The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-08 00:00:00

ARMY ESTIMATES.

The SECRETARY at WAR moved that the House
should resolve itself into a Committee of Supply,
and that the Army Estimates fdi two months should
be referred to. it. . . .

General TIIRLETON took this opportunity of
adverting to the state of our Military Force. The
declared intention of repealing the Additional Force
A& had produced bad etle6ts upon its operation, and.
the known hostility of the Right Hon. SeCretary
opposite to him (Mr. Windham) to the Volunteer
System had caused this to languish, and yet on the
7th of March we had no plan as a substitute for
,these. The numerous plans which the Right Hon.
Gentleman had mentioned, when on the Bench near
him, might have taught us to .expeft something be-
fore this time, when he got to the other side. But
probably it had been found that the plans of me.;
taphysical Theorists were not well 'calculated for
praClice. But one of two things must happen We
must have another Coalition, or if the War continue,
we must tight the Enemy ourselves. It was time,
therefore, that we should be prepared.
IVINDErIM answered to the charge of
delay, that it was only a relative term. He would
not bring forward a plan without mature delibera-
tion, and the advice of men of experience, because
lie thought that a difficult matter which they thought
so easy. It was unreasonable to expe6t that he shoUld
have a plan cut and dry in his pocket the Moment
he came into Office. They were calling out for a
plan as if they were in a Theatre calling out for the
rising of the curtain and tl;e commencement of the
entertainment, This might be sport to them, but
it was death td the interests of the Couutry. This -I
might be arstratagem of war to bring lum out, t).ut
fie would not cone forward
w on this accomnt one
•,
nmo-
went before he as prepared,

Mr. CANNING observed, bat the' 'declaration
alludedto was not wrung Improperly from the
Right Hon. Qentleman for the notice of the Re-
pmil of the iye given on the first day of the Session
one at the. present Onister. (ti 4. Sheridan) bad
wgreat effea on the operat4l,n of that measure in
at parts. of the Country. The House 434 ercainly
..• • •

right td have expeßed their system before
He, had read of

" A mighty mate, but not without a plan ;"

but this Administration, seemed to be,

" A mighty maze; and quite without a Om

Mr. WINDHAM replied, that the quotation,
might be very happy ; but that was no reason why,
at the call of every Gentleman who thought proper,
he should havo3 a plan ready cut and dry for them.
The SPEAKER having then left the Chair,
The SECRETARY at WAR proposed as a supply for
134,000 men for two Months, 795,4601. for the
Troops at home, and 336,6931. for the Troops
abroad. T,hc Resolutions were agreed to, and tho
Report ordered on Monday.

Mr. Fox prasented a Petition from the Cities of
London, and Westminster, praying for relief against
the fines imposed by the Parish Bill.—Ordered to
lie on the Table,' .
LORD coLLIN.GwooD.
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The Commitment of the Report on Lord Coning-
wood's Annuity Rill was postponed till Monday.
The other Rills were forwarded in their different
stages.—Adjourned till,Monday.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,

The extreme respeftability of your Paper induces
one well acquainted • with Parliamentary pra&ice to
endeavour to corre& a mistake into which yOu have,
without doubt, been led most inadvertently. In.
your Publication of last night you say, that the Dim
vision of the House of Commons on Monday night
last was unexpeCted, and had not been intended by
Opposition t 9 have taken ?lace, That the paucity
of the Division on their part, was indeed zmexpeaed,
I -grant you—but that it was as eagerly and as loud,.
ly called fbr by them, as is ever usual on such occa..
sions„' I as positively assert ; the -words « agreed,
agreed," • were vociferated froM their Benches,• when
the SPEAKER_ rose to put the Question, and was de-
cisive upon the going into a " DiVision. A measure
they have- Since heartily
,(for very obvious causes
repented) and which has given rise to the paragraph
'to Which I have alluded.
Am,
Your warm Adthlrer and
- CONSTANT READER,