.

The former Ministry endeavoured to supply the defici-
encies of the array by some Corps of the tuitional militia,
which they were authorized to call out by the Cotes. The
p 1 Ministry, on taking possession of the rile.. of the
Government, availed thimselres of the same authority, and
placed all the c.f.'s* of the active militia under sum*. tint
this resource is far from being sufiirient to meet the urgent
*Niel of irauquillizing tits provinces, se establishong the
empire of the law, and maintaining the liberal institutions
to which we have sworn. The reductions made to the per-
manent army by the Curies were ,cereal nude r the sumo-
shines that the force of the actite militia would lie augmented
to 87,000 111111, which has not been dome. Nothing had then
•ccurred 1. require an incleast of force; but, as the p,c.ti.•
hope. whisk were then enteetain. d have het•u disappointed,
it cameo( he d•eubted that the Codes will concur with the
Government it considrein; the actual force of the army and
the active Militia insufficient.

ART. IDEA OF THE PIESEVT
STATE OF THE CLOTHING, MOUNTING, AND
IQUIPSIENT OF, THE PERMANENT ARMY AND

fly Tlll ACTIVE MILITIA.

The prtsent clothing, mounting, and equipment of the
army sod the militia ate, geacrally apeahiug, in a bail state,
and arc every day becoming worse, to COMA, orence of the 13.
pettily of the movement', the greet the upeiatmir,
the ragged surface of the thi alit of wai, sod toe character of
the enemy to whom the oatiou■l 11010 pa ale opposed. Thus
the Congiese will peueeive the diffiroltioi which Go-
vernment labours, suit the jastice ails appeal to the asiost-
mice of its legislative authority.
ART. IY..—GENFRAI. IDEA OF THE RIATIIIIIAL OF