The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-26 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26.

A tiI'ESTION of no small consequence raised by the
approaching return of peace is--How are the Militia
to be disposed of ? Some appointments to this body
have been criticised, not altogether without cause;
and i.. some districts there have been disagreeable
collisions ; but the conduct of the great mass of the
Militia—now, as in former wars—has been extremely
satisfactory. The conduct more especially of those
corps whose services on foreign stations have been
volunteered and accepted, has been admirable.
Competent judges speak of the Militia in the lonian
Islands and elsewhere as quite equal to the troops of
the Lino. The far greater part of those eitisse-
so:diets must sow, within a very short time, return to
their homes and former avocations; and justice, as
regards them, and expediency, as regards the com-
munity at large, require that the task of disbanding
them should be considerately set about.
An absurd idea appears to bare taken posseesicia
of some people, that as soon u peace is signed the
Militia now embodied will be ipso facto disembodied.
This is not the ease. Without the Qrazx's warrant
not a regiment, not a single man, can be disem-
bodied. The disembodiment will take place grads.

ally ; and thus the men will have time Co look about
them, and prepare for the resumption of their civil
pursuits, whilst all risk of deranging the labour
market by suddenly throwing upon it a large nem-
her of additional candidates for employment will be
avoided.

The effect of the release of .50,000 well-trained
and orderly men, cannot fail to be important, and will
be watched with interest. Soon after the Militia
were first called out, we directed attention to the rapid
and marked change which a few weeks' drill pro-
duced upon the recruits from the rural dietriets.
Stolid and uncouth louts were converted into intel-
ligent men, all whose movements and gestures
evinced a new COOKiOIIIOIIII of their own worth. The
change was not merely external. A certain degree
of thought and reflection, as well se of mere
mechanical aptitude, is required to muter
even the simplest military evolutions. And
in many of the Militia regiments encourage-
ment was given to the men by the commanding
officers to attend evening schools. The *CIO of
ideas of almost every man enrolled in the Militia
was enlarged ; habits of subordination and regularity
were impressed upon him. Even the greater atten-
tion he was obliged to pay to cleanliness and dress
was a valuable practical education. The men who,
after spending one or two years in each a school,
return to industrial pursuits, will bring increased
intelligence to the discharge of their daily tasks.
They will have learnt the value of combined action,
and the neemeity of submission to managers in order
to make that action productive of results. They will be
more intelligent and efficient citizens as well as more
productive labourers. The recollection that they
have for a time borne arms will add to their sense of
self-respect, an important element in the citizen cha-
racter. There is nothing but good to be anticipated
from the gradual absorption of such men among
our industrial classes, which will be the 00IIK•
queues of a judiciously gradual reduction of the
Militia force.

It is scarcely necessary to show that there can be
no eager of this gradual disbanding of the Militia
Wog too bog protracted; that no Ministry can con-
nive to impose a larger peace establishment on the
cosatry then is necessary by keeping the Militia too
long embodied. The money required for the main-
Unease of this Porn wee voted only for a short
pried. It le entirely is the power of the House of
Oommens to determine when its services shall termi-
nate.

ANAPA AND THE

• •
Ms Herald had g communication from Woes-
▪ eat etAss" dated Feb. 29, treating of the great
denwettnt whitest tLM ;artist destroction of that fort by the
Foes* memo created mart the Circaeriaas, and
kaglaillift as details of the Doke of Newcarl.'s visit.
asisailbs exp'osioo, whiels physically Was nothing
at Wags the writer, "moulty may be cansidered es
leis Ots dyed el earatioa of all relat.ons of frisadablp
halms the beach and toe Ciremaiate. The military sub-
hilmilast, Uvalde., sad M. J 1, doctor of the Trench
seing, ass testify haw great was the sympathy of the sons
tabors fee the Preach, 'specially before tots event,
kir bent here had occasion t 3 wake a abort ;aurae,
kite ths Wirier, mad they can speak from 'artists/4i. Bet
EN, I repeat, tide. its greedy *lunged to this reepeet,
sad so give yen ewe proof awes' a thinsaad, I tell
yen that as the employes of tbe Freak Wisdoms were
shad to retire, or rather to escape from Asap*, the Ctr-
easslime had *how* rock decided illhamonr that they de-
portees took pleas with the utmost precipitation, so that
they aural, stiendoned sore thee 100 carriers ad a
groat somber of beeves."
Bitter complaints are mule olio from this 'user, wr, ef the
total neglect os the part of the Turkish sotherittes at Con-
stastisoyle, of the representations addrewed t 3 then N.
socetion the watt of ilea and material; and i: le farther
alleged that Befit Path 6, upon a &maim sdopted by the
"0 I Assembly of the arloa," made an ogee to
Manhal Folksier through M. de Lanett*, Freak arlitary
sulkateedest, of • *Nye of 40,000 asst, or ionic,' the maks
geataatets 'he Isaiatsaaate as long as they should ba um-
-11.41, whether ththeCaneesos or io the Crimea, bat
Ithe la
Maraud did act sera deign to rep:y to thin

Assort ether stateurts relative to t►e Dart of New-
castle's shy at hasps, the observation le attributed to
lair " Nat far WON Uas twirl-tong years put the Eng-
lish 'overseer had Nat int, Cannier Wearable agents,
err, naisietevorstiag trig lastreetree, had done atter"
bat compeerise their awn goverment by their ate.
garottes these last words r brag sear."

The house of Rotheshild at Paris has, it is maid,
aadertskes ik. eonstrectu of 2.000 kilometres of forsiso
railways, basis,: obtains.) tbs onesesioa of it. Lombardia
railways ud impvtast Imes is 111;als.

COTTON MILL DRSTROTED By FIRE.-00 i4lOSdAy
sigbt the eonon mill of Mr. Tetelfall, op'nner and m•
wwfacturrr, Regent•roul, Salford. was discovered to be t•
Are, mid the demos beret with prat fury. In addition le
tbe Salford fire brigade, Mr. Rom, of Manchester, at-
leaded with a large force of Bremen sod fitellWW, nod
saved an adj limits. brewery end some vt.ag.s, which wereion
imasinest denier. The mill was totslly destroyed. end
the lose is estimated at 14,0901, silvered by iosurseei■ in
the Us, West of Reglaad, and Royal Rachaop fire
Ohms- Abort 260 wakosen will be thrown cut of em
ploy by the not rano* occurrence. The tr:gin of the
Ire is not b 00... 134 me mechanics had ►een soaking re
pairs op to 830 p.m. on Monday 'vesting, sod it ie pre
liable Olt a spark mop have falls. from a light used by
tow we In the mill, but nothing is know• with certainty.
REGISTRATION Or Boogs AND OTERR PACKETS
EMIR= LITTIIIII.-08 'he lst April neat, end tbeasefor-
ward, the regulation which forbids the registration of books
end other printed matter, entail', in addition to the reel►
Malice fee, the litter rat, of postage be paid, will be abo-
lished; and soy park•t silty be registered en which the
ordinary postage is l r psld by stamps, together with a re-
gistralest fee of eirpecee.--Ily command of the Poltmeater-
Onieral RowLA ND HILL, therVary.—Heatlll Yet-3fflai,
Much 20, 1946.