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London, England, 1815-03-01 00:00:00

anitted to notice one paft which be ha& perhar
thought not necessary to the question. He had 11.
Alluded to our exact situation with teipect to Am
:ica, as we were actually at war with that Po-.
when he made his former remarks ; and he mu

know that we are carrying cm the war at this rnomc
and must continue.to do so until peace is complete
attained. Witgrespect in OUT Foreign relitions, it 1.
been thought necessary to keep up large' milita
forces till every thing- is • -settled on the Continen
and thus our situation, so far from being differe
from what it was when the Learned Gentleman sr)
on the subject before Christmas, it is in fact exaci
the same.. The propriety of keeping our limes
the Continent is a topic on which other con-Yeratic
are existing. He therefore thought that :he Lcari
Gentleman had varied the point, because, before
did draw a distinction between the spirit and th-
galitT of the act ; but at present his remarks co.
not be considerd as a lair construction of it.

(Sir Sadtuel Romilly) bac admitted, the is
words of the act, there V:JS no limitation to be lo„

as to time, and he Ihtd correctly described the
cumstances under which the Militia might legal;,
called out ; but he (Mr. Bathurst) contended,
had been designed that the Militia should not be ki
embodied after the cause which originally called th,
out had ceased, the same caution would have L.

observed in providing for their beino di►banded,
was thought necessary when describing the el:en
stances under which they were to be embodied. '1
Militia had been kept up under existing circumstan,
on the responsibility of Ministers. The Honoural
and Learned Gentleman had worked himself up
say, while speaking of the responsibility of Mir
tern, that the Ministers of every country were rep(
sible. Did the Honourable and Learned Geutlem.

really mean to assert this ? If he did, he (Mr. •
thurst) could wish to know what he meant by testes.,
sibility ? It he meant they were responiible to V .
despot whom they served, he world admit the la:.
but he would deny that they were responsible to 0
people. The measure of keeping up the Militia c.a
not in this instance rest wholly on the respoesibile,.
of Ministers, as it had the sanciion of Perham ,
who, six months after the peace was concluded,h
sanctioned their remaining embodied, by voting
supply the sums wanted for their pay, clothing, d. .
That House had negatived the motion brottalit
the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and immediately
after voted for the continuance of the Militia for tee
months longer. Under these circumstances, lie cc •
tended this measure in question, therefore, (he re
peated it) was not one which rested on the mere
' sponsibility of Ministers, but on the admitted nee
sity of thecase. With the view the Honourable at...
Learned Gentleinan took of the subject, why, instee,
of bringing forward abstract questions, did he of
move the House to addrvis the Crown to recall ii'
army now abroad, cr to withhold the supplies e:.-•
mended to pay and maintain them ? The Hon. an. '
Learned Gentleman had seemed disposed to asste
that the country cculd only be in danger of invasi.e
from a neighbouring country. Would it be nhi.
rained that means were not to be taken to gur
against such an event, not only when we were at
with France, but also when we were at wet w
Spain, with Russia' will Denmark, or any ode
country But. the Militia had not been -callad•el:!
merely when invasion was actuctly.expattede'At t"
time Lord Ni.rth called out the Militia, he had starve
invasion to be a mere bugbear. The principle-4i
been aderitred that the Militia were to be kept ern!
died, to enable the Government to send sut the ri -
'solar army, when this became necessary f. r the _
clarity of the country. The propriety c. using the
Militia in this manner must be acknowledged ; h.i,
(sunlit a nation like this to keep her armies in a St 1"!
of inactivity, till an ambitious Monarch, her enene .
having conquered Moscow or Vienna, was enable.
to turn all his tones to her subjugation ? It it wa
kgal to use the Militia, that the regular force nuk..
be sent on foreign service, it must be telt Minister:,
under the present circumstances of the ccutifry, were
justified in not disembodying it. Though peace we
igne , we were nor yet in a state of peace with A-
rica, and a considerable British force was at r
sent necessarily employed on the Continent of Ee
rope. This situation of things made it expedient t,
keep the Militia embodied alter the war was con :-
demi to be termineted, and tiring this Ministers
the concurrence if Parliament. He defended ee
cerOuct of Ministers in continuing to keep op sot
particaler regiments of Militia which had been ore:
red to be diserineelied. This, at the time, was font.
expediept ; and d:d the Hon. and Learned Gent
in in nice*: to say it was the duty of Nlinistcrs to I.;
the opinion qt. the Judges on the subject before I:.
deciued on such a measure ? With the opinion
sine if his Learned Friends (the Avoiney.Gener.
the Hon. and Learned Gentleneie had quariell,
on account c f his being a Judge: this was
remarkable, after he had expressed a wish that t•
opinion of the Judges should be given on-the subjc
He bad also objected to the appointment
cl the I-.nourable and Learned Gentleman to one of the sin
tiOns he bad the honour to hold,. This appointne
he defended at some length ; and stated the two si
minas to have been formally held at the same time
the late Lord Kenycn, who he believed to have le
the Learned Gentleman referred to, and stated
its honest an Attorney and as honest a Judge as e•
had existed. The Militia once called out, he ag
contended, might b•gally be kept embodied by
Meters se long as the situation of the country in
`such a measure expedient. The argument of
Honourable and Learned Gentleman,
when speaki
of the Peace with America, if lie were disposed
take it up, would go to justify Ministers in keepi!
up the Militia is time of peace, lest America,
Fience, or some other Power, should not be faith:.
to its engagements. When the Militia has disbead-
atter the Peace of Anions; things were on a qtr
different looting teem what they had been in sir
the Treaty of Paris. The Peace, at the time 0:
measure was resorted to, had been definitively cc
eluded. Since the last Peace was signed, great slue
lions had still been pending; part of our regular 4
My was necessarily employed on the Continent, sr
to supply their place, it bad been necessary to ke
up the Mihtia. When this subject was last brut's•
before the House, it had been truly stated that in,'
regiments of Militia would be disembodied as so
ds this could be safely done. This promise had be:
observed, and the remainder would be disbanded
soon as that conclusion had been put to the