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five th the miltitt of tt, the previous tCaClllllg
would be of nn use. llc hoped this would be
matter or grave arid. serious consideration. With
respeet to the question of Invasion, that nothing
ought to tic lett to chance, he wished only that
thy: Country should he turd to a wends of its dan.
per. Ministers, it was truf., rested upon a -dread.
fill responsibility; but that was a pour cons,olation
the evil i4tially arrived. -

General TARLEMS, delivered his sentiments
on the butOis in discussion, in a military point of
'!dews after gencrall,# noticing the differences be.
tweet) regular
_and irregular Tidops, -he said that
great advantage may be immediately derived from
the piejetted levies from the mass of the people—
they may be particularly serviceable against such an
E:oenly as the Ft enela prnbal)ly would hr, totally
urkyrov ideal with CaVally. The reg Mar
tiit Country Coelit at With great effeel ageinst
them. advetted to the nature and circumstances
'of the different Counties in which, in,the greatest
prob.-o,lliter, they my be celled upon to act. ,Suffelk
svas'a County where Cavalry' could an with as teach
elfeet as Most other; in England. In several parts
of Essex, they aho ceoldeeet with great area ; but
in wane parrs that kind of force would yxperience
considerable difficulties. cavalry may
be of the greatest service; and in viewing this part •
Of the sullen,
,he thought, that consideting the re.
tiltlAtjenl of the opposing Troops, Cavalry
could he use\t with the greatest advantage. Ad-
yeti ing to what httl'been said of turning the Mi-
litia into -Po-kola's, seemed adverse to the
rOjeCt. The con,ritution of our Army had better,
lw' thouint, 'remain unaltered. He instanced a care
where the discipline and valour of the British
Troops shone eminently conspicuotts—!hey were
commemied, in the-affair he alluded to (at Camden,
iiiNi,ulll' America), by a Noble Lord, whose
name had been more than once adverted to in,
the course of the Debate (Lord Cornwall.h),—
they met the Enemy in the night-time e our
'rumps were ready for the attack; at the ma.
nwni, the Enemy wilted to- alter their position ;
they foutel the hest Troops were placed' 'on •our
r ; they wished to move these, but were _un-
iteeeessiul ; the Cevalry then poured in, turned their
which decided the aCtion: u force of GOOO
Inch wete routed. The British Army, generally
speaking, was well constituted. Ile then adverted
to whathad been said by an Hon. Officer, ()fan ex-
tensive System of Fortification, which, as conceived
by him, he meant should be front Yarmouth to the
Downs, .and from the Dawns to Portsmouth, and
that the requisite Defences could be constructed
t..vo months.: probably Lines were meant ; but
be begged teat e to set the flunerurable Of.
,
,• e ,
hoc right as 10 the difference between enrFltic,4.
tilted and Lines; the, former wire works of a stn.
leenituee and ponderous nature ; they were always
funned upon regular plans duly donsidered by
,En.
tineers. The celebrated Vauban, who fortified
more places 'and with more ability than any other
turn, considered his plans and, the nature of the
the Situation he was about to fortify, a long
time the works were began ; the Houittwould
therefore judge of the possibility of fortifying much an
extent as was alluded to by. the Hon. Officer, in the
space of two Biondi.,. With resped to Sy ,mem
dieapetoved of them, becauke the experience
of I lr.tr -i• hewed that they were always rather detri.
meetai titan eery tceeblee to illustrate this position
the thie,Ceffirr A &Wed to certain operations in the
Civil Wars Frenee, in the Reign ofLouiv
&e. part ictilarly plc repeated CtiiifOrefi of Arras, when
defended by Liees, by Marshal Turenne and the
Prince de Corlot:: aid even in the hie Warr several!
(anions, as toe.urganc). other
VLicts, sheweii the iorflic,Acy of Lines. With re.
&pea to theidea Of defending the proposed space in
this Ceuntry by. Lines, it woe absurd in thee highest
degree ; it would require the whole population
of tie Country Sc' occupy them; besides, were
those lines broken in Upon, at 4ny given p
or pointe, wC should he in a worse situetion than
otherwise we should be'; 'allowing for the sinu'isi.
ties, of the Coast, the extent A'Otiki exceed 400
He was adverse to all prek.ete of the kind
he rather depended upon the well known valour anti
Keglislunen, aed on the exertions of the
People iii delence, Ad ten the great soperiori.
ty which we should derive from our Cavalry,
ugeiost time Invutlets. lie wished fur that sort of
1,1“.`e which would point the attack, and not one
enetreelted behind !..,tires, stn Army which, in the
military phrase, would be one of menoeuvrieg : with
such 'a fence we (should have nothing tti icdr from
the ieueetf the contest.
Csisw spoke shottly in explana.
tion ; cis ` lit
tFlr. who Observed, that he underetood
the lion. Ofli,..er to mean, not a continued chain of
fortification, but a selection tel judicious" points
upon the' Co;ist : neither was it in his idea, that
Lutes were recommended about London, but merely
she ereaiork of detached walls np,in
stations in its vicinity, %stitch, and in other points of
the Country, might 4ssist.in tetaribiz tile progress
of the Enemy.
Genital TAtitot-rati said a few wotds its exltl:tria.
(lon.

r;entral tf,117 ,-1N observetl,', that there had
been a cansislvtahle degree of Misunderstanding
with reit rrtl to the tre.r.ares IntriuM by Ills Ma.
j,°styt vli,tts r. : it had been s 'id, that it was ow..
ing to what hail fallen from an Hun. Gentletnan,
sthat th.! Aunt of of Reserve witsprojected-01i, \vac,
egregiusly wrong, as that measure had bccri fit; iy
arranged, aod in print before ever that lion. Gen.
rleman spoke upon the bubjed. It was wished to
jr..,ow what progress had been mule in providing for
the secu!ily of the Countty. lie was anxious that
it should nut go l,rth from thnse walls, that
Gyvtruincnt had brute remiss .iii thirst: respects,
when the coottary was the f.ki. Ile Wcll knew
th,t orders had been sent to varioth General Officers,
to !cirri in What situation it would he it r, iceable
to ereet works for the Defelve or ilt C Jinn ry ; in
these places It was detern inc.! work 1,„
v.q:m!,l take this t,pportwii ty it, ,x1,1,i it,
a point rela,ive to the Alloy of R. c,eie, as hr
ur,dcritooti ir, iind arhich was as 101 l tt „rig,
%).1 B '"alrOn.t cry 1,1 lit foul-led tile I!est I
she Mel,: (.14 'r tin die next be.,
..)1 the owt. iffid (: Reser' e front
Gat; the ti ist of the Illett# and this Itt:

CORCelVed, Mitt
the CICCUMetanCeS or the case, 10
be a good arrangement.
The CHANGILLOR of the EXCH.:EV.II.O-
said, he should not detain the House three minutes.
He had listened to the Hon. Gentleman who SEn
first in the Debate with a considerable degree of
attention he heard all his observations with that
degree Of respect which they Were entitled to, but
he could say with the greatest truth, that not one of
them,,had the re ommendation of Novelty. Every
point he had stated was contained in that body of
information which had been for' some time in the'
possession of His Majesty's Government, and of
which it was their duty to make every use, that
could augment the mewls of. defending the Country;
hut he rose principally to set the House.right as to
a particular point which had been alluded to. The
faCt was, that steps had been taken by Govern%ent,
in consequence of the representation of certain
Generals and other Officers of experiente, for the.
construction of Field Works. He' repeated, that
measures had been .adually taken' to carry thOse
recommendations ihto effea ; and even some
weeks since, orders had been issued from the Trea.
sury, .on account of Field Works, and other Linea.
sures adopted for the defence of the Country some
of which were alluded to in the .Course ,of that
night's debate. lie wished it not to be conceived,
that it was any thing which Ole Lion. Officers had
said, that called Ministers to a'sense of their duty,
or that admonitiols given in that House were ne.
cessary to induce them to perform it.

Dr. LAWki,iNCE observed, that with respect
to the proceedings relative to the Bill alluded to,
the Hun. Officer had taken the opportunity olone
of the stages to recommend certain meaSores, strong.
ly to the attention of Government, upon which he
was stout (somewhat irregularly) by
.the SECE R-
TARY at WAR, who told him of the intention to
introduce amendments of such a kind. This, he
insisted, was the real state of the case, and any
man who possessed an atom of memory, must know
that he was perfeCtly cornea. The Learned D )c.
for then'alluded to what had fallen from an Ho-
nourable General 'respelling the Works of Vauban ;
and the operations of the Contending Armies of
France, respelling Arras, &c, and after referring
to some statements in that part of.,the French His.
tory, drew an inference therefroM very diferent
from those of the. Hon. General. Arguing ferther
in support of what had fallen from the Hon. Officer
whose observations had been so frequently animal.,
vetted upon, Ire said, the Naval Defence of the
Country was set aside by him, becaus4, it hid no
regular connexion' with, the' subjell in debate,
which was the Military Defence of the coon.
try. Alluding to the Field ,Works spoken of
by the CHANCELLOR: of the EXCHEQUER, he
observed that if they were carrying on, they
must certainly be in a very incipient state. He
knew' that a week or two ago ,b oine money had
been issued, which he believed must be done pre,
paratury to the erellion of the Works : there were,
he well knew, persons employed in surveying
the Coasts and in taking soundings,' but, for
purposes very different from any that were al_
lulled to that night. The individuals he meant
werb known in this Country by the name of
Cumneteial Agents, lint who were in Effekft Spies
and Emissaries of the French Government. Much
was said of the great things to be done by and bye,
but this must be, provided the Invasion did not take
place in the mean time. However, it was; incum.
bent on that House to do what it could to rouse
the spirits and energies Of the Country ; and since
that ditty seemed to be abdicated by
Ministers, it
would be desirable that some Member, either his
Right Hon. Friend, the. Right„ Hon. Gentleman
wider the Gallery, ot 'some Other of adequate weitht.
and authority, would iirutertake the taik.
Gen. MAT rt.Atsto spoke in explanation.
Sir fr. ARS/UNE delivered his sentiments tallier
in detail as a Military Man, upon the sAjell in did.
eussion. He was onfavourable to the Fortification
System , Fteld.worki without an adequate number of
men to Occupy them, would be of tittle avail ; besides,
the attempt would be but detaching the Army)
and rendering it unable to' prevent" a descent. It
would bebetter, where practicable, to assemble the
whole force in one ',Timer+, particularly the Tioops
of the Line ; the plan of dividing our forco. into
small separate divisions would be injurious ; it would
tie impossible under such cireuttistaOces to Assemble
a greater number of men than t 5,000„ tVhicli surely
would not keufficient to ..fiAlit a battle upon, which
the fa:e of tYgland might depend.
colonel CitAwromo spoke in farther explana.

Colord ARCVIDALE mile a variety of (Amt..
v4tions upon the Alibi "tt in discussion.; in the course
of WiiCll he said, the manners, the propensities, anti
the minds of the people of England were nut yet
fated he principal reason of this was, that they were
not yet :IW:lrepf the extent of their danger they were
among the ht 'vest people upon the. Earth, but
hitherto they relied too much upon the local ad.
vantages of their situation. Alarms, therefore,
contimaerl, might be Attended with good
efUtts. The next ohjett should be to give them
due confidence in their own own personal powers.
The. measures pf Government were, he thought,
well adapted for these purposes, The English con,
quered every thing ,abroad, but at Atonic their
char,taler was not sufficiently military.
Sir 7, PULTENEY made a few observations,
and seenrd to think the creation of detached works
would be highly useful.

Captain KIARK/Mill spoke at-some length he
thought much of what was discusseil'had better been
avoided ; he adverted to the difficulties which
would attend the landing of the Enemy upon the
Coasr, among which it should be considered that
the wind which would be favourable to their -tan s&
ing, would create a great surf : he however thought
it would be adviseable to prepare the best postoble
means on shore fcr our defence, in addition to these
advant
ffitages&d which our naval power and insular situa.
a.

Afr. C;. /l. ~111ITC1114VSON expressed h opi-
nion that witch rat what fallen limn an Hon, 01.,
Beer +y h- worthy thr sciinus.attention of the House.
tie 'd to speak friits the conyidion of his heart,
111::,mt-1ttio to professional advice on points
,if Ccx 1.1.“ Times Of danger,
lie 4lltterved were titnes:-.of public virtue
,aO4 the
cretent circUtustitnces were such as rewired 411

LAST night the Bill for Arming the Nation pass.
td the House of Commons, and was ordered to be
carried up to the Lords, who meet this day to re.
ceive it. Mr. Pr rr, ,it will be seen by our Re..
port, made a m:,st eloquent and admirable Speech,
in which he pointed out what ought still further to
be done to place the Country in the best possible
state of security.

WE this
.morning received Paris journals to the
loth instant.

Under, the head of Pienita, July 4., it is said
that the •EMPERORJ. at the instance of PRINCE
CliAltl.29, had countermanded the ,march of his
Troops to Italy, determined to give to France an
unequivocal proof of his intention to maintain the
strittest neutrality.

•
They state front Bremfn, that the Magistracy of
that City,.had received'hy its Deputies, the positive
assurance that the Neutrality of the Abseatic
Towns shoOld,:lit preserved. General MORTIER
has nqt since the refusal of the Senate,
upon the sequestration of English Property, as chid
measure would be contrary to the Neutrality which
that City ought to preierve.

Te Privateer Le Furtt, which sailed from
Boulogne on the 9th, has carried three Brigs into
Dtinkirk,, laden with'eual. The Privateer l'Agile,
of L'Orient, has taken the English Brig Paientine,
from Bristol, the Augusta, of 400 tons,' froin An-
tibes for London, laden with sugar and coffee, and
the Rackel, from NeVis to kistol, of 300 tons,
laden with sugar and coffee. The Agile, which
sailed from L'Orient on the zoth of June, returned
to that Port on the ist instant, having 32 English
prisoners gn board, who were sent to A' runes.
An official Notice has been published at Em6den,
that England had consented that the Prussian Flag,
as a Neutral Power; should have the liberty of going
into the Ports of Fiance, submitting at the, same.
time to tie' laWs established in England with re.
siva tcvNeuttals.

Offers: oTGun.boars are making. by almost every
town in France, and the Soldiery are subscri6ing
day's pay towards defraying the expenc:e of the
War against England.

Letters from Madrid announce, that a levy is ot.
dered of io,ooo men to, reinforce the Garrisons of
Alicant, Carrhogena, Cadii, Ferrol, and Corunna
the entrance into these Ports will be furnished with
a numerous artillery, and the Maritime Force of
.sp,tio will be aug:nented with pine Ships of the
Lint and twelve I,.'rigatea.

A pat of the French Army has reached its des.:
tina;ion lt7 Lhr i.cinztioM ot.NVIs• 4.1.4 bzliOved

that the Kto* will pass to -firkin: The Esiglisit
who were at Naptss, have precipirately emliarked
311 their efreets and
.are gone to Meuiwa. Lora
NELSON was at Afaha in the end of June. Several
Couriers dispatched by him had arrived at Naples,
in consequence of which Councils were held.

I-lAMBI/40H, Jura B.—They speak here of
,a
new and very important League about to be formed
amongst the Powers of the Northt relative to.the,
freedom of,Navigation. Several events which have,
taken place .since the War broke outbetween Fratet
and England, and, above all, the capture of Neutral
Ships by the English, have pointed out to the
Courts of Petersburgh, Berlin, Stockhold4 and Cit•
penbagen, that their interest demands that they
should take combined measures to make their Flags
respetled by the Rulers of the Seas. They
speak of
a Leagnewhich has been proposed to that effeCl by
the Cabitiet of Peter:burgh, and which has the same
°bite as the Armed Neutrality adopted at the end of
the last War, and which so much affeded the Coat of
London. The,Cabinets of Kerlin and Copenbagel are,
we arc assured, much disposed to make a common
cause with that of Prtmburgh. The Court of
Stoeiham has- made some objection to the proposed
plan; but there is reason to believe they will be
removed. It is besides confirmed, that- Negotia.
tions are on the taPis between General Moat! Bit
and the PRINCE ROYAL of Denmark, relatiVe to
several very important objeas.—(Le Publichte.)
HAiOU E, JULY I 2.—For several days eight
English Frigates have menaced the Texel. The
pass of that Road is defended by the jean de
and the Government, for further security, have
sent another Ship of the Line, the Pieter Pruitt,
of 74. guns.
HAN PV ER' JULY 6.—The French have .already
levied in ready.money two millions and a half of
francs for the wants of the Army. They ire fur,
with complete clothing, Bte.. The
&shed, besides,
French yesterday morning occupied the PutchY cfl
- Lauenburgh. The ilanoverian Troops have eXe.
CUM' the new Capitulation.
The Chief Coniul arrived at Cher:to:ton the r4th.
The French FUnds were on the. s Bth at 52. 40.

PLYMOUTH, IULY 21.—Arrived the French Brig
'Pala, laden with coffee and cotton) from Tobago, bound to
Havre, captured by the Hussar Frigate. Also the Spanish'
Lugger San Cuiney, laden with sugar; from:Bi'boa, bound to
Bourdeaux,• detained by the Atalanta Sloop of War. •
YARMOUTH, Jur.v 22.—0 n the Sth inst. six Putch
Schuyts were:cut out of the Drilla by the 80211 of thiLeua
Frigate; an attempt was made at the same time to cut Out a.
Brig Privateer then lying there, btu was not attended with
success.
HARWICH jut. v 24.-...1.20 night arrived this Is4pOse
Revenue Cut* froM a eruize off the Sualk Coast, Wear.
informed that Capt.SrAc tz on Sunday last MI in with about,.
ten miles from Lowestolft, a French Lugsail Privateer, which
lie chaced all day add the following night, but unfortunately
she. made her escape. The Repulse was at one time so neat
•
as to discover the Privateer had no carriage guns, but bet
crew appeared to consist of upw,ards of one hundred men. ,

FALMOUTH, JULY zo.—Arrived the Ling Les peull.
Amis, Captain NIANDRILLAN, of Rouen, ?Of Havre ftVal
Martinique, with colie, cotton, and sugar, taken 14 daY•
sinceiu lat. 44. long, 16, by His Majesty's Ship Thimdcret,
of 74 guns, which 'was left in educe of five Vessels, supposed.
to be French. . Seventy sail of vessels (French) were nearly
laden, and expected to sail in a few d,sys after her, for Europe
from Martinique, Twodays since they spoke the Resolution
Lugger, of.Mevagissey„ who had taken a French Ship 013"
tons, from G,uadaloupe for Hay re; and which the had with tier,
DEAL, JULY 2%.—His Majesty's Gun,,hog Vixen Sailed
this afternoon to the Northward. Arrived the Hambro' ShiP
?Eolus, from Bourdeaux, bound to Harnb4o!.; laden with to-
bacco stalks, witie, and other merchandise, detain 4 by 1.40
Locust Gun-brig. •

On Thursday evening Their MAJESTliiiibq
Dukes ofetruu 1: it LAND, KE Nvr, and CANIIIRLDGEO.
and the PR INC E4S2i, tusk an airing in Itichmunt.
Gardens.

Yesterday morning filo MAlvsrir and the three-
Rorm. DUKES, inspeaed the new Palace in Kew,
Gardens; afterwards THEIR MAirtsTras and the.
PR INC ESSESI honoured the Countess MANSFI r
with a morning vi,it. The ROYAL FAMILY (qua
Kew, and left that place for Windsor.
Telegraphs 'and signal posts are now ete6ting in
all parrs of Wales, and on the several high hills ,
s'unetirtshiri.

We4lnesday General SrmcoE arrived at Feri4
dennis Garriion, to insped into the t..ite of that Cl.
tittle!.

The Out. Pensioners of Chelsea. Hospital are tci
assemble on Monday next in different parts of thtl
Kingdom, in order to undergo an inspection, Pre,
',oratory to such of them as are fit for service being
enrolled in the Army of Reserve.
Qo'Wednisday evening a fracas, took -place at
Cittusi. the following statement of which it
givenby the friends of Lord CAMELPORD, (MC nib`
the parties concerned• :—Lord CAMEL-P.m', havi,og,
inadvertently Tot on his hat, after bli e ,duncoieto
himself during the performance of 1, t
King," was struck .1n the head with -a large en!".
stick, by a person of the.namoolSKAvv. 'lbis attack Lord CAMB.LFoRo rese n Led, hy knocking the aggresit
sot. down; a scufflL:ensudond3n,lov blows were
on both sides. The next iti,rning th parries met
at Union-Hall, when Lord CAMELPORD very 1)12`
inanely offered to give - further proceedingi.t
it Mr. SHAW. would acknowledge the impropriety
of his conduet. This he refost.d to d,vp and Lora
CAME4PORD hats since directed his Solicitor to corn-
tnence Adion against him. ,

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