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S 7 APRIL. 27, 1852.

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• THE MILITIA 13,114 L.
(From the Times)
Only yesterday morning it was cenifidently reported in
many quarters that the second Millais, Bill would follow
the first, and that Lord John Reisell would atePlY
evenge the manes ot his Own measuri
ven
Mr. alpole's. As his Lordship is isiesumed by many
to have lost his position by the mere, Occident or caprice
of an hour, he bad only to lay hold of the prize, and it.o.
would be once more in his posseasiola esea
61ha& been pet-
tish, he had been undecided, W
he had by the sacrifice of
displayed en
excess of delicacy; but the fit Tfnectitemen off, Rouyn
was Russell again. The evening, however, brought the
astounding result of a defeat, not by a bare
a " working" majority, but by nearly two to one. Sel-
dom have there appeared in these columns figures more
majority, or
ports ntous than those which announce—for the second
reading of the Ministerial Militia Bill, 315; for the
amendment supported by Lord John Russell, 165; ma-
jority for Ministers, 150. Infatuated as we thought the
course taken by his Lordship, and certain as it ap-
peared to alienate from him the best of his followers,
we were not prepared, for a division which indi..‘
eates, not so. much an extensive adhesion to the
cause of the new Ministry, as a
vote of censure
on its principal opponent, Lord John Rtssell cannot
which Ministers
fbymakontents, lose
but learn from it the very great difference between fee-
iibusness in opposition, and the same qesety disguised
ave
oer
os
otni e
a t sanctioned
obstacles,by, po power. The
disposeT he ar
of
their virtue as well as their plausibility in the bands of
mere political leaders; and the bolt which, burled from
the Treasury bench, would have laid all his foes in the
dust, is powerless from the hauds of the private adven-
turer, or the fallen chief.
Bit' whatever the appearance, or the result of this
divisi n, its highest and most uoquestioaable import is
that the House of Commons, being assured by y the prin-
cipal authorities on all sides that something must be
done to Improve the defences of the country, will not
stultify itself by throe ing out, without as effort at im-
orov.-ment, the only measure of national defence before
Parliament. The House of Commons is really not so
much the, dope or the instrument of faction as to re-
solve that the country shall be left in a dangerous
state merely that one circle of gentlemen may be set
up and another pulled down by that patriotic
resolution, So far the meaning of last night's
division is rather negative than positive. We-are not
to conclude, and should for our part be sorry to con-
clude, that the House will accept the Ministerial Bill in
its raw state. That measure must evidently undergo
considerable correction before it can meet the exigencies
of the case, or correspond to the dignity of the British
L. gislature. In passing the second reading, the House
of C.eatnons did not express itself satisfied with the
scheme of paying 80,000 fellows, no matter what they
are or whence they come, a round sum of money to meet
once a year for a three weeks' holiday, diversified with
a few lessons in personal deportment, with about as
much expectation'of being ever wanted to fight as of
being required to encounter the shock of a comet or
any other possible aggressor. The public and the Par-
liam,nt are pretty well agreed that so bald or impotent
a conclusion is hardly worth theexpenditure of a million
or two even in the present hopeful state of the national
finauces. So we cannot doubt that after resolving on a
Hill of one sort or another, by a majority of two to one,
the House of Commons will now apply itself calmly,
dispassionately, and considerately to the improvement of
the present measure, neither rejecing it nor.sparing it
on account of its authors, but taking it on its own merits.
Ot all subjects there is none to be treated more care-
fully than that of the national defences, especially in the
ca.e of this country, which has always been averse to
play at war, and never will play at war, either by
trifling and ridiculous measures or by excess of prepa-
ration. In that sentiment there appeared to be last night
great unanimity, even between those moat opposed. Lord
Seymour, by no means too ready to think for himself,
voted against his chief in the hope of a good measure.
The next speaker, a Moijor-General, supported the Bill,
though with misgivings, and somewhat sternly weighed
80,000 militia wen with 150.000 real soldiers. Indeed,
must of the speakers last night were honourably distin-
guished for a gravity and honesty of purpose, and there
can be no doubt that many who voted in the majority
did so at no coalmen sacrifice of personal feelings
and party considerations, as little desirous to
damage the ex-Minister as to assist the new
one. The arguments of such men deserve more
than common censideralion, and we have seldom read a
deflate of so serious nod patriceic a tune. If, as we are
apt to suppose, the Saco. lon of our contineetet neigh-
bours is fixed on the discussions of our senate, we cannot
help thinking that when they y have got over their first
innocent surprise at our internal divisions they will r, -
cognise in the tone of those discussions, and particularly
in such divisions as that of last night, a pledge of that
deep unanimity which • really binds tooth, r all the
hearts of this country, and
which would make
us all
unite to rep, I the invader. It iii very true that jealotu*
obi.-fa may contend for power,' and that there may be
found men in
.our Senate who think it more necessary to
defend themselves than their country, but that is not
the general policy of the British ntry,
Commons.lt
11,,Use of I
was unite consequence of personal sympathies and anti•
p-ithies, but rather iu sate of them, that 315 men were
e 8-‘"
last night found to pronounce, • 'st t name of
that a seriousa great
project of national defence de-
served fair play.
It is the vital cheraoter of the question which has
reta-red it so disastrous to at least one party chief. Bad
it been a question of law reform, or Parliamentary r"
form, or woation, or educatiese important as these sub-
jects are, peii'ple could have waited quietly till the
quarrel was settled. Bat this is a ease in which all men
Dee aure greed
to describ on the pe.resence of danger which they hardly
ire nt '
ever Majesty was advised to open
'be session with an appeal to the loyalty of her subjects
.r, fresh natioreal defence. Unless seise peril beconfeesed,
Lord John Rwseil's Own measure would be a gratuitous
nuisance. Mr. Roebuck, with
4 usual plainness of
speech, stated the case truly enough when be described
the ea:ion and the ruler against whose possible designs,
end more than probable hostility, We bad to provide.
It .is true that people are hourly saying to one another
what they will not breathe la public. . We fear not
for the Empiree—we fear not for our Constitution,
or for our metropolis. We know the fate of
any army small enough to land by surprise, if it should
advance far enough inland to he surrounded by a British
population—still more it it approached within sight of
the metropolis. Oa this point there is only one opiuion,
es there is also one will among our .fellow-countrymen.
But it, what is by-all means to be averted, a large hostile
tortea should elude the vigilance of channel fleets, com-
manded perhaps by octogenarian admirals, then it is
most desirable that the blow should be struck in the
earliest possible stage of the invasion, before- the foe
had laid waste our country, pillaged our towns, insulted
our people, and destroyed the glorious prestige of invio-
lability which has hitherto graced and even protected
our sail That is felt by all thoughtful and sensible
people; they think that either some force should be
creett d of a purely defensive character, or that at least
our existing land and naval armament should be so dis-
posed as to render an invasion not only unsuccessful in
its remelts, but impossible to-be even attempted. When
that is the work to be done, good people are naturally
shocked to find their rulers simply quarrelling for the
honour of doing it.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
We believe that never since the passing ot the Reform
Bali did a division in the House of Commons cause
greater surprise than that which was produced by the
see of last night. The second reading of the Militia
Bill was carried by a majority of 150 in a House con-
s-stung of 480 Members. We prepared our readers
yesterday. for a majority in favour of the measure, but
certainly we had not the remotest idea that it would
be hall so large as it is. We can state with confi-
dence that, until it was ascertained that Lord
Palmerston would support the measure, Mi-
nisters themselves were apprehensive of a defeat.
But it was not until yesterday morning that it was
ascertained that there would be a considerable majo-
rityi
n their favour. It was the anticipation of this
that deterr. d Sir Grey and Sir Charles George
from speaking against the measure, as they fully in-
te,ded to do ; and the same consideration induced Mr.
Disraeli to abstain from unnecessarily wasting his eios
qu nee on that which was sure to be carried so tri-
umphantly, without a syllable from him. But in what a
pi Lord John Russell placed The
table plight is ,
es afte
, r one of the
leader ot the House of. (Ammo
and most energetic of his
tersest, most laboured,
h hb W c succeeded him,
speeches again" the"" 315 ! .
to be in a minority, ot 165 to
This surely is to
reach the lowest depth ot humiliation. And then as
Palmerston, he is evidently the master of
• egards Lard lord John by way of Ibe situation. He turned out
and now be comes .to
re-
tribution for expelling the
we think
rescue of Lord Derby. In the latter respect,
Lord .Palmerston is entirely wrong. But of this more
on another day. -

The London and Westminster Bank have given
notice that they will rodtv,e the interest allowed to their
CliatOillerg gepoli4, to 00, to; 90 ito.4 Op 4, A46,y.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

REPORTED DEATH OF THE GRAND
DUKE OF BADEN.
We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
No account, says Galigani, had been received by

the German mail of yesterday of the death of the
Grand Duke of BADEN, mentioned by the Public, but
as the illoniteur announces that the intended ball at

,he Tuileries for this evening will not take place in

consequence of the death of that Sovereign, there can
be no doubt of the Government having received intel-
ligence of the event. Th© medical bulletin published
at Carisruhe on the 24th announced that the GRAND

DUKE had fallen into a state of stupor, and that no
hope was entertained of his recovery.
The Moniteztr publishes two decrees of the PRINCE
PRESIDENT of.the Republic; one ordering that all
officers, functionaries, and employes connected with
the War Department shall take the oath prescribed
by Art. 14 of the Constitution, within one month
from the tat of May next; and the other ordering
that the year 1851 shall reckon as a year of cam-
paign, with all the advantages attending such period
of active service in the field, for all troops engaged in
putting down disturbances after the 2d December last.
The year 1851 is, therefore, to be counted with be-
nefit of campaign to the soldiers of all ranks and
arms who were in garrison in the different localities
in which hostilities broke out, or who had been

called out to quell disturbances. Battalions or
companies of no less than sixty-one regiments of all
arms, with seven companies of the Etat Major, &c ,
are to enjoy the advantages of the decree for having
put down the insurrection in the capital. A great
number of other battalions and companies are spe-
cified as having quelled disturbances in several of the
departments. Following this special boon to the
army, there follow the customary couple of columns
full of names of soldiers who have just beendecorated
with the legion of honour and new medals.
The -Mats gives the names of the five members
who, on Monday last, voted against the Copper
Coinage Bill. They are Messrs. Bouneau DE
L'ECLUSE, CHARMER, GOUIN, KCENIGSWARTEE, and the
Marquis DE MORTEMART, The first four names are the-
those of men practically skilled in monetary questions.
ciu
es.
M.BOUHIER DE L'Ecensu, a Legitimatwisrtibtyerprfionrcipuliee,
made himself conspicuous in the Constituententm anof
As-
semblyooan
rsn. a
e. hiss
cH
p Aib speecheslt
aLtsißformerly
o lookedno r
m eron a
ly bankingaa a and such
J
l
, is
gentleman
practical ability. Messrs. GOUIN and KCENIOS•
WARTER are bankers. The Marquis of MONTEMART,
q • Thus the opposition of these five gentle-
pwauhreetsnt
iiaonnMi
he me bme,
or r
ko fs tohfe
the
Committee Constituent
o Assembly,p the
la
bt 000ukr
men did not arise from factious motives, but re-
spect for their own judgment on an important finan-
cial question.
of Tmhaeynalvoy. isritoepleuetarteipornessearnteettabte tsbeentmfirloitmaryalif
tehtee
branches of the naval service. The ports of Toulon,
Rochfort, Brest, L'Orient, and Cherbourg will have
their representatives at Paris.
The Patric', in commenting on the manner in which
French news is presented in foreign journals, is espe-
cially irate with a morning contemporary. It says—
" The bad faith of Some English journals, as far as re-
gards Prince Louis Napoleon, is well known. There are
no insults which they hesitate to print, in order to change
public opinion in France towards him. We have a fresh
proof of this in a note published by the Morning Chronicle
on the subject of the visit recently made by the Prince
to the Faubourg St. Antoine. Every one knows that
the President was received by cries, a thousand times
repeated, of Vire Napoleon I'—that no other cry was
raised—and that an immense crowd gave him a complete
ovation. The Chronicle does not, however, hesitate to
affirm that the cry was exclusively
Vivo la Republique,'
and that the reception was far from being enthusiastic.
The hearty welcome given to Louis Napoleon in the Fau-
bourg St. Antoine, is a fact so notorious that we have
considered it necessary to quote this specimen of the lying
assertions put forth by the English journal against
the elect of six millions of votes." The same
journal says:—" We have reason to know that the
Minister of General Police has signified to the pro-
prietors of foreign journals that they will be compelled
to contraedict in their columns the false news which
they may publish, under pain of having the entrance of
their journals into France immediately prohibited." In
confirmation of this, we find in the I ?dependance of
Brussels, a Paris letter, which says:—" Foreign journals
continue to be subjected to serious surveillance by the
Ministry of General Police. The Paris col rsspondeet
of the Cologne Gazette was on Friday summoned before
M. Latour Demoulte, Director General of the Press, sod
an article of that journal, calumniously insinuating that
several members of the Legislative body received sub-
ventions from the Elr ea, was produced. An order was
given him to deny that invention immediately, under
pain of having the journal instantly interdicted. This
measure is to be general; it has been decided that every
foreign paper which does not at once rectify the errors
or suppositions it may contain, shall be stopped at the
Post-office, sad if this interdiction should not suffice,
the correspondents are to be expelled."
At the review on Sunday of the 2cl division of the
army of Paris, composed of 15,000 men, infantry,
cavalry, and artillery, under the command of General
RENAULT, the PRINCE PfESIDENT, On going from and
returning to the Elysee, was received with loud accla-
mations. A great crowd was collected on every
point whence a. view could be obtained. The troops
tiled off amidst loud cries of " Vive Napoli !"
At the moment when the PRESIDENT was proceeding
towards one of the entrances of the Court of the
Tuileries his horse became restive, and it required all
the superior horsemanship of the PRINCE to prevent
his being thrown. A serious accident took place
during the review. Captain Osmorm, aide-de-camp
of General RENAULT, was thrown from his horse and
broke his leg. He was immediately taken to the
military hospital of Gros Caillou.
The Emancipation of Brussles states in a Paris
letter that the pay of the Marshals of France it to be
raised to 40,0001. as under the Restoration. Under
King Loins Puieirek it was 30,000 f.
The commercial reports for the week agree in
noticing signs of revived activity in most branches of
business. The country does not appear to have suf-
fered so much as might have been feared from the
want of rain. The wheat crops look well, the oats
look a little languishing, and the barley has received
some injury. The corn markets keep steady.
The pieces of ten centimes coined in 1719 and 1768
contain 24 grammes of copper ; those coined in 1791
only 14 grammes; and those of the years V. and VII.
20 grammes ; consequently the average is about 19
grammes. The new pieces now about to be coined
are to weigh only 10 grammes, and are to be com-
posed of 95 parts of copper, 4 of tin, and 1 of zinc.
The cost of the coinage per se will be, it is calculated,
92c. the kilogramme. A pair of dies, one for each
side, will suffice for about 40,000 coins. The whole
amount of the new copper coinage is not to exceed
the nominal value of the money called in.
The decision of the Court of Paris on .Friday last in
opposition to the demand of the Prefect of the Seine, in
the case of the Orleans property, had again an unfa-
vourable effect on the Bourse, and the prices of public
securities declined considerably. The Four-and a-Half
forper
theCe endnts opened
hntedeat
month;foof. 3tohoe. ,
Three
e closedpe r c
eant t
59.9 fc.lo93oecd.
at 69f. 70c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,1551.; Rouen,
777 f. 50c.; Havre, 2851, ; Great Northern, 581f'. 25c.;
Avignon, 262 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 5701.; Basle, 235 f.; Bor-
deaux, 595 E; Paris and Strasburg, 562 f. 50c.; Tos
and Nantes, 358 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 602 f. 50e.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 26.
East Indian, 21%—Great Indian Peninsula, s—Grand
Junction of France, 4%—Luxembourg, 4%—Namur and
Liege, 61A—Northern of France, 24%—Orreans and Bor-
deeux, 15—Paris and Strasbourg, 22ea—Rouen and Havre,
1196 ex div.—Tours and Nantes, 11,4 —West Flanders,
—Weetern of France, 71,4.

SPAIN.
,Oar accounts from Madrid are of the 21st inst.
'The Madrid Gazette of the 21st publishes a return
of the floating debt, from which it appears that up to
the Ist the amount was 340,740,421 reale. One of
the opposition journals, on the day before, bad com-
plained of delay in the
steam
publication of this return.
The Duke and Duchess Dia MONTPNNSIEN left
Valence on the 18th, on board the war-
Isabella 11., for Majorca.
The KING is to leave Aranjuez on the 28th, for
Santander, to visit the works of the railway.
Accounts from Puertn-Rico to the 2:2d March state
that perfect tranquillity prevailed firstee.
Three per Cents.,s for time, 44 ; Debt, class,
1 7.1 G; Exchange on London,
; second class,
5u 70.

GERMANY.
We read the following in the Allgemeine Zeitung
of the 23d inst :
Neither the laws of the House of Baden of 1817,
nor the Constitution, have made provision for the case
of the establishing a Regency, and the GRAND DUKE
has probably not inserted a clause in his will in this
respect. Under these circumstances, the agnates of
w
the House of B 4
den hethave held a conference, at
the Margrave Maws took the presidency. Ithich
was
decided that on the demise of the GRAND DUKE the
Hereditary Prince Louts shall be called to th© throne,
and that Prince ' FREDERICK shall
ency, The oath be charged
with the Reg of allegiance
is to be taken to both Princes. The Here-
ditary Prince was not present at this. Council.
Up to ills root mtment he is isorrat of the