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have the effect of making: us., relax in our efforts, i
tvhich ttight produce .the most disastrous..eptise.
quences. He therefore thought they would:- ad
wrong
.indeed if they.. were to _satisfy themselves
with merely providing against the _preset danger,
without adapting some great, general, anti permao.
nent system, equal not only to the prestmt-;dan-
ger, but equal to: that:danger which- might. con-`
tinue to threaten us, _ and which might., not be:,
tetmiOated lay the
,present,:.War.:. He: -,hoped;.
indeed-Alta:Dux 'danger would be -terminated: by •
the present- War, because,:he hoped ,w.e.:should
not :lightly 'consent; to ~make peace' without
the attainsorut of.secutity for the future,: a secu-

City .Which could not be obtained while France re-
mained in her present situation. He did not allude
to anvaparticular)form of Government which might
prevail in'thut Country, but while she remained as
she wasi:.the Arbitress of the Continent of Europe,
a perfectly-Military Country, under the guidance of
the most absolute and unlimited Government' that
perhaps. ever existed, 'unshackled. by any of those
checks: that operated upon other Governments,. un-
shackled by that check which had operated in every
othen:instance, though perhaps unseen in even the
most arbitrary States,he meant the influence of public
opibion, which had-never yet been stifiediri any
other-Country ,but in France; and which had al-
ways operated more or less, even in the most ser-
vile forms of Government that ever disgraced Eu-
rope.- howeverf this :check of. public
-opinion
.was. now so destroyed, that no man dare,
hardly even in thought,.question the conduCt of the
Government, however. •it thight squander the trea-
sures of the Country, on however it might:lavish
the 'blood of the ,People. The System in that Coun-
try was different from any. that ever . existed
before, and' must. be met by us by correspending
exertions on oar part ; and however painful those
exertions might be, we mutt determine...to submit
to Them, as'the lot which was inseparable from those
days'in which it had pleased Providence to cast. our,
existence. Though he:agreed with the Hon. Gentle.:
min for the reasons lie had,before.stated, that the lict
lunteer System as at present suhsiiting, could not he
looked to as a permanent.meins 'of defence, yet that
,Certainly could not be used as an argument. to.prove
that we ought not to make the best pOssible uSe of
them in the •present crisis. Witli regard to the.
present. Volunteer System, though he was far from
thinking that it had. reached any thing like per-
feCtion, though he thotight it. was capable .of, and
he 'had no doubt would receive great improvement,
yet still he ;thought the 'principles upon which it
was founded were perfeetly right, and he had.no,
doubnthat, coupled with other regulations, and these
not very difficult ones, it might be rendered a per-
manent Security•against future danger. • It was no
disparagement to tne.spirit of the Volunteers, or their
devotion to their Country to say, that it was impos-
sible to trust continually to the'operation of that Vo-
lunteer spirit. It was no disparagement to the spirit
of the people to say, that when the immediate dan-
ger was passed, they might, however erroneously,
dotibt.lhe necessity of their future exertions., . The
Volunteer-System was founded upon the conViEtion
of immediate danger ; if that cause should cease, it
was not at all extraordinary that the effeEt should
'cease also. If- that was the case, it became: the
duty of... Parliament to do that for the Country
which spontaneous zeal could not do. That
spontaneous zeal" had hitherto .superseded. almost
the necessity of Legislative measures, and had
counteracted no small share of error tan the part of
the Executive Government. It certainly could not,
fiowever, he expeCted to continue for any great
length of time to the extent to :which it had now
reached : the question to be considered then was,
whether there were any means of giving to that sys-
tem a degree of permanency which did not necessa-
rily, belong to it ? The system which was adopted
last year, and in his opinion wisely adopted, was,
that it would be wise to invite the voluntary exer.
tines of the People, and if they reached to .a suffi-
cient extent, it, would be much preferable to,',cOrn,
ptilsory service. It now became,the duty of,,Par.
liattie.to to provide the. permanent means for putting.
in Motion so much of the force and population of the.
Country as future exigency might render necessary.
Upon t-his subjea, however, he did, not mean to say
that nothing had.heen done : they had prOvided the
means, lie did not say they: were sufficiently di.
gated and matured, but they had provided the
Means in case the Volunteers should fall short
,
of that number which was deereo•.oecessary for
the security of the Country, of enabling. His
Majesty to call upon the different classes, even
if it should 14e . necessary to the 'extent of the
_ popukation of the Country. :In doing this,
the Legislature .had, laid":. the foundation of that-
system, which might be so improved as to esta- ,
hlish a great and permanent system of defence,
which would-,place the Country in a state.of perma-
nent security in al: future contests. When *said
that such a foundation had been laid, lie was far
from meaning that it was perfett ; it certainly re-
aid he hoped would receive much improve-
ment, and that pact which:,related to the enrol-
ment of persons, undoubtedly. required considerable
revision. , Upon that point,, however, much dif-
ference of opinion prevailed, as to•theaneasures which
ought to be adopted to bring that system to a state of
permanent perfeaion ; but these were considerations
to which they might attend after they had matured
the present Volunteer system. and thereby provided,
effettual means ofguarding against immediate danger:
When that great objeft was attained, they would
then be at leisure to consider of the means of calling
out the whole Population of the Country, if ever cit.
cuwstances. should render it necessary. It was-now
understood, that _if in any place the number of Vo-
lunteers fell short of -the number which was consider.
ed necessary, the Government were determined to,
call out the classes: tinder the Defence AEI, and he
had no doubt that if ever the disappearance of im-
mediate danger shmild relax the spirit of the Vo-
lunteers, there were means to he found in that -Sys:
tem to keep the numbers entire. There was ano--
tiler source froM which, in his opinion,: consider.
able support might be derived to the Volunteer Sys
tom. If the idea which he .had thrown out on:a
former occasion should meet with the approbation
of the House, if it should., be thought right to
allow such a Wll-otted force to exist as,. he .had
befOre',suggested, to feed and maintain the Regular
Aimy, and that Luc was kept pp annually

by, fieh • Ballots, the Extololons-
,which Volon_
tees would ale() enjoy would;. he Was coqvjnce,l,,.
induce men • ch-eerfully to .continue in • Vtiltintecr,
Corps..' As far, therefore, as. related )0. j Itc.Qoe
Lion of Permanesice, lie -saw ny (I:fficaliics. that.

.were at. all likely to render that Jut utiattainble ob.
jeEt, always 'bearing in- mind that the,first Breit
.objet? they, had to, perform was to tender the Vo-
lunteer Force as tfficient as possible, in the,: present
instance. 'As to the auhjea about whichso much had
been said, viz. the Exemptions granted to Volunteers,
-he confessed, he saw great weight its the, arguments
of an Hun. General (MAI'rLAND) upon that subjea,
because its the Militia and the Army of Reserve were
formed principally. of Substitutes, the Volunteer Sys.
tem could-not throw any great.difficulties in'the way
of that force, nor could he see how it 'could. mate-
rially interfere with the: recruiting for the Regular
-Army,' because the- only way in which
.it could in-
terfere with the recruiting, would be by narrowing
the source from which the. Recruits were taken,
which certainly was not the case, at least to any
considerable extent, with the Volunteers. 'Looking
at: this question in another point of view, the system
of Volunteers appeared to him to be most favourable
• to the recruiting of the Army, becaUse it infused al
kind of military spirit; inro the people, that, in many
cases, induced them to•enter into the Regular Ser..
vice, because it' was-natural to the disposition of
.Men, that they should, by habit, acquire -a prone-
ness, and even an attachment-' to the labours, and
even the dangers of a military life,. The next, and
indeed the only practical question they had now to
determine was this, whether they ought to go on with
the present Bill, containing, as it did,so little.that was,
either new or important ? It neither did what in
•his opinion it ought to do, contain any provisions for
improving- and rendering more regular the present
Volunteer Force, nordid it do what other Gentlemen
thought it ought to do, attempt to render the Vo-
lunteers more like that
.species of Force which they
thought would be the most desirable in the present
Contest.. The objet of those Gentlemen who
Maintained the latter opinion was, not, if he un-
'derstood them tight, to destroy the present Vo-
hinteer Force, bur they wished to give it a
new direaion and charader. They Wished to di-
minish its - numbers, but only with a view 'to esta-
blish another and a much larger Force under the
name of an Armed Peasantry. In order to decide
-upon the propriety of proceeding upon the present
Bill, the only qtiestion was,. whether there was any
thing in -the preamble or title of it. which would
prevent the insertion of such clauses as' would ren-
der the Volunteer Force efficient in the present
emergency ? There were, he believed, some Gen-
tlemen-in the House who entertained what might
be called a middle opinion, and who .thought that
nothing ought to be. done hut t 9 leave the subjea•
where it was. • If this Bill was really meant to do
,no.hing-more than to consolidate-and continue the
Acts already in existence, he did not say
,he should,
censure it ; but• he could not believe thatif'even this
Bill had no chars ter, if it was not meant to do any
thing at present, still he could not think that Mi-
nisters were not fully
.convinced of the necessity of
adopting some measures to continue the Volunteer
-System. If that were the case, then -they could
have no objedion.to receive any addition, altera-
tion, or amendment. which would render that
force efficient for the present, and permanent
for the future. And though this Bill did not,
either • in its Title, its Preamble, or in any of
its clauses, contain any thing upon that subjed,
Yet he saw no reason why, it they were all
agreed upon the propriety of such provisions, they
should not be-introduced ; and therefore to throw
Out the present Bill would only be to create unne.
cesaary delays There was not a'single Member,
he was sure, in that House, who had not turned his
thoughts more or less "to this &Oka ; and he hoped
they would all unite their endeavours to support
'something that might at least be useful for the pre.
sent, if they could nut make it a good system for
the future. These considerations would; he hoped,
prevent any Gentleman from taking the sense of the
House on the question, fur 'the Speaker leaving the
Chair. He wished to state one or two other points,
in which he had thelood fortune to agree with the
Honourable Gentleman. One of them he had
mentioned before ,Christmas, and he had at
a .Meeting, which was heist in a County in
which he resided,. expressed the same:opinion,
which. he found to be
_in complete' c6incidence
with that of every other Gentleman who attended
tt'e' Meeting. "He meant the plan which had been
adopted, of limiting the number of Volunteers in
the Maritimetounties- on the same principle that
they were in the Interior Counties of the Kingdom.
That is to say, that the Volunteers wee in all
places to amount to just six times the number of the
Old Militia. This was a principle which could not
be defended for a moment ; because no rational man
would contend, that in Kent, for instance, a County
which had sixty miles of coast opposite to the coast
of France, and within a few hours sail of the great
Naval Depot of the Enemy, did not require a
greater number of-VOlunteers than Chester, or any'
Inland County. • At the Meeting to which he. had
alluded, it had been judged highly expedient that
the number of Volunteers in that particular County,
for _instance, ought to be increased. A remon-
strance upon this subject was sent to Ministers,
who did condescend to notice the Representation:,
and permission was ;given to allow the Volun.
teer Force in that County to be increased in a
considerable :degree ; but he kncw also that
they did stop the embodying Of sOOO men who
were offered' to be raised z. he therefore lamented,
very sincerely, th.it permission had _not been given
to increase the number.of Volunteers in some Ma.
rititne Counties, whic,h, in his opinion, :were ex-
posed as -much-as Kent. He came neiWotta Consider-
shortly what had been said about. the adVaritage of
an Armed Peasantry over the Volunteers; as at pre-
sent construaed. Two instances in. particular had
„been,quoted to show, the great advantage which an
Armed Peasantry had over even Regular Te6ops
those instaniceg:were the Wars in Li Vencl4e, and in
America, It wets true, that in La' Ven,.le the;
men who so herbically resisted the French Army
certainly laboured unhtr a great- Want ofo'eryns, of
discipline, and even of Leaders of experience, though
not
'succeed
them?st undaunted arid heiotc spirit., They
did in preventing ate Ftetich Soldiers from
making thetuselvta masters of :heir Country, but

they, could noC.prevent.a snoSt dreadtnl and dev*at.
jib # Par fruit. being-carried:on in the heart of their
Country for years,. „The. cottages were all destroy-
the Country Was laid .41:Astp,; in` short, every
tliin!g,was subdued hut. the iyyulneritble. and
patriotisni-of the Inhabitants!. But .it,Surely would
not he contended that ,we were to aCt' in. such a
manner ; that We were to make such sacrifices. The
objea.of the Enemy , would
,be totally",dtffetent ; it
would not be to stop to,deva?tate the Country, but
to push forward with . all imaginable speed tO. the
Capital ; arid the_ question was; whether an Arrried
Peasantry could be relied upon to oppose effectual
resistance to such an Enemy ? If Gentlemen IOOk-ed
to ,the case of America, they would .find that it
was- not by .irregular Troops that His Ma.
jesty‘i., FArces. were repulsed and', baffled. Tittle
enabled them to mature their irregular into a regu-
lar force, and they were taught by the Invaders the,,
lesson of successful resistance. But their success
depended as much upon the nature of the 'Country
as upon any other. A large, wild, thinly-inhabited
Country, not having, as we have, a great central
point, the loss of which, though it would not en.
danger the safety. of the Country,, would be a most
serious, and for a long time, an, irrcpirableblow..-
They had no vital, and it almost seemed no vul-.
nerable parts., You might beat an army,_ or coo.
quer a province, and yet be no neater the attain.„
meet of your ()bled. The case of the two Countries..
was therefore extremely different, and no arg4ruent
could be drawn from the mode of wariaie that was
practised in the one, to spew that it ought .to be
practised in the other: Another argument that ap—
plied against an Armed. Peasantry to the exclusion
of a Volunteer Force was this, that they could only
operate with.any
.effeCt in their own County, and if
the Enemy did not come to them, it would be. al.
most impossible to bring them to any distance to
• meet the Enemy. In considering the Army which
Bonaparte would probably bring over with him, be
certainly could not flatter himself, that let any part
of the invading. Army be composed of the descrip-
tion of Troops which had been alluded to,
.he cer-
tainly would tiOtplace any reliance trptm his Italian
and Dutch Conscripts:, He Might arouse Us with a
„newspaper 'account
,upon that subjeCt he might
flatter his new and.willing slaves with promising
ro
let them partake in the Expedition ;' bur there was
no doubt that he never would attempt the invasion
of this Country with any but a
Army. He .hoi,ed and trusted that very soon
after their arrival we should:have a .FOtoe
idled, capable of driving them back into the
sea brit if even we should not, we should
at leapt be able so to balance the Contest .as
to enable us to bring our Regulars and Volunteers
from the Interior. But he really did not think than
a'Levy en Masse, or,, as it was called, an Armed
Peasantry, would be sufficient to stop the
My, or could be brought to aft with any prospect of.
success against him. Havitag pressed these points,
at considerable length, he adverted to what had.
been said respecting the conduEt of, the Board
of Admiralty ; he did not,, he said,. mean then
to enter into •any discussion upon the subject.,
The. apprehensions he, had stated on a former night,
were founded, in part, upon what he had seen, and
part upon public rumour. The apprehension enter-
tained was, that: the preparations which had been,
made, had not been vigorous enough, compared with
the nature 'of the enterprize of the Enemy, and the
novelty of the Contest in which we were engaged..
would, however, pursue his inquiries upon this
,subjeft; and . if lie found his apprehensions well.
founded, he should certainly submit them to the
consideration of the House. It would be matter Of
great satisfaCtion to his mind, if, the Noble Lord
.at the head of the Admiralty ,could satisfaeth-
. rily. account (or
.his conduft, because. no man
had a higher opinion of the transcendent
of. that Noble Lord than he had ; but
still he should conceive it to be his duty, if,
upon inquiry, he found his apprehensions well.
founded, to bring,, and, that at no very. remote day,
the subikt under the consideration of Parliament.
He 'concluded with hoping that Getitlernen would
allow the Bill to go into a Committee, although it
was not to be hoped that, at so late an hour, they
would make any progress. .
Mr. Fox spoke shortly itt explanation. •
-hlr. observed, that in consequence of the
shape the Question had latterly assumed, and the opportu-
nities witieli would occur, especially that which would be
broneiPftliivaellit the instance of his Hon . Friend,' lie deem-
ed it unnecessary to frOuble the House at that length, which
he should otnerwise have felt it lit duty to have done.. He
wished to counteract an impression which seemed to have
been entertained, that Gentlemen-Who thought, on this sub-
ject with him, were of opinion that a retrograde motion
shUuld now take place--that it would be proper. to undo the
Volunteer System. Such were by no means his sentiments,
even were the present 'a moment titior the parting whit... any
of our Force ; he was hostile to such a proposition; his.
wish was to allow the respective descriptions of our National
Force the greatet practicable advantages. His Ohjeet was
to restore the Volunteer System to what it was originally in-'
tended to be-L.the .embodying and. bringing, to adion that
spontaneous National feeling arid courage which had so gene-
rally manifested itself. One general objeclion which he en-
tertained, was to the Systern 'of Exemptions, and which
originally seemed to form no part,of the Volunteer Constitu-
tions. If the doing away the Exemptions tended ma-
terially to diminish the Members of the Volunteers, it
certainly was wrong to ascribe that zeal and ardour in
their Country's cause, to the, People, which had been
so much vaunted. He entertained strong objections to
the idea . of rendering the Volunteer a Perpetual Sys:
.tent ; and he adverted to several points, in which he con-
tended, that the Volunteer System, as now constituted, was
injurious to 'the general service: the Ballots, in' many iii_
stances, were literally standing still; and-he argued that the
existing plan had a two,fold tendency to raise ;the price of
Substittites. Were it amended, so as that particular descrip-
tions of individuals' would be certain of their neulg compel-
lable to serve for nothing, 'they Would be glad to accept of
lower prices as Substitutes. there Was, one topic in particu-
lar, which he was happy that kregular opportunity would
offer of fully discussing, namely, the important Question
whether Volunteer. Corps; or an Armed Peasantry, would
be the inure serviceable. In glancing at this proposition, he
adverted to the instances alluded to by his Hon. Friend,'
while considering that topic, namely, Arneriea and La Yen..
dee; but ther .vere material ditterenees between the circ.um,.
stances of these respective cases and between both and this
Country 4 'llor did he agree with hiS Hon. Friend, that the
conclusions-which he seemed to draw from them were esta.
blished. It seemed to be made a question la the discussion
of that night. whether a Volunteer Force or an Armed Pea-
santry would be the more efficacious in stopping the progress
of an Army ?, For his part, he thought neither could do it -
that desirable event could be achieved but by a Regula;
Force. Nothing could stop the progress of an Army but an
Army.. Much bad been said in tavourof the Plan of fully
disciplining the Volunteers, and at least it was generally ad-
mitted that,it would not du then, any harm, Possibly not :
the training could be had by the Public for nothing ; and if
the execution of such a plan would not occupy time, which
might be more,valuably employed, or go to counterad the
attainment of on,jeci4 of more importance, it certainly would
dot() harm; arxl'iis truly Might 'it be saidthat to have them
taught Arabic would no harm. Considering farther the ide
of regularly disciplining great uuat4crs of the population he

• •
palisi7er,"..adc'Cothscalitn;git.'9ll2.dfillie,L6TlegilMt'S)y'esatlni lott'63llaiccitni!4st.d&riSelel,:r
tipmbets of rob ps ,on the COntinent, in the
of
vice; of 'Austfria; 'who previously were in:the habits
tightlrig ih do irregular, tfilklisciplihed way.; howeler, the
result was, fttatt,,the attempt to .render them useful; 2.1!
the proposed way, failed, while it abated greatik tt
utility in the line in which thiiy' originally.'opeated• fi•
great" part• ,of the question, now .tietween both sidest'•
solved . 1 I into the consideration of having,a large be,
TrYOPs pettedly trained ; -and in 'discussing that imp ortant
point, the state of the Ballot service should beduly attendea.
to. It was however, fortunately, still open to consider wha,t
was best to do,.aint the most serviceable manner in Whiers
Troops, whi,:it it Was inipratlicable adequately
to train,
could be disposed of. lie had endeavoured in hiS 'part of trio
discussions to render justice to the argtunents on..both sides,
With respect to the immediate question before the House/
his objection to the hill going to a Codun a
ittee'was, that
'cOnzterinced beyond what he 'wished the' mode of keeping
up Evict-Ulna:ills - and, •in concluding, lie repeated his Obser.'
yatioa, that he _should reserve a great deal ot•whar he, othe
wise, should. have to. say, until these topics' to which Jra
hadalluded, Shohld Cbme• regularly under discussi:ont
The question was then pretty loudly called, and aftet S.
hew words trout:
Mr• REST ; the • purport of which-We were prevented
'froim hearing, it was put, when .tite.cries of ." Aye" were'
• general", but they were encountered by one stentorian "
which szerne'd to proceed from under the Gallery.
The lioaseihen resolVed into a Coalmine:o on the
Mr. ALE)SANDiR in the Chair,
• ; Secretary,Yoit&E observed, that at such very 'att.
honr, it could hardly be. that Gentlemen could e
due ^attention in disctissitig the provisiorts of the Bill.
therefore shottidot propose the diseu4on, but merely th 3,
the Bill-slioul.d.be entered into pro forma, progress reporteat
and leave asked to sit again. What he shiulil propose Was'
that-the aiseussion should regularly take place in the C oal,l
-inittee on•-4he to-morrow, after some importain, Iri"
business. which stood upon Order should be disposcd uf•
arrangement 'meeting the sense of the Coninnltc`: •
the Preanible ant" one •of the. Clauses were read proifir,r,/:
when the Chairman immediately quitted the Chair, ►d
the.ljouse resurning,, asked leave to sit again .as above,.
w hiCh Was rdered acconlingly. • • • • A
an-
- The reMaioning Orders of the Day were then postpOil,-,
at Two, o'clock in the Meriting the House. Adjourn:l I'
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be useless to. notice the idle rumours which Prew!-J...1,
yesterday, and "which &bine, pr the Papers of
ing have adopted and retailed—,such as that of Lordicutl.f
so N having fallerr in with tile E'rench Fleet in the 6 &c.:
of the Adriatic,and 'Captured foUr. Sail of the Lille,' of
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o'bserve, that all eta accounts from Plymouth deiainet
week so
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Brest
}arbour had been reconnoit.reci,two days WO r'
the Enemy's Force in the Outer itoaed appeared. to?
teen Sail of the Line, four of which are threc,deckeri.,
teen 'Frigates, thirty-two, Gun-boats, and eleven large. I.le 's
ports. There were likewise thirty-eight .S.'ail.Cl '
of different' descriptions in Camaret Bay.: 'Admiral Cogi,
wA1.1.14 had with him tWehty Ships of the _Line, cell. Q,/,
which are three-deckers.
Two French Ships of the Line that were .4 L'ariecr'.ar Nadi
of
escaped into Rochetigi,'Making a Force there of lbui 1;.• isIV;
.the Line, one -of which: is a -three-decker.. Four
Ships are blockading these: Sir F.nw.san PEct•tlf''
four Sail-was still oflferrol

1

Ol
It is stated upauthority, on good that the number of ' "r elat't'?
Gtin-boats at BOu(ogne is oso. No reinforcement
nd
!), been made to our Forcen% the Downs, and it will tlF,:',/u•ri
that the Vessels that 'do compose that Force are'le".A`to
adequate to the services required of them. We ar,,gtr,r
see.rhat a serious Inquiry into thd condtia of the .A°o--ain'
hoard is likely to take place in the House of CoMinoil.”. 50
stituted by the greatest virtue, talents, and patriotism ot
Country.
Yesterday a Court of Directors wl; hel'i
idern
East India HOuse, when the following Cona.3,s:- t
took leaver previous to departing tin-
Capt. DONALDsON, of the Nepturr,f,
RICHARD FRANCKLIN, of .the .Royal ChgrP,llo'
The_ undermentioned Officers were sworn idi'' :02/-
command of ineir respediv.e Ships : Ca?t.,Dl,* ;
MEDows, of the Baring, for
, Bengal and 1V1."..“
3.c*,
Capt. •JOHN SWETE, of the. Lord Eldon' C.(Pr'i gr
JONgs,,ol time .Tottenham. The Court adjouriiso
six o'clock till.to-rnOrrow. n ;111
• PLYMOUTH, F 28. Arrived, the
ar,r,
FairCu;ter, U,f 14, •
PO'
with Dispatches from Lord NELSON,
she left Cruizing off Majorca, at which Cu"
Toulon Squadron had nut
.though.tl)eY vibme
yyliOe'
apparently .all ready for- a start the first., favour,ae,
opportunity. Sailed from Gibraltar 18 tlaYs 511:010
from whence she also brought Dispaxhcs, the
A
of which were for warded last night to. the. ii
,o-
ralty..--7-Arrived the Sirius Frigate from the
Cli
nel FLet. egt
PORTSMOUTH, FEU. 29.-7-Sailed time AD'lta''
m
Man of. War, to join the Channel Fleet ;
dice Frigate, for Yarmouth. The Cbar/otte St:ll'i"
is appointed Convoy for Guernsey.
London: Printed by B. M‘MILLAN (Of 130'0 11014
cr./cut-garden); and Published by \Viz-LIAM 0,•
Scatrrs (of South Molton.stteet, Grosvenor-6VA'
Ng. 112, Strand,