be formed by deploying to the left; the whole are to be two deep, and the line will be thus formed at close ranks: there will be an interval of five pices between each corps, great er small, and each will be formed at close files according to his Majesty's regulations, twenty-two inches being allowed for each file: the ranks will then be opened, and the officers advanced in front.--Each battalion of the corps that are composed of more than one battalion, will assemble in a separate close column, and from that situation deploy into the general line-such corps as have guns will be allowed sufficient ground for them on the right of each, in addition to the interval of five paces. Asgnal gun, a 12 pounder, will be posted at the most proper place, for the advantage of the whole.

On the firing of the first cannon to notify his Majesty's approach, the whole will stand shouldered in perfect order, and the guns of the hon. Artillery Company will immediately and independently fire a royal salute of 21 guns.--When his Majesty arrives at a given central point in front of the line, a second cannon will fire. and the whole line, as much at the same instant as possible, (each corps by cominand of its commanding officer), will present erms: officers will salute; the diums will beat; and the music will play God save the King, once over. At the third cannon, the corps will in like manner shoulder by word of command, support arms and remain steady. His Majesty will proceed to the right of the line, and pass along from right to left: as he arrives near the right of each corps, each will be successively commanded to carry arms, and remain steady; but officers do not salute, nor are the colours to be dropped. After his Majesty passes each corps, arms are to be supported; the drums will beat and the music play, while his Mafesty is passing along the front, particularly in the corps which he is passing.- After his Majesty has passed along the line, he will return to a point in the centre of the area formed by the troopsAt the fourth cannon, the whole will load, each corps by command of its own commanding officer, and the several corps will in the same manner close their ranks.At the fitth cannon, the firing will begin by vollies of battalions from the centre of the line to each flank; the left division of the right centre, and the right division of the left centre, will begin the fire: when these have fired, the two immediately to the right and left of them, receive the words ready, present, fire, and so on to each flank of the whole line: the interval between the fire of one corps and the ready of the next, should not exceed two seconds. The several corps will load and shoulder immediately after firing. At the sixth cannon, the same firing and loading will be repeated from centre to flanks. At the seventh cannon, the same firing will be repeated from centre to flanks; but no further loading is to take place: after this firing, pieces will be half-cocked, pans shut, and firelocks shouldered, by command from the commanding officers of battalions.At the eighth cannon, three English cheers will be given, hats and hands waving in the air, drums beating, and music playing God save the King.In firing the vollies, the pieces are to be presented in the air, as is usual in firing a feu-de-joie.- -The whole line will now pass his Majesty, for which purpose, on the signal of the ninth cannon, the whole will wheel by divisions bickwards on their left; the front division of the right line being conducted by the general officer

commanding it, to a point on an alignement with his Majesty, when it will wheel to the right, followed by the remaining divisions of that line. The divisions of the right centre line will march to the aforementioned point by the shortest route: the divisions of the left centre line will order arms, and remain in that position until the rear division of the right centre line has moved forward, when the division will shoulder arms, and follow in succession, wheeling successively to their left, at the point on the alignement in which they are to pass his Majesty:-As soon as the line is thrown into open column, the left, under the command of Major-General Leslie, will march in quick time, and form in close column, so as to be prepared to follow immediately in the rear of the left centre line, when that shall be put in motion, in the meanwhile standing with arms ordered. Each company (on its march) will open its ranks at fifty paces from his Majesty, and again close them after passing, officers saluting, and colours dropping as they pass.- -Whatever music first passes his Majesty will wheel out to the left, and remain playing until relieved by the next band, and so of the others. When the line receives his Majesty, and when he passes along it, commanding officers will be on foot at the head of their corps: when the column marches past his Majesty, commanding othcers, field officers, and adjutants will be mounted. After passing his Majesty, by at least three hundred yards, the several corps of the right and right centre lines will proceed in quick time to their quarters, taking the road which leads from the Park keeper's Lodge to Piccadilly Gate, the several corps of the left centre and left lines will also proceed to their quarters, after having passed his Majesty at the distance above-men tioned, taking a direction towards Stanhope-street Gate, from which point they may proceed through either Cumberland, Grosvenor, or Stanhope-street gates, as may suit their own convenience.----Great care must be taken to avoid or correct any stop near the Park Gate or passages through the rails. -The corps of cavalry that are to keep the ground, will assemble on the Great Road, leading to Kensington Gardens.--The commanding offcers of corps are desired to be provided with two field returns of their respective corps, which, after passing his Majesty, they will deliver to the adju tant-general. No carriages, excepting those belonging to the Roval Family, and to foreign Princes or Ambassadors, are to be admitted into Hyde Park on the mornings of the 26th and 28th inst. until the reviews are over, and the troops have entirely quitted the ground: no person will be admitted on horschack within the area formed by the troops, except the general and staff officers attending his Majesty, and the general officers em. ployed on this occasion.- -No servants, except those belonging to the Royal Family, are to be admitted within the area formed by the troops.Officers in the uniforms of the sea or land service are to be admitted on foot within the area formed by the troops, and ladies in their company and under their protection, are not to be excluded.~-~~-~ All persons who do not come under the above descriptions, are to be positively refused admittance, but it is to be explained to them that the space between the lines occupied by the troops, and the park walls, has been left for their accommodation.

-The troops are enjoined on this occasion to perform their duty, and carry the orders they receive into execution with the utmost exactness;

but at the same time to avoid, as much as possible, giving any offence to individuals. By command of his Royal Highness, the Commander in Chief, HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant-General.

Horse-Guards, Oct. 22, 1803.

GENERAL ORDERS issued after the REVIEWS of the VOLUNTEERS on the 26TH and 28TH of OCTOBER. Dated Horse-Guards, Oct. 29, 1803.

His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief has received the King's command to convey to the several Volunteer and Associated Corps which were reviewed in Hyde Park on the 26th and 28th inst. his Majesty's highest approbation of their appearance, which has cqualled his Majesty's utmost expectation.His Majesty perceives, with heartfelt satisfaction, that the spirit of loyalty and patriotism, on which the system of the armed Volunteers throughout the Kingdom was originally founded has risen with the exigencies of the times, and at this moment forms such a bulwark to the constitution and liberties of the country, as will enable us, under the protection of Providence, to bid defiance to the unprovoked malice of our enemies, and to hurl back, with becoming indignation, the threats which they have presumed to vent against our independence, and even our existence as a nation.His Majesty has observed with peculiar pleasure, that, amongst the unprecedented exertions which the present circumstances of the country have called forth, those of the capital of his United Kingdom have been eminently conspicuous. The appearance of its numerous and well-regulated Volunteer Corps, which were reviewed on the 26th and 28th inst. indicates a degree of attention and emulation, both in officers and men, which can proceed only from a deep sense of the important objects for which they have enrolled themselves, a just estimation of the blessings we have so long enjoyed, and a firm and manly determination to defend them like Britons, and transmit them, unimpaired, to our posterity.--The Commander in Chief has the highest satisfaction in discharging his duty, by communicating these his Majesty's most gracious sentiments, and requests that the Commanding Officers will have recourse to the readiest means of making the same known to their respec tive corps.

FREDERICK, Commander in Chief.

General Return of the Volunteer Corps reviewed by his Majesty in Hyde Park, on the 26th and 28th of October, 1803.

On Wednesday the 26th -Loyal London Volun. Cavalry; Lieut.-Col Anderson, 217 in the Field -Hon. Artillery Company; Col. Paul Le Mesurier, 994-1st. Royal East-India Volunteers; Col. Sir L. Darrell, 640-2d do.; Col. Sir Hugh Inglis, 636-3d do.; Col. John Roberts, 585-1st Reg. Loy. Lon. Volun. Infan.; Lieut.-Col. Birch, 737 2d do.; Lieut. Col. J. Smith, 657-34 do. ; Lieut.-Col. Kensington, 804-4th do.; Lieut.Col. Price, 790-5th do.; Lieut. Col. T. Smith, sor-6th do.; Lieut.-Col. Wigram, 647-7th do.; Lieut.-Col. Shaw, 404-8th do.; Lieut. Col. Canning, 777-9th do.; Lieut.-Col Sir W. Curtis, 651-10th do.; Lieut.-Col Combe, 587-11th do.; Major Seddon, 29,-1st Reg. Tower Hamlets do.; Licut.-Col. Mellish, 350-Whitechapel do.; Lieut

Col. Craven, 445-Mile End do.; Major Liptrap, 333-St. George in the East do; Major Splidt, 230-Radcliffe do.; Major Boulcott, 183-Shoreditch do.; Major Marshall, 294-Bromley St. Leonard do.; Major Stodard, 175-Bethnal Green do.; Major Carrick, 166-St. Catharine do.; Captain Jenkins, 121-Christchurch Volunteers; Major Stevens, 184-Total 12,401.

On Friday the 28th.-London and Westmin. Light Horse; Col. Heries, 727-Westmin. Reg. of Volunteer Cavalry; Lieut.-Col. Elliott, 225Southwark Troop of Yeomanry; Captain Collingdon, 69-Clerkenwell Cavalry; Captain Sellon, 46-Lambeth do.; Captain Watson, 40--St. George's Reg. of Volun. Infan.; Col. Earl of Chesterfield, 663-St. James's do. do.; Col. Lord Amherst, 954-Bloomsb. and Inns of Court do.; Col. Cox, 929--Royal Westminster do.; Col. Robertson, 961-Prince of Wales's do.; Col. M. P. Andrews, 640-St. Margaret's and St. John's; Hon. Lieut.-Col. Edeo, 625-Loyal North Britons; Lieut.-Col. Lord Reay, 286-Mary-la-bonne; Col. Lord Duncannon, 905-Law Association; Lieut.-Col. Hon. T. Erskine, 335-Duke of Gloucester's; Col. Lord Chetwynd, 462-The Somerset Place; Col. Tierney, 380-The St. Giles's and St. George's; Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Nicholl, 605The Clerkenwell; Major Magniac, 701-Loyal British Artificers; Lieut.-Col. Bur:on, 542-The Loyal Britons; Lieut. Col. Davison, 127-St. Andrew and St. George's; Lieut.-Col. Reader, 514

1st and 2d Bat. Queen's Royals: Col. Lord Hobart, 926-The Knightsbridge; Major Eyre, 124 -The St. Clement's Danes; Major Blake, 2451st Surrey; Lieut.-Col. Gaitskill, 515-The St. Sepulchre; Major Ford, 174-The St. Saviour; Major Potts, 151-The Loyal Southwark; Col. Tierney, 545-Lambeth; Lieut.-Col. Edwards, 555-Christchurch, Major Tollman, 171-Saint John's; Major King, 138-St. Olave's; Captain Shaw, 116-Rotherhithe; Major Wells, 158-The Duke of Cumberland's Sharp Shooters; Captain Barber, 84-Gray's Inn Corps of Vol. Riflemen; Captain J. K. Cooke, 38-Total 14,676.

HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant-General.

The total number of the troops inspected amounted to 27,077-In many instances a considerable part of the corps were absent on business or otherwise; and we understand that the returns of the effective strength of the several battalions, rendered some weeks since, made the number of Volunteers within the City to exceed 35,0co. The Corps in the vicinity of the Metropolis-the Hackney, Paneras, Fulham, Hamp. stead, Islington, Camberwell, Wandsworth, &c. exceed 11,cco, making in the whole a force of 46,000 men.

Most of the members of the Royal Family at tended the Review, but his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was absent on both days. Among the attendants upon his Majesty were upwards of forty General Officers: and among the foreigners of distinction who were present were Monsieur, the Prince of Condé, the Dukes of Orleans and Berry, and almost all the foreign Ambassadors. Colonel de Faire, who so par ticularly signalized himself in the army of the Prince de Condé attended the Prince on the ground.

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TO THE EDITOR.

London, 8th Nov. 1803. SIR, Notwithstanding the check you have given to the vanity and ridiculous self importance of some of the volunteers, I believe that the reflecting part of them, and of the public at large, admit the force of many of your observations, and only regret your attention had not been more frequently applied to the improving a system with the imperfections of which you seem so well acquainted; for, I consider you as admitting, that under proper regulations the volunteers may become useful in defending the country, and that your objects are, 1st to prevent the danger of relying upon them for assistance which they cannot afford; and, 2d. to render them effective as far as they are capable of being made so.-.--In fartherance of the latter object, I shall, with your permission, offer a few remarks to the public. You have justly observed, that all the volunteer-corps are" composed ge"nerally of men of all ages, of delicate con"stitutions, and not a few of decrepid "limbs."--"Lisping infancy and tottering old age in the same rank."- -That

such is the fact cannot be denied, and that corps so composed can be of no service against an enemy, few men of common sense will venture to expect. Many of the members no doubt, are capable of bearing the fatigue and hardship of a soldier's life, and of performing a soldier's duty; bat, before any benefit can be derived from their spirit and exertions in this great cause, they must be selected, or, to use your own appropriate expression,

"sifted" from the chaff with which they are mixed. I would, therefore, propose, that every member should be 'required to undergo an examination by a compelent surgeon in the same manner as the regulars, and that such as are found fit for active service should be classed together, those who are deemed equal only to garrison duty, be set apart for that purpose, and such

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as are unequal to the later (and they are not few) be compelled to retire and avoid an useless sacrifice of their lives.If an examination of this kind is proper in the regulars, surely it cannot be less so in the volunteers, and independent of humanity and policy, which independently require some such measure, the spirit which ministers give them credit for, demands in return that due care should be taken it be no made the means of sacrifice without a chance of benefit to their country.I care not what method government pursue, but if it is necessary to have recurrence to a volunteer force, some plan should be speedily adopted for ascertaining that the men will be able to live beyond the comforts of their own homes, and march farther than to a review, or ministers are amusing the country while it is on the verge of destruction.- -I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

TO THE EDITOR.

R. S.

Temple, 6th Nov. 1803. SIR,As I perceive in some persons a disposition to suppose that the volunteers of this country, as they are at present constituted, will be capable of offering a successful resistance to the French invaders, if unfortunately they should effect a landing onour coast, I beg leave to send you my sentiments on that subject, and on the immeasurable distance, which in point of military ability necessarily exists between the volun

teer and the soldier of Great Britain.-The regular troops of this country, Sir, are taken from a class of men, who from their very birth have been inured to hardships of almost every description, whose bodies have through life been accustomed to daily fatigue, and whose limbs have been strengthened by constant and habitual exercise.The volunteers on the other hand, have been for the most part from their cradle nursed on the lap of comparative indolence, and

November 7, 1803. SIR,-Having seen in your paper, in a letter from Ireland, signed Juverna, an attack on the character of a man, who will long live revered in the memories of such as value integrity and religious virtue, I must beg leave to remark upon it very shortly, that, even were the attack for political incapacity just, it ill becomes any man, who has a sense of the value of uprightness and religious zeal in a judge, whose chief object was ever to make the religion which he cherished and professed the rule and guide of his decisions, and to impress it on his hearers with an eloquence, because it arose from the hearts, more irresistable than can be credited by those who never heard or knew not how to feel the value of such a character. As pride is, perhaps, an essential in the character of a statesman, it may not be inexpedient to hint, that in the character alluded to it was a quality which did not exist. The writer of the Pursuits of Literature and Juverna may please themselves with their acumen, in finding blots in characters however luminous, though the former most handsomely, and to his honour in private, testified his respects to the character he only named to lower in his publication. But to the point. In public, the late most respectable Chief Justice always professed himself not to be a political man Wit was a gift he never claimed. He felt as much as any man, the force of it in others, and the tenacity of a mentory nearly self taught in classical and Latin writers would occasionally from its fulness produce quotations, which, however uninstructive critical wisdom may be disposed to consider them, were surely harmless, and, to those who have pleasure in witDessing the attainments of the human mind, undoubtedly, were pleasing. As to politics, except in the instance of the regency, to support the cause of his virtuous and beloved Sovereign, he rarely ever meddled with them, conceiving the situation of Judge to be one which claimed his first attention; the strict application of which, at last, destroyed a life, which the law in general acknowledge, and the public, final

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which I delight in bearing to the memory of one, so deservedly claiming it, calls for this from me. Skilful and instructive as I acknowledge the writings of Juverna to be, I am sorry to have my respect much les sened for the author, from his unnecessary attack on a virtuous character, now uphappily no more. He should remember that at last without virtue the wisdom of the wise is vain.I am your bumble SerCAMBRICUS. vant,

Remarks, extracted from the Moniteur, relative to the Accommodation between England and Sweden, as also on the Explanatory Convention between England and Russia, concluded at St. Petersburgb, 20th of October, 1801.

The third article of the last treaty excepts enemy's property from the exemption stipulated in favour of merchandize under a neutral flag. Thus, with one dash of the pen has been thrown into oblivion the most important of the principles proclaimed by the convention of 1780, and consecrated by the general assent of the contineutal nations. The fourth article subjects convoys to the right of visit, and regulates the details of the mode in which it is to be exercised.--Sweden and Denmark acceded in 1802 to the Convention of 17th June, 1801. The Emperor adhered to it by the 7th article of his declaration of the 7th of August last.--It is lamentable that the powers of the North should be obliged to abandon a principle which hitherto had appeared to them so important for the inte rests of commerce and the navigation of neutral states-that by which the flag co vers the merchandize.We may suppose, that when these powers consented to the visiting of convoys, they resolved no longer to send their ships of war to escort the merchant vessels of their subjects. The escort being in itself a proof that the vessels it protects have nothing on board that is prohibited by the treaties and regulations, it, would be contrary to the diguity of those powers, that, notwithstanding this guarantee proceeding from themselves, the conveying ships should be subject to being visited, and that a mere English sloop of war should be able to stop their ships of the line as long as it pleases to protract the visit of their convoy.In permitting the English to seize the property of their enemies on board neutral ships, they have neglected to reserve, in favour of the latter, a right which was secured to them by the Consciate del Marc, the only law which the English