Star.
London, England, 1804-06-19 00:00:00

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that Oat ty lrblch was tequifite in the preterit flee
of the canter. Upoil that grouted he willied for the
fetelgonislthofe who soenpoted it t and there was no
map to whom he lotiktd forward with Argot& c'infi-
dente thatt to the Rilfht Hrinalrible Gentleman who
was no* at the 441 of public affajia. 'Though he
was difappoipted with regard to the Admirsittration
that Right Honotit'able Gentleinatt -had formd, yet
his inclinationi froths old habits, and the opinion he'
entertained of his zeal, ability, and witthim, induced
him to approve any mature that came. recommend-
ed by him. Upon this ground lie had voted for the
preterit Bill In its flea two Rages: He had, however,
hefitated upon the' &Nat of the ptan it contained ;
and now, upon i thorough confederation of the Bill,
he declared it did nut appear to his mind efficient.—
It was fraught with difEctilties, and fell f, fhort of
that energy and vigour which he had expelled from
it in the Rrll initiated, that he could no longer give it
his Rapport. 'He doubted very much *healer the
Bill would fumed in railing the large number amen
it profeffed to taite; and with Jcfpta to its prevent,
ing competition, he woe emtvid44 it would not havft
that tree, but a tositthry: ' Trot it was, it went to
abolilh the ballot. Hr had certainly ken the hard.
(hips of that fyfteen, and had pitied them; but if the
Rage of the country was fuch, that, with a view' to
Its etiftence, we mud have'reeourte to compulfion, lii
thought Ode hUrdthips ought not to have any
weight. Coropollinn b ballot he confidered prefer-
able to the plan of thh Bill. By ballot there wag; an
equal chance whether the lot fell on A. or B. but there
was no piability of the whole of it Parillt feeling the
inconvetiience of the prefent meafure. The Ripst
Honourable Gentleman •mtift estate him for faynig,
that, with all his experience and wifclom, if there was
one point on which he was kfs informed than ano-
ther. it was with reihrence to thd. internal interetti of
the country. If the Bill would not roife the men
but the money merely, it would be nothing more or
lets than a heavy tax. It was not a direa land tax,
but, pretending to be one thing, it was another. He
did not think the landed intereft had been fupported
as it ought to have been. He argued that this bill
would be produAive of confidcrable injury to the
Volunteer Syßem, by defirnying thole exemptions,
which he entertained no doubt had Influenced a con-
fiderabk number of perfons who formed part of the
immenfe force to which the country was fo much in-
debted.
Mr. Berjeant BEST Paid, that after fo much dif-
cuFlOP had taken place, it was far from his intention
to occupy fur any length of time the attention of the
Hook; but the Bill was fo important, (o novel as
to hs objta, aad fo pregnant with milt:hid. that be
could not give t Glens vote. An Honourable Gen-
ii/map bad fuppofid that the oppofition was not se-
ferable to the Bill. bat to tome objeCtion to thole who
contlitufed his Majefly's Feint Government. This
obfkrvation he intended to have anfwered, but the
Honourable Clentlemap who had fpoke jaft rendered
any thing from him an that fubjea Mineceffary. The,
Honourable Gentleman to ohom 'ht.-alluded had
Rated that he bad twice voted in faihur of the Bill
frogs his attachment to his Majefty's Knitters, but
that be found it impoffible to fapport it any longer.
He took it for granted his *talon was not to thole
who fopported•the meafore, but to the 'rearm itfelf.
An Hon. Gentleman had kid, that this was a period
when privations were ,neeelTary, and that the people
were willing; but there was one privation, the pri-
vation of liberty, which ought not to be fubmitted to.
If the facrifice of the conflitution was to be one of the
privations, he was of opinion there would be (care;
any thing left worth enjoying. The Bill appeared to
him to strike at one of the fundamental maxim's
which had been held facred from the Revolution to
this time, and had annually received the tantalum ofl
Parliament. , He admitted there was a difference in
the Bill as it was originally introduced, and as it
Rood now. He adverted to the obfervation of an
Honourable Gentleman, that the Atmy to be railed
by this Bill would fleep during peace. When there
was found in the preamble of the Bill, that an addi-
tional permanent force was to be railed, could any
'man luppofe that fuch force was intended to be laid
;apeep during peace in the manner Rated ? The prin.
aisle remained, and a permanent force of 74,000 men
would exift, which his Majefty's Minifters might at
any dunk call forth. Was there any Gentleman pre-
pared to fay that (itch a force ought to exit in this
Country, either in a dormant Rate or otherwife com-
manded by °Rims differing only from Militia Officers
in being dependant on the Crown. No one could
deny but that this was contrary to the Bill of Rights,
which declared there timid be no Randing army. He
had beard it laid that this Bill, permanent as it was
Rated to be, would diffolve of ofelf, it Parliament
did not renew the Mutiny P.a, within the operation
of which it was included : this did not cure his objec-
tion, which referred to the deelaratiott of the princi-
ple; but he contended. the non-renewal of the Mu.
tiny Bill would only put an end to the force roiled by
that Bill, and not to any other. It might as well be
Paid that the Militia would he dilllvcd by the Mu-
tiny Bill not being renewed. The Militia Bill, as the
indent Bill, was uncomseaesl with any other; and
confequently, though the Mutiny BM Ilmuld not be
renewed, thefe 74.000 men would Rill continue in the
hands of the Crown a permanent futce, without
Parliament being able to put an cad to it. He
referred to the remarks of De Lolme upon the
fubjea of the annual renewal of the Mutiny Bill ;
and contended, that the force
_to be railed by the
mea(ure under difeuffioo was contrary to thole laws
and maxima which oar ancallors thought fa ne-
ceffary to our liberty and independence. Ano-
ther °Nation to the Bill was, that while it railed a
permanent force, which was out of the reach Of Par-
liament, it diminifhed that force which was railed as
a counterpoife to the Army—he meant the Militia.
Scarcely two years ago, when the Militia was in-
creafed by an addition of 30,0c0 men, what was the
principle ? He thought the country was indebted to
thole who had railed that force. It was in 'elms
Rated in the preamble of the Bill, that it was effential
to the fecutity of the liberty of the lubjeCt, a large
Militia force thotild he railed, officered by men whisk
qualifications made them independent. In this Ibort
period, at the end of two years, after having lane-
tinned that meatuce, was the Houk called upon to
contradia the propofition, that it was needful, to
form a counterp ore to the Army • and, on the con-
trary. the there was no neeetfity for fuch a force, but
that we n t ! ••..l ourselves over to Covet nment,
azoicsi win.., d. 4,1: A my. The Right Hunoura-