The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-28 00:00:00

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proof Fact ,ttioy that the iNiattia would
volunteer into the .Litte to dab i;:itellt of their eX-
pe&ations ? Had experience countenanced and en-
couraged such a !wipe ? and should they be diiap.
pointed (and nothing promised that they might not)

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whet could redeem -the mischief 'hey might do to
the Militia ? Why, then, place confidence in what
had already failed, snd trust to formeij miscarriage
for• present success ? But they will say, they are
taken by A urpriie : the danger is imminent; and

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every thing mug be done to avert it. Let theinsooner
then res Art. to theiri'raining Ad-f"or from that Bill
tioniet !ling substantial might be deriyetior willthey
re-establish the Volunteers ? Will they incur the ex-
pence forrnprly attending that establishment ? Are
the Volume:go to serve in Corps, and tinder Officers
of. their .owb choosing ? Surely, this wonld not be
the way to avtil,oarselves of the spirit and, the popu.,
lation -of the Country. It would be defeating at
once, tbie t &A of cur physical and-our moral coo.
rritt.i. The tliAht Hon. Gentleman then went into a

deit-nce ot••the late Adminiitration; and contended,

that they bad naed with respe& to such mea.
• suies, not from love of popularity, but from ,a seri-
ous sense of duty. He hoped.t he HouievoUld pause
bt'fbre they radopttd a measure Ilk° the present. 'lt
would • only increase the:difficulties of ballot and

bounty, of 'bounty and' ballbt, without increasing the '
means of defence which the 'perils of the moment •
were acknowledged so imperiously to call for.
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• Mr. 8.-IT HUR ST purl ued nearly the same line of
areiunent as Mr. H. Addiugtotir The.present mo-
tuent' called for an immediate aceession..to our Na-
ticital Force ; but hoW tl.at call could etfeaually be
answered by the pre,ient plan he was at a loss to con-,
cc4i., AN to ballots, it was not to the number of bah=
lotS we were to attend, but to the number-of men, that
could be raised by then). The present measure evi-
dt:iitly tended to destroy the Militia, the Militia
which formed at present nearly one halfof our naii-
oeal strength; and if the Regiments of the Line were
at' present so locomplete, riow much 'more so must
be left
.those 'of the: Militia, by the present Bill
Itteas trot for this or that 'part of the hland
that we, partienlarly wanted an energy, of military
force, it ,was for the whole of the Empire. This
could nut be elfeaed by the plan now under eonsi-
rAi,in. Semler and with more effea should we
revere to the measure of the Army of Reserve, the
heneticial results of which we had already'experi-
eneed. To this measure he inclined not from patti-
al;ty I but froM a convi6tion of Its mcire.prompt and
Ocisive efficacy.
Lard ,C".44.57'1.-FRE A GM'auld not forbear making
a few obserivations even at this' late hour of the night. •
ki,,,,lamented to meet with such cippositiun f;om di ife!
raftit quarterS, and on such diffetentgrOunds, Some
did not think the t ernefgency so urget as others, and
th!..irefore were for adopting no mcaSure at all. Some
‘Aiere for making'greater, others less. draftsfrom the
: 'while others again deprecated the touching
it 41100ilter. The Militia was allowed to- be
jiyber state of perfeion and to be-more complete'.
Orliberi than at Any cornier period for these 14
:‘:e4trs• Why then did it furnish more facilitlys than
at ituy form-r rm)ment'mwards• the objea which it
was now so necessary rti attend" o and to acCom=
Our military torte was now more scattered
abroAd than at any 'former period : it was therefore
more necessary to feed and corripa6l that force than
before. Re did net flatter himself with a nearer
prospeil of peace than the Gentlemen on the other
side, but thilt fhe felt, that our' military system
should be adapted to. both Situations, and partake of
either prospect., When so calculated, it might be;
thole:V:lnd kept up at a smaller expence. As to the
tight lion. Gentleman who spoke last (Mr. Wind-
-I.tani), he' seemed to irtie sight ;altogether of the
dangers which ha fotmerly dreaded' from France.
apprehensions on that score seemed Wholly to
have vanished, and all his filcultiesseetried now to
be absorbed in the adm:rntien of his own Military
Plan, which he seemed to think had succeeded
H.on.d his thost tiatig ;im uine dres. Still, however,
atl il*;.it l'eBl,lll. waF4 yet to come.. We, were
le r it at the. distance of t‘re years; and
in, the'" iteerivo it writs were' to e4ea .that
MltaParte would beei)me 'grey, and 'no longer
ajty hing, ;. hilt Peace • and then we should
1,6 ti).4feralthe'Cooritry without 'any measure.
in it lie b.:(1 'the honova to propose.. Such,
aas n(,t o`pinion of that great man
(Mr, Fokl win., Wai .06w no morn, and whose
It t.tlents. added such. autpprity to any
o piniee" he, e\pre'Ssed. TIC thonght. IleCeSSary
t.yir 'Military should be raised to the Utmost.
ynt. h. 'al striti:tss the • 'ptondeitt
(1)1' r*.‘lo,',,vii. Compare, however,:
ots I he eeo!I try eVen at that day with what
ttey,nnw 111,1 how' will they 'appear increased—
the l'o;.va,i of the' Continent are so mach less
hit 'tb" i(t its, and when we 'have an enemy to
,ti i Vault, So t:offii molt confider Of viOory; and
W 1,1; tcheophs. llesides'our disposable
a,v,,i,ateti difficulties Was rendered
h) W.liitt Administration, who have,
11!,.1,0 11;:mity nod who have made
whtt( tovards averting these dart
1., th ?4th of January lasG ' the moment
y ~houlti have been Preparing tor some naive
ctlictprizu open the campaign,they disinissed from
v'ice eVery Transport' that was not abso4
enema..ll),• for thb ordinary routine. business of
"ti;,: Channel service, and nothing was left for offensive
oiterations, WhawVer Ettpetiltion, therefore, it might
beet; prndent to undertake, not a shidowpf pre-
paratlon was left to support it. In the lamer, note
singleexertion was made to rescue Prussia : she was
sotTered to perish before .out eyes. Such was the
'situation in• Which they left' the present Ministers,
Stith iit)litin to inherit from them but weakness,
Oitficoltles, and distress.
&gar Littni4NCE, in vindication of the late
Ministers, stated, that they bad an Expedition in
c9ntemplation that would have been worthy of them
ttort of the Country, and which. the present Mini-
sters 'would not dare to look at.
• Mr. 214 stated, that the late Ministers
had left to their successors a much greater number
of Transports then had been received from them, If
the 'Noble Lord thought the late Ministers had &Reg
to do their duty 'ln any. particular, be should bring
this matter bet Ore the House, when thermight have
as opportunity of vindicating their !Row*.
The vtegion wait then'called.for, when a division
t ",ok placer—
For the sec';4l,l teadiiig df the 13111 1,27
Against :J.', _gn
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