The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-31 00:00:00

THE MILITIA

The amegal Militia Lai received orders for imme-
diate embodiment, and are to bo sta.ticned at Bally•
shannon.

The Tyrone Militia was to proceed to Omagh ye.qer•
day, there to be stationed.

The Pant Artillery, assembled at Dover Castle, under
the command of Lieutenant• Colonel Cator, for embodied
service, muster 200 strong. They are practised in gun-
nery, and with a little more drill will form valuable :izi-
lia,rits to the Royal Artillery corp 3 in this important
branch of service.

A change has jast taken place in the West Essex
corps of Militia. Captain Pearson, who had been the
Adjutant since the formation of the regiment, has re-
signed, and is succeeded by Captain H. Piercy, late of
the 6th Regiment, a gentleman who has seen' 16 years'
active service, and who was in the principal battles
during the Indian campaign. The men of the corps are
being ♦ery actively trained, and already assume a mar-
tial deportment. 115 privates and the majority of non-
commissioned officers have volunteered for garrison duty
in the Mediterranean.

The following movements have taken place in the East
Suffolk Artillery Regiment, the head-quarters of which
are at Ipswich :—A detachment of 115 for Tilbury Fort,
134 for Landgward Fort and Harwich Redoubt. Inde-
pendently of the staff, not more than 100 gunners and
drivers remain at the depot. The numbers required to
complete the full complement of the regiment are 179
gunners, 6 corporals, and 5 sergeants.
The itoyal Wiltshire Militia received the intelligence at
Portsmouth on the 24th inst. that the Government had
accepted their offer to serve in the Mediterranean. On the
25th the ♦olunteering took place with much spirit, the
numbers sworn in being 29 serjeants, 28 corporals, 12
druntmer;, and 575 privates—total, 644, At the urgent
request of Lieut.-Col. Lord Methuen, commanding, the
regiment has been struck off garrison duty for one week,
and the men have been granted leave of absence for that
period. The regiment is in high spirits at the prospect
of foreign service, and all the preparations are made for
the formation of the service and depot companies.
The men belonging to the lst Devon Militia have been
supplied with their muskets. In consequence of the de-
crease of the numbers, by the sending home 200 married
and the ♦olunteering of 75 into the line, recruiting par-
ties have been sent into the North of Devon to obtain
♦olunteers, and in several places they bare been ♦ery
successful.

The King's Own 2d Tower Hamleti Militia have been
summoned by Captain Gay, the Adjutant, to muster in
the London-fields, Hackney, at 9 o'clock, on Thursday
morning, the let of March, to be embodied for permanent
duty. . . .

The Royal South Lincoln Militia, one of the first em-
bodied, which received so high a compliment at the
half-yearly inspection from the present Deputy-Adjutant-
General of the army, and which gave nearly 160 men
chiefly to the Guards, has been surpassed by none in its
promptitude in coaling forward in the present emergency.
Long before the calls for volunteers were made the offi-
cers of the regiment, with Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., and
Lieutenant-Colonel Fame at their head, proffered their
personal services to the Government, which were
acknowledged in handsome replies fro n the Duke of
Newcastle and Lord Palmerston. Out of 59 men at
head-quarters 370 names were forwarded to the Norse
Guards last week. About 50 more have since volun-
teered, and it is expected that, on their services being
officially accepted for Corfu, the regiment will go almost
to a man.
The Royal South Down Regiment, now mustering
upwards of 300, is stationed in the Newry barracks, and
commanded in person by the Marquis of Downshire.

THE NEW BILL FOR THE REMOVAL OF NUI-
SANCES AND PREVENTION OF DISEASES, £c.

The new bill " to Conselolidate and amend the Nui-
sances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts of 1848
and 1849" has been printed, It is endorsed with the
names of Sir B. Hall, Bart., Lord Palmerston' and Sir
117. Afilesworth, Dart. The number of its clauses
amounts to 62. The first clause repeals the acts 11th
and 12th Victoria, chap. 123, and the 12th and 13th
Tictoria, chap. HI., saving proceedings in progress.
The execution of the act is to be intrusted to the local
authorities, and the nuisances " abates.ble" include all
filthy, unwholesome, or dilapidated houses and pre-
mises, all foul or offensive pools, gutters, ditche;,
cesspools, drains', and aslipite, ; all animals
" se kept as to be injurious t i health," and all de-
caying or offensive accumulations or deposit!. An in.
spector of nuisances, with a salary, is to be ap-
pointed by the local authorities. Clauses 14 to 20 pro-
vide for the removal of nuisances in the regular legal
course—the penalties for contravention of orders to abate
nuisances being 103. per diem, and 20s. for " infringe-
ment" of such orders. Clauses 21 to 33 provide for the
cleaning of ditches by the surveyors of highways, the
coverinu of open ditches, the prevention of the sale of
tainted meat, poultry, and fish, and the abatement of
nuisances from offensive trades or processes —such as
candle-houses, melting-houses, slaughter-houses, and
bone-houses under a penalty of 51. per diem. Clause 34
empowers the Privy Council to issue orders from time to
time directing the provisions for the prevention of
diseases to be put in force in England, or any part
thereof, for six months or less ; and clause 35 empowers
the General Board of Health to carry out such orders, by
issuing regulations for the speedy burial of the dead, for
house to house visitations,
and for the dispensing of
medicinew, and the supply .of medical aide to persons

" It is due from the committee to Mr. Smith to ac-
knowledge the punctuality with which he has paid his
rent for the two years he has held the theatre, and that
he has commenced a new season with a corresponding
punctuality, and it is upon a full conviction that he wilt
continue to fulfil his obligations so honourably that the
committee rest their expectations of having the means
to discharge the claims consequent upon presenting the
public with a nearly new theatre, both internally and
externally, at an expense of about 2,0001. The present
entertainments are of a popular nature, and looking
through the dramatic world, Mr. Smith has no reason
to be dissatisfied with the support he receives from the
public."
The report was adopted. •
On the motion of Lord W. LENNOX, the thanks of the
meeting were voted to the chairman.
The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compliment,
referred to Mr. E. T. Smith as the best lessee they had
ever had for the theatre.

Mr. BEANEN agreed with the chairman, and moved a
vote of thanks to Mr. Smith for his exertions to please
the public taste.
Mr. PYIIFINCH protested against such a vote, as he
thought the character of the performances provided by
Mr. Smith did not deserve it, Horsemanship and ope-
ratic performances, although they might have enabled.
Mr. Smith to pay the rent, was not calculated to raise
the taste of the people, and were not fit for a national
theatre. (Oh, eh.)
The Own2rAN had much pleasure in supporting the
vote, believing Mr. Smith had done his best to promote
the interests of all parties. (Hear, hear.)
The vote having been carrried by acclamation,
Mr. SMITH returned thanks, urging the support
yielded by the public as the best argument in favour of
his management of the theatre. (Hear, hear.)
The meeting then separated.

DURATION OF ENGLISH MINISTRIES.

The following account of the names and the duration
of the various A.dministratimis which have governed
England since the passing of the Reform Act of 1832
may, at this moment, be interesting to all parties. The
Ministry of the late Earl Grey held office from Novem-
ber, 1830, to August, 1834, and was instrumental in
carrying the bill for the reform of the representative
system. On the resignation of Earl Grey, in August,
1834, the WhigCstry was modified, and Viscount
Melbourne was iced to the office of First Lord of the
Treasury. This • •stry was dissolved by William IV.
in November, 1834, when Sir Robert Peel was sum-
moned by the King from Rome to form a new Govern-
ment on moderate Conservative principles. Sir Robert's
tpnnro of offlep, however, was brief, for in the following
April (1835) the right hon. baronet was defeated on the
fiuneus "Appropriation Clause" of the Irish Titbe Bill,
and Lord Melbourne once more resumed the reins of
Government. This, the second Melbourne Ministry,
endured from April, 1835, to Aug,ust, 1841, or upwards
of six years, exclusive of the week's interregnum in 1839,
when Lord Melbourne temporarily resigned, and was
reinstated on the refusal of Sir R. Peel to take office
under nyrt tin cireurnstaeces which need not now be re-
verted to. In the rummer of 1841 the Whigs were de-
feated in two Parliaments elected under their own aus-
pices, and Sir R. Peel formed the Administration which
asultri
cpsepeettoridtn:
dr18:8 lastedl
carried. the principle of free trade, and was eventually
G Lordy thef
Tr from
mhsne
Jcßeuusnsseiso,enlfsso4Af6,di ttLsnoi
Administration, which
when a defeat on the 18 2,
Militia Bill induced his lordship to
resign office. Then came the brief Administration of
the Earl of Derby and the "country party," which
lasted about nine months. It was dissolved just before
Christmas, 1852, and the Earl of Aberdeen succeeded as
the bead of a Coalition Ministry. This Administration
hes lasted a little more than two years. It will be seen
that the second Ministry of Viscount Melbourne held
office for upwards of six years, that of Sir Robert Peel
(the second Ministry) nearly five years, and that of Lord
John Russell nearly six years. During the period in
question—viz., from 1834 to 1854—three appeals were
made by existing Ministries to the public opinion of the
nation—by the usual constitutional course of a general
election. Thus, Sir Robert Peel dissolved Parliament
in December, 1834, and the result was a considerable,
but not adequate, accession of Parliamentary support ;
Lord Melbourne dissolved in 1841, but the country re-
turned a majority of 100 against him ; and the Earl of
Derby's appeal to the people, in 1852, was, to judge front
the result, similarly, though not equally, unsuccessful.