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urth Vaitton SU,IV OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (THIS DAY.) The Du lot of ARGYLL (in continuation from our Aftgrnoon Edition) said that the unlimited success of the Exhibitio% and the reasons urged by the highest authorities as to the advantage that would accrue if the building was retained as a winter garden and as a museum for works of science and art, had now satisfied him that his former doubts were unfounded, and that it ,would be to the interest of the people to have it main taint 1 on its present site.—(Cheers.) r. WAALEY, M.P., seconded the resolution, and de clared thkt among the 900,000 of the people of West Middlesex, with which he was more immediately con nected, he had not found one sane person who was of opinion that the beautiful and splendid structure should be destroyed.—(Cheers.) It was a most preposterous ilea that a building which had produced the admiration of the whole world should be pulled down, and for the gratification of whom? The Earl of Itarrowby said the objection to retaining the Crystal Palace was an old woman's bugbear ; now, he thought it was rather an old man's bugbear, and that it was most unjust to stigmatise the judgment and to calumniate the good taste of the old women of London.—(Laughter and cheers.) It was said the Crystal Palace was allowed to be erected in Hyde-park on Le understanding that it should be removed when its purpose was satisfied; but the fact was that John Bull had meke a contract with himself, and he hal a right-to rescind.i; if he felt so disposed.—(Bear, hear.) It was abiolutPly sickening and nauseateing to hear persons tslk of breaches of faith ss if no such breaches were committed in another place, which had been described as a pawnbrokers' shop full of unredeemed pledges. He suggested that the Noble Earl in the chair should call an open air meeting of thesisdustrious classes of the metropolis and ask them to p a resolution pledging themselves not to lay a hand on the building unless by tt • dirsot command of the Queen.—(Great cheering, the whole meeting rising and waving hats and handkerchiefs.) He had no doubt the Noble Earl would comply with their recittest.—(Continued cheers, the Earl o f Shaft •sbury shaking his head in intimation of hie doubt of the propriety of such a course.) lie thought this unanimous expression of opinion was a proof that they would not fail in the object they all had i n vie (Cheers.) Thelesolation was then put and carried. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING proposed that the committee be requested to arrange that a deputation, as irfluen tially constituted as possible, do wait upon ;he Earl of Derby, and press for the Government assent to a Com mittee of Inquiry. The motion was seconded by Mr. PULLEN, and passed nem, con. Mr. J. llEvwoon, M.P., moved that the committee be autho:ized to prepare a memorial on behalf of the meet ing to the Queen for the preservation of the Crystal Palaef., and that ft 1.” signed by the Earl of Shaftes bury, as chairman, and be presented by him to the Queen.— (Cheers.) Tin motion wan seconded by Colonel SYKES and car- tied by acclamation. Sir JOSEPH PAXTON next came forward, amidst en. enasiaAic applause, and entered into an - interesting statement respectinc , the rise and progress of the Great Exhibition, in vindleation of what be termed the life of his own child. Having himself sprang from 1 the people, he thoeght he was JuAifieti in asking the people to stcrp the clestruntion of a palace which, more than any other exacted, was adapted to their wants and neer s;ities. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting separated. Shortly aftrfr the commencimnet of the pro ceedimls the hall bfic-,,me very much crowded. THE ART UNION.—(THIS DAY. LIST OF PRIZETIOLDERS. Entitled to a Work of Art of the Value of Two Hundrei Pounds— z Sibthorpe, Rev. IL, Washingborough. Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of One Hun• dred and Fifty Pounds —Behrens, Venerable Archdeacon Shrivenham ; Douglas. L. J., Maize-hill. It titled each to a Work of Art of the Value of Use Hun. dred Pounds—Mitchell, A., Manchester; Swainton, W. Walworth ; Walton, J., Bolton. Entitled each to a 'Work of Art of the Value of Eighty Pounds—Bonney, P., jun., Boston, U. S.; Bougart, P. A., Dorset•terraee, Clapham-road; Collins, W. J., Clerkenweil ; Rankin, D. Kilmarnock; Richard 11., jun., Grenada; Richardson, F., flarbottle ; Shipperv, —, Worthing; Stute. ley, M. Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park. Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value, of Seventy Pounds—M. N. A. Caird, Stramaer ; Foxton, Mr. J. G., Melbourn, Port Philip Morgan, G. S., Mornington crescent ; Wyatt, James, Bedford - . Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of Sixty Pounds—Battison, John, Barnsley ; Bright, E , Leamington ; Brown, G., Glasgow ; Ellis, Rev. C. E , Laugham ; Iles, James, Fetcher(' Leatherhead; Laurie, N., Dunfermline; Lynch, Mrs. Tralee ; Searle, — i Wilmot-street; Smith, Sam., Gray's Inn-square; Smith, J. 8., Demerara. Entitled each to a Work cf Alt of the Value of Fifty Pounds—Greville, A, Lowndes•equare ; Hawkins, H. Sher borne; Riley, Rev. S., St. John's College, Cambridge; Kidder, J. H., Boston, United States; Lloyd, Mrs., Ludgate hill ; Muzio, Jas., Highbury; Scott, Henry S., Quebec ; Sop with, H. L., Tunbridge Wells ; Telford, Miss, Reigate ; Wood, F. G. T., Stanhope-street; Wingrove, E. W., Cal cutta; Young, G. F., 151. P , Walthamstow. Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of Forty Pounds—Barrett, H. , Albert-street ; Cooper, H., Guist ; Fabian, C., Trinidad; Goodwyn, W. S., Princes-street; Jaffrey, Birmingham; Johnson, P., Fleet-street; Mair, H., filasgou , ' • Miller, W., Charleston, United States; Mac Queen, G. P., Tottenham-court-road; Mitchell, T., Bougong , East Indies; Morris, W., Cheater; Moss, T., Carlow; Pace, E G., Pershore ; Scott, Robert, Outlands, Plymouth ; Stuart, E., M D., Chumside ; Tippetts, J. 8., Size-lane; Wallis, C. E., Great Marlborough-street; Walley, J., Manchester ; Webb, W. D., Haseloin ; Wetherby, Mrs., C., Boston, 'United States. Entitled to a Work of Art of the Value of Twenty-five Pounds—Baker, E. (per Denny), Austin Friars; Churchill, H. 8., Raymond's-buildings ; Earle,,W., Hull ; Elliard, S., Upper Tooting; Elliott, E, Christchurch; Goodwin, C. W., King's Bench-walk; Hamilton ' Rev. W.J., Tring; Harrison, Mrs., Fleet-street ; Kirchner, F. L., Bridge-street, Borough ; Merrill, G. W., Boston, United States; Miller, W. H., Lambeth ; Powell, Rev. S. H., Ripon ; Rogers, W. S., Gosport ; Simons, K. L., Charleston, United States ; Taglia ferre, Chevalier, Malta ; Travis, Chr. , Stockport ; Walking ton, W., Grantham ; Wylliams. Captain, Cheltenham ; Wil liams, C. C., Goswell-street ; Wright, Jno., jun., Oxford terrace. Entitled cash to a Work of Art of the Value of Twenty Pounds—Aske, W. H., St. Georges's-road ; Campbell, W. H., Demerara ; Coakley, Bath ; Eastham, W. T., Windmill street; Edwards, Jno., Ilampton ; Forster, T. G., Newcastle; Gardner, E. 8., Paternoster-row ; Humphrys, Miss, Walcot ; Johnson, T., Barnsley; Marshall, Robert, Dundee; Mercer, Samuel, Maidstone; Mitchell, A. W., Philadelphia; Mc Man, A ., H. B. M., Consul. Leghorn; Neale, J., Islington; Paine, J., Leatherhead ; Rees, T., Llandanny ; Ridgley, D. G,, Lexington, United States ; Rumien, R. L., Lancaster pi/RA ; Seaton, G., Greenwich ; Willick, C. M., Suffolk. street. Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of Fifteen Pounds.—Ansted, Edward, Gutter-lane; Aimers, Mrs. T., Fdlinamont ; Bawtrey, J. J., Colchester; Benham, D., Regent-street; Blake, Jno., Littlehampton ; Bowler, J., Portsea; Clapham, R. Lancaster; Crocksford, H., Nor 'rich ; England, E., Lloyd's ; Franklyn, F , Exeter ; Hama lisikorcas-terrace ; Hewett, J., Leamington; Nichols, i,T e ; . 1•11 pole-street ; Moorhead, W. A., for Smith and Elder; Robins, jun., New York; Sharpe, R M., Low er Tharnef-atreet ; Talbot, W. Weymouth; Tucker, E. Ga Boston, U. S . • w E., Bedfora-row. ace, Jos., M e lbourne, Pt. Phil. ; Wright, Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of Ten Pound& —Acker s , Jas., hill ; Bukenham,• as., Gloster; Bell, Ed., jun., Stamford w., General Post-office; Burrows, R. J., Ipswich ; Carter, R., E psom Coward, W. J., Bury, ; Coates, H. A., Vauxhall ; Lancashire • Dick" Drewett, Captain, S t. s ay - , ins, W., Daventry ; Farquhar, Sir ; Ellice, Hon. Edward, Ar lington-street;men, Georg% Dover ; Ha'zeo Id., Gloster-square; Flash chison, R , Jaw s, N. R. Ampthill-square ; Hut -J.; Kelly, Jno., Plymouth ; Insatitlaica Kitchen, J. R., Falmouth, ; Lloyd, Brothers, Ludgate-hill; Mechanics N e w, Mrs. L. Market Weight on ; Nunn pownham-market ; b o rough ; Pilkington, J. Liverpool • y, J., Market Har , Slater, W., Leeds ; Turner, W. C., Bicester ; Woodd, R. B, New Entitled each to a group in Bronze, Satan Bond-street. Golding, Thos., Petersfield ; Langh an , ttn G ' ' , S E ., ; Jas., Darary-lane?Tudma'n, E., Whit- 11:3 church, Salop ; yles, Ja., Grantham. Entitled each J o a Tazza in I Bayl ron, i M e,J., odlled e from a Greek d • __Banks, im., Howden ; Eveshara ; Bosan hurch quet , P Fenc -street ; Challis, W., Cornhill , Christian, ; Baldock Clear, I". C.' Borough Cac ran Coles, 8., Southampton ; e, Mrs., Pentonville • Cast, J. D., Lisle-street ; Dawson, Mrs., Westgate, W akefield ! Dent, Mrs. Lee; Elkin, J. L., Devonshire -place; Pearniey , D. G., Dewsbury; Gadner,J M., Charleston ; G ourley, D. A., Yarmouth ; Haynes, H. W., Cambridge, U n it e d States Hendrie, Jno. Airdrie • Kitchen, J. P. Old Br oad - street - Lloyd, R. T., CheltenhamLoveland, M. N., Dursley ; Mason, B. Ashton-under - Lyre ; Peck, Samuel, Li verpool; Ralph, W. C., Leeds; Roberts, Cardington-street ; Sharman, W. Melton ; Syer, Caps., Ke,ddington ; Tayl or , Jno., Upper dlou ces t er7 place ; Thompson, W. H., Dalston; Wallace, A., Calcutta ; Wix, W., St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Entitled each to a Parian Statuette of " Solitude"—Bath, W. M., America-square ; Bingham, Josh., Sheffield ; Birch, Miss, Avenue-road; Cock, W.. Burton; Dalton, Capt., per R. C. Lepage, Whitefriars ; Davies, 8., Menai-bridge ; Davies, Rev. G. J., Bourmouth • Davis, Robt., Dorchester; Dreer, F. S., Philadelphia; Earl, G. F., Hull; Emmott, Capt., Bromsgrove ; Eyres, J. W.,Leeds ; Frazer, JohnZper Messrs. Grindlay ; Fullwo o d, J. ork; Hinc.ks, T. Ramsgate ; Judd, W., Sussex-terrace, Hyde-park; sing, IL, Hackney road; King, W., Dover; Long, W., Chancery-lane; Lower, L W., Lewes; Maddock, W., Burslem ; Milne, N., Leicester ;. Oliver, G. A., Twickenham; 011ivant, J. T., Manchester; Patterfield, Jos., Manchester ; Rous, 8., Fish-street-hill ; Russell, F. M., Cwn Avon; Rider, W., Bartholomew - close; Saunders, W.. Overseal ; Sharman, Jno., Leighten Buzzerd ; Slater, W., Manchester ; Smith, Mrs., C., Boston United States; Stephan, —, Chspping *Norton ; Stewart, J., Bank of England; St. Paul's, Very Rev. Dean of; Tanner, G., Credit= ; Turner, J. H., Brighton ; Usher, J. K., Jamaica; Watson, John, Port Philip; Wilson, Isaac, Middlesborough. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) T-. 0113 CEIAXIBE4AIN'S OFFICE, her Majesty will hold 'Notice is hereby given, that Dravving-recte. following APRIL 7 . , 1852. ays, at „,, two o 'Cloek;—Thursday, 29th April inst., and , -Jeity a at St. James'a Palace, on the , on ""d%Y. 13th Ma next (to celebrate her M. birth-day), N.B. T bye Kul , hts of the several (Tilers are to appear in their coital! at tite Drawing-room on the 13th of Alav next. 11/111.TEIIALI., APRIL 24. . Th e Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under tlie Ga,t. Si,ea granting the dignity of a Vis count of til , United l‘ingdurn of Great Britain and Ireland e Right llonourable. Sir Stratford Canning, G.C.B , u he n r to b Et-a!ht sty's Ambassador _Extr,ordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Sublime Ottoman Porte, and the heirs male of his name, style and title of hcidc.' lawfllly begotten,_, by t eh e tford de Ite,dc.i, in the co ' c Visc Lord•l.: count of merset. '' C u omnaissions by the - ieutenant of Devonshire. William Mackworth Praed, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant; THE William Arundel: Yeo, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 1. In the North Devon Regiment of Militia—William Hole, Esq., to be Major, March 27. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bart., to be Captain, May 23, 1851; Mon tague Bere, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Hon. William Reginald Courtenay to be Cornet, June 27, 1851 ; James Howard Bul ler, Gent., to be Cornet; Codrington John Parr, Gent., to be Cornet, April 5; Alexander Edward Nebo Hamilton, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; William Mumby Snow, Esq., to be Lieu tenant; Francis Garrett, Gent., to be Cornet, April 17. In the North Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— John Philip Sydenham Marshall, Gent, to be Cornet, Sept. 18, 1851. ; Hugh Mallet, Gent., to be Cornet, Dec. 12, 182 ; Thomas Davis Gregory, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, April 5. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry —Charles Sutton, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Robert Woodhouse, Gent., resigned. Commissions by the Lord- Lieutenant of Somersetshire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. Philip Pleydell Bouverie to be Captain, vice Browne, pro moted ; Cornet William Henry George to be Lieutenant, vice Thring, resigned; Cornet Wyndham Slade to be Lieutenant, vice Bouverie; promoted;' Mr. Duncan Inve rarity to be Cornet, vice George, promoted ; The Rev. Richard Hill Dawe to be Chaplain, vice Rev. J. S. Broderip, re signed, April 21. WHITEHALL, APRIL 19. _ The Right Honourable Sir 'John Jervis, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Mejesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed John Taylor, of Bradford, in the county of York, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Com missioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the West Riding of the County of York. BANKRUPTS. Joseph David Benjamin, dealer in cigars, Southampton street, Bloomsbury-square, to surrender May 7 and June 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall-street ; Braham, Chancery-lane. Alfred Mason, ironmonger, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, May 7, at half-past twelve, and June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy; Cannan, official assignee, Alderman bury; Skilbeck and Hall, Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane; Prescott, Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Henry Plummer, jun., wood turner, Golden-lane, St. Luke's, May 3, at eleven, and June 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall- street ; Terrell and Mat thews Basinghall-street. John Wood and Edwin Norton, corn millers, Hoyland Nether, Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, May 7, and June 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. - Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Marshall, Barnsley; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Lund Newham, draper, Sheffield, May 15, and 29, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Gould, Sheffield. Thomas Mills, grocer, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, May 11 and June 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liver pool. Humphrey Davis, leather seller, Liverpool, May 13 and June 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird , official assignee, Liverpoo ; Blundell and Sharman, Liver pool. James M'Coskrie, merchant, Liverpool, May 11, and June 7. at eleven, at the Liverpool Distriet Court. Cazenove, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Neale and Martin, Liverpool. Thomas Lawson, draper, Bury, Lancashire, May 10 and June 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Grundy, Bury, Lancashire. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. W. Tucker, builder, North-place, Hampstead-road. W. E. Archer, innkeeper, St. John-street, Clerkenwell. F. J. Barnard, dealer in watches, St. Mary Axe. G. R. Harris, builder, Great Coram-street, Brunswick-square. E. Palmer, builder, William-street, Park-road, Holloway. D. H. Sayers, carman, Clarks-place, Lambeth. C. E. Bryson, dealer in shares, Hanway-street, Oxford-street. S. Varley, cabinet maker, Great Leonard-street, Shoreditch. A. Wilkie, merchant, Crawford -street, Marylebone. W. A. Chambers, baker, Church-street, Deptford. W. Scott, baker, Kilburn, Middlesex. H. Finnic, banker's clerk, Poplar-row, New Kent-road. S. Badgery, green grocer, Bedfordbury, St. Martin's-in-the Fields,. G. G. Cobham, clerk to a carman, Wentworth-street, White chapel. E. Fullock, licensed victualler, Spitalfields-market. W. Gray, brewer, Southwark-bridge-road. H. M. Milton, livery stable keeper Brompton-road. G. Robinson licensed victualler, Bayham-st., Camden-town. H. Groombridge, cheesemonger,Grove-street, Camden Town. J. Rowbottom, provision shop keeper, Manchester. G. Bower, sen., farmer, Whitti9gton, Derbyshire. J. G. Bennett, coachman, Barnsley, Yorkhire. S. Barman, plumber, Manchester. P. Booth, licensed victualler, Hulme, Manchester. A. Hollis, auctioneer, Liverpool. P. Jones, joiner and builder, Liverpool. J. M. Knight, assistant wine merchant, Portsmouth. W. Moody, bricklayer, Chorlton. upon-Medlock, Manchester. John Pickering, brick maker, Over Darwen, Lancashire. George Saville, stonemason, Bacup, Lancashire. R. Smithson, farmer, Bolton-le-Moors. T. W. Shaw, joiner, Macclesfied. W. Thornton, flour dealer, Boston. W. Kingstone, builder, Birmingham. W. Spears, eating-house keeper, Brighton. J. Howarth, shopman, Rochdale. R. Antrum, clerk, Slapton, Devonshire. C. W. Boone, paymaster and purser, London Hotel, Devon. shire. J. Down, innkeeper, Plymouth. S. H. Hardacre, commission agent, Chorlton-upon-Medlock Manchester. J. Harries, farmer, Hasguard, Pembrokeshire. L. McKeer, stationer, Plymouth. A. Oster, carrier, Southery, Norfolk. W. Williams, haullier, Ruthin, Denbighshire. A. Whiteman, wheelwright, Feltwell, Norfolk. T. Bete, labourer, Stoodleigh, Devonshire. A. Lloy d, farmer, Merthyr Tydvil. J. Ross, grocer, Stannigley Yorkshire. ' T. Brown, livery stable keeper, Lewes. W. De Caux, licensed victualler, Heigham, Norwich. B. Flint, farmer, Newick, Sussex. C. W. Woodwor th, licensed victualler, Liverpool. J. Bull, tailor, Elmawell, Suffolk. D. Hanson, grocer, Yorkshire. R. Adshead, stone mason, Manehester. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS; Lord REDS DALE presided in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. MARYLEBONE CHURCHWARDENS. Lord PORTMAN gave notice Nit on Friday next he should move for copies of all correspondence between the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests and the Rev. the Rector of St. Marylebone relative to the ap. poietment of the Crown Churchwarden of that parish for 1852. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY, the Exchequer. bills' Bill was read a second time. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY, the St. Al bans Disfranchisement Bill was read a third time and passed. COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord COLCHESTER moved the second reading this Bill. Lord BEAUMONT said ho had several objections to make to this Bill as regarded its details, but ho would reserve them until it went into Qommittee. After a few words from Lord CRANWOETH and Lord STANLEY of Alderley, the Bill was read a second time. On the motion of the Earl of HARDWICKE, the Sheep, &c., Contagious Disorders Prevention Bill was read a second time. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE WITH CHICORY. Lord TORRINGTON rose to present a peti tion, complaining of the operation of the Treasury minute of August, 1840, with respect to the sale of coffee mixed with chicory. The Noble Lord said the subject was looked upon with great interest by the coffee merchants, and be hoped that ~the answer which would be given to-night would in a great measure allay their anxiety. All that the petitioners desired was that instead of the Treasury minute of 1840, now complained of, the regulation of the trade might be, with somo slight alteration, that of 1832, when chicory was permitted to be sold separately by grocers as chicory, but notices were issued at the same time that the legal penalties would be rigidly enforced if discovered mixed with coffee. In 1840 it appeared that in consequence of memorials from the grocers and dealers in chicory, and also from the circumstance of exceeding high rates then ruling for coffee, together with the disruption of our commercial relations with China advancing the price of tea, an order was issued from the Treasury to the Excise Board, authorising the admixture of chicory with coffee, a duty being maintained on the former of 201. per ton on the kiln-dried, and 6d. per lb. on the powdered root, when imported from abroad. The petitioners did not seek to destroy the consumption of chicory, or to impose any additional duty on it,, their chief object was to get rid of the demoralising effects of the present system, by which the Imperial Government sanctioned the selling of a spurious article for the true one, making honesty in the retailer almost impossible. The peti tioners feared that the industrious classes, now the chief consumers of coffee in England, would cease,to use it, finding that it; underwent daily deterioration, and thus w t he would be be lost the best part of the English market and to English mechanic and labourer a pleasant, wholesome, and invigorating beverage. If this were the case it was to be feared that the consumption of ardent spirits would be increased. The Noble Earl concluded his speech by s cal ling their Lordshi ps' inhabitants to ofa cey memorial lon th o the lying o on the table from Right Hon. the to the ecretary of State for the Colonies, re lative The Duke ofadulteration of coffee vet& chicory. petition, and was M ONTROSE rose to present a similar (LEFT SPEAKING.) PRIVATEOI es x.E took the Chair at Four o'clock. P I E IE BUSINESS. M NE MNS SS O . . The SA lj a 8 The London (Cit .') Small Debts Extension Bill was read a third time and p asse d . The British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Comp any and the Ipswich Dock Bills, with co nsidered and agreed to. amendments, were PETITIONS. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS presented petition from clergymen in - the West Riding of Yorkshir e, egral h ing that no clergyman unacquainted with the w be appointed to a bisho p ric in Wales. an g ua g e Mr. E. PALMER presented a petition from Berk shire against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition from Bedfont against the attorneys':certifica.te duty. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from the metro polis against taxes on knoWledge. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from Finsbury against tl'e destruction of the Crystal Palace. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Sun derland against the Militia Bill. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Bir mingham against taxes on knowledge. Col. BOYLE presented a position from Frcme for an inquiry into the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Bennett to the vicarage of that town. SUN, LONDON, Mr. KEOGH presented a petition from a place in Ireland against the Charitable Trusts Bill. Mr. T. M. GIBSON presented four petitions, from various parts of the metropolis, in favour of retaining the Crystal Palace. Mr. W. BROWN presented petitions from Lancashire against the Militia Bill. Mr. F. SCOTT presented two petitions from Scot land against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. FORBES presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the Bill for the abolition of university tests. THE ARMY. Major-General REID gave notice that on Monday next he should ask the Secretary at War whether the Government has any intention of proposing to Parlia ment an increase in the strength of the regular troops serving in great Britain and Ireland.—(Hear.) ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that on an early day h 3 should move a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the oaths taken by Members of Parliament. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. HORSMAN wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Majesty's Mi nisters contemplate the introduction of any measure for the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts? Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said, the Queen's Ad vocate having paid great attention to the subject, had, at length, submitted a Billl to the consideration of the Home-office with reference to the reform of these courts, but whether the Government could undertake to adopt this or any other measure, it was quite impossible for him to say at the present moment, as the subject was of a complicated nature, and required long and careful con- sideraiion.—(Hear, hoar.) HE REV. AIR. BENNETT. Col. BOYLE, in pursuance of a notice which he gave yesterday, wished to put a question to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the subject of the recent appointment to the vicarage of Frame. He found in Barnstaple's " Roman Catholic Register," an entry to the effect, that on a certain day the Rev. Mr. Bennett was received into the Roman Catholic Church, and the question he wished to put was whether the Right Hon. Gentleman was prepared to state to the House what steps Government had taken for prosecuting a searching inquiry into this matter.—(Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said her Majesty s Government had lost no time in addressing certain inquiries with respect to the law affecting this case to the Crown Officers, and the replies of those Learned Gentlemen had reached him only within the last few minutes. He should like, certainly, to consider those replies before he spoke more in detail, and he would only say at pre sent that the subject engaged the earnest attention of Government.—(Hear.) Mr. lIORSMAN wished to know whether it was true that three beneficed clergymen made the certificate to which he referred the other night, and whether the Bishop of London countersigned it?—(Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EYCHEQUER said the House would perceive that a bond fide inquiry was being pursued by the Government, and therefore infor mation in detail could not be satisfactorily given until it was brought to a close.—(Hear, hear.) THE "DUNDALK DEMOCRAT." Mr. CAMPBELL wished to ask the Attorney-General for Ireland if he was prepared to state tho reasons which had induced the Government to abandon the prosecu Dundalk ti onDemocra t? instituted against the editor and publisher of the Mr. NAPIER said when be came into office he found that the indictment which had been preferred at the assizes had been removed into the Court of Queen's Bench is Dublin, and be and his Learned Colleague the Solicitor-General were consulted as to the course which ought to be taken is reference to it. Now he and his Learned Colleague were of opinion, that before any prosecution of the public upon the part of the Government should be en tered upon, there should be clear grounds for it, as well as a case of urgent necessity; but he found that in this case the publication complained of had been published as far back as the month of November, and although the publication waa , very bad, two whole terms were allowed to intervene before any notice was taken of it. Under those circumstances, and considering the case could not have been tried till July next, which would have ren dered the whole matter stale, it had been thought advis able to forego the prosecution, and a letter had been written to the editor accordingly, with an intimation that it was hoped that the paper would be hereafter con ducted in such a manner as to render the interference of the Attorney- General wholly unnecessary —(Hear.) Mr. HATCHELL explained that the reason of the delay bad been that the publication did not come to his knowledge till some time after its appearance; and as a very aggravated murder had been committed in the dis trict where it had been published, the late Government thought that some notice ought to be taken of it. It was also felt that the more constitutional mode of pro ceeding was by an indictment at the assizes and not by an ex officio ineormation.—(Hear hear.) ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. Mr. L. KING then rose to ask for leave to bring in a Bill to make the franchise and the procedure at elections in the counties in England and Wales the same as in the boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of ten pounds; by limit ing the time of taking the poll to one day; and by limit ing the time of proceeding to elections to eight days. The Honourable Member observed that when he brought in his Bill last year, many Members voted against it, not because they objected to its principle,'but solely on the ground that Lord .John Russell had promised to intro duce a measure of reform early in the present session. The Noble Lord had fulfilled his promise, but his Bill bad fallen to the ground. Therefore no plan of reform was at present before the House. He rejoiced that he was not in any way fettered by the promise of one. He regretted that the Noble Lord made a promise; and the more so, that the plan he proposed was so different to that which he contem plated when he made the promise. He also regretted that the course the Noble Lord took had led to a divi sion in, the Liberal party. and allowed the government of the country to pars into the hands of the party of which ho was so much afraid. The principle of the Bill he now proposed had been often discussed, but no one had ever ventured to assail the class of persons whom it proposed to enfranchise. The Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) did not object to this pro posed extension of the franchise to occupiers in counties, though it was true that in his Reform Bill he did net go the length of a 101. qualification, but he introduced the 201. qualification, no doubt with the view of ultimately re ducing it. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself said he was not opposed to the extension of the county franchise, which he claimed as the invention of the party of whom he was the distinguished ornament, but some how or other he voted against the proposition. The Hon. Member then gave some statistical reasons for the Bill, and ex pressed a hope that Honourable Members opposite would not object to the extension of a prin ciple which they claim to have introduced, and which if carried out would enfranchise a large class of the people who were at present deprived of a vote. It was a singular circumstance that whilst the population as well as the intelligence and comforts of the people had increased—whilst science and skill had ad vanced, labour been augmented, and crime and poverty diminished the number of electors in counties had greatly diminished. Formerly the repre sentation was a much more democratic basis, and he hoped that those who were so wedded to the customs of the past ages, would not hesitate to place the franchise on its original basis. Unjust dis tinctions ought not to be made in different districts, and between one class of persons and another. He trusted, in conclusion, that the large and influential body of the people whom he intended by the Bill to en. franchise, would not be refused their most reasonabt and just rights. Mr. CAMPBELL deprecated proceeding with" a Bi of this nature in the pei)sent session, on this grould tha, while there was no chance of its ever passing a third read. ing, it would give rise to party animosities in the House. considering that sufficient inquiry had not been insti tuted prior to the proposal before the House being brought forward, should give his vote in opposition. Mr. HUME, amid load cries of " Divide," rose and said—That the silence on the Government benches was very ominous indeed. The electors of counties under the existing system were slaves instead of freemen, and the time would come when a change was imperatively called for.—(Hear.) The Noble Lord the Member for the city of London had already expressly himself in favour of the extension of the franchise, and he should be glad to know if his motion should have the benefit of bis vote.—(Hear, hear.) Those who were knocking at the door to get into the Constitution ought to be admitted at once, for the people were not so fairly represented as to have a fair voice in that House; and he called upon the Government to say aye or no to this motion, then the country woulti know what they bad to expect. —(Hear, hear.) If they were determined to resist all reform, let the public know it ; and he really did hope that the House would insist upon having a declaration from Ministers upon this subject.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. / MANMERS said the Government had no difficulty whatever in saying no to this motion, and as the opposition wanted an immediate dissolution he weald advise them to abstain from bringing forward motions of this character.—(Hear, hear.) If this motion were curried it would have the effect of revolutionising the county franchise.—(Hear, hoar.) What did the moiion propose ? Why to assimilate the county franchise with that borough, but though there were two ways of accomplishing that assimulation the Government thought the existing franchise had worked well, end had fuleilled the intention of the Reform Bill, which was to take care that the owners and occupiers of land should be fairly represented.—(Hear: hear.) The county franchise had produced less controversy and less corruption than the franchise which prevailed in bo roughs, and if an assimulation were necessary why should they not change the borough to the county sys tere.—(oh, ch.) No doubt there were defects in the present county system; but on the whole it had worked well, and he hoped the House would not allow the busi ness of the country to be obstructed motions of this sort which ought to be left for the consideration of a new Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said ho agreed with much that had fallen from the Noble Lord. Perhaps this was not a fittieg opportunity for introducing this motion, b u t there was one part of the present proposal, namely, th 3 latter part of it, which was w h o ll y uno bjectionable, and he hoped the douse would allow it to be intro duced (Hear, hear.) He alluded to the part which prop o sed to shorten th e d uration of the po lli ng at elections for counties, and when he remembered that a Bill had been brought i n to mulct county Mem bers of refreshments for the electors ev least the House ought to enable him to meet that expense by rendering a second day's poll unnecessary.— TUESDAY EVENING-, APRIL 627 1852. (Hear, hear.) He was convinced that such a change would be beneficial to the country, for both rioting and bribery generally took place on the second day ; and he hoped the House would have no objection to act upon this part of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the tom had come when there ought to be some equali zation of the constituencies of the country. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said that for twenty years he had been endeavouring to extend the county franchise, and would not allow any opportunity to pass without continuing his efforts in the same direction. The Noble Lord, the Member for Colchester, had given a very valid objection to the introduction of the Bill. but it came too late, for the House had given its sanc tion to a principle which, if adopted, would have the effect of filling the House with paupers.—(Hear, hear.) On a former occasion he showed that the right of voting took its rise in ancient times in service rendered to the Crown, and he thoughtthat the vote should be given to all persons who had at any time served under the Crown. — (Oh, oh, and Hear, hear.) A sneer at that proposition for the advocates of universal proposition was ill-timed. He warned the Earl of Derby and his collegnes not to 6 ' pooh, pooh" the question, for by doing so they were only it as a le gacy to L or d J o h n R usse ll, who w leavingoukl avail himself of it on the first opportunity for the purpose of turning them out of their places.—(Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT protested against the argument of the Noble Lord the Member for Colchester, that in bring ing forward discussio ns o f t hi s na t ure th e y were o b s tructing the progress of public business, and delay ing the dissolution of Parliament. He believed that no Government business come on to-night, even supposing the motion of the Hon. Member for East Surrey had been withdrawn. The Noble Lord called this a hack neyed subject, but every great question which had been carried had been treated by Hon. Members opposite as hackneyed. (LEFT SPEA RING.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Yriee Current, April 27.) SuGAn.—To-day the supply of West India Sugar at market was limited, and an advance of 6d per cwt was ob tained for all descriptions. Indeed on Barbadoes the rise was Is ; and a public sale of 196 hhds 23 tics wont with spirit, tine yellow at 39s to 40s 6d, good 36s 6d to 3Ss 6d, middling 343 to 365, ordinary 32s 6d to 33s 6d, low middling grainy :333 6d. Of Jamaica 50 hhds 2 trc were disposed of. ordinary and middling yellow at 32s to 333, fine brown 31s to 31s 6d, 145 hhds and 7 trcs Demerara, ordinary and mid dling yellow 31s to 32a 6d, fine brown 303 6d, washed 30s to 3ls 6d ; and 8 Wads crystalized white 43s per cwt. REFINED.—To• d ay there were ready buyers of Refined Sugar for home consumption, and prices ruled firm, brown lumps at 45s to 45s 6d. Mnuarrius.—This afternoon there were ready buyers of Mauritius Sugar, and an advance took place of Gd to is per cwt. At auction 6,750 bags were sold, good to fine yellow went at 34s 61 to 365, middling 33s to 31s, ordinary 31s 6d to 32s Gd, good to fine brown 29s to 31s, low to fine grey 31s to 35x, grainy white 45s to 493, yellow ditto 32 s t o 33 s 6J, and brown 30 s to 31s 6d per cw t. FonEmx.—To.ay exporters were desiro u s to o p erate in foreign Suga r , and the rates pa id were 6d per cwt above those of l ast week. Severa l parce ls of yellow Savannah d were sold, duty paid at from 34s 6d to 39s for common to fine. EAST INDIA,—This afternoon Madras Sugar realised an advance of 6el per cwt. At auction , 3,700 ba g s, & c. , sold , low to go o d soft yellow at 26s to 27s Gd, brown :24s to 25s 6d, and low 22s 6d to 23s 6d. For Bengal the demand was brisk, and the advance was 6d to ls. The parcels at auction were all sold, and amounted to 'l,BOO bags, fine white Benares realised 36s to 37s 65, good 34u 61 to 35s Gd, low to middling 32s 6d to 345, damp and washed 31s to 365, good gsainy yellow 36s to 37s 6d, middling to good like Mauritius 30s to a3s 6d, soft brown 21s to 255, yellow ditto 26s to 27s 6d, and greyish yellow 31s to 32s 6d per cwt. COFFEE. —The demand continues active for :Plantation Ceylon, and the rates obtained to-day were is per cwt above those of Friday. At auction 260 casks 26 boxes 64 bags were sold, low middling to middlinp; went at 54s to 56s 6d, fine fine ordi n ary 50 s to 53 5, 'other sorts 48s to 49 3 6d, triage 42s to 455, and very ordinary unclean Coffee 41s. Of Costa Rica 25 bags.; and 198 cases were taken in above the value of fine fine or dinary at 50s; but 50 cases Tellicherry sold at 45a. for good ordinary unclean. On the part of holders of Native Ceylon there is firmness, and they will not sell good ordinary under 41s per cwt. For Mocha there were few buyers, but Brazil is nut wanted at former terms, and with few sellers. TEA.—To day the demand for Tea was active, and prices were rather above those of yesterday. One firna has old 12,000 chests. There are now' free sellers of good oi:d Congou under 5d for sound. Monasszs.—A fair demand exists for West India, Barba does, and Antigua, at 13s to 135 6d, other kinds 12$ to 12s 6d. Some parcels of Bengal and Mauritius have been sold at lis to Ils 6d ; Cuba and Porto Rico at 13s to 13s 65. Honey good to fine Jamaica 48s to 51s, and low to mid 385 to 46e. Several parcels of Tamarinds have been disposed of, East India at 05 to 12e, and West India 24s to 34s per cwt. SPIRITS. Only small sales have been made in East India Rum, vet under is 4d proof there are not sellers at present. Leeward Island is held for is 5d to Is 5 1 4 d. For Demerara rates remain low, and rule at is lldto2s 3d for 30 to 42 over proofr Jamaica Sellers are willing to accept for choice marks 35 to 38 over proof 3s 4d to 4s, tine ditto 2s 10d to 33 3d, good mid to good 32 to 34 over 2s 4d to 2s 10d, mid 25 to 25 3d, and low `A to 30 over is 104 to Is 11d. Brandy—The value of Cog nac best Brands of thevintago of 1851 is 4s Id to 4s 3d, 1850 dittto 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s Ild, 1848 ditto Ss 3d to 5s sd, older 53 64 to 6s 6d, low to mid 2s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux is lld to 2s ld per gallon. In the British Spirit trade much dulness yet prevails, and there are sellers at Os 8d to Os 9d net cash : Gin 22 under 8s 6d, 17 ditto, 9s ; Geneva is 104 to is 11d, and fine 2s ld to 2s 4d per gallon. CASSIA LIGNEA is rather cheaper, and is little wanted. To-day at auction 63 cs were sold; pile one at I2os, ditto two 114 s to 115 s, ditto three 110 s, mouldy 107 s, coarse and black 975. MACE is still wanted, and rates keep fi4m. To-day at auction 10 cases damaged sold at is 4d to rs 9d per lb, and 6 jrs West India Cayanne Pepper at Is 9d to Is Ild. GiNuEu..—There was a better demand to day, and at auc tion 229 bags of African sold at 455, and damaged 24s 6d, there are very lull rates. TAPIOCA. —At aucticn 24 brls Bahia sold at lid for good. RlCE.—East India is not offered under previous terms. The value of Bengal good to fine white is 93 9d to 103 6d, mid to good mid 93 to 9s 6d, broken 8s 3d to 8s 9d, Cargo Bs, Madras pinkey 8s to 8s 6d, Coringa grain 8s 6d to 9s, white Java 9s to Ils 6d, pearl Barley and Arracan 8s 6d to 9s. The auction 870 bgs Moulmein went at Os to 9s 6d for common white, and 6s 6d to 7s for siftings. Cleaned is rather more in request; low to fine Patna at Ils to 16s, Carolina 213 to 275. Sago small pearl is offered at 14s to 17s, large and medium 21a to 243, and common at 103 to 18s. Sago Flour 14s to 14s 6d, and Farinal 16s to 17s. Tapioca 1 Yyd to 4%d. Arrowroot finds a more ready sale ; St. Vincent's at 3d to 4d, Bermuda is ld, East India 8 3 / 4 d to 9 3 4 d per lb. SALTPETRE. — To-day full rates were demanded for Salt petre; not more doing. Of 1,166 bags Calcutta at auction rather more than half sold; 9 1 4 per cent at 275, 12 to 12% ditto 26s 6d, and not refracted 23s 6d to 25s per cwt. TALLow.—The value of old P.Y.C. is 35s 3d to 35s sd, and new 35s Vd to 365. There has not been much done for delivery, still the prices demanded are 37s 3d to 37a 6d for the last three months of the year. Home melted is in fair request, but can be obtained at 353 6d to 36s nett cash. Other sorts of Tallow realized an advance; at auction 150 casks Australian were mostly sold, Beef at 33s to 34s 3d; Mutton 35s 9d; 220 casks South American 33s 6d to 35s 9d; 25 casks Bel gium melted 35s 3d, and 111 casks Vegetable Tallow Z 63 to 383 6d per cwt. For auction 1,200 packages Tallow are declared. OILS. —A fair demand exists for Cod at 341 to 34/10a per ton. Seal is firm, pale at 301 103 to 301 15s, and other sorts 291 to 301. Southern is wanted at 321 to 341. Sperm 85l to 881. Headmatter 901 to 921. Olive stock is on the increase. Gallipoli at 42/ lOs to 434 and other sorts 401 to 421. In Cocoa Nut Oil several contracts have been concluded; Co chin at 345 6d to 365, Sydney at 31s to 325, and Ceylon 33s to 355. Palm met with a fair demand; good and fine realized 25s 6d to 26s 6d. Linseed Oil is in much better request; there are not sellers under 26s on the spot. Prices are not better for Rape Oil yet man arcels have been sold ; brown at 28s 6d to 293, pale 303, Wtl refined Foreign 30s 6d to 31s. Lard Oil is held for 42s to 51s. Ground Nut sells very slowly at 301 per tun. At auction 50 hhds of East India Fish Oils at 251 5s to 271 lOs per tun. 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Foreign Geld inbare.. f 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 o Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• 0 4 10% Silver in bars •• •• •• •• 0 5 0 COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, Prince Al fred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanl e y , Lord C ol ville , and Lieutenant-Colonel F. 11. Seymour, went at half past nine o'cl oc k y es t e rday morning , to the Gallery of Illustration in Regent-street, and inspected the movin g diorama illustrating the campaigns of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Hor Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal party returned to the Palace at 11 o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse. back yesterday morning, attended by Lieutenant-Col. F. H. Seymour. The Qaeen and Prince Albert, attended by the Coun tess of .Desart ' Lord Colville , an d Lieutena nt - Colonel F. 11. Seym our , went at three o'clock yesterday afternoon to Claremont, to pay a visit to the Countess de Neuilly and the French Royal Family, travelling from the Nine Elms to the Eshor station of the London and South- Western Railway, and returning to town by the same. Her Maj es ty an d his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, attended by the Countess of Desart, Earl Talbot, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant- Colonel F. H. Seymour, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth, went to Claremont yesterday, to pay a visit of congratulation to the Countess de Neuilly, en the return of her natal day. Her Royal Highness the Dachess of Kent, attended. by Lady F a n n y Howard, honoured the perf o rmance of the French Pl a y s w ith her presence last evening. A deputation from Burnham, consisting. o f Mr. Allen and Mr. Pooles (introduced by Mr. W. Miles , M.P.) had an intervi ew w ith Lord John Manner s, at the Office of , Public Works and Buildings, Whitehall -place, yesterday, in reference to the Provisional Order of the General Board of Health, applying t he Public Health Act to Burnham. The Marquis of Salisbury bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Whipule yi-stertia), of t! e II .111, count Hardinge had also an interview with the Right Lion. Gentleman. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 26._ BILL.-ADJOURNED:DELIATE. (Continued from our Fourth Edition of yesterday.) Colon-1 LINDSAY said the best evidence of the ne cessity of en augmentation of our defensive force was to be found in the two Militia Bills proposed by two separate Governments. Having corrected some errors into which some previous speakers had fallen with re gard to the amount of effective force at the disposal of this country, the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman said he was decidedly opposed to adding to our home forces by recalling troops from our colonies. The question of protecting our colonies ought to be considered abstract edly, and quite apart from any plan for forming a hesr.) As a soldier, of course, he should prefer 20,000 regularly disciplined men to 80,000 milithmen; but then he wanted troops for our gar risons. Surely, if they were to take the course of in creasing the standing army, 8,000 men would not be enough to add to it. Lass than 20,000 men increase would not be &ufficient to put the country in a proper state of defence. Well, then, they should next con sider the expense of their standing army. The total number of men voted for the standing army was 101,837. For the purpose of ascertaining the expense of such army let them deduct the officers ' who cost the country nothing except their pay.—(A laugh.) The number of non-commissioned officers and men would then stand stand 97,418. The total pay of these men amounted to 1,866,2574; their clothing was 287,3791. — total, 2,153,6361. Now, the pay and clothing of 20,000 additional men . in this proportion would amount to 472,641/. The money required to raise these men, being 51. for each, would amount to 100,060/.—total, 572,6411. But where were they to put these 20,000 men ?—(Hear, hear.) They muse provide new barracks for them, and also devote is large sum for good-conduct money, for hospital accommodation, for the movement of troops, for coals, candles, great coats, and for the sub sequent incomes to the pensioners. A sum of 65,0001. or 70,0001. must then bo added to the expenditure. Much had been said in reference to the volunteer system. From what they had lately seen of the enthusiasm of the people, ho believed that in the event of danger they would find plenty of volunteers, but he was afraid they never could be relied on as an efficient body. The Duke of Wellington was opposed to the volunteer system for the defence of the country. In 1811, in one of his dispatches to Lord W. Bentinck, that illus trious man wrote to this effect :—" The enthusiasm of the people is very great, bat I would never trust any thing to the enthusiasm of the people." Now every objection that had been urged against the Bill before the House would apply equally to the Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for London.—(Hear, hear.) One of the objections of the Noble Lord to the measure was that the bounties would induce a great number of bad characters to join the militia. He (Colonel Lindsay) was of opinion that it might; but they would probably get a much larger number of bad characters by the adop tion of the substitute system.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it was objectionable to pay the whole of the bounty money at once ; but if they distributed it over a certain period of time they would be more likely to se cure proper steady men. These men might be drilled by good sergeants at such periods of the day as would not interfere with their ordinary occupations. He would also suggest the propriety of drilling them by companies and never by battalions. Ile would support the second reading of the Bill. Mr. CARD WELL thought it was their duty to sup port the second reading of the Bill. Under any circum stances, when the Government asked th© House to con sider a measure which they declared to be necessary in order to preserve their shores from invasion, they would be undertaking a solemn responsibility if they offered any opposition to it. How much greater would that respon sibility be on this occasion, when they considered that there had been so greet a concurrence of opinion between the present and the preceding Governmeut as to the ne cessity of examining their national defences carefully, in order to the placing them in the position in which the people of this great empire had a right to expect that they should be placed. It had been proposed to increase the standing army, and another proposal was that they should withdraw a portion of their troops from their co lonial possessions in order to secure to the people here a larger proportion of military protection. Now he thought that this was a most reasonable proposition, and ho hoped that it would meet with due attention in the proper quarter. But that was a measure which could not be accomplished in a day. It must occupy a considerable period of time to accomplish it.—(Hear, hear.) When they invested some of their colonies with considerable powers of self-government, he thought it but fair that they should be required to provide for their own military protection, and thereby save this country from paying for it. But these were all reasons why they should go into the consideration of this Bill. They were rant by an argument—and there is certainly a general impression prevailing ont of doors—that they were about subjecting this country to a system of forced conscription to be carried on by the instrumentality of the ballot. He did not think after so many years of peace that they would ever succeed in carrying such a system into effect. In Mr. Norman's able pamphlet, in which ho reviews the burdens of this country compared with others, the writer says—" France is ground down by a system of military conscription which must be regarded as a large and unascertained pecuniary tax. England, however, is totally free from a military conscription." He (Mr. Cardwell) understood that it was intended to work this measure by a system of voluntary enlistment; and the probability of a forced conscription was to be the last resort, which it was not intended to carry into operation. Whatever this country might be disposed to submit to under the severe exigency of immediate danger, he was of opinion that there was So possibility in times of peace of inducing the people to submit to anything like forced conscription.— (Hear, hear.) What was the step they were now about to take ? Surely they were bound to consider how the law at present stood. The 42d George 111., is. 90, was an enduring law. It stands upon the statute-book, and was in permanent operation. For nearly twenty years they had annually dealt with it by passing a law sus pending its operation for twelve months; and within that law they had left a power which might be exercised by an Order in Council to suspend the suspending law, and to revive the enduring law. If, then, they defeated this Bill upon tho second reading, the House of Commons would find itself placed in this predicament : the Mi nister would say, " I told you, upon my.responsibility, that this kingdom is not safe from foreign invasion. My predecessor has told you the same thing.—(Hear, hear.) You, therefore, cannot dispute it. You have, however, refused to go with me into an inquiry into the details of a Militia Bill I have proposed in order to remedy this evil. If yo u thou g ht that my mitigatory cl auses wore not strong enough, in the Committee upon my Bill youens m ight, if you wished, have mov e d suc h alterati as you thought proper, but instead of your doing so you rejected my Bill altogether . upon the second reading. I shall not, therefore, ask you for au annual suspension Bill, because I do not think that our shores are safe from foreign invasion. I shall put in operation the statute of George 111.. and I shall proceed by c ompulsory conscriptio n t h rough t h e means of the ballot. If your constituencies do not like such a proceeding I cannot help it. The responsibility rests w ig s you for rejecting my Militia Bill. I, therefore, will no t hold myself responsible for th e a d opt i on of the ot h er alternative into which you yourselves have driven me." __(Dear, hear.) He said then that out of respect to the Crow n, acting upon the advice of successive Cabi nots—out of respect to the safety and independence of the country, and also by that jealousy of compulsory con scription, they were bound to adopt the second reading of this Bill.—(Hear, bear.) If they were actuated by t hi s spirit they might be able to establish a mode by w hi c h preliminary arr angements could be made for the proper organization of a militia, and at the same time guard against the danger of compuls o ry conscr ipti on . They would thus be placing the Minister in a state that would compel him to be answerable for the safety of the country. Under such circumstances he could not recon cile it with his conscience to do otherwise than vote for the second reading of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CHAPLIN reminded the House of the necessity of affording every facility for the transport of troops from one end of the country to the other. The Presi dent of France and his Government were taking the most effectual measures for the completion of such rail way communication, by branch lines from Rouen to Caen, and from thence to Cherbourg. Although a Bill had been passed in 1848 for a line of railway from Sa lisbury to Exeter, in consequence of several untoward circumstances that had subsequently occurred, it was never carried out. If the Government would but con sent to advance 550,0001. at 3 per cent. interest, for thirty years, he pledged himself to place such unques tionable security in the hands of the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer as would satisfy him of its validity.—(A laugh.) Admiral BERKELEY said it was generally agreed upon that the defences of the country were not in a satisfactory state. The Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton (Lord Palmerston) said that there were two measures open to the House to adopt : one was an increase of the standing army— the other was the calling out of the militia. Bat he was rather surprised to find it never struck the Noble Lord that there was another plan which might be resorted to--namely, a force to be raised by volunteers. This might be done at one-half the expense pf either of the other plans, an d would prove much more eff ect i ve for the object they had in view. The Noble Lord spoke of the French being en abled to raise 50,000 or 60,000 men in Cherbourg, but he did not tell the House how these men were to be t r ansported across the Channel. Now there were, no dou bt, a great many difficulties in the way of increasing the defences of the country. Every Gentleman who had spoken on the subject ap peared to have a favourite nostrum of his own to pro pose. An Hon. Gentleman connected with the railway interest of the country had ,just proposed his nostrum, which he, no doubt, thought the most valuable that they had as yet considered. Nothing was more ridiculous than to magnify the resources at our command. It was quite AT absurd as the panic that had been lately t h row n over the country. The proposition he was about to submit was ono that would not cost the country 200,0001. He would only ask the House to vote for the navy 4,000 men and 1,000 boys. By givingthat number, in addition to what the Admiralty had at pre sent, he would undertake to say that they would have a fleet of 30 steamers in the Channel, none of which would be under 900 or 1,000 tons burden, armed with the most valuable guns fore and aft; and six other steamers of a larger class. These would present a formidable force before which he would defy any en emy to stand. He would tell th e N o bl e L or d t h at i t wou ld take 5 0 or 60 vessels to embark those men ho spoke of as being r ead y for action at Ch e rb ourg , an d it would take as many more vessels as he proposed to equip to protect them in the Channel. They should recollect they o•ere not , talkine of the e•iren - inn 0:;—, rioce of war, but they weirs ' Ito cuobidee now tn.' could bast guard 11,;aii.s a 3a:pri.o and an attempt to invade our shores while they were undefended. Comequensl7l the ettelW I n U s t be by steamers, and by nothing else. The enemy must get together 90 or 100 steamers be!ore they dared io venture across the Channel. With such a fhTt as he proposed there was no British officer fit for his situa tion who would not be able to destroy the force of the enemy before it could effect a landing upon the English shores. He should like to see them attempt to disem bark upon our shores in the face of such a 'force.— (Hear, hear.) Firmly and honestly he was convinced that if they would place such a force ea he had describd in the hands of the Admiralty, they need not fear I).hy surprise, nor even that the coast would be invaded. That force ho wished to see kept always at hand, and that no Government should be permitted to leave the country without it. Do that, and the desired end would be attained at a much cheaper rate than it could be by the establishment of the militia, and at a cheaper rate than any force they could hope to raise by the present Bill. Having said this much, it was now his duty to de clare that he should vote against the measure before the House. In doing so, however, he knew he should be taunted by the Hon. Gentleman opposite that he had voted for the Bill of the Noble Lord late at the head of die Go . vcrnment.—(Hear, and a laugh.) But circumstances were now changed—(An ironical cheer)—and so changed that he believed lion. Members opposite would be inclined to admit them as a valid argument. Hon. Members of the Government said that, notwithstanding what their prin ciples might be, they would abide by the decision of the country at the approaching elections. Up to the period when the Noble Lord's Bill met with the fate it did at the hands of this House ho wee not aware of any certainty of his own constituents who had presented petitions against the Bill. But; since the measure of her Majesty's present Ministers bad been under consi deration, the table of the House had been nightly covered with petitions against it, and his own constitu ents alone had presented no less than eight. In op posing the Bill, therefore, he was only following the example of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and bowing to the will of the country.—(Hear, hear. and laughter.) In conclusion, the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman assured the Government that, if they would endeavour to per suade the House that the plan ho had suggested was the really national, constitutional, most proper, and wisest mode of raising a force to defend the Channel, they might'rely upon having his support in the task of carrying it into effect. The Hon. A. DUNCOMBE said that as he chanced to be the only member of the Board of Admiralty a' that moment in the House, he had to ask the indulgence of the House while he addressed to it a few observations upon the present Bill. It was admitted on all hands that the defences of the country were not in either a satisfac tory or safe state—indeed, they had had that admission on Friday night from the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell), though strangely enough, the Noble Lord adduced the fact as a reason for not supportine the Bill.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It appeared to him (Captain Dun combo), therefore, that the Noble Lerd when in power, had proposed and supported a Militia Bill from a sense of duty; but that he now opposed it for the sake of party.—(Cheers.) Still, however that might be, he could have wished that the Noble Lord—powerful as he was both in this House and the country—had not, or the moment, at all events, obtruded party principles into the consideration of a measure like this, but have left it to be calmly and dispassionately considered in Committee.—(Hear, hear.) Ho bAlieved that by fol lowing the two pilot balloons, which the Noble Lord sent up in the early part of Friday evening, he would soon find himself in shoal water.—(Hear, hear.) And he was sorry to observe that the Gallant Admiral was going to shape his course in the same manner; for sure he was that no person would be less anxious to get into shoal water than he.—(Cheers.) Many persons said thoy had a right to look to the navy to protect our shores, and that before an invading force had an opportunity of landing, the navy should bo held responsible for making mincemeat of them.—(Hear, hear.) To this he was quite inclined to sow, provided we had at the present moment a powerful and efficient navy at our disposal. That our navy was efficient, he admuted ; but that it could efficiently perform all the duties which were re quired of it in protecting our commerce and impressing piracy in various parts of the world, and at the same time afford a powerful and efficient defence for the country—that he was not prepared to admit.—(Hear, hear.) Neither could he subscribe to the doctrine put forward by the Gallant Admiral on a recent occasion, with reference to the possibility of lining the Channel with powerful war-steamers at signal distances from one another. But even admitting that we could find the vessels, he (Captain Duncombo) doubted very much if they could find the men.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted very much that the Gallant Admiral, who had been so recently connected with the naval affairs of the country, had not left as a legacy to his successors in office the 4,000 men and the 1,000 boys of whom he had spoken, instead of that crude and ill-digested measure, a naval reserve; for he (Captain Duncumbe) foresaw great difficulty in carrying out the one, but none in car rying out the other. Having made these remarks, he had only further to say, that however much they might prefer having a large, a powerful, and efficient navy at their call, he believed that, in the present temper of the country, they c ould get a greater amount of force at a less expense by adopting the present Militia Bill. Mr. al. MILNES thought it the duty of every Hon. Member to give the Bill a fair consideration, however unpopular it might be asserted to be out of doors, and he could not conceive how any Hon. Member who had deemed it his duty to support a similar measure when introduced by the late Government, could refuse to give his assent to the principle of the present Bill.—(Hear, hear.) In principle the two Bills were alike, and in matter of detail the present had, in his opinion, the advantage of the late Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill of the Noble Lord was more stringent, more likely to create discomfort iu the people. Ile did not support the Militia Bill because he thought there was danger of invasion. A Militia was not a force likely to repel suc cessfully such an invasion. —(Hear, hear.) The reasons for establishing a militia were of a larger and deeper nature. The progress made in Europe since 1815, when peace was established, had tended by no means to in crease the security of this country. He found that all those points on which England was likely to come to open controversy and disputes with foreign powers had increased rather than diminished. Ho found that up to a very late period there had been a continued tendency to the maintenance of peace; but the extravagant hopes of the Liberal parties had bred a reaction, and the con sequence now was the establishment of despotic Govern ments throughout the whole of Europe. The tendency of those Governments must essentially and necessarily be—hostility to England. They could not exist in prosperity without displaying (and perhaps exercising) that hostility. The prospects of this country, in its relations to foreign powers, could not, there fore, be considered satisfactory; and the House was acting wisely to lay the ground by preparations which were neither expensive, nor interfered too greatly with the time and labour of the people, for each a permanent force as might act when necessary as a military reserve, and at the same time in some degree keep up in the minds of the people the daily consciousness that they might be called upon to risk their lives in defence of their homes and country. A militia force of 80,000 would prove more efficient than an addition of 8,000 men to the regular army. The first expense would undoubt edly be great, but would ultimately be much decreased. He thought that there was no reason why the youth of the country, especially in the manufacturing districts, should not be military disciplined and organised, and prove as orderly when under arms and afterwards as the army or the yeomanry.—(hear, hear.) Such diacipline would, in his opinion, leave them better than it them.—(Hear.) There were some inconsistencies in the Bill, to Bill, but the principle of the Bill ought not there f ore what be opposed. Experience and practice would show . modifications were necessary. He should not give his fou nd vote in favour of the second reading. Mr. BERNAL contended that it had voted argument to say, that because Hon. Members e to be brought to allow the Bill of the late Governmen u ht to vote for in and read a first time, therefore th l ey . w—a(sfinehoatrra: consistent the second reading of the present Bil free to confess that he did not feel from o it. And that himself ge bound o one, nd to h sup was port or d the he measure member forwh iciahonwdaosn.intyroadruced by the Noble L e t j h u a s t ti l fi f e d t this hear Mr. Cardwell produce was sorry to he hesitated not to declare at once.—(Hewarh,ahtehaer.)migHhet call an argument in terrorem, Bill were rejected the Government when w h o e ul d said, i • putting coming down and proposi n g the co n tinuance of th e existing enactments relative to the militia , and country. He (Kr. Bernal) thought that an them in force, and instituting the ballot throughout the y Govern ment would pause before it resolved upon incurring the responsibility of taking such a step as that.—(Hear.) What were the arguments which were produced in favour of the principles of a Militia Bill? That of the Hon. Member for Pomfret (Mr. Milnes) was, that the whole of the Governments of Europe were combined against us. Now was this, ho asked, an illusion or a romance? (Hear, hear.) He, for one, was inclined to think it was both—(Cheers)—for scarcely a fortnight had elapsed since assurances were given to this House that the most friendly spirit and the most amicable relations existed between the Governments of Continental states and the Government of this country.—(B ear , hear.) Was that true, or was it not? If it were true, what then became of this argument for the establishment and maintenance of a body of 80,000 militia men?—(Cheers from the Radical benches.) Further, he would appeal to those Hon. Membe rs w h o were acquainted with the professional part of the subject, whether it was possible that in 18 or 21 days the men could be trained to manceavre in com panies,ler or in f act to d o anyt hi ng more than to sh ou lder wasoud a Then arms, and go th roug h t h e goose st e p. To hiaal. manifest delu s i on t o su pp ose that they could. who t were the men with whom they proposed to fill the ranks of their militia? Did they suppose t h a t they were men of high, refined, and hono ura bl e sentiment 7 Whatever the gallantry of the s oldier, h (Mr. Bernal) which tempted a man one of the principal arguments other part of feared that the argumentum ad crumenam was usually Members think that, with a the world. Did MII4 able to et a description of men to serve as a soldier either here or in any 61. bounty, they would be the seco nd y ear after they d the fact, and was very much had enlisted? He doubted d to have recourse to a e who would fall into rank in afraid that they might be . o . obliged bounty to a man who did not make his appearance should statutary enactment, providing that . the 61. paid as be recovered as a debt in one of her Maj , sty's courts of law.—(A laugh.) If we came to the chance of an ac tual invasion, he believed that we should want neither bounties nor compulsion in the shape of a conscription to obtain the necessary force; but he did not think that the levy of 80,000 men, as proposed either by the Bill of the late or that of, the precont Government, would be a safeguard against such an event. In the last war there was a force which lined our coast, and whatever objec tions were raised to that force, he freely confessed that it was a useful force in many respects. He alluded to t i e' TB It) the r,s. , . ; ,„:00r flivi Rimed , t low; pike to be nsekl doronliilig their guns, euch a hybrid force as that might in case of danger be spread al ong th e coas t, and act i n its dpfeuce with very great efficiency. But as to the principle of this Bill, he for one felt that he was not justified in sup porting it, because he opposed the principle of raising, whether voluntarily cr by compulsion, 80,000 militiamen at this particular juncture.—(Hear.) Mr. I)EEDES said the Hoe. Member who last spoke had told the House that he did not for a moment doubt that it an invasion of this country took place there would be men enough found ready, willing, and able to defend its shores. He (Hr. Deecles) bad an equal confis deuce with the Hon. Gentleman in the readiness, wile fineness, and gallantry of his countrymen; but h e be' every reason to believe, and history confirmed the belief, that those good qualities which they possessed would be made more valuable it they bad the advantage of sone military training and discipline.—(hear, bear.) 01 1, e , reason why he would impress upon the House the se t vantage of some preparation being made was that if tt i were understood that the country were prepared,it tvote' be a great step puled towards preventing the P° l3i c i bility of en invasion.—Bear, hear.) Ile obser ve, that the tone of the debate this evening had differete, very materially from that of Friday nigh Ou Friday the objections to the m easure ° the Government were very varied is their character' generally mesh in their matter, and did not present eel real or substantial opposition to the principle of the B 1 In the first place hed the Hon. and Gallant Genera they (Sir De L lte tce Evans) telling the House that he baticfi-t o, awn to the principle of the Bill; that he admit" .ve. was necessary to do something with the view of pla t ; the country into a proper state of defence; but thee , ot added, tie (lid not thick the measure of the Gov ern e 2 ; l o would accomplish tbat object. With respect to w hat been said as to the number of petitions presented seine _ n the measure, they sould remember that the q uestle s touched tue pocket of John Bull, and the argurnentuo pocket—(Laughter)--was one on which they sl i t, not always implicitly rely; for on such point the En t were likely to take the most short-sighted view of t il l ' o e true interests. One word as to the speech of the :bent Gentleman who bad seconded the amendment e he Rich.) That lion. G en tl eman a t fi rs t relied for to, defence of the country on a reserve force e f fi Pe eet t sioners, then he shif te d hi s re li ance t o the and subsequently to th e rura l po li ce . IridePeeee n t ee of the inconsistency of such a mode of argument: ne e Hon. Gentleman ought to have remembered that i ll , " — tee of difficulty the rural police would be required try is preservation of peace and the protection of proPell t ee the rural districts. With respect to the characte r . e „ s eie men for a militia force, he knew of no method be' ;e l s e' the ballot box, by which the Noble Lord would 0— e . none but the most eligible characters and ine sr e r e os ceptionable men; and he had h ear d w i t h tee ee n the surprise the Noble Lord express his opposition of the present measure, for there w a s no t one wore i e Noble Lora's speech on Friday ni g ht a gainst t " e e te ere that would not apply with equ a l force to thelt proposed by the Noble Lord before leaving °liable was not for him to impugn the motives of the e t ee' Lord; it would be for the country to decide UP teat conduct of the Noble Lord is the matter when °e,t o o) , side of the House and on the other (the OPP° s „ l ",, s ted Something, however, ought to be done, and be f or the that in the conflict of opinion some one measure. ere' ere' proper defence of the country, which was so l e la tively called for, would not be lost. As to the bee were which that defence ought to be provided for, if w , of to give an opinion, it would be in favour of the Pge the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman (Colonel Bei d) e Oce trusted, however, that if the Bill c ere rejected insiders.veoru of h notnrnen t t e wo d u b l i d euceof throw the up altogether the cee s eseeat ti country. He woult,„l3l4clre their encouraging the form a ti on o f volunteer throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. w oe Mr. M. GIBSON said that the measure Wee r e„ - eitl as one of no ordinary importance in the maetlface; sib districts; cud before speaking en the merits of !e 0 0 1 he wished to call the attention of the Attorney' s ° ,4 le to the manner in which the measure was presenlertette the House. In the 28th clause he found that al l P e t() ate chosen to serve under the Bill were to be subjecteof provisions of the 3d of Geo. 111., c. 90, and of ol e l ic of Acts amending that Act. But how were the e 1 1,40 00 Members of Parliament to carry in their minds oe to 0 0 innumerable provisions of Acts, or parts of Act : Vole+ to know the scope of the measure they were nof t eeet ing? Were all those provisions referred to sa l t ifs onethe coitretuhmossetaAnceetse_ofththee42pdreosefn e one Act of Parliament. execution a th m e b ir i p s r e o t e t to be tbe allt would tend the g e r a e s a ei t i l n y co t ° ;.4 die g: setting provisions fl s otrbt hlevitsaid t r provisions e it spec tw a t s tot time? Georget b e e were : 0 1 03 c a l :oi t i e ft a o fir o et ub r A i e c el comprised in one Act. He thorry-General would explain why the practieetolidal' had begun to be very generally adopted; e f er ee n y ol ? leg Acts of Parliament had been departed "e e go, n this very point Mr. Baron Parke, a short din e v COY the case of "Hart v. the Eastern Union Railtiest%ulti it patty," observed that "there was no small d te' of ober, constructing Acts made up from different Par t :ay no,, t ,' Acts, which were partly repealed and P II ;Of 1 `;„ - e That was the opinion of Baron Parke;. o treete Learned Judge experienced a difficulty le e e , f ° f i c elit t e," o such Acts of Parliament, what must be there s Members of Parliament and the general nieriloice e '' industrial community? That he took as a P n r.f ii Th e i o and he thought valid objection to the .e 1 . 1 1; o olt as L ougt o take Bille preset Bill, and eal° - t ied.e future time with a mere n likely to be elltreoe the had given notice of an amendment to P ea t i,otte° t ee measure to another Parliament. which be e r e at " g 0 reasonable proposition, seeing that they eddy 0 ' 9 "; close of the present Parliament, and that a o ee crof, lution had been announced by the Minister " of o t res w oe' For when it was proposed to resuscitate 1 to y, th?: had been discontinued for nearly half a t 3 .1 3 1,000 should have the advantage of a genera' palest' Pot fore deciding upon it, so that they I,don e o the satisfaction of knowing that whatever w 0 t of to the matter in another Parliament had the o ns t e b e ola t to c untry. The manner of tbeir proceeding 000 0 at present was most unconstitutional. if tbe k 1 11° 00 , - be governed according to public opinion --- "e lo itei ld opinion of the intelligent portion of the cocain ot eee rt a Noble Lord in another place expressed it --w to a l i t e bo be their objection to deferring the WOO ° , 0 p0 0 ;10 Parliament? Did they wish to steal a 11ov: 1 ' 02 00 ( o country, fearing that Members would be re o.t h eti • If b Parliament pledging to vote against it lo re fo e conduct deserved the utmost reprobation. ' ' 0 011 1 .4 no doubt been a panic; but, like most panicet e r efecepe athpeur object pe in n t v h i a e d w a • arnddlynloawstedthlaotng ewnaosugjey dying t he 0. ; re, unanimous opinion of eminent politicians as the e w sv o s u s l d currence of those distinguished individuals in r 13 _",..,,,at0: a a p h pe o a t l i e r d a t . o.. n i ti i l s p t lw ee cosily for su nn ih l a as m osse e cit a ,h su ey r had no weight with him. In 1846 the Canoe% Ministry proposedsaaggaaMiinnissititatniiatd:hßeapi generalul measure, l p a se meetingut rt fee e n essivola: mer e i e e le 5 fe • 00 1 and iaterleysopirtietsioe u o i r ti John Russell) brought in red Bill after similar opposition the 14°7 u s N i i t so i th o r n lye strance , Bill was also dropped; end s tr ong i'bw Lord went even further, for he reduced the • nt rj; ni oie the regular army. The agreement, then, 01 ,ee e eilet e '0 liticians on the subject carried no weight ft 0f 031 ep 0 would appear, indeed, a s if there was a draft e d Bill in wdi t ra i s h e rPd et a gP , t Bill in some pigeon -hole in tee Home-office , panic arose out came the Militia Bill; Le e feel bats again to the pigeon-hole, showed it displeasure, in went the Mili tia delO V say would be the case with respect to the P re po od,ne sure, which he felt convinced would not be l? Wool the second reading, and so he would atiootiostee If it were pressed, it and b ile against a storm of opposition in the coun tr e ley, /f ,egbs attempt to force such a measure upon the 0 3e - be freeelso it would fail for want of co-opera e ion, we nw 'eciti e gle° with i the most dangerous consequences in n % otter!" disaffection and discontent of the people. But t he viito the panic which bad been so nicely got uP ee ,'e e. et elei ts rep sion had subsided, the Hon. Member for 11 ' 6 " Seed' (Mr. Newdegats)Ntothefrortsi get up, end, in the style, talked of what he called the feeling e r oe ° rte nation of a prince who rules in a Deighbourinfiteler.fete and delivering himself in the most oracular i;igsiii/ ceeded to deal out to them the so:eeten ar l b ete e ' tabled in the Duke of Wellington's letter t the b e d a production that was much laughed a t _ t to ' But when Honourable Gentlemen e pee h e of the Duke of Wellington's they not themselves act upon that sure Or' 9 3 So far from doing so, they brought in a nos t he he t; distinct from that which was contemplated bYboventle of Wellington, who required a force ready at peed' needed, and not the militia which they Prl c i had heard with regret the curacy ord (fen_toesteeice advice, fificioel, ot iep ston) speaking with painful ac of the b p *roe of railways to Cherbourg and other portt r a r ; e te country to the water's edge, and put on boo bed 0 ; ye troops could be conveyed from various P a 1 0 0 '0 at once, to be landed with the utmost bore e°„ro' shores of this country. But those railway s o ke as ; to o, made; and though all that the Noble Lord 9 P. vo llf 0 ot Liable. might be so, and was so, the queation e ee siti e o was it becoming or prudent in men in th e e r ot e t ar eet the Noble Lord and of Members of that P e e , toile° he always imputing secret and unworthy deeige be i Pejo; neighbouring friendly nation? Ought do es ov constantly dealing out those stupid intlee"ee, 0 ' ore a neighbouring power for the Pore We hot ter, taining an increase of our own forces k now e v e °: always assuming in this country that ' o3 , g 0 00,t e ifer A . how to govern France than the °"' t eelneeeree her inhabitants knew how to govern in to forc e It appeared to him that the less te' s el Oa ear in the affairs of that country, or expatiateo 00,ere of government, the better it would be for 11: 10 ele i role ((Palmerston) But the best answer to the speech of tt Fo ra d e :; 0 10 r . Lord ou the oewcaassiaonsp w e h ec e h n dheislinveorend. Friendlstulib'oitihicetioPeot:olo Y be House a motion on the suhjcct for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden) it o , err p le rec ater or, cs: i tration. In that speech the Noble Lor. „ the 101 1 ip practice of instituting comparisons - wee wore 1 1 10 of France and this country, and disc ry de t as to the continuacte of public tinge tote er , t we betweeed 0 11 France being prompted by hostile fees' poteoe'a country, and condemned such suspicioll.s,fh seel w re see t anti likely to lead to the hostilities win t he Poe be apprehended. What were the facts _Li ef I ho e t pre; ease? The Honourable and Gallant inoee,e, v etoe s se e tete ment said there were 67,000 troops of ell ' coc i t y ol " io sent in the United Kingdom, exclusive ol eesile ttle t t oe! talions and other forces that would be O OO ebe tb 0 ,0 of A miens, war was inevitable, the g e ein try, env emergency. But in 1803, when, in, the a o leo d ` land forces in the country at the oP c ave et o amounted to 66,574 men—infanl,l3ritisb p od t ol artillery. After Lord Wbitwortb, e ar,, /3, 11 , . h t 1 countret in consequence returned to this e t erotlg, wit" sador, was insulted at Paris the sein e Dl lll ' 11 11 ' ne e t e t ° mov uient cc tar do • was brought in and cpiekly pass ed td. . leY ! fOr ' ,„ it y until measure was truly ahown, the 0 9 pond on it, then, that whenever thenen e9- th p-- PO