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those who-
we bad clams tirlfel le 11 far disentangled as Intro,
re so to af-
.ole accounts
,„e of settling with them. that Lite Honoura-
1,
at such a moment, should press.a
itlem
of this description on the House—which, hy
t„',le m;nd of the public against the legality
wou have-the probable tffect of de-
g Ite'itSt
the 1,14,1 which had been laid down foe re-
the the.ore. .And compromising with the
,et, ter sump sums t•of. which, he trusted, for
Li, sakes, they would accept. The present,
Ted, a most improper period, to try any
nient. It would be more consistent with jut.
,Inter any motion of this description, until the
~to was erected—And, it it were found not to an-
„filen some other plan might be proposed. The
.1 of the lionolirithle Gentleman should, he
t, he pot off till next Session, on the same
, as influenced the House to reject the Bill
was I 'rely vibmitted to them - and, it he would
~,rply with the sugge.4itiiii, he trusted the House
&pose of it in the same manner they had dis-
, t that Bill. The only effect it could have,
ihe to throw cold water on the. subscription,
event its filling. The Honourable Gentleman,
,
•
would withdraw his motion, and not pro-
. 0 divide the House upon it—as, from motives
.t.ce as well as generosity, he was sure they must

Wet% wan 'MOM TIM SUMPITIMST VIP -
weight, As to the sitnation of Catholic soldiers, when
'serving in this country, he could only say, that he
thou&ht there was in the Bill, as it stood, sufficient to
protect them in all the privileges they enjoyed while
in Ireland: He recollected that a distinct clause on
this subject had formetly been proposed by a .Right
Hon. Gentleman "(Mr. Fox), but who acquiesced in
withdrawing it, on receiving such an explanation as
he had now given.
Mr. ELLIOTT explained,
Mr. WHITBREAD said, in talking of the Ca-
tholic Soldiers, he had wished to observe a distinction
between privilege and indulgence.
Colonel BASTARD maintained, that the Militia 1.
was originally intended to be a check on the Army.'
That was now completely lost sight oft arc a, instead
of being a check, they were now made the instmtnent
of increasing the Army. If, however, there was now
ro constitutional regard for the Militia, nor any jea-
lousy of the Army, there should at least be some re-
gard to good faith. If the Militia had done all that
the Country wanted of them, and Ministers wished to
put an end to that species of force, why not do so
openly and fairly ? To talk of an option was to de-
ceive, for, by the Bill, all the regiments must go in
rotation. For his own part, he would wither serve a
campaign in Spain or Portugal, wheie he migot do
acceptable service, than go to Ireland, where he could
I e of no service whatever.
The question was then put, when the Bill was read
a second rime, and ordered to be committed.ior Mon-
d ty.—Adjourned.

r it out.
la TAYLOR then withdrew hi; motion.
.i.
ENDLIsiI AND IRISH SM. A.
ei. RYDER moved the second reading of. the
'dish and Irish Militia Interchange Bill.
c lone) STANLEY said, it would drive a consi,
ale number of Gentlemen of landed property
r the service, and would breed ill-will between the
--es and men. Ile had once before gone to Ireland
hi; own will, but it the Bill should pass into e
!e would not go again. He believed he spoke
-ientiments of many of the Militia Officers. He
A as an Amendment, that the Bill should be
i 3 second time this day three months.
e,.IVILLIAM ELLIOT opposed thellill, which
r eJ would create a great deal mt dissatisfaction in
e:litia. It would bring into the army a spirit of
.ie) r iiian, and would foment patties in a regiment,
..it:c,ive of military discipline. No exigence could
ly the present measure.
eii PARNELL felt it to be his duty to oppose
Din.
Lard A. HAMILTON objected to the Bill, in as
re it would go `still farther to prevent qualified
rens from accepting of commissions in the Militia.
eadual decrease in qualified Officers had been go.
on year after year, and the present Bill would go
veep off all those below the rank of Field Officers.
nncrly ballotted mea bore a great proportion to
Skates in the Militia, now they were not as sine
ten. It we were neither to leave officers nor men,
~his our constitutional force, in the old and con.
rational form, it would be better at once to anni.
i.ete it entirely. He begged to ask one question of
`e Right Honourable Secretary ; the Officers in the
.etia of this country were subject to the Income
Tit ;in Ireland there was no such Tax. Now, he
v'Sed to be informed if the Officers of the Irish Mi-
-1:4, who came to serve in this country, were to he
tempted from this tax ; or it they were to come and
eve here with 10 per cent. off their income ?
Lord PALMERSTON thought that the onus of
peen the present measure to be ehjectionable, lay
et those who opposed it. He conceived the present
vie one of the most important measures for the
eintry that could be adopted, ;rid that the Uniow
between this country and Ireland conld nut be esteem-\
ti complete till it was carried into effect. Even the
etlitinnal security that it most afford to the two coun-
no against invasion was nothing compared with the
ithalit.ige% arising from an interchange of commit.
lic.ition and intercourse.
Me WHITBREAD was convinced the effect of ,
the measure would he to take all country gentlemen
tilt of the Militia. He should not, however, oppose An Anholt Mail arrived this morning: the British
the Bill in its second reading ; but if clauses were not -I
cenizers in the Baltic continue to annoy the Danes at
mtrialuced in the Committee, protecting the Irish
all points ; but these are not the only enemies
aholic soldier in the exercise of his religion in thisseem that
e their
(entry, and also protecting the Irish Catholic Offi. trade has to contend with; for it should
ter in the free exercise of his religion as he would he i some French Privateers, fitted out in the Baltic, have
protected in Ireland, and that, too, not by sufferance { been impudent enough, to seize and detain several
miry, but as a matter of right, he should oppose !
) Danish and Norwegian vessels. There can be no
the Mil in its further stages. I. doubt that troops are in motion towards the shores of
Colonel ELLISON was of opinion that the Union
!eel Ireland, of which he thought highly, should be the Baltic, from various parts of Europe, as will be
'I w n closer and closer by every tie of amity, affec• seen from the following extracts :
ein and (-immunity of intercourse. The present mea-
BANNS OF 'rHE MAINE, MAY e.
,ore, on this feeling, had his entire concurrence: He We read. in the Halle Gazette, that lately several
felt, and he trusted every other Militia Officer would t
detachments have marched for the coasts of the Baltic.'
wl, that, to the attainment of ao grand a national I
(4)jeer, all personal, and therefore inferior, objects of A division of the 7th Regiment of French Hunan,
(c.neenience ought to yield. There should, in hill 1 who were in garrison at Magdeburg, marched on the
,pinion, he no more distinction between England
indi 9th 1.;
i memo, taking the route to the coasts of Bran.
leeand than between Lincoln and York.
Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH thought thelength 1
I a Westphalian
enborg. The Ist and Bth regiments,
cf the war had already rendered the Militia service 1 coming from Hildesheirn and Hanover, have taken
'theme, but the present measure would make it disel the same direction, as well as the 85th of French in.l
Rusting. He did not know if Minister' were preps' 1 fantry, which set out on the 12th. On the 13th, the
ei to do away qualifitations entirely, but he was SA.
second division of hussars, joined to the hussars oil
aeried that the present measure would go far to ren-
er that neceriary. the guard, also put themselves in motion. On the
Colonel DUCKETT thought that here a tempo. 15th and 17th they were •followed by some detach.
ray evil was to be endured, when likely to produce ments, having with them the field-pieces, some bowie-
t permanent geod. . sers and warlike Stares. ' It. is estimated that about
Mr. C. W. WYNNE objected to the present Bill,
8000 men have marched for Brandenburg.
as giving to his Majesty the right of sending a whole 1
DAQEN, MAY 9.
ie.:emetic over to Ireland without any officer what- I •
..:,t. above a serjeant ;in which case, he asked, could ln his Majesty's public notice given to-day, the pate
it any longer be considered as a regiment of militia ? ticulars ofwhich we shall give tomorrow,is mentioned'
—lt this species of force was only to retain the name, I. an engagement that took place off Koegshaven when I,
and to lcse the essence, all the advantages resulting ;
the 2d Lieutenant, Christian Frederic Klinck, of the
trim it must fall to the ground. The alternative was ;
navy, on the 29th of last month, with three gun-boats,
by this Bill put to every Officer in the Militia, either I'
Till Qn to Ireland when called on, or to resign. He attacked two English cutters, and af&r fighting them
must protest against this measure as being the last : an hour and a half, sunk one of the said cutters, and
step in the conversion of the militia force of the , beat the other off in such a damaged condition, that it
country into one of a very description. i be may reasonably supposed he afterwards went also
Mr. Secretary RYDER said it might be a satisfae-
to the bottom. The Lieutenant recaptured from the
t;sn to the House to be informed, that he had already
7 t cciv eit offers from several Militia Regiments to go .enemy the Norwegian transport schooner, No. 40. i
Ireland, and he hoped there was not a single rev- ' which they had taken on the 21st April,‘on her Toy.'
theist that would object to *go when the option was age to Denmarka. took two English long-boats, and
taon to them. He was sorry to hear an Honourable I
1 a Norwegian boat, both with the anchors wbkh the
‘..,i Aeman .(Colonel Stanley) who had deseived 10
cutters had cut sway, with about 60 fathom of cable,
1,1: lily of his country, 4 .
say that he would not go with
tis I-win-lent to Ireland. He hoped that Hon. Gentle. I the flag of the Cutter, 2 English naval officers,
man would not persevere in his determination ; at all ' 2 mites, and 30 seamen, and enjoying at the same
4-vents, that he would not endeavour to extend it to ' time the pleasure of seeing themselves followed by 6

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SECOND EDITION.

STAR-OFFICE, HALF PAST TWO.

After this Paper was at press, a Telegraphic Com-
munication was received at the Admiralty, announcing

the arrival at PlymNlth of a Messenger, with official j
dispatch.s from Lord WELLINGTON, confirming; to
the fullot extent, the accounts already received, by
way of Bristol, of the Defeat of MASSENA in his at-
' tempt to relieve Almrida. The Messenger with this
agreeable intelligence is now on his way to Town,
and may be hourly expected ; and we shall, from
time to time, during the whole of this afternoon, stop
the press to insert every communication, on this im-
portant subject, that can gratify or intetest our nu-
merous Readers.

In the mean time, a Letter has been sent into the
City to the LOUD MAYOR and to Lloyd's Coffee-
house, with this important intelligence.

Since writing the above, we understand that the
fog is so thick in some parts, that. the Telegraphs have
been at a stand for this hour or two past. The intel-
ligence discernible in the first instance wasas follows:
A Ship from Lisbon—the BristOl news is true."
Some reports,- however, state, that the number of
killed. and wounded of the French army is 7000 !

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