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for -stating particularly what Regiments were to l4e
stationed in Ireland, and what in Great Britain; it
must be considered:aceording to oircumstancea as to
what force should: be stationed: in any part of the
United Empire. - The Cavalry, Which it was pro-
posed to have in service for the remainder of the
year, were three Regiments of Horse Guards, seven
Regiments of Dragoon Guards, and t wenty Reg iments
--of-Dragockns. It was
,proposed that the establish,
ment of each Regiment should be eight troops of
'6o men each, makiiig a` total to each Regiment of
-480. The Foot Guards would to-main the same as
at the last Peace. The Regiments. of Foot it was
proposed_ to number from one to eightyLoine=the•
whole number of Infantry kept- up, would be
48,051 The Regiment of Riflemen, it waS pro-
posed to keep up. The Royal Waggon 'Corps' it'
was also proposed to keep up in a certain degree, as
• it-was important to have people of that description
in our service; in-readiness at the cOthafencemenfor
a War---the number- proposed to be kept •up was;
259. The Staff Corps it•; was also proposed!
should be kept up, as •it chiefly consisted of ar-j
tificers, and from which much 'advantage might.
be derived. With reSped -to General and Staff-:
Officers, the charge- under this head was larger;
than usual, but the. number employed was as few
as possible. It was proposed to have' Only four
• -Major Generals in Irelami-, one in each -Province,:
which was as -small a.nuMber as could he employed
in that Country. As to the Foreign Corps; it Was
proptmed to retain only three Regiments,. with the
exception of the Regiment of Meufon in India,
which it was understood would .remain in. the pay of
the East India Company. Those pro'poSed to be,
retained were those which, by capitulation at the.
Island of Ceylon, were tri be.employed in the set_ ,
vice of Great Britain for ten years ; the Regi-!
!pett: of Rohan, which was at present actually in,
Garrison at Alexandria, and the Oueenis German
Regiment. With reSPea to the •Foreign Corps,'
which it was prOposed to' disband; he' trusted
the justice and humanity of, the Committee would
induce ;them to make a liberal compensation to the
Officers. The- sum of 32 i,oooi. Which Was proposed.
'to be voted, included not only the maintenance of
the Corps retained, but also a Compensation for those
disbanded. • It was proposed to keep up The. Royal
Military College ; upon an economical scale the ex-

pence would be 63691.. per annuni. This institu-,
ton was of importatfe,' inasmuch as it t lcd to
form .skilful Officers ; and if we had skiitul. Of-

firers, the number of men employed Might be
decreased, as a small.numher of men, commanded
by Officers of skill, would do much more than
a larger number under , the command of Officers in-
• ferior in Military Science. It was to be observed,
at the same time, that a great part of the cipence
of this Institution waa defrayed by contribution. It
was proposed tokeep up also. the Royal 11/41itary
Asylum. He concluded by moving his first Resolu-
tion, for providing 70,299 Land Forees, including
Officers, for the service of Great Britain and Ire-
land, from the 25th. of June 1502, to the. 24th of.
December fdllowing.
Mr. B ANKES said, that after the opinion ex.
pressed on the present business by Gentlemen who
understood it so completely; he felt some'diffidence
in stating his sentiments: However, he should fir
think he fulfilled his duty unless he stated to the
House what he thought should guide their defermi.:
nation in the new situation in which the Countly is
placed. With regard co the Ist Resolution,. relative
to Guards and• Garrisons, the number of Troops for
both Countries amounted to 70,000 ; those for Ire-
land.he apprehended might amount to 33,000 ; and
those for Great Britain to 47,000. , The regular
Army Establishment in Great Britain hakfornierly
amounted to not above 18,000 men ; in 179 z they
Were even. so low as 15,500. The Establishment
for the Plantations had alio• increased from 1 e or
16,000 to zB,soo. It might be necessary, how-
ever, to increase our means of security in that guar_
ter, as the West Indies particularly were our vul-
nerable side ;, but while we did so, it, would be
equally necessary to reduce our Establishments pro,
portionably in that quarter in ,which we were not
so vulnerable ; and to apply the superfluous. Forces
,where they were more requisite. Economy
was
the principle at present to be studied on 411, occa.
sions. The principle was agreed upon by all ; the
application alone was disputed. His Honourable
Friends: might allow that economy Was necessary,.
-but_thit it was better to encroach on that than in_
cur the hazard of endangering our security. But it
was impossible to reconcile a proper economy with
a prOVision fdr the continual prosper of- War.—
Whatever our apprehensions might be, it was ne-,
ce,'sary to make retrenchments, as our Funds ,were
unable to bear the proposed c4penditute: Corsica,:
and many other places, had been given up, and wise-
ly given up, because we had not a Force sufficient
to cover all points, while we-secured the most im-
portant ; It would therefore be wise at present t 0,,,
follow the sante- plan
,rather thane keep up-a Peace
Establishment -rumods by its expence... The prP-
posed redudions were hot at all equal to what the
Finances seqUired ; nor was the Establishmerit suf-
ficient, if.the views of the Enemy were really. hos-
tile. There was, however; one object never to be-
lost sight of, which was or more consequence thin
all others, and that by which the Country obtained

a degree-of weight. superior to what its real Force`
might seem to challenge—he meant its Credit. Ai
far as this could be maintained consistent with ab--
solute security, it ought to be done at all events.
It might indeed be said, that security ought to be
the principal objea ; but he would, on the other
hand, state the maxim, that " in great affairs.nothing
is so bad as a middle course." If we wavered be-

tween. security and credit, both Would be lost. For

his own part, he said, he thought the Finance of the
country on as good a footing as its warmest friends

did ; but he still thought itrequired every possible
exertion of economy. Without reducing our Esta-
blishment however, though there might be a sav-
ing in theory, there _could be none:in:praelice. Our

,n7tended Peace EstablishMent would .be found even
x; exceed the Estimates on the Table. We were not.

merely to take-the expence at the regular pay and other
requisites : we were, to compare the numbers of our

former Peace Establishment with the.numbets of the

present, ,and then take into the account the diffesent
ek-pences of maintaining them before the War and

since its conclusion, and on these gtounds we tnizlit