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equalled the effea of the ordinary and extraordieary.
recruiting which.was in force before it ; and, tbe
manner in which /it etleaeci its purpose, was, in
itself, sufficient to give it a superiority over the, tnea-
sures which ra ere. now brought into comparison with
it:. The Noble Lord's briast, that his measures had
done as much, reminded him of the clown at Astley's-
H vi
ughes's, who, lien be performed .a eltunsy
imitation of •a feat ot agility, looked archly ' the
company, and challenged the praise of having dope
as well as his. original. It was the merit of his tnea-
sure that it raised the men by. the ordinary recrnit-_
ing alone ;• while the measures with which it was
composed procured them by expensive and violent
tneans.• the comparison between- the extraordi-
nary . measures of. other AdministrationS, and hia
, measure, was just the same as that of a man with
100,0001. capital, with . a man baying 40,0061.. a
year, The former could exceed the other in a dash
of a couple of years ; but the steady income of the
,
latter Would afford more permanent and -durable
splendour. His measure bad been but twelve months.
h in force, when its 'produce equalled that of the prior
ordinary reernitir°:r.and the Additional,Force,Aa.
When the' Noble Lord talked of 36,000 men from
the Militia, it should never be 'lost sight of, mans
Of these were enlisted into the Militia as substitutes
costing 60 or' 70 gnineas,-to which was to be added,
the farther bounty for entering into the line.- As to
theretieaioti on the number of boys iatroduced on--
der his measure,' he was stirn no obje&ion on that
head could be seriously urged.. He should here call
the attention of 'the House to a circumstance which '
he hoped would be explained ; this was the engage- ;
ment of boys of- twelve years of age, in one of the
regiments near town, not on diminished pay, like
the gromi.boys.under his system, but on thil"pay.
'As to the increased .allowances ,n froMChelsea,,:that
seas a measure which was already in contemplation,
and likely to'be adopted of course, on the bare con-
siderations of justice and humanity. The multi '
plication of recruiting piirties atuse, :not front the
Government, nor from. any desire to promote the
:• execution of hOiieeasui.e.; it, proceeded from a guar-
ter decidedly adverie to .hismeasure. It was besides
known; that the multiplication of recruiting parties ;
beyond a certain proportion, diminished, instead of
-
incroasing the number of yectuits. The fifty-four '
second battalions were createdby tho preceding Ad-
Ministratioe. With a -tull establish:l-sent of Officers
and no men they could not. beslett a bu“ben on the
Country. It. tyai hard to oblige the OrEcers to dom.;
piece th(t numbers to a certain amount : but it. was a
hardship that was necessary., andAilen the increase
~t as.c.4lled for, it was inevitaole to allow the regi-
ments to send oat their parties. The permission
given to the Irish Militia to voluuteer, and the com-
peitioe between the regiments, each seeking to get
4s.share, was anatbir cans& of the multiplication of..
recruiting parties ; and in all those eases the Go.::
vernment had nothing to do with the matter, With.
respect to the.desertivos, the number' had decreased ,
under hi.; Measure. Without troubling the House
with figureS,:he 'would generally say, that from the ,
commencement of the year tow, to the introdue,:
tion of the late system -in the middle of 1806, the
regular recruiting had gradually declined ;' that after
the iturodvtii9nof that system it-had gradually in-
creased, and that since the Nobler Lord came into
office:it had again gradually declined,: ln the 'lag
half year of the last system, the,ordinary .recruiting
alone had beat. the ordinary recruiting of the cor-
responding period in the preceding year, with the
Additional Force Bill into the bargain. The former
amounted to above I t ,ocro men, while the latter did,
not exceed '10,783. Tills' new, proposition would:
not get A. man More for the army;, but on the coh7.
trary, would go to keep many men out of it. . -Some
• deft renceWaS doe' to the authority of himself and
friends on the subject, AS the Mcashre which the
clause' meant to a'ffoa originated with them,. and
as they.-had distinctly declared that suet) a clause
wonid destroy the effea of tlhc.measttre. The thili7
tary plan which he had' proposed, proCeeded on the
ptinciple of Meliorating the future condition of -the.
soldiers, it was necessary therefore that confidenCe
should *inspired into the peuplc:4 to give it its due.
etic t. Ylut the clause now proposed went-to destroy
confidence and to diffuse distrust. If, as he Suspeeted
from what 1;4. be.:Jl said the oVicr night by 4 Noble
Lord, it was' intended eventually to allow those sul-
(lien Who had onlieted for a term of years, to change'
that term for. life, this would be an atrocious breach
of faith fur.die'ptul,tbiticm which now existed was
proicaion Of the soldier, anti were' it to be re-
trlbT,ed.l-10 would be exposed, to the solicitations and
ultimately. to the vengeance! of his officers. After
.arginng at considerable length'uti these topics, he
eoncluded,.by exptesSing his hope that the House
, would rise,wath one coMmon feeling olindignation
'aea 0
•ltrst the insidious attempt, ,which was made
withiint aihy plausible' pretext whatever, to destroy
that which after deliberate and drepeated discussion
Thad received the solemn -sanetion of Parliament.

:.General TARLETON, utter defending the con-
dnet-Of .Mitaisters in bringing iot%vard the present
menstireik in the moilo which they had done, ex-
pressdd tai*' conviction of the dan:;er of invasion to
which the country was exposed by 'the increa4ed
power of rheenenir,' rtieointnended the utmost
vigilance on the part of his 2clajesiy's Miniiters: 'in
order to .defeat his deiigns:„ _ _ _

. The SECRETARY :(7t, defended the Con-
duct -..0f his! Noble friend, and, entered into a minute'
. examination of the 'Returns on the table, to prove
:_that th© •plan of the Riht. Hon. :Gentleman had
not .:bleu productive ..ot the effeas which he had
predieleth
• Mr. 'WINDHAM -and Lord biSTLERkAG/1 mu-
Emily explained. •
.Jak,clivision,then took place, when the - numbers

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'On .oUl:/re-adtnissiOn to h -Gallery, the. other
Clauses *ere brought up cnd agreed to, and the
*.hole Bill gone through.- The House vas then re-
suiiled, and-on theshb;ea of receiving the Report a
sbort.con‘iersation ensued, in which it was proprsed
by. the Sitc-itETABY•at,WAR,-that the-Report should
be received to=morrow (this day), to 'which Lord
- Fot.x.sTotr objected, being determined to bring on
liissnotion respecting the Undo Papers positively on.
thn clay. • - - • •
• .:111r.,BlIERIDA then proposed that the Report
should.be.receiNecl on ii.4ltinday nest, bbt after some
interlocutory observations' fr,/ru boat bides of the
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