The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1854.

The National Guard of England—the Militia
—to be called out for the military service of
the country, in consequence of so large a portion
of her MAJESTY'S regular forces having been sent
abroad, to take part in the war against Russia,
and landed on the shores of the Bosphorus and
of the Dardanelles. A message from the QUEEN
to that effect was read last evening to the House
of Peers by the Lord CHANCELLOR. It was after-
wards moved by the noble Duke the Colonial
Secretary, moved by his Grace, of course, in his ca-
pacity as Minister of War, that the thanks of the
Legislature should be tendered to the Sovereign
for the gracious declaration by which her MAJESTY
had again evidenced her solicitude for the safety
of the State and the well-being of the population.
It is scarcely necessary to add, of course,
that the proposal made to the House of
Peers by the Duke of NEWCASTLE was
acceded to by their Lordships with loyal
unanimity. As unnecessary as it would be to
insist at any length upon the probability of
this timely calling out of the militia being wel-
comed by the community with cordial enthusiasm.
A s a wise and judicious measure it cannot but be
regarded. Especially must this be the case, when
it is remembered that, not only have so many of
our troops already taken their departure for the
Rasa, but that it will be necessary for them to
be followed, as speedily as possible, by those not
yet embarked, in order that the allied armaments
collected together on the borders of the seat of
war may be adequate in number as well as in
Valour and general efficiency for the exigencies
of that arduous struggle upon which England,
and France, and Turkey, and Egypt have together
adventured.

Her MAJESTY'S Message in regard to the Militia
is to be taken into consideration this evening by
the House of Commons, and it cannot, of course,
be doubted for an instant that its reception there
will be no less distinguished by the loyal ardour
of the popular representatives than it was yester-
day by that of the hereditary legislators of the
United Kingdom in the Upper House of the Im-
perial Parliament.

It may be that the Honourable Gentleman the
Member for West Surrey--whose homely taunts,
uttered in a stage whisper from the floor of the
Rouse on the Ministerial side, just below the
gangway, and couched in the oddest language
imaginable, are generally received by the Com-
mons precisely as an Adelphi Screamer is greeted
by the pit, according,
with " shouts toplay-bills, namely,
Hon. Member
offo
rinagughte— the
it may be that the
est Surrey was not so far
wrong, when he said last
ninight," At present
there is a partnership existing between the EM-
PEROR, of the French and her MA
Minis-
ters, and I am sure the first
fin Jzsry's
the brains,
while we are to find the money. The
is the head, and we are the tail.e hEalti:l7ußs
on from first to last, and without
RY saywishi
which,nloclakore-
as DOGBER.s, arnget°c comparisons,
ous,' I must say, I wish we had a Foreign Minis-
ter who could write despatches as well as M.
DROUYN DE L'HUYS." Afterwards, a little later
on in the course of his remarks, when Mr. Daus/-
MOND referred to the proposed formation of a
camp of 100,000 men, near Boulogne, "to
watch Prussia," the colloquial humorist exclaimed,
" Tell that to the marines !" with an aptness of
implied incredulity that provoked no small amount
of merriment. " You may tell that to the ma-
rines" said the hon. member the rival jester of
the gallant colonel of militia opposite—" you may
tell that to tha marines, or, as we are in the
middle of a university debate, to the Gentlemen
Commoners : for nobody else will believe it."
However this maybe, it is tolerably evident that the
member for West Surrey was not so far wrong when
he observed, as we have seen already, that France
'has pointed out the way to us in almost every
jnstance, from first to last, throughout the whole
of the,se transactions. We have declared as much
oursAlve, in these columns before now, again and.
again, repeatedly. And as it was months ago in
regard to the sending of a Mediterranean fleet to
Besika Bay, so is it now in reference to the orga-