The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-28 00:00:00

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DitIENCE OF THE COUNTRY.

IT seems to be the opinion of Military Men,
that no measure can he of greater utility, or even
necessity, in defending the Country against Invaders,
than 'the having a numerous hotly of Pioneers ready
trained, to be called nut in case of emergency. No
measure too would seem more'easily praCticable
the execution, and less burdensome to Government
and Individuals ; yet it certainly has not been hi.
therto generally attended to nor understood. To
toe it appears of such importance, as to.merit being
brought before the eye of the Public by the most
prompt anti diffitsive communication possible. With
this view, I tun induced to request the Insertion in
your Paper of the following Extract s prl the subject,
from a Work of Col. Dtitom, Deputy Quarter.
macter.General in North Britain ; published, not
rarely as suggestions to Military Men slime, hut
for instructing the Public at large in the best way
of preparing for their own defence.
juty, *303. w. IS.

SZTILACTS 'ROM COL. DIROM'4 " PLANS FOR Tilt
UeireNCE of GittAT ZtRIT 4N MID IKELAND."
Page v.—Colliers and Miners of every deserip-
tinn, also Labourers accustomed to ditching and.
draining, WOW, at Pioneers, Lorin,a most useful
body for the defence of the Country. They should
belorolled and divided into Companies, comManded
by the °verse:is under whom they are employed ;
but the Field Officps ought to he men of experiiiice,
Who have been opposed to an enemy in the bt•ld ;
and such Officers well know,.that a body of good
Pioneers are aibmay of more essential use in nvOr,
particularly in a.defensibe war, than the like num.
ber would, he of disciplined Troops. This body.
cannot be too numerous, and may comprise all. the
ablehodied men who may not have beeninstruded
in the use of fire arots. .

Pik ea,. which are no eretunheance, and are snatched
up in ~, moment; would he the best arms, not only
for Artificers and Pioneers, but also fur the Com-
pton.% of Artitlery„ and in their hands would add
tv.entiaily to the defence of cannon antOield-worki.
P. 65.....5upp05e the Enemy to have landed, and
taken post with that parent" his Army,. before nur
Force) could reach the Coast, his intrenehments
ought, if possible, to be instantly stormed ; hut if
that does.not afford a reasonable prospeet of success,
we may 'still employ the time to great inlvantage,
while he is engaged in landing the equipment, of
his Army, not only' by harassing him day and
night, and by laying waste the adjacent country,
but also by collcCling and employing numerous
-Corps of Pioneers, to obstrod his progress.

In Cornwall, it is reckoned there are ,80,000
Miners ; near Newcastle, 60,000 Colbert, and.in
the Counties adjoining to Edinburgh, it would not
be difficult to collet% at least to,ooo Colliers,Miners,
anti able Labourers. It may be easily imagined,
anti could be demonstiated, that before a hostile
Army, with all its equipiucots, could be landed
upon 'these Coasts, such a body oPioneers as might
be, collated at any of the places above mentioned,
might encompass the Invading Army with a ditch
and rampart, which it would be difficult, perhaes
impossible, for them to pass. In every view, It Is
evident that these exertions of labour would throW
such impediments in their way us would enable us
to attack them with decided advantage whenever
their Army attempted to advance from the Coasts.
P. tom.—Under the chapter of " Plan for a Ge.
neral Volunteer Militia," is the following article
and note subjoined.
Art. 8. That in order to extend this system also
to the Coriiry, and that the Volyriteer Militia
may be composed of every description, of Troops
requisite to form a regularly 'constituted anti effi.
glen! Military Force, a number of men shall he en.
tolled in the Country Parishes and Villages to serve
as Artificers and Pioneers, who are to carry en.
trenchirigand other tnols slung over their shoulder,
and being armed with pikes, are to be drawn as
the -rear rank of the Infantry anti Artillery Corps,
-!'thus forming nearly a third part of the Volunteer

The Volunteer Corps of Infantry art. drawn up two
deep ; it may be affirmed, Out tso Irdops, however well
tflucipllncd can use tire arms with safety and tifeti in a third
grits, thetetore comes to Witten properly armed with
1)3.6 ; ~aid even a fourth riitic of that de4cription might l)e
lidded with owl advantage. 'The pikes being twelve fact
;kilt', would poked and give conlitlenw so the two Ant
rat►ks in filing mut loadime their muskett.; and; the men with
arc arms in the trona would give gonadence to the Piker pert
in the rear. General LLOYD strongly tecommendll thcaddi-
tion of Vikernott in our IntJlitry' Estattlisltinsgigge

ry :

, Near moo men are to be employed eto the'Forti_
ficstions going on at Chatham. The Deibyabire
Militia were CXrte6ta to endAtiip on the bles this
tlay from Cottheath, where they are "to he joined: by
the 3,1 Ihtttalioh of the ;sr Regiment of Quart's..

While Government and the Nation in general are
ritertilig every means to frustrate the Med.'
itqlss Oral pride tt nottArAITI and his Plunderers,
Mr. Git.Ltst. e exhibits a Model of An impreg.,'
viable Battery at No. t 57, New Bowl-street, which
is so contrived, that no Ship can stand on hour be.
fore it ; and the greatest Fleet cannot damage it, or
4turt those who manage this Wontitlful inVention,
We are hippy to hear it has attraticti the notide of
sonic illustrious Military tharaders but we ion.
tier it has ,noc olredtly been placed on` the Coasts.
A Danish Physician of the name of Keurseil
has adopted in the Danish Westlndia,lslands, the
tratlir~z n} cii,ftion. with Oil, for the core of the
-Pester incidental to that vlimite, in the same than.
Itet.its poinied,out by Mr. 13,5t,0w ttv, with resped
to the plague in'Egypt. Letters from Copenhagen.
istate ;th.it Dotior lCvirrsoif had adopted this VAC-,
tice,in' the cases of eight liolAiers• affii6ed with the
Fe ,hr; 'six ()Culom were completely cured by hie.
tion 'with Oil in the course of twenty tour hours.
The w”, which it niteratei is by producing pro.
ille'per,,,pir,ition, and gclieroily nodor
K.Sto•tsCkl;, in gime case.., IVO(' teil the operation' at'
the Oil still Mort efficacious, by adding to it Cant;

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