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London, England, 1806-06-25 00:00:00

GENERAL TRAINING BILL.

Mr.:WINDHAm moved the Order of the Day for
the.further consideration of the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Training Bill. •

Lord CASTLERE:IGH was extremely anxious,
'before this question was further gone into, to come
to an understanding on a point which was most ma-
terial. It was very currently reported, that the only
obje& of the Right. Hon. Secretary (Windham) in
the present Bill was to-incorporate his own ideas
with the A& already in existence (the Leay en Masse
.4a) ; but when it should have passed, to have it,
like that Aet, unexecuted, unless some particular
emergency should arise. If that were true, he should
have little objeetion to allow the Bill to proceed. It
was certainly most material to the discussion to be
informed whether the Bill, if passed as it now stood,
was to be executed or not.

Mr. WINDHAM said, this was the first time he
had heard of any doubt that the measure was to be
carried into execution.

It was then ordered that the Report be now taken
into further consideration. It was then moved that
the Bill be re-committed.

Mr. BAGWELL opposed the Motion. The Bill
went, in a great measure, to destroy the system of de
fence raise by the late Administration, which, was
'admirably adapted to the chara&er and spirit of the
Nation. Absurd speculations were to be introduced
to destroy a system of experienced- advantage. The
forms of these speculations were at the same time
most unconstitutional. He did not mean to arraign
the motive of the Right 'Hon. Secretary, which .he
supposed must be most patriotic; but he must say,
that the great.hopes entertained by the Country from
the admission of the Right Hon: Gentleman to the
office he held were completely disappointed. The
Arst, measure of the Right Honourable Gentleman
went to repeal an Ad which produced 18,000 men
annually, without replacing it by any adequate sub-
stitute. The Right Hon. Gentleman had alarmed
'the Volunteers and Yeomanry Cavalry by 'keeping
them in a state of complete suspense as- to what
was to be done with them. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man's grandmeasore for recruiting the Regular Army
had-proved -a complete abortion in legislation. It
was an experiment,-doubtful so far as it was calcu-
lated to produce men,, but certain so far as it was to
bi-atten(e.l with burthens,t and as it tended to dis-
yrb the general arrangement of the Army. If we
-Were to keep pace with the Military exertions 'of the
continent, our views must be aireaed to continental
operkions. The Volunteer System would, if
hated" properly; be most effeatial, in -aid of our
Regular Arm, for most operatiods—but- the pre,
sent tiroceedipgs went to `.decrease -the numbers,
terelax tho tili4iFipij,4s. 9f t 4 V9liintgas, fie

could di' eorer no other motive for abandlning tloa
highly beneficial System of the late Admi,listration,,
and adopting the System now proposed, but to al-
here 'to do&rines advanced in, the spirit, he would not
say of a faEtious, but at most of a systetnatic and
indiscriMinatina opposition. The Bill went to Re-
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peal every aa and every principle upon which the
services of the Public had been contributed during
the whole of the last and the present War. It went
to give a power to place every man in Engleind of
military age in any Regiment of the Line, and to
march to any part -of England, subje& to mili-
tary law. If the Bill should pass, he hoped therc
would be Petitions from all parts of England against
it. At present he was content -to 'enter his protest
.against the measure, as likely to overthrow the wise
and efficient System of ,thelate Administration, and
to overturn the fundamental principles of the Con-
stitution.

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, • Sir LIMES PULTENEY was for the Amend-
- trent. He approved of theprinciple of the Bill, as
calculated to afford the best foundation of an effec-
tual defensive System, against a contingency, to
meet which all possible means should be brought
into operation. It was beyond a doubt that Regu-
lar Soldiers were to be preferred to all others---but
it was impossible, in the circumstances in which
this Country was placed, to have an adequate forte
in Regular Soldiers alone. Looking at invasion as
• pradicable, it was possible that a conjnndure may
arise at the beginning of some future war, when
the Enemy may be comparatively stronger at sea,
and we comparatively weaker by land. If a descent
were made at such a conjundure, there would be no
adequate security against it, -It had been justly
stated by the Right Hon. Secretary, that the rea-
son why the French. Armie- advanced without
check after the defeat of Mack was, that the countries
through which they passed had not 'an armed and
trained population. Much had been said abont the .
Volunteers. He was one of ' those who opposed
the Volunteer System. It was impossible for tjle
Ministers who established the Volunteer System.
to resist the cry in favour of it—hut it al-
ways appeared to him that general Training was
better. He bad a high respe& for the Volun-
teers, who had, in many. instancesl made greit
sacrifices for the' Co4ntry, and who had attained
generally a very high degree of discipline. The
spirit shewn by the Volunteers in Yorkshire anti
the Northern Countries, when an invasion was
atually believed to haVe taken place, did them the
highest honour, and placed their spirit beyond all
question. But they could not be looked uplan 4.1
a proper Permanent Force. He would no more trust
to Volunteer Services in a Permanent Military point
of view, than he would to Voluntary Contributions
as a Permanent Revenue. The carrying the rne4-
sure into effe& may be attended with difficulties
it was worth the experiment. There were three
points which he wished particularly to notice; first,
the power of putting the trained men into the re-
'gul'ar army, which he didnot think unCenstitutional,
because it was to be done only in case of invasion,
and to continue only during that emergency. The
hardship in that case would not be beyond the propor-
tion of the interest to. be defended, and the ruin.
threatened. The successive reinforcements which
400,000, trained men would afford, would be suffi-
cient to render the Country invincible. It was by
the incorporation 'of the National Giliards, a forCe
trained in this manner, that the French Armies
were rendered so powerful in the late War. The
next point -was the appointment of Officers by the
Crown, which he thought a most wise provision,
far without. Officers the men would be without
order and without 'discipline., It would be impos-
sible to assemble them or to keep them together.
With respect to the expence, which was the third
point, he confessed the plan of the Right Flop. Gen- -
tleman nearshim, (Mr. Yorke) for training on Sun,
days, without pay, was preferable, if the people
could be brought to conform to it. The Principle,
at all events, he concurred in most cordially, and 44
course voted for-the recommitment.

Afr. SPENCER: ST A NHOPZ Would be silent
if the measure was not to be carried into
but if it was to be carried into execution be' must
oppose it, as the most obnoxious and intoleraNti
measure ever resorted to. It went to do no less
than to raise by ballot every fourth rn. an of militag
age in the Country. According the to Militia lists,
there were 840,000 men of military age. Of these --
40,000 were taken for thp Militia. The Volunteers,
if they were allowed to ' enlist in addition to the Mi-
litia, would lessen the stock in the 'proportion of six
to twenty. Of the remaining fourteen the Hon.
Gentleman proposed to take five. It had been an-:
nounced to the Country, that if Volunteers were
found in sufficient numbers, the Training ACt would
not be carried into effe&. These numbers were fur-
nished and maintained, and now this Bill was
brought forward to violate the engagements entered
into by Government. The older men had furnished
money to fit out and train tile young, -and now
they were to be called on themselves. The people
of England were easily led, but difficult to be driven.
The expence of drilling 200,000 men fur 40 days
would be 400,0001. exclusive of the charge of ,artns,„
of places and persons to keep those arms, and of
powder and 'shot for exercising. The Right ,Ho-
nourable Secretary seemed to confine this measure
to England. Why was it not applied to Scot-
land ? Why not to Ireland ? Was Scotland perfeet-
ly safe without it,' and was England in danger un-
less it was resorted to ? He could not understand
the idea of a separate danger or a separate safety.
All parts of the Empire were to stand or fall to-
gether. It was a great objection to this measure
that the people were not to be commanded by their
natural leaders,--their landlords. The Country Gen-
tlemen would be extremely averse to carry so odious
an ACt into execution. The Bill was founded upon
every thing the Hon. Gentleman had condemned
for these four years past. if the men refused to
'.turn out for a shilling a day, more should be given,
and this would,create a competition with the Line.
On reading the Bill he was at a loss to discover
Which was to be the Commanding Officer, the Ser-
jeant pr the 'Constable.—(4 laugh). Upon his
conscience he believed the Hon. Gentleman meant
to starve out the Volunteers. A Volunteer Cap- ,
tain may, by this Measure, be degraded from his
rank in society, to 'winch his' vOlunteer rank was
oreportioned„and placed in the Mess between his
wn Gtodni and the Parish Chimney-sweeper.--.
(A 444 h):.` The fines upon the townships would
4e equally hard, They would be punished for not •

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.doing what they could not do- If additional 'force
were wanted, it May be had, volumes, per. poptia.
if the trill -of the pen )1e *ere opposed, Ministers
would burn their fingA-s, Be cited a case in the
AmeriCan War, when a Bill, was broUght in under, ;
'Lord North's Administration to ,prevent Sailors from I
avoiding the impress. Mr. Dunning; who was
then high in chara6ter and authority, said he was at
:a loss how to' treat the Bill. If it Were not sup-
perted by any of His Majesty's Ministers, he would
be satisfied simply to report it. _lf it were supL.
:ported by them, he would recommend to throw it .
over the Table.

Sir IV.MILRTER was' a great admirer of
~the
spirit of the Volunteers, and commended their mili-
tary proficiency : but as a Permanent Force, they
'could not be reckoned upon ; and in proof of thiS it
was enough to state,' that in the last Volunteer ReJ
,view, before His Majesty there were but 15,000
',Mc% present ; whereas in the •first there were 2.5,000.
He thought the dis Missal of the permanent Serjeants
'wotild give general satisfaetiOn.
Loi'd CASTLEREAGH had. expeaed, that- in
:the present stage, the Right Hon. Secretary would
'have thought it necessary to explain particularly the
'.objects of this Bill, ,without referring the House to
'his original Speech, which, with all their ingenuity,
'the 'Right Honourable Gentleman and his Friend
foUnd it difficult to reconcile wi.th his subsequent
propoSitiOns. This 'explanation was -the 'more ne-
cessary, as the: House was to ,he called Upon to pass
`the A& but inbre particularly as the measure was
to, be Ft-. in execution. :He would not oppose the
re-commitment ; and 'he vas sorry to, oppose in, any
-stage a measure designed' to add to the .effeaive
strength: Of. the Country; This `l3ill 'was in most
'respects ,similar to that formerly brboght in by his
Right lien. Friend 'Pity Yorke:. What circum-
'stances were. there at present to induce a:dePittiire
`from the pledge then given, that the general-train-
. ing would not_ be carried into ether if the voluntary
. training to a -certain -extent was resorted to ?' "fhe
liainintr, for twenty-two. days could have so little
teffe& toWards,propet .th!tt 'Officers-would
prefer 'doing witheut,stich men to having them. It
'was the undoubted. prerogative of the CI-Own to call
'out all Inen-of military age in case of invasion ; but
:that right Should 'be exercised With caution ; oud
• 'Wlien it was exercised, it should be so applied as to
procure effeaual benefit.' With respe& to the no-
ceSsity.of enforcing' the prerogative,,: in 11303 ;-at the
breaking out of the War,- the total amount of our
Regular 'Force was, 157,000 men. At presept, the
amount Was '249,00.0, independent of the Volun-
-teerS, and, .as he was informed, of the Artillery., If
'Under the cir6ithstances Of that time, before the
SuppleMentary. Militia. and , the Army of Reserve
were yet raised; the Volunteer System had been
preferred to the training'eu Masse, what reason was
there now to revert to, the Army en Masse ? The
'Government had then given ,a distioa pledge, that
if Volunteers to the amount of six times the number
of 'the' Mllitia offered, the Training Ad would not
'be enforced.: that -number did offer, and was kept
`up, and yet. the pledge given upon that condition
was to be repealed without any,pecessity. requi,ring
.011 the contrary every- change Of 'Circumstances
'that had taken .place, contribtued to render it unne-
•Eces-ary. He did not consider the mode of calling
•out theMassedescribed in the present Rill as good as •
that comprehended in the Aa of his 4light Hon.
Friend. His object was to get'theClaSsesdistin-
guished 41to Corps, to have them officered by Coun-
try Gentlemen, and to have them trained till it was
certified)hey were in an adequate state ofdiscipline;
in which state'they were to be kept up till it should
be necessary'to call upon them: It was certainly a
great improvement of the Right Hon. Gentlem:m's
tirst statement to allow the Masse- to - beofficered.
Idut how- could • the necessary' Officers be found.?:
There ought to be a Clause compelling the Country.
Gentlemen to aCt as Officers ; fbr without corn-
puls:on they would not at as Officers to men who,
after the whole :period of their training-, would not
be fit to be looked'at'as soldiers He condemned
the M.:asure of disbanding • the Volunteers, who
'were ready trained and efitaiye; for the purpose of
introducing men not trained, and whom it was pro-
posed to-train very itnperkedY.,, The exvence of
this„-training was e:still more Serious-consideration.
The'plan of his Right Hon. 'Friend (Mr. Yorke)
was calculated operate without MUchlexPence
for the men were to .be exercised generally on Sun-
days free of expence but-to have an' allowance .of
Is, if withdrawn from their 'daily,labours. and 'been-
patiOns.
.To the_ enormous- e,:ipence of a shilling
a day pay was to be added the expellee of arms, am-
munition, stores; ; and aster calculatirig all'.
these, there could be Aio dc4bt an effective
Force of t Q 0 to
.150,0-00 could be got for this
evenee, to a& as a Militia -within their ov.n.
Counties, with the express condition of not' being
called out in time of Peace. : Any one who coni-,'
pares the inferierefficicecy of a Fore.e.suth as that
with this, could not he at-a loss which to prefer.
-The force to becreatcd by this -Bill wi..eald be unfit-
to march against an enemy in case of invasion, and
the whole Country :s.vould 'be disgusted in raising
it. In a contest like the present, it was, of all thingS
most essential 'not to disgust the COuntry; The
services of the peasantry of Stiabia, the Tyrol and
Switzerland, were. certainly remarkable, but the
Austrian Government had adopt: d' for its general
system a volunteer system. The French Govera-
ruent also had shewn its approbation of a volunteer,
system, by committing the defence. of Boulogne to
Corps raised in this manner:. Our' means of defence
- had increased; the Enemy's means of attacking us
had diminished ; and therefore it was not necessary
to impose on the Country a hardship which the
exigency did not require., The obje& of the Right
lion. Gentleman was rather to execute his own
military ideas, and to redeem his pledgeS, than
to do the Country any service. The, Country would
feel the hardship without seeing the necessity, and
the: pledge of Government would be forfeited with-
out occasion.
lair. MARTIN (a new Member) ably argued in
favour of the measure, but our space does not per-
mit us to follow him through his arguments. •
Mr. MATT H EWS -opposed the Bill. In his
Opinion the House was now called upon to pro-
long the existence, or to sanction the destruaiOn-
of the Volunteers, He defended the system of vo-
,- lentary defence, and contended, that if: it were
abandoned', Ministers would have effetied what the
Emperor of France and his 'Flotilla could never ac-
toaplish.---Tliey s'ould have unnerved many t. 14011-

sands.ofTritons who 'were ready to fight the battles
of their Country..

Sir 11..1'00.4\7(3 defended the Bill and maintained 1
that it was called for by the necessities. of the State.
What he' particolarly admired in the measure was,
that by its operation, every man in the Kingdom 1
capable of bearing itrms, would be called out in rd-
talon, so that eventually we 'should become a
tary Nation,. He wished the training might be
allowed on Sundays, for in his 'opinion, Patriotism
formed a great part of Religion.
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Mr. "111 SALIM took nearly the
.same ground 'as.
the last Speaker. .Me paid a very, high compliment
to the Volunteers, whom he considered as • the 5t.4,-.l'
viours_ of the Country, bat he 'never wished that the
Volunteer System should be •a permanent one.
Mr. PERCIVAL spoke at considerable length •
against the Bill, but we must content ourselves with
:brief outline of his arguments, He began with
stating, that he did tint
"exactly. know whether the
Bill was proposed to destroy the Volunteer System,
or as a subsidiary to 'that System. his opinion,
it was contrary to every principle Of sound policy,
of constitutional feeling, and of true 'liberty, for
if it did. not absolutely violate.a' pledge of Parlia-
ment to- the Country, it did. something ;very like
it. His principal objeelion to the Bill Was the
.preference- it unnecessarily afforded' to conipul;
sort': service over voluntary service.--Their na-
tures were very different, and the effeCts pro-
duced by them on the mints of Englishmen
were as different as good will,, zeal, and loyalty,
were from constraint, reluaance, and
. What had 'been the effea.produeed by the Volun-
teer System ?---Before it every remnant of disatfec-,
tion had vanished: ,It.thight return. He had great
reliance: on the good sense .tif the People, bet,, he
was sure that the measure proposed by the Right
Hon. Gentleman would pot that good sense_to the
severest trial.
_After having dwelt some time upon
these poinis, and contended that the Bill. was a
breach of faith bf Parliament, contained in the
Aa 96, chap. 43d' of the' King, 53d section, the
HOn. Gentleman, proceeded to defend the eispi`e;Sion,
'which he had on a former occasion used, of .a
" stigmatized asylum," when speaking of the way
in which his Majesty!,s present Ministers Cousidered
the Volunteer System.
[Here the SFEAREII, Mr. PAULL,, and-Mr.. BATH 7
,ttitsi:, spoke to order.]'
Mr. PptcrvAL said, all he wished wa's, to justify
the expression which he had used, and he would .
thereibre merely call to the recollea:on of the
House, that on the occasion to witch lie had al-
luded, a certain Member had termed the 'Volun-
teer Force " a great depository of panic.'—(HearY
hear hear !) He wisheil accurately ascertain
the Right Hon. Gentleman's views-. Were ttvo
Inindred thousand men to be yearly-required to he
trained? whether or not' the body Of :),0:)e00 Vo-
lunteers was to be kept up however, the
Volunteers were to be -considered as an ineum.-
brance, and prod:it-live of mischief; the: Country
should be Manfully tiild 'so. .As to the -expellee
of the Volunteer System, he was sure that if
the Volunteers had been told -in a conciliating
`Manner,. that ,the Nation could not, bear it, they
would cheerfully have stripped the lace from their re-
gin-fel-ibis to give the Country their efreaive service.
He. wished the House,, before they adopted the.mea-
sUre,-tei.Consider what .would be' the effea of it in
case of an itisioM, No one could suppose that the
discipline of this armed masse could be Of much avail;
they would leive no attachment to their Officers, no
connexion with each other, they Woule 'come for-
ward unwillingly-, for nothing was more evident,than
that by this Bill they would be hardly treated. The
Men wlere to be exercised for 24. clays', with the pay
of I's. per day. Now the Wifges of labourers were
at least two, and' more freqiiently '3s. and 4s, a day;
therefore to the extent of the difference between the
proposed pay and the wages .which:tftey might oilier,
W',lse receive, they would, literally be ta*d. As to
drafting them into other Regiments, Iliat hC strong-
ly deprecated. Suppose the Enemy were eorn-, he
asked ~vltat.syitetri of defence the Hon. Geiitleen.4n
Proposed to use against them? CO,, or 30„0-00,.of'thi'l.
arived masse in London, drawn .fron% 'St.GileS's,' the
86,-6-erit Tethil-fields, and other popttlons distrias ?
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After. dilating. on these and other topics
,conneaed
withthe subjea, the 'Learned Gentleman concluded
repe'eting his decided disapprobat of -the naea,
sure.

BATHURST dellied that the' bill was 'ariy.
infrnaien of the faith of Parliamet for, considering
the state of. Europe, the situation of this Country
was much more dang,erotis,thmsat the period when
tire Bitt allUded to -by the Learned (Cen'tleMan 'had
viss.ed. The men to be trained Would, is, Case (.5f
be most, ifgAtil in supplying the losses of
the Regular
..ArMy. Year after ctil fire y Would be-;
came inure and more so, and every hope:l hat our
EneMies might at present entertain Jurist thus ulti-
mately be disappointed, and the 'Country Would be
enabled to defy the attacks of every assailant. • ,
Mr. gerretziy WIADHAM, at So late an hat*,
felt that he should' abuse die patience of the House
if he were to tntspass long on.their tirtre. , A whimH
siCal objection made by the Learned Gentleman was,
that lie had, not anticipated doubts which he had
not known to exist ; removed difficulties of which
he could have no conception ; and obviated objec-
tions which he could not surinise, Another objection
had been, that he had not stated his .hopes, his fears,
or his wishes from the measure. His aCtions and
Measures were the best test of his wishes. He wished
the Volunteers to be what they' ought. to be, and
what the founders of the system wished them to be,
mew of a better class, and serving at their own
mea-
sure pence. The arguments employed against the
might be such as to serve. the purposes of the
speaker, but did not apply so much to the. 'f-piestion
in discussion! Some of the Gentlernen.Opposite
ar-
gued against -tile principle of the Bill as too com-
pulsory and infringing liberty ; but the Noble Lord
(Castlereagh), and the Learned Gentleinan (Mr. Per-
cival), not to the principle, but the mew-
sure ; they contended that it was
..unjust expen-
sive, oppressive, and inefficacious, and besides, would
have the effect of injuring the Volunteer,- As to the
injustice of the measure, they kept, shy. of their
own principle: He was surprised that any per-
sons having
,Statesman'S beads, accustomed to
think rb as-Statesen, and who had filled the places
of. Statesmen, should say that our danger from in-
' vasion was less, because our Military Force was in-
creased: This argument looked .two ways. • Wag
there no increase on the other Aide- to balance ours ?

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;LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, 'JUNE 25, 11306:

has been received torn India by
the 111aroret Packet, and by an. over-land Ijis-
pati:h, of II:e conclusion of Treaties of Peace with
SciNijrA and with HOW/I;AR. These Treaties, which •
w'e are prevented by want ofioom froni Making any
observations upon dt present, will be found in the
East' Page:
Letters from St. lieletia state, that Sir HOME Por-
HAM and General BERRSPORD had sailed from thence
On :an Expedition against BuenriS Ayres.. If this
Expedition prove successful, it will do incalculable
Mischief to Spaiti, because a; great part of the trea-
sdres and merchandize of Peru and. Mexico. are
brought there to be einbarked for Europe. We do
not know vibethd?, whet' this. Expedition was
planned, Government had any knowledge of the
projeEt of General- MiRANDA ; but it certainly will
facilitate the attack of the British Conimanders, by
drawing'.off• the attention of • the Spaniards.—The
Squadron employed upon this service consists of the
Diadem; of 64 guns; Diomede, LO ; and the Nar-,
cissris.and Leda Frigates. The Troops are under the
command. of Gen. BEREsroan,.and consist chiefly of
the 71st and 72d Regiments.

The reports of a Negotiation Are still circulated
with the utmost confidence, but the Funds continue
to droop. Mr. WitcartAnAm, who left Boulogne on

'Friday, and arrived at Dover on Saturday, in'a Flag
of Triiee, set off on his return to Paris-on • Monday
last. M. D'On.auti, the'Russian Minister, has pro-
bably been.at Paris some days, for,lie passed throngh
Strasburgh on the 4th of June, on leis way to that
Capital. .

The Gottenburgh Mail which arrived this morn-
ing confirms the Opinion we have always entertain-
ed,, that the Differences between Swecten and Prus-
sia will be terminated amicably.

The question of the Slave Trade was last night
again introduced by Lord GlioNvlLLEin the House
of 'Lords.; The Noble Lord 'delivered a long and
very eloquent speech in opposition to this Trade)
concluding with a, Motion. that the .House• should
agree with the Resolution of the other House, which
repreSented the Slave Trade as Contrary to justice,
flmanity, and' sound policy. After a, Debate,, in
which various Peers took part,. the House divided on
his Lordship's Motion, which was carried by a 111.1.
jority Of 21.. Lard GRENVILLE: then moved an-
Address to. His Majesty, praying that he would be
graciously pleased to iu ite Foreign Powers to co'
Operate with him in the .A.belition :of. the Slave
Trade. The latter Motion was carried without a
divisiOn.

Affer haVing said all that propriety will wArrant
on the mysterious.transa6tions Which at preSent.oe-
copy the attention of some -of the great Ottice_rs of
State, we deem it our duty to take leave of tH sub-
jea till information shall come to us in the shape of
authority: •-

Monday. evening, about six o'clock, Tlig!R MA-
.
JgSTIES, DUI:CS Of Ywu and. KI,:NT, Princesses Aug
itUSTAi ELIZABETH, SOPtilA, AME.LIA, .and their
attendants, -left 'Windsor Caszle, and Went in four
carriages to Cranbourne Locke; the residrtnce of the
VILI4ERS, tOr the purpose -of l'ir.h3R.MA-
JnsttEs standing sponsors fbr hi 4 infant ion. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Norm-my.
The Royal Family partiok of tea, and a very .I.lrr:i.r.
tuous cniertainment. ,

Yesterday, •abont?,twelve o'clock, their IVIAji-E-
-TIES, Princesses 4LIGUSTA, 4rid AM,
arrived at the Queen's Pathce from' Mrindsor.
Prince'ss:MAßY remains indisposed vi't.ll a cold;
Princess Ni4ELIA remains with her fOr-oornpany.
In the evening their Majesties had a 'elee't party.
Early yesterday 'Morning a Messenger ari,iced at
'll,lr. Fox's lionse'in'the Stable Yard, With diipatches
from Vienna. • •, •

Yesterday a Common 'Hall was held at *Guildhall,
for the Eleetion of Sheriffs, Chamberlain!, and other -
Officers, usually cho.sen on Midsuinoier-Day, when •
GEORGE HIBBERT and Titow.s Bi.rt, Esquires,
were elearki Sheriff's df London tlnd Middlesex.
The price of Bread is to .1);... reduced this '‘S'eel:. to
IS. Id. the QUartern Loaf of W.:beaten, and IPA.
fionsehold. * •

An indelicAte misrepresentation of the cii-ettrn-
stanoes which preceded the late Meeting between
the. Margtiis of ELY. and Mr. Iji?lGu having been '
published in the Dublin., Lvcnio
.Pest of a`l-mtsday
.'last, we are desired to st4te'‘from a'titherlt the fol-,
lowing faels consegvence of a misUnder,tand-
'lug which had occ.prred between . the parties, a
. •Meeting _was appointed to take place, in Merrion
avenue on Thursday morni:tg, Which, by' the inter-
vention Of Sheriff BLACKER, was for that time pre-
vented ; but in order to obviate any farther interfe-
rence of such a nature, it was proposed that the par-
ties. shouldmidet on the tbllmiting clay in his Lord-
`ship's inclosed demesne at Rathfarnharn, where a
meeting accordingly took place. Mr.'L. fired, and
the Noble Marquis having discharged his pistol into
the air,.their Seconds interpoSed, and the matter
was aniicablpsettled.-444/lin 'Journal)

Boxitc6.=—A.bruising 'thatch yesterday took place
at Willsden Green, between Duckerty and Tall, two
•ptikilists of litfle note.. It was 'A clumsy and unskil-
ful business. The former was declared the conqueror.
Another battle followed between young Ryan and
Clark. It Was a• contest beAWeen science and .bot-
tom. "Park, bore, a severe beating for an hour and
ten minutes, When he was obliged to yield to the
Superionskill of 'his antagonist-.

Married, on Monday fast, at St. George's Church,
HanoVer-Square, Mr. J. COckm-4, to i‘Ms C. E.
JORDAN, both' of Sand4ii, Kent.
•Gorry,,N'r.cßoi:, luzcp, 16.—We have great rea-
son tO belleye that tlie differences .between this
Country and Prussia will be speedily accommodated,
through the mediation' of Russia.—Strong westerly
gales of Wind have been prevalent on this Coast. for
Some time past; a violent gale on the 12tli inst: did
a good deal of damage amongst the English Shipping
both here and at the Sound. An English. Brig was
driven' upon the rocks in this river.
Six Sail of Jamaica Ships; which had parted from
the Convoy in a gale of wind, are arrived off Dover.
They have been twelve weeks on their passage.
They have broUght .a report, which they received
from a Ship which they spoke, of JEROME BONA-
PARTE having arrived at Guadaloupe.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 24.7—Arrived the Explosion
Bomb, Capt. ELLICOTT, with a Convoy of about
I's Sail Of outward-bound West Tildiamen, from the
Downs '...a150 the Sheleirake Sloop,' Capt. THICK-
NESSE, from a cruize.

The Safeguard Gun-brig, Lieut. BALFOUR',
pointed the Convoy for the Mediterranean, and the
Brilliant Frigate, Capt. VINCENT, for Cork.

'PLYMOUTH, 23.—Arrived yesterday His
Majesty's Ship Ackiitc, of 74 guns, from off Roche-
fort; the Danish Ketch -Gode Hansick, CARLOS
DAAS Master, from Bilboa, bound to TOnningen,
laden with iron, paper, &c. detained by the Unity
Cutter Privateer, of thiS Port; the Spanish Schooner,
Jupiter, from Reviedo, in Spain, bound to the Ha-
vaunah, laden with iron; steel, &c. captured by H.s
Majesty's Ship Sybilk ; and His Majesty's Armed
Brig Cockatrice; with a Convoy froth the Downs.
Sailed His Majesty's Ship ,Atlas, Capt: PYM, _ for
Portsmouth, end :Superb,, of 74 guns each, Capt.
Ic.EATS, for the Westward.

EAST INDIES.

CALCUTTA GA'Z.ETT ES:EXTRAORDINA It Y.
Fo.rt puary 27, tBO6

- -
A l'spatch,.(ifl.vhich thefollowing is a Copy; fias
been received t.rom the HOnonrable . the
.Governor
General, by the Honourable the Vice-President in
Council, and is now published, together "with the
Treaty concluded between the Honourable Company
. and Maharajah Dowlut Row Scindiah, on the 22d
November, 1805, 'with the Declaratory Articles an-
nexed to it, for general information:
The Hon. G. UONY, Vice-President in Council;

HONOURABLE SIR,
In my Dispatch of the .s.th I,iltitno I had th.e ho-
nour to transmit :the,Copy of a Treaty concluded
with Dowlut Row Scindiah by the Right Honourable
Lord Lake., on the 22d of November, under my in-
struaions, by Which all difference's between the
British Government and Dowlut Row .Scindiah bad
been .satiSfaaorily adjusted., I also transmitted a
Copy of Declaratory,Articies whiCh I judged it to be
proper to annex to the Treaty, and which I desired
his Lordship to. transmit to Dowlut Row Scindiah.
2. I have already had the honour to apprise you of
•my having received from, the :Right- Hon. -Lord
Lake official information. of the arrival in his Lord-
sltiCs camp of a Copy of the Treaty.duly ratified by
that Chieftain,' with a slight modification of the.6th
Article. I-request that you will be pleased to dire&
the immediate publication of-the Treaty, and of the
Declaratory Articles annexed .to it, for general in-
formation.
3: I consider it unnecessary to postpone this mea-
sure until the receipt of the Declaratory Articles ra-
tified by DOwlut Row Scindialt,.as the objea of those
Articles is to relinquish some of
.the concessions
whiCh Dowlut Row Scindiah' had voluntarily pro-
posed, and consequently the Mere delivery of the
Declaratory Articles to that Chieftain vlil answer
the piirpose for Which they were framed.
I have the honour to be, Honourable Sir,
Your most obedient and faithful Servants
' (Signed) • G. H. BARLOW.
On theltivernearßajrnahi,
January 21, ISQ6.

DEFINITIVE TREATY OF AMITY AND ALLIANCE
BETWEEN. TUE HONOURABLE THE ENGLISH EAST
INDIA COMPANY AND THE MAHARAJAH ALI JAH,
DOW L,UT Row SCINDIAII RAHADUIt, AND HIS
CHILDREN, -HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS.
Whereas various' doubts and mistandersfsndings
have arisen respeCting the. clear meaning and• inter-
pretation of.paris, of the Treaty of Peace concluded
between the British dov,!rn [tient and Dowlut ,Row
Stindiah, at Serre Anj, ~,;auin, on the 30th Decem-
ber, 1803 ; with a . view of doing away all such
doubts, and of preventing thef.recurrence in futine of
any 'misunderstanding,. this: Definitive Treaty, of
Amity and. Alliance is-coneinded-- between the t•Wo
States; by Lieutenani-Coionel JohfiMalcolM, wing
under the immediate. diredion and, Superintendenceof the Right 14(4General Gerard Lord Lake, CoM-
mander in Chief of His Majesty's and the ,Honour-
able Company's Forces, tk.e. Sze. vested
with full powers end authbrityfrom the Hon. Sir,
George Hilaro Barlow, Bart. appointed by the Ho-,
uourable the Court of Directors of. the said -Com-
pany to confront mad dire& all their affairs in the
East Indies, and Aloonshee Kavil Nyne, vested.,with
full powers and authority on the part of the said:Ma-
harajah Dowlut Row Scuadiah, .
Article 1. Every part of the 'Treaty of Peace -con,
chided by General Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B. at
Serjee,Anjehgamb; except what may be altered by
this ,engagement, is to remain binding upon the two
States.
Art. The Hon.. Company can- never acknow-
ledge that Dowlut Row Scindiah has any claim or,
right grounded on the Treaty -of .Serjee Anjengaum-
(6 possess the Fort of Gualior; or the Territohes of
Gohuds. but from considerations of friendship it
agrees to cede to the Maharajah that Fortress, and
suph parts of the Territory of Gohud as are describ-
ed in the accompanying Schedule,
Art. 111. As a compensation for this cession, and
to remunerate-the English Go'ernment for, the an-
nual expence incurred in supporting the- Rajah of
Gohnd, Dowlut Row'Scindiah- agrees. on his own
part, and that of his Sirdars, to relinquish, after-the
Ist of 1806, all right and claim whatever to the
pension of fifteen lacks of rupees, granted to seve-
-tal of the Chief Officers of his State, by the 7th
Article of the; aforesaid Treaty of Serieel,'....njen-
ganm.
.Ar't. IV. The Hon. Company agree to pay Dow-
lut Row Scindiah the arrears due upon the Pensions•
granted by the 7th. Article of the Treaty of Peace,
as
above-mentioned, up to. the 31st of Decernbei,
1805,--anet also-the balance due upon the Revenues
of Dholepoor, Rajah-Kerrah and Barree, up to the
same date, making deductions on the • following

heads :"
"Ist.- Pensions -forfeited by Bappoo Scindiah and
Sudasheo Row, by acts of hostility towards the Bri,
tish Government, to be stopped froM the date 'of.
their. hostility. ,
. J2d. Plunder of the British Residency.
3d. Cash advanced by Mr. Jenkins, to parties of
the Maharajah's Troops. . •
4th. Chargc.is &c. for • the provinces:
Of Dholcpoor, Barree, and Rajah-Kernih. -
Awr. V.—With a view of preventing any tuis-,
understanding relating to their respective possessions
ill the quarter of Hindostan, it is agreed, tliat the
River Chumbul shall form the boundary .between
the two States, from. the city of Kottah to the West,'
to the limits of the:tetritories of Gohud to the East;
and within that extent of the course of the Chum-
bul Dowlut Row Sciudiah -shall have no claim or
right to any rule; tribute, revenues, or possessiiyns
on its North Bank ; and the Honourable Company-
shall have no claim or right to any rule, tribute, re
ventures, or possessions on the South Bank:,Of that
Diver. The Talooks of Bhadek and Sooseperarah,-
which are on the banks of. the Jumna, will, how-
ever, remain in the possesston of the Honourable
.
Company... , .
Art. VI. By the sth Article of this Treaty, which
makes the River Chumbul the boundaty of the two
States, from the City of Kottah to the West, to the
limits Of the Territories of Gohud to the East, the

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