Star.
London, England, 1806-06-07 00:00:00

Mr. CANNING, in a fineelt of marl/ two hours
continuance, replied tothe arguments of the Chancel-
lor of the ilchequer, and went over the greater part
of the grounds upon which the Bill had been oppofed
m the various• difcufGons it had undergone. He
warmly contended for the propnfed amendment';
and, among( other points, expelled his Ipprehen-
fions of the mifchievous confequences that mull afire,
if the amendment was rejeascl, to our colonial fervice,
and particularly in seined to the difcharge of 'the
black troops in the Well Indies, who, tildes fume
provifo was intended which did not already appear in
the Bill, mull, under' the general operation of the
Mutiny AEI, thus modified, be difcharged at the end
of (even years, and turned look and free upon the
colonies.

The LORD ADVOCATE and M. CANNING
(poke in explanation. - • • . •
Mr. Secretary fOX commented on the mode
adopted by Gentlemen on the oppofite fide, for the
purpofe of creating unneceffary delay. 'The Right
Hon. Gentleman who had fpoke left maintained the
propriety of holding a high tone towards France in
Europe ; but was it confident with common fent*, to
do this without maintaining an efficient force? He had
fpnken of our navy, but was our navy alone fofficienr?
Of our wealth, v:hich, he had obferved, fome had ri.
dicu;ed ; but belled never thought wealth a good fob•
jet of ridicule, certainly not a fuccefsful ore. But
if it was maintained, that by wealth alone, and with-
out Britifh foldiers, we were to keep up our proper
rank in Europe, he fltnuld fay, that fuch a do trine
was contrary to all reafoning and all experience. He
then defended the obiervati•sns of she Chancell-f of
the Exchequer, from the jokes of the Right Hon.
Gent/exam :He then took notice of tire modes of
limited fervice adopted abroad. and remarked upon
the arguments direSed .againd • what was called an
encroachment upon the prerogative, maintaining that
the Parliament, which gave .a right and power to
the Crown,' preferved the power of limitation and
controul. • In the safe of the Haft India fervice, he
contended that the experience had been in favour
of limited fervice,-and in the Welt Indies, whatever
there was difagreeable in ;he nature of that far vice,
no one could contend that it would be increafed by
this meafurc. At prefent they fermi at a critical pa-
aiod, under an underfluod rotation. He vindicated Mr.
Wilberforce and the propofed plan from the obfer-
vations of• Mr. Canning, refpating ihe lituation
iff citizens and foldiers, and obferved, that the
Itieads ofliefited fervice were not liable to any charge
of that nature. A. to ihe Volunteers, the only dif
ference of the opinion he bad entertained, was in the
difficulty of their uniting at once the charatlers ut
Soldiers and Citizens, emploied in their various
occupations. .He particularly., fupported Mr. Wil-
berforce in his prepoirellions in favour of fol-
diers 41;liting for their beedom. Surely that fen.
timent would .do as much, at-lean, as what a feldier
could feel in any army for the glory of an arbitrary
Prince. Mr. Burke had obferved wifely,. that " that
was practical liberty, which a man thought fo." The
Right Hon. Gentleman had told us,of Alexander and
Crefar. True, they were great conquerors) • Alexan-
' der, from fuperioi hp of numbers,. territory, &c.
prevailed againd the disjointed, enfeebled Rates.-of
Greece but were not the Theban, equal to the Mace:
donians in all points, except in numbers and refoureer?
As to his Atiatic war, there the proof was afforded,
which, indeed, all modern experience in that quarter
'confirmed, °ribs fupericrity of a free people, fuch as
the Europeans over them in war. Csfar's Gallic war
might be, cited in the fame way; and his fireceffis in
civil war, though liberty wasor. the fide of Pompey,
asd•tyranny on that of Cedar, whole profeffions
were falfe mist deceitful,' and hie objeCts•ambitious
and dangerous, were owing much to the fuppofition
that lie was contending for. freedom, as he artfully
reprefentest the matteetp his foldiers. He ;heti made.
fame obfervations on the ttndency of revolutions to
bring
,forth the talents of great iisen..efpecially of
military men, and that had been the cafe 4cnong all
the mirchiefs of the great and portentous Revolution
in France. He then argued livongly in (wort of
the Bill, again(' the various objections urged, and
finally recommended it to the Houk, as well calcu-
lated to increafe the energies and drength of the
country beyond any other plan on the rubjeet, It
fhould be his bounds to argue and vote for it, till it
paired the Houk, or be rejeBed. The argument
about a want of time for dilcullion, lie Mewed to be
fallacious and abfixrd.
General LOF l'iTS and Mr. C. BROOKE made
fome remarks ; and
Mr. PERCIVAL fpulce at confiderable length
again(' the Bill.
The Houfe divided on the Amendment.—.
Noes 19$—Ayes 103-:-Majority 92,.
.

The Amendment was accordingly 1011. .
On rc-admilrion to the Gallery, ire found Sir. J PUI.TENEY
on his legs, and a eonverfation took place between the Honourable
Baronet, Mr. PERCIYAL,aud Mr. Secretary WIN DH M, who
°Accrued. that rerpedling the lecond form of enilitment of the Ca-
valry
and artillery, three was quite time enough to determine.
On the qucition, that the hill do pars, SR W. YOUNG Paid a
few words in its favour,as far as related to the Welt Indies, and
Me.HUSKISSON made futneobferiations on the Black corps.
The Bill was then pared ars. gwa and at half pall tour ehb
morning. the Houle adjourned.