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Maniestitint he had -with the Commanding dicers_
of :the Militia- Regiments, learned that some
he
"them were adverse to it.
its Much I
, however, as ipefted Much,
of these Gentlemen, he could
'hut, in compliment to them, desist from a measurewhich his public duty required him to carryf ur_
vont But he would consult their sentiments
.anid
their wishes in the arrangement as far as pussth e
Consistently with his duty ; and it was a satisfac.
lion to him to think, that
the redudion he propos.
'ed Would leave the Militia still in a state in which
its spirit would not be diminished, nor its charade:
Paired—in a state altogether such that its Com
i'Molders would have no reason to regret the changees
Mist should have taken place. It was not
. nec
the
all in this stage of the business, to go
~. , ' into h
I'etal. The' number it was proposed to
17 take was
400, out of 68,000 that were now embodied.—
Thus the proportion
ro ortion that would be called upon to
:tolunteer each Regiment was such, that it
bas not likely to deteriorate the part that remain.
'ed. The greater proportion would remain, . and
may
be composed of, or
may include those men for
ns the Officers had a prediled in.ion.. It was,
'tired, a iatisfatlion that the Militia was so consti7
111,tedi that if its own Officers were to chuse the
.seen
they Were to retain, the remainder would be hi hl
vlit'able to the Army ; or if the Officers of the
',HIV wets to seled those they would take, those
the
would remain would be still valuable for
.t e
Militia. Ti'e mode of regulating the volunteering
that he proposed was, that when the quotas for t the
-Veunties should he fixed, and the orders inspeci.yga
'.:_tha, quotas they were respectively to furnilehich
(1%4/4.'41-Very long, should be allowed to 0 ,
j-1"t!r toseled those of the men disposed to v - ',4lll‘tt With whom he was most willing to art,
-11.14.4 trader them. If the men so tendered should
-rn°lllll to four-fifths of the quota of the Regitnent,
they6etnent should be released from all further
oc-sats. - .This regulation afforded the Commanding
wir,the Mains of excluding all intervention that
C 1", 14 diOaliter able to his feelings. If,
il,ooofthe term allowed, the on the ex.
proportion of four.
C—oths °l.,the quota should nut be furnished, the
• erty of tier.
lii)minindlng -Officer was to have the liberty
o
me-irfeauTitat°ioune'half of the Regiment to constitute
to h. of the Regiment that was to remain
11"111 : the other half was to be handed over to
rote,.
a ethentois take from it the proportion. of Voto.,
'he leers to which it was entitled, the remainder a ; given back .to complete the Regiment. If
t,
'titter number should volunteer than Governmein
J:44 entitle to take, they Were to be reduced toßt the
ilt
portionPropo by ballot. For example, in a .
Eon:" looo men to be reduced to 700, the
oi,-11/llnding Officer may set aside goo men, to
"" no offer could be made, and who were to
toentain to him without any disturbance whatsoever.
pro 114 the wise,
500 Governtnent would take its
tie, and the remainder was to he restored to the
tsanntrnanding Officer, to form his Regiment, at the
--..ued Establishment. Out of 68,00 ct, the present
1111:,°,411,„t °F the effedive Militia, 34,000 were to be
1 itZlige• to remain untouched, as the foundation
' : the
Moot), which would form the whole of the
' liken Militia. When Government would have
iLelt its proportion of the other 34,000,
mit that wda,
am if-fie r 'll, the remainder would be restored, foto.
asil „. "'the of that proportion were provided
si. °tiered at the time- limited; the Regiments
-w.f._
Th",i hite/Its Sin undisturbed by any further Ca:10.0; ler". , et out on a proposition that left no
'l4:tlsY to Commanding Officers; and whatever
-4/ablilettooss adaptedtheeffet could not but be des_i_r.
j-
Milaceal,4 the Regular Attny. The mode he proposed
ted Altogether the best calculated to meet the
sais `. and desires of the persons concerned.
_ details
of the' tit,
to enter further into the det.ao
seiti: Ineature, unless any Gentleman desired intoird. be jr;tlJ, particular point. When the Bill shoe tearqueed, he would feel the same desire to at.
elloi,t° the suggestions of Gentlemen as he had in
0, 'fine the measure in the kit instance; and above
.
14 el.:41114 ht careful not to diminish that spirit
tie eltrisge which 'Wall the most beneficial charaderis.
ecii-,,,the Militia, and the greatest advantage the
trit,VY derived from those who devoted their at.
tie ~.""- I° this valuable branch of the Public Force.
Ilili-reluided with moving for leave to bring in a
tot fat 44Wing a certain number of men to volun.
ke itQtri, the Militia into His Majesty's Regular
g hunts,
, lotralro,
I:hitt° oier4l'loPnLtEhes before he proceeded to what he
measure, wished to know whe.
Oftie, (rider had been issued to send Setjeants or
Volun-ii tt/, the Militiaitegirrients with a view to this
ttrlnly ) ry.
tiOtit.... is. CtiIeCHATICILLOtt of theEXCIII.
pePtiliodnitt, no such order had been issued, but that
Nye the men should he made for
Thaving persons to re.
N when they should volunteer.] Lord
the
nltta then proceeded to state his objettions to
Pesdofellt,t4e* which he considered to amount to a re.
the 1.) ;Be Right Hon. Gentleman's former measure,
vi.trineleinet AO. and the. moat singular mode of
utiiiB 1V 1p on hits own proceeding that he could
reeeloiltyiee• It was a confession that rho De.
free filth had made no addition to the disposable
itlt, wiz,
impsnied to a re.intrOdunion of the bal.
tsh-to
.',loo d, been determined to lay aside; tin
144 `..,'lt Militia would be reduced to the, nriginel
let, /14, the vacancies were to be supplied by bal.
forte
v: was true the augmentation of the dispusahle
qf ifilifr4l desirable-- but it wet not therefore matter
*as L
,erknce by What means the augmentation
heeti --, .aKt place.
i sven i He argued that a pledge had
I'l4 given „ , n I 799, by the Ministers of that day,
444 in b y°lonreertng ircru the Militia should never
reptaiedeff4nrted to. The late Administration had
a,itt4 c 111 e pledge, and now these two Governments
to lea
forwisrd to C4nrel the separate promises
lictaii"j lie complained a A Serjeent of the First
n ot the 3(1 Regiment or Guards
teddy
to
having al.
let will ne, t° his Own Regiment of Militia to 1.11)-
" 1 the men. The Camel of this Serie4"l,
t• written i',„ . i 1 .
144 were on rle subject, .1414.1 his instrUC..
11144 to ' tu Send Betjeants 10 thc Militia Ittgl.
re
..
`lelut. teive the men who may be dnpubed to
le . ,er, •5!,.,,
pool ~.4ione
of Ali" not atcurd with all the pro.
wlilnia r. t"Pett and j,ielieacy made about the
int set,'-okeels. 1.1 . lean. it. presence of these. Recruit.
end ir .1 IS had the effect of exciting disobedience
du. in
(el 1,„ , Inn. The same eifett was }pro_
,7 10e ~,,d
'Ptedin,, t.etit down to 11,e Regiments fur.
• ‘.1:14t • rtn
l'''Y4drtial, and the execution of
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rents -nees pitied by rteginiental- COUrts.Marlial,
though he allowed the reason. of this order was the
alteration introduced into thC Mutiny Bill on the sug.
gestion of the Hon. Genttertian near him. Yet the
time of sending down Such an order was not so pro.
petty chosen for the volunteering, though he al-
lowed those who were under sentence of Court.
Martial were not permitted to volunteer. He
complained that this measure would operate as a
dired Land Tax, by hastening the arrival of vacan.
cies to be supplied. Here the Noble Lord alluded to
the first proposition made by the CHANCeLLOR of
the EXCII!..QUER to the Militia Colonels at the pri.
vale meeting.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, to
order, suggested to the Noble Lord himself, the
consideration of the general propriety of adverting
to these private transadions ; he left to the SpIAKER
the-consideration of the Parliamentary form. _

The SPEAKER declared such allusion to be un.
parliamentary.
Lord TEMPLE then recapitulated his former oh,
jedions to the measure, which was most unfair and
unpleasant to the Militia. He again adverted to
sending the Recruiting Serjeants to the Militia
Regiments to aft as crimps.
Lard STANLEY considered the measure as un.
fair and degrading to the Militia Officers. it was
also most unjust to those who hid provided men to
serve as substitutes. He insisted on the breach of
faith in calling for another volunteering from the
Militia. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER
himself, in proposing the gradual redation of the
Militia last year, had expressly said, that good
faith should be kept with the Militia. Could he,
with all his eloquence, have seleded no term but
that which he was so soon to violate.

The Marquis of DOUGLAS declared his deter.
urination to oppose the measure in every stage. It
was a measure that went to destroy the constitu.
tion of the Militia, and every funaion belonging to
Militia Officers and Militia Men. It went besides
to retard the recruiting for the Line. lie thought
it unfelt towards the owners and occupiers of land,
that after they had, at an enormous expence, raised
this Force, to serve them in their homes, it was
turned to other purposes, leaving them a diminished
and uncertain protetlion. The uses that had been
made of 'our Disposable force in the last and present
Wdr, were, in his opinion, but poor causes of satin.
faflion at the more abAratt increase of it. • He
dwelt on the degrading situation in which the Mili-
tia Colonels were placed, and the deception put upon
them, and upon the Country, which was told, when
D tmestic Force was wanted, that Invasion was at
hand ; when Disposable Force was wanted, that
Invasion was no longer to be apprehended. Alarms
were thus diurnally varied, according to the views
of intrigue, without
.any regard to truth, or to the
interests of the Country. , These Volunteers would
be very dear recruits, considering the bounty they
would now receive, and what most of them had al.
ready received as substitutes.

Mr. CALCRAFT wished to know, whether the
enlistment into the Line was to be for life, and for
unlimited service; and whether the quota of four.
fifths was to be made out under the direction of the
Colonels ?—The answer was in the affirmative.
Sir JAMES PULTENEY thought no disadvan.
cage could arise to the Militia under the regulations
proposed. The retluition of the original Militia
was for many reasons desirable, particularly, as is
would render the battalions more efr<etive. The
greatest part of the glories of the conclusion of she
last War were owing to the. Volunteering from the
Militia in 1799: he hoped some regulations would
be adopted as to the size of those to be received into
the Line.

Mr. BASTARD spoke with much warmth and
indignation against the measure. In his opinion it
was a measure that must degrade and humble the
Militia to the dust. It tie inclination or disincli.
nation of the men were to he consulted, what would
become of subordination ? Where would be the
checks of discipline ? It was said, that in order to
recruit our Military Force, every thing was to be
done—Flecrtre ii neiskes Supra:, Acherouta osove6o.
It seemed, indeed, that it was Ackerets that was to
be moved. 'The good constisional spirit that
formerly formed the Militia wa► to be with.
drawn. Another, and a vary different spirit, was
to assume its place ; over which there was
nil longer the same influence, or the same con.
ttoul. The mind that formerly presided in that
body, that of the landed interest, must cease to
influence it ; indeed the proposed change tended
to degrade that Most respeetable,description of the
coinmunity, and consequently to debase every thing
that heretofore derived consequence and considers.
lion from theM. Had the toe Administration,
most of whom have been charged with imbecility
and incapacity, proposed such a measure, what
Would have been said of them ? But decried as they
were by certain persona, Me should always respect
them fur their moderation, and for their regard and
tenderness for the Constitution. As to the measure
now proposed, it went to disembody the Militia,
not to raise men for the Army. He trusted the
House would pause and seriously consider, before
they gave their sanetion to so dangerous a measure.
They should reeolleo what kind of Force the old
and Regular Militia of the Country were—they were
a Force upon which the Country could best depend for
resistance to a Foreign Foe—tor the quelling of in.
ternal sedition, and for all the purposes of national
defence and security.
Alr. FULLER was very warm and enthusiastic
in defence of the proposed measure. He was. sur.
prised that any man of spirit would throw out any
insinuation or objr(ftion that could damp the mill.
Lary ardour of the Country, or raise difficulties
in the way of drawing out our military resources.
Much hail been said, about arming the Peazantry
of the Country : were we not known to have
soo,ooo men in arms, and with such a force, what
had we to fear ?—especially, what could we fear
from she vain and boastful threats of a puny Bantam
Enemy ?

The CH4NC4LLOR if the ,EXCIIEQUER
felt very little necessity to\say any ihing in reply
to the aiguments.advanced against the ineosure. It
proposed no more than to leave it at the disposal of
.the Commanding Officer, to heteet what men were,
+n oat Willing, and beat able to yoke AU elfeBnal ad-
dition to the Army. As to the pledge to which two

FRENCH .AND DUTCH PAPERS.

NEW CONSTITUTION OF HOLLAND.

HAGUE, MARCH, 17.—0 n Friday last, in the
Legislative Assembly, a Letter was received from
the Diredory of State, pruposiog, 1. That the
new Plan of Constitution for the Batavian Nation
shall be laid before the People for their assent or dis.
sent ; provided, 2, That on the eventual accept.
ance of it, the proposition shall at the same time be
Made to the Batavian People, to accept as Pension.
ary, RUTGER JAN SCHIMMELPCNKINCK, i!,vettea
with such power and authority as is prescribed in
the Plan of the Constitution ;. and 3d, That the
Dire dory of State, in pursuat;ce of the Cl tuses
contained in the Decree of September 14, 1804,
shall submit the one and the ether to the Ltataviao
People. This letter was referred to a Committee of
nine Members, among whbm was Ds LANos VAN
WerioAtapEN i and the proposition was in the
mean time, ordered to be printed for the use of
the Members.

The Plan of Constitution consists of 29 oclivo
pages, divided into eighty.ser en Articles, the first
'nine of which contain general limitations :.{roan
Article ten to fourteen inclusive, the territorial di-
vision of the. Republic is fixed, which, 'at hitherto,
it to form 8 Departments, again divided into Ar.
toodissetnents:or Dist rins, which are settled law,by
the exercise of suffrages to continue provisionally
on the present footing. It also proposed that no
Ecclesiastics, of any persuasion, 6hati be cligil)lz to
offices of political G'overnment, and that the Mili-
tary shall only have a right to vote at the piece of
their established residence, and not where they May
lie in garrison.

Articles 1 s to 37 inchhive, treat of the Legis-
lative Body, the wit- of which is to be—ltistrt
HIGH MIGNtENPsEe9, repretenting the Bat,priwit
Commonwealth, the iviember, of which arc to 4,10 pt
the title Of HIGH AND MIGHTY Lotto S. The so.
vereignty Of the People IS to be repre)ent-
ed by that Assembly, with the Pensionary. To it
is to belong the enantnent of laws ; it is to cJnsist
of 19 Members, to be elected every three years, and
to be nominated by the Departmental Governments,
viz. seven fa Holland, one for Zealand, one for
Utrecht, and two for each of, (fir gPro.
vinces; their qualifications, to be YOlergi of the
age of 30, bon within the right Depittments or
Colonies of the State, 411 d liefore their appointment
having resided six years in the Department to which
they are eleded.

The Departmental Givernment nominatea (Jur
persons, anti transmits such nomination to the Pen.
aionary, who reduces the nu►het to two, from which

initner eliets: The Pensionary opens the Asaetir.
bly ut Their High Mightiness;..,, when they procerci
to the eleCtion .7.f a President from their Bdy; the
Assembly to be assisted by a Recorder, thaw from
a nomination Made by them of two persons not of
their Body, to be transmitted to the Pensionary..,..
All Decrees of said Assembly to be signed by the
President, and countersigned by the Recorei-r,—
The Members of that Assembly to vote, wittn.ut
being charged by, or consulting with, the Depart.
mental Governments, to whoM also they are not
responsible for their conduit ill the Assembly of
their High Mightinesses.
The Members of the Departmental Government',
Secretaries of Stare, Members of the CAincil of
State, of the .Council of Finance, and of the
Courts of Justice, are not to sir in said Assembly
till they have resigned the posts which they filled
on their nomination. Slid Assembly debates on
no other subjeds than those submitted to it by
the Pensionary ; they consent to ur negative
them, without making any change or modifies..
tion ; and the. law proposed passing in the ailirma.
tive, intimation of it to be immediately given to the
Pensionary, he being charged with the promulgation
and execution of it. If it be negatived by the As.
sembly, it also gives the Pensionary notice of the
rejedion, and of the reasons for such rejection, when
he may propose it once more, adducing new motives,
or making some alteration in it.

kt is to that Assembly exclusively confided to
deliberate on the greatest estimates of the Public
necessities, and all augmentations thereof, to be
laid before it by the Pensionary. At his instance
it grants, after having' received information from
the National Court of J. Osi ':er, pardon, abolition,
or remission of punishment, tdided by iudicisi
sentence'; and, out being asSembled, he is quell.
feed to suspend the execution of a sentence, but
obliged to communicate the matter to the Assembly
on its succeeding Session. To that Assembly ex.
elusively belongs the right of ratifying Treaties
of Peace, Alliance, and Commerce; but the Secret
Articles attached to such Treaty are not compre.
hended in that ratification, which Articles, how.
ever, must not be repugnant to the Public ones,
and nut tend to the cession of sny 'ferritory of the
Batavia(' Commonwealth; nor can any Declaration
of War rake place bcfore a previous Decree of their
High Mightine,bcs, passed on the proposition of
the Pensionary.

The Assembly to meet twice a year, viz. from
April 15 to the Ist of pule, and from the itt of
December to the isth of January ; but it may
be summoned to meet extraordinarily, as oftervas
the Pensionary shall deem it adviseable. One.third
of the Members of that Assembly goes out on
the Ist of December, anti the day of their with-
drawing is fixed to the day of first assembling;
which withdrawing, for the first time, shall occur
on December 1, 1806. For indemnity, travel..
ling expences, and residence at the place of meet.
ing, the Members are to enjoy annually the sum
of 3000 guilders. The Members whose time has
expired, are again eligible ; and, on the termina_
lion of each session, the Assembly is to be closed
by the Pensionary.

Articles 3S to 61, inclusive, fix every thing re-
hying t o Inc Pensionary, and contain in substance as
follows

The ,Pensionary, by virtue of—the Constitution,
represents their High Mightinesses in all that con..
cerns the Government, and exercises the executive
power in their maw. He is dined for five years,'
by the majority of the nineteen Members of the
Assembly, and may at all times he re.eleeted. The
commencement, however, cf the first five years is
to take place from the period of the peace with
England, computing from the Ist of January of
such year. He may resign at pleasure, when, in
such or Other like cases, he is to be succeeded, ad
interim, by the President of the Assembly of their
High Mightinesses, whose duty it is to summon
the Members immediately, fur the appointment of
a successo%

The Pensionary exercises, in no case, any Legis.
lative Power; and is excluded from interfering
rnatte:l which are cvnfi led to the Tribunals
instituted.by law; nor is lie to dispse of the pe.
euniary means of the State otherwise than in con,
fortuity to law. He appoints a Council of State, of
no less. than five, and no mire than nine Members,
who must possess the same quAlificationsas the Mem-'
bets composing the Asserroly of their High Migh.
finesses.; and whom he is obliged to consult lirevi.
sus to laying a proposed law before their'Higlz
Mightinesses ; he may personally support such law
in the Assembly, or cause it to be done by Members
of the Council of State io his name. He appoints a
General Secretary, and five Secretaries of State for.
the departments of 11`,..irel4n Affiirs, of the Marine,
of War, of Home Affairs, and of the Finance, the
latter having under him th`ree counsellors, to assist
him. fie alsa appoints the Diplomatic Agents to•
Foreign Courti, all the Officers of the Atm), and
of the Navy, all Fundionaries of the State, arid all
the Members of the Tr ibunal4 appertaining to gu3t»
tors of General Government, excepting those of the
National CJurt. The Fleets 'and Armies of the Bs.
tavian Commonwealth are at his disposal ; he con.
fern Military Rink ; the security and dignity of the
State is to he maintained by him ; the Uninterrupt-
ed Adminiytrai of justice; the maintenance anti
execution of die' Laws ; he is charged with the Su-
preme Police throughout the whole Republic, as well
in Civil as Ecclesiastical Matters ; and appoints the
Magistrdres of the place which is the seat of Go-
vernment.

The Pensionary has the chief diretlion of the Na.
rional Treasury he fixes the Salaries of the Public
FonCtionaries, and grants Pensions, according to the
provisoes made by law. He delivers annually a
general estimate of the wants of the State to the
Assembly of their High Mightinesses, who are to
approie or rejeft, but not to alter it. in this esti_
mate is to be an item for objects not susceptible of
being specified, and of which the Pensionary disposes
for the service of the State, and to indemnify him
for supporting his Office with proper dignity, and
the payment of the persons employed in his poll.
cuter bureau ; nsthing 'else being required of him at
the end of the year, than a declaration in his hand.
writing, thkt the said sum has been expended ex.
elusively for the necessities and the interest of the
State, without having served to enrich hites,:lf or