The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

Mr. BRODERIP asked for what object?—Applicant
said it was his impression, and that of the other mem-
bers of his family, that her object was to, induce him to
marry her.
Mr. BRODERIP wished to know his age ?—Applicant
replied, twenty-six.
Mr. BRODERIP supposed that the nephew had been
a consenting party in the transaction. The young man,
he presumed, had not been induced to accompany her
contrary to his own wishes?—Applicant was not aware
that he had.
Mr. BReDERIP intimated that he could not assist the
applicant.

- The gentleman was desirous of knowing whether the
magistrate could not afford him some aid if it could be
clearly shown that his nephew was of an imbecile state
of mind?

Mr. BRODBRIP observed, that if even that were shown
it would not give him the power to interfere. Had ap-
plicant's nephew any property ?
Applicant rep:ied, none. The woman was a person
of interior condition in life to the young man, and it was
the opinion of his family that she wished to get married
to him from a belief that there was or might be some
property coining to him.
Mr. BIZODERIP repeated that he had no power to in-
terfere. If the young man were of an imbecile state of
mind the remedy they had was by habeas corpus. Ap-
plicant had better consult his legal adviser, who would
apply to one of the ju tges.
Applicant, who Was accompanied by a brother of the
young man spoken of, then thanked the magistrate and
withdrew.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 29.
SERVICE IN TII E ARMY.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to ask the
questions of which he had given notice. He had,
therefore, to inquire whether the Bill now introduced
into the House of Commons by her ‘lajesty's Govern-
ment for limiting the time of service in the army has
the sanction and approbation of the Commander, in Chief,
and it it h:s originaied on his recommendation to her
Majesty's Government, or if any opinions have been taken
by any board of general officers, or other military
authorities on the measure. Whether it is the intention of
her Majesty's Ministers to advise her Majesty to issue
her royal warrant, as in October, 1806, for fixing and
raising the pensions of non-commissioned officers and
soldiers who become entitled to their discharge by rea-
son of expiration of certain periods of service, viz., to
non-commissioned officers to ILL od., to privates Is.,
thus returning to the standard thought advisable at that
period, when limited service was first introduced, in-
stead of remaining at the diminished pensions now esta-
blished.
Earl GREY said that although no inconvenience
might arise to the public service by giving an explicit
reply to the question, yet it was plainly improper that
confidential communications between the Ministers and
the Horse Guards should be brought before the House,
and he could, therefore, return no answer at all. With
respect to the second question, ho had to say that no
such warrant as that to which the Noble Marquis al-
luded had been issued, or was intonded to be issued.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had then to move
for copies of all the communications between her
Majesty's Ministers and the Horse Guards with
respect to the term of enlistment for service
and also with respect to the increase of pen-
sions, according to the minute of October 18, 1846.
As the oldest general officer in the service, he felt bound
to perform this duty : it was a duty he did not shrink
from, because he felt confident that nine out of ten of the
general officers of the army wore opposed to this Bill.
He thought they had a right to know what were the
opinions of the general officers of the army on the sub-
ject. There was not at present a single military officer
in the Cabinet. In matters of law, in the navy, or in
the church, the opinions of the dignataries, or the offi-
cers at the head of the department were studied ; but
with respect to the army a great and fundamental change
was now to be brought about under the recommendation
of the Secretary at War, who was, no doubt, a very
respectable sort of gentleman, but certainly knew no
more about the army than one of the clerks at the table.
He said that was not the first time that a limited service
had been proposed. A similar proposition was made in
1806, and before that in 1757. Ilad the present mea-
sure resembled that of Mr. Wyndham, who proposed
pensions for the soldiers after their service had expired,
there would have been some encouragement for the
army. But by this measure it was proposed that at the
end of ten years the soldier could demand his discharge.
noNw, only let them suppose this arrangement had been
existence during the war. Suppose the Duke of
York had had a numbe.r of these young men from twenty
to twenty-five years of
age, what would have been the
consequence? Why that army, after their first campaign,
was ordered to Copenhagen, thence to Corunna; from
Corunna to Vimeira, and thence to Talavera. Such
was the service which these forces saw. How soon, he
asked, could a recruit be fitted for his duty ? Sir C.
Napier, an authority on such a subject, had said that an
infantry soldier could be fitted for his duties completely
in three or four years ; but he (the Marquis of Londc,n-
derry), as a cavalry officer, took upon him to say that a
good cavalry soldier could not be made under
five or six years. He could not speak of the artil-
lery ; but if a cavalry soldier could not be per-
fectly fitted under that time, an artillery soldier
could not be prepared in a shorter period.
Their cavalry was not like the cavalry of continental
countries, for the officers by purchases or promotions
were always changing, and great irregularity and em-
barrassment would be the consequence of the soldiers
being allowed, at the expiration of ten years, to retire
from the service. It should be remembered that it
required five years of hard discipline to make a good