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,ernment deemed to be necessary. He believed it to be op-
posed by all the great constituencies, and that it could not
be worked if it passed that House, and, though he might be
sneered at for belonging to the peace party, he should give
his opposition to the Bill on every stage.—(Hear.)
Mr. MACGREGOR, moved the adjournment of the de-
bate, amid loud cries of" Oh, ob," and "Divide."
Mr. WHITESIDE said he had acquired much useful in-
formation from the speeches that night of the Hon. Gentle-
men the Members for the West Riding and Manchester.
One Hon. Gentleman informed the House that every ship in
their navy was in the wrong place, whilst the other Hon.
Gentleman assured them that every eminent statesman in
nit House was wrong in his opinion.—(Hear, hear, and
Oh, oh.) The Hoc. Gentleman the Member for the West
Riding observed en the impropriety of interfering in the
concerns if foreign nations ; but where was the man so un-
sparing of his denunciations of foreign nations and policie.s,
when opposed to his views as the Hon. Gentleman himself.
—(Hear, hear.) Had not the Hon. Gentleman pronounced
his condemnation of certain Governments, and hailed the ar-
rival in this country of those whom he considered the deli-
verers of an oppressed people ? (Hear, hear.) They had
been told that no danger was to be apprehended to this
country except front France, and that that country
was well satisfied with its present ruler. He did
not quarrel with the French people for their form of
government. But if asked where the necessity ex-
isted for enacting this Militia Bill, his reply would be the
same as was given by
.Mr. Pitt on a similar occasion, in
1802, when that eminent statesman said—" France is
essentially a military power, a military power beyond con-
ception; and that military power is centered in one man.
—(Hear, hear.) The lion. Gentleman opposite talked of
the powerful navy of this country, and asked, why not have
a portion of it stationed to guard our shores? But Mr.
Whitbread put the same question to Mr. Pitt, who replied
that the English fleet , on the occasion when the French
passed over from Brest, was enveloped in a fog so dense that
the English Admiral could not see his own ships. The same
might be said of the occaesion when that desperate rebel,
Napper Tandy, effected a landing in Ireland. He (Mr.
Whiteside) was struck with the injustice of the argument
addressed to the House. Hon. Gentlemen opposite referred
to the late Sir Robert Peel on all important questions of
finance and commerce. But had they not the fact that
that eminent statesman contemplated the enrolment, of a
militia, and actually had in preparation a Bill for that pur-
pose ?—(Hear, hear.) So that their argument on that point
went for nothing.— (Hear, hear.) The Iron.mil.. Gentleman who
last addressed the House declared the atobe an uneon.
stitutional force—where did the Hon. Gentleman find that
Mr. BRIGHT did not say it Vfa3 unconstitutional. He had
said the existence of a military force was contrary to the
spirit of representative institutions, and should not be un-
necessarily increased.
Well ,
who was to pronounce or de-
Mr. WHITESIDE—
cide on the necessity for an increase?—(Hear,
Honourable Gentleman asserted that the project was an ex-
pensive one; so it was, but still it was less expensive than a
revolution.—(Hear, hear.) The apprehension of war proved
in the end more expensive than the war itself.—(Hear.)
The Hon. Member fur Manchester asserted the danger was
altogether visionary, and that he could not d'scover any-
thing in the Fondition of France to warrant apprehension.
He (Mr. Whiteside). replied that " the military power of
France was centered in one man."—cHear, hear.) The Hon.
Gentleman had also asserted that " the use of arms demo-
ralized, corrupted, and destroyed a community." Had the
Hon. Gentleman read ancient history—or how had he read
it ? (Hear, hear.) Did not history inform them that arts,
arms, and agriculture were 'che glory of every country ?
(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Wlsiteside) had then by him a
letter written by Sir John. Moore in 1803, in which that
gallant officer pronounced, a warm eulogy on the militia
of this country, which he had then just inspected. He
Gould quote the letter; 'out, then, it was idle to quote
authority for some men—(Hear, hear) —particularly
men who set the srene value on the warnings of
the Duke of Wellington. as though they were the emanations
of "Mother Shipton."—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentle-
man had referred to the press of England. That press was
powerful because it denounced tyranny and wrong, and lent
its powerful voice to uphold the rights of suffering virtue.—
(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. 'Whiteside) supported a Militia Bill
because it was protective, without being aggressive—defen-
sive, without bei'sg insulting or threatening to any foreign
power.—(Hear, hear.) He supported this measure because
it was intended to maintain peace, to preserve the Constitu-
tion under which we lived, as also to transmit and perpetuate
those blessings to our remotest posterity.—(Cheers.)
Mr. RICE. 'said he was prepared to deny that the three
authorities al-doted by the [lon. and Learned Gentleman were
any authority whatever in reference to the present Bill.
The militia, proposed to be raised by Mr. Pitt in 1802 was a
regular militia; that recommended by the Duke of Welling-
ton in tb a letter read by Mr. Newdegate on a former evening
was the militia raised daring the war, and which was also a
regular militia; whilst that reviewed by Sir John Moore,
and which review he had witnessed, bore no resemblance
whatever to the force proposed by this Bill. He trusted,
however, that Mr. Cobden would withdraw his amendment,
for, if he pressed it to a division, he should certainly vote
against it.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MACGREGOR (amidst cries of " Oh," and "Divide")
said he should persist iu his motion for the adjournment of
the debate.
Mr. MITCHELL supported the adjournment, and charac-
terised the Militia Bill of the late, as well as that of the pre-
sent, Government as equally unjust and iniquitous.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the
question before the House had been amply debated, but if
there were one or two Hon. Members who wished to ex-
press their opinions he was sure the House would readily
listen to them.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that a division
would be taken on the amendment of the Hon. Member for

the West Riding, but that the motion for adjournment would
be withdrawn. If it were not, however, he should be under
the painful necessity of opposing it.— (Cheers, and cries of
" Divide," and " Go on.")
Mr. MITCHELL said he should insist upon dividing the
House on the motion for adjournment.
Mr. M. GIBSON hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would reconsider the determination he had come to.—(Oh,
oh, No, and cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman was proceeding
to comment upon the Government having " put up" the
Irish Solicitor-General to make a " declamatory speech" upon
a Militia Bill that was not to extend to Ireland, but was pre-
vented from continuing his speech from unequivocal remarks
of impatience from all parts of the House, and abruptly re
mimed his seat.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the adjournment
Aglinst it ...
Majority against the adjournment ... 223
Captain SCOBELL then moved the adjournment of the
House.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt bound to
appose the motion, which would altogether stop the progress
of public business.
Mr. MITCHELL said he did not think that so grave a
subject as a Militia Bill had been by any means sufficiently
discussed.
Mr. WAKLEY %aid it should be remembered that the
discussion on the New Zealand Bill had occupied the
HOMO for severei hours that evening, and that they had not
begun. to eonsic(.er the Militia Bill until eight o'clock. He
believed the Pill was a moat unpopular one, and he should
offer every o'ppotition in his power to its progress.
The hia'cquis of GRAN BY said that if Hon. Gentlemen
opposite 'obstructed the course of public business, he hoped
they wr,uld not pretend hereafter that they had been anxious
for ar. early dissolution.—(Hear, Lear.)
BRE3-IIT said that, if the Government would consent
__bee 'the adjournment of the debate, he presumed his Hon.
-v,iend would have no objection to the withdrawal of his mo-
tion for an adjournment of the House.
Mr. CLAY said that the Hon. Member who had moved
the adjournment had risen four or five times for the pur-
pose of addressing the House, bat had not caught the
Seer's eye ; so that the Hon. Member could not be charged
Zara)g acted from any factions motive. For his (Mr.
part, he waa so anxious for a dissolution of Perna-
-11,'91 he thought they ought not to pass that measure
u` it should have received the approval of a new House of
oremo,,m.
Lord j.
taiSELL said he was one of those who had
Toted agaiMon. Bremnst the adjournment of the debate; but as many
bards!fere anxious to address the House upon that
subject he
further opposi, nottlaink that anything could be gained by
the adjournment.
The CIIANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER said that he
had opposed the motion
business of the Horse,
because it would altogether stop the
, but if the motion had merely had
for its object an adjournment of the debate he should, ai-
lment. He
would e
fixbthreeluctance, have given to it his
this day, with a hope that IresnumPtion of the debate for
. Members who had notices
on the paper would alicw it to take precedence of other
business.
The motion fbr the adjournment of the House was then
withdrawn, and the debate w,as
deaths,
till this day.
and
The Registration of Births
was read a second time. Marriages Bill
The other orders of the day Were then
disposed of, and
the House adjourned at One o'clock,

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FRENCH PLA7f-s'.
ST. JAMES'S. THEATRE.
Ike popular and fascinating Rose Cheriemade
appearance last ever-ink for the first time this her
son in
company with . 1,1• Numa, an actor of merited
eeiebi:ity
in Paris, but hitherto a stranger to the London boards'
A series of vaudevilles were presented—
Genevieve
Brutus, /ache Cesar; and 31 idi a Quaterze Heures, in'
the first of these pieoe3 Mdlle. Rose Cherie played
with
del eaey and freshness; and the part of Clerambour.,
the old negotiant, is one which If. Numa has sffeetuallY
made his own. That tender attachment to his clangtiter
which will not permit the approach of any one—not eye,
so natural a person to a French lady as a lover—loses
nothing, of its tenderness or truthfulness in his hands;
his perforznanee has heart and earnestness about it, and
reasea the sympathies of the audience, as anything
simple and natural always will. He was most warmly
received throughout,
and promises to achieve in this
eountry a popularity worthy of his continental reputa-
tion. Brutus, lathe Cesar so called from a dog
Bru';us, who is heard to bark behind the scenes,
hut never makes his appearance,
is a neat spark-
bng little drama. A shrewd and sensible member
apt the National Giavention corrects the romantic
sentimentalities of his wife, by pretending to ob•
taM a divorce, and handing her over to a former lover,
a silly and empty-headed fool, whereby she soon per-
ceives the folly of her infatuation, and so profits by
experience. This capital little drama, which sparkles
with lively repartee, is one of the neatest things of its
class that we know of. The warfare between the hus-
band and wife is conducted through a series of brilliant
sallies, to which Lafont and Mdlle. Rose Cherie gave the
ex tremest pungency, the former by his methodical
()coolness, the latter by the tinge of acrimony which ne-
cessarily creeps into a dialogue when a lurking feeling,
tisif shame is mixed with a sense of inferiority. 31idi
!_Qhlutorze Hewes turns on the perplexities of an advo-
zto whose better half tortures him with her jealousy,
hurt which the suspeelei Ladantry of his nature affords
h• ,-1 j, ust a plea. M. Nutna persons,ed the hero of
is ,
Era ,
g gat.olv.

r_ROYAL 1.44
i hest miro,,_ ,
.RIONETTE THEATRE.
(3„h at ail ~,,i,,,,,,,,:1,ing figures, in their determination to
pepeefaeridntrodue,ql last night in a bur-
lesque uposli the
larama of The Corsican Brothers,
and it Is Jio disparagement
which that most et;ec}iv© p"! the fxedlent manner in
elsewhere to ssy, that the 31a1(.90 has been performed
the
aridon?ttes are not behind
their legitimate nvals in
irabte style in which
they have pal their version uponnat
Brothers, or a Spirit
of
punch,
as e,
stsp,,e.;•The Arcadian
low,` too elosely.upon the original plot
ts hero called, fel-
lation here. Punch—the veritable En toi !wed recapitu-
his dog Toby)—and Charivari, the representative Punch (with
eostehntative of the
French press, are the twins, whilst the characters
are Britannia, La Belle France, Louis Renaerrd
Minister, Vat du Chet, and Blom Scribe. tsPrime
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