Star.
London, England, 1806-05-01 00:00:00

bare some fast the Crown. IT any dosbt
entertained as co its efficacy or propriety, was were
it as an
s, ill Judged attempt at popularity to bring it forward
;hes psblidy. But hate it was, and therefore dikolii
it wettish, with fuch lights as we had within thefts
Right I I onottrable
, other lights, though
on the part of the.
's) fide of the Honk
was (aid now, that
Gentlemen in the
deep in human na•
who had a general
competent to dill
experiment might be made
- -4, with certain limit'.
this propofed plan,
• as the pervading
eßabliniment, and
on which we could
Ought it not to be
when the refult was
Mena tti be' finfoirable ? If it might be tried in peace,
ought it therefore to be attempted in time of war ?
lilt might be attempted when our military ellablik-
emit was high, onght it therefore to be adopted
when it was low ? Ought it to be put in force when
every eircarneanee was spina it ? The firtt • argu-
ment in its favour, which was, that it was the prat-
tice of foreign powers. had been (efficiently anfwered
by the Honourable Grntral (Sir James Pulteney)
belied him. It was net the practice of foreign powers.
Beh even If it were, yet he would etntend that
it'would not apply to this toiletry. If yea emid
de(pntically compel the people to enter into the ler-
vibe m at great numbers and in any manner lon
Oared, then indeed you might fefely admit of this
intrdification, but as the Aa of entering. into the re-
gdlarareny molt bete be voluntarily; it totally al.
tertitdte cafe. But here, again. he wilbed to gaud
aijait:ll being mifonderftood. He did not fay- tb
tbircuitafine ought not to be tried. He did not fly
tint—what he Paid was; that the nature of the kn.
vice might not to be fo enmeletelY changedLe ihde
what warthe general rule before &odd now•
the excepti6o, while what be vrifhed to try ably' shl
an eiteption Mould become general rule. A
tffirtiletFriend of hit, near him; had Rated what had
been done by a regiment for a limited .period of fetH
vita, ander his own command. ' His Lordfiriphinsfelf
had Abed ItOmd, no doubt, transfsfedinto it a great
part of the. fplrit whisk k pealed. Bet this was{
merely an exteption to the general rule, and the faa
sims that this regiment afterwards edified in Awe-
rids Tor general ferrite. ton Might try this mode
of enlifinsent
.; all that he obj~ to was the I
it down as a general fyflem. which was to be
our pollerlty. upon whom the mifehiefs of its./
Might fall, while they were deprived of the '
of thee:Ming regulations. This is the view Which
be would rake ut the matter, if we were in a Rate of
peace. fie, it was an old military maxim, "not to,
manieume too much in the face of an enemy/'-.-He
*tied, what part of oar whole military eftablifliment,
what let of men with muikets in their hands Ned not
been taught. by the agitatkin of this qoeilion, to eon.
Eder whether they milted in a proper kap., or whe-
ther they ought to calif at all ? The Voltmeter was
glade to doubt whether he could bell terve his coun-
try by continuing with hit corps, or r4geiag—the
Midst was taught to look to its diffolution, and the
army found that its lot and condition was become
the robjeft of parliamentary difettffion, and its atten-
tion was turned to this when it ought to be dirtied
to the confederation of the belt means of oppoffing tbs
enerny—(law, Lear !)
Where was the enure for the Minißer who brought:
for Ward the queftinn at fuch a time! Perhaps he had
the belt authorities for it out of doors--authorities fo
Aron tbaL he could no longer befitate. He, however,
withheld theft authorities frem us. But at any rate
he would doubt their judgment till he had an oppor.
ennity of Comparing it with the fad. He had learnt
(matching, however, of thefe authorities. Some were
for the meafure with particular Modifications : fosse.
for infianee, were for it with the provifo, that tbs
fervice,s Roulet at all events be continued during the
wart but he would ark whether any of theft autbo.
,Wes were for the meafure preeifely as he propokd
ie ? Whether any of then were for it to its
fall exact,
and under all circuit:Aimee' t He believed he had
Writ one authority for it in this way, except the Hon.
Officer behind him (Colonel Cmufnrd), whom he
was glad to fee in his place. as he had heard it ru-
moured that fume official ditties had carried him
away. If then there was nothing in the external au-
thorities to favour this fcheme, was there any thing
in the difcellions here that could have that effeet ?
The Right Hon. Gentleman had laid that the Houle
would find nothing in it but what was founded on
principles that he had often Rated here ; and be might
LAIC added, nothing but what the Houfe had often'
voted agaitilt (a lagard.) A motion was made for the
repeal of the Bill lalt year :
/the Hotife voted againß
it (bear, hear! from she eppericau) The Right Hon.
Gentleman himfelf moved for a Committee so ma-
mine into the State of the Army : the Houle voted
againll this toe, and yet he came to the Houk and I
PAid," I give you nothing but what you voted ageing
before, and fo to the right about and now vote fur it."
Under fuch circumflances, the Houle ought certainly
to paufe a little before it undid all its former votes on
this fubjeft. In voting for the propofition which he
meant to fithmit to the Houle, they would not be re•
quired to vote againfit the principle of Service for a
limited pet iod. All that he wanted was, to pndpone
the repealing of this Aft, and to induce the Houfe to
;,:stile. He did not ohjeft to the fitnek of having this
meafure tried ; but he doubted much its capability to
lutigin the load which the Right Hon. Gentleman
propofed to lay upon it; and it it could not fultain
it. however grad the thing might be in itfelf, his cafe
was not node oat. One might doubt, at leatt, of its
fully anfwering its purpofe, and on Oleic grounds:
The Right Hon. Geat teleran talked of this meafure as
an improvement of the condition of the army. He
would rippofe no improvements. The army had, on
many occalions before, experienced the beneficence of
fie Government and it had not beer, forgotten under
the adminklration of his illuttriour Friend (Mr. Pive-
tt)
cow n 3 more. But whets. on the propofed impro
ment was founded the itiducementm collet, he very
much doubted it. efficacy, and for this reafior From
what clefs were the foldiers taken t from the poorer
Llaffes of people ;, hom the peaturtay. Now, the dif-
lc. cute between the awo conditioas was not rendered

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walla and in ourfelves. for the
Gentleman lied deprived us of all a
no taertion had been wanting on
Gentlemen on his (Mr. Canning's)
to 'procure information. But it
thOdgh Wm had not the opinion of
nutty, yet that the principle lay d
tete, and that therefore thorn vs]
knowkdge of human nature were
cols it. Now thoi.sh the experimr
under certain cireumflances, and v
tions, as to the propriety of th
ought it, therefore, to be held out
principle of our whole military I
nut onlrthat, bnt the only thing
depend for fupplying.the army ?
firil tried and then lanftioned wt'.