The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-21 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved the second
reading of the Bill for recruiting and.augmenting the
battalions of the Line from the Militia. With the
nature of the plan by which this augmentation of the
regular force was to be effected, their Lordships were
already acquainted. - It would be therefore super-
fluous to enlarge upon it. He bad _no season to
doubt,.but that the mode now proposed would be ac-
knowledged by their Lordships as. the most eligible
and eifeotual mode of filling up the vacancies'created
in the Regular Army by the casualties of war. One
of the chief objects of the Bill was, to replenish and
render efreCtive the 2d battalions, whose numbers,
upon an average, did not at present much exceed 400
men each. There, was no plait which in his opinion
was better calculated to nourish and keep up the
strength of tkoe first battalions. Such indeed were the
universally acknowledged benefits of this mode of re-'
.cruiting the army, that many of the Colonels of
Militia, who were adverse to it in the beginning,
'were since reconciled to it, from the approved
eXperience of its utility. The measure adopted
last Session for the establishment Of a Local Mili-
tia, has succeded beyond expectation, owing, no,
doubt, to the zeal and activity, by which it had been
promoted and improved by the Lords Lieutenant of
the ditkrent Counties. With the details of the Bill
he should not trouble their Lordships, as he intended
going into them.when the Bib should be in the Com-
mittee. . •

• 'A
Lord SiMiOUTIT though; that many objeaious
might erect against the: Bill, but, it was 'one
which the ciagemies of the monient.might .in some
measure justity.' . then took a short retrosped of
the LiiTferetii measures i a similar nature which bad
beep resorted tosince 1799, but ,declared that among
theM thit of the Army or Reserve had his most de.,
ci'ded approbation. What more he bad to offer on
the nature at the plan, hapould defer,to the oppor.,
tunity alluded to by his Noble .
The Bill was then read a.second time, and ordered
to be committed. • •

HODS/ OF COMMOAS.

MONDAY, FOB. .'29.
DUKE OF YORK.

On the motion of Lord NaKsTotlE, the cashier
in the bowie of Courts and Co. Colonel Hamilton,
Mr.,Nisbett, and Mr. 'Bateman, were ordered to be
buninioned to attend the Committee of inquiry this
evening. :

In tlie course of the preliminary business, on the
motions of Mr. 4datn,7 Mr. ti. Wellesley, and
others, Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Parker,. Mr.'johnson, Mrs.
Favourite, and Colonel 'Taylor, were also ordered to
attend: Mrs. Clarke to bring with her die two let•
ters she,* received from the Duke of 'York at the
time althea separation, in May, 1800 ) and Mr. Par-
ker the books:containing an account 'of the transac-
tions between•him. and Mrs. Clarke in 1804, and
(3. Captain Sanden was 'also ordered to 'tie brought
up from Ne4vgate•

ELECTIONS.
On the ,motion of Lord T.eNtrot, a new Writ was
ordered for the Borough of St. ),Liwel, in the room
of Lord Viscount 'lihrington, who, Sine his electiOn,.
,has accepted, the office of Cominissiuner to 116 Mh,
jesty's Forces.
Mr. S, Bourne • brought up the Report of the
Donuegal Electiod Committee, declaring the sit-
ting-MeMber,' Sir Cunningham Montgomery, dLlly
-elected. - •

• Mr. MONTGOMERY gave notice, tlia he \‘ottia
to-morrow se'nnignt move for leave to briog m a
Bill to remove an doubts testieCtiog. the Freehold
Possessions of Catholics. - •

Mr, Wgi.t.zsLity.Put,s, pursuant to Order of the
House, presented- the Papers relative to'the arrit'4 of
the Russian 'Fleet at Portsmouth: liestatedat thersame
time, that by a casual inatitertency, two letteys froni
the Admiralty were-omitted, the one to Admiral
Tyler, desiring that the Russian Admiral's Flag oglit
be hauled down the motueut of hti arrival at,'Poris-,
mouth ; and.the.other, a subsequent letter, sent on
further consideration; to Admiral Monta4tie, desir-
ing that the Russian Flag might be
,permitted to re-
main while the Admiral was on board his ship, but
that he would be required to gq on shore on the day
of his arrival.

On the motion of Lord Tounx,:. these: Papers
were ordered to be printed.
The Navy Estimates were postponed till Friday,
Mr. A. Coor'Ett presentea-didOrduance Account
for last year.—Ordereato be printed, and taken in-
to consideration on Friday.
Mr. BASTARD obtained leave to bring in a • Bill to
explain and amend the Law orßastarily.
Mr.-WHARTON brought up the Report of the
Committee on the Irish Militia Enlistment
arnendments were aid to. and the Bill or-
&red to be read a thud timim-morrow.

Mr. H. MARTII4 gave notice-for to-morrow
night, that he would move to refer the Third Report
of the Counniiiee on Public °dices. to a Connu
of the whole House.