The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-24 00:00:00

Vtirti lEbition+ VICE -CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) LUMLEY 1). WAGNER-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE AND THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. It being understood teat an application would be made this morning to dissolve the injunction which was granted yesterday against Madlle. Wagner and Mr. Gye, the court was crowded at an early hour by persons anxious to hear the answer which would be made to the affidavit of Mr. Lumley read yesterday in court. The public anxiety was, however, disappointed, for no men tior was made of the case during the day, and though, as we are informed, the defendants had been engaged daring the whole of the ni4hc in preparing affidavits, none hid been filed in the ease at the time of the risicg of the Court. The minutes of the order of yesterday have been served on Mr. Gye personally, and on the solicitor of Ma&moisell,t Wagner, and on the part of the defer - Aiwa, a notice of motion to dis solve the injunwion was served , pri Mr. Lumley's solicitor so ice as els.ven ck lt t night. At this point the matter rests tar the present, arvi w, snop , ise that I Martiri will be siihitirired "tor Le Proplete advertise., this morning, tvalors Mr. Gye chuoso s tu run the tisk of yie!a!ing the injunction, and puffing timsfrlf in contempt of Court, which we .circ.ly thi! k Pr 06.01.. FRANCE. The Moniteur du Loiret lives the following account of the arrival of thie PreSident of the Republic at Orleans : “ foe President arrivrd at Orleans at seven o'clock hes; evening. As the journey of the President was ex clusively for the interest and i smeliorstion of a country hither to neglected, it was wi.hed to avoid the loss of time oaus - d by °Ens! prea4iatioret, and tor that reason the a - coma of his intended arrival Was contradicted by the Journals. The Pi iece, on arriving at the terminus, was received by the Prefect of the Loiret, and the Prefects of the. Cher and tae Loir-et-Cher. General Ccear, the Centaandant of the Gendarmery, and other authorities, were also present. several carriages were in wait ing for the Prince and his suite. Among the person; who B ,,,,., w patiied him were Ministers of toe Interior, Public Instruction, and Justice; M. Dumas, ex-Minister ot Commr , rce; M. Becquerrei, Member of the C o uncil-General of the Loiret, General R. , guet, aide-de-camp of the Presideatt; M. de Bovine, orderly officer of the Prince; M. Regeault, meteb,r ot the In• sticute; M. D wry. Inspector-General of the Punta et Caausseas; M. de Fraccitieville, chef de division at the Department of Public Works, &c. The President and his suite on entering their carriages immediately drove to the Prefecture, where a grand diviner was kiven. During their pessege no cry of any kind *as rail-d. Nu pre,entaion took place, exe pc that f the of ficers of the 27th Regiment, by G-ueral Cce ir. The President expressed to the general his happiness at meeting the officers of so fine a regiment as the 27i.h. with whose bri,liant services in the maintenance of order he was well aegnainted. Tl2e general atterwards Pres.4ated Captain Le , aque, of that regiment, for whom he demanded the cross of the legion al Honour. The President replied that he west well aeg-iamted with the name and servio - s of Captain I...6 , eque ' and that he was well deserving o f t h e re w a r d eemended, and he was n u the spot named Chevalier of the order. At this mo ment, a poor private of the 27th, Leading a petition in his hand, endeavoured to gain adini si, , n to the President to solicit his kindriese iu behalf el hi. aged father. A young sub-lieutenant s,w the soldier, and, feeling for his embarrassment, took him by the arm, and led him towards the President, saying c Monseigneur, here is a soldier who wishes you to receive a petition, in which he supplicates your kindness in behalf of his aged father.' The President took the paper with the greatest kindness, and in a few minutes after handed to the sub-lieutenant a two hundred francs note fir the father of the soldier. The President slept ,At the pr• E • where an apartment ead been prepared for him. This morning-- (T-hursday) he will leave at six o'clock by a special train for the Sologne lie will step at Monie-Bettuyron, Brioon, Sanvign), &c., and return in the evening, to dine at La Fetl (le Si.. Aubin, from whence he will return direct to Paris, without stopping at Orleans. He is accompanied in hie excursion in the Sologne by all the persons who came with him from Paris, ray the Prekces ot the Loiret, the Cher, and the Loir-et-Cher, by M Machart, the engi neer-in-chief and by several of the ordtn.ry engineers, &c. It is to be hoped that this visit of the Chief of the State into the Sotseoe will not be without advantafe to this , . country, which has so long anxiously waited for improvement, Ind that di , - plans long since submitted to the approbation of the G..verament will at length be carried into exenutuat.” It is positively stated, says the Con.stihdiannel, that the Legislative Body is to have a Bill betore long submitted to it, having for object to modify Arts. 5, 6, and 7 t)f the c, , de of criiiiino in.truetinn. These articles rehte to crimes committed by French sub jects in foreign countries. The new Biil is above all intended to comple.e the legislation, by applying it not m-rely to crimes, but also to certain misde meanours (offences of the press for instance) com mitted in foreign countries. This Bill is now under eximination of the Council of Skate. Accordh , g to the treaty phssed between the Mi nister of Public Works and the pari , ;.3 applying f:r the olncessifn of the l'aris to C:ea Railwa3, the line from Paris to e'en and Cheroourie is to join the R-tien Railw ty above the tunnel of R;lleboise Tae line is divided into two skcjorii , , ore from Rouen to Caen, kind the , ec.,r,41 from Caen t urg. Th 9 first section is to h- exectr. , ,i in three years, the expense being estimated at 52 As the State gives a subvetvion of 16 millions, the capital to be raised by toe company is 36 millions, of whieh 24 are to be in bonds. Tne State guir.ntees for 50 years an interest. of four per cent. The rxrcution of the second section is to commence at the end of the term fixed for the first, and is to be concludkl wirbin a delay of three years from that period. This section is to be executed in the conditions of the law of June, 1842 (1). Three fourths of the capital the 24 mil lions have been reserved to the shareholders of the Rouen Company, two Rouen shares giving a right to one share of the Caen and Cherbourg. The Vierzon Railway shareholders, at a ganeral meeting, held on Wednesday, voted by a majority of 589 to 7 the acualgawatiou of the company with the Orleans line. BELGIUM. The works for the establishment of a submarine telegraph between England and Belgium will be commenced without delay. The wires are ready. Tbe extreme points of the line will be—in England, at Dover ; in Belgium, at Nieuport, and not Ostend. As soon as the Dover-Nieuport line of telegraph is established Mr. BRETT will return to Russia, whither be has been summoned by the Emperor NICHOLAS. The Brussels journals state that there was such a severe frost in the night of Monday in that city and its vicinity that several cart loads of ice were ob tained. The indepe.g......,„ nce of Brussels says...." A grave fact has just occurred. The sover..ign families whwe in terests were comprotniQen by the decree of the 22d 04 January against th e Orleans property, presented through their Minist ers some rem ons trance to the French G.vernment ; but th-y are told that no notice could be taken of them, and that the decree must ab solutely be carried into effect." SWITZERLAND. The fine,' examination of the 4110 t opened at Berne, a to whether the p resent authorities should roman in power, h as given as a definitive result:— Ag4inst the revocation ...... 42,235 'or the revocation .......... 36,390 Tbi Conserv:dive majority has therefor., gained by 5,845 votis. The SUCCPSB of the moderate party at Erne ha 4 been received with acclamation through,mt alt Swi z fiend. This is the rudest check which the Itivrticai party has ever Pxperiencefi. 'l' () K ti ~ ~' The SULTAN has opp• - .inted SULETMAN PACHA, Illeinber of the Divan, to the post of Governor_ General of Bruisal Re4CHID PACHA, general in command of Anatoiia, to be commandaut-general of Conitantinople ; and ilArtz PACIIA to succeed to the office held by }tow nie , PActIA. £he British Secretary of Legation, Mr. Ausozs, who was sent some time ego to Belgrade, for the purpose of arranging between r Lica the differences which had arisen Governin.nt of that place with the British Consuldte, has r. turned bi.ber by the steamer from GAlatz, after having - , ucceeded in the accom plishment of his mission. The British flag has again been basted and saluted by a discharge of artillery. ITAL L.tters from Florence state that the Ministerial Crisis has not passed, and that all the Ministers a efept M BONELLA have sent in their resignations to 'the GRAND Duns , informing hi m of tbeir resolve not to meddle with the Leopoldine laws, which for so long a time have been the pride of Tuscany. The excitement is so general throughout th e country, that the diplomatic corp 4 have thought it necessary to interfere in th e m eter, and at a meeting lately held, t..l_,a Nuncio, M. M AS • ONI , WhS the, only supp., r t er IioNELLA. The Ministers of Prtrisi,i and Sardinia r e 7 Prf-ssed themselves strongly in favour of th e a "`" tna neP of the Laopoldine laws. intt.ll - " tt rlce has reached Turin from Cagliari to the th 3' e latte r 'c,ten the 9.h. inst.' General DURANDO left a body. rst 0 h board, the Governolo steamer, with • there to e stablbill. 1 n order t o proceed to Tempio, provin ce . the state of siege for the town and AMENDMENT OF T se a Bill,,now in th e R ou ... R/ it is ItItIAL LAW —Yesterday of c o by the Attorney-General.bi w i l l l l B , was printed, prepared the criminal law, by empower% Proposed to " amend " Riagistrates within the intiediction of the Central Criminal Bram Police District, to impris on per :',: s t . , , and the Metropo eeediag six months, for utterin g couu u te ' rt 'or a period not ex send the case to the session& i n i ere l_ t toin, or he may and summary inean.ours, where the offence is c ow - `"'' 3 B, and raisde- PuiVishment is desired, magistrates may ed ko ez ,Prison with or I vtthout hard labour for a period not Klouths. ""wzg twelve THE SUN, THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this dtty.) TII - Z EREBUS AND TZRROIL—We have reason to be lieve that Sir Edward rarry, and other experienced Arctic v-yagers, entertain th e o pi n i on that the ships seen by the merchantmen attached to the iceberg, off Newfoundland, were in reality the Erebus and Terror, abandeeed by Sr John Franklin and his companions. LE VOL DE L'AlGLE.—Great excitement bas been produced during the wee k a t the Royal Military College, Chelsea, in cons e quence of the discovery, on Friday, that the eagle which was captured by the 87th Fusiliers from the French, at the ba ttle of Borrosa, was stol en f rom the chapel of that establishment. To all a,spearance, the culprit must have been well ac qsainted with the approaches, for he entered through the trap-door in the- roof over the chapel, and descended the belfry stairs; be then obtained access to the organ loft, and appears to have hooked up the sta ff ff. and sawed off the eagle. He must have been disturbed his oper ations, for he left his boots behind him, and threw the greater part of the flag staff into the field, only retaining the eagle. No clue has yet been obtained that might lead to tee apprehentiou of the offender. The whole of the eagles captured from the enemy in the Peninsular, and at Waterloo, were originally deposited in the Guards' Chanel at Whitehall, but, durteg the feign of Mi tiliem the Fourth, it was considered teat Chelsea Hospital, bring the retreat of the warriors fr om a ll t h e arm y branches of the service, weis the most proper receptacle for such trophies, and they were consequently removed, and many otner captured standards are to be found in that establishment, in addition to the Imperial eagles. THE COMMAND IN AUSTRALIA.--It is with much pleasure that we have t o not i ce this week t h e step ta k en in the right way by the Horse Guards, which effaces some of the faults committed by them in an opposite course, and ou whi c h we h ave f elt i t our d uty to com ment in severe tp.rm,‘. We allude to the app ointment of Maj ;r General Jetties Campbell, KAI., an old Peninsular soldier and a Regimeteal Officer, upwards of 20 years coinmaudieg the 95th Regiment, to toe command 01 the Troops in Australia and its dependencies, which includes New Zealand. Major General Campbell, we understand, will leave England about July or August next, by one of the new line of steamers, for Sydney. MILITARY INQUIRY.—A court of inquiry assembled at Templeusore Barracks on Tuesday, the 20th instant, to investigate charges brought against Lieutenant G. Ackland, BsuTackmaster. by Major Hart, commanding depet.49th Regimen, at Waterturd, for barrack damages, wherein nu charged the Berraektnaster with " perfect fraud;" Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thorc,ld, 921 High laneeee president; the Commanding Reyal Eegineer of th. liekenny District, and Major M.cintosh, Barrack maser of Limerick, members. STAPE—Major-General R. C. Mansel, K H., left Dublin, for Cork, on 21st April, to assume the cone wand of the district. SOUTH- WEST DlTTiticT.—Maj9r-General Simpson returned ts) Portsmouth trom leave of absence on the 181 inr4.. and reQumPd the duties of the diArict. STAFF 0FF1C6.119 OF PENSIoNERB.—Captain ►Story, from tit,,ckport, to succeed Lieutevant•Culonel Swan at Nottirgham, and Major Beales, from Cavan, liucceeda thela e Major PinklYd at Leeds. _ _ _ DUBLIN DISTRICT.—The tota► strength of the troops comprising the Dublin district amounts to 8,113 men or ull arms. Major• General Love is expected to arrive in Jersey at the close or the muath, to tsasume the duties of Lieu tenaat•Governor. Lient.-Geoeral Lord Fi!voy Somerset, Military Secretary, held a ley ~ e at th , . Ibrse Guards on Saturday last. which was attended by many ( ffieers. Captain Wily, late 50tH litiguaeut, on the half-psy unattached, has been apvinted by tha Right Hon. the Secretary-at-War, staff offi3er of pensioners, of the first class, in Canada. Lieut. Macariney, of, the 15th Hussars, employed upon the recruiting service in London, has received orders to jnin his regiment in India. TEE ARCTIC SEARCIL—With reference to our state ment last week, we have reason to believe that Sir Ed ward Belcher has left England with instructions to de tach a portion of his squadron to Melville Island, with the view of anticipating the arrival of, or meeting with Commander M'Clure and the Invfstiwor. THE COMMITTEE GE THE PERSERAGE SYSTEM.— The three officers, viz , . Messrs. G!.tint, Pormeter, and B:11, who attended the funeral ofthe old purserage sys tem, are still in London, arranging matters for the due introduction into the service of Its successor. We un derstand that the new active hat is to cons i s t o f 300 DEATH OF MRS. CRAWFORD, DAUGHTER OF ADMIRAL DIINDAs.—We regret to have to anurrunee the ..udden death of Mrs. Crawford, the youngest daughter of the estimable Commander-in-Chief im the Mediterranean. The sad event too k piece on the 20th inst., a t Ov e r to n, in L.narkihire. . _ Tne committee appointed to Fmusine the dockyard accounts, composed of Mr. Murray, chief engineer, o!; Portbmouth; Mr. Rice, master shipwright's assistant, of Portsmouth; and Mr. Laws, storekeeper, of Sheerness; have arrived at Chatham, and are engaged in examining the trconnti of that establishment, The new Admiralty, we are glad to find, are deter mined to carry on and complete the new works of the dockyards. Their Lordship; have this week given orders for the works of the North Camber, at Ports mouth, to be proceeded with. The good service gratuity of 501. has been awirded by the Admiralty to Mr. Whitten, foreman of Purtamouth Dockyard. We i-gr.3t to hcsr that fever hai broken ont amongst the man of the 31st lirelmi,nt, sta dat 3:illy4hanuon liarr9eks, and N portion “ti the dc,tachuient is under orders to jiin head-qtr rters a. Ene.i,killen. INTE,LE.IGENCE. (From the Xi/tiny Jow nal ct this day.) Business has bent ta;.l - ,er ac.ivr during the w.elt, and numtar of shares have clanged hand-, both in divi dend and other mines that are ti.cTea,ing ti.eir saes of produce awl approaching towards paying their own eost, some to w of which are expected shortly to pay dividends. In the Metal Market-Copper "is in such extensive requi-st that orders in several instances have been de c tried at the prices quoted.-In British Tirt less business, 8 dote g; Hanna staiitis at 80s., th-ugh api rcelof neariy 600 tons of that and Straits have gone cif al 795. for th, :ormer, and 78s. the latter. There has not be. nso much doing as of late in Tin-plates. Lead cor:Vnues in very great remand, and full rates are mainiained. In the Bullion Market-Mexiean and South American dollars, buyers at 49. to d, per ez. Spanish pillar dol lars, 5 Op. per oz, Bar silver cunt.iining gold, , -,11 gold above 5 gra. in the pouod to be paid for 51. Did. per oz, standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. per .z. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Ameri can gold coin, 765. 4d. per cz. Platina, 16s. per oz. Qin kailver in bond, 3s. per lb. The sale of copper ore at Thursdaa'd Ticketing was 3 758 tons, amounting to 21,7731. 9s. 61, the average produce and standard being 1081. 3s. The corres ponding sale last month was 2 65U tons, produce 1051. , being about the same rice. At the two-montbly meeting of the Merllyn Mining Company, on Thursday, Mr. John Watson, the secre tary, read the statement of accounts, which showed a nett profit on the two months worku.g of 1.0041.185. 101 and a balance of assets over every liability of 1,6401: 10s. 9.1. A dividend of 1,000/, or 4s. per share, was declarial. At the Levant Mine meeting, on the 13th inst., the accounts sh ,, wed-Balance last account, 8501. 18s. 6d.; tin sold, 2,2881. 13s. 4d.; copper ditto; 1,3271. 3s. 101.; carriage, 711. 9s. 21=4,538/, 4s, 101-By labour cost Jan.. 1.3821. 31. 5d,; diet. Feb.. 1,309/. Is.; surgeon and clef., 3a/. 13a. 61.; mercharaa' bills, 1871. Bs, 74: leaving ballsace in favour of oa. e, 920/. 18 , .. 4d. At the Condurrow Mine hi-monthly meeting, un Monday, the accounts snowed-Balance last account, t iv/ Id.; c. pper ore s 9521. 164. 3d.; tin, 6791. 9,;.; arsenic, 211=1 7631. 141. 4:1.-Libour cost r and March, 1 2 X4 l , 8:;.; merchant,' bill;, 2301. 143, 10d.; lord's 821, 11'. 3.1.: leaving halance next, see.oa..t. 146/, 3 -.7 i. At Wheal Trev.,l3ati v, Thar:day, the cc. collets ahowed a each tsiat - ce in land of 3371. 10s. 9d.. arid a statement of liabilities ',wet assets, including ifF: ainfanit due fur camps, of 3841 6i. 3d. At the East Pool Mine m - eiina, on Tuesday. the ac counts iihowed-Balance last itee, , UUt. 3991. 144. 101; labour coat for F.-brutry tied March. 927/. 13s. 7d.; merchants' bill,, 3091. 164.10 d.; dues on ores, 431. 9,4. 9i.; =c1,680/. 15a.-By cappar ore sold, 9441 4s. 6:1.; nrienie, 341 16i. 8 , 1.; tin ditto, 325/. 12 , .. 7d ; water drainage, 1 00/.: leaving balance against ads enture riz, 2761. is, 3d. At Cuban. Silver-Lead Mine meeting yestarday, the accounts ahoweit-Balance last account, 3481 14s. 84.• l‘hour co s t f or N ovember, 2091. Bs. Bd.; December, 4581 ' . 17 '. lid.; January, 2521 . I s; F ebruary, 2221. 14s. 10 1 .; merchants' hills, 255/, 13g. 41=1,747/. lets. sd. By or:s sold, 3541. 3d.; cads receieed, 1,1251; leaving 101.; h ac i1 e i r , :tir 1 ) 2 t. 51 2 , 7 1 7 7 1..6. ; atid Larch 23 1 6 8 1 1- 7 *amino 30 tons 'liabilities, 3d. , makes 6491. 18s. 9 000 d aauay of ore . ter sale, estimated to b . worth 360/.: It , wa s ree Pll o d_ _to increase the number of to At the ,nth of Se' Oa s per share was made. the accounta"ltauhOwd Mine.cl"rtertY meeting. On 41 16s. 9d,. r iv B eal 1,411247. f 77. 132 3 - 1 1 .2 t 14 a 97. ' c l: t u e e n s t d , ay l2 , 4, Labour cost 1- Dec , 371 13„,. aa.; Feb., 27/. le. 911; S ae et 1 ?(1.; January, 61/. &c., 20/ 6..leavieg balance to ) ne d jarY ' 4d.; cails In arrear, 1011-shosving 107/. account, against amount at March coat, 351. 19,, 10d., and mer chants unpaid, 411. 163. sd. A call of 2s. 6cl. per share was made. At Wheal Hamlyn quarterly meeting, held on April 16- the accounts elbowed-I>c. cost, 331 1 2s. 2:1.; ,lan 441 9s. ; Feb. 381 16 7d.; Captain C arpenter fir 'nape ctiag, at 2a ; secietary'b salary, 4/. 4 , ..--_1231, 7d.-C.lll received, 101/ balance in band last Bc caua!, 201. is. 10d.: 1. Hying balance to next aecoun,, Si.ll. 9.1 March, cost. 231. 8. 5 , 1.; printing. 21/ I la. 3a.-_=46/ 5.5. 51.: liabilities against arrears of calls to re ceive 68/.Bs. A call of 1-. per share was made. At Vv heal Sidney meeting. on the B , h April, the ac counts showed-Balance last account, 81/. 19s. I Id.; nail, 98G1..--=1 0671 19.. 1 ld.- Cost fur Nay., 911. 15s. 9d.; , 135/. 191.; J•an., 162/. 3.. 4.1 a Feb. 1581. 10,, 101.; discounts, 91. 155.; merchants' bills, 3011. Iv. 9.1.; due on forfeited shares, 48/. 5-. ; issuing ba lance to next account, 160/. 9s. Id. The liabilities are about 960/. A call of 10s. per share was made. The general meeting of adventurers in Lydford Con sols was held on Thursday, when accounts showed-Re ceipts, 3,176/. 18s; expenditure, 2,9581 03. Id.: leaving a balance of 218/. 17s. 11d. A call of 2a. 6d. per share was made. At the Stray Park, Carnborne Vean, and Wheal Fran cis Mines bi-monthly meeting, on the 16th instant, the accounts showed- B i jance last account ; 855/. 14 9 . 10d.; labour cost, January, 158/. 4s. lid.; ditto February, 6137. 64. 7d.; subsist, o l l .l9s.;merchans bills, 193/. 9s. 4d.; tribute on o res, 194185. Bd.; lords' does, 151.20 . LONDON,' 1d.=1,5201. 15s. sd.—By copper ores sold, 3081. 17s. 5d.; mundic, Si. ss. HA; profit on Wheal Francis, all. 3a. 3d.: leaving balance against adventurers of 1,1751. Bs. Ild. A call of 11. per share was made. At Wheal St. Agnes meeting, on the 15th instant, the accounts showed—Balance of last account, 48/. ss. Bd.; mine cost for October, November, December, January, and February, 3271, 3..=-.3751. Bs. 81.—Cal1 of 1/. per share, 2561.; tin sold, 571. 6s. 4d.:—leaving balance due to purser, 32/.25. 41. At a meeting of adventurers in the Beacon Mine the accounts were passed, and a call of Is. per share made for the prosecution of future operations. At West Wheal Friendship meeting on Thursday, a committee of management was appointed. At Wheal Langford and Baring bimonthly meeting on the 16Th inst., the accounts showed a balance of 2051. 16, 9d. in favour of the mine. At Tsvy Consols Mines meeting on Tuesday, it was s Toed that all shares on which the call made on the 33 February, and previously thereto, remaining unpaid, be forfeited to the company; and the meeting adjourned to the 4ch May to determine thereon, increasing the then number of shares by multiplying the same by 4,6, or 8. At East Wheal Msrgaret meeting on the 13 , h inst.. the accounts showed a balance of 5881.35. 7d., and a call of 11s. 6d. pc, share was made. During the week shares have changed hands in Devon Great Consols Alfred Consols, Bedford, West Provi• dents, Tincrott, Wellington, LPwis, Levant, St. Aubyn and Gryll3, Merliyn, Treleigh Consols, North Downs, Chiverton, Bryntail, Wheal Golden. St. Agnes Beacon, Trehane, West Darlington, North Buller, Wheal Uny, West Alfred Consols, West Ding Dong, Trebarvab, Millpool, Hslamannirg and Croft Grothal, Georgia, Hennock, Weston, Tre+)ell, Pricer' Albert, Clivo, Har riett, Es S5 Tamar, Klbricken, Great Bryn, East Russell, CrOior, Orsedd, Trenacce, CojAh and Wentworth,Wheal Arthur, Sampson, Spcelwell, Neptune, Cupid, Cabert, Pembroke and Elva Crinnis. Ailf-y-Crib, Galt-y-Maen, Lydford Console, Caradon Woad, North Robert, East But ingdon, Victoria, Wheal Williams, East Trescoil, East Rashleigh, Coed Mawr Pool, North Pool, Comlord, Cwindyle Rock, Mendip Hills, Wheal St. Agnes, and Minirg Company of Ireland. In Kreigti Mines, selea have been principally in Cei bre, which advanced from 31j/. to 36j closing at 35k. St. John del Rey, Mexican and South American, San tiago, and United K .. :itican, have also changed hands. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday (James M. R-ndel, EN., President, in the chair), the met read was " The Economy of Rail ways, as a me.ins of transit, c ,mprising the classification of the traffic, in relation to the most appropriate speed; for the conveyance of pasAzugers and merchandise," by Mr. Braithwaite Poole, Assoc.lnst. C. E. After referring to the influecceWlich cheap and rapid communications had on the prosperity of a na tion, the author alluded to the rise of the railway system in this country, expressing the belief, that it would have been economical and wise if the Tae-gislatare had in the first instance, determined the line on which the system of railways should have been constructed throughout the kingdom, so aa to have avoided the present ruin)us competition. The passenger traffic now exceeded, annually, four times the entire population of Great Britain, and was conveyed at three times the speed and one-third the fares formerly charged by the old stage, or mail coaches, whilst the cost of conveyance of merchandise, minerals, and agricultural produce had been re limed full fifty per cent., as compared with the rates charged on canals and turnpike roads fifteen years ago. The ordinary fares for passengers ranged from twopence three farthings to a halfpenny per mile, and for merchandise from one penny to 6d. per ton per mile. The author then proceeded to consider the economy which might be introduced into the working of railways, and divided the subject into sixteen diffe rent heads, eseh of which referred to some particu lar print, where it was thought a reduction of expenses might be made. The princip4l point advanced was the amalgamating, or working, of all the railways in four great divisions, and ensuring unity of management in every department, in the maintenance of the permanent way, and of the rolling stack, as well as in their manufacture, several improvements in the construc tion of the waggons being suggested. If a general classification of trains were arranged throughout the kingdom, separating esch class, and running them at d;fferent speeds whenever practicable, it was thought that it would be cutiducive to the interest of all parties, as it was urged to be a manifest injustice towards those who paid the highest fares, to find third class passengers arriving at the same time with them. Punctuality and regularity required to he strictly at tended to tor the maintenance of a certain definite speed. Numerous instances were adduced to show the vast advan•ages and economy of the railway system, without which the peony - vstage could not have been achieved, or the Great Exhinition rendered available to the multi tude; the reduce of the land and sea in vegetables, flaw, meat, &h. all provisions and fuel, would have re mained as limited in consumption as heretofore; and the poor rusti'a fire side in the rural districts would never have been warmed by coal. The paper announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, April 27th, was—" Railway Accidents, their cause and means of prevention. Detailing particularly the various contrivances which are in use, and have been proposed, with the regulations of some of the principal lines," by Captain Mark Huish, Assoc. Inst. C. E. •- - - - DREADFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Monday night a terrible calamity occurred at the Marehay Colliery, in the township of Riptey, Derbyshire, by which two human beings, and probably three, I,st their lives. A young man named John Bacon, whose duty it is to go down one of the pits I,:n- mending the ventilati , n fire, was about to descend the shaft at the usual time for that purpose, when two lads, who worked az, Denby P ttery, at , ..ked to be all , med to ae eornpiny him. They prepared to do so, when almost as s , on as the engine was set in tuition, the machinery on which the rope was wound b.:came detached, and they were dashed to the bottom with fearful velocity, the rope and drum falling upon them. Ac, nsiderable time elapsed bef ,re they could be reached, which at length they were by another shaft - , when a frightful spectacle presented itself. Bacon was almost roasted, having fallen into the fire. He was qui•e dead. A second, named Hamlet Smith, son of Mr. Daniel Smith, painter, died the following morning, and the third la not expected to recover. STRAND UstoN.—At the first meeting of the new board of guardians, Mr. Thomas Moseley and Mr. R. J. P. J.lquet were ananimnsly elected, respectively, chairman and vice-chairman for the ensuing year. THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 23. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Christopher Juseph Kuapping, cattle dealer, Eastwood Essex. Hugh Clark, stock and share broker, Cheshunt, Herts. BANKRUPTS. Henry Lamplongh, chemist, Hamilton-place, New-road, May 1, at eleven, and June 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Langley and Gibbon, Great James-street, Bedford-row. John George Lacy, gun manufacturer, 'treat St. Helens, Biahopsgate-street, May 1, at half- peat one, and June 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Reed. Langford, and Marsden, Friday -street. James Laing, coal merchant, Southampton, May 4, at one, and June 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Hark, Southampton-buildings; Philip. son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Loder, innkeeper, Wokingham, Berkshire, May 6. at two, and Jane 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Soames, Old Broad street, and Wokingham. Thomas Welsh, builder, Buralem, Staffordshire. May 5 and 27, at halt-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Shelton, Staffordshire; blotteram, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. John Meek, victualler, Wolverhampton, May 3 and 24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Kitson, Wolverhampton; Motteram, Knight. and Emmet, Birmingham. Richard Wilson Todd and Richsrd Hobbs. ironnysagers, Bath, Mal 6 and June 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. Bristol; Hollings, Bath. r•liribeth Ann Yandall, innkeeper, Bath. May 7, and Jni.e 2. at eleven, at the Bristol Ilistrict Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Hellings, Bath. Mary F .urricre, innkeeper, Wigan, Lawnshire, May 1 and ;?7, at twelve, et the Manchester District Court. Mackenzie, official assignee, Manchester; Price, Wigan, To , ma.4 Pearce and Wiltiarn Thackray, timber merchants, Sunderland, May 11 and June 10, .rt twelve. at the New castle-unoc-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Moore.r. Btsnopsw.armouth. Henry Bates and Henry Williamson, brewers, Halifax, Yorkshire, :Stay 24, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Wavell, Philbrick and Foster, Halifax. DIVIDENDS. At the GAlrr, Basinghall-street. J. Burl 4, Eagle Brewery, Hampstead-road, brewer, May 14, at tw4ve—W. Getlics!. Leieuater-aquare. linen draper, May 7, at twdv.-11. Pinhorn and R. Pinhorn, SArtharcpton, tailors, May 14, at eleven—R. Pinhorn, Southampt.n. tailor, May 14, at eleven—Z, Warren, Ard14712, E,sr, miller, May 14, at me—E. JonPs, Strand, woollendraper, May 14, at cne—A. Dean, g r i g ht ne , ( , lotraar, Mey 15, at half wit twelve—W. D! , nrnan, Chem, Surrey, earperrer. nay 15, at twelve 14 Tire nub. Highgate, butcher, May 20, at half-past cloven. _ In the Country. S. E. R. Jones, Wrockwardine, Shropshire. apothe cary, May 15, •t halt-past eleven, at the Court, Bir mi►,gham—J. Chew, Mauch-rater, stuff Manufacturer, May 15. at eleven, at the Court, MancheWar—R. A. Taylor. Dunstnu, Durham, Epsom salt, and c -lour ma nufacturer, May 14, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. Nook and J. Williams, Frith-street, Soho, gold smiths and jewellers, ls. 61, any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall -street. J. Williams, Frith-street, Soho, goldsmith and jeweller, 4s. Id., any Wednesday between eleven and three at the offs -e of Mr. Whitmore, Bssinghall street. B. ' Ground, Wi.beacb, Cambridg-shire, draper, Bs. 6t, anY Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the offi . ?e of Mr. Whit more , Basinghall- street. d 15 ' Wyon, Regent-ktreet, engraver, Is. 9d., on Satur tway, Lexr, and on t h e t h ree su b se quent Saturdays, be en eh Abehurch"n and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, J. Johnson. and Liverpool, grocer, Is. 2 d. , on Wednes day, April 28, any su. and 4 (event Wednesday, be tween eleven - and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Li verpool. B. Thompson, Derby, woollen draper, ls. 2id., on Friday, April 23, a n d tween eleven and three, the office eof Mr. BittleSton, we t be Nottingham. the m two following Fridays, be- J. Devrhurat, Preston, provision dealer, 7d. and 55- 64the of a penny, ou any Tuesday, between eleven and one, ac the office of M r. Mackenzie, Manchester. J. Dixon, Morl e y, L eeds, dyer, 4d., any d a y b e t ween eleven and two, at th e o ffi ce of Ur. YouPgP 144:416. SATURDAY T. Atkinson, Leeds, grocer, 2s. Id., on Tuesday, April 20, or any Fubsequci.t Tuf,sflay, between eleven and two at li the office o f t ., 1 r e Hope, Le eds, CATES. At the Court, Basmgnall-street. W. Harding, Acton, miller, May 14, at half-past eleven—T. Freeman, Northampton, innkeeper, May 14, at :half-past eleven—T. Harris and J. Burls, Eagle Brewery, Hampiteal road, brewer , Mqy 14, at twelve —J. Norris, Watford, Hertfordshire, grocer, May 14, at half-past one—R. Tircomb, Highgate, butcher, May 20, at half past eleven—G. Bennett and A. Booth, Long acre, dealers in Scotch whiaky,and bottled beers, May 14, at eleven. In the Country. W. Sharp, Birkenhead and Liverpool, merchant, May 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —W. Pritchard, Court, Liverpool — W , Caldwell, Sh e vi ng t o n, Lan caLiovheirrpeo,ol, coaltea merchant , proprie 18, at eleven, at the proprietor, May 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —E. Clark and H. Bleack ley, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, iron mongers, May 17, at twelve, at the Court. Manches ter— E. Walker, Huddersfield, woolstapler, June 21, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J Rogers, Leicester, grocer, May 24, at halt% past ten, at the Court, Notting harn—E B. S. H4iff, H 'lbeach, Lincolnshire, dealer in chicory, May 14. at half-past ten, at the Court, Not tingham—l. Morris, Ashhourne-road, Derbyshire, inn- Iteeee.r, May 14, at half -past ten, et the Court, Not tingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Duggan, Meryport. draper, certificate of the third class, after t w enty- one day s from April 21-11. and R. Pinhorn Southampton, tail ors, certificates of the second 01555—j. S. Ritson, Liverpool, printer and shipowner, certificate of the third class—A. Glass. Queen's-road, Bayse,a+er, baker. certificate of the third class—W. Gos ;jag, Woolwich, ironmonger, certificate of the second c oertificate of the third c l ass —W. Belshaw, Manchester, joiner an.dSbt!kiled9; i uu., Sowerby, Y o rkshire, tea dealer, r, certificate of the second class—W. Nay wood, Birmingham, grocer, certificate o f t h e t hi r d class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Lister, li. Mills, and E. Fletcher, Birkenhead, civil engineers (so far as regards J. Lister)—J. M Naughton, S. Potter, and T. Barton. Manchester and Birkacre, calico printers (an far as regards S. Patter) —W. Gra. ham. Isabella Graham, and Ann Town, Goosnagb, Lan cashire, innkeepers—W . Roberts and J. Th omas , Os vestry, Shropshire, attor n eys —J. Siddeley, jun., and W. Siddeley, Liverpool, brass founders—E. Cross and T. - Mackinson, Manchester joiners—D. Greenhaleh and T. Rhodes and J. Thorn , Wakefield. joiners—J. S. Barlow Kenyon, Stubbings and W. H. Barlow, Le eds, ,,,, hatters—R. Leonard, W. R. and Manchester , calico printers — S. Warre n and J. H. Leonard, Bristol, wholesale ironmon gers (so far as regards R. Leonard) —E. Hammond and nt:Cacturers—M. H.Moorhouae, P H. Moorhouse, and Mitcham C ommon , Surrey, gelatine ma 1G...vA10. A orhronueYse, Peniatone, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturers —John Meson and Joseph Meson, Norwich, rag mer chants—C. Wilbv and J. Bruce, Leicester, manufacturers ,at hosiery—,j, j. Barratt and G. 0. Barrett, Albert place, City-road, pastrycooks. INsoLvENr PETITIONERS. James r W oodcock , St am f or d, L in colnshire, baker. themes „ "w, Stoke Braern, Northamptonshire, mason. Edward Holloway, No r t on juxta Dempsey, Worcester shire, sho ema k er. John Shaw, jun., Cheethans.hill, near Manchester, re tail deale r i n ale. Robert Middleditch, Norwich. Susanna William, Madeley, Shropshire, farmer. George Barrett, Birmingham, hairdresser. William Henry Norton, Manchester , architect. Edward Wo o dl and, Birmin g ham, manufacturer's clerk. H.airy Carter, Bi rm i ngham, j our neyman gun-polisher. rhomas Smith, Bi rm ingham. James Pegett, Birtnin 4 ham. journeyman silversmith. Jaaihs Lan gley, Birmingham. pa perhanger. h am , glass manufacturer. John Georg e B urrell, Faken h am , Norfolk, confectio ner . .foseTla Stauifo r th, Shet fi . - .ld, tailor. T. Goodman Blythe, li pp i ng ham. Rutlandshire, gro cer . George C o l e i ng, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Ma c d ona ld , Kihnorie , Strathaird, I s l e o f Sk ye. farmer and gr az i er , to mee t April 30, and May 28, at Dorchester. baker. one, within the Ross Inn. Portree. W. Dalrymple, Coupar-Angus, merchant, to meet April 29, and May 20, at twelve, within the Dstiance Inn, Conlin-Angus. D. Mill er , D alke i th, se ed crusher. to meet Ap r il 28, and May 19, at tw o . within the Ci' 4 R .yal, Edinbu rgh . D. Fr aser , sen., Di ngwa ll, iron's. aiger an d see d mer- A int, t o m , et Apr i l 27. an d May 25, at t we l ve, w i thin the Caledonian Hotel. Dingwall. R. Braae, Hamil:on, gas coal carter and general disks, to meet April 30, and May 28, at twelve, within the King's Arm. Inn (Dick's). Hamilton. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Ap e d 23. MILL [IA BILL. Oa the motion for the second reading of thi s Bill , Petitions were presented against it by Lord R . Gros venor, from the Secneyof Friends; by Mr. T. Duncombe, from Finsbury; by Mr. Hume from Aberdeen; by Mr. M. Gibson. from Manchester; by Mr. J. Williams, from Berkhamsted; by Mr. Eivar4 from Liverpool; by Mr. Cobden, from St. Hike., Sunderland, and Manchester; and by Mr. Cardwell, from a body of the Society of Frien nt. The question nepsared to excite a good deal of in terest its the Himse, if we might judge from the large acenclarca of Members arid the number of Peers and other distinguished straisgsrs who were pres=ent. Under Vie gaily ry we observed Earl of DA•by, the Duke of Neecastle, the Earl of C4rdigeri, the Duke of Argyll, Earl Grey, the Earl of Mine). lend Redesdale, the Earl Wicklow, Ltd Beaumont, Lord Campbell, &c Sir DE LACY EVANS rose to move, as an amend ment, that the Belt he read a second time that day three menials. He believiei the country was In favour of some measure for the impreverneet of our national defence s; sot only that, but many e.f the high --at naval end autheritiea teed concurred in that recommendation. apprehrnsinn existed of an ) : 11 e7. Both the present and th-, late s( G ):11) o 'nd v e f r ra nCn inp :8131)tmwtPheacir that opinion that some steps should be taken for this purpose; but other equally great authorities took an opposite vis e , showine the grout u nc e rteinty that existed up on t hi s po i nt, H e di d not D ej ec t to tb' purposes for which the present measure hut he objected to it b,cAuae it object th e y a pp eare d to h ave iu veieirw: burl d liu uutg refire Gruverement did not take up i , oti e forward, ,:ctte dtt,t iwe the measure erouget for eard by the Noble Lord's (J. Russell's) administration, as he weuld have preferred it to the present Bill. He did not approve of the militia men being removed from their own localities. He ob jected also to the expense of bounties; and he believed that the system would have the effect of discouraging volunteers. It was astd that the expense of the present measure would be 400,0001. The eo,t of the 811 of the late G mernment was only 200.0004, and this of itself would be an argument in favour of the latter. Bat for the force no. proposed he did not believe that even the larger sum would suffice. He did not object to an ade quate increase of our defences, but he believed the pure pose could be answered without any addition to the esti mat a, or, at all events, with only half the expense of the present measure. He was persuaded that it was pose - ble at this small cost to have a regular militia force of 20,000 men really effective. And then, again, much might be done by concentrating our means of defence, and especially by withdrawing a considerable portion of our troops from the colonies. Great numbers of troops were scattered in small detachments in our colonies where they could be of no use, while if they were con centrated at home they would form a strong army. At New Brunswick, for example, there was a regiment; fur what purpose?—(Hear.) So, in Canada, in there were seven regimasts; for what purpose?—(Hear, hear.) Such small scattered trodis it troops were of no use for the defence of our colonies; and if collected in this country woule amouut to upwards of 20,000 °tem.— ( Hear.) Even, k4)wea,r, if all this were tellecious, 80 satisfied was he of the iuefficieecy of the present measure that he should prefer an increase of the regular ter Ise.— (Hear.) L was said, ind ee d , t h at i t t h e troo ps of the coloniea were ordered h ome a party i n this country would clamour fur th e i r b e i ng di s b an d e d. But he could not conceive any Gove rnment a d opt i ng such an argu ment as that —implyi ng that they were afraid to do what was right, for leer of tan agitation tor what was wrong. —(Hear.) If the present circumstances of Europe ren dered the militia necessary, of course no portion of our regular force could be dishanded. At all (oosts he thought that the present period was not ;appropriate for the consideration of the rpe.stion. He did not concur in the extremely alarming views which had beets expressed upon the subject He altogether denied the representa tion circulated as to the facility with which forces could be embarked for the invasion of this country, and disem barked up on our coasts. From his own experience he could testify th at such operations were extreme l y diffi cult. In the campai gns of the Duke of Wellington cases had occerred strikingly illustrative of this. In one instance 12,000 men bad been ten d a y s e ff ect i ng a lann ' e ing, and twenty days bJore they had advanced sixty miles into the country. fie, theref "re, disbelieved all those accounts by which it was endeavoured to make out that a French force could easily land on our southern coast, march to London, and occupy " Belgravia" without diffi,:utty. United It had been said teat we had only 25,0e 0 m troops av a il a b le upon an eergeney of this kind. But he maintai ne d that we had 58,000 regular troops in the — ic tsedom, without including our 5,000 marines— as fine a force as any in the world—and 4 000 men .to be brought from our colonies, which would ' make up 67,000. Nor was this all. There were 16,000 pen sioners, old soldiers who could be relied upon on the field of battle, and this would make UP 85,000 regular troops (to which must be added 103 guns) in the United Kingdom, And even , his did not consoriee our total force. There were 8,000 men enrolled iu our dockyards. and 5,000 c Jest gu ird. It was true in this estimate he had supposed all parts of the two countries loft ex posed and uncovered except any particular points at tacked; end of ceurse he did not to esy that this would be a satistectory state of things. But what he di d say was, that instead of 25,000 regular troops avail able upon au emergency, we had upwards of 85, 000, and that thi s was amply enough for our protection against a s udden attempt ; so t h at t h e c onsideration of a more P e rmanent system cou ld s a fely be postponed until the next Parli ament. Under t h ese c i r cumstances, he would conclude by movine , that the House go into Committee that day th ree months . M r,. RICH seconded the amendment. Having also an ' amendment on the paper, he was a nxio us to state his v iews on this question to the House. The Right Hon. - Gentlema n .the c Secretary for the En.intihtettirib g di str ia ts, yfor the Home Department h a d stated that the d e po :s, end the m etropolis of troops, ther e cou ld oely be mustered 25,000 for the defence of the country. The Hon. and Gallant Member for Westminster had en and, as h e h a d mated, tirely demolished that position ; EVENING, APRIL with the present great facility of communication with Ireland, the troops there would biciavailable, and more especially as there were 12,000 well armed and drilled constabalery in that country. There was one point stated by the Right Hun. Gentleman the flume Secretary which was more satisfactory, end that was, that there was no urgency with regard to this measure, as our re lations with all Foreign States were most amicable, and in that opinion his Noble Friend (L Jebn Russell) and the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton had concurred, while Lord Derby in his first speech as Prime Minister, had stated that although the army and navy were never in a higher state of efficiency, yet it was necessary to increase our defences; but he added that the • present time was best adapted for that purpose, because of the amicable relations which existed between this country and foreign powers. If that was so, there was no ground for any special urgency as regarded this measure. The Hon. Gentle man proceeded to argue that the proper source of de fence to depend on in the case of invasion was the navy and he should prefer to see a proposition made for in creasing its efficiency. It had been said that steam power had multiplied the means of foreign attack on this country, but let it be remembered that attack must be on a circumference from without a circumference, and he believed that steam had equally added to the capabi bilieies of our naval force, and .that by means of that power our navy would be able to observe, to blockade, and to destroy any invading flak. The Government by this measure propose to raise 80,000 men by means of s bounty of 3/. or 4/. bat in no case to exceed 61, but failing that there must be recourse to the ballot, and under what disturbance to the industry and morality of the country they would hear in the course of this dis cussion. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Home Secre tary appeared to be very sanguine as to the success of the bounty, but he (Mr. Rich) very much doubted its being effective. It was probable that a number of dis contented people and vagabonds would take the bounty, and not be forthcoming when they were wanted. The system of paying substitutes also would neutralise the effect of the bounty, for substitutes would cost more than any bounty, and at length it would be nece s sary either to raise the leeinty in proportion, or the ballot must be enforced. This calling our of men with families for the militia would have the effect of increasing the rates, and four-fifths of those rates would fall on the land. The Hon, G , ntleman then urged that the drill and train ing of the militia, as proposed, would not render the men efficient for the object intended, that of repelling invading troops. and therefore they could not be relied on fer the defence of the country. The H Gentleman proceeded to ob.erve, that there were ample resources already at hand in the country for all defensive pur poses. In the first place, volunteer corps ought to be encouraged. In the next place, there were the constabulary of the towns and the rural police, who might be trained to the use of arms. Thirdly, there were the pensioners; and, fourthly, tbere were the dockyard battalions. On the whole, his calcu lation was that by these means a reserve force of 200,000 men might be raised and kept constantly ready, so as at the shortest notice to be disposed over the country; and on an emergency be concentrated on any given point, the railways rendering this quite possible. The constabu lary would be 10,000, the rural police 15,000; together, 27,000. There would then be 10,000 of the dockyard battalions; 13 000 of the pensioners, who no doubt, however unfit for the field, would be the best gar rison troops. These combined gave a force of 50,000 men, two-thirds of whom would be able-bodied and active men, taken from the classes supplying the police, and therefore of more than the usual intelligence. In addition there would be the auxiliary force, either esiablished according to the present yeomanry system, or what would probably be more convenient, maintained exclusively upon a volunteer system; and the auxiliary force (so we understood the Hon. Gentleman) would make up the reserve force to 200 000 men. To each a force the country would look with confidence, and in the presence of such a force foreign powers would admit our Impregnability. A militia—that is to say, a partially trained body—was a mistake, inasmuch as all history proved that discipline only could contend with discipline. If a war did break out, the best provision would un doubtedly be found in a military reserve, similar to that adopted for the navy, for the bringing forward of which the late Board of Admiralty deserved great credit, and which he hoped would be carried out by the present. — (Hear.) The system of a military reserve contained the germ of a more humane and better system of treatment of the soldiers, and would prove more efficient and less expensive than a militia. The Hon. Member apologised for having troubled the House at such length, but he had felt it necessary to state fully the grounds on which he opposed the Bill —(Hear, hear.) The SFE AKER having pat the motion and the amendment, ' Sir J. WALSH said he could not help congratulating the Hon. Member who had addressed the House at such great length on the prodigious relief it must have been to the Hon. Gentleman that the dissolution of the late Ministry occurred so opportunely, to save him from supporting a measure to which he entertained such strong objections.—(Ministerial cheers.) But the objec tions which the Hon. Gentleman had to the present measure applied equally to that of the late Government. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who had dilated at such very great length against this Bill, that if they could have a force of 80,000 men, fully armed and dis ciplined, well officered and embodied for months or years, such a force would of course. in the nature of things, be more efficient than the militia could be ex pectad to be; but what the House had to consider was, what was possible and what was practicable in the existing state of things. This was only a precautionary measure taken against a possibility which they trusted might never arise. The 11 - in. Gentleman had indeed shadows(' forth a greet multi stiff 'rent sources from which a regaler disciplined force might be obtained; bat be would beg to remind the Hon. Gentle man that all the measu-es he had suggested woule certainly require a very considerable period of time before they could be put in operation, while the particutir meastve bef .re the House, intended as it was to meet a pos. hie emergency, must be carried out ins urettaiel),—(dear.) It was a ccordingly the object of the Gevernment to create, as soon as possible, such a fares as might he available in any such emergency. The Hen. Gentleman seemed to have forgotten that when this subject was first brought under the consideration of the House the principle of a militia force was almost generally conceded by Hon Members. It was not only argued for by the Neble Lord the Member for Tiverton, out ably supported ny Hon. Gentlemen who were then On th- Oppn.ttion ride of the House. N iee it appeared that Hou. Members constituting the present Opp ,sition were getting up a cry against that very principle of a mines, again-t which the House, previous to the late change of Government. had not hears the single shadow of on argument adduced.—(Hear.) There were two grounds of opposition which might be taken to this measure. There were those who were hardy enough to deny the necessity oi making any increase to our na tional de , ences whatever—(Hear, hear)—who considered that all prospect of danger from foreign aggress i on was entirely chimerical—(Hear, bear)—and who con ceived that the state of the world was so completely eltenged of late—that the nature of man was so entirely altered—teat there was no reason to believe that what had prevailed since the beginning of time would ever prevail egain, namely, a state of war. The other clue of objectors consisted of those gent l emen who quarrelled with the mode by which it was pro posed to augment the armed force of the country. There was one part of the argument of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Sir De Lacy ,Evans) which appeared to him (Sir J. Walsh) fall scions and defective. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman referred to the colonies. and sought to show that some 17,000 or 13,000 men who were occupied in, garrison there were at present entirely useless, and, in point of fact, a dead loss to the country. He would, however, remind the Han. and Gallant Gentleman that it was not in a time of peace that the importance of a body of armed men was appreciated. It was in time of war only that the presence of tr, lops became really advantageous; and if a wer were to take place they would require the service of those troops i nameolately for the defence of our colo nies. There was one class of very ingenious persons who wen in the ibubit of addressing large bodies of people elsewhere, and advocating the absurd doctrine, in spite of the exp science of six thousand years, that danger of war nes longer existed in the world. Such persons ought not to forget that the las: wars of the Revoluti4m left two great legacies to Europe. .. . lex , °Attic:6oon and the National Guard. The conse quence of this was, that throughout the whole of the continent an immense military organization existed, and that every nation was bristling with bayonets. It was absurd to talk of " pe see" when the whole of Europe had been fighting for tb c last four or five years. Blood had flown like water, th e continent had never been more disturbed than during the period, and the result wassi violence triumph of the military force over democratic v and anarchy. The immense arrtries which now is t x ° is e ted, and which the rulers of the diffeoetnt countrmneednid, not please or choose to disband, might at any , turned aninst the c3untry. The . Hon. 4 '' when attempt- West Riding hpi himself Hanle time s in ce , when for the ing to teed the House to adopt his l the previous motion on the subject of peace, pointed out how frequenhtsyd ten or we've years the country a i r. b i le: o l7 s jt.hwe Walsh must threshold of s ome very dangerous w must aci , l more recentlythese facts he other circum s tance s, From such as the re-u4ee and the Greek question Came to the conclusion that the m p r i e j l o a i t t i e o d ns t o h f a r t i h s e c y o c n o n u tr id y with other nations were ao ss co ssfe from the dangers of never consider thernselye h s ere was nothing at present in war.—(Picot, hear.) T w hich could induce any person to th e anus of Ear' o r - ts w beliioa that les s danger existed than during the past t en H e w as reluctant to say anythi ng whit t h cou ld ' or . twelve years. be considered as a menace to for e i gn n azi cuss Be had great confidence in the friendly feel ings which (mime" in the breast of the pre sent ru l er of F ral acA towards this c mull. He did not believe that he 1+00 9 . 3 , 0 d any present &sire to engage in war with t hi s country; but he saw in that ruler a very energet i c oara cier, great ability, great power of carrying out his two objects with great dexterity and wisdom; and he a ix, s‘aw in that mp.moloyed power of the army a great to II iptation at any rate to use it. He felt confident of OD e thing, that it the present ruler of France were but to hoic I up his finger, or engage in a quarrel with England, he a could be backed with the whole force, spirit, and will of tl le French nation. Honourable Gantlemen opposited were , never :fore disappointed " the if they thought they l sum eel in getting up a popular agitation upon England " pe .ace cry," or supposed that the people . I:respect to woe Id follow them in so wild a career. the Bill before the House he did not - t certainly 11P not be susceptible of improvement, but s f s i y W t i li t at it might preference over pea red to him to possess many "Vo:erinent.---(friear, thy, One introduced by the late . le. p of throwing open i7O sr .) : He approved of the p '1,4 3 door ,:to voluntary enlistment-rinncoltp-roeuvriiooeuisvotoohfavainnyg orbe.- VC) arse to tine ballot, and con . je china to giving a fair triallato the voluntary system, vi hi e h he believed wou ld 0 0 perfecily successful. One g 4, 1852. important feature of the Bill was that which tended to give increased efficiency to the militia, in oonseq tence of its being officered by officers coontroted with the regular troops, The demands made upon the time of those who would enlist in the militia would be but small, and he did not believe that it would be considered unpopular. He did not believe that the millennium had yet strived, and thought it depireble that the eff•cts of the coestant preaching on the subject of peace, by those who wished only to emasculate the English criaracter, should be counteracted by the infusion of a little more o• the min ter), spirit into the minds of the people. He bhuuld, therefore, give hie warm and cordial support to the se cond reading of the Bill.—(Neer.) Mr. F. PEEL said that although he had been a mem ber of the late Government, acid although he was not an advocate of what the Hon. Gentleman termed the peace principles, he was, nevertheless, oppo,ed to the principle of any militia at all. The Hon. Baronet had admitted there was nothing particular in the present situation of affairs in Europe to justify the demand of her Majesty's Government for as increase of the military force of this country to the extent of 80 000 men (an expression of dissent from Sir J. Walsh). But if he were mistaken in what he attributed to the Hon. Baronet, and the Hon. Baronet really theught there was something particular in the present situation of affairs in Europe, then he (Mr. F. Peel) would say, that tbat was not enough to justify a measure of this kind, which established a per manent standing force, not renewable trom year to year, not depsnd-nt upon annual grants of the House of Cemmotis, but to b 3 kept on foot permanently, in eon tradic,ion to the principle enuuciared in every Mutiny Act—that the malutenance of a standing force in time of peace, against the consent of Parliament, was op posed to the laws and the practice of the Constitutiot.. He quite admitted the propriety of taking measures for completing the defences of the country, and his objec tions lay to the particular plan prop. unded by the Go vernment, which he thought would establish a force costly and expensive above all proportion to the qeality of tee services to be obtained from its—(lear, neer ) He agreed with the Gallant General who had spoken at au early period of the debate that 400,0001 would not be the limit to the expense ; but sifter all, the most Im postatit part of the vestiun was the manner in which the force was to be r.lard. The Government had led the 1/wise and the cenn'ry to suppose that it could be raised by voluntary enlistments, and that persons would be found in sufficient burnt:lA.s ready to volunteer their services, and to enter without compulsion into the ranks of the militia. H. (1/Ic. Peel) netieved that the antici pations formed on the system of volunta , y enlistment would not be realised, awl that the project would, in fact, he nugatory and yield no traits. Let them take the country at large, and obtain their men from those portions where the materiels were most abundant and plentiful ; It them take the ranks of the sat iitia a receptacle into which they would sweep the low« st and most degraded of the population ; let them make the new force a re ceptacle of all the able-bolted adult male paupers in the country—even then he did not [AAA they w uld ob tain the force they n:pored, bee ruse he observed by a return la•ely puolished tnat the whole mauler of adult pamper males—persons who did not .assist by their own industry, but required to be supported by their neighbours—did not exceed 35,000, and that of this num ber more than one-half wete chargeable in consequence of accident, sickness, or some other infirmity. He did riot say there were not 80,600 persons in the country who might not be willties to enter the ranks of the militia. That there was that number of persons who would prefer the idleness of a lite of this kind to the even tenor of a life of industry and labour he did not doubt; and, as the Hun. Gentleman had already ob served, these would be the parties who would most likely be engaged as substitutes for the persons who were so uutortunete as to be drawn by ballot. During the war, ashen the bonus for a sub stitute in the militia was 61., it was a common thing for people to pay as much as 301. and 401; and so, he believed, it would be again under the present Sill. He Was of opinion, therefore, that they would be compelled to have recourse to compulsory conscription; and to do that atter voluntary enlistment had proved a failure would create an oppsition to, and a discontent with, the measure which would render it inoperative. and neutralists whatever advantage might have been antici pated from its adoption. To have recourse to the ballot in a time of peace was to establish a principle of un• justifiable inequality, and to require the same personal services from the rich as well as the poor man. Both were told that they had liberty to find substitutes if they could; but whilst the rich man would easily obtain a substitute, it might be altogether out of the power of the poor man to do so. Thus would be experienced at once all the inequality and all the injustice of a poll-tax. The measure would a l so operate as a ne w law of d settle ment, binding th e l a b our i ng c l asses to the soil, pre venting them f rom ens eyin g treedoin of locomotion, and free and unt e t tert d permission to choose their do erode in whatever part of the country then pleased.nre over, he th oug ht that, drill and exercise this ev ii-j a a , they m i g ht, it would never form a really efficient and serviceable part of the defences of the country. One a lternative they must accept. Either the militia-men would be as good as the trained and disci plined soldiers, or they would not. If they would not, then his idea of the unserviceable character of the force would be confirmed; but it they would, then the House was bound to attend to the consideration to which the Hon. Member for Manchester drew attention on a former evening, when he said that we should every five years eeepouring into the lowest classes of the people 80,C00 men, who h d been weaned from the calm pursuits of peace and industry, become habituated to twittery habits and tastes, and been trained to the use of arms. He thought he had sh twn that this mi litia force would be burdensome to the country on the score of trxition, and oppressive to individuals ; and they ought not to consent to exact any personal ser vice from individuals, or ithonF.e any burden upon the country, except for an object a hich would produce som e pensaole advantage. Now, 'what were tbfeobjects for which the Government asked this fore ? Trey h a d heard much about the conssitutional charact r of the f rot'. Ile did not believe the re was any trace of e cousti:utionel eh flamer to be tumid iu the litteawents of tee meatuses The Crown no doubt at one time had the power 01 issuing a eotrontstioe of d of making use of the mill for the purpo.e of quelling riots or sup pressing an insurrection. But this was the first time in the history of tee milttie that they were depriving the C r own of tine plover of making use of the militia force for those purp , )3 and they said that the force should only be embodied in cases of ao uel invasion, bi- when there was imminent danger of invasion. A measure of that kind, then, in tune to peace, was an uncalled•tor in- - tertsrence with the industrial ecetiomy of the country. In tune peace they ought to carry out the principle of t he divisiou of lebour in their defence of the country, so teat the persons employed as soldiers should d vote their whole time and life to it and have thus the opportunity of becoming maste rs of their professutn; whilst those who followed their ordinary avocations should be al lowed to attend to them without being called on to learn the rudiments of military knowledge. No position was more distastsful to a man than that of half-citizen, half soldier. He thought that the remarks of L , rd Cnancellor Hard wicke, in a spe.oh which he made against a Militia Bill which was brought forward at the end of' the reign of George 11., was a very wise one. He said, " Fee my own part, I was never more convinced of any propo-itiou in my life than of this, tha , a nation of merchantal ma nufacturers, artisans, and hustatidirien de nu d e d by;au army, is vastly preferable to a nation oisoldiers." That was the principle upon which he (Mr. F. Peel) would be inclined to:pre:coed—to entrust the defence of the country. to the army and naval force. With re s pect to the naval firce,_ if properly dispos-d along the coast, it would afford an effectual security against surprise in time l of peace. He believed that before any foreign means of enemy could assemble in sum bent force, I: bsrs to at transport be obtained to convey them in tack our shores, we could assemble such faconast in a state would eifec.ually place our whole line of insufficient, of defence; and if our military force e a porti•in of some arrangement might be made wherebybe called home, "'n aval force as the army serving in the colonies mightorganise a force for and the colonies he called uponhet;olonies were not there themselves; fur the troop t useless, but external detente, thbeutinfr.ovadtshoosce sa vages.owar f the i militiam h was a j e lead not t o h n e i ne y for the purposes of is internal police, or to guard against hutven ln dangerous—f or . " If there ever should arise a felse sense war, they could not heists to r danger of invasion or e eree ef 80,000, or even 120,000 men.esit with France they had a mili t i a; s it During with a them ili war titt but they did not rely upon that—they had at l east inch h ery by field wo u ld be inch, and fi e ld 400,000 volunteer s in the diff,rent parts of the c itititry ; they had train - band s, end there was even a provition for ar ming the peasantry. As it was then, so he b e li eved it wt Eve Every house, tld b occupied, u and thw. they should contest by fiend against the enemy, and upon that force he should les disposed to rely rather than upon the militia force. Under those circumstances they should not wait for the permission of the Crowe or the summons of the lord lieutenant; they sheuld rise as one man in defence of their altars and habitations, if they were menaced. Holding, then, those opinions, and considering the militia injurious to the country in a time of peace, and believing it to be unserviceable th h e defence in lime of war, he co u ld base no hesitati on as to the vote he should give that night. 11e would cordially support th amendment of the Hen. and Gallant hidmner for Westminster,— ( t Mr. NEWDEG ATE said he could no l o ngerdoubt Member for upon which sid e .he House the EL,n. _ se __ L4ominste (Mr. F. Peel) sat: hut will he would ob se r ve h, he could that when he ceard the ilim. Member's speech, p k agAnst scarcely believe that he, who wit ncrvir-S%criretiry for t he a militia altogether, was the _ls e name was Colonies of the late Government, whoa essure which that recorded as voting tor the radius bear.) Government introduced —(Hear,. heb ) h a d oat voted. Mr. F. PEEL said h believeauthority _ f an Hon. Mr. NEWDEG&TE "d d the nsulted the division li s t, Friend behind him, who ha . c dhe eof the that lot stoo name ter s.Yihg that upon .h.t*r. Yet, on the present cat:- Hon. Mem'wr lur F La P "3 “ l l'a) speech 'was not against a e ,,e, te his ( gr. F. • the force 1 measure, but against militia a togas particularAt the commencement of tee session there tens a n char. At for the embodiment of the militia, because there had been a change in the form of government in France, which had created a sense of insecurity th roue h- out Europe; he was nit aware that the firm of govern. meat in France had altered since that time. Moreover, he begged to remind the House thot the country had been warned by the highest military authority in the world of its insecurity —that the Duke of Wellington had pronounced it indefensible from foreign invasion. He (Mr. Newdegate) only trusted that his (the Duke of Wellington'.) words would not become too memorable by their fulfilment. But it was upon his —the greatest general in the age —authority that he (Mr. Newdigate) based his vote. Henceforth, from the introduction of a atom navy, and the smagement of ;alma in France connecting the coast with the chief railway depote, the point of c incentraeon for French forces, should they invade Engheed, would not be the coast of France, but the coast of England; end be knew that the French having their point of concentration in England rendered our guarding the Channel much more difficult than it ever was heretofore. But in addition to this circum stance, there was another to be considered. Not only bed France changed its form ef government, but it was right they should recieleci the character of the man who . wielded the power of that mighia• country. He was long resident in England, and was ve,ll known here, and there was this in his charactSr which took him out of all calculations applicable to other men--that he was a predestinarian, that he believed himself destined by Providence to fulfil a great task. Ile' had said be should be sorry to attempt the siggrele° sion of Eugland; but what if he thought that to do so were part or the tulfi ment of his destiny? When then, they had such a man at the head of France, com mending such an army es no other European state pos. ceased, it would surely be madness for England to leave . herself in the defenceless position which the Duke dr Wellington bad de, cribed. He, therefore, had great hopes that the motion would have the support of the Noble Lord the Member tor London, who, he trusted, would not follow the example of those who were re cently his supporters, but, actuated by the true spirit of an Eng ish statesman, would lend her Majesty's Govern.. Went the support necessary for their carrying out of a measure which, from his previous statements, be must consider most essential. , Did Members of that House suppose that if they voted an increase of the regular army, and there name a season of commercial pressure , . or agricultural distress, calling for a reduction of taxa. ' tion, such increase could be retained? But, on the other hand, Hon. Members opposite said no increase was re" quired and that it would only be necessary to bring back forces from the colonies. He, however, warned them that it they withdrew their forces from the colonies they would not long k-ep the colonies in question; and for ebb reason-the commercial policy rut sued by us had ren dered our colonies' connexien with the mother ceuntrf no Linger advantageous to them as regarded cemneereiaa, interceurbe, so that their on l y rema i ning t i e wa s tha t' England hid net yet reisdi.teri the Jetties at a inetroW . litan a ate by withdrawing trent her solo ies the pieta' • lion which she awed them. ate, thetefore, no such recal, and no increase at the regular army, co uld tulle place, be trusted that the ileuse w ou ld adopt the opiaioll e of the Duke of Wellington-that w i t h out a motility° °' this kind the c-ufory was insecure. the M p r r . i. El c o ,p D ‘e G o ll b ji.,cw,liosrh:riwthoiciii hadtter o corroboration bet- n tion to ire- me as ure. I n t h e fi rst p l ace, he would, hoW ' some urgedinop po to i.. ev- r. call 'he attention of the Huse to the number 0 ' petitions against it which had been laid on the tablet evid , ncieg, as they undoubtedly did, the general tion t,f the country. He was convinced that the objec' tions entertained against a Militia Bill arose from Oe abatement of loyalty, or else , indifference on the part 0 , the people toward s the welfare, hon o ur, a nd nation s ' security of England.-(Hear, hear.) They originate d from the recollection of the seventy of the ballot s),P tem practised during the la'e war. The regiment i ll : which be served was sent to Ireland du r ing the iron that prevailed there in 1798 and in 1799, when the/ returned to Eugland, as c e der wa s sen t d o wn to Os" 500 men from the regiment to join the line. The acne sequence was that the comm a ndi ng officer wrote to tff . , clerk of the peace fur the county that 500 vacancies ben occurred, to supply which a ballot was requetiles fo o ts the bounty to be given wa s 61. But what were the mete Why, that 601. was frequently given fur a substitute! (Hear, hear.) He knew that sum to have been givert over and over again. That was a system of taZeil a e , l4 the severity of which i n di s p ose d t h e peop l e to retorri',7 - it again. The sums thu s expeeded appeared in no pa bP l account, although they am o unted to ma ny hundreda o thousand.. Not more than one main in every twee who ware ballotted for served; the other nineteen Pal o for substitutes. Such a system naturally dried up Bar . therefore Tom whence the line could be recruited. cl e ' therefore entreated the Government seriously t o oast" der whether they might net be able to adopt some other measures for the security of the coutitry than by 'having recourse to this system. He begged toassure them thattl dislike and resistance to it would let. t subside, but wou l d increase, and that when perhaps such a measure ntittu s . be necessary it w ould be impossible to carry it. T heo was another point upon which he would remind the* Desertion was a most frequent crime among the militia' : men. In the regiment to which he belonged there ut eri themno for lessthdaensesrotOion. deserters. -( Laughren) pterucTiist(la.hngt was but hut He In ujj,B " h It went on constantly; and before the offender s was cured, so great was the dislike entertained to 9 74 service that they deserted from the hospital, and esea into some other county. Sir It PEEL wished to explain what were the P i e l o , tioular view. which he took uptin the important under discussion. Believing hat they were of o °, o 0 ( - gular character, but were shared in b all the peni",.o. the country, he asked the attention of the House WR efe . he made a few observations. He had listened verb te, e l r it ,s tle b e t tlei , tentively to the arguments which had been urn itg e • favour of the G,iveroment proposition, but witliot ee gt ther preface, he begged, at the outset, entirely lO U ' for from the political expediency or practical necessi t y bts this measure.-(bear, hear.) Before registeri„pg_ fe u vote, he felt called on to explain his opinions. xi' la zy q lite sure that as a representative of the people b ° oo n. entailing some responsibility upon himself by the dor testation of that which appeared to be the sense O f House, and hy venturing tu call in question the d II totee . 1 judgment itt those wh , ,se opinions, as EXPF•fielr ed .; men, were entitleif to much weight .-( Bear, ne e s",, n iein having a public duty to discharge. he wool° e- r ha what his view s an d sent i ments were , fur in so dolenfitie, was only speaki ng f rom a d es i re t o p ro mote the r t heir terests of the people of England, and to secure be rtool - teal indeeetideuce. In advocating his °Pla t e a& wished, however, tO austel against baviug other. gore He 'be' bated to him which he taterly repudiated. see enjelf begged to separate and entirely dissociate tootl e from t h o s e who, entertaining identical 4 :1 3 0 . 4 . 8 01 upon this subj-ct, entertaitied widely s ad views from his as regarded their great tniliteraysiiioo naval es tiblishuuents. It would be e t 0r ° 10 P 0 1 :„ ...... 5 t l to any vote or his ii h n" exorbitantly ex - t.;avttg L a u n s t " a e .7h s e b ) li' a b •e lp ee e , u ee ti e ' re pe rm s ets o pt re duced.-( neer, hear.) He placed nu taith 'cereal brotherhood of man .-( Hear, bear.) 18 o l ' eso Of the impossibility of the adjustment of tbe_cilie d re t u o tt o o nations by means of at hitration. he wa s ° PP and tater, who would nearly sweep awa y the naval would ever remaia establishin,lns. Human nature s sa am ine e, a l b lu i d io e n v e :r an b d e r th u e lati s i t ; ill-jtidgett econoinere:-. 1- Tat e s S o f etem conquests. P tal T °l ; rj fore it would be an un dangerous experiment , to re duceperimeuts wise 'a our national esteset; who assume the advent of . eo ments, in deterence d -dog „ we b dastruat any attempt eo o wl* o the nd .6 D o c p . n n o i e : mt fraternal o tee f h those rr sy ..b e y n fr t a le_f iner - r,5.. ) He shituld see wit h o e f P . uch doctrines.' there was • hie 0 ' r ing the national no subject caps ,„i Pap' The u House agree with • acing at the himserious embarrassment to -the soots' i t et ducing more w att a , f the country than the adoption of r nomy o of the national stabluillo declaring the inefficiency . e o dors' to secure and maintain the national indePs a temperate discussion in that Hews ffw eat/ Calm 5 " , aim(' ,in 8.,n , order that the 4" or or' abrtihnst a blint confidence/18 to the unreality dua l ay th ed at by he ut i ts h e: u m g l h y , l i e b e e rt .c ' .6o lo rOdiftienddgoaeowrr.s.ymlhi!,:tasno, therefore e b r e ,fo s r w e of the late Government was open to much can' ie for (Hear, hear)-creatin g as it did and fostering el l ) 'IR minioue panic of foreign invasion .-( Hear, .. 11r b e r fo r particularly blamed the Noble Lord the t ors' Tiverton, for whom he entertained much politicsi,b patly and much personal regard. He rnrY_ m u of bi : gretted that the Noele Lord had given the rz et ik iu t ch name and lent the sanction of his authority or ° i;t e La " which his own ex ignominious panic, and he lamented that the cle h ,a 0 es 6 ' should have consented to saddle the people s o d penditure which the circumstances did net J u le i be e f o l necessary. There was to reason why, becal lls " tor 'Ol penence must have told bit the y b ag been in the habit of voting large sums of 1 330 : 1 1 1 , 6 40 sent to vote a further sum purposea of national defence, and for the . 11) old e°o' establishments already overgrown. that they sho. It appeared to him that the G°ve of 10f received amply su ffi cient from t h e libera lity, re q etsite t eer that was 0 'lament to provide all improvements wer national defence. Whatever of 400,0001. forrt2beeos bin countries had introduced into the science u " r oe England ought equally peace fu l ar t' OP was that she excelled in other more adoo to have profited by.. ta l What was there in the art of .vati_which this : s odd e Lt note qually w i t hin her grasp? Yet, wereth) gol , trel.4l - Government its very last Go v to be told by g larly feliciteus in its relations Wt.- 0 00., meat sin gu larly they to be suddenly told that the now five years' tenure of . office , baying . succeeded ft h - f o rel i F fi powers-we re retestthe °t Pr 11 sacred shore s dove toe was inadequate to p t hey were an he der a e easy prey to eee oo ‘ , o e and that h ibis r hear the idea.--(H ea Away, then, wit h ,reoalleo. bands of in batialtons.-(Cheere.) I . min i ons panic of foreign invasion . It was the" eeP „A s he 8 0 duty to be very cautious how they eanctione- b eabte d de s ire of large 8L1(138 of money on military eat toren te _ n orl I they rather impoverished a country than . P' P - 00 0 A Militia Bill at the best made but leig ie nstelts r- ete soldiers, while it ran the risk of encouragina re dit 4 - t o Cached to the present measure ought to c itisens.-(Hear.) But whatever blame or ~,bute; iti 'administration ed ip the pw l d :t wi t e e i nd GytOhanerdrew: maintainedit therefore, n , . be eh e l t i t n jewturhasreots errors eo b e e eac y stsdu r tr.y h g b ;: orfo ca t tb :::::::lyipfelerf predecessors. --( Hear , hub./ .n e oca of their was, therefore, qtaite natural te suen"" ()ceded hastily to power on the spoett" c hott" e pt bustion of their adversaries -(Laughter an° th e pre: o o them, stet recognizing the super Gevernmeut, having scarcely sufficient time rho' joto rot t he ppesition that s prat e pos vernment bad pone', ul reasons for their WI is ite o re pr .pesly dto adjourn the discussion, its 0 / 0 0 00 themselves the responsibility of ibtroducing e i t t e teli n 0 10 session -(Hear, hear.) As every Hon. Gel: our w et addressed the House during the last three Or e e lect s , had done so with a reference to the fortlicoull7o som e' et. die u p w ieteg s ijo he trusted be might be permitted to (Hear.) He admitted that he SSW with its riP s __,. t iothd s a Noble Lord in his opinion was in a po . I .svat ire Patel' Lord Derby at the head of the adlnin i l ' o r ; to t i v ell administration hued on liberal eongt e e,z . se 0 was open c s_e_ ie n o e' ae d plea. As an orator he was um quall_o . o ts oiti o v e of He said conviction, be en t ee h` e , 0 0 11 ! (Laughter.) g l e h t te t r hs m hope that he these days might hope to remain long e are d to w ee affairs in this country unless he was prer e l erne eg s a 0 more or less his opinions--(Laughter)-eto ss echeere2,l4 felt convinced in his own mind that hi tact,, eo r• of the times and the temper of the peoW*7 4 l,ird 1/ • policy, the expediency of which he h r r, to __Jo remained, howeve Tripe II acknowledged the' necessity of naaintaeineintogrore nose tionably doubted. It tell the people of England that the PAO' t l ,` • ot, ~~ r,.. *iii ~T~ Z~j; 4 :c k~"