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could avail in the a
the vast force rereT

of France, who had now
. to apprehend on the Con.
. meditated plata ot invasion,
moment of time could never
^Awful alarm to this country,.
-1; they were the result cif
fas couvinced some more
present must be imam.
41 were undone. He must
wholly indequate.
contended, that the Mi.
!hie were the hest troops to be takes to till up and
increase the Regiments ot the Line, and that a great
Regular Aral was the °lily sue defence. When
the privates from the Militia were marshalled under
Officers of the Line, their braver 7, skill, and disci:
phut, would become most conspicuous and service-
able, while the Militia could be easily recruited from
the people by the usual hallos or would therefore
give his hearty support to the present Ball.
Lord DE DUNSTAN V .LLE opposed the
priociplee of the Noble Lord who spoke last, is two.
fo bi judgment, nothing could be more injurious
tp rtie:t t the safety ot na't n. not more degrisie
hi; and humiliating to the Gent .e•nen ot England,
than thus to be reduces to the Win rank of llrill
6erjeants to the Regiments 01 we L no ; nor would
these brave Militiamen feel the fasdu.atinn so, sae,.
fully anticipated ny the Noble Lord (Bortagdon)
He telt it in ills own mind. and he found it to be
the sentiment and convietion ot several experienced
Officers, whom be conversed with, and he could
rot hesitate to oppose, and even to reprobate, such
a duartne, respedin that constitutional defence of
the country, the Militia ; more especially when
the proposed augmentation of force, amounting
only to About 40,000 men, in addition to the pre.
Sent military establishment, was to be expelled from
such an unnatural and impolitic change ; be
would therefore oppose the second rea,:ing of
this Bill.

The Earl of SELKIRK, in an able speech, con-
demned this Aware:* es .futile. degrading. and ut-
terly inadequate to any good or useful purpose.
He would most seriously ask the Noble Secretai y,
whither he intended to adopt ne other mode of
safety or defence for the country against the now
gigantic power of the enemy, in full maid: for the
opposite shores. than the wretched incr.:ase of
44.000 men i Did the Neble Secretary mean that
we should sleep until roused by the many beating
up a: .oat our ears, when it would be useless to
awake. Co a redeiting mind there was only one
means of safety mow tuniaining for this coml.. I
try, and that was de eat-ma:se. Th. first
ea be Bless called out • au distindion of sin-
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gle or simnel. lie pcpu :aim of this matey
can aimed ao standing army equal to toe ex-
igency of the nen. All mew noun be armed.
and axe booed to reader such service as they are
lig for. The King has a right ea cal upon them,
it'd the Goverment& has a right to appoint the
mums and sees of their service; kut they
should, in meet imatances. sot be seen Apia than
awone eine tram their berme Gement emisienot
e be
ehe jealousy th ropeettig
ResisAlte people" inaicts ageism the ' hle
at etsattstia in
the Liras a greet eessber at poises atom be este.
Wished el ever the country. amd on thecae's. so that
at any boding point (as a /mode* most be ailkap
prebeade4) a fame swim to that landing dbuld be
gqiekly coiletted. This was the only etimm or be.
dlre defence He would. tram dose considerations,
appose this mischievous and impolitic measure.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw. A division
took place. Poe the second reading of the Bill,
there appeared Oft; against it 13 ; majority 27 ;—oo
proxies.
Before our reAdatission. we understand that the
second re....iing at the Irish Arms Bill was post.
poz.ed till tomorrow, sad that the Commutation bill
was brought up horn the Commons.—Adjourned.

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less than the leey.tw.oaue tot
to resist. with any effeEt.
augmented by the Ruler of
so obstacle or interruption tc
111.1 tinent of 'Europe. to his med
which, before this moment
bare been a matter of awful
14111 was sincere in his fean ;
mature thouebt, and he wet
efficient measure than the
dtately resorted to, or we
oppose this measure as wholl
Lord RORINGDON co
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