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He was afraid, there were a great nenntier of NM-.
bers-in the Honfe ready to adopt the propbfitittet
of the Right Honourable Gentleman (4 hoe twit)
he repented, that was his fear. Bet be would main-
tain, that the men who oppored the precut Me,.
lure, were not the men to come with the objection
they urged. If their language at the time the
Bill paired were recollected, the Houle would agree,
they were not the perfons to argue the 'retreat
nbjedion. What, however, was the fad t The Att
h id produced 37,000 men to the defence of the coml.
try, and 13,000 men for general ferviee. Bat horn
November laft, to the prefent time, it has prodtwed
nothing. That is, till November, the benefit if
the Aet outweighed any inconvenience belonging
to it, and lince the reverie is true ;—fo that now
Minders with to fufpend the operations of the Ad.-
'to fee if a fuhltione for it cannot be found. He
' did not hefitate :o fay, that it was an Ad that ought
never to have paired, but on the molt urgent necef-
city. It was fo burthenfome in Its operation, lb
contrary to the feelings and habirs of this happy
Country, fo much in oppofition to the general tenet
of its Conflitotion, that nothing but the abfolute
fafety of the country cotdd be the pat compenration
for it; that, he was proud to Cry, was the true Ante
of the cafe. He had not fhrunk from this meafure
when neceffary ; be would be the fiat to find a rub-
(lnure for it, when it could be alifpenfed with. It
appeared too much to condemn him for this latter
part of his conduct; for he had never concealed
from himfelf, that the Aft was a meafure of vigour
incontillent with the feelings of the people; which
they born, indeed, with the patziotilm belonging try
their character, but bore only from the neceffity
and refulution to meet every burthen, rather than boar
beneath an oppreffor. As a permanent fyilem, it
could not be endured by the nation. It was one thing,
to be placed under Miiitia officers; and another, to
rave in this new fpecies'iof force. He meant to fpeajc
candidly of this meafure; of the fpirit of the tunas
try in thing cheerfully under it ; and the necelfity
of finding an early fublii:ute for it. The Right
Honourable Gentleman had recommended the affi.
milating regiments with counties. whole names they
fhould bear : this plan had been tried, and it would
never anfwer as a general plan: The recruiting mu*
lie much among manufacturing towns, and therefore
the men of one county, or one town, MI up mans-
regiments. Betides, regiments teturning from abroad
could perhaps never be recruited in the fame county
in which they had their origin. He believed toosthat
it was not politic to have all the men of the *regi-
ment from one county. He would not poetic flask
further ; but he had found perfons of the bee enoW-
ledge agree with him in that. The Right Has.
Gentleman complained, that Government pis
theinfelves credit for all the zeal difpliyed by die
nation. This was not troe--but Governmentit
claim fume praife'fnr the direction given to the pab
zeal. That zeal was fpontaneous' 4nd needed Pm-
mortal honour on the nation ; but Government gave
fire and confidercv to it. But it was not the fponta-
mous seal of tore people that has blockaded the enemy
in his ports from the Teedl to the Adriatic; that has
made the acquilitions of foreign territory ; and that
has eonaituted and confadated all our imnsenfe
force, in all its rearioas deferiptions ; a variety which
has been created ludicroufly; but which, in his mind,
conflitutes the honour rf Government. He was cer-
tain that the meafure had continued long enough fo
anfwer any purpofe, and that its enntinnsney any
longer would only produce competition, and impede
recruiting for the regular army.
Mr. CANNING cantered the ntmoll aftenifhment
at the manner in which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer had argued the quellinn, fo different from
that of his colleagues, who had fpoken of Mr. Pitt's
propofal with approbation and refpth, and rather
objefted to the time of its difertfilon, than to Its prin-
ciple. The teal ohjed of the Right Honourable
Gentleman feetned to be, to hold out the pinpoint
of his Right Honourable Friend in the molt odious
and deteilable light ; as if, by a forced ballot, it
meant to raife men for foreign tcrvice ;'and as if the
whole plan was fonnded upon the moil arbitrary and
unconaitutional principles. Such a reprefentation of
his Right Honourable Friend's plan, however, was
totally repugnant to its meaning and &Gen, and the
fenfe and feeling of the lionfe mull completely refute
it. The Right Hon. Gentleman, who was now In
alarmed at the idea of impottuning men raifed by
ballot to extend their Cervices, had none .of thole
fcruples when he, within the lall Int might, fupported
a meafure for bringing thelrith militia to this enuntry.
This was an inconfifieney which it was for
to explain. Was it decent or beer-ruling then, in the
Right Hon. Gentleman to defcribe the tendency of
his Right Hon. Friend's plan, to importune men
railed by forced ballots to go into foreign fereiee
?
Tae only objection of the Right Hon. Gentleman's
colleagues was, that the relent was not the fit time
for the plan. But they agreed, particularly the
Noble Lord (Castlereagh), though in defending his
own meafore. yet, a* fcerred, willolc to have two
firing. to his bow (a bilk), exprettcd a hope that
the principles of the plan might be difeuffed on
a future occatcn, a hype whicn he firmly &Tufted
wrotld befpeedtly real:red.

Mr BA ,;TA RD c.mtenJcJ that the plan ropored
by Mr. l':ttwon:,: he the tatol! ar*Jitraty and uncon-
littutional :hat c .uld he inficad of its
caporing t be intp•-t..0, he (eared,
expole them to h.- dragr-,ned u:ro e:neral fervice. He
c,ntendeJ that the AL:i;ia was a contlitotional fort:
which ought to be caretully cocritheri, and without
meaning any utfrcrpect :u A•nty. he wa: of opi.
rion that the Mi;i:ja N'A• a cu:olitu:ional check 011
the Army. As to t::c Army rf Rc.rve DM, be
w;flic.i it wv. wholly It had been proJite.
tiv: rf n-,; !et hardlh;p .u.. 1 tn' • %.. e.s Lz ha I wit-
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Mr. FOR explained.
Sir ROBERT WILLIAMS raid, he would trefpae
on the Houfe but a wort time ; he wifind to know
if the Bill, when renewed, would relieve the country
from all military embarrament ?
Mr. PITT,- in explanation, raid feveral Members
did not fecal to underaand the principles of his plan;
the fy Rem of his plan was, inflead of a ballot, which
falls upon a man and makes bim pay a confiderable
fine for a fubllitute, that every man Should be free for
a moderate fine, and if he did Serve, a bounty Should
be gins bim exceeding the rum ufually given for the
regular army. His objea was to render the meafure
permanent, and to mitigate Such provifions in the
Bill, as fell heavy upon certain defcriptions of perfons.
Mr. YORKE explained.
The Hoafc then divided, and there appeared, for
Mr. Pitt's motion, 203—Againfl it, sip—Majority,
in favour of the Minifter, 37. Adjourned at One
o'clock.

BAST INDIES.

CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAOJRDINARY, Dee. 23.
Fart William, Da. 23. t flo3.

A I:ollgiatch, of wilds the following Is ■ Copy, Isas been this
day received by Ins Excellency the Molt Noble the Go►ernor Ge-
wash front the Hoossrabie Major-General W
Camp at Partcrty, Nov. 30, [B°3.

My Lord—l have the honour to inform you that
I attacked the armies of Dowlut Rao Scindia and
the Rajalt of Bern yenerday afternoon, on the plains
of Argaum in this neighbourhood, with the divifion
of the slimy under my immediate command. and the
fubfidiary force ferving with the Soubah of the De-
kan, under Col. ST/ 'lll mum, and completely defeated
the enemy, having taken from them their cannon,
aromucition,ltc. and deftroyed TAU numbers of elem.
have realm to believe that the lofx which 1 have
fuflained upon this occafion ha, not been great. Nil
officer has been killed, and but few wounded. I will
forward to your Excellency a detailed account of
this adtinn, as well as of the circumftances which led
to it. as loon a► I Mall receive returns of the killed
and wounded. 1 have the honour to be, my Lord, with
the greatell tefpeet. (Signed) aarteuet w v.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Dee as.
Fort William. Dec is, 3803.

A Pifpatch, of which the following la a Com las been this
"...y sectored by his Ficelkncy the M.it Noble the Governor Ge-
neral, from the IL:incurable Major Gesell Wet .t ter.
Camp at Patterly, Nor. 30, t 903.
My Lord—Having found that the Rajah of Berar
was moving toward, his own territories, that the body
of troops he had with him was hut (mall, and decreaf-
ing in numbers daily, and not likely to do much mif
chief to the territories of the Soubah of the Dekan, I
dekended the Ghent. by Rajoora, in urder to hypo' t
and cover Colonel Sr ',vows's operations agatuti
Gawilgitur in &rar. Col. Sr i•s is sow had equipped
his corps at Mier Ghur for the Sege of that tort, anJ
bad marched to Canapore, w here he was joined on the
24tb, by the Brinjarries. and other fupplies which had
been raved from the t ncray by C...pt.
at Amber j and he marched forward on the re;fir.—
Your Exceilency his beta informed, that on the 23i!

I had contented to a futpenfion of holkilities with the
troops of Dowlut Ran Scindiabi in this cleaner and
Guzerat. The condition on which this agreement
depended, viz. that Scindiah fhould occupy a pofition
zo wiz to the call of Elichpour, had not been carried
into execution ; and Scindiah was encamped at Ser-
fooly, about tour miles from the camp of Monaco
Bapoon, which was at this place. The army of the
former confilled only of cavalry, that of .the latter
was cavalry, a great part, if not the whole of Ragojee
Bhoofia's regular infantry, and a large proportion of
artillery. In the cootie of the 28th, the Vakeela
from Dowlut Rao Scindia urgently puffed me not to
attack thefe troops; but I informed them repeatedly
that there was nofutpenlionofarms with Ragojee Bhoo-
flab ; and none with Scindiah, till he fhotild comply
with the terms of his agreement; and that I Ihould
tainly attack the enemies of the Company wherever I
fhould find them. Col. Sr eve pi sou 's divon and mine
both marched to this place yefterday. The Colonel
having, with great prudence and propriety, halted
on the zBth, at Hattee Andorah, to enable me to co.
operate in the attack of the enemy. We found, on
Our arrival, that the armies of both chiefs had de-
camped; and I could perceive, from a tower in Par.
terly, a confuted mats, about two miles beyond Ser-
Cooly and Scindiah's old Camp, which I concluded to
be their armies in march. The troops had marched
a great diftance in a very hot day, and therefore I did
not think it proper to purfue them,but fhortly after our
arrival here, bodies of horfe appeared in our front,with
which the Myfore horfe fkirmiffied during a part of the
day; and when I went out to pufh forward the pique's
of the Infantry, to fupport the Myfore cavalry, and
to take up the ground of our encampment, I could
perceive diflin&ly a long line of infantry, cavalry, and
artillery, regularly drawn upon the Plaint of Argaum,
immediately in front of that village, and about fix
miles from this place, at which I intended to encamp.
Although late in the day, I immediately determined
to attack this army. Accordingly I marched on in
one column, the Britifli cavalry leading in a diredion
neatly parallel to that of the enemy's line; covering
the rear and left by the Mogul and Myfore cavalry.
The enemy's infantry and guns were in the left of
their centre, with a body of cavalry on their left.—
Scindiah's army, confifling of one very heavy body
of cavalry, was in the right, having upon its right a
body of Pindaries and other light troops. Their line
extended above five miles, having in their rear the
village and emotive gardens and enelofures of
Ar-
gaum, and in their front a plain, which, however,
was much cut by watercourfes, Sec. &c. I formed
the army in two lice., the infantry in the firft, the
cavalry in the fecund, and fupporting the right, and
the Mogul and Myfore cavalry the left, nearly pa.
rallel to that of the enemy, with the right rather ad-
vanced to prefs upon the enemy's left. Some little
time clapfed before the lines could be formed, owing
to a part of the infantry of my divifion, which led
the column, having got into fome confufion. When
formed, the whole advanced in the greateft order ;
the 74. th and 78th regiments were attacked by a large
body (fuppofed to be•Perfians), all of which were
dalroyed. Scindiab's cavalry charged the aft bat-
talion, 6th regiment, which was on the left of our
line, and were repotted ; and the whole line retired
in diforder, before our troop, leaving in our hands
thirty eight pieces of cannon, and all their ammu-
nition. The Britiffi Cavalry then purfued them for
feveral miles, and deftroyed great numbers, and
took many elephants and camels, and much baggage.
The Mogul and Myfore Cavalry alto purfued the
fugitives, and did them great mifchief. Some
of the latter are Rill following them ; and I have
Cent out this morning all the Myfore, Mogul, and
Mahratta Cavalry, in order to fecure as many ad-
vantages from this viaory as can be gained, and
complete the enemy's confufion. For the reafons
Rated in the commencement of this letter, the ac-
tion did not begin till late in the day, and, unfortu-
nately, fufficient day light did not remain to do all
that I could have wilted ; but the cavalry continued
their purfuit by moon-light, and all the troops were
under arms till a late'hour of the night. I have the
honour to inclofe a return of our lots in this anion.
The troops concluded themfelves with their ufual
bravery. The 74th and 78th regiments had a parti.
.eular opportunity of diflinguifhing themfelves, and
have deferred and received my thanks. lam alto
much indebted to Col. S a, for the advice and
adiftance I received from him ; to the Hon. Lieut.
Col. Sr. Leos., for the manner in which he led on
the Britifh Cavalry; and to Lieut. Colonels WA osec
ADA Map (who commanded Lieutenant-Colonel Hat-
s ss's brigade, the latter being abfent on account of
fcvere indifpolition) H•Lisu arms, Mec aaaaa , Pon.
sow, and Major Hucini.ssroar, who commanded
brigades of cavalry and infantry; to Mal. CAN es et e,
commanding the si.ttli regt. and to Capt. &au m
commanding the artillery, with the divifion under my
immediate command; to Capt. But ice, commanding
the artillery with the Subfidiary Force; and to the
Officers of the Staff with my divifion, and belonging
to the S, bfa :iary Force. I have Alb to inform your
Excellency, that the Mogul cavalry, under Salabut
Khan, and the Myfore cavalry, under Bifmapah
Pundit, diffinguithed themfelves. The former took
a handard from Scindiab's troops. The Mahratta
cavalry were not engaged, as the perfon who went
to them with orders miffed his road. Amrot Rao
was not in the anion, as he had encamped tome
dillance in my rear on the ath, and he could net
march the whole diftance to Parterly yetlerday
morning ; but he fent for orders as loon as he beard
that I intended to attack the enemy. I propofe to
match tomorrow towards Gawil-ghur, and I (hall
tote no time in attacking that place. I have the
honour to be, my Lord, your Excellency's molt
obedient and faithful humble let rant,

(Signed)

ARTHUR WILLESLIT.

RRRRR ACT Or 7 rye KII w'nl'r.D►D. D141.•,%C.
The lluroue,bie WcII. (ley's Divilkei of the Army
turoptaite killed, tot weellll‘la d ; 31 Nativcs killed, 93
wounded. and 4 miring.

Thc Trials cumpisfing 1M Subfidiary Fotre—a run-Trans killed,
44 WoUMW; 10.1 a 11;:ffing ; 10 Natives killed, fI uJuntled,
and a miallng.
°therm wounded in the Hon.iurable haajna-General Weal,lley's
[Neilion of the Army.-il apt. J. \I. Vernon, 2,1 Bate, tart,
liege. Native ; larw I.....fiands, H. M. s.ath Rctt.
and I lest. A. Tunica, Ift Rat. 3d Rep. Native Infantry.
(ieces wounded In the Troops vampoling the\fishery Fierce—
Capt Ins BLrke and Dalrynipie, /it tn. Aril:hi-ay; lieutenant
Ban br• GO, Regiment l'a' al ; pre. 1)onA1.1,
14•110 Rubcnfon, and Fredencli Campbell, Lis •;atb
FsegiaseuL

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