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filar servi:e
lo not
"
I st rongly J.
le, upiat all tu.
great difficittry
,rove ever sort..
that it is a
vre too much in
old recommend
mtleman, while
2T 2° °I•t,1), and
ask him, ..Mere
ry, who !tat r.ct
his Prtea,ur.l Is
it Rill Las not
'hers froni the
thoir own Wm.
her they otight
6 nod for ;,,
already to ,r
berating on the
resign ? (a loud
sal beitch, which
position !) Are
gradual diminni
prohlblv be de.
m -ekti'sl at
(et
All Oliatta. what
Sliniate:s .42.! act-
orhiniz
fill Ira rr"-
e them in histaue
khd lot it out of
notinmran tel us,
a; that ale Atitho..
:the ntettsure are
*Abet, Sit-, I err.
;Kane. Officers of
on I shall forbear
from the plan of
td I never hear)
vele of a differraf
ittird to ask FIN
Is of 4VIY Offic:r,
the yourigest los
,meat tacirtg mad,
belle,* he wont&
lon. OfZepr (Col.
ppy to see in hie
led, that he hall
hich would oblige
meat; At iealt„ fie
inai
upprxing his prio-
r wiiny years con-
Oposalc and plans,
e been id the prat.
ace is now altered;
t right about, and
have been doing."
with so little invitt.
•man has had from
have paused a little
al a change. My
alto;ev.er to pre-
extremely solici-
stiaation to amply
ervices, for Gentle.
of its sufficiency.—
Right bior.out.ble
,e the 'biota.* tO•lus
oveveli•rie the pre-
to rePtesent serv:ce
I was to endute
uc-
particae. but the
!la hid of late years
dition of toe soldier,
exertions and loan-
I in Chief has done
ban will be efetlel
to Right I lon. Gem
raw an or t ,v)utat.lt
n of soldiers, and
of the community;
that the state of the
n! htt yovny people,
ages ill physical life,
the cer-
tent, lostgirig, care it
are nr.t Fr,,risew•cl hr
ilferior stations, are I
ocemmit to enter ta-
e Right Hotioaroltla
en the tw!ri.we:e
d their time of set Vac,
igh the courtly, aril
nder the shaded then
Iventures, and itisptre
neighbour hoods, with
I own, Sir, that I ara
hat a military spitit
this way. which may
mon the military kr-
the sequel of his plan.
f limiting the service,
on of a military spirit,
hope of being able. to
after their term of Ki-
te One strong objectiAn
that it the term t‘t ser-
ten, shall he nearly not
%1 abroad, his remNl
men into other rey:l-
- add, that the pray•
rto been considered as
a in the service ;
enJ
ne 'bat ester I !leant
a of approbation. It
to all the authorities
ur of the advantages of
vice ; but there is on*
in the course of last
will be thought worthy
Mtn that of the late
almost all his letters to
complains of the great
Ins for short periods• to
whole of their calmer
II consequence of the.
onldering a• diss.-11
the eve • • • ,toll
a rriwart • • '••
•
V Al' It 1% • •
to hav
herr r1:-.1 • .
: •
!rat time
was the pet; .

years, and what the Cruet al principally complained i
was, th it they were not engaged to serye till the ter-
mination of the war. But, Sir, if these ohjectione
are generally itrnng, surely they must be allowed
to apply with doable force to the colonial service.
It may so hempen, in future, that a colony may he
deprived of its garrison, even upon the point of its
being attacked. it may indeed he seta. that the
spirit of Bii•ish soldi es wnnld never allow them to
take advantage, in such a conjuncture, of the expi-
ration of their service; and I am strsinely inclined
to hove. that snch an expectation would rot be dis-
appoin•el; but the Hnuse should conrder, whether,
it men weie ever called upon to extend their set-
ekes on such an "session, there may not be a
ground fir complain', that the national faith was
not kept as strictly as it ought to be. I know
that one . f the founders cf the French Revolution
is reported to have said, Perish the colonies,
sooner than one of our principles should he infringed
upon ;" but I will not susiiett the Right Hon.
Ceentelm in to have adopted that maxim. I hope,
indeed, that he will he a!tentivit to the preservation
of all our pnssessicns ; hut, it must he allowed. that
the adoption of the new system would tend,in a gt eat
measur. ,to endanger these possessions. Tare Right
Hon. Cent also laid great stress on the advantages
now taken by the Recruiting Serje anis of the pas.
. •
sham, the feelings, the necessities, and tempos ary eat-
) barressments of men ; that they cajoled persons
by disappisintmrtirs, infimoseed byjefl"asy,
Iced taro intoxication, young persons crossed in love,
&c. dtc. But I apprehend, that if you give up this
source of enlisting, and rejed all persons in.
Bum cm' by such circumstances to embrace the
mint .ry protess.on, you will seon find yourselves
with very (eel. recruits. I also have great tear, that
tats eastern will have *very bad effea upon tha di..
eiellne and aithordinatien of the army. The Bight
Hon. Gentleman says, that a power will be givknof
retaining them for six month: after the expiration of
their terms ; but if se, as the officers will very aa•
wish to retails their men, and induce them to
re-enlist, will not these last six months be a scene of
drunkenness and relarat•ne of all that discipline
necessary for a geed and .effective army. In detail-
ing this pate of his plan, the Right l ion. Gentle-
reen has told us, that he has dipped deep into human
nature; and at last found a means to recompense
the Wien far the tolls of a m'ii 1-y life. But, Sir,
how ludiernes is the result, w a hiolesque does
it appear, when we find, that the fr-el d all this fine
phnosophical research into human ii moire. that this
Nepentha all the surf- rings and h... ct.hips 0' a so-
deer, this I atileart denught, which is to cause antebh-
?ion of all he has undergone, tunas our to be no mare
than • aixpener, or a pot of den, a week; ( :pie,eris/
peal ofloqh or ikruitifiert the Houle ) !his. Sir. I
mast confess to be one of the strangest philoso-
pi,isal discoveries I have ever yet met with. But
the Right Honourable Gentleman goes on 101
tell us, that nr.ne of these askew ages are to be
extended to the soldiers now already enlisted'
neon other terms. Realle, Sir, I An not know
any thing more dangerous than to discuss tIW2
nature of .1 contra& with bodies of men its artnsiog;
nor em Iby any means sati,tied, that it is
more dangerous, and Kahle to be the mare seamy
sidered as Oppressive, a:hen the party who sets I
the unfavourable cosiatrudinn on it, is the party
that has the gnvernicee.t. Neiti.er, Sir, 4.n I eon-
. -winced of the jestier of this kind of interpretation
I: may fairly be said, that a men ohne:Kers into a
contraet, en sites hienself. liable to all the additional
burthms or hardships that may att.te'n tO the service
be engages to petLsrm, butt is he not also, i r stria
jestice, entitled to all the additional and incidental
• advantages that may belang to it ? And irk the fur•
.
deer ask.. it, be not the More stronely arid jastly en-
titled to them, if the :mention of thelliglat fieniGent.
is well founded, that the majority of the recruits
heretofore raised, have been cajoled. and entrapped
• into the service, in-the manner be so 4'4 and feel-'
• ingly represented ? lam indeed awore, 'shit $t may
he greed, that the expenee of this exteasinn would
be feennd rather inconvenient, but I niaiwtain, that
the same objeation applies to every part of his sys-
tem of iniu)vation can safely assure the House,
t'•.at I am scestrongly impressed with the force of
times manifold objedkions. that I ens convinced the-
deeper the Right Honourable Gentleman goes into
ti.e examinatian of his plan, the more will these dif- '
fitulties multiply upon him, and the•mflaie solicitors
will he be to find an opportunity of. eitiaoing his
stem. I have lately heard of a person who, by the .
per mai of some agricultural trans, had been so much
a loser by some experiments in husbandry,'that he
declared, .• 1 have read myself into it, and now
here only to work myself out of it." So the Right
Honourable Gentleman, perhaps. seduced by
ssme fine theories, might have read himself into
time adoption of these experiments, best I fear lie will
find considerable difficulty in working himself out
of them. I hope, Sir, that without being opposed
to be influenced by a higotted and seperaitiaus at-
tachment, or veneration, for the prune-plea of our
ancestors, one may be permitted a' least to douht
whether a great, chain& standing. army, without
being balanced by any other k.nd sat force, be that
which is fitted -for the fres constitution of this
country. It is very true that I, as well as many of
those about me, did wish for the establi.hm-nt of a
great army, boa we e ishedfor it on I y o mei t the exi-
gency of the moment, and never thought of having
nothing else but a standing Army. 'file gentlemen
opposite may say the balance was no more than a
farce, as the Militia could never. be drawn out
against the standing Army, under any -circum-
stances. I sincerely nnpee that the time wili never
come when any necessity could arise for it, but I
maintain, that should an attempt ever be made to
force a military despotism on the country, the stand-
ing Army would meet with a strong balance in the
blihtis, the Volunteers, the Parlieinent. and the
Spirit of the People. On the other hard, however,
should this balance be altogether beaten dawn, there
will be great reason to appiehend,that hencvlo-ward
a man could venture to stand up in th st f its sse, and
make a speech, such as he a asnow doing, in support
of the constitutional jealousy against a stainling
army. I remember that one of the ationgest and
mem impressive arguments made use of against the
Additional Force Sill Wes. that it was liable to :ill
• the übjiteßions of beir g plaid at the &sauna of the
Crown. without possessing all the advimta;zes of a
Standing Army; but let me ask, whether the WNW
a Vann iota not mama iol4,tioay ege.ly against a

,
measure which soperTe3es Militia, by Ms tiatra-
KnecA standifl army. and places a mass arthe dis-
ptlsn: nt the Crown, witty:tit any rnlitary difcipline?
It is aisri acircarnstance entitled to Owls considera-

:ran, that this is the only year, since the Revolution.
when the army estimates were voted, without know-
ing what the amonnt of that armywould be, and thus
one of the effectual restraints is taken out of the hands
of Parliament. This plan also goes much farther,
And takes away likewise the check of the Mutiny
Bill, w!.ich recognises a standing army only for one
year ; but, by this measure, you enlist the recruit for
the period of seven years, and give him the eventual
interest of a pension, in case cf his re-enlisting and
completing his service of 14 years. I cannot but
consider the treatment of the Volunteers under this

system as a very serious and roost alarming step.—
I make no doubt, that it iisreauing Ancient History
he found in such states as Tyre, or Carthage, ready
to sink under tie weight of their own prosperity and
luxury, and, at'the same trine, menaced by a most
powerful enemy 4 say, Sir. that if in rich a situ-
ation of a country, preferring only, as it were,The
belli rirmatrerere,' he met with such an instance of
public .pirit and ardent patriotism. as that of
3DC1,030 men starting up in alms at C.zir country's
call, hecnuld not AVOld being captivated and deliglr-
ed with it ; he most assuredly Would; but it nnfostu-

ssa►ely happens, tint present realities do not suit his
fancy. At present he adopts the tnne of the
Honourable Officer near him (Colonel C►aufurd)
whom he once. heard mention, in this . House,
with ridicule, the name of a Vo:Unmet Officer
of high woo came for ward in arm;, at what
he justly considered a: the call r.f the country.
He now conNiders the stauding army es the cham-
pion of the country, and thinks that if the cham-
pion is worsted, the countly must be ruined. In
illustration of this, he refers to the fall of Ulm,

atter thick the French a my marched to Vienna,
through a yielding population, had as untesistiag
medium. But let me ask him, would that army
have done so, if, like us, the Attshia.,, hat! a
disciplined Volunteer army of 901,00 h men be-
tween the Inn and Vienna ? The same contrast
repreiented between the Volumes:is aid the
army, is equally observable through the whole
of our system. The union of the different parts
of it is peculiar to, and charafteristic of, the
constitution of the couatry., It may surprises 1n..;
reigner to learn, that a great an 1 impai tam part of
the mueicipat functions here, in'tead of being eon-
fined to lawyers, was discharged by a eft r.f private
inagihratts. who have na connexion with that,
profeadoo ; but I never hears yet that the pro-
fission ot the lane was degra.ied by these Magis-,
treks being ahnciated with ir; and I sincerely
hems that these contemptuous expressions will never
be jastly applied to the Right lion. Qe:ttleman's
mass Ile Right lion ittra!ile Gentleman said,
that our system did no nee 1 a standi.na atm/ to
rneinin age fotetn n sti -ns in the e'pear iiina that
we could co-'per Ito with them. • .11mr elfrd of our
system, on the contrary, was to re islet the peater
part of tie army disposable fur foreign set-trice.,
tine sail, we had too much eessopuls oct ill the piny.
and too little in the Volunteeess..witeae it.eris -more'
wanting. But is not his 1 tended mass eivdraly a
system of compalsson? I consider it a very haaar.
dons thing to accept the services if the volunteers.
and afterwards disband them ; but to this the Ilight,
Ho". Gent. adds injnstice and unilecersary hard mship.
He will make such Volunteers as rasian, still 11.41,41
to the mass. How preposterou• ! that the Volitn-
'teer, already completely trained and diseipliited,4
should ba stillaubjel to a useless drill DC TS days,,
only, is his Levy en Masse ? He tells us, that the.
Mass are to be trained in their own parishes.
The e are 10,000 parishei in Ragland only ; and
where is he to find 10,0000ificers to train them,
for they cannot be spared from the army, and the.
Militia cannot at present procure their own necek.
Mary compleuent ? How does the Right Honour-
Gentleman intend to commie a registec of the
, names and plaices of abode of all this Macs I and
bow can lie know where to find them in case of an 1j
atvasion; oafs-n he gives them so little indhce.
anent to come forward of their own .accord?—
He tells us, that if an million were lost, and London •
-taken, this levy would be useful, in retarding their
further progre's, by firing at them over the bridges;
but I am 'dm-rued, that this species of warfare. re- ,
quires much more training than any other, and
More than people of the quickest parts could
,obtain
in a drill of only 26 days. Let me ask, would Of-
ficers of the Line be willing to take such men to fill
up the vacancies in their regiments ? Bin, suppose
even that they did, they must fall in, I suppose, in
coloured clothes ; and then, I ask, what reliance
is to be placed on them, if they are met by a
proclamation of the enemy. stating, that they will
not extend the rights of war to any persons but the
soldiers ? If it be true, that the recruits taken from
the Militia, did more hurt than good In the cam-
paign in Holland, what reliance can we have upon
soldiers of 26 days driifrg ? Ilse Right Hor.. Gen-
tleman complains, that tie whole of the eapisnces of
the Volunteers, amount id to 600,0001. but what is
still mo:e trange, he mentions it as an aggravation,
that o; e half of this money came out of their own
pockets ! On the other hand, he will be obliged to
ply the whole expences of the mass. He also
complained of the variety of the service, and he has
remedied it by a varied force, half limited and
half unlimited. He would find in his (take, a plan
by which, in case of invasion, a very powerful army
would in 24 hours be collected, between the enemy
and the metropolis. He rejeas this, however,
and recommends the utility of his mass, by
giving them a pail obit upon London, few the exer-
tion of their bravery. I thought I hat a right to
expel!, that his plan would, at least, be a contradic-
tion to his complaints ; but I find myself miserably
disappointed. The Right Han. Gentleman has the
/sappy faculty which was, I think, attributed to
Pori lea, of always leaving a sting in the tan of his
auditors. His illustrations are sometimes so appro.
priaie, at others so quaint, but always so' striking,
that a recoil:Ethan of them leads to many things
which I might otherwise forget. I remember his
nom wring the concurrent services to himaa Pert
looking about for a friend; the Additional Force
or Detence Bill, to a stemerh, or digester,
w;t4 a piles Wes running into all parts of the
system ; the billot to the loi.Sy of the house of Com-
mods, through which all the members enter;
compariag also tEe cous:urreat service ut the aarnyot

. . .
riserie With the regulers, to a fran!reition, as well as
to the lobby; but Low touch must I he eurinkeJl
to find the Right Hon. Gentleman himself become'
ing a ?sir:, and looking about for a con..
leetion of the same &getters, ceiellary tithone
transrusions. and lobbies, fur the completion of hilt
system. In reality, I believe the Right: Hon. Gan-
tieman himself thinks more lightly of hi, own plan
than he is willineenn ocknowledge, for I can see no
direct principle it ha;, bus to disarm the property ef
the country, and toot entirely to a standing army.
I admit that the Defence Rill wa; unequal in its
operation, and that the double bounties ought to be
discontinued, but this did not constitute its princi-
ple, which was, pre 1000, to set free the regular ar-
my. What we hare then to enquire is, whether it
be adviseable to get rid of all our other resonrces
for the mere chance and speculation of getting
an unbalanced standing army. ilia late Minister,
in his endeavours to augment the regular force,
fenrti his plans all circumscribed by the bounda-
ries of the constitution ; but these, at present. are
not allowee to farm any impediments. Tee stand-
', ing army appears to me, according to this sys-
tem, to he one permanent i•i peace, and disso-
hinle in war; and to be liable to every con-
stitutional objeetion, witliont possessing any mi-
litary advantage ; and, Sir, upon the whole, let
the ask, what is the Right klonormurable Gen-
tleman's plan. .compared with bie niighty pro-
mises of having an army equal to all our wants
This couetty stands, in the system of the world,
as a first rate nation, and it is incumbent upon
it to maintain that rank ; but thoug% our power
is not exceeded by any, our pnpulatiou does not
admit of our equalling in numbers the armies of
the first rate nations of tl e Continent: butt i earner's
ways we do possess the nieens, tinder the long es-
talslishen syetsm, to sttpentt oer dignity, rank. and
interest otnonist 'Lewes, eel keep a balance 1f
constitutional' force so ineient to itef end u. at home.
and a standing arm; also I hut not of such a sire
as to be able 4 any time l`tb oppress us under the
iron rod of detpotibm. lie then concluded with
moving. that the word " now" be struck out, and
the words, "this day three weeks" he Mooted,
which he said would give the Right Honouree:4le
Gentleman tune for the develnpernent of bus owis
eastern, and the Hoosethe moms of con:oaring, and
fairly deciding bet wenn elem.
• Mi. VVILSER FORCE said, he Ind listened With
a degree ohattentioe to the eeiraordioary elnepieuce
Of his Hon. Frienif; but el; in hre'e;fillon h.e had
digreseed from the
inflect-nib bell4e the feeuse,
would' nut, otteMpt tie foUnst'bini threugh the Teri.
les aegtimente lien made use of The qnmeitief
on which hienen. Friend lead said so lit.le, fens.
whether the Peeditimal Forte Kill should"; entities:lld
not be repealed. Fee. Ills pAre, he tlictueht it thetuld
mad i i exoressing hinfself oneni; Opireen, re did not,
will it should be theurent by the Melee that heformed
it without nature eensinerafiorin Ideerrepmilry that
was postible'foe hint to mane,' he Mite; and from
men, who Moo chile situatlen ih lifenehnght to he
coo-
ddercd mew a fie nieee Its for ill d Osten jiingment,
and he wn.seeeielgel inn 41*feet-eyes-en:lin IT
flintby the tern lariineiple of the pm it must be
unprodudive. In the cnu.hy whin hne had the ho-
linur to represent; (York.). he had made the most
mintier entroties with resped to the produce the
and
•foond that in the East, West, and Wads
•
idingse scarcely a man tad been raised. He had
aiktl exteeded his reseatlhes into part of Somerset.
sfere, and found that iretne eitenei ve district of bathe
not man had been raised. In snort, he conceived
that it never could Se 'art efficient Measure, bat it
far as it'was broken, an 4 he could not on that ac-
count ever nheue in favdur of it, tow did he think
it could be estipparted by any. Ilis Hon. Friend
:who had contributed to hriu,, it in, mustte *were.
that it was mit' the parishes who raised the mojenty
elf the men, but thee they had been raised in the or-
dinary way ; and he was convinced, slier could no-
vet. consider it produdive. If his Right Hon. Friend
then no more was amongst them, he was certain he
Would before this 'have proposed some 'illuminist'
alteiatioo ; and, in doing this, none could consider
him wavering or irresolute, as his greatness o: soul
would prompt him, when he conceived the mea-
sure he had proposed was ban for the country, to
come forward and propose such alteratini s as in
his judgment seemed most likely to be of service.
This was one very powerful reason why he had al.
ways considered him to be a particularly proper
person to be Prime Minister of England. It was,
1; indeed, monstrous to suppose that we should go un
with a plan which was found deficient ; but he
thought that some hints might be taken from it. in
the promotion of the plan which should be substi-
tuted
in the place of it. He would give his vote for
the second reading ef the Bill before the House. 1
but at the same time, he did not wish it to be under-
stood. that he agreed with the Right Hon. Secre-
tary in the entire of his statement, particularly that
part of it, where he states, that the present force of
the country, which was nut regular, would fly be-
fore au enemy. It was, indeed. his wish, as was
hinted by his Hon. Friend below him, (Mr. Can.
ning,) that the country should remember, that this
was not a Military nation. and he did not think we
should endeavour to be considered so; for though
we could assist our confederates with bodies of men.
if necessary, still there were otl.er more effeetual
means by which we could contribute our support.
Our Navy bid defiance to the world ; but if its vigi-
lance should be eluded, be had no doubt of the re-
' suit, when France and England met man to men.
The •propriety of remarking on the plan proposed
by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he had }emote ques-
tioned, and he did not wish to do it, but he could
not avoid saying a few words with respell to the
Volunteers, for whom he entertained the highest ra-
sped. There could be no doubt. but they would
be of greater service, when incorpora:ed with the
regular army. than the Levy en Nlesse ; and their
readieess to stand forward in the hour of danger,
was equally unqemtlonable, as was evident, from the
circumstance of turning out with the greatest promp-
titude. cut the coast of Yorkshire, when it was un-
derstood that the enemy were at hand. The Hon.
Gentleman then made some general remarks on the
speech of the Hon. Gentleman who had preceded
him, and concluded by saying, that from the
failure of the former Bill. he thought this should
pa.s. • • e
Mr. LONG d'ffered with the Hon. Gentleman
who had just Lit do •1. with tesped to the pre

• riety of entering into a eoreiderrtion of the plan
he thought i: ouett to be considered, and he wen
dered that the Itip.if, it Hoe. proposer of it, thou:
graded so match by me •p:ech of his Hon. Friera
had not thotyht it necessary to enter into a dcferc
alit. • With respeel to the Bill now proposed to
repealed, he would make a tew oh•ervarions. 'Xt.
army, amoile.t the lower order of people, was COI'
tittered the very .worst employment they e.nui
ernbatk in I that accounted fur the dilficul7 t
rei,iite recruits; but it the pay of the armywas raise
so as to be equal to the pay of the manufacturer c
the day-labourer, Clem would •then be no want c
soldiers; but the Nition coeld not afford this c•
pence, and it 14. As Ihnefine ev;,telit , that some moe
of compulsion should be tesarted to. That ss hit
was least oppre,si•e, was moo advisable ; aid i
his opinion, the Ad lite-mai Force Ath, 0.1 11141 al
' count, should not be repealed. An Hun. Genileme
behind him (Ir. Wilberforce,) had said that th
measure was not productive ; but had he sown to
returns which have been mide lately. 11- was rattle
inclined to believe, he would alter his opinion. 11
fate of the Bill Wore the House was certain ; It
thought it could not piss. In the course of thr la.
I Session, a Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Sht
ridan) had made a Motion for the repeal of th
' A. Several Gentlemen who he then had in It:
I
eye, voted against the Motion, and if they no:
I voted for the same., merely became it ta/ne 1/10111
Minister, they would •1 on grounds that could nc
be justified. He wahed mach, that the Right Hoe
Seaerary of State would inform the Www, wear hi
intentions were with regard to the Veltrustrs.-
Evet y person possessed of discrimtnativmenest thir,
that they were undervalued ; but he, however, at
prove-4 of the idea of putting them alt no the stun
' allowance ; and he was sure, when they wes
placed on the August allowance, it wend i ls? fans
that 16 or 18 Voluotres could be maintain, I fc
the shne sans which wool t suppoi: .=• e regular so.
dna ; and he would ask which would be nt ammo..
souse to the country ? He then soverted to th
circumstance of a similar measure to the present
bent', under consideratii n, by the lase Chancellor c
the Lx-:h (pi -r, and said, that it it had the
adoptei. the period for which ti.e enlists.,
would be now expired ; and the statist( Would, in it
present state, incur the hazard Of losing almcs
every sto!diet• it hid. • He conehtded by saying
''shat the w.wds of the Right Housourab'e Mevet
as 4okesi a long time since on a great qaestio: -
w Will x us repair your house while the hurricare i
raging?" was applicable here, a id that he 'wool,
support the amendment.
Mr. HAWTHORN thought there was brit on
; objeet. in 'view *ids the whole Hotter, name'''. t
1 tbad some advestitiotu rnodeof encre isiag the army
I To nbtaiti this otsteß, he said, he you'd eottrtor th
I repeal of the Asietiiional ir.sree Aiet, v.hith ha.
unfurl on. so incompetent. The Him. Centleirt
then adverted to A ststerfl. OE made by a N .ble Lot,
(Lord Cvtkreagh), on a former night. aed tol
1 rived him thinner, .t circumstantial statement t
I Cie ,numbs 44 she dispereette Militia, end ott.s
fences of the cautery, at different periods, poi tt:: j
out tO the Ht.use the inaccuracies which occurred i
t' 'course at it. The Noble LorJ, h- said, had state
the ritsposable force of the Country oil the Ist ,t
January, 18A, to be 267,000 men, instead ti
which, it was not more than 23),952, and h
did not think,' tor the first three menthe of the
year, so much credit should have been taken, as
great priest part of the augmmtatioo was attribt
table to the eocrease of the German Legion (1
the Ira of J Tuary 1801., the disposiible fart
amounted tollai,;',l9, and on the Ist of Jan. in th
present year. as Iha had before stayed, it amottial
only to 25 ),962.
,malting an encrease in all Os
time, of not more titan 13,633. The Hnn Geri
then proceeded w:th a further statereent of figur:
aid said, that the number raised by the parish iiffi:c
was rot more than tree-fifth c-f the quantity pr
voted, and. taking England and Wales together, n
more than one seventh. Th. r • was another point
view in winch nab But had also failed, nunely,
not making an immediate addition to the dispos
We fetreeot the country, by ailing up the deficiene
ot the Army of Reserve. In the Administration here
the last. letters of s-rviee were belore ;he House I
raising 20 regiinert,; only four of those were rot
when this !hit was brought in ; but these four a
tained 3,400 men, which was nearly one-fifth of I
number ot men raised by toil Bill, which was
make up the deficiencies in these regiments. 1
Hon. Gentleman then read a letter of Lord-Hawk
bury to the Governors of the different counti
and SeVeral other papers; and alter going cove.
minute detail of the state of the army at diffet;
peri.res, for the purpose of preying the inefficacy
th- Additional Force Bill, he concluded by declai,
his in•ention of voting for its repeal.
air. LASC ELLER admitted that the men rail
under the AB, were not in general obtained eta?
according to the enactments of it ; but he i
thought it
.a produflive measure, which it wo
not be poiitic to repeal ;hew As the more inch
to this opinion, because he considered tiro plan I
posed, atd the manner of the exposninn, *- y
Right Hon. Secretary at War, as ex rernsly
germs, as far as ft regarded the regular ar I,y,
gusting to the Volunteer force of the color ry,
inefficient with respell to the /ere re wave.
Lord EUSTON said a few worth, in a tont
voice almost inaudible in the gallery. We to r
stood him to express his disapprobation of tt.e
fence Bill.
Mr. VANSITTART thought no adeat t
which it could b. said had been, or was likely t
derived from the bill, shorted insince the ittapat
tolerate ti,entoiced. or railsee defeated, as it
been, by the 'nen .eni 1 which it had been A
upon by pari-Is ofs. els. From tee returns v
had been rowie, he could .elect an nutatice w:
,a one county atone, tbi.§itee amounted to 6,6.
5,4001. of which had been .4a11414 ptiid.
Mr. SPENCER STAY:IOPE elk; not thial
Bill so objetltimable as it vas considered by i.
Gentlemen. As to its !ravine perverted the
wasrilen iirra,:bluepireetor:sitch
t°thsacm-regob, jtehettistr;:i;i'a‘lts ti:inietlbtaelt%.:
,-sthirt service acre ma.ol - t.
theby tnheeswe oiffie.ci
tearfs,,fosry
~ae
mp I
wernmicuhmh. a
dW h. ,
ji est:el
by the ht gin Hod Csautlem sn (Mr. v.' ti.dham
had supposed that that Rips it •• . Get..l,
wait:dem bele Shelia tio.di to have pi cisosi
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raise an army for limited ietvice. He and the
Bight" Hon. Secretary went into the Militia together,
and the ill effeEts-which had so often been noticed
to result from limited service, he thought would
have bean sufficiently impressive. The Hon. Gen-
tleman cooclud..l by expressing his disapprobation
of the other features of Mr. Windham's plan.
Mr. RODER 1"1.11ORNTON said, he was one
who had originally supported the Bill ; but it had
proved an experiment, of the inefficacy and disad-
vantage of which he was now convinced. From
the observation he had attentively made of the
operation of the Bill, it was apparent that a bounty
of t7l. per man had been in many instances paid
by the parishes.
Mr. BASTARD, without having formed any de-
cided opinion as to the efficacy of the Bill proposed
to be tepealed, could not but remark. that the
Right Hon. Gentleman, in an exposition of his new
system, had conveyed a pretty strong libel upon the
Militia anti Volunteers of the country. He here
reiterated several of the Right Hon. Gentleman's
repressions on that occasion, and expressed a hope
that he world not persist in the intention he had an-
nounced, of drawing the coats of volunteers from
their shoulders, and clothing them in carters' frocks.
It was not upon a regular army that a cation ought
to be taught to depend, as, in that case, the people
became supine, indifferent to every thing martial,
and regardless of the means for their own defenee.
Lord DE BLAQUIE.RE thought the Right
Hon. Secretary's military voice important and
well digested ; and that he was wise, considering
the many persons pledged to suppose the Additional
Defence Bill, to bring the question of its repeal
forward, as an abstraB proposition. He (his Lord-
ship) was one who did not approve of the Bill on
its first introduetion to this House, by an illustrious
Statesman deceased. He thrught the Right Hon.
Gentleman degraded the Volunteers by what be
proposed with respett to them : having once been
allowed high rank, they ought not to be debased
mid laughed at. He, however, had seen the as-
sumption of rank abused, and formerly knew a
corps in Ireland, consisting only of 20 men, 16 of
whom were Lieutenant-Colonels—(a laugh.)
Mr. STURGES BOURNE hoped the House
would require a .substitute for the measure it was
rayons!' to repeal, ere they came to a determina-
tion to that effett. The minty ought not to be
without the means of raising a force for the defence
of our possenions. This AEI had been eminently
successful ttioards that end, and would not, he
trusted, be coffered to moulder away without some-
thing solid to supplant it. Nothing, however, of
that wit was at present suggested to the House.
He would not, at present, descant upon the plan of
the Right Hon. Secretary at any length, although
there was much to observe upon it. With resped to
the Volunteers, he thought the Right Hen. Gentle-
man's purpose would be better answered, if, instead
of preventing their permanent duty, be would
rather encourage it for a fortnight, or twice 14 dile
in a twelvemonth, to the discontinuness .of
other training, as the volunteers would batfit mach
more by such a continuity of duty for a teart time,
than by the 26 day's training so many' different
times of the year. The proposed mania, of train-
; ing the /fry-en-wage ; namely, each parish to train
its own men, he also thought improper ; as many
1 parishes would only produce to.o or three men,
who, Irons such drilling, would prove but indifferent.
undisciplined auxiliaries, to till up the ranks of a re-
gular bottalion. Ihe force created by the Defence
AEI he considered most necessary and hooeficial.—
The measure was certainly, in some of its bearings,
ably:atonable. but still the House would do well not
to abandon its aid altogether.
Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS said, the A 8 gave
no powers to Lords Leutenant of counties over
parish officers, and hence the Magistrates and De-
puty Lietronants appoioted under it, had been very
much fettered in their exertions. 'The Aft ap-
peated to him to be radically defeflive, and he
should certainly vote for its repeal. tie must
condemn entry Aft, the assessment under which
was reouleted by the Poor's Rate ; by this unequal
erissrion a poor man of 40s. a year was made to pay
under this Al, whilst opulent barkers, and others
possessed of many hundreds a year in this city,
nom not affelied by it.
General Norton, Lord Stanley, and Mr. Gould-
;tie, said a few words in opposition to the Bill, and
the question teing loudly called for, the House di-
vided on the amendment proposed by Mr. Canning.
_Ayes. 112 ;—Nor, ;:35:—Itia:ority 116.
On the re-admisston or strangers to the Gallery,
we found the House in couversation on the original
opention.
Mr. WINDHAM had made a few observations,
and Lord CASTLEREAGH was declaimirro
against the new military plan, as pregnant with
danger. inefficient in its arrangement. anti imprac-
ticable in its execnion. The Right Hon. Secretary,
he said. had eroiuced a complete system of modern
military philosophy. Abandoning all principles of
viper himself, he proposed the repeal of a most
important Act to the interests of the country, and
which he. (Lord Castlereagh). thought should on
no account he at present parted with.
Mr. Sect story 10X row, amidst a cry ()foetal'', !
furstsa.• ! ordtr nolo ! The Noble Lord, he said,
maned to know whether this was the proper time,
or when the titre wrold arrive, for the discussion
of the mtlitoi y measures of his Right Honoutalde
Colleague ( Mr. Windhsm). Very little disposit ion
had been evinced by the Noble Lord to enter into
a discussion of the Bull now under consideration ;
indeed, the gentlemen ou the other side had pru-
dently been soy of accelerating aiDeloste, in which
they were to advocate so wretched a cause as that
of the Additional Defence Act : he (Mr. Fox)
coati, on no account, be induced so far to de-
pert from what be thought coned and neces-
to acceae to the discussion of other Bills,
. Was disposed of ; and he could not see
whether it should pass or not pass, it could
t any diffeimee in the question of Limited Set-
hereafter to be debated.
CANNING -aid, the Noble Lord (Castle-
ti.d not been irregular in discussing the two
to:other, es die Rtootit Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
s) ha intioduced them together in the de-
tithe :Igo giveo to the litmse. When a
'reopened a string of resolutions, and moved
was it strange for ettnton.en to embrace
imams sad speeches tae &tooter of use

Ouriktmstlily Literary Ciulogiin" is unavoidably post.
passed until tu-naorruw.

whole. So, in this ease, the repeal of the Defence Ate !Pates, shall take place, it shall be lawful :or him, by rieclo
was the first proposition of the Right Hon. Gentle- iiiotien, to MC a day on which the prultWition afoicsaid shall
man, and the basis of the system he meant to found. tom?.
But if the superstructure was not now to be touched, This resolution was warmly opposed, and multi-
he would ask, when was it to become tangible, and
when were the House to bear any more of it ?or nued the subje3 of debate until the rth. . when the
had the Right Hun. Gentleman heard enough on majority beieg of opinion, that it was too strong
the subject out of doors, to indeee him to abstain and violent, it was laid aside upon a division, ayes
from further pressing upon the House a system, which
then moved, that the
had already set the country in a flame, and seemed 70, noes 47. Mr. Nicriotsort
to threaten the most fatal consequences ? (hear ! following resolutions, for a partial non-inapottation,
hear ! frees the opposition be,,rbr.) should be taken into consideration :
Lord TEMPLE called the Hon. Member to or-
Resolved, That from and after the day of
der. He thought it indecorous and irregular far
any Gentleman to speak in rich terms of a measure next, the following articles, being of the
brought forward, particularly on the part of Go- growth, produce, or manufoaure of Great Britain
vernment. or Ireland, or any of the colonies or dependencies
Mr. CANNING said, he trusted we were not ar-
of Great Britain, ought to be prohibited by law
rived at those times, when a strong Government,
although it might be above answering, should have from being imported into the United States, or the
Immunity from interrogation, any more than any territories thereof, viz :
other man in that House, Why had not a power-
Alt attic!ei of which leather is the material of chief value.
fal Administration tried to impose silence ?
All articles of which tits or bras: it die material of chief
Mr. BURKE said, it had been tried, and that it
answered for three debates, but never did for a valtw, tin in sheets excepted.
fourth. He supposed the attempt was about to be All articles of which hemp or flaw a the material of chief
renewed. That the Right Honourable Gentleman Value.
should not, in a month after the developement of All articles of which silk is the material of chief value.
his plan, be prepared to discuss it, was extraordi- Woollen cloths, whose invoice price:shall exceed --....
nary, and he (Mr. Burke) earnestly sought to
Woollen hosiery of all kinds.
know whether it was ever to be brought before the
Window Wass, and all other manufacture: of Glass.
House again ?
Mr. Vs INDHA.M said. be had not stated that Silver and Plated Wares.
the topics were unconnected, but had said, that the Paper of every description.
Hon. Gentleman pressed the consideration of Nail* and Spikes.
things comparatively remote. He would say, that iiati.
he was ready for the discussion ; but had he been Clothing ready trade.
governed by the Right Honourable Gentleman's miii.„.„ of all kiwis.
manners, he should have given no answer at all to
Playing Cards.
his enquiry.
Colonel CRAUFURD said, the language of Baer, Ale and. Porter; and
the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Ca:inure). Pictures and Prints.
was of the most mischievous tendency, and he The Motion for taking these Resolutions into
ought to have been stopped. sooner (A loud cry of consideration, as being a milder measure, was
Choir ! Chair I) agreed to without a division. On the 14th,
The SPEAKER called the Honourable Mem-
the business was resumed, and adjourned to the
ber to order.
Colonel CRAUFURD continool ; that what the 1701, when the Resolutions were agreed to, re-
Right Honourable Gentleman isad said, was for the ported to the House, and confirmed by a majority
purpose of creating uneasiness and dissatisfaction in
of 87 to 33. They were then referred to a Se-
the army, and what be ought to b... called upon to
account for. • lea Committee, with instructions to bring in a
Mr. PERCIVAL could net heIT observing upon Bill upon them, and Mr. GREGG observed, that as
the surprising longuage used h) the last Speaker, it appeared to be the sense of the House, not to go
and the Noble Lcrd ( Femple); was the House to
be told that any measure was so important arid dr- furtlierlhis Session, than to carry Mr. NICHOL
tiCaLC, that those who oppesed it could nat sotto son's propeorion into effect ;be would move •' that
their objeaions, without being charged with raising the Committee of the whole be discharged from
a mutiny ? If this was to be the case, that e would
as
be an end of discussion. The Hon. Geralunen 011
that which was accordingly agreed to.
thatoide (the opposition side) were reproached with Tha question was then put upon Mr. Nicnotson's
not having eagerly agitated the debate on the Bill Resolutions, and carried. Ayes 87—Noes 3.5.
now under consideration; but, he woull say, there
was no cause to discuss the merits of it untd it was On the 21st, Mr. Muuroan, from the Corn-
known what was to be substituted. He would mittee to whom the Resolutions were referred.
mildly ask the Right Honourable Secretary (Mr. brought in a Bill founded thereon, which was re-
Windham) when any of his measures were to be
ferred to a Committee of the whole House on Mon-
brought forward ?
Mr. SHERIDAN said, the debate had not day, the 24th. This Bill was exported to produce
latterly been condated_with a tone and man- much and warm discussion.
ner consistent with the dignity of the House.— .the Bill was expelled to produce much Debate ;
The question was not whether any new measure
was worthy acceptance ; but whether the Ad but although it was ordered to be brought in by
ropoted to be repealed, was net such as ought so large a Majority, we think it very probable that
.te be expunged from the Statute-Book. It was it will not pass; as a previous Motion, on the 14th,
Necessary first to remove the rubbish which lay
in the way of all our efforts, and such he could for dropping the business entirely. on the ground
set but consider the Defence AR to be, ere any new that it was proper to wait a short time to learn the
measure could be attempted. The Hight Hon. Gentl- issue of the negotiation depending between Mr.
man who said that the newly disclosed military .. .
!mottos and the Britian Minister, was negatived
arrangement alarmed the country and destroy-
'ed the confidence of the army, libelled the only by a Majority of 53 to 48. In the course of
army, and that House also, by an attempt to these Debates, Mr. RANDOLPH particularly distin-
, etrerawe debate with representations of mutiny and .
alarm. At least, before such bold assertion were guished himself. His speech, on the sth, against
Made, the views of the Right Hon. Secretary should Mr. Caton's proposition, is an admirable compo-
bs better understood than they seemed at present to sition, but the pressure of temporary matter does
be.
Mr. CANNING explained. not permit us to give even a sketch of it.
The question for the second reading of the Bill
was then put and carried.
Lord CASTLEREAGH hoped that Friday or
Monday next would be a convenient day for the
Bill to go into a Committee.
Mr. FOX wished it to be committed to-morrow,
as there were other discussions fixed for Friday and
Monday, and it was desirous that the Bill should
pats without delay.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, be would give
his opposition at length, and leave no objection un-
tried whenever the discussion came on.
It was at length agreed, that the Bill should be
committed on Tuesday neat, Mro Jeffery consent-
ing
to postpone his motion, which stood for that
day, until Thursday, when lie hoped no further in-
teiruption would take place.
Ihe other Orders of the day were then dis-
posed of, and at HALF PAST TWO O'CLOCK
this morning the House adjourned.

A division took place, last night, in the Hi

of Commons, upon the second re.tding of the

for the repeal of the Additional Force Ati, when
the numbers were, for the second reading 2;',5 ;
against it 119. The Opposition appeared highly
elated at being left in such a respeflAble minority.

The following intelligence was yesterday sent to
Lloyd's :

" Admiralty-Wei, April, 30, Half-pair
Ore, p Fn.
" The Donegal man of war arrived at Spithead
this morning, and the following message has been
received by the Telegraph :
" Captain Malcolm passed Cape Maize, m ith
Admiral Duckworth, on the 2.oth March : the re-
port of a French squadron being there, cannot be
true; the Donegal left Admiral Louis, with the
Spencer, Jaijiier, and Ale:dreier, on the Atli Aril,
in lat. 37, long. 67. In a very hard gale, on the 12th,
the Errors French prize, of 74, guns, sunk ; crew
all saved."

The San Joy): arrived at Plymouth on Saturday,
left the Earl of Sr. Vu.cesi CISI;NiIIig Off Brest,
w:th four sail of the line and three frigates.
Colonel Witham Surrn. Surveyor of the port
of New York, has been removed from Mike, in
consequence of his secret connexion with Mt-
is AM DA ; se have not heard of the appointment of
a successor.—( Aurora.)
General ARMSTRONG is appointed Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the United States to the Court of
Madrid.
The Dill introduced by Mr. ADAMS,• in the
Senate of the United States. relative to Foreign
Ministers. Las been disagreed to. under the im•
pression, that lull posers are to be found in the
laws of nations to meet the cases contemplated by
the Bill.
The °bk.& of Gereral MIRANDA'S secret expedi-
tion, had not uan,pired at New• York or. the

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