The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-16 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY

r wee stated that the Emperor—an excellent judge of the
• art of war—declared that in modern time this was far
too much disregarded. The measures he (Eart-GreY)
recommended could b 5 carrit d into effect at a very mo-
derate' outlay, prohahlyeof 200,0001.; and would add ma-
terially to the efficieecy of the army. He objected to
the Bill, becauee he believed it would not attain its object
while entailiqg much expense, and Sending to, effect the.
recruiting of the army. For these reasons he should cer-
tainly ray "not content" to the second reading..
The Earl of ELtESMERIiI said he was of •opieion
that the measure *as neceisary, and that it ought to be
accepted by Parliament. He presumed that no Govern-
ment would bare undergone The obloquy 9f proposing it
had there ttoZ been some sort of apprehoesion of danger..
Jie f )inid suddenly a largi body' of the country and of
that Houie Weed on the abstracit: question Of the ne-
cessity of some such defeneive Measure al' was coetained
in the present Bill. From whatever cause, this feeling
took its rise, he was bound .ee SAY he entertained the
.
his opinions sound or unsound, they reatedeon• the con-
tinental relations Which at preaettt existed.-• -He should
be sorry to make allusion to any individual or to cast
any reflections on France; he was aware that the road
to popularity in this country
'same opinions he had expressed four years ago. But be
some years ago was abuse
of France:bat that feeling hail-long The
noble person at the head of °gars insin;`eracnhcaenhgaedd.gieen
no reason to suppose ho had forgotten the hoipitality ho
received from this country, or
that, being at the head of
powerful legion:., he would be inclined, merely on em.
bitious grounds, to mere' them, in hostility towards
this country. He said tints much became ho was
unxions Jo make it appear-that he founded his pre-
sent views, not on circumstances of the moment, but on
general views and considerations. 'lle agreed with much
that had been addressed' to their Lordships. He ad-
mitted that militia would • piOve ' inferior when opposed
to well-disciplined troepi.- dlii not think' the present
Bill likely to produce effective tirbops to meet the dis-
ciplined troops of:France; but he grounded his support
'of the Bill. on the ;fact of other services that the militia
could with advantage perform .They
could be thrown
into garrison, and ba:employed in services where 'they
would be of the-utmost:use and assistance to the regular:
army. He would not trespass further, except to 457
that he could not reason with peace societies. It was
impossible to meet their argiiments,
because they were
based upon religious- principle,' and when religious
principle was imported. into a qttestion, it was irnP°''
Bible to reason parties, out_ of their conviction. The
Noble Lord. had alluded to an expression which
had fallen from him ;some time ago, which had been
much commented upon, and which had drawn on
him, as he admitted, a proper rebuke. He alluded
to an 'expression that had curiously, fallen from biro*,
to the effect that' if 'en invading army reached
London, the Lord Mayor would present the commander
with the keys at ono gate, while the foot guards marched
out at the other. lie heartily apologised for these
words. IL theant no reflection on any body of men---he*
'only meant to convey what ho considered Lobe the true
defettho of the' country in case of invasion, He believed
so vast was London that 1500Q0 troops would be lost
in it, and that they would -be shot down and destroyed
through loopholes in the houses. Ile believed, how-
ever, that Government was proceeding in a right direc-
tion in making better provision for the defence of the
country. • • •
The Earl of WALDEGRAVE apprOved of the mea-
'sure (we understood), and considered the objections
which had been made were only questions of detail.
The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to
be committed on Thursday....

The School Sites Act Extension Bill was read a third
time and passed, •
Other Bills were moved a stage. .
nomi•
The Committee on Baron de Bode's claims was
nated. • • • • • ,
• ASSESSMENT 'OP TIIB PROPERTY_TAx.
The Duke of RICIDIOND, presented a petition from
Messrs. Ellman of Snssex, complaining of the mode'of
assessment to the income-tax, and the machinery of ap-
peal. lie was afraid that it might with too much truth
be said that the mass of the farmers had this year made
a loss instead, of a profit.. A power of appeal was given
to farmers if the tenant held trom Michaelmas to Michael-
mas; but if from Midsummer to Midsummer no appeal
could be heard. That was a practical grievance, and be
hoped the Noble Lord would inquire into the matter
with a view•of ascertaining whether a remedy might not
be afforded by the Lords of the Treasury
without the
necessity of an application to Parliament.
Lord BERNERS'supportea the prayer of the petition.
The Earl of DERBY was inclined to think, from what
he had heard, 'that the grievance arose from what he
might almost call a clerical erior in. the Act. He pro-
mised
the
point Friendorder to
thatee he
whether w oul d .tmake.here was any
inquiry
mode of affording relief without applying to Parliament.
into N°it
After a few words from•the Duke of ARGYLL,
The petition was ordered-to lie on the table
Their Lordships then adjourned at a Quarter past
Ten o'clock.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE.BRADFORD
REFORM A.SSOCI4TION.

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(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND 'WEDNESDAYS.)
Sir,—Oal Monday the 14th of tiune the late Prime
Minister introduced the discussion
on the
subject of the
assault onMr. Mather. This of led to counter
representationa.on theT part pf the Ministers; ending in
proving that they had in the first instance done as badly
as could be imagined, lout.. had
.ended by taking the
alarm and determining to•act•vigorouslY, in ways which
are yet under the darkness of the future. .
At a late hour, or more correctly oh Tuesday morn-
ing, the Maynooth question•vvits imee more brought for-
ward. The attendant circumstances and the result were
so complicated and perplexing, that it may ha well to
state the position in which I individually stood, as the
means of showing the .point from which I viewed the
whole's and thereby throwing light on. my capacity for
giving evidence in one direction or another. . • '
This position *as, as you will remember, that altbeug e
One of the most earnest ' supporters of the Bill of the
late Premier, on the ground -that. the Purl power had
Maltreated us, I had engaged to Yoto against any attack
upon the Catholics! est abiishhient.. at lotaynooth• on the
ground that this winild be m tug tilem.
altreat- I , beg thatl
i; ;
. .
--
this may be borne in mini in what way follow.
of
The smallest arm ten,
aaill ------,0-: with the course pro- .
ceedings in a popular Assembly, ;
' -it is suifieii.nt to, 0t54,1i.11
. that no man and no party can always have lin absolubtee
Command over the! time tlt. which'', question shall
brought forwatd. A degree of generatship may s°lllF-
times be exerted on one aide -or But in
on the other.
the main, 'the operation is to .
. great .extent under the
influence of chance; and all`-"%tl
can b 3 said i,=, that
p.o. and take rties must be on the look but, • care to. be
fin theeming when the oppon,,
neh • oimortunity to move
arrives. On the present oeciviorli har_r_
not tha slightest
rea3on for believing, that- 7...extr
aoilivra.67.
go3?roulip
was exerted on at side, i
'''''"-scua-that theta WBs any-
thing which could be (I,:npniiimtv•_ •
vi. •- trick," though the
word was rather Copiously ,usect in
Babsequatit pro-
ceedings. .
As the morning wore on;• ths,.
anti-Miniiterial side
bpgan to drop off to bod; proviaeoy
i to which, the two
aides had appeer4l pretty 7equally balanced Sow"
loogthy speeches from their '
°lnv ride probably contri-
buted to thin the Oppositlea beadles: And when this
hod gone to a eacmin lerfg, /46thi11.,
~.. would content
taem g n adjourn aiment of the House. From
this moment, the leader of the anti...mayao,"6 raovO-
went saw his road :to auecess,
.Or,
as the French say,
vaiait sa belle. • ' :
,You will perhaps ask, Why '
-' whose only desire could
12. to have an opportunity of aceomplisinn,
fair eugege.
mont by votin on the main 'on
.-estion, voted for the• ad-
ofthe nous?.
,•• h;
--"Iply because I knew .a
vote against it would bo c1....ich0 Lin
a *vote for the antt-
Maynooth leader. And b 0 it
_turned out; for he went
to a triumphant majority of 133 tic 29 against the ad-
journment of the. HOMO, And. i
'alPlecliettely announced
that he was quite content with- w,
w....at he would accept as
a criterion of thelbeling of •
the.llo4lo, and would go no
farther. And this be repeated still more triumphantly
next day; the party :Who had- IA
al—wed themselves to be
defeated, baitiut him with q ath,
-ns as to what he would
and would not do, to which -of . course he virtuallY
answered, that be would do:what he liked, and when he
liked, without taking his opponents: into nounP•el•
On looking back upon the wholps it is 'clear that it
was a contest of ii 'diamond out diiroon„, „ d that the
anti-Maynooth par ty finally. had it "' •an wav
till their .oaa -,'
that th •
One reason probably, is,
~. their divided
_,
.„°PPonents are
gamong themselves. The aentano, rev a_
e ~ Inquiry," nets
a puzzler; for though there ezu Le o
° no reasonable
doubt that it is only another form of moving: that the
charg , 4 e for Maynooth be disallowed it :
- not everybody
that can ho expected to see this. The Catholics them-
selves cannot agree, whether they
"gilt to vote for an
Inquiry or against an Inquiry.
_Ana
---. another reason is,
that it is easier to go to bed,
and grutehle afterwards,
' than to be there at three o clock. In the turn,,ng
i to we=
the movements of an opponent.-. This
.not
. being there, is
what lets everything down;
_lovvr
,t
warfare,
is on point better
established in -every • kind of aure, thiso
who are: there, do very generally that those
carry their point
against those who re not,
04 Tuesday a Tkill was-b ou ht in fort'
r l gad, by Repression
of Crime and Outrage, WI a Lto to 19. . The
.House separated at five- o'clock and. re-assembled at
. seven; when, the subject being an inquiry into o the neat
.duet of the Government on the_ colas:soot the ill-treatment
.by their friends the Austrians of Scottish Missionaries
in Hungary, the inquiry was escapedh,,,
-.7 the House
being counted out. .
•'enee • I am, Sir, yours eery , lei
,), •
. ,
AN OLD
...
REFORMER.
DIE&
Blackhe,alh; Juno 16;1852.

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