The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-17 00:00:00

TION BILL.

On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, °ajar
Lord BROUGHAM said it had been stated in the be
House that this Bill was a job of Lord Cotteabauct'';,,,w,
coma only say it was a 300 to get Lid of 0,0001.. x°°`
paid by the public. r
After a few words from the LORD CHANCEL nits
who said the officer who held the appointment was `lapel
ready to give it up, the Bill was read a third tini°
passed.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 16.
(Continued from our Third Edition of last nigh"

THE MILITIA. bet
Lord J. RUSSELL then movei that the part of
Majesty's Speech which related to the raising d. Ira
militia be read. This having been done, the N051°43.
moved that the House do resolve itself into vole
mittee for the purpose of taking into consideration

laws relating to the militia. - S/
ittee Mr. HUME hoped the Noble Lord would otate,
was to be done before going into C°l33,nulilit'lli
Ho saw no necessity for calling out the 01'
on the contrary, he thought such a proceeding
produce great evil and much confusion, as it W°ll,ld
the
~
peaceable parties from their homes, and thus
means of breaking up their businesses. ta,Wbst
Lord J. RUSSELL thought it better to 5t5.,,- ate&
he intended to be done when they got into C°s2.—„,kin%
as the House would then have the opportunity O'
questions upon the details. se°
Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know if the Prno"°
measure was to apply to Ireland. is
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would state
Committee.

The House then wept into Committee, when 045
Lord JOHN RUSSELL again rose and said, into Oar
he made u statement to the House with respect Itbat
defences of the country, and in the course °bie to
statement he said he thought it would be desiraio
the
form a foundation for a permanent reserve force
country, to meet the wants of the active service ilifor 6
of attack. Unfortunately the proposition 0,0 e•
militia force did not meet with any very „,70.•""
rat approbation, and it was ultimately withor-f die
(Hear.) He merely recalled the recollection %Dijon
House to the circumstance to prove that in the °,,,` wise
„of the Government it was then, as indeed it wag f the
to make some additional provision for the defence (Louis
country.—(Clear, hear.) At that time ICing,,,,, no
Phlilipe was on the throne of France, and there "-eon
sign whatever of any approaching danger;
ever
indeed, was there any now, but it was nodal'
theless still necessary to make onto op
tional provision for the peace of the e°llapon
without in any way intendieg to throw any d"„bVaesee'
the assurance of her Majesty that we were
and hoped to remain so, with all the irt3'id be
(Hear, hear,) But at the same time it never cell, 00
assumed that a country in a position like that er'ir tor
country could be secure from the danger of vr oS'
ever. We might for instance have to repel sons_., wa
gression on the part of some powerful enernY,tv' the
might have some dispute with respect e°otie
right of some of her Majesty's sub'-cts abroad. sot to
third place, we were bound by treaty with res Pees
of
many countries in Europe to defend them in cas
attack.
An thee, gEMBER asked what countries ? bi,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said we were bountrogo
treaties, for instance, to protect the Queen of V°Ta tie
and other similar states en the continent•
s'bgd
fourth place, for more than a century ,nweresteti
been closely connected and deeply to
props'
in the maintenance of the Continental system resist
and under that system wo might be called upon
u
hs
any aggrandiz,ment or increase of pown tbi
er
t;
part of any state that was a pertY ,b
system, or to maintain our moral etreagLbjecL°l
corresponding with foreign nations upon the "„-- in tiwo
any supposed or actual increase of territory
„oaf
way,—(llcar, hear.) It was necessary to be PrVateli
voter %risen
for such emergencies as those, but
there was another question which bad for
of late years to show the necessity so ma e
reserved militia force, and which had been
~:0100' id
made a topic for discussion in books, in PsThiis
reviews,
and in newspapers on bothi that
:af
the
y
other side of the Channeo Act br,,;;
was quit© unnecessar for him to
more r fact
allude to is.—(Cheers.) He referred to o°o
since the invention of the steam coloieerso
this country could no longer fbrewerlY, ob'
so safe from aggre,sion as it was 16:,"i bY try, he r )
an invasion was rendered almost imPess— e
W:Pof theWe:
stacles which nature had thrown in th'3
Those obstacles, or at least 13351%1ea5ur.e,, tiro
had, however, been in a great paelgeof
-
moved by the development of steam ell
c srlf,
and there was now no longer the same fortn-
effecting a landing upon our coast as existed
_,, it vt.e:
—(Hear, hear.) Now, under these eiretwastseCe.!,., Or
thought necessary to, reorganize the milit!'"_, ad
more so, as it was a notorious fact ins' too!
country did not keep up so large. a militarY tied
peculiar ission
for its protection as did all its neighboars!
stop
hence this was a subject which in the
• called for the immediate stte
of continental affairs,
of the Legislature.—(llpar, hear.) He won to gag 00t
t° be
few words, and only a few words, with regard
military forces,. With respect to our naval forc'eiect•
should not make a single observation at Pr,. for,
believing that it would be much bet:e.f,ore
his Right Honourable Friend the Firs" s with
of the Admiralty to disclose what was to be dellsfiesr,
that branch of the subject on a future occasion.---"1/4 -be
hear.) Now, with respect to our military fecce'els
would take the opportunity of stating that it el
proposed to increase the number of our reeplahr,,: to,
by 4 000, and the artille ry b 1 000 men.
numbers together would y more than ha ea
not make
ready been drafted WithirrYieg
they been
off f the purpose L sr
or
tb
wars—(Hear, hear.)
to the second d that co
onn question, he stated reins°
Comm of the 0 witi
ander-in-Chief and th
e __aster
had t • r•i Brno do
urned their attention to the itnPrev'" known
tnuskets which had been introduced, and were we,;(3eriy,
to have a much longer range than those used Ithi-tilo.e
and Steps would be taken to furnish the army
improved arms when they were found to be sustare el,
The Noble Lord then proceeded to state the 1000
the be'
his Rill for amending the laws relating to
of iii
militia. He detailed the objects and provisin%
1003
previous Aots on the subject, and said the inille7,t
he now proposed would be of a very die to ma at
scription. Ho proposed, in the first place, sod tbs
a change with regard to the officers. Prs°F°Liteesat'
two-thirds should be appointed by the Lord-IJ'eo by 0°
and one field officer and one-third of the captai° be re
Crown. The Lord-Lieutenant wouldi not,: fficerr'
stricied as to the qualification of the 0091
he would not pro required to appoint o°4o
who possessed pperty in the county. There
raserl7
also be an alteration with regard to the meliss-'°; of 16
all were liable to be balloted between the age et
and 30. Now he thought, if a shorter nu grills
years was fixed as the limit, there would rea
diminution in the cost of the militia, as well be
food gibs,
relief to the population. He, therefore, prop°a spool'
for the first year the ages between which perso and _illweati'
be subject to ballot should be between twenty teseoVs
three. In future years the limit would be frogi jot
The d
00,
to twentpone years of age. ,, 30,0
would give about 80,000 men, and in the secono „owing
fon be
The balloting would be conducted upon the ,d
won' ia'
P of those balloted reioa
taken, and ten per cent. of those
.. nice,
ing would be left as a reserve tudiscias'
all cases in which excuses were made or_iiistiori
lineations proved. There would be the same extrovi,ioll
and the same right of appeal as formerly. 1.".
20 au!
had been introduced to enable persons between batfet('
30 to volunteer for the local militia ; they would,uu
The
serve one year less than the baloted militia: vest's;
service elf the local militia would be fetire4nire°,
and by an order in Council they might be
'satires'
to serve six months longer. The Crown, 00 !ri. eat
additio • /lax
from both Houses, might require an s
_sditio
months, making altogether twelve month.,o24disagi.4.••
service when the country was menaced vilfore to to!
Next came the question as to how the men ',spill
fora trained. The militia would be formed into "
forte the
for
and they would have to assemble for
twenty-eigm days (not; necessarily consecutive) year;
subare ono
first year, and fourteen days for all
trainive
ey.
They would have to undergo three hours. a
ddo
d D".
drilling, which would be counte
allowov °Acts
They would have the pay an `ha
regular soldiers, and bo subject to t