The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-17 00:00:00

TILE_ MILITIA.

Mr. DISRAELI ;iithed to call sitantion to en order in
munch' which appeared in laiet Tuaiday's mom. niling
thecalling out of a number of militia regiments for the pre-
sent year. lie observed the order was dated on the 25th of
June, befic o the arrival of the news from India. Ile begged
to welt whether the ineertein of it iu tho oar .v•tr, of the 14th
inst. was a matter of inadverteuee, or whether it was
sanctioned by the government.
Lord PALMERSTON said the order had not been Maned
inadvertently, but after full deliberation, and for I<lo.oo.
which appeared tobirn perfectly good. A groat number of
the militia regiments had been embodied during the last leo:
yeare„ and it woe therefore deemed untirees.ary to call them
out for the purpose of training with • view to maintain the
die Aldine of the regiment", SA they were considered
tuflleiently drilhal to admit of their not being called
out this year. Oan mown wail founded on financial
coneiderations the house wail aware that the government were
oompelkd to at their teat according to their cloth, and make
considerable reductions in the eftctive, in order to keep the
public expenditure within the income, and therefore before
the unfortunate SC,lllriA from India they had determined not
to call nut the militia thi. year. lie pm/email, howevir, that •
the right hon. gentleman wished to know whether the news
had yordacrd Any alteration in their views ; and to that he
would reply that he saw no reason why it should. It there
wee any pooped of the country being involved in war with •
European power, it might be accessary to mill out the militia
to provide for the defence of the country when a huge portion
of the regulars were test to India. Hut all Europe was now
i perfectly tranonil,and there waano appreheneden in any quarter
of anything likely to involve a European dispute, and there-
fore the government NW no reesen for tailing oat the
militia in 0101,01...1.11 of what took Place in India; the only
object of ouch a step would be to facilitate volunteering from
the militia to the lino, bat the oNeetion was that Melia a very
expentive ni ale of miming a given number of recruits; not
only had they to give a larger bounty, but it aloe involved
the espense of niaintaining the whole of the militia that did
not volunteer; the publication, therefore, of the order to
which the right hen. gentleman had referred, was not the
result of inadvertence but of deliberate coaviction.

IDE DIVORCE BILL

In answer to tir:ll;)wc--

Mr. LAMOUCIIEItE said thegorernment would elate to-
morrow ((tile day) whether or not the Divorce Bill would be
proceoded with on Monday.

EAST INHIAN RAILWAYS.
Mr. WATKIN, who had given notify of a noolution on
the subject of railway.. in India. said he did not wish to de-
tain the house limn the important quentlun before them—
(heir, her)—oltlitingh he was prepared to show that if
proper energy hal lean displayed railways might have been
long since completed to the .11513011 of the recent mutiny ;
and if they bad been it would have been crushed at once.
With the permioion of the Niue° he would p.itponc his
revolution. (Hear, LAY.)
THE PERSIAN WAR.

Mr. ROEBUCK drew the attention of the house to the
subject of the Persian war. Ile complained that the house
had been entirely p cooed over in this wetter, and that it had
a right to inquire into mho principle* upon which the expe-
dition had ken undertaken, for which the expenses
it was to be cal:ed upon to vote had Wen incurred. He
knew the nublo bird had gained—Od knew how—an aseeirot
of opinion in the country, and trusting to it had done whet
no other man dared do; hut et ill he (Mr. Roebuck) had • duty
to perform, and be would raise his voice, however feeble it
might be, end call on the country to point its finger et the
noble turd ' • and he would point his finger et him,
and say filet never since the house of Commies
existed had it been subjected to conduct so in-
sulting as th it which the noble lord hail pursued.
Nothing of no houlting • nature had occurred in the history
of parliament stem Rio reign of Charles the First. We had
gone through %mime, changes nines that time, and the groat
result of all tho resolutions connected with the house was, That
no expenditure could be undertaken., no principle of conduct
poreued by the minister without the boom having some eons
kid over it through the finance% of the country. (Hear,
hear.) Ile was nil surprised at the conduct of the noble lord,
but ho thought the state of India et the present moment
&Medal one of the moat striking refit:nem of the mistakes
the noble lord had made. At the present moment every ono
woe discussing • spiestion upon the solution of which the
very existence of England almost wee at stoke. If we keg
our empire in India, and we might lode it—(loud cries of
No, no.") Ile approved of mho meaning of that "no ;"
it meant no mom than what he did and what
be should leave said ; it meant that the house
loaded itself able to meet this great emergency; but
the house would not deny that it wee • great emergency.
(Hear, hear.) But he had that confidence in his country-
men. lee het that confidence in their indomitable spirit, that
ha believed they would conqu' r—(cheer,) —but at the same time
the noble lord must not be allowed to escape the consequences
of his policy. He repeated, then, the noble lord hail made •
great mistake ; and to use the sdningast language at his com-
mend, he mud the state of India was now the opprobrium of
the noble lord's adminietratios. (Hear, bear.) The noble

had had Mond India to Its present proftton ; en his charge
against the noble lord was not a single one. First, he said the
noble lord bad bunked the Hoar of Commons , that he had
pursued a enures which entirely passed by the hour; that
be had declared war • that he had undertaken
au expedition and mad, peace without akin the
approval or eoraulting the wishes of the bones; that
Ise bad dono all this, in fact, uppa his own authority, sad se
if the house wero nut in ealatemo Soch was the lint
thaw. The neat charge was that the noble had had chosen,
fur mating the House of Common. thus, a ocarina the
moat dangor,iva to Ent/land that had happesed slate the doe•