The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-24 00:00:00

CHAT iCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before the LORDS JUSTICES.)
A rTORNEY.GENERAL V. MARDUCII.
In t •
ter Ills case, in which the Court delivered judgment yes-
tioil 4Y. Mr. Rc at moved this morning to suspend the execu-
we of the de tree until the congregation of the Low Chapel,
ted by it, could have time to consider what course they
trsalce in tier the circumstances.
The oeuct TOR-GENERAL opposed the motion.
''es COURT refused to interfere.

EXC HEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
The c DAVIES V. WARING—JUDGMENTS.
trial in (311 t T was of opinion that there ought to be a new
ofthe4, ease. The question was whether, as the service
ras proved by the fact of there being a
that and an ; appearance to that declaration, it was necessary
.o." further evidence of the service should be given, or
whether fur ther evidence might be dispensed with. The
ir.tirt was n at entirely unanimous upon this question, but it
ki°ll,ght thei 'e ought to be a new trial, in order that the point
t./.gat be ag tin raised, and the parties have an opportunity of
I,Log the I vinion of a Court of Error, or that if the fact
Zao that th, ire had been a service of the writ, the plaintiff
ght have an opportunity of proving it.—Rule absolute.
IttiALFREY V. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
In this ac tion, which was tried before Mr. Justice Maule
k
41,eiceater; Mr. Macaulay obtained a rule for a new trial.
e CoUF T was of opinion that substantially the verdict
toenn the first count, and that it was impossible to resist
u conclusi ,on. that that must have been the case. The
)41111 had looked over the correspondence, and considered
atten Lively the summing up of the Learned Judge;
tlo it was of opinion that no objection could be taken to
thiLitt ning up. Under the circumstances, it thought
raka- the r ale to Otter a verdict on the first count should be
e abaci lute.—Rule absolute.
This MARKS V HAMILTON.
Upon WI is an action against the Sun Fire-office, to recover
tit; 11 Po licy of insurance the amount of loss sustained by
gad-4T 0 xford-street. A verdict was found for the plaintiff,
Attorney-General moved for a new trial, on the
a:rld tt iat Marks had no interest in the property. He had
0.!.4 an 13 asolvent, and after he obtained his discharge he
ared the property which he insured with the defendants.
Zia disc barge under the Insolvent Debtors' Act was subse-
'vently ked evo .
"6 C, )uaT was now clearly of opinion that as Marks was
eposes sion of the property, and was apparent owner, re-
in ins to those who were the real owners, he had really
14„1118 art ible interest in it, which was all that was necessary to
"Ire st the trial. There woold, therefore, be no rule.
Rate
refused.

BELLAMY V. MAJORIBANRS.
ti In u is case, which was argued a few days ago, the plain-
toLlM trustees of an estate, sought to recover from Messrs.
4T and Co., the sum of 2,596/., the amount of a cheque,
Was crossed " Bank of England, to be paid into the
• not ; of the Accountant-General," and which, it was
iteu , the defendants had improperly paid.
on," COURT said, as the question involved in this case was
1.,0„,°_,f very grave and serious importance, the judgment
to„'",1 be deferred for a few days, as it was necessary ti use
jn't erable deliberation, and to assign reasons for that
th,arc eat, but all the members of the Court were agreed that
rti le should be made absolute for a new trial on the pay-
• nt of costs, and they mentioned their determination to
meanttx, a rule thus early so as to enable the parties to proceed
-v at the first opportueity.
Thi COUTTS V. WILLIAMS.
1 COURT refused a rule for a new trial in this case.

RLBRO'-STREE T—( THIS DAY.)
Rls lEN/0113 DETECTION OF DEFRAUDING.— William Wil-
cons, an errand-boy in the employ of Mr. Merry, fancy
aret touseman, 380, Oxford-street,
w- as charged. before Mr.
hard wick with abstracting sundry monies from the till of
nployer.
It appears from the evidence adduced that Ws master had
occas ion to believe that a regular system at thievin had
bee n for some time carried on by the prisoner. By means
of .a mirror fixed in a certain position the prisoner
was ob-
seri ..ed to be shuffling at the contents of the till ; and es-
teri ty he was found beyond doubt to be guilty of taking the
Mor I,v, inasmuch as sundry coins, marked by mr Merry
ft 1 iipur before his arrest, were found upon his person but
NU!. HARDWIC6 remanded the prisoner for a week.

C LERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Tyro men, who gave the names of Smith and Brown, and
wt man who did not give her name, were charged with as-
-44,9 ing a gentleman of the name of Eleridge, and also with
ntly assaulting Policeman 31 E.
o 'te police-constable stated that this morning, about two
ek, he heard a noise in Red Lion-passage, and upon pro-
ceed iug there he found the female, who was drunk, and the
Dris4mer Smith, striking Mr. Eleridge in a most shameful
1:144 men Upon interfering to prevent the noise, Smith
ltr,r ied round and struck him twice violently in the mouth,
444 before he could recover from the effects of the blows,
're W came behind him and knocked him to the ground. He
irLat in plain clothes, but not on duty at the time. The gen-
"lean who was first assaulted did not attend this morning.
t
0
e were also examined, and -9 accounts of the transaction, one stating that Mr. Brown
°eked the constable down, Smith at the time being in cus-
-'4, while the others gave quite a contrary statement.
witness of the name of Sulivan, a carver and gilder,
14it ed that he saw the constable knocked down. This
thtliees was subjected to a very severe cross-examination by
cprisoner's solicitor, and he stated in answer to questions
't he had been in the comp spy of the policeman assaulted
'1,43 eight o'clock the previous evening. They had been
hon ling about, and had also been into the Wheatsheaf
vh, se, where they had one or two drops of beer. He was not
"" It was termed a " juvenile policeman," nor did he go
ut •
alth lYing to get up cases for his friend. He was certain,
sevt°llgh he had been in the policeman's company nearly
T'Lhfiotp? that he had not been on the " look out..'
te„ oheitor having addressed the Bench and pointed out
Mrthscrepances in the various witnesses' statements,
it • Tifitwearr stated that, es the gentleman did not
arer , and the policeman said to be assaulted was in plain
comes, d did not when he went up tell them that he was a
~.._!-ible, he must dismiss the charge. He did not mean to
-„;`,11 t.hat a policeman off duty should not iuterfere, but he
The
parties
then parties acquainted
with what he was.
left the court.

PaErten ExILBs ix JERsEY.—General Leflo, one
:
orf the victims of the French coup d'etatt has taken up his
;"21denco in Jersey. Generals Changarnier Lamoricier
te,
eB47(itieedean are daily expected to arrive in that island to
VESTIVITIES AT WYNTARD PARK.—Thr. nntliver-
altrY or the birth-day of the Marchioness of LoudonderrY
&tWas celebrated at SVynyard Park, on the 17th instant, with
at splendour. The numerous distinguished guests were
littiltsad sumptaously.

S eiRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING PAFtitS OF THIS DAY.
i TIMES.--Eaeh successive step of 0=.7 Cievernment
which Louis Napoleon has inaugurated in France under
ties specious title of a restoration of authority and a pa-
tri,-;tie exercise of power, rev2els character eeith
more cf,rtainty, and di closes semo lower depth in that
abyss towards which the chosen ruler of so many Mil'
limas of men turrying not only himself but his coun-
try. The bold and unscrupulous tiger:Ts who staked
their lives on the 2d of Doe tuber against the liberties
of the nation, and wou that venture with all its dis
graceful accompaniments, are already superseded by
men more unscrupulous and pliant, if not more bold
than themselves. After the exploits of M. de Morny in
the course of the last 50 days, we did not tAaticipsto that
his retirement from office would be a subj,ct of regret
to France or to ourselves; bat when his character
and abilities are contrasted with those of his suc-
cessor they assume an air of relative respectability.
lie has fallen, at least, mere honourably than he
rose, for he refused to sanction the decrees of plun-
der and prescription which appears in the same _Muni-
teur that appoints the new Minister of the Interior.
On the same ground M. ltoecher retires, and, what is of
more importance, M. Fould. Every barrier is now re-
moved which partially arrested the personal despotism
of Louis Bonaparte, not; indeed, with a view to the in-
terests of the country, but wiJi a more enlightened re-
gard to his own prospects, and the first fruits of this
fresh coup deka, for such it must be termed, are already
and instantly vi,ible. M. de Maupas (who has won his
favour at the Ilirectum do Police by arresting and de-
porting without respect of persons or of law every man
who was bold Enough to be feared or great enough to
be suspected) now comes forward as the Fouche of the
new Imperial Cabinet; whilst M. de Persigny, the secret
adviser and most constant adherent of Louis Napoleon
through the vicissitudes of his life, stands forth at last in
the presence of the world to sanction the infamous de-
crees to which M. Casabianca has affixed his name. We
have witnessed with constant and profound regret

the humiliations to which the lbte revolution

has subjected France ; but we speak no more
than the sense of every high-minded French-

man in saving that the lowest and most incredible insult
she has undergone is till appointment of ayJrsigny to
. _

be the (Thiel I`:itnister in hel:Governiment. Tue reeaoval
of M. Fould will be found to be the precursor of the

financial experiments for which we have lung prepared
our reader:, but which he has hitherto firmly end pru-
dently resisted. The blow which instantly followed these
Ministerial changes, and may be regarded as the principal
cause of them, is the virtual confiscation of the property
of the Orleans' family. This scandalous and unpar-
alleled act of plunder is announced in the columns of the
Moniteur of yesterday, with an Equal contempt of the
rights of private property and of public law, striking
with the whole force of despotic rapacity upon the pro•
party of a noble race, whose only offence is that they
are rich, banished, and defenceless. It is confiscation
without form of trial, seizure without a pretence of
legal warrant, spoliation without an imputation of
direct hostility. The property transferred by
Louis Philippe to his children when he ascended
the throne, and which was the undoubted inherit-
ance of his ancestors, restored to him iu 1814, is
resumed by the State; and as the Orleans' family are
declared incapable of holding property in France, the
whole of their vest hereditary domains, including the
Conde estates now enjoyed by the Duke D'Aumale, pass
away from them or roust he thrown under most disad-
vantageous conditions upon the market. To render this
proceeding still more despicable and odious, the funds
thus wreatei from their lawful owners are openly to be
converted into donatives to- the army and benevolences
to the people; even the Order of the Legion of Honour
is to be degraded by a distribution of money; and nut
even the pretext of the public interest is retained to
screen the enormity of this profligate appropriation of
private capital. The Goverement of Louis Napoleon is a
caricature of the Consulate and the Empire, and this mi-
serable plagiarism may be detected even in its crimes.
The First Consul took a mere fierce and audacious mode
of venting his hatred and his resentment on the Princes of
the Royal blood of France. "He seized the Duke
D'Enghiee on a neutral territory, and murdered him in
the ditch of Vincennes. The guilt of Louis Napoleon
differs from that of his prototype as the crime of a
cutpurse differs from that of au assassin. He cannot
attempt the lives of men beyond his control and who
have given no sign of activity since the catastrophe of
1848; but he finds their fortune at his mercy, and he
takes it. He takes not only the estates of the House of
Orleans, but those of the House of Conde. Has it ever
occurred to him to remember by whose treachery and
barbarity the young heir of that gallant race was
butchered? or how it came to pass that the, wealth of
the last Conde—a childless and afflicted man—passed
into the hands of a stranger? One would have thought
that the blood upon the name of Conde would have ar-
rested even the audacity of a Bonaparte. But the blow
aimed by the uncle at the personal gallantry and in-
fluence of the exiled Princes is repeated by the nephew
under the more convenient form of a depredation; the
one shot the heir, the other seizes his inheritance.
Both acts era dictated by the same policy ;
both have been consummated with the same
utter disregard of justice and law ; both are
intended to convey to the world a fixed determi-
nation to crush what cannot be subdued. Let it at least
be remembered to the honour of the Republic, and even
of the bad and visionary men who plunged the French
nation into its present condition by the destruction of
the monarchy, that no such action was so much as
thought of by them. Whereas now that the largest pro-
prietors in France are despoiled by mere decree without
a shadow of legal authority, or' even a charge of active
hostility to the Government, there is not a peasant on
the land who holds his dearly-earned fee by any better
title than abject submission to the will of the Executive;
and to find any parallel or precedent for such a violation
of the rights of property we must turn to the revolutions
of the Ottoman Empire. Even the property of the
emigres in 1793 was only confiscated on the pretext of
their refusal to return to their country; but the Orleans
Princes are first banished by the arbitrary decree of one
power, and then plundered by the will of another.
On personal grounds such proceedings would he
thought shameful; what are they, then, when considered
as a part of the public policy of the ruler of France?
To restore confiscation to the penal code of politics—to
supersede the law by insolent decrees—to assume a
power of persecution beyond the limits of all morality
and justice—to seize and appropriate the spoils of those
who spared the life of Louis Napoleon himself when it
was forfeited by the laws of his country—are the mea-
sures not of a Government, but of a revolutionary force.
Under pretence of subduing the revolution, Louis Napo-
leon has only invested it with supreme authority. For
such actions there is no defence; there is even no mo-

five, but the ambition and rapacity which suggest them,
and the impudence which accomplishes them. Where
such things can be done there is no law; where there is
no law, society itself is in the throes of revolution. No
man will dare to predict what to-morrow will
bring forth, either to his country or to him-
self ; for that wholesome confidence in our
own rights which is the first gift of freedom is wholly
at an end. But we know that the whole force of the
French Administration, backed by a vast army and a
swarm of unscrupulous agents, is now in the hands of
men of whose judgment and whose conscience we enter-
tain the lowest opinion. These very acts sufficiently
denote their incapacity. They want the moderation even
to play their own game, for even amongst their adhe-
rents in the work of despotic government, not a few will
recoil, like M. de Morny and M. Fould, for wholesale
robbery. They are making themselves as hateful and
obnoxious as the Revolution itself to every civilised
state in Europe. And, lastly, they are affording a signal
triumph to those who, like ourselves, have uniformly
foreseen and predicted that the coup d'etat of the 2d of
December would give birth to no stable Government, but
to a reckless and insufferable tyranny, destined to perish
in the accumulated blunders and crimes of its lawless
and, we hope, its brief career.
ADVERTISER.—We refer our readers to the latest
intelligence from Paris. Louis Napoleon, of whom at
one time we had hoped better things, now stands before
France, Europe, and the world, a despot of the first
magnitude. No words can express the indignation
which every British bosom must feel at the frightful
which he has introduced. lie has in-
astuagtueraotf ny
edtyrhaisncareer as Prince President, amid cir-
cumstances of despotism to
which even
Louis
Napoleon,
the
of St. Petersburgh are strangers.
a word, is the most absolute ruler of his day. There
is, however, one consolation remaining—this new Reign
of Terror cannot last long. We cannot believe that
Providence will permit a protracted existence to the pre-
sent state of things in Paris.

The Duke of Beaufort, we are happy to state, con-
tinues to improve in health at Badminton Park, and his
Grace is expected in Arlington-street on Monday week, to
attend the Earl of Derby's grand Parliamentary dinner, in
St. James's-squ ire, previous to the opening of Parliament.
Viscount Dupplin, who arrived in town early in the week
from Lord Stamtord's sporting seat, Leicestershire, to do duty
with his regiment, the Ist Life Guards, leaves Beaufort
House to-day, to join the family circle, including the Marquis
and Marchioness of Worcester and family, staying at Bad-
minton.
Berger of Holywell-street has just published a
cheap andxh authentic view (on steel) of the Building fcr the
Great E at New York, engraved by authority from
the design by Sir Joseph Paxton, with a description of the
Building.
The Rev. William Henry Davies, ALA curate of
St. John the Evangelist, Westminster. was yesterday
vacant by the death of
de Park-corner,
ewood.
rs of that institution,Pvael Hy
belyeettheedgcohvaeprinaoin
iof St. George's Hos ital
London has appointed his son, the
Gfreorg
thei n
Rev.th e jc. i tly' .
George Blomfield, M.A., late curate of
the Rev. :ey .
Bishop J .
Frederickß . h 0
otfheStd.
eAatlhphoafg,
ofit
was working
Barnes,HofucohninosSn:,e.. t renderedo vacantthAet rectoryby
THE STRIKE.— .
the engineers in their righteous s
men, at their room, King-astreet,eWernstemeitninstger,
should .
una-
nimously resolved—"
trugpledges
uoiiltudsseoti futytt sup-
portormanuncyhand oppression ; and if the employers .
longer,stetes where labour
mtheeetsmietsndutoe
reemwal this the
meetingU n te d
"—W. Wm.
will raise a subscription to aid them in so doing.
LIKAISON, Secretary.
ExcplinCit'S
VICEREGAL COCRT.—yesterday their -
grdra;teantdo
the Lord-Lieuttnant and the Countess of Clarendon left the.
Viceregal Lodge, and took up their residence for the season at
Dublin Castle.

THE Courr.—We understand that, according to
present arrangements, her ]Majesty and Prince Albert Ivill
arrive at Buckingham Palace early on Monday, the 2d of
February, from Windsor Castle, to nimain in town until the
following day, when the Queen Will return to the Castle, and
come to town about the 14th or 15th of the same month,
until EaQter. Her Majesty, it is understood, will proceed in
state to the new House of Lords at two o'clock on Tuesday
week, to opzn the session of Parliament in person. The
eleventh anniversary of the Sovereign's marriage will be ce-
lebrated at Windsor by public dinners, &c,; on, the 10th of
the ousuiDg lizekAth.

NATIONAL DEFENCES.
BY AN OFFICEI OF ARTILLERY.

I So nTuchl93bern said and written of late about
the defenceless state of England, and the ease with
1 which our wilrffticurs could subjugate us, as in the
good times of :y the Conqueror, that it is
worth while to inquire what plait of attack they
would fellow, and what means we have to repel such
an invasion. Le i'yron Emile Maurice de &lion,
captain of engineers in the French army, some time
ago published a plan for the conquest of England,
which it may not be unprofitable to repeat in a con-
cise form, adding a few suggestions on the best way
to counteract them.
The Baron bases ilia armament on the data laid down
by Napoleon, and n,ssumes that 150,000 men are the
true number required. If, however, in 1804-5 that
number was necessary, surely the increase of popula-
tion and intelligence would now require a larger force
to subjugate us.
The invading army is to consist of :
lufantry... 110,000
Cavalry ... 22,000
Artillery ... 13,750
Engineers 3,000
Baggage train ... 3,050

Troop horses ... ...
Dreught,„ ... •••

Field guns ..•
Siege ditto ...

151,800

22,000
35,806

57,806

Carriages of all sorts „, 7,376
These troops, with ammunition, engineer stores,
and provisions, are to be mustered, one half at Cher-
briurg, and one half at Brest. The next thing is to
provide for their transport across the Channel. For
this purpose he enumerates the French meet as it
stood Ist June, 1850 :

SAILING VESSELS.
Ships of the Line* ... ... 24
Frigates ... ... ... 38
Corvettes ... ... ... ... 30
Brigs ... 44
Transportst ... 38
Cutters, Sloops, Ste. ... 50

AUXILIARY VESSELS,
Frigate (40 guns) ... ...
Corvettes ...
Sloop ...

STEAM SHIPS.

- 224

- 4

Frigates ... 21
Ship (960 horse power) ... 1
Corvettes, Ist class... ... 2
Corvettes, 2d class ... ... 20
Packet boats, &c. ... 53

- 97

MERCHANT SERVICE.

Steamers ... 291
Sailing vessels ... ... 362
Ditto ditto

- 657

Total ... ... 982
* 74 to 120 guns. j-500 to 800 tons.
450 to 640 horse power.

To these he *adds—

291 commercial steamers as transports and tow-
boats, though we doubt if there are so many fit for
service in France. Besides this, the transport of the
army would require 368 sailing vessels, of the
greatest possible tonnage the merchant service could
afford.

The army he divides into three corps d'armee :-
Ist. 184 vessels, carrying 32,000 men, he directs on
Bristol, which he expects to reach in 30 or 34 hours,
or at the rate of nearly ten miles an hour from
Brest. 2d. 210 vessels, carrying 43,000 men, he
asserts Na ill reach Plymouth in 17 hours from Brest.
3d. 584 vessels, carrying 76,000 men, are expected to
reach Rye in 14 hours from Cherbourg.
No resistance is expected at Bristol.
At Plymouth the line-of-battle ships are to bom-
bard the town, while the troops and large guns land
in Whitesand Bay, and the place is to fall after a few
days' siege.
Having thus secured his communication with
France the Ist and 2d corps proceed toward London,
taking Portsmouth on the way, M. Maurice assum-
ing that the wretched lines of Gosport could be
forced by a coup de main, and the dockyard burnt
and destroyed from that position.
The three corps then united to march on London,
and if; as our author anticipates, 60,000 or 70,000
could only be found to oppose the invaders, it is not
difficult to predict the fall of the capital and eventual
subjugation of the island.
We will now proceed to point out a few of the diffi-
culties which M. Maurice seems to have overlooked.
The Baron's calculations of success are based on the
attack being kept secret—this, we conceive is impos-
sible ; first, because he proposes to employ the whole
French navy (many of which are now abroad). A
long time would be required to man and fit out the
ships out of commission, and to navigate some of
them from Toulon to Cherbourg. Secondly, on ac-
count of the inconvenience and notoriety of with-
drawing from regular trade such a number as 291
merchant steamers, and 368 large merchant ships, and
concentrating them in two Channel ports, to say no-
thing of the delay attending coaling and unloading.
The troops of the third division, which are to land at
Rye from Cherbourg are to be sent from Paris partly '
by rail ; they would, however, have a considerable
march to make, in some instances 140 to 170 miles,
so that, even allowing that no alarm is created by the
two large fleets assembled at Brest and Cherbourg,
still, after the troops were actually set in motion and
embarking, some days would elapse before they could
proceed across channel to the points of disembarka-
tion ; but for argument sake we will suppose that the
intention to invade this country is only known for
certain six days before the troops arrive off our coasts;
this, surely, is allowing the French every chance.
To oppose these three corps dorm& landing at
Bristol, Plymouth, and Rye, we have at home about
60 line-of-battle ships, 50 frigates, 100 corvettes, &c.,
100 war steamers, and 1,184 merchant steamers, one-
half of which, say 500, would be available as trans-
ports and gun-boats.
As it has been proved that a line-of-battle-ship
can be ready for sea at each of our large ports in
three days, it is but fair to suppose that, before the
six days alluded to above were over, we would have,
with the ships already in commission, 2 sail of the
line, with 10 large steamers either at Cork or at
Pembroke ; 4 sail of the line at Plymouth, with four
war steamers; 4 ditto at Portsmouth, with 10 ditto ;
some from Southampton and a much larger fleet
augmenting daily at Sheerness, drawn from London,
Woolwich ,and Chatham.
Some people will say that such a fleet cannot be
manned in so short a time at the three naval dock-
yards of Pembroke, Plymouth, and Portsmouth. The
marines and coast-guardsmen would form the prin-
cipal number, whilst, by liberal pay, say 31. a month
for six months only, many sailors would join from
Liverpool, Bristol, and Southampton. To man the
principal fleet at Sheerness, the interest, energy, and
patriotism of the merchants of England must be de-
pended on.
These four squadrons, viz , Pembroke, Plymouth,
Portsmouth, and Sheerness, would immediately attack
the enemy's ships; the three first merely engaging
the transports and smaller ships, but not the line-of-
battle ships.
The Mediterranean fleet would receive orders to pay
the south coast of France and Algeria a visit, and the
Lisbon squadron would sail for the Channel. But let
us even suppose that the French troops have- landed
without any very great loss on the seventh day.
Their 30 or 34 line-of-battle ships would soon after-
wards have to engage our combined squadrons, num-
bering by that time, with the Lisbon ships, some 24
line-of-battle ships, with many war steamers to sup-
port them. Their communication with France would
land
certainlyb
woulde find to oppose
precarious
them. snow see what the
forces
Exclusive of the marines, which would be required
to man the fleet and the dockyard battalions, which
number about 5,000 men, we have in Great Britain
and Ireland about 85,000 men, viz, :

Men.
Regular army, of all arms 36.000
Armed out-pensioners
Yeomanry Cavalry
Irish armed constabulary

• 85,000
At least 40,000 of these troops are stationed in Ire-
land, but it must be remembered that in the Baron's
plan the 2d corps d'arnige is not to arrive at Bristol
till six and a-half days after the landing of the 3d
division at Plymouth, so as to allow that corps
d'armee,time to take the place, and move out and
join the Ist corps on the great western road ; so that,
allowing some delay at Portsmouth the three united
corps d'armee could not possibly be ready to move
on London till 14 days after the full knowledge of the
intended invasion was known in England. Surely, by
that time 20,000 of these troops might be sent to
Pembroke and London by steamers and railroads. Of
the troops in England, say that 40,000 Would, by that
time, be available at the theatre of war, thus there
would be, with the dockyard battalions, at least
65,000 regular troops. It is but natural to suppose
that great exertions would be made during these
fourteen days to increase our military force. The
most efficient of the out-pensioners would be called
out, and officered by
old officers. It is calculated that
nearly
30,000 old soldiers could be raised in Eng-
land. The small farmers, gentry, and gamekeepers
could also be formed into companies of about sixty
each, under command of some influential sportsman.
These volunteers, armed with fowling-pieces and cut-
act as light infantry behind hedges,

walls, &c., but not in regular bodies ; these coin-
! panies being drawn as much as I nssible from the seat
Of war and the capital, ally be estimated at 4,000
men, and would be exempt from drawing for the mi-
litia. Thus there would he nearly 100,000 men in
the south of England, some 20000 in Ireland, and
5,000 in Scotland. The militia w,ould be called out ;
but though 85,000 men would Ums be obtained, still,
for some time, they could onl, be lobked ca as a
reserve force. _

Let us now look to the poin is of disembarkation.
The Ist corps, 32,000 men, are to land at Bristol six
and a-half days after the arrival of the 2d corps at
Plymouth. It would have no s; tfe harbour for the
ships, and if the approach to th port of B:istol, up
a narrow tide river, with very high banks, was not
defended, still this division wo aid leave in its rear
Pembroke dockyard, corninunice :ing with Ireland and
Liverpool, and with unlimited cc ommand of trwasports
and steamers.

The 2d corps landing near Plymouth 43,0C,0 men,
it would find a small fleet read to annoy and retard
the landing. As we have sup posed that the attack
would be known six days previous, it is not impcobable
that with the present garriso, i dockyaral baatalion,
out-pensioners, and troops from Chester and aurming-
ham, together with the local vol unteer marksr nen, the
garrison could be augmented t( ) at least 7,0 00 men.
Most of these troops should tithe up defenshre posts
to cover the dockyard ; heavy stationary bat teries of
ship guns must cover their front, and every impedi-
ment thrown in the way of the Preach troops pene-
trating into the interior, or receiving any saapplies•
The protracted defence of Plyniouth would le of the
greatest moment, as the let and 2d corps cun ld not
advance till their rear was sure ; in the msa ntime,
every exertion should be a, z
11(Ao at Portsmot ith to
augment the squadron, and cut off all commtani .cation
between the 24 corps and Cherbourg.
The regiments at Chichester,
New-
port, &c., would be called in, , Winchester.,
and with the :present
garrison, dockyard battalions, pensioners, and. volun-
teas, would render the place defensible. As :for the
coup de main on the Gosport Lines, tt would b Al most
dangerous step to take. Tnat they could not r .sist a
regular attack is quite certain, but there is no reason
why two advance line-of-battle ships might not be
enchored as floating batteries; above the ( aurence
card, to fire in front of the lines, whilst hen sta-
tionary batteries of ship-guns would be mow at ed in
a few days all along the work-i. The attacking K force
week' have to advance against a heavy fire of-: artil-
lery to escalade : a very serio us thing, witness New
Odeaes and Chillianwalla.
The 31 corps d'armie is the principal one, and lands
at Rye 76,000 strong.
The garrisens of Chatham, Woolwich, and S beer-
rms could safely be withdrawn, leaving the do(ii yard
battalions to protect these places (the whole ),i`rench
fleet being already employed). The cavalry d eilOt at
Maidstone and the regiment at Brighton wo ald fall
back, whilst some artillery and infantry sla maid be
sent to augment the garrison of Dover.
All the troops near London, and those a riaiving
from Ireland and the north, might be concentr: ite d by
rail about Reigate, at the point of junction of the
Dover and Brighton Railway; it is probable la) at in
eight days after the troops leaving Paris, Which is the
earliest period that the 3d corps could possil ybe
ready to advance from Rye, our army vrould a) n ount
to at least 30,000 men, viz.:—

Met 1.,
Foot Guards ...
... ... 3,0()0
Regular Infantry ... ••• ••• 10,0( )0
Out-pensioners ... .„
... 6,01)0
Regular Cavalry ... ... ... 4,01)0
Yeomanry ... ... ••• ••• 3.0 i )0
Artillery (at 10 men per
guna*) gun-200
... .
... ..• 2,0( )01
Volunteer Marksmen, 40 companies,
SO men
...
... ..• ••• 2,4( )0

Total ... ••'
30,4( )(I,
At the same time, an army of reserve coi al d be
formed near Reading, and conzmunicatin. g k r rail
with the division at Reigate, and the garrisons 1;c• the
south and west ; thus, in 12 days from the op el ling
corps c, mild
of the war (some time before Ist and 2d
possibly have got in communication with the 3d
corps), would number 29 100 men; viz.-
0 ,
500
Regular Infantry
... ' • .
Out Pensioners ... ... 2,000
.....
Do. new levy
... ••
...
20,000
Regular Cavalry ... .
1,000
::.• 500 50- g uns.
Artillery Pensioners
600 Volunteer Marksmen ... '''

29,100
The military state of the country would the m be,
supposing the enemy had landed without much 142 .as—
At Pembroke and South Wales—About 6,000 men,
partly drawn from Ireland, with a small sque hi iron,
threatening the rear of the Ist corps, and obi iging
part of that army to remain at Bristol.
At Plymouth—lf not relieved, probably holdi: 3g in
check the 2d corps for some days-5,000 men.
At Portsmouth--Prepared to resist the atta ;...k of
the Ist and 2d corps d'armie, or attack the fla, ak of
the 3d corps near Hastings-7,000 men.
At Dover Castle—On the other flank of thee 3d
corps, with a small garrison.
The army at Reigate-30,400 men covering L on-
don.

The army at Reading-29,100 men, ready to co-
operate with the above-named troops ; these tw D di-
visions would be stronger than the 3d corps dm ruz
which would have to detach a considerable for ye to
watch the garrisons of Portsmouth and Doverr sand
cover their open camp at Rye.
The militia and volunteers to form a third camp at
Birmingham.

It is to be hoped that the difficulty of invtdi ng
this country has been pointed out
pretty clearLy in
this sketch of the campaign. Every advantages has
been allowed the invading forces, and little or n D re-
sults supposed to occur from the
use of our
pow er ful
fleet, though this is all but impossible. Ten to one,
the 2d and 3d corps would, on leaving Cherbothrg
and Brest, fall in with our ships of war, and Huf fer
'
severely, especially their transports. The delay in
landing would be fatal,
as every da would add to
our power of defence. The Ist corps, arriving in the
y
Severn six and a-half days after the proposed lauding
at Plymouth, would certainly have to engage the
Pembroke squadron under the greatest disadvantriges.
—Morning Post.

.
* it will startle many officers to see 200 guns. put
down with the troops at R ;
--e.gate, and 50 at ReaCtin g;
especially when it is known that throughout EnA•la nd
and Ireland we havo now only 56 field guns hor ,ec t—
but some of these guns
.shoul,
Such as 8 andLi be pieces of position.
10 in howitzers, and 12 and is piece br ilss
guns on siege carriages —with the vast means of tr‘s ns-
port at command in tho capital, the moving. tr ese
guns into battery would. be easy. Messrs Chaplin and
Horne, and Messrs. Pickford, would contract to d'..', the.
whole. It must also. be remembered, that England. with
its hedges and inclosures, is not a country for r apid
movements of artillery. and cavair.,
y so that these h( iavy
batteries would require only a few real artillery men,
whilst the drivers and horses
combatants. There are plenty
might in most cases be non-
theof guns and harm )s:i, but
number of
the Board of Ordnan carriag
ce.es in
store can only be kn3vin to