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London, England, 1806-07-17 00:00:00

SYr Po..rw mkt the ..sTobleLord right as to
q
noint Of ris;fla- adaidly to the higher ranks:
This w:IS the case in many Regiments of Militia as•
well is the Law. He. himself, and •several others of
the hig-I;eroflicers in his Regiment, had been Subal-
tern . It was dangerous to innovate on the relations
between the different kinds oftiorce, when there was
119 -raund for it but paltry economy.
Mr. Alderman PRLVSEP was sorry to oppose
any mea-ure of Government re;ative to the national
delence ; but when a measure was proposed atfeCt-
ing the constitutional rights of any body, and with
such Clauses as these, leaving so much to the
dis-
cretion of Ministers,. he could not give his assent to
it. The period at which ifwas brought forward was
also an objection, and to this was added the dissatis-
fidion which would he felt.by the Militia Officers at
a 'distindion of this sort. This was very impolitic in
time of. War.
Mr: WINDHAM said, that .the complaint, as to
the lateness Of the Session, was nota substantive ar-
gument ; for, in order to make it worth any, thing,
Gentlemen must prove that this was a great con,
stitutional.questipn. Now. this he had before de-
nied, and did so still. He then proceeded to shew
that they were entirely mistaken in considering this
as an alteration of a fundamental principle of the
Militia; and this he did by shewing, as he had done
before, that the Legislature had dope, nothing more
as first, than say, that when. the Militia were called
out •they should be on the same footing with the
Army. This appeared a very, proper -thing to them at
the time, but it was never meant that this regulation
should be perpetual. Besides this, the principle had
not been atied on, for there was a distinction as to the
half-pay and the q ualification . But hefurther contend-
ed, that theprinciple was not set aside by:thisßill, for
even in the Army, the pay was only given where it
was necessary 5 and as to tile principle, therefore, the
Militia were still on a footing with the Line.--.
He dwelt upon the absurdity ofthe supposed breach
of faith; as the argument would go to
_shew, that
no A& of Parliament;could ever,. under any change
of, ircumstances, be altered. This would be, in-
tdeed, making our laws' like those of the MedeS
and Persians. But then they said "wait for
.peace."
.But the injustice and breach of faith would be
the same in Peace as in War, and the difference
• would only be in the degree. The breach of faith,
lowever; supposing it to be one, could not in
time of peace be excused by saying, that it was a
little one, any mere than the lady, by saying that her
natural child was a little one, could excuse her breach

of chastity. Upon the whole, he would; with confi-
dence, appeal to the Country, whetherthis pay ought
to extend to the higher Militia Ofllcers,, •
Mr. CHARLES WYNNE spoke in favour of the,
after winch the House divided—For the third
Teading 35—Against it 24—Majority it.
On the question, " that the Bill do pass," some
conversation took place between Colonel MITFORD
and Mr. CANNING on the one hand, and Mr. WIND-
BADI on the other ; after which the House. divided
again—Ayes 43—Noes c2—Majority 21. The Bill
then passed.
Lord NIORPET'II moved, that the Order for the
further consideration of the India Budget be renewed
for Friday next.
Mr. BOBSON complained of the absence of
'Ministers at the time ,hat such important businest'
was to come before the House ; and added, that if
berea:ter there should not be a more full attendance
-on the Ministers 1 Bench, he would do- every thing
in his power to oppose the further proceeding in the
business.
AL . .GRANT adverted to the. proposition of a
Noble Lord (Castlereagh).- last night, that.a loan
should be raised fin- the- assistance of the East India
Company ; he took the opportunity which now of-
fered, as Indian affairs were mentioned, to state pub-
licly,, that such propositiOn was riot made with the
kno Nledge or concurrence of the Dire&ors of that
Commercial Body.
PAULL declared, that he thought some fur-
ther explanation was necessary as to the state of the
Company's finances, after the assertion which
bad been made last night by a worthy •Aiderman
(Parssep), whose word had certainly great weight,
namely, that the' Company were in a, state of insol-
vency.
Notting further on the subje& paiSed.. The ques-
tion for the Renewal of the Order for Friday next
was put and carried without a division. Adjourned
at Ten o'Clock.

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WE received last night Dutch Papers to the 12th
inst. A Letter from Vienna, dated the 26th ult.
states, that the Austrian Troops destined to take
possessiOn of Cataro, previous to its final surrender.
to the French, sailed from Trieste on the 17th, so
that there, can be no doubt that the French are by
this time in possession of that important position. It
now remains to be seen whether BONAPARTE will,
en his part, comply with the terms of the Treaty 'of
Presburgh, and withdraw his Troops from Germany.
The Archduke CHARLES is indefatigable in his efforts
to replace the Austrian Army upon its former re-
speclable footing. The letters tiom Paris speak of the
Negotiation pending with Great Britain ; but add,
that from the care taken by the Governments of
both Countries to conceal the particulars of the Ne-
gotiation, it is impossible to ascertain what progress
has been made.

ALL the person.s who have lately returned from

France concur in representing the situation of the
mass of the People of that Country as being
dvklorable in gle extreme. The total stagna-