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THURSDAY, APRIL aS.
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Another attempt was made ye fterday in the Tionfe
of Commons “ to pufh Minifters from their ftools."
Mr. PITT produced his plan for the defence of
the Nation," but it certainly fell fhort of what many
expetcted, after all the noife we had heard of want of
energy, and of tardinefs on the part of Minifters. The
following is the outline of his (theme

o The Militia, new yahoo la number, to be reduceJ, at vacan-
cies may occur, to oo,oco, by transferring the ballot, to the Army
of kerma. The latter, of which only 27 poo were mired, to be
augmented to 64,00 n men, oicered by regulars, by the transfer of
the ballot from the Militia. The hallow to be managed precifely
In the fame manner as before, with the deal encouragement to
enter into the fervice. Mote who were drawn, not chufing to
terve, to be excufed, ea payment of a moderate fine, in lieu of
finding a fubilltute at the elpaNt 0(20, 30, or 401. Theft men,
though drawn, if they chafe to five In perfon, to be entitled to
the ufual bounty. Tbefines collated to go to the county fund for
the pupae °flatting the levy.*

We were among the number who difapprove d of
the damp thrown by Miniflers on the ardour and
enthufiafm of the nation to arm for its defence, and
we (hall ever maintain the fame independence of prin.
clple, and condemn whatever rneafures we think in.
adequate to the end propored, or adopted to gain an
end injurious to the intereßs of the people. It was
on the former of thefe principles that we difapproved
of the rearaint impofed on the energies of a free
people ; and on the fame ground we cannot but dif•
approve of the (theme propofed by Mr. Pirr. There
is this wide difference between it and the meaftues
adopted by Adminiftration—that the latter, though
they fell fhort of what we could have wifhed, were
calculated for immediate effed,wbileMr.Prres plan
relates eels to a gradual and Oast improvement.
Is loch a line to be approved of by the fober but
zealous friends of their country, at a time when we
are threatened with ilatutiak invafion ? Was Mr.
PITT'S objea really to benefit the nation, or was it
folely with a view to haral Minifters, in the hope of
once more getting into power ! I

In the preceding columns our Readers will find the
Calcutta Gazette, containing an account of the vic-
tory obtained by General W LLLLL zsr on the a9th
of November. The difpatches from his brother the
Governor General, received yellerday, were brought
over by the Belle armed cutter.
We are happy to add. that the above vi Tory was
followed by other advantages. About the loth of
December, the neceiFary preparations were made for
the liege of Gyaul Ghur, and uninterrupted 'Wary
continued to crown our arms up to the date of the tall
advices. The army of the Confederates was indeed
confidered as almoft totally annihilated, and nearly
the whole of their towns and fortrelres had fallen into
our hands. We do not, however, believe, that there
is any truth in the flatement contained in fame pri-
vate letters of 70,000 of their troop, being made pri-
loners. An accredited Vakeel had arrived at General
Wizzunsr's camp, and there was every appearance
of the war being irnmediately terminated. It is e►en'
(laced, that peace was &dually concluded about the
cad of December.

On Monday the Right Hon. Lord Vircount Mn.•
•IL.Le let off him Mel•ille Caine for London.

Accounts were yefterday received in town from
France, which confirm the report, which we noticed •
few days fine., refpefting the marching of the troops
of the enaft into the interior. Some of thefe have
been ordered towards Switzerland, for the purpofe,
no doubt, of renewing the friendflip between the
Cantons and the Fre ST CONSUL. Others have been
fent towards the Rhine and into Hanover. The
State Trials in France were to commence on the roth
(Friday laft), and from the numbers to be tried, they
probably occupy all the time confiftern with French
Afpauh. Tke prifons of Paris in particular are much
crowded by the aid of domiciliary vifits. BON AAAAA z
had not left the Capital.

Yelfacia), we received New York papers to the
17th ult. They contain nothing of importance.—
The Senate of the United States have pronounced
judgment on John Pickering, Judge of the Supreme
Court for the Diarist of New Hampfhire, and have
removed him from office. Judge Chafe is alfo to
be impeached.
The following particulars relative to Coruna, the
furrender of which we Hated, exclufively, yeflerday,
are given in the American papers :
On the lift day of January, four Englifh men
of war, (two (hips of the line and two frigates) and
a lehooner, came of the harbour of Curacoa at eight
o'clock in the morning, without apprizing the Dutch.
They fent in a flag of truce and demanded the Mend,
which the Dutch refufed. They immediately bore
down, attacked, and took the fort, and landed the
troops, to the number of 6or 700 men ; who march •
ed up, and took poffeffion of the hill, where the
Britifh built a fort, and mounted a field piece, with
which they fired into the Dutch forts ;—but Fort
George, and a fort below it, annoyed them fn
much, that they were induced to leave their fituation,
and ere& a fortificaticn below the hill, without the
reach of Fort George and the other one. For three
or four days the Britifh were firing into the town
with feveral heavy guns, almoft every (hot going
through Come houfe. It is fuppofed the Government
Houle is entirely deftroyed, as well as almoft every
other in the town. The Dutch troops had two ikir•
mifhes with them ; in the fir(t they took four ftrag•
filing prifoners ; in the lali, the Englifh drove them
as fait as their legs conid C4l rl/ them. The Dutch
have hauled a large (hip !:cots the harbour, where
they intend to fsnk her in csfe of an attack ; and have
ha:lkd a frigate aloaeidc of her to L.N•ii the lot of."