The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-26 00:00:00

MR. NBWDEGATE, M.P.

Mr. Newdegate has made a speech on public
affairs. He congratulated the agricultural interest
on the fact that it now bore " a large share in the
legislation" of the country. He congratulated him-
self as having last session prevented an attempt
made to throw open the Chancellorship of Ireland
to Roman Catholics. He alluded to his proposed
compromise of the church rates question (a county
rate of twopence in the pound when rates had been
paid for seven years), as a proposal with which he
should persevere. e continued—" Towards the
end of the session I appeared in what has been
thought an anomalous character—namely, as the
defender of the property rights of the Roman
Catholic laity against the attacks of Cardinal Wise-
man. The Roman Catholic laity possess certain en-
dowments for the administration of their religion,
which, under the free laws of England, they them-
selves administer ; but Cardinal Wiseman, through
the weakness of certain parties, grasped at those
trusts in a manner which could not but be consi-
dered an aggression upon the institutions of the
country. There are Roman Catholics in this country
as loyal as ourselves, and it was against the intro-
duction of the Jesuit system that I defended the
Catholic laity at the fag end of the session, and hap-
pily succeeded. With reference to our foreign
politics, I trust that there is no fear of an in-
vasion, but that there is a possibility thlt an
invasion might succeed, I say upon the authority
of the late Duke of Wellington. In 1847 the
Duke of Wellington published a letter, in which
he told Sir John Burgoyne that for years he
had urged upon successive Governments the dan-
gerous state of our defences, and he concluded in

these emphatic terms—emphatic as coming from a
man of undoubted courage like the noble duke. He
said, • He thanked God that he might not live to
witness the consummation of those dangers which
he had failed in persuading his countrymen to avert.'
And what was it he thought necessary for the ef-
fectual defence of the country ? He said, He might
be thought rash, but with 150,000 well-organised
militia, a small increase of the line, and a consider.
able increase of the artillery, he would undertake
the protection of England. Well, I read that letter
in the House of Commons in 1852, during the dis-
cussion upon the Militia Bill, and to the honour of
Lord Derby's Government and the patriotic spirit
of Lord Palmerston, we with much difficulty passed
that measure. But remember this-150,000 well-
organised militia was the minimum that the Duke
of Wellington said was necessary, and we have
never had 85,000. We have, in point of fact, never
had half. Looking to the state of the navy, it has
been observed that it is scarcely superior to the navy
of France alone, and totally unable to resist any
combination. Such was tho length to which the
apathy of the country, and the economical mania of
some, actuated by the designing policy of others,
have gone, that it has rendered us exposed to the
aggressions of France for yeirs. Even Louis Philippe
warned her Majesty that, though he would be the
last man to break the alliance, it was dangerous to
leave the country in such a defenceless condition
before the people of France, who in some evil hour
might be incited to impel their Government, in
remembrance of former victories of ours, to make
an inroad on our shores. It is, therefore, a subject
of congratulation to find such a manly spirit aroused
throughout the country as is manifested in the for-
mation of volunteer corps." Mr. Newdegate said,
as to Portsmouth :—" Though it is generally be-
lieved that Portsmouth, the principal arsenal of
our navy, the port which commands the Channel,
is defended, the truth is the defences it possesses
are utterly worthless, and you could not devise a
better scheme for the destruction 'of the garri-
son than the present state of its fortifications.
No man with any military knowledge can doubt
that under certain circumstances it would be pos-
sible to land 50,000 men upon our Ishores, and if
they turned Portsmouth, took it in the rear, and
possessed themselves of that arsenal, they would
have the best basis they could procure for their
operations. No doubt in the course of time we should
beat them back ; but remember that the experience
of the Crimea has shown that the sea is the best
basis of operations, and, if an army effects a lodg-
ment on our coast, and we happen to lose Ports-
mouth Arsenal, the Channel would no longer be at
our command, and the 50,000 invaders might soon
be augmented by 50,000 more, and 50,000 after
them. And we should have hard work indeed to
stop an army of 100,000 men from advancing on the
capital. (Hear, hear.) Ido not say that this will
happen, but I do say that there ought not to be a
possibility of its occurring." (Cheers.) In conclu-
sion, Mr. Newdegate referred to foreign affairs, and
expressed his opinion that England should not go
into a congress.

The American steamer Ocean Queen, Capt. Sea-
bury, sailed from Havre on Wednesday morning for New
York, with 40,000 dols. .in specie, 800 tons of goods, and
180 passengers. The Ocean Queen entered the port on Sa-
turday morning, and has consequently discharged one cargo
and taken in another, with 700 tons of coals, in the short
space of four days.

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