The National Register.
London, England, 1811-05-19 00:00:00

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proper) to their rail, after the eezicions af,CDurt.Marttils,and
Viso empowering them (by their- gems) in eases of unforeseen
emerg,:licy, Cater=-iip-W411..6.14:p-rlute cznitraat. ...-
ENGLISH AND MILITIAS.

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Mr. RYD ea roe, pertinent to notice, to submit a measure to ..
the House. which appeared to him essential to the security of
the I.ltiited Kiegdotil Whatever difference might exit on any .
other qut cion—ewl etht r it was thought that England ought to
• •confine herself merely Le a defensive system, and leave t. e Con-
tinent to its fate—or wet:cher it was illtiff:4 beet to persevere in
that which had latehr been crow:mei with such signal success—
still as long as it wait fouedneeeeeary.to continue tile contest in
which w•• were tinavoitiabiy :engaged, it was their paramount
fluty to dispose of the lel itaey force of the country in •that man-
ber which would most centribeee to its security. To de this,
therbught to make :kWh distributinn of that part of it intended
for home defence, as wuu!d leave the ereatest possible diipos-
able force. This, however, could not be dene while the set -
vices fehe Militia of England and Ireiatid were severally con-
lined to their respective countries. It was obvious to every one,
'that occasion, must arise in which the distribution of our force,
which he was about to propose, (the interchange of the militia),
• w.tuld be of the greatest advantage. instances were wonte
' In which such a distribetien o: oar force would be desirable, he
would refer them to the last campaign. If was true it had been
so gloriously terminated that the puhllc. had nothing to regret,
and all past etixitei, s and alarms had been forgotten in one stint-
tiwnt of untversal j He, however, le.t he ought to revert to
one period ofethat campaign, which had led to what he must
call a great crisis in the history of tens country, if not to a great
crisis in the history of the World. He must recall them to that
period when is was thought nee-nary te reinforce the army un-
der the co !nand of Lord Wellitigton. The reinforcements
were obliged to be sent from ell state poets. He would call the
recollection of the Reuse to Cie anxiety wi It which they were
watched while oil their way to joie' I,ord Welliegton, both here
and in Portugal. If, at that time, without the risk .and trouble of
sending for troles to :11cily and to Helitax, it had been in their
power to tran,po t a pat t of -that fine army which was then
and is now locked up in Ireland, hew ,!.v.!-At would have been
the advantage. Ou tide- tetil-eiect there.would be but one ulA-
nion and wenl.l ally Man be hold enough to say such a err-is
would never again occur, and that they ought not to avail thenl-
- selves of every thing in their power to provide for the recur-
rence of such a crisis ? If this wee true, when speaking of the
war in ilortitg .1, whielt might be retarded as the advanced
• guerd of Ireland, as it was tile •spot where Ireland could be as
well &tended 24 on her own shores; of what importance would
not the proposed erratigetrient be, should the seat of war. be
• changed, and eve be obliged to tight the battles of Europe in
other parts? The advantages to be expeco.d in such a case
were soUbeitnis,•thet were he to stop here, he thought enough
• ' would appear to have been seed to prove the expediency of mak-
' ing the prcenoeed distr.bution of our force; hurt he would not
confine Lis view of the aeiventaecslikely to result from it to those
which might be expected, with regard to our military opera-
* theme The moral and pn:iticel advantages by which it would
be followed were not itiliaier impute:ince. Nothing was.
more etsetrial peointet• that friendiy ietercourse to wilien
it was tile duty. :e it true: he :he ittelinerien of eiery rl,ll, to
afford the greeteet-otas;bie netweett the ten nations.--
On this sobjece t:eeelemen tr.ustnor eiberk as natives of the one
country or of the other. .11 a true Ettelieliman or as a true
Irishmen, it was inipostit.ile ue to feel the same. No measure
conid N- eo calcnletej to Jo away the ig;,oratice whi,:h
st
present teieted in the sister kin: doe's, of the trieeelly sentiments
and Andel diepositions of each other. New friendships ate.' new
alliances (lit:vied by it ttirM the whole mass of the pope,
la:ion of eat it couture, to spread their ben in inflwence over the
whole surface of ench comenteit). New bonds of afiection
meet thus be framed, tit hind still closer the sister couneries.
fit, se advent:lee; which Ile so fondly anticipated, were
• Pt.,: inertly probable hut certain... So long as limner; na-
ture remained constituted as it was at present, it was im-
poeeible that the tenses er which he hail spoken should
tail
of producing the .tireete which he had described. 'I he ;)'an
might tail of meeting the apprObation of the militia Officers ;
but when tliey considered how little were the sect-tees they
were called upon to make, Wht-ft compared wi-h what they lied
cheerfully underg net and i:oteAciering the great object held in
view, he molted they would not withhold their approbanon.—
One objection he had. heard stated, the distance to which it
wuuld necessarily tete the Officers frvnt their hotrtee.• el'o this
be had to reply, that in nineteen lose:meet; out of twenty in Eng-
land, anti universally in Scotland, they wt•re removed farther
front their home; than they %yodel be if unwed to serve in he-
t:nil. This, therefore, he thought could not he a very great ob-
jection. The Bill which he proposed to bring in, would be
formed on the plan chalked out by his Noble friend on the

THE NATIONAL iitIAiiSTER.

subject (Lord Castlereagh), when he delivered his sentiments to
the liou,e. The 1M would contain clauses, or oviding that' one
fourth of the EtKlich kvittittasimatd.strirve in Ireland far two
'ears, ard that one-third of the Irish Militia should do duty in
England for three years ; neither of them to be called upon
again till it came to tlit m in rotation, and neither to be thus
sent from England to Ireland, nor from Ireland to England,
without special .directionc from his Majesty. The outline of
the plan was formed so, that in eight years the English Miiititl
would all have served in Ireland, .aid in nine years all toe Irish
Militia in England. The personal sacrifices individuals might
be called upon to make, were ohly such as were existed by
duty. Their exertions might shorten the period for which those
exertions wouhl be required, or at least it would furri.,h the
means of pro,..cuting the war with ef:cct. The Right 11:,n.
Gentleman thc!l moved:

" Fur kayo to bring in a rill to permit the interchange' 01
English anti Irish Militias resrectively."
Mr. TtcuE approved of th ptinciple of the Bill; but gave 4t
as his opiniod that the Article of War which authorises a L:om•
mander to march his soldiers to church, should be explained or
dove away, su as not to affect the Irish Catholics in England.
Mr. W. WYNNt did not mean to oppose bringing in the till,
yet he thought considerable difficulties opposed themselvts to the
seccess of the plan.
Lord CASILEREACH saw no insuperable difficulties in the
way, and thought the iniEtia would coon assimilate itself to the
new arrangement, and that if the I-louse could not tfrect all
they wished at once, it w;:s in th..ir power to make a be -Inning
to provide that the nnhtia, in time, shotild become what it
ought to be. •
Colonel Duce ETT approved of' ti.e.pDlicy of the measure.
Colonel Lento?), Lord Viscount Juseelyti, and Mr. I-lei-heft
spoke in praise of the pliin.
Sir J. C. litreesLiv was anxious the Catholic soldier sheul.l
be protected in the enjoyment of his re4on. . It was S ca* of
peculiar hardship that the Cathlei,. soldier should be compelled
to go to a Protestant place of worship,
,as it subjected hint to all
the penaltief of excommunication.
lei r. ELI.•O r was ut opitlion that touch inconvenience might
re,oilt front tl.e proposed alterarion.
he CataNcent.ox Of the sticit Fovea thought it was rot
necessary to cater the law, as the Win Militia would not creme
to be the Irish militia on coming w Ee.glaed. • l'he suh.lier vvuiaa
not be compelled to rottrch to clutch as was supposed. On
this suleject he thought a satisfactory answer bad been given
before.
Mr.WIIITEr.P.Ab said the effect orthe Bill would he tailltrow
the gentlemen in the landed interest out of the ini I;i.t in a eve
years. lie thought the law with resoect to the C.lthoiic soldier
ought net to be left so loose as the Chancellorof the Excht quer
proposed to leave fr. He should nut oppose the 1)6'011 hi the
MI. lie hoped it would be erodue ive of good ; but it was his
intention to watch that psirof it which respected the liberty of
the soldier, in religious affairs, with the greatest care.
Sir J. Ncw PoX r wished the Act which gave the services of
the Irish militia, to contain a security from religious oppression.
He hoped t ;le plan would' he a good one ; but tisought security
. ought to he gtviin-to the Catholic for the enj iyment of his re-
ligion. Au Act, entitled "An Act for securing the. succession
to the Crown," contaitted n ‘,..ruvisitill that no soldier or seaman
should come to England wulintit taking the Laths of aliceiance
and supremacy. The oath ut snprernacy coillsl not be taken he
the Catholic. That provision, ionght, therefore, to. be done
away.
General TARLETON thought the jihl FOUla have a rood
effect.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
Certain pa.ers relative to the Island of Trinidad were ordered
to be kid hire the House.
The CuA:4CYLz.oa of the tliCatopett wished, that in ad:1!-
tion to those Areal), m-wed for. tin. Penton of the free inhabit-
ants should be laid.befort: the house. He accordingly rnaLis the
motion, wawa was agreed to.

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BULLION REPORT.
Mr:WHARTON brought up the Report of the'Committee of
the whale ilou,:e on the Bulli•)n Report. •
Anotlier long deb ar to .k place in which the pr_inci23l
91'.1 eakers were, Mr. G. J•ihnstone, INr..C. Adams, Mr:Trionio-
s.m, Mr. Marrratt, Mr. S:mron, and W. Smith. Nothi,ig
important ocon-r.d in the cour,,e of the eveni,ig. Tw.. of the
Reioluttons were: a,trc•rd to, und the furCoer consideration (.f tho
R. Tort svai adjontite 1, to affor t Mr. 'neroey and opportMliti
of moving SU Amendulent on the 'third Resolution: