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LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 14, 1852.

Again the unfortunate Militia Bill is to be consi-
dered in Committee, and no less than thirteen amend-
ments are down among the notices of motion for
this evening. There is every probability, therefore,
of a still further protracted discussion. Aware, it would
almost seem, that nobetter opportunity is likely to pre-
sent itself to them for the frittering away of publictinie,
the representatives of the people are apparently resolved
present opportunity, The
to make the most of the
House of Commons, indeed, has, during the last few
sessions, fellrn so much into the habit of being in-
dustrious in doing nothing, that its Members appear
to be reluctant to allow the session of 1852 to termi-
nate prematurely, before they have coneumed a rea-
sonable number of nights in debating, and adjourn-
ing, and dividing, end sitting in Committees, and going
through all the various Parliamentary manoeuvres by
which our Legislators are accustomed to carry
out the grand policy of wholesale and retail
procrastination. If ever it was manifest that little
remained to be accomplished by the Houses of Parlia-
ment during a session but recently commenced, it was
upon the occasion of last February, when were wit-
nessed the resignation of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his
Ministerial colleagues, and the elevation of the Earl of
DEnur to the leadership of her MAJESTY'S Government.
Almost all the labour of the session devolved, indeed,
upon the House of Commons—its Members being, of
course, required to vote the supplies as
speedily as was at all practicable, and then, having
listened as complacently as might be desired to what-
ever financial statement was submitted to their consi-
deration by the new CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
to hurry through the absolutely essential business of
the country, so as to prepare the way with all speed
for the manifestly unavoidable dissolution 1 Con-
scious that such were the duties demanded from them
immediately after the inauguration of the Conserva-
tive Cabinet, the representatives began, after some
factious squabbling, to grant the estimates with a
rapidity altogether unprecedented. Thousands upon
thousands were voted with the customary muni-
ficence of the nation, for the support of the various
departments of the public service, almost as sum-
marily, in fact, as the moneys were voted by the
newly appointed legislators of the French Republic,
or rather by the comprehensive decree which
one morning appeared in the columns of the
Moniteur. Having yielded the supplies, the
Commons began with scarcely less good-
will to get through the other business already re-
ferred to as devolving upon their hands, and yet re-
maining to be accomplished : when—as if bethinking
themselves that this rapid system of action might
ultimately resolve itself into a rather inconvenient
precedent—the lower branch of the Legisleture
seemed to look about it for some opportunity for a
little pleasant procrastination. Without this the ses-
sion would really be in danger of appearing to be no
session at all. The case was, moreover, urgent—for
Ministers, upon all the broad prieciples of Government,
were in a minority in the House of Commons, and
it was conseuently manifest that there must (with-
out the interposition of some timely impediment) be
a speedy dissolution, followed by an appeal to the
country', and the appeal to the country, in its turn,
followed by the assembling of a new Parliament at
Westminster.

Thereupon the newly introduced Militia Bill of the
HOME SECRETARY, or rather of the HOME SECRETARY
speaking in the name of her MAJESTY'S Government,
was seized upon as precisely the measure calculated to
carry on the desired delay until such time us the
Legislature might die with something like its cus-
tomary dignity, namely, after a series of most unne-
cessary diScussions and still more unnecessary adjourn-
ments.. Such has actually been the course pursued
by the Members of that Parliament which is
doomed, before many weeks have elapsed, to
destruction. As we lave pointed out re-
repeatedly prior to the debate Q, each succes-
sive evening devoted to the consideration of the
bliiitia Bill has been distinguished on the Parliament-
ary vote papers by a cluster of threatened amend-
ments. To-night, as we have already intimated, is
rendered more remarkable by the increase visible in
the number of these same tmendmentE—all of them,
or, at any rate, most of them, introduced simply
with a view to the still later postponement of the final
determination of the Legislature. There are the
promised suggestions of the Hoc. Members for Rich-
mond, for Reading, fur West Kent, for Colchester
fdr Bury S. E►lmunds, for Westminster, for Eve-
sham, for Oldham, for Bedford, for Haddingtonshire,
for Lincoln, and two (namely, Clauses 16 and 21)
of the Right Hon. Gentleman the representativ,e of
Manchester. By such efforts have members of the
Government enabled the Members of the House of
Commons, whether sitting behind the Treasury
benches or among the ranks of the Opposition, to pro-
tract the session until locg after the Easter vacation
without any clearly visible prospect of an immediate
dissolution. The long-suffering of the nation may,
nevertheless, be exhausted before any such result is
anticipated. It i 4 earnestly to be hoped, therefore,
that if we are still to continue doubtful as to the in-
tended policy of the new Cabinet, we may forthwith
obtain some accurate knowledge of the time likely to
be selected for the dissolution.

Electioneering addresses have now become matters
of such every- day occurrence, that some, which under
other circumstanc-s, would attract extraordinary at-
tention, are now only regarded by the electors, whose
most sweet voices they are intended to influence. A t
present we can only look to general principles, and
cannot e&e! into details. Tnese minor topics must
be reserved for the local committees, whose business
it is to exalt their own favourites and to de-
preciate their opponents ; and as the latter
is, generally speaking, the easier and more
congenial duty, it is tolerably certain that
every document will be minutely di:sected, and sub-
jected to the most searching criticism in the district

o which it is more particularly directed. There are
some few cases, however, worthy of more general
attention, where the issuer may be regarded as the
head of a particular party or section, giving expres-
sion to, or at least indicating the lino of policy which
his followers may be expected to adopt in the new
Parliament, or where some new test is recommended
or principle enunciated that may serve as a general
criterion for all candidates and constituencies through-
out the entire country.
The address of Sir JAMES GnenAat to the electors
of the city of Carlisle is worthy of especial notice on
both grounds. The Right Honourable Baronet tray
now be considered the recognised leader and the ex-
walls
ponent of the views nd feelings ofthe '
liberal Peel-
je', a Party which, although its numbers within the
of ? r iem ent have been materially
frequent opportunities circum-
scribed, stillretain and must continue to exercise very
great influence
the national councils, and to whom
tiels have been and may be afforded
of turning the
well-lienwnea scale
between contending parties.
The
Baronets andcoonf‘
to '
the Right Hon, Baroanility and vast experience of
webiig%ctb chief
imd earnayb l e of
coadjutor?, have
also had
attaching great importance
his support and co-
operation, end have led to offers
that the numerical proportion of Far beyond anything
his followers would
entitle him to demand. These
offers have hitherto
been rejected. The Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill was
the last stumbling-block in the way that prevented
the irrfusion of new blood into the late- Administration.
That difficulty hap, however, been co
mpletely removed,
and there is nothing to prevent a speedy amalgamation,
which would confer a vast accession of
strength on
the party who could secure the services of the Gra-
hnaites. Rumours have for some time been rife of
as alliance offensive and defensive between two, if not
three, of the parties who have heretofore differed on
variona points, awl toe address now under notice
certainly appears to lend additional weight to these
reports.
Sir JAMES Guanam hay, so far as the present Go-
vernment are concerned, thrown away the scabbard
and proclaimed "ear to the knife." 11, proposes that ,

free-trade constituencies should be contented with a
satisfactory answer to a single interrogatory—" Are
you a supporter or an opponent of the Earl of
DERBY'S Government ?" A plain response to this
simple question will, according to the Right Hon.
Baronet, " dispel a cloud of mystery, and render the
choice of the electors both sure and easy." He also
goes further, and gives a new definition of a well-
known designation. A Protectionist is no longer
the supporter of a corn-law, the advocate of
a bread-tax, but merely " a supporter of
Lord DERBY'S Government." No matter how strongly
be may pledge himself to resist anything calculated
to increase the price of food, he must be considered as
a Protectionist, unless he will also pledge himself to
oppose, per fas aut nefas, the existing Government.
No matter whether the propositions be good or bad,
desirable or otherwise, everything must be resisted
that receives Ministerial support, and, vice versa,
everything must be supported which is distasteful to
+he nresent dwellers in Downing-street. " Men, not
measures," is, according to the Lord of Netherby, to
he the recognised cry at the various hustings.
The rule is simple, and its general application would
be exceedingly benefici to the contemplated firm of
GRAHAM, RUSSELL, COBDEN, and Co. We should
however, hope that the various constituencies may
require something more from he candidates for their
favour ; that they will insist on satisfactory
evidence of the views of the aspirants for
senatorial honours on the all-important subjects
of fiscal, financial, Parliamentary, monetary,
end legal reform ; that they will require an expres-
sion of feeling in favour of civil and religious
liberty, and, as the first fruits thereof, a stre-
nuous support of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill
and the Marriages Affinity 8111, and a
general and unequivocal explanation on the
various questions of interest to the Liberal party, now
under discussion or consideration. We are most
anxious that Sir JAMES GRAIIAM should be elected,
such a man cannot be spared from Parliament ; but
we must, at the same time, confess that the test which
he has proposed is by no means sufficiently stringent,
nor is it one that could be safely adopted with re-
spect to untried men by any constituency in the
United Kingdom.

INDIA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

We have received our usual telegraphic dispatch
from Trieste, dated the 13th inst.
Oar dates from Bombay are to the 17th of April.

The troops for Burmah were all embarked by the
30th of March. The whole force was to unite before
Rangoon on the sth of April, and Rangoon was ex-
pected to be in our possession by the 10th of the
same month. The forces would then advance as
speedily as possible further up into the country
before the rainy season, and would then await re-
inforcements and the return of more favourable
weather.

The expedition under' Sir Colin Campbell returned
to Peshawur on the 27th of March. Three days
afterwardp, however, new outbreaks upon the frontiers
were reported, and it was expected the troops would
again be sent off.
Money was in demand.

Company's Five per Cents,, 104; ; Four per
Cents., 91.

Exchange on London, at three months' sight, 21.
Oil. per rupee.
Imports calm ; exports ditto.
Cotton from 85 to 101 rupees per candy.
Freights for London and Liverpool, 3/. 103. to
3/. 153. per ton.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH via MARSEILLES.)
MARSEILLES, MAY 13, 5 30 P.M.
The India mail has arrived.
Dates—Calcutta, April 7; Bombay, 17th ; China)
March 25.

The last expedition with troops for Burmah lef
Calcutta March 27, and Madras the 3lst.
Exchange at Calcutta, ls. llid. to Is. nil
Money is abundant.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The dinner at the Palace of the Tuileries on
Wednesday went off with eclat. At nine o'clock the
company adjourned to the theatre of the Palace.
Besides the 800 guests at dinner, the corps diplo-
matique were invited to the theatrical representation.
The i}foniteur publishes a circular from the Mi-
nister of Police relative to tho conventions with
England and Hanover for thi protection of literary
works.

The Monileur announces that three of the ten
millions assigned for erecting workmen's lodgings
will be devoted to building three model establish-
ments in the three most populous arrondissements of
Paris. All the architects of Paris are invited to send
in plans, the best of which will receive 5,000 francs
out of the PRESIDENT'S privy purse.
Perhaps the wonders of the telegraph have never
yet been more conspicuously brought into play than
during the military fd'e of Monday. From eleven
o'clock to four o'clock half-hourly messages conveyed
to the east, west, north, and south accounts of the
proceedings. Tdus all France was made, if not
spectators of the fete, yet listeners to descriptions
thereof.

The director of the telegraph thus signalled to all
points of the compass :

. -
" Eleven o'clock.
" The fetes de.aigles, favoured by magnifi2ent wea-
ther, commences under the most happy auspices. The
whole population of Paris is at the Champ de Mars.
Every precaution is taken to prevent accidents.
" Half-past Twelve o'clock.
" The Prince President enters on horseback the
Champ de Mars, followed by a numerous staff; he
passes at full gallop along the two hues of troops; he
is saluted by the moat ardent acclamations.
" One o'Clock.
" The Prince President, after having paised along the
two lines of troops, ascends his tribune, when commences
the distribution of the flags.

" Half-past One o'Clock.
" From the top of the elevated estrade, from whence
he commands the Jae, the Prince President addresses an
all icution to the army, which receives it with enthu
siasm. The religious ceremony of the distribution of the
fl igs comrarnces. Nothing can give an idea of the mag-
nificence of thisfite.

"'the "Two o'Clock.
religious ceremony is-over. The Prince Presi-
dent m,,unts his horse, and the troops begin to defile.
'I be defile will last two hours. The enthusiasm of the
troops is at its height.
"During the progress from the Elyc43 National to the
Champ do Mars the pepolation hailed the Prince Presi-
dent with unexampled fervour.

.‘ Half-past Three o'Clock.
" The defile is over. The enthusiasm of the troops
and of the population has characterised this magnifi-
cent fête. The President returns to the Elyrii amidst
the most lively aco:amations.

" Four o'Clock.
" The Prince President has just catered the Elyulo
National.
" His progress from the Champ de Mars to the
Ely has been ono immense ovation.
" The most admirable order ceased not to reign during
the ceremony.
" No accident hair been notified."
Besides the director of the telegraph there was
another historian.
"THE MINISTER OF POLICE TO TUN PREFECT OF ---.
" Four o'Clock.
" Tho review is over ; it has proved what might have
been expccted-rimplsing by its grandeur and solemnity.
The army and the whole population saluted the Prince
with unanimous acclamation?. All Paris is afite.” '
The Constitutiomel announces that the Legitimists,
in compliance with a letter from the Count DE
CHAMDORD, have resolved on refusing to take the
oath. The following is the conclusion of the article
of the Constilutionnel in which this matter is al
luded to :

We have not to appreciate in itself the letter of the
Count de Chambord, for that would be to meddle with
the affairs of a party, and we have enougghititrooidstos
only
those of France. The conduct of the Le
affects us so far as it may have an influence on the ge-
neral state of things. Ia this point of view that attitude
which they appear to take towards the Government, we
must admit is neither wanting in decision or clearnev3.
It is of a nature to rvenove all uncartaeity, and to matt;
the position of every one, and that is what we like. The
Oovernment, which does not require to borrow strength
from any one, acd which had made an appeal to all
in a spirit of concord, well know bow to act with re-
vile] to isolated persons, and will be aware of the cc-
operatiOn which it may expect from one; of the great
parties in its work of conciliation and of reparation. It
it be an incontestable advantage for a Government to
clearly see into the conduct and progress of its adverse.
ries, and to know with certainty on what it may or may
not reckon, we cannot see with displeasure the new
movement of the Legitimatist party. If it suits it to
now number its force?, we can only regard it as a useful
lesson for it and for France."
A match between Louis N.iPOLEON end a Princess
of Brazil, which some time since Was rumoured to be
on the tanis, is now spoken of
" I iutormed you about the middle of last January
that negotiations were to be undertaken with a view to
& marriage between LOWS Napoleon and a rrinceso of