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indeed, that is a confideraticgt which I have not felt
that it was necelTary for me to be much in balk to
weigh in my mind. Without doubt, Sir, this mea-
fure has not relieved the c.•onties from the prefTure
of the recruiting fervice. This fervice does prefs on
the counties; bui what meafure that does not orris ?
Nay, what meafure, I mean what meafure of this
mature, or even wh:.t defcription foever, does
' trot mere fo? However, I do not fay that it
trill anfwer ; but, as far as the refult of the opera-
tions of three months is a c:iteriin of the probable
utility of'the meafure, I cannot help thinking that we
have ttrong reafon to believe that time will perfeel it
to the full, In far as it is either capable of perfenion,
or as it was affumed that it would become nerfeet.
For one, I do not hefitate in laying that it has an-
fwered, and will anfwer.
" The Hon. Gentleman has fuppofed that my
Right Hon. Frietrd (Mr. Canning) admitted on a
former night, that as a military meafure, this urea-
lure has completely failed. My Right on. Friend
admitted no Inch thins ; he Paid no filch thing ; he
meant no fuch thing; the truth is, the Hon. Gentle-
, man has forgotten the arguments which my Right
Hon. Friend ufed, and anfwered arguments which he
' did not ufe. This was the moll convenient way for
.the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman, relying
on a mind rich in Rotes of genius, and poffefling at
once a various and creative imagination, defpifes the
vulgar methods of reading and reflection, is quite
above (haring its knowledge with the dull herd of
the men of invelligation and enquiry in this world,
and by the force of his wit, to which he diaubtlefs
trufts more than to his eloquence, hopes to over-
power the reafon of the Britifh Parliament, and mil-
lead the clear, flrong, good fenfe of the Britift; people.
s—Looking at the force which we have gained by this
meafure, I will fay, that, even fuppofing the erpence
more unfavourable, it never would be a conclufive
argument againft us. I will take care, that it than
not be (aid that I am too fanguine. I do not over-
rate the produaive capacity of the meafure. I on-
ly fay, that it will be an ufeful auxiliary, as already
it has proved; and whether this happen in one
way or in another, the final benefit which will have
accrued, mug guide the judgments of fober minds.
—As to the queltion, how far the tneafure will
be ufefulf I will not, however, enter into any detailed
view ; yet can any man fay, that the meafure will
not fulfil the principal great end of its adoption ?
—The Honourable Gentleman fuppofes, that it
will not do any thing for us during the prefent war.
I know not where he has Rumbled on this immature,
crude, and molt unwarrantable opinion. He fags,
that the meafure will fo far not anfwer, at that it
will not add to our permanent force during the war,
at leaft fo I underßood him. Suppofing that the Bill
had hitherto anfwered no purpofe, which he denied;
but fuppofing it, fir argument fake, and admitting it
was brought forward as allitmed by the Hon. Gen-
tleman, a mutate for the rapid extenfion of our Mi-
litary force, it then did not follow that it ought not
to be tried, for the fpecimen afforded by the tall
three months juftified an expeaation that it would
have that effea • but he denied that he ever pledged
himfelf it would a rapid effect in increafing our
Military Force ;he brought it forward as a permanent
'fyftem to recruit our military Itrength ; but the Hon.
Gentleman had treated the argument, as if he (Mr.
Pitt) had difapproved of the Army of Referve Bill;
inftead of which be was one of its warmeß fuppor.ers.l
He thought it railed a force of near 40,0c0 men, at
a crifis, when perhaps no other means would have
produced them fo loon ' - but having produced them,
and the bounty created by the competition between
that and the Supplementary Militia having become fo
high, it became an object to recruit the army in fu-
ture by means of (mailer bounties ; that effea bad al-
ready been produced. The frequency of defertion,
the attendant on-high bounties, was another evil al-
ready in a great meafure diminiffied by this Bill. The
Honourable Gentleman had Paid he had promifed
So,ooo men to be railed in the courfe of the prefent
year. Now, if that Honourable Gentleman would
confent to do, what it was to be wifhed be had done
before he (poke, namely, to read the Bill which he
withed to repeal, he would find, that what be expea-
ed to be done in one year, was to be the operation of
the Bill in five, fix, or (even years ; and that the. aug-
mentation was to be in proportion to the number of
men enlifling out of the Militia into the Line, ant! in
proportion as the Militia might otherwife diminifb.
Mr. Pitt then proceeded to (hew that the great (A-
ka of railing a difpofable force had not failed, as
the Hon. Gentleman had Rated. He Paid that fince
the Bill began to operate, the Force which was li-
mited in its fervice had changed and become unli.
suited, was It le (tort of 3c,000 ; that is, there was
fo much added to the really difpofable Force of the
country. Here he went over items, by which this
calculation was juftified, and which, indeed, might
be expeaed to procure 26,000 in addition to the
difpofable Force within the year, out of that which
is at prefect confined to a limited fervice ; and there.
fore he fubmitted to the Houle that it was cer-
tainly worth while to confider a little before they
agreed or confented to repeal loch a Bill, which
was only one of the objeas of the Honourable Gen-
tleman. But there was another objeCt which would
fatisfy that Hon. Gentleman much better than the
repeal of this Bill, which was the charge againft Ad •
miniftration. He had Rated what the Bill had al-
ready dune; what he believed it would do ; but here
again he mull be underßond to Rate only what he
believed as a probable event, not any thing for which
he pledged himfelf. He had not pledged himfelf it
would have the rapid effca the Hon. Gentleman had
Rated. He was perhaps more fanguine in his ex-
patations of its progrefs than had turned out to be
the Ga ; but the eaufes of its impediment had been
removed ; and now he wiffied the meafure to have a
fair trial ; the calculation was, that in a year by the
men which would be railed under it, and the facility
it would afford to the old mode of recruiting, it would
produce an addition of 36,000 men, within the year
me the difpofable Military Force of this country.—
The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to
combat the allegation, that our naval force was in-
fufficient ; but he detained the Houle but a Short time
on that fubjea, as be deemed it totally foreign to the
queltion at iffue. Whatever he had formerly laid,
as to the condu& of the former Admiralty, he till
perfealy adhered to, by his obfervations having been
confirmed Since he came into office. He was quite
prepared to fupport hisopinion on that fuhjeet, when-
:ever it wee nee/diary to eater upon it, but he would,

not be forced to enter upon Each dircuMons at the
-pleafure of any Hon. Gentleman who might think
prover to throw nut fuch examinations. Whatever be
might have thought of the Noble Lord lately at the
nf the Admiralty when in office, he did not
th;ni: it ”Pceffary to enter upon on the prefent occa-
(kn. Ile had no vindidive objeft in view, and leaft
of all had he any thing to alledge againß one whole
former fervices to his country could not be diminifli-
ed by any inadequacy to the naval deportment of the
country. He had little reafon to doubt that every
thing was in advance during the prefent naval ad-
miniltration, and it would be found to on a compa-
rifon of the different (hips in commit Eon at different
periods, With regard to the diaribution of our naval
force, it would be found to have varied according to
the feafons ' • and he was certain it was to be found
that the fyllem of blockade in the Northern Seas
was highly advifeable. It would, however, be end-
lets to enter into difcullions of all the topics touch-
ed on by the Honourable Member in the courfe of
his fpeech ; for though that Hon. Member feldom
troubled the Houfe whip fpeeches, yet, when be did
fo, he generally thought it neceffary to pay off all ar-
rears whatever repartee, bon met, or witticifm, he(Mr.
Sheridan) had, during his courfe of Parliamentary at:.
tendance carried home with him and flept upon ;
hatever he had found fault with himfelf for not'
bringing forward fooner ; in fhort, all the argument,
paflion, and invedive, all the bold and hardy affert
tions came out altogether, without bearing any rela:
tion to the fubjetl in queßion. He (Mr. Pitt) would
recommend to the Houfe to • separate the two gaud.
tions which had occurred, viz. the repeal of this
Defence Ad, and the injurious afperfions or feelingt
of a Minifter, whom there were certainly other means
bf getting quit of, if it was thought fit. Although
that Honourable Gentleman teemed to have formed
a very unfavourable opinion of him, yet he (Mr. Pitt)
had the advantage of setting one compliment from
him in the courfe of his invedives, but he did hippo&
that he (Mr. Pitt) had at one time Rood high in
the public estimation. It was only from the cir-
cumftances of iBot that he thought him unfit for
public affairs. There was not one violent expref-
lion, charge, or epithet, which he (Mr. Sheridan)
did not apply to him, during the whole courfe of
the feventeen years in which he fuppofed him en-
titled to a (hare of the public confidence. He thought
therefore, that the Honourable Gentleman's judgment
was fomewhat impeached in this particular, when he
had nine-tenths of the country diametrically differing
from him. The Hon. Gentleman teemed to fuppofe
that there was fomething very unfortunate in the pre-
fent Adminiftration, not merely bemire it confined
of him (Mr. Pitt), but becaufe it confilled of other
perfons. Thole who argued upon the grounds of for=
mer differences, lives, and habits, ridiculed all funda•
mental agreement. The Hon. Gentleman had Rated,
that he had a very high opinion of the Noble Lord
at the head of his Moiety's Privy Council, and to take
merit from the degree of liberality with which he
treated him. He believed that Gentleman had fup-
ported the Noble Lord in (sot a very few particulars.
The Noble Lord who was Secretary of State for the
Foreign Department, had been Rated by the Hon.
Member as having been excluded or cafhiered, oa ac-
count of his having been appointed to the Home De-
partment. As to that Noble Lord, he could fafely
aver, that it was his Lordfhip's own arrangement and
exprefs defire, that he fhould be fo appointed. Such'in-
finuations :hen were in no degree applicable to hi sLord-
(hip. There never was a period when he (Mr. Pitt)
had differed from that Noble Lord, that his private
opinion and perfonal 'confideration of him was at all
decreafed. • He had, perhaps, now fail more than
Was neceffary, in aafwer to any thing worthy of no-
tice ; but he could not help laying a few words as
to the appeal made to the Country Gentlemen of that
Houfe, with regard to the feverity of this meafure,
fu as to induce them to vote againit it. He did be-
lieve there eaifted, as independent a let of charac-
ters, aetuated by public zeal and ardour to fupport
his Majefty with their.lives and fortunes, as ever ex.
ifted an any period of our hißory. Thefe Gentle.
men were to remember too, that the fiet and para-
mount daty was to preferve the country, and all the
comforts of its inhabitants ; that greater exertions
were to be ufed, according to the exertions of the
enemy. The time in which we lived, and the critic
in which we were called upon to contend was one in
which it was neceffary to make ourfelvel more a
military people than was neceffary, or even porn-
ble, even in the days of our predeceffors.—He
difclaimed the Bill as a pecuniary aid, but till
it was proved by trial to have completely failed, he
would contend that the facrifice was one which',
we were bound to endure. There were oci,ooo men
railed in England, exclufive of cafualties. The
bounties were paid out of the public money, fo that
this could not be deemed a pecuniary burden on any
particular let of individuals. Was it intended; if'
this Aft was repealed, to give up all claims frn• the
penalties both in it and the Army' of Referve-Aft
It was impoffible to difpenfe with them 'altogether.
The fines incurred br the former were done
away by the latter one. which was a mach 'more le-
nient one. It would be grofs injuftice and abfurdity
to repeal the fines laid on in both Bills, and fo far
from favouring his (Mr. Sheridan's) argument, rather
tends againft it. On all thefe grounds, therefore,
he fhould vote againft the motion.
Mr. WINDHAM Paid, he thought the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman needed not to accufe the Ho-
nourable Member (Mr. Sheridan), of having devi•
aced from the queftion, as he (Mr. Pitt) himfelf bad,
often done fo. Inconfißency was not to be inferred
merely from the circumftance of people differing in
opinion at one time, and agreeing.together at others.
There could-be no repoolibility attachable to him,
becaufe he had formerly approved of the Provincial
Cavalry : he might have changed his mind fence
that time, either by longer reflation, or longer ex-
perience. What was the Right Honourable Gentle.
man doing, but pralifing at this day what he for-
merly would not liflen to? Was he not pradifing
that very reduition of the Militia, which he formerly
would not hear of ? He did not condemn him 'for
this, but he only condemned him for condemning
others for what he did formerly himfelf. How was any
man ever to get wife if he confidered himfelf to be
bound to udhere to his former errors, or to the er-
rors of his former Adminiaration ? The Bill was
highly objcaionable in every point of view. It gave rife
to a kind of improper influence amongft parifb officers.
In other words, it produced him men by very im-

proper Means. There were no means which trade'
with officers better than other men, that did not
mate the recruits the more improper. An inftaace
of oppreffion had to his knowledge lately occurred,
which furnifhed him with an inikance of what he al-
luded to. A parcel of kith bricklayers labourers had
met on a Sunday evening, (the only day they could
fpare) on purpofe to indulge in the innocent a mufement
of dancing, and other feftivity, when the Magif-
trates interfered, and affaulted them with the whole
band of Contlables and Officers, who all of them ex-
creifed a vexatious fpirit of authority. Many of thefe
individuals were taken to prifon, and left all night
therein, for the purpofe of the Megiftrates felettLig,
according to their difcretion, thofe whom they al-
ledged could give no account of themfelves, having
neither money nor friends, and fending them on
board of the tender. Such were the fcenes that were
acting Under one own e7e, without the leanredrefs.
Was not this a fpecimen of what we might expect
under this par& bill ?' Many of the recruits contain•
ed in the lifts on the table were, he believed, procured
in the fame manner, by the affiflance of pariffi
crimps. There was no doubt whatever that the BM
had completely failed, having only raifed 2000 to-
, wards the number of 80,000, originally intended.—
This forely was convincing proof that it was not cal-
enlaced to produCe any immediate and beneficial d-
rat. This bill, notwithaanding the gigantic promifes
made by the Right Honourable Gentleman, failed in
I every refpee, every thing, in fact, had been done to
prevent the augmentation of the regular force ; the
army of referee was at &II intended to feed the army,
and this afthad been pallid to fupply the confump-
tion of the army of referee ; but neither the one nor
the othet anfwered the objeea for which they were in-
tended. Yet, it was contended on the oppofite fide,
that what the bill had effeeed was conclufive evidence
of the fticcers which would attend its continuance ;and
it was urged, therefore, that further time inould be
allowed to try and afeettain its operation. This re-
minded him of quack medicines, which, though often
deftrutlive, yet were vended and puffed off as rove-
reign remedies for difeafes which they had brought on
and produced the death of the credulous patient; but,
lays the Right Hon. Gentleman, give this Bill a long
day to try its benefit a little longer; he could not fee
any reafon; however, for yielding to their defire, un-
lefs it was thought the Spring might revive the mea-
lure, and infufe into it additional health and vigour.
Such improvement could not, in his opinion, be ex-
peeed, from what was in the laft Rage of confump-
tion, and on the very verge of diffolution. The De-
fence Bill had not even the advantage which the
meafure of the Army of Referve could boat ; it had
not the ftiinulus of balloting, which, though its good
was more than counterbalanced by the high bounties
ii had created, yet there was a ftitnulus which made
it fuperior to the prefent fyltem • 'but there meafures
and thefe confequences had utterly deftroyed recruit-
ing for the regular force, and fhould, of courft, be
abrogated. His ftrongeft objection was, that they
were procured in a way which interfered with the
fupply of the Regular Army, in confequence of which
that fpecies of force would be ultimately reduced, and
wholly deftroyed. If any one meant to burlefque the
army, and the means of increafing it, he would have
chofen thisfyftem of recruiting by parifh officers, (a
Irms4) though it was almoft impoffible to refrain from
laughing at fo abortive and abfurd a meafure ; yet, if
perfevered in, he apprehended that it would prove
lamentable in its effects. He was confident it could
only luxuriate in the prolific underftanding of the
Right Honourable Gentleman, whole iitufory plans
brought to his recollection the ideas of fome writers
on modern gardening. They confidered not the
nature of the foil, or its fitnefs for cultivation ; their
whole object was to make„it look well in perfpedive,
or fuit it for a picture. Such was the cafe with the
Right Hort. Geademan, who feemed 'to difregard
fubftantial meafures, and to be only folicitous to
Make his fpeeches look well in Parliament ; the ob-
vious confequence was, that we had brilliant fp.eches,
but very bad meafures. In every point of view, this
Parifh Bill mull be confidered oppreffive in the at-
tempt to execute it, and after every effort, would
prove unavailing and impracticable. This was an
opinion confirmed by every gentleman who came
from the country, and had fees the meafure tried.
Our fituation would be alarming indeed; if we were
Rill to rely for military aid, and a conftant fupply,
to the force of the country, on a meafure which,
rer durcu, in the emergency of the moment, we could
not even require to continue. Under all thefe cit.-
cumftances, be trailed the Houfe would concur in
the repeal of the AIL
General NORTON thought, that it was better to
adhere to the Defence Bill, which had railed fome
men, than repeal it when no other meafure was pro-
poled as a fubftitute.
Mr. LANGHAM &mild vote againft the Bill ;
but if it was continued, he hoped Come attention
would be made in the mode of affeffing, which be
confidered partial and oppreffive.
Colonel STEWART gave a qualified fupport to
the Bill, and fubmitted a new plan, at the fame time,
to the confideration of the Houfe; but the milli '
which prevailed while the Hon. Member continued
to (peak, rendered him perfectly inaudible.
Mr. WHITBREAD role merely to notice a re-
mark or two of the Right Honourable Gentleman's
oppofite, which had efeaped his Right Honourable
Friend (Mr. Windham). He then proceeded to exa-
mine the provifions of the Bill, one of which was,
that the firft quota of itS or rB,OOO men, timid be
railed agaiuft the 1R of October, 1804; yet fo in-
capable was the Bill of performing what was intended
by it, with every explanation it could receive, and
every affiftance the framers of it could give, nothing
under it could be doni; and Minifters at hall took
on themfelves to (*end its operation on the 15th
of November, being fix weeks after the period,
when, according to the ftipulations in the Bill,
the firft number of 18000 men ought to have
been completed. Having fo long furpended the
operation of the Aft, it was fomewhat remarkable
that Minifters had lately iffued proclamations for en-
forcing the double penalties. The numbers to be
railed by the Bill acrainft October 1805, were moon
men. The Right Hon. Gentleman faid the Bill
&Gold not be given up. Then what remained, but
that the deficiency of nearly 16,000 for the laft year,
and shooo for the year 1805, muff be railed within
the period from this day to October next. If the
Right Hon. Gentleman was warranted in holding
Out Inch a threat to the parithes, and drat too, under

the Fence of double pen +hies, he stinfl be allowed
to fay that his condue, and that of his colleagues in
Office, had been highly reprehenfible in not entorc-
icg,the Aff during the whole period it ought to have
gone on. He then proceeded to take a view of tiro
other force of the Country, and conclt•ded by declar-
ing his hearty concurrence to the motion.
Mr. BRAGGE BATHURST defended the
principle of the Bill at confiderable length, and de-
clared, that if he was out of Adminiftration, he
would do fo likewife. At the fame time he did not
think it right that Gentlemen, when aCting under
particular circumßances, mould be asked to pledge
their honour as to the courfe which they were likely
to purfue under different eircumaance.
Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON obfcrved,
that not one argument that had been urged by his
Honourable Friend had yet been anfwered. There-
fore, as he felt the full force of the arguments in
favour of die motion, he felt himfelf bound to give
it his fupport.
Mr. TIERNEY allured the Houle, that from what
he had heard that night, and flora what palled v. ithirt
his daily obfervation, he had reafon to be Rill mere
and more fatisfied with the late Adminißration.
he had heard an Honourable Gentleman °Verve on
a former night, the fyflem of railing men under the
Defence 4a was objationable upon conElitutional
grounds, namely, that it decreafed the Militia at
the fame time that it increafed the !landing Army.
This could not be done away, with by any experiment
or trial ; and there was not any meafure of the late
Adminiftration that was liable to a fimilar oblation.
But the meafure to which the motion referred was
Titoß particularly unjuff, as it faid in effed, " we.
know that men cannot be obtained for lefs than 151.
and yet we will fine you aol. if you do not procure
them for rol."

Mr. FOX laid, he should avoid molt of the topics that had been
adverted to by others. He could not fee-how the Kele!, t Admini-
ftration had been harraffiat by litigious and vexations oapelition, as
Rated by the Honourable Gentleruan who faoke laft. To ioppoic
the Adminiftratlon, before it had been died, would certainly have
dcferved thcfe epithets; but he did not think that an oppofitiots
to it, after it had been proved, and found inefficient, merited that
reproach. lie tax were propofed and eftimated at two millions;
and if it only produced one hundred thoufan2, furely it would
not thew a. litigious difpofition to find fault with it. ' It had
been (tilted, that he (Mr. Fox) had gone out of the Hoak upon
a former occalion (Mr. Windham's late motion), in is" pery ill
humour. He was conscious that the obfervation was well founded ;
but he recolledted perfedly well, that upon his return, he certainly
had not fo much rearms to be fadafied as a fimilar occafion laft year.
when he had more than 100 members of the Houle along with him.
'lt had been urged upon a former occaficin (Mr. Windham's motion)
as an argument againft going into a Committee, that though the
Rate of the army was net improved, that of the navy had increafed
lin ftrength; but, for his part, he could not fee any great increafe
lin the latter. The preferred propoied to raise Lifson men by Oc-
tober laR in the firft inftat.ce and pOOO more fabfequent to that
time. Having promifed to rake 18,coo men, certainly, ,f we coa-
-1 rider the danger that threatened the country; they ought to have
been forthcoming within the Rated time, and the ref might have
followed of eourit. So far, however, from that being the cafe.
it appeased that only 1581 men were railed in fifteen weeks in
lEngland, Ireland, 'and Scotland,and of thefe rat, only 640 were
railed between the 15th of September and 6th November, but (up-
' poring, for the fake of argument, that thefe 1581 were al! relied In
England within fifteen weeks, that would cot be a jollification
of the Bill, for the quellion was not about 'too or too ran a-
week ; it would require tight hundred and silty Men a.t:eek tea
make good the undertaking: The refult, therefore, was nothing
lefs than abfolute failure on the part of the Mintfters ; and yet ha
was to be told that an attempt to repeal a rneafurethus defedive
was litigious and vexatious oppofition. An 'Hon Gentleman,
formerly a Member of that Houle (Viscount Sidmouth), but now
a Noble Lord at the head of his Majefty's Council, bad, on the
bringing in of this sin, advifed that it fhould be poftponed until the
enfulog Seffion, and to afeenain the fenfe of the country reissuing;
it, in the interval. He eonfeffed, he had not .approved cf that
advice, as the Bill prornifol immediate benefit and affiftance. It
was fomewhat ftrange, however, that now, when it has been tried
and found inefficient, the very fame Gentleman fhould fay it ~.ught
not to be repealed. It bad unqueftinnably failed as to man it bad
not proved more productive as to money, tor, affuredly, :t never
could have been the intention of Govertuncorto make it operate as
a tax. The fine could have only been laid on for the purpofe of fright-
' ening the parifh officers to role the men required ;.for, certainly, i;
could never have been in contemplation to levy fo unjuft a rat, o: in
any one inflame to enforce this monftrousfyftem of opprefflor..' 1:
had been alto urged in anfwer tc the ohjadion, of no incre.ife in the
army by the prefent Bill; that the infantry, generally cc;fidered,
were not increa fed ,yet that a larger portion ;fit had become difpole-
able. That, he allowed, was of fume service when it was urged
as a matter of triumph to the prefent Miniftry, he did not ti.ink it
of filch mighty confequence, nor did he even confider it as the
produce of the prefent Bill. He certainly had wiled for the reborn
of the Right Honourable:Gentleman (Mr. Pitt) to office in pre-
ference to thofe who preceded hint. But as himfelf and his friends
bad affifted the Right Honourable Gentleman to return to place.
he thought they had Tome right to call upon him for Come more
vigorous meafurea than thole which he had hitherto adopted. We
might boaß of the vigorous Minifter, whom we had recommend-
ed to hritsct lYdlelefty,contrafted with the weak. and imbecile Mini ter
who p him ; but he did not think, that even partiality itself
could lay, that this rizezfure was the offspring of a great a.nd vigo •
roue mind.

Vikotun CASTLEREAGH entered into an arithraet:nl efti-
mate, in refutation of the arguments of Mr. Fox.
Mr. JOHNSTONE attempted to anfwer the'arguments of Vll-
count Caftkrcagh—but a call for the queltion from every part of
the Houle, accou.panicd with a violent coughing, obliged him to
fit down.

Lord CASTLEREAGH and Mr. JouxsTONr feverally explained.
Mr. SHERIDAN made an able reply, and the Houfe having
divided, there appeared br Mr. Shedd:as motion—Aws
Nora 267—Majority agattilt 140.

Adjcuioca tlAs morning at half-paii thrcc o'clock.

LONDO N.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
Confols, for moncy, 58f—for April, 58if—Onini1m'37, 4.

Mr. SHERIDAN'S Motion for the Repeal of the
Additional Force Bill was laft night fubmitted to
the confideration of the Houfe of Commons. As is
produced a very warm and a very interellingDeb,a(
we have given as full a detail of the DifculEon as t:
limits of our Paper would admit.

1

Two Gottenburgh Mails, and Hamburgh Papas
of the I 3tli and I sth irft. arrived this day.
Letters from Madrid, of the 24th of January,
Late that feveral privateers have put to fea
cruize againfi the Engin. Several fmall
have been lent to Majorca and Minorca with troops
and ammunition. About 3030 people were c.trried
off at Alicant by the late fever.
The Negroes at St. Domingo have fitted out abnitt
fifty gun boats and force other craft to cruize ag.tic,a
the Spaniards. They venture fifteen or twenty miks
from the fhore, and have taken feveral prizes.
LONDON: Printed and publithed by LEVEL SENT, Hof Can•
terbury-place,Latabeda), at the STAR Orrice, No. z, Czr•y•
• ttrab rubillbal alto at tot: STAR OfriCgh Tanetlitin

indeed, that is a confideration which
that it was necelTary for me to be mu
weigh in my mind. Without doubt,
fore has not relieved the c.•,.nties Cr,,
of the recruiting fervice. This fervic,
the counties; bui what mea fore that
Nay, what meafure, I mean what r
mature, or even wh:•t defcription
not more fo ? However, I do n
trill anfwer ; but, as far as the refult
Lions of three months is a c: iteriin n
utility of'the meafure, I cannot help tl
have firong reafon to believe that tim
to the full, In far as it is either capabl
or as it was Aimed that it would
For one, I do not hefitate in laying I
[veered, and will anfwer.
The Hon. Gentleman has Sup
Right Hon. Fiietrd (Mr. Canning)
former night, that as a military mea
fare has completely failed. My Rig?
admitted no fitch thing ; he Paid no
meant no fuch thing; the truth is, tit
man has forgotten the arguments w
Hon. Friend ufed, and anfwered argir
did not ufe. This was the moll cons
.the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gen
on a mind rich in floret of genius, ar
once a various and creative imaginati,
vulgar methods of reading and refl,
above (haring its knowledge with th
the men of invefligation and enquir
and by the force of his wit, to whit
trolls more than to his eloquence,
• power the reafon of the Britifh Parlia
lead the clear, flrong, good fenfe of th.
....Looking at the force which we have
meafure, I will fay, that, even fuppufi
more unfavourable, it never would 6
argument againft us. I wiU take ca
not be Paid that I am too fanguine.
rate the productive capacity of the ri
ly fay, that it will be an ufeful suxili
it has proved; and whether this I
way or in another, the final benefit v
accrued, mull guide the judgments e
—As to the queltion, how far the
• be ufefulf I will not, however, enter it
view ; yet can any man fay, that ti
not fulfil the principal great end o
—The Honourable Gentleman fui
will not do any thing for us during tl
I know not where he has Rumbled on
crude, and molt unwarrantable opin
that the meafure will In far not and
will not add to our permanent force e
at leaft fo I underftood him. Suppofil
had hitherto anfwered no purpofe, wh
but fuppofing it, fir argument fake, a
was brought forward as aimed by
tleman, a meafure for the rapid exten
litary force, it then did not follow th
to be tried, for the Specimen afford
three months juflified an expedation
have that effed • but he denied that h
himfelf it would have a rapid effect in
Military Force ;he brought it for ward
'fyftem to recruit our military Itrength
Gentleman had treated the argument
Pitt) had difapproved of the Army o
inftead of which be was one of its wart
He thought it railed a force of near 4
a crifis, when perhaps no other meal
produced them fo loon - but having
and the bounty created by the comp
that and the Supplementary Militia ha
high, it became an ohjett to recruit t
tore by means of Smaller bounties ; th;
ready been produced. The frequent
the attendant on•high bounties, was
ready in a great meafure diminithed b)
Honourable Gentleman had Paid he
go,ooo men to be railed in the courfe
year. Now, if that Honourable Ger
content to do, what it was to be wifhec
before he (poke, namely, to read the
withed to repeal, he would find, that v
ed to be done in one year, was to be tl
the Bill in five, fix, or feven years ; anc
imentation was to be in proportion to
men enlifling out of the Militia into th
proportion as the Militia might ()the'
Mr. Pitt then proceeded to (hew that
jeel of railing a difpofable force had
the Hon. Gentleman had Rated. He
the Bill began to operate, the Force
inked in its fervice had changed and
naked, was it le fLort of 3c,000 ; tha
fo much added to the really difpofable
country. Here he went over items,
calculation was juflified, and which, i
be expeded to procure 26,000 in al
difpofable Force within the year, out
is at prefect confined to a limited fervi
fore he Submitted to the Houle tha
tainly worth while to confider a litt
agreed or confented to repeal fuch
was only one of the objeas of the Ho
demist,. But there was another objedl
• Satisfy that Hon. Gentleman much be
repeal of this Bill, which was the char'
. aniniaration. He had Rated what tl
ready dune; what he believed it wool:
again he mull be underflood to Rate
believed as a probable event, not any t
he pledged himfclf. He had not pled
would have the rapid effelft the Hon. (
Rated. He was perhaps more fangt
pedations of its progrefs than had tur
the Ga ; but the eaufes of its impedin
removed ; and now he wifhed the mea
fair trial ; the calculation was, that it
wen which would be railed under it,
• it would afford to the old mode of recru
produce an addition of 36,000 men, v
o the difpofable Military Force of tl
The Right Hon. Gentleman then
combat the alleghtion, that our naval
fufficient ; but he detained the Houle b
on that fubjea, as be deemed it totall)
queftion at iffue. Whatever he had
as to the condo& of the former Adrr
pettedly adhered to, by his obfervatim
confirmed Since he came into office.
prepared to Support hisopinion on that
ibirer it wee occeffary to eater upon it,