Star.
London, England, 1803-02-26 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAR el took the Chair at half paR three,
and the Houk proceeded to ballot three Commit•
tees for the purpnfe of inveftigating the merits of
the Invernefs. the Kirkudbright, the Lift ward, and
the Waterford Eleftion Petitions. The ballots
were not concluded till half paft fix. The lilt of
the names of the Invernefs and Kirkudbrigbt
Committees was read before the Rrangers were ad-
mitted into the Gallery. The following are the
names of the other two, as correely as we could
hear them repeated :

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Lord C. S. lktanners E. Cb. Dorton, Ell.
Hon. Chapel Norton Jollels Porter, Efq.
Henry Payne, Efg. W. Loftus, Wil.
F. J. Drown, Fig- Ch. Perigall, Eh.
James Gralsem, Efq. R. M. M=sEtg.
J. W. Blake Webbe, Efg. Hon. W.
I oh John Cott Joho tuablangne, Efg.
P. Craton, Ell.
WaTilli ORD.
Hon. Ch. Dundee Sir Edward Winningtoa, Hatt.
W. G. Cartwright. Efg. A. Houfton, Efqy.
John Lemon, Efg. Wm. Graham, Efg.
Hon. H. Petty Francis W. Grant, Efq.
John Paey, Efq. J. Jennings, Erg.
Hon. Joe. W. Warden Hon. Edward Monktrn
Charles Chapman, Efg. J. D. Burton, Efq.
James Dawkins, Erg Hobert Ward, litti.
Such of thefe Members as were prefcnt, anti an-
fwered to their names, were (worn, and ordered
to proceed forthwith to their refpe&ve Committee
rooms.
The C tithe Exclave= awned, " That the
Hawk be called over on Tberfday nest ; and that the names of
Nth Members as rhoulJ sot then splicer, fare thee raving on
Committees, &wild be let afide, and repeated at tech time as
the Hoare &acid think te."—Ordcred.
He moved alto. * That the mews at the Abrogates of die
%Cots on this day, be repeated on Monday reasigist.".-or-
;lend accordingly.
The Sberiffs of Leaden prefetwed a Petition from the Cor-
poration smiled certain parts of the MI refpeding the Grand
'undies Canal now pending, and praying to be heard by
sftgnfeL—.Leave given for (Coact on bath Ma.
A Mame from the Lords antersed the Hods that their
Lerdbip had agreed to the Bank Reftrittlia Nil without any
amestileatt.
Mr. Theca es moved, that the Committee to whom the Pe.
deign* of the Woollen Manstseitirers are referred, have leave
to it, getwittsflanding any adjournment of the Hook...oes
dere&

Lad Mint sad Sit H STRACIUT ',lambed leave of ab•
knee tar a few days, on account of organ Wine&
Sir P.lk *Petition from Irma inhabitanu
of the Pant' aft krearalftereavidagainft the building danger Woes-
book la that Pardsm-Ordered to lit on the Table.
Accounts were laid before the Hoak by the Comutlikeen
of the Marna Naviptionosf their Receipts and Diamtementa
for the year t Icra.—Orderod to Me on the Table.

MILITIA TIAIMIMO

The Seca e.t.a's' at Was moved the order of
the day for the third reading of the Militia
Train-
ing Bill.
General TatLlTollrofe, not, he faid, to oppofe
the bill in this Rap, not to objeft to the training
of the Militia for twenty-eight days in the year,
inaead of twenty-one, as had been nfual ; but to
esprefs his Centime= upon that which he conceiv-
ed would be li:fa:able operation of the bill.—
In a (comet be had expelled his doubts

whether, under the circumflanees of flatting war,
a militia force was that which ihonld be preferred
to the more difpofable one of troops of the line ;
he knew there were many Gentlemen, whole opi.
nions merited high refpe.l, who were favourable
to a militia fore4and many others, amongft whom
were force of high profetlional eminence, who
were of a contrary opinion. For his own part, it
was by no means his idea to undervalue the ter.
vices of the militia ; he too well remembered the
importance of their fervice in the American war :
their gallantry in the's'e war, and efpecially dur.
ing the rebellion in Ireland, whither they Co cheer.
fully volunteered theirfervices, were equally strong
in his memory and admiration ; but he begged to
put it to the confideration of the Hon. Secretary
of War, and of his Majefty's other hlinifters, whe-
ther;circumflanced as this country now flood, in
the prefence of a rival power, with 500,000 troops,
the bell difciplined, armed, and appointed, in all
refpees, of all Europe, and polfeffed of every poll
on the [bores oppofite to our coati, from whence
we thould have molt caufe to apprehend danger,
in cafe of renovated hoililities, whether fuels a
force as 40.000 militia, with the expeeation of
20,000 more to be railed occafionaliy, and only
drawn out for difcipline one month in the year.
was the kind of force on which we could rely ?
There was alfo another confidetation highly wor-
thy of notice; It was, that the recruiting fees icc
for the line was molt materially injured by the ex.
peeation of a militia ballot, as many of thofe men '
who would otherwife readily enlift in the line, had
kept back for the purpole of offering tbemfelves
as fubftitutes ; the confequence of which was, the
bell months in the year for recruiting fervice, had
palled over, as he learned from many officers of
experience, with very bad fuccefs. The lion.
General concluded by laying, that ifhis Majelly's
Minifters did not think proper to adopt Tome mea-
lure on this fubjelt, he fhould feel it his duty at a
future day, to bring forward a queltion upon it.
The SICRITARY at WAR' confidering that the
Hon. General had fuffered this bill to pars through
all its former Rages without any oppofition,
tainly did not think his arguments well placed now,
in its prefent Rage ; nor could he think them, as
directed againft the principle of a militia force, r:.
levant upon a qneftion merely whether that force
thould be called out for difcipline 21 or 28 days hr
she year? Had the Hon. Member come forward
with his advice when the quetlion was before the
Houle on the militia bill, and before the Hoge
thought fit to re-adopt that old Conftitutional
force, his obfervations might have been timely; at
prefent, he mall certainly confider them out of
time. With refpee to any of thole impediments
which the Hon. General apprehended to the re.
cruising fervice, from the ballots yet to take place,
he could inform him thole for Scotland and Ire.
land were already gone through. and completed.
That for England wouldbe completed very mostly,
and in lets than a month the whole would be ready
to take the field, fully cloathed, armed, and ac.
coutered. With repel to the foreign force to
which the Hon. Member alluded, his ftatement
to number rather exceeded the fait. He would
allow theirnumbets, however, tobe about 400,000,"
The Hon. Member toe had talked highly
difcipline, arms. and appointments; but be wdbld
venture to affert. that if ever our troops 6014
meet them, front to front, they would thew ao in.
feriority in their difcipline, arms, appointments
and bravery, to any troops in Europe, orelfewhere.
General Taaseroi laid a few words in reply,
and obferved, that the fituation of this country, to
any contemplation of COnfiia with aneoemy, whofe
population was fixty millions, and who muff be
allowed to be a warlike people, mull certainly tit
cite ferious apprehenflon.
The ►ill was then read a third time, paged, an 4
ordered to the Lords.—Adjourned to Monday.

LONDON.