Star.
London, England, 1804-04-21 00:00:00

♦RMY Al RESERVE SI7SIIIIIMOR SILL.

Mr. Secretary YORKE moved the reading of the
Order of the Day fur the Houfe to refolve nfelf in•
to a Committee of the whole Houfe on the Army of
Referve Sufpenfion Bill. The Order being read,
Mr. Yorke obferved, that when he had the hononr
of fixing, with the content of the Houfe, the Com•
mittee for this day, he had hoped to have had all the
claufes ready for difcuflion ; but, as his hopes had
been difappointed, he begged leave to poßpone the
further conlideration of the Bil unt:l next Wednefday.

Mr. pm' Paid, that as an Honourable Friend of
his had given notice that he (Mr. Pitt) &mid take
the opportunity of delivering his fentiments upon
the prevent occation, he had certainly prepared him-
felf for that purpnfe, and did hope to have an op-
portunity; of introducing into the diktat:Gun his plan
for augmenting and rendering effetive and pevma-
Rent the regular army. lithe Right Hon. Gentle-
man had any important amendments to make, it
was but fair that he Mould be allowed to defer the
confederation of the meafure ; but as his own objea
was direaed ;spina the going into the Committee,
he could difeover no folid reafon why the (cafe of
the Houfe thould not be taken with refpea to the
policy and expediency of allowing the Bill to be dif
culled at all in a Committee of the whole Houle.—
His intention was, therefore, to objea to the Speaker
leaving the Chair; and there was, in reality, no.
thing to prevent him from Rating his reafons againft
the Bill. If the Right Honourable Gentleman en•
tertained any doubts on the fubjeft of the claufes
and amendments he bad to introduce, it would Cu.
tainly be better for him to poftpone the Bill for a
longer time than Wednefday, as the delay would
furnifh him with further opportunities of framing a
more efficient fyttem to increafe the regular fence,
and communicate to it ftrength and debility. He
was not aware that there vatted any grounds for
ref riling the delay which ha fuggefled, nor was it,
he begged leave to alfure the Hustle, his with to
throw out any thing which might be the cattle of
embarradment to the Right Honourable Gentleman
below him. He was, however, at that moment,
ready to enter into the difculTinn which had been too
long deferred, and which, he thought. &mild not
be further potlponed, unlefs on the ground lie had
already flared, that of giving time to the Right
Honourable Gentleman to mature hi. plan, and make
his elaufes and provilions as perfesl as potable. In-
deed, no reafons had been urged but thole which
went to ave.id all dircutlion in theCommitree; mliereas
he was for tiiking the Lure et the Houk as to tic
propriety ot going into the Committee. lie Ibiiold
therefore pinimle an amendment to the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman's motion; but before he firbmit-
ted it to the Houle, he was defirons to hear the len•
timeatii of the Right Honourable Gentleman on the
bench hefory
Mr. Secretary YORKE anfwered, that he had
merely to relate what li.•11:td precionfly laid, that he
could nor colifeirt to fend tl•e It II into a Committee
•1 the a hole H ufc for contidelati 0, as the amend
were deemed ot great importance,
act( not tc.rdy to he pi:tented ; he, therefore, felt
himielf nill-ted in poirponii g the cumin tment of the
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Man's objsainns, they would not bo found fo very
forcible as might be imagined ; ance, on Wednefday
next, it would be equally open for the Right Honour.
aVe Gentleman to propofe his IbLin, and introduce
lus regulations and proviGnns. It would be alto open
to the Right Honourable Gentleman to propofe his
plat any day before that period, and to litbmit itto
the confideration of the Houle in a detached point of
view. At all events, there could be very little in-
convenience in the propofed delay from this day to
Wednefday.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not objea
to the motion of his Right Hon. Friend. The queftion
might be reduced to a very finsple augment. His
Hon. Friend propofed the confidential of the Bill
for next Wednefday ; hut as the Right Hon. Gentle-
man thought it would be better to poftpone it Rill
longer, certainly there was little difference of opinion
with refpea to the immediate neceflhy of dircunli n.
The Right Hon. Gentleman could not be fubjea to
any embarraffment, fence he himfelf wilhed to have a
longer delay. It was alfo a quellion for the confider-
ation of the Right Hon. Gentleman, whether he was
defirous of availing himfelf of the prefent opportunity
of Rating his objeaions to the Bill, or wait for next
Wednefday. the Right Hon. had alto
expreffed his aequiefeence in the twee( deferring
his chitties till the difeu(Sth of the Army of Referve
Sufpenfion Bill bad taken place, and there was no
ground for retracing that acquiefeence. He had alto
to Rate, and he did it with candour, although, per-
haps, not with aria regularity, that io arafequence
of an intimation given by his Right Hon. Friend near
him, that the Bill would not be committed this day,
feveral Members were abfent from the Honk.
Mr. FOX thought, that if the Right Won. Gen-
tleman entertained doubts, which made it neceffnry
to podpane the Bill, it was pofUble that theft doubts
might be increifed before Wednefday, fo a; to make
another delay neceffary.
Mr. YORKE olaCrived, that he never pledged
hirnfelf to bring the queftion forward this day ; lac
had limply expreffed his hopes, that he'lhould he
enabled to &bulk the Bill, with the amendments, X 9
the confederation of the Committee.
Mr. FOX explained.
Mr. PITT thought the queftion on the modiica-
lion of the Army of Referve of the greaten conic-
quence, and that public policy required that the thing'.
fion of it fhould precede t.,e amendments, He was,
however, defirous to Rudy, ant only the convenience
of the Honk, but the particular withes of thole who
were concerned in bringing forward the prefent meta-
fures ; thangh he muff, at the fa e, acknow-
ledge, his judgment had not been c d by the
l ich
explanations that had been given on er fide.
He mull alto confefs, whatever forbearance he might
be difpofed to exercife, he did not fee any vigilance
and aaivity, on the part of Minifters, to kalif,. it
on all occafions. It had been intimated that Gen-
tlemen have not attended, in confequence of the ef-
pernation that the (plethora to be fubmitted by adcoi,
nitration, would be poftponed ; he thought the ob.
jeaion rather of an extraordinary kind, and he
hoped, at leaft, it would not be again aligner, if
Wednefday thotald be determined on as theday of dB.-
col:lion. He thought the matters he bad to fubiit
to the Houk on the Army of Referve, and the means
of gene.al defence, of the Sill magnitude; and hl
anticipated they would receive that ferions examine.
lion they evidently required.
The queflion being put "at polponing ekternfi7
deration of the Amecdments from the Lords, on
Wednefday next, it was caraied without a divifitaii.