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LOCAL MILITIA:

140 rd, CASTLEREAGH, in rising to move the Or-
der of the Day for the second reading of the Local
Militia Bill, thought it might by for the cotiN'enienee
of the House, and tend to save time, that he should
take that oppogtunity of apprising gentiernelt 0( a
few alserations which he meant to propose in the
Committee upon the Bill. The alterationst he had
in view bore sodirtialy and su much upon the general
principle of the Bill, that he was inclined to suppose
-they would, when explained, narrow considerably
the limits of any discussion upon that head. The lir. t
alteration which he meant to propose; he adopted_ in
consequence of its having been thought desirable that
the measure under consideration silent', contain a
provision for the .exemption from its operation of
persons who hail a6tually served in the Alai! ia
either. personally or by substitute, or who had in-
curred any
.penalties in consequence of the Militia
Acts.. In framing his Rill, he had followed the prin-
ciple of the`<fraintog,Bill of the Right Han, GLmitle-
Man opposite (Mr. Windham), which-looked to pei'A
sonal service, and extended to all not aZ.:tualiy serving
in .some other force: It was thought, howeVeri de-
sirable to allow persons of the description to which
he had alluded; an immunity equivalent to that which
they enjoyed ,under the 'Militia Laws, ;arid for: An
purpose a certain number of )•ears was fixed iipun
as the period of exemption, rather than an iodeliniie
time. The next point upon which he proposed hu
alteration was, ter' enable Volunteer Corps that may
be disposed to serve as Local Militia rather than as
Volunteers, to change the nurture of their service
and on this head it. was to- be eNpre.4sly proVidcd,
that no decision of artnajority of any corps, should
bind those, either efficers.or men, Who might be in-
disposed to the change of service, to serve iu.the
Local Militia contrary to their own wish. • The
ClaUse he had to propose, therefore, would pro.-
Vide for allowing the Officers of such , Volunteer
Corps to hold commissions in the Local Militia.,
and enable his Majesty to dispense with the qua-
lifications is such Qfiicers ie,quired
.by' he Militia
Laws, and by this Bill, It Wai cmiso to ,proyiikt for
the transfer of the set-v' of the peti.ates of :inch
corps troM the Volunteer, Force to the, j
Another chme he meant to Kopose„ wAs to enable
verd,i,s, whose eircuriPainices may oblige them to
transfer their residence fen ii pcm,lty to another,

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(,!:, one county (if they should be serving in it) ,to.
Local Militia of the other. He bud also a
eanse to propose, which should contain a provision
tor granting the same facilities of support to the
families of persons in the Local Militia, whose la-
bour was necessary for the support of their families,.
,vhich are at present enjoyed by Volunteers of the
Aalne description, when they-go "nut on permanent
duty. This would nut bring any burthen upon the
Tarishes, because, though, .as in the case of Volun-
,teers, the charge would in the first 'instance be ad-
,vanced by the parish, it way afterwards to be re-
funded by the ReCeiver General: of the County
.--
He was not aware of any other poiot which it wai
.necessary for him to state to the I louse ; but one
general regulation which he had always in his con-
.emplation, and of which he was gire- the House
,Vonld readily perceive the expediency, namely, to
plaCe these Corps, when called out, under the super-
intendanee. of the Officers of the Line. • EVeryGet%-
tleman inust inst intly be aware' of the impellant
idvantages in point of pra6lical and professitgal-
improvement that_ must result from the adoption
of such an arrangement. Having thus explained.
the nature of the alterations which he Meant. to
introduce into the Bill ?It the Committee, he.should
now move the Qtdet of the Day for the second read-
ing of the Bill.
Mr. WHITEREAD expressed his trust that in the
C6mmittee the Noble Lord would introduce some
Clause to remedy the grass injustice suffered by those
who were .stirving by substitute iu the Army of Re-
serve, and had since been ballotted into the Militia,
and obliged to serve in perion. There were several
who had expended the fruits of all their earnings in
providing a substitute in the Arrny Of Reserve, at the
expellee of forty, or fifty guineas, and Who having,
afterwards been drawn for the Militia, had not the
means of procuring another substitute, and
.were
consequently obliged to serve 'personally. These
were comparatively few in number, but it was ex-
tremely desirable and just that they should be al-
lowed! Jo \vithdraw front the Militia. In his 'county
persons of that description had not been subjeded
to the ballot, because it had been thought that it
had never been intended by the Legislature. tie
hoped, therefore, that the Noble Lord would pro-
vide for this ease of hardship, in the Comthittee, be-
cause a clause to that etre& would come moo bet:.
ter from him or his friends than front any other
Member.

to otlices of trust and euloliniient bivtted individuais
and religious agitatorS. ' This was the course they

took with respect. ,to the Army by pursuing that
system they would discourage the peasant from enter-
ing into it. When the events of 'the last two years:
should,be recorded in the page of history, posterity
Would discover an extraordinary contrast between the
condua of the late and the present Administration.
After a few•other general observations, the Hon.
Member declared himself hostile to the measure.

Mr. J. SNUTH was happy to find that the only
. substantial objection that could be urged against the
Bill was removed by the amendments proposed by
the Noble Lord this night. He had been always a
decided friend to. the Volunteer system. He was
sorry the Volunteers were not engaged for the war,
as they might have been at its commencement. •It
remained now to' apply the best remedy to the
er-
ror then committed; and this measure was' the re-
medy most efficacious, as it would go direCtly to
make up for the falling off that must take place in a
pure Volunteer Force, after the urgency of the
iut-
mediate call for their service should have -ceased to
operate with its original influence. He denied that
the Bill could with propriety be called a conscrip-
tion, or that there was any thing oppressive 'in the
nature of the service required.
Mr. HERBERT (of 'Kerry) saw nothing excep-
tionable in the Bill, which he had read over with
attention. The magnitude of the dangers with
which time country was threatened, required the
exertion of all the powers of the Empirefor our de-
fence ; and this contained no more severity than
the time required; 'The Noble Lord bad made one
material omission, which, however, may yet be re-
medied. The Empire was indebted to the Noble
Lord for the great measure of the Union : but that
•great measure was still imperfeCt, while there was
not an unity of defensive force between the United
Kingdoms. It would be a measure worthy of the
Noble Lord, who had combated iu the 'foremost
ranks to effect the Union, to remedy that imperfect- •
tion, and to render the great work complete. The
hardship of the more distant' removal from home'
would be reconciled by the urgency of the case, and
would be hot tan addition to the alterations and im-
Trovements that bad already beet: made on rho ori-
ginal constitution of the Militia. He was anxious
that the:Bill should go to a Committee, and hoped
that the Amendment he suggested would be made in
that stage.
Sir F. Buenerr agreed that the Noble Lord was
the fittest person to originate such a measure as that
now before the House. But the Honourable Gen-
tleman-who spoke hut, did not seem aware of what
that measure would subject the country to. Its for-
-num timers whon 064. 0.1131 WWI A. elexiiroran °Ara.
it could not be kept in order without extreme seven-
ty', it may have been right le mad. sod to enforce
that military code, the penalties of winch werenow,
the exclusive disgrace ut the British Army, and the
British Nation. But at the present time, when so,
great an ronelioration had taken place in the disci-
pline and Composition of our military force, it was
no longer excusable to continue those penal' enaia,
meets ; and certainly he should. pause before he
would give-his consent to commit the whole peoPle
of England to what was dishonourable and pond
cirrus to the Army. itself. 'He had no objeCtion to a
conscription, in the/lull force of the word. 'He
CO'uld never consider it a hardship On •a man to be
called on 'to defend his borne and his country; Or to
qualify himself for that necessity It ,was not on that
ground, therefore, that he had any objeCtion to this
measure. But, before he could assent to subjed the
British people to any general call -of this nature; he'
would call for an amendment in the military code; He
could never allow the British people to be subieCt:to a
disgrace, for which Britons were particularly
'meant the lash. . He would never give his consent to
have the people lashed. It %Mit), this part of the toea-
sure, however, that the fitness of the :Noble Lord
to.be its proposer was particularly felt. Experience
had shown, that the Noble Lord was the fittest
man in the world to sabomit a whole people to the
lash, He allowed, for it was the, opinion ,of the
ablest /military meg), that the immense power. of
France, direEted by the ablest and most experience&
Leader modern Europe had seen, was sufficient to
impress the necessity of calling forth our whole phy-
sical strength to meet the threatened danger. If any
,fair and honourable mode of drawing forth this ox-
.ertion had been made, he would have been ready to
give it his support. But the measure now before the
House, ,thouis.n perfelt for every purpose of disgrace,
was impotent in time view of strength. He was asto-
nished that any man should presame to interfere
with the Government of his country, with so little
experience, as to bripg forward for the main de-
fence of the nation, a measure so inconsistent with

Sir JAmns HALL was then proceeding to make
some observations on the Bill, when retninded,by
Lord Castlereagh that it would be more desirable to
hare the Order of the Day read before the discuision
should proceed, as he had only taken that opportu-
nity of stating the nature of the alterations, he: had
-.to propose, that he might not be preeluded frop 4e7
livening his sentiments upon the main question when
it/shonld annte into discussion. :
The Order of the Day we's then read, and on the
11.1_,stidri that the Bill be reild a second time,
Sir Jitltlt:s ITALt. delivered his sentiments upon it
.tt some length, abut in so leW and (in the,taller'y).
inaudible a tone, that we found it absolutely nnpos-
sible to coiled his ergumenta in such a manner as
justify our attempting to report his'speech.
Colonel Sure Ley, though he should have many
Ahen opportunities of stating' his sentiments upou
ibis Measure, could.ttot autfer, the present stage of
the Bill to pa3s without urging his obje6tious to -
For many years past, not a Session had elapsed
without some plan having been brought forward for
providing, fut thQ defence of the Country, and MI.
proving the condition of the'Army.. Each. sueees-
sive Administration produced their own system, and
endeavoured to do away that of their predecessort,
but little had been done for the strength of the
Country, -or the benefit of the Army, He had seen
few measures that were calculated to produce any
benefit, but to increase the power and infloence of
Ministers, and to augment the expenditure of the
'Country. The object of Ministers. was noLthe,
eoinfOrtnf the soldier, or the good of the service,
but to procure a small temporary force, tend a large
extent of patronage. But, in tpc last Session, a
system had been brought forward, on which he had
already expressed t‘is opinion. Twit system was not
calciiiated to increase the influence of Ministers, but
to place the Army on a respectable footing, and the.
Army will relic& with gratitude that there had been
a Minister at the head of the War Department,
whose•objeCt in legislating for them was to provide
for the comfort and respectability of. the profession.
fie had flattered himself, that a system of that de-
. scription would not from jealousy or any other;rno7
tives be attacked at the root by any stmeeding
,nisters, without, even giving it a trial. But Whit
was this grand. new scheme, which was ro place the
Country in a state of security ? ft was represented to
be a measure fOr providing a regimented and well
disciplined force, without considerable expellee, far
the security of the Country. if he thought it would
have that effed, it should have hii support, as any'
measure of that desdriptioti should, from whatever
side Of the House it should proceed: But he would
contend,' that this measure Would be both expensive
• in its execution, and oppressive to the indiVidual.
Did the Noble Lord suppose, or did.. he imagine he-
catatnake the House believe, that in twenty-eight
days, this force, composed of country gentlemen,
farmers, manutaatners, and peasants, could be ei,
they regimented or well disciplined-ton& with troops
of the Line? He nee4.not tell the House that such
an effea in a month' was impossible. As to the ex-
pence, he would ask, were not the men to receive
a bounty, were they not to be paid whilst on &qt.-,
training, were they not to. be armed and clothed at
the 'espence of Government, and were they not to
}give ti permanent Staff ? He maintained, therefore,
that the expence would be ruinous, and proVe a
sorirceof inconvenience to all ranks and descriptions,
condemned the idea of allowing Volunteers to
etaer into these Corps of Local Militia, from a set-,
ViCe in which they could be more uieful. He thought
that it wOuid be telt as a hardship that persons should
ete compelled personally to serve, and that the mea-
sure weitild create disiatisfaelion out of doors: They
were told that this meesure would not interfere with
the regular recruiting, but be contended that the
compulsion of this Bill would excite, if not create,
an aversion or a disgust to a military life, because
v. ben a man was forced frem his family into servlee
lit;der this Bill, he w<riald net have any diseoFeji,is
'wares a Military life. As to the qualifications for
(„tfieers, which *Cie the same as in the old *Hifi,
tiaciught, ther, whilst so many of the vonakirs-

the constitution and genius of the people, and with
every principle of common sense. The French Go•
verument had now under its controul 100 millions

of people. It had the command "of all: the ports of
the Continent, and would soon have Fleets in va-
rious quarters,. equal at least in number to ours...,
In these circumstances, this country could not rest
its safety -on any thing but an armed population:—
The 13riti,h nation should bo in a state to feel no

alarm, even if it, had not a ship on the sea. He
was not dissatisfied that the people should be
made an armed people. What he was anxious for
was, that measures should issne from that House of

a nature to inspire the people with enthusiasm, and
to anitnitte the to, general exertiptt. H,e would
tiot, ,bov..ever,. give up the people to be flogged.—
He would nut allow Britain. to be a itiged nation, j
When individual soldiers voluntarily !,eld therusblres
into that situation, it 44 :1 'fitaiicielit Shame, to the
country that. peril-titled such an 31p..11: but lie would
not. giiow tho,ket4pie to tfc .brought into that condi.
tion t)y compuhiuty tillii,lll;eLli, 'lnc bUit ben of
tatittlitigatati • rust/144i sett vino Ua left out 01 Li; 1.

would be impossible to procure qualified Orkic,rs for ' in the paramount invariance of the other points.
these Loscal Corps. Though much of his objeCii°ll —We 'had seen 'all the nations of Eur Ope, with
against the clause for preventing .substitutiOn was j armies• Composed as ours were., fait before France.J.
done away by the explanation of the alterations I Th greatest Military Powers of the Contineuti.from
given by the Noble Lord, he yet thought, that let 1 relying on mere mercer.asy !reties, had been as it
whatever provisions or oaths can be (kvised, or in- 'a,ere, trodden down . and ,walked over by France,
troduced, they cannot prevent substitution. The : without resistance. He was aware the Constitution
defence of the Country ought to he provided forby i of 1104:Country placed every man at the disposql of
voluntary, not by compulsory serviFe. But. this 1 the Kini,, to be plaoied'in the 'iltuatton in which he
measure was of a piece with the other measures of
.would be most wanted, to resist the enemy id case
the present Ministers, with the violent means by of invasion. ,He obieeled: not to this : but he wish-
whieh they proposed to promote 'commerce, by I ed, by the abolition of the disgraceful penalties at-
throwing impeditnents=to tranquirkse Ireland, by tacked to the 'condition of a British soldier, to make
avoiding file: cures of conciliation—or by appointing, the iitnation such as a British freeman may, with-

out impropriety, be Awed in. The fatality with
whiclrneglecis such as were-now to be 'complained
_ .

of in this country were attended MonArchs less
consummately virtuous 'than ours, ought to teach us
the duty,of doing every thing incumbent upon us to
secure a life so precious. He 'therefore begged` his
Majesty's Ministers to be cautious how they propos.;
ed measures of general defence, clogged with obliga-
tions dishonourable to any nation; but particularly
inconsistent with the characteristic and constitutional

freedom of Britons. Unless this measure should be
amended in the Committee ; 'and. unless` a general
amendment should be made, .by omitting the ob-
noxious penalties from the Mutiny ACt, he shoulrl
be under the necessity ot, giving his decided opposi-
tion in the latter stages. He lamented that every
thing done by:the British Government was calculated
to give an idea:that the nation was hastening •to its .
fate. A short time ago a great measure was brought
forward for the permanent support of the army.—
That measure was sc'arcely,allowed to commence its
operation, when it was altered, end in substance re-
pealed. There was nothing but vacillation in our
Councils. In the present Administration nothing
was brought forward but measures of mere tempo.
rary convenience and -immediate practical policy,
measures that stamped their authors as mere jour-
neymen. There was nothing like those, principles
by which alone nations can flourish, and frotn which
no nation ever departed without involving its own
ruin. Having entered his protest against the mea-
sure, on these most important points,•he would re4°
serve his further observations to a future stage '
Colonel WOOD could not anew the Hon. Ba-
ronet to be led away by a false and injurious concep-
tion of the, British Military Code. That code was
the mostlenient of Europe, and the Hon. Baronet
little knew the chaettEter of British Officers it' he
.thailght they were disposed to establish their autho-
rity by. the lash. Theicharaeler of British Officers
was so far the reverse of cruelty, and. the confidence
of the soldiers iu their justice and lenity so great,
that the men preferred being. tried by them tb
being tried by their otvn comrades. He was proud
to say, that in the regiment to which he had ;he
honour to belong, there had been. but one Court .
-Martial •in two years. He agreed with the Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Herbert), the Militia was on a
most strange footing. Any British Regiment may
be tent. to Fort George, and kept, there during the
wars but .not one could besent to do garrison duty
In Dublin. The interchange of, Militia would tend
more thah any other measure to unite and. consoli-
date the great divisions of the empire, and he would
be happy to lend his concurrence promote
He app.,Wed of a. Local Militia, as necessary to sup-
ply that falling off that must take nlace m rh. v._
funteers, as every indisidual Was allowed-to retire at
pleasure. He denied that this measure would give
an increase of patronage ; but, if it did, it could not
not be unpopular., Frain the Magistrates and coun-
try Gentlemen he. was happy to learn that the mea-
sure was unnmersally approved of. • -
Mr. WHITBREAD could easily remove the difficul-
ty, the Him. Gentleman (Col. Wood). had,- of ten-
ceiving hew any thing that would give patronage
could be unpopular. Measures of taxation, for
stance, were extremely unpopular, yet no measures
were attenlied Wiih more extensive patronage in
the appointment of collectors, &c. ; and even that
patronage,was felt as one of the greatest hard Ships
annexed to them. His Hun. Friend (Mr. Herbert)
had complimented the noble Lord on his gallantry
in fighting in the foremost ranks for the Union, and
conquering ,the opponents of that measure. Hie
Hon, Friend, ought, however, to hive recalletiled,
that one of the greatest conquerors of antiquity
,(Philip) asserted, that he would take any town into
which he could get room for an.ass laden with gold
to ewer. This was the sort of agency employed in
the conquest for which his Hon. Friend gave We'
Noble Lord so much credit, he had the authceiry
of the Irish Chancellor of the Exthequer (Mr.
Foster) for believing. It was strange that the ,
Noble Lord' who was formerly foremost in de-
fence of the Volunteeis, and who for that purpose
imputed expressions to his Right Hon. Friend which
he had Clever made use of, should now bring forward
a measurer which went to absorb them altogether.—
For if that was not the object -of the present mea-
sure, he could not see what it war good for. The
noble 'Lord regarded the Volunteers as an ancient
orator .(Cicero) .did a great but dangerous political
character of his time (Caesar) htudandi, ornarkii, lot-
-r,tio noble Lord bad prsisad and ornornvuted-
the Volunteers, and now shewed he, did not under-
stand, inasmuch as he conceived it was to be execut-
ed by the Constable, was evidently the original from
which the Noble Lord derived this measure. The
recruiting of the army would have been regularly

and pertriauently provided tot: if the noble Lord
had suffered :the measure of his Right Honour-
able Friend fairly to operate. But ,the Noble

Lord would hay& a volunteering from the Militia,
which had indeed been successful, as' nobody doubt-
ed it would be, bUt had been attended with mast
oppressive consequences from the general operation
of the ballot to supply the deficiency the yuluntder
had lett after them. The multiplication of the

lot by the present measure would extend the hard-
ship still farther. He would venture to say, that
when it should come to be tried, the number of
men required could not be found between the ages

of vightee.n and thirty-five. It would, hes-ides; be
attended with this most ruinous cd'ec.l on the inortis
and industry of the young:men, whom it %v.'s liar.
posed principally to subject to the oallot, to take them
away for twenty-eight days from: ihuir-homes, and
to send Allem hack depraved and corrupted, tv coat -
ttnn;iC3te the b&elui .tt'ects dl their csttupaign around
the nteighll.itir4ood. Thi expettee.of eiinVerting the
Volainvers into i11:11na enornions, arid
when cowpared with that ui his Right Haw. Frient,;'i

I rill.

of, it would be, foond to be much more considerable.,
Still he wished the measure should go Into a Cocas*
mittee, in order that it insy be correted much at
possible bx the Noble Lord, and by others. With.
respeft 'td the interchange of Militia, that WAS
tt
measure too important to be implicated in any
other.
Would to God the Irish were nut left under thld
enecnecessityof coming to England to learn what Wou
attach them to the British Constitution astd cconnedtion.: Would to God the Government of the day ,
was sensible of the justice and wisdom of attaching
and inspiring-the Irish nation by conciliatory 'llea'
sures. Then there would be nu occasion for such
an interchange. He wished to avoid, on this ()Car
sioh, the discussion of the severe punishments con-
tained in our military code. He always believed the
• English were good and humane officers, and that
thq mitigated, by their moderation and lenity, ELIO
rigour of the law. Such he knew was the impres7

siort of the men, both by sea and land, they always
preferred being tried by their otficers,
to being tried
by their comrades.
Mr. WILBERFORCE considered the Country to be
in the most alarming situation in which it had over
been placed ; and the danger was th more seridus,
as it was not properly estimated either in the House
01 out of it If the danger was properly estimated,
some of the debites about matters of personal jou:-
rest would be put off the Country should be in a

state of safety. Year alter year the power that me-
naced us had been accumulating, but ill ;proportion
as it rose to a more tremendous heii.O.t, I),lviog
washed away before its devastating tide all tie: other„
nations, we seemed to view it with greater indiaer- '
ence. The extinction of the naval power of the
enemy gate us but an impede& security. Il was the
opinion of the best naval Officers that the enemy
niay etTed a landing, and this conetry u ould net
have done its duty unless it placed itself in a
tiun not only ultimately to conquer an invading flute,
trot -to prevent its making an impression in any guar.
ter. Providence had placed invaders under this (Hs'
advantege„ when compared with. these who tided en
the defensive, that they- could make use ouly Of
regular soldiers, while the others could use every
description of force in its proper station. But en- ,
less we took measures for an erreaual and penult.
neat ample force for defence, wa may be attacked
when we would least expeet it, and overwhelmed
by an immense military power, while we would be
debating on the details of an inadequate peace eats- .
blishment.: The measure before the liouie;did not
come up to his idea of what was necessaty tot he
public defence. He felt, however, for the diffi-
culties of his Noble Friend's situation. When pro-
scription, and the other hard terms applied thl4
night, Were dealt out with so NILO be,
it was Matter of difficulty end terrdt, to prepare
and prod any plan for the public service. Wbst
E = d
thought necessary was, that the whole popolq-.
Atte of the Country should be so trained, that wl2O
brought forward in the
.manner his Majesty,
Under the pt`erogative, may think tit, they may. toi
'able to give the regular army such aid in opposing j
the enemy as would not allow him to make any
progress. •He wished the Noble Lord had come for.
ward with: some appeal, that would reetiod the Brie
fish People of the glories of their ancestors, and rho j
value of their inestimable constitution ; telling theirs I
that they must make up their minds to sureender 311
tirevc;-,lc4r pledges, which be was sure- they wooki
never do, without striking a blow, or resolve, which
was more congenial_ to their spirit, to shed the last
drop of their blood,-or. conquer, in their
—Such an appeal would lay ground- for an
exertion adequate to the exigency,
_as he thought
this was net. He applauded. this measure as
far as it- would go. - lie -also approved -highly
of the plan of defence- proposed by aan'altur Nu-
bleaLord (Earl Selkirk), and. wished it was carried
into etre& The Volunteers were nor interfered
'with by'the present measure, which spent only to
provide a supply in I,lle event of their falling off.
Every One who pad considered the subject alluwo
the digictilty of keeping up a great standing army if'',
time of peace. It therefore became necessary 10'
have a large subsidiary force, which may, if 00"
cesiary l):t easily transferred to the Regulars.
varied force was fittest for this Country, all A.,
brenches of which would ria with corarnen enlla•

lion. He trusted Parliament would previ.ie ado'
fence adequate to the exigence; and that long con'
temptation of the danger, tsvould not. C-ause it to be
undervalued., The cm :my had no longer
poWerflit.
nations to dread;. the loss au army was less material
to him, and liew4 leSs exposed to revolt at vn
These wefe all.additional temptations to undertake
the enterprize against us. But our great free PoPu,-
'anon, if Government and Parliameet would ay:4
themselves of them,. attbrded ample means to Ti
der attack hopeless, and peace secure.
Mr. WINDHAM vindicated hittiself and his frier4
'from the imputation of under-rating the clinger ot; •
invasion. He could, however, remember Peri"
of danger, the year 3798, when the lion. Gentle..
man,who brought the charges (Mr. Wilberiercei 1)"11
been mainly instrumental in forcing On the Mitiister.
at that time, Mr. Pitt (whom the Lion. Gcutic,m,al3,,
thought the greatest man that ever governeo
country, and whom he himself should ever realty)).
bar with great respea), a measure which pat thee:
Government of this Country in -a col.trSe
new,' and to which tba disasters that had bel-31`3''
Europe were in . a great degree to be attributed.'.
'Ehis he said to vindicate the memory of that grow
man frotn.at leAst,.one.of the errora that in iusuY
instances are groundlessly. charged upon him. fi-r
present the danger seemed to so far thought 0fi11'3;..,
something was to be done to meet it ; brit it seerso4v
to be thought matter of ioditterebce what that sOnitl-.-.
thing should be. His objettion to the present
sure was not that it went to do too much, or that 14
was too burthensome, but that it was in RS
inefficient. He wished 16 strip the measure 91'4!
feathers, and to,shew it in its 'Laurel size. 'PP
proposed measure would be. attended with vast
exPtmee, with a general, disturbatice of the occuP!;
dons of private lite, patronage without end,
Ott
a g,11,14t conueltillation of public morals; Tlit: jTI
sure was btilkly•but he wished to wicertaitt its sttb~t~trr,
tial t;i7;:". Wha,t wool& all this tinsel burn to, wli;
weight of gold did it contain ;We arc: toll `t,
rI."'IJNO Thoe,satict Men in arms; btu we nod
the arcedand arms before. ,The carolling ton ':of
provided for by the Traiuing Aa, in the 8319015'1'
Iwo Hundred Iliotisatid Alen, or t»ore if tteceri;
1 its Training was to have been for 1:4 V

Ayes to be for 28, and the men:- were to incorpo-
rated into CR mpanies, regim'ents,"tir battalions. This
last) in fad, was the only point which the Noble
Lord's splendid Measure differed from itsl34arren pre-
decessor. This was a loss instead of a pin ; but
even if it' was a gain it would be ,-to) deaily
purchased .at the expellee of money, vexation,
corruption, and- patronage,. that would attend it.
The Noble Lord 'seemed to think that by putting
military clothes on met), hr could make them sol-
diers, and that 'by getting the regimental 'tailors to
,put on red,. white, and blue facings,' he could es-
,tablish an army at pleasure. This .Was however, a'
.lalse idea, it was. notorious that it was by-regular
troops opposed' to irregular, that France had con-
quered and Europe had- been subdtx&d. He asserted
from the best aothbriey,- that the Men thus trained,
could not, Without:the danger of certain defeat, be
brought to ad with- Regitnents of the Line in the
day of battle. He proposed that the men, when
:trained, should be used as a' great reSetl:e, to
he brought gradually into the* line to 'repair' the
losses that may arise. It was not merely to.
supply the incidental falling off of the Volunteers
that the present Bill -was brought 'forward. There
was 4 circular letter to stop the increase Voltin
teers. The idea of binding the Volunteers to com-
pulsory, service was too ridiculous to'be with
patience, He had on a former occasion recommend-
ed to the Militia and Volunteers, a SPanish proverb,
which says, " dtqend rue from iny friends, and I'll
guard myself againgt my ettenles." It !timed out, in•
fact, th both Volunteers and .114ilitia itiiTered more
- from sheirfrientla.opposite, than Rain him Whom the
Right Hon. GArtienian opposite called their enemy.
ile proposed that the Volunteers coming forward after
a certain time, should serve without pay ; and he
believed, that was the subje& of the Noble Leird's
proposition on this head now. The Noble Lord

viding a more efficient dtensive force, or "Ay d
!he not apply the force which he hat. .1 a (fired an.!

_ .
thought he did a great deal when he made a great ,
bustle; or rather; he wished to appear' to do some-,
thing, and for that ritirposesset about undoing what
was already. done. , Hit 'plan had 'been to' increase
tl)e-army hy,rtidring the condition of The soldier
attratiive to therespettable. populatiou. The
.Noble
Lord proceeded,"not by'yaising the situation of the
soldier to the Condition of the people, but by de-
bating the people, to the level of the soldier. He
At °mended, that besides. the bait effects of 128 days
cenee, under Officers having no. ta.nt'l'Ot!l, mao3'
persons who had nobody to attend to. the-it'd:lily hit-
ifinesSin their absence would be ruined. On a lot.
itier occasion he recomtnentled a general flue; for
the libertrof getting substitutes 1114 before raised
,the
boantylo an *enOrtnousheiht. It was an op-
pressive feature of the present Bill,' that It prevented
the alleviation of the burthen that may fall on 'the
individual by insurance. If the fl hl ..w33
'','petite in, its present state, thousands ' nnist be
btitslied tinder it 'like. ; and all- this'inischiel
iviS be:incurred- the 'Noble alt
tiny` red coats and -breeches.-'.. It was very ab-
surd to accusehlm triends of want oi regard
for the interest' et tilitoiliitry,-bcc=noe they attempt-
ed to correct t be-faulty Measure§ priosedby his Ma'-
j!,..ity's Minhiters. He, on the contr-Ty, thought the
'Country wasstrekt honed ontatilihirred-
these wthikiiissest. It was .S:1!(1, 1)-.! V,lntitecrS had
tin objee:tion /bue converted into Local Militia, it thir
dicer were enrolled in their respe4ive rat As. 116
nbietAeLl much to this general enrOlinciit With:nit air
. it arts to ft Was no'retoffitnendaticiii
I°,llltu that the Ma,;istrates ap;.roved ctt the'Bill, nor
*Vern it the. IX:plity 'Limn -mints, or the Lord's Lica-
tePant aPprwed of it, coltstd:fi.ing who the lip-2
phintrnent of the Lords Lieutenant, find recent
*ppojitttrient ,the Noble 'Secretary had 'Made of 'a
person eltineacd with himself, and wholly uncon-
nected.. with flint county,' to be. Lord .Lieutenant
.01 the 'county of Nortbik. Tile so-Umber of
T's, clerks of division, "and s'nblivision, which
4tl' measure would require, would extend the inthi
G46vernment; ifr that of those 'vim whom
t'overnMent had'infttence, throughout the, Country.
Zile mischief of this induenee but only that it •
corrutited the public mind ettensively, bittal.,;o. that
it Unsettled it still rnOre. 'He appealedlo till who
bad ever filled 'otliei..s with patronage annexed to
them,. whether Ole effect' Of seeing a friend or a
neighbour provided tar by a place, w,as nut to lead:
Vt;iy othcf-s• troal- the slum/ :41intages of. in-
and to inspirirtlkiti wit h a -desire of tin. saute
-116,.v-eienSively would this Bill 'ope.7.
'tate in this way, providitig`e%;""cry where so many eta:
ploynaents, at the disposal of those who were '-at
the disposal' of GOt vrinnent. The Nobl,"i-. Lord
never wished hi; stream to float through a dry and
verily soil ; he Vileral.ly took care to it thruugh
latids flowing With litill*;SterW tuiilz and ,Nutley--
OK: Noble travelled through the' Coun-
t-Y., he 'liked talthe coot:Oil:dale stations on his ,
3.ight and on his left to bait at. , He left the House
;Ina (he Country to conside w r hether the -Noble
nerd's-dresse.i solkliors..; with theirmilitary coats and
and hands of =Sic,
lead et such ,itb 'so Mitch vexation
u ,
?t▪
tli the th)turoance of the occupations,. and the in-
Pry of the morals 'of the people, with the unlimited
patronage annexed, was lo'be preferred to his system
training, which, without any derangement of in-
Alastrious oeenpation and morat- habits, rendered the
met} equally etic.etive. The iucorpor4 ion into* regi-
• ilen° liealrea:ly described as fraught with mischiefs
WILBE It t'ORC' explained. • ,
CASTLURBAGII was convinced that- tne
douse-would participate with him in, the Satis-
, laaion .whielt I,e felt at the arguments used by the
Hon. Gentleman opposite, as those arguments
'tended to' abridge the 'obseriations Which., it, was
ttlteesi-ary fOr him 'to' Enake on . the subje6t. • The
Ho n• Gentleman complained that, there were many
Er°• Vialotis in 'the present Bill, which existed in
• Lnle#'49re. It was tio, and he:was never ashamed
uerrowing from- what quarter soever, any
gestions that appeatdd,.caleUlatcd to" for Ward the
public service. It seemed hard, however, that as
many of the provisions Of die Bill had thus received
1_,").51U-61ioit the. Hon„ Gentleman's military I•Via-
,l,(),,nlp it sfiould met from hint sech severe reprobation.
te Hou. Gentientan,hzid proposed the training of
" Totce to assist the regular army *ti the defence of
thu:i.Cou4tr
eft-Mills.4k.urd—C+,,,preoseti.-14e
fC"TC; shQuld he regimented, without which must
worse: than usele'ss. .1f the Hon. Gentigalan
wav • I
vr.- appivueOsions of lre'dnitgeri to
'h-ttfe'eevitityr w-asr or -might ho pcigell; -why
h:t"l'‘) tan becu more aaiVe When in office; in pro,•

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,
4innediate attack niean the enemy, instead of
,eoi-
H . ' ' Atonic.
. . • . „ , • r`.• . .
. D Ti e Einperer of , Russo.
. ftesoaN,.--- ' . •
plsiying
.it inn distant operations ? He ei i eal
'agreed with his Horta Friend near hint; that eon'-
-.3e'l '-•Y I Las addressed a very flattering leteer to hut:Sovereign.
i The re:atisins between our Cottle and that of St.
:teroplating the present situation of Europe, it was D
iihighii;ible not to see that the dangers of this Coun- I i etersbargh are about to be put upon the ancietit
foating. A Ressian Chargi des A Yaires is to reaide r
try had beeh progressively inereasieg, and that they at Warsaw.* On our part, a Minikter Pienicotete
' were of shelve gigantic description, that they must
ti
be provided against by the most vigorous and per- ary is to reside in Russia', representing ouesSove-
rein) as King of SAXONY and Gt.aud Duke of
inanent measures. From the moment that the eas
Tv ARSAW. , ' • •
enemy' had taken- post 'at' :Boulogne, supported on
tine -side byßrest, and the other by Flushing, the ' Several Russian Nobles of high rank .are about to
travele and from the-ace repair to Fratace. Some
war assumed anew charader, and additional wee- mercantile houses at Leipziek have received oetlera ,
cures of•precaution became necessary. •He perfedly from Moscow and St. PeterSburgh to payl*erge sums
concurred in the opinion of the Hon. Gentleinan, .to these travellers.
• that it would be and was a Most valuable part of our . . . . .
.'. pelicy, to have a trained force in tare Country in aid FRANKFORT, APR1L.9...--Our, Easter Fair• appears.
to b. e lively enough., Many
. strangers are Asa-di:eds. ,
of the regular army iq any case of emergency, and -
n much business has been already transaa.led.—
to leave that army more completely disposeible; but sal'. .
and ,
The Swiss Saxon manuteeturers find an easse
he contended that- the Mode of attaining this object,
marke. til,ir their produce, se hick ere, ranch SOUght
....
ptiris,9ed by the Hon, Gentleman, went to defeat his
after in Germany, since hisgii,;li inerchandize cau no
own 'object. The regular army and wattle Rom . . .
i longer find its way there.
amounted-to not less is:)an 300,600 men. With the e ' t
. . .
eXhiting orgaraation athese bodies, it would require .- STUTGARDT, APRIL' I.—The last letter's from Vi-
• fifty or sixty thousand men to carry them, to the l'enna assore ns, that the officers who are tosform•the
highest Standard to Sehleh they could be raised. If Etat Major of the eletetsiati Army cellcded on the:
from that two hundred and fifty or,sixty thousand,; tfrontiers or ker'isey, have just be.en definitively earn
the n6tisber ef'nitstitiecessary for Ireland, be &duet, ed by the Emperor, an 'the presentatioti of the Arch-
ed, the it.ninaindiewereinadequate to the defence of` duke CHARLL'S: The eel-en-rand in chief i$ given to
Great Britain. It became tbserefeee •.a .question to Field Marsled 8EL1411900)4,.t:1e second to General
what kind of subsidiary foreetlie country should re- l Dveeeetid the thief of the Etat-MajersGetestal to
sort ; and the'Hoth•Gentleinan -could scarcely con- Gen. Sewsredeem
tenet, that the 4ree propos._d by...this Bill W VIENNA' , M
AS inferior n ,
Atte. 30.—AcCorclinv; to a puhriCli-
..
to the force propwied by hula,- because the former tion which has bean 'made in kluki-iry, the line, of.
was regimented and organised. No one could doubt eeesesees groups wee.,rrahas bent filj, wed on the fron-
' that regular face was the best description of !tease; tiers ot Turkey begins .et • the west, tewases the
but when that had been, carried to its highest point, limit of Tui.kisli 'Croatia, thence it eXtentis along
or nearly so, it was the duty of Government to look the save amt. the Dseutie, to Transylvania ; it terns
for the next best description of three., Otigoestiona- then ttiwards the North,. passiug by Buckourneaand
bly the Local Militia would be better it they were joins the frontiers of chillicia. As tho extent which
trained fotaa loeger period ; .buteheti, in proportion has been 'given to. this line demands' an army More
to 'the extension. of the term of training would of stroller than that *Meta has been 'hitherto deyotedlo
course be the increase •of hardship ,atel expence.— this object, fresh regiments have been sent to 'cOin-
iliertlun, Geniiolll3n, whe:l the Bill "I-le' 1° be • plete the three. Getierat Due& is arrived at Banality
coyeenitted,, nttelit, if he chese, propose that they and has'establi'slied his head-quarters at TeinesWar.
should be trained for three months instead-of for 4411e1d .Marshal BeeeEneattla IS' expeoled -insatea '-
one; hat this-had nothing to•• do with the principle diatcly. ~ . - •
of the measure. If the _Hoe.. Gentleman . would . BERLIN, MARCH 29.—We exped from Paris a
allow einy merit whatever to the Volunteers, that Contier' with the It iticatiunr of the: Emperor. of
Merit
.unist lie increased by their eeing placed in a What Ira.; been concliated by the First Minister, DE
situation in
,which they ewere; pledged to .eestesice of ' STI;:x N .v it It the French' GoVerninent of this' city.
a certain extent of duration,tduration,which•tici4 ever t)ecri."ll . There is. Season-tO.befieye, that immediately on ilta,
most desirable (geed. :The State Woula have the i arrival. of this Ratificatisie our au tits will take atio
knefit of their • services net . only, ie wit, but in I ther turn. We are ignorant of the tenor of the new
peace, weer pricaulion required that there should ! kratigetneeta which have been made. • '
he.sotue Isitieel permanent three in the-ceutetry, to 1 , ....
meet . . ,UoLoGNE, APRIL 5.--T he Colonial produce ' se-
any sudden danger the might:irises. Thus thei -1 .
i titie-•trated at H.ambUrgli, liana whence it ryas lately
-Weeld acquire ad additioearsgoua facelty. - ,4 bpdy:
„. . broti,,,t away a destined for •,the attestation ton of the
of-330,000 men would be added. to the regular ariny; '• . se - e
' inteiior of ter nice. A considerable quantity of
attd if' to this number were added the vtaluntary forea :
ro,i,
~ . , ... ~
eer and cotttni wool have arrived hear
•,
Ireland, the 'rum-irel would then have 400,000 , ' (;:, ,st.'
~...
~ .
,‘. . . ,
where it wens else-definitive orders of Ins Imperial
men .in arms, besides the 20n.,000 eugulars and.'intii-
at‘ -
via. Having stated thus much with regard to. the 1 ' ttßoyal i4eSIY• .
general question, he would now notice afeeie et the t . _FtteNTteeS OY Te-RKEY, MAIIC.H 18.—A Courier
incidental objeetions made by the. HoneGentleiriatea ' has brought to 1iv.c,1315 AGA, COLMHZIHdaIIt of the.
The first wits the patronage whichihe Mea,trre was ' ;17tichiill trintrefis of Nip Oree.va, a Firtuah of the
likely to Create.' Now, 'whatipatronage. tileappoetat- ; (balsa SEIGNioR, Stating, that as the Court of Vi-
mem of. Officers for a 'Month could occasion, he , enna told the. Siiblime Parte haVe egreeti that New
Wollhi leave the House to jildge;.. Unqueslualiahly Ur sawn does not belong to Wallachia, hut formerly
the Hon, Gentleman ryas an illustri,us instaisc‘: of , A-0 Servia, rind as European Turkey is now in exe
Minieterial purity in this particular, tor he had pro- ' tje*tiois of important changes, it is enjoined to" the
jel'..fed a force or 400,00 u men, without a - single Rteha to deliver,. at the expiration of the term of
Unfree to steierintend them. file Hoe. Geialemeti • the Armistice with the Servians, the said fortress to
'had Pleasantly observed, that lie (Lore C ) was fond ', his Excellency M. lie Duae, the Austrian General,
of good tar things. 'Then as he was, he was • sure 1 conimatidiug in the Bauslat. . I,
he roust remain so, if he had nothin to teedon but I PARIS, Arati. 9.—M. PONS has discovered a new I
the patronage of this Bill. One; very powerful, but : Cornet ne,r the neck of the Giraffe. It was visible
very nefitir mode at opposing, a ineasure,, was to give': With a night telescope.' Frote the eeth of March
it a aick-name. With this view the Bill before the - to tire Ist Of April it did not exhibit any sensible
lihuse had been called a conseriptiun, although it : : : :
eat taton. *
Wes -as unlike a conscription in, chat-eater as possibla. ' • , . . . . ,
. .• .. -•
fallen multi an Non, Bart, BAYONNE, .APR 11. 2.—Of the,three Deputies sent
With resped to whatehad A
by the :pew.
,;.iiag to meet the Emperor arid King,
he was sure that the good sense of (he country was
two
..eaee. in.rit_•ed here. ,One of them, the Count
sufficiently .proof against tany.unfounded statement of
DE FELIseeND-Setneez,,,,set out three days ago for
the deradatiou to which ally nun was subje6ted, by
Pans. The -Jae .1.. ales, arrived here yesterday.
heing placed timter. tare e' military laws •He es • . _ ,• Dr . -
. elle Due I.)P. INIEDLNA.CII:I,I ii expel every m -
gave every credit to tlie•Hon. Baronet for the.'purity
Tent; The provinces of Navarre, theipuscoa,• and
of' his motives, but he was sure that that Hon.
Biscay have sent Orders 1(0 Couriers to be. dispstched,
Baronet dill'ered•se widely frem the general se tits- itionsent his lin .erial Majesty arrives here. It
meins on this subjed, that his disapprobation of the
is Sailahat the PortPtigueses troops are to proeeed to
prtsetlt Bill would nor Moire -least detract from its ..,.. '- •
N alladolict. - .
merit in the public, opinion. Be. tvould'abstain, at ..,., r, •
of the p• • • ',l .. L
transferred. to th
lee riIINCE . CAers
.is sale! ‘.O 'Ave been •
palai"t ot the Admiralty, Which
pres,eut, film) going into any detail of the measure;
q. . .
he otfered it as caleuleted to raise a bees, pernetneat
"t C Vii id lYuke a
g essosesees occupied.by .oe • :eel _.• Bolles
force with t he'least possible sacrifice of the habits and ' s
-.e.
eornforts of the people. - Itotettsceve, Amin. 7,---The Emperor and King
Mr, Wit:en/01 explained. arrked -here on the 4th; at eight in the iteriing.,--
.
• The Bill was then read a second time, and oehred He WAS expN:ted in the morning :- the people astern-
to be Committer! on Wednesday: . bled in crowds, and the troops were diawn up in
The Order of the Day was then read for going front of the -triumphal arch ; but a • report liaising
initea Co:nrisittee on the Irish Glebeshoese Bill.' • been spread that he woulditot eetiSe till the sth, they
Sir 'Jona ewpotte. repeated the observations he
dispersed, and only a small guard-of honour remain-
N
ed when Ins Majesty' arrived, •were concluded:film to
made on a former occasion, respecting the detective the Palace of the PrefeaUro. On the 5111, tit snort•
valuation of the Livings in Ireland ; not one of themhis' Majesty received the ()own/mad Authorities;
tt was aceurately valued, and many of them were not
be conversed with the Members of the 'Chamber of
valued at all ; he therefore propcs4ed to introduce a les_
aeominerce, to whom lie gave great hopes. He then.
ClauS6 to direst a fresh valuation to be evade, left the Pelece escorted' by a guard of honour, and
Col. BARRY Said, lie thought it would be better proceeded to the Chempele-Mars, where he te-
ther a distitid Bill should be brought in forthat pur- viewed the: troops. His Majesty s afterwards em-
pose : to which Sir John Newport assented. barked in
,a yachts and wok 'a view of the port; he
A short conversation then ensued upon the other landed Opposite the magazine of erovisions, teouute
Clatesti!..s s, after which' the Bill went through . the ed his horse, traversed the eosirt of the fettresa of
Committee, and ,the Report was ordered to be re-
•Trornpette, and • returnee! to the Palace. In the
ceived te-morrow. • evening there was tin illumination. Yesterday his
The Report of the Spirits Drawback. Bill was lefaiesty held a levee, and in 'the evening wept to the
brought up, ' the Resolutions agreed to, and the Bill theatre.
ordered to be reed a third time.
Mertens, MARCH 31 . his
T meriting, one of the
Also, thea -Report of the 'Committee of Supply,
Kisig's Otlieers.delivered to the Grand Duke of Berg
in which the different Services for Ireland had been
voted. the sword of FRANCIB 1. His :Highness on this rte-
00 the motion of Mr. Hvexissow, the Commit-
eaaion delivered a tlattering eulogium on the Spanish
tiateee
.
tees of Ways and Means and Of Supply, were de- MAilainiAPßl/, 3"--The Kingeour, 'master, and
ferrets till Wednesdey, on which day, in the latter itehis name, the .Aleaides of Isis Palace and.' ef the
Committee, he .should move the issue-of-Three Mil-
lions tilExcliequer Bills.
Court, order as tollews : That for the maintenanceef
• })abut order and trampidlity, the patreles,and rcesnds
The other Orders of the Day were then diSposed which were. established owthe 2,011 i of March, shall
of, and the House adjourned at half-past twelve. contittue.forahe washy of the Citizetts,. aid to dig-
verse and prevent crowds and- snob. si No spirituous lie
ethos tube told after.eight in the evening ;..raose who
sell them to do sootily in tiser Ash,•,p, and to stint up
their shop* at that tviur. Thepriiicip3lif ofmefaes
100t-sando,her establishinteits.to ,-up netsi
erin,learettil
ly their wotkineti and appreetsee, and to givenotice
to the police if any of them aoseitt theeiselves from
Owl."' work,.. Fsteess el eseei . ;are etkiojue.ii nut to.
butler their children Or Ldoweit!c; to reiet. with 4;-
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Boris andlaitious assemblies, and to restrain thm by
good example., good.adv.loe, and sven by the fe
punishment. 1 his order to be potted up throntri;..
out the city. •
(A true Copy)
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King, ()tar Master, whilst he rejoices to see
the excellent' and general spirit with :which the
pepple of Madrid receivAAnd, treat the Hoops of his
intimate and august ally the. Emperor, of. the
'~'ae,ncit, distributed within'. the city, has been sen-
agefted k that 'the imprudence and. rrialeVo.
leuce of, a small , number of individuals should
have attempted to distorb this itoyi"; noderstancling.
As this intiirious conclud, so lofeign to the ge-
nerous"-sentiments ;:of every good Spaniard, perhaps
owes its source to a' ridiculous and unfounded
understanding the intentions of whiuti aituate the said
‘'lio•ate quartered in this city and in the 011ie?
provitiCt:s of
lat raw,•44.
the kingdom, his iclaiesty declares and
affirms for :.'
that his stibjt.*-1 ouht to
set, ,tside eyttry of this nature, as the intentions
at 11,4
,i'lencti G.,,,„rnat. accord ...vial his own,
and so far truth concealing any' 4 I.l6l,e;Proleas, ,or
the slightest invasion, have no other ob;.!Nic but the
execution ()fine great measures conna-ted his
Majesty, against their coitunon enertiY.
This explanation ought to suit-lee to tranquillize
every sensible man, and induce him to receive with
the greatest eagerness guests so fast iinable. •
If, however, any one shall be so rash, and so ini4
meal to the two allied nations, as to seek to disturb
their resptclible.and recipro, eitti it. by
traions or by word., it is fit it ithonid be known
that the guilty will be plthishod without rennssion
with the greatest rigour, and v, ithont delay., by a
Government paternal towards its faithful and obe-
client subjeas, but firm, just, and inflexible towards
the guilty.
[Then follow the usual forms.]
Aivitice to the public calls upon every one pos.
sussed of etfeds belonging to the /Prince of therTeace,
to.distover such property, under penalty of being
proceeded against with the greatest rigour.
BOURDEAUK, B.—Yeitviday tbe Emperor
visited' the Lyceum, and the different public esta-
blishments.

PARIS► APRIL 11.—ThePre3s, •ott li'er jour.
ney to join her august spouse, at Bourcle:iuk, arrive;;
at 'fours on the 7th, where there was an ilitunint.'
lion, and set oat train thence the next day.

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE RECAPTURE O
SCYLLA AND REGGIO.
NAPLES, Mutcli 22.—His Majesty having re.
solved to retake trio forts' of Reggio and Scylla, tha
only points which the English had preserved upon
Cantinent of Italy, ordered, in Decetnhar, Ge 7
.neral liLoNifilt to adopt all the necessary divosi.
lions. •

The Enemy had at that epoeh a corps of 8 or
to,nud disposable troops in Sicily, which trti ht
have been embarked, and checked the, operations of
the army, either increasing the garrison of -Scyll;
and iteggio, or by turning the French army.
Majesty foreseeing all the possible movements of the
knethy, ordered the formation of two Corps, whic6
were statioaed between Naples and the extremities
of Calabria. One of these CorpS,' comtnrided by
General SALtetxr, posted from Catansaro to Nicai-
tro,'watehed the Guiph of St. Euphemia, and could
easily succour General ItisoNtirt, His Majesty
commanded in person the • SeCond Corps, and
watched at the satne time Policastro and Sidernatti..
The besieging artillery and the ammunition ern.
barked, at NApies arrived at PiZza., notwithstanding
the fruitless attacks of the Eneniy, who were ahkraya
repulsed by our Gun-boats.
The greatest difficulty of the entcrprize was to
Send.the besieging artillery froth 'Seinirara to Arne./
Zia :—it was resolved,to ascend the Aspronorte. The
Enemy, who witnessed the success of this opera;
tion, then began to cmfide less* in the natural bar-
riers whiCh•protetted them, 'and which they thought
impregnable. They wished to disquiet Our advanced
poits; but the Voltigeurs of the 23d Light Infantry,
and of the 224 Of the Line,' seat) drove th'etn back
to the place' where the road divided itself into two
branches, olle of whionleadvto.Scylla*, the other to

Reggio.
General RITGNICR thought that the capture of
Reggio aught to ptecede that of Scylla; in vait
.5
00 banditti, supported- by boo English, and come
(rune Catuolla, thought to surprise our troops in,
the night, ,und interrupt our operations—Xaptaia
4witoN, et the head of a detachment of the 9th
horse 'ciloseurs, went against them, drove them
baek, and all wlib could not embark were tlhrowtl
into the sea and drowned.
the 30th of January the city of. Reggio Walt
invested. on all sides, the. -enemy's gun boats ap.
proatlied.the shore to disturb the troops, the soldiers
began aWitpsirig, awl in. a few moments our in-
fantry tot* ponies ion of all the -nsvni"force of, the
enemy. 1. t. vain (Id an Enzlisb cOiria Out 'of
Messina *to their ahsistance, a new Ve.ischthent
dashed off from the shore, and after a bito*of two
hours, in which the English CornmandAo:Named
GLASTO.N, NV24 killed, the Brig surrendered to cut
troops, after hiving lost nineteen men.
013 the Ist, of February Reggie ixas -taken",o4)4
the i,Qcon,.l the_C”stle capitulated-700 end
(i 7 otiiecrs-41,id theirarmson the glieis.
In eVr.l•sie Several eannon were found trid Much

atnuituUtinn and p,toitsious.
The at tuy then in•octedel to Scylla—the siege of