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London, England, 1806-05-31 00:00:00

SATU BD , MAY 31. ►BO6.

iI.ERLAGH gave seta's, that cm Ndond.r ii-er
a nwtien Ali the etf *fret et' the i ' ere. be-
t • n America and the lit stiatt IVe.tl-d,a Wands.

Mr IS mks brought up the Rep it tne Committee to
whom the 'oboe. Lion of the Britt►Y MUINIWIII .L reteriol,
which w..s read, and mderei to Re on ►he table.
Mr. Rase resented a P.-titign from the Merchants of
LAI4OI .gs n•t Ore Bdl permitting Neutral* to car, y goods to
glue Hr tott Went !radio Islands _ _ .

bre Charles Prep pyre:Anted • similar Petdien hewn the Ship
Owners nf Lgndoe. which were read, assd the
Pent:-
oar. , ord so he *earl by thanueltes or thou conned an ti:4
second re.rding a dud RM.
0., the nve,,es of tl.naval TARIETOINI,the secw..d reading
of the Liveyool Poet Wel was lehipaned t.fl Mua i.

NEW I.IIII,ITAftY PLAN.
Th. SECRETARY at NVAIt haring tnnved
the Order of the Day, for going int, A Gort.thittre
on the Nl•itiny Bill,
Lord CASTLEREAGH asked if the Right Hon.
Secretary was prepared to state baunry he
meant to give to men, on re-enlisting, artri a sew
vice of seven or fritrisen yi,ars t
Mr. %WINDHAM replied, this asiy encourage.
merit so be given nn such etra•iaa% saws depend.
A great measure, ttp-n cireu.nsr.usees, and the
necenitiose bf the women,. He w... a' Ili:• s•li104:
time obliged to the Whit L rd. for giv.ug Vial the
' present opportui,ity of s .:ing, that accsirchng
tne plan, as it stood at pre.eot, the fint peritid ref
armee, which he nri:zinally stated at seven 'cart,
was esteaded to ten, and the le:rimpenee. at..a
that time, dix:nisbril to tour, instead of elipiliCe
Wrgit..
LAM CaiSrIaILREAGH did not think the ex-
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phusatton 'addict:cry. and withrl to be iittormed.
thither be meat to induce the men to extend shim..
service to want-one )ears, by any adJetiooal
bounty 0
Mr. PZILCIVAL also inquired, if there was ary
inzonrios of giving a proportional h. Imre for re-
idistment, Otte ha +lug served the first term
Mr. WINDHAM answered, that in all like'l-
hood t would be desirable to give an addlitortal
bounty to reavolistinest ; but, to he had stn., h.tore,
thee most depend on the esivastes ot the times, of
whicli it era, not niter pvissitile for Ili n to bate any
per/swam* knowleeigr.
Mr. cAY:N; YaG did not think %hat was said
by the NW don. Secroary a sufficient anseett tip
Ole ettlevesell Me kends no the hest opening of the
artra•une, asst ed. it a great portion ni the men
were Ilk ly tee en's..., After the 6. it se. vire of men
y ars, and t .ey were to be induced to do
so by twoicoes. •.t not, appeared to biro to be the
, es Once of !ht. glut
Mr WIND I iM m vp:y said, that the qeenion
was cot cap eble of tee.ereug eel d:aiire the arr.
lie no. e..dei (eke to say atm ;:.e rtnath,n
of the eLeun fy may be at ihst espirst of
seven read). It m y leaped". oat an additional
boon.), w ueJ become He essay,. 411,.1 ;t we. also
.e1tm.t...1.11, eery he r-ndety so
its.iteng. .1 to sureese..e tha ee cesseti. Zsety
thug of th et kinJ nettetd-pend upon cow.m.:eiseiss.
the Lcuislatme was not by anis me 4•llTr deny e• I of
the power it Aiwa's pat a sseJ of /incise. , its own
discretion ; and y was binding in it. het! the
reeirrtical engagrone. is entei est into bate/teen the
soldier end the G4fte,nment.
Mr. O'HAItA nos iced, that there wts no re-
cessCy 14r these iturri °mato' s; as the gtfCeinmeen
of the c! 'witty would aivrats nate the • ;scion of eis.
irg h iUROet, nr want,* satvg acrcs d ng to the cir-
cumstances i•I the times 4 anal e imtLoa be should
Prrixuee w<oul a be, to rise to teciui:s a certain bons—
ty for seven years; a remer, i 1 cit y entered w first
for fourteen; snJ one still greater, in proportion,
when they enks.ed fur the term of twenty-tine
years, always adapting the peopattien to the length
of time

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The Masi then re.nlved itseh i-tcs a Cimmiitee
on the Mutiny DSOt Mr. Alex intirr en the Chair. .
Mr. YORKE ri7geste.l the pr•iptivy bt post-
poning the sehed..le. it any alterations weir intenJed
in the bri,ly nf the Bill.
The Chairman then prriceedeel to read thee:tads or
ateeteatino, as it stood in the schedule.
Mr. YORKE then silted, whether there was any
a'ter ttioa meant to be made in this part of the seise-
dui,-

WINDHAII replid, that the variation he
'want to crop-se was but a small one its compass,
though impoo t is its obj 8. It was, that after
fitting up the •nk toe oath, that the intuit
should wive for the t.e or of years, he should
propose an addition to i .s eff-Et and for such
further terto as His Isfuj sty shnuld please to order,
not to exceed three years, and rest more thin it
mouths of continued peace." He then proceeded
to tlevelope at great length the remainder of this
part of the oew nywure. If a person shenld
enlist when under 18 yeas of age, the time of his
service WAS to commence when he attained that
age, and not before Nn nett propositron was,
that it t‘e term of service should expire while a vol-
Bier was serving a woad, he sh -old be sent home
by the riot opportivisty, at the expence of the pob-
hc, and on his arrival is dos country, should receive
marching money, to eliabl • him to travel tw that
parish, or part of the United Kingdom, to sahith he
origfratly Is/forged. This short outone a. old be
aufEcitnt to p6t the House in possession et the
wlantr of that part of the new measure t hu-
whatever bargain may be no. made, it wou,d
:Oil lease it •open to Goverument to ea-, toe
terms as fiture couti.,gencies may reein.re. It
was not intended to be Irrevocable, except as far
as the gnod faith of the indtvidual was concerned.
In all great concern:, it was necessary to vieworregh
well, and balance the reason, for ar.d against it.—
Ntrhinz of cnns:derable moment was to be obtained
withnut making same de;ree of sacrike, and the
' mositieration Ulna be, whether what Was g.sir.esi
was worth wkst was given fox it I Amongst she
siajdooi ads ma.!e to the plan, woke gestuerturo
voted tt.ier it, t: it was n s mire than malting an
lesocrirchno, aid •L it "11,0:4,1 have the tniaditinrous
.erect of oliiis.rg the country typal w nth msu at the

time that they vent wanted. I'h .se In ty be par ly
crud, and the ottswer he had to give to them *0 ~ that
no advantages were to be obt.rned. w Nom paying
something for them, on.l that to g tin one paint, we
mast he sometimes under the necessity of p truing
with another. What w.re all the militant, rneasutes
of toe lAA 15 years, but matters of experim . it , In
they looked to the Army of Re ,th Suppe-
mentary Milit'a ; indeed. the didcrent m litia laws,
the A Iditio-.11 Force Wli, &c they ali *moulted
to a full couliession, tAtt the ordinary mode of re-
cruiting was fosto 'to he insufficient. 1r they were
not a confe:sift.) of it. then the cone! ssion must 1 il-
-1 tw, that the Ministers of lista period, an I the Par-
liament aloskg with them. were nothing mora than
wanton projellors. The Sapplernotary Militia
war propor-d for the purpose of raising an army
I.f one htvdred Ormond men by the effeet and
force of ballots; and it was tried as far at it
would go ; hat the resift was, that the country wit,
to the amount of 40 or 30,0 to men, deficient
in that number. To remedy mat detest, recourse
was bad to an accam; tlatifig penalty upon the
e..orr.ifm, primes. or &stria.. ; bet even that 414
not succeed Time plan was then adopted of
t.tising an army of reserve in the same forest;
and the penalties, in cases of failure, were gradually
tremeised. antl finally doubled, from the sam of !td.
to SRC That measure, he admitted. had a Cor.skiln-
shid..effeft, and produced a great force, but ita fire
scat term estinguithed : it did all that it was capable
of doing. and then it came to its cad. Then came
,that ivlditional Force Aft. over who-! coontrion i.e ,
d;J lilt now mean
to triumph, nor was he desirous'
of accusing those who first proposed it. He
would not say of them, as they said of him
..'.d his colleagues, that, after ttionaphing over
their predecessor', they brought in that 1311 mere-
ly henna. they :'ere pledge) to dp it. He would
sapitosr it a measure, the result of duty and
dinate of opinion. Si me of these Gentlemen
thotigtti proper to remi- d'dim. and those atth wham
h- atl .J, that they should be cautious in what
err ssid is future, as they were now she swela
sari am of the Cruarts. AU he should observe, in
return for this coation seas, by following up their
own priivinle. :Old wheel they made str.mg asser-
itio% mounding the house that it was the vuti-
mony of witnesses who ware not ;worn. On.
Right Honourable afntleman (Mr. Yorke) told the
House. that if they :epealei the Addition,' Fo-r:
AR, they left teatime. His answer to that was.
that ttrity left some:ling very well earth preeerva-
non, it the ordinary manner of tenoning. If ynu
repeal any new mode, which, upon trial. tts'as
found foully --I fail, what did you leave 1 The
.tistri,r WAS very short. You lett the oki model.
Some of the new mentor's proposed were professed
to he of • teraksorary and elite' normal nature, sad
ail of them were really so. As to the Additional
Fon* At'. 'as partevlar, adore% it we; roc his
i.colt to tt draw ac fro* he dread abode," yet he
mild irst avail referring to it, a. it totally falleel of
refry of ... pt 'posed by it, and lett the House and
the Govee;onent under the necessity of resorting to
some astir nseastt-e. Another Itreht Hun. Gentle-
man ( Vit. Perciral)had accused Itiro,not only of n; .t
and-'startling tisat Act, out ai.o of not having even
read r. Mime, it was posobl% that he might under-
stood the aft. even if ne had no: .aually read it; but
it was rather strange, that the Root lion. Gent. who
cmtainly did read, and had a great share in framing
that aft, was a considerable time brtore even he him.
'elf orders:4.4 it. It *as at first calculated that
it would have raised the number of 53,400, and,
a' the very outs•r, would produce, in the first year,
13,000 men ; but, upon trial it turned out, flat it
was like one of those unfortunate taccrs. of whom
it was observed, that the farther they ran, the
more they lest. hs advocates, however, were
determined to retain it as long as possible, though
it was evidently maintained by them in that feeble.
state of constitution. which, though always 'ilia&
sometimes lasted a ding while. 'the event of she
year proved, that it teas capable of producing no
more than valise thcusand men, and so gfeatly
impeded the regular recruiting. that the two com-
bined measures. *flute together, did not raise as
warty men as time regular service of itself bad ob.
rained before. There was, therefore. the same ne-
cessity for some new measure ncw, at there was is
any former period, when new measures were re-
sorted to. The Gentlemen opposite to him. seemed
determined to oppose the present plan, in uric
bur even if it should he mjetted, he bad not
yet heard of any other roi' by which they meant
to replace it. They appeared to lose sight of any
present effect it may produce, but were tremblingly
alive and apprehensive fir the fuwre. For him-
self, he must say, that he was still attached to his
old principles; whatever could have beets effected
by compulsion had been tried before, and failed It
its erect. Hs was very far from anettne, that
thews and situations may not arise, in which corap
redid's-7 s-rvice may be righr. and even nommen
bat hs did not conceive the cour.try to he is
that situation now. He was aware of one authn.
rity, uhich, - amongst others, might. perliapd, be
quoted against him. He knew that Junius, in
treatieg on this sited. noted a very cbrioss re-
medy. H- said, "it you 'feint to get rid of the
impress or compuisory service, you have -'nly to in-
Creak she bounty.' That might have been very
Rue at that time, 1)1.1 when the bounties advanced tc
such sums as 4o or 1101. a roan, they must shore•
have an end. They wool f. indeed. have their ei-
felt for the time, tat then their operation was if
the nature of those draughts or boluses in medi-
ciao, which afforded temporary relief, at the et pence
et the general conwitution of the patient l'ltcy
must prove it istridros to the permanent system, and
he waruld again repeat whet he had sail berme—
" do not have recourse to compulron, till all other
method, fail y ts.wln order to itecempiish the wished-
fir ohj-ft, it was necessary to make rye odes
of suffizient value: and. also. to make that value
knows to tboseyou bays to sisal wish. Haven; statvti