The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-12 00:00:00

mental Gnulle en tonally applicable to the candast
of tb. iloprente Goverment towards the Legislative
Body. Unless tb. Burnton sad his Widnes
allow the Legislative Body greater ladled@ of
draconian than it bas hitherto enjoyed, sad Waste
an extended freedom of eleatione, M. Bumarrur's
admirable Omelet will read like a severe eatire of
the Imperial system of government.

Ws entirely sympathise with lir.Luam
WILLIAMS in his anxiety for redneed military esta-
blishments and reduced national expenditure in
time of psalm c and se we see that Russia has
already followed our example, sad has released
the expo demi* General LtIDERS emnsanded
daring the war, and bound herself to abide. by
the &Weise of a majority is the approaching Con-
ferences, the time, we may trust, is arriving when
domestic' considerations may again be allowed to per
Bail is fling the extent of force to be maintained in
pesos by this country. At prompt, however, it is
very dear that that happy time has not quite strived,
and that Lord Penn= is is this unenviable position.
that be has to provide against external matingencias,
and has had, in a period of pease, to encounter the
doubts and uncertainties of an armed troop.

But, although we agree with Mr. WILLIAMS in
praying for the advent of an immediste opportunity
to died a large reduction in the Inoome-taz, he
appears to se hardly to appreciate at their full value
the rednetiona already effected by the disembodiment
of no lees than 70.000 Militia, by the diesharp of
the Finis. Legions 16,000 strong, by the return of
tie Turkish Contingent, a fares exceeding 20,000
men, to the &nun, and by the divination of the
regimented the Line which were engaged in the war,
to 1,000 rank and Ale. Reductive. to this extent
were, no doubt, the clear duty of the War Depart-
ment. But the temptations to spend public mosey are
so gnat that a Minister who merely keeps his hands
oat of the public purse deserves some credit. And howl
great the obstetricians to military redactions I. this
country are, may be estimated by the mistime Lord
Pciatuin eaantatered in the prompt disbandment of
the Militia. Nearly the entire press of the kingdom''
objected to the dispersion of so Au an army of
NM, and the whole Irish representation, liberal and
illiberal, combined to insist on Ireland being made as
exception to the proposed disembodiment. Happily,
however, Lord PAnxtris was firm even when moms
of his colleagues wire for yielding to Irish premiere,
and at ease pat a stop to an expenditure ender We
single heed of so less than 3,000,0001. a year.
Although differences of opiaion may arise as to
what is a salloisat military establishment to be here-
after maintained is time of peaty, we cannot And
'videos, in acts like those we have jest noticed, of any
strong desire on the part of the Governmeat to beep
up an anneossearily large army. On the contrary,
they are rather calculated to inSpire a hops that the
permanent policy of the Government will be tem-
perate es regards military establishments.
As to the policy of the Court towards the Army,
we codes, we very much agree with Mr. WlLLuma*

in thinking that is a ooneti;tional country like this
no especial preference ought to be Mown by the
SOVEREIGN for any Denim The interest taken
in the Army by Royalty during the war was
natural, proper, sad encouraging. But the lees
Royalty la time of poem interferes with the Army
the more popular it will be I and unless it is popular,
it never will be either eadisient or ellideat in a
country whom jealousies and easpiciam are so easily
mend m aim