The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-21 00:00:00

VOLUNTEERS,

cretary at War :
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The following is a Copy of a Letter-itabsmhtNf
to the Lords Lieutenants of Counti,es 'by the Se.

Whitehall, hatch 5.

It appearing that the insttalion al-fd dlsciplitte of Inch of
the Corps of Yeomanry and Volunteers of the :Maritime
Counties as have been placed on permanent Pay and Duty.lay
His Majesty's order on the existing appearance of Invasion.
have been essentially promoted by that Measure ; 'and thefe
being reason to believe, that many of the remaining Volun-
teer Corps indifferent parts of Great Britain, are ready and
willing to assemble under the atithoritY of 'Ws 'Majesty lbr
'this purpose,' I have therefore received His Majesty's'eoim.
mand to request a confidential .communication of your
. Yvileritt any'. and which of the Yeomanry • Corpaa
.beitig already .properly armed and' equipped, are -likelaq'tVit
His Majesty's invitation, to • assemble on-Permanent- Pay
and Doty, foraa-perincinot.cxceeding.a month, not leas,thani
ten days.
I beg leave to remind your Lordship, that If is ayesty- is
'empowered, by .the -4id Geo... C.-.66..5: re. to iirvile any
',Yeomanry .or 'Volunteer,Gortra
.volttruarily. to assemble amend
march on the appearance of Invasion ; and that all such
Corps as shall egoltintarily assemble, as ex'pressetl'in
"clause, are entitled to 'Pay -and' Qtiarters, %and subjeedeat'to
'Military discipline, during the time they shall continue so
assembled.. I
have-reason to -believe that His. Royal Highness the
'Corbin:Ando in Chief-has- written •to the commanding Ge-
neral, t he, Distride on,the subject e„.and flatter rnysell that
you wilt have the goodness tOcommuilicate with the General
commanding the Distrid confidential ry on•the occasion.
• • I hope so be favoured with' your,. Lordship's sentiments,
and at your earliest convenience, accompanied with a Litt of
such .Corps as are indgr ready and prepared to step forward
on the present 'corijdn'tfure.-
You( Lordship wilt be. pleased at all times to observe that
previa:4l.lo' the actual ;assembling of any Corps or Detaeh-
merit of a Volunteer Corps on Permanent Pay and Ditty; the
p'roposal for their so assembling is. to be made, in the first
instance by the Coinmandant of: the Corps, through the Ina
speeting Field Offite:r, to the Lortitiittitenalit ort he C;alitiOa
transmitting V a duplicate at the same time to the General
'Commanding the ()Astrid.. These proposals are in each case
to be accompanied by anexa6tietorn ofthesgeaiyenuinbrs
and rank of the- Volunteers who aretb be asSenrbled,. by' a
statement of the time and place proposed far their asaererbl‘
add ,of the period for :Which itf is intended that they should
remain on duty,
'if noon col timunication.between His Niajestyls,
_CU t nt
and the commanding General,' the proposal shall 'he *-
proved of, it is to be trtinsinitted by the... Lord Lieutenant,
rtothlahe
J/Sbee's. reAtitqr-Yeiljoic t)a'pleeciart.
with as little delay
eanst.pya:isnsi:bolrecie.
f So
the Houle
Direßiqns may be given thereupon, anti signified bye sneloe-
ererary of State to the Lord Lientenant, before any Corps or
Detachment shall be aftually placed oil duty, and that the
requisiteauthority may be given for the issue of their pay and
allowances. ,
During the period of any Volunteeel being:assembled, they
are to be,under•the command of the General 011iteer cons
mandingthedistria, oc it in garrison, under the command of,
thel6'ove rnor or CoMMandant thereof tbr the time being; and
they are in' all reapeels diligently to conform to fhc rules, re=
gulations, and ordinance's of His ralajesty'S military service;
and the Commanding Officer of the Corps or,Detachneeht is
ti;tbllow such direelions as shall be communicated to him,
throtigh His Majesty's Secretary at War, with respeti to the
paynierit, subsistence, nnd economy of the men so assembled.
It is intended to'advance to each hon-corrunissionest .0 flieer,
Drummer, and Private so called out, in proportion to.the
length oftrine for Which they may agree to assemble* a stun
not exceeding one-guinea, for the purpose of assisting in pro-
viding necessaries; and the Captains of Companies .may
draw for the same upon the .ReceiyerLGeiveral of the • County,
in the same. manner as the Captains of Militia Regiments
are accustomed to do; and may • :also lay out the same in the
Manner 'which they shall think most advantageous for the
men, for whom it is, amongst other- things, particularly de-
sirable that great coats' should he provided where they arc
wanting. 'And such Captains or Commanding 0 thoer shall,
on or before the aeth day of the next month ensulug that its.
which they shall have received such money as aforesaid, ac-
count to such Volunteera how the said sum had been ap-
plied and disposed of,'and shall, at the time of settling such
account, pay the remainder (if any) to the said 'Volunteers.
It is thought desirable to avoid, as much aspossibleethe
calling out on Permanent Pay and Duty, any men having
families who sire likely to become chargeabie.; and it is to he
observed, that the wives and families of the men so called
out ore not entitled to any allowance, unless such turn shall
'actually leave their families, and then only when such fa-
milies are unable to support themselves.
The Commanding,Ontcer is to cause the Articles of War,
to be read to' his Corps as soon after its first assembling as
may be pralicabl'e, and repeat the same from time to time
in, the manner practised in the Regular and Militia Forces.
• With the view of facilitating to your Lordship the means
of communicating to the 'Commandants of Corps the Regu-
lations bi which they are' to be governed in carrying this
measure into eflea, I have caused the same to beeztraded
from this Letter, to the farm- of Instrndions, of which art
adequate number of Copies for immediate use are herewith
transmitted, together with-a proportion of blank returns.
'I have the.horiour to be, &a.: _
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THE kOYALTY

As the Question, reslitgling •the, Time of ,
frff that Part of the Funded Debt, which was created
in 1797, (,&-rnmOnly
involve, the Jnietest -of a great .Body of Proprietor?,
we aq. glad to have an opportunityof laiint:lle:
Anthenttc Cotrespondenceon theSubjea:
before oorTriends, ••

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.„,'. London, Dec. 17, 1803.
The Friends of the undermentiOned Houses having very •
generally applied" to -th-CM for information, as !t3, the..period -
when Government nligin be. requied to pay oft' the new 5 per
Cents. agreeably itr'the Terms on=whiCh they were borrOwet
in 1797, we availed ourrselves of the oppori unity 'of being with
the Cnancellbi.ofth'e Excheqlier yesterday, to inquire whe
tiler any Arratigemot bad yet been made', respeetingtheni.,
Mr. ADt;INCITON, hoWeVel said, That an Inquiry' of this'
nature would come to him nritlYriore propriety trom the Go-
vernor andDOnty:Covernbr !of the7Btl4l,lEnglodl 6.nd
we therefore, in compliance with his suggestion, request you
will take tiit trotible to •15ring the. Slibjed under the Conai:
deration of Govetnment.
We are-
.Y.otat most obedient huraye.S.ebniant,s„
CHILD and a.- t • -
,•• Ti-CO. CO LITT,S, And,
R. A. B. I. and C.,OR UMNIOND and Co.

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• GOSIiNGS 11d'SNA ARP E
WA.R E and Co.
R • §N OW ianti C49:7 -
To the Goyeinqr andDeputy.Covernor
of the bank of England.

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Bank or England, Dee 19, do 3.

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I have received i Letter direeled to-the Deputy-Governor
of the•ll-ank and Myself,'subsctibed,by Firms of such great
r4peitability that I have judged it to be proper (in civi_ut-
rence with.ttoopiniOn.of the peputycovernor) to inclose a
copy of it: if it should be your inclination to confer Lvtth tlw
Depuv Governor and myself upon the subjed of this Let-
ter.,.they wilt her:reit-4 trs h thaliotlour of waiting upon
you when you may please to appoint.
• I have the lionour of bzing, Sir, •
-; • ••- ,Your very faitlitUl humble Servant,
JOS. NUTT.

Right HOll, FUNR.Y.: ADDINGTO
Chancellor o`• Isis Majesty's Exchetiticr, &c.
In conse:quence above;Letter, the Lore's of
the Treasury directed their Solicitor to prepare a
Case for the opinion of Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL
and SCh.feiTOß-GE*ERAL:.
. When Government- may. be legally required to
pay off the s per cent. Annuities created by the
Aa of 37th Geo. 111. cap. to. hereinbefore stated.
By Sect. 9. ii was enaEled, That after two years -
front the end of the present Weir., and Ratification of
the Definitive Treat) of Reace_t hereupon, at any pe-
riod of ending on the sth of April or the
toth day. If Citioet) in anjwar, it shall or may be
lawftil for any Contributor, his or. Executors,
Administrators, Successors, or Assigns, to make
application to the Governor, and: Company .of the
Bank.of -England
,to have .irio;:iia Annuities after
the rate
,per centu.n, .hereby granted, re-
deemed, -or'paid off, or. converted into other An-
nuities
as hereinafter is mentioned, at. his, her, or
their eleaion. And that after six months previous
.notice of such,'his; hert-Oi',their:inten.tion, the 'said
-Annuities shall be. redeemed—aod paid. o.ff, or cori-
vert&l into streb Annuities acL..ordingly.
Opinion.--The-construElion of.the 9th SeEtion of
this Ai t is not free from embarrassment, but we
think the sectence must be. understood as if it had
been 'at any period of six months, .ending, &c. after
two years; that is, requiring-the whole period of the
six _months to elapse alter the kwo years had expired.
And we therefore think, thar:the Government may
required to pay--Af the s per cents. on the first
sth .01 April,-or loth of.Cistober which occurs after'
the expiration of two y.cars _ard an half from the:
Ratification of the D..finitive Treaty of the last!
Peace, previous to which six months notice of:
of an intention to aplly to have them redeemed had
been given. In any .other,
,interpretation of the
passage which occurs .o us, wesanntit acc-..unt for
the introdaEtiOn of the words ". at any period of
six months ending,!' as the sense would have been
much more complete without them, viz. on the sth
Of April 'or loth of ladober in any year, &c.
. . . Se. 'PERCiVAL.
.THOS.. MANNERS SUTTON,
• Liticoln's-ittn-Fieltis, Jan. tg, 1804.

Bank of England, Feb. 8, 1804.

GENTLEMEN,
1 have
_judged it properto inclose Copies of Papers, which
I have reczived from Mr. V A.NSIT T A Kr. having reference to
the; per cent.. Annuities of the year 1797. .
You wilt probably communicate tile same to those •re-
speflable I louses, yi ho ha.ve jointly with yourselves subscrib-
ed she Letter, a Copy of which is inclosed.
I juire the licti9ur to be, , , ,

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, . . . Gentlenien, .
. ~ . ~ . . Yuurinost humble Servant,
(Signed) lOSEPH NUTT.
Messrs, Child and Co,

- ":, Land9n, Feb. 15, 184.

SIR, - , • . .r. , •
We have received from the qovernor of the Bank a Copy
of the opinion of the Crown Lawyers upon. the case laid be,
fore theca respecting the peri.-4i when- Govonnient ma.Y.
be
'required to pay off the 5 per eent.•Annuities 1797, and as we
ktww several Proprietors to a considerable amount who think
diffeftutly upon:Allis point, . we
,take it for granted a General
Meeting- will be summoned, to give -the business more
consideration, when the Letters- which have.alre.aly passed,
together with the opinion, will be laid before them; and .
we should not have..taken the liberty to apply to you ag,:na '
upon the subject, but from a wish to prevent any possibility
of a mistake.
When we had the honour of seeing you in Downing-street,
it was mentioned that 'one great difficulty anise from the
- -A6traf Parliatnent differing froth the Proposals issued at the
Bank by authority, at the time, this Subscription took plape ; •
and as it does not appear that either these Proposals, or the -I
Resolutions of, the Committee of the House of Commons, on .
- which the Bill is founded, have been laid 'befere.tli Attor-
- nev-atid Solicitor, _Generals, 'with the Aet of: Parliament, we
think it a mark of respec.t(iue to yOu, as weli as-to those
Gentlemen, to call your attention to that circumstance,
that if it should have beet% omitted by any oversight, and you
should think it of sufficient importance to wish them to re-
consider the, case, with this additional inform...6on they may
have an opportunity, of doing -so, previous to ihe ()resent
opinion being made public.
• As it max,perhaps save you some trouble if you should-
wish to refer to, these Papers, we take the liberty to send
Copies inclosed ; and we shall hope to be honoured With
an answer as soon as ou conveniently can.
We havey the honour to be,
Sir,.• .••
Your most obedient humble Servants,
(Signed) CHILD and Co.
THOS. ,COUTTS and Co.• •