Star.
London, England, 1818-01-24 00:00:00

SITTING or JANUARY 20.

The discussion on the Project of Law concerning
the Re:iuitment of the Army resumed.
M. SARTELON—" At the point at which the dis-
cussion has arrived, I consider it quite unnecessary to
justify or defend the fundamental principle of the
project of law, that of a compulsaoary ballot, in the
event of the voluntary enlistments proving insufficient.
Our militia, before the Revolution, composed more
than a third of our standing army ; their incorpora-
tion into the line, in times of war, has, at many dif-
ferent epochs, taken place, and you all know well
that the system of forced service may be traced back
to the remotest periods of our monarchy. I think
our thanks are due to the King for having proposed
this law, so truly national and monarchical, and I feel '
it my duty to give it my unqualified support?
M. DE VILLELE+" It has been said that the mili-
tary system adopted by all the other powers of Eu-
rope, imposes on us the obligation of adapting our
means of defence to the spirit of the times. You can-
not believe that I would inscribe myself to combat a
proposition too just not to have made an impression
on my mind, too French not to carry along with it
my heart. But does the admission of this wise pio-
position imply the admission of other measures com-
prehended in the project of law before you for gua-
ranteeing our national independence, and putting our
means of defence on a parity with other nations ?
Is it necessary to begin' by striking at the root of all
military discipline, by substituting for that authority,
which ought alone to be known in the army, an au-
thority Which cannot, without the greatest danger.
have the slightest connection with it? Is it neces-
sary to tell those brave men, who have escaped by a
sort of miracle from our late disasters, that the)
must renounce the comfort of aKtablishments whith
they have formed upon the faith of their disband-
ment? is it 'necessary, after having, for eighteen
months, refused all voluntary enrolments, to declare
all at once, that voluntary enrolments are insufficient?
Is it necessary to put suddenly into execution a gene-
ral system of forced recruitment, which, if adopted,
will be productive of hardships, till now unheard of
amongst us ?"—M. de Villele proceeded to develope
a plan of his own, by which the army might be kept
up by voluntary enlistments, having recourse-only to
forced service for a body of reserve. " I demand of
you," continued the speaker, " in the name of the
Government of the King and of legitimacy, that you
will transmit to our children, as the only guarantee
of their prosperity, the safe maxim—to precipitate
r-Ithing. The description of force which my propo-
sition would go to establish will lie a Militia, which
has in it none of the features of a conscription."
Furthef discussion adjourned till Monday.

PARIS. JANUARY
Solemn Prayers will be offered up to-morrow, on,
occasion of the funeral celebration of the 21st of
January. They will be 'followed by the readieg of
the Will of Louis XIV. '

The charge preferred by the Countess of St.Morys,
relative to the unfortunate affair in which her hus-
band fell, on the 21st of July last, has been referred
to the Court of Peers, the late Count being a Peer of
Tratce.—French 5 per Cent: 65fr.

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