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HoUSE OF COMMONS.

4

The Cie& of the Crown attended, and erased the name of
J B Mainwaring from the return for the County of Middlesex,
mad iuseriud in its place that of 9ir Francis blawdew.
Sir J ANDERSON moved, that the Freeholders of die
County of Middlesex should have the liberty of appealing
within fourteen days against the Election of Sir F. Butdett, if
they thought fit —0,4..4,
Mr. lorryer's Lottery Bill was read a first, aud ordered to be
read a emu od time.
Sir J. ANDERSON obtained leave to ►ring in a bill to
amend the former laws (or regulating the maim of bread, and
profits of the bakers.
Sir 3. NEWPORT ga►e notice that he would call the amen.
lion of the Diane, on Wednesday next, au the state of the
Pr of in Irelsod.
Sir C. PRICE presented a Petition from several Merchants
in London. r westing a Repeal of the Si* per Cont. Dine
paid by the lira it Retailers on Crook Imported into Ireland.—
Ordered to be laid on the Table.
The SECKXTART at WAR mmented, accurrlottio order,
sundry Army Accounts.--Ordered to lie on the Tabli.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee
of Supply. Mr. FOSTER proposed several sums of
fr Irious miscellaneous services and cha-
ions in Ireland, which were agreed to.
the sum of 7,05GL foe defraying
advettisemenu and proclamations
iveettv.
•ENALD and Sir .1. NEWPORT
item of expence, as affording a spe-
w Certain agents of Government,

,

and operating as a beaus to certain newspaper writers
and editors in faiour of Government.
Mr. FOSTER defended the appropriation of the
tummy, and stated it to be the usual sum which had
been annually voted year after year.
Six thousand pounds were voted to vards defray-
ing the espence of building a Royal College of Sur-
gery at Duolin.
On the Motion for granting the sum of 25,0011.
for the purpose of carrying on Criminal Prosecu-
tions; Mr. FITZGERALD objeCled to such antici-
pation of expellee. The Prosecutions alluded to
took their rise in the year 178&, when Ireland be-
c.une disordeied, and the several counties inadequate
to the expellee of carryin on Criminal Prosecutions
within them. "the sum oft 2,0001. was then granted.
In 1797, it was extended to 17,0001. In 1798, when
she Rebellion broke out, it increased to `20,0001.;
and in 1800 a grant was obtained for 2,5,0001. which
had ever since continued, and six Crown Solicitors
had been appointed for carrying on such Prosecu.
tions. He thought the whole was a total misappli•
cation of the public money, and that each county
should be bound, as forme' ly, to pay the expences
of their own Prosecutions.
Mr. FOSTER argued in favour of the grant, and
'hewed the hardship that would devolve on particu-
lar counties, where insurre&ions or public crimes
might prevail, if the expences were not defrayed at
the public charge.
Mr. FITZGERALD renewed his former objec-
tions; but said, he had no objettion to the Motion,
provided it were confined to prosecutions for state
offences. He therefore moved that, after the word
" prosecutions," be added the words, " in cases of
high treason, or for treasonable prattices."
Mr. Oitassav and Mr. FOSTLa obje&ed to the
Motion, which was defended by Mr. FITZOLRALD
and-Sir Jon N NICW/011T. - . .

The Gallery was ordered to be cleared, bet no
division took place. 'The Amendment being put
and negatived, the original Motion was put and
agreed to.
Mr. WHITBRF.AD rose for the purpose of re-
marking that in the account presented, of the num-
ber of men raised for the Supplementary Militia,
the gross numbers only had been stated, and no dis-
till:lion made between those raised for Ireland and
frr Scotland; nor between those raised simply for
the Supplementary Militia, and for general purposes.
Mr. PUT stated th.: adual number up to the Ist
of March, to be, for Eny,land 2381 ; for Ireland
;eon ; for Scotland 4.ict ; making total of 4049.
Lord HENRY PEI' moved, that there be
laid before thi.House copies of the depositions of the
State Prisoners in Kilmainham Gaol, taken upon
oath on the 16th and 17th at July last, before three
Judges.
Mr. prrr having expressed swish that the Noble
Lord would give a regular previous notice of such
a Motion;
Lord 11. PETTY withdrew the same, and pre
notice that be should bring it forward on Friday next.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notice that he
should move to-morrow, that there be laid before

the I louse the parnculArs of the expenditure for law
expences in Irelald, trom the Unioa up to the Stli
of January last.

GENERAL DEFENCE ACT.

Mr. SHEitiii,iirrrte, aticiTspoie to the follow.

ing *flea :—" I rise. Sir, pursuant to notisep for
thepuryose of moving for leave to bring inn Bill
so repeal an Aa which passed last Session., for
establishing a permanent force for the better dasnice
of the MAIM,' but WOICkI LAS beea stated iss a
more familiar phraseology to he " Mr. Pica's Pa-
rish Llefence Bill." When I first gave notice of my
intention to make such a \ lotion, some Gentlemen •
on the other side of the House seemed to receive it
with a degree of :surprise, if not also of disapproba-
tion. I own, Sir, I telt myself at some loss how to
account for the causes of tins conduit of theirs.
Could they poionaly suppose that.my intention pro-
ceeded only from pique, that the late debate on the
motion of a Right Honourable friend of mine (Mr.
Windham) slid not go on that night ? or that we on
this ,side were so weakly supported on that occasion,
that we wished to adjourn the sobjea of debate to
some more 'avowable occasion ? or was it supposed
that our coralua proceeded from any disrespea to-
wards the Right ilomoratree Gentleman now at the
head of His Majesty's Administration, or from any
native ba hfuluess in him to meet us again on a
subjea which might be termed the darling child of
his administration ? Though they might in this in-
stanocimpute .to us incivility in renewing the dis-
cussion. yet with us it is a paramount consideration
to consult only duty, without too delicate a regard
to what may be the feelings of the Right Honour.
able Gentleman ; or Wits the surprise discovered at
the noticed gave..owing to the persuasion waich
was felt, that the subjea of my Right Honourible
Friend's Motion had been so ably handled by him,
that little snore could be adde-1 upon this more re-
strieted and specific Motion of mine? Be this as it
may, no one, Sir. is more ready to grant, than I am,
that. in that brilliant speech, my Right Hon. Friend
amply proved this at (which my present Motion
has for its object to repeal) remained a disgrace to
your Statute Book. Study, then,:it can afford no
just ground of surprise that some individual has
risen to move the repeat of that Act. Or, Sir, am I
in particular to be found fault with for the part I
take upon the present occasion, as if, by my bring-
ing.this proposition before the House. it • can be fair-
ly stated that the tendency at least, if not the design,
of the present Motion, is to damp the spirit of the
country, to inspire the hopes of the enemy from
the idea of our inadequate measures of precaution, or
tothrow•st slur upon those who have been naively
engaged in colleting our means of defence? Sir,
I need onlymost sincerely assure you and the House,
that if I really considered this to be the tendency of
my Motion, I should be one of the last men who
would willingly bring forward any thing pf the
kind. I trust, therefore, that I shall stand fairly
acquitted of any such sinister motives, and that I
shall have due credit given me for the uprightness
of my intentions,however much I may fail in im-
• pressing conviction upon the Right Honourable
Gentleman and his friends opposite to me.
Upon occasion of the preceding debate 'already
referred to, it could not fail to escape oEs:Tva-
, tion that the Right Honourable Gent;eman main-
tained throughout a dignified silence, and that
the answer which my Right Honourable Fri.-id re-
ceived proceeded from another quarter ( Mr. Can-
ning). My Friend has, I know, sometimes been

thought unreasonable in his expeaations ; but sure I
am, if he could remaiu satisfied with the answer he
then received, he must be pronounced the most easil y
contented man in the whole world I But I believe
that there is no one out of the House who does not
consider that answer to be wholly unsatiffeaory ;
and I am really persuaded that ie is so regatded by
none, more than the Right Hon. Gent. himself, who
delivered it. At lead so I infer from the agitation
he discovered, and his being obliged to • raise his
voice in proportion as he dropped his argument.
Surely no one appeared more than he then did
to feel the disadvantage of his situation.' It might
be fitly soiled a catamaran speech, causing a
great noise, but producing little mischief; rattle
mischief, I mean, to the cause he attacked ;
but what it may have occasioned to his own
side of the House, I will not pretend to say.
Sir, in mt farther attempting' to argue this 'Aiwa,
I shall chiefly consider it as zifeaing the country in
a military point of view. Upon occasion of the
former debate, it fell within the design of my Right
Non. Friend to take a large scope, and, therefore,
it may be thought that, amidst the variety of opinions
delivered by hitt; on that occasion, there were
some points on which we materially differed.—
But, notwithstanding any thing of this sort, still on
the satire which more immediately calls for the
consideration of the House this evening, we are
firmly united. L readily grant, indeed, that there
are some points which arose out of the speech of my
Right Hon. Friend, upon which we differ, and I
hold myself at full liberty to retain the opinions I
have formed upon them. For my own part, I con.
dially approve of the Volunteer Force which has
been raised, and I scruple not to *Tress my convic-
tion that it has made a due impression on the minds
of Bonaparte and his minister Talleyrand ; and that
when they found this banking commercial nation,
this nation of shopkeepers as they term us, not con-
tented whh calling upon the Government to defend
them; but that the great bulk of the people have
turned out themselves, and buckled on their armour
in defence of every thing they hold dear, their
threatening enemies have paused, nor dared to put
their threats of invasion into execution. Whenever a
nation has shewn that spirit in a time of danger
which ours has discovered, none can calculate the
beneficial effects which hate resulted from it.—
Another thing in which I differ front my Right Hon.
Friend is, that I do not wish any material reduaion
of our Militia. For this I entertain a great regard,
as the constitutional foree'of the country. Neither
am I an °eerily to a force of a varied description ;
for I am of opinion that great Advantages arise
from it, and much pi-fer this mode to that of en-
trusting the whole defence of the country to a
regular army. ilidory bear, me out in assert-
ing, that en country ever long maintained its
liberties, that entrusted its wole defence to a
standing army. But, passing 'Lei/ shades of dif-
ference, nn points which do not ittimedfetely apply
to the sabjea under consideration, and flatly ids-
claimial the impetation of attempting to damp the
spirit of the country, by proposing a repeal of the
aa in question ; I cannot avoid, at I pass along, to
take notice of some previous cirettnetar.ces to the in-
trodu .lion of this aa. The House muss perfealy
well recellea the pledge which the Right Hon. Gen.
tleman was inie.e habit of giving, when, from time
to time, he brought -forseerd his attacks upon his
immediate predecessors in office, charging them
with imbecility end insufficiency. What -did the
R;ght Honourable Gendeman, in feet. say upon
taese occasions, but this, , Let me resume the reins
of Government, and I will infuse vigour into every
department—l will place men of the highest talent
in every prominent situation—/ will form an admi-
nistration, in which the country may place the
fullest confidence—/ will bring forwerd energetic
plans, both of defence and offence.' Such were
his vein glorious boastings. And now the question
is, whether he and his colleagues in office have
not imposed on the House and the country by those
charges which they were accustomed to bring
against their predecessors ? It is now insinuated
that thii motion will damp the -spirit of the coun-
try. inasmuch as it is like telling them that when
this great man came again into office, his measures
have completely failed in every part, and that this
Army of Defence Bill in particular, instead of its
having succeeded in raising men. has, in truth, de-
generated' into a Tax Bill. I grant that, if the
question had been, as to tEe regular army, such
might have been the effe,l of a discussion of this
nature; but I deny that it can dispirit the country,
to be informed, that the Right lion. Gentleman's
vainglorious bo.ictings have proved abortive. A
delusion in the present case, even if it were to be at-
tempted, is implitaicable; all art and chicenery mint
vanish; the whole people of England are behind the
scene; the whole perish officers of England have
been employed to pull the strings of this puppet
thew, and therefore it is impossible to deceive as to
the efeas produeed. But. Sir, the questions which
I mean more immediately to consider are these :
First, Has the measure proposed by this Defence
Bill failed or not ? Secondly, If it has failed, is it
likely to do good to the country by any future bee
nefit ? which feeds to the concluding enquiry, Tie-
ther it ought to be repealed er peristed iii ? e
' first enquiry then is, wlealeer this mraitire has failed
er not ? The Rt. Hon. Geittieniais opposite, had beta
in the habit of lookieg with such a jealous eye on
the measures of his predecessors, as if he meant a
triumph to himself, by eepbsing any instances of
their wakness. The questihn now then Is, whether
the very measures of the Mitt Honourable Gentle-
man are not thernselvie juitly ettiigeable with im-
becility ? When a vein-glorious haler comes 'mid
says to you.** Turn this min out, in let me come,
and see what I will do," is it fit that we sliMild bear
with such boastings? Is it not fdir that we should'
put him to the test of stria examination, how fart.
he has fulfilled his promise, and reckoned his
pledge ? If an' Army Contractor were to colie
under a soleinn stipulation to furnish two thee-
sand capital hones, and were to produce '2OOO,
oxen in their stead, in such a case the immediate
question would not be, whether these oxen were
useful or 'not, but whethei the contraaor had
not broken his promise ? I wish, Sir, on this
occa-
sion, to call the attention of the House to the gene-
ral return of our military force. It has been insi-
nuated, that though this measure has failed, yet it is
not of equal consequence as it would have been dur-
ing the former administration, inasmuch as our mi-
litary system is now to much improved bath fur pure

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poses of
feoneirnc
force
tis
stsdr•faalionsn:eb•neocwaAu s
to:nrsehwtgiGls,e;ec:i:cialnr,tas:6l,itene,unt,irrnstt,edto,e2:l,ll,:tiyi.;
oura lso
na arguedval
been. But I deny, Sir, that we have either t"-
men added to our military force, or ally efredrn:4l
addition to our navy. Still,iiiiiiiiosstrweittchvioearin
that there is something so strong, so vi
energetic in. the constitution of our present
nistration, that do enquiry is now becotr.e nec—
s.iry, since we ought to place the grealsit
dente in an Administration So formed ns the
bscuatti
salT:iett4inythifaitt
were so,
worse for the Country." Mr. Sheridan then ran over
the minute statement, from papers before the r
ere
of the comparative numbers of the at my of the
Militia. Cavalry, and foreign Corps, for the
last years, and 'hewed that thi m suit amounted, iq
the last year, to an increase in the foreign Corps, i
7,000 men, and in the. Catralry, of 4,000; bt'
that there was a diminution of $53 men
British Infantry. But," continued Mr. Sheriiint
how these black corps in the %Vest Indies. r.,.
fives in the Island of Ceylon, could be said ro s: •
any additional dispOseable force at home, is , ,
truly paradoxical. The increased force at
naturally rises out of the increased danger to
that settlement is exposed, just as it you en,
your empire in India, you must necessarily tot !
your force there also. But what l contend is, that
there is no increase of force at home, whilst it snip
the professed purpose of the Bight I Germ,.
man's Bill to increase the disposeable li.fantry of
Britain. But even allowing that there is some in.
crease, I ask, to whom is it to be ascribed, hie:
to the former Minister, so frequently held up
by the Bight Honourable Gentleman and ha
friends as that weak, insufficient, milk and Iva-
ter sort of being ? and I ask also, whether enna
of us have not been right in thinking it would be
worse for the country far the late Administration to
be turned out, and.others brought in, merely to have
more promises broken anstexpedations uutulfine,. '
I say then, Sir, that the whole of the increase that
has arisen in the Army, is imputable, not to the Riglit
Hon. Gent: but to the Noble Lord (Sidnoeutli
who is now at the head of His Majesty's Councils (0
lough), whether efficiently so or not I not peen
to know. If then, the Right Hon. Gentleman
enabled. as the public hive Inca taught to erg
to do any thing offensive, or to carry on any gri
exploit, depend upon it, it is Lord Sideneuth w.
will have all the merit of it ! [a geisevil 15a14,?4.) ,
say, Sir, it is 'morally impossible that the Bitt io
question could have had any such effeet on the
state of the Army, for in Loa it has done nothing
at all. The returns under the Bill for five
months for the whole of Englatul and Wide;, amount
to 1`295 ; dedudling (root this number those
deserted and discharged, leaves the number Ito,
so that we find the number of .men raised through-
out all England. and that with all the local 1001
ledge, of parish officers. tit.? sympat'ietic teel.r.gi
patriotic individuals, and setting at work 410041
men, to produce 1,0011, leaves fin; quoin of 4; ma
to each county, raised by this Luc sus Bill. In km-
land, if we exclude those discharged, not 33u mm
have been raised. In Ireland, indeed, we find rhs
number amounting to 1,084 which certainly tedeli
great credit on the exertions of those coricerted ;
but of the whole of this number, we do not find cos
single man who has volunteered for general service.
Io short, Sir, from all the details which have come
kinfore as, we derive abundant proof. that the mode
of recruiting by parish officers is infinitely wane
than by re:nmental officers. The objesi of the for-
mer n ttura-liy was, to rid their remedies) parishes
of bad men, and this effect was more particuiarly
visible in the large mar.ufaCturing counties. Ac.
cordingly we find. that, in Lancashire, no fewer
than one-third of the men have since deserted. gal
the populous county of Kent, you have ptoduced
elserre mcn, if whom lace sines deseeteil! and what
must seem stilt more extraordinary, even is the
Cimrylse !'errs where the Right Hon. Gentlemen's
influence isno unbounded, where his example and
exertions have been so unrivalled, and where, as
General, he has been adored (enieersetfarigli),
have produced—erne sines moil! I dare say, Sir,
is the most extraordinary; recruit that even ima
Lion can conceive ! A sow may litter to the
of eight or nine sucklings—here we 'have
oispring. et ilk Leo at ! I recolle't, Sir, that
certain engagement, the commanding officer mach
ed for Lord Donegal's squadron, A puny individual
started forth and answered, Here lam !' So,wF.o
it is enquired. where are the Volunteers of tea
Cinque Ports, under Mr. Pitt's Bill ? this redoubtel
remit may spring forth, and say, [tete I am,'
(the lhosse con..seised with laughter.) But, to be ie•
rims, I ten freely say, Sir, that I give Nil (relit c'
every gentleman that we have but one heart
erl
mind in the objea of our pursuit, to put the coimri
in the most assuming aspedt, either for etfmce
defence; but. I really wish to dente/ the beggar
who at the same time assumes the part of a bull,
who as good as says. It you do not put tech
pounds in a certain place. you shall be compelled to
do as I would have you.' But these threats, which
this Bill holds nut, it is known, are vain. The
Privy Council are bound to take measures t,
the appropriation Of the men to be raised en'
this adt, but they never have ; nor, acing u
it. can it be wondered at if the pati•Jo
are relaxed. 1 confess, Sir, I should wish .
to be imposed on the Privy Council, if 1:-.
do not ad up to the powers entrusted to them:-
But it has been said, We have not yet gran fn.
Bill a fair trial, let it therefore • proesed ill the ter
course of its operation ? but, Sir, what shoeid
vs
naturally think, supposing A projeaor were to 55P
All your plans of light waggons and machines h
conveying troops 'are nugatory7.destroy
else
chines-1 will find others—get twenty men, 1!"•
will convey them to Windsor and back spin
hours.' Yoa then enquire at the expitinern of
six hours, • Are these men come back I'—'
they are - only it Kensington—they never got r
thee.' What,' I ask► should we say of such s
hand
as this or if .a man were to put into
hand a bad gen, and I attempt to fire it, and'
does
Take ime-la
not ev
tenfitt oinni hangstihepan, fiandret_hebamvac p
maker'"
is,
and it will do its business; but if I continued
ing it for . *ix months, and still It refused
Perform its office, ,silould J not be wart:
to pronounce the, very principle of its cons'
titan to be bad ? I say then, that the or

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those concerted;
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awe. as he asserted,
✓ bettet than it had
we have either trwr,
rce, or 31)y effea„,„l
we ate told
•ong, so signsout. ,
if our present Ada'',
110 W became
e the greattst cola.
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nitration is changed
is a chan:e infinitov
heridan then ran over
pen befort the y, use,
the at my. of the Liu
Corps, for the
rk suit amounted, in
the foreign Corp`,,,
airy, of 4,0(10; but,
)n of $5l mon
inued Mr. Sherli
s West Indies. -

, could be said .
ce At hum, is
!ased force at C

ssed danger to ~,.•
ust as it you mt.
Ist necessarily est
hat I contend is, th..:
t home, whilst it
Right I lan. Gem,.
spoxable lilantry of
that there is some in.
to be ascribed, hstt
frequently held i
Gentleman and his
icient, milk and
also, whether snra
:tanking it would ig
ate Administration !,
ght in, merely to kite
pestations
of the increase t!..it
table, not to the lt,g'
Ade Lord (Sidm,wl )
Majesty's Counri:,
n not I do not pie,e.

Hop. Gentleman
ken taught to am),
lcarry on any 71,
Lord Sidinouth w,
gruer4l laugh.] ,
able that the Bill
such etre& on
3 it has done nothi:.4
ir the Bill for fire
tul and Mars, amoult

this number thine
ves the number
F .men 14i,ed throu:i!:-
his all the kcal kn'ine.
ympat'letic f
sting at work 40,,0
n 41 nl. 3
fat Au. Boil. In
charged, not 330 MI
ind.ed, we find
which certainly lefLia
c of those colceme2.
or, we do not find Mt
•ed for general serene.
tails which liner C.. MA
t proof, that the moat
mrs is infinitely corm
The objedi of the h.
respedive paric'!le.
WAS more parictsisly
riming counties. Ac.
Lancashire, no fewer
,we since deserted. In
t, you have ',induced
see, demand! and what
ordinary, even in the
;ht Hon. Gentleman's
viler. his example .
ailed, and where, At A
(universal laugh),
! I dare say, Sir,
ruit that even imagisw
may litter to the towels
here awbave but
recolleet Sir, that is
minding officer eng4i.
•on. A puny individual
Here I am !' &webs
the Volunteers of us
Bill this recloubtel
nd say, Here I mutt.'
titer./ But, to be
tat I give full (re.lit
are but one heart
suit, to put the coun.s,
, either feu offence ‘a
to destroy the beggar,
tel the part of a buli7,
you do not put menu
shall be compelled
lut these threads, ul,"
nown, are VAill•
to take measures
en to be rai,eJ re'
eve j nor, aaing u
if the !vit.:, oh.
't I should wish a •.
rivy Council, it t:
s entrusted to then,
have not yet
o.
Pore • procted in the ill
it, Sir, what should se
projeetor were to
ggons and niachinei
tor y--destroy
-get twenty men, 3n•
or and back again m
it the expiration of
come back ?'—'
na—they never got
we say of such
n were to put into
empt to fire it, and.
n, and the maker's'
ags fire—have pate
' but if I continued
nd
still it refused

---
I not be van.
ineiple of its cols'
then, that the of

ton of this Bill is impraflicakle ; it is its its na-
ture radically. defedtve ; it can no more be made
yric••
ical benefit thin a soup-ladle can be con-
ye: ted into a tea-kettle! la latish). I do not, in-
&ed. tyke upon me to assert how fire the. genius of
Rm. Gentleman may be capable of con-
yiating this Bill into a measure of finance ; hat this
I venture to declare, that the Right Hon. Gentle-
man has not thereby added one man to the military
defence of the Countryt: I say also, that the
naval defence of the country is not now viral
to what Earl St Vincent accomplished. When
you come to examine those fifty ships of war, so
Much boasted of, to have been added to your navy,
it will be found that more than thirty of them are
el ! West InJiamen ; one of them has been found
incapable of keeping company with her convoy ;
an ither brt ke her back in the river; and others have
been found unable to leave the river since they
have h• ea purchased. And how have we obtained
them ? Why, by dismantling seven ships of the line,
besides frigates. It is true, there has been an in-
crease in the marines ; btu when you compare the
yreat increase o' men during the exertions of the
Noble Lord lately at the head of the naval depart-
:ne t, I con ,ider all the puny attempts at increase by
the present Administration as contemptible. I con-
Hy, therefore, Sir, 1 feel sorry that the threatened
attack upon Earl St. Vincent has been abandoned ;
for. I am sure, the Noble Earl wishes for nothing
so much as an opportunity for a full vindication of
his conduit ; and, I think, this House is bound to
make this inquiry, for the honour of that Noble
Earl. I consider His Majesty's Ministers to he
deeply responsible for the injury they have done him,
by representing him as a harsh tyrant, degrading
those under his command, especially should the
moment ever arrive, when it might be deemed ne-
cessary to call upon that Noble Earl to resume a
command, after being thus, in a manner, half de-
glade& This Hill, Sir, from beginning to end,
founded is presumption. It professes to raise
eigitty-thousand men, and which it never once
tfitibts of accomplishing It assumes, that it has ob-
tained the whole numh.r into unlimited voluntary
services It then has the condescension to say,
provided the number does not exceed 9000 sub.
s;iutes, it authorises and obliges the parish of-
ricers to recruit either in their own parishes or neigh-
bouthrind, whilst the regulating officer is at liberty
to ltd men in any quarter.' It limits the bounty to
51.—Gi)vernment have, at the same time, the power

to lea r 201. and 401. penalties on all the delinquent
parishes in Lagiand, and by procese before the
of the Exchequer, so that all the parishes in
England are liable to he called before this court
tor their delinquency. Now when it is manifest that
this bi•l cannot raise men, whilst it is equally nia-
nifeg that it is calculated to raise money by fining
the parishes, it is a &ice to say that this fine goes to
provide men. But surely no argument can be ad-
duced to reconcile this House to empower the Crowa
to raise taxes; and, as a mere tax. this bill com-
mits the most atrocious a& of in: istice possible.
beiieve that the Right Hon. Gentleman sincerely
wished an administration to be formed upon a
broad hails, but 'surely he must be as sincerely dis-
appointed from having fail .d in his endeavours.
suppose he soon bond his Administration war, too
strong—spirit above proof; therefore necessary to
dilute it ; the gold wasloo pure, therefore it re-
quired an ;Boy that such a constellation of vi:rour
was coileaed as to be too great for the eyes to lie.
bold, therefore hecessiry to diminish it by inter-
mixing some of the drugs of the old Adtniaialcae
Sion. Bat can the Right Hon. Getaleman suppose
that he really came into office with the same lustre
as when be went nut of it? He weut out because of

the great question respetting Ireland ; and whel
out, he warns the Cabinet of Ireland to look to him
and his friends alone, and to regard his re-ettablish-
funt into bffic,e as the signal of their slizcees. But
has he, since his re-establishment, taken one step, or
given the least encouragement to realise the espec-
tations he has raised? Nay, has he not come hark
to office with the stigma of having broken faith ?
He will recolleft also how he has cashiered the
Noble Lord (liawkesbury) from the clisarernent of
Foreign Affairs, whom he had held up as the fittest
man in the world, and afterwards degraded him,
by turning him over ttithe /tome Office. Is it no-
thins., that he has shewn an incapacity to judge of
the htaess of men to conslua public affairs ? I confess,
then, I do uot think he has the same claim to the
confidence of the country as he had when he went
out of office. But supposing, as has been insir.u-
ated, that he has refused to sit in any cabinet in
which he could not sit sole master, I cannot be-
lieve that these noble, independent persons would
condescend to sit in it as mere puppets, as if
they had nn eyes, no noses. But if such be his
ambition, that he will not only not be placed
in a susorlinnte situation, but even that he will
nut be on a footing of equality with the ablest men
in the kingdom ; what shall we say when every
thing chews. at the same tittle, his want of judgment
and discrimination ? As to one and another of the
component parts of the present administration (and
sops also formed pelt of the last), I suppose they
were all thought as capable of doing their offices in
their former situation, and under the former admi-
nistration, as now. But as to the Secretary of Stare
for Foreign Affairs, whom the Bight Honourable
Gentleman held oat as the most able man, he
has now cashiered him ; and first, Lord. Harrowby—
and now Lord Mulgrave is introduced in his
place. What superiority of talents has this
last Noble Lord discovered ? I recollett be got
somehow into Totilon, and he then thought him-
self in a state of comfortable security. Whether he
findshimself is a state of equally comfOrtable security
now 1 know not. But this I acknowledge, the Right
lion. Gentleman has never told us that he was the
fittest titan for his ofFsco, and hence I augur that he
has somechance of continuing in it. But if there
bz on such striking proofs in these high departments
of it change tot the letter, Surely in the Admiralty
something of the sort rrmstle visible ! But whether
the Noble Lord appointed to the head of that Re-
ment be the finest for iii, I have not the means
cnowmg. But I may be asked, would yon have
tat Noble Lord (Melville) aOhated the War
[mister? Oh, No! he was fortninly adept enough
that line. When I ricolled our expeditions
Holland, and even to Egypt. where so much
was incurred in sanding oat such a force, and
face of such an eremy, I am not anxious:to
hun attempt to-dative our car at ilailigarr earl'

one Gentlemaa
as he asserted,
stet than it had
sve either mar,
sr :11iy effean4
vet, wt are told
so vigorous, su
r present Admi.
became nect.;..
greattst eon&
med as the pr...
tion is changed ;
change infinitot
an.thea ran over
sefore the 1-h use,
it my of the
'Ps, for the us.,
sit amounted, in
foreign Corps of
of 4,010; but,
f $5l mon n;
I Mr.. Sheri,fin
st Indies. , -
Id ba said .
hunts, is ,
force at C
danger to 5.,.•
s it you ext.
ecessarily est
contend is, ti.::
ne, whilst it st.ic
Ist Ilan. Gem:,
2ble Infantry ct
there is some in-
be ascribed, h.,:
uently held 1.?
Litman and 1:
, milk and V.A.
r, whether snra
ng it would Se
kdministratien
n, merely to have
tions tudualo,
he increase o.e.
, not to the
.ord (Sit:lmo.! )
tsty's Council.
I ,to not rove./
I. Gentleman ~
aught to ertic,
T on All/ gr.r.
31611..11th
11741 laugh.] 1
that the 13iii
ch etre& on One
Bas done nothi..4
ie Bill for fire
id Weirs, amoum
number din,-
he number
throto!:-
11 the fecal
at work 40 'no
qtysta of in. a
sus li,ll. In
red, not 331 MI
deed, we find 'fa
a certainly ief1.,:73
those coerce:;
'e do not find out
r Bimetal service.
which have c.
of, that the moat
is infinitely IfOTSAI
objeFt of the tor-
espedire pari,!le;
more parliettialy

• his vsaimple and to office %sill
I. and where, AS A He will re
retrial laugh), they Noble Lord
dare say, Sir, this Foreisn M
that even imasits• man in the
itttr to the Anse by turning 1
vrw.have but el thins., that I
nee, sir, that in t the htiless of
ding officer eng.ilf. then, Ido
A puny individui confidence
•e I am !' &odes out of Ace
Volunteers of aceated, that
in this relic:nitwit Which he c
1419 • Here I am: hove that
,) But, to be candescent'
Igive full , they had
but one heart i ambition,
to put the cour• suhor,
not be on Al
:her for offlnce
lestroy the begg in the king
thing thews
du not put twent. and discrim
all be compelled component
hese threats, alatS who also f,
n, are vain. The Were all the
take meastuet t r their forme
to be raised rr nistration, a
nor, siaing • for Foreign
the pribl; G•orleman
should wish • has now cas
Council, it a and now
trusted to then, - Place, w
it not yet last Noble ,
proceed it: the t somehow 4
whAs
should sa self in a stat
rjeetor were to ,so Endshimseg
Is and machine; w now
. I know
—destroy these ni•t• 'ion. Cinch
twenty men, Via 1 cues t titan
i ah
d back vain id ;IA nas some
expiration of th b.! an such I
me back ?'—• Ni', nf A chanv
they never gut fat- r
soimething c
we say of such a pro. ~ Noble Li
ere to put into A Parrment be
of
tto fire it, and d. knowsnr.
nd the maker'. isks that Nobly
fire—have patio • • mist"? C
if I continued In that
still it refused to °}4*Uaed.
not be wiatotel "14 wa,
de of its con" • in dr.! face
that the opt! se4 him ;te
•
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