The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-20 00:00:00

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e,Coll3isfiration of irf:niediater.•iialigtr;'Fatienti!,J).!-t
n;lieial feature in the incincenitni it held tti:Corps

come immediately forward • , pe rmarrrsii chlty;
with a vieVi to,the bhprovenient taritt its
holding otit'a bounty ;. but' even lte.feared, was.
in-a,degree that would not be siArtcient -for the pur -
thi`s, however, was, under the present- citecurr.'
t•tances, • and as far -as it .Went, a valuable .and
imparfailt. :consiclerationj. and should Obe .an in..
ancement to the ficiuse to .pass, it. ,without delay.

He meant, with a reference. to -.the,erpeaatio.n

of a speedy.lnvasioni against which. tbey.could 'not
coo soon .be prepared. Thotigh:he could not avail
latilerniug, the ..impetfeaions of%the Hill, yet con:.:
tainitivthe-proVision he la. aliudal to,- it should.
speedily be passed.. There was •another Clause in
the Bill; which he:thoughtlikely to be of.beneliCial
consequence; that which went to pievent •the arreati
of:Commanding Ofticels while on .service.. With:
respect xo the remaining :parts. of it was.
little more than a regulation of c:mveniency, by
-consolidating-iiito.one, what•beforeltati .been-wat-
tered into two or three different ads. He was im-
pressed with the conviaion_Of speedily plssinn• this,
or that.no-thiug in-faEt would have hitherto
beeri:dinie ;. it should be alcd upon as soon as pcs..

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sible. With,.respki..to thoproposal-of.recomaiittitt-
-1,! tlie•Bill, he saw no prosvcft o great or substantial
imprOVement which .could
,be. derived from. such a
1! proceeding.. • In regard to the •st?lt.itEt of appren-
i! ticesi, the leave of absence.apd-'certain other ,points
i on which some stress had irechlaid, he thought -the;
l' Bill '-was ',nut- li'ithle to any-leriouir objeellortivion -
1 thOse.heads. There were other ti-Tics upenkvhicli

cii)jeeliona bad .been urged, -Ilut•if these cc;i1111 not bb
effeeltuailp discussed upon cile,;Repart, cer.;
tainly be a, reason .fir. recommitting; the Bill ;;'anet
he felt, the importance of these pnints: as.inuch af
any other-pe.r;O:vcoulcit do.
kir. SHERI'? AN spoke at sorne.lengthupoh thei

,subjtt. His observations were chiefty7thrtAid to
what had been (Lane -by.foriner Committees...up:on the
Bill, whichliad.been so much' as to. render the ori-
ginal Bill aimostinothing. The question wasi.Avle-
cher what -lay over .for 'discus:6oo could bifibettie
discussed .in .4.ih Cotnu:ittee,or up ,m the Relic rt ?
The idea that the Bill with the Amendments, as
one print ed-whale, .never` was before a Counniiiee,
was.cerrainly a reason. for a ,further .commitment.;
rhe'opinion of the Gentleman .scemi!.l" indict
againslt the recoMmitment 'of
Mr.' PITT spoke shortly in-explanation.
W:I/VD/f.A.M tin., a short ,ipesell urged the
pr,opriety:of mconsidering the Dill' in. a, Committee.
:eonsidered,tll.2 present 2s the commencement of a
permanent system of defence, the difficulty of pro.
perly regulatiog.which,Would every day increase.
Mr. BASTARD approved of the measures .adopt.
ed by
.Government at present, for-the defence of the
Country ; in the County which he represented, there
were abundance of armed men of every -d*ript ion,
Volunteers, Militia, &c. and men were to be had at
reasonable prices. He relied with confidence on
the opinion of the,NolAe Commander' in Chief in
,Scolland„.that•ttiere were a sufficient number of men
therein-for the defenee,of that Country ;-,and such
was.the opinion of the Genet who commanded in
his distriCt with respekto the force in that quarter.
He should certainly votelor the Bill.
Mr.-G4E-NvILIA-ar-gued,tasome-length-- for the
. recommitment, of the Bill.
• 'A 'Short exprlat'iatory conversation took place be.
tween Mr. CALC:ICAF'T and the CHATICEttOp:*Of flee
ExcittQuEß, respeaing the effect 'of a irditi'siriti
intetided to he moved for by die former. A divi-
sion, took, place, wherilhere appeared for the imme,
diate coosuteration - 173
Against it - - -

Alajority.

The Strangers were excluded for, some rime. On
re-admission into the •Gigerf,-the House weft en.
gaged, in discossirrg the.irmenthrients:
IVRO7TES4EY, in pursuance of what
he had stated, proposed the intiroducaion of Clanse
in the-gill to the following effla ""that no inein_
ber of any corps of Yecinianir Ot Volunteers Orio;has
been enrolled:subsequent 40, thg_223.o >ley 18,03,
shall be entitled to the exemptions wider, this z?kt,
UnlesS he has engaged to march to any 'part of Great (
Biitain,for the detence-bithe Country in caSecifinva-
sioti,:or the appearance of an Enemy upori the coast."
This propositioa gave. rise to a( conversation,,
rather of a desultory and irregular kind, of conside-
rable length,
YORKE felt• it his 'duty to Opliase
s it.as, however in substance, .by
b uOciil' means era: nS provision
ri'
.3; w
An Hon. Bart
Barnet, now absent, had
proposed one nearly to a' 'similar efreLq, which had
been very fully discussed, and the Fltise" ;had - de-
cided upon tt,i •Added to ,this,
.he thought it would
involve a .sericus breach of parliamentary, faith. He
augured most favourably of the spirit and patriotism
of all the VOlunie'cri, who would readily come
,for.,
ward in the event-of an amok. • . •

P/TT,thought the, proyision just proposed
was not in any degree similar to that moved in
; another' stage 'of 'the Bill by an Hon. Barbnet,- as
the former was-a. Clause referring to the time of of.
fer of service only, without any reference to the
extent of the service offered. His sentiments of
these two propositiOns were materially different :
he believed the House had' never an idea 'of holding
out encouragement to the extent of those in. the
Bill, to those whose offers were for a limited set.-
; vice. He agreed with the Right Hon. Secretary,
that there was'little doubt of the \eventual conduct
of the Volunteers in case of an immediate alarm ;
he thought they would all .manfully come forward
with offers of general service. But in framing an
forthe regulation of these points, a distindion
should be madez—they should .go upon the actual
state of-things; liy-thatmeans they, would in reality
know what they had to proceed upon ; they would
,'have certainty in the .place Of conjedare, and the
principle of exemptions would be rendered more ra.
tional and distils t. He thought the Clause now
proposed would be a considerable impr,vement stn
the 'Bill, and as such it should have hi 3 support.
P. CAREW, 'Lord. CASTI.t REACH, and
Mr. TIERNEY, spoke against, the Clause. The
leading, ground taken by these Gentlemen was,, the
breach pt good faith whickweh an enactment would
inVolve.
.! Mr. STURGES BOURNS contended warmly for the