The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-12 00:00:00

VOLUNTEERS

Sir 11. MILb Min' had hoped that the Resolu-
tion which he was. about ,to submit to the "House,
would have been brought forward by His. Majesty's
Ministers, and accompanied by all that weight, of
influence which it was natural for them to command.
As, however,. they had abstained from this proceed-
ing, he felt it to be a duty which he owed to the
Country tO'stpp forward and propose what he con-
ceived to be but that which was due from the
Rouse to a body of men who, he was perfectly
.persuaded, had saved the Country • from all the
miseries and horrors" attendant upon an invasion.
After having detailed at considerable, length the
rise and'progeess of the Volunteer: Z4yStem, and be-
stowed on it the highest praise, he alluded to the-
alterations ir:troduced by,the Right Hon. Gentleman ,
opposite, (Mr. 'Windham), with regard to, the
'abolishing of permanent duty, and the reduEtion of
the Inspeaing Officers, and contended that these_
steps were calculated to be • in • the highest. degree'
detrimental tiitht: System. He. was convinced that,
,the House must feel, with him that a VolUntark.
force mast be much better cialculated to..be service-
able to the Country than the reluetant. Consc.ipts
which the plans of the Right Hon. _Gentleman
went to produce,. After d'ilating at considerable
length, on these "topics, he concluded with moving
aßeSolution to the following purport
", That this House highly approves and acknow-
ledges. the Services of the different Corps of Yeo-
manry
,and Volunteers hi the 'United Kingdom,
4nd they think it necessary to- record the opi-
nion that they entertain of the zeal, energy, arid.
patriotism in which they have so essentially con-
tributed to the defence and security of the Country."

Mr. DENT rose to second 'the Motion. The
,Volunteer Corps which he commanded felt great
pride in their permanent duty, because it brought
,them nearer to the state of the Regulars, and they
had been considered by the Inspcaing Officer as
little inferior to the Regulars. . Some allowances;
were to be made for the expressions used by, the
Right Honourable Gilmtleman respecting the. Vo-
lunteers—.-as, at the time he used them,..he was in
opposition to a Right Honourable Gentleman Whose
loss evety Village in the Kingdom deploredand
the more_io, from a comparison 'of his measures
with those of the present Administration—(hear,
hear). There was another allowance too, because
the Volunteers had not then proceeded to the same
extent as at present. Next to d.iing the ac-
knowledgMent of error was prise-worthy. If the
Volunteers were' properly atten,3,...i to, they would
be an effeaual Force for the defence,• and of. course.
leave the whole disposable .Force of the Country to
be detaoliedllan opportunity sh6uld oPr, . He had
no object in seconding the Mdtion ; but that the
.question relating-to the Volunteers- should not pass
sub silentio, he ' should ask
.the. Right Honour..thle".
Gentleman if in any future War .the services of the
Volt r.`eers should be wanted, and he should, bR in,
his present •Oflice, with . What grace could he call
for their services ? It bad. been, told that the Pre-:.
vious Question' was to be moved ,on this Motion.,
Het did not think
„it would-7'lo would
dare to move the. Previous .Question on such a
Motion:. •

11.4 LPH Lll NKL, front what- he had.
seen. and: observed of the Volunteers,- wad. convinced
that no body of men could display more zeal, spi-
rit, patriotism, thfin They had in the defence
.of.
the, Country ; and he was Confident,. Nhenever an
opportunity should offer, calling for their service's, ,
they would be' as eager to.embrace it as they been
to.come, forg,ard in the .'first instance, for which
they appeared to,deserve the Thanks of the House.
As to. the Regulations that' had been adopted re-
speaing .the .Volunteers, .he confided in the ,talents
and integrity of. His Majesty's IVinisters tb'r any mo-
difications they should think it :expedient to adopt,
The Volunteer's deserved every praise---He knew
theM honest, and he believed them bold.
Gejzeral PHIPPS had been one of the Generals
'appointed to make the Returns of the. Volunteers,
and declared he had. made his. Returns most con-
scientiously. He had returned several Corps fit:
to aa vith T:oops of the Line, but had not
thereby -intended to state that They
,were equal to
Troops' of the Line. Some of them were equal
to. several Regiments of Militia. Many l.egiments
of Volunteers in town'were capable .of pertorMing

with .precision. those field maiimuvreswhich 20
years ago His Majesty's Troops could not have per-
formed, He WaS• not acquainted with the Volun-
teers in the country—but. he 'thought highly of
them as a military force, and was sorry, to see them
discouraged, though not, he was sure,:the intention
of the 'Right Hon. Secretary. He was also sorry to
see the. Inspe.Aing Officers dis Continued, and the
Drill Serjeants abolished, because it would be irn•
possible fin the Generals' commanding Distrias, and
without the Drill Serjeants. the
.discipline of the
Corps would devolve on the Ordinary Serjeants, ge-
nerally.shoplzeepeF.s, who could not' attend to' the
duty. He should feel himself bound to support the
Motion of the Hn. Baronet.
Secretary HATEILIAM assured; the Hon.
General; that it was quite a mistake to suppose the
abcilition Of the Drill Serjeants. The allowance of
pay to them had been greatly reduced ; but it was
still ample enotigh for the duty they had to perform,

being seven shillings for each day of exercise.' They
are .not lere brought into the Corps for ,the duty,
though' even so the 'pay would be sufficient. Many
Volunteer.Orlicers thought the pay ample. He had
never mentioned that the Inspsaing Officers had not
made their returns cobscientiously in representing
many Regitneuts fit to at with Troops of the Line.
They, however, could not be equal to the Line. It
they were equal to the Militia, they would be equal
• to. the Line; for the'Militia had been now so long
embodied„. that they were equal in their steadiness
and discipline to most Reg;ments of the Line. But
he could never think Volunteers equki, to Troops of
the Line ; not .that they,had not the courage—men
not Volunteep had that quality as well gs the V6,-

lunteers. But there Was something more wonted tv
'give that factitious feeling which (Ambled Men ,to nCt
spiritedly inbodies, It might be said that they were
as good as new Regiments :.but in such Regithews
there were 'experienced .Serjeeats and Corporals ;
though, the men' maybe )744111:;,they_get a charaeter
-that never dieS but with the extinftion of the whole.,
It was impassible the VolunNers, who 'were only
occasionally called into the service, Cotild'beitinal to
those men Whose w'hole lives were dei'oted to the
Army as a profession. He was surprised
Were not ashamed of. the manner in which .thcy
selefted particular expressions to suit their views,
As to the immediate-question, he should ask whe.
ther they were imperiously called on' to vote the
Thanks of the House to .the Volunleers. It was
first necessary to consider the reasons assigned ;
next, whether they were sufficient— The Hon.
Gentlemen opposite had shewn by their comments
;what their object was ,in bringing the question,
Which made it impossible for him. to agree to it.-
They said as 'we were going to get rid .of the Volun-
teers we should give them
,a tene discessit. But
his measure was calculated to keep the Volunteers.
He only Nyished to place the Volnnteert on their
original establishment. ~ The permanent duty bad
been -abolished, I,)ecause it 'was a heavy espenco
Without any adequate benefit, This duty in the iirst
instance cost 300,0001. and afterwards it)8,0001.
from the Colleaors of the, Counties ; in all about
.100,0001. Was the saving that sum, half a mil-
no motive to do away the perthanent service ?.
The Noble Lard opposite (Lord pastlereagh) he
believed
.opposed this. very permanent 'duty when
first proposed. At any rate there was on the table
a letter from Lord Hawkesbury against it. This
permanent service had been engrafted On the origis.
establishment. As to the Resolution,,he felt a
strong,objeCtion to it, because the House ought not
to give an 'Opinion what force the Crown was to
keep up: The best mode of disposing of it was by
the previous question, which he should support if
any .Honourable Gentleman should think pr .)er to
move it.

• Mr. FULLER recommended to the Right Hon.
Secretary to make up his breach with the Volun-
teers by assenting to this Motion.
Mr. WitibliAm explained. ,
. ._

. .
Lord °SS ULSTO N E moved the previmus question.
Mr. BANXES approved.of the first part of the Mo-
tion, but rather disapproved of the other, as it seem-
ed, by implication, to convey a censure upon the
conduCt of the majority of that House who had
voted tbr certain measures relative to the Volunteers
in. the course of the present Session. The Hon.
Member, therefOre, recommended, that a • more ac-
ceptable Motion
‘should be propcsed.
Sir R. WituAnzs supported the original Motion.
Mr. WiLBERFOIitt Ct.iticie(l in the •sentiments of
his Hon. Friend (Mr. Bankes), and expressed his ap-
prehension that if the previous question were carried,
it would, throughout the Country, be esteemed tant-
amount to an absolute. rejection of the Mo:ien, 'and
. therefore produCtive of very injurious effeEts.
Gen. TARI, ETON spoke in. favour of the Volun-
teers, and against the Ministers, vjho were, in his
-opinion, very unWorthy• to succeed the illustrious
person whO was now.no more.
Mr. SHERIDAN rose, before the temper of the
Debate should be changed, or any pledged opinions
: given, to propose a middle course between both
sides of -the -11.ouse, and which, he -hoped, would
he acceptable to each.. In :.;-oceeding to consider this
Motion, he begged to say, that his wish was to 'avoid
all party allusion'. He did not mean, thereiore,
touch upon -any inflammatory. topic, 'although rise
Honourable General ,\VI7O just -sat down had -of-
fered sOm4 provocations, under the guise, of to
regard • for the Memory ,Of Mr. Pitt.. That, tmtny, .
Gentlemen on -the other side should often speak of
..that illustrious Person with, reverence :and yenci-a.
tion was naturally to be expeaed, because the were
his intimate friends, and had long aeled with hint. -
But what was the motive or. feeling whi:s: led the
. Hon. General to deal in such frequent culoeiums
Bat to return to the question be;bre the fi'onse, the
Right Hon. Gentleman stated his reason for net
tending the House much for some tune back ; he-did
; not like to' be present at the discussions of these..
military subje&s, for it was to be recolleCted
that the plans, brought forward by his Right ,
nourable Friend (Mr. Windham) were the plans
of all the Cabinet, and retaining all his old opinion's
respeEting the Volunteers, the Militia, and the Army,
he.. was unwilling to oppose the great authorities
with whom he differed. He did not, wish to resist
the Views of his friends. The Right Hon. Gentle
man combated•some of the objections 'of Mr. Wind-
ham to the Volunteer System, declared -that he .
would never give a vote for the rcdu&ion of. that
constitutional force, the Militia, and repeated his
opinion that a free country could not long main-
tain its freedom, if it trusted altogether to the
defence of an hired Army. Of the
he _said that he much wished, that it should re-
main a dead letter, as the former Bill of the-same
nature did, in consequence, he, was happy 'to
think, of a recommendation or his. to a high au-
' thority with whom he had then the honour of
-having some influence. Had he an equal influence -
with his Right Hon. Friend, he certainly wotild use
it to produce a similar I:esolutiOn—namely', that if a
certain number of Volunteers should come foi-word,
this Training Bill should not be aCted upon. If that
Resolution were adopted, Ire had' no doubt that vo-
luntary zeal would render a comptilsory levy Unne-
cessary. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after:exhort-
ing Oentlemen on both sides to concede soniet-ning,
cot-landed with moving, "That this HOuse do retain
the highest respect acid gratitude for the services of
the Volunteers of the United Kingdom."
" Mr. P.EECIVAL thought the Motion of the
Hon. Member (Mr. Sheridan) did not go far enough.
In his opinion the House ought to express a hope'
as to the continuance of the Volunteer System.

'Lord HOWYCK observed, that all Votes of
Thanks from that House had a double view—that
of .rewarding fox the past; and that" of encouragement
for what was to 'come. The K...ncibles', however,
were reduced last War, and the Supernumerary Mi-
litia abandoned, without any Vote of hallks frOdi
Parliament:

Mr. CANNING said, that when the FenciOe
Regiments were reduced, and the Suliplemenft:ry,
Militia was abandoned, the -House, did not thaini.
them, because their services Were done With. His
non. Friend (Sir H. IVlilamay) had asked for any
4x.hortation, but: the Right 'Hon. Gentleman oppo--

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bers NV ere
For the Preyious Question
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MAILS. .
4aaivgn--2.5-lamburgh, i Leeward Island, i Dublin.

THE SUN.

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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1806.

site (Mr. -Si:,!rid.-m). had procTuced an Epitaph, •the
prevTons question he conce:,ve..d to ha ye
abandoned. 7 • / •
_

After-a few words from Mr. WINDHAM',
;Arr. I VEIT BRE:Z.I7 -.-erted to an Hon. Gen-
_ tleman'i (Mr. Canning) t-:ll,,ticin, that We ()right
to thank the Volunteers now, because we had fur-
tt of- their. services,' nut that' the :reason. of
- other Military Bodies not having received the thinks
of Pdrliament last War was, ,because we had done
with them. '.Chic was a sort of gratitude which.he
iOped he (Mr. Whitbread) should never be induced
to hold out those who,, in the most spirited and
inot patriotic Manner, stood forWkd in defence of
their Country. The Hon. Gentleman had made
'some allusion to 'an Eriiraph,--butthe House would'
_perceive that it was when a' man was dead that we
generally thought the fittest time .to write Epitaphs
/ and praise him.,--He would be most willing tore-.
turn" Thanks to the Volunteers, if there was an end
of their services. • ' •
1.40 rd CASTLEREAGH said ,a few words in support
of the Original Motion ; and upon a division the num-

The Original Question was then Withdrawn.
:Upoll re-entering-the Gallery, we found Mr. SpE-
IttnAN enforcing the necessity of a declaration of the
seutiments of :the HouSe with respect to the'Vo=
lunleers. •He eonchided.with moving -
That this House 'continues to retain its cordial
sense of the zealous exertions of the, several Corps
‘c of Yeorhanry and Volunteers of the United King-
dom, associated for the defence of their Country,
" and cloth highly approve the perseverence and-pa-
" triatisM they so eminently displayed in confirm-
" ing to be associated for that obje6t.'!' • •
-Upon which Lord How lex moved the preViofas
question.
/11r: HILLY ADDINGTON- said, that if ru-
mours which he had heard abroad were true, we
might p;,bably, about `the beginning of next Ses-
sion, have an event announced from the highest au7-
thority, and thanks then given in such a way as
would entitle Parliament tofollow the illustrious ex-
arriple.
LOrd HENRY PETTY observed, that the ques-
tion was not, whether the Volunteers were entitled
t..) the Thanks of the' House, as no man in that
House, or in-the Country, could-have a single doubt
As to the.-meritorious zeal "oe that brave and diSin-
tcTested, set
,of men ; the question was, whether,
upon idle rumours or misrepresentations of what was
Klidlay his itight Hon.lriend (Mr.:Winaham), the
“base would think it vas how necessary to renew
their assurances to that.srallant body of men. •
.!'Mr. PERCIVAL,' Mr. VANSITTART, and Mr. Ar.:Ex-
4A•Ea, said each s few'words, when the- question
,v.T.'s called for, and; upon a•division,- the numbers
were-----Ayes 69—Noes 39—Majority 30. ;
The Other Orders of the Day were 'disposed of,
pnd the House at .Four o'Clock adjourned to this
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• TH:S DAY AT rw,ELvE O'CLOCK.
Consols 6z div. I Red. Ann. 6z tfl Oniniurn . 6i

.We have reCeiv,ed a Letter from DominiCa, dated
the 26th May, Of which the following is an exltaa :
You will be gratified to hear,- that the Duke .of
11Iii.1 /rose. Packet, Capt.,DYNELY, has taken a French'
Privateer from Quadaloupe, with a General Officer
and 50 .Soldters of then6th Brigade on board. The
Packet had on board Lieutenant W4l,Lts and
thirty of our. 46th R,egiment. The Euemy fought
long 'and desperately before they , surrendered.-

The evening before this happened. the Crew of
• a Sloop that was here mutinied while
.the Com-
mander was on shore, and• carried her towards the
Saitits, where they fell in with this French Prim-
teey,,and gave themselves up to her. Both the Ires.

t'els then returned v,ith the intention of cutting out
some Ships that were in Roseau roads.
" TI Packef al.ci her Convoy being fortunately
11. re, were sent put to meet tlienat The. Packet
want after one of theni, Wand her ConyQy after the
', other, and captured,them.both.

Shortly after our Vessels.lrid been dispctchetl,
we discovered a Prize, Niihich the French Privateer had
tallen; standing** info Martinique. I was sent after
her with twelve men
.in a boat, and after a ,cli4ce
crf.two hours and a half,., took tier.:. The name of
French General who was taken iDE-TE,AUGII
Canie to tal.e a view of the Island, and had with
' him different Plans, particularly of,l9perts,..
Liente.nant Vv"...t.ts, who behaved so gallantly
on this occasion, is the Officer who was mentioned
t3Q handsomely in General PREVOST'§ Dispatches
w,l-ien the Frenclmade an attempt upon this Island."

The first two Hambrolgh Mails that were due ar-'
rived this morning, but the intelligence which they
contain has been in a great degree-anticipated ; the
following are the tuost interesting articles which "they

VIEVNA, Jug 21..—0 n the 18th inst. the Eng,
lisp Envoy here, Sir ARTHUR PAGET, had his au-
dience, of leave of
,hi 4 Imperial Majesty; and the,
gew Envoy, Mr. ADAIR, delivered his Credentials.
Tp.,4ay thq yrench\Atp*s4dor, M. Itt)PIPT-T-
-p4uur, again received a Courier from Paris, after
yhispi-ciyal he had a long conference with the Mi-
I10z;Pf States C°llPt S'T'AP:O44 and the nest day
411 auclienc.e gf iiis IgTe:i4l.;',l3.iqtY• It is believed

that the Gernifth Constitution was the -subjea of
these conferent eL. -

The Councillor of State, M. D'OtTii alf., is still

here,

_Advice ha's .been- received from St. Petersburgh,
that Prince KraltATillN will &pe to,Yierida in Au-
gust, but. v,hether as Atnhas.sador, °non a particular
is 110 t kno'wn,- as the plesent _Ambassador;
Count:B.Asuxousxy, has not yet received any formal

; A. _Russian. Courier has pissed ,through this city
fur St.:Petersburgh, with advice of the occupation
of Cataro by the French.

Ragusa was not yet,oecupied by Foreign Tooops.
'The. Rag' usan Soldiers mount guard with the' French
Military:
LANDSEERG, ON THE LECH, JUNE 19.—The day
before yesterday the last column of 1400 Austrian
prisorters,_ Who have been here for two months past;
broke up for Ulm and Guntzburgh, where they will
embark on tlie Danube for their own. Country.
MILAN, JUNE LGUIS;RUFFO, who
haS been banished Naples, has arrived at Rome,
• where be had along audience of the POPE, the sub-
jea and issue of which is not known ; it was only
observed that the countenance of both indicated, af-
terwards much perturbation of mind. i

All the fiarl;ours of the Ecclesias-tical State on. the
Adriatic Sea are occupied by French TrooPs, to pro-
. _
teal then &Om. any descent .by the Enemy, for
. ; ,
which the. Papal Troops are too weak. _
MADRID, .1-11•. NE a.—A Ship from the Coast of
Carraccas, •laden with cocoa, coffee, and indigo, has
arrived at Vigo, 'in 52 days. 'We are assured that
the'Expedition of Gen. MIRANDA, against our Colo-
nies in South America, has taken a serious turn,
though it is not true that lie has already taken -Santa
Fee, in the new kingdom of Granada.
• . BREMEN, Jung; 2g.—On the 21st inst. our city
was entirely 'evacuated by the Prussian Troops, which
had been quartered here four Months.

Tins morning arrived a Mail from the Leeward
Islands; brought to Falmouth- by the. Duke- *of Mon,
Erase Packet, in 25 days, from Tortola. :Thirty-
seven Privateers
_were .fitted out, in -May and June;
from Gnadaloupe and Martinique, for-the purpose of'
Cruizingfor:the•homewar&-bound Fleets. - •

Our doubts
.respe&ing the American accounts of
the flrilure of-,MIRANDA'S, enterprize are strengthened
by, the, arrival of the Zikabeth, MfAernuß, at.
Greenock; On Monday last, after a passage- of only
thirty-seven days, from ,Trinidad. When shie,sailed
from that pl;tce there was lig intelligence rrespecting
the result of MIBAN'DA7S Expedition. It had been'
usual-for. Boats from the Spanish Main to visit Tri-
nidad, but none had arrived there,for'several days
prei-ious to the departure- of the- Elizabeth,, and it
as inferred that some important measure had taken
place,- and that the Boats had been precluded,l, an
Embargo, from carrying on their usnal intercourse.
Intelligence of the defeat oII\IntANDA must-have been
received at Trinidad long before it could have reached
the United States., But our doubts are chiefly ground-
ed on the known charae.-ter of MiRANDA,,and on the
Measures that le had long: taken to prepare the
habitants of the country which is the object of his
Expedition fOr'their expected deliverance. He is a
remarkably- wary and re.fleaing man,, and weighs"
every measure -he hits in contemplation with delibe-
rate caution. We therefore stilVexpe& to hear, that
though ho. may have met_with some opposition from
the mere Agents of the. Spanish GovernMent, he
has been hailed and supported by the great body of,
the People:
Early on-Thursday morning the DUKE of YORK
arrived at Windsor, and laid before His MAJESTY
a Return of the State.of the Arcny. The DUKES of
CUMBERLAND' and KENT had, likevise conferences
with His MAJts-ry upon business.. The ROYAL
DUKE'S afterwards accompanied His MAJESTY in his
usual ride on horseback, with' the PRINCESSES, -and
several 'attendants.

Their MAJESTIES have declined all thoughts of
an excursion to Weymouth this summer. A Camp;
principally composed of Cavhlry, is immediately to
be I.6rnied in the neighbourhood, of Vti-ndsor. •

' , Yesterday; at bne.o'clock,' aXabinet Council was
veryunexpeP;z.dly called at Mr. Fox's Office, which_
was attended by most of the Cabinet Ministers.
CITY,BUSINESS.r--.AI a Court of Common Council,
held yesterday at 'Guildhall, THOMAS Bisn, • Esq.
Sheriff Elea,- presented -a Petition,. praying to be
.discharged therefroin, on paying. a fine of six bun-
a.lred poUnds.and twenty marks, with the usual fees,
although he had entered into a bond to take upon
himself the
,office ; which was read and agreed to;
and) in .consequence thereof; the 'Right, Hon. the.
Loan MAYort has issued his Precept fora Common
Hall to be held on Nonday next, for the elpaion of
a person in his' rooin,, to serve the. office of Sheriff.
of this City, together, with JONATHAN MILES, Esq.
Sheriff.-7-A, Motion was. made to discharge the seve-
ral Gentlemen on the list.of nominqtion for Sheriftli,.
-on their paying a fine of four fiundred pounds and
twenty marks ; :which was negatived by a very coif-
siderable Majority.-
. . .
The storm of yesterday, as we expe6ted,,has,been
produ6uive of Considerable._ mischief, and we shall
doubtless hear, of mach more than has yet been
,stated. The Powder-mills, at•Hounslow, made a
dreadful explosion. chimnies.were thrown
down in the neighbourhood of Manchester-square.
Bails office, attended with terrific claps of thunder,
tell i:I various parts of the Metropolis. It is not
true that M. I.)AftSON, of the Lottery-office, Somer-
set-House; was struck by the lightning 3 but a
bricklayer's •boy was struck near that Gentleman,
and the hod, of bricks thrown froin his shoulder.
'His face wits scorched,' but he was notinjured.' The
effedts of tnis dreadful hurricane. 'were felt at Clap-
ton, Wal-worth, and many other villages near'town,,
but-we do not hear t*'4py person, -have fa4en
•