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London, England, 1804-06-06 00:00:00

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Rrove that there was :any presstr.z.nrc,ssiry f a
mc.a3ure, to expelite the RF!crUit_ng kr-rvicea Cut
of the Army of R(f,,erve, ,t 3 ocp 'l..tred)
cal into
;the_ Regniar dod of the rettlainini
17 or 18j003 men, thty. nvg it 1.),k,
propnrtion f,r the same service. U ,I,‘r

circumstances, he should hope that the House
would r!or agree to. ;tic; me,,otre
Right Honourahle Gentleman (Vlr. 'On), at, this
season of the year;, Out if the, House detamined
that the BM shoUld he brought in, and no, sur

should not Aka to it, he e• ;r
read a first time; that the second reading would be
put off to next Session, and that ri,) latiher discus-
sion might be had uon it during the resent Ses-
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sion. He was the more inclined to pre,s this, as
there was no itnmediate necessity for its adoption,

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and there was much reison to apprehend that the
measure might prove either nugatnry, or vexatious
and yppressive. It appeared something similat to
the Quota Ad of last War, which , sy
large expence, without producing any real advan.
cage. He concluded by, observing, that he should
defer, till the secand reading, any farther ohjection
which he might have against the Bill.
Lard C 1 .41,, RE AG 11 combatvd the olsj,>Aions
of the Right Itna. Gentleman (Mr. WINDHAm),
whose observations, he contended, did 0,4 by
any means practically apply to the mlitary system
of the C,,untiy, as it was evident that the rf!.

cruising system could not have suoplied a S uffi-
cie n t force within the time in which that force was
A anted. It wits necessary, therefore, to ingraft upon
-that system•another, for the Defence of the Coun_
tty, and a lArge augmentation of the Militia, tt.ge-
titer with the creation of anArmy of Reserve, he-
cante of sound policy ; but upon no uritlci.
plc would it ever be Fit tic' to add to the force des-

tined for limited service. The 0,4 nary of th!
Plan of his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. PITT), upo
which he might have any &not was, letting th •
Militia run to waste for a year, whilst the Army
of Reserve was becoming applicable to its intenrle
purpose. The Right HAI. Gentleman (Mr. WIND
HAM) had argued as to what might have been de-
rived from Recrui!ing, had no such limited For.
been established ; but when the nwnher derived
from Recruiting, with this impedirp-,:nt, was compar-
ed with that usually derive.; from that source, •
the difference made nothin,; in favour of the Right
lion. Gentleman's argument. 1-k could not see ;tray
thing in the propose %1 Plan which called for the de-
lay proposed by ',is Right Hon. Friend (Mr. AD-
D NGToN).,,. The measure was, on the contrary, less
severe that ptopo,ed by his Right H
able Friend (Mr. ADDINGTON), as it relieved
the 'parishes from the fine ot 201. upon finding the
?.ecruit. He thought, therefore, that his Right Hon.
Friend must feel the measure to be distinWy of a
mild nature. He had always been of opinion th,t it
would be highly advantageous to keep up an Army
of Reserve, as they might then have a permanent re-
,ource, convertible into a Regular Aunt ar the corn.
mencetnent of a War. lie had also always been of
opinion, that for such an Army they should have
Officers more experienced than Militia Officers in
neral were. Tito main question, with respta to the
present measure was, Whether they would not try
to get the met, from the -I' ishes, who, it they pro-
vided them, would be exonerated from fines ? The
Right Hon. Gentleman (Vlr. WI NDHAm) had oh.
j:.ctral that it would convey. the Parisi) Offi,ers into
Recruiting Officers ; hut, at any rate, if the tne,sure
produced no gud, it could di no harm, and could
not be su onerous as where the option of producing
the man instead of paying the money, was nut
given.

Sir IVILLIAM GEARY objected generally to

raising so large a Force for limited service, which,
he contended., destroyed the fair and regular means
of recruiting for the Army.
Mr. FOX said, he did not know whether he should
gain credit with the House, when he said that it had
been his wish to concur in the present measaire,be-
cause from the person who brought it forward, be
thought much was to be expected ; hut he must say,
that the present measure by no means came up to his
ideas upon the subjed. He would nor now go into
his objeftions to the Bill, but, in his opinion, there
was one radical objection to the principle of the
proposed measure. He conceived it to be a bad
mode of defenceOto establish a limited force for the
purpose of making a foutidation for an unlimited
force. He would not enter into the question, how
far a Militia -might be useful ; but he ohjL'eteit
altogether to the principle of having s limited force
for the purpose of making out of it att unlimited one.
lie could certainly conceive that a man who had
passed his youth in unlimited service, would retire,
as it were, into another force destined only for the
Defence of the Country ; but he could not conceive
that a man, being first engaged for limited services.,
to be a good preliminary to his entering into gene-
ral service. Whatever might be his objections to
the Plan, he was of opinion that if the Right Hon.
Gentleman was ready, he could not do better titan
press the measure itt the present Session, and that
the House would be obliged to him to use all con.
venient speed upon such a subje6t.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
as there appeared no intention to press an oppo.
sition to the measure, he should not n w enter-at
large into the subject; but there were some points
to which he could not help adverting. In the first
place, with regard to what had been said gout rais-
ieg men for a limited time, he begged to say, tha:
considering that measure upon generaiprinciples, it
certainly met with his approbation, and he should be
much gratified, if upon investigation, it should
pear t► be practicable. Alf he could say at present
was, that it it were proposed, it should meet, on
the part of His Majesty's Ministers, with the m ,sc
ample and dispassiosate consideration. His Right
Eon. Friend (Mr. W NDH AMY nad stated several ob.
jeUions to his plan ; and one was, that it would in.
tertere with Rectuiting; but his Right Hon. Filen,'
must be aware that the Recruiting System, it left to
itself, would not be.snili,oent to supply our RegulAc
Army ; it was therefore necessary to have recou se to
other and more effectual measures, not in lioeu, but in
aid of Recruiting. His Right Hen. Friend secutd