The Express. — London, England, 1850-03-12 00:00:00

Sit W. MOLES WORTH explained that what he said woe the.; we could not reduce the force at home without Ant Ml doting it in the colonise ; aad when ha spoke of a rednecks f shoot SOO, he eluded °sly to our oolosks properly so Piled. But be believed that in the other colonies a err- UOll (42,000 mere could be safely made, thus raking up the g um rr demanded by the bon. member for Mastro... C;Ionel DUNNE declared himself oppred to any Mr- Con in the officer of snaky regiments. He did sot think that any reinter or laving would arise trot it, es there to,f b! One nucleus 0 which to have are repasts. alr. VERNON SMITH, agreeing as he did with the hon. , I seciter fur Mantra,' On to the Manly of ecormay, wished to ic y why he could not. ea the permit omens, are ter his 13ti , it It was because voting rums; 15,000 alts would not be untletatood In the country. He thought also some cre d i t sus due to the Statelnent of the Secretrycat-War, that he ' wets prepared to reduce the fare in the ecaoa i ce. dl4 the stersmont of the nettle Secretary fee the tolonio, before the ()reissue- committee of the Hour of Commons. in which he told theme that the colonies must henceforth depend more on themselves. He did not with to eater into the question of Ire trade ; by, wi d oi btedly, free trade had altered our relations with oar co wer, sad these relaticas being so altered, this was the best possible time for us to enter into • new relation with erred to them, that they might know what they were to tepee trees se, and we might know what we were to upset f e is them. Mr. REYNOLDS expressed his regret that though be was &voluble to everything that tended to eroonoise ea peaditan he eould not vote for this motion. (Her, her) The hon. and gallant member for Cbip• peers had stated that the maintenance of the army In Irel tad did good to the people then, and his hon. friend en hi. left bed said it was s Colonist question. But in Ire land this question appeared to him to Le a church question, and it wow quite natural that the church militant &odd be p a ppoyed by the establishment that it took its sere from. A s a }Nowt catholic he had sworn not to make use of any ( egg po wer to injure that churn, and therefore he could sot vote , or the motion. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought it right, as other hos. membu had done, to give a reason for his vote on this era sion. Ile was a decided friend to retrenchment and eco nomy, and he did not know how it wee possible lee the ircetenrsent to retrench, unless the house wee prepared to surpOrt retrenchment. He had heard no rower given to that pert of the spier of the has. stemb.r for Marrow, wherein he stated that in the yr. 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1830, we bad only 80,000 troops for England and Ireland ; and hews at a loos to know why it was considered arerary that Mere should be 20,000 more now. He wished to b . : moistener that here. It was his intention to vote to morrow eight for the motion of the hen. member for West Surrey ; Red be did a., berme be believed that the rune of ircislation for nerd yens bad been to diminish the cost of oriole' of consumption, and that the power if paying taxes h ! been arterially dieniniebed by free rude. Lo - d JOHN RUSSELL said he did got wish to enter into the general question whether there should be a reduc tion of ten throned era beyond the reduction of four rou t]: I whin had bees stated ; but there was a statement, or r • question, rut by the hos. member ter Northomptea that Nam dto require sere not ee. II he understood his, hb. umber wee &posed to ley down the principle Rio a. the niceties were to have self-goverment, and me ▪ were to have fee trade, they ought to be told they nun rely entirely on themselves. Now he rust say_ that he null not give his avert to any each rrisyiplc. (Hear. a c ayt He was @stately against nay error. or usnecearry tow is the arr.., se he should be against any wry or ...refocus force in the United Rippler ; but be would sot as; web neer to the colones that die ought to be this prisciic laid down that they were entisely to rely on M. ir ens resources. It appeared to his the principle wt•ii be rather this, that we should resiste am free seerline to what err arsolary for each evinty, sad the circumstances in which it was ..teed. With regard to ear military colonies, it bed nee yeed to right that the forms at Gcbraltsz sad Malta were knit; tufa:lent. With regard to some of the colonies they had of late years med. emeidenuble redactions. He Waved that in I insist and the West Ladies generally the military :re new wag upwards of 4,500 lees than it was in IM.t. wed In Aortal they had lately reduced the force Coca 44".0 to 2,620 sea, makl-.g a reduction of 1,380 men. Thee: + re, without entering into the question that had been mord, he most dreline epodes to the general principle of the right tea. gtatlerea, unless good cause could be 'hum in the ease of any parker colony, of telling the es! c.Cts :tut they should have no farther assistance from trots clime. !Heat !wart) ).r. N. Sllifli wished to explain. He had not said Mr is e• :a of the adoption at froo•trede prinedples we cut: to withdraw ur fonts boos the colonies ; but tit.t. !mat *bred that system, and as we were revising the whole el oar policy towards the colonies, it might be acessery m ante to a clear understanding on the subject. What lie Lad nil mu founded on the evidence given by Lir4Gify bdon the committee on the ordnance estimates— mita ittetatbst Le bed written to Sir Harry Smith, inform. in Ls that. is the event of say future Kaffir war, the Canaan tonal upon its own resonroes, and not look for .Rase friA tido mashy. He thought it right that ail Ana be emended to all the colonies, and that in begt.si.;,repreaeratin institutions upon them we might faVy wit Itendieitherto take on themselvn the expense of tt,tr cwa defeats. or the payment of such assistance a we retdind them. L.rd J. RUSSELL said that when the noble lord (Grey) Skewed Ice mloaine at the Cape that they nut provide Iv :Lair own defines in cue el another Kaffir war, he did Lc: seas that they were not to use her Majesty's szi , that might be in the colony, bat that = wee am to incur any fresh expense in tear Lie ruttier confirmed what he had said—that auk can nest be judged of oa its own merits. At aU events sou time smut elapse before the colonies got their terc ets:rim isritutiess; it might he three or four yearo. happrizr it were two years he should not say that, in eon sh.ae-me of that, the military forces ought to be immediately slisdraeis. It was 9nits true that some of the North Amer.:sa rates had rases to treat prosperity and Tarp pops lamas. witkcu: havice any Bsitisl troops to assist them. Lit the early bidory of some of those states showed a ItC:filiAl of massacres by the Indians, who had swept away the tack white population three or four times bekwe a watlimist was established. (Hear, hear.) This had occulted is acre than (me of the states of America. That ortsialy was tits mem which had induced him to tact a snail forte to New Zealand at the cost ■ ‘cetirat cf that colony. (Hear, heat.) With 100,000 tAits of a my weeks aerostat, and a few Englishmen is os the alsad without military insistence, he should have hurl theta similar answers might take place- (Hear, tart Hering beta one of the advisers of the crown at the hermit,' of that colony, he had sot thought it right to incur qt, a i... (Hear, heat; Kr. J lt. SMITH argued that our whole colonial system yea hay se we paid in many ways far too much for them, p.to.y for Canada, ihich he characterised lea " worth ies' poesessoth.” to J WALSH thought that the army was not the best sikoct for e.e prunics hook at the present moment. The tth 'draw pus cued to inferpellate Mr. Cobden, touching "Si is p tewh ce regarding Russia which had been attributed l• tin trines of questions whose relevancy to the subject min dirmis was loudly denied by members on all weaklir. I( d MACLE said question bad been asked, ' li insetted. might lead to souse mistake out of dom. It re:erred to the allusion he had made to the es usastion of °lkon. This expression was, that he to* tan keg to ne the adoption of that system ; but at not then wee se natation of bringing it into operation. ,t . tiltt the officers of the army kept pace with the men in ccltrsr ictt4eace, the met injurious consequences to ti e "my' meat be expected to follow. (Hear, hear.) WA °Luta in the question, which had been put is to 4, tt:Le, Set. he would merely state that the matter would betlaute:y iviturtti into, and reported upon by the oom trod ,thire. Hr MUNE. in reply to a question that had been asked, he t the gouda f or hi s motion were very few and simple. , hut !tenth* army had sot emended 80,000 ; now it was lievein, besides the addition of some eatirely new eats, es the pensioners and the dockyard battalions. Os meads he proposed a reduction in the only estimates tc hlt could be made. He was not anxious to destroy ! thee mice, but amply t o up h o ld the credit of the °ossify. sasearaost were adopted, they* w ou ld sti'l be as ta mer. of 18,000 sea over to years be had referred to. The eseneette• thee diviSe4- I'..r Nr. Hume's amendment 6O TAgainst it cute wee Um' agreed to. 1 )4 the vote oa atone: of 1,700,0001. to defray the ex it" * 1 tat Haisaty'elad forme, lie II CRE se that he ring 'Omitted ti the house what ka•forel to him to be fit aid proper, and the house bevies te.-ttd hy a maj or i ty of Z 23 to 40 , that it was not in favour 3 :r t . Tehmest, he wend mot further soapy its time by op rand the vote for Um inantenasee of the men whom they Gat ;ad i.sd i 115.,, b ow.) 742 ULItitIES 111i4 AM it wet a most " inconveaiest Pearl to the voting of these estimates, that the submit natively to the jud g m en t o f t h e tom 'tt sem sitting ap ato assn. He wished knew th.t nether tten wee say ptebeb,lity of th e i nves tigations of 4cas t. ; .4,4 heft te any materiel reductio n i s the vote .. PZlWitd, whisk was het a part of a greater sum. lie e. " that Ike House of Cemamens had been set aside in ed . s mat importantpurt el its hastiest (Hear.) ti>hSSELI. speed with the right hen. gentleman -tw rens he campiathed si was come whisk it would '' "lea peneaseatly to follow. The comities wee Item eies e to tune, and it hated only till it made r:a .;•ft the House of Callalool. The ordasage and e „'l.Twir.. hiving bees fully amide red by the sonsmit. t a. .sedte ► laid before the boom is the regular manner ; sot the came with regard to the army esti y were obliged to bring thrill krwird La the lt L 144 been louad fa u lt with by the right hoc. Isdass. 4. lan ..? to Si r H. WILL(.O"GH/IT, wise esmplaised that ancrease in the estimate of the present year for iiw• ge,veyance of troops of 67,0001., as compared with ..:4; IIIM:LE said that the instates axon hoes the feet . .;•," had seen no general movement of troops (feria* • .. i . •! . ;!KO: John, w it h t h e v i ew of seethe the mosey le t . Fended o n their removal. list as it wee Awed t ' le ex testily thconvenient that troops should re ..., 7 4. 1 t.. e t Pen is tLe sane platten, a expenditure movement Par. aid of CHUM the expenditure wan Tp • si edeeeTbenee of that postal movement. ' 144 wall them %peed is , THE NAVY L ESTIMATES. • r bhiMMU was about to Wing' forward the rf eetwastee, who eliZNUAltithi rose and said that he hoped the navy WOW set be Isenght forward at that Late how. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1850. Wesel SIBTHORP amid that ....other eseeeks he *sad a Adatieriap istwatiew or 25 per peat. oa tie Werke of the WM* (Laughter.) PILHAM old be was sae or these who *matt that Ca lt i teseue which had bass eel ea Hot by lb. First Lint et lb. ty would aot prove satiebetory to the cowslip, Inaba' it were carried tardier. Yr. - itANILES fully agreed with ;the hos. member for Montrose, that a portion ef our naval form was employed is a vary questiocable manner. Whoa emit • ue wee made of the navy, it was not warysielas if the estimates were munive. He would be glad to be informed by the noble lord, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is what light they were to regard the Ortolan week which had been 'sphered, ainottatisg, amorelieg to • morteing Journal of that day, to IGO sail. Vieooust PALMERSTON said he thought the hon. sad learned gentleman had been rather misinformed as to the number of vessels taken, which, wording to the last wound reeeiv,d by the government, was between forty and atty. The position in whisk those vemsle were placed was ' that of pledges held am • deposit for the eatiefastion of certain thine, If the dolma were satisfied the washy would be released. If it should become to wry reprisals to the full extent allowed by law of nations, they would be condemned sad sold. sad the proends would be applied to the satidaetlon of the claims, a proems under the law of anions which was well knows. A tomaimion would be lewd for the purpose, under an order in council. With regard to the apprehensions of the hon. and learned gentleman, he could so far relieve his naiad as to state that the government had not accepted the mediation of any foreign power; they had accepted the pod cans of Prance, with the view of securing an aml cable termination' of the dispute. . - - Capt. HARRIS thought it would have lama a graceful act towards a political opponent If the government had re eotaieed the claim of Sir Georg* Cmkbani to promotion. TIN isomumittee divided : --- iPo;Ti;ain;;Finent l9 Against it The vote was then agreed to. 117-98 The Chairman repotted progress, and the house resumed. REGISTRATION OF NELRGPOLITAN CARRIAGES -------- BILL. This bill was reed a third slaw and passed. SALARIES OF THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF COURTS OF QUERN'S BENCH AND COMMON PLEAS. Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in • bill to Mutate the eateries of the Chief Justices of the Qeeen's Bench and Common Pleas. The object of the bill, he said, wss to reduce the gaiety of the Lord Chief Justlat of the Queen's Bench from 10,0001. to 8.0001. a year, and that of the Chief Janice of the Common Fleas (tom 8,0001. to 7,0001. When Lord Denman accepted the office, it was nude/stood that his salary wet to be 8,0001., and a treasury minute was made to that effect, bat no act of parliament was passed to settle the salary The present bill was brought in for that purpose. Lord 'Campbell would only receive 8,0001 a year, and every (store Chief Justice of the Com MKS Pima sel, 7,0001. Leave given. FRES IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Mr. BOUVERIE moved for leave to bring in a f ill com pelling cartel* *Meets of the Court of Common Pleas to mete quarterly returns of the amount of fees received by theta to the Treasury.—Leave Oven. POSTAL COMMUNICATION.—PARIS AND NORTH Vie erlirtf4o. ITTGOING MAILS. The walls kr L O isboa, Spela, sad Meshes will he nude spa the 17th inst. Tit• West ladis Mails, excluding Betwoula, Havana, Na,ma Hoedown, New Orleans, end Neale% sad lactuding thews kr Nledetra. At. Jaan-de-Niserseaa. New etewellep Chili, end Pernorill be wade up on the 17th but. The mils fee Gibesher, Naha, Grease, the halm lauds, Osplea. Wks. sad Chime. WO 80111k•Apt0a, will ea the einealag ot Mush SO. The wee iho NAM North Ammer sad the liaised Buda will he aide sop ea the maims of the 214 last. The Nei otid Illesseillee, to the Mediteresaese, Ceylon. leWEesg, act., will be made up I rt maim of lb' lab lA. The taxi he Kederie, the Brasile, led Boma Ayres, will se =tug we the maim, el April 4. 1111111 WALT= AT LOOMS! 1111171101. TAW lan—tifirstast. Toensow—tierstas. ft. Oa atom's& SA MIL LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 12. We have ever esteemed it a matter of vital im portance to Cheat Britain to retain the affection and loyalty of its colonies. We believe, indeed, that by giving the inother.country a monopoly of the colo nial markets, or the colonies a monopoly of the mother country markets, both parties would recipro cally impoverish each other. We halbrt, moreover, that the mother country would derive as little benefit from insisting upon administering the local affairs of the colonies by its despotic will as our gracious sove reign would from insisting upon being a " fres queen" in the sense of Hing barn, of blockheadly memory, instead of acting indirectly through her parliament and ministers subjected to a parliamentary re zponsibility. Bat -we are not prepared to aequiesce i in the possibility of thi s coun t ry ' s sinking nto the character of a secondary power as compared with the United States ; and seeing that every new territory and state formed by the colonising operations of the transatlantic republic remains a loyal integral part of it, and augments its power, we wish to see a colonial policy adopted under which our English colonists will be as anxious to claim, and as proud to acknowledge, the character o f Britis h citizens as the men of the new states are to claim the character of An erioan citizens. Holding these views, it has been our object throughout these colonial discussions to keep ourselves I entirely free from home party or sectional influence. We regret to have to say, that on the part of ministers we have too often witnessed the influence of a love of power, or reluctance to confers that their system has been erroneous, warping their better judgment. And on the other hand, we have been unable to shut our eyes to indications of a spirit of personal antagonism to ministers biassing the views dame who plead the cause of the colonies. We state these facts merely to account for our resolution to remain independent of both. We have not hitherto adverted to them in arguing the question of the Australian Colonies Bill, and, as the theme is rather an irritating one, do nut intend to advert to it again if we possibly can avoid it. We will freely and frankly state when a measure or proviso seems to us sound and polit'c on its own merits, without enquiring too curiously into the motives of those who recammend it. We believe that the loyalty of the colonies may be retained by doing them Justice, and paying respectful attention to their representations, and to ensure tEis being done shall be the constant aim of our efforts. . - Now with regard to the Australian Colonies Bill we are convinced that its defects are many, and of a grave character. There will be ample opportunities afforded hereafter of pointing them oat in detail, at present we content ourselves with • rapid enumera tion of them. The first eleven clauses of the act relate to the esta blishment of representative legislatures in the Austra lian colonies. To this end the various acts of parlia ment by which the existing constitution of New South Wales has been introduced piecemeal are enumerated in the preamble; the province of Victoria is declared to be separated from New South Wales ; and legislative councils on the model of that existing in New South Wales are ordered to be introduced into all the other colonies. The claims of the old acts relating to New South Wales which shall be held binding upon the other colocies are then enumerated ; and the rest either expressly or by implication re pealed. Such a mode of procedure necessarily intro duces much of confusion and uncertainty into the act. Instead of having a distinct and explicit fundamental law upon which to erect their constitutions, Van Diemen's Land, Victoria, and South and Western Australia must set themselves to study the antiquities of the New South Wales constitution, and with th advice of lawyers, and possibly through the instru mentality of litigations, discover at the expense of much labour and money what parliament meant to enact. This might have been avoided by declaring the old acts repealed, and re-enacting in express words as many of their provisions as it was deemed expedient to retain. The Australian Colonies Government Bill ought, in short, to have been made complete in itself and self-explanatory. A still more serious objection, in our opinion, to the part of the bill now under review, is the partial and insufficient manner in which th e priacipre of repre sentative legislature is conceded by it. We have frankly avowed from the first our prepossession for single chambers of legislature. We have stated our reasons for believing that the colonists of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land are not hostile to the principle of single chambers, and are indeed, if anything, favourable to it. But we have from the beginning declared that one, or two, or three chambers, should the colonists wish so many, are considerations entirely subordinate; that the one thing needful is, that whether there are to be one or two chambers, the power of local legislation and taxa tion shall be really and effectually vested in the repre sentatives freely elected by the colonists. If there is to be one chamber, let all its members be elected by the colonists; if there are to be two chambers, let both of them be elected. On this ground we contend that the provision which vests in the crown the power of nominating one-third of the members of the legis lative councils, ought to be abandoned ; and we main tain that, if Mr. WALPOLE carries his resolutions, declaring that there ought to be two chambers, and that the members of one of them ought to be nomi nated by the crown, this will be an amendment for the worse. Clauses 12 to 23 of the bill inclusive are intended to define and regulate the powers of the local legieda- I tures, and what is not superfluous o f th e i r p r b visions is something worse. That part of clause 12, which empowers the governors and legislative councils in general terms to make laws, not repugnant to these of En land—chase 24, which declares that existing laws shall remain in force till repealed by the local legislatures—and clause 26, which seems meant to guard against the adoption of a oommsrcial protective system in the colonies contain all that is necessary. The enacting even of a temporary civil list by the imperial parliament is objectionable on two grounds; it unduly circumscribes the authority of the loca egialatures in matters of finance, and it compels them to adopt administrative institutions more complicated than their public business requires, and more costly than their means can afford. The regulations about district councils would I also, with advantar, be left entirely to the decision of local legislatures who are in a much better position to know what is wanted and will be useful than members of parliament at the opposite side of the globe. The bill would be much improved by the condensation of what is essential in these clause into one brief clause. To chases 28 to 28 inclusive there appears to be nothing to object ; they confer the necessary authority for establishing law oonrts and judges, and defining the boundaries of New South Wales and Victoria. The remaining enacting clauses-30 to 36 inclu sive—relate to that absurd excrescence, the General Assembly for the Australian colonies. As we proved formerly the time has not arrived when such an institution is required, or indeed possible ; and to lay down rules for its construction in advance is about as wise as it would be to prescribe what kind of a chief magistr ate these colonies are to have in the event of their becoming independent states. The kind of general assembly to be adopted must de mid upon the circumstances of the colonies when it shall become necessary or useful. All these clauses would be better omitted. Seeing that there is en much both in the form and matter or the bill that requires amendment, we see with regret the leaders of the opposition to it in its pre sent state, wasting their strength by giving such undue predominance to so minor a question as whether there shall be one or two legislative councils in each colony. We must take the liberty to my that even the most intelligent among them display a deficiency in parlia mentary tactics. Mr. WALPOLE is to move that there shall be two °pencils. If that point is carried, Mr. WALPOLE is to move that one of the councils shah be nominated by the crown, Sir WILLIAM MottsWORTH that both shall be eleetive. From this we infer that the supporters of a nominee first chamber, and the support ers of one elective chamber, are to club their forces to compel government to adopt tire two-chamber princi ple. What will be the result of their success?—that government, which insists upon nominating one-third of the one chamber, will join with the supporters of a nominee first council and outvote those who would have it elective. The consequence will be thtt in stead of having a legislature with power to decide finally in matters of legislation and taxation, having in it a minorit of government nominees, the colonies will be sadd led with an entirely nominee council empowered to veto the resolves of the elective council Own might have expected our country gentlemen in the House to have been endowed with some little cossisteney or shame; a'. least, sufficient to prevent them, just after having made a strenuous attempt to fling two millions more upon the general taxation of the country, from voting, so many of them, against any reduction in the most serious and enormous items of expenditure. The county members are for loading the poor consumer with an additional burden of two millions, of which they would relieve property. These two millions might easily be saved on military expenses. We have done without them fifteen years ago. But the country gentlemen come forward in a phalanx to say, "No, not an epaulette shall you re- In fact, the county members are the great national spendthrifts, anxious to swell the outlay of the coun try for selfish as well as political reasons. It is they, their friends, connexions, and families that batten on the army and navy estimates. Nor is there one of their names, from HENLEY down, that you will not find in Army and in Navy List. Bat this selfish motive is not the only one that in fluences them. 'Their best hope lies in augmenting and exaggerating expenditure, which if they render more burdensome and overgrown, they imagine that par liament will be driven to sanction the introduction of fresh import duties for purposes of revenue—that same flag under which the American protectionists sail. The farmers, however, throughout the country are, we believe, by this time pretty well convinced that protection in the shape of a corn duty is not to be wrung from parliament, because it would not be borne by the country. What they want there fore is that their landlords and the county members should keep their promises, and, by supporting economy and reduction, render possible the repeal of the malt-tax, or of some of the burdens that weigh on the agriculturist. We recoil( ct that the Protectionist Society for Oxfordshire met and dissolved themselves some months ago at the instance of a sturdy yeoman, who declared protection to be gone for ever, and that the society had done more harm than good by impeding the movement for the re peel of the malt-tax. The society was die 'solved, and its funds handed over to the county infirmary. lint the members for that county, who were present at that scene, have taken the most effec tual means in the Home of Commons of preventing the farmers of Oxfordshire from getting the malt-tax re pealed. Mr. COBDEN'S motion was for a reduction of about the amount of that tax. The formers' friends, Messrs. HENLEY and Co., by voting against that motion, have rendered all Mr. COBDEN'S efforts for a repeal of the malt-tax nugatory, and have thus nailed that tax upon the backs of the farmers. These farmers' friends would not even wait for Mr. Fox HALLE'S figures to vote the augmentation of the army. Fur augmentation it was. We had 80,000 soldiers, independent of those in India, in 1835. There were 100,000 voted last night. The addition was made in consequenceof Canadian distur bances and of Indian war, both of which causes have disappeared. There are bat four or fiv e thousand men in Canada ; and the Prime Minister declared, that whenever • colony was ripe for mdependetca and de sired it, it would not meet with any unfair desire for coercion or dominion in the mother country. With that declaration evaporated the necessity for expensive defences and a large army in Canada. In India what power remains that durst provoke a war ? Whatever events or circumstances in Europe might menace the b dance of power, it was plain ttat we could send no army to contend with the great military States on the fields of the conti nent. We have but 35,000 men at home, the War Secretary told us last night, to 30,000 in the colonies. For it seems we had not only a dead weight of millions in the non-effective service, but we had a dead weight in certain regiments, called household, which, consisting of a large body of officers of birth and wealth, were not to be moved any distance from the metropolis. We paid for 59,000 men at home, but deducting the Guards and the immovables we bad but 35,000 to relieve those engaged in colonial service. We never recollect so strong and pointed an argument against our privileged and household regiments, as those of Mr. Fox MAULE. The chief reason for the extent of our home force is pre cisely that it may be competent to re lieve the force in the colonies. And yet one-third of this home force, especially as far as re- I garde officers, is incapacitated from performing this Iservice—by what? A foshionable and idle privilege. Independent of the stationary Portion of our army not fulfilling the great function of relieving its dis tressed and overworked comrades abroad, this same household portion is also wanting in the other great end for which regiments are kept up—viz., the instructing and accustoming officers to military life. Will any one pretend to say that the regiments of tae Guards are a military school, or that they fit officers either for the duties of • campaign or the knowledge of managing soldiers? The existence of a privileged and a non-privileged portion of the army appears to us even more reprehensible and fatal than even the numbers of the army, augmented as they have been by one fourth or one-fifth above the standard of 1835. It is evident that by an equalisation of the duties and honours of the different regiments of the army, there might be effected an immense reduction of expendi ture, a more efficient creation of officers, a more fre quent and effectual relief of those serving in un healthy climates, and an infinitely fairer and more encouraging system of promotion in the army. We must have startled our readers, for we were ourselves surprised to find that the officers of the British army cost nearly as much as the officers, treble their number, of the French. If we took the half-pay expenses into the computation, the proper tion would be still more startling. And the com parison would be monstrous, were we to add what the English officer spends in purchasing his commission and eking out his pay. Were we to follow out the entire computation, we have no doubt we should find that our military expenses are equal to what on the continent would maintain a million of soldiers. And Mr. Fox MAULS thinks this a defence. The British officer, he says, is the worst paid and the hardest worked of all officers :—Aye, the working officers. A colonel who has purchased his several grades gets but 1071. a year as his salary. This is very severe no dcubt on the colonel. But what does it save to the nation ? Money is exacted of the British officer, not to save the pockets of the British tax-payer—oh, no—but to secure the poets and the rank of tte army to men of wealth, or men of birth. They must have much money or high connexions. In fact, our military code has but one all-pervading principle—keep down the poor, pamper the high-born, and extort a high price for every military grade from the wealthy parresu. These, far more than advantages of science or efficiency over an enemy, have beea the anxiety of our military legislators. THE CULLODEN MONUMENT. —The /users:est Cou rier says: "This monument has now progressed to some height, but the fund receives accessions so slowly, that the possibility is anticipated of seeing the monument stuck in a half. flaisksd state, and so left aeon to become a shapeless heap of rubbish, sat musk to the credit of that enthusiasm out of whisk the proposal uses." A FRAUDULENT FREACITER.—The Kendal Mercury Mlle a story of a preacher who Made a great 101111101012 the other day in one of the "secluded dales" is that neigh bourhood. After he had astonished the entire neighbour hood with his eloquence, it wee whispered abroad that the admired prseoher was not In holy orders, and had anise. fully desecrated the place of worship. The rural cleaning referred the Cale to the high dignitaries of the church, and the the result is, th astkal at Conn. the parties are cited to appear before elesi Lord J. RUSSELL mid that it would be inconvenient postmee the as,, estimates till after the budget. Mr. HUME did not tide k she budget had anything to do with these estimates. (Hear.) Copt HARRIS oossidered that it was a meet unus ua l pr te go trom one committee le soaker. ("No, " and aria of " order.") By taking this mane le was 4 barred a leak's( a statement le whlsed forward ea the important subject eine nammies Mthminsepa (Grits of "Ordezorder.") • • sir F.:. uses rase and mid that lbeeelebe ens abets to neve was Ise the Rumba of SWIM ma. The leet yen ta whin be sbeitld allude +Nem of ilistokomotor while he herd weeld be the last of its kind Mat the Mese would oe called en to make—he meant, a vote te Enke up the deft. eisncy of forma years. The easatalttos wee aware that be vie calling on them to make up the defieierev of 18459 mad 1849.50, which anaunted to 211,0001. That sum bad been exceeded beyond the estimates of those yam The late Secretary le the Admiralty had estimated the de fide as likely to be hem 250,0001. to 260,0001., but he (Sir F. Bering) was happy to say that the anal deficit wee lees. The Admiralty had been extremely anxious to keep within low estimates, but it had been found difficult to prevent expenditure, and the result was that that expenditure was not within the estimates Is the year now going on the estimates would cover the expenditure • sad, though there had been sameness for which the Admiralty were not pee pared, yet there would be a surplus accruing in 1850.51 which would enable them to covur the deficiency in 1847, 1848, and 1849. Now, the votes for the effective service be 1860.61 were 4,325,0001. ; for the sea effective, 1,388,0001 ; making a total of 6,713,0001. To that mat be added emu for the convey ance of totem, pecki service, els , making the total 6,638,0001. The reduction, as compared with 1849.60, in the effective and non effective termer was 408,0001., to which some additions w old have to be ;made for the Arctic exped time and for pirates. In stating the reductions which had been made, he thou eht it right to all the atten-ios of the house to s comparison of these estimates with the esti mate for 1848 49. Comparing tho estimate sof the present pear, 1860.51, with the estimates of the year 1848-49, he found then was • reduction proposed now M 1,126,0001, taking the snalogous votes. But tin was mot a fair comparison. because, although the esti mates for 1848 49 were 7.739,0001., the expenditure few that year bed been ,conaidersbly beyond the estimates. It was therefore right to take into eonsiderstion the 211,0001. by which the 'enemata had been exceeded. The figures then would stand thus :—Experaiture for 1843.49, 7,946,0001.; expenditure for 1860 51. 6,613,000; reduction for this year compared with last, 1,333,0001. This showed that the Ad neiralty were anxious to carry out s fair system of economy, though they were not prepared to carry out that economy to the extent suggested by the hon. member for Montrose. The reduction of 1,000 mn, whom it was rimmed to str.ks off, would reduce the wages and victuals 60,0001 On the Ist of April, 1848, the number .1 men actually on the b.oks was 46,000, and the number proposed to be taken for the present jeer was 39.000. The practical reduction within the last year wee about 7,000. He meter, they had carried en the system of reduction as far as could be consistent with the best interests of the country leader the pre ant state of circurnstanars. (Hear, hear.) TIIO house might be tut:loos to learn the distri beaks of men; and he would therefore state it to theta. he the East Indies and China, Including New Zeal •nd, there were stationed on the Ist of Jenusry, 1850. 2.748 MO, which was a very considerable diminution, by the way, since 1836, a diminution of some 2.748 men . At th e Cape of Good Hope, 719; Africa. 2,452. South Eastern Americus, 993 ; the P. wile, 2,600 ; North America and West !oda% 1,877; Mediterranean, 7,953; quadron of et - genetics, 2,096; home service 6,130; packet service, 513 ; sur veying service, 862% and troop ships, 762; with 340 retuning home and paying oil. (Hen-, Marl Oe the la of January, 1850, the total r.umber of ships et the line in commission was 13 ; steamers in conimisii pa, 811 (as we understood the right bon gentleman, who smoke in so low a tone as la be at metal times all but it audible is the gallery); ottani* see 'mere 12 were packers ; in ordi nary, 68 chips. Behr* !caviar! that part of the eubject be begged to say it was the intention of the Admiralty to pin pose that the number of Alan is the marine a rps should he reduced in proportion to the number of mew In the victualling department • redaction was eer. taia to follow, by reason of the diminution of the number of men, and the consequent limi-ation of the eoa tract. The next vote had reference to the Admiralty-Woe, in which department le had also to announce a redmetisw. In all such offices be thought the amount should be ma early fixed, and no excess allowed without the castles elm order in council. (Hear, hear.) He was happy to be able to state that they had adopted that anise in effect though not in words. The ditties having decreased in the AdneirAy office, by reason of the reduction of men, a corneponding ductioa of tea clerks was decided on. Upon the estima-s of the present year as compared with that of last, there was • reduction of 81,0001. The whole of the di dyads had been examined, and the expendi ture checked by the commi-tee, at the had of which ••• kis Ile hon. friend Mr. Ward. Abroad the work had not been EP easy ; but each yard, both victualling and dock, bad been =mined, and • small reduction was contemplated. He might state to the house the number of workmen engaged is IMP dockyards on the let April, 1844, 1849 and 1880. The reduction commenced in January, 1848. ler 1643, the dockyard establishments Lumbered 9209 ; in April, 1849, 9630, and in 1950, 9651. On the let of July, 1848, the total number of hired work. am la the dockyards was 12,215, and on the let of April, 1860, the number would be 9,621 ; but best le these there were employed temporally for a particular sonic* 420, mining 10,000 smelly employed, that was a reduction of 2,177 u compared wi- h 1848 in the numb: r of hired labourers outplayed in the yards. In the number of factory labourers tiler was • great reduction in the present year as compared win the last. Oa the 18th of April, 1849, the number of labourers employed in the Wailes at Woolwich and Ports ninth was 1,856 ; the number now proposed wee 1,155, being a reduction of 700: and this smaller number would, he felt maddent, ;be amply sufficient for the reduced quantity of work to be performed. Another point upon which the eammittee had made a re coamendstion was as to the per hem nee of the mall packet service. They recommended OM that service should se hr as practicable, be Milgrby contrast, and since the present estimate had rted the Board of Admiralty bad entered into a contract for the performsace et the packet service between Holyhead and Dublin on favourable terms, a median of the contract being, that the contractor' should Ni. the government packets for the service. Toga was, therefore, no danger of the efficiency of this service suffering. The committee also recommended and urged strongly, (be admitted with justice) that in the selection of cfficeri to emperiateed the yard, that the Admiralty should not confine themselves to old and worn out officers, but that they should Ink eat for younger and more 'etre mon to undertake this respoesibie duty. He had endeavoured to carry out that recommendation also, and had endeavoured to select younger officers for the duty, and he had every reason to believe that their greater activity and vigilance would add to the effilskoey of the establishments, and tend to greater coo. away. He now came to one of the most imper ial votes of them estimates—the vote for naval stores. Gate of the recommendations related to a matter connected with this vote—viz , the supply of oak for the navy. He Was happy to my that in the • respect considerable improve meat had been effected. The monopoly by which the supply of this most important article had so long been con deed to certain hands was dead, and a contract had been entered into with new parties by which a reduction of 244 permed. bad been effected. The committee had likewise somennended that the estimates for the supply of timber Mould appear separately in the votes , which had been dame. Ice the vote for stores generally there was a redaction of 1100001. as compared with last year, and as compered unit 1848.9 the reduction was still greater. In 1848.9 the vote for snores was 1,434,0001, while the present vote Wm only 878,0001., the difference on the side of economy balled 55,6001. (Hoar, hear.) In the vote for sew weeks there was a decrease of 67,0031. as compared with the previous year, and if they compared it with the OM for the yeas 1848 9, the saving would be found much pester. In the year 1848-9, the vote taken on account of ills item was 626,0001., and for 1850 lit was only 324,0001., Wig a reduction of uo less titan 300,0001. poet of this educt'on was consequent on the completion of certain works, which, in the previous year, had been going on at Ports mouth, and very much to the attention and ral which the his Col. Hadley had paid to the subject. In ammunition owl medical stereo there was • small diminution. In the mindlenllo•l services, including the bounty money for pirates, lbws was, as he had stated, an increase of nearly 100,0001. Ileades the various recommendations to which he bed re. lamed, and others which he need not now advert to, but Meat of which the Admiralty had adopted, there were two, bell of which bad been followed out: one being as to the was a 'Promotion, that only one lieutenant should be ap palmed is future for every three vacancies that tell in • the ether, that • limit should be pissed to the number of c adet admitted to the naval service. That limit was now fixed at 100, and during the past year the number had been kept Main it, the actual number admitted bong 96. There was Me other recommendation which, owing to an oversight he was eery to say, bad net been carried out, viz., that the senior Mader should appear in the estimates. He would, bowever, take care that the omission should not occur in future. (Hear, hear.) There was a reduction in the an-effective service for the ensuing year, arising from the Met that we had moreships in VlLlDiagi 'l2, and there was a small increase in the civil pensions and allowance,. The half pay always diminished as the full-ply increased, and as they reduced the workmen in the yards, they had M increase the charge for civil pensions and allow•ners. however, the half-pay question was alien fairly year by year it would be found treat there wee • considerable reduc tion, though it did not appear on the estimates. The writ Item. gentleman concluded by prolamin that 39,000 esanem, marines, and boys should be employed in the navy during the ensuing year. Mr. HUME said the hour was go late (it was 20 minutes past 12), that he had almost deteendsed to leave the hours, lad bit things take their coarse. (Laughter.) The average of the eh years, 1833 to 1640 inelusive, was from 30,000 to 31,000 men and boys, the uterwt number that could be required for the public service. He could not help remarking, also, that the government appeared to have taken no notice of the reeommendatioa of the committee up-stairs, that the number of admirals should be reduced from 160 to 100. The prams of promotion had still been going on during Me last two years. No reason had been assigned for keeping me me large • fleet is the Mediterranean. (Hear, hear.) TIM lass was willing the peace of Europe—( hear, hear) Ilbe asps downwards recently proposed by the governir.ent INN saps is tli c e :i ntht direction; bat he considered the Animation pro insufficient, and would now move to Mince the num ber to 31,469. Capt. PECHELL felt bound to support the amendment. &Must take that opportunity of protesting against the foolish &paid= which there was to interfere with the allowance dreg to the seamen. (Laughter.) .6k - fethiora: Oa the mottos of Yr. MACKINNON the following gen- 1 tkimen were nominated a select committee to inquire iato the rata of our postal communication with Paris, Ea.: Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Cowper, Mr. R. C. Hildyard, Sir O. Duke, ' Admiral Bowles, Mr. M'Oregor, Mr. Repton, Mr. Brother ton, Mr. Brown, Mr H. Barirg, Mr. Grenville Berkeley, Captain Fordyce, Mr. Muffin, Mr. H. Adair, and Admiral Berkeley. POOR LAW UNIONS (IRELAND). On the motion of S.r 1). NORREYS, ar. turn was ordered of the valuation of the several unions in Ireland to which advances have been made under the Rate in Aid Ace of the last 'cesium, sad the amount advanced to each ; and of the amount of rates actually collected in each of these unions, during the year 1849, and the proportion which the amount collected hews to the pound of valuation ; the highest and bwest rate 'mewed on any electoral division during the year in 'ash ; and the greatest number relieved during the months of January, 184 S, and January, 1860. TOBACCO. Oa the motion of Mr. HEAULAM, a rehim wu ordered concerning tobacco, continuing the returns contained in Par liamentary Paper No. 600, of session 1847, to the sth day of January, 1860. The house adjourned at one o'clock. 'ARY BUSINESS FOR THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. NOTICE OF MOTION AOII.ICrLIII2AL Diecws.—Lord REDESDALE, to prevent petitions from Northwesterland sad Worcester, coemplaisues et agricultural disuses. HOUSE OF COMMONS. INDEPiN WAKR7IILD BOROUGH MAR=T BILL.—Mr. COBDEN, to above that this bill be not further proceeded with until the report of the inspectors be presented to the house. Pitmans ORPHANS.—MI. MILES, to ask the President of the Poor Law Board whither any arrangements are pro posed, or are at present carrying ont, to facilitate the im mediate conveyance of female orphans cap►ble of entering !service to the colony of Australia. TAXATION.—Mr. H. DRUMMOND, that whereas the present taxation of the c•iuntry depresses all clauses, and lespecially the labouring clam s, by diminishing the funds for the employment of productive labour, it is the opinion of this host., that adequate means should be forthwith adopted to reduce the expenditure of the government. Patience or Inota.—fiir E. COLES/WOKE, select com mittee to inquire into the rights of succession of the allied and dependent primes of India. Wixoew Tax—Viscount DUNCAN, to move, that whereas the present mode of essestiog, levying, and collect ing taxes on air and light in England and Bcotlsnd interferes most prejudiclaily with the health and sanitary condition of the inhabitants of Great Britain, therefore it is expedient that the window tax should be repealed. Minium Rao WITHUL —lArd D. STUART, select eon mitt*, to inquire into the chins of Chrism Rto Witbul, of Baroda. 11,AEiEOATE HANNOCE —Mr. MACKINNON, 'elect tom ' mines to investigate the revenue, condition, and expenditure of the harbour :f Kumagai'. COUNTY AND CONNIE POLICE RATEB.—Sir R. UAL FORD, bill to relieve the occupiers of lands and tens• menu, not being owners thereof, from payment of county rates and county police rates. Jaws IN PAZLIANINT.-Ir. WOOD, that a select ems mines be appointed to search the journals of this house, and to report to the hones such precedents and such acts, or parts of acts of Parliament, as relate to the right of Jews, or other persons, to take their seats in Parliament without being sworn upon the holy prospels ; and farther, to inquire and report to the house, in what mance' Joseph Pease, Esq., on taking his seat in this house in the year 1533, made affirmation to the effect of the oaths required by law to be taken by members before taking their scats in this house ; and also, to inquire and report to the house, in what manner Jews and other persons not profaning the Christie religion are permitted to make oath in courts of justice and other places where ea oath is allowed, authorised, or required to be takes'. CARS 01 GORNAX e. BISHOP or RIETIII —Mr. FRRWEN, addrans fey copy of the judgment OM by the judicial eownittee of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Conseil, es Friday, the Bth day of this instant March, in the we of tie Rev. George Cornelius Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter. Tsa IIZZCZANT NAVAL 811IVICI. —Mr A. HASTIE, return of muter and mates in the merchant service, who have voluntarily pealed an examination and obtained certiB• sates of qualification and., tks regulations issued by the Board of Trade; stating, in columns, the number of each class; the port at which they base pealed; amount of fees paid, if any, and amount of aspens* incurred by the public ; also, names and profession of emarainstors. , PARISI! CONAABLII4.—Mr. DEEDEB, bill to amend as act of the fifth and sixth years of her present Majesty for the appointment and payment of pariah constables. Poo& Law Ustotes.-84 D. NORREYB, in addi tion to returns ordered on Friday the Bth day of March (Poor Law Unions, England and WAW), return of the amount of poor rates collected in each union during the year ending the 26th day of March 1847; the highest and lowest rate assessed in each ; and the rate which a general rate assessed on ell the rateable property of the unions would have re quired. PISSONAL PROPIZTY (lILILAND).—Mr. KEOGH, bill for the improvement ache law regulating the administration of the personalty of deceased persons in Ireland. CounTY COVIT3.—Mr. FITZROY, return of the amount received by the Treasury from the treasurers of the several county online in England and Wales, from their establishment to the Ist day of March, 1860. _ ORDERB OF THE DAY. _ _ . SICOND RIALDINGII.—SchooI Gannets Cvntnbutons ; Greenwich Hospital Improvement ; Charitable Trusts ; Con• solidated Fund (8,000,0001); Bills. Cometrress.—Proeses and Practice (Ireland); Estates Leasing (Ireland); Judgments (Ireland); Bills—Reports. Supply. NOTICES OF MOTIONS ON ORDERS OF THE OILIIINWICII HOOPITAL IMPROVISRNT HILL. — Ad miral DUNDAS, ox woad reading of this bill, to move to rest it to a salsa committee. PIOCISII AND PPAOTICI ZALANDi &TAM LNASINO (IZILAND); JUDONINDI LIDILAND • BILIA —in COSl nittllo oa these bills, Mr. 8 DLIER aid Sir R. FE 801.1- 80N, to novo thaws sad sausdasets. MR. Ben°, M.P.—To the Editor of the Express —Bir,—May I beg of you to do me the favour to state Mat I mired, is favour of Mr. Worthy . ' Marriage Bill and the ballot with Mr. James Ferrer, sad that Blom °Defined sae to my room durieg t►e debate Co Mr. Cobden's resolution for retreachumet.-1 have the honour to be, sir. your o►e dient faithful servant, Y. T. Bus.—Holly Bank, Lichfield, March 9, 1860. " PROTECTION " Ix STA.P/ORDSUIRE.—The pro tartionists, under the command of LIM Talbot, were to have bad • grand flvld-day at Stafford, on Saturday, for the purpose of enrolling themselves as members of the National Assosistios for the Protection of British Wintry. At two o'clock in the afternoon, there were only about four pumas present; at three, the number had received as siditioa of one and ultimately the meeting adjourned, after simply lasing the mounts of the assoolad. FRANCE. PARIS, Mornay, 11 ale. The journals ire devoid of news this morning, and contain merely repetitions of their usual exhortations to the electors, mingled with attacks upon Lord Pal merton for his conduct in the affairs of Greece, Count Nteeelrode's note being the peg on which they hang their argument,. With regard to the elections nothing is as yet known. To-day is tine, and no doubt many voters will come to ballot. At the Passage de l'Opera, yesterday, very little business was done, speculators being in general occu pied with the election. The last price was 94fr. The Anemblee National says that France has offered to support Prussia in its endeavours to aggran dise its territory, and that Hamburg Lubeck and Bremen are the price for which Prussia msy at pre sent be induced to waive its right to Neufchatel. PARIS. MONDAY, 530 P.M. The electoral urns were closed to-day at 4 o'clock. the affluence of electors in each section having been considerable. Of course no clue can as yet be given as to the result. To-morrow will tell the whole ato ry In the Assembly to-day the third reading of the Education Bill was on the order of the day. It led, however, to nothing of interest in the shape of debate. The Monifeur says :—" The subscription to the loan of 20 millions,oontracted by tho agency of the National Discount Back of Paris fur the liquidation of the debts of the old civil list, or of the private domain of the family of Orleans, has Ix on closed these two days. l'he provisional titles were issued on SAturday. The Caine des depots et consignations has subscribed for six millione, and the rest of the loan was taken by upwards of 1,000 subscribers, the greater part being i merchants and private individuals of Paris." PARIS, Mau For Amount.s 11. ! For 11 Money. Opening Higbee,. Lunen. Ctoung. ---. 8 par OW& 6B 10 58 30 58 90 18 10 88 20 $ per Cents. O do. New Lam 91 46 per Ceuta. BO 0 ,, n 4 per Ceuta. l4 91 , II 1.1 lit elzobangs on loedon : 80 days, 23 478 • 90 days, 25 33. Beltua,s, 1810 5, 1849 D. t .. ' i Bunk Mares Piedmont 3 per Cents 87 80 Bousm.—St. Canino; 395; Pins aud Orlesm, 777 50 ; Paris and Rosen, 550; Bourn and Havre, 210 ; Avignon and Marseillsk 202 30 ; Strasbourg and Bwle, 115 ; Centre (Vierzon), 327 50; Orleans and Bordeaux, 405 • Northern, 448 75; Pans and Strsaboure, 348 75; Tours and Nantes, 248 35; Monteresu sod Troyes, 110; G ran d e Combs, 815; Versailles (right bane), 197 50; Vetemdes (loft bank). 162 20 ; 13ourleaux and Taste, 35. )(swim, )(ARCM B.—Three per Cents., 28f account; Four per Cents, 124 papi.r; rite of St. Ferdinand, per Cents., paper Ea t 12. paper ; Coupons. 71 paper. Bank ge on Loudon, 40.5 U. GERMANY. SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN. Our Berlin correspondent writes as follows: BERLIN, MARCH 9. The S hleswig affair begins t o l oo k ugly. The patience of the people is fairly trcktn down; they will no longer brook the vexations rule of the ad ministrative commission ; and they seem on the point of breaking out in open rebellion. The Prussian government received on Wednesday intelligence that the statthaltersehaft at Kiel had issued orders to the soldiers of the Holstein army absent on leave to repair immediatey to quarters. A cabinet council was held in consequence, a• .d on the next day the ministers went to Charlottenborg to hold another council, in presence of the King, on the subject. It was resolved at this con ferer ce that his Majesty's adiutant.gc neral, Raucr, should be immediately despatched to Kiel, to nee urgent arguments with the statthalterschaft to cool their warlike humour. The election of General Rauch, au officer high in the confidence of the Emperor of Hauls, for this mission, is a sufficient answer to those who accuse the Prussian government of conniving at the rebell'ous tendencies of the Schleswigere. General Rauch set out yesterday for Kiel, and the result of his representations is awaited here with great anxiety. Meanwhile ordes have been sent to General Hahn to assemble the Prussian troops. General Hahn has sent to tell the Swedish general that he will take up such positions as to pro tect him in cue of an outbreak. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. MARcil 7. On the 4th of March, at PesitZalo:dy of Hunga rian rectuits broke out in mutiny. They bad been marched into Pt sth the day before, and quartered at the woll dep4t of Liedmann, where they had been abut up for 24 hours without food. General Cordon having visited the spot, and ascertained this fact, had great difficulty in persuading the men that the inten tion of the authorities had not been to starve them to death. The papers publish a new list of fifteen victims of the court-martial at Arad, c mdemned, the greater part, to 12 years' fortress imprisonment in irons. PRUSSIA. The following is from our correspondent: BERLIN, MARCH 9. The Vericaltunga-rath,l understand, held a sitting to-day, in which very decisive resolutions were car ried with regard to Hanover. It was declared that Hanover had been guilty of a Butidea-bruch, a very terrible word in Germany, which means a breach of confederacy, and should be tried before that awful tribunal the Erfurt Court of Arbitration (Runde, achiedBgericht). What will be dote with Hanover, if found guilty, is wrapt in mystery. Meanwhile the Hanoverian government, after having backed out of both the Northern and the Southern League, has broached one of the most frantic schemes that ever entered the brains of a moonstruck diplomatist. This is nothing less than to effect a third bond in the north of Germany, into which Holland and Denmark are to enter. I give you my gravrst word this is true, in credible, as it may sound. I hear that Saxony has not as yet signed the treaty of the south coalition. SAXONY. DRESDEN, MARCH s. —Elizabeth, daughter of Prince John of Saxony, is to be married after Easter to the Duke of Genoa, brother of the Kiog of Sar dinia. Toe ceremony will be performed in the court church at Dresden. The young prince, who is hand some and rich, is expected shortly to make his ap pearance at the Saxon court, with a numerous and well-appointed suite for himself and bride. The last papers from Dresden bring ns the close of the debate on t he German question in the Saxon Second Chamber. The resolutions of the Climber are highly important, and decidedly in favour of the Prussian Bum!. After the motions of the democratic party, proposing, in various forma, a declaration of adhesion to the German constitution framed at Frank fort had been rejected, the general motion of the majority of the committee was read " That the Chamber assures the government that it considers the speedy settlement of the question of the German con stitution, in the spirit of the foundation attempted by the National Assembly at Frankfort, of a federal state with a parliamentary government, and a com plete representation proceeding from the choice of the people, u the indispensable condition not only of the establishment of an assured and permanent political state in Germany generally, but also, in particular, of the prosperous development of the internal affairs of Saxony, and of the profitable activity of the Saxon parliament." To this motion was added a clause, pro posed by four out of the six members of the majority of the committee, promising the support of the Cham ber to the government only on the condition of a policy in conformity with these principhs being tol lowed. The motion was carried by 59 votes over 9; the additional clause, by 36 against 32. Then came the motion of Funkhanel, that the chamber, before entering upon the special propositions of the com mittee, should declare to tho government its desire that, in the settlement of the German question, all those rights which were secured to the peiple by the constitutions of their respective stater, and in parti lcular the fundamental rights secured to the Saxon people by the constitution of Sammy, should be re spected and maintained inviolate. Pasatd by accla mation. The Chember then proceeded to vote on the special propositions of the majority of the committee. The first was, that the Semnd Chamber should unite with the First in moving the government to send without delay a fresh deputy to the Ponca!lungs-nigh, who should take part in the deliberations of that board, and propose such alterations of the draft of May 26:h as appeared indispensable in consideration of the present limited extent of the bund, and particu larly of Saxony's position therein ; tho alter dons so proposed being consistent witie..bele al • -NIA % ' ••• ••-• • • • • • I • 6-4- 7