Star.
London, England, 1807-07-28 00:00:00

tC.Ait 'l.'lnm-rural,le Gentleman oppolite to him was
in deg ly. enamoored of. his plan as to think no
other ci mparable to it, and to advife the delay of a
tediCut trial to its' full e r*ent, as the bell mode of t
pmeitling a force for the fcculity of the c tuntry ; I
and what was tiill more extraordinary, the Right
I-lonnurab'e Get denims, who three years ago was the !
loudefl in undit.g the alarm of our danger from the
en< my. teemed now to think there was no danger at
all ; and though he then was of opinion we could
never increafe the force of the country high enough
to encore our fafety, he feemed now to think no dan-
ger exilled, and that we haul force enough for our
defence. The Noble Lord made fome piquant allufi.ins
to the military meafures of the late Adminillration,
and laid, they had heqneathed to their fraccetrors
many difficulties, which it would be a very arduous,
if a polfible, talk to fur:nonfat. They had held uut
promifes, or at leaf} under Itandings, to the Continen-
tal Powers, which taught them to expea conliderahle
aid from this country ; but they had not left the
Means of contributing that aid, and if thole Gentle-
men were now in power, they would have the oppor-
tunity of knowing how the Continental Powers felt
upon that fohjeiff, and the fettle it had imprelTed upon
them of the condunt of this country. They had, on
the 24th of January, difinilfed the tranfports which
Mould have been retained fur the conveyance of
troupe. That they had feenPrtrilia perish before their
eyes, without giving her the fmallell Alliance, and
that they had consigned the country to the refponfibi-
lity of their fuccelimr, with grnfsly inadequate means
for its fecu.ity. The Houle, however, would allow
it was extremely hard upon his Majelly's Govern-
ment, to have call upon them full relponlibility for
the lectirity of the country, and yet difapprove the
meafure to which they looked as the moll adequate
fource of means for defence, and to endeavour to
prefs on them a meafure, which,. upon the Midi
d:liberation, they difapprived, as inadequate.
Dr. LAWRENCE role, amidst the vociferous
clamour Of ! Qufflio I and chatged the
Noble Lord with having unfairly departed from they
temper and moderation defined by Lis Friend. at -the
outlet of this debate, and in which it was difculred
on all fides, until the Noble Lord came forward with
a ferits of charges againfl his Majetly's late Mini
tiers, at the termination of debate, when, by the
ufage of the Houle, they were precluded from an
fwering. He retorted the charges upon the pt ;fent
Minifiers, with having frittered away the psiblie
force upon expeditions to Buenos Ayres and the Me-
diterranean, and laid they charged the late Minifters
with not having fent out flronger forces to fullain
that expeditions, though the charge ag Linn them
to-night was, that they had ufelefsly detached the
difpnfable force of the country on dittant enterprizes.
Mr. WINDIIAIII declined to enter into the
charges .which the Noble Lord had thrown out
against the condo& of himfelf att.! his Colle %nes,
becaufe he felt the preferrt was not a proper time.
But if the Noble Lord really conceived that.any
blame attached to the late Adminillration upon what
he referred to. or upon any other ground, be chat
lenged the N i)le Lord to bring his charge regularly
forward, and he was ready to enter iuto the dilcul
lion. With ieg..rd to the tranfoor ts, he could (peak
from memory, ttutt none were ordered to be dittnitlid,
. bdt thole whole period of service had te.uiiiuited,
and thole (hips which could be had again as loon as
occafion required.
The Houk divided on the amendment—Ayes go,
Noes 187

On our re admifflon to the gallery, the Hnure was
in converfation as to the day on which the thouid
be committed. Lord H. Petty and Mr. NVhitbread
wifhed that time &mild be allowed to confider the
details of the Bill.—Lord Cafilereagh and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer thought that fufficient time
had been aheady allowed fince the Bull was brought
forward. The refult of the cnnveifation was, stun
the committal of the Militia Tramfer Bull wab filed
f this day, and that cf the Mili i.e Wait Bill fur
to morrow.

Sir W. WELLESLEY moved the fecond reading
of the Third Militia Bill.—Tht divilion being called
for, the gallery was cleared , but the H itife did not
divide f and %.e tinder (land ;hat the Bill was read a
fecond time, and ordered to be :ferred to el Committee
to morrow.