Star.
London, England, 1806-06-27 00:00:00

.VOLVIITaiIf.

Mr. WILLIAMS WYNNE prefented to the
Houfe, purfuant to order on the motion of Colonel
Ballard, tome Papers refpeßing orders ailed by the
Secretaries of State and War, refpeaing the Pay and
Clothing of Volunteer Regiments ; and he begged
to inform the Hon. Colonel, that there were tome
other Papers in the Secretary of State's Office, con-
taining more information on the fubjet of the Hon.
Colonel's motion than thofe for which he had moved,
and which he might have whenever he ffinuld be
pleated to call for their produdlioa. The Honour-
able Member begged leave, at the fame time, to re.
mark, that before the Hon. Colonel had thought 6t,
as he had done yefterday, to cenfure the conduit of
perfons in that Department for neglea or delay, in
complying with the orders founded upon his motion,
he ought, at leak to have been a little more coffee-
ly informed, whether any filch charge was founded.
If, indeed, the charge of delay and inattention to the
fubjed of Volunteer Regiments was as fairly charge.
able againft thofe Officers as againft the conduit of
the Hon. Colonel himfelf, his cenfure would have
been much more juffifiable ; for notwithßanding the,
orders repeatedly And, and the many fuccellive
letters written from the War Office, to obtain the
return by law required every quarter refpcßing the
Rate of filch regiments, no account whatever could
be obtained for nine months laft paft, refpc6ing the
various and numerous Corps under the Hon. Colonel's
command.
Colonel BASTARD begged leave to deny. that In
renewing his motion yefterday, he had expelled any'
cenfure againft the perfon whofe duty it was to hove
complied with the order. On the contrary, he had
erprefsly difclaimed cenfure, and with retpee to the
imputation jolt made by the Honourable Member, he
had to anfwer, that although his name Rood at the
.head of feveral Volunteer Corps, yet it was impoffi.
ble for him to take any attire or refponfible part in
managing thole Corps, having to do his own duty as
a Colonel of Militia, not quartered in the county.—
The pay for thole Corps was drawn by their Adju-
tants, or other Officers in fubordinate command, and
lt was for them to account with the War Office.—
The ground of his anxiety on the head of Volunteer
Corps was, that he wifhed to know what was to be
the ultimate determination of his Majefty's Minieers
refpeAing them ? Or whether they were to be con-
tinued with their ufual allowances or not ? At pre.
fentthe (yam was a petfat chaos ; one hand was
totally ignorant what the other was about and for
the IA three months be had had a very difficult talk
in keeping the Corps quiet in thht part of the country
where he raided, amonga whom much difeontent,
:moiety, and dilgtift had been excited, partly by ru-
mours (perhaps Calle ones) of future regulations in.
tended telpefting them, and partly by apeethes, mit
reprefenting and degrading them. (Repeated cries
or Mae, Mar from all quarters of the flot;fe.) He,
therefore, willed to know, whether they wile to be
continued or not
Mr. WYNNE anfwered, that certainly there was
no intention whatever of making any aiteration with
Nerd to the corps who flood upon the Atigufl efta- ,

sicept that of dhanging the allowance of
their drill hrjeAnts from eighteen pence to fir pence
per day I but orders bad certainly been itThed to the
Corps Rending on the Jane ettablithroent, to dikon
tinue their drills until the new reguLttions thould be
formed. . _ .

Mr. LONG wilbed to know from the Hon. Mem
ber; whether the Corps upon the Angel eflablifb-
ment were prohibited from admitting new members
on the fame (noting as hitherto ?
Mr. WYNNE arstwered, certainly they were not
precluded, but at full liberty to admit new members
upon the fame footing, until his Majefty mould be
pleated to Are new regulations.
After a Mort converfulion between Mr: WYNNE
and Mr. HUSKISSON,
Colonel BASTARD moved for the documents al-
luded to by Mr. Wynne, which were ordered.