Star.
London, England, 1803-03-04 00:00:00

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Sonic Apr:re. burin& waa ef,
nil:. upon In. t.JiC te,.c gaurt ally furwar,ll.4.l m CiLir rt rine-
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Aucs LA ND moved for thr pr.au inr. of ••cr 41 Fi-
tianri.l Ifur.nrricitts, in to that: be !t.,1 inr on
a ..rrwr ; thof., on tLerin.lbo:s bang rte, wcrc

ed ACCUI
cur n. from the Tre:.n-ry, rrJented fundry Ac-
rout:, t,fpeaine We Revenue, purtuaut to an order o: :r
Lois tlhi s.
re, on Cud titlds being read, appeared to be the Eaten.
rill Pocuin, 'is which were c rilered en be laid be(, re tht
agreeably to the merlon of Lord Auckland on a [cr-
ept!' itik.ht.
The Account' were ordered to lie or. this table. and after-
wirds, ou the toction of Lind .iketgLAAlo, ordered to be
gritted for the tife ct their 1 I,rabips.
Lord HOsarT moved the order of the Day for
the trcond re:RI:T.(Ii the Militia Exercife Bill ;
which being done, he oldetved, he felt it unntcef.
flay to take up the time of the Houfe on the pre-
sent occalion ; the general fuhjed, of which die
Bid formed a part, was well known to their Lord-
lhipr' as it had undergone amp!c and repeated
thictiflinns in that Houle when it was Lift regularly
before them. He would °Verve, that the Bill now
under cor.flderation went merely to amend one
claufe in the general Bill. It would be in their
Lordlhips' recollation, that by the lalt Bill the
Militia was to be called out for the purpofe of
training and exercifing for the term of 21 days ;
the Bill in queftion was limply to extend that term
to z 8 da.ys. In the firft inftance the leifer interval
was confidered as adequate, and the longer term
was regarded as objeltionable, principally on the
(core of expense. However, on maturer delibe-
ration, it was found expedient, and upon the
whole de:trued advifable, to extend the term for
the purpofes he had mentioned, to the fpace of 28
days ; this being all the Bill propofed to do, he
sbould no longer detain the Houle, but merely
move, that the Bill be now read a fecond time.
The Duke of MONTROSE role and Paid, lie con.
fidcred this Bill not as a meafura of light and tri-
vial concern, but as one of the molt ferious im-
portance to this country, as a meafure deeply in-
terefting to our very exitlence as a nation. This
country had at pretcnt to contemplate the formi-
dable proximity of a rival nation; not fuch as that
which was ftyled Old France, but a nation poll
fefred of the whole line of oppofite coaft, from
which, in cafe of rupture, we had to apprehend
the molt formidable attacks, and ftrengthened by
the acceffion of fo much additional territory, po-
pulation, revenue, and confequent power, from
other nations of Europe, as rendered our comya-
native fituation fuch as to call for the utmoli vigh
lance, and the perpetual maintenance of a compe-
tent and well difciplined force to repel any fudden
attack which might be contemplated by that na-
tion. It could not be denied that the power
which, aggrandized as it was by fuch new and
extenfive acquifitions of territory, and Itrength-
ened as it was by fuch additional force, p cleated
a moll formidable, military, and enterprifing na-
tion, at the head of which flood a man, into whole
charaaer, for obvious realms, he would not now
enter ; but whom the world would allow to be a
man of the moil bold and adventurous fpirit, and
not ablindly fcrupulous about the means of effed-
ing his projeCts. With:filch a profpeCt before use
and even withonnatfry immediate expeoftation of a
mifunderfianding or rapture with that country
(which yet was not impoffible, however unlikely)
it behoved his Majefly's Minillerts to exert, at all
times, the utmolt vigilance, and to keep tip every
branch of the public fotee to its full efficiency ;
and this could not be done without rendering dif-
cipline, in every department, as perfed as petlible.
Under this idea, then, fo far was his Grace from
refilling the meafure of extending the period of
difciplining our Militia force from twenty-one to
twenty-eight days, that he thought the time
would be, with Rill greater propriety, extended
td two ndottli• ; and if his Grace confidered him-
felt as of fuffisient weigh: and confidcration in that
Houle to carry fuch a queltion, lie would move
an amendment to that died in the Dill. Within
thefe,wailt there were many military men, who
had ferved their country with honour and glory.
There were many Nt.ble Lords, who, though n. t
military men by poi; tfi in, had yet felt it their
duty to ferve theirs in all times of public
danger. by placing theinfelves at the head of the
Militia in their ref,,esive enttrtlits. To die jtulg-
stunt t f thole Nobls lAA ds he wentld appeal, whe-
ther they thought that a body of men, mooed only
for tale month in a vs. o• to milts y exercile, wete
the kind of ty,or 60 n, meet an them y, cowpokd
of veteran Ito. 1.., Woo might happen to offal a
landing in the y Ceilain he was that their
Lordilitps could t think they were fit ; and,
tL afore, it war tha La thought the Militia of the
country, in r tiler to their l..:ttcr difcipline, ought
to be trained, at lead in this hn po:tion of one
this d of the whole, rot twa mouths in every year,
iiillead one month, as now pop, fed, but in
reality not mote :h.ta ft at :eon fifteen do., ;if
it was th it four Sundays were to be
dedufled from ihor.:l., betides the number of
1, e. y to: the men to march from the moll
sasys or c.uu:y to inia the parade, and
ifs!. :o 1...t0th honie. liaggelliota he
to or; ti,.• li!s •jt fly's Miniflers,
duty he eon. ..•-e,i ,: to :, in the
• ea. 3/1"aos, t • ....di. ev ry part iit the
!. f a:a: t a act G.il t tit
as had 4.:en bc always I.' idv
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