The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-05 00:00:00

T. TIR-,... .... ._ SIT . W. , :i . ' ...,. --..? 11.0 /4.P.0)L,i litia Bill he should be best maintaining the interests of peace; and that the true Principles of peace would be best carried out by making this country strong, and by saving it and the whole civilized world from the ruin and misery which would follow if the greatness and civilization of England were destroyed by a hostile invasion. —(Hoar.) Mr. CLAY sincerely thought that this country was never so little exposed to an invasion as at the present moment; but if he were told by military authorities that he was wrong in this opinion, then be asked what were the best means of defending the country? Nov, he had not heard one of those military authorities in that House heartily support the Bill as affording the best means of defending the country; and an Hon. and Gal lant Admiral, who spoke the other night, thought the best means of defence was by the organization and in crease of our naval force. He thought the Government would act wisely in encouraging the formation of vo lunteer rifle corpe; for their organization would intro duce among the people a military spirit and feeling of self-dependence, which would constitute the best gua rantee for the defence of the nation. Otnaher eao of ships and of men employed upon )ooh. He hoped, therefore, the House would hot listen to any plea of secrecy. From the speech of the ann. and Gallant M em b er f or W es t m i ns t er (Si r , n Lacy Evans), it would appear that this country was better defended and had a stronger disposable military Otter even than France. Look at the garrisons which sl . as necessary to keep up in that country—that of " 4.1 5 with 70 000 men, and 83 others which required troops, and then' take into account the irregular gen -artaerie; and it seemed that France had not at her dis posal 160;000 men available for any purpose of invasion. pt A fter 18 . 35 and 1836 the- regular force of the army, " o l tvY, and. ord nance was f o r seve n years 121,842. This year It was 161,592, being an increase of 40 000 men over the of force during the Duke of Welling d°l4l Government." Our artillery and engineers had been t s o ltled during the last seven years, of which he did "aiPlain. Their number wae 8.000 during fusedto With p rance, und now i':. was 15,000. Oar na th e of 26,000 or 27,000 seamen and mari v n y eA under we e Dake of Wellington's Administration. Now 14114 44,000 seamen and 3 yet we were told the marines, and is country was not adequately defended. In the year 44 t he Dake of Wellington took the alarm, and a coin teissioti loaf appointed to inquire into the Hastings state d of the m oil - defences Captain Sir T. /isritceid the whole . coast of England, North from the tat end: to the Land's-end, and they made a report. b wh en the Gallant Captain was under exausioadon Y Committee upstairs he stated that no official nationi.nfor h:,iia bed been laid before him that induced him to o ffi. e that there was danger of invasion. The Gallant h ee e (Major Beresford) wished the House to believe, 8 ful ' e tve were able to land at New Orleans 6,000 or e (3O men, when we had five or six days to do it in, and ere masters of the sea gall the time, that 60,000 men on eld be landed the English coast when we heel ships lock after them.--(Hear (llear, hear.) How could 60.00 0 t oo be %fleeted and thrown upon our shore without ear obtahiog some information of their coming? He li gretd with the Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) that the eci . unt rY would have some intimation of the danger from t a b " P r ess, from commerce, or from diplomacy, and h , e , The Commission With him in calling this an o ignominious panic. rahenedeer en on the National Defences had rccom hae , outlay of 2,500,0001. or 3,000,000!., which till:raise:ens? laid out in improving our harbours and coast , but which money be believed . had been entirely wn sway. Then, in addition to steam-basins and three defences we had a regular force of 161,000 men, and an irregular force of 54,000, as had been shown by his ~,iturn, making i n all upwards of 200,000 armed men. 4 41 o there was th e c i ty and metropolitan police, 8 , 780 ; toe rest of the police force in England and Wales, 2,749, !! Ic i 12,000 Irish t baler • waking together more Latta trop'2oooo men, c re ' h n o s , a added Y to ' the regular and irregu -15 s constituted altogether a force of 237,517 men ..,. a re _ • A force o 56 5 " 4 " to the service of their . country. $ 00 men would be amply sufficient for colonial ser vice ice- and that would leave 180,000 men avilable for the nee - of th e i r country. The Duke of side. But if Wellington's a et ° °ritY had been quoted on the other EIY claim e d t h e N oble D u k e as their authority, they °tight t o adopt his remedy. The . Duke of Wellington deceu.ostnetided the Government to raise ki a n n organized and Iplined force for each of the three gdoutors. roeut to that maintained during the late w petty and e ret al th in e Zrernment were content with proposing this . paltry force of 80,000 men for England, leaving Scotland s od se a . e Wand unprovided for. There was no panic . in the th,, t4 Y- It was only the late and present Ministries ela; W ere panic-stricken. The Chancellor of the Ex . quer, in his able and eloquent speech on Friday, said It e , unwise to impose a tax to which the feeling ot the damtry was sa me a . .opposed. Let the Government act in the eb . pint with regard to the present Bill, which was tir tict iable to the great body of the people. If_ the ki should not be passed the hop and advertisement duty gilt be repealed to-morrow. h sun CIIARTERIS said he wished to take that op rorta • eoe ßo n ity of expressing his astonishment at the self eo-17.en_t m . anner in which the Hon . . Member for Mon te,• and his friends enunciated their opinions on mili• ten 3 t ' k mat ters.—(Elear, hear.) Any person who listened hose gentlemen would suppose that they not only thabtoPolised all the intelligence of the country, but ke e , o th eY likewise monopolised all its professional o ge. In the year 1803 Mr. Wyndham had made of,'which many portions were extremely ap sloe to to th e present state of that question. He had of r that they had been told daily of the impracticability di: s is sioll by many eminent lawyers, by many sound rees - e e eB ' ,ftianY country gentlemen,. many respectable re tta - ",is, many intelligent manufacturers, and th e " very handsome women—(A. laugh —while h on ly persons from whom they did not get p tw tt opinion were our soldiers and sailors. ta la ‘" eo - Chart er i s ) con f esse d t h a t he did not feel the ter! con fidence in his own judgment on military mut rt:ilistaawhaitetehrene those gentlemen eppeared to feel. In mill was disposed to bow to the opinions of Imbecipmen without attributing those opinions to the hoar,e 4 ' of age or to interested moives.—(Hear, He believed that the gentlemen who opposed the sup I.°ll fcir going into Committee on that Bill were not $1 orted / public feeling out of doors.—(Hear, !learn.) bar e r ,, ° 'night be petitions against the measure; but e t ee __ ed that a large portion of those petitions referred . t ° the compulsory clauses than to the Bill itself. % t i n y° the statements in the press, and from other indi thet-n (4 public opinion, it was reasonable to conclude ties ' Le eling of insecurity prevailed on the subject of e pic defences. Ho hoped they would go into earthittee on the Bill with '„as little delay as possible, s ew r ,atilte it as comp l ete and effective a measure as they bQr (HearHE LLdissented hear.) M ITC from the statement made 4 .. 1ee late First Lord of the Admiralty, tbat our navy ta "m es employed to a great extent in defending our com boreee- With respect to the question more immediately toe re the House, he would prefer an augmentation of I:,regular army to the embodiment of the militia, and I.4.oelieved that the House of Commons would never re al:eteto maintain an amount of force which the Govern tip the declare on its responsibility to be necessary ti ora u e defence of the country. The Right Hon. othe:ti the Chancellor of the Exchequer told them the to night that their direct taxation should be extendedi eon_ classes of people. In that principle he entire y diocc.surred; but the proposal now before the House was oi u, o tlY. opposed to such a system. Suppose it carried, t, mils Lord with 100,000/. is year, it drawn for f W i l t s, ' would find a substitute at a cost of say 101, 50& fi Man employed in a factory, and earning only his a Y e ar, would have to pay exactly the same sum for h ear, substitute, if he wished to provide one.—(Hear, ti ) l`low this he called gross inequality and injus 4. But ; • rato, e 1 , instead of 80,000 militia, they . were to , t , en addition of 20,000 men to the standing army hop) expense of which might be paid by adding one ii`t,per cent. to the income-tax—the working man tn e Wettid have was extended to incomes of 50/., L ard nave to pay 53. for the increase, while the Noble h e w ftld have to pay 500/ —(Elear, hear.) He looked end the coat o f oar national defences as an insurance, it atteUl Was just th a t th e amoun t pa id by i n dividuals th. dbe in prop ort i on to t h e extent of the pro p er ty 1 4 :I had to b e p rotec t e d. Th e Bill b e f ore t h e H ouse f eh r,egarded as f raught w i th i njustice, and therefore he al t himself bound to give it his most decided opposition. 1, 4 ,r• COWPER said the amendment before the House • suPported by the Honourable Members for A TI Pirest Riding and Montrose, because they ri a.!culed the idea of a panic on the sc,bject . invasion, and believed such a thing eo be o'n_Possible. Now there were two ways in which :18ion might be pos s ibl e . I t m i g h t b e p h ) s i ca ll y r , o d ma !en% to, and that was a point which shoulel be de fied on mili tary and naval grounds. Or the .:tondition et foreign countries and of Europe generally might be such as to prevent invasion being vias a attempteo and this point which might be judged of by politicians, It was one on which the Honourable Mee fiber for the West Riding and his friends might very properly give th e i r opinions.—(Hear, hear.) Br i t the Hon. I tetlaber for the West Riding was char. saed with the 'dea of having his opinion on the militar y question placed above that of the D u k e of part of the Wellington.— .E ear, hear.) As to the Possibility ( if an in v asion, novrever, he thought the House could my look to the made the wi nc h. tews expressed by those men who had e m un lo n arkat e'es and pr ac tice of war their study, a, d who were ac eustotned to the e mbarkation and d ise ieu authority uf b O tr ee P"---(Uear, hear.) A lmost ever y ~ declared that there was no such i mpossibility i n _ iasion as the Hon. Member and his friends supposed. W,, u t only th e Duke of Wellington, but all the great ha d who had served under him, and also those who B pi )e affil officers o s n l l s y n. t o then nn 11 - 1 1 cl been engaged in more recent wa re, were of this opi iiiitherry °ll . -- (flear.) And they could of English but of French f o • suggested that th °t t Member here read an extract rom the su pamphlet of (ste l e',„, l)rh ice de Joinville, in which, he seamen might be employed for let %ding troops in Eng nourable g -railed subjecting this country try all the " losses and tr eba e o, - °_ge" of war; and then a sked the Ho to ut r for the West confidence in the forte ~erance andc ivili t y be Of v r ence Ridin g whether he had le tt ra nch officers as to suppose that they would of the blo had co o rhle of doing that which a Y nd deliberately Pro Ittit e 'te shore tat the 0 0 , 1 hot steamers start from t opposi appear p prince e d — (Ilear, bear.) et sn'encereent of the night, ar el before morning more e part of our coast, an burn and destroy 9ne or . the ho our seaport towns, tc ► the great humiliatlon of of itee: iono ur and dignity of Eagland?—(flear , that t mould reference had been made to the defence t liso„ ti , he made by our navy;, but, though he hod the hear. ) O tt : iniblicit reliance on the valour, skill, and liuccess e a° Y—atid though he believed it never was more tre at e ," then at th e present o:lament—yet he won Id not I" ee 'tie defenc e o f th e country to one d escr ip t i o n of oa bo w, Y; he would rather hav e two strings to his Judd that the one could be used if the other wits in why mist nanaged.—(Hear.) If Hon. Gentlemen Of p e n liPcsed ti measure consulted the naval 'oefficers em ce e :boo, they would find that every one of those po s , ib s i was con vinced that invasion of this country was the H e • — "(tiet sr, hear.) It was therefore absurd te, tell th e . I .° ll se that the ides of invaaion.was visionary, v awn of I; l ,Yinsi all 'the officers, not only of this country., but eu rn roe, declarieg that it was a thing of possible ac eceort 18hi nchte—(llear.) It had been declared the t this en t rY was insufficiently defended, and if the of weal heo.,; ° the present measure should succeed, would itnot titt e : t endency t eedecy to lead for e i g n powers to make the in th ,?!.to it ev a d e i t ? —( H ear, ) T nere were some tt pings ti me t' t. ll lll (if which he did not approve; but at the tame would ‘ would give each an increased force as ha thhught Dre sa i l' i sco the country iu a state of safety, and hes . i . m. for e , 4 )11 0 Ins, that the mere establishment of the' militia Wass e _. led secure the object they had in view„ which (I t w prevent an invasion being even attempt . tar.) Th W e st wd - and oth ers, se . e Hon. Member for the 14, te „ , y eTed to imagine that they would best b tu ,Zeore rthe :mtnishing try ; the military forces of the cc it _ ht were two ways in which peace might be I °,°L ather . i re was by submitting to aggressors, P a; ° : 3 : lClo iu t (pi r I being strong J He 00u eno ugh to ov er co me tl enO— s-4ear, h ear. , eTed OW by supporting tt A 9 Mt' Lard PALMERSTON and Mr. WA .LEY rose together, but the latter gave way in consequence of the general calls for t• Lord Palmerston." Lord PALMERSTON, who was greeted with cheers, then said—l can assure the House that I shall detain them but a very few minutes. I should not have pre sumed to address them on •t his Subject in the present stage of the debate, but, laving been alluded to so fre quently by soma lion. Members, I cannot reconcile it to myself not to say a few words in reference, I can scarcely say in answer, to what they have lan done me tho honour to euy. The only reply c make to the assertions of my Heneurable Friends is to meet assertion by counter-assertion—(Hear, hear) —and their denial of my opinions by an equally strong denial of theirs.—(Hear, hear.) The only answer they made to my observations on a former occasion was to express surprise that those observations should have fallen from me, and to declare their confident belief that they were unfounded. The Hon. Member for Manchester and the Hon. Member for the West Riding are firmly convinced that an invasion of this country by the forces of France is utterly impossible, and, believing that to be impossible, they think it the height of absurdity for this country to make any preparation to guard against an impossible event. I think, on the contrary, such an event in cer tain cases possible, to use no stronger word, and I think it the duty of the country to make preparation to guard against such a danger.—(Hear, bear.) The country will judge between those Hon. Gentlemen and me.—(llear, hear.) It I sin wrong, and if _the advice I give is fol.- lowed, at all events the country is safe.—(Loud cheers ) if they are wrong, and the advice they give is followed, the country may be ruined.—(Renewed cheers.) They dispute authority; they will not receive the opinion of officers of great experience, of sailors who understand their profession, of men who have practically faced the danger, which they call on this cautery to provide against. These gentlemen, whose habits of lite have been conversant with the peaceful arts, with manufac tures and industry, who know nothing of • war or the chances of war—(Cheers) —who know nothing of the means by which war is carried on, or by which it is re sisted—these gentlemen wish to lull the country into a feeling of security, and to prevent it from taking any means to provide for its defence.—(Cheers.) But they have disputed the English authorities. We have heard just now from an Hon. Friend of mine that the opinion of foreign authorities correspond exactly with those of the English authorities. But I have heard an opinion expressed by a very high foreign authority bearing upon tins question. I have heard, and I believe it, that the late King of the French, when he visited this country after that dispute which arose upon the question about Tahiti—and it is not inopportune or irrelevant to remind the House that upon that occasion, when this country was on the point of being engaged totally unprepared in war, that the men who were the loudest in those declamations that were likely to bring on a rupture were the very men who are now preaching peace —(Great cheering from the Ministerial side), —I have heard, I say, that upon that occasion the King of the French, rejoicing in the peace ful termination of that dispute, said, however, that he had been told by his generals at the time that if a rap ture had taken place they would have undertaken 'that within a week they would have been in London. — (Hear, hear.) That may have some weight with those who despise the opinions of English generals and ad mirals.—(Heer, hear.) Much misrepresentation, Sir, has occurred of things that have been stated by those who agree in oar opinions in the course of this debate. My Hon. Friend a former Secretary to the Admiralty is supposed to have stated that the French have in the Channel a force stronger than we could at the present time muster there. My Hon. Friend did not state that. What he said 1 apprehend was this—that the French, by dee means they have of easily and quickly transmitting from the Mediterranean either the crews et the vessels they have there, or the ships themselves, would have the opportunity and means, within a very short period of time, of placing in the Channel a su perior force than we in the outset of the war should be able to collect.—(Hear, hear) I have been supposed to say that the expense of 15,000 regular troops would not be greater than that of 80,000 militiamen, and I think my Hon. Friend who made that allusion just now seemed to mix up with this question the expense of tho ballot. What I said was this—that the annual cost of maintaining 80,000 militiamen during the 20 or 28 days they might be trained and exercised would not be greater than tho expense that might be incurred of maintaining 15,000 regular troops all the year round, apd it was my opinion we should contribute better to our contingeet means of defence if we had the power of calling out 80,000 men within a week than by adding 15,000 to the regular troops. But my Hon. Friend chalk lige(' me to say when this House had refused to the Government the force which the Government thought necessary for the defence of the country. For tunately this House has not yielded to those very ener getic appeals we have heard from my Hon. Friend the Member for the West Riding and others, to reduce the very limited force which we have deemed sufficient, from time to time, for the immediate emergencies of the service.—(clear, hear.) But I would put it to them what would be their expectation of success of a motion of this kind, if the Government had pro posed an addition of 20,000 or 30,000 men to the regular army, and at' the end of two years they bad been able to say—" You obtained this force under the panic of invasion; there has been no invasion, and you ought no longer to continue an expense which experi ence has proved to be wholly unnecessary?"—(Hear, hear.) I have the greatest possible respect for opinions which are sincere, and are founded upon deep conviction, and therefore I am far from thinking with anything like disrespect ot' those opinions which I believe to be at the bottom of much of the opposition which has been given to the motion now under discussion.—(Hear, hear.) Those opinions and convictions have not been fully and broadly stated by those who have taken part in this de bate; but they have been broadly and fully stated in a pamphlet I hold in my hand, and which is not unworthy the consideration of gentlemen who have turned their attention to this subject. It is a pamphlet ably written, —written evidently with a deep and serious conviction of the principle therein laid down,—that it is contrary to the Christian religion to do violence to any man, even to your enemy.—(Hear.) The object of this pamphlet, then, is to show that it is the Christian duty of this country to be conquered by France.—(Cheers and great laughter.) It is in the shape of a dialogue, exceedingly amusing, between gentlemen engaged in a teflo club or in the duty of soldiers—a very odd duty of soldiers certainly— but one of the speakers in this dialogue paints in very vivid colours the results of an unopposed invasion. He says, "I grant you 250,000 men may come over from France to this country." I said that 50,000 or 60,000 men mightcomc, but the writer of this pamphlet goes far bey ond my calculation—(A laugh) — but he 'says, " they will come unopposed, they will take possession of Landon, they will seize the Batik, where they will not find 18,000,0001, but they will levy contributions on all the inhabitants of London—(Laughter)—Parliament will be swept away; the courts of justice will be abolished; the French Gene rals will issue edicts; there will .be a new Parliament, consioing of Frenchmen—(Roars of laughter)—the Code Napoleon will be substituted for the law of England — (Laughter)—the Sovereign will live like a private indi vidual in Scotland—(Great laughter)—the Government, of course, will be aenibilated, the country will be en tirely governed by this French army who is to invade it; but," says this writer, " what 'does it signify? — (Great laughter)—we shall go on working our mills — (Great ironical cheering from the Ministerial side, and counter cheers) —we shall stand behind our counters and sell our wares in our shops—(Cheering continued) — people must eat, they will want clothing, we shall sup ply_o theni with their wants, and we shall go on making al say n7-:_—(Great cheering and laughter.) One might to themselves rha t who made e i m c v e o e s e eveonfythshosoeulvdereyverha well-known to lines— " gentlemen they might PP" , nonvobismei fi t n ita d .c a s n tis un a h ve a s p , py application Sic vos non vobis yellers fortis oves," —(Hear, hear, and laughter ) — and the sheep would not failthis bepamphlet ph e l a e t t g enu e p e by s on to a wolves.—(Hear, hear.) Then w ould astonish the whole say that that state of things world.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) At first the French ewouldwould e r t e h e i p n k a there e n r ea am bushw would be discovered; a s an ambush laid for them; they and e n there would be amo ng those 250,000 men, some of nt h Christian t ra i sl n_k of h resistance Feeling e and deep reflect ion, who would begin to wonderful spectacle of anation without a foreign foe; and in the course of time, aestteaeseme to fifty or more millions sterling had been re moved from o this country t o France, the French would be an ter ribly ashamed of their posi t ion — (Great laughter) —of the very ridiculous position in which they h a d placed themselves that they would all go back t o France and leave this country to its own resources; nay , so deeply wou ld the sense of their ridiculous k position b e impressed on their m inds—and we know that the French people offer to send us b ack those 5 „ a re most susceptible of o ri o d o ic o te- 01. th s a te t r t l h in e g y w wo h u ie l h d men; and then they would be done , again; they had taken from our bankers, merchants, and tsrhaoduelsd e—sve eh o l uld h mag; n sh a o n w ini t e l a ie s na ly aremfuosroo gtlooritoaukseexiat.t.p( Roars of nag ter. sober earnest, and not at all in the spirit _ at, if he Yet I firmly believe this is written in s ( i ) tr i e si l c a u n le d . —( A laugh.) T,ly Hon. Friend may laugh, b will read the pamphlet, he will see t here is through out a tone of sober seriousness which convinces me that those who wrote it are, in point of fact, that party at whose instigation much of the opposition made to this measure is raised. Now, thee, the House and the country are to determine between two alternative-- whether they will, as required by the party from whom pamphlet and t iniquities—for emanates, i voluntarily submit this count r y t t h o isam the pm irniitnie'— a f os formerr a times Lit thoseses committedaart theeenem words eat by used—of a corqueet by France for the sins this country has waging war—for that is the gro un d on which this pro ceeding is urged—(Hear, hear)--th e cou ntry and Parlia ment, I 0 5 3 1 114 0 to determine whe ther they will become the victims of that system of submission which is re quired by those whose organs, I must suppose and be lieve, are resisting this measure in this House—or whe ther they are still suffieiently wedded to their ancient notions of independence and self-vindication which would lead them to resist a foreign invader and provide all necessary means by which, if that invasion of the country should ever happen, it might bo sufficiently re pelled.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. WAKLEY regretted that the Noble Lord, gifted as a te swoafsaiLthfrsoumehhgi3igpainstiiici-opheawseetio ohfaivntelcileue:t„eaShsohuolhd h detestable trash as he had just read from.' a pamphlet. — (Oh, oh.) He (Mi., Wnkley) strongly suspected that this trash had been publiebed in a lunatic asylu, d an he recommended the N obl e Lord to pay a visit to i m t, for he would admire theinstieetion and the persons he found in it.—(oh, oh.) - Sarely_there must be something going; on in the great. Whig famil y to, induce the Noble - Lerd' to act is this manner`; it WB9 - only matter of wonder, however, that' if han:liciel so tong together, considering the heterogoneoue and extratirciinttry materials of which it was coaapesed. Bat - why bed not the Noble Lord acted upon the Opinion of the King of the French, and increased our army in 1844,. if it needed augmentation? There could, he no mlsunilerstending :the cheer with which Hon. Gentlemen opposite had rec sived th a t pas sage of the blockhead pamphleteer in which he spoke of the " working of the mills."—(lronical cheers.) But there bad been something potent in the working of these mills; for they had ground a partyof Peotectioniets lute a party of Free-traders.—(ob, and laughter.) . Hon. Gentlemen might make wry Leo : for the operation was no doubt torturing, but they had confessed as Much. — (Oh, oh.) The budget was one proef, and the workers of mills had accomplished the transformation--(Cheers.) The Honourab!e Gentlemen continued—You (point ing to the Opposition benches) - must not repudiate the mills, nor your master, Richard Cobden—a greater man than any of you.—(Oh, oh.) Why, lam sure no Hon. Gentleman opposite considers' that an offensive remark. I say that Richard Cebden is one of the greatest men who ever lived, and you are his diielplee.—(oh oh.) I expect a great deal of effrontery from Hon. Gentlemen oppotite; but do not be ungrateful to that great man, your mentor, Richard Cobden.—(Oh, oh.) They had examples enough to show the evils arising from arma ments. Did they believe the liberties of any country were safe that had large armaments? Soldiers had brains, and no country was safe that relied upon armed men. Ho complained that Hon. Members on both sides of the House had been pointing out all the nooks and creeks by which a foreign foe could safely reach and land in England. But they had really no . fears on the subject. They knew that the population would rise as one man and defend the liberties they held so dearo and the Sovereign they loved BO well. The Government must know that they would not get skilled mechanics to enter the militia—they would not leave their work to take a shilling a day—they would get none but the farm labourers. and after a few days' training they would send them back much, worse than before. If they, were so wealthy—it free trade had given them so large an amount of spare capital, why should they not, instead of expending it in putting instruments of death into the hands of the people, expend it in educating them? He believed that the Bill would be . found as mischievous as it was unpopular, and he should give it his most strenu ous opposition. Colonel THOMPSON thought the proceedings of the House were approaching closely to a burlesque. He did not believe that any of the persons who were in terested in the promotion of the principles of free trade would hove written such a pamphlet as that quoted from by the Noble Lord. He was ready to admit that a danger had existed, but it had passed away. He be lieved they would have ample notice of any attempt at assault or invasion, and although the despotic ruler of the French might be desirous of an assault upon England, be believed the people of France would not now co-operate with him in such a perilous undertaking. He believed, also, that a volunteer rifle corps, of a small numerical strength, would be far more efficient than a large body of local militia. That was the opinion of all military men of any experience. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said he would be able to show before he sat down that it the pamphlet quoted by the Noble Lord was another Punch, there were more Punches in the House.—(Great laughter.) That would probably add much to the liveliness of the debate, and he was sure they would receive the announcement with satisfac ion that the printer was a candidate for the seat of his lion. Friend Mr. Hall for the city of Perth.- --(Lend laughter.) He regretted that the Noble Lord, the late head of the Government, had not produced something better after six years than this halt-hatched egg, and given them some better means of defence. The Militia Bill was not applicable to their present position, but it was the only one their rulers brought before t h e m, and they must either vote for it or reject it, and go undefended. Ho agreed with the Ho nourable Member for the West Riding that there might be a better distribution of their forces. He did not think they required troops in the north, and suggested they ought all to be moved down to the southern counties. There was no occasion for troops in the large manufacturing towns to trample upon the peo ple,—(A laugh.) Nay, if the Hon. Gentleman would enter into a treaty with the President of the French to enter the Mersey instead of the Thames, he did not know whether he should not vote against the Bill. He was not sure a small invasion would not do them a great deal of good. They were in a con diion like that of the overgrown spoiled boy, when all wished that somebody would give the fellow a good licking. He thought it would do the country a great deal of good to get a good licking.—(Great laughter.) if an invading army appeared, he believed these mills, which had done such wonderful things, would soots cease working. Now (said Mr. Drummond) they were a very rich people—they bragged of their wealth—but they were thought much richer then they really were; and they advertised the fact that they did not intend to de fend themselves. Why, their refusal to do so was just as much as to say to the French, " Come over and plun der us. for we shall not resist."—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. MANNERS next rose, but was very indis tinctly heard in consegaence of the noise that prevailed in the House. He was understood to.observe that the Hon. Member for Finsbury had stated that no justifica tion was offered for this measure. He (Lord J. Manners) should, however, have thought that the opinions pro nounced by the most eminent men in the country upon this subject might have had weight even with the Hon. Member for Finsbury. He must remind the House of the necessity under which this mea sure was proceeded with— viz. , the House introduced latt ford pronounced the or e a h b i z y a its tio h h v ot f e t t h h e a ra t a i l i ß ti i a l I should be , and it was in obedience to that vote that the wentprn measure was brought in.greaarmytest and navy. c were urged against the increase of g th r Under these circumstances, that the defences of the country were in a most defective state, the Government were of opinion that thehaddi it being generally admitted. Lionel forces required could be best obtained wit _due regard to the best interests of the country by the ad_op don of the present measure—a measure that was l ess` hostile to the feelings of the people, and better calculated to meet the objects they had in view, than any other course which they could take. The Government, there fore, confidently asked the House to reject the amend ment.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, I wish to state, in the first place, that I cannot vote for the amendment now proposed, because I think it desirable, the House having decided by a very large majority in favour of the second reading, that we should proceed in Committee to dis cuss the various clauses and provisions of this Bill. But whilst I cannot agree with many of the statements made in the very able speech of the lion. Member for the West Riding, I must at the same time protest against the formula put forward by the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton. The Noble Lord says that there is this alternative—" If you vote for this Bill you will at least be safe, whilst if you vote for the amendment you may possibly be ruined." Sir, the whole of my ob jections against this Bill are comprised in this, that it will not make you safe. I agree with the Noble Lord, not as to the extent of the danger, not as to the sudden nature of the attack that he seems to apprehend, but as to the necessity for providing against dangers which, is the event of war, must be greater than they were at former periods. The Government, undoubtedly, has fairly un dertaken the execution of the wish of this House, as ex. pressed in its resolution, that a Bill should be brought in; bat I have co isidered this matter as well as I could before the second readi n g , with the view of ascertaining mot whether it was possible fo r me to p ro p ose such amend- A g ainst it ', ... .... meats in Committee as wo uld render the Bill much more Majority ittlien"--1 efficient as a means of defen ce for the countr y , and it ' seemed to me-that while I might - perhaps succeed in de feating some of its clauses, I could hardly be successful in inserting - other clauses . and other provisions that would give strength and efficiency to the measure. I OPOLIS3 therefore came to, the conclusion that it would be better that the Bill should at once be rejected, in order that the Government might provide a better force for the defence WATER SUPPLY of inv i e h s e tig M at E ion ni .. o r t t h h e a nu Government y ru notes, m e bet em.aetlitssfuerce. the fol l owing Committee to be of the country.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) I need not Yesterday , after 70 days' rewsisnetgoinO co f this allude to the various other means that have been sug law for the fttiure regulatton of the wahtao of the House of Commons adopts d gestad by different Members of this House, and some of them by myself', as being . more adapted to secure the and public supply of the - metropolis. companies e ni o es f peace of the country. It this Bill had not been enter- Th inquiry is estimated at Vile rate of I,oooa tained by the House , I feel not the slightest doubt ifinclad , c 'torso nf ebr both t n h c e t s o , ing fees to 20 counsel, parliamentary agents, the Government had thought it necessary to resort to ay' solicitors, some of those other means, that there are hardly any matters. The provisi ens are understood other of them that are not better than the present Bill.—(Oh.) I see Gentlemen doubt my opinion; but really though I the promoterspublication -6 0 1 ; and to the various watercomPanies, whose Bills have heard the Bill very much defended in this House, be gone into seriatim by the Committee. ThewiNnilowf I hardly heard any one of experience, still less the Chelsea Water Company is now • under cons'cli of any person of military experience, say that they lion , and there are ten others to be taken. Owing,h era thought this measure would be effective.—(Hear, hear.) is stated, to the determined oppoaltion of the compani e s, it Gentlemen seem to doubt what I have stated; but I the provisions are totally different to those proposed. shall put to the Gentlemen the 'following case, in order the Government measureoas originally brought in, 111 that Gentlemen may bring home to their minds the in- ti Whereas it is expedif i nt to make provision for ae efficiency of the measure which the Noble Lo rd the curing the supply to the metr o p olis of p are and whole- Member for Merton says is to make this country safe. some Water, and °them' i ce to make farther and b e t ter —(Year, hear.) if the small regular force be not in - provision in relation to the wat er su p pl y o f the metro creased no one can doubt that if a war were to break out polis; be it therefore tr Elected by the Qaeen's Most Ex no person in the situation of commtuder-in chief would separate the forces cellent Majesty,. by a' ad With the advice and consent he would be able to collect in the of neighbourhood of London and between the Lords Spiritual.. and T e mporal ,' and Commons, in London and invasion the south coast. Now suppose this present Parham tent assembled, and by the authority an took place in ao f distant part of the coun try , the same, as foil( e ws:-- in Cornwall, or docks, and suppose 5,000 " Clause 1. Fror a and after the 1855, it men of this rawmilitia . directed against that were shall not be law,fit' , for any company to take for the sup suddenlywould any one believe that such o a rgriesd French force, ply of the metro,' ,oli or of any Fart thereof, any waver cient to send against that French fore©,rcenwdould be suffi- from any part C ,f thb river Thames below Teddington not a sufficient force to ac-nd against them a thisifß that were Lock, or from a El y part of any of the tributary rivers or be effective. But then lam told that the m ill will not streams of the river Thames below the highest point proposed to introduce is one of a similar n measure that we where tha tide if .ows in such tributary rivers and armies an y quesuon that may be rais e d as to the dif r s e ' and that res p ectivel y . ,erence be- and after t' Clause 2. tw eeu a local militia and a regular militia is ono of y rotrt .the 31st day of December, great importance. There is coupled with t hi s that whinho 1855, eve . 4 res. ervoir within a distance in a strai g ht ]in) same inco nsistent with such a statement—n amely, that front Si~. Paul's Cathedral, in t he cit y of London, of not it was right and wise, end entirely from public spirit more than five miles, in whichwater for the supply to . and patriotiem, that . a majority of this House refused the metropolis, or any part thereof, is stored or kept by leave to meam , to bring in a Bill, founded upon a principle , ancompany, shall be roofed in, or otherwise covered Of local miliia; and, on the other hand, that I could over , provided! always, that this provision shall not regular militia except from motives extend to an he•water from which is sub not oppose the ( hear.) I of je t ted y restervoir, t . party and faction: b Hear, own cannot see fi l t ration y the comp's to effitOnt after it is there is anything Yell ?Windup. i n thi s at t diseharzed f t reservoir,•and before it o 4 fniunt,— into e , s - rem 'ma is passed - -v *4.4 maims 9r pip es o f t h e temps 1 Y for distribution, .. 76 Majority agaitist... 2 0 9 Oa the question. that the speaker do leave the ohair or the House to go into Committee on the Bill, Mr. HUME blamed Lord John Russell for having counselled the passing of a measure which he himself had stated was inadequate to the purpose for which it was intended. 'For the Opposition to yield to the Noble Lord's advice was to plAce themselves in the same boat with himself, and that he (Mr—Hume) was not prepared to do. He should, theretore, meet the motion with a direct negative..—(oh, oh I and divide.) Mr. GIBSON asked the Home Secretary whether it was not possible to go into Committee pro forma, with a view to introducing another - Bill, which should com prise the whOle of the militia law in one enactment? Mr. WALPOLE could not answer the question until he knew what the Committee might do with the amend ment of which notice had been given, to omit the com pulsory clauses of the Bill. Mr. BRIGHT asked if it was intended that the 80,000 men who were to be balloted for, or who entered the militia as substitutes or volunteers, were to come under the provisions of the Mutiny Act, and be subjected to the punishment of flogging whilst in training? Mr. WALPOLE—The Hon. Gentleman would ex cuse him if be declined answering the question until the Bill went into Committee. _ _ Mr. COBDEN thoUght that, before the House was called upon to go into Committee, his Hon. Friend had a right to learn from the Home Secretary whether he intended, by the provisions of the measure, that those who were balloted or who came under the provisions of the Bill by volunteering or serving . as substitutes, should be subjected to martial law whilst in training, and the punishment of the, lash. Mr. WALPOLE'S belief was, that according to the provisions of the Act 42 George 111., chap. 90, the mi litia, when embodied or enrolled, was put for the time under martial law ; of course he meant by that expres sion under the Mutiny Act. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex pressed a hope that the Hon. Membar for Montrose would withdraw his motion;" but Mr. HUME declining, • The House dividtd, when there appeared— For the motion ...... ... . . 219 Against it B5 Majority. for the motion —l34 The House theti went into Committee pro forma, Mr. BERNAL in the chair. Mr. BRIGHT hoped the Government would not hastily press forward the measure to a further stage. The urgency of the measure was not proved, and he thought that any further stage of the Bill should be postponed until the country had time to declare its opinion on the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the proposition of the Ifon. Member was most pre posterous. The Government had been urged from day to day to expedite tile business of the I-louse, and what ever other business m i g h t b e on where an y doubt of its importance might exist, the Militia Bill was that busi ness, for the prepondfrating . opinion of the House was . declared in support of the importance of the measure; o day y d on ndf n o coir) it —i it t tst h —o e n negx Hon.oot course aro M 6gue ; : m t ahbnee whichdr e ofna wished tic:r:ma t ot h a age purpose? utuar t icnoo fi sgne x :t a remote Not t o discuss the merits of the Bill, but to agitate the country , . opinion of the House, take the fi i with T g h e u n r e s r d a a l y Instead, then, of a distant day, he shoul th d ie , tu i t a ir° c bli o la n c.- f libertymt y w f next for proceeding with the Committee. After a short conversationthorp, Mr.,FaX, Mr. Walpole, and Mr. M. Gibson took part, as to the necessity Of, ex peuiting the progress of the Bill as proposed by the Chancellor of the Exche quer,or, of postponing it as urged by the Hon. Member tor Manchester, ,in which Colonel Sib . Mon day next should be the day .for resuming the considera tion of the Bill. Mr. FLUME suggested, as a Mr. NEWDEGATE combatted the proposition tihleerbdeigseguo:sion, tb,e noun for Middle course, that Mon delay, as wholly uncalled-for and unnecessary, the °ea sure having beer. already 8° long before the House. Mr. COBDEN repelled the imputation of the Chan cellor of Exchequer,and Gen tleman not to repeat that tone to lion. Members on that (the Opposition) side of thnHouse.. Warned the Right Hon. A charge of agita tion came badly from HoD.--Members opposite. They had once before been opposed to Ahem on a national question, and they could not ehargts him (Mr. Cobden) purpose of reinstating on tap Treasury bench or his friends with want of fotbearamce on that occasion; but if they agitated the country, it would not be for the immediately on their entering upon .office, men who, . principles which they profesaed in opposition. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said there was a misinterpretation, whi•ah had better be set right at once. The Hon. Men iber for Blanchester the A W fte e r st s ß om id e in fu g : wished for delay in order tnappeal to the country, and be wanted to know what that me an t 4 •if not to agitate the country. He did not charge the 3Hon. Gentleman with wishing to agitate; he drew it not as an inference, but as the natural conclusion from hi s ., own wor d s . With reference to what had feline from t'he Hon. blember for abandoned the Chancellor of the Exchequer) Was , there to put into ope ration the politics which he had pi tofessed on the other side of the House.—(Cheers.) ..._ to info oin him that he (the Th e CHAIRMAN repotted Pr')gress, and obAtined leave to sit again on Thursday ts xt . . Mr. H u HE then moved that M - . -- - (3l lflay next, instead of Thursday, be the day fixed f et 'proceeding with the Committee. The House then divided, vvh.en there orh motion .._ ......31 appeared— Againstit, ... , .. ...! ... ... 103 resumed, Majority ...., _ ..... ,2 .•• ••• ' The House again divided tai the m.otion that the House do resolve itself inte COininitteec en Thursday next. For the motion .. ... ... 105 Against it :, ... .... *... ..., 29 Majority .: ... ____ 6 . ••• i • Adjourned at Twenty Minutes Past Two o'clock. , i . with Mr. H. D. SE'ratOint in favour. The Hon. W. R.D:crNccomg pi/tired against Mr. Cob against Mr. Cobden's SCEIOLEFIELD. motion, with .M r, ATTERTON paired oil denc'snlomnceitliocell, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir.—On Monday the 3d, the Secretary for the Colo nies moved to bring in a Bill to grant a Representative Constitution to the colony of New Zealand. The Tories are evidently bent on taking the wind out of the sails of the Whigs, wherever they are able; and the present afforded a brilliant instance of their talent in that re spodt. It is quite true, that they found nearly all the features of the Bill sketched in by their predecessors; but the style of handling was what they had the genius to make their own. Instead of a snarling, grumbling kind of process, having the air of looking about for re cusants for the sake of a wholesome stirring of their bile, they contrived that all should go smoothly as a wedding-bell. If there were disputable questions of de tail, they produced them as such, with professions which could hardly be insincere, of their readiness to submit them to amicable discussion. On the great point of all, in comparison of which questions of First Chambers and Second Chambers sink back into the pigeon-holes they were taken from, they spoke like men who knew that fortune had thrown into their hands the task of lay ing the foundation, of what may honestly hob out to be a world supremacy. If there be one thing especially revolting to the man who has studied his coantry's his tory and mankind's, it is to hear a "snobbish" and furacious individual prating about " the Anglo-Saxon race;" when the known fact is that the country in which he speaks, is to a greater extent than any other in the universe, an agglomeration of all races and all divisions of the one blood of which were made the na tions of the earth. The Whigs. have let the Tories snatch from them the grand experiment of amalga mating a race at the Antipodes into supporters of the British Crown, and thus striking into the principle which alone will enable us in the next century to hold our own against the offspring of our negro-drivers. Con sult Defoe, and see how many bloods went to the com position of the " true-born Englishman." Why should not a dozen more be added to the list, bringing each the dowry of a province, or some a quarter of the globe? Can any man tell, for instance, why India, or Africa, or the Antilles, should not, by something like the contrary of policies hitherto pursued, be studded over with popu lations of swarthy Englishmen, born to the climate, and boasting, like the Jew of Tarsus, of being citizens of no mean city, under a wider than Roman rule? Of a surety, if there be truth in theology, the Romans will one day stand up with the Queen of the South, and de mand of our whole string of Colonial Secretaries to show whether they have come up to the Roman mark, and given to races at the world's extremes the same fair play that was given to our rugged ancestors. Oae single thing bars the vast prospect open to a true statesman's view;—the brutish instinct of race the vulgar man shares with the rat miscalled of Norway, prompting him to see in all who differ from him by a shade of colour or a cast of fur, objects for blood-sucking instead of ma terials for a country's political and commercial great ness. The Americans have deeply sworn, within the life of man, which is threescore years and ten, to place an American army behind the Horse Guards, and haul down the " flaunting bunting" on Windsor Cattle; and they will do it too, unless " Amalgamation" can beat "Non -Amalgamation" in the race. It is easy talking about the friendly disposition of the Americans; but this is what is in their popular mind. America means to "annex", you; and if something is not done, she will. It must have been highly amus ing to Transatlantic slave-breeders, to see the zeal with which John Bull on his late alarm from France, exclaimed " America will help us." If she helps you, it will be as the feeder helps the swine, to make bacon of the w hole ho g afterwards. It is not im possible, that the scene which Heaven's scene-shifters aro now raising before the audience of the world, is a struggle between the old and new English, to settle whether the more backward races of the earth are to be raised by the agency of the first, ohsawld on by the other. It is difficult to say what t expedtation of ex istence of a Colonial Seeretary may he; but the man may write " Vixi," who has had the FOcTrtunity of lay ing his hand on so magnificent a cause. The Bill was ordered to be brought in, with a una nimity and general applause which have been rarely witnessed. It is great pity but it had been brought n and i carrid through by somebody else. But what is to be done, e when men have not the gift of what art ists "getting things out of hand?" call On moving to go into Committee on the Militia BTinlle, Amendment was moved to call for certain returnhs. only good reason for this, must have been than enhope the getting a greater proportional division. hiaionnnt was former occasion. Instead of which, an adjournment therebyight think the e t o a t d h j e n n o r t n er en m all ov w e h d o , 291 to 68, timed; the whole ending in being beaten side t : : e t h e e s s v e t ! r e s H o t ! sion of 315 to 165, which is less than 2 to which is more than 4 to 1, instead of thei foTrmacetricdiaivni; do not call this making an advance. the Bill C w n negOantivTuesday BthsetoA7m6e; mittee with a majority of 219 to 85 ineerely, I am, Sir, yours very s oRmER. n a d n ni d en th t e °l , ll lAN OLD lira - oarlielditiianto Blackheath, May 5,1852. [AnyErrlsEmENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills have cured a Diseased Foot and prevented Amputation. —Mr. James Palmer, No. 1, Mason-court, Blake-street, Liverpool, suffered dreadfully from a diseased foot ; the most eminent medical men attended him, and they deemed it neces. sary to remove one of his toes. Before this healed, however, the disease broke out higher up, and then they wanted to am- putatd the whole foot to prevent fatal consequences. This he objected to, and resolved to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which have effected a perfect cure, and he can walk and work ists, and at as well as ever. This can be verified by Mr. Martin, chemist, 24, Copperas-hill, Liverpool' ant by all drugg Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. --Fourteen persons D O G• FIGHTING PUNISHED, were estrday, a t the Worship-street Police-court, se verely y punieshed for taking an active part in the disgusting " amusement of dog-fighting. Two of them were com ten others 21. each. milted to the House of Correction for three months, two were filled 0/. ee.ob, And the vvgDgEgwty EVENII,T(iy, MAY (Hear, bear.). I have never found fault with the rno tives of thole 'tithe proposed to deprive me of the power of bringing in a Bal on this subject —(Haar, hear.) It was a proceadin, I believe, quite without precedent. — (Hear, het,-.) . Dwing,qie time, I have sat in Varlismant On the Second reading of this Bill, opposed it, it was said l iii h t a ti ve tti k e il_o in wri o . t n iv o e - s s u o c f h th p not that my reetives must not be with a view to the r :s e : LI :17o t; did it; i le fi ec n a d us f e a t de fence of the country, but that they were party motives. --(Hear, bear.), 1 deny sueli an 'interpretation of gly conduct.—(Cheers.) . It is - a gross miarepresentation of what my inten!iona were tin the subject.--Gear. - )' I . can hardly speak en,this subject without saying`that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State - for the Home Department, And some Gentlemen on the other side, have most fairly addressejtheinselves to any argtl' ments I have used.—(Hear, hear.) I have nothing to caniplain of on their part; and with regard to the Iligbt lion. Gentleman the Secretary of State nothing could be more fair than the manner in which he met my lulu' went.—(ilear, hear.) I own, as the matter at present stands, I think it batter that this Reuse, having &aided is favour of the principle of the Bill, Shotilti go WO Cenimittee, and no alterations should b made that aro inconsiateet with the general intentiona of the Govern ment.—(lietir, hear.) I Cannel say I take a very sin ; guine view of its f.fli c l enoy; ' and 'I think it will be found netesaary,'probably, at the commencement of the next year, to review the whole subject of the defences of the country.—(Hear, hear.) 'I think - it probable without any view to our divisions an the' stibjecv—that we may arrive at a sysWm of defence . that may 'hope'thaps bet tar than the local militia I propose, or th e regUlar mtlitia now proposed, and by which we will be' all satisfied the Country is sufiloiently defended.—(flear, hear.) lam afraid you will find the Billinits operation, while it will be obnoxious to - many complaints, will "not give such a force as you cann - rely upon; but Ido not think that in the preseat session you will' be able to determine upon such a force.—L(Heir, hoar.) I think it better that the present Bill should piss, and in the next session we can consider the alterations that should be • made, and the means by which we can best amend ii. —(Rear; hear.) If I should prove to be totally Mistaken—if 50,000 or 80,000 efficient men, on whom military men can rely for the defenee of the country, can bo obtained, I shall be glad I was mistak?n; but if; on the contrary; the gene ral sense of the Rouse shall be we are not secure, I trust we shall hive samo ethei and more efficient rnea sure.—(Hear, Mar:) The House divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Cobden's amendment Against it... or to any reservoir the whole of the water from which is dietributed through district mains or pips for other than domestic purposes. " Clause 3. From and after the 31st day of D,lcenaber, 1855, up water shall be brought or conducted within the metropolis by any company for the purposs of domestic use, otherwise than through pipes or through covered aqueducts, unless the same shall be afterwards filtered before distribution. Clause 4 is to the following effect : —From and after the 30th day of August every company shall eff,!ctually filter all - water supplied by them within .the metropolis or, domestic use before thesame shall pass into the pipes for distribution. 41 Clause 5 states that three months before any com pany shall resort to any new source of supply, such company shall give notice in writing thereof to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plan tations hereinafter called the Board of Trade, and there upon, within - one month after receipt of suctrepotice,!the said Board of Trade shall, if they think fit, appoint a competent verson as an-inspector, who shall report with respect to atiy sources then authorised by' Parliament, whether the directione of the special Ant have beeacom plied with in reference thereto; and with respect to any eow sources, not authorised by Parliament, whether the same are capable of supplying good and wholesome water for domestic purpesee. " Clause 6 provides thst the inspector so appointed shall, within ten days after such appointment, give notice in writing to the company thereof, and of the time at which he proposes to visit and inspect the sources. " Clause'? 'directs that the Board of Trade shall, within 21 days after the receipt of the said inspector's repoit, send to such company with respect to any such new sources of supply not authorised by Parliament, a certificate in writing of their approval or disapproval thereof ; and with respect to any such sources as shall then be authorised by Parliament, a notice in writing, stating whether in the judgment of the said Board of Trade the directions of the special Act hare in reference thereto been complied with. " Clause 8 specifies that in certain oases the matter may be referred to the Attorney-General. " Clause 9 provides, that if at any time complaint as to the quantity or quality of the water supplied by any company for domestic use be made to the Board of Trade by memorial in writing, signed by not less than 20 inhabitant householders, paying rents for and sup plied with water by the company, it shall be lawful for the Board of Trade, at any time within one month after the receipt of such complaint, to appoint a competent person to inquire into and concerning the grounds of such complaint, and to report to the Board of Trade thereon. Clause 10 stipulates that the person so appointed shall, within three days after such appointment, give notice thereof in writing to the company; and after such notice as aforessid tie shall have power to inspect and examine the waterworks of the company, atd to inquire into and concerning the grounds of such complaint, and the company and their officers shall afford all reasonable facilities for such inspection, examination, and inquiry. " Clause 11 fixes the penalty for any person obstruct ing such inspector in the due prosecution of such inspec tion,e e xamination, or inquiry, at any of not ing 101. " Clause 12 directs that if, after receipt of such re port, it shall appear to the Board of Trade that the said complaint is well founded, the Board of Trade shall give notice thereof in writing to the company. " Clause 13 provides that if the company shall fail to remove the ground of complaint, the matter is to be re ferred to the Attorney-General. " Clause 14 makes it compulsory that every steam engine, furnace, or other work in which coals shall be consumed by any company for the purpose of the water works, shall be constructed on the most effectual prin ciple for consuming its own smoke. "Clause 15 provides that after the expiration of five years from the passing of this Act everp company shall, subject to the provisions of the special Aot relating to such company, provide and keep in the district mains already laid down, or hereafter to be laid by them, a constant supply of pure and wholesome water, sufficient for the domestic use of the :inhabitants of all houses supplied by such company, at such pressure as will ut make the water reach the top story of such houses, b not exceeding the level prescribe& by the special Act of such company. `• Clause 16 provides that it shall be lawful for any company from time to time, with the approval of the Board of Trade, to make such regulations as shall be necessary or expedient for the purpose of preventing the waste or misuse of water." The document concludes with a clause interpreting the terms employed in it. The question of rates and tolls is to be determined in relation to the peculiar cases of the respective_oompa nies, to be inserted in the several Bills. MAGAZINES, &c. (CONTINUED). BL ACKWOOD. _ . Attractive, perhaps, beyond almost any other sub ect that could be just now selected as the theme of i a magazine contribution, gold is the subject of the I first article in Blackwood for May—" Gold : its Na tural mid Civil History." Evidently written through out with much reflection and after very considerable research, the paper will eminently repay perusal. Scarcely, less interesting, and, in a literary sense, im measurably more valaable is the second essay in the number, an appropriate review of the "Life of Niebuhr," the most adventurous of all phi lologists. Full justice is done by the writer to Niebuhr's profound and various erudition, and what is yet more—to his ardent and comprehensive imagination. A rather superficial but genial biography of " Thomas Moore" startles us by commending what to our thinking is, of all his works, the one of most questionable merit, his "Life of Byron," but in the writer's final opinion upon the position as sumed by the bard of Ireland in literature we most cordially agree, an opinion declaring that " Moore's future fame will depend on his National Melodies." Sir Bulwer Lytton's " Novel" par excellence so called, as it approaches its close, becomes more than ever enthralling.. There is a wisdom worthy of La Bruyere in that "Initial Chapter" in which the latent operation of Hate is no ticed as among the most peculiar characteristics of " English Life." now-a-days. Almost admirable as this chapter is the lament pronounced over the glory of Bond-street, long since departed. Our friend Squire Hazledean, accompanied by Parson Dale, arrives in town, and his arrival portends ill fortune to his fine-hearted scapegrace of a son, Frank. Dr. Morgan, the benevolent homoeopathist, " turns up" again as in gratuitous attendance on the Squire's cousin, Captain Higginbotham. Poor Burley —big John Barley—the strong man of genius ruined by the very robustness of his vitality, the creation which of all others in the fiction does most honour to the head and heart of Bul wer—(verifying his assertion in the explanatory epilogue to Not so Bad as we Seem, that he is "proud of his order") — JOHN BURLEY, henceforth the companion picture to DAVID FALLEN—dies. There is a noble pathos in the description. Leonard, who has discovered Burley through the charitable medium of Dr. Morgan, is, of course, at the death-bed ; and with the demise of poor Burley the present instalment terminates. Audley Egerton, by the way, stern man of business though he is, living even in the iron moil of public life, wins upon us strangely in these later chapters, being only less loveable than that most gentle and chivalric of all the characters penned by Bulwer— Harley L'Estrange. The bad genius of the story, Randal Leslie, becomes, we feel convinced by premo nitory sensations, more and more involved in the web of his own spinning. One glimpse of him, obtained in ch. 10, b. xi., is in the streets of London at mid night, when the author exclaims, in accents pecu liarly his own, in their touching and almost solemn beauty—" Solitary amidst the vast city, and on through the machinery of Civilization, went the still spirit of Intellectual Evil." Leonard, in the end, we feel assured, will gain, as his wife, Helen, and Har ley, Violante. "Our London Commissioner" is scarcely as amusing in his second as in his first contribution —doing justice and (although it is expressed in the language of absolute panegyric) only justice to Charles Mathews, the most consummate artist and the most perfect of all actors, as a light comedian. Be sides some graceful verses, entitled " The Gold- Finder," Maga contains a pleasant notice of Mr. Angus B. Reach's last book, under the heading of " The 'Vineyards of Bordeaux." In this contribu tion we revel in the condemnation of that most loathsome of all fruit the olive. Speaking of such titles for books as " Claret and Olives," " Wine and Walnuts" (a capital old gossipping woik by the way, and not as the reviewer in Blackwood supposes, with " the wine corked and the walnuts wofully shrivelled"), as "Nuts and Nut crackers," as " Grog and Biscuits," " Sherry and Cheroots," " AlCoho. and Anchovies," " Tumblers and Talk," " Ale and 2Esthetics," or " Beer and 'Batty"—we wonder no mention was made of" Cakes and Ale," a production better known than all together, and written moreover by one of Maga's own contri butors. The number closes with a political argument upon what is called " The Democratic Confederacy.', AINS WORTH. After the customary chapters of " The Lancashire Witches," by the editor, we have some exquisite and heart-born verses, from E. E. M. K., entitled " The Birthday." Among the continuations are additionai instalments of the " Florence Hamilton" of Miss Julia Addison, as well as of " Velthinas" and " The Confederates." A rather wordy, but still graceful contribution, is the " Page from the Domestic Life of Pompey the Great," by Mrs. Edward Thomas. " The Fatal Phial," or what is absurdly entitled a tale of horror of Haverstock Hill—calling disagreeably to mind Rocker's horrible murder of Delarue—is a sheer extravagance. Tom Hood might have made the incident laughable in the " but Charles Vernet seems not to understand even the significance of his mother tongue, calling a neglected field " a mausoleum" for dead cats and dogs ; as well call a ditch a cenotaph, as a field a sepulchral building or mauso leum. S. W. Thornbury has a rude but spirited metrical piece, called " The Jockey's Song." The rest of the number is of average merit, .and, in some instances, of more than average mediocrity. ----- DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. This number seems peculiarly dedicated to flowers, a suitable offering indeed for the "queen of months." " The Heirs of Randolph Abbey" is continued ; the two chapters are very awful —l* a murder is planned which the law cannot reach," and " the record of a madness which is not insanity." The following verses are very beautiful "A COINA FOR MOORE. "Another Genius is not slow To gather home her jewels now, Nor might sho spare the opal rare, That shone on Erin's brow. That caught from every changing light A flush, a sparkle, or a hue That trembled 'twixt them both—but oh! 'Twas beautiful all through. " Moore, at the watchword of his name, What witching scenes before us smile, The sunny landscapes of the Eae, The old mysterious Nile. Bright fancies glistening while they weep, Or glowing till those (cars depart, In sweet uncertain strains that bang Like rainbows roand the heart. " My mother sang them by the fire, Her voice wcs true and soft of tone, It was my childish thought that Moore And melody were one. My love to thee, my country's bard, Thy praise is a familiar theme, My very cradle has been rocked 1.1 - I,t) the' }oung mars dream.' " Oh, fain would we our minstrel's grave Were wept upon by Erin's showers, But still, though England holds his dust, His fame—himself —is ours. And 1, that I should write of him As one who all for love would come, To plant a wild forget-mo•not Beside a marble tomb. " Farewell, farewell, I love to think Tby minute of ' eternity' Made earth look dim when angels moved The crystal bar for thee. The sparkling garland thou hest dropped, Unlike the peri's, fadeth never, 'Tis bound about thy country's brow For ever and for ever. MISCELLANEOUS. The Eclectic Review , commences with a " Hi s t ory of Maynooth College, , in which the articleshewriter on n ro L ng o l r y a objects to its;,Al maintenance. Th "Memoirs of the Whi g P ty ' " and Howitt's Literature of V\i and Mary Northern Europe" are the most striking. Th e Sportsman contains its usual variety of ec s• subj t Anecdotes of foxes will be found entertain. ing. The engraving, entitled " Holiday Time," re• presents a hound and three beautiful little spaniels, who are playing in a field. Two articles on the Kafirs are found in the Colonial Magazine. N o . XI. of " British Possessions aLd Colonies" is descriptive of the island of Ceylon. The " Verses on an Aged Emigrant " are pleasing and well written. The Farmer's Magazine is devoted entirely to agricul ture, presenting much information on this subject. Tait's commences with No. 2 of " The Governments of Continental Europe." It consists of France and Rome, " The Working Man's Way in the World" has reached the fifteenth section. The plates of Le Follet are, as usual, the chief attraction. A sheet of patterns for embroidery is, however, added. The Ladies Companion contains the Story of Angelique, by the talented Miss Jews bury, Mrs. Ogilvy's Autobiography of Laura Stud legh, i 9 continued ; the " Fate of a Flirt in the Olden Time" may perhaps prove a lesson to young ladies of the present day. The Church of England Magazine is illustrated by an engra v i ng c f T r i nity C hurc , Cam bridge, and several instructive sermons. The Illus trated Exhibitor has a portrait of J. Turner, M.A., and eight pictures of the History of Pegasus. The British Journal and The Biographical Magazine axe continued in their accustomed style. In the latter may be found a history of Thomas Moore. The Po o pular Educato r i s a new ser i a l, w hi c h con veys instruc tion in the rudi men t s o f a ll th e usual branches education. So muc h i n f orma ti on , at a very low price, is rarely to be obtained. TlME.—Since Time is not a person we can over take when he is last, let us honour him with mirthiand cheerfuln ez4 Qt 4,rt while Le is pasiiug.....,Kidds Own r~3~74~s'~at';~a'~:++-.~~~`ti-'tom"~s~~:. _ •- • NAVAL IN T.ELLiGitiftiii: ' His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, First Lorelsof the Admiralty, held a levee at Whitehall yesterday, and it was attended by the following . officers:— Captains—Charles Smith, William L. Castle, Philip Justice, Thomas Fisher, Claude H. M. Buckle, Thomas Francis Birch, Thomas W. Carter, Harry E. Edgell, and George Moubray. Commanders—Thomas C. Sher win, G. Caswell, John A. L. Wharton, Robert T. Bed ford, James Wood, M. Donellan, John Powney, LE, Robert J. ()Way, George Woodhouse, Lord Francis J. Russell, and F. P. Warien. Lieutenantse7M. Rodney, W. Vicary, R. G. White, J. Rainnier, W. A. R. Lee, G. 0. Willes, and H. Hainaut. Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., held a levee yester day, which was attended by the following officers:— Captains—H. Dunlop, H. E. Edgell, Thomas Fisher, Villiom L. Castle, John Powney, MIL, Frederick T. Michell, F. D. Hastings, C. H. M. Rhe, and A. Murray. Commanders—Arthur C u mming, J. Wood, C. T. F. Newton, R. T. Redford, E. Dixon ' Reynell C. Michell, J. Whart o n, and George Caswell. Lieutenants—John Rainnier, G. O. Willer, and W. A. R. Lee. Surgeon — Peter Niddrit, M.D. Second Master—Frederick R. Child. Rear-Admiral Sir Phipps Hanby, K C .8., hell a levee at the Admiralty yesterday,and it was attended by the following officers:— Captains—W. L. Castle, H. E. Edgell, C. 11. M. Buckle, Henry D. Trotter, and Henry T. B. Collier. Commanders—Arthur Cumming, Henry Hire, T. Chaloner; B. Dixon, C. Michell, J. R. Rennie, and Peter Cracroft. Lieutenants—J. Rainnier, A. B. Hot* kinaon, R. Moore, J. White, Justus B. Kooyatra , R. Lit . " hurne, and B. M. Noble. Masters—J. Brown and P. P. Cotter. Surgeon—P. Nildrie, M.D. Mate—P. Blakis ton. Paymasters and Pursers—J. Doyle, C. Walker, and R. Browp. Second Masters—F. R. Child sod Gr. Marsh. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. —The Queen, 116, Captain Wise, was to have come into harbour to-day, but it was* deferred till to-morrow, when she will come alongside a hulk, and her officers and ship's company will be tamed over while he is in dock. A court of inquiry was held on board the Conflict, steam-ship, to get at the circumstances attending the bursting of one of her boilers, by which four men, stokers, were soalded to death, and another so severely injured that his life is not yet pronounced safe. Capt. Henderson, C. 8., Blenheim; Captain Jones, Sampson, and Captain Warelen, of the Retribution, composed the court. Whether th as result will be a court-martial or net we have not yet lest med. The Birkenhead's affair will be divided ipto two courts-martial. The first will be on Mr. Richards, master's assistant, and Cour men; and the second on the remaining officers and c.mw. As we stated yesterday:. a court- martial will be bold on charges preferred against the second lieutenant of the Conflict for some insubi ardination. The Count d'Aquila, admiral of the Neapolitan fleet, a brother of his Majesty the King of Naples, has been expected all day. The Vict Clfy's barge has was alsoasbeenin waiting to attend on his Royal :highness, as the Sprightly steamer. He had not, however, arrived at half-past four o'clock, when the Ante-lines were removed from the Victory's yards. He an i Lieutenant Gore, flag to Commodore Eden, are expected at the residence of the commander-in-chief, who has invited the lieu tenant-governor, the admiral-superinte talent, and a large ptrty to meet the Count. The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falco nn, sailed from Spithead for Chatham in the night, to be paid off. The Edinburgh, 58, steam gunnery ship (screw), has begun rigging is the steam-basin. Her st eam was got up to-day to try her boilers and engines. DEVONPORT, MONDAY.—The Rodney, 92;- Captain Charles Graham, C.B. arrived here yesterde,y, from Portsmouth, to compl ete her complement of men, of which she is above 100 short. She will proceed to Cork from this port, to join the Channel squadro n. The Amazon came into the Sound yesterday, in cow ! parry of the Rodney. She is to come up harbour to be paid off. The Britomart brig, Commander Heseltine, will be inspected by the Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sir Jell an Ommanney, G.C.B , today, and will in all probabilit,Y sail on Wednesday for the coat of Africa. The Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, still waits the arrival of Sir Charles Hotham, who Was ex pected here yesterday. In the event of his Excellency's arrival in time, the Vixen will sail on Tuesday for the Brazils. TUESDAY.—Sir Charles Hotham, the newly-appointed envoy to the Brazils, arrived here yesterday, and sails this (Tuesday) afternoon in the Vixen steam-sloop, Commander Barnard. Sir William Bennet, head of the naval medical depart ment, is now at Devonport on an official visit. WOOLWICH, MAY 4.—Trident, iron steam-vossel, is now in dock receiving Mr. Boccius's composia'on for protecting iron on her port side; and Mr. Hay's, which has hitherto most successfully beaten all other move titore for this purpose, is to be tried on the stark erd side. The Driver steam sloop, Commander Charles ici. Johnson, arrived at Woolwich on Sunday afternoon,- and will be paid off here on Saturday next, having been in commission since September, 1848, on the Pacific station. She has brought home two eagles and two con dors from South America. The Violet, Lieutenant-Commander H. P. Jones, ar rived from Dover on Sunday afternoon, and was taken into the basin to-day. The caisson was removed from the entrance of the basin to day, and towed down to the East-dock, where it is to be lengthened 9 feet, the entrance to the basin having been ordered to be widened to that eastent to admit the Agamemnon, 90, when that vessel is launched on Friday, the 21st inst. APPOINTMENTS. First class Assistant Engineer William Achindachy, second class Assistant Engineer William Robinson, and third class Assistant Engineer Joseph Gillard, to the Porcupine steam-vessel, at Portsmouth. Acting third class gunner Phillip Turner, from the Excellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, to the Porcupine. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRON OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TIIE COMPTO/1 BAY Wi t Eck.—The Dutch barque japans, on_94icrein Comptun Bay, was hove off yesterday morning about half-past ten o'clock, and at half-past one, when last seen. had been warped nearly half a mile out to the s outh-west; but she was still in shllow water, and as the wind had shifted to the S.W. a (right on), the Rose :cutter, the only vessel in sight, could be of no assistance. The barges and Messrs. White's life-boat have returned to COWOF. had a steam-vessel been em ployed the ship would have been here also. A steasner, Her Msjesty, has b een en g aged to go round for her to morrow morning. Some folks had made up their minds to break the good ship up, and even hat they were to give for her; but Pro vidence has disappointed them. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Elea nor Stanley, the Hon. Matilda Paget, Lord Polworth, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Li,lutenant-Colonel the Lion. s ali T t h_ c ea o t i r o A. Gordon, honoured her Majesty's .Theatre last even. ing with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess Albert ro de l. 4 : 1 1: on horse back Kent, ettended by epvreiLnniacndegyA n also honoured the performanceadacteihebryhTjieeusttyee' vi i Ht n is h ß er oy p a re l s u en ig ee hn h e s o. t s yesterday morning, atte nel Bon. A. Gordon. Them Royal Highnesses the Pri nce Princess Royal, Tr.nce Alfreu , and of Wales, the the • attended by Mr. Gibbs, inspected the 1 Princes Alice, esrth in Leicester-square, yesterday e age model of the morning. A deputation from Hull, consisting of Mr. A. Ban nister (slayor of Huh), Mr. Harrison (Sheriff of Hull), Mr. Henry 131undell (Chairman of the Town's Com mittee), Mr. W. H. Pearson, Mr. J. Middleton, and Mr. Holder, had an interview with the Right Honour able J. W. Henley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Moore hal an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street, on the sub3-ct of preserved meats. A deputation h a d an i nterview with the R i g ht Hon. J. W. Henley and Lord Colchester yesterday, at Li Board of Trade. Mr. Watson Taylor had an interview yesterday wit h Sir Juhn Pakingto,l3 at the Colonial-office. and A deputation Lord Dudley headed Stuart, M.P., h ßenjamin ßd the Earl of Derby yesterday. Hon. J. W. Henley yesterday. hadaloe an Mr. G ntleman at the an il l . i v ll iew M w . rth " Mr. G. F. Young had an interview with the Right an interview with the Right Hon. e Board of Trade. Dispatches from h a a ro t e Governor were received G a i at b el m i li e ti olonial office yester- We hear that the youthful Lord Maga h 6s teruai4e4 to retirt from the turf TOO LATE! Not long ago the Lioluifirth reservoir burst its banks, arid the waters, sweep'n; down the narrow valley at midnight, suddenly d ro wned some eighty persons, and destroyed half a million pounds' worth of property. The commissioners were long meditating the repair of the leaking embankment; they were ready to spend the necessary 121. 10s. for the purpose, but they deferred until it was TOO LATE, and then all repairs were needlebss. Too LATE might be written on man y of our pulic schemes of meditated repair and reform. The mischief to be apprehended is obvious enough. Many eyes are directed towards the swollen waters, and to the cracks and rents in the embankment which still keeps them pent up. Some call out for repairs, and they ere su e ; swered that "it is time enough!" And this g_o o es . 8.. from year to year, until at length down comes the fi w od s ,___ t midnight, and the inhabitants of the valley only a oom l to find that all their attempts at repair a hi:trained, TOO LATE: Let little children bo undisciplincd, and surrounded by all ma nner iinto evil ways, ments to bad living; they grow up, o _ time, are put into commit criminal acts, and, in coursefort t h le. of induce ha d t_ e h e w e . character rol nt gis end. em begins•, and gaol. Then it is that our concern and discipline. But it we now put them under training is all too late. The the habits haveoriini has been formed; late to reform him —we have lun na l hasbe been n b e fi en a e t d r a t ; Try and hat of drunkenness , reform an evil habit —t for example. We cannot make him live his life backward. In nine hundred and ninety out of the thousand cases you will fail. The habit is the life. It has wound itself in and through the.life as an integral part of it; and you cannot tear it on'. Or, try to make a habitually unvir• tuous person virtuous. It cannot be done. The habit has been ingrained in the thoughts, the feelings, t he pas sions, and poisoned the whole nature. It is too and brink late to re form. The only safe way is, so to educate u p children as to prevent evil habits being formed. Thu is beginning at the right, and n o t at the wrongen..... Eli:a Cook's Jou) vial.