The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

irtirb rlbitioni SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. MARYLEBONE ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) CLOSE OF THE POLL. Ebrington Bell .. 6,940 4,167 Majority for Lord Ebrington 2,773 The announcement of the numbers was received with loud applause by the assembled multitude outside. ARRIVALS AT -WALTHAM. (THIS DAY•) --- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Alp, Malmesbury, Victress, Jauu; Peter, Tom Gurney, Old Misery. Cervus, I NIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) Their lordships met at five o'clock. EXCHANGE OF VESSELS. • The Earl of HARDTVICKE gave notice that he in tended to ask of her Majesty's Ministers whether any bargain had been made between this country and Prus sia with regard to the exchange of vessels, and if so, at what time ; and also, who was the responsible officer at the harbou r o f Balakfava A DAY OF GENERAL THANKSGIVING FOR OUR ARMS IN THE EAST. The Duke of GRA.FTON asked whether it was the intention of her Majesty to appoint a day to be specially set apart, and kept holy, fur the purpose of returning thanks for the great and glorious victories which our arms had obtained at Alma and Inkerman The Earl of ABERDEEN was sorry he could not answer the question of the noble duke, as at present their was a special form of prayer in existence for such a pur pose, and he believed that prayer was devoutly observed throughout the kingdom, and, under these circum stances,he did not feel justified in advising the propo sition f the noble duke. After some remarks from Lord RODEIT and Lord CAMPBELL the subject dropped. THE MILITIA BILL. A. message from the House of Commons announced that the Militia Bill had been brought up. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the first readin:, , , and the second reading was fixed for Thursday, when the standing orders will be rescinded, in order that it may pass through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. J. O'CONNXLL presented a petition from Clen mel, complaining of the inadequate spiritual provision made for tl)e Roman Catholic soldiers and sailors serving in the East, and pra)iogthat steps may be taken to remove the deficiency ; Mr. SPOONER presented a pe tition from the clergy and churchwardens of Birming ham, praying that the Sale of Beer Bill of last session may not be disturbed. CLERGY RESERVES BILL. Sir GEORGE GREY said last night a motion was agreed to for the production of the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill, but Government had not yet received the bill, and therefore, they could not produce it. The order ought to be discharged. The order was discharged upon the understanding that there would he no objec tion to produce the bill directly it arrived from Canada. FRENCH TROOPS FOR THE EAST. Mr. 3./lUNTZ wished to ask a question of the noble lord the President of the Council, the answer to which might influence his vote, and that of other members upon the Foreign Enlistment Bill. He wished to know whether before introducing. that bill Government used all their exertions with the Emperor of the French to induce him to send out to the East an increased number of French troops at the expense of this country ? Lord J. RUSSELL said the Emperor of the French had at all times shown his willingness to send out troops to the East, and when the occasion arose later for an additional supply he displayed the utmost anxiety to send out as many troops as could be got together, and sent,ont as the means of transport could supply ; in point of fact the only limit to the number of troops sent out was the means of transport. (Hear.) Her Majesty s Government had never prop ose d, nor did they thi n k it advisable to propose that this country should make any payment for the service of such troops. (Cheers.) COAL MINES. - Mr. HUTCHINS wished to ask the Secretary for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in a bill for the prevention of accidents in coal mines at an early period of this session Mr. FITZROY said such a bill was in preparation, and would be produced shortly after the recess. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Mr. V. SUITT' asked the President of the Council what steps had been taken to consolidate the depart. ments of the army since the veto for a Secretary of State for the War Department in the List session ; and, whe ther he would lay nay 'official correspondence relating to the subject upon the table of the house ? Lord J. RUSSELL said the Commissariat Depart ment had been united to the War-office, but be was net aware that any correspondence bad taken place which threw any light upon the matter. No other change of importance had yet taken place. SUCCESSION AND LEGACY DUTIES UPON THE PROPERTY OF OFFICERS IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. BERESFOUD moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve the property and effects of officers. non-com missioned officers, and privates, killed in the Crimea ; or who have died, or may die, during the present campaign, from wounds, disease, or fatigue, from the payment of the succession 'and legacy duties. The hon. member in bringing forward the measure eulogised, in the warmest manner, the gallantry of our arms in the East, and pointing out the difficulties which the military man experienced in securing, either by insurance or other wise, a competency to those whom he might have left behind, hoped the house would show their generosity by at once acceding to his motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he should be sorry to be at issue upon any point connected with those who were now engaged in the East, but he thought that the mode of rewarding our army l i should be left to the Crown, and that whim the Crown was found wanting in its duty, it would then be time for the house to take the matter up. In the present instance, the measure proposed was objectionable, upon the ground that it would not afford the relitf ~ , oright for the relatives who most needed it ; as it was, the widow was exempted from the duty, and the child paid but 1 pericent. He would take a case in point to show how the proposed measure would act. An officer recently fell in the Crimea, and the whole of his property went to a second cousin, and if the proposed measure was carried it would give ten times more to that relative, a comparative stranger, than it would afford to the widow and child. After some further remarks the motion was withdrawn. PUBLIC LIBRARIES EXTENSION. Mr. EWA.E.T moved for leave to bring in a bill for further promoting the establishment of free public libraries in municipal towns, and for extending it to towns governbd under local improvement acts, and to parishes. PRAYER FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY. Mr. NAPIER said he had a notice on the paper for an address to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to order a suitable prayer for our army and navy to be prepared and used in the public service of the United Church of England and Ireland. He under stood, however, that the subject was under the consider. ation of Government, and he nerd not therefore press it. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to assent to the statement of the lion. and learned member. ORDER OF MERIT. Captain SCOBELL moved an address to her Ma jesty that she will Le graciously pleased to institute au Order of Merit, to be bestowfd upon persons serving in the army or nee J, :'or distinguished and prominent per sonal gallantry durirg the present war, and to which every geade and individual, from the highest to the lowest, in the united i ervices, may be adm'ssible. Lord J. RUSSELL submitted to the hon. and gallant member that anj proposit'.on ought to come feorn the Clown. The whole question of rewards to the army 41 'd navy was under consideration, and it would be pre r.;2lre to adopt such a *lotion as this. 2 ° 4 % H. HERBERT expressed a hope that no delay wonfee take place in the i ssue o f me d a l s f or th e B a ttl e o f the Alamo, Mr. S • r. St HERBERT said the die of such a medal had been east, and no time would b e l os t i n sen di n out sioo s cast. to the C r i mea so soon as they could be Sir J. WALSH asked if the order of merit contem plated by the hon, mi d tu tral arc la an n a t .member was intended to extend to tle foreig n mea Tl l 4 l whom we were about to enlist in our service! , aid laughter.) . The motion was then withdravren4r. EPISCOPAL AND CAPPPULA-R ESTATES BILL. The Marquis of BLAND - vo RD eubtequently bring in a bill for the better mans- leave to and Capitular Estates. The bilfetn"t of Episcopal brought in and read a first time. was INT MITT A DILL. On the motion fur the third reading of this bill, Colonel simmollr wanted to know--- suppsing three-fourths of a mil' re,iment volunteered to 2 at home ? (A laugh] abroad, how many would ' rem Mr. S. HERBERT presuined a fourth. (Roar s of laughter.) Colonel SIBTHORP asked whether militia .officers who now have leave of absence would be permitted to enjoy their leave, no matter whether they volunteered or not. Mr. SIDNEY HERBET said the question.would rest with the Commander-in-Chief. The bill was then read a third time. On the question that the bill do pass, Colonel SIBTHORP o bj e cted t o its passing ill its Present shape, and blamed the Government for not hay ing increased the bounty to militia men who volunteered into regiments of the line. Had that been done no less than 14,000 men might have been raised without diffi culty. Whereas resorting to a Foreign Enlistment Bill would have no other effect than to undermine th . recruit ing the militia. The bill was then passed. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1854. SUPPLY. The report of the committee of supply was brought up and agreed to. ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS BILL. On the order for the second reading of the bill, Mr. DISRAELI presented petitions against the bill from the inhabitants of Wakefield. Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to move the second reading of the bill, and said its object and scope had been so much exaggerated that it was necessary that he should go at . some length into its pur poses and details. It should be remembered, then, that when the present war broke out, the army of England bad been very much reduced in numbers. It should also be remembered, that when any great power threatened the peace of Europe by the force of arms, the policy of this country had been to unite itself with allies for the purpose of defeating such designs. Eliza beth, Cromwell, and, in fact, passing over the iisgreeeful reign of Charles, all the sovereigns of this country had pursued that policy, and the reason for it was obvious. We were not a military nation. Our soldiers no doubt were the bravest in the world, but yet we were more a naval than a military nation, and hitherto, whenever we entered the field, it had been only with assistance of foreigners. Our armies, from the period of Marlborough downwards, had been in great measurecomposed of foreigners, and until now no objection had been taken against foreigners fight ing in the cause of Europe, side by side with English. men. He did not, however, pretend to justify the employ. ment of German troops in the American war, but when subseqently the peace of Europe was threatened by a gigantic power, we had no hesitation in resorting to the assistance of foreign troops. Accordingly, in 1804, the act was passed which sanctioned the establishment of the Ger man Legion, and no objection was taken to that measure at the time. What were the deeds of that German Legion ? He need not go over the whole of them, because they had been handsomely and fully acknowledged in the de spatches of the Duke of Wellington. (Hear, hear.) Such having been the case with regard to the past, he came now to the contest in which we were now engaged, and he asked why we should depart from our ancient policy of employing foreign troops while engaged with an enemy having a preponderance of military power ? He had heard it said, however, that •ur home source of sup- ply could scarcely yet be exhausted, but the fact was that the reduced nature of our head military establishments bad rendered the employment of foreign. ers in the outset of the war necessary. In a time of peace 100,000 men were sufficient to make up our army, but when we came on an emergency to increase it to 150,000, it could hardly be supposed that the augmen tation coull go on in the same ratio ; we had an enemy to contend with who bad five times that number of troops at his commands, and if they were to meet him at all point?, it was preposterous to say that it should only be done through the instrumentality of British regiments. Well, it was proposed then by this bill to have a certan number of foreign troops trained for the 'field in this country, the number not to exceed 10,000 men, and these troops would be employed in the field not in preference to, or even with the view of superseding, Bri tish troops, but with the view of filling up any gaps that may occur while the necessary reinforcements of British troops were undergoing proper training. [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dec. 19. NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty a copy of a despatch, dated her Majesty's ship Edinburgh, Kiel, December 8, from Rear-Admiral Chads, commanding her Ma jesty's Naval forces in the Baltic, informing their Lordships that the blockade of the Russian ports under-mentioned had been raised from that date, "Liban, Windau, Riga, and Bernau, and all Russian ports, roads, havens and creeks, from latitude 55 deg. 53 mi n . N., longi tude 21 deg. 0 min. 3 sec. E., to Cape Dager Ort, in latitude 58 deg. 55 min. N., longitude 22 deg. 0 min. 5 sec. E.,the ports of Haspal, Warms° Island s , P or t Bal tick, evel, and all Russian ports, roads, havens, and creeks, from Cape Dager Ort to Eckholm Light, situated in latitude 59 deg. 43 min. N., and longitude 25 dog. 48 min. E." " The ports of Helsingfors and Sweaborg, and all Rus sian ports, roads, havens, and creeks to the westward of Helsingfors as far as Hango Head (inclusive), in latitude 59 deg. 48 min. N., longitude 22 deg. 53 min. E. ; the ports of Aro and Abo, and lastly, the whole of the ports, roads, havens, and creeks eastward of Helsingfors, on the Finland Shore and Eckholm Light on the coast of Estho nia, to Cronstadt and St. Petersburgh, both inclusive." FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dzo. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Most Run. Constantine Maury, Marquis of Ilormanby,. K.G., to be her Majesty's Envoy Mr.t.raerainary and Mini ster Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 18. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Hermann Von Ronn as Consul at Port Elizabeth for the Free Han seatic City of Ham burgh. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 19. BREVET. Colonel William Fenwick illiams, C. 8., of the Poyal Artillery, now acting as her Majesty's Commissioner with the Turkish army in Asia, to have the local rank .f Briga dier-General while so employed, Dec. 19. The under-mentioned officers, who retired upon full pay of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the corps of Royal Engineers, previously to her Majesty's Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1851, to be promoted to a step of brevet rank - , in order to place them in as favourable a position as those of their rank who may hereafter obtain retirement under the provisions of the said warrant, the rank in both cases being only honorary, viz.,— • ROYAL ARTILLERY. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Brevet-Major Frederick Wright James Robert Colebrooke Lewis Shuidham Barrington Robertson James Smith Law John Pascoe George Spiller William Greenwood, C.B. George Mar kland TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Oliver Fry Second Captain John Smith Oliver Fleming Henry Clinton Martin Robert Fryer Philips Captain John Morse Stephens William Lemoin Charles Manners Andrew Orcher William Schalch Hugh Morgan Richard Robinson Drew Even hlergan Lewis Edward Walsh Frederick Augustus Griffiths Francis Holcombe William John Stokes John Dyson William Earners William Young Fenwick John Sidney Farrell Henry Higgins Donatus O'Brien Arthur Gusset Second Captain Samuel James Skinner Robert Lnard Captain James Turner John Low Richard Matthews ?maiden Second Captain Patrick Scott Campbell Captain Henry Stephen Tireman Robert Roe Fisher William Baird Young Charles Cheetham Alexander Frederick William Papillon William Fulford Charles Robert Wynne George Drought Warburton ROYAL ENGINEERS. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY; Brevet-Major Richard John Baron Charles Rivers Richard Howorth James Lynn TO BB MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Edward Fyers Henry Augustus Colby Samuel Camplin Melhuish John Lyon Hnlme John Watson Pringle lyes Stocker George Vaughan Tinling James Hunter Rutherford Colin Mackenzie George Charles Degen Lewis Francis Wm. Pettingal William Lancey Charles Oldershaw Charles Stuart Miller The above commissions to bear date Nov. 28. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEc. 18. Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant Louis John Amad6e Armit to be second Captain, vice W. M. deceased ; Second Lieutenant Constantine Phipps Carey to , be First Lieutenant, vice Armit, promoted, Nov. 15. Ordnance Medical Department—Edward Willis Camp bell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Walshe, pro moted into the Army Medical Department, Dec. 8. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. The Tower Hamlets—Arthur Ballantine, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Henry Bishop, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia— John Maddy Moore Hewett to be Adjutant with the rank of Captain ; Wm. Wanklyn, Gent., to be Eusign. 2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor net Charles Patrick to be Lieutenant, vice Northey, re signed ; John Compton Maul, Gent., to be Lieutenant, :ice Levi, promoted. West Suffolk Militia—Frederick William John Hervey, commonly called Lord Hervey, to be Lieutenant, Doc 14 ; James Holmes, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 15. Royal Cureterland Regiment of Militia—William John Robinson, Gent., to be Ensiem Dec. 12. Exeter an d South Davon Volunteer Rifle Battalion TEte,imgnas. N Pe o a r r . sg to be Captain; F re d er i c k Giff or d t o b e jvioßolhe:yEvvalsciil.Nliaorth Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Major Sir Biaemtaecst,i2Wdaelleeinagstedon; beielryLißoeuuterneahnietr-Cooslobonrnel,evsicae. WallingtAin promotedua R omf oy : a il l lei A s i ti , ai t . il_ a l n e Es ry : , : t dgn o , G be en M t. a? Th or, o v m i a ce s MEerrasettt,KGe"ttiterinlcelnltliott Arthur Raymond, Gent., to be Ensigns, Dec. 16. Griffith to be Lientenant,.vio_e • Kebbel, promoDteadv,iaDWech. White Ensign Stanilas Zaba to Do Ltoutenant, Bo urne, Dec. 10. v ice ..evtitne, who West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—Tho mas John Popplewell, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Deo. 10. Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery.—Second-Lioute nant Walter Thomas Waring to be First-Lieutenant, vice Leslie, who retires, Dec. 10. 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia. — Archibald George Keen, Gent., to be Ensign, vice her, promoted, Dec. 15. Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Arthur William Arkwright, Gent., to bo Lieutenant, Dec. 9. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—William Constable Brown Constable, Gent., to be Ensign, Deo. 15. Royal Perthshire Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Wal terWedderburn, Esq., late Captain 42d Royal Highlanders, to be Captain ; Thomas Mulles Riddell, Esq., late Lieute nant 7th Regiment Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, Dec. 13. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Edward Worrall, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 14. Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Wm. Neville Billingeby Parry, Gent., to be Lieut., Dec. 11. Wigtonshire and Kirkcudbright Regiment of Militia, called " The Galloway Rifle Corps"—Colvin Stewart, Esq., younger, to be Lieutenant, vice John M'Crackan, retired ; Thomas Hugh Vans Dalrymple Hay, Esq., to be Ensign, vice Walter Laurie, Esq., resigned, Dec. 7. Northamptonshire Militia --Lewis Percival, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 11; Hewitt Linton, Gent., to be nsign, Dec. 13. This article is substituted for that which appeared in the G'azelte of the 2 Eth Nov. : Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—William Talbot Molloy, Esq., M.D., to be Assi-itant-Surgeon, vice Neville Jackson, Esq., M.D., resigned, Nov. 20. BANKRUPS. Joshua Vines and James Smith, builders, Dover-road, Borough, to surrender, Dec. 28 at half-past twelve, and Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Hall, Moor gate-street. George Wilson and William Raynbam, builders, Wal mer-road, Notting-hill, Dec. 30 and Feb. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers ' • Rushbnry, Surrey-street, Strand. Charles Muskett, chemist and druggist, Dias, Norfolk, Jan. 2, at two, Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Hutton, 44, Noble-stree, Cheapside ; Cream, Suffolk. John P. White, merchant, Mark-lane, City, Dec. 27, at half-past one, and Jan. 31, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stanfield, official assignee ; Crowder and May nard, Colemen-street, City. George Climance, baker, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Dec. 22, and Jan. 24, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Crossley and Burn, Lombard street ; Simpson, St. Albans. William A.llaa;ay, dentist, Southport, Lancashire, Jan. 4 and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge ' Liverpool. Jabez Cooper, linendraper, Blackheath, Staffordshire, Jan. 3 and 24, at half-part ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Pres - cot, Stourbridge ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. James Sothern Tonge, commission agent, Liverpool, Dec. 29 and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Roby, Liver pool. Robert Wilson Wyllie, dealer in music and musical in struments, Saint Leonard, Devon,Dec. 28, and Jan. 24, at ono, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Bishop and Pitts, Ex ter. Frederick Reeves Barrett, music seller, Stamford, Jan. 2, and Feb. 6, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Law, Stamford ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Jonathan Wright,WilliamWright, and Lupton Wright, worsted spinners, Oxenhopo, Yorkshire, Dec. 29 and Jan -26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax. William Yates, cotton broker, Liverpool, Dec. 29 and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Sons, Liverpool. Betty Baron, Henry William Knowles, and James Hey worth, manufacturers, Bacup, Lancaster, Dec.l9 and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Rowley and Son, Man chester. John Fletcher, cotton manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 10 and 31, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, offi cial assignee ; Grundy, Manchester. Joseph Lough, blacking manufacturer, Great Queen street, Lincoln's inn -fields, and John James Limebeer, blacking manufacturer, Saint James street, Dec. 30, at eleven, and Feb. 10,at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; C. and J. Allen and Sons, Carlisle-street. Joseph Gibb, livery stable keeper, Gray's-inn-road, Jan. 2, at one, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Young and Plows, Mark-lane. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Thomas Waddell, contractor, Gartcraig. Charles Staples, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow. James Herbertson and Brothers, builders, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXC. Amsterdam ............ 11 16 :ANGE.—Tax s DKr. Gibraltar ......•••••• •• Leghorn .......... .•• 30 57% Genoa Milan ......•• Venice......... Naples ........ Palermo ..•••• Messina ...... Lisbon .. Oporto ........ Rio Janeiro ..... . Buenos Ayres New York,4o clays' sight Philadelphia ........ Ditto, three months ll 17, 1 4 Rotterdam • • • • •• • • •• • • 11 13 Antwerp 25 35 Brussels .... • 25 35 llambttrgh •••••• .• •• - 13 5% Altona .. .. •• •• .. .. .. .. Paris •• •• •• •• -•• •• •• •• 25 12%1 Ditto, three months .. 25 375 Marseilles ............. 25 37%' Bourdeaux. .... .... Ft =Mort-on-11 sine . ... lis Berlin „ V1etuta..........•• .... 12 40 Madrid ............... 50% Cadiz .......... Barcelona •.••.••• • • •• Seville...". „,„ ...„... •••••• 43Y, ••••.... 131% ..• 131% 5336 .......•• 53% PZICES 01, 111171.1.1C14, PE 02. Yore Gall. In 11wrs X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 .-' , !iv Dollars . 0 0 0 illrer in bars . ..... 0 5 1% SPORTING INTELLIG.E NOE. TATTERSA L L'S -MONDAY. Subscribers mustered numerously, and business exhi bited a marked improvement. Some of the investments on the Derby were to a large amount, atd two or three important changes were produced. At the commence ment, 11 to 1 was taken to 2001. about De Clare ; but the silent indifference with which the taker heard the same odds repeatedly offered afterwards at length in duced two or three bookmakers to try the effect of a point more—their offers were then caught up with avi dity, until he had increased his investments to upwards of 500/. The movement was sufficiently significant, and, after a brief pause, De Clare became distinctly the leading favourite, 1,000 to 100 being taken twice. Meanwhile 500 even was betted on him against Omen lus Esuriens, and 11 to 1 was currently offered against the latter " outright." St. Hubert was backed at 12 and 11 to 1, and bad an advancing tendency at the close; 12 to 1 was taken to 2001. about The Lord of the Isles, and 15 to 1 to 2001. about Rifleman ; Oulston, close up to him, was firm, notwithstanding the support which was given to St. Hubert; 1,000 to 45 was taken about Wild Dayrell; 20 to 1 to 3001. about Poly dore ; 40 to 1 in fifties about Aurifer ; and 1,000 to 15 about The Bison, The quotations at the close were as follows: CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 25 agst The Reiver (taken) 1,000 to 20 agst Wild Huntsman (taken) 1,000 to 10 agst Llanforda (taken) 1,000 to 10 agst Homily (taken) 1,000 to 10 agst Brinklow (taken) DEBBY. 10 to 1 agst De Clare (taken) 10 to 1 agst St. Hubert (11 to 1 taken) 11 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (offered) 12 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken) 15 to 1 agst Oulston 22 to 1 agst Cruizer 22 to 1 agst Wild Dayroll (taken) 30 to 1 agst Polydoro (taken) 40 to 1 agst Aurifer (taken) 1,000 to 15 agst Bison (taken) 1,000 to 10 agst Claret; 1,000 to 5 also laid twice, 1,000 to 10 agst Hickleton 1,000 to 10 agst Marco Spada taken in one bet, 1,000 to 10 agst Elvaston 1,000 to 5 agst Pugnator (taken) 1,000 to 5 agst Kingstown (taken) THE PATRIOTIC FUND.—The subscriptions forwarded by John Day, jun., from the Danebury Stable, amount to 221. 17s. dd. RACING FIXTI MA 'RES FOR 1855. Coventry Salisbury Warwick Spring 2O Epsom Spring 22 Northampton 27 Croxton Park 29 ,IL. Malton l9 Newmarket F S 23 Doncaster 13 Thirsk l5 AP: Newmarket C 9 Catterick Bridge 11 York Spring 17 M. Chester Spring 1 Newmarket S S 8 *Shrewsbury 10 JU 5 13 20 JU. 3 Bath Epsom *Manchester iE. Stockbridge Winchester Newcastle X. Liverpool *Stamford Ascot Hampton Bibury Newmarket Carlisle 5 Nottingham 5I Goodwood AUGUST. 16 North Staffordshire 7*Lewes Brighton :Brighton Club 10 *Egham 28 "Wolve r h amp t on 13 1 Derby 2B *Reading l4 NOME Worcester. 'Lancaster *Liverpool 'WIER. 13 1 *Shrewsbury COAL MARK. Prices of Coal per ton at t ET.—Dzo. 18. ,be close of the market. Wallsend, kc. s. d.' Puddle W. Hartley lB Carr's Hartley lB 0 Cookson's Hartley l6 C Hasting's Hartley lg Holywell.. 22 0 1 Howard's West Hartley Netherton lB ) Long ridge's Wst Hartley 18 3 Portland Hartley 18 0• New Tanfield 17 3 Tanfield Moor 17 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 3 Walker Primrose ... l 7 3 Wylam 19 0 a. s. aocuay . . — .. • ... l4 0 N'orthuinberlaiid lB h:den Main 2O 0 22tiettov 0 22flaewcll 0 Plummer 2O 6 Riehmund l9 6 itevrart's 22 0 Whitviell lB. 6 Hough 2O 6 South Kelloe 2O 6 Tees .. 22 0 Whitworth o Cowpen ..... .... .. lB 0 Dervrentwa ... Hartley. 18 0 Cass%) 2O 0 Wallsend, Gosforth l9 6 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the third read ing of this bill. The Earl of ELLENEOROUGH said, as his noble friend the noble duke had not intimated, in moving the third reading, that it was his intention to propose any further amendment, he presumed they might under stand that the bill was to go down to the House of commons in its present shape. That being the case, and, as very few of their lordships were present on Saturday--(hear, hear) —it was but right he should state to the house what the material alteration was which the HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) Their lordships met at five o'clock. ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS' BILL. ..15 ..22 ..30 bill had sustained in its progress through the house. That alteration was confined altogether to the substitu tion of 10,000 for 15,000 foreigners. No doubt, that was a very material concession on the part of the Govern ment. It was one which did not do any very great credit to the forethought and mature consideration which ought to have presided over the concocting of a bill of this great importance, inasmuch as it appeared to them a matter of very little consideration whether the number of foreigners to be employed in this country was to be 10,000 or 15,000. But was there no other inipr,,ve meat ? Because there could be no doubt, under the second clause, ill-worded as it now was, under the head of bodies of reserves, it was possible for the Ministers to retain in this country, as reserves of foreign troops employed abroad, a very large proportion of the 10,000 men whom the Crown was permitted to have in Eng land. It was a remarkable circumstance that, while it was declared to be the intention of the Government that the reserves of the British re g iments employed in the Crimea should be establi s h e d at Malta, or some place convenient to the Crimea, it was proposed that tho reserves of the German battalions should be re- tained in England. Now, that being the case, it seemed to him very unnecessary that those German recruits should be brought to this country at all. (Hear, hear.) It was said there would be inconvenience, danger, and risk, in employing and embodying these foreign troops in her Majesty's Mediterranean garrisons. But from what did that arise ? From distrust of them —(hear, hear)—and if they were distrusted in one of the garrisons of the Mediterranean, how could there be any security in employing them in the Crimea, with, he would not say, every probability, but with every risk, that after having been raised, disciplined, and clothed by the English Government, they might transfer their services to the enemy whom they were engaged to attack. The noble duke had just stated that there were not enough bar racks in the countryfor the militia. Where, then, were the German recruits to be placed in the event of their being brought here ? If they were to be placed in the existing barracks it could only be through the exclusion of the militia, and the Government must defer embodying the militia until sttch recruits are sent out in succession to the Mediterranean. (Hear.) But there was one point which had not been adverted to ; it was contained in the sth clause, and appeared to him to be of very great importance. (Hear.) By that clause her Majesty was empowered to make supplementary articles of war, which were to apply to the German and other foreign troops which might be engaged. Now, by the Mutiny Act, her Majesty's articles of war were transmitted to the judges of the superior courts, and they were bound judicially to take notice of them. The judges of the superior courts would, therefore, be compelled to take s in her fe notice rwmavo, j j . p c i l a y l i l n y g o f t o t two two different diffebroednite bodies e o t f s s o o f l d a i r e t r i cles judicially service, viz., foreign and English soldiers. But that inconvenience was nothing to having in our service foreign and English soldiers subject to different articles of war. The same offence, committed at the same time, and in the company of each other—the Englishman and the foreigner—would, under different articles of war, be punished in a different manner ; and none could fail to see that the effect of this on the feel ings of the troops and the people might be of a most serious character. He thought he saw present his noble and gallant friend the Commander-in-Chief, and he begged to ask whether this clause had been suhmitted to him before it was laid on the table ? He put the ques tion to him on this ground : When he was Governor- General of India, his noble and gallant friend saw the extreme inconvenience, if not danger, of having two sets of distinct articles of war—one applying to the native troops, and the other to the British troops — and he altered the former and made them conformable to the latter. Now, the practice of flogging was held in reserve for the maintenance of discipline in her Ma jesty's forces, but it did not prevail in the German army. They bad a different system—but whether established by law, as in this country, or by practice, he knew not —of inflicting punishment by the stick. (Laughter.) There was another question, also of very great import ance. From whence were those foreign troops to come He had already stated the satisfaction with which he should hear of any arrangement with his Majesty the King of Hanover by which he could place at the dis posal of her Majesty, by becoming a party to the war, those magnificent troops whose assistance in the Penin sula was universally admitted to be of the greatest pos sible advantage to the British army. But the value which he placed upon the troops which could be ob tained from the other small German Powers was ex tremely little, and, unless he was greatly misinformed, the opinion generally of officers who had served in the Peninsula, and were acquainted with the relative merits of foreign troops, although favourable to the employ ment of the German Legion, which was formed of men who were subjects of our own Sovereign, was decidedly against the introduction into her Majesty's service, to fight by the side of our own soldiers, of German and other troops, obtained from anywhere in any foreign country. He (the Eerl of Ellenborough) adhered to the opinion that there were no troops in the world equal to the British troops, under whatever circumstances they were placed. He did not believe that any Germans could equal the British soldiers under such circumstances as those at lukerman, and under such circumstances as might again exist in the difficult posi tion in which our army was now placed. (Hear, hear.) A chain cable formed in part of wrought and cast iron might prove equally as good as one made entirely of wrought iron in smooth water, and might hold a ship a nd preserve it from the rocks, but as soon as the strain of the storm acted upon it, it would give way where the links were weakest, and the vessel would be lost. That was precisely the view he took of the unequal line of a battle where equale ogagc onfidenceed. Ir one gave way in any notbereposedin place, the the regiments egime position was forced, a n d th e greatest poss ibl e calamities might follow. His wish was. that the whole British army should be formed of wrought iron—that man o pposed to the enemy s h ou l d b e a man on circumstances. (Hear, hear.) And , after all , there was a great differ ewvheorym they could depend under any differ ence between the British soldier and the soldier of any other country in the world. He did not think he ex aggerated the advantages of our own constitution when he said it gave to every man, from the highest to the lowest, a sentiment of personal dignity which it was im possible to obtain under any Government in any other country ; he had a pride in being an Englishman, and he knew thatimf e an a d cte t d ha tl t ie e p o : t irt e of w a om eo a w o ar w d o h o e ld w l o o u o l h d (tA• laugh.) Why that i t was that made were the reaso ns wh i ch made them be hooted at when he re turned home —that his comrades thoesier contumely oorwn to i country amwteoonhingldfiis. fight—those hi hose defy the enemy and presteurmveemeltpyohlefyro ? donoposition ent r ust e d t o them. How diff erent was the c ase with the foreigners Disgraced, aban atwwhhendly: e oe ild gt ui r o eg wb h aatschk driven before.epytro withp had di sgrace d the arms m the army, they w just waheh as well lloff ha a d s No one knew a n y t hi ng about them, assumed, they rem ained q uite as much respected as they were formerly on th e banks of th e Elbe, the Weiser, or the Danube. any Danulliened er standing with any of th e small German. He asked the other night whether there w Powers, but he received no answer. There, however, must be some understanding. There were two classes of foreigners from whom we could recruit—men dis charged from the military service, and men in service. Those discharged from serv ice were absorbed in agricul ture and trade, and other occupations, and th e r e f or e it was in the last degree uncertain how many men cou ld be obtained from that class. It was different with re gard to the men now in service. He would like to know what consideration was to be given to the German princes for selling the blood of their subjects ? Would any little German prince put himself to the inconvenience of giving us the privilege of enlisting his subjects in our ranks without being paid for it That was the consi deration ; and, in common sense and Common truth, was there any difference, in fact, in the consideration we gave to a little German prince for selling us the they insisted as far as possible, and by all the means in ser vices of his subjects, and the consideration the buyer of that it o u detti rtoo n ttfv t hhttoi r i ahaa y lti ddeests , slaves gave to the King of Dahomey. He did not see how the Government could act on different principles on their power, the banks of the Congo and in the banks of the Elbe. If what was it but that? upon that detestable traffic being put down saidai : oa ttn t hmnftkdeedttei defence el fl ti y t axed sh i tnt o ac ie n ci (Opposition cheers.) If these i on the coast of Africa, was it to be endured that they should come to Parliament for a bill to enable them to y establish that very traffic in the interior of Europe For them ha we princes nt oo wouldsreedil o jointheir e r subjects the against a othersl l i a t n o alliance—(hear , assist e(ht endeavouring a h r t , h h e e conflicta r ) t — o t hi induce n d hu oe lie et nt s et nv e i n r at arsot a l e ol i nb b co f o e l eoub e f t idr e o h ei yt t f f t e ch o yt t toeh h s g w saf: e i eg e v m s a ba e o e t a i i h je n ttse l at aa c a ar n t r yrs g d , if, without joining the alliance, they would only take the money to sell the blood of their subjects, he must say that it was a traffic which placed them on a level with t ltmoama t o h ftnbaot e egdai egnri tvrnt x hydeeain t eaii extent the lowest and most debased princes on the coast of Re (Lord Ellenborough) was ready to admit Africa. country given his attention to what he considered the attainment of which he was a subject, of its strength, and maintenance,d m e;time foreign t h amount em n u i o s i t ; of e n S u s pd b h t t nue a u et o as t t f e et or t e s n fy o us that one of the most material points in a state was to we employed foreieners, to that extent we were slighting the • g the principl e and depriving ourselves of th e a d van t ages which were • proaused to an opposite course• for it was an advantage that was incalculable which that system gave us when the peace was concluded, if ever it should be concluded, in having in every village of the country men who had seen war, and who were liable to be called out at any time on military service. He believed that her Majesty's Ministers could not do anything than to introduce foreigners instead of British soldiers. He said instead, because the more easy they found it to get foreigners, the less trouble would they take to obtain Englishmen. The Government had gone to war upon the current finances of the year, they had gone to war with out animals, they had gone into war without a moveable army —a preparation which was indispensable to suc cess, and without which a victorious peace was im. ..21 ..22 ..26 He made it a sort of charge, in the first instance, that we had heard little of the constitutional argument, as if my noble friend was unable to make two speeches with regard to the same bill, without feeling it necessary to reproduce the same arguments ; and having complained that my noble friend did not on this occasion lay any stress upon that argument, the noble marquis pro ceeds to cast the whole power of his ridicule on a consti tutional argument and a constitutional objection, but cer tainly not on one like the argument and objection urged by my noble friend. With regard to the constitutional argument, my noble friend did lay great stress on a former occasion upon the substitution of foreign troops in this country, and their employment in this country, to the exclusion of our own troops. It was to the employment here of a foreign force that the constitutional argument of my noble friend applied ; not that he apprehended eight or ten thousand foreigners in this country would make themselves masters of Britain. What my noble friend said was, that it was contrary to the constitutional pr"nciples upon which this country had proceeded, to give to any Government power to employ foreign troops at home I.i exclusion of the troops of the country itself. If that constitutional doctrine be an absurdity, I hum bly beg that I may take my full share of the absurdity which has been cast on my noble friend. I say in ex clusion of British troops, because it has been admitted over and over again, that you do not embody the militia now, in cmsequence of not having room to quarter them, and yet you are to embody in the country, I presume in barracks—but it would be more objec;ionable if bil leted—a large body of foreign troops fur the purpose of training, and, as the bill states, "keeping up a perma nent depot," at least so long as this war lasts, and occu pying these barracks which are not sufficiently exten sive to accommodate your own troops. The argument which my noble friend used with regard to " expedi ency" went against the adoption or incorporation in the British army of these foreign troops at all. He was first of all charged with having said that it was a degra dation to the British troops to fight by the side of foreign troops. Nobody said any such thing. What really occurred was this. A statement was made by a noble friend of mine not now present, that it was a humiliating and degrading idea to the people of this country, that for the purpose of peace or war its own soldiers were at the very outset of the war insufficient — (hear, bear)—and I think it is a humiliation and degra dation to the country. (Hear.) Nobody said it was a degradation to British troops to fight side by side of foreign troops ; but if it be necessary to have these foreign troops—if.we are to be subject to that humiliation—still there was no occasion for this bill for the purpose of rais ing them. The necessity arising for the bill is that you must drill and train these troops in England, and this necessity especially arises from the fact that you are about to let in foreign troops without the consent and authority of their own Sovereigns—to pick up the refive from all quarters of the globe. The noble marquis says, that for many of our celebrated victories we have been indebted to the co-operation of foreign troops. I ad mit it ; but it the noble lord will follow out his historical investigation, he will find that, in almost every instance, the troops F o co-operatingavere either fighting under the banners, and with the sanction of their respective Sove reigns, or they were fighting in a national cause. At the battle of Minden we might be considered not so much the principals as the auxiliaries. It was fought much more for the German than the English cause. But this is not the case with a body of mercenaries, not act ing under the control of their Sovereigns, but merely paid with your money. My lords, with regard to such troops, I agree with my noble friend, they are not the materials I should like to put by the side of the British army. The noble marquis tells us that he was long ago persuaded that this was about to be a great war ; I wish he had impressed that feeling upon his colleagues. My noble friend does not complain of your disciplining fo reign troops, but of training them in this country, and employing them without any sanction of their own so vereigne. No doubt the Duke of Wellingtcn employed Portuguese and Spaniards during the Peninsular war, but could any one say those troops were not acting in their own national cause ? Two objections have been raised to this bill ; one is, that it is an unconstitutional principle to admit of the continued residence, drilling, and training of organised foreign bodies in this country with a view to their permanently remaining here ; the second is, that as a matter of expense it is unwise to in troduce these foreign troops. First, from the manner in which it is proposed to raise them, we can have no just confidence that they will not betray the trust re posed in them ; and next, because for the paltry purpose of obtaining ten, or fifteen, or twenty thousand German troops, you make a declaration in the face of Parliament and of the country that cannot but give the greatest dis couragement to those efforts which would be made with out stint by your own country, if you did not discourage their coming forward in the manner they propose to do. We have not heard from my friend the Commander in- Chief in what respect he conceives it is necessary to intro duce a difference in regard to punishments in the prac tice here from the practice in India. The English army is subject to corporal punishment, and yet it is proposed that these German troops shall not be subject to the same corp Oral punishment. I think there ought not to be any distinction of that kind drawn. I would ask whether you might not, for the purposes of this war, advantageously use any of the native force in India ? If troops not strictly English are necessary, those soldiers are at the present time most available . ; nor do I think that there could be any solid objection to the introduction of the Indian native troops, in conjunction with the English troops, to the battle fields of Russia. From that quarter you might derive aid without delay. But I wish to ask whether, in the prosecution of this war, we are to look for men or money from our colonial possessions? I saw that the Le gislat ire of Canada voted a sum of 20,0001. to be applied towards the amelioration of the hardships suffered by our armies in the present war. I re joiced to see this, and hailed it as an indication of friendly feeling and sympathy towards us. But your lordships will see that it was only given as a mark of sympathy. This is obviously the case ; for the 20,0001. was to be applied in equal parts between our armies and the armies of our ally the French. Ido not complain of this—far otherwise ; but I recall it to your lordships' recollections that you may see that - the gift was made simply out of sympathy, and was in itself no mark of the allegiance of Canada. It was a mark of sympathy to the cause, hut not of sympathy to the coun try. The North Atnericaa provinces now are in every respect as independent of this country as Ireland was previous to the Union. Tney are, it is true, under the same Sovereign as this country, but their affairs are con ducted by Administrations of their own, under respon sible Governments. They are not habie to contribute towards the payment of the debts of this country, nor are they subject to its laws, but are left to their own local government. They enjoy the same independence as Ireland did at the time I have referred to. But was there ever a war engaged in by this country towards the prosecution of which, in conjunction with England, Ire land was not ready to contribute both her money and her men ? (Hear.) Now, with regard to many of the colonies, I atn willing to admit that the scarcity of their population, and the nature of their employment, might prevent them contributing in men largely towards the maintenance of the war. But this does not apply to the British colonies of North America. They are at the present time in a state of great prosperity and wealth, and with an ever-absorbing population ; and I believe that towards the carrying on this war the North American colonies would, if requested, readily contri bute without payment, if 'necessary; but if you have the money ready, then, I believe, with payment, you would be able to raise immediately in those colonies a certain amount of force to be officered by persons now resident in Canada, and then added to the British army, not as a local contingent, for that would be in accord ance with a system which I do not approve of, but as part of the British army. I verily believe that nothing would gratify the North American colonies more than to be allowed to raise, say, three or four regiments, to be in every respect placed upon the same footing as the British army, subject to this difference, that the period s of service which are now ass ig ne d t o the British army to be passed in this country should, in their case, be so altered that it should be passed in their own country— such service being considered as home service, whilst their service in this country should be considered as foreign service. In ail other respects these North Ameri can i egiments would be on the footing of other regiments of the British army. I throw this outfor the conside ration of her Majesty's Government, and I must say that, looking to the position of these colonies, looking to the prosperity and p r i v il eges th ey enjoy, their immu nity from contribution towards the debts of this country, and the obligations they are under to this country, it does not appear too much to me to ask that they should be ready to testify their allegiance to our Sovereign in joining us in carrying on a war, one effect of whioh may eventually be to render necessary the defence of those colonies as part of the British empire. (Hear, hear.) I believe they would be rejoiced to supply troops to . be considered as representing and forming a portion of the British army ; and such an addition to our forces would not be, and could not b e , cons id ere d b y any one as being an addition of foreigners to our army. I have only thrown this suggestion out for the consideration of her Majesty's Government ; and with regard to the bill itself now before the house, I have only to say that, retaining all my objections to the bill, notwithstanding the speech of the noble marquis opposite, I shall confine my further opposition to saying " no" to its third read ing, in case it goes to a division. I shall not, how ever, divide the house upon it, as your lordships have already, though by a narrow majority, approved of the principle of the bill—and the principle is all that there is in the bill. After a few words in explanation from the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, The bill was then read a third time, and passed. ADJOURNMENT FOR THE RECESS. In reply to a question put by the Earl of MALMESBURY, The Earl of ABERDEEN said that the house, at its would adjo urn to the 23d rising for the Christmas recess, of January. Their adjourned to lordshipthis day.s then, at ten m i nutes past eight o'clock, HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) THE MILITIA. On clause 2, Col. SIBTHORP called attention to the circumstance that the bounty to be given to volunteers was not fixed by the bill, and that the period of service was too undefined, being for the remainder of the war, or six months after its termination. He believed it would be far better to fix the bounty at once, and also to fix some period for the pro bable length of service required. Mr. S. HgRBERT said it was the business of the Sec retary at War to fix the amount of the bounty, which could not be fixed by Act of Parliament, as it varied ac cording to the circumstances under which the men were enlisted. Mr. DISRAELI reminded the honourable gentleman that, in the year 1814, the bounty was fixed by Act of Utiarilant. possible. He said it was impossible, because if they went to war upon these conditions, it was contrary to all the theory of war—contrary to all the expe rience of ages, and to common sense, that they should ever attain to that success which would give them a safe and an honourable peace. But we were told by the noble lord that our reserve is the people of Eng land. Some represented that noble lord as being of all others, from his previous knowledge of the war, the best person to conduct the hostilities. He (Lord El lenborough) knew that a reserve was a body of dis ciplined soldiers, who were ready trained to undertake the active prosecution of the war—(cries of "hear, hear," from the Opposition)—but to speak of having a reserve in the people was to show contempt for the reasoning powers of the people. (Cheers.) But, however, if that. were still the opinion of the Government, let them make their appeal to the people of England, and not to the people of Germany. (Renewed cheers.) Moreover, the time for that was a time of difficulty. But that we should now be in difficulty was entirely owing to the laches of the Government, who hail neglected to make that necessary provision without which success in the war c-uld not be obtained. There was point on which he had not yet addressed their lordships, but on which he thought it would yet be necessary to ask their atten tion, he meant the general conduct of the war. Ho thought it would be his duty at the earliest possible moment to state his sense of what had been done, his opinion of what ought to be done, and his deep convic tion that, unless the war were conducted on military principles, the conflict would be most fatal, and the re sults would not only disappoint the people, but bring the greatest calamities on the country. (Cheers.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that, although he had taken no part in the debates on this bill, and as he had accidentally hoard all the speeches of the noble earl, he was induced to take this last opportunity of this bill being before the house to state the grounds on which he supported it, seeing the importance which was at tached to it—not an undue importance in one sense, but a very undue importance in another, from the incredibly exaggerated apprehensions (cries of "Hear, hear," from the Government)—which apprehensions, the more they were looked at, sifted, and observed—apprehen sions which, when the phantom of fear paraded on this subject came to be analysed, when the light was held to the spectre which the noble lord had raised, would be found to vanish into air in the same way that the best accredited spectres— (laughter)—had always vanished. (Hear, hear.) Upon this bill he was anxious to state his opinion on both the points of view which had been observed in the noble earl's criticism, both of them of great importance. He would take the first point to which the noble earl in his first speech in opposition to the bill seemed to attach the greatest importance, but of which the house had heard less in all his subsequeet op position—(cries of " Hear," from Ministerialists)—viz., the constitutional objection. They had rather less of that objection that night than they had hitherto been accustomed to hear from the noble earl. (Laughter.) They might hear a good deal of it out of doors, be cause the people did not understand the provisions of the bill ; and, that being so, he honoured and re spected the people for it. Such a thing in this house was ridiculous, but he honoured and respected the people for their jealousy lest, through means of this war in which they had engaged in defence of their constitu tion, that constitution should be destroyed—especially when they were told by noble lords in that house that they were about to be tyrannised over by a body of Germans. (Cries of" Hear, hear," and laughter.) That was the phantom. The noble lord had forgotten that there was no period during a war with this country when the constitution had not been violated in the very man ner proposed by this bill, and violated without all the precautions taken here against ultimate injury—from the wars of the Duke of Marlborough to the wars of the Duke of Wellington, which comprehended a very con siderable space of time—during which time every bril liant action, every successful campaign, owed its success to the very means which were again proposed. But did the Duke of Wellington or the Duke of Marlborough de precate the use of such troops ? It stood to reason, and accorded with the very nature of war itself, that when we took part in a great military struggle, considering the habits of this cenntry, and the means which it pos sessed—which, thank God, had never been a great war like country with a large standing army—when called on to begin the war, we must begin it with the means on which we could immediately lay our hands. He was rather surprised that the noble earl, among his great employments, and the high subjects which engaged his attention, should take notice of what had fallen from so insignificant a person as lie (Lord Lansdowne) was— (laughter)—but it did so happen that in the course of the last session, in describing to the house his sense of the magnitude, importance, difficulty, and possible duration of the war, he did take the opportunity to state his opinion, and to find that, on all these points, the noble earl agreed with him. And now, whatever differences existed before, the whole world were agreed upon the immense difficulty of the war, and the power of the enemy, too much overlooked at first, with whom we bad to contend. We were now become aware of the great resources which the enemy possessed ; but he be lieved we were equal to him iu the power of our navy — equal to him in the extent of our wealth, and the st aht m nohai o mn u gsu n oss t utw o nh f rdei c o n ripi u i io r nliide r t bhc s iula • iaar ild n dt r eop c nte e :uomi s i an . nmtetobeeint r ed: y. Russia .t iwuet h si st e lwih r atb e euwartotii h i e must say that, when the noble earl treated the pursuits of commerce contempt,tsamittinheuoircetehhfwo means from which Parliament derived the power with wh atrd i st c hho h naede t p h irr e iere y .: had entered into the great conflict for national honour. (Cheers.) We were, he said, equal in respect t, those tslcp(bp s :e r o4:oo ) lniniuir e psl:istet e riunats t oaiisbote:slglte:afl i tt:pa n tedieoe,oireahnnisnrhnta , se . eai v huslotnb h i ich Russia surpassed us, for Russia had o tersatl nsni un()oeianswered, measure, ndewivbeseit were trofeepesrdt. lust e sooT b baetc u ylhsohl but saepei tarpm:ehtl oppose that we means—in numbers ari thes asndwtswhen might e—hagar rruci great it army wasul etrtNweyovn incompar ably cylsha u i kdkei t , en, Eng land con flict y y er l flict ? Did the noble lord think that this country could turn out an equal number of armed soldiers to fight the legions of Russia ? (Hear, hear.) We had never had a war in which we had not employed auxiliaries ; and always with the greatest advantage to success, and with out any inconvenience whatever. But then, though that were so, they were told, that to employ such auxi liaries was, first, highly unconstitutional ; and, secondly, that it was highly inexpedient. Why were they to be deterred from employing such forces ? It was not the object for which these men were to be employed which was to deter us, but the possible use which might be made of them by her Majesty Queen Victeria— deeply interested in the war with Russia, and in the suc cessful prosecution of that war—if she should suddenly divert these means from their purpose, and, the better to disorganise the means, should launch from the depots the men which occupied them against the people of Eng land. But, in the opinion of the noble lord, the British yeomanry and the people of England would be found to be no match for these foreigners in defence of their liberty. (Loud laughter.) Why, if the noble lord had stated his thoughts out of doors to the barber of any village, or the farmer of any district, he would be told that that was the substance of his apprehension. (Cries of "hear," and laughter.) He might remind them that, during the time of King William the Third, the Dutch Guards were very gladly employed in the war without any fear whatsoever as to the constitution of this coun try. But the first mention of that apprehension was to be found upon the accession of the House of Hanover, when men dreaded the adoption of principles which were inconsistent with the British Constitution ; then it was that the first enactment against the enlistment of foreign troops was passed. But, before the country could en gage much further in a war that required any great military exertions, the necessity of foreign troops was immediately felt, and Parliament hastened to make pro vision for their employment. The noble earl not only wished this country to do everything alone, but said that it would be a degradation to the British soldier to have a foreign force, perhaps somewhat inferior, fighting by our side. Surely the British army might see a well trained and disciplined force—either German, Spanish, or Dutch —fighting by their side without any feeling of degradation. The Earl of ELLENBO ROUGH-1 assure the noble marquis I never said so. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE begged the noble earl's pardon. The remark was not made by the noble earl, but by some other noble lord. With regard to the ce, he w th ou e l b d a g u o le b o a f ck m t i o nd th en at . remarkable employment scenea foreign o f British r On that occasion the English army was extremely in ferior in numbers to the mercenaries in our pay, but they were not on that account at all discouraged in the battle. Three British regiments made a charge, which he (the noble marquis) mentioned now because they were regiments which had transmitted their glorious name and character to their descendants—he meant the Innis killings, the Blues, and the Scots Greys. When they leader, they t e h ri e n y it m te a d de to the ad c v e a l n e c b e rat u e n d d c e h r a a brave rgeof and theda g y a , ll a a n n t t i they certainly did not enter the conflict with less hope, confidence, and satisfaction, because they saw associated with them in their bravery and glory, and animated by the same spirit, regiments of Germans, Hanoverians, Hessians, and others. (Hear, hear.) It was the infinite importance of bringing every well-trained Englishman into the field, and to procure every means of carrying on the war, that the Government now felt themselves called upon to pass this bill. It was intended for the purposethe most of extensive enabling scaleth e . m I t n 6 o l 80engageehs his sy wishedi n the Majestyto w ado by contests onex pressly enabled to do what her ma j this act—to alter the war regulations so as to make them of service to the nation. He therefore trusted there would be no objection on the part of any of their lordships te this bill. It only gave a small extension to the privileges which her Majesty already enjoyed, and would be attended with great service to the public. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY—My lords, having already, on a former occasion expressed at considerable length my objections to the bill, I should not have thought it neces sary to trouble your lordships on the present occasion but for the speech just delivered by the noble marcpsie. I must be permitted to say that I cannot but think the noble marquis, in commenting on the speech of the noble earl (Ellenborouh), and on the speech which that noble lord delivered on a former occasion, has departed from that courtesy which generally characterises him. (No, ne.) When he talked about arguments used in this house as being positively absurd, and stated that what. ever respect he might entertain for opinions of the kind used by the noble lord out of doors, he entertained no respect whatever for the expression of such opinions in doors. The noble marquis, in using that language , took up a po s iti on w hi c h, I thi n k, even his high character does not entitle him to hold, nor do I think he has been exceedingly happy in the ridicule he has sought to throw upon the 'constitutional argument of my noble friend. CH. ...17 ...19 Mr. S. HERBERT—Yes, but tint was a very special case. Mr. HILDYARD suggested that the wife and family of a militiaman, serving abrOad, should not be removable during the period of his foreign service. He thought that the expense of maintaining the wife and family ought to be borne by the Consolidated Fund, and in that case it would operate as a bounty to induce men to volunteer for foreign service. Lord PALMERSTON said it was a mistake to suppose that a greater number of militiamen were married than of men serving in the line. He believed that the contrary was the case. The preference was given to unmarried men volunteering to go abroad in the militia service. In reply to nr. HENLEY, Lord PALMERSTON said ho would propose to substi tute " five years" instead of an indefinite period, such as " (luring the remainder of the war," as the period of ser vice for volunteers. The amendment was then agreed to. SIBTHORPCoI. moved to leave out the words, "that such bounties as s h a ll h e f rom ti me t o ti me fi xe d by the Secretary at War," and to insert, "that it should be dis tinctly and definitely fixed as the full amount of bounties to be given to each non-commissioucd officer, drummer, and private soldier who shall be disposed to volunteer Ilia services. Mr. S. HERBERT said he thought it would bo unwise to fix either the maximum or the minimum of these boun ties. Mr. DISRAELI said that he thought that the Govern ment ought to be left unfettered in this respect, and, there fore, he hoped that his hon. and gallant friend would not press his amendment. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 3,4, 5, and 6 were agreed to. On clause 7, Col. SIBTHORP moved that the clause be struck out. Viscount PALMERSTON said that he could not a g ree to the motion of the hon and gallant gentleman. He had no doubt that colonels of militia, like his hon, and gallant friend, would be quite in their place as colonels of batta lions abroad. But inconvenience had been found to arise when a full colonel of militia was in garrison with a lieu tenant-colonel of the line, and, therefore, he had laid it down as a rule that militia regiments should only bo com manded by lieutenant-colonels. Col. SIBTHORP said he wished to know in what poll' tion he was to be placed? Viscount PALMERSTON said that a gentleman of the rank, influence, and social position of his hon. and gallant friend, would, he thought, be more beneficially employed at home than abroad. (Hear, hear.) He should have every confidence in his gallantry at the head of his regiment if it went into action, but his services might be more Toe luable at home. (Hear, hear.) Col. SIBTHORP said that this opinion of the noble lord would give but little encouragement to militia officers. Lord HOTHAM said that he wished to put a question to the noble lord. It was now intended to send certain militia regiments to serve in foreign possessions, and there were many officers in that force who held her Majesty's commis sion in the army. In all cases of regimental duty the senior officer of the militia took the command ; but it was a com mon thing fora major in a militia regiment to have su perior rank in the army to the lieutnant-colonel. The., rule of the service was, that in general duties the officer 0 1 higher army rank took the command. Her Majesty's Go verument had encouraged old officers of the army to enter the militia; and, after having so encouraged them to serve, it would be unjust to place them in an inferior position to that which they would have occupied if they had remained in full pay in the regular army. He did not wish to cast any reflection on the militia officers, but he thought that the position of officers in that force, holding her Majesty's commission, should be recognised just as if they had re mained on full pay. The noble lord concluded by moving a proviso embodying his proposal. Lord PALMERSTON apprehended that the proposal of the noble lord would not be consistent with the established law and practice of the army. The noble lord (Hotharn) was aware that all officers in the militia who had been in , the army must be upon half-pay, and that they could not accept positions in the militia except upon that condition.. He apprehended, therefore, that, upon that ground, no such officer could exercise military authority under the Mutiny Act over any portion of the army that might be stationed at any foreign garrison. The provisions of the Mutiny Act would require an entire change if the provito of the noble lord were adopted. No officer on half-pay could exercise military authority unless he was upon that. staff. That, ho (Lord Palmerston) conceived, was of itself a sufficient reason why the proposal of the noble lord ought not to be adopted. The arrangements which had been proposed in the bill were precisely the same as those that were made with regard to the militia in 1814, and he WO afraid that any advantages that might arise from the pre position would be more than counterbalanced by the incone• veniences that it would occasion. Lord HOTHAM would not press his proposal if her Ma' jesty's Government were not disposed to agree to it- He begged to observe, however, that the noble lord him' self had admitted that there was no partiality whatever between the present state of things and that of 1814. The arrangements were totally dissimilar. He conceived that he had simply asked for justice with regard to those half pay officers that might serve in the militia at foreign garrisons. Col. NORTH submitted that the officers in question would be placed by the Mutiny Act in exactly the same position as the officers of the line. Cul. DUNNE did not apps:ehend that half-pay officers would suffer much by the omissit.so of the proposal of Lord Hotham, because he did not thlnk that many half-pay officers would accept in the militia , a position inferior to that which they held in the army. (hear, hear.) After some further observations, the proviso was nevi.. tived. Clauses 7, 8 and 9 were agreed to. Clause 10 was omitted. Clause 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 were agreed to. Clause 16 was omitted. Lord LO VAINE moved a clause, the object of which was to prevent the disembodiment of that portion of * militia regiment which was not sent abroad. Mr. S. HERBERT said there was nothing in the ant tending to such disembodiment. Mr. BANKES thought that after that explanation the noble lord might safely withdraw the clause. Lotd LOVAINE would not press it. Mr. BANKES moved a proviso, to the effect that net more than 15,000 militiamen should be sent abroad. Lord PALMERSTON did not think it was likely thet so many as 15,000 would be required to be sent out, but he thought it would be better not to fix any particular limit- There appeared to be au apprehension, for which there wa s no foundation, that the whole of the militia would be Ben i abroad. No limit was fixed in the Militia Act of 1814. Mr. BANKES said that a limit was fixed by that ft 4 t; and that the number was 30,000; and, as he wished to shoo that the house was not less vigilant than the Parliament (af 1814, he therefore proposed to fix a limit. (Laughter.) The proviso was negatived. Mr. FITZROY moved a clause, the object of which was to make subalterns in the militia of five years' standing eligible to the rank of captain, without property qualifimy tion. Mr. H. HERBERT thought that a standing of three years ought to he considered sufficient. Mr. C. BRUCE thought that it would be better to with draw the clause. Lord PALMERSTON said it should be borne in mind that past service would be counted in the five years, and , as there had only been 28 days' service in the first year, be did not think that five years should be considered too long a probation. Mr. J. G. SMYTH thought that some retiring alloW• ance ought to be made to subalterns in the militia. The bill then passed through committee, and was r('' ported, and ordered for second reading this day. THE ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Viscount DRUMLANRIG appeared at the bar, in the uniform of the C om pt ro ll er o f th e H ouse h o ld , an d brought up her Majesty's gracious answer to the Address : " Your loyal and dutiful address has afforded me much gratifica tion, and I thank you for the assurance of your support to those measures which I consider necessary for the vigorous prosecution of the war, and which I tru s t, with your as sistance, and under the blessing of the Almighty, may le ad to the re-establishment of peace Upon a sure and lasting foundation." FINANCIAL STATEMENT. In reply to a question from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, Lord J. RUSSELL said that it was not the intention of the Chancello r o f th e E xc h equer, to make any financial statement before the recess. SLIGO BOROUGH. Mr. WHITESIDE moved fur a copy of the indictment found at th e l a t e ass i zes for the county of Sligo aga i ns t Michael Gethin, Henry Simpson, and James Simpson, directed by this house to be prosecuted for certain graYa offences by the AttornerGeneral for Ireland. After a few words from Sir J. YOUNG, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. WHITESIDE obtained leave to bring in a bill t amend the laws relating to juries in Ireland. CLERGY RESERVES. Mr. NAPIER moved for a copy of the Clergy Reserve Bill, now before the Canadian Parliament. Ordered. PRINTING. Mr. FITZROY moved fora select committee to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing executed by order of this house, and for the purpose of selecting and arranging for printing returns and papers presented in pursuance of motions multi by members of this house :—Mr. Strutt, Sir J. Young, Mr. G. Hamilton, Mr. J. Greene, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gas• kell, Mr. Hume, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Mr. Sothoron. Three to be the quorum. THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, this bill was read a first time, and ordered to be react a second time to-morrow. Mr. DlSRAElJl—Concluding that the printed copies of this bill will be in the hands of hon. members to-morrow morning, I shall, for the sake of facilitating public business, not object to the bill being read a second time to morrow evening ; but, in saying this, I shall be sorry for the noble lord to conclude that I approve of the measure, as I intend to offer to its passing my most uncompromising opposition. (Hear, hear, and Opposition cheers.) The house adjourned at a quarter past eight. FALMOUTH, Dec. 18.—The steam-transport No. 132 put in here this morning, a gale with N.N.W. 'wind prevailing, and thick showers. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the Eth inst., at Crocken-hill, the wife of the Rev W. Gardner. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 18th inst., at 33, Lowndes-square, the lady of Sir Henry Bt. John Mildmay, Bart. MARRIED. 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