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ADDITIONAL FORCE BILL.

The CHANCELL',I; of the EXCHEQUER moved
the Order of the Day, for the House to 'go into a
t:nmittee on the Additional Force Bill.—On the
Question that the SPEAKER do leave the Chair,
Mr. JEKYLL' said, he felt it a duty imposed on
him, as a Member of that House, to oppose the Mo-
tion now made by the Hon. Gentleman. . Plans of
Various kinds had been proposed to the House, for
putting the' C.: unity into -a state of defence, and
these Plans have been, one after another, negletted.
He had flattered himself,,however, 'that from the
ialentof- the Right Hon. Gentleman, great things
v.,-eic to ;be exPetted,',and, that a Plan would- have •
',lapsed that would have been satisiadar7 to
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the House; but in this respes he had been miserably
disappointed. The Phm' proposed by the Right
Hon. Gentleman, -possessed no feature of novelty,
but one, and than had been-alnshst universally de-
precated: :he meant the 'appOintment of Parish
OffieErs to raise Recruits. He would eppeal to the
Judges of the Circuit, to Gentlemen in elle COuntry,
and such Of this House as were acquainted with the
b-mntry,--if such a scheme could ever be pradicable,
and if' it would nit be attended' with the greatest
evils ?. It was laying new burdens on the Parishes,
notwithstanding that their burthens were already so
great„'ilian.•they-iwere scarcely competent to them.
But it was doing injustice, besides, toindividuals,Who
would be compelled to pay fines in ease of any failure
in the. number of Recruits, though they may have
•already entered into engagements to find Substitutes
for-the. Militia w Army ok.Reserve. Persons would
thus be compelled to contribute,a second tithe. He
had had an anonymnus paper lately put into his hand,
which gave a yell; fair -statement -of these ineon-
venjencies. It related to an indiVidual who had
*been balloted twelve mootlis-ago, and who had paid
301. fora SUbstitote, on enndition of being clear for
Jive years. .He complained,' therefore, that a new
Bill was 'coming' into Parlianient; to expose him
equally with those who have found no Substitutes.
Tile Hon. Gentleman then adverted to those who
had entered, the Volunteer Corps. Many might re-
sign when the ballot was no longer a check on
them ; while those who had entered, and whO might
dontinue in such Corps from the highest principles
of honour, would be subjeded to the inconveniencies
Of contributing to fines levied on their
,slistrid
equally with those' Who had abandoned their Corps
and retired from' the service.
Mr. P. 11.10021% thought it was the most alarm.
ing Bill that had ever been introduced into that
,Houses He considered it in a political light, as
threatening the liberties of the Subject. As a tem-
porary measure, it might, perhaps, be admitted
frog) necessity ; but as a permanent measure, as it
was proposed to be, it ought to be opposed by every
.friend to his Country. The House of Commons in
former periods of our history, had shewn a ,laud.
able jealousy in this, resped. After the Rebellion
in the year 1688, under the Duke of Monmouth, al-
though the Militia had performed their duty, yet it
was stated from the Throne that the Militia was
not sufficient for the protedion of the Country, but
that.a hired Standing Army was absolutely neces-
sary. Let us look to our ancestors, in this instance,
for an example. - They advised the Committee to
disband the Regular Forces, and to render the Mi-
litia more competent for the purpose required.—
They even required the Crown Officers to bring in
a Bill for the purpose. The Bill now proposed was
calculated, he said, to subvert the Constitution, as
it was to be raised independent of Parliament, and
intended to be permanent. But where, he asked,
was,the necessity for such a measure, suppose it
were to succeed to the most sanguine expectationsof its framers ?—France was in such a situation,
that it would be folly to think of making any im-
Tression on her by Land Forces. The forces we had
already of this description, were completely idle;
for our Navy took care, and he ,lioped ever would
take care, that they should be so. Our present
force, taking in its various descriptions, he stated
to be not less than 822,030 Military and Marine.
He thought, by this force, every object might be
gained.
Mr. .111'N AUGHTEN could not discover any si-
milarity between the circumstances of the present
times and the circumstances of the year 1685. The
Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, had talked
much of that unconstitutional reign and those de.
testable times; and in jumping over a Century, had
attacked the Right Hen, Gentleman on the floor,
(the CHANCELLOR of the Exclistousa), by making
a comparison between him and James 11. How-
ever such speeches might ;answer Party views in the
House, he should be:glad if any. Hon. Member would
state what effed they would be likely to produce
out of doors. The Hon. Gentleman had talked of
Standing Armies as likely to overthrow the Con-
stitution ;' but whatever might have been the case
in other times, a ilarge- Standing Army was now the
only means of security fOr the Constitution% against
the attempts of an upstart Usurper. The Hon. Gen.
tleman had laid much stress on the Establishmennof
a Permanent Army, but did he forget that we-had
the Annual Motiny Bill, which afforded us -the
means of putting a stop to su4li a Force at once ? He
was sorry to take up the attention of the House, but
after the discussion that had taken place on Friday,
after a majority of the House had decided that the
Bill should be read a second time, and should go into
.a Committee, he could not but consider any opposition
to the SPEAKER'S leaving the Chair as proceeding
from, factious and vexatious motives (a cry of Order),
as a violent attempt on the part of the Gentlemen on
the other side of the House, to embarrass His Ma.
'jesty's Ministers.
Lord TEMLE here called the Hon. Gentleman
to Order, as having no title to introduce motives
into any question of thisikind.

The SrE AK E R stated, that any personal refl,e6lions
were certainly out of order, but general allusions
were admissible.

Sir W. GEARY and Sir W. YOUNG, and the CHAN.
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, also spoke to Order,
when

The SPEAKER informed the Honourable Gentle-
man (Mr. M`NAUGUTEN), that he should avoid ali ,
personalrefleet ions.

- Mr. M'NAUGHTEN concluded by giving }lli
warmest support to.the Bill.

Col. CR]iUFORD expressed his eager desire,
that the Regular Army should be considerably in..
creased, and therefjre thought it incumbent upon
him to state the reasons why he was averse to a mea-
.sure, the professed objet of which was the augmeq-
ration of the Regular Army. The only hopes of a
secure and permanent' Peace, were founded upon a
Redun ion of the "Power of Friince, and of her in..
fluence•upon the Continent ; but in order to effeet.
this, some means far more efFeCtual than anrthat.
were now propoSed must be adopted. But his great
objeClion' to the measure was, thatit wOuli not ul-
timately add a man to the Army, except by means
the 'most detestable that could be conceived ; and
the men too that would be procured by thesem:ans,
would be the very worst of the Coinmu„ity..
would licit take the titre of the,E.lalLe ici cote-

vote.

meeting, at,any length, on the Plan of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, nor on the readiness with which
he had abandoned one of the principal features of his
former Plan, viz, the Ballot. He was notsurprized
at this : on the contrary, his great surpiize was,
that a person of his talents should ever have thought
of persisting in so very improper a mode of raising
Soldiers. He was glad that the information the
Right Hon. Gentleman had received from Papers
Which had been brought before the House by some
Hon. Friends of his, had induced him to abandon
that part of his original Plan. He did not, how-
ever, blame those who of late made so much use of
the ; for, perhaps, it might he expedient to
have recourse, in particular situations, to this me.
thod of raising mere, upon a peculiar and sudden
emergency. However, if all competition were de-
stroyed, and the Plan proposed by his Right Hon.
Friend below him (Mr. WINDHAM), should be
adopted, which, in his opinion, was the only good
Plan .for raising a sufficient, -number of Troops for
the Army, then no compulsion, he was persuaded,
would be necessary, even, in these extraordinary
times.- But if it was necessary to use compulsion,
he. thought that Conscription ,ought to he resorted
to, in preference to the Plan 'now proposed.—But
. though he thought that no compulsion was neces-
sary, still it was necessary that we should put our-
selves on an equality with France, whose power
was so greatly augmented by her Armies, and her
vast extent of Territory. But what sort of compul-
sion could be used with any advantage ? Why,
this, that the CrOwn should have the power of
obliging all the Peasantry of the Country to train
themselves to arms : unless it possessed sthat,power
already by the prerogative, that prerogative ought
to be settled by Parliament, in such a manner, that
the Crown should not have the power of degrading
a person in a military capacity from that rank which
he held in a civil capacity-. But it might be said that
here there was no compulsion : if it did not abso-
lutely, in the first instance, seize upon men against
their inclinations, it certainly was in a high degree
vexatious and hard "upon the Parishes, and would
fall With peculiar severity upon those who had the
best claim to be exempted. It might be confessed
that this measure was attended with some degree of
inconvenience, which, however, in these times,
ought to be cheerfully submitted to. It was said
that it proved of great advantage to the Army,
and engaged a great number of People in Re.
cruiting, from a desire to escape the penalty.—
Except, however, in the Highlands of Scotland; and
in some parts of Ireland, the influence of the Land.
cd Proprietors would be of little avail, and he was
sure it could scarcely be expeded that they should
be much influenced by a paltry fine. He reprobated
the mode of Recruiting by Parish Officers, and ob.
served, that notwithstanding the clamour' which it
was the fashion to raise against Crimps, they might,
under proper regulations, be made an useful body of
men ; and certainly they were much better fitted for
Recruiting than Parish Officers. He then proceeded
to consider the application of these men after they
should• be raised. He thought that nothing would
induce the House to favour the principle of inveigling
men into the Army ; and-this he contended would he
the efred of this Bill. He approved of the redudion
of the Militia's and thought that it would be a good
plan to propose to the whole za.,000, to enter into
the Army immediately, without, however, employ-
ing any undue influence. This might easily be effect-
ed by writing "to the Colonels of the several regi-
meets, that such a thing was desirable, and ordering
them to read the letters to their regiments. He ob-
jeded to the forming of the battalions of the Reserve
to those of the Line, as it would be the perpetual aim
of the Officers to persuade the, men to enlist in the
first battalions, and this would be unfair to many•of
the soldiers in the second battalions. He also objea-
ed to the numbers that were confined from the Regu-
lar Afiny, in the Militia 'and the Army of Reserve.
The 'great motives from which the people enlisted
were a love of idleness, anity, and a love
,of dress,
and temporary misfortunes. All these could be
equally gratified and relieved by their entering into
those Forces that were confined at home, and so many
men were thus lost to the Regular Troops. He
accounted for the numbers that had enlisted from
the Army of Reserve into the Regulars, upon the
supposition that these who had not enlisted,. had be-
' fore deter Mined to enter into the'Regul; but for
• the sake of the great addition-of bounty had chosen to
take this circuitous mode of effeCting their. purpose.
He thought that the brotherly feeling, about which
so much had been said, would' have very little•effeet.
Letters would constantly be passing between one
Battalion and another, and if the Officer of the first
Battalion should be a stria} disciplinarian, then none
of the Soldiers of the zd Battalion would feel disposed
to enter. Besides, if thiS connexion was to lie
established, it was beginning at the wrong end, for
the West India Service ought, in the first place, •to
be made a peculiar service, otherwise the Country
Regiments might, perhaps, be all destroyed •at once
in the West Indies, and this would put an end to all
Recruiting in each particular County. Rather than
send Regiments froM•particular Counties, therefore,
to the West Indies, it would be better, to give up
all our West India Possessions. He
.thought that
there was very little wisdom in the gradual pro.
gress of reducing the Militia. But if Government
would adopt the plain system of his Friend below
him (Mr. WINDHAM), the Army would certainly
be recruited in a speedy and easy way. He suggest.
ed some of the means of which he before made men-
tion : ist, a system of Fortification, by which he
undertook to make the Coast most exposed to the
Enemy absolutely unattackable, under the penalty
of dismissal or banishment ; edly, he would strongly
fortify some other places, so as to obstrud the pro-
gress of the Enemy till a sufficient Army to oppose
them could be colleded ; 3dly, he would secure the
Arsenals ; and 4thly, he would put the Capital in a
situation to defend itself. -To the present Bill he
obicOed as vexatious, without any provisions that
could be attended with any good died._
Mr. BURL/INi) would vote for 'the Bill on the
same grounds as those which occasioned his former
This Bill put an.end to the Ballot, and this
was a great advantage ; but there were several parts
it;f: tthat
we thatn ;az
render
eqrn iirtepaelrtienraantei on nt especiallyas wll
as
that which went to puniSh the Parish for the mis-
Perish Officers, and that which went
condo of the a

to impose an improper Tae: on di 'e fl,_ d_s:ri .
of persons. ~,,,i
Mr. L./INGHAM' disapproved of the Bd.' 'i
t,e
indeed so mmy alterations ,would be required n 1 i,
Committee, by those who approved' of it, that
was in that stage 11,e predicted its failure. the
Mr. ROBERT WARD declared; that after
-tots'
best consideration•whiel he had been, able to 4)e" ref
on the subjeti, the Bill appeared to hint one word 0
of the support of the House. .He was astonishes/
the assertions made by the' opponents of the rsc'
that it possessed no feature of novelty. To tele,
who urged such an objeCtione he wished only to se —the.
that the measure went the length .of abolishing ..if
ballotting system, and to ask whether this Of itsci.,
was not only a novel. but a most imp rtant and 5_..t,
tisfattory improvement? • It. was
.quite unaccottu_r_
able, therefore, to find HunOurable Gentlemen Sei
ting up one after the other with the same declarr-
tion, that this was ttierely,a repetition of. f°Ti,
Plans ! that there was nothing new. or original, el,
the measure! The Bill had been attacked by au' .I,i
and. Learned Friend of his (Mr. JEKYI:L) as iair'irej
a sort of fraud on those who had already incrW..
the expellee of
,providing Substitutes. • Tilts', "1: 01
ever, was not an Objedion against the.ptiti°4,),— be .
removed
ehme Bill,ov e din
nt
twashe an n objeet
Committee i °l: tavnhdichhecould eas"Ydevr
was_ confi
,i 0
that it Would meet with a due share of atten`v;ll
(Mr. PITT nodded assent).
.He,clenied that the
00,
eohactlauile'rl
way at all of an arbitrary nattire ; and, on the cones
trary, he asserted that it was:at once the urns[ con,
stitutional and the most efficient measure wllicgie'eslci
der the present circumstances of the CountrY'e;eo
be adopted. He replied to several of the arOtTepro--
of the last Speaker but one, and particular]! -,ibea
thhaattedthtehmeesyrestuenmaidoefd cs)r,imping, which he des'',:ocisti.
in terms of very just indignation. He cont',
our
no pros peel of success, satnediutohaf
provisions for the augmentation of the RFga,„,c
to be put to the
trial. which ac least ought fairly
trial, ,
rthe Recruiting
Bill
, net CaAti^
Mr. JEKYLL explained, as did C°'°— thew Bill
FORD in a few words. He maintained that
would procure no men for the Anti t and
• dPnt 0..
would nut have entered indePe° -
te old be ob•
that any men which it did proeur- w°He denied
tamed by means the most eterestable• _s;
that he had supported crimping generally, butt
13.3.
serted that the praftice might, under proper reg I
Lions, be tolerated. „felt,-
.
Sir W. YOUNG, in a short but pointed sr
one
opposed the Bill, as in every point of viCW tint to
stitutional, unnecessary, and.dangerous. it svf °no..
Regular rY hit)
impose a Tax raised without the controul °' treat
liament and to keep up no less than 689 00° eddy
without Parliamcntary*controul. He was dcciJ e
.
against its further progress.
Mr. SIIAIV LEFEYRE described the Bled
the Oft'
unjust' exclusion and permanent tax on t" , offi-
Interest. He deprecated the system of Parisi' He
cers being converted into Recruiting Serjeaatasi and,
was totally adverse to the mixture of geilertende"
parochial taxes, and viewing the measure a.ve the
with all these evilS; he felt it his duty to gi o'o'
measure his decided disapprobation. He was P''oaitiec
larly severe on the mode in which the re
..;rof
Sir W. PULTE
would attach to Parishes in cases where the reclul ..
Quotas were not procured. was a 05'
ante to be placed on the great force now 0 , be
• of the
which was so fully adequate to the security run
Country, that it was by no means necessary tn, to
into a system which would be highly dittigeere con.
the Constitution. It was not to, the 111"sur 9 re.
sidered simply that he Was adverse, so much as, ro'
IVEY thought there
on for,
„foes,
,Jcp
garding it as the source of a set of measures, lbc,gof
yenning the Country by.force. The plc-- L., yea,
the Country depended on the spirit of throe. front
and not on any exertion that could be foes[therethem. With such.a Peopleotid such a sPiri'of tit°
was no
,necessity'of putting into, the hands come Crown a power such as the Bill went to gives but a
pared with which, the term of Itr.asion w.
bugbear. • •,c' 10/1"
,Mr. RYDER said, that for the last 5:-, goose'
nothing had 'been heard on any side of 'l' Aral"
but the necessity- of
He agreed
,that the ground of onstitutional '. ArinY,
but after the opinion increasing our Reg°,'aeeal, .'"l9
a fair ground of jealousy against: a Staodi°,ght, ttl)--,
room for a
jest, it could' nut be 1 ' our surf as,
asserteo, tnat
de s" he
Army •
tiniogndinagngietsr duration give had reached a degree of magnit° ' to t
pion he had alluded to an tgegulJr
. A 5 nr
t00n...--
I this ' for Fr r•
permanency of this measure, the best rule f the exist;
andti ohnejwe:valosouull :dye ask,ocofn it
who;la- ::::e . °v
hthereit nit 1 laa).r
could ascertain the limits' of a .dangeat 1-16',15c,!:
last the life Of the ycungest Membt'rl';,,, a Stan''' 7
As to the danger to he apprehended 1:`„°-:,.,E it °ligrbe
Army, he wo.ild'ask, whether this 13'"idestroY es. •
.the power of Parliament to suppre' n'';'ze, if .0r? 7113
Force that it was now about to org°-: from it ? Ise
,sime it should apprehend such Dag" Nr. Sifted
would ask the Hon. Gentleman be'os `l,l and a"-,:c
LEFEVRE), whether he had not
114;nclie' medr'et 'fiti' •
upon a measure more sure than ibis, was a- 1
Army of Reserve AR, of i,vlavvicihrtithiresiveesini'tain:ai
provement and a mitigation ?
o tr°`^- lic
rich Officers, they were the persons wh_, aat ,
knowledge, would be most beneficiidlY' an
cuti°/1
same time most safel intrusted with the e
of the measure. That Hen. Gentleman h,f
ad, 'id in that
y '`ccourset
frequently acted as Deputy Lieutenant, an_ officers,
had alone the same duties which he now thoug,n_es like
situ .tion he, the constables, and other inferl°j,t it to°
much to impose on the Parish Officers. In I' u„ were
dust
equally at stake, it would not be fair or, J,„,,,,ce
rtoti.-
the present, when the dearest interests of a" to
plead one duty as an excuse for the non-pe &At
of another, 'leate
• b Got .
situation; there was no one point in which ;
stabie ,
crimps de.e eV
were agreed. Some thought thou
The House was placed in a 'lrlg 0
others thought they were necessary; some!
toot if
the Militia ,- should be reduced, others ttu Lj,_,-,
should be dest.roYce,
there
others thought that it
should be kept up
asked whether from.what had been ey.perier... an
ter
was
- Ito hope for any Oa her
was any rational g,ount ?
..
asked whet
would give general satisfaction . Ile d rest i"
which our ea
it was not playing a gadte in . in 111
; 'some thought the ballot_.2. 'bie
• b a view t°
. •e proposed with • sac
way of every measure measure
first If even the
first object of the Country terests were involved, to throw difficulties the

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At against What he thought it wotll
he thought the d prortte,
House oug ht to g into a Comi
upon it, if it afforded a chanceo of the ads; mantages
ttee
which its proposers
eXpeded from it. In dangerous
times it would be a great reproach to oppose any
thing that afforded such a prosped. For himself, he
thought most highly of -a measure which did not in-
terfere with any force that we possessed, while it
afforded a strong and fair expectation of an im-
provement of which every one acknowledged the
importance.
Sir ;why NEWPORT considered the Plan as
operating on the people by an unequal and partial
pressure of taxation.—The Supporters of the Bill
complained that it had been opposed on different
gtounds'by different persons. That appeared to him
as the strongest reason that could be urged against
lthe measure, as it proved that it was liable to ob-
eftion in more ways than one.
The question was then called for, and the House
divided_.
For the Speaker leaving the Chair 249
Against it 169

Majority - co
Committee In the
Mr. PITT proposed to fill up
heblanks, and stated, that in one part of the Bill
wished that 12,000 men should be authorized to
go annually from limited to general service; and that
the Aft should commence on the xst of OCtober next.
Me. 1011.NSTONE suggested the propriety of
the Bill being recommitted,
frit en might see, in order that Gentle-
more at their leisure, the precise
t}irn't of such. an important Bill as that then before
--e —ummittee.
The CHANcELO
EXCHEQUER oh-
ser nerved, that a, the Bin I:,:fs
atihreeadyprinted,
Men would most
sufficient
knowledge of its probably already have a Gentle-
contents ; and they surely would
nut wish to place an
ay of such a y unnecessary obstacle in the
W measure.
o
,_ e
re Mr• P. MOOR E recommended that the Bill should
-commiited for Thursday.
M.
contrast the e SHERIDAN said, this Bill was designed to
man for xpedients of the RighteHon. Gentle-
the National Defence, with the ineffectual
Measures for the same purpose proposed by the late
:Minister. It was then a Plan to be deliberately
WeiBhed, and not to be hurried through in this itn-
porta
the nt stage. Whatever may he the felicity with
mind
which Right Hon. Gentleman had made up his
, other Members might
not be so fully pre-
pared. He had no objeftion to the Bill being now
made as perfeft as possible ;
be recommitted, that the question may be fully and
but he trusted it would
fairlY investigated, with the assistance of all the
of of the House.
A desultory conversation succeeded, in which the
CHANCELLOR of the ExcH EQuall persisted in pro_
fir ceedin
and Mr. g with the Bill ; SHERIDAN and
GILBERT HEATHCOTE recommended either an
Immediate adkJurnment, or a re-commitment.
~ 'ir ROBERT BUXTON spoke to order, on the
6r°tlnd that there was no question before the Corn-
tnittee.
14elii Mr.ROX observed there were two ways in which
euse could regularly proceed, either by read.,
iont,gtila.ed discussing the Bill, paragral,:i by paragrapa,
L, c party moving the Bill,
forfor its recommitment. But no man could think of
Clandestinely hurrying a Bill through the Commit-
lee, of this magnitude and importance. The House
would vary from its permanent gulations, If it w and established re_
Hess and indifference ere to proceed with such careless-
Was on the present occasion. It
much too late an hour to examine the merits of
this Billtrusted th
ee ordinary prudence
would not be abandoned in th
M Commi,tee.
. jo a, oNerosi 'the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
eita r o
Mr. Waft, and Mr. Fox, successive)
M y explained.
, . DUNDAS said, if the arguments were
aesigned to apply to the SPEAK ER's leaving the Chair,
it was not regular to discuss the parts of the Bill.
M. IPM. SMITH thought the only way was,
at some progress had been made in the Bill, to have
it recommitted ; he did not consider it orderly to go
Over again the contents of that part of the Bill
'which either had been read, or was supposed to have
been read in the Committee.
illi.. ADDIIVGTON thought that the floose had
been brought into an aukward Predicament by adopt-
ing the Plan of the Right Hon. Gentleman. They
had,,through miacunception, gone so far through the
sill, and they could not go back.
Mr. PITT
casions he maintained, that on thousands of cc-
proceeded had known the House, when the
mis
buss y hd
ander a conceptibri, go back ona a
ness of this kind, and he could not see the reason
why they should not do so now. He contended,
that if they had fallen into a mistake, it did not
proceed from any fault. He had explained his own
views, and no 'Gentleman seemed to have any
Amendments to propose.
_p tvilege
a Ale': to
had always understood it to he
through every Bill
Qt. a Committee of that House to go
he conceive that any
Paragraph by paragraph, nor could
person could hint at a depar-
ture from that rule, but with the understanding that
. another opportunity of doing so would afterwards
be afforded.
The present hour Of eleven o'clock,
Oh a night when it could not have been in the con-
ttill)lati" of any Gentleman that such a measure
be be ti 1d , did t seem a proper season
for r sle on, no
enteein
geedn such a business. If the contrary
was mainte, let the history of the proceedings
*I tile last hour be the answer.
Mr..e/TTsaid, that the question was now mate-
rtall o h i ar, • -
I c a,riget . .t Ire time in which
b n
ee". discussing the Clauses of the Bill had passed
awn
and it %vas now no longer the same question.
in
*lt y mucl believed b
i rile shortest way of proceed:.
g 00W would be, to have it"understood that the
gig would be re-committed.
the Bill was accordingly gone through, pro
i) Report was brought up, and ordered to
received on Thursday. .
Adjourned at Half past Eleven o'Clock.

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LONION, U N E

WE heartily congratulate the Country on the
short-lived exultation and triumph of the Advocates
of Party, which the decision of last night on Mr.
P r TT'S Defence Bill, has converted into lamentation
and despair. Notwithstanding all the confident pre.
dklions respeCting the extent of the Minority on
Friday last, we have the pleasure to find that the
excellence of Mr. PITT'S Bill is become more Mani-
fest, and that prejudice and Misconception are giv-
ing way to convidion, and a due sense of what the
situation of the Country demands. The grand trials
of strength, however, between the contending Parties
will be on Thursday, upon the Motion for the re-
commitment of the Defence Bill, but particularly on
Monday, on which day, we understand, the Bill
is to be read a third time. It is justly contend.
ed by the friends of this Bill, who are the real
friends of their Country, in answer to the asyertion
of want of novelty in the measure, that it has at
least the meritorious novelty of putting an end to
the vexatious and grievous system of Ballotting.
With respect to the objection, that it imposes a se-
vere duty upon Parish Officers, it may be said that
it is clearly distinct froin their other duties, and that
they are most likely to know all persons within
their respedive Dis'trifts, who are best fitted to
answer the purposes of . the Bill, and, in case of
abuse, Magistrates are at hand to counteraEt in-
justice and oppression. The objections arising
from the danger of augmenting a Standing Army
arc hardly worthy of notice. The Constitution has
provided an annual remedy, at all times, against
this danger ; but such objections can have no weight
at the present awful petiod, when nothing short of
our entire destruction is menaced by an ambitious,
implacable, and powerful Enemy, who has a Stand-
ing Army of several hundred thousands upon his
Coasts, ready to force their way into our happy
Island, and to carry all his threats into execution,
with the most savage determination and unappeas-
able ferocity.

The report that Mr. LIVINGSTON received an
intimation from G)vernment that his residence
in this Country was not acceptable, and that
his Passports were in consequence sent to him,
we can positively, assert, is unfounded. Though
not much entitled to the confidence of the Govern.
mem of this Country, from his condncl respelling
Mr. DRAKE, he met with every possible indul-
gence, and the Passports were sent to him at his
own request. His Mission to this Country had no
reference whatever to any proposed Plan of Pacifi-
cation between the two Countri's ; he merely came
for the purpose of negotiating a Loan for the United
States of America, to enable them to pay the
French Government for the purchase of Louisiana.

WE are assured that Government have received
Dispatches from Sir JOHN BORLASE WARREN,
which state that the Court of Petersburgh is firmly
determined to resist all future encroachments on the
part of France, and to demand serious explanation
of the past ; and there is now no doubt but that if
the other Continental Powers will unite for their
mutual protection, they may rely upon the most
aClive and powerful assistance from Russia.
We understand that Count WORONZOFF, the
Russian Minister at this Court, has received orders
from the EMPEROR, directing him to remain here,
instead of returning, as had been before determined
an, to Petersburgh.

THE Fleet in Brest Harbour is said to amount to
Twenty-five Sail of the Line, and hopes were en-
tertained on board the British Fleet, from some of
the movements of the Enemy, that they intended to
put to sea. We are afraid there is no reason to
hope that they will muster up courage enough for
such an attempt, even though they possess an
apparent superiority, at least in point of numbers,
to Admiral CORNWALLIS. That gallant Admiral
has, however, been very recently reinforcedi

Two Hanzburgh Mails arrived late last night, by
which we have the following letter from the Banks
of the Maine, May 26 :—" According to accounts
from Paris, the Russian Charge d'Affaires has fre_
quent conferences with the Minister TALLEYRAND,
which have a reference to the late incidents on the
Rhine, &c. It is said that an explicit Memoir on
this subjeft has been sent to St. Petersburgh,
and that the French Cabinet is employed in
drawing up a Declaration to be sent to Ratis-
bon, and laid before the Diet. In this Declaration,
will be adduced, that it was in-
proofs, it i„aid,
dispensably necessary for the French Government
to put an end to the plots of a number of Conspira-
tors in Engligh pay, who were assembled on the

extreme con.ies of France, by the arrest of the
prinscipal iyrsons among them; t, rhis declarati
arc added ektraas from the Papers found upf,,,

tly,!m."

The remaining contents of the Mails are compa-
ratively unimportant. The, tit!Vf E,nperor of
Fren'cli said to have written a Letter to fl:
GRAND SEIGNIOR with his own hand. Genoa and
Lucca are, it is stated, to be incorporated with the
Italian Republic, and NAPOLEON BONAPARTE de-
clared King of Lombardy. A Palace is preparing at
Brussels for josEi.x BONAPARTE, who is to reside
there in his quality as Grand Elector. •
General HEDOUVILLE, the French Envoy at
Petersburgh, has been recalled.

LAST night we received Paris Papers to the 4th
inst. from which we have extraEted the Proceedings
of the two first days and part of the third, of the
Trial of the Conspirators. The fin d result of Mo.
R E AU'S Trial iP not yet ascertained, hut a report is
prevalent, that he had been condemned, and imme.
diately shot.

Yesterday about ten o'clock the LORD CHANCEL-
LOR had an audience of Hts MA J SaTY.
Yesterday evening, about six o'clock, 'Their MA-
JESTIES, in a post-chariot, and the PraiNcEssEs
ELIZABETH, I\IARY, SoPHIA, and the DUKE of
KENT, in two coaches and four, escorted by a party
of Light Horse, took an airing in the neighbour.
hood of Islington.
The PRINCE of WALES left Town on Sunday for
tibury Races.
The Hon. 'WM. ELLIOT is appointed Under Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of
Mr. ARBUTHNOT, appointed Ambassador at Con-
stantinople.
EAST INDIA BRIGADE.—The East India Brigade,
consisting of 1829 effedive privates, exclusive of
commissioned and non-commissioned Officers, StafF,
Drums, Music, &c. which altogether were at least
2000 men, assembled yesterday in Hyde Park, and
were exercised in the most difficult manoeuvres,
which they went through with great precision.
They were first inspetted and brigaded by Gen. Lord
HAaatNGToN, and in about an hour afterwards by
His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK ; before
both of whom they passed in review, and that in a
very creditable manner. The DUKE of YORK desired
that his high gratification at their appearance should
be signified to the Corps.
KEMB LE finally performed his favourite Charaaer
of Hamlet last night, for' this 'season, at Covent
Garden Theatre, with his accustomed success. It
is a part which he has evidently studied with great
care in the detail, and in The general scope, and
which he represents with a faithful. adherence
to the text, and with a masterly and digni-
fied spirit throughout. CooKE made his first 'ap-
pearance in the Ghost, but he did not throw any
new lights upon the part, or perform it in such a
manner as to add to his professional repute. Mrs.
ST. LEGER displayed obvious marks of improving
merit in the Queen, and C. KE MB LE gave to Laertes
a stronger portion of interest than usually appears
in that charaCter. MUNDEN, in Polanius, proved
that he can be chaste in his acing when he thinks
proper. EMERY, in the Grave-digger, seemed to
have exhausted illonmo-uth.street, in order to treat
the galleries with a sufficient nthriber of lita;stcoats.
Mr. COLMAN has found it necessary to relinquish
his well-intended plan of drawing his theatrical
Recruits only from the Country. He has therefore
strengthened his Corps with some of the London
Veterans, such as BANNISTER, jun. PALMER, and
MUNDEN, the last of whom is said to be engaged
for the Haymarket Theatre, at a weekly salary of
no less than eighteen pounds ! ! !
A Lady named MARA, who has performed with
great success on the Liverpool Stage, is likely to
make her appearance in the ensuing Season at Co-
vent Garden Theatre. Report speaks very favour-
ably of her person and accomplishments.

The state of the Insolvent Debtors in this Coun-
try and in Ireland, has induced many benevolent
charatters to refie6t on the best means of relieving
them, without injury to the Public. Imprison-
ment, in the opinion of many wise men, and par-
ticularly Dr. JoHNsoN, is not calculated to for-
ward the ends of justice, by increasing the power
of the debtor to satisfy the demands of lhose
who have doomed him to confinement. Mr. SHAW,
of Dublin, and Mr. Alderman Coms E, have signi-
fied in the House of Commons, a design to bring
forward some legislative measure on this subjea ;
and we sincerely hope that every friend of humanity
will strenuously co-operate in support of their be-
nevolent intentions.

The salary of the Members of the French Legisla_
tive Body, is to be augmented to 25,000 'lyres;
something more than toool. a year.
It is said, that the Senate of Hamburgh has re-
solved to send a second Deputation to England, to
urge the discontinuance of the blockade of the Elbe
in regard to Neutral Vessels: The Course of Ex-
, change rose higher than it had been for many years
in consequence of this measure, andan opinion of its

success.
On Wednesday the following accident happened
at Melbury-Abbas, Dorset: As some of the Yeo-
manry Cavalry were returning from exercise, they
discharged their pistols in the air ; the wind being
high, blew the lighted wadding into the thatched
roof of a cottage, which, setting fire thereto; burned
that and five other dwellings to the ground, Con.
sinning nearly all the property therein.
On Saturday night, at twelve o'clock, a Gentle-
man was attacked by four ruffians, in the open space
between the Angel lon and Sr. Clementinn gate.
One of them made a violent grasp at his watch, but
the pendant breaking in the struggle, and some
persons coming up, they made their escape without
any other booty than the chain and seals.—The
spot has been long noted as dangerous, yet there was
no watchman to be found.

IVAPAL NEWS.

PORT;MOUTH,JUi7F.day arrived tilc
,ilowing Men of War :L.-Cu/kw/en; of 7,!. grins

'rid Repulse, of 74., from Plymouth ; Fissard, from
.L1,;)on ; Castor Frigate, from Liveirol; arid the
Hero, of 74, from Yarmouth ; Ship llisntet-,
rain HuNiait, from the I),:wns, ;opori-
rara ; Young William, Caft. BACoSI, from ditto t()
,he South Seas.

Went out of Harbour, the Eut6Aa, Capt. BRA.
NEY, bODDd to Tobago.
Last night the wind coming to the E. and
E. N. E. the Anibuiratie, and her Fleet for the
Streights, unmoored and sailed.
The wind hacking to the westward, the copper:.
bottomed Armed Transport indefuigab/e, Captain
JOHN BROWN, has just made the signal for Convoy
to the Eastward; takes the following Transports
under her Convoy, to join the division of' Trans.:
ports at Deptford, under Captain WATSON, of the
Royal Navy : Ceres, RICHARDSON, Whitby,
sciN, and Crown, BROWN.
The Outward-botind West India Fieet ytit—re—

mains;

HAR IkICH, JUNE I 1.-Yesterday the Lady Yr,
peon Post-office Packet, Capt. GEO. DEANE, arid
theiDorset. Capt. HA:ult./MN, arrived. froth Huswn
with the Flamburgh and Breay...n
Six o'CLocK.—The P.rrg George Packet, Cyr:.
SAUNDERS; and the Prince of Wales, Capt. A;
DEANE, are tlli3 moment arrived from Gottenburgh;
with Mails and Passengers.

Remain the Pegasus Frig;Ate, and the Monkey and
Charter Gun vessels..

DEAL, JUNE I I.—Saiied His Majesty's Ship
FLigard, for Portsmouth; Scourge, with Convoy
for Plymoutl-p; Jamaica, Champion, Orestes, and
Dart, on a Cru:.ze off C lais; Seine, Archer,
hound, Braizer, and Locust, on a Cruize off
kcne ; Speedy, Alonzo, Harpy, Bonetta, and fury,
for Dungeness.

Arrived L' Aimalle, from a Cruize off Flus%ing;

In the Downs—Monarch, Utrecht, Ardent, Inflexible;
L'Airnable, Yirginie, Tartarus, Zebra, Vestivals, with the•
Transports under the command in Capt. Watson.

Captain HUR D, of the Na, y, is commissioned by
the Board of Admiralty to lake the most ,ccurate
soundings off Brest, to asc: rtain, and lay d •
a chart, the sunken rocks that endanger our ck..
ailing Fleet off that llitoour. This c,ti Of-
iicer sailed from Flymutli on Sunday last,' upon this
survey.

On the 3oth ult. informAitm was sent to the
Board of Admiralty, by FRANCIS GI 13'-ON,
Colieetor of His Majesty's Customs at Whitby, to
the following purport, viz. That on the 29th last,.
Mr. JOHN OXL EY, late master of the captured
vessel Dispatch, of Liverp ,01, bound from that
Port to Copentiagen, with a valuable cargo or i.--
bacco, sugar, and salt, arrived the day before from
Norway, and i'nfortned him, that on „the 9th ult..
about six leagues from' the Nazr... of N,lllvily, he
fell in with the French Privateer L'Hir9ldeite;
of 14 carriage guns and so men, Capt. AL,LEMJS,
Commander, who bore down on the Dispatch,
and compelled her to strike ; she having only
one swivel gun and seven men including the
Master the Dispatch wa3 ordered for Fr -,nee,
but the Crew, with the exception of a
were taken in the Privateer into Eggersund. in
Norway.; Mr. Om.. ir's quadrant, charts, and books, -
were retained, but every thing else returnel‘, and
the people liberated, and set on shore. /..-Y ai-
r:me/elle had sailed from St. Andero, in Spaini
steered to the West of Ireland, and cruizrd a
short time near Cape Wrath, where she took anti
sent for France, the Castle Dong!as, of Liverpool,
with salt, coffee, &c. She likewise took and
sunk the Brig Otter, of Maryport,
sails rcmarkahly fast, is brig-rigged, her masts,
standing nearly upright, has no head., but a white
boat slung across her stern ; her bottom,' wales,
and top, are quite black, excepting a narrow monhi_
ing of yellow as a paint strake. Her sails were
discoloured with charcoal and water, by way of .
deception. This Privateer, during the late and
present War, has been uncommonly successful, as
the Captain (an elderly marl) assured Mr. OXL EY
that his vessel was the 93:h prize he had taken. Mr.
OXLEY thinks it probable that the Hirondelle may
still be at Frggersund, as she put in there in order to
have her bottom cleaned and other necessary jobs-
done ; and it is to be feared that this, vessel may do
much mischief among the Greenland and Baltit

The Moniteur of the 20th contains thi. official dis-
patch relative to the late affair between Sir SIDNEY
SMITH and the gun-boats off. Flushi:7g and Ostend.
In this it is stated, that the force under Admiral
VERHELIII., when he left Flushing, consisted of
nincitten French and forty-seven Dutch Gunboats,
and two prames, or flats. The Flotilla, upon the
whole, carried too pieces of cannon; the English
Squadron, according to this statement, 420. After.
seven hours combat, Sir SIDNEY, it is said, was
compelled to retreat, the Antelope being apparently
disabled, a Frigate and aCutter dtsmasted, and a Brig
forcd out of the line at the commencement of the
fight. The French prime La Ville el) Aix, in the
course of two hours, had 13 men wounded, and 2
killed ; La Filic d' Anvers, 16 wounded and 2 killed.
The Dutch had 12 killed and 26 wounded.—Total
killed 18, wounded 60; 35 on board the prames.
Admiral VERHELTIL, however, is said to have moor-
ed triumphantly in the great road of Ostend.

Saturday morning a drummer belonging to the
Bloomsbury Volunteers, received thirty lashes at
their drill.ground near the Foundling H,,spital,
agreeable to the sentence of the Court-Martial, he
having deserted from different Corks.

kiloß rAtr then confessed that PICHEGT:LT was
twice at his house ; the first time, he said, was a
mere complimentary visit, but the second time, Pt.
CHEGRU made overtures to him about the Army,
and about the influence which the Princes mien
have there ; the advantages that. mght be taken
from the Invasion, &c. all which he answered so as
to make him discontent.—His I.,fters were then
read; his Proclamations on the ,tihjeel of PICHE.
GRU; and his Letter to the Filt3T CONitIL (a/.
ready is this Paper.)
he PR EsIDENT then asked him, How, after
having denounced PICHEGRU as a traitor,, he could
receive him at his house ?

. .
The Public has already been infarmed of a new_
invented grinding-stone for.rubbing offmen's beards :
the following account of its .composition and use,
is extracted from the epecificatioti on which a patent
was granted-" Mix one pint of clear lime water,
2 oz. of gum arabic, z oz. isinglass, oz. cochi-
-
neal, 4. oz. turmeric root in powder, oz., salt of
tartar, and an equal quantity of cream of tartar to.
gether ; boil' them for one hour at least, stirring up
.the mixture during the whole time of boiling- (and
being careful nor to let it boil over; clear it through
a sieve ; then add of iron pumice stone, finely
pulverized; .mix the whole into a cake with whites
of eggs, divide it into twelve smaller ones, dry
them in the open air for three days, and then in an
oven. of moderate heat for 24. hours ; when they will
be completely dry and fit for use. ,Apply them
with a gentle fridion to the beard, and they will
44 (says the Inventor) produce the complete effea of
shaving."
A patent has been obtained for a new .kind of
Wind Engine, capable of being applied to all the
purposes of wind, steam, or water-mills : by means
of flyers, he condenses the air of the atmosphere in
a strong vessel, so as to make it from ro to so
times more dense than in its natural state; and this
dense air from the magazine is conduded through a
pipe' to the top of a cylinder, where it at upon a
piston, by its elasticity, and. keeps the machinery
in motion proportionate to the capacity of the ma---
gazine, though the wind does not blow.
On Wednesday afternoon a young Gentleman,
Passenger on board an Indiaman at St.-Helen's, in a
fit of despair, attempted, with a pistol, to put an end
to his life, which was fortunately preventCd by the
dampness of the powder causing the pitol to hang
fire, when the contents entered his' left shoulder,
and caused so great an effusion of blood as rearly
to deprive him of life; but from the prompt . and
very able assistance of the Surgeon of His Majesiy's
Ship Athetriewte, his life was preserved,' and there
is every prosped of his recovery. The cause of
his Ntempting so rash an ad, was from an ardent
attachment he had to a Lady of Portsea, who
slighted his proffered hand and patrimony, he being
heir to a Gentleman of great possessions ; and ha
undertakes his present, voyage as " A Cure for the
Heart Ache."

Upon a suggestion from Mr, Rom X LLY, the Lott o
CHANC Lioß directed a declaration, that he made
-no order, becauSe he was of opinion that lie had no
authority over the Commissioners in this resped.

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