Star.
London, England, 1807-03-13 00:00:00

MUTINY BILL.

Mr. HOBHOUSE having brought up the Report
of the Mutiny Bill, the refolutions were feverally read
and agreed to, atter a few obfervations from Mr.
Ballard, the Secretary at War, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Can-
ning, and Sir John Doyle.
The SPEAKER then afked if any Member in-
tended to move that any amendments or -claufes
mould be introduced into the body of the Bill ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH Paid it was not his in-
tention to enter at any length into the fubjed then
before the Houfe; but he could not refrain from ob.
(crying, that he had the fame ground now which
formerly called, for confidering the fyflem of the
Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Windham) vi-
cious in principle, and wholly inadequate in eve:),
point of view to the end fur which it was intended.
Having on former occafions troubled tbe Houfe a;

confidetahle length, both on the principle and api,ii•
cation of it, he ihottld confine himfelf tl.erefore,
prefent to one part of it, namely, to the praCtical
effea. The Noble Lord then compared the ordinate
recruiting under the new fyftem to ,hat of former
years. and endeavoured to prove that the advantage
in favour of the late plan did not confiderably e,.
ceed the atm' mode of railing recruits. His
(hip next confidered the (late of the army at hem!
and abroad, and charged Adminilhation with neglea
and want of judgment in leaving upwards of twenty
thoufand men of the flower of the Britifh Army
locked up in Sicily, at the time when they might I,:
employed to the greateft advantage on the Continee:,
in co-operating with our Allies. After the-check
given to the enemy of Europe in his fyftem of ao.
grandizement—after the gallantry and firmnef,
played by our Allies, what had Minifters done, but
given, with relatance, Eighty Thoufand Pounds to
the King of Pruffia ? He was well aware that weighty
individuals in the Houfe would be found adverfe In
fOfidiCS ; hut he Rill contended, that, under certair
circum(lances, they might be prodative of the
greateft benefits. He was furprifed, therefore, to
obferve Minifters feel as they had appeared to do nr,
that important fub.jest. The operation of the Rig!..
Honourable Gentleman's plan, at this moment, die
sot fupply the deflciences of the army on its prefer
eflablifhment. What flotation, then, could the force
of the country be placed in at the expiration of keen
years, when the wafte would taccertrily amount to
25,0c0 men. After a few general obfervations as to
1 the mode in which out forces abroad, particularly
i the expedition againft South America, had been dif:
poled of, his Lordfhip concluded with proponag,
!that if any recruit, who may come, tinder the prefeot
Bill for limited fervice, to be attefled before a Magic.
trate, should choofe to engage for an unlimited time,
fuck Magiftrate flicull have power to attell the re-
cruit accordingly.
Mr. Secretary WINDHAM was happy to En,'•
that the Tuition on the prefent occalion was nor,
between failure and fuccefs. but regarding the ch...
gree of fuccefs ;" and a great part of the Noble
Lord's fpeech was direeted to account for that fuc.
cefs. The recruiting, he faid, had increafed ; and it
was to be hoped, that the Noble Lord thought alto
the defertion had diminifhed : the fuccefs of recruit.
ing was greater in January OM, than in the March
preceding, and in January 1807 it was yet more
produEtive t fince that time it had acquired 4.000
men. It had been faid, "It is better to do nothings
than to do nothing." This was the fort of ufelefs
activity the Noble Lord teemed to expert when he
talked of the military expeditions his fertile mind
would projea. So, when a man came into Parlia-
'meat with this reties difpofition about him. he would
fay, " I will make a law ;" precifely with the fame
fort of feeling the Noble Lord was difpofed to ex.
claim, " I will have an expedition ;" but if the ex-
peditions to which his avidity was directed were to be
of the fame kind with thofe which were conduCted
under his Adminiftration, he (Mr. Windham) thought
he had better turn his attention another way, The
Honourable Secretary next entered into a variety of
details, to (hew that the rem uhing for limited fervice
was abundantly fuccefsful ; and that the amendment
could be attended with no beneficial eonfequence.
Mr. ROSE referred to the various papers on the
table, from which he computed that every man ob-
tained under the novel fyftem of the Right Hon.
Gentleman would colt the country 651.
Colonel SHIPLEY, in his maiden fpeech, adduced
feveral faits refpeCting the regiment to which he be-
longed, to thew the advantage of the prefent mode.
He had paired fixty recruits, three only of whom had
deferted. He was confident, that on this plan a fu-
perior order of men would be obtained in the defence
of a country which was the Taft afylum for liberty
left in the globe.
Colonel PARRY approved alfo of the prefent CI•
pedient for recruiting.
Sir JOHN DOYLE objected to the amendment,
becaufe it blended limited and unlimited fervice.—
" But what does experience fay of its confequencest
It proves in this oppofition of theory to theory, that,
on the part of the meafure, it was the theory of human
nature, whilft the theory of the Noble Lord and his
friends was abundantly fupplied from a fund of para-
doxes ; paradoxical, both as applied to home and
foreign fervice. But we are told of the torpor which
has charatterifed it. In anfwer, I will date a plain
pofitive Wt. and no oratory; namely, that it has twice
fucceeded in the regiment which I have the honour to
command, by nourithing the battaliun•on foreign '
fervice, with an addition of zso recruits ; and nest,
by an actual increafe of that at home, to the amount
of goo men." He was perfuaded that on any occafion
of emergency the Britifh troops would not abandon
the fervice. He knew a brave Highland regimentin
the Eaft Indies, whofe time had expired during an
expedition; they all volunteered to ferve excepting
two : the two men were fo fcouted by their former
companions, that they returned to join them, but nor
aman would ferve with them, and they were difrniffed
with difgrace.
Mr. I'ERCEVAL entered into various details.-- •
He infilled that the defertion under the Right Hon-
Gentleman's plan was asgreat or greater than under
the Additional Force Bill, though it had been pro•
mired that it•would entirely ceafe ; that we weir to
ditcard the poor diftrefred, unemployed mantotc•
turers from the ranks of the army: Goo in his mercy
might take care of them, for they were not to be al•
lowed to become foldiers. We were to have a oraz-
rior race of beings—the lons of yeomen anJ
men. Nature was to become mare extenfiy c ler
operations, and we were to have fuldiers only fix I et
high ; perhaps he might hope to be improved 'n
ture from the magical operation of the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman's Bill. As to that valoaai,:
body of men the Volunteers, they had been cam?,
pletely done away and extinguifhed ; (Hear, .)
and yet we were told, that this " depofitor y of pant:"
as It had been called, were now flockii.g to t'+ "r
flandards to repel the enemy. (Hear, ,:ear, mar!)
With refpeet to the gal'ant Colonel rrr Genctat
(Crawfurd), whole name was introduced, he woke,
that to whatever part of the globe he was dettima,
he carried with him the countenance of Ministers.
He hoped that his labours may be crowned wilt
fuccefs, and that he would not have to report hi'
triumphs to ungrateful mafters (A loud ety ff liter!
&ar!) That if he should be fortunate enough to
fecure for his country as great a coriqueft as the
Cape of Good Hope, he will be at lead entitled to

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she mita& of this Honk, et be allowed to low -
bis hard earned laurels, without obloquy and re.!
proaeh (Repeated cries of hear ! hear 'j It was an awful
profperß for the Country, it was an awful leffon for
the Naval and Military Gentlemen of the Houfe, to
reflea, that they were to earn their profeffional cha-
neer and fame, by their Cervices within thefe walls
....(Lard and reiterated crier of hear, hear !)
Mr. WINDHAM role to explain. The fpeeeh,
be laid, of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman
who had juft fat down, was a fpeech of paffion.—
(Here the Right Hon. Gentleman was called to or-
age).-41e denied that any off zer whatever owed his
Tank to his Parliamentary conduet. A tumultuary
cry of 44 oeflion Qseftion ! and Order ! Order !"
refoundedrom all quarters.
Mr. FAWKES Paid, he did not know what com-
mand the Honourable General held in the expedition
alluded to, nor to what part of the world the expe-
dition was gone, but if the Honourable General fhould
fumed in the attainment of his original obje&, and
Chould afterwards go beyond his orders, and travel
out of the fphere of his command, and fhould in con.
ieguence be tried by a Court Martial, and found
guilty on every charge, he hoped he would not re-
ceive, as he certainly would not deferve, the thanks
of his mafters,—(Ham•, Hear, Hear .')
Mr. PERCIVAL now appeared on his legs, amid
a tumultuous cry of " Hear ! hear I Order ! order!
Qseftion 1 queftion !"—He raid, that the allufion he
had made to Come gallant officers—Hear, hear !
entirely applied to the capture of the Cape of Good
Hope alone..--was that captured without orders alto?
was it not a valuable fettlement ? and why were the
thanks of the Houle not voted for that honourable
and glorious atchievement ?—Hear, hear, bear !
The Houle then divided, and the numbers were—
Tor Lord Caftlereagh's Amendment 6o—Againll it
i73—Majority 113.
The Report y.rfas then received, and agreed to, and
the Bill ordered to be read a third time.—Adjourned
at half part one o'clock.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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The Jnno, THOMSON, Mailer, which has arrive,'
in the River from Memel, has brought a copy of the
public notification of the battle of Eylau which was
polled in that town, announcing the refult to the
public. The following is a tranflation :