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t'l;ght log, Gentleman intend by prefacing, his Plan
by a Motion for the Repeal of the Defence Act, unless
he was Willing to be endersfOodthat the repeal of that.
A(c,t. was to make way for all the new measures which
he intended hereafter to introduce as the foundation
of his.new system ? Indeed the Right Holi. Gentle-
marl seemed to make the repeal of that Acct a cover
and pretext for the, introdu&ion of the_ strange and
mischievous innovatiqns that were to follow. The ,
Conntry was all in a state of anxiety and impatience
for the. plan- of the Right. Hon. Gentleman. It' at
last comes out, and that only on the day before
the Holidays. What has since happened ? Has not
the impatience with which 'the plan was looked for
been followed by disquiet and almost general dis-
content ? Is it nqt a system •caleulated to produce
the worst effeas in the Army ? Indeed to shake the
-fonndation of our military system, and to make them
• doubt•of the propriety of their existence •
fHere a cry of " Order,". from- Lord TEmet,E.]
Mr. CANNING wished the Noble Lord to state
his reasons for calling him to order. '
• "Lard,TEMPLE'said, that he deemed it highly •
disorderly to say that any Measure-was entertained
-in that House that would shake the Military System
of the Country, and Make them hesitate a moment
.respeaing their duty to their King aud.Country: .
Mr. CANNING appealed to the Chair, whether
• :he was out of order or not. He thought ,himself
authorised to detlare what he -knew, and that was,
that.the plani of' the Right. Hien.- Qentlemen created
the greatest 'alarm and disquiet_ in the Army; and .
left them wholly in the dark respeaing their,future
existence. He should, therefore, again ask the Hon.
..Gentleman if- he still .persisted to bring them for-
ward • agreeable to what he _mentioned in
,his opening
:speech, and when -he expe&ed to. be able to 'bring
• them forward. They were pregnant with the most
mischievous consequences, and could not be too,
• soon reje&ed. -
Mr. WINDI-1.4M .did not think the manner in
which he was questioned entitled to an answer. He
4 was hoWever fully prepar,ed to assure the House, that
noel-lenge had taken place .in his mind respeaing
the. measures which-. Were conneeted with the Mo-.
!ion the House had decided on, and Elie should bring_
them forward when they were in. their due state of
preparation.
Colonel CRAUFURD could not but animadvert
on the language of the Right Hon. Gentleman ; it
tended to create discontent, and worse than discon-
tent in the service, and in his opinion it ought to

have been cheeked.—(A cry of Chair, Chair;)
The SPEAKER said he should leave it to the
judgment of the House, whether he had incurred
such a reproof.
Colone) CIIAyFURD explained.
Mr. PERCEVAL asked, was the Country now
iti-a_situation that deprived Members of that House
from stating what they conceived might, be. the mis-
chievous consequences of any measure ? Should the
measure to be brought for Ward have the etre& of
creating disquiet, and perhaps mutiny, was' not a
Member of that House. at liberty to urge, as an ar-
gurrient against it, that it was of a nature to produce
such.effeas The rneasure.was yet only in shapb
of a prqieet or proposition, and so long his Right
Hon. Friend was perfe&ly at liberty to inVeigh against
its pernicious consequences : should it pass, into a law,
he would know how to respea it.
- Mr. SHERIDAN' said, that the question was
taken up in a tone and manner neither suited to the
House nor to the subje& under discussion. 'His Rt.
Hon. Friend bad been called to order. He should
not now say that he was disordered ; but he would
say,that the language used by him-was unsuitable and
unseemly. It declared no less than that the measures
proposed by his Hon. Friend were of a nature to siuke
the security of our military syStem, and make them
doubt the propriety of their existence. Such lan-
guagd was a double libeji a libel upon the. Army,
whom it supposed capable of doubting of their due
• existence, -and.a libel on the House, that it,kupposes
-to have entertained any thing that could have. such a
tendency.
.Mr. CANNING declared 'that as long as he had
_ the honour of a seat in that House, he should speak his
sentiments freely and openly,. and ,not be duterred by
the Noble Lord; or any other person, even a.Mini-
ster,2frorn perforMing what he conceived to be his

duty.
, i
. Lord CASTLEREAGfr wished to knOw wrien t was
`intended to go into a Committee on the Bill. After
some conversation between the Noble Lord, Mr.
Fox, and Mr. Windham, it was acgrc!ed that the Bill
should be. committed on' Tuesday next, as .other
lAsiness stood for Friday and Monday.
• Mr. JEFFBRY deferred his.Motion:respqainz, tart
St. Vincent until Thursday.
Adjourned at Half past Two o'Clock.