The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-05 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

At the recent inspection of the Ist Devon Militia at
Newport, Sir J. Cloete, the commanding officer, paid
the following compliment to the admirable condition
of the regiment :—" Colonel Fortescue, you may in-
deed be proud to command a regiment in such a state of
efficiency as the one which I now see before me, and
most sincerely do I congratulate you. Your equipment
is perfect, your steadiness under arms, the manner in
which your men execute their movements, and their
smart and cleanly appearance have perfectly astonished
i again repeat it would be a
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that
me. I did not expect to witness what I have this day
mileitiLain; indeed,Line.
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th I
have been astonished at what I have seen, and I shall
bring it prominently under the notice of the authorities."
The Royal South Down corLast week 120 men joined theps.now numbers 434 men.
the Artillery, 58 the 46th, Line, of whom 53 selected
and 9 the 20th •
Regiment.
Orders were ieceived on Thursday for the West Nor-
folk Militia to hold it
Aklershott. I; self in readiness to march for
Lieut.-Colonel C
to Aldershott between 500 ustance will take with him
and 600 men.
The West York
yesttrday at Liverpool Militia, about 700 strong, embarked
in the sailing ship Tudor, from the Bramley-Moore-dock,
. p udor, which took her departure in
the course of
will u the day for Gibraltar, where the troops
undertake garrison duty.
A let

ter from Calais say a tiller practice is about to
be carried on here with large guns on a hew system,
which, it is said will possess a very long range. One
gun has already arrived here, which weighs no less than
3,926 kilogrammes (nearly 4 tons). The bore is grooved,
and it is expected that it will send a ball to a distance of
5 kilometres (34-miles). Another gun of a different kind
is also expected, from which conical balls will be fired,
and will have a still longer range than the former. A.
report is current here that the Empero.i intends to be
present at some of the experiments.

HIGH WA'rifft AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tai' DAT —Morning' 2 min.after 5 Evening 29 min. aft. 5
To-4emm —Morning 53 mto.ofter 5 I Evening 27min. aft. 6

was it then ? Fear, nothing but fear.
Fear based on Alma and inkerman !
Fear, founded upon the consciousness that
her resources are rapidly diminishing
fear, produced by the knowledge that her armies
are perishing—fear, arising from the belief that
the strength of the Allies is steadily increasing—
fear, emanating from the conviction that if We
persevere, we must be victorious ! Therefore, she
has recourse to diplomatic wiles and State in-
trigues !" This is so true a picture of the motives
and feelings of Russia that we can only feel sur-
prised that the Right Honourable Baronet should
have assented to such truckling to Germanism,
such obsequiousness to Russia as we have all
along exhibited. He has shown himself perfectly
alive to the consequences of such proceed-
ings, and yet he has been ab initio a
member of the Cabinet, by which they
have been not merely sanctioned, but con-
ducted. He truly declares that " a recreant
peace would be especially dangerous to this
country ;" that " a dishonourable peace would
make every man of English descent, every colonist
of Great Britain, ashamed of the humiliation and
pusillanimity of the mother country, and would
tend to convert the feelings of affection so strongly
expressed towards us by our colonists at the
beginning of the War into sentiments of contempt
dangerous to our Colonial dominion." Why,
then, should he have assented to propositions
that showed Russia she had nothing to fear ?
that required no real guarantees for the future,
and would naturally inspire that dangerous sen-
timent in the hearts of our colonial brethren.
We shall, however, be quite willing to forget the
past if he act for the future in accordance
with the opinions thus clearly and unequivocally
expressed.
The Hon. Member for Glasgow struck the right
chord when he declared that the only terms which
ought to be accepted would be the destruction of
Sebastopol, and a full indemnification for the ex-
penses of the War! This is the only safe, the
only honourable solution of the difficulty. We
may find it indispensable to insist on more—we
cannot be contented with less. The speeches of
Lord ELCHO and Sir E. B. LYTTON were deserv-
ing of the highest praise ; while that of Lord
CLAUDE HAMILTON, the step-son of Lord ABERDEEN,
casts additional light on the causes by which We
were suffered to " drift into war." As yet the dis-
cussion has been eminently satisfactory, and we
only hope that the conclusion, both as to the
sentiments expressed and the numbers recorded
in the division lists, if one should take place, may
be equally so. We shall look forlvard to the
result with hope and confidence, as one worthy of
Great Britain, and showing that the opinions of
the people are properly represented in Parliament,
and that they will be fully and completely car-
ried out in any arrangements that may be en-
tered into.