189 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803, 
CHAP. XIV. 
Secretary at War brings forward the Army Estimates for the year.—De- 
bate.—Opinions of Mr. Windham—Pitt—Addington.— Budget brought 
forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—New Taxes,—Objections by — 
Lord Folkestone.—King’s message, announcing the commencement of — 
hostilities against the Batavian republic.—Another on the augmentation 
of the Means of Defence of the Country.—Thanks voted for both.—Army 
of Reserve Act, brought into the House of Lords, by Lord Hobart.— 
Speeches of the Duke of Clarence— Earl of Caernarvon—Suffolk— — 
Moira—Lord Mulgrave—Grenville.—Address of Thanks coted unani- 
mously. The same Measure moved in the Commons, by the Secretary at — 
War.—Debate.—Mr. Windham—Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Ad- — 
dress carried.—Clergy Bill read a second time in the Lords.—Army of 
Reserve Bill read a second time in the Commons.—Debate——Mr. Cal- 
craft—Sheridan—Elliot—-Y orke—-Pitt—-W indham—- Addington.— 
Bill: re-committed.— Debate.—Colonel Crawford—Mr. M‘Naughton—~ 
Windham—Chancellor of the Exchequer—Mr. Johnston—Hutchinson— — 
Archdall—Lord de Blaquiere.—Bill finally passes the Commons, and — 
after a debate, the@Lords.—Remarks, 4 
N the 6th day of June, in the . 
house of commons, the se- 
cretary at war (Mr. Yorke) brought 
forward some of the estimates of 
the army for the year; and stated, 
that but a small augmentation was 
intended to be made in the regular 
force. 
Mr. Windham disapproved of an 
idea, which had been held out, of 
augmenting the army by men raised 
for rank ; he also dwelt with con- 
siderable force, on the advantages 
of employing regular troops in pre- 
ference to militia: he thought as 
the French employed regular troops 
alone, we must employ an army 
composed of the same materials ; 
it must be ‘diamond cut diamond.” 
While the militia system was kept — 
up in its present extent, the regular — 
army could not be kept up; as it — 
was not to be expected men would © 
enlist for life at a small bounty, © 
when they could get a greater one 
for enlisting for a short term of © 
years: if a stronger force was re- 
quired for the defence of the coun- 
try, he should prefer something like © 
an arming en masse, to the militia, — 
because that would less interfere | 
with the regular army.—He also © 
disapproved still more of the militia — 
force, as being merely defensive, 
an not at all disposeable for offen-— 
sive measures against the enemy. 
_ Mr. Pitt seemed to consider the 
number of militia to bear too great 
@ pro- 
