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nent, and knowing,the sentiment and disposition of.
France, and knowing as we did, the extent of our
own coast, and also that of the Enemy, confident as
we justly were that we possessed sefficient strength
for the security of the Realm, yet the principle
which had been already adopted. by Parliament,
must not be forgotten, namely, that strong as we
are, we should not leave any thing to chance or
hazard, when we saw the present state of Europe,
the state of Great Princes there, when we consi.
dered that the French at this time were masters of
the whole from Holstein to the shores of the AdSL
atic, with the exception only of our faithful ally
Portugal ; when we contemplated these things, it
was impossible to say that, the power of France was
not very great, or to say that they did not possess
themselves of almost all the Great ,Rivers and con.
siderable Ports on the Continent of Europe ; tinder
these circumstances, although every,body must have
(and he as much as any body,) a perfed reliance on
the anivity and vigilance of our Navy, now
certainly not only the, most Poweaful in the worldio
but perhaps able to maintain a eolith& with the
Navy of all the world besides, no doubt we should
blockade a great number of their ports. We might
depend upon many of them being blockaded. We
might depend also upon our sea force burning, sink.
ing, and destroying every thing they met of the
enemy ; yet; no man could suppose that we could,
as it were, hermetically seal up all the ports of
France, so as to overwhelm every expedition that
may be sent by France to us; under such circum.
tio man could say, that with our great line
of, coast, and -tdso the great line of coast which
France had opposite. to that of Great Britain and
Ireland, that an expedition- might not be made by
France. When we considered the coast of England
and Ireland, and also that of the enemy Opposite to
it, we must admit that some distant province of ours
not only may be attacked', but might even he, in
the temporary possession of the enemy ; this was a
point which, he should think. noloody doubted to
he possible. Nobody would oippose that we could
do otherwise with an Army Own to assemble Under,
a plan to come to the ultimate decision of the question
on which depended the safety of the Empire.. Now -
the enemy determined .to invade us, and having his
hands free on the Continent, and likely to have
them ,so, as he. thought, that Enemy may throw
a considerable part of his force upon our coast.
He thought, to deal fairly by the Ens my, that if
he could 'embark ioo,ooo men, that. after a battle
in which so,ooo of them would inevitably be
drowned in their passage, or dispersed, that
he may be able to land 50,00 o." Supposing
that so,ooo of ',these men should come on flit
Coast of this Country, more or less divided,
more or less Sea-sick, and more or less.provided
with the necessary preparations of offensive War—
atsd although it was not impossible, indeed he might
say not improbable, we should not be able to know
before hand, whit re they may design re land, for
that purpose they may change on -a sudden, and
,may even be compelled to change it, by being
driven cut of their course, so that they might 'be
obliged to land where they can, and give up their
premeditated plan altogether, yet they might come*, .
and we. would not know where, and therefore we
h might not be sure of being ready Ott the instant to
meet, them. Under these circumstances, he thOught
that the power of this Country should be put in.a
.state to be made use of in case of necessity. That
*after collating our powerful army, we should have it
so disposed as to have a second and a third line,
Legion alter Legion, and Army upon Army, in
order Mast Completely to fill up. the Body' of the
:Troopittliat are m the field, and which may fall in
battle, for this was a. point to which we were to
look, and on which we ought to,ealculate: In case
of aetual Iniaision of this Country, the operations
in 'the field must by alive, and ahe contest must be
extremely severe : no man would look to a slow and
ordinary mode of providing a force for this purpose;
no recruiting, or. even ballotting, would do, but
resort must be had to the antient Law and Consti,
ration of this Realm ; to the power vested in the
King, by his undoubted prerogative, for the King
in that case was enabled to command all his subject-,
-capable' of bearing arms, into the field of battle;
but this Bill was to enable His Majesty to do that,
'more speedily and effatually than it can now be
done by law. We should refer- to the times in
which ;the .Plantagenets and the Tudors, and
those seasons which produced the most illus.
trious clotratters that even adorned the. pages of
our history. We should remember what was
done by them ; we should remember the- pre.
paration of, the:Spanish Armada, sent forth for the
destration of this. Country. 'That was a prepara.„
tion which was not very dissimilar from that which
we are rtow expecting, and a similar fare may
await it. How was the Force of this Country then
raised? By the spirit of the people. By that spirit
the Army would now be raised, and was now
about to he produced by the zeal of the people,
which he said he saw every day arising in every
quarter, and therefore this reference to the ancient
and unquestionable prerogative of the Crown, was
at this time highly seasonable. Having said this,
he should now proceed to open the plan which he
intended to submit to the House. This plan had
two principal heads ;
.first the enrollment 'and the
assembly of men wen inrolled : Secondly, their
Exercise and Training, What he should propose
should be that of making as much up as possible of
the mechanism of the Militia, and putting much of
the execution of the system under the power of the
laird -Lieutenants, and Deputy- Lieutenants, and
under their order and dire Lion : and this was what
we bad long been accustomed to in the .Militia,.
and a better system we could not have. He should
propose that the Lieutenants' of ,alt Counties, and

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every one of them, should calf a Meeting for the
purpose of enrollieg all men b.oween the age of t 7
and 55: that the enrament comprehend the
following particulars : It, thC first place, to divide
all men capable of hearing arm., into four Classes,
something similar to.fhat which takes place in the
Militia. That the first class shall contain all
young men between the age of seventeen and chit
Batchelors, or being Widowers 'not having more than
one, child- under• the age of, to years ; the second
Class would be all men between the age of eo and so,
Batchelors, or being Widowers nut having more
than one child under the age,of to ; the Third Class
were those between t 7 and 30, who may be mar.
ried, hut have no more thane two children ;
Fourth Class would include all the rest. He would
propose also that the inrollment should distinguish
those who were Clergymen, and also distinguish those
who are now serving, aCtually serving in the Army,
including the,. Army of Reserve, or in the Militia, oe
inert, Voluntary Corps, intoned, and -approved-by
.Majesty„,and distinguishing those who are now
serving by Sultstitutes in the Militia; these" se
meant to propose to he exempt, because if they
were...trying by Substitute, either in the Militia
or the Army of Reserve, he considered that the
public faith was pledged to them that they should
not be called. upon again for any Military. Ser.
vice, while that in which they are now serving,
although by Substitute, continued. He did not
mean to distinguish and exempt those who had
served by Substitute and their service now over,
they had no claim to exemption, because theeprn_
visine-of the Militia Law atually prescribed, that
a man who has served before by. Substitute may be
called on again when it came to his turn, and, at
this time, the enforcing of such a principle was
proper. Customs and .Peace,oflicers also hepropus.
eti'toexecup.o; Those persons who would all ;a1).
peat,-.4pon the Roll ,so distinguished- would heals.
etttlifed' from-future .enrollment, and they ;would he
exempted from the Military services to be ploy id.
ed by this. Bill as long as they continued in that
situation.: The .enrollment would proceed very
Much as now making out in the Militia I.lt.
Trim the Roll ,or List should be. placed on the
Church dour, and . every man should have an
opportunity of applyin4, to the Deputy. Lien.
tenant in case he was improperly described, or
ought to be .put under another Class than
thatin which he was placed in the list, but the
arrangement of the Bill (which he hoped would meet
with as little delay as possible, for no time should
be- lost j, he hoped would be effedual. He repeat.
.ed, that the Bill should pass as expeditiously as pos.
sible, and as little time as possible should be lest,
and, yet not so expeditiously as to do injustice, lie
should think, therefore,. that the Deputy brute.
nants should appoint a day to meet to receive the
' Lists, and that on that day also should be the day
at' Appeal, that is to hay, .as soon as they should re.
ceive the Lists, they should proceed to 11:ar Ap.
peals against it by those Individuals:who conceived
themselves entitled to exemption. -He should pro..
pose that these Lists should be correaed :tonally in
the Spring and Autumn time of the year,:and goltept
as•correetly as possible. These Rolls of the Court.
ties being thus kept, Abstracts of these County.
rolls should be. traissmitted .annually to one of His
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, deacribing
as accurately as a thing of that kind was capable of
heing,deseribed, the number of Men and their va.
riot's Classes, also the Men entitled to exemption.
Having so provided for the enrolment, he ahou4
propose that His Majesty should have it in his
power, in case of adual invasion of the Re.,lm, or
.appearance of the Enemy on the Coast, to order the
Lieutenants of all the Counties, to call out, assem.'
ble, and embodyall or any of the persons so on the
Who did not fall within any of the excels.
tions already specified, and all persons of the first
and second class, or indeed all ur any of the classert.,
as he thought proper, should be called hut to
repel the Invasion,. and that .during the time
they Should be so assembled, they shoual be aubjed
to military discipline, and be liable to ..be sent to
serve in any part of Great Britain, in any existing
corps„.: serving in the field, as His Majesty should
-direCt, or in any new corps, such as His Majesty
should think fit to provide ; that the time- of
service should be limited to the time of Invasion,
for when the Enemy should be exterminated, or
ahould be driven to the sea, that they,shOuld then
be entitled to retire to their own hotnes, immediately
when that service should be over ; that upon assem.
sling, every man should be entitled to receive two
guineas from elle Receiver General of the Counties,
to furnish him with necessary' assistance fol. his
march. That when the service should be over,
and when each individual was entitled to return
home, over and above that sum he was to be entitled
to receive one guinea to he paid to him in like
manner, upon the direlion of his Superior.ioflicer,
under whom he had been. employed. /le would also'
propose, that when this force was so asset Wiled,
they should immediately take the oath' of
'glance and Fidelity,: also an oaths of service, which
was not only" to march to repel the. Invasion of the
the Enemy, but also to suppress any rebellion or in.
"surreetien that might exist, during that tinie Within .
the realm. He should state also another part athe
Plaro, with relation to the Exercise and Traitling
and here he begged leave to remind ,the Haese of
the antientlConstitution and Law of this realm, by
which not only was it Cleati that Hie' IVI jest}, was
entitled to call for the Military SeiYiees of hi,
liege Subject* to repel the Enemy in case of 1n...
vasion, as he 'had already said, but theme was
a 'wholesome institution of our ancestors, 6,
very much regretted had ever been laid aside in this
Country=.--it was, that every man capable of heir..
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of arms. This, lie said, was stilled of regret to
Ittin, as he believed it was to many others",. for we
ortglo take the population of this Country, which
was certainly very. great ; —we might trust in
Ge resources of this Country, whith were also
very great ;—we might trust to the courage of
tlse people of this Country, which was iodisig-
able—stiil if men di.i not know how to make
use of arms, they were exactly in proportion to
their ignorance, inefficient. Our Ancestors knew
• this, and provided fort this dcficiency,, for there
were moty Statutes in our. Statute Book, compell-
ing all persons who were able to do so, to pro.
vide themselves with arms, and to exercise their
arms ; and. this system was to be found from the
earliest periods of our History down to. the time
of Harry -VIII.---There was a provisiOn in the
time of that Monarch, requiring. all manner. of per.
sons to provide bows, for • the bow and arrow
was then in use, and the Townships were ordered
to provide butts for the purpose of shooting, and
such as negleCled to do so, were fined for, such ne,
gied. Here he quoted the 38 of Harry VIII. chaps.
• 8 and 9, providing to that effed, by which every
man, nodet the age of 60, and not under any law,
ful impediment—the Ecclesiastics and the Judges
were excepted—was compelled to learn the use of
arms ;—servants and young personi were compelled,
under the direttion of Fathers., Governors,'and Mas.
• lets (a wise Law,. and be should be glad. to see it
applied now to, all great Public Schools, so that all
yaung men in the kingdom, of whatever denomina_
. lion, were taught the use of antis.) we lived in
times in which no man ought to be ignorant of the
use of arms, for without the use of arms, and he
was valiant enough to use them, neither his proper.
ty, nor his family, nor his life, nor his.honaur, nor
any thing that was dear to man, was safe, -neither
was the Country safe .without knowledge of the
use of arms, and a disposition to make use of' them -
in the people-,-Under the provision of the ancient
Law to which he referred, every man or boy above
the age of t 7 was to provide a bow, and the Town-
ship was to provide Butts to exercise such persons in
shooting ; and as to those young men who could
not buy -these- bows, their masters were to buy
howl-fur them, which was to be deduded out of
their wars for bows and arrows—and there was a
penalty fixed upon the Township if Butts were not
duly provided for that purpose. .Now, referring to
. this Law as the ancient Law of the realm, he should
propose that His Majesty should dired the Lieute-
riants of every County to exercise the first class
yearly in their respedive Parishes, and train them
to the use of arms once. a week, and that the King
may diced at his discretion sufficient arms for train.
ing young roan to the use of them. That these arms
when provided, should be lodged 'in churches, or
such other place for safe.custody as the Lieutenants
of the Counties shall aired : such arms to be kept
• in envier at the expellee of the Parishes, and proper
provision made for the safe custody of them: that
the Parish Officer should be responsible for the custo.
• sly or tl•ie removal of them, by order of the Lieu.
. tenant and Magistrates of tl,e. County. Provision
• was also to be made to dived the Lieutenants and
Deputy Lieutenants to appoint Officers in each
• Parish to'vorinnimst the men dividing into Compa.
..nies, or where any Parish was too small, the Lieu,
tenant should have power to blend it with another,
and there was to be a Captain, two Lieutenants, and
an Ensign to every 120 men. He should then pro.
pose, that every person in the first Class in every
Palish should attend fur the purpose of being exer.
cised, the Lieutenants should appoint the place of
-assembling, provided it be not distant from the
home of the man more than duet miles ;—that
they should be trained and exercised once a week,
on Sunday, between Lady.day and Michaelmas.
'lbis was really no more than our ancestors con.
stantly did without any exception, and the tired
of it was, that when we were insulted, instead of
waiting to be invaded by France, they conquered a
great part of it. Now he should propose, that
persons who did not attend the exercise, should pay
a small fine ; those who were assessed a given rate,
should be tined five shillings for every instance of
omission to perform the exercise, and poor men
one shilling, and in case of a repetition of the
omission, the fine was to be increased in a manner
eo be stated in the Bill. He proposed that there
should be provisions, enabling one Deputy Lieu.
tenant of the Subdivisions, and the Officers corn.
mantling the Company, toagree with the Serjeants
of out.pensions,,or others who had been trained to
arms, and skilled in the use of :hem,to train these, and
• to make them an allowance for their trouble in train.
ing these men. lie was perfedly persuaded that if
it should appear io the House fit to adopt measures
of this kind, nothing would he more easy than to find
persons in every part of the Country, and in great
numbers, competent to this task, who were well
acquainted with the use of arms ; and that the ex.
ercise, that is to say; the purpose for which the men
were to assemble, which was to prime and load and
lire a piece, and to face to the right or left, and do
those things which arc necessary for adion, and
which once learned are never forgotten ; anti fur-
ther,, they. were to. consider• of the best use to be
made of men who had received instructions, or some
wholiad received no instructions before, if they
were assembled and mixt with other men how
hang it would be before they would be useful and
operative ; for it did not require a great length of
time to make a man an useful soldier, although for
parade and mancenvre( there would be but litte parade
;Jot) mantrotv re in this Country in case of in Tovasion)
there was a great deal ; if a man knew how to
make use of his firelcick, he would be a respectable
person for the defence of his Country. There were
one or two points more to be observed upon, and
which he had to propose.—lf a young. man being
c.illed out into ri is service, and he should prefer the
Cavalry, and he chose to appear armed and equipped
:13 a Dragoon, he should have the honour of serving
in the Cavalry---.iHe observed, that in the case of an
emetgeney like the present, when it was the bounden
duty of every man to come forward and to march at
the word of command, wheresoever within the
k.ing
tloal dlogercalled and every man ought
o declared infamous, aed proscribed from the
of honourable men, considered as disgraced
ilhe did not only march at the word of
13:tm ,1,11 before whatever danger was opposed, but
.11 e did nut do it cheetfully,"for it was the meanest

thing any min could he guilty or to spew any uttm.q.P
&guess in this cause, and «) he hold and forwhed
the tmost tje had n<i gone throt,64l
general Outline -of the Bill w Wei lie was:
lave the honour of !loving for leave, to -introduce.
+le should propose that it shOuld 'extend to t4Whole-
of Great Britain, It was a measure founded on the

ancient usages of England, an:l was nothing more
than merely-enforcing and renderibg more efficient,
because more expeditious,
,the undoubted:. preroga-
tive of the Crown of England. He believed,
though of that was. not' quite certain, that the
ancient usage and prerogative of the Kings of Scot.
land were of a similar nature to our own, -but whe.
ther that be so or not, he was assured that no part
of that country would object .to the principle of the
measure he. was about to propose, so limited as it
was, and as he conceived, so wholesomely and,

effq.lually limited. Every thing that was done
under this. Bill was. to be done within the different

parishes, unlesi the Enemy came among us.- It
was a mere parish exercise. while the Enemy was
out of the Country, but when the Enemy came into
the country, then the Bill obliged every body to
march arid fight the fee, which every body
was bound to do already ; the only difference
was, that this Bill made more prompt and
easy the law,as it stood. With respell to Ireland,.
it was not his intention to apply this measure tti
that part of the United Kingdom, because the ma.:
chinet* of it did not apply to the state of that Coon.'
try ; the_ loCal divisions did not suit it. 1-le hoped

that a considerable progress would be made in that
Country in the way of its defence, and preparation
to meet the Enemy : He hoped that the Civil Ma.
nagement as well as Military Force, would be made
to suit the convenience of individuals, as well as

the general safety tt be hoped, that in that Country,
as well as in this, every effort would be made for
the benefit of the Empire ; but the state of Ireland
could not admit of this regulation : the power given
to raise Volunteers in that Country had been carried
with that zeal, courage, impetuosity, and decision,
which was so natural to that people, but this mea.
sure was not at present applicable to the state of.
Ireland. Now, it might be said, that putting arins.
into their hands, allowing all Parishes to arm and •
all the men in them to exercise arms, was dangerous ;
now he did not know but that in some instances
there might be danger in it, but the House would
consider what the present state of this Country is—
what the state of Europe is—what the present state
of the world is, and the question was, whether we
were not right in pursuing the ideas of our Alves.
tors in times when the History of our Country
was glorious I He conceived that we had now a ,
choice only of difficulties. He hoped that thivwould
be a Bill to.prevent'danger, for the execution of it
would be under the disposition of His Majety, and,
would depend much un the discretion of the Lieu.
tenants of the Counties ; and the custody of the
Arms would be with Parish Officers, who would be
bound to follow ell the orders of the Lieutenants of
the Counties ; and Gentlemen of the House of Com.
mons would observe, that the office of Lieutenants
and Deputy Lieu's. of; Counties were becoming every
day more and more important.. They were undoubt-
edly at this time, to all intents and purposes, repre.
sentatives of His Majesty for military purposes, and
they might be entrusted with very considerable
mili-
tary commands and controul ; he hoped that Noblemen
holding these high stations would consider theris in
a military point of view, more than they had been
accustomed to look upon them, for they had hitherto,.
especially in modern times, considered the offices of
Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenant too much es
civil offices, and too little as military, With re.
ape& to the danger .of putting arms in the hands of
the People, admitting there might he some danger,
yet it was infinitely better to give arms to all the.,
People, and to teach them the use of them, even if:
by a wrong use we should be under the necessity of
subduing.some of them for our own safety by force
of arms also, than that the people should be igno-
rant of the use of arms, or afraid to use them. • He
had rather be under the necessity of fighting his
own Countrymen, if some. of them rebelled, than.
entertain the thought of submission to a Foreign Ene-
my; but with respeet to the feelings of the hearts and
thoughts of the minds of his Countrymen, he would
not allow, himself to harbour the thought ofimy dan-
ger in giving arms to them, or training them up to
the use of arms—As to this, the enemy had put arms
into the hands of all the people, and they had been
taught the use of them, and in this as well as in
some other points, they held out something worthy
of our imitation, for what they had done in a bad
cause might be worthily employed in a good one—
It Was proposed that His Majesty should have power
to call'for private arms to be brought forward for
the public use, for although the arsenals of this
Country were never so well furnished as they are
at this moment, yet there may not be a sufficient
number of arms for all those who may have occasion
to use them on the approaching emergency. -It was
therefore proper to empower His Majesty to call for
such armsaa may be in possession of private individu.
als—but upon this subjea more might be said when
the provisions of the Bill came to bediscussed—Now
it did. appear to him that this plan being consistent
wit'a the ancient law of this ,Country, if carried
into execution, it would be pursued with zeal and
animation by the whole mass of the people, when
they came thoroughly to understand it. • The real
meaning was this : the enrollment in this case
was nothing but mere exercise for each man in
his own Parish, except in the case of the Enemy
coming among us. In the case of an aOtial invasion, it
would form an ample and efficacious mode of bring.
log the power of the Country into immediate and
decisive ;talon. He was nut without hopes that
if this plan should be adopted in addition to the
measures already adopted by Parliament, that this
Country will prove to France, to Ettrope, and to
the World, that we are capable of defending our.
selves, and that the Chief Consul will lay aside
those insolent speculations in which he has vaunt.
ingly indulged himself. If he finds us thus de.
fending ourselves, rising in arms in the field, he
will be induced to think a little less of attack_
ing us :. he may not wish to meet the People of
this Country, such as they arc ; but he should very
freely express his opinion upon this subjeet, which
was, that the minti and opinion of the Chief Consul
and the Rulers of France at the present day were

the most considerable persons there were
elevated. to such a pitch, that tbey cared not
';‘trlutt they tried. ::He apprehrnsie.; thilt their curio-
-.
t.tty would enaavotir to he satisfied.* He never had
. the honour to be in France, but he understood that
they were a atiotts•People ; hit he understood also

that their curiosity, was easily satisfied, and when

(MCC Satisfied, they were not remarkable for renew.
ing the same curiosity. He did 'not believe that
the great Chief Consul was much of an historian ;
he did not expect him to know much about our an-
cient charaaer. He seemed to doubt whether .weare

capable of producing Sold ier3. 'He did not apprehend
that the great Chief Consul's knowledge was very
extensive in antiquity, but he might have heard
that the people of this land and of Ireland had pro.
duced some excellent Soldiers, and that in consider.

able numbers too. He believed that the great Ge.
neral and Chief Consul of France had himself a

very full opp?rtunity of judging something about
us, at Toulon particularly, where with a handful
of men, at: the redoubt called De Grasse, Colonel
Duncan, of the Artillery, defended it in a way
that gave the French no inclination, with all his
force, to renew the attack. Nur was Acre to be

forgotten; there the great General had an oppor-
tunity of seeing what was done by another h.►nd;ul
of English Seamen and Marines, who stopped the
progress of his powerfUl, his invincible Army, for
6o days, behind nothing more than what might he
called an old garden-wall. This was a symptom to
the mighty General of what he was likely to meet
if ever he should do us the honour of a visit. But
there was another little circumstance of modern date

which gave the Chief Consul a very good specimen :
at Cateau, 2500 British Cavalry come featly deteat.,
• ed the left wing of the French Arniy,, and took za
pieces cannon.—Nor was the Cavalry of this Cain-.
• try then inferior to any, nor is it noWi.inferiAr to,
what it was then, and he believed the British Ca.
valry would be found to know how to use the sabre!
to the oerfed conYidion of their Enemies as to its.
efficacy. In short, they were equal to any in the
whole world. And if the Great General was nut
-satisfied with the specimen he had at Cateau, he
would refer him to the battle of Lincelles, where a,,
Brigade of r too men attacked 6000, and drove them.
from the Redoubt, and took eleven pieces of caneoo
and if that was .not sufficient he ivLadd refer the
great General to General Fox, a gallant Officer
who with a weak Brigade, he believed of not more
bt than nt h
eSooire
xmen,ert village of Pontichy, and
ornesgacifi,ne(ttritli)'eutedcortsiderably to de—
cide the fate of the battle of Fournay. He then
concluded with moving that the ACI of the corn.
mencement of this Session, for the Defence of the
Realm, be read—which being entered as read—he
moved, " That leave be given to bring in 'a Bill
'to amend and render more efFedual the said At,
and- to enable His Majesty the more effedually and
speedily to exercise his antient and Undoubted pre.
rogative, in requiring the military service of his
liege subjeds in ease of Invasion of the Realm."
Mr. WINDHAM said, that though he aid not
mean to oppose'this measure, but on the contrary,
if possible to give it more than an unanimous con..
currence, he still retained his opinion that Mini-
sters had by their delay ~brought this Country into •
a state of great danger. This was a charge which
he could not avoid taking that opportunity of re_
asserting. The first inquiry that was necessary to
make upon this occasion was, whether the Country
was really in danger ? He did not mean to say, that
because the Country was in danger, that Ministers
were therefore of course the cause of its being in
arl
hlaidroutglohtt
it,lrioevCidte(tinttrhye
his accusation against them was
that sitdation,o
nettinto (tiannlguecrh, at isia. httalti e y
they,i'
necessary means of defence : he wished the House
to consider whether it was probable that the
Enemy would make an attempt at invasion : this
point was now admitted, for the first time, by Ills
Majesty's Ministers, if not in words, at least by
actions ; but he was apprehensive it was not suffi-
ciently felt by the Country at large. He knew
very well, that if after all the exertions the Coon.
try could make, no attempt at invasion should'take
place, they would have a great deal of vapouring
and high language from those who would assume
a superiority over the rest of their Countrymen,
and whO would 'say that they never had the least
idea of. Invasion, and that those measures of
defence were only necesvoy to quiet the alarms
of the People. A great deal had been said of
the difficulties that would attend an Invasion of
this Country—they certainly were many, but he
begged leave to ask, whether Gentlemen supposed
thq: the Enemy had not considered this sobjed, as
well as we had, and were not pettedly apprised of
the difficulties of the enterprize ? They knew as
well as we did the dangers of the sea ; they knew
that the sea would drown those who were unfortu.
nately swallowed up in it, and though they might
not know our means of defence, quite as well as we
did, they might be supposed to understand as well
as us their own means of attack. He certainly had
heard from many most respedable Gentlemen, very
decided opinions upon the impradicability of lova.
sion—they come from many sages of the Law......
many very respectable Divines—many very opulent
Merchants--many very skilful Agriculturists--
many very worthy Country Gentlemen, and many
very handsome women I but, from Soldiers and
Sailors of experience, he had never heard such an'
opinion. If you, were to ask the opinion of a
Sailor upon this subject, he would immediately
tell you of the uncertainty of naval operations,
of the variations of the wind and tide, and
the extent of the coast you are to guard ;
and he would conclude with saying, it would
be impossible to rest with. absolute security upon
our naval means of defence ; but if you were to ask
a landsman who had' never seen the sea, perhaps,
x his annual excursion to Margate. Or
Brighton,ce
who had never erriarked upon
except it}
it, except in a bathing machine, he would itn.
tnediately tell you, that to attack art Islan.l, 'with ar
superior Navy, was utterly impossible. He would
tell you, ,with his wooden head, to rely entirely
Upon the Wooden Walls of the Country : you
would meet with men, who never saw a battle in
their lives, who would with great facility di-spatch
you zo or 30,000 men in a morning, with as great
ease as Capt.. Bubad l himself ; but if the gnestion
Was put to Officers who had seen service, ;old who

has'e the means of forming a judgment, their : •
language would be different indeed. There waA
no dais of men, who held the Enemy cheaper,
or' who thought that they would not make
great and daring exertions, than those who were in-
capable of making these exertions themselves,.---°
Ministers have constantly represented the necessary
of inspiring the-People of- ,iris Country witilao7e-
rage, taken the 611 e-it means of iro
smog courage that can be conceived; which:Os,
'l4t 41 telling ;help they have no danger to.apfle- ;
hend. Every man who held a different language
was. aceused of exciting despondency ; and here he,'.
could not help expressing his thanks to an Honour.. '
able Officer, who had in the most clear and clistin4r!::
manner given his opinion upon the subjed. It weist-'.l,
however, a little hard that he,•and those who enter..
• tained the same notions of the danger of the duos
try that he did,should not only be accused of despcin•
dency,but that they should be accused by His Majes-
ty's Ministers ; this Put him in mind of what 'be
had hearth from a NOW Lord, upon a former*.
casion, respeCting the Knights of the Bath, who,
if they turned recreant, were not only to .1114 e
their spurs cut off, but to aggravate the disgracer
were to have them hacked off by the 1(160
Cook : so he and -his friends were not :01,4Y
to be accused of despondency, but to make. ttie
accusative stronger, it • was to come from the
framers ,f
sltcty
h OW
wi tied et
he wi~hed oAmiens, aanattcSiell,a7:ll;l:loltieti"eriblerii
appre
ehensive
10:Muitbisiiiiueffvtit,CI;istssei:101!elent itoirl.elit,i,2l
a,
sion of His Majesty's Ministers'hed vci}l
tired upon them, for it Uri'. them .ro conclude. that •
~
Treaty. We are accused of posit' tnimity, becale
we pointed out the danger, in
,order that it tnigt
obejelisted. There were cases, inothich ro'coece,."*
meat of danger might be proper. If 'a
mat; veil
.vith malady, in which, iso effiro of Is!'
own could assist him (unless he had some worldleft
-44chreeon;
spiritual affairs to seplej, it certainly coulttheoole
rri alarm hiM, by aelliog him orhis &imam-
accordieg to the language of Ministers-, ii :re env, tsite.
of their houses on ke,. it Would be'llio?;1;.'
::o.a
'fur him to knock lout,liy at the door no-d A:aro:lntro
doss,tf their! o danger, tut' li must tap gcntly.af the ~t' -•
lie ,would illustrate the case by &opposing' otlou-
- was on board a Ship which 'he diicoverect tot be /0
fire. It would not be said, that he.otight tokeer; this'
discovery :o himself; but when the et ,N 0,41 C reitt.ol
to a sense of danger Which threateneSilietti'Vif
then,saw the fire aiptoachinto to the magazitoo he
would .not acquaint them with that, because that,
instead of stimulating them to ixertions;toiAt..;
drive them to despair.. It was in this view, he coo.,
sitLreal the state of the Country, and these*Prhi'
ciples governed his conduCt. He had On objgdk'n
to the present measure, but he wished to knOr
ruby it was not brought forward before ? Why W:4l
it nut brought forward four months ago ? 'Whets
His Majesty's Message was delivered, and theideia
of Invasion was held out, they 'must have knouts
the danger at that time. indeed they must have
known it whenohey signed the Treaty of Atniertf,
because it was the necessat-y..offsiartoitif that Tteatys;
it
:was in its belly, oit the time 'it was tigned‘vit
had now gone. its full time.; the period of ifs.-gestation was elapsed, and it had now been happily
delivered of two daughters, War and Invasion. It
had been often said, not only, that it W4s
wise child that knew its own father, but that it
was a wise father that knew his own child. 'HO
Majesty's Ministers, however, did not appear' t 0
have that wisdom, for they did .not know their own
natural and legitimate offspring. The present con-
test was one which men ought not-to look to as an
ordinary one—they ought to look at it as if the
enclof the world were approaching. What could in.
duce Ministers to aft in the manner they had done? '
they had certainly no interest in the ruin of the.
Country. He could never suppose that the CHAN,.
cei.i.oit of the EXCHEQUEIL was looking to hie
Omaiuer, in conceiving the situation of the Coun.
try ; hut he ought to have recolleded, that theta
was an o.lltlh/M of much more importance at stake'
t`-ere were many modes of defence, which Ministeri
Might have adopted, which could have been ee..
treniely efficacious, and nut at all expensive
there were many military opinions of the first
weight and importance, which they might have ;
taken, for instance, those of my Lord Howl,' %1
Sir CtinitLes Gary, and others. The charader
aj
.of the times was such, that nothing ought to haver
been left
.undone, more especially as it was the;ll
principle upon which the Enemy. afted. He then
proceeded to make 'some observations upon the plan
which had been suggested for driving the Country ;
it Wight be in some cases necessary, but as a gene.
rah
Sturgeon on the subjed. With resped to the mead.
ofirat hsuerltittd iwcraosuasbsduersdc„flipnd tiolia)utgliivimeninbnyiiimidiir
Majiv or
Sturgeon
sure itself, he certainly had no obje(tion to its
ct huOuuldg liimliperothought thhi.critl
ivolu
) ehatditanroy
doubt se r
might,it
w.nilti be infinitely more efficacious than any that
could be derived from compulsion, because the
tore compulsion was to disincline to the service '
which they were forced upon. Still, however, 118
did not objeft to it, because it was a goad measure
to have in reserve, if voluntary service could not be
obtained. The great objeft. was that of time, and the
great danger was, that the machine they were now
making could not be brought into action before
the French might come and completely spoil
L
He then proceeded to observe, that the fate
this Country, if the result of the contest should he
disastrous, would be wretched. We must never
fancy that we could live in the same state of secar:
vassalage, that the people of Spain, of Holland)
ort
'of Switzerland dial : the fate of the people of this
Country would be infinitely more severe and Lk:
grading. If there was a man base enough to &him;
otherwise, he would not advise him to " lay
the
trai~~ir. Clio
assenting
n
flattening unCtion to his soul." Mr. W. !`lcof
under this Bill,
made some general observations. upon the mode s a
the adoption of a more regular force, har-"I•
so the Motion.
Lsrd H A fricz s B u my said,
the point before Ole House ;
that his Right flan 3;
and wcortimenoei.
Frietal had said very little which seemed to bent
L...ill:email had, il()Vicver, made an attack upon
the Right P" is

Mtiesrv's Ministers with .respea to the system t
adopted by them for the defence of the Country.
He adMit red the occasion weuld give rnom lot it.if •
any reason existed.for'sech an.attack, but Ile objol..
ell
..to its being made now as (informer occasions by.
a side wind instead of being brought • fdta'arti in
that shape in whieh,Government might ineet it-
fairly, when he was convinced it would be foUnd to
be ',completely unfouoded. The Right Hon.
Gentle-
m:tn had alledged that sentiments of a desponding
nature had improperly been imputed-to hitn, but the
question was, whether 'the sentiments of toe Right-
Min: Gentleman did. not go to this in the public•
estimation--that with all our exertions . little•
was to be hoped fur. He did not mean to say that:
such were actually the sentiments of the Right Hon..
Gentleman, for no man 'he believed possessed a•
larger portion of real English spirit than' his Right
'ion. Friend ; but the question was, whether the
tone:And 'the inanner.: of those• sentiments
did not tend to depress public exertion. With res.
pea to the measure now before the House, for the
Defence of the CObtitty, it had- hien said that it
ought :to have been brobght forward, before others
which :had'already engaged the attention of the
'House ; buthe was certain of this, that a measure
too campliCated and too large, would have-been
rendered, from its very nature, inefficient. He be.
lieveL4 that. with respect to- all measures of this sort,-
they. ought, as in the present, case, to be carried
into execution gradually and successively,: inH
order that their °Ned might not he defeated.—
It had been .stated by the Righalonourable Geti,
tlelnao, that there had been a criminal remiss.
ness on the part' of Government • but how was'
the fact ? During the Peace an Army was kept
up greater that at any other period of Peace,
and not. a Soldier Was disbanded who had not
been enliited for temporary service. And if a
comparison was made it would be found, that. there
never was a period when so great a foam as the
present wad kept up under similar circumstances.
Compare the' present period with any previous to
the ',French Revolution, and if that should not be
considered -as. a fair comparison, which he admitted
it was not in a great measure, compare it with the
• years 1797 and 1798; compare it with the, period
when we were not only. at war with France and
Holland, but with the Northern Powers, our
1. farce would be fund to be much greater. With re-
aped to objections of this nature, howeVer, it was fair
to consider, that this was the first year of .War, and
• thaeit was impossible for -any
.Government. to have
establishments such. as Mightlie on foot after several'
• years of War. He did not wish to enter into any
.detailed argutnent with rasped to this subjea, lint
file would ask, at what period the Nival and
Lary Ilifence of the Country stood higher? use
aPetion kid been made by the Right Hon. Gentle.
Man lo"the general orders issued under the Defence
Bill, 'hut. those orders were merely issued in con.
formity with that Hill, which was. nearly the same
as Outing the last War. -The Right Hon.. Gentle.
wan had like wiie objeCted :to the choice of their sawn
Officers by Volunteer
.Corps s' this principle, what-
,
tier might be thought of the justice of it, had been
adopted by Parliament ; but it was to be obseived,
'that Officers so chosen must be approved by 'the
• Lord Lieutenant; - and through him by His Majesty.
It4lt 1.-loti.,Geitteman, had, on a former cc.
erasion, 'asked why -compulsory measUres • were nor
resorted to, though certainly a compulsOry inoesure
for home defence was -as-conformable to the Law of
the Land as to justice and reason. The &jell of
- , the present measure,-.was. to ,enable His . Majesty to'
know the number of ail those in his dominion* who
were able to bear arms ; but at the same tittle*, it.»
sufficient number. of Volunteers could be obtained,
the compulsory clauses, would not be aded upon.
With respett to the objeaion against His Majesty's
Ministers, of delay, he• contended, that if all the
measures intended for the Defence of the Country.
had Been brought forward at one period, they
would have failed of any pratlical effect. It might
be supposed by some, that this meakurc ought to
- have preceded the other brought forward for the
same purpose; but he contended, that the tway in
Which they had been brought forward, gradually,
• and -one by 'one, was the most etredual. With
• respeel to the view 'which' had been -taken of
the probable success of an Invasion by the Enemy,
he could not .believe for a moment,' when he
looked 'at ahe spirit of the Country, that such a
projea• could be ultimately 'successful ; nor 'did 'he
• believe that the possession of London, or of twenty
Londons by the Enemy., could havelany,etfeaWith
• a view to such ,ultitoise success, whilst .an' acre of
English ground remained for Englishinen. to, fight
Upon for their 'independence. As to the question
`with respe& to What we might suffer train a suc.
cessful- Invasion, those who had been accustomed
- to the enjoyment of freedom could not become slave's
iaithoOt becoming the worst of slaves, even as to
interior concerns, bow much more 'then with.tespea
to the exterior.. ' When the glory and boast of our
history was of sueeesses..againsi France, could we
txpett but that every degrading and humiliating
Measure wanild be'earrigd into deft proportioo te
to that glory and those successes against the Enemy ? . • tie had heitid with peculiar pleasutelin a former
night, the Speech of an Hon. Baronet ,(Sir
#.-LAM Eits.KINR) with respect to the .comparative
rydrits of Enaltsh and French Troops, but still we
ought to provide against the chances of War, and
be thought this measure in conjunetion with the
ethers which had been adopted, to be the best
culated for that purpose.
: Mr. WINDHAM explained. After 'a few words
from Sir FRANCIS Buirierr,
ith.•piTriald, he did not rise to trouble the'
Youse at any length upon this subject, as he ap.
proved .of the general outline of the measure that
ad been proposed.as far as he understotad it; indeed
he wag bound to approve of it, because it was in
4eneral conformable to those ideas Which had for
softe nine bestopassing in his 'mind, and which he
Qt. it 'to be his 'ditty to suggest to His WI jesty's
Ministers, rather' than bang forward any distinct
weitsure himself. He was the more inclined to ap.
. prove of this measure, becaute he was confirmed in
4t thinking, that it was-to this measure,' adddd to the
hest exertion of die best regdiar force that we could
obtain, that we must 'took, in order to put the
security of this Country-out of- all 'doubt Of question.
latver beds very 4L1Xi043 'Von these Obit&

. , .
'AO en tea Vetyahieely "tato a dist;tisaion of the 'degree '
ofalanget that Was to be apprehended from' Invasion,
becauSe, when he Considered the importance of
_the
stake for which we had to contend, he knew no
degree of insurance, no. Calculation of timbal-Alit. e;
no ground ,of moral hope, that would acquit him in
his owo mind, or Would acquit any man in-the. dnty
which he owed to hiuiself and his Country at :this
important crisis,. if lie omitted any of the rational •
.and .pretlicable means of defence. This was not
only a queer ion of National 'Defence,. calculated to
animate,Patriotiim into anion, but of iodividital
danger, that must stimulate' even Cowardice into
exertion. Upon this ground, he would never enter
into a calculation of the probability of dangetawhile
any thing could be done to. render the Couatry
more safe, More especiiilly if he sakv that the means'
of:reducing that safety •to an .absolute certainty (as'
• far as depended upon human means), might be pro-
: duced by our own exertions, without imposing,aey
new or great Nit-then. upon.the people, 9r_hy intro,
dicing any principle.unknoWn" to the Constitution`';
but merely resorting to that, principle which was a
fundamental, principle of all civil society, essential to
the existence of all rationafgovernments, and which
formed a striking feature of the wisdom of the Bri.
tish Constitution in its earliest rudiments. When this
was within our reach, when, we were making proV
sion for efforts that we were bound to make, and if by
preparation before.hand it could make it more easy
to the individual and more safe to the Country, -he
for one would not hesitate, if compulsion was 'feces:
algae, have -recourse to compulsion, though,: with
the opinion hefted of the people of this., Courary,:he
could • not believe that it would be necessary to
have-
.recourse to it. He for one certainly - would
not oppose it, if the•eircunistatices required it, nor
did .he believe that his Right Hon.- Friend, unless
he' misunderstood him, 11 to oppose. that-kind of
compulsion ; . but above all,' he .-hoped there could be
no °battalion to arming the Crown with those powers
which were inherent to the interest, to the preroga-
tive, and which were vested' in the Crown already..
He felt, therefore, that neither upon 'the extent of
the danger, nor upon the principle- of compulsion,
was it necessary to say much : 'he was, however, of
opinion, that though the probabilities were-various
in every stage in which we might defeat the enter:,
prizes of the Enemy, yet he could not feel that our
safety was insured with every degree of certainty,
if it .was left merely to our means of Naval De.
fence, high as he thought, and no man .in existence
thought higher of our Naval Force, nor if the
-Enemy should be able to die& a landing upon
shores, could he be content to leave it to the excl.--
tion of our Regular Army, or upon . the exertions
of the mass of the People, if they could be brought
to ea, in one point `(which was impossible) ; he could
not, lie said, rely upon the general exertion of ti,e
People, unless they had •been previously prepared
and trained for the exertions which they would be
called upon to make. The 'great objeef therefore,
would be, to consider • that. the (lenge' r with which
we were threatened, required every degree of Mival
defehee that We could make, every degree of Mill.
tary,FOrce that we could procure (and in his opinion
Parliament had given ahe IVEriister. the means of
making great and powerful exertions)hr carrying the
Reghlar Army to its greatest extent. The next thing
,t 0 required would be, the means of preparing to
the utmost the 'persons to be enrolled under this
measure, by training the individuals or • the Co'rn.
menders, by concerting the modes ea assembling, by
the allotment of
the 'district, by arranging the
.
means Of bending their reinforcements. with re.
gulatity and dispatch to the :vulnerable parts of
our Frontiers, to those Counties, which contained
our great Naval Arsenals, -and to those remote
in which assistance might he
parts of the Kingdaam
requited.: When once- he saw that the sense of the
COunary was raised to these exertioni—when once
he saw the sense of the Nation was determined, as,
'no doubt it would' be by the example. an'tl authority
of Parliament; when once he saw. the People
.roused
ft) a sense of ;their danger, and determined• to ensure
their own safety ; he would then-wish to exaggerate
the danger no longer; btrt at the same time he per-4
feeily agreed with his Right Hon. Friend that a sense
of security founded upon 'supineness. and inacliv ity,
was theainly mode to consign this Country to ruin;
It was not enough that M imsters shOuld feel the deo,: ,
ger themselves, nor that thershouldaA upon it (stip.
posing even that they 144 atiednpon it as vigorously
and as early as they might have done, which lie wished
to God, he could' believe), they ehould let the
Country sec. its, danger, and should carry it with
them in the meesurea they adopted. grit of the
things.he most applauded in this measure was, that
it ,Spoke a language which could not be mistaken,
because it was impossible that, any Government
could propose a measure of this kind, oiliest it was
sensible of the crisis With which it was threatened,
;old in which they were deeply responsible for the Sc..
euriry of a Great and Mighty Empire. When all
this had been accomplished, there reMained.ana.
titer, and a more pleasing part of their duty to per.
form (though it was orie that Might not to be in-
dulged in too soon.) Besides pointingaiut the ex.
tent of the danger which threatened the Country,
•if it negleded to prepare itself against the at-
tack, it would not be exciting dehisive hopes,
. or:false consolatiOn, to tell them that,
with due. -preparation, they might loiik :with
'petted confidence to their security. He trusted
and hoped, because he knew the feelings and senti-
ments of his Right Hon. Friend, that. he would be
as desirous as he (Mr. PITT) •was, if he saw the
spirit of the Country once roused, to hold out the
:animating and cheering prospect of the certainty of
security, as the fruit the vigorous, exertions of
the Country. He certainly Wll3 not one of those
who wished to lull the Country into a false sense off
safety, but he could not hoe wish the: people to. turn
their eyes to that part of the •pitture'.whickwas most
congenial with their 'feelings, and most consonant
with their eharatter, but at the.same time he hoped
they would not turn away from the danger because
they were afraid to meet it ; he hoped they would
not turn away from the warning. vain that told
thiiit of their danger,
: because it migtruths which it would be klisag ree3ble to, hear.t tell them
h,
He would not; he could -'not,. -helicve it of the
people of England. As little could he suppose,
that when they were once fully.avrtzed of their
situation., that • they would not' fted in their

.s • `..,

'milli lit:till SAidi tad' itteN Mat If "de:
Tended nprin trier:hell-es' to maki' the Aappt base,
and to extinguish all grounds of apprehelisitina
iog tinder the firmness of Parliament, and the
v ip,tsur and proMptness of the Rimini ve Govern.
nent: He must therefore suppose that the Noble
,Loid 'mistook the meaning of his Right Hon.
friend (Mr. WINDH Am's) arguments, when he sup.
-posed them ealttilated to inspire despondency. The
language of despondency could not be listened to,
it could' nbt be said for a moment that' millions of
the free inhabitanti of this COuntry could sink be.
forea detachment of Frenchmen, for notwithstand-
ing the great population of France, it could only he
a detachment of them that could Come in contatt
.with such a Country as this. 'There was one
differencein the way in which he and the Noble
Lord understood his Right Honourable Friend
the Noble Lord supposed him to say that with all
Our exertiOni" there would be still ground forappre.
hension ; he believed his Right Hon. Friend said,
that with-all out of exertions the danger might
be great. If he could suppose that there was that
want of eicertiona little as he was inclined to a
gltioniy habit of mind, he confessed he could not
then• resist' it any more than his Right Hon. Friend.
He differed-however-from his Right Hon. 'Friend a
little; he could riot believe that there was any
supineness, arty abatement in the ardour of English-
men, which was so natural to the grear mass of,the
People of this Country, but hedid believe that up to
•the present moment, they hnd not been tailed upon,'
their feelings had not been properly roused, their
exertions had not been regulated,. pointed, or di.
reCled. But the, proceedings of this day appeared
auspicious TO. his mind, as it gave reason to hope,
chat when the real State-of the Country was under.
stood, when it was known that
.Parliarnent approved
of this measureohere would not be one Englishman
from one corner of the Country to the other, 'who
would think of.offating an excuse after hearing this
solemn admonition, after (if .he might so express
himself). hearing the Voice of his Country in an
hour -of. peril calling for assistance. Ile who
would. shrink from this call, thus publicly, chili ats-
leMnly made, must be , aetteted by feelings for
whielathere *Was no-excuse, or by motives whic!l he •
dare not avow: There wag one part of• the sehjea.
Which he did not Wiaito.,enlarge upon, and which he
could not .pass over altogether. if the measure
was now necessary; it was necessary from a view of
the extent of the means of the:Enemy, and in order
to sbew.that this.aueasure was not necessary belote,
it must be proved that there Were grounds of ap.
prehension now from the power of the Enemy which
thereivere not :bdare. He could not conceive that
te was -a sufficient answer to tell 'him 'thet the ,Res
gularnirCe Of the Country was greater now than
it was at- the commencement of a 'farrier war ;
Gut What did he learn from that He learned
that even in a 'period of Peace thetimtingent danger
which threatened the Country appeared to
tees so great, as to justify them in incurring ant nor-
mous expense, and in keeping up a greater Regular
Army than ever had been kept up in rime of Peace,
or, ,except in some cases, in time 'of War. He could
not conceive' this could fornishany reason fur being
more cards', or,
,as it was pow termed, more sea.
dual in bringing for ward measures of Defence against
the gigantic of *tirts. which ft •__e• would make
in time of War. The intentions, the designs, the
preparations of the Enemy, we. had not learnt from
any recent intelligence about 'the
,colleeting of
Troops, 'or the building of Boats ; all this was
known at well at the time of the Declaration of
War as it was known now. There was nothing
new in the state of Europe (he wished to Goi he
could say there was io new, generally speak,
big, in the state of Europe), but in the'point ut
view in which be was speaking; there certainly was
nothing new in the state of the Continent. It had
certainly given new proofs of the manStrous ambition
of France and of the supineness of the di& ten t Powers,
but he saw nothing in its situation Which would
now lead to a different conclusion, from thit which►.
might have. been 'formed at the- beginning of 'tlie
War, The measure was now-necegsary, but it was
not shewn to be. necessary uptin•grounds which
were not long ago known. • Why could nor this
measure have accompanied,' Or even preceded some
measures wilich had bash` 'previously brought for.
warts, though they were not yet brought into ac..
tion ? As to telling him that these measures would
do better One after another, and that it was neces.
nary to take time to digest an At of Parliament,
it was aboird ; if there was Cline for this kind of
leisnie, there was no necessity for the Bail, because
if there was one measure more tharaanother which
requireaadisspatch. in its proposal and execution, it
was- - the piesent one. It would take some time
after. the Bill was pas*sed before the people 'could rea
ceiae.the necessary inattuaion, before they could
adopt the necessary means far their own defence.
coofessed he Was not so anxious to in.
quire what time had' been already hist as to
take care. that -no time' theta be list in future,
his only °hied was to make the best use of the time
that was left. ' What interval might elapse before
the Eneiny made 'an attempt he could nut tell ; no
interval could be totviong to make tint Security per.
feet ; hut the interval might be so shOrt, that no ex.
ertioo we could make could be too great.' This
brought hind rn,..inention one circumstance which op.'
peared to* him. of the greatest importance, and' that
was, that some powe; should he-gitten to 'the Lords
Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants, ,adapted to thd
periods of the 'harvest, which were different in dif.
lutist Counties, and to the different periods of TO_
dotty in different Districts, to make use of the
first interval that should present itself, ,not to drill
the People_ for one or two days in the week, but for
14 or 20 days together., ,Another thing which he
thooeN might be altered, oho* it :certainly was
a to ater of detail, was,, that she distance of three
miles, which was the limit beyond which Men
were not to go to' exercise, was not sufficient-
A` 'stout English Peasant would not, he was~
note, thinkss aay thing of walking -six miles
for that .eurpose and back again 4 they often. went
further for'aCricket Match. , This brought hiM to
anotbets point, .in which he.thoughr hit Right Hon.
Friend had a little misunderstood the Bill. 1t
certainly was not liable to- the objection of having
recourse to compulsion, if the same ohjed:coUld be'
obtuitied by voluntary service. lie was. 'not only

j of OPitilob f 1 t all th ii jets of die till thight ht:
obtained'by iroltititary ttrvice, but that It might
be 'obtained in a shriller tint than by the operations
if aE the Bill. 'f
-k was strongly inclined to hope that
the Sitting of Parliament was near its close, nor
bet.ause Ise wished himself 'for any relaxation in his
ditty in attending. (because he certainly had less
reason to complain than most other Gentlemen) but
because he knew how important it was that the
great Nobility, the leading Gentry of every Colin..
.ty, should be at their pct., to encourage by their -
.presence, anine3te by their example, to instruft
by their advice. He.kne* how much more dila
an Ad of Parliament would have ifaccompanied by
living instances of the spirit they wished to in.
spire, by living examples of condud which it was
wished they should pursue. On that account he was
anxious, that the whole of the measure should he
' brought into as shirt a space as possible, and was
glad that the detail of the execution of it was left'
to the Crown—But if Parliament was on the point'
of separating, as he hoped it was, whatever ground..
of reliance they might have upon the people,. yet'
Parliament (in whom the authority of the Country was.,
vested, and who were bound to think for the People
of England) would not do their duty, if they se.:.
.parated without declaring, that unless the :Volun.,
tary Force to a sufficient amount was Obtained, that
'a power should be given to compel persons to under..
.go that degree. of trtining, which-alone could ten.
tier their services useful in case of aaual invasione—e;
This was not a new power vested in His Majesty,
is was his'ancient and meinubted prerogative to cart'
upon them to serve in eases. of emergency ; but their
sery ices could be of no use, unless they had been
previously
,trairied and drilled, so as to give theta
aeompetent knowledge of the use of Arms. There
was one thing which had not been stated, but
he supposedit would of course form part of the Bill,
which was, that if a nun was called from his: la.
boor, that he would receive a remuneration ; anti
if that was the cage, he really could see
.no hard.
ship in the measure, because it could make very
little difference to a man, whether he was learning
his e.xercise.and handling.a musket,. or whether he'
was using a spade, or tollowing the plough. No,
inconvenience,- or at least none compared with the,.
'objeCt to be attained,
.could attend the Verson so,
called out, though it certainly would create some,
'degree of trouble to the Lieutenants and-
Lieutenants ; but he 3lititlld .degrade the.chlraeter'
and, hurt the feelings-of Englishmen, a he could'
for a moment suppose that any question of personal'
inconvenience could he put in competition whit
the execution of a measure upon which deperale.l.;
'the existence, the, honour, and the very name of Eeie...
,lishmen.. It could not be necessary to urge any ars.
,gurnents upon the,subjea. There was nor, he was
sure, a heart in' England that could for a moment
object to it, and he could norfer a moment enter.'
tain a doubt of the cordial concurrence, of the seal,..of
the emulous aaivity 0.411 ranks of people in England
upon this eyelid occasion'. But let
:Ministers. name
the day,' let them make the .forms as short as pos.'
sible, they ought to be shorter than the system of.
ballotaing. But
.even within the shortest ,possible.
time in whieli.this Aft could be carried into exe.
cutiuq, they alight have a voluntary force, who
would' comply, rAtikahe regulations contained in
this
..-Aft, who would' march to any part 'of the
kingdom, who would join any corps 'or any army'
with which they might receive direttions to cm.
body themselves. Ha volunteer foete such as this
coold' be obtained, he would not have Ministers
wait for' Offers to come in, they ought' to instrtia
the Lord Lieutenant.- to convey the sense of Par-
liament to the People through all the various Chan.°
nels of cotnmunication which they possess ; to,
make their agents go round every parish in the
same week, in the same day if possible, to go
from door to door, and receive the answer of every
man, to knowewhether he would join in the Volun.
tier Service i-Isse these means, in a week or a fort.
night armost, Government would know how far the
Volunteer force could be carried ; and such was his
opinion of the spirit of the people, that they Would
find their Legislative provisions carried into eifea;
If after this public notice there should be folind'
one Parish or one County that was an exception to
the general feeling,' this Bill would provide a re.
medy to that exception, though he was convinced
that such a one would nut be found ; he was there-
fore of opinion, that Parliament 'would be unpar..
donable if they did, nor leave Government armed,
with a power t&take care of the people, if any case'
:oecurred in which the people were not willing to take:
care of themselves: There was but one topic more
upon which he wished- to . say a word ; he meant
the danger that was apprehended of arming the
People. Theze might be great danger from such a
measure at some .petiods, and at all times, perhaps,
some, danger,,though perhaps never leis than at the
present moment. If there was to btu partial ann.
ing, if tumultitary- bedies, of men were allowed to
array themselves, then. indeed there might he dan.
,ger, but this plied was diffused' generally' over the
whole Kingdom, and if it included the distill's:tied,'
it included them only in the 'proportion they bore'
to the general mass of. the population. Instead•
therefore of being,an Opening to danger, it would
be a remedy against it. He' 'unfortunately knew'.
of the danger that was to he apprehended trom.. it
at. one time, but that was beCailse there' were then
dangerous associations; and from the torus anti
regularity that. was then.given to treason and sedi.
there was a danger that the diseffected part
of the people might then be. formed into an Firth}(
great- in proportion:Jo , the Army that was then
on foot.' But that 'fortunately was not now
the case. •If the means were now given .to
the Crown to embcidy these men under Officers
chosen -by the Crown, it would proance a fume
,animated by-every
.seiitiment that b, longed to the
stock from which they were taken,'brinemg with
Ithens the ..satne ZCai against Foreign.and Domestic
.Enemies, the same veneration for the English Con.
,stitution, and the 'same resolution to perietuAte its
biessiop,..in die in its. defence, that had always at-1..
mated the hearts of Englishmen,And never more than
,at this moment. 11? hoped, however, there would be
nopermissiun to persons to choose their own Officers,
because the power and4nerogatives of the Crowa
must he preserved entire, the people ought not to have:
false notions instilled into theta of their rights, but
should be taught to look up to those who had law.

goi tathority ever, them..---Upon the derails of this
flleasure many Observations ,would Maritally occur,
hot at the
,same time
,he should recommend all
1;!%,,ib1e dispatch to: ctrl ry this measure into efF d
thr-Shortest passible time.; upon these grounds lie
supported tic Nfotinie." •
lord C ASTI/ERE:KiII said, that from the course
the discussion had take's, it appeared to turn not so-
much upon the expediency of the measure now pro_
posed as upon a general charge against the Military
System adopted by His Majestros',Ministers. With
respett to that System, he thought he might safely
leave it • to the general approbation of ParliaMent,
as the measures brought forward had already re.
ceived the sanClion of Parliament,' and also that of
his Right Hon. Erieed, who heti not then objeaed
that such a measure as the present- ought to have
yreceded them. With respeet to the charges made
againsi His Majesty's Ministers, ,he contended, that
allhoogh they had no objcetion to meet them in detail,
yet•they tended, brought forward as•they were; to
deprive Ministers of that confidence which was treces.
spry to the beneficial exercise ortheir funtlions. He
differed in opinion with his Righelion..l4.riend (Mr
Pree); as to the policy of bringing) forward this
meacure Wan early period: he considered that the
mode which !lad .been adopted by His Majesty's
Arlini,..ters 'to bring. forward their measures With_ a
view to this'objeCt successively, and one at a time
was the hest, and as the same machinery was to be
used in all, that machinery could not be worked to
a very great extent at Once, withotit rendering it of
very little preeticel atreet., His Majesty's
stere.had considered wiore'eeat best' in point'ol'prac.
aed had adopted the:i measures in conformity
with that consideration. A measure had already been
proposed by Ministers and adopted by Parliament,.
eneble His Majesty to avail himself of the vo.
luntary exertions of his people, and if the ac.•
ceptation of those voluntary exertions had been
slackened for a while, it was-only that another
measure then proposed to Perliantent Might not be
crippled. With respcet to Volunteer:, he-did not
wish that any one should -he led to suppose that
there was not both in this Comity and Ireland at
very powerful force of thet description; in the
latter Country he knew there was little short of
.15cectoo' Volunteers, many of Whproe and pertieu-
, lefty in the Province of Ulster, were as efficient as
• any force could be short of Regular, Troops. The
present measure was intended to encourage volun.
tary exertions, but if coercion should become ne.
.eessary, it was absurd to suppose that the Preroga.
tive of the Crown was to he supported by an
inilitiment against the offending Individual to
be tried after the danger was over ; thiirineasure was
therefore intended to give efitti. to that preroga-
tive. Same absurd ideas hail gone abroad, that it
was intendeil by this measure to arm the.whole
People : the objiin was to enable His Majesty to
compel .the exertionte of those whe might be found
wanting to their duty. :With respect:to the elec.
tion of Officers by Volunteer Corps, he believed it
. was clearly understood that such Corps were to be
allowed, ,to eleet those of whom they most approved
for that purpose, subject to the approbittioo of His
Majesty. He bad been extremely anxious to catch
the military system of Right Hon.:Friend (Mr.
t lstun ithi), but it seemed to center in a constant
prefereece for Regular Treopre: his Right lion.
Friend seemed to look Upon every other measure
Vt jib a jaundiced eye ; hut to en according to such
• .2, system at the present moment; must be attended
with danger to the Public Service. • • •"
Mr. FOX said, he had not attendoi the House for
sometime, but as he had opposed the War, he did not
• V(iSh to incur Weepy by opposing the :measures
'which were deeMeal neceesary-tb: catty it on. This
was the first eneesure respeCting that tubjeCt which
he" could consistently sOpport, navel, therefore, he
Caine down to the Itmse. ohji coed t several
of the mearotee which had been nronght ferWi;rd,
perticulorly the Arroy of Reserve but he came
• dowis to the House to support a Bill for arming the
Country.f instroCting a whole People in arms.
The Nob)e leird (CdsereFREACH) Wit Said, thAt the
11oeoorable Gentleman (MroWelitritato) had ex.
pressed a decided preference for "Ategniar Troops,
but lie boderstored the Honourable Gentleir6ose
sentiments in a diff..trent seoie to that:commented
upon by. leis N 'tile food. No man could contend
that a regular Army lives net the hest description
ttf Force, but there were two descriptions of force
with respell to the oteireet in view, He hoped we
sheuld have en cited, it eret superioe regular Army;
to any the French could bring against us': hut It
this,,wereisve sore of vittory 1 and upon this be
agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pere-)
that we aught to place oqrselveti-ots inuch.in a state
of certainty as possible. 'There -teas another de.
beripii,,n of f lee, however, which must arise nut
of the uniiiiimity and %igour of the Country, and for
the rai.ing of which, he. regretted that any-cout.
pulsatigy measures Sir Old be resorted to. We might
have an excellent Army atelhea'VeGfficers, and so
rte ght the. Enemy, but they could not have ae armed
mass eerie! to the armed people of Gseat Aaitdiai. He
objected to cnno ulsory means and volentarYcxertions
{icing joined in the SeMe Hill, as he thought the latter.
ought first to be Called upon ; and he had no
that in that case the 'patriotic feelings of the
People would tendet compulsory measures mtters.
retry. The• armed Citizens of the Coentry
ea in -corijuntlion with the Regular. Army, ;tad
iteerehl in :re certainly erevent the ultimate success
of the eEeroly. He slid not. consider that there
were sit Itt probabilities of invasion as many
other Members seemed to think, but stilt it' was
• the general opinion, and upOo that 'they ought to
;41. Hy lord (I le we se ey) Wad (joked
of ate acte of l3titislt gtootel, which might be con.
,idered as: a figure of, oratory. ; but still if it was
sble fur the F:tIOCh tu,gai,u"ppssession of Ports_
mouth, or'Closthatie or LOndon, it could not affret
the question, with respell, to their ultimate success,
if die Country was cictermitecl to defend itseK It
t44iDei.l Irt him that to Hay ttll.the I Bth of July,
before taking the first melts (Which he, eonsideted
this to be) towards arming the People, was a very
loeg period. .It was said, however, when complaints
woe mide: upon, this ',aka, why not move an 10.
quirt', IWO ; Oc,C9lloLlta of Ilk Mlesity's Ministers;
liut such .a co;atitto as that • was to hr measured by
the ciii:kut!st4ek ef tilC mOnitoiti sans teerticuletly
01 pr.e4nt: au
10,lowitig I;ie,re was n il' 61110rtUtlity ;

lie had heard, hOWever, that notwithstanding large
majorities, Midisters had afterwards adopted ,the
advice against which they divided, and .Perhaps
they might equally take advice in the present in.
stance, and make no longer delay-. Something
bad been said .With repeit to the danger of
arming a part of the people, but he thoughi; that
whatever differences cf opinion might prevail with
respett to.. the condukft of the Government on the
form.of the Constitution, all would be absorbed in
the objel of the defence .of the Country against
the enemy by whom we were threatened.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex.
pressed his satisTaCtion that no oppoSition had been
made to the present measure. Ile contended that
Mittisters had not beiti wanfirrg in measures to put
the Country on its guard cver .since the signing of
the Treaty of Amiens. From the period of the Mes-
sage the Supplementary Militia were called our,
and ,augmentations were made to the Cavalry and
various other branches of force. • After the. Dada-.
ration of War,,and before the provisions with respell
Jo Abe Supplernentary Militia could be carried into
execution, the Army of Reserve Bill was brought
forward, and before, that measure could he carried
into execution the present measure watt presented to
t he. attention of the House. He 'contended, there-
fore, that Ministers had not been tardy in the ex-
ecution of their duty, nor was there any just charge
whatever of that nature against them, when it Was
considered in what a state of defence the Country
Was in only two Months after the Declaration of War.
He hatilhe greatest satisfretion in observing ihe un it.
nimity and the spirit niche Country, and amongst the
causes of this, lie could not help enumerating the re-
probated Treaty of Amiens. The Country were con.
vinced that the:War now arose entirely, from that
spirit Of ambition and aggrandizement which had
been displayed on the part of France. He concluded
-by expressing his wish that the present Bill might:
be carried through the House with all possible
pedition, So as to be passed during the present
week, and that the House would allow it to he read
a first and second time, and committed and reported
till's night.
It was then proposed that the Bill should ha
printed, 'in order that it, might meet an early con-
sOeratinn.
Dr. L AWRENCE thought His Majesty's Mi.
nisters had been negligent in not bringing this ores.
sure before Parliament touch earlier. The Hon.:
gentleman then- took a view of their conduct since.
the Treaty of Amiens, and expressed his disappro-
bation of Seamen and Soldiers being discharged, at
a period when we were in want of them, and when
the conduit of our Enemy gave. us .every reason .to,
doubt their honour and watch their adions: He
thought there was a spirit in France, which he had
not witnessed in this Country ; but .he was sure that
the People would, from the_ dangerous .situation of
the Nation, he roused to defend every thing that
was dear to them as Englishmen.
Sir JAMES PULTENEY said, he should not give
his silent vote,. Without applauding the measure
now before the House, and he hoped persons would
readily enter into the service.;

Colonel CRAUFORD said a few words in favour
of the measure.

Mr. At.skAitovtt said, it was necessary to have
a large -fOrce in this Country to opliose the force
of France, and the spirit mentioned •by the
nourahle'Gentleman (Dr. LAWItt NOE), which had
been shewohy- the Fteneb people was very different
tr,in the noble spirit of Englishmen.; the first wrs
a boasting anti.pretended afF.ittion the Consul—
but the spirit of an Englishawn .was pure and ge-
nuine,
Dr. LAW R PNC F. pC,,,Leinedi
Colonel Vs Ittl{Rit expri•ssed his approbation of
the Bill about to tie brought in. -
on the question being put, leave was given to
bring in the Bill.
The (..'IIANCELLOR of Ike EXCHEQUER said,
it was too,late for the House to go into a commit_
tee to-night, he shoultl therefore. propose that the
tinkhe enould go into a Committee on the Bill to_
morrow at four o'clock.
111 C SICK STAR Y at WAR. brriught in the Bill,
which was read a fir:ir and second tune, and Loin-
'milted pro
_Arno, ;IA the report ordered to be
in.Otight up an Wednesday next.
The Committee tin the Volunteer Corps Bill was
ppstputied till to.morrow.
The Committee on the Militia Amendment Bill
. was postponed' till to-morrow. .
The CHAncnt.ott of the • EXCHINUER post.
pontd the further consideration of the Report on the
COttOn Weavers'ißill till Thursday next,
The other Orders of the 04y were ditipmed of,
and the House adjourned at Eleven o'Clock.

THE SUN.,

SOLSM QUIS DICER% 41.41.114 AUutaT

LONAON, jU Lr 19,,,'163.

LAsT night the SECRRTARY •at WAR: brought
forward the very important Measure of 'which lie
had given notice, for calling forth the whole Porn.
lation c.,f the Country, and training it to Arms,
that every Man may be of use in the event of In-
vasion, The Plan, it will be seen, .was originally
suggested by Mr. P.m, to.whose zeal and assiduity
in the discharge of his Parliamentary duty the
Country is under the most serious obligations, as
Well as for the spirit ,which his Genius infuses, and,
the protedion whiCh it yields at • this moment 'of
•
danger.

The Plan is very fally detailed in the. Speich of
the Secretary at Wan the Male l'opulatiurt of
the Country, between 17 and 55, is to be divided
into four classes. The first comprises all men ca.
phle of beating arms between 17 anti tomb's.-
; or wiLfowe'n, nut having m,)le than one.child
under to yearkof age. The seeund,•all from 30
.to
_so unmarried, or widowers not having more than one
child under to years of age. Thethirii, all between

)7 and 30, who maybe married, but have no chore
than two children ; and the fourth class is to com-
prise all not described in the other three. There
are h few exemptions—cuch as those now actually
serving in the Militia by Substitute, or belonging
to any Volunteer Corps enrolled and approved of
by Hts MAI IISTY, and of course all serving in the
Regular Army or Army of Reserve, and likewise
all Custom-house and Peace Officers.

The Measure has our entire approbation, because
we have ;ong thought some such Km necessary
to ensure our safety against the enterprising spirit
of the Enemy. When this Plan is properly carried
into efrea, we shall cease to think the United King-
dom exposed to danger. Thus armed and united,

" Come the four corners of the 'World'in arms,
" And we shall shock them—Nought can make us rue,
" I f Britaist to Itgrself do prove. but true."

We learn that Private Letters of a very late date
have been received from PetenburgL, which speak
in very decisive terms of the strongAttachmebt, of
that Court to this Cotintry, and of the probability
of our being aided by the alive, co-operatiOn
Russia.

The Terrace• at Windsor presented anothergrand
sight on Sunday night, the company being uncom,
manly numerous as well •ns seled. The ROYAL.
FAMILY arrived on the Terrace soon after seven,
o'clock, `and remained till p.m eight.
-Ye4cerday morning His MAJESTY, •the DUKE of
CAMERIDCe,' and the. Pkttstc Ess SoPtit.A, attended.
by Generals CARTWRIGHT, GWYN, Dr BUTII4.
and Major DEssR.OW, took an airing on horseback
in the Long Walk, in the Great Park. -
HER. MAJESTY and the Princesses. AUGUSTA,
&Mote ETH,and MAR v,took an airing to Frugmorc.
incess AMELIA, attendettby Lady How a,-
took an airing in a phaeton in the Little Park.
This day the ROYAL FAMILY left Windsor for
Kt- w .

Mr. MUNRO, the new American Ambasiador,
arrived in fown yesterday from France. He will.
be presented to flail( ING to.motrow at St., jarnes'#,
Meetings of the,Deputy Lieutenants and ,Ma.
giatracy have been held in-Norfolk, Suffolk, Somer.
set hire, York, &c. for the purpose of considering
the mast fit measure for calling forth the Force of,
the Country, and establishing a system of COmmu-*
nicatiom T'le greatest unanimity prevailed, and
'the Plan recomutended by Government adopted.
A waciuul Bridge is Ong to be thrown across
the crrek that has. too long separated Deptford from
.Greenwich.

New-Yink Pa' ers to the 1 ith, and Boston,
New-En-gloat, .to the.tBth June, are received..
_The New.York'Paper of the 6th contains news
from S. Domingo to the Bth May. General Ro.:
" the 2,1 May, sent letter toGeneral
l::L
in which lie states,that the FittaTewestlt.
.ilkg the reatest solicitude for the Army of
es
AA MU
E l'.
LA t U
S.r. 1) imiogo, and pot contented with the daily re.
.iceinents tbey received, sends at this mompit
fr:qo the port, of France.an Army of 20,000 mcn,
t, which snail succeed another. of 20,000, should it
be necessary."
These promises were found requisite to overeOinit
the weariness and (itAgtit of the troops. Of course
.they cannot be realized, so .that the state of .the
Army will be nearly desperate,
Toe Port of Nit'A, Orleans was opened to the Ame.
ricans by Pr..clarniit ion on the 20th of May. But the
Freilch Prefect there, and the Inhabitants,. had re-
ceived no intimation of the eftliun of Louisiana .to
the'United States.

The late race week at Newcastle was one of the
dulie.t ever ktp)wri., Some misunderstanding iktsabi
to have arisen between. Lord DAtti..tswroN.;ao4
other Gentlemen, and.the" Clerk of the C,.)utte,. in
which very few horses were sent.
consequencec; it.INI tATi-f IANIEI. SAUND4RS, jilt). Of litirwich,
is appointed to ..the Command of a Post.Otice
Packer stationed' at that Port, \vacant by the resig.
nation of Capt. SANTEI.

As the Earl and Countess of. TAtshor were, on
Friday afternoon upon their route fur their coon.
try residence at Northaw, in a curricle, his Lord—
ship was throw'n our by a sudden jirk upon an
uneven part of . the -toad.. The horses took
fright, and set off at full speed with her Ladyship;
The grooms pursued at full gallop, but were unable
to overtake the curricle fur neat), 41 mite and a half,
when theV came. a, a turnpike gate. The gate -was
shot, and the curricle horses attempted to clear it;
but being embarrassed by the curricle,. they were
unable to effed their purpose. They rushed, how-
ever, with such vi dence ag dna the gate, as to, tear
it from the 'hinges,. and to shatter . the .harness
and the curricle to pieces. The-Countess kept.her
scat until she came to the •turnpikelote,, whoo,she
' was thrown out, lot tonately without sustaining any
.other injury than a few slight ',guises. We've•
concerned, however, to add, that the Earl as AO
much hurt, that his is despaired of.
A highwayman was taken on, Saturday.eveoing,
near, Roehatupton. He hadstopt a chaise close to
Mr. Rucker's gate at Wimbledon, when an alatin
being given, he Was pursued by one of Mr. Rocker's
servant's. on horiellack' and the patrole. He gal.
lopped down Roehampton-lane, when Mr. Gold.
smid's groom joined in the pursuit, on a very fine
horse, but without saddle of any sort of arm'. He
soon overtook him, and by crossing made him turn
into Mr. Temple's gate, which he mistook for..a
:thoroughfare,; He was of course stops. at the-second
gate ; but turtling on his pursuers, he fired ut the
Pat role*, and clapping spurs to his horse endeavoured
to make his way back,but thiKMr.Goldsmid's servant'
prevented by his superior speed. He seized him at
the outer gate,- and, after a desperate struggle,
wrested his pistol from him. He was then *tour.
ed ; and the Bow-street people, who went to Put.
ney
,on Sunday night, recognized him tote a per.
sots against whom several informations for robbery
called ;himself Harts
hail been laid. He
and said he was n smuggler. -
On Thar'sday the 7th inst. at Woodley Lodge,
Berks, the 'eat of jAmes WystiLe, EA. Mrs.
\Vulgate was safely delivered of a Daughter.

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_NAVAL N S..

s

PLYesotrma.juLy /7.—A rri led the i'v7gegu:l,
from St. Mining°, taken by the Trzt, Bntberi Pri
vareer.—Sailed the AlbMu Man of War, v.ith
21"crihateprwr, Ann, Glory, Anna, and
Stuart, under .Convoy for tb'e-E:tst Indies ; ,',r<?•
twit and Russell Men of War, on a Cruize.
-,---
PORTSMOUTH, JULY S.--Arrived this day, His
MJ;esty's Ship Apollo, Cr.ap ,131.1:0N, lion; 0 crone,
with the Fret** Brig L'Erterance, from New Or.
leans, with cotton, captured by her, and; the'Eng-
lish Ship Kfrav‘nt, from Jamaica,- re-captured by
her.•

juts 18.—Ilis Majesty's rant-
Office Packets the Arailard, Captaini,Batoc s, and
the Diana, Captain ST'EWAKU, sailed this day,-the
former with the Mail far Gottenhurg, and the:lat.
ter with the Mails for Tonningen, . Upwards of :0
pa.,,,sengers embarked in the latter Packet..
Ye.,:,terday Lieut. Cugar, of the hired Armed
-Cutter the S.-wifr, lodged in the Customhouse
house at this Port, 146 half-anker casks of Geneva
witiel were selzfd on,the Suffi:lk Coast.

DEAL, JULY 18.—The Hon. East India CO►n'
parry's Ship Notrixr, from Chins, arrived this
morning in the Downs, and remains.—Sailed the
Fury Bomb to tlyt Westward, and His Majesty's
Gun,brigs Ranger, Snipe, and Coniiid, are-arrived
from a Cruize, and remain.—. The Hoy Anna Chr;ig
tiara, C. Boon/att. master, from Petersburgh bona
to Li,boo, with wheat, candles, hair.skinS and 010
vas, is wrecked on the Goodwin Sands;.' Mayctt
and Crew saved, and iarricd into Ramsgate.

FALMOUTH, PLY 16.--S4iled this day, the
Ship Starling, BRITTON, for Smyrna; liaraottit
W/.iu iNcr oN, Penient, DAMON' and Jaffe, MAY,
fOr 1,6b0n ; Fine, HATHORNTH %V 41T E, lot' Oporto,
and 'remit/trite, Wit.t.tia4s, for Sr. Nolichadis, tO
join the outward.botind Liston, Oiorro, and NiFill*
terranean Fleets, which are now off' thii Pori under
convoy of His Majesty's Ships Setz.horte, of 31
guns, Arrow, of 3o guns, and Wasp, of 20 gtinst
and the Preaojante Armed Ship. Also sailed the
Rose Privateer Cutter, of Southampton, Capt. Jo Hs!
sou, on a Croix?. •

Arrived the Dui, sf Camberlaw! Packet, LAu•
ItANcri 'from- London ; and as the /Pahinghalti
Packet cannot arrive with the,wind in diis quarter* .
it is expelled she will take the Lisbon MAils noW
here. Aiso arrived a Brig Transport from 11/4/
EaStWilfai, havirg on hoard. xso Troops from ,thy
4frican Corps, arc to be swdo,:cd at gcil
&Tiflis Garrison.

On Friday'eveninglast at- the Clierts,
‘4llll
Slider Was singing the fayourite Loyal and l'attl..
ntIF Song, called " A Rope's-end ,for -Grim
parte," a person "behind the front boxes hissed ; tl4,
Audience immediately arose,in confusi,bn; and eriel
person seemed equally' desirous in personally drul!.!
biog the miscreant who dared 66 publicly 1.0. insult
the honour of the NAtion, and support the Corsiell
Usurper in the face of hi 4 ,brave chastisers. We
assort our Readers that the wretch narrowly escare°
losing his life, —t

PRICE 01
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STOCKS,
*DAY.
Bank Stock !Hata Stock 160
N.ty) s per Cen:. 861 b India Bonds par s. prem.
per t ent I par, a. prspl, •
j per Cent. 04nnium st
4 e: Lent. l_tml 70144 141114 tr• /41er,Cellt
3 -er C. it. 5.01 ii nitto Ann. '
3 ~er C. Coil 54.44 Bank fur luly Acc.
ii4tik t.. A, 463,16} Cutts. tar Chum. s 5 11
Ditto Short

THIS DAY AT
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TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Ked. Ann

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At a MEETING of the NOBILITY, CLERGY, GENrs
TRY, YEOMANRY, and other INHABITANTS ut tot
co uN I' of SO M CKS ET held at Urielgsv.ter, tisi .101
Day old uly, :Sob
Sir UGH MYTH, Bart. Sheriff; in the Chair;
.D ESOLVED, That the—lollw.ving .4.dttreis to
tiiti)lefaolit9tPhteedkiae.
ing,tha atnhaeklb.iii?vpilericienst
trekinneitoolwb ykiiiiititNe:e43l
el rsea.trlyil od
ti read,be
TO TILE ICING's MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
We, your Majesty's Loyal Subjezts, Nobilith
Clergy, Gentry, 'scorn air it, and other lutiabitarits of the
County of Soinerset, bzg leave to express our faithful A,ti
testament to your Majesty's tctson it.na Ciovernment,.ot o
present awful Crisis or Public A ttairs.
It 15 riot without the titilloit indignetign that We have v't
neSseLt the ilangerous spirit of agghuidiLeinent (aiming at Du;
thing short of universal Ethpire), whicn has for some tinr,
marked the 'eondttet of the French Republic. We IceOg
Sue, for the subjugated state of a great part of Europe
ea:eerwalerii:geltihhcedprotojetdiis,
sernble the clan,;er that threatens 07,
own Shores ; hut Free People can 'my:T. be dismayed,
complish their Tann. or desperate ina‘hinutnane
Actuated by this sentiment; we shall meet with the firth
nets of Britons the exigencies of the time; and we shoLl
deem ourselves unworthy the dignified rank. we have
in the scale of Nations t did we d:clitie the most aCtive exerQ
tionS the'DetenCe (it out Couhtt)', aid even to 3141'7,3
our Lives for nu: preservation of your Majesty's Person,
of t:•ose Laws rind Liberties which have been hitilOrt°
• well szeured tzy our glorious
Suc Majesty'shSire,rte.eetth,eat assurances that we presume to
AV
your it
than ►
at / Alp is animated Avi%tvlit; tihaantrltthireaKt
himitY, in so noble a cause will Obtain inr us eventually,r
ablewith
ptcacheeb.leiting of Divine 'Providnce, a sate aad.1,.30":1(
ts.atr4Rr seconding
ThanksllvtideTtihleatAtdh,eliess.Su
. of this Meeting be gi von lg.,
' .A.bralutri Elton, Bart. for nuiv log, arid to, john Acland,
Nr
lirsolved, That the Address, be inserted Tite
Bristol, any Sherburne Nev, ipaPels•
The Sheriffhaving quitted thiejUCGhaliir," Sl:lcorcriiif.to
Resubrell, That the Thau.ks
,the. Meeting be girg
hint, tot his ready attention to the Requiaitivn for
ca
the same.

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