The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-27 00:00:00

VO LUNTE ERS.

Mr. C. WYNAE said, ,that in consequence of
something he had heard was tnentioned in the House
yesterday, he thought it necessary to state, that no
communication whatever, was made to the Volun-

teers from the 'Executive • Government since the tst
of VebrUarYlast, and that there existed no disposi7
tion whatever to withhold any information that
might be desired upon the subject. Every Paper that
had been 'ordered was already before' the House ;'and
if the -Honourable.Colopel; 'who alluded 'to this sub-
je& yesterday thought proper to . move for others,
they would, if forthcoming, be immediately granted.
Here the Honourable Member read the Papers rela'-
five to the Volunteers which' had been vritten from
,the Secretary of state's Office since January last J.
and expressed his readiness to accede to any Motion
that might be made for their produtaion.- The 1406.
Member took notice of the Order for Regular 'Re-
turns frOm the several Volunteer Corps; with which
Order the Corps under-the command of the Hon.
Colonel had not complied ; and before. the Ron.
Colonel had ventured 'to charge a public Officer With
neglect of duty, he ought to have taken care,- if not
to perform his own public duty, at leaSt to be better
informed as to the attention of others to that _paint.
Colonel BASTARD disclaimed , the intention of
Vputing , any negle&. to the Pfficer to .which the
on. Member alluded. The: Hon. Colonel would
;150' glad to have all the Volunteers on thessame e.sta-
tilishment; and therefore did not objea to the pro-
posed change. As 'to the' Returns which ought to
have been made from the Corps. under his corn-
Mand, he, had to state, thatialthotigoh the Comman—
der of five or six 'battalions, .he left altogether the.;
drawing of pay:andsthe making Of .returns to Abe

Commindergs Of the several Battalions, he being
himself unable to attend to such things, from ',his
connexion with the Militia; with whom he gene-
rally was, out of the County in which the Volun-
teers alluded to were stationed. The Hon. Colonel
concluded with moving for Copies of the Letterspd.,
.dressed by Mr. Smith, of the 'Secretary of State's
Office; to Mr. Moore, of the War-Office, dated
Jan. 27, and Feb. 1.; And also of that addressed by.
.Earl Spencer to the Sedretary at War, in March
last.

The two first Letters were ordered, and upon the
Motion being PIA as to the last,
Col. 13.4STARD expressed a hope that the Vo-
luntFers would know, ere long, upon what footing
they were to stand, as much confusion resulted from
the uncertainty in which they were at present placed.
Indeed, the evil was such, that he could witlFdiffi-'.
‘..1.11v -I.:vml r,
he had influence, -until their fate.should be knowm
Perhaps this uneasiness might have arisen from mis-
representation, but certainly the regulations respe&-
ing the Volunteers ought to be announced. with all
convenient expedition.

' Mr. WY! VE was surprised that any such un-
certainty should prevail, as the Hon. Colonel alluded
to, for it was already very explicitly declared, that
aniong the great .majority of the Volunteers, who,
were 011 the August allowance,. no change what-
ever has taken place, excepting, the redndion of
the drlli.serjeant's pay. 'And as to thoSe on the June
allowances the intended change was very fully
derstood.' • With regard tb the other 'point in.
the•Honourable Colonel's speech, upon the • sub-
jeEt of the future • regulations' of the Volunteers;
they were: of course to act .upon the regulations at
present existing until the new regulations were
cqmmunicated to them. These new regulations
were already in a'very forward train, and would be
sent to the several Corps as scoop as 'they could. he
prepared. Upon the conduct of the Hon. Colonel,
or his Corps, be meant to make no other remark
than was warranted by fad. As to drawing for pay,
he could not say that the Hon. ColonersiSub-Com-
.manders had negle&ed their duty upon that point
nor, indeed, 'did he ever hear of any Volunteer Offi-
cers who were at all remiss in drawing for pay: but
he was enabled to state, from Papers he held in his
hand, that notwithstanding the utmost endeavours.
on the part of the' Secretary of Slate's Office, rand.
frequent exhortations to the several Conn-nal-Omits,
to make the regular, Returns four times a year,' no
Return had been .made from the Corps under the
Hon. Coroners: command on
,any of 'the' quarterS
ending- in the months of August, December, or April
last. : • •

Mr. LONG asked the Hon., Gentleman,, if .he
was competent to answer; whether it . was meant
that if any of the Corps upon the AOguSt allowance
should be ret.luced in number, they woUld. be at
liberty to admit new Members, under the same re-
gulations as formerly ?
) Mr. C. WYNNE, answered, certainly, until fresh
regulations should be made out.
After a feNV Words from Mr. S. 13bURNE,
Mr.-IVYNN.NE repeated, that no diminution of
allowance' to • the August Volunteers would take
place ; at the same time he begged to be understood
as not pledging himself to that point.
The Motion was agreed
. The Newfoundland Trade Bill was read a second
time,and committed for Tuesday next.
Mr. Wylk[E brought up the Papers ordered on
thre'MOtion BASTARD.—Ordered to die on
the Table.