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position of many English families, whose safety
should be ensured at any cost. "Si vis pacem
para helium," may be regarded by many
as a trite and hackneyed apophthegm.
But its truth and accuracy have never
been questioned, and if we wish to restore
peace in the Anglo-Indian Empire, to say nothing
of the necessity of reconquering Hindostan, which
has already beenl more than hinted at, our pre-
parations should be adequate to the magnitude of
the emergency, the overwhelming importance of
the subject.
The Militia should not only be prepared to act
as a home garrison, so that every regiment in the
United Kingdom should be available for service
in India, but they should also be authorised to
volunteer for service in the colonies, and if need-
ful, at what may justly be termed, " the seat of
war." This may be a matter of vital conse-
quence before the next meeting of Parliament,
and Ministers may be obliged to convene the
Legislature at a very inconvenient period, or
to act on their own responsibility, and de-
mand a bill of indemnity for their judicious
violation of the law of the land. Now,
all such demands are very injurious. They are
blows against the Constitution, which may serve
as precedents for less justifiable usurpations, and
should never be sanctioned where, in the exercise
of ordinary prudence, additional powers should
be demanded.

Nor is it sufficient to call out the militia for
home and colonial service, and to despatch every
troop and company of the standing army to India.
We must do more. We must strive to render
their services as efficient as possible, "the regula-
tions of the military Circumlocution office t 3 the
contrary in any wise notwithstanding." This is
but the paraphrase of a well known legal
sentence. But how can they act ener-
getically, while oppressed with the shako,
" Albert hat," or " Grenadier bearskin," with
the apoplectic stock, or tunic attracting every solar
ray ? The Sepoys long ago were reported to have
said, "It too cold for brave to-day." May it
not be too sultry for valorous exploits ? May not
our best troops be rendered powerless by the heat
of the camate ? They will surely have enemies
sufficiently formidable to contend against without
adding the authorities at the Horse Guards to the
number. A few judicious rules at head-quarters
would more than double the strength of our forces
in India. We fear, however, that it is useless to
anticipate any change. Red-tapisra is too power-
ful at Whitehall. Routine is a demon that re-
quires many hecatombs. Before any practical step is
taken, we must witness the immolation of thou-
sands of victims. It would be too much to expect
hat the authorities could recognise any distinction
between the Arctic and Tropical regions, or direct
a difference of clothing where the thermometer
was above blood-heat or below zero. Nothing
but the voice of public opinion can produce an
alteration or modification of the system ; and the
sooner it speaks out, plainly and intelligibly, the
better for all parties concerned.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL has carried his first reso-
lution for the appointment of a Select Committee,
but the nomination of its members was prevented
by the exercise of the privilege belonging to fac-
tious minorities. It was not enough that the
leading members of the Opposition benches, were
placed on that committee. Mr. DISRAELI, Sir JOHN
PAKINGTON, and Lord STANLEY were too enlightened
for their followers, and Mr. NEWDEGATE—the
superlative of Spoon and SPOONER—in all matters
of bigotry and intolerance, complained,and effected
the loss of a valuable day.
A very discursive debate took place on the terms
of the resolutions. Some pettifogging quibbles were
raised respecting the important question, whether
it should be " the 25 members nominated, and
all the gentlemen of the long robe," or "all the
' gentlemen of the long robe, and the following 25
members." And this was discussed with the hair
splitting acumen generally bestowed on special de-
murrers in the good old times. As 15 " Hon.
and Learned" Members, as they are usually
termed, were included in the favoured twenty-
five, exceptions were taken on this point that they
were slighted by not being considered " Gentle-
men" of the long robe; while an earnest voice was
raised on behalf of " the Gentlemen" by Act of
Parliament, whose service would be required for
the purpose of "instructing," and, we hop',
" feeing" the members of the other branch of the
legal profession!

The decision, as we have stated, was postponed,
and the topic will again be ventilated this evening.
We suppose that the Select Committee, consisting
of some 122 members, will be duly appointed.
We hope that the jurists will constitute " a cool
hundred." We cannot, however, anticipate so
pleasing a result. Where the disputatious element
so greatly preponderate; we should imagine that
it would rather resemble the audience chamber
of the " Kilkenny cats," of historical renown, and
that the tail of Sir F. THESIGER'S wig, with, perhaps,
a fragment of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S tunic, may
remain as the only relics of the contest.
It is to be regretted that the Gordian knot has
not been already cut, by the appearance of Baron
ROTHSCHILD at the bar of the House. We have
not the slightest doubt that Mr. DILLWYN is a
more judicious adviser than Lord J. RUSSELL,
under existing circumstances, and that the course
which he was prepared to mark out would sooner
lead to the desired gaol than that of the ex
Premier.

The temporising and vacillating policy hitherto
Firsued has been but exposing the nakedness of
the land, raising artificial impediments when
none really existed. It is true that it might
prove a trump card in the event of a Tory Go-
vernment. But we cannot tolerate tactics
that would keep such a matt3r in abey-
ance for such a purpose. Our liberal rulers
should not teach the country to desire
a Derbyite Cabinet, for the purpose of eliciting
the real opinions of their opponents. They should
rather do what they can under existing circum-
stances, and they may rest assured that, if they
keep paca with the spirit of the age, they will
find quite enough to do without maintaining so
useless a reserve. The question must be settled
one way or other during the present session, or
the people will be inclinei, and with much reason,
to exclaim—" a plague on both your Houses r

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1867.

Bettor late than never ! The Governmen t
hi'vs, Oven at the eleventh hour, thought it pru-
dent to act on the advice which we tendered
vthen the
painful nte int ' *gonce of the mutinies in
the Bengal
AxtoY was first promulgated. A bill
was last night introduced in the Upper House by
Lard PANMIIRE, to authorise the embodiment of
the militia between this and the 25th March next,
without calling Parliament together within 14
days after the time. This is a wise and salutary
precaution, and although it has subjected Minis- The g
Powers to do old taken from the Bank yesterday was only
tern to the reproach of demanding I
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Sue died this morning at six o'clock.
had no intention of doing," they are entitled to The leather-market has become much more animated
praise throughout t' e week, with an upward tendency, owing
for braving that ridicule, and acting in the
manner which the exigencies of the case ma to anticipated requirements for the army and general
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The state of affairs in India is far too
adopted. A satisfactory proaress in the
taken
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Neapolitan Government
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form of. the postal system) other decrees will corn
SepOy3 will find their way to Delhi, the head-
pieta this reform, which is based on the French system
quarters of the Mallontents. It is true that we .
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the spread of insubordination, and of the perilous arrested.