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

LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, April 26. (Be!ore Vice-Chancellor PARKER.) LIMEY V. WAGNER. Shortly before the usual lima for the rising of the Court, Mr. BKTHELL, addressing his Honour, said that he was instructed on the part of the defendants in this cue, to move to dissol►e the injection granted on Friday, but at this late hour of the day it would probably be more convenient if it were fixed to come on the first thing to-morrow. Mr. BACON said that the first thing would be incon venient for him, as he had to attend to several bankrupt uses which were fixed for the first thing to-morrow, the Lords Justices. _ His Horroint said that in a case of this nature the de fendants certainly were entitled to have their motion heard at the very earliest moment possible, and he would therefore take the case the first thing to-morrow. Mr. BACON Slid that he hoped that he should be fur nished with a copy of the affidavits on the other side, before to-morrow morning. His client had been watch ing all day, and daring the whole of Saturday, with great vigilance, bat up to very lately, he had not been able to hear of any affidavits being filed. Mr. BETBELL said that his Learned Friend should have copies of all the affidavits to-night. The cue was then ordered to stand at the head of the paper for to-morrow morning. FRANCE. THE PRINCE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE SOLO GNE. The President of the Republic left Orleans very early on Thursday morning by the railroad for the Sologne, and stopped at different places to inquire into the wants of the localities and the means of im provement. At each place he made donations; at Clermont (Cher) he gave 100 f. for the poor and 100 f. for the church; at Brinon, 200 f. for the poor and 1,200 f. for the chur c h, 1001. to an old soldier of the Empire, 200 f, to another still older, and to a third 100 f.; to a cure met on the way 4001. for the poor ; to a young girl who presented him with a bouquet 200 f., to be distributed among the poor of her com mune, and to another 100 f. He afterwards pro ceeded to the chateau of La Forte-Beauharnais, where the father of Prince Eugene and the Queen Hortense had withdrawn during the reign of terror. As the owners of this property, who resided at Orleans, had been informed of the intended visit, the whole village, having heard the news, was on the alert. Every part of it WU adorned with green foliage and fllwers. The gendarmery, the municipal council, and the authorities, were all in waiting to do the honours of the park and chateau. The Prince went through the park, accompanied by the authori ties, and on his return to the chateau decorated the mayor of the village and brigadier of gendarmery. The Prince left I,ooof. to the poor, and gave besides 200 f. to an old groom of Prince Eugene. He after wards passed in review the gendarmery, and ex pressed great satisfaction at their appearance. The Prince then passed through Cbaumont-sur-Taronne, where he left money for the poor, and arrived at La Forte St. Anbin at the close of the day. A repast was prepared here for the President, who asked all who accompanied him to partake of the refreshments which were provided. He left by special train at a quarter to 8, in the midst of a crowd of spectators, and arrived in Paris at 12 o'clock. _ _ , The following particulars relative to the Sologne, which the President of the Republic has just visited, may not be devoid of interest. The Sologne occupies an extent of 1,250,000 acres in the departments of the Cher, the Loir-et-Cher, and the Loire!'. The de plorable condition of agriculture in that exteeeive district dates from the repeal of the Edict of Nantes. The Protestants, then numerous in the Sologne, were compelled to fly, and the land beicg abandoned has become every day since more arid and insalubrious. The general appearance of fee country is mi3erable. The inhabitants, like the cattle, present'an appearance of decay which is painful to beholdeand the population is reduced to one-fourth that of any district of equal extent in France. Of the conscripts 22 per cent. are annually rejected for under size, and 25 per cent. for physical infirmity. The fourth of the surface is covered with briars, and the swamps extend over 43,000 acres. Some few proprietors have planted Scotch fir, which has succeeded admirably; but Louis Na poleon considered that the isolated efforts of a few proprietors could produce nogood result, and having paid much attention to the subject he deter mined to visit the spot. The Sologne is watered by three rivers, the Seuldre, the Beuvron, and the Casson, which traverse it from east to west. Toe course of those rivers having been totally neglected produces in some places unhealthy swamps, and in others the soil has become completely arid. To remedy this Louis Napoleon proposes to cut two canals, one of which shall intersect the Sologne in its fullest extent, and the other connect the river Loire with the Cher. This canal would, moreover, place the city of Lyons in communication with the Loire, and supply Or leans with water from the Cher when the Loire is not navigable. It is expected that a number of minor canals will be constructed by private com panies, which will serve to drain the unhealthy marshes, and be a means of transport to agricultural produce. The Government undertakes the execu tion of the two great canals. They will entail a considerable expense on the Treasury; but as the expenditure will be spread over a long space of time the weight will be less felt. The plan, after having been long and maturely considered, has been submitted to Iki. Lefebvre-Durufle, the Minister of Public Works, under whose direction the works are to be executed. PRESERVA TION of the CRYSTAL PALACE. REPLY OF THE SUB-CONINIITTEE TO THE REPORT,OF THE TREASURY CO2MISSION. The followiog reasons are subwitted to the considera tion of PT.riiament and the public, us proving that the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the cost and applicability of the Cryst3l Palace ought not to be acted on. _ _ _ I. It is submitted that in that report the uses to which the building could he put, and the question of expense involved is its preservation and adaptation to these Flies, are 411 treated from the disadvantageous and isolated point of view that the whole is to be a Govern ment undertaking—worked out by Government machi nery, awl paid for by the public money. IL It is contended that a properly-constituted Com mission would baye had power given to it to examine e viden ce and report whether the Crystal Palace might not be maintained for the recreation and instruction of the people by o th er and less objectionable means than a Parliamentary gr ant . 111. It u submitted, that the r of Commons having by a distinct vote enipeedEd thelcu63 floo7 provision of the contract for an immediate removal . the building, the regular and legitimate incde of , following up that vote is by a Committee of Inquiry, ..ppennt.d by the House, in which the interest „f the public would be fairly represented. An ex-part e inquiry, instituted by ' Govern ment, while' bound by e Pledge ter:movethebu ilding— presided over by the head of tae DP tzne nt of Works, who would naturally consult his official convenience and that of the Government in the matter— s investigation. of the subject as eith er P ar :t arn u a t such an nt or the public can consider satisfactory. IV. Taking the report as it stands, and waiving ail objections founded on the source fr om whence the Coin mission is , tied, on the limited character of it s powers, and on other ff ~,r muds . aff2eting the k nown previous opinions of the Commissioners—int, which we da not wish to enter—it is asserted that. that report cannot be support ed on the evidence given b e f ore the Commission, and ought, therefore, to be rejected a 3 fallacious. For this assertion the fliowing reasons are given:— • - (a,) Only" sera witnesses wPre examined —tae- con tractor, Sir Charles Fox; the designer, Sir Joseph Pax. ton; tvvo mrnabers of the Executive Committee, Mr„c o l, and Mr. Dilke; the Duke of Stitheilanos gardener at Trentham, Mr. FJ.:lssing; Mr. the owner of house property opposite;. and Me. Hawkins, head of the Anti quarian Department of the British Museum: Of this fiat, Sir Charles Fe*, Sir Joseph Ptixteh, Mr. Cole, Mr. Mice, and Mr. Fleming- gave evidence strongly in favour of reteie.ing the ; Mr. • Ktlik made a statement most 6 4 amounting at private claim for corepeneation, - has ever, by Mwa s utterly denied Cola ; an d Mr. JILIWki[IS " 5 examined a 3 to the applicability of the building for portions of the British. Mauna] Collection, which no one ever thought of reuloving there. It is confi dently asserted that the weiiht of the evidence thua generalised is not agl;:l..q, but'f:r the preservation of the Crystil Palace. (b.) Tho question of cost is that upon which the Com mission resin i thiA releetion - o__evidence and-tho chief consideration question " Even a' iniakioi these extensive alterations in the present beiNiag, Sir Joarph..Paitton has admitted that it wili not be e in ail retipectsi the heat adapted for itapnr pose; and ti Aa . for. the SUM a 150.00 C/., be could put up a much finer, a 1120r9 ma ni ceflt, and mare so p7opriato strixture thAn the _Exhinition.huilding... --NVo are not prenarill to say that tra stun of 150,0004 mlld cover tbe . orc.: Of , aciaptict; tho ' build mg to thn puroos(s of a gare)io—we shoald think it, mate prod--r t to &same 200.000/, as the expenditure which would he necesgaq for th,;:ge. works. el!vin g 1 , • pedirttre (20 000/.) s T i l i ca " o , - ze finnan - • • • for the rnainr. ran eor the e gar e'n',oce .; I t :,11 1 4,,....14C3%"' , 'JO It': tO the to imperfect." - t!; , :ra a plan admitted t.) be To this state'xiLtik it, ± denies positiv,,qhitl),:iecte,i, that Sir Joseph Eaton hii mouth. fA ir ,i, r s"„F, u ru"3' of the evidenc , a put into drawn from *frt. c .,i, 4 ,7, 4 ,;:a. can-sequence the irdevrce for t,,'7. 0 b u i;ii ii? ; ;n , and all the advocates ctlly clecincet.fra4l.• Ale area4l l ' af "eneea eunbe I°l, th c y are;i 'eh' ncorrediy stated the grav•:• catar,,:h ae,ain s t the " ° 7h Paxton brings havicg withheld fizsua him •sibilv,, of Works, of exarained by 'tha Cottimisaioro, krppo;!,ll the wicross,s his evidence; though appied for t nit y;(74 revisitig twice in persn; and (wee, again throug?l. 4 adrgently frie (c.) It is intmitted, that even 911p0 w 1,,, structure and one b.tter adapted for the u 3 "' e „ 4 t ?Fier plated than tto Crystli Palace could he viva f 150 , 00 0/., that 'VI no reason why the Palace ab -r (Add cot TTIE SUN, be retained; gad that, on the same element, every public work in the country, Bed even is the world, aught immediately to be palled down. It is also submitted, that an annual expenditure and a per manent outlay, which may seem largo end unjustifiable when drawn from the public purse, may present no difficulty , when provided for, " the self supporting principle,' which furnished forth the eplsn doors of the Great Exhibition, and was the acknowledged foundation of its popularity and success. Ftaally, up .n this head it is submitted as a fact which appears to have escaped the memory of the Comtniision in the financial part of their inquiry, that within six months of last year 400,0001. was taken chiefly in shillings at the doors of the Crystal Palace. (d.) The report contains no direct and open expression of opinion that the building should be removed, and only covertly points at that conclusion in passages of which the two following may be taken as the strongest examples:— " We believe that the remembrance of the late Ex hibition would be nnfavourable to a new appropriation of the Building. as it would be impossible to reproduce the brilliant effect obtained from the rich collections which were temporarily placed there. " The sculptures of Egypt, of Syria, and Nineveh, might, it has been said, be advantageously seen under a roof which, from its lightness and transparency, re sembles the open air. The contrast of light and shade is, however, deemed advantageous to sculpture, and the colossal character of these antiquities may be, by other persons, thought to accord beat with m ass i ve archi tecture. Attention is particularly drawn to these distinct traces of a foregone conclusion on the part of the Commission; for there was no evidence whatever before them to justify such assertions. An effect as brilliant, and even more so, than that of the Great Exhibition, cannot be declared impossible, or even improbable; nor is there the least foundation for the statement that the remembrance of that event would be unfavourable to a new appropriation of the building. Why should it be so if, as is proposed, the building is placed ander the highest guarantees that birth and position in the country afford, for the uses to be made of it? Again, as to the applicability of the Palace for the reception and display of those monuments of art now mouldering in dark cellars, what justification can the Commission plead for the manner in which they have dealt with this suggestion ? (e.) Looking carefully through the evidence, it is impossible to avoid being struck with the style of inter rogation which the chairmna of the Commission adopted, and the complete neglect of, and even hostility to, the public interests involved in the inquiry, which the shape of the questions asked betrays. Mr. Cole's evi -1 dence, especially, is a remarkable example of this, and reminds one more of a cross-examination in a court of law than of a courteous elucidation of opinion from a Government servant in every way qualified to give the best and most impartial testimony on the subject. V. It would not be difficult to state many additional reasons why this report should be condemned by the voice of public opinion and igeored by Parliament; but the object of this paper is to place in as concise a form as possible the main grounds for doing so. LONDON, 1808, when his hounds, instead of f x hunting, gave chase to a cur, and afterwards worried a fleck of sheep, and after that another cur. But, though so untrained, there was good stuff in them, and they were the an cestors of his present pack, which were ucknwledged to be good hounds. The past season was admitted to be one of the worst ever known, but his hounds had been out 108 days, and had killed 112 foxes. But his Lord ship added, the formation of a pack of foxhounds was not solely confined to the sports of the field; there were gre4t maqy friendships tormed and cemented in the hunting field, and charmingly interwoven with the other relations of life. After some further remarks his Lord ship resumed his seat, and other toasts followed, the party sitting late. SEABORNE MALLS. EN signltes that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and II by the motning--dispatch.] COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, Prince Al fred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, went at hal past nine o'clock yesterday morning, to the Gallery of Itlastration in Regent-street, and inspected the mo v i ng diorama illustrating the campaigns of his Grac e th e Duke of Wellington. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal perty returned to the Palace at 11 o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse. back yesterday morning, attended by Lieutenant-Col. F. H. Seymour. The green and Prince Albert, attended by the Coun teee of Desert, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, went at three o'clock yesterday afternoon to Claremont, to pay a visit to the Countess de Neuilly and the French Royal Family, travelling from the Nine Elms to the Esher station of the London and South- Western Railway, and returning to town by the same. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, attended by the Countess of Desert, Earl Talbot, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant- Colonel F. H. S e y mour , honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, attended by Baroness de Sp et h, went to Claremont yesterday, to pay a visit of congratulation to the Countess de Neuilly, on the return of her natal day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, honoured the performance of the French Plays with her presence last evening. A deputation from Burnham, consisting of Mr. Allen and Mr. Pooles (introduced by Mr. W. Miles, M.P.) h a d an interview with Lord John Manners, at the Office of Public Works and Buildings, Whitehall-place, yesterday, in reference to the Provisional Order of the General Board of Health, applying the Public Health Act to Burnham. A deputation from the borough of Finsbury on the subject of the proposed park for the northern district of London, had an interview with the Earl of Derby yes terday, at his official residence, in Downing -street. The deputOon consisted of Lord Robert Greevenor, M.P., Mr. T. S. Dancembe, M.P., Mr. Wakley, M.P., Mr. T. H. Boykett (the Returning Officer), Mr. William Ty ler, Mr. R. Taylor, F.R.S., Mr. Phillips, Mr. Keast, Mr. Tazplee. Mr. Barnett, Mr. E. Wilson, Mr. J. R. Lloyd, Mr. IL Wilson, and Mr. James Lloyd (Hon. Secretary). The Bishop of Cape Town had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Whitmore Jones had also as interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. Spooner, M.P., and Ur. R. H. Wyatt, had an in terview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office, yesterday. - A deputation consisting of Mr. Cayley, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Whitley, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. %V. Henley yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Alex. F. Ridgway, Agent to the Royal Agricul tural and Commercial Society, British Guiana, had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Co lonial-office. The Marqui3 of Saliabiny had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office. Vis count Hardinge had aLo an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-:iffice yes terday from the Governors of the West lochs Islands, and trom the Governor of New Zsaland. Dispatches were sent yesterday to the Governor of Gibr.l:ar. A deputation, consisting of Lord Edward Howard, Mr. Marter, chairman of late Commissioners' meeting, Mr. Bennett, Commissioner, and large owner and rate payer, Mr. Denartr, Commissioner and owner and rate payer, and Mr. Hardingham, owner and ratepayer, had an interview with Lord John Manners yesterday in the office of Public Works and Buildings. _ _ The Rev. C. B. Dalton (Lambent Rectory). and the Rev. J. S. Jenkinson (the Vicarage, Bat:::asea), had yesterday an interview with Lord John Manners, at his office in Whitehall-place. A POWERFUL MICROSCOPE. A German named Hasert, residing in Cincinnati, has manniactured a microscope which has a magnifying power of 600. The Cincinnati Times, speaking of its extraordinary powers, says that the (inst. which, by con tact with the wings of a butterfly, adheres to the linger, was shown to be a number of fentiaers; on these little feathers are observed longitudinal end transverse lines, but this has been, so far, the utmost that has been seen. This new microscope, however, shows that between each pair of longitudinal lines there are five or six rows of scales, like those of a fish, and appear to have the same form in all the feathers, differing only in siza. A dust particle, taken from the back of the body of a sphinx, which is the largest of these feathers shown, measuring one-fifteenth of an inch in length, and one two-hundredth of an inch in breadth, had 104 longitudinal lines. Between each pair of lines six rows of scales were visible, making the number of these little scales, laterally, 624; the number of scales longitudinally, downwards, would be 2,228; therefore, the entire number of these scales on this little feather amount to one million four hundred thousand, which gives the number of fourteen thousand millions to one bquare inch. On a very minute particle of dust from the wing of a jimes measuring only one five-hundredth of an inch i n l engt h , and one-thousandth of an inch in width, the number of scales is found to be 84,000, which gives the enormous sum of 42,000,000,000 to one square inch, y . le observed, also, large sized of the oat and common house flea, the eye of a fl 9, " alad the wing of a small bug, the latter presenting the most brilliant co lours and beautiful shawl pattern we ever beheld, with a tilacr•da b• e,ni, border, elaborately ornamented. CHELTENHAM THE BERKELEY HUNT. the Plough SATURDAY.—A dinner took place at nta n t e i l o t n en t h o e E m z , r l i a E st it e z v ti eli d n i g uy , on the oc splendid cbaesrisonofotfstehenelipQrt.ile, "teleY Hunt and other -sporteisme'ebnyotal mem bers piece of plate, subscribed for in testimony of she au ta ba in e ra T er e district, of a appre2iation of the Noble and noble stud for hunting th e a pack of fez hounds Lord's generosity B.:rkeley and Chelten ham country. The chair the takeu by Mr. C. E. Han ford, of Woller's Hall, E ar w i a ; on his i left. Most of right, and Sir Charles mor itzhsrdinge sit;ieg on his the members of the Berkeley the chairmuie t i h n e troduc.ory toasts senf!. The Duke of Beaufort Rust were pre the state of account sent an apology' ellf;u.shineigila. himself Atteron the usual . Of ihe e fe e :tk lct the testimonial to repre- to Earl of the sub lid scribers, been presented, given , It is a massive pice of silver pig, ; , 1 Fitzhardiuge. o rstamon,ai, sent en incident in the history o f Earl Fitzbardiegeiehaving acknowledged the ele ' Y. f ; l% ;* enterPti into some remarks on the duties of foxhounds, and traced his own eriQet lova master f ister chztso to his perusal, when a boy, of Somerville'o: the of The Chase, from which he quoted lirgdy. Af.,° 1 71 C2lllO ineev. , r of houuds at 21 years of age. He had e : tioilral allowance, but not enough to kuep t wo whipper ,,_ t - i, and therefore he became first whipper-in himself. But ho had great difacultio; ‘ to encounter. The first of these was want of experience, eo that in giving his health after dinner his friends used to name it as .‘ The pack and the puppy." Then his was not a regular pack of hounds. He was obliged to take what he could get— the refuse of other kcenels—those whose capita! sentence had been commuted to transportation, sh tnat he looked upon his kennel as a sort of penal settlement to which the reprobates of all other .packs guilty of serious offencee had been drafted. He had mute hounds, and babblers, and shirkers, aad hounds so slack *that they would not hunt on thing, and other hound's so wild that they would haat everyttting. He WM, however, not to be daunted, or his first essay might bare put him down. His Lordship they gave an amusing account of his first dal'a sport at br owoi t Woods, on the 24-th of Sept. When made ap to From wnac PLACES. en S. port db. """" duo. London: patched. I am...moor ...Nome America (by Brit. pkt.)N April 30 .. I.lverpoel April 26 America (by 11.3. pkt.) 11 May 4 .. ..ILiverpool .. April 26 America (by U.S. pkt.) Al April 28 .. .• 'Sorithampt. May 7 Africa (West coast)• • N 14th of the month I Plymouth May 8 Alexandria* N & 30th of mo.lDovor .. April 28 Belgium .• N Daily •. ' Dover .. Daily Brazil .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. May 16 Baenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month i Southampt. May 16 Callfornia(viaCkagres) M 125 & 17th of month I Southampt. May 5 Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month I Plymouth •• May 3 Constantinople* .... Ni7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. April 30 Central America .. 312 d & 17th of ;non. iSouthampt. May 5 Channel Isles • • .. 17 1 M0n., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tit. Th. Sat Chili . 31117th of the month Sonthampt. May 5 France 31 IGN Twice daily .. ..iDover • • Twicedally Greece* • • .. •• N;7thl7th27thofmo ,Dover •• April 30 Hamburgh NI Tuesday & Friday :London .. Taes. Sat. liolland .• .. 31 iWednes. & Satan 'London .. Mop. Thar Honduras . li;l7th of the meath:Southampt. Arrived Ireland .. & NTwice daily .. Holyhead • • Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. May 20 India (viahlarseilles) N,B th& 24th ofmonth'Dover May 1 Mediterranean (via Southarr” , ton) •• 31 20th of the month ,Southampt. May 20 Mediten4nean (via 1 Marseilles) N Bth&24th of month Dover • • May 1 Mexico .. 31 2d of the menth—lßoathampt. May Madeira .. 11 9th of the month ;Southampt. May 19 Malmo c 7th,17t12,190427th 11 • 20Th D over April 23 May 1 May 6, May 10 April 23 May 2 May 2 May 6 May 5 I May 2 May 20 ,7th,1it12,190427thi Dover / I & 30th of month Naples* Itsth 15th 25th ofme Dover ~ Papal States* .. N,5 th 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Peninsular.. M.7th 17th 27thef mo'Southarapt. Peru .. • • .. M 17th of the month !Sonthampt. Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. West Indies M'l7th of the moathlSoutharapt. West Indies (except Havanna to Nassau) 5(,2d ofthe month ..;Bouthampt. IMay 5 * The mails to those countries thus marked (A.) are conveyed by French packet vie Marseilles IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 26. Lord REDESDALE presided in the absence of the Lord Chancellor. MASTERS IN CHANCERY.. Lord CAMPBELL, in explanation of what had fallen from him the other evening, which he was sorry to find bad been misunderstood by the Mssters in Chancery, disclaimed any intention of having spok'n slightingly of the persons in question, his observation had been meant merely to apply to the office, and not to those who held it. TFIE MILITIA. BILL. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from Kings bridge against calling out the militia, in the prayer of which bi. Lordahip said that he fully concurred. ST. ALBANS DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. On the motion for going into Committee, Lord REDESDALE, in compliance with the resolu tion of the House passed on Friday night, directed coun sel to be called to the bar. Lord VERULAM said that since the passing of this resolutioe ho tad communicatod with the Mayor of St. Albans, and had been informed by that officer that the inhabitants of St. Albans had thought it unnecessary to take up the time of their Lordships by appearing by counsel against the Bill. The 13:11 then pass,•d through Committee. The Earl of HARROWBY, in the absence of the Earl of Shaftesbury, postponed the motion standing in his name on the sanitary condition of the metropolis. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF CO tiIMONS, April 26. The SPEAKER took thp CaAir at Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were r3&d a third time and passed:— Forth and Clyde Navigation. London and Southampton Road through Bishop's Waltham. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 1). Sheffield Bridges and Streets. York and North Midland, and East and West Yorkshire .Junction Railways. The Bury (Sussex) Road Bill and the Deptford Gas Bill, as amended, were considered and agreed to. The Manchester and Salford Education 8,11 was read a second time on the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON. PETITIONS. Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition from Bridport against the Militia Bill. Mr. GEORGE DUNCAN presented a petition from a plilce in Scotland against the Maynooth grant. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the abolition of university tests. Mr. BAILLIE presented a petition from Inverness against the Maynooth grant. Mr. BROTHERTON presented seven petitions from various pions in the kingdom against the Militia Bill. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from Westmoreland against the grant to Maynooth. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from Preston against the Militia Bill. Mr. COWAN presented several petitions from Edin burgh and other places in Scotland against any endow ment to Maynooth; also petitions from Edinburgh and other places in Scotland against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from Oldham against the Militia, Bill. Mr. SLt.NEY presented several petitions in favour of the I.galizAtion of industrial partnerships. Mr. COBDEN presented petitions frtnn Halifax and oth3e pi cos in Yorkshire against the Militia Bill. Mr. J. ELLIS presented a petition from L:icester to the same effect. Mr. KE0t;11 presented a petition from Halifax against the Caari:able Trurs Bill. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from the metropolis in favour of retaining the Crystal palace. Mr. HASTIE presented petitions Crum Scotland against tt' ori , iolameat to Mgriouth and the Militia Bill. ,rd SEYMOUR preseuied a petition from Tomes to the s4we effect. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a similar petition from Chelsea. and Brampton. Sir R H. INGLIS presented a petition from the Church of E gland Lay Association, prayii g that no minister be appointed to a church in Wales who is unac quainted with the Welbh language. Sir G. PECLIELL present , d a petition from Brighton,_ praying that original jurisdiction be given to County Courts in cases of equity. Mr. HIL i.YARD presented a petition from White haven against the Militia Bill. _ _ Mr. 8. - ENLEY presented a petition from Oxfordshire in favour of the esrablishment, of county financial beards. Mr. MANGLES presented a petition from Guildford against the Militia Bill, and that tharks be giv.n to Mr. Cobden and other Hon. M, , inbers who had distin guished theras.lves in opposing the measure. The SPEAKER—I have to inform the Hon. Member that the petition cannot be received.—(Laughter.) The petition was consequently wi , hdrawn. Mr. MONSELL presented several pstitiona from Ire land against the C-.aritable Trusta Bitl. Mr. G. HUDSON presented a petition from Sunder laud against the Militia Bill. Mr. BRIGHT presented a considerable number of petitions from various parts of the country against the Militia Bill. Sir B. HALL presented similar petitions from Mary lebone and Monmouth. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a similar petition from Worslu. MILITIA BILL. Mr. 111. GIBSON asked the Secretary for the Home Department if he would have any objection to print and circulate copies of the 42d Geo. 111., and the other Acts emending the same. which were incorporated or re ferred to in the measure now before the House, in order that Members and the public might know the nature of that measure. Mr. WALPOLE said the Hon. Member was per fectly at liberty to make a motion on the subject if he pleased. The Acts he referred to were to be found in the statutes at large.—(A laigh.) THE REV. MR. BENNETT. Colonel BOYD gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was prepared to state to the House what steps had been taken by the Government towards instituting the promised inquiry respecting the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Ben nett to the living of Frome. MILL CIA BILL. the qualifi cat i on 'f ormer l y Colonel SIBTHORP gave noticeof an amendm e nt to revthe militia, ired for officers in the Militia Bill for abolishing the mode of their appointment. THE LATE ARCEIBISHOP MURRAY. Sir W. VERNER had obtained permission to ask the, Noble Lord the Mtmaer for the city of London a question, of which be had given the Noble Lord notice. The House VVE3 probably aware, that on a recent occa sion a sermon had been preached in Dublin in comme moration of the late Archbis ho p Murra y , an d the priest who pre,ched the sermon is reported .to h'ive' said that the deceased prelate was solicited by the Go vernment of the day to accept a distinguished post in the Privy Council as a reward for his unblemished life, and the high reputation which he held for wisdom. Th e deceased prelate. however, declined the offer, and ho wished now to ask the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London, if he was aware of any such offttr ever having been made by the late Government?—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sir, I have no beairation in stating that the fact asserted-by-the Hav:-Gentieruan, ( 8 ear.) It wag and now repeated by the Hon. Baronet, is substanti"Y eat at the Privy correct; but I should have heAtreed making that admix- stir -had I not been called upon form,lly to avow it. — only say that it C that proposal, I Proposed to the late Alcial;ishop so take a had declined to a , onncilin Ireland, and the . Archbishop accept it.—.(Bear, hear.) Sir, I can by a prelate whose character whichpive me great satisfaction to make and I much regretted at the t i me • r a d e i t d e r I esteem d o t u e : h in a L n o d r Lord hßoessebmemory , that it was not accepted I revere.—(near, hear.) LEGAL EDUCATION'. Mr. EWART wish e d to , ATION. p r a o s m k o t t h i o e n A o f t t : ti r o : e q y a - e G s t o i part of the Inns of Cuurt, in whether any further proceedin . the Ka had taken place, on . . n on ers o : egal education. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was much obliged to the Hon. Gentleman for giving hi m sa opportunity of EVENING, APRIL 27, 1852: T TTE SI) A Y, eta big, for the intercession of the public, . a few facts np.ia a metter of some interest.—(Hear.) The benchers. r f tee fear lons of Court hed, tor a considerable time, d evote d t h e n e at anxi as attention to the subject of legal e d l eation, snd they bad at 1-ngth unautmnusly egeed upon a plan which they believed would bighly - benefisili to the profession and the public.—(Hear. hear.) Pro festorehips or readerships Were to be ..stablished in the cliff-scut societies to lie iihersily enduwed, and lectures were to be g iven, and private class to be formed for thef to b° Lui(z students Wor e they we r e called Hear, h ear .) would be bar.—(Hear, r a u r c necessary hereafter for a student to obtain s cord& cate of b wing attended a course of three lectures, or to be in a position to prove that he purpose o th f e il" had satisfactorily passed a public exatniaation, and, for the purpole Of enceureging the students to sub mit themselves to these examinations, testimonials were to be given to those who were found to be the most proficient.—(Hear.) He need not enter into any uci mite details of the proposed change in the system, and he hoped that the explanation he had given would con vince the HOP. Gentleman and the public that the benchers of the Inns of Court were evincing a laudable desire to promote legal education. LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. Mr. DRUMMOND wished to ask a question on the subject of this ill-fated vessel, and in order to make his question intelligible to the House it would be necessary for him to mention ;that her Majesty had the power of granting compensation to the amount of 80/. To illustrate his meaning the Hon. Member stated that an officer on board the Birkenhead was the son of a very poor clergyman, who had totally lost everything he possessed, to tha amount of 3001, and it was quite impossible for him and his friends to make the same good.—(Hear.) The question he wished to ask the Secretary at War was, whether there was any ground fur hope that the Queen's Ministers would recommend to her Majesty to grant any compensation, by promotion or otherwise, to the officers who survived in the Birkenhead, for their heroic conduct and total loss of their property in that miserable shipwreck? _ Major BERE3FORD was >happy to have this oppor tunity of giving his approbation and that of those who acted with him to the conduct displayed by the men and officers who wore present at the loss of this unfor tunate vessel, more especially as the troops on board were not old soldiers, but recent and raw levies, who were going to juin their regiments; and it showed that that discipline so effective on the field could be acquired with a long period of drill.—(Hear, hear.) The question of the Honourable Member seemed to re solve itself into two parts, one as regarded promotion, and one as regards compensation. As regarded the question of compensation, he had only to ssy that the War-office would bo at all times ready to distribute com pensation upon the most liberal principle, according to the regulations contained in her Majesty's warrant. All these waiters, however, were usually brought before a board of officers; and although, in the majority of in stances, the maximum Compensation was restricted to 801., yet, in special cases like this the board had power to go beyond that sum if the circumstances r.quired it,—(Hear. hear.) He could only say that any funds placed at his dispossl for the purpose should be most ' cheer!ully distributed. With regard to the question of promotion, it did not rest with the War-office, but was vested in the hands of the Commander-in- Clacf, who bad alway s "-need a desire to recommend for her Majesty's cousidsraqon all officers who dietiegui,hed themselves OEI occasions like that referred to by the Honourable Meinhor, an d i n four cases of ship wreck where officers had distinguished themselves in saving life or otherwise they had received regimental vromorioa, or had been appointed to staff situations. — (Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he had only to mention tnat a subscription had been entered into for the relief of the widows and orphans of those who perished in the Birkenhead, and as the name of the highest person age in the land stood at the heed of the list he could only bcpe that whe n the proper time arrived the gene rosity of the Ilousa would be invoked with success in the tame direction.—(ilear, hear.) GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. Sir UEORGE PECHELE. ete.d this Bill stood for committal to-night, it was number six on the paper, and be wished to kno whether the Nable Lord at the head of the Woods and Works intended to bring it on, as he intended to make some objections to its clauses? Lord JOHN MANNERS said it certainly was his intention to bring it on, sand if the House gave him an opportunity he should go into Committee on the Bal. MILITIA BILL.- - ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. HODGES said, before the adjourned debate was resumed, he wished to make some explanation as to a statement which he made on Friday, and which ap peared to excite some merriment. The statement was that five hundred men deserted from a militia regiment to which he belonged; a n d h e certainly Poll into a considerable error, for he had received this morning a letter from the adjutant of the regiment, from which he learnt that the number amounted to 88I.—(A laugh.) The battalion consisted of 800 men, and during the time it was in existence 2,044 men had volunteered to join the regular army. Mr. MOFFATT, in resuming the debate upon this Bill, admitted that it was of too great importance to be mixed up with party questions, or to give rise to crirni nstion on one side or re-crimination on the other. The question was one of the most vital that could be brought before the House. They were not to consider whether they should have one or another Militia Bill, but whether the defences of the country were in an efficient state.— (Hear, hear.) Now, had they sufficient facts before them to justify passing such a Bill P It was said that! people out of doors had been lulled: into a no tion of security as to the defences of the country; but that was not to be wondered at when it was known that for forty years thirteen millions had been spent annually in maintaining them.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The latter of the Duke of Wellington had been referred to as a reason for the present _Bill, but the proposition of that distinguished personage was to enrol, not to embody, 80,000 of the militia. Where did the danger of an - invasion come from? Was it from Prussia, Austri', Russia, or Spain. Ha thought no one would venture to show that an invasion was, to be apprehended from those quarters. There ceuld oe no deubt that France was the country meant, but if a s s o a i p t p w re a h s e d u e c d b , gements of the i t teea r d t o o f s n is i e: t k ar o h u in t g if th a e ny eo r o e n a o l ni da ie n a g l e a r rr w aa couniry—if danger did really menace them, they ought to increase the navy and make it more efficient. Our mercantile marine alone was a safe ,ra a y k i i n ' g think g the militia, case hoc? nd be guard almo , t against invasien by th e un i te d nav i es of the world. Our s t eam mari ne was nearly twenty to one, as core pa" d that of France. We had no le,s . than 1.30(1 ete -teers, large and small, il a n c out, might be made meat and en tailingich, a cost eslimazed at so large a sum e m ccfa out ti.'ll7 fr e o o f l' di.d nuteatn7b b upon the country. When the militia was called out in 1804, the expense incurred amounted to no less a sum than 6,000,0001. In his op inion volunteer forces would enitfibc tht l ' ence in the m ar i t i me superiority present measure pr o posed t o ( to. He had be far more . fficient and less expensive, and would beecles not disturb h society, ena re of this country, that be s aw no necessity for :he Bill, which he should now oppose, believing it would be in effective, mischievous, and vexatious. Lord tiEYMOUR believed it WUS the opinion of the majJrity of the House that some measure was nrcie, eery ter increasing oar national d e f ences. —(L ou d cries of " /leer, hear.") Two Governments would not have introduced a Militat Bill without having been convinced of the exi - tenuo of such a necessity. Now, he asked hiarself this er lee tt en If the present Bill was rejected what chance h a d t h e y of a ny no o h passes?—(Hear.) Clearly propose any measure either for a compulsory or voluntary militia. In this Government e i n u t vr : d ou w id ed ve a n n s d ur P e 3B t B o " Bill they had both the voluntary and compulsory principle, and those who were in favour of either ought to support it.—(Hear, hear.) All the high autho rities on the subject hid admitted that such a Bill was necessary, and he was astonished to find parties in the House not only anxious to defeat the Bill, but also to defeat the Government.—(Hear, hear.) Was this Bill to be defeated because the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) was opposed to it—because he thought a local and not a general measure was necessary. He thought that neither he nor any independent Mem ber of the House ought to take the responsibility on themselves of throwing out the measure, He should vote for the second reading on the understanding that he should be at liberty to move amendments in Committee. General REID thought he should commit a groat breach of his public duty if ha remained silent on so important a subject. As a military man, he looked upon the .measure with very little satisfaction; but as the Government had stated that they had pro posed it after consulting the highest military au thorities, he should not refuse his sup port to the Bill, though he gave that support reluctantly. He thought this kind of force would be a method of providing for the safety of the country which would be most acceptable to all parties, because it would not be a perma neat burden ou the resources of the country. Mr. ELLICE did not consider this so much a Militia Bill as a Bill for raising a subsidiary force by voluntary enlistment. Now, considering that employment was easy to be obtained all over the country, ho was afraid that, supposing this princeile of voluntary enlistment were adopted, there would be an uMortunate competition be tween the two services ; and as the regular army found it rather difficult to obtain recruits, he did not think there would be much chance of obtaining a suffi cient number of men for the militia service. He necessity of some increase in the mili tar y de . was no: willing to argue the question a to the fences of the country, but if we were to have ;nises, such an had d n so min:teas,t considerablehen e i x t ly c , r e i e r n ta c i , n , certainly att li ought as to be effected in the most economical manner possible. He six oient or ser e v e i v o c e. n I ro t ili c io ec n a s zTpd for and he remembered that this country had paid to no li t im "e that day a 7B great savingbe military ''g r i r g a b e t g et en t w s d o; o b u y r c v o n l n i a e t s t . el4 F tiu tv ilin instance, in o p r rou really.l or Canad a e ( our r c wo t a lo r e s p‘ o b e s o:p rh i t r oop s w a lwel n r e ee r r were scattered, 'trebuia nything rmtaknneyeeopl else. y e a ri e otg' r au v rr w. i sr'd r e i o e e etbun h m nbstse r w e a l (It : h e n :: 5 000,0001. or 6,000,0001. worth or °Menace stores there, and a large proportion of our artillery which, so far from being of service, had probably only bad the effect o f "thing observations to be made with respect to our fears of a fortigu attack ribiots would not otherwise htare been made.—(H e ar, hear.) At one time lee had intended to propose a Committee of Inquiry to ascertain what were our existing means of defence, for really it appeared to him that the House had no settled information upon this point.—(Hear hear.) The House hid no estatliehed military authority to guide them, and, in fact, it seemed to him that the House was now legislating in the dark. Admitting, however, that the country did want more defences, he hid no faith in the effieiencv of Militia B.lls, and he for one hoped the House would pause before it adapted this eepen-ive measure.—( Eisen) C non I LINDSAY said the hest evidence of the no ce,sity of en eugnentetioti of our de'ensivo force was to be found in the revo Militia Bills proposed by two separate Governments. fieving corrected some errors into which some previous speakers had fallen with re gerd to the amount of eff•ctive force at the disposal of this country, the Hen. and Gallant Gentlemen eeid he was decidedly opposed to adding to our home forces by recalling troops from our colonies. The que-tiou of protecting our colonies ought to be considered abstract edly, and quite apart from any plan for forming a militia.—(bear, heir) As a soldier, of course, he should prefer 20,00 regularly disciplined msn to 80 000 militiamen;. but ?hen he wanted troops for our gar risons. Surely, if they were to take the course of in creasing the standing army, 8,000 men would not be enough to add to it. Less than 20,000 men increase would not be sufficient to pat the country in a proper state of defence. Well, then, they should next con eider the expense of their standing army. The total number of men voted for the standing army was 101,837. For the purpose of ascertaining the expense of such army let theta deduct the officers, who cost the country nothing except their pay ,—( rl laugh.) The number of non-commissioned officers and men would then stand stand 97,418. The total pay of these men amounted to 1,866,2571.; their clothing was 287,3791. t0te1„2,153,636/. Now, the pay and clothing of 20,000 additional men in this proportion would amount to 472,6411. The money required to raise these men, being 51. for each, would amount to 100,0001.—total, 572,641/. But where were they to put these 20,000 men ?—(Hear, hear.) They must provide new barracks for them, and also devote a large sum for good-conduct money, for hospital_ accommodation, for the movement of troops, for .coals..candies, great coats, and for the sub. sequent incomes to the pensioners. A sum of 65,0001 or 70,0001. must then be added to the expenditure. Much hal been said in reference to the volunteer system. From what they had lately seen of. the enthusiasm of the people, he believed that in the event of danger they would find plenty of volunteers, but he was afraid they never could be relied on as an efficient body. The Duke of .Wellington was .opposed to the volunteer system for the defence of the country. In 1811, in one of his dispatches to Lord W. Bentinck, that illus trious man wrote to this effect :—" The enthusiasm of the people is very great, but I would never trast any thing to .the eethusiasm of the, people." Now every objection that had been urged against the Bill before the House would apply equally to gib Bill of the Noble Lord the Member for London.—(Hear, hear.) One of the objections of the Noble Lord to the measure was ' chat the bounties would induce a great *number of bad characters to join the militia. He (Colonel Lindsay) was of opinion that it might; - but they would probably get a much large. number of bad characters by the adop tion of the substitute syse m.--(llear, bear.) He ' thought it was objectionable to pay the whole of the bounty money at once ; but if they distributed it over certain period of time they vveuld be more likely to se cure proper steady men. These men might be drilled by good sergeants at such periods of the day as would not interfere with their ordinary occupations. He would also suggest the propriety of drilling them by companies and never by battalions. He would support the second reading cf. the Bill. Mr. Cr RDWELL thought it was their duty to rap port the second readi n g o f the Bill. Under any circum stances, when the Government asked the House to con sider a measure which they declared to be necessary in order to preserve their shores from invasion, tbey wouln be undertaking a solemn.respoasibility if they offered any opposition to it. How much greater would that respon sibility be on this occasion, when they considered that there had been so great a concurrence of opinion between the present and the prec.ding Government as to the ne cessity of examining their national defences carefully, in order to the piscine them in the position in which the People of this great empire had a right to expect that they should be pisced. Is bad been proposed to increase the standing army, and another preposel was that they should withdraw a portion of their troops from their co lonial possessions in order to secure to the people here a larger proportion of military protection. Now bethought that this was a most reasonable proposition, and he hoped that it would meet with due attention in the proper quarter. But that was a measure which could not be accomplished in a day. It must occupy a considerable period of time to accomplish it.—(Hear, hear.) When they invested some of their colonies with considerable Dowers of self-government, he thought it but fair that they should be required to provide for their own military protection, and thereby save this country from paying for it. But these were all reasons why they should go into the consideration of this Bill. They were met by an argument—and there is certainly a general impression prevailing oat of doors—that they were about subjecting this country to a system of forced conscription to be carried on by the instrumentality of the ballot. He did not think atter so many years of peace that they would ever succeed in carrying such a systein into effect. In Mr. Norman's able pamphlet, in which he reviews the burdens of this country compared with others, the writer says—" France is ground down by a system of military conscription which must be regarded as a large and unascertained pecuniary tax. England, however, is totally free from a military conscription." He (Mr Cardwell) understood that it was intended to work this measure by a system of voluntary enlistment; and the probability of a forced conscription was to be the last resort, which it was not intended to carry into operation. Whatever this country might be disposed to submit to under the severe exigency of immediate danger, he was of opinion that there was no possibility in times of peace of inducing the people to submit to anything like forced conscription.— (Hear, hear.) What was the step they were now about to take ? Surely they were bound to consider how the law at present stood. The 42d George 111., o. 90, was an enduring law. It stands upon the statute-book, and was in permanent operation. For nearly twenty year. they had annually dealt with it by passing a law sus pending its operation for twelve months; and within that law they had left a power which might be exercised by an Order in Council to suspend the suspending law, and to revive the enduring law. If, then, they t °feared this Bill upon the second reading, the House of Commons would find itself placed in this predicament : the Mi nister , would 3 4 4, tld you, upon my responsibility that this kingdom is not sate from foreign invasion. M 1 nrsclecessor hes told you the same thing.—(Hear, hear.) You, therefore, cannot dispute it. Yeti have, however detail. of to go with me into an inq uir y into the of a Militia Bill I have proposed in order to reined ) m m ih t i t g e e e to u ry w i n luse, this evil. If you thought that Ind' Committee vr.no nut strong enough , i n th e _ mt Bill you might, if you wished have moved such alterations as you tiepins ht proper, butli altogether tnste ad set your d , iag so you rejected my Bill • upon the second reitchng- shill not, therefore', ask yo u for an %uncial suspension Bill, because I do not thi c k . n that our stior, s are safe fr om foreign v mon. e„h a i of . Ghorge 111., and I seal put is operation the etetuee ee nstitu7Les re d s o po n n o s t ib li ii k i e tv sU r c e h proceed by compulsory conscription throughthe means of the ballot. If your proceeding cannot help it. flilitia Bill. I, therefore, will with you for rejecting my will not hula myself responsi ble for the adoption of the other ne yourselves have driven me," alternative into which y said then that out of resps —(fleas, hear.) an the advice of suc e s ; et to the Crown, acting ise"u aret and independence of ;he nets—out of re:peet by that jealousy of nonspulsor country. and also b=ond to :.dept tree, Y eon - - sece e e hetlptionohey a we" h r ) If the were • reading of thisy status el by they might be able to establish a mode by this spirit ee ry arrgementa could which prelimi an be made for the and at the same t i me esenisation of a militia, proper o the danger of compulsory guard against conscription. They would thus be placing the Minister in a state t h e , would conned him to be answerable for the safety of the country. Under such circumstances he c ou ld not tenon cite it with his consc ience to do otherwise than vote for the second reading of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CHAPLIN reminded the House of the necessity of affording every facility for the transport of troops from one end of the country to the other. The Presi dent of France and his Government were taking the most effectual measures for the completion of such rail way communication, by branch lines from Rouen to Caen, and from thence to Cherbourg. Although a Bill bad been passed in 1848 for a line of railway from Sa lisbury to Exeter, in censequence of several untoward circumstances that had pubsequently occurred, it was never carried out. If the Government would but con sent to advance 550,0001. at 3 per cent, interest, for thirty years, he pledged himselt to place such unques tionable security in the hands of the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer would • as satisfy him of its validity.—(A laugh.) Admiral BERKELEY said it was generally agreed upon that the defences of the country were not in a satisfactory state. The Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton (Lord Palmerston) said that there were two measures open to the House to adopt : one was an increase of the standing army— the other was th e ca lli ng out of the militia. But he was rather surprised to find it never struck the Noble Lrrd that there was another plan which might be resorted to—namely, a force to be raised by volunteers. This might be done at one-half the expense of either of the other and would prove much more effective for the object they had in view. The Noble Lord spoke of the French b e i ng ena bl e d to ra i se 50,000 or 60,000 men in Cherbourg, but he did not tell the House how these moo were te be transported across the Channel. Now there were, no doubt, a great many difficulties io the way of increasing the defences of the country. Every Gentleman who had spoken on the subject ap peared to have a favourite nostrum, of his own to pro. pose. An Hun. Gentleman connected with the railway interest of the country hsd • prep 'net hia nostrum, which he, no dotost, thought most vatuaeleehat thry had as )et censidered. Nothing. was mire ridiculous than to magnify the resources at , our comnitod. It was quite a, absurd as the pseic that hal been l a t e ly throteu over the country . • The propositi It he was ab, , at, to submit was one that would not: cost the r. !entry 200,01)01 lie would only ask rho_ House tO vote fsr the navy 4 000 men and 1 ; 000 buys. By t;t vit,g t 45 1, number, in andition to what the Admiralty has at p ee s sent, he salute underak- to say that they would have a fleet of 30 ate im,rs in the Channel, none of which would be under 900 or 1,000 tons burden, art ned with the most valuable guns nee and aft; and six other of a larger class. These would steamers •• present a formidable force before which he would defy any enemy to stand. He would tell the Noble Lord that it would take 50 or 60 vessels to embark those men he spoke of : 1) . • g ready for action at Cherbourg, ern g. an' it would take as many more yeast la as he proposed to equip to protect them in this Channel- T hey should recollect they were not talking of the common occurrence of war, bat they were to consider how they could best guard against a surprise and an attempt to invade our shores while they were undefended. Consequently, the attempt mast be by steamers, and by nothing r Ise. The enemy must get together 90 or 100 steamers .more they dared to venture across the Channel With such a fleet as he proposed there was no British effi .er fit for his eitee tion aeo would not be etre , to thoarey ghee force the enemy before it owe! t ff,ct a landing upon the English shores. fle should like t-) see them attempt to d:esm bsek upon on: sh area in the face of such a force.— (Hear. hear.) Firmly and honestly he was convine , d that If they would place such a force as he had describd in the hende of the Altuirelty, they need not fete any surprise, nor even that the coast would be invaded. That force he wished to see kept sOwals at hand, end that no Government should be permitted to leave the country without ar. Da that, and the desired end would be attaieed at a much cheaper rate than it could be by the establishment of the militia, and at a cheaper rate than any farce they could hope to raise by the present Bill. Having said this much, it was now his duty to de clare that he snould vote against the measure before the House. Io doing so, however, he knew he should be taunted by the Hon. Gentleman opposite 'bathe had voted for the Bill of the Neble Lord late at the head of the Go vernment.—(fitier, and a laugh.) But circumstances were notachanged—(An ironical cheer)—and so changed that he believed Hon. Members opposite would be inclined to admit them as a valid argument. lion. Members of the Government said that, notwithstanding what their prin ciples might be, they would abide by the decision of the country at the approaching elections. Up to the period when the Noble L rd's Bill met with the fate it did at the hands of this House be was not aware of any certainty of his own constituents who had presented petitions against the Bill. But since the measure of her Majesty's present Ministers had been under consi deration, the table of the House had been nightly covered with petitions against it, and his own constitu ents alone had presented no less than eight. In op posing the Bill, therefore, be was only following the example of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and bowing to the will of the country.—(Hear, hear, and laughter) In conclusion, the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman assured the Government that, if they would endeavour to per suede the Rouse that the plan he had suggested was the really national, constitutional, most proper, and wisest mode of raising a force to defend the Channel, they might rely upon having his support in the task of carrying it into effect The Hon. A. DUNCOMBE said that as he chanced to be the only member of the Berard of Admiralty at that moment in the House, he bad to ask the indulgence of the House while he addressed to it a few observations upon the present Bill. It was admitted on all hands that the defences of the country were not in either a satisfac tory or safe state—indeed, they had had that admission on Friday night from the Noble Lord (Lord J. Rueaell), though strangely enough, the Noble Lord adduced the fact as a reason for not supporting the Biel.—(Saar, hear, and a laugh.) It appeared to him (Captain Dun combe) therefore, that the Noble L rd when in power, had proposed and supported a Militia Bill from a sense of duty; but that he now opposed it for the sake of party.—(Cheers.) Still, however that might be, he could have wished that the Noble Lord—powerlul as he cias both iu this House, and tee ceuevey—h .d nor, or the moment, at all events, obtruded pan ty peiticiples into the consideration of a measure like this,- but have left it to be calmly and dispessionately considered in Committee,—(H. ar, hear.) it: believed than. by fel lowing the two pilot balloon,, which the Noble Lord sent up in the early part of Friday evening, he *mild soon find himself in shoal water.—(Hear, hear.) And he was sorry to observe that the Gallant Admiral was going to shape his coarse in the same manner; for sure he was that no person would be less anxious to get into shoal water than he.—(Chee-5..) Many persons said they had a right to look to the navy to protect our shores, and that before an invading force had an opportunity of landing, the nary should beheld responsible tor making mincemeat of theni.—(flear, hear.) To this ho was quite inclined to agree, provided we bad at the present moment a powerful and efficient navy at our diepoaat. That our navy was efficient, he admitted; bat that it could efficiently perform all the duties which were re quired of it in protecting our commerce arid supressing piracy in various parts of the word, and at the same time afford a powerful and efficient def eice for the country—that he was not prepared to admit.—(Rear, hear.) Neither could he subscribe to the doctrine put forward by the Gallant Admiral on a recent omission, with reference to the possibility of lining the 1 3hannel with powerful war -steamers at signal distances from one another. But even admitting that we could. field the vessels, • he (Captain Duncombe). doubted very much if they could find the men.—(Rear, hear.) He regretted very much that the Gallant Admiral, who had been so recently connected with the naval affairs of the country, had not left as a legacy to his successors in office the 4 000 men and the 1,000 boys of whom be had spoken, instead of that crude and ill digested measure. a naval reserve; for he (Captain Daucombe) foresaw great difficulty in carrying out the one, but none in car rying out the other. Having made these remarks, be had only further to say, that however much they might prefer having a large, a powerful, and efficient navy at their call, be believed that, in the present temper of the country, they could get a greater amount of force at a less expense by adopting the present Militia Bill. Mr. M. MILNES t h oug ht it the duty of every . Ron. Member to give the Bill a Lair consideration, hoWever unpopular it might be asserted to be out of doors, and he could not conceive how any Hon. Member who had deemed it his duty to support a similar measure when introduced by the late Government, could refuse to give his assent to the principle of tne present Bill.—(Elear, hear.) In principle the two • Bills were alike, and in matter of detail the present had, iu his opinion, the advantage of the late Bill.—(Hear, hear.) , The Bill of the Noble Lord was more stringent, more likely to create discomfort in the people. He did not support the Militia Bill because he thought there was danger 01 invasion. A militia was sot a tome likely to repel 'sue ceasfully such an invasion. —(Hear, hear.) The rett , ons for establishing a militia were of a larger and deeper nature. The progress made in Europe since 1815, when peace was established, had tended by no means , to in crease the security of this country. He found that all hose points on which England was likely to come, te ')4:Tvceerner, ya controversyperiod than a t d e r d e d im i b s disputes tseh b se e t hallto co ntinuedrfeo itignnd powersth t a s t d u o ph n tendency to the maintenance of peace; but the extravagant hopes of the Liberal parties had bred a reaction, and the cone om,ere_tnhth,s,osteshtiGrioinfuyvg,ehronumtntnhtes w m a n ole t ocf.usEe,tiarie,:piley. sequence now was th e establishment of despotic Govern s tj T d h e i e t n e e n s d s ti et r i i t i t to England. They - could not exist in tro , perity without displaying (sod p , i-haps exercising) hat hostility. The prosvec.s of this country, in its relations to foreign powers, could not, there fore, be considered satisfactory; and the House was acting eisely tu lay the ground by prepatati one which were, neither expe ns i ve , nor interfered teo greatly with ime acid labour of the people, for seen a permanent .orce as might act when neceesary as a military reserve , and at the same (Lee in some degree keep up in ,the minds of the people the daily cousciousnese that 'they alight be called upon to risk their lives in defence 0. , heir home and country. A militia force 'ref 40,000 would prove more efficient than an addition of 8,000 wen, to 010 regular army. The first expense wily be would ,uudoulot great, but would ul t i mate ly be much de ceeased lip thought that there was no reason why the youth or' the ceumry, eep dally in the manu securing' district', should not be military disciplined and organised, and orove as orderly when ureter arms and afterwards as the- - army or the yeomanry.—(li=ar, hear). Such ettecipliie veal, in his •Ppinion, leave them bev.etethen it bound hem.—(Sear.) There were some inconeistencies in the Bill, but the principle of the Bill ought not therefore to be opposed. Experience and practice would show wino modifications were necessary. He should not give his vote in favour of the second reaaing.—(Heer, hear.) Mr. BaRNAL contended that it wee not a consistent argument to say, that because Hon. Members had vete to allow the Bill of the late Government to be brought in and read a firetrtime, therefore they ought to vote for the second reading of the present Bill. For one, he was tree to confess that he did not feel himself braid to sup port the measure which was introduced by the N etale Lord the Member for London. Far from it. And that ne hesitated not to declare at once.—(Rear, bear.) He was sorry to hear Mr. Cardwell produce what he might call an argument in terrorent, when he said, that if tans Bill were rejected the Government would be justified in coming d own an d proposing the cont i nuance o f the existing en actm e nts re l at i ve to t h e militia,. and putting them in force, and instituting the ballot throughout the country. He (Mr. Bernal) thought that any Govern ment would pause before it resolved upon incurriog the responsibility of taking such a step ea that. - :(Rr.) What were the arg umen ts which were produced in favour . of the principl es o f a Mili t ia Bill? that of the Hon Member fur Pomfret (Mr. Wino)) was, that the whole of the Governments of Europe were combined agates, us. Now was thi4, he asked, an illusion or a romance? (Hear, hear.) He, for one, was inclined to think it We . both—(Cheers) —for scarcely a fortnight had elapsed since assurances were given to this Rouse that the most friendly spirit and the most amicable relations existed between the Governments of Continental states and the Government of this country.—( Hear, hear,) Was tha. true, or was it not? If it were true, what then became of this argument for .the establishment and maintenance of a body of 80,000 militia mete? — (Cheers from the Radical benches.) Further, ho would appeal to those h could ww ehre b et e ha cetCirr sainted with the Hon. Members 2 p a l r d t a o y f s T h e e s m u b e j n e et, to po ra ss i in o l ne n that i in n I n B om or . professional patties, or in fact to do anythitas more thus to shoulder arms, and go through the goose step. To him it wad a manifest delusion to suppose that they could. Then who were the men with whom they proposed to fill the violet , of their m ili t i a? Did they suppose that they wet': men of high, refined, and honourable seeeiment-r Whatever the gallantry of the soldier. he (Mr. Bernet) feared that the argumentum ad crumenam wax usually . one of the . eMPtf'd a war , principal arguments .which L to sorve as a , meter either here or in aey other part- of the world. Did lien. Momnb , .rs think ran et, with a 61. bounty, they would be able to get a description of men who would tell into rank in the second year after they had enlisted? He doubted the tact, and was very much afraid cheat they might be obliged to have recourse to a atatutary enactment, providing that the 61 paid es bounty to a man who did not make hisnrspearnoce should be recovered as a debt in one of her Maj sty's courts of law.—(A laugh.) If we Canoe to the chance of an ac tual invasion, he believed that we should want n..ither bounties nor compulsion in the shave of a conscription to obtain the necessary force; but he did not think that the levy of 80,000 men, as prepoeed _either by t h e Bill o f the late er that of the - present Government, would be a salegtiard against such an even'. In the last war herr Was is force which lined our coast, and whatever objec tions were raised to that force, he freely conieased that it was a useful free in many respects. He alluded to the Sea Foncibles. Trained to the use of great guns, and armed with a loag pike to be used in defending their guns, such a hybrid force as that might in case of 'Unger' bp view ahng 'I I IQ 00484 and act Wits defence , 1 wit h very great efficiency. Bat a. - . to the principle of this: B:11, he for one felt that ,he was not justified in sup- - I , porting it, because he (Tooted the principle of raising, „ i , 1 whether volunterily or by compel:do., 80,000 militia men at the- par rietil.r june•tzte.—(ll,-ar.) i Mr. DEEDISS said th,-.1-I•iu Member who lest spoke - , had tol.l tee House that h. ii!cl not E'er a .moment doubt . - - that if au invasion of this country took place there 1 , : would he men enough f tired rea 'y, willing, and able to ,f . . defend its shores. Ile (Me Ireedes) had an equal cepa- :, deuce with the lion.Cleilikuau in the readiness, wile , . ,I,; -i .- 'worts. sett gel! stary of his o , untry men ; but he had le!: 1 every reason to believe, acrd history confirmed the hAiet ste A ' that those good quelities which they possessed would be „; made more valuaule if they tad tee advantage of, some e military tritudeet and ditetphoe.—(Hear, hens;) - One reason why he would impress upon the House the ad- I ~.. es vantege of some preparation being made was, that if it' '.,..0:::i')... were understael that the country were preptired,it would : : '1 . be a great etc p gained cowards preventing the pews . Iv , bility of an invasion.—(tlear, bear.) He observed .rogli that the tone of the. debate this evening had differed " „ „ a sits very materially from - that of Friday nights - .1-;a: On Friday the objections to the - ' measure of - ,f4or the Government were very varied in their character, -Slat generally small in their matter, and did not present any sitsr real or substantial opposition to the principle ot the Bill. ' . _lies In the first place they had the Hon. and Gallant General slat' . (Sir De Lacy Evans) telling the House that be had no '; f-li`ealo, of to the principle of .the Bill; that he admitted it " o at sd j t was necessary to do somethin g ' w i t h t h e v i ew o f putting eel. the country into a proper s t a t e o f d e f ence; b u t th en , be • 9 l 'l added, be did not think the measure, of the Government its weal . accomplish that object. ' With res p ect t o w h a t bed - been said as to the number of petitions presented against IS T the measure, they ssould remember that the question' . : iiici l touched the pocket of Jehn Bull, and the argztmemtum ad' I , pocket—(Laughter) —was one on which they should ' : .4., net always implisitly rely; for on such a point the mass .3.4 were likely to talc- the most short-sighted vi , w of-their l true interests. One word as to the speech of the fleht '' i f Gentleman who had secon d e d t h e amendment ( M r- "'- g Rich.) That Hon. Geod. Mill at first relied for the ~,e l sa2 • defence of the country On a reserve force' of. pen' . doh to sioners, then he shifted .hi s re li ance to the . nallt li and subsequently to the rural podce. Independently , ,ro al of the iecousistelicy of such a mode of argument, the eI ' - Hont.Gentleman ought to have r emem b ere d t h at i n tiniest of difficulty the rural police w ou ld b e req u ired for the s • preservation of peace and the protection of property in 1. ',. the rural districts. With respect t o - the chsrecter Of the i men for a militia force, hr knew of no method but using st ,F the ballot box, by which the Noble Lord would obtain ,-1, none but the most eligible characters and most Liner . . .. r ceptionable men; and he had heard with the utmost' surprise the Noble Lord express his opposition to the . !I. :• : pre sent measure, for there was not one word of Noble Lord's speech on Friday night against the Bill t that would not apply with equal force to the measure proposed by the Noble Lord before- leaving office. It was was nee for him to impugn, the mo t i ves o f t h e Noble , Lord; it would be for the country to decide upon this ' ~; conduct of the Noble Lord iu ;ins matter when on that I side of ih House and on the other (the Oopesition). - , Something, however, however, °ugh . to be (tow , . mai he trusted . el,„ tnat in the conflict of opinion acme one measure f or 'the . - f.:' proper defenc e of the cou n t r y ; w hi c h was so i mpe ra- , . ' ,4 ,' tively called for, would n o t b e l os t. -A s to t h e mode-in' , . ~"; li' , to which th a t d a t ence ought to be provided tor,' if h e were - , to give an opinion, it world be in faveur of the plan of ...‘, the Hon. and Gallent th ntlentsh_(Colunel Reid).. He .. trusted, however, that it the Bill e ere rej-eted inc 'Gr - verement would not throw up a•together the considers - ' ' --,.• den of the defence of the c-u. try. He would suggest - fu their encouraging the formation if vniunteer curve „.. througheut the el nifed Kingdom and Ireland, 2 Mr M. GIBSON said that the measure was viewed - •I: as one of ne ordin a ry i m p ortance i n the naanufseturing ';"., t districts; end bef -re speaki n g t n t h e mer i ts o f t h e Bill ::.- o '. be wished to c ail the attention of the Attorney General ...,,, to the manner iu e tech this measure. was presen ed to . - ' the House. Its the 28th clan.° bat fined that all persons - chosen to serve uutur rile Bill- were' to be subject to the ' provisions ot the 3,1 of Gem -la; - c. - 90, and - of till other , :: 0.1 . Acts amending that Act. But how were the public or Members of Parliament to carry in their minds all those .. .:t 4 ,., innumerable provisions of Acts, or earts of Acts, so as , to know the ac.,pe ot the measure they were new enact- . .f . Acts — t t h li a 2 t 4 i 2 t dof would G t e e o e r d g e gr l e l a l ry t t il o e t p h A r e e t ir . , 4ef:..je:-'. ing? Were all those provisions referred to fruited to _,,, is sa., ,e the circumstances of ihe present time? He found in , :. ..,= a o m ne bl o e f se tb u t i r n se g . executiou if alt the said previ-ions were comprised ins toneheirApertoivlisPiounrsliaasztnht. r ' e f s h p i e t ct ivia to th - t e he ca m se il t i t t o is w. au t h il to be comprised in one Act. torneysGenerel would extlain why thilieephra"cPt7idee, the which bad begun to be very generally adopted of ei nsolidat - , mg Acts of Parli ament b ad been departed froth? - °lf this very point Mr. Baron P ar k e , a short t i me age, le ; -- r , the case of '' Hart v. the Eastern Union Railwity Cot peel," observed that ~ t here was no small difficulty 4 1 constructing Ac's made up from different party of °the! ;- Acts, which were partly repealed and p a rtly not.' . That was the- opiriion----ot -Baron-Parker and if that - Learned Judge experienced a difficulty in construing 1 such Acts of Parliament, what must be the difficulty of i Members of Parham nt and the general members of the industrial c-entnunity ? That he took as a preliminarfi and he thought valid objection to the Bill. They . 'eight to take away the present Bill, and come back at Is fteure time with a Bill more likely to be carried. lle had given notice of an amendment to postpone the measure to another Parliament. which he thought * reasonable proposition ; seeing that they were at th e close of the present Parliametiteand that a speedy , disso lution had been announc dby the Minister of the Cre i r t ; - For when it was p ro p ose d to re susu i tate a force w"-- had been discentinued for nearly halt a century, they should have the advantage of a general action be : tore deciding upon it, so 'that, they might ha ve _. -,-- the satisfactien of knowing that w h at ver was done in ...:- --- the matter in another Parliament had the consent of the c untry. The manner of their proceeding in the matt er . at present was most unconsti tut i ona l. If they were t o 1 be g iverned according to public Opinion—the Publi c ` . > opi n ion of the intelligent porti on o f the comm unity, a 5 ,__ . ..--- - , a Noble Lord in another place expre s s e dn t e-what chnlo he their orj.ction to def-rring the measure "to a nevi e . - Parliament? Did they wish to steal a mateh'upon the oeuntry, fearing that elembers w,:uld b, returned ft? ... Parliament pledging to vote against it? conduct deserved the utmost reprobation. for no doubt been a panic; bat, like most panics, got up a purpose. I had hardly lasted long enough for eff, t oripg he ~bjeet iu vie. ; and now that a was dying ire! tl'irehmeactotenr , ITfhseor,ethbeadir ...,, aii-nitratia (Omen of emir - nt poliiiiii.i.ns as t t . , . :I: 4 :t i e r7:cefocritstuheohseU:::4.%;l3l:o3ir.Ute:Whißuealii' iilB:lBpd4ppliftdiltteU.iblal:llBthCin.wofnrseerivmanativett ~ , ..- o v is i d n r try w e p i r g o h p t . w e i d t h . , iiately •presen.ed-against it; publitrmeetings were held - '"', , . ~-). end ree di t ion. peeved, ano a gen , ral feeling cf oppee ,i,i on was got up agaitat the measure, aud the Pitt' et ~,,. s t N elates .bi. ti L rl i p e ( i L i i ,, r, d a t jt s weur t aii h su e s y i :12R w i stutii,Bl,usrdledri)a;:beordt„;iurgaontud., it A nh g ae a m i N n i e : t bi s iiels : .,:, : ~ ,;, opposition and reason - - ' '''' s . Lord Th agrsseseot, then, of eminent it " ' , B t i r l a i n t e n e, lB o 4 a B t , aud After Lord went even farther, fur be- reduced the strength of .: ‘: , '' teas regular army. iiiicisnA on the subject cstried no w, ight with him: -it . , ' w"tild appear, Ind-rd. a , if tbere wawa draft of a Willa B-11 in some pigeen-hole in tee Home-office, and when a panic arose out rune the Militia Bile; the countri - " ' ..i ~.. . showed it displeasure, i t , y ese s t h e mili t i a Bill bans. - .; -, gain . .: igain to the. pigeon. h l e , and so he would undertake to e ety would tie th e case with resp• - ct to the present wee' . • sure, which he felt convinced wtaitd not he pressed ae s ster -- . „,, the second r e adi ng . If i t were presse d , i t wou ld be - :.' ', (l , "against a storm ot opposition in the country, and any , , - .. c attempt to force suera measure upon the co unt ry, while ' : - ' i it would fail for want of co-opera ion, would be fraught , • , , ~ with the must dengereus consequences in owning the . : ', .t; di,iiffection and discontent of the people. B ut no w that ' cee panic which had been so nicely get up f a o r the cat' - , ,- non hate suusided, the Hun. Memter for Warwickshire. ..., (Mr. Newdegat , ) gut up, and, in the M ot h e r Sbipton -„ , i - , ,, style, talked of what be called t h e f ee li ngs o f p re desti- ,:.; .• nation of a prince who rules in a neighbouring country, , . -...,, ,rid d-livering himself in the most oracular style, pro. , - ce d-d to deal out to them the so.ernn warnings con- ~_ _ rained in the Duke of Wellington's letter of 1847— , •' . .4 a production that was much laughed at at the time- , ..'; , But when Honourable Gentldra l i sp i ke ,f the Duke of to thr ill: . . 4,1 , advice . ~, , they not themselves act upon • tha t * diatinet from that which was contemplated So far from doing so, they Wellington's ath'lne, . i' il/ Y . ?, ~.:1 , brought in a measure totally • .. . , if wellington, who required a force ready at by at hand when , seeded, ant not the militia which :hey -proposed. He .• , , the Duke'-' lad heard - with regret the Noble Levi (Lord Palmer- atop) speaking with paihful accuracy of t he construction. ~ of railway s to Cherbourg aud otber ports, by w hich troops could be conveyed from various parts of, the ~, . country to the water's edge. and put on board steamers _ . • it once, to be landed with the utmost speed on the shores of this country. But those railways were not yet - . . , - . (nide; and though till that the Noble Lord spoke as pro- , was so, the question really . W,St,.;f:; I r t: ), t i tt j a t t 1 11 O P Ut i ti t ( to be' : 419 ' ' .4 7; . designs to S'.gr eat ' an neighbouring .,aoty d e a l friendlygie,sepoo u wo t ef .. t 9, t ahl ul a we b S: Ny it s m o becoming bim g le h pu t ut: b i rn e de s a o sn O ed r e a r n eo d prudent aMembersad un in w o t: o e , nation? Ought forceo they to t. , be ._ , :.7; , f, , those stupid inuendoes against - ---,.,- ~,,,,''' 1 4 r for the purpose of obi Is e in this csunfry that we knew b w et e t r e;', ' ll‘' ,'' : ' ' . ' ' ' i ' '' :: taming an „ alway 8' assuming . Franee than the 36 000,000 ' ov:: ,, if '',,,: h lt 1 .e; itgbiinhabitantsnicr govern kissw how to govern themsefres• . .,eas''' o 4P' I t appeared to him that the less t h ey i nter fered ~ ~ ' ,th ,affairs the sirs of that country, or expatiated on its forms " . - st of government, the better it would b e f or t hi s cou ntry ' ' ; see- . elf -But the best answer to the speech o f t h e N o bl e t . Lor a ' ''' " f'''' (Palmerston) was a speech delivered by Lord on the occasion when his Hon. Friend the littinnher , , --, for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden) submitted ; to -t,he ' l' House a motion on the subjt ct of intereationeSl sr ul 'i't.'ts. ' ei '- teattere Io that speech the Noble Lord deprecated the :, '• ;', .' practice of instituting comperh-ona betweeti the forces.- ; ye t w' France and this c 'wry, and disclaimed all be lief ' 'as to the continua :tee , o f France being prompted by hostile feelings towards titl e 2: et -- country, and condemned such suspicions us unworthy,- •;:. 1. )„ , , public military works -i.e, • - and. I , keiy to lead to the hostilities which seemed to , , , :'...e .,: ,,. he apprehended. il hat were the facts of the pr , sent ,-,, : . ! t i1; : 1. , :,, Now? rho Honourable and Galiaot mover of the amend- !,`);.e.;:ee,,,,,.... ~ the eame-tNoble • -.-.:•:. Leant; said there were 67.000 troops of all stmt at Pre: ~: IY .:: r ~ ' sent in the United lio,gdoca, exclusive of dockyard hai r, r ; ~ . • talions and other ferces that would be available in a _ •.. ~ . emergency. But in 1803, when, in the s hort pe ! , ~ -, of ALI - liens, war was inevitable, the whole of -t he ,, , t, - , land forces in the c tuntry amounted to 66.574 met,—itihntrY, cavalry, *',..... ~,,,j 4 ' 1 ,, at the opening of the y . ..3: d . ~ ~_ artillery. After 1401(1 Whites:deb, the 131 ilibh Ain .. t: t i ~ :" . ..i sailor, was insulted at Paris the same y a ear, i _ha t ol - 'r ell see. ~, ~ , h, to cons*quence returned to this couuiry, Mlt 1a, 01 4 ~, t.. ~, „o t t . was brought in and quieklY whiff stage's, and a vast military movement commenced,passed through fify_.. l, .. „ petal on it, then, that when at ' , Rms measure . w as truly shown, she country. wou ld put the country in a state o e t ve d r e t l h en e c n e e . ce ' s l s 'b it e y y f tg e b u L o a h e ; .c av 0,,,,,) ‘,.. !I ii