The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-27 00:00:00

Inaba) them to increase their forces. But how stood the facts? So fa; was there from being any just ground to Republic h ost ilit y, t h at t h e P res id ent o f t h e F rench tteeublie had written to the different. powers of Europe giving expe ese e m t o t h e most pacific intentions, which were seconded by a reduction of tee National Guard. That did not look like purposing to use a large utilitery force of regular troops abroad; and in the French navy there was malaria:: beyond ordinary activity. There v.as nothing, then, to show there was any danger to thia country from 'abroad, and whenever anon danger Bileuld appear, immitiont the people would readi . y. give the executive the means of defence.—(Hear, hear.) But there was a danger from letting the executive of this country have a larger disposable military force than the eiteutastances of the country.reqeired. .Give the.. _exe• °l ttive the p ower ' o f garr i son i rg the United Kingdom w ith a militia, while they had 30,000 or 40,000 t0 re gular troops to & pare, a u ra th e y mi g ht then adopt ton e with f ore i gn powers w hi c h would b r i ng about a h ) t th h ve ry war they n e w a ff ec t e d t o d e pl ore . 'c ex perience of history showed that it was deetgs and the. to entrust the Executive of Eewith too Log gland eae a t art' power; but there were no facts to show that,ed to eyla • tut any cause or dispute England had been eubject Sudden invasion from a friendly power . Telluric, of in toion, he (ai r . Gib son ) b a d, in 1848. then that &viand greatest diffi Wa g in persuading a French g n " 8 not lik e ly to i n t er f e re withthe t' t i a; u' rm a of government Which F rance h a d t h en a d o pted, by landing troops on the continent. That gentleman there were two th ings England would never said, do—she would not repeal i the navigation laws, nor ever cease to interfere with the form a o. government on the continent; and he added teat a ll the fuss which was then made in this coun . try Was for the purpose of putting the people in a fighting 444, to further the old pulley of all Governments of this country. He (Mr. Gibson) mentioned this toove that net. only Eeglishmen, but also Frenchmen, 11 )ight suspect ,invasion, and indulge in unf twe e d fear on the subject of internatienel iuterfarence. But the House was told that it was necessary to do tourething to waken up the martial spirit of the people, enervated by a long piece; and that the only my an' or effecting this .object was to call out the notate On that point he a weuld read an extract from Sir Janice Mackintosh ',respecting the mental spirit of the country. [The Hun. Gentleman then read the passage in quo's lion, which was to the of et that a free 'Aaron like Eeet land, full of power and full of order, a:tautened in itself all the essential elements of an army. That the people of England had accordingly proved that in time of ne, d they could be a nation o• warriors, , hough they were not a people of soldiery, and that fa-ern n were brave be cause they relied on themselves 3 With regard to the Manic which had been a.luded to, h. (Mr. Gibson) would add to the valuable quotation made by the Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamwerth another from the same authority —:that ef the late Sir R. Pet 1. in r• f. renew to the Pitnic of 1848. On the 26th of February, 1848. Sir R. F eel 4 , 41 that after th e panic which bed pitor.ilsd, he was Mad to find the alarm of ineasion had ub tad—that he W as rebeved when be la-ned it was pot the ietentiee : If the Gover ement to ma k e any increase in tae melt TY and naval force of the count y . The Noble Lord the thember for Londiat also. said. when the panic• sees over, at though he hail heard much of the iesufficieney of e forc e of the country, the contrary was the case ;`ttist the country was it a state of as wrest strength required to he, and that it had nothing to tear trim j a a , sued es out b reak or hosti li t i es i n any .cparte.r. He r• Gibsan) was iold that he ciught to bow to tee '-:tbority of disieguishe d men on this point, slid he rini willing to do so; but when one pointed out me ti ttira ceand another own erl out another, he e uld, net oeteide which to bow to. In tact, no two of them were hittateet on the sut‘jr-ct. A la -e Leld of the Admi • tYr for instance, had said that evening that an in e4se in the military tree of the country was but the Le d, and that with 4 000 men and boys added to 1/ -13 "3 . he 'would underteke to make all sea. The en. and Gallant General who moved the amereitneet fositibled the nea-ssity of any ineretoe in the ulna:are i)p r eo •of the country. Tteretore, though it Comm te e eau toPtuou., as the Noble Lord the Fast a tttrher of Works steed, in a private member to en fllle an opinion on the suhket of the widens' a new, e when all the authornies disagreed with kt janother on the point. he was compelled udge for himself. A' late Secretary at War n Ih said that the House and the country knew no g about the netional def erces. ard that a prtlitei ttY inquiry was, therefere, ric cessary. A mere con tted mess—in ,fact, a more unsatisfectory cou p for the war party--one mitre mel an ii°lYr one more humiliating, one more a e;et°tY: it was difficult to conceiv e . R etorting ton t tr he e etits of the question, what was supp osed to be done? bo unty of 61. was to be given, and the N o bl e M ember 131:: T iverton s aid that such was his contiden ce i n the n i lT l i ! of England that those men who sh ou ld receive `tmty would come when they were wanted. B e Of i t ,' vr. k ;) admired the generous, confi n ing s pi r i t Noble Lord, but he could not coincide with 1 4 — in his conclusions—more especially as the Hon• ta ezilhe t for West K ent had stated that in his regiment I ° it Ine t here were n o f ewer t h an 800 d esert i ons , an d as i t k . a p r oved fact t h a t botwhstending the terrible ke tilatimer it - award e d ii to desertion, not less than 53,000 ieriode.i- deserted from the regular army in the short th t en Years • To rely, therefore, on seeing (s t rain ose men who had ' once undergone the severity of mili tary displine Mr. G i6 i nro Wa 9 , to say the least of it, nut wise. He v'ould - , doubted, however, whether bounty men t act ; fo r obtainable at all in the manufacturing die r th e at wages were larger than the bounty. In tballetavr the ballot would be bad recourse to. But the trott th t a :i s r a p. p ro u p re et e e o m us p e i r o i ) p m tio e n zt, which would take men °lit he par' and leave their families eon seri t . 'et; and it there was a justification for that ion tou e bporwea:ivnieugmilitary cases, the same justifications x iitertlef,P men to serve in the navy. Such a sot • r, if it was at any time justifiable, was slaters now when, according to the statements of Mi the p4st and present, the countryin the meat Bill bul:aoSaible refatiens with all foreign states. The 01Generfore,the House would take peole back to the time this 8 - u - b ri e las though the feelings of the country on qib.__,Jeet had entirely changed since then. He (Mr. o- ita ti ' a ap a or inqanoe, doubted it I ersona of strong r • ben. ' 1111 25 Would serve even if drawn, seeiag thatricemen % a rea of religion had no business in tee army. Wt,a", to p,, l , ° °uld be done with tie( ea? Would they be cut eg o r Then, as:aie, supposing men with such fey 1- 10 be willin g to rely -, were they to be brought, into lie rt at 't with the bounty men, ;,p-esons for the most tare Wh o had hat it characters, and who ke _ too idle or too vicious to work ? Were young nut' religiously and morally educated to be toad in puelic-houses ;slan with these men, and 4 11 4 1 0 ) herd together in beer - shops and such ? he er 2 l 4would it not be a wrong end an injuetica to t het e s e ""P.'keepera and publicans to bale!, ueon the m tem ' O , O OO men, venom they would have to supply with 114,tinatice at a very reduced ;rate ? In every light, A T ,'" h re,,unde r which the' question was viewee, though 4, 0 -111 b. fore the House might be fitted tor the times of tee George 111., it was not suitabl., for the advanced intelit ta:le of the reign of Vicorta. The-Ever, Hem Score ea! for th e Colonies bad referred to toe militia or the t t .d . to rt . States in support of the measure; .but be fagot ,„1 1 4 te the exact nature of the institution. It was (lily ti4 ; 4 _ ster of the inhabitants capable of bearing arms three pea r a year, at which there was no eninpulsion ap- Ky r, further then-a-trifling fine of 75 cents. Li the six Eleand .S wes, towor r the militia had been we 011_ttia1 y laughed out of exiaeuct. To tell E , glana that The Was au ewe-aanle. to folioes was therefore, lichculous. Blaine, , tae army of sh e d ' k consisted onlv --"States, from, California to were resident t ha rti l l s:l i .9. 000 . nien, while persons who the uniform elf se eZntY Years had never seen ,tates militia as an eiaearp.te Tia quote the United 94. r. Gib-on) a.title eo . Z d t Erlgland gave him e tti little more to the th tormtvion conveyed by th e t ,t e ttn. S o me years sinee• tea s cre gt ll Hen. Gentle tbs. aubt. and their ‘ J oited States bad addressed .the hi heat eirouLarrYtat War .of the 14 tlita e , o ffice rsin the States o n tl'aPlies were uniformly adv. tae to the a - la officers, General Cadwallader, militiaiee, One of oaliultotofthveinse;;, Awart;•- a;ad"the effect of the musters on the moral s ot te ! p v e ts o ni l a e • k a t most injurious ,, for that riot , drunkenness, mud tin ae'telity were the order of th m e il d it a a y ry at p ; g et said the mtletia, in a ()Il e than useless,inasmuch as these visa, Were % eh o insubordination °nlr f and vice Tne,sama teatico,,;,,y He (Mr. Gibson) fait stronely 13 - I: ‘ 36 rne by the others. am a abtibject, end he wished to exprees himself strongly, tits `lcflea should bear in mind that they w f e r it t e nn gia lag to thft hp some 13,000 or 14,000 young men Yorkshire alone—the seat of the h princ ipal w.uld be no actur e 'teen • a of this country—and tbat 444 interrtiption to Ale predictive t in is dustry of the themselves, a e t ea c !) and no 'light injustice to the men large earn- , 14 4 "ohla beecOmpelled thereby to e e ' e 4h d nerbeent lose . al tog, then 41 1estl h therefore, h th i e o i r r " e o m i e d loyments. 4l et ed Y- °Pe ei t RE that the measure wou ld hea led • RBERT .said the Right Hon. Gentleman "tat e of lae nitlitie as as aggreesive tur . e e conducive to a eop t on the I ctatga warfare; ho (Mr. S. Herber) , Toe ttlet i l t 4 3 % ., vievve r l. it as a measure purely_ of peace. bun. Gentlemen :poke of the two Militia B.Tfshaiss ( 2 4 r. E t ' e n passed 'deflate; a period cif fetes ign w a r 'Nr e b ' aerberes) recollection served hie! right th ala i pe tt re "th passed , in periods ef peace—ehe Bill of 1786, come rneneetnera of the peace which loilowed the tt of the A merican war. and the 42,1 George 111., oe;41,11 180 2, after t h e conc l usion of the war, whic h toe: in the year preceding. The facts were not, there eone contorinity with the statements of the Right tide on t ' v nt l•baan. . The Elan. Member for Tamworth had 7 t) ,Ple - i n ' r ldaY, Lilal. there were three ways by which „Nee,' a prl 2 o4s3.Bttite, could judge of she necessity.ot vlope e roessurea. The first, was the sensitive remifi a th e winto,ree, which vibrated ail over the country 8 her a t aceeta of Oeuger. The Han. Mater s a id to thethe which wade overwhelming efforts to lete...,,Yoblie more rapid information than the Govern es, 'nera was commerce, and there was diplomacy. ' ith rep k eth w er reap ed to 00111CDPTCP, he very much doubted 'lie "I/interest would chair!) , ineicate the state of t aact eta..; w - veer e - or war. Capital hop d to the l ast • e . ",,` a l . ell e e "01 ,1 not, leave its usual eh:valeta unfit "tots "`"•and experience proved Viet in all wars which ,44,4111'4.iYu1y tni. v.. nation, commerce was the first to ;itte. VlTlburgOra s " Zabel of vessels in laostia i tte , eat. 0, therefore, he did nut think commerce. was a 'ttio Null he weuldtake the res- We "Ilan , . urea wake the lien. r e stn melte glee its waren)* But to what 41 1 f , w e to --'•• ...ad we not had warning enough in tin , k Ni he th oug h t " van too much—tor it elm thet the hostile. criticise:in and the essump • were aokaititewhich • h - O L f uuktl3Ced. those -Warnings, ccund to :t thr„ v and textremely iejunicious. For be held httl!tir,.....„;,ltatiosa was the nest juge of it 4 et.vn internal I , t 4 ei gn "3' Iv Airei nee:rainy referited the criiicieres of the e I .r el , e. tithes- on peaks or on s) stee r s of go ut, 11 awe_ Every nation cuneidered that it was their .."88 Ihtil with their ovnalumaf gaernmentf and to chastise parties it guilty. A guat @v l . l in r neighbouring country might he produced from this cause. There might be this reason alkged fur our ctiti cisna, that we did not sympathise with tho operations of the French nation. But that was no reason Why We should doubt that the French nation were perfectly con- tent with their present form of government, and 'with the person whom they had appointed to the highest post. Wiih regard to diplomscy, in that he admitted he bad more cassflienee, because its duty eras to inform itserf of the state of rAaticais with foreign powers. Any want of vigilance or duo exercise of elution would be sure to be visited wish censure. That department acted under heavy responsibility, and when then fue he found. that two Governments hasi - callel on the country to consent to - a Militia Act, he' felt he could - not rainse 'his asisent to it.—(Hear, hear) The Noble Lord (Lord Palmer ston) spike of the difference in our iustilar position. He would not expatiate on that observation. S. • long as the wind blew from the west, and it-did this for threa parts of the a ear — (Lauginer)-- - -certainly the wind had lately-blown from the east nearly a quarter - of a year, b.it there were three still to come, and the - wind might change—hot it esed , ' to be, - so long as the wind 'bkiiw from the west, all whO had the responsibility & gusfrd-. ing our coast, by s- - curing the safety of the might sleep in pesce--that time bad gone by. We hart at present a navy pro-eminent hi efficiency throughout the world. France had is powerful navy, and was the maritime power next in importance to Great Britain. It_ it , Was said, however, th at th e F renc h nav y was inferior nucub rs, and, - perhaps he might add, skill;bubit, had the advantage over our vesse l s, scattere d ove r the world, ca concentration. F rance h a d only o ne important station to guard, th e M e di terranean stat i on . She could aloe carry materials of wa r from her magaz i nes and delo s with more facility. We must alsO not leave ou t'f account, in calculating the pn.bability of a war, tb, port, from which an invading force might her sent; an' we must also see how far our defenda are complete; end where thee are placed as protection to our coasts We had a navy in a very efficient state—in a greatei in state of efficiency than ever was known, He agreed that opinion; bat our navy was our first lime, anc if that - wore brok,n through it b,catne them ti consider what force they had to cam pensats tor that disaster, and to resist oppression csn our shores —(Hear, hear.) A return which bad been much us; 0 in deba;e—moved for, he believed, by the Hon. Member far Montrose—gave, as be would show, a very Llse im pression of the amount of force in our posseission to rs - sist invasion. The return was maved for in an unusuia ;rm, for the Hots. Ms- , caber moved for a retcru of shs largest amount si force in full pay at presplat the to turn showed a fore. of 51,000 f.Deli end 17,000 artillery, making a total of 63 000 men. Now, the usual returi , s always distinguished rank and fib, from servants, band, and Carnal -'e. , , which t gether formed a considerabi hody of o. ens,Tne new return did nothing cif the sort and was th.-re , , , re a delusion so tar as 68,000 athgesi se, ce ass asset!. med. The p"nsionrrs were set down at 16 000-9 000 or 10,000 of this number - were in Eng In 1, Ireland, ;;r Sc-tland, end w.-re the umost the; could be r. ckon, d upon.' Marines ashore were steted to be 5,000, bet when war approached what would beeom , ot these 5,000 met ?—(flear, bear) It was t base to at we dep , nerti upon for mer.ning our steam-fleet. Hs a essuld they be re 11;40-d em; iug the clefetaters tishon -(He :r h. ar.) Then 5,000 set down tar coast guard dssubaat whether the r, v.-nue could dtapeu w;th ;heir service. Then the doeliyaid men in time ; war, he gucpecced, cold not be spared rein the ship , ' awe, —(Hear, hear.) The Irish conssahul ry were tsa sheusano strossg wed a most s fficient body el . men. Bu ne would ask s h e H,,, se wt;ether the state of Ireland wu ouch—whetber war would make such ts dtff, erten in tha ,rate as to romi, , r it Safe or prudent to withdraw tits body of men?—(ll , ar, hear.) For the metropolitan po bee seven thou•and was set down; but he suspected ih, men would be wanted for their beats in London,—(flesr. hear.) When these bodies of men Iv, re enumerated, h. wonnered the country police and gamekeepers were not at the same titre added, because they were jut as avah obi- as the bodies he had enumerated, anti more easy it , be got at. He would state the am Uot of force we reell) did vases% for defence aguinst invasion. We had, witt ariillety, about sixty- tevrn 'thousand men. From the: number must be (I, duct-d twenty-two thoutand, tht number of troops in Ireland; for he &tinted wheth,; in the e•:se of war, we could withtirsw those troop row Ireland. This left us forty-five thousand men Fr7tm this number we must deduct the sick, the oeberters, the recruits, officers' serrants, an( others not produeeable in line, fie would put tbe umber at one-seven h. Competent fficers had va ried between one-fifth and one-eighth ; he, however, took the number at one-seventh, and that lett us wirt 38,000 men. From tbi-t number must be deducted 5 00(1 for tne d.-fence of the Cbannel islands, Guernsey. Jersey, &c Tnete were other deducti , ns, which vrowd r. due the available number to 29,000; but to this nunane, must be added - the pecsionete, snich, after deduc•ing thr old and unserviceable pen toners, would give an additior of between 7,000 and 8 000 wee, making the effectiv, strength for defence about 37 140 men. But then e r , must have men to (Wenn our forts and arsenals. Ports mouth would r. q u i re 5,000 men , Plymouth 5, 000 men. P ,, mb,oke 3 000. Th e n t h ere was Sh e erhesl, Cnterham. Woolwich, Deptford, Putfleet, and Tilbury. which WOW require at least 10,000 men. Its short, with yetiniant. , anti constabulary, he did not think, including infantr) and cavalry , sveeuuld dept-nd on more than 28,000 mei tor deenee. Now, this , wa., not a force that m'ght b. conisidered as peritct in tfficiency. It would be - toutic to be cJwposi d of Emall bodies utiaccuAciard to act to- getrer, and not, theiettore, to efficient as if trained an( dismplined to act in concert. It must also be recollected that in Great Britain there wet, constant demands for troops to aid the civi power. In large and populous districts, should war b. declared, trade would receive is cheek, employment would c. ate, food wuu:d rise. Wt uld the workman, not alto• gether tractable in peace, rest tractable in war, with al. no d.sconteme aggravated? By denuding these ccuritie f of the small force now required, Government would rut great risks. He wanted to ask the House to consider ba what methods this deficiecey of &fence was to be met? The Noble Lord the Member for London proposed en augmentation of the pensioners, but be thought th, number of pensioners was not capable of any very great augmentation; in fact, if an increase, instead of a de crease, as anticipated by the late Secretary at War, was anticipated, he thought the hope would prove a delu sien. The Noble Lord did not object to 10,000 embodied m il itia . S 'me Hon. Gentleman proposed an augments teen of the regular army. There was a particular school which objected to a standing army, but the standing army received an almost unanimity of praise. The -regular soldier was more effieient, but his cost was much more than the militiaman. The question to decide was whe ther the greater efficiency of the regular soldier was com pensated ny the greater outlay. The obj ,, ct to look at was which was the best and cheapest peace establishment— the best able co tie enlarged to a war establishment if the necessity should arise—which was the most suscep tible of enlargement, a standing army without the asi.ist &ince, or with the assistance of. a militia, suppose war wad to take place, and it became requisite to enlarge tie army to 80 000 men ? In 18-16 the largest nu m b er of stediere were enlisted iu one year, to meet the demand. owing to wars in India; the numberealisted was between 22 ; 000.and 23,000 men. To Weep a force of 12,000 men to 80,000, would, at that rate, require three years. Now, we lend this experience with militia, that in the last war 100,000 miOiett volunteered into the line. These men wound nut have tteen had if they had not been its the militta. In 1813, 19,000 militia went into the regular army. Ho would ask was it not part of the system to depend on the milida tor recruiting the army ? In battles in Portugal cud in Europe, the militia occupied, important poets. The bottle of Wa:elloO was gained with only about 18,000 regular infantry, the rest of the British troops being militia drafted into the line. He stated these things to show that it was not proper to call the militia a useless force. It was said by some Hoe. Member that it was not advisable to train men for. the militia, as that system would tend to create a dangerous population. Other flonouraulti Members said militia could not be turned to account in case of invasion. Beth these arguments he thought could not be tenable. As far as the Bill went; he re gretted that both Bills were not consolidate;. Several parts might bs improved, bat as they were discussing the principle, he would not go into details. In the first piece, he considered the force required might be got by volunteers. The experience of 1809-10.11 12 and 13 proved that militia, could be raised by bounty. The ballet was used in the country, but in London the militia, was rai se d b y b oun ty an d no t by b a ll o t. Th e o po , Member for M anc h es t er s a id that was in the tl.dark a g .J a of But so recently as 1831 c oletu.icpirooa George. r 111. dlesex by b eissd 1,100 then in the county of Mid; why the same and not by ballot. Ho did not see Which th,l, . ha:ditities should not now exist. No sys. rem s ea s opinion as to the deadtaiMilseuul7 . %vithout • • its disadvantages. Toe question of dang er to decide respected the baltince and Without giving any of a sie as the principle of it was the . the Bill tie should give it hits hea.ty de tails es: ablish went forc i e n : 1 1 ) at e ti m c c.r e g n e o n u n g y. h i t n o meet the wants of the militia ( * tet t:r ul e ° t u r u Y d e s tact, be loeked en it as dila , ry—of honour—ot evee n ti ati h r4"9 of P"Pel't) ' —uf in_ that constituted the he feared e'rving 0f wa te ele of the nation.—(ll e ,,,,',.. l )' un P t luxuries which f 11 w pa y t h e price, they they were unwilling the protec. g great w a and the, et , 1 , :in0 . ) __... , i 5 ik i Eiar. ) 1 , 4 1 7 , h a:, , too true that a nation w , seta, fowl(' it a difficult matter to ilia, religio n of make thesacrifices'" ngness to re quisite to pi eservo IT. But it would be d i A g r a e , u i .1' would be a great stigma on their boated civilization, if t they showed themselves so enervated by luxury as to for get and if they to un t country. to the ititu sh ti. o ) w us ed an a d n thei r make those eirorts—attt , ndt d with some mconvenienee their duty he would admit—xi place their country in such a stat e a i defence as wetial secere it against attempts to invade it. —(Hear, henn a 1 He hoped they would not show them vedless settle a like the people in Holy Writ, who- laud being good, the li invetie care r came and quiet, but 'NIP , s i d. fieer, hear.) They had, and put them to the swoi —( 611 t j -‘CI, advertised their by their diicu-sions on the ot the's . Governments weeklies*. aaid trough the mouth - s had pru e leun e d the ac e. . ssit y for souse addittotial military forc e ; and h a vi ng done so, it they t(11 back without making an attempt to reein-AY the d which they eficteecy would be b:ai ILA only adurat , d, bat procietsued, terry guilty of tressott to the welt,re Of their cc,untry. , Us. S rAN FORD had ii,tene , l to the able ,I.ud 00' q tent sp e t tc h of ch., tiegtot LI ,n. G-uo.--m- IL , but wished he had t xplitilied what Was the epecies of danger we e ,., ' they were called on to guard against. It wus out of the question to believe that the -French could ever meditate tee canqueat of England, with the view of la rmanently settling themselves in it. "I he danger apprehended, therefore-, was some sort of incursion, tor the purpose of mischief and plunder. Every man would admit, t hat we should take seeps to guard the country against such a danger; and the question Was, whether a militia force was this one best calculated to meet the itmel - gency. his own opinion. Was rather in favour of increasing the re gular armyi. but -as - au protoaal of that kind had been made, rind not wishing to throw obstacles iu the way of the present measnre, ho should not refuge giving it his humble supporr.--(Hear.)• Mr. H. BERKELEY thought that in the present date Of Europe we ought to take:measures for preeecting our country; but ho wee e preised to the eallieg out the Teat WAS a step which was viewed with alarm and jealoesy by a lavge . portion of the corneentiiey. He hu-sv that they would infinitely prefer increasing the regular army to prying a force upon whieh. no do ne.enco could be placid. The better and more agree able course woeld be to increase the army . and to man lee navy. He objected on moral and 'morel -grounds- to th 3 militia being called nut. He- herd heard magistrates • cemplain of the great increase'of crime that. toak place . ecete• tee last embodiment of-militia, - inecortrequnice-of d he class of persons discharged. Attention otight 'to he eeid to the putting of efficient weapons into the hands of • • ior seldiere. find' else 'to the improving of our steam navy. Volunteer forces should he enceurateed, and they. should be allowed' to; make themelves acquainted with the use - of the modern rifle. A volUnteer force and a ~mall increase of the army would, in his opinion, super. erde the necessity of a militia,Wand he thought itwould ne- advisable to dismount our yeomanry corps end make riflemen of them. • Sir C. BURRELL was of opinion that a militia was he best force that could be . organised- atetie:Presen't moment, and that it would be the least expensive to the country. Mr. ROEBUCK 'said, that as the representative of a large manufacturing - population, be thought it right . Co , -xpress his opinion upon that important subject. There were two points raised by that disctission. ' Tholitat was whether vere was any necessity at all at the present moment for increasing our 'national defences; and the cond was, what was the first triode of effecting that in ii ease, if any nicessiry for it xisted? With respect to he first point he should state th:3 he b-lieved great una eunity or e•pinion prevailed among the generality of po iticisns. He had formerly thought that the Noble Lord he Member for London had been of that epinien (Loud cries of `'"Hear, hear," from the ministerial pouches) He found that Right Hon. Gentlemen oppo ire were of that opinion. He understood that the neces sity in their tei lief was immediete—that there was some ning abroad which rendered" it necQseary for them to alto immediate steps for the national defence. So the 4oble Lord the Member for' London had also thought —(Elear, hear)—nand he had, thereupon propoiied a ll•litia Bill. But after hn had left office, and another Militia Bill had been proposed by abo,ber Government ne Noble Lord tippear.ed to have modified his pre-con d opinion, and to have come to the concltrion that ahatever might be the necessity for measures of defence, hat necessity was not immediate. He (Mr. Roebuck) ,heved that there was a vague manner of talking about riat question. He wadted to know out of what that :rce3sity arose? How was it that all of them, with the ecceoon of the members of one particular school, when talking together in private upon that sutject, spoke only of one people end pointed only at one men—the people, tie people of France—the man, the President of the Feench R , public. Tney all knew unfortunately that aere was a feeling among the French people which a scl man might take advantage of; and they all said, ,nd he for tis part believed, that that :bad man was t present in power ic, France.—(Some 'low murmurs nd Marks of di approbation). - It visa all very well to ni et to such an avaw,l; but what, he vvouid ask, did • ey say to one another in private?—(Hear. hear.) !'hay all stid to one another - that'there was at present power in France a man who Lind arrive at his po,ition •y breaking through all the ordinary sanctions by which ea , n we bound; they said to one another that he had ached that position, and that be maintained it solely Iy fostering many of the prejadic-s of his countrymen; cud they said to one another,. that of those prejadices iee of the strongest unfortunately was a jealousy of this ountry. The person to whom he referred had at the 'resent moment a large army; on the opinion of that my his power rested: and they all felt that his popu• • larify with that army might be indefinitely increased by ~vaoing Eegland.—(Elear, hear.) That was the &Ili elty before them. Had not that been the meaning of r,rie statement of the Noble Lard the Member for London ellen he had brought forward his Militia Bill, 'although . bal . not stated it? And .was not that the meaning of , ose who hal introduced the present measur e ? What _ _ -c-re they aft aid of? They had not been afraid before 848, and before the present President had arrived at fit- , head of :he G , ,vernment of France. Nlr, M. GIBSON here observed that a Militia Bill oven in r Awed before that period. Mr. ROEBUCK contitined—He said that although that measure had been propounded before, they bad had ,o elear idea of denger—none of that panic which bad tt late been so mach takt,d of—until the events to which ie had referred. And then came the question—sup insing there was a man in an, position which he bad ittscribed—let it be a phantasy if they liked—supposing ttero was a powerful army of 500.000 men in a country hithin 26 miles of our shores —supposing there aas in hat country a people jealous and desirous of revenge fee tfa.t reverses—supposing they huff arrived at a period of he world when the means of military aggression had teen immeasirebly increased—then came the question, "'h at were they to do under those circumstances? Al ; isioas L t d been made to the events of the year 1804. t that tune there had been ruling in France a rind, gigeotic almost beyond the conception of clan, the first of generals the world had ever and cocumarAing an army whose ix dloits bad never been surpassed. Iu that year, by he mere accident that Villeneuve had not been 'old enough to proceed up the Channel, Napoleon had een prevented from attempting to invades our 'Flores. de had bad under his command 60,000 men, whom he :ould bwe put on board a flotilla in twenty minutes; oid, as he had hicaselt stated, all that he had wanted for in invasion of England had been that he should have thuild the Channel tree for twenty-tour hours. But the 'ortune of this country had prevailed, and he had not had he twenty-four hours. But had not steam since given hese twenty-four hours, if the men and the army should ,gala be found? Some people, however, told him that in the midst of those circumstances he ought to advocate the doctrine of peace upon all, occasions. But he wanted to know why he was saved N s he walked along the suaista fr m beine robbed and knocked down?—(Hear, aed laughter) he owe his safety to the principles id' the Gtispel, or t , the int, rlerence of the police?—(Re- Dewed cries of " Hear, hear," and laughter.) For his 'part he believed that peace was promoted by a person's making himself exceedingly formidable to any body who might attack him.—(Hear, hear.) He bad received a pamphlet, in which it was stated that if the French invaded us we ought to remain perfectly peaceable. and let the invaders grow ashamed of themselves, and retire in a state of absolute contusion.--(Hear, hear, and :slighter.) That was the sort of view which the Hon. Member :tor the Wsst Riding (Nit. Cobden) took of he subject —(Renewed laughter.) He-wanted to know eliether, if human nature was wilat it bad always been, laoger did not at present exist in this country, and whether it would not be reasonable to provide against Thei had here riches, almost beyond the riches Of tinagination; and if th e y w ere s ot prepared to protect their riches, bow could au army in a neighbe ex country; powerful almost beyond conception , petted to resist the temptation to become invad ers? He did not doubt the goodness of human nature; but read iog histoiy, he found that every nation that had been rich and weak had succumbed. He wanted to see this country pirochtiming and pr a ctici n g peace and justice. but at the same time saying " " Touch me if you da re. —(Hear, hear) How disastrous would be th e consequences not only to England, but to mankind in general, if, a marauding army were to encamp in Lonion.—(Hear, hear.) And when he was told that that Was not likely to happen, let him state thiS fact— that L'inckon was the only capital in Earoptain which a French army had not planted its standards.—(Hear.) It wa , all very well to talk of peace; but that army had roamed over Europe, checked only by the frost first, anal then by England; and the French people were at pre sent more desirous than ever to have their revenge. 'Contemplating that question, not as an Englishnian, but as One interested in the des ivies of humanity, he said that the friends of peace ought to afford their aid in the effort to strengthen Et Weed for the purposes of peace itself.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that Ultra was danger, and that that danger ought to be presided against. But ho felt persuaded that the beat mode of attaining that object would be in the first place to make. our own army and navy properly available.—(Hear.) A large pertion of our navy was at present °wising in the nednerrenean.—(Hear, hear.) Why should it be there? If there was any danger to England, he' wanted to 'know why the great masa of our naval force wee . not in the Channel? He wanted to know, in the next place, why our colonies were so governed that our great military establishments were abroad.—(Hear, hear.) If these two questions should be satisfactorily answered, he should afterwards proceed to consider what was the best mode of meeting immediate danger, if it should exist. It was his opinion that fighting was very much like every other business, and, that ho who was bred to it would fight best.—(Hear, hear.) He had not much faith in the military capacity of what was called a militia.--(Hear, bear.)' The Noble Lord the Member for London had said that the art of war bad been wonderfully improved of late years; and he (Mr. Roebuck) should say he believed that there had never bten so great a distinction between a rabble and an army as at the present day. If, therefore e there were any danger to England, and any necessity for increasing our defences, he should say that after seeing that our present forces were properly employed, we ought 'to increase our national army. It was said there 'was a danger is a standing , army, and further say that France was pointed to as an exemplification of t a h t at danger. But he believed that the army of France of mor row to the English at it present ; expressed the opinions of the people was was told that theE" ra nee., and that the Government established there ct exactly what the French people wanted. lie should a large increase were made to- mor aim-9, he, for one, should have no fuht that LIM Noble Isor fear f or the liberties England.—(Hear, hear.) But he Yelnittrston), notwitla confess that & fete° best moue of providing tor the national would be to Lord the Member for Tiverton (Lord subject he should have the militia. Now upon that human manse, h ad x 6landiug all his long experience of he bad been surprised to b wuouat, h nt; i y a belief that those who under the present hl37 il e s would, whop w d t P o L i r d hl el ' it ebl y onc , , b b s, el f i ound for the must p u t ptera,,tetnt7ttr,o3l)o"awtso.uld accept. the bountye that the crass e vv r i4b t h t i j o t e i b e tr oat, time f ithweuld be per rer in the and he cou in ld n t il h o ( t ) :L; 0 411 , 0 ,f m o ra n u e s w k, o t u e l , d would be the persons most - likely" to be io ' u n n g d er ? they ctheir,t,akinlythlttcoultdi,,erneot arses e eve twenty men believed, however, that he Hewn who could be of that opinion. But what would e be the use or men if they Would not be forthcoming them, if they. pleased, add 10,000 could when suggest another plan by,which they could obtain the adVantages of a re/Oar army and the numbers to be and let them then f o o r u llO i . 0 - 0 6 m i e l n i ittiOalhL;rteghlar Briny; accept the services of volunteers, to he eerull , d as rifle clubs. Whet ceutd het the ultitetion to thus enrolment? Those were not a rabble, who could be regarded as the enemies of law end order--they were persans who would bring with them their own rifle:,—who would have a portion of their time todeteette to eecestaity training; and they might have 100,000 such men.—(ileart • heer.) Under all the circumstances of ;he catat he felt that ho ought to oppose the Bill of the Goveininent. He agreed ;with them that tit= re Wes verger, anchimaiediett - : deluge!. But he said that the dertge'r, such as it was, was nht , ntit'' by the 8i11... There wee, ,a . eleer 'and defii-itte mode of proceeding rhich they ought to • adoptt while the mi lithe 'which t they proposed let feetablish' wohld, tlieveclehe mischievous„—(Gear.)- Mr. W ALPOltE,,is'aid—l ' agree With the - Ilont and Learned Gentleman who has jest addressd the House, that there are two obj t etione raised - to' this measure, one, h o a f s 7 b h e i e e n h a h r 4 g B e b e e d e nt n tilicrgtr4' cn f'd be nl e. 6 b7l .• d ra le i,ll ; l • l ftli v‘ b 'h l ie h o . i P t . 'h l: P ern :2b i : l l. : think, unfairly. Ititthe first plaCe, it ' has been denied . : that there is any necessity for such' a Measure as thihe incorder .that yeti nisy'put this great' Itingdont in a tires per state of defence; and stebndly is Contended, that, ..hat, . even assuming such a neoeseity t o exi st, " this 'is ' not the mode nor is this the time in' w hi c h that o bj ect ca n bo best secured. Now I believe th e necess i t y i s "proved,. ro not -from the cireeblatiee. to ',abu t th e H o n., an 4,, ni L no e t e a r e a r e en d ne G aigp e h h roa t o l t i bij a ni n git : e t ts s ucec a tor ly-d d , Learned Gentleman, Oftitn ithenediateitivesion of theta i C i a - - oi oo n iit o ho t . i e li dn e e op a n u o) s t us e ri ba t ib li lo e ty r a e , n i t e df free shores. ' The Honourabl e an d Learned Gentleman 'I will recollect that a Militia Billeyes proposed long before the present President of Fr a n c e h ad been placed in the position which he 'now oc cup i es. It was, proposed in 1 tee year 1847 by the Govern ment of- Sir R Peel; it was proposed by the ' Govern ment of the Noble Lord (lirti J. Russell) in the years - 1847 and 18-18; and . it is, thereoreeidle to cont en d - that this measure is now brought forward 'from. it featn of 'any particular circumstances - which' have' recently taken place in Franc'.--(Hear, hear.) Then, how is that necessity proved? Is it proetel e in the . first pletee by this fact, which has been admitted by an Ben.and Gallant General who opposed the mete ure, that the highest authorities, and ' they t naval and military, think that something ought vibe done :quitted _ to, ensure that tor the better &fence of the kingdom. Secondly, it has been admitted by successive administratiuns that it as a duty cast upon the Government teti'ee that the country .4Ve ,all, found pro itshatin - so a m . e s t t h a i t o e g o m f or d e el i t a nc i e proved by the circumstances to which the Noble Lord tection than tats hitherto been done. application to ttos the Member for Tiverton more than once in y alluded to, that take poila,eaes.nTrehei,s,ee to navigation, e aves a means by which an incur- 1 the e e course of thosfse steam, and - o. fo o r d oibl its tint], if not an invasion, might be m u ch more easily brought within the range of probabilities than ever it was before, and one cons' quence of which was, noteithstandiettahesuggestiobsof the Hon. and Learned parreoproes.es.onsßwetitchhepor, oisvei,tahceakint);:ey:tthinetYG°fr-f,olitlisn.ll Gentleman, that no navy, however turd without a covering force on. the land, te protect. you rous, Could be certain at all tim t n o t a s t a i f f e P l t yll . ;t u t f t : I l e: btoeergrueaualaledeese fsem that invasion welch you tat' may am surprised that any Gentleman who moved the amendment, second time this day six meuths y o u can meet that iiet t'e t t he colonies. cetsity either by a re distribatioe or r.-concentration o f the arm', or by drawing might pa!, upon paper Sir, I think bo h these pr t podtient have been met in the t 60 000 men lauded course of the debate'.. I twit I. officer, much less one of the great experience of. the Gallant General, should tako the view that he has adopted. I should not be surprised if a mere civilian s n a t y them to httee hid s arted the idea that' you we will 5,e( whether these men men of the coast -guard, . o6 ia ti - ( i ) l o l oo n uo o r. t ms b h' e 'on r ; e e a s and d , y " t pd o la defend our shares. I think that if the merle, ncy should arise it will be found that you gannet denude Ireland any more then you can the colo nies of their troops. You are bound to protect that country us well as this: The -20,000 men in Ireland did not say 4 word about e m s u b s i t td re b rn e : n in w th el e i r s e h . ovi T ic i l l . e b 3, 5 : 060 t h e lion. Member for North . . Wi . lts to-night, must-protect our revenue` in war as well as in peace. . Sir DE LACY EVANS—I the coast-guard. ' tleman who seconded the amendment. [An Hon. Mr. WALPOLE—WeII, then, it was the Hon. G en . Member, " No, ne."] Then with. regard to the 10,000 dockyard battalion, all these would be required for other . purposes; and in short, I. contend that the esti mate ,I made when- I proposed - the Bill was not only Then it is s a id not exaggerated, but that an ybOdy who will go through them more than once, will a dmit that they are under estimated, and I reptat again that you could not get teen in this way to m ee t, t i n enemy' you can take troops from the colonies; but the same necessity exists for keeping troops there as in Ireland. You cannot leave the extremities undefended any more than the citadel.—(g ear , hoer.) Prove to use that the force in the colonies it too large; and I shall be quite ready to bring them home. But that is a question which should be discussed on its own merits, tied not upon this question. It you take the 40,000 men now in the colonies, you will, I think, find it difficult to put your finger on a colony treat which you can bring any great body of troops. In some of those colonies our fellow•countryntsia have gone out as emigrants, and we are bound to protect them. In other colonies we are surrounded by foreigners and require to be on the alert. In others we are hounded by large and powerful coun tries, and it would not be safe to leave them undefended. But the greater number of those will be found to consist of military stations, such as Gibraltar, Malta, the lo nian Islands, the Cape, the Bermudas, Labusn, &c., and the garrisons could not be withdrawn. -I think I have shown that a necessity exists for the theature I have brought forward. I thiek I have shown that you cannot meet that necessity either by a redistribution or a recon ct-ntration of your existing forces, or by withdrawing them from the colonieS. Something was said by the e h a a s r are beenall tot'sai said peace, ef or if we Hon. Gentleman opposite as to the best way of meeting these matters, by encouraging and promoting the 'arts can; hes.t. and way therefore o aia . 7 th e re tain that peace is always to be pr : pared for war. There is no other way in which you can meet itn and as I cif th p in a lt c , e. as W for those who, as has been somewhat qUaintly said, think that by taking away all right anchpower of self preservatiou, and leaving mankind in as defenceless a state as when they came into the world, I wish them no harm or scarcely greater than that when they are attacked they shoul i feel the force. of their own. •argument. — (Laughter.) Assuming that the necessity exists of pro viding some means of defence —what is the best means of providing lor our defence?. There are. several means suggested. The Hon. and Learned Gentlemau suggests an increaie of the navy—other ticiii. Gen t hi men suggest an increase of the army—the IT —on.' Gentleman who se conded tee amendment suggested eh increaseofthe - sioaerst he Gallant Gentleman i e. the volunteers, while the Noble Lo tt r ests an increase b s to the local militia. Now .etith regard ar a d ctually goes increasetk of the navy. [Mr. Roebuck--" I said the to the then I shall go to the army i bat I .a a arnsy."] well has been answered over and ov e r agai n. that propotition egein. Suppose we had coma down to the Hous e and • proposed an increase would. of 20,000 to the army, What mild you have said? o Hare is a constitutional Govee e who want a largo standing army_ meat. Here are men wish to assert military power iti thins rsr© people wh o tbe . Way in which . we should ha ve countr y . ' That i s e o ld argument is now used, pat -been met, and the !3 in crease the army—not because we rise we want to because, they want to oppose the E ntend to do solu l t ul.—(Ceers.) t thete are two objections to this t . c oarse--first if you go ea increasing your army, ;other . Coe t • 'll do the Same —they will make preparations t n ries en and o meet ea ch will go on increasing e .4) such Soars, t length they will be an incuatheaaae••a_ott. countryex e tent . that .o a . stead of a defence. The; seca ee t t th 'ha objection still i e teenger e and has been often mad often-'urged. is The Rouse of Commons would not stand for many years a large increase of the army, me t es _ a it is shown nthat a large increase of the army is wanted for tau emergency, 1111 emergency, and not to meet a contiFgerkeY Which Pay not rise for months or years. It was observed by _the - Right Ho- mineable Gentleman the late - Sir Robert Peel that this country has het end cold fire as regards foreign countries. During the het_ fits, than the liouse was ex tremely liberal-e-a cold fit then came an, and there was. economy, even to parsimony. Sir, .that.: is -not the way in which a groat country like this ought to bgoverned. --(Cheers.) If you want a force to. protect ourselves, you must have one that, will be always read y d h and. You may say, as was said by the••GiiilitucCl Colon el ) onel be hind me, " Well, you are going to call out but that is not the object." It is- t o .have the c militia, body of men, partly drilled, equipped,and reane 'ient ing their duties, and under the: control of . the'' , ffi tr o Imre, know in case an emergency arises. These are which justify the estatitistunenttof a militia as contradis tinguithed froth those who justify an increase of the army. The next suggestion is a large addition to !le pensioners. We are - told that there are. 63,000 pensioners in-Eagle:ad and Ireland. In England there are 43,000, but tenet does thet 14oulin think is the a ge of those pensioners?, Many ..-of 41 ' 44 —hat% been disabled by wounds and long service; but out of the whole 43,000 not more than 1,860 are under the age of 40. (aear.) Over the age of 70 there are no lase than 4,800. Nor do I think it would be tale to draw these men away, when you hove an opportunity of calling iu the serviced of younger and abler men. , . Mr. RICH rose amidst loud cries of " Order!" " Chair 1" He was anxious to explain. The proposal he made referred not to drawing pensioners. from the o d staff at present in existeuee r but thote who would he withdrawn from the regular army. , . Mr. WALPOLE—I, shall now procced.to the next suggestion, the eneoerageusent • . O.. f tine volunteers. You could never have en efficient body of volunteers. The principle of the volunteer system was that any one or every one of them were at liberty - to go away from the service. So long as. .entnutiataa and patriotism, and the sense or itnmediate danger prevailed, they would be efficient enough ; but the moment it passes away--eI will not say the moment their patriotism passes away—the : meensnt the enthusiesta passes away the necessity of continuing the volunte ers is gone, aid you cannot rely upon- them as en efficient permanent force. But it is always a . p Tatar topic that ot drattiog up n the spirit and enthusiasm of the people. We all legatbut e upon that ; • re member the word s that were used in the beguntnig t f ihe debate; remember tte words used by the Duke of Wellington in his important letter, in which he Lap, " W e hear a great deal of the spirit of the people of England, for which no man has a higher respect than I have; but unorganiztal, undisci /Aimed, without systematic subdrdinatien, established and well underthood—this spirit, when -exposed to the fire of muskets and firelocks . and the-- pray of sabres and bayonets of disciplined troops, would only expose thsen to confusion and defeat.".—(CheattO " Now I ge to the last proposition—namely, ire proposition of the Noble Lord for carrying his own plan of a local militia.—(er, ; I laugh.) The Noble Lord will forgive MO for tryie .thst I si e think he has rather highly coloured his owt; le g e and I put cur plan too machin the shade. He wise l3-.4 _. that our plan is oppreo s - ively severe, while his is the contrary— he- i t s well adapteo to secure men of spirit, courage, and moral energy, while ours is merely eulculated to h atilt mercenaries, who would tette the bounty end then melee their : wny to the .United States. That is the cO - the Neble.Lord puts upon it; and I am sorry to do away atith that imposing statement, but :the tact is• not I);irnn Out . a careful comparison of tae two inea sinw!. - First, with regaed,to the , bellet., In the Noble. Lore'e Bill evety isserananst be drawnt by balioatuniess. there ere a auffieieet number of volunteers. In our plan the men are not drawn for service ' but -are einvited by means of a bounty; and th e refore his plan is More se vere. By the. Noble, Lord's plan the men were drawn from a limited number—in the first year between' the agsteof'2o and 23 and in each successive year between - 2.0 - and 21. By our plata if we get to the ballot, which we probably never shall require, the men are drawn • between. the ages of 18 and 35. It requirisi very little reasonieg to show that the pressure of the ,system over a smaller space roust be much more severe.— (Maw.) With regard to the discipline, I must 'say - that I was Femewhat surprised at the statement made by the Noble Lord. By his plan the men were to be trained 28 days ie e the . first year and 14 days every year. By our plan they were to be drilled 21 days, with a power to extend tae _time of drill to even weeks in case of eesessity; and in thiSevent of its not being necessary, or if there . was en eitra dethand for labour, then only threedays in the year. • I think - that shelve that our plan is not So severe. Then, with regard to the courage, energy, anerspirit of the Noble Lord's militia, sad the reckless, 'vagebond character of ours, I should be glad to know bow. the Noble Lord by his plan gets his men endowed veith that high moral courage. He casts lots for them; and it may fall upon the wt ak as well althe strong, upon the immoral as well as the moral, and in fact there is no guarantee that ho can get. these men of high moral cou rage. Ido think that the probability is, that by our plsii the more bold, and independent, and enter . prhaeg men will offer their services, and probably we shall get a better class of men then those for whom lots. are cast. But there has been some mistake in this pin of the measure. It has been said over and over again in this lime, and outside doors, that here you are throwing money to 5,000 or 6,000 men, who must be of the most reckless character, and who will decamp, and there is no security that we shall have their services w h e n they are wanted. But those who make the state ment cannot have read our Bill. It will be found that the bounty is given to the volunteers, subject to certain con ditions imposed by the Secretary at War. It will be fund that the names and places of residence of these men must be regis.ered and transmitted to the clerk of the peace of the county. The Secretary at War bas the power Of prescribing the node in which the bounties are to, be paid, whether beforehand, or annually, or monthly. All that is left to the discretion of the Executive Go vernmi:nt, so that they may not be imposed upon.. I hope I have disposed of the exception of the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman that the bounty we are vffeiiug will be thrown into the hands of men who will decamp with it; but I think, independently of this, that it is a great reflection upon the poeple of this country that 80 000 m , n would be found to accept the bounty of 41, 51., or 61., for the sake of going awa y with it.—(Hear, h,ar.) 'The whole of this line of urgu went, it is remarkable, has been tned by the representa tives of what is called the popular side.—(Loud cheers.) I do not believe it, nor do I believe that tbey ,believe it themselves, but they use it as an In-gement against the Militia Bill. I think I have proved that the Billwf the Noble, Lord is nor so geed as that which we have brought forward, and was not so popular as nuts will be with the country, or as Iff ctive for its purpose. But I do not epeak without authority. Within the week I have re ceived a letter from the adjutant of a militia regiment in Suffolk, stating that seventy men had already expressed their intention to volunteer their services, and he had no doubt that the regiment would be made up in a fortnight. --(Cbenrs.) The same statement had been made from the midland districts; and I believe, it the 811 l be allowed' to pass into a law, you will find, instead of that cppressivo ballot which has been so complained of at public meetings, that there will be no necessity for hav ing recourse to it. And here I may remind you that even if the number is not filled up in the first year, there is no compulsion to put the ballot in force; hot a per- missive power p given by the Queen in Council that it I may be exercised. There is another observation that has been made. It has been said that this is not the time to bring the measure forward. But what would have been said if we had not brought it forward and any misfortune had befallen the country?--(Hear.) You had passed a resolution that a Bill should be brought in; and If we had not brought in the Bill, and war had been declared by any possible contingency, you would have teamed us justly, and have said that, as Ministers, we deserved to be impeached.—(Hear, hear.) You have no right, therefore, to complain of the Bill being brought in.—(Hesr, hear.) Sir, Ido not say that if you reject t h e b i l l coo until; to put the militia laws into operatioie by means in which the ballot would be resorted to with all its rigour—(Hear) — but I do say that if the emer gency arose in which there would be necessity to have recourse to that force, you would be bound—any Go- Government would be bound—to suspend the suspend. ing law relating to the militia, and to put it in force, to obtain a sufficient number of men to defend the country.—(Hear, hear.) Well, then, do not say that this is an oppressive measure.—(Hear, hear.) It is a measure mnig itiog the law.—(Hear.) The language of mitigation was thought of from the first section to the last.—(Hear, hear.) I defy you to find a single severe clause in it I—(Hear, hear.) If that be so, I leave the measure with some degree of confidence to the judgment of the House and of the country—(Hear, hear,) I think I have shown you that it was necessary to make some increase of our national defences, and that the other modes which have been suggested are not so good as that we have proposed.—(Hear ' hear.) I am confident you will find if you reject it, and there shall be occasion of urgency, you would have to put the militia laws in force with all the rigour of the ballot.— (dear, hear.) But if you accept it now—improve it if you please in the Committee—yon are alleviating and m i t i gat i n g the rigour of the laws, instead of enforcing awn , on t he people, bt °Luse you aro by your regulation proceeding upon the principle of voluntary enlistment end voluntary service, instead of hating recourse to the compulsory conscription, to which in some circumstances you might be otherwise compelled to have recourse. Sir DE LACY EVANS rose, but was not allowed to reply A division took place. and the numbers were— For the second reading 315 For the amendtn.nt 165 Majority for the second reading —Be The announcement was received with loud eheer. SECRETARY OF BANKRUPTS' OFFICE ABOLITION BILL. This Bill passed through Commiree LOAN SOCIETIES BILL, - This Bill was read a third time and passed. HIGHWAY RATES BILL. This Bill wee read a second time. REFRESHMENT TO VOTERS. Sir E. 13UX CON moved for leave to Meg in a Bill to allow candidates to give refreshment to voters at county elections to a limited amount. Er. THORNELY opposed the motion on the ground that such a permission would not be legitimately exercised Sir J. TYRELL said, to his own certain know ledge, there were two lawyers canvassing in Essex upon the strength of this Bill.—(Laughter.) He thought it would have been much better for the Hon. Gcutle man to have postponed this measure until they had the experience of the approaching election. Mr. ADDERLEY supported the motion for leave to bring in this Bill, because he thought it was a measure most necessary to have passed before the approaching election, with the view of drawing a legal distinction between reasonable refreshment and bribery. Mr. AGLJONBY said he was determined to give every stage of this measure the utmost opposition, for be believed, if carried, it would have a meet demoralis ing effect upon the constituencies, Mr. CHRISTOPHER said that it was most desirable for Hon. , Menabers to wait until they saw the Bill before they . discussed it.. It was tint fair that they should place the electors in a worse position when they came to vote then they were in when they. were at home. The trea sure was one, be *believed, that merely proposed to give the electors . at county elections simple refreshment when they travelled some distance to the poll. Sir B. BUXTON said that the Bill merely proposed that the voters at county elections should receive re freshment within the value of 2s. 6J. The IVI&STER of the ROLLS declared his decided opposition teethe measure, which he thought was calcu lated to encourage a system of bribery, under the disguise of what was called reasonable refreshment. Lord GALWAY was understood to say that the measure, if passed at all, ought not to be confined to counties. Sir B. HALL opposed proceeded with such a discus sion at that advanced hour of the night, and moved an adjournment of the debate. Mr..ANSTEY was opposed to the principle of the measure, which would encourage the worst practices at elections. Sir J. PAKINGTON hoped the motion for adjour; ment would not be pressed to a division, seeing a t v n e when the debate came ou again, they would oalyhwhichs repetition of speeches upon the p rovisions of a Bill lion. Gentlemen had not seen. It was the opinion of iny Hon. Members whom he had conceitera:d upon the subject that some each measure as this would be most effective in suppressing corruption at elections. Riding re- Mr. S. WORTLEY said that in the West a ß t t d h i e eec. freshment tickets had been issued to L lions by tho consent of both parties. debate at Pave would he trusted the debate would not b© adjourned, bat tb given to bring in the Bill, so that.Ll h o a n n •4 l and be better . crabers might shortly have a copy of it in their • enabled to form an opinion of its details. Mr. MULLINGS contended that theedissusr an of d r u ef g re r s e h a - t ment tickets would be a saving of !xP elections. He • preventive of treating and c orruption I should vote for the introductio Mr. BELL — It' treating d was to be permitt« dat elec tions at all it bad b etter be -on e openly than sneakingly. So far from increasing, he believed the 13111 would check corruption At auctions. The motion fur th e adjournment . of the debate was then withdrawn, and the House divided on the question that leave be given to bring in the Bill, when there tip . gearedr-- ... 58 For the motion ... Against it ... •.• -• ..„ 1 9 Majority ••• —39 The Bill was subeeqaently brought Mr. MULLINGS moved that the petition at the se . Diary of attorney e, solicitors, proc . ,urs, end ; poratecl by chdrters o f King William the 'F o urth and Queen Victoria (presented 23), be , printed viitih the votes. SUN, TTIF, LONDON,' TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1 Pr;=o,, a Mr. TI-IORNLEY opposed the motion. The Boum divided, when there appearei—• For the notion • 12 • Against it.-- 44 ;,,.gainst the motion —32 • On the motion of Mr. - ANsrEy , t h e House was counted out et Hillf.past Ooe o'clock. Mr. GRANTLEY MERKELEY paired off. in favour of the ncCond reading of the Militia Bill wlth S!r GEoUGE DASHWOO). PARLIAMEN TAR Y DI V /SION S. (From the Votes and' Pmeeedi;,gs of the a . :zve of Coinnions ) MONDAY. APRIL 26. MILITIA BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment pr posed to Question (23th April), " That the Bill be now read a second time ;" and which Amendment was, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add i t ) l r i o e p w os o ei r , d: " upon this d a y th ree mon th s: "— Q uest i on aga i n " That the word 'now' stand part of the Question." Debate resumed; Question put. The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 315. Adderley, C. B. Edwards, Henry Arbuthnott, Hon. 11. Egerton,Miles, P. W. Anson, Viscount Egerton, I S v i r P . T. Miles, W. • Milees, R. M. Archdall, Captain Emlyn, Viscount Moody, C. A. Arkwright, (ieerge Estcourt, J. B. B. Morgan 0. Begot, William Elision, Earl • Mulling• ' s, J. R. Bailey, Crawsbay . Evelyn, W. J. • Naas, Lord . Bailey, Joseph Farnham, E. B. Napier, Joseph Bernie, H. J. Ferrer, James . Neeld, John !saint Baldock, E. 11. Perkudon; Sir R. Newdegate, N. Baldwin, Barry Flinaer, Sir E. Newport, Viscount Noel, Gerald J Bankes, G. Fioyer, John Baring, Henry B. Forbes, William : Norrys, Sir 1). Baring, Sir Francis Forester, G. C. O'Brien Sir Lucinfl , Baring, Thomas Fortescue, Chichester O'Connj.li M. J. Barrington, Viscount Fox, Richard M. O'Fvrrall, More Barrow, W. 11. Fox, S. W. L. Ossulston, Lord Beckett, William Freestun, Colonel Owen, Sir J. Bell, Matthew Freshtield, J. W. Packe, Cr W. Benbow, John Frewen, C. 11. Pakington, Sir J. Bennet, Philip Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Robert itentinck, Lord IL Gallwey, Sir W. P. Palmer, Bounden Beresford, William Galway, Viscount Palmerston, VII, Bernard, Viscount Gaskeli, J. M. Peel, Sir Robert Best, John Gilpin, Colonel Peel, Colonel Blackstone, W. Gladstone, W. E. ' Pennant, Colonel Blantiford, Marquis Goddard, A. L. Pinney, William Boldero, George H. Gooch, E. S. Plowden, W. H. Booker, T. W. Gore, W. R. O. Portal, Melville Booth. Sir It. G. Gore, W. 0. Powlett, Lord W. Bowles, Admiral Goulburn, Henry Prime, Richard Bramston, T. W. Granby, Marquis of Pugh. David rsrelaralge, Richard Greenall, G. Pusey, Philip Bridges, Sir B. Greene, Thomas Reid, General Brisco, m. Grogan, Edward Repton, G. W. Broadwood, Henry Grosvenor, Lord R. Richards, Richard Brocklehurst, John Gwyn, Dowel Rushout, Captain Brooke, Lord Guernsey, Lord Sandars, George Brooke, Sir A.B. Hale, R. B. Sanders, Joseph Bruce, Lord E. Belford, Sir Henry Scott, Francis `2iruce, C. L. C. Hall, Colonel Seymer, Henry Ker Buck, L. W. lianeweil, E. G. Seymour, Lord Bffikeley, Sir R. Halsey, T. P. Shelburne, Earl of Buller, Sir Y. Hamilton, G. A. Sibthurp, Colonel !Sunbury, W. Hamilton, J. H. Sidney, Alderman Burghley, Lord Hamilton, Lord C. Slaney, R. A. Burrell, Sir C. Harcourt, G. G. Somerton, Viscount Burroughes, H. Hardinge, C. S. Sotherou, T. ki. S. butler, P. S. Harris, Captain Spooner, Richard Buxton, Sir E. N. Hayes, Sir E. Stafford, Augustus Cabbell, B. B. Heatitcote, Sir G. J. Sta Mord, J. F. Campbell, W. F. Heneage, G. H. W. Staunton, Sir G. Campbell, Sir A. Henley, J. W. S.ephenson, Robert Cardwed, Edward Herbert, Henry A. Stuart, Cl. Carew, W. H. Pole Herbert, Sydney Stuart, J. Carter, J. B. Herries, J.,C. Start, H. G. Castlereagh, Vise. Hervey, Lord A. Sutton, J. H. CeYiee, E. S. • Itildyard; R. C. Talbot, C. R. Chandos, Marquis liihlyarrd, T. B. , Taylor, Colonel Cnaplin, W. J. Hill, Lord E. Tenison, B. K. Charteris, Francis Hodgson, W. N. Tennent, Sir J. Chatcerton, Colonel Hogg, Sir J. W. Thesiger, sir F. Chichester, Lord J. Hope, Sir J. Thompson, Alderman Chid, smith Hope, Henry T. Tollemache, F. J. Childers, J. W. Bochum, Lord Tollemache, John CholnieleY, Sir 31. Hudson, G. Towneley,•John Christopner, R. A. Inglls, Sir R. Townley, R. C 4, Christy, Samuel Jermyn, Earl Trollope, Sir J. Clements, Charles Jocelyn, Vissmunt Tathell, H. Clerk, Sir G. Johnstone, James Tyler, Sir G. Clive, R. IL Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Tyren, Sir J. Clive, H. B. Jones, Captain Verner, Sir W. Verney, Si r 11, . Cobbold, J. C. Kelly, Si r F. Cochrane, A. D. KniglitleY_, Sir C. Vesey, Thomas • Cocks, T. S. Knight, r. W. Villiers, F. W. Codrington, Sir W. Knox, W. S, Villiers, Viscount Coke, lion. E. K. Knox, Colonel Vivian, J. H. Coles, H. B. Lacy, IL C. Vyse, R. U. Collins, Thomas Langton, W, 11. Waddington, David Colvile, C. R. Lascelles, E Waddington, H. S. Conolly, Thomas Legh, G. C. Wall, C. B. Copeland, Alderman Lemon, Sir C. Walpole, Spencer Corry, Henry Lennard, T.B. Walsh, Sir J. Cotton, W. H. Lennox, Lord A. Wegg-Prosser, F. Cowper, W. F. Leslie, C. P. Welby, G. E. Cubitt, Alderman Lewishaln, Viscount Wellesley, Lord C. Currie, H. Li n d say, Colonel West, F. R. Davies, D. A. Littl e t on, E. R. Westliesid, J. B. Deedes, W. Lo c kh art, W . Whiteside, James Denison, Edmund ' L o n g , W . Whitmore, T. C. Denison, J. E. L o p es, Si r Ralph Wigrain, Loftus Dick, Quintin L ow th er, Colonel Williams, T. P. Disraeli, B. L ow th er, Henry Ne'illyams, H. Dodd, U. Lyg on, General Williamson, Sir 11, Sir 11. Worcester, Douro, Marquis of M acnaghten, Sir E. Willoughby, Drax, J. S. W. M a h on, Vi scount Marquis Drumlanrig, Viscount Mandan, Lord C. Wortley, J. S. l'l ri vlits on, .W. B, Drummond, Henry Manners, Lord G. •T -- - H. W. Duckworth, Sir J. : Manners, Lord J. Wynn, Sir \Y. Wynn, Sir 15 . Duncombe, A.l . March. Earl of Wyvill, Marmaduke buncombe, 0. '• Martin, C. W. Duncombe, W. E. Masterrnan, John Yorke, E. T. Dunne, Colonel ' 4- ' Maunsell, T. P. TELLERS. East, Sir J. B. M ena , Si r H enry Du Pre, C. G. Maxwell, lion. J. P. BLeanntesooxn:LTohrodmlias. G. MINORITY-ROES, 165. Abdy, Sir T. N. Adair, Hugh E. Adair, H. Statto Aglionby, H. A. Alcock, Thomas Anderson, Arthur Anson, General Anstey, T. C. Armstrong, Sir A. Armstrong, H. B. Baines, M. T Bell, Jacob Forster, M. Ord, William Fox, W. J. Paget, Lord George Geach, Charles Pechell, Sir G. Gibson, T. M. Peel, Frederick Glyn, G. C. Peto, Samuel M. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Philips, Sir G. R. Grentell, Charles W. Pigott, Francis G ey, R. W. Pilkingten, James Hall, Sir B. Ponsonby, C. F. Hanmer, Sir J. Ricardo, John L. Hardcastle, J. A. Ricardo, Osman Harris, Richard Rice, E. R. llasitie, Alexander Robartes, T. J. Hat chcll, John Roebuck, J A. liayter, W. U. Readily, Colonel Headlam, T. H. Romilly, Sir John Heneage, Edward Russell, Lord J. Henry, Alexander Russell, E. Heywood, James Russell, F. C. Heywortn, Lawrence Salwey, Colonel Hill, Lord M. Scholerield, William Hindley Charles Scobell, Captain llobhouse, T. B. Scrope, G. P. Hodges, T. L. Seymour, H. D. Hodges, T. Twisden Shaft, B. D. Horsman ' E. Smith, Vernon ' Howard, Lord E. Smith, J. A. Hume, J. Smith, John B. Hamphery, Ald. Smythe, George Hutchins, E. J. Somerville, Sir W. Hutt, William Spearman, H. Z. Jackson, William Stanfield, W. R. Kershaw, James Strickland, Sir G. King, P. J. Strutt, H. Labouchere, Henry Stewart, Admiral Langston, J. H. Stuart, Lord D. Locke, Joseph Tancred, H. W. Loveden, Pryse Thicknesse,R. A. Lushington, C. Thompson, Colonel Mackinnon, W. A. Thornely, Thomas Mangles, R. D. Townshend, Captain Marsh 11, J. G. Trevor, G. It. Martin, John Villiers, Charles Melgund, Viscount Waitley, Thomas 3111ligan, Robert Walt:lslay, Sir J. Milner, W. M. Watkins, Colonel Milton, Visconut Willcox, Brodie Mitchell, T. A. Williams, John Moffatt, George Williams, W. Molesworth, Sir W. James Moncreiff, Jaihes Wilson, Matthew Morris, David Wood, Sir W. I'. Mostyn, E. M. Mowatt, Francis =LIAM Murphy, F. S. Rich, Henry Norreys, Lord Evans, Sir De Lacy Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, H. F. Berkeley, C. L. G. Bernal, Ralph Bethel,, Birch, Sir T. Blair, Stephen Boyle, Colonel Bright, John Brockman, E. D. Brotherton, J. Brown, Humphrey Brown, W. Bunbury, E. H. Caulfeild, J. M. Cavendish, C. C. Cavendish, IV. G. Clay, James Clay, Sir Nir. Cobden, Richard Cockburn, Sir A. Colebrooke, Sir T. Cowan, Charles Craig, Sir W. G. Crowder, R. B. Davie, Sir H. Dawes, Edward D'Eyneourt, C. T. Divett, Edward Duet; G. S. Duff, James Duncan, Viscount Duncan, George Dundas, Sir David Ellice, Edward Ellis, John Ellta, J. E. Evans, John Evans, William Ewart, William Fergus, John Freestun, Colonel Fitzroy, lion. H. Fordyce. A. 1). COUNTY ELECTIONS. Motion made, and Que6tion proposed, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to allow Candidates to give refreah ment to Voters at County Elections to a limited amount." The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 58. Adderley, C. B. Egerton, Sir P. Pakington, Sir J. Archdall, Captain Fellowes, E. Pigot, Francis Baillie, H. J. Forbes, William Pinney, W. Boldero, 11. G. Forester, G. C. Scott, F. Bateson, T. Frewen, C. H. Seyzuer, H. K. Bell, Jacob ' Galway. Viscount Sotheron, T. IL S. Beresford, William Gwyn, Rowel Spooner, Richard Brernridge, Richard Hamilton, G. A. Stafford, Augustus Bridges, Sir B. Hamilton, Lord C. Tennent, Sir.T. Bruce, C. L. C. Henley, J. W. Trollope, Sir J. , Sir G Burghley, Lord Herbe rt, 11. A. Tyler . Christy, S. Jon es, Ca p tain Tyrell, Sir H J. T. Clements, Charles Kelly, Sin F. . Walpole. S. Wortley, J. S. Codrington, Sir W. Knox, W. S. Cotton, W. S. Lac y , 11. C. Wrightson, W. B. Davies, D. A. Langton, W. H. Yorite, E. T. Deedes, W. Manners, Lord J. Disraeli, B. Mailings, J. K. Duncornbe, A.' Naas, Lord Dunne, Colonel :Napier, Joseph Edwards, Henry Newport, Viscount TELLIES. Buxton, Sir E. Christopher, R. MINORITY—NOES, 19. Anstey, Thomas Hall, Sir B. Stewart, Admiral Barrington, Viscount Heywood, James Stuart, Lord D. Bass, M. T. joiliffe, Sir W. G. Thompson, Colonel WlMara Thornely' T Lennox, Lord H G. Booth, Sir It. CL Peto, Samuel B ro therton, Joseph TILLERS. Bomilly, Sir John A g li onby, H. A. D Stanford, J. I'. homes Ch,E urt al y id n o c s o ,Al ar, T. Scbolc . of F er guson, Sir It. ileld, suITORS IN CHANCERY;RELIEF BILL. Motion made, and Question put, " That the Petition of the Soc i e ty of Attorneys, Solicitors, P roctors , and others, in corporated by Charter of King William the Fourth and Queen Victori, for alteration (presented 23d April), be 0 The House divided : tiaNORITY—AYES, 12. Fellowes, Edward Langton, W. H. P. Barr i ng ton, Lord Forbes, Win. Stanford, J. F. pArig:to:bd.y, II . A. Bruce, C. L. Frewen, C. H. Cotton, W. H. Gwyn, H owel TELLERS. Mailings, J. b u ncombe, A. L acy, H. C. Spooner, R. R. MAJORITY—NOES, 44. Adderley, C. B. Egerton, Sir P. Hominy, Sir A.nstey, ThomaS C. Ferguson, Sir R. Scholefield, J. W. Bell, Jacob Galway, Viscount Scott, Francis Bcresford, William Hall, Sir B. Seymer,. H. K. Booth, Sir R. G. H am i lton, Geo. A. Stafford, Augustus Bridges, Sir B. H am i lton, Lord C. Stu art, A. mind Burghley, Lord 'Henley; J. W. Stuart, Lord 1). Buxton, sir E. Herbert, H. A. Tennent, Sir J. Carter, J. B. Jolliffe, Sir W. 11. Thompson, Colonel Chandos, Marquis of Kelly, Sir F. Trotlope, Sir J. Christopher. R. Naas, Lord Wrightson, W. B. Christy, Samuel Napier, Joseph Yorke, E. T. Clements, C. S. Newport, Visct. Deedes, W. Pakington, Sir John TELLZIS. Dunne, Colonel Peto, Samuel Thornely, T. Edwards, 11. Pigott, Francis Brotherton, Joseph [ A DvEnnsEmmaT.]—Holloway's Pile, an admirable Remedy for the Cure of Bile, Indigestion, and Liver Com plaints. The wid ow o f an off officer in the East India Company's Service had been residing many years in Calcutta, where her liver and stomach had become so deranged that she could with difficulty digest any kind of food. She suffered almost un ceasingly from sick headache, nervousness, and lowness of spirits, the results of a debilitated constitution. The medical aid she had there was of no avail, and her friends gave up all hope of a reco very unt il s h e h a d re c ourse to Holloway's Pills, which in about six weeks restored her to sound and perfect health.---Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloways Establishment, 244, Strand, London. E o; C C n k ou lan T d u ha E 3 AaplppacinisteTdaajcoL.—NATTilbkeinsoLno,rd ,Cci.h,anceillorn:o_fr ol,ursee: to the commission of the peace for the county 1 the e r e e o c u o n m ty m . endation of the of I.3.intlon Lieutenant of FINE. ARTS. THE NA Ti INSTITUTIO2V: A prireae view of the aiicttits collected _ingather io the Pan:lead G a li,, ty ( 316, Regent-street) enabled I/P, on , Saturoey, to oker v e the'profir!ea nine by the ; . ':cited coatributues ere Retiqtat iostitutiora tie,veral of the wort.-s of art ilieeiayed - f . in,the walls of the principal dpartmentsi lioaour upon the . E_agliShschool orpainting, e'speeiilly in that depart a . it nr in which our artists t.:5 at body , have longs proved tbeeaselves_unrivalied--thaa of landscapes. Produc tions of. various merit--esome, at adinirable -as, it .must , be admitted, others are execrable —to the number ' altogether of 381; serve at once to demonstrate that our cultivators of art are industrious at least, if not all peCuliarly gifted, and thst tMa'patroxis Of art are munificent, if not in every instance. diacriminating. 6 e m -lik e e n l e ew y, Foreign scenery is in 'the present' e'ihibition as fre— quently pourtraYed as ttshai, the Py of Tun in Switzsrland, CM, bYI A. an nI to the Venetian Sketch, by W. Oliver (119), show ing the Canal St. Frenaro. Happily there are others of a more honita:drawn character, such es H. B. - Willis's (67) " Sunny' Scene on the Severn an Glou cestershire"—an exquisite. English landscape, painted with poetical tr u th fu l ness to na.ture t 'asidtith a sense of the characteristi cs of rurbflife [Alp island, indicative of a nrAculine subtle appreciation. Another painting 'fre i m fffee same hand, small though' it is, - - and Consequently restricted„ in vigour, is nevartbeleafo:; eXprefisite of the SiIIDIO admiraW cepsciieS, re'ree,o4g,(76) " A Sketch from Natnre bra L;atle .Nook near the Lover's Sear, Sassex"—a name appropriate tii':'fiLe :salvan and levee:.; a seat ftCithC tryst or coareiaiplation. Yet a third comjiosition from the easle of .R. Willis (302), " The Pleasant Time of harvest,"" demands . from us a no less earnest expression of oar admiration. His partiality for these two horses we cannot regret, seeing how marvellously well he depicts them always, bow exquisitely the whole scene harmonizes, and how charmingly the artist, in developing his own original powers, can emulate simultaneously the very opposite excellences of Collins and of Herring. One of the Lauders—J. Eckford to wit—has a singularly clever and ingenious representation of (23) "Master Walter Scott and his friend Sandy Ormistoun." Child though the future romancist is—in every feature, in the serious, earnest expression, io the lofty forehead, and quaint mixture of severity and good humour (traceable possibly to that long upper lip—a sign of wisdom according to some physiognomi s t s ), a str iki ng resemblance is the acknowledged portrait tsh o co f o t s h tt e i,ce G os r ne s ta a r traceable to toe L the btt a s u t d b e y r,, C t h h a is n t t i r m ey e to R.eti l u a t t . e k s A n t t i w o o t p her e f o r r of s of considerable dithension, of sublime purport,_ of enormous ; pretension. Yet both are, to' our thigh:4, not merely signal but absolutely (72) "The Crucifixion," a subject too astaittl to be lightly treated in the style of mere p'ctii'rial melodrama, and (168) " Christ teaching Humility" —(pity Mr. Lauder could not take a lesson in that same virtue of- humiiity)--ein — which the faces are weird sand unearthly as corpses , galvanized into a semblanae of life, 'and in which the very raiments also partake of the unnatural in their. Piebald variegation. Not less raw in colouring is the little river-side study, .near Battersea, of F. W. Halrae (34), called " High and Dry." A triple . piCture, somewhat in the _ _ _ _ rigid style of .11iltaio, eulogized by Ruskin, represents the 6kill of J. Zephania Bell and (24) the story of " Ellen of Kirconnel." Incomparably the most gifted coatributor to the welli the Portland Gsllery,' and to the Catalogue of the National Institution, is Sidney R. Percy. Several of his paint ings this season are perfect masterpieces—especially that exquisite composition (39) "An Osier Bed on the-Thames,' which should henceforth be always dis tinguished by the bird with the metallic blue plumage on the gnarled limb of the fallen timber—as the kingfisher. Another work by Percy Sidney (101) the " Eagle's Nest, Killarney," a third (294) entitled " Willows,” and a fourth (149) delineating the " Llyn AlStiribyr,Y. W." reveal his extraordinary and ver satile pwers as an artist, capable of representing with Equal truthfulness the scenery of England, IVales, and Ireland. Edward Armitage has a droll picture (60) called " Sunday Trading---a hard eat , e," which, with its phantom peliceinan and timid little orange girl, we would earnestly commend to the Sets batarians. 'ine'Williamses as usual are in remark able force—" Cernarvon Castle, Moon Rising," by E. Williams, sen., - being a wonderful revelation of darkness visible, the same artist's (74) "Heath Scene —Storm clearing off," being as iutid as Alfred W. Williarris's (69) "Pass of Naut Francon," is sunny and exhilarating. R. Burchit; has an admirable portrait in his likeness of (88) the Right Rev. Dr. Ullathorne. There is, of course, another " Burning of the Amazon" (139), this time for the i tenefit of Miss Smith, and froth the hand or Captain Inglefield. "An Attractive Tune" (204), by Daniel Passmore, represents aril: old fiend of a fiddler scraping diabolical discord from the catgut, with an eldritch look, enough in its ugliness to frighten any sensible infant into fits. " The Highlands" (245), by Mrs. M'lnn, would be excellent but for the water, that looks like a conglo merate of mud, gravel, and shavings—in fact, as un like water as anything we ever saw depicted. A really extraordinary effect in the way of perspective is produced by J. W. Glvs in his (255) ' Free Companions." - Such a " London Sunrise" es that painted by H. Dawson (296), no mortal ever wit nessed from Battersea Reach to the Isle of Dogs— with its raw gamboge glare, and its lacework clouds similarly tinted, giving one the best idea imaginable of the aspect of the golden fleece. During the prin cipal portion of Saturday the rooms were sufficiently. crowded: to indicate the popularity of the National InstitutiOn. NAVAL IN As l . LE T l4 he L ß %i o cofi c ., y N , C 9 I O E , PORTEMOUTII, MOND Captain Grabam, G. 8., is ordered to.complete with four months' provisions. and will leave Spithead about the latter end of the week, preVious to which she will be paid advance. It is reported she is going to Plymouth and Queenstown in tho.endeavour to make up her complement, of which she wants about 150. The EoConnter; 14, 'Captain Gordon, has been taken le. _ . shifte d cijitetoathaanaiyot a to-day f erjrio o t n o . into the eagle dock to-day to refi; . ... Ihe . Sampson,. 6, steam-frig3te, CiOin T. W. Jones, 2: ql el i tr gars; ull7sag na ,Captainsdns, uf,e:Viilaoi mare gnhpi morning, complimentsa n altf from m he r which left .on Saturday 'to look for t h liti av Q in u g een to , u l c l h 6 e , a re a - t tu r n t-. cl t o 8p i t head m o N this y e:Le afternoon n u w a i j t e h s o t u y t ,s se , e sjc i h n rie g ewh e y autr t w h erai E e_ g_ d_ S.S.E., ancilerefcroshe may be expected hourly, PLYMODTIE, °Eichlihrp:r.auk: Falmouth, But Conflict, the f from. South . Siodu arrivedth h As a- a s d um s m t u el : r e a d ae r ielrotePhs: yesterday General Hoses is on board. were d mar Zwat, ig gu a n Z C N ao c t t a h i e n rlar o a ord ll u a y j n enyc o s m slo ß o av p ti l s a vi f. t i a . ,on usbleyinoyamniaredortkuenitoehwyis, Majesty's.dal w ith John Luscombe, the a n id am a a n az t . fficial e • Superintendent S' Saturday. • pilre sumedowdgCPgt morning. eilem acknow ledged histanfConsul, a(x ioobna d n: u s: u t eh y l I ' in the dockyar d n 1 r • Mic h ael , from Calcutta, for The French ship Louis lIV Dun kirk, arrived here yesterday. ' Left Calcutta on the 7th of December. On the 26tb l o y f S., long. 28 11 E., the Eng lish ishjsahniapalrnydsiapno 16th rased St. Ilele y n t z e ; on , Ir f e r , o i m n let. Penang,33 8 emu, (25th tor London. Februar y the 19th, in lat. 12 14, I,r 29th en c ho f doubled The .Cape. On the of No. veraher), for Liverpool; on It. , ng. 12 16, i spoke shidlliPS l a A p g as la s e ed barque Vilore, from Cal the 23 ;1 of Febru ary ... Februar y, at. 136 luny 21 35 IV., spoke forA s'Bceoursdieoanu_;x,onwhtichhe vessel had previously i ., ' sp-en t he Cyrene, from Bor deaux for Monte Video, in let. .1 47 N., long. 23 4•; on the 19 th o f M arc h , in lat. 15 44 INT , longf36 24 W., spoke theiF renc h sh i p Sarah, fro lieauien. April the 7th in lat. 46 . 31 N., long. 20 5 W. passed a ship with '` Grectipoint " on h er larbeard qaarter. April 14, in i 3:.t. 43 47 I'., Lug 15 40 'W., passed a Russian ship !r .z. . from S i ngapore, which left on the 15th of November, 1 tor Cowes. • APPOLNTMENTS. WOOLWICII, APrat. 26 —lStastor Joseph Wallis (1850) to the Argus, 6, stetm•sloop of 300 7hoise power, ad vanced war steamer, at Davenpor t . Surgeon William Webber, M.D. (1852), to the Brito mart, 8, brig, at Devonport, The Torch iron steam-vessel, tender to the Herald, for surveying service in the South Seas, will be ready to proceed down the River on trial on May 8, and both vessels are expected to be fully ready for sea in about a fortnight from this time. While iron vessels are con tinued in. tho Royal Navy, it is necessary to employ them, but it would be a source of satisfaction and con fidence were each of the of f icers and crew supplied with life preservers. These useful safeguards might be sup plied as fittings, and returned into store when iron ves sels are paid off. . . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Lobserve that Captain Penny bas published in your valuable journal his opinion that the waster and mato of the. Renovation saw only what ho calls "country sbipe" It it is his wish to prevent a further invests gn. tioa into the truth of this extraordinary narrative, it shoukl he known that wary of my brother olli nets, >;g will a 5 myself, Who have ,navigated the Artie ; seas, are of quite a diff , reut, opinion ; and we can east)" (OSUMI that Captain Penn i'PfactisP` l - eye insist have been thirt- e Directed towards the sn-ealled Viateria Channcl. There is no such illusion, as t...- i'euks o f, neat, the Banks !of Netvfotindlend. The i - -mi en of forty years to produce such it nae , i e ., i , 11 , :‘ , lor _ 0 _, ~ . a‘ruare of that the n - }quid all comment ;on the e„,rz:rary, , r , vre •-', 117 d be that Wit; far more prob3.l:! ot opinion th 911 that captain and mate of 6 1-A,n.,vati,,,i.is . the th.: missing ships went up t;l6 yi.*. . true, tee Polar Sea. "- , orlo. har!: , , , i into vve bops and trust that the Athot • i .• in the investigation they h itv . 1- a•ty vii.! no:. relax interesting .subject. ' ' . • have 6-o latlL:ly '' - - t h i s interesting o tin on 13 Lank Sir, your ; ent se ervalit, • • ~-7; .i • JOI-IN ROSS, Rear-Moll/ 11 '0 Norih•Weet casttr, Stt%.• nra , Ap-i1 ,6 3 • ' ' _."''n••••Art4.----____l' 6: .•.•. On Sunday, April $5, twenty-tour persons re nounced the errors of Popery in the ehigelt of St. Paul, Bermondsey, London. 1 19' Olar, js .40 4T17? 6 10 IP6 ~g6140$ t;i os Owl 4 1, 1•3 r,; t 3,1 ; '; or .1 / I' i ".1 1 I J. . EE'- 1 at , ~_ 3~ r` P 4 • i t ,5 ..• • TT