§ Colonel Craufurd apologised for the delay that had already taken place with respect to his motion on the state of the army. The delay was to be attributed to the difficulty of getting the papers which were necessary. The principal paper was that containing the state of the army on the 1st of May last. The secretary at war had mentioned to him the preceding day, that there was a deficiency of 10,000 men from the omission of the numbers that had been discharged from the militia, as volunteering for the line, but were not included in the returns of the line. In order to remedy this omission the secretary at war moved for a return of the effective strength on the 1st of June, which he thought might have been prepared that day, but which was not prepared. He was, from this reason, under the necessity of deferring his motion till Friday.
§ Th Secretary at war stated, that the papers were not prepared in the war office, but in another office, where, notwithstanding every diligence, they were not ready at five o'clock that day. The reason why the men who had volunteered from the militia were not included in the returns of the line was, that they had not then joined the line. They were on their passage, and the hon. gent. had not shaped his motion so as to include them.—After some further conversation, Col. Craufurd fixed his notice for Friday.