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      to which all the souvenirs tend . There can be little doubt that the Empire is fully ripe . Pretexts for its establishment wjll not be wanting , but the higher the man m (^^;^||^ sud ^ 9 and the more violent will be niSfaJ | # t' : Old Jerome's speech betrays a ; 1 j # ent respect for the necessities of the nineteentti-jpentury . ! , Billault , by no means ; a silent ] # ttaber in the Constituent and in thfrfJnambe * J * f deputies , * e * commends few words . He also says that the

      Budget and the Taxation will be grave and serious topics of discussion . Very true : but the Budget is already decreed and the Taxation settled for the year . The protest of the three Republican Members is bold and firm ; but alasi from Cavaignac ' s lips the words " public liberties" come with an ill grace : Louis Bonaparte , the Saviour of Society , only bettered the instructions of the Saviour of the Republic

      The Emperor , indeed , is coming ; but faster than the Emperor comes difficulty and opposition . Ridicule , omnipotent in Prance , is daily gnawing at the parody with its thousand teeth ; and in France , ridicule kills . The Salle des Marechauso was but sorrily composed at the installation . Ve > on and Granier de Cassagnac were there exultant ; but where were the statesmanship and the genius ?

      Signs there are of a reviving public spirit : Emile de Girardin ' s return to La Presse will be a Pharos in the darkness . It is not easy for the keenest censor to find Mm tripping , and yet he will , in one former another , say his say . The Empire undoubtedly alarms Europe , —not so much for what it may bring , as for what it may leave when the tide has ebbed away .

      The East India Government seem disposed to prosecute the Burmese war in downright earnest . No less than thirteen war steamers , the largest steam fleet ever fitted out , have sailed for Rangoo n ^ arid are now probably sending shqt and shell into that strongly fortified town . Six thousand troops , drawn from the Bengal and Madras

      armies , have been marched to the enemies territory . Hot work is cut out for the irascible Burmese . Gold in South Australia ! A reward was offered by the Governor , to stimulate the explorers . Two days afterwards there were several claimants . The new auriferous region is Mount Gambier , about 288 miles from Adelaide .

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      HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT . THE MILITIA . Mr . Wai / poxe , on behalf of the Government , stated on Monday the provisions of the new Militia Bill . It will be remembered that on the night of the 20 th of February lost , when Lord Palmerston defeated Lord John Russell , the House agreed to an amended form of the motion proposed by the late Premier , and on that question the late ministry resigned . As a matter of course the amended resolution remained on

      the journals of the House as an order of the day , and was adjourned from time to time , until Ministers were in a position to bring the question forward again . The motion was fixed last week for Monday ; and leave having boen given on the 20 th of February to bring in a bill to " amend and consolidate the laws respecting the Militia , " Mr . Walpole moved " that Mr . Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Secretary Walpole , and the Secretary at War , do prepare and bring in the

      bill . " This motion was preceded by a long speech , in which Mr . Watvpole stated the reasons of Ministers for bringing in the bill . Ho considered himself as obeying tho will of the House in brinffinpr tho measure forward ; b ut ho also felt that he would bo neglectin g hia duty , and actuully botraying tho intercuts of tho country , if ho shrank from tho task . On tho topic of our perils ho was prolific in alarmfl . Trusting that actual danger was an far removed as over from our ulforos , yet ; looking at tho stato of Europe with roibronco reference

      to its govornmontH— " 1 moan , " ho , said , " with to tho elements of anarchy and confusion which exist , " ( ironical chooru from tho Opposition and counter choors from tho Ministerial bonchetA and then , correcting him , wolf , ho continued— " I did not say anarchy and confusion ; but looking , to tho olonionl . H of anarchy and confusion which might easily break out not many months henco , I . think we are bound to boo ( hat we are in such a state of defence as to bo ablo to resist any attack which by possibility may bo made upon us . " ( Hear , hoar , and cheers . ) Implying to a quostion . previously put by Mr . Collins , ho franlcly answered , that Ministers had not received any information respecting foroign powers , einco their accession

      to office , wHcb ? a ^^ bill . In fact , : ! puj £$ nendly relations with foreign powers have increased . ipSsclaiming all improper mbtavfes ^' stich as jealousy or ftp ^ he based the reasons for theintfrbduc-, tion of tkeWfi , fct ^ y on . the belief ^ f . the ; Govermnemfcfffifcjb % is ou ^ &jtffof tfsBes . to J ^ fj ^^^^ -gJ ^ tf ; * $ f . aefen # & ; Ax $ yrein ajtfflM . d # *» c $ > ( & $ & $ * » ot . And ihen he entered into 'a . Jqjag . statement of xea 'Sras to prMHs ' pe&i ; ' siniuar ^ tjios © widen ^ o ^ 1 ; h £ 2 ptfc W 5 ? ebrta # & werfr ittade to thttblouse' iftbitt all 8 fat % -P 'iniountittg tti ebMriW ^ gumeBtflf to / tnttrial three rfqrajgMi * tionBC ; First , ^ i ^ . ouijrac ^ i ^ : » d 0 fes ^ : ; are wfiiei | ii /' inaccurate ~~ -- ^ - ~—^^*^^^ m ^^ '

      This he met by stating that it was basett on an estimate of our disposable force ; those who affirmed the above proposition costing up among otff defensible . forceai , the ships and soldiers engaged in service in all parte of the ffibbe ^ incltidjiiig ' . ¦' tiip&dian army ; , wHle , as , a matter of f £ ct , we have ; a total of nearly 160 , 0 pp men , yet there are nqt more vthan , j 26 , Qbt > who could be concentrated op a given point for tne defence of , t \ xe island . It ^ fts * he same with our Ship ' s ^ AcLpnral Berkeley ; had , said there were sHps enough to cover the south coast . Granted ; but have we inen W * iem ? ' Qn the home station there were nine ships of the ^ e , £ ye ( frieates ; one sjoop , nine screw ; and eiffht Daddle steamers , " He would not disparage that force , their

      but supposing ^ a Hostile squadron evaded yigilaiice , and we had no adequate covering armyon land , We should then be in a position -which , a great country like , this ought not to be in ; Secondly , it was said , that there , was ; no immediate necessity ^ because there was no jmijaed ? ate danger , " , Kiis argument he disposed of bj quoting Edmuiid . BuxkeJ ' Tpy'hqVsaid '; that Nearly aiad prp ^ eftt fear is the mother of s , afety , ; and enlarging generayy : on , the advantages / of , b ^ mg fmaiturely prepared for p ^ Os ^ ible dangers . Thirdly , were were , those who urged that if . there were dangeri . ' f : yreought to incre ^ e oiw army , and navy *' This he shortly ^ emohshed'h y assertingt ^ fc the pe ^ te of

      so far cleared his patli : of bbstt ^ ction ^ ie djla ^ d P ^ -the advantages pf the militia as a constitutional force , andjaid down the Glover ^ mentplaiu The greatprinciples of the proposed biD . were toi provideby means " ofvoluntarV enlistment an armed force for national defence , iapd to ioMe $ ha £ forCe effective by means of drilling * ^ nd training . The amount of force permanently W be maintained ' waa 80 , 000 men , pf which 60 , 000 would be Mobed in the firs * and 30 , 000 in the second year . The period of service to be for five years . It was proposed to pay the men . by bounties of , 3 Z » or 4 Z . each , paid at once or hy monthly ^^ allpTQUices , pf 2 s . or

      option to be witnthe men . With regard . to ' the qfficers j the high qualification fixed by the old Mihtia Acjt of George III . would not be required below the rank of major , but half-pay ^ fficersjand p ^ spns wht ^^^ h a ^ , se / 5 ved Would have a preference . The training . wquld . be ior - < S 1 days in each year under ordinary circumstances ,. pbwer benig taken to extend or reduce that period as might be required . The existing law ( for it was an existing . law , beuig merely suspended by an annual bill ) in respect to the embodiment of the force , would be followed—that was , it would be embodied in th ^ e . even ^ of actual invasion or , imminent danerer of it . The payment of bounties , and the

      necessity of providing arms and equipments , would bring the expense in the first year to about 400 , 000 Z ., but in after years it would be about 250 , 000 / . a year . The , enlistment would be voluntary , but in the event of way district not supplymgifa quota , power would bo taken to put the ballot in motion . iThe objection , that to raise such a fprce would interfere with recruitine for the army , wpuld be met by adopting 18 to 35 as the eligible age , and 5 feet 2 inches as the lowest standard of height , the standard of pur regular army being 6 , feet 6 inches , and that pf the French army 5 feet 1 inch . He woundup by warning the House that if they refused to pay for this constitutional defensive force they might have to pay forced contributhat if the

      tions levied by a foreign power ; and by stating , measure were tlirown out , Government would have the melancholy satisfaction of having dono its duty , while the responsibility of leaving tho country defenceless would fall upon tho House . Mr . Httme opposed the bill . He treated the necessity for it as not proven ; and he argued that the forces existing would be sufficient , if properly disposed , and the navy adequate , if called home . Ho quarrelled with Mr . Walpole ' s estimate of our military strength ; and by enumerating our regular and irregular forces , tho marines , tho Irish and English police , he made up a grand total of 232 , 000 men ; and undertook , any day ,

      to call together 25 , 000 men , without touching tho regulars . Ho generally argued against the measure , on tho grounds—that it would add to tho taxes , that it would demoralize tho country , and that it was hostile to the doctrine of the division of labour . Sir De Laoy Evans thought no caso of necessity had been made out , and that , relying mainly on our present army , wo should encourage tho formation of volunteer corps . Mr . MiiiNER Gibbon suggested whether it would not bo better to defer the bill until tho mooting of tho now parliament / Ho appealed to Lord Palmorston for , aid in stopping tho progress of tho bill ; and stated his belief that " tho people of this country would profor the increase of tho rogular army to tho embodiment of

      tho militia . " In answer to tho appeal of Mr . Gibson , Lord Pai > mbhston made a short and decisive speech . It was his intention to givo hor Majesty ' s Government any support in his power for tho purpose of carrying tho bill . ( Ohoorfl . ) Tho nocoBsity for it could not do overstated ; wo liad not tropps available for our defence , and tho argumont drawn from a oasting-up of tho number of eoldiora employed in all parts of tho world , and represent *

      o , . ; R ; t f ti > vr rMT- # l . ffifi % fy in- . nl . i , ing th * , 4 q * a ^ abM > Jifc 8 & ^|^^ sconteA 4 ideSSuSS 1 ieyen nTM « nited ^ ia « i ! & as a matter ! of . course , in ^ S rh ^ stfle fleet ^ Nettie *« jould--M * rely , up <» n E £ f « V nriV ^ mationef . i ^ IVaiiefcj . m « M ? ^^ WM ^ Mj ^ ishipsbrineuiB ^ S « tof . tfeeiex ^ diti ^ liavmgr sailed , r would ^* S °£ ? f |« fore ^^ xp % S& « i , i « olfi ^ e ^^ t meaS ^ wfl ?^ to mm ^ pte 8 fe ^ , aanger , , fai ^^ ioh ife wouS ibS ^ f qna * 8 i l ™ t : ** ti « 0 )^ p ( 5 feti ^ ^ ^ , W . 1 * ££ m m « M ^ h ^ a peman ^ SS id tae stondingraimr , i ^ would t > ear amilitia ^~" i iu luuaiaBiue ' _ .

      vna - ^ , aomuugni , at , generally a / wi / wl one . ¦ i'Hei ^ hadtaJwayB h > Bn favpiurablentp ^ pluntarv enSsf ment . Therfe Wadiome objection to payine the boumtf at . , once , and > he tho ^ himoathly instalments would b ^ morc- _ seeurek ' Excepting details , yet to be discussed ¦' . ' ho felt bound to ^ state . ' i Onfe-tliiid plan- of ^ ^ the Government . Was one higldydeservirig the . favour and sanction of thl ¦ Wiii ^ . r : m >> te--&m :. 3 ilfaify- Mifc Gibson in talrini « d vantage of this measure to ; tum out her aiiajesty ' s Govern * menft / he should be ; happy , ^ afford hex Majesty ' s GovernI ment eyerxposable assjs ^ nce . ^ o ^ rvi ^^ a meiaeure that he considered of the utmost importance to the cbuntrv '( - * Hear , hear , " iand' cfiber ^ 'froni the 'Mnusterial bencfees V Colonel Thomp 8 O 1 T joined the ranks of the dissia ^ ts tao Diu

      opposed ; , ana counseuea ttelajy . liiB Bttbneest re ^ on , waa the asjer ^ on i ^ hat ;; ' . 'if ajay Continental .. Mte 3 thought proper to eovee their countries with a network of fbrfcre ^ ses ^ that would not justify the addition of a single man to the British army . " f < ord Jokir BtrssiEaiii wasplilof those Who thought that an increase of the'defeneivbforce of the country was necessary . He enlargedupon the precarious nature of peace , and instanced the IVitchard mdeiaiiity case as one of those unforeseen incidents which brin ^ nations 6 n the iverge of war . He critieised the bill somewhat , and asked for exphinatibna respecting the ballot , as he did not feel sim-e that volunteers would come forward . He © H ^ ted to payins the botmty b ahmp . Although

      he could form oidy an imperfect notion of tibo meattire , yet a * it was one fonr the defence of the ^ country , , "he should think iit most unjustifiable if he offered any obstacle to the introduction of the bilL' ? ( Cheers from the ministerial benches .- ) From this patriotic remark the transition to the conduct of IiOrd Palmerston was easy . "He was . glad toi find that thenoble lord ,- the member for Tivertoiij supported the intrbduetibnof the bill . ( Hear . ) It was hir ( Lord J . Euseell ' s ) misfortune that the noble lord did not approve of his bin , because it onl y applied to England , and Scotland and Ireland not being included the noble lord said it _ would be presumed that all the Scotch

      Were cowaords arid all the Kj&were rebeb * ' ( Hear , best . But the righ £ honv « en * l « m « tt had inade the same proposal dnt that' reapect . ( Hear , hear . ) ^ He proposed a bilMor England , and . when * they were embodiea they might be sent to any part of the United Kingdom , and that Iras the measure which he ( Lord J . Eussell ) had proposed . ( Hear , hear . ) But the objection pf the noble lord did not apply to the right honourable gentleman —( hear , hear , and laughter)—and though the proposition was the same , the noble lord had npt made the , same qbjection , ( Laughter . ) in reply to some questipna ' from Lprd John Russell , Mr . Walpolb made the following useful sijatement : —

      "It was intended to tak . e the Begisferar-General ' s districts as the districts that would fumiah men . On reference to the census of 1861 , it would be found that they could fix the quota of men to be supphed by the different places more equitably bygoing to those disfancts than by going to the parishes . { Hear , hear . ) Withregtfrd totle question oancerninff the ballot , it wa » a necessary conscquenoo that they should fall back upon it if they couldnot procurd a siunciont number of men by voluntary enlistment * and it would also be necessary * hat substitutes BhoiJd be allowed . ( Hear , hear . l In regard to the next quqs wn of the noble lord , ho should lay before the House a calculation which ho held in his hand with regard to the e ^ enflc . If m . a man were paid as bounty , the sum requn-ediortne

      first 50 , 000 men would be 150 , O 00 Z . ; and the w ^ - to bo raised next year would cost 90 . 000 J . Of couwe , « tho bounty was 4 , 1 ., tho expenditure would be M"Jj 2 i more . The pay and ' allowances to 60 , 000 men , withoffi ^ J would be for 21 days , 87 , 129 Z . j marching moneyj totme * joining and returning , 6250 ^ . ; carriage of baggage , w ^^ clothing , at 11 . IBs . a man , 93 , 663 * . ; extra f <>™*™ l innkeepers , 15 , 000 ? . ; making a total for 1852 of 2 ^ Tho 8 ( fo 00 men proposed to bo enrolled for 1853 wo entail an additional expense of 38 , 027 A 10 s . for tho ^ days' training ; with 3 § 25 l . for ^ marching money ^ * for innkeepers ' allowances ; clothing ( at 11 . l ^ KJ ^ 53 , 550 Z . ; making , with some allowances for « g m £ * £ a total expenditure for tho two years of 311 , ww ^ ^ ing tho cost of clothing provided in , l » f iKaS « M ¦»* tofal cost of 80 , 000 men for 1853 would , bo , Mg ^ tno oi oiotik 8 t Jo

      ogam deducting cose »«>~ *— v ^ h r cost of training for 1854 , would be } 0 W ? ' ^ f thul ) :-fivo years , ho believed , might betakesl to ^ etand m For 1852 , 200 , 000 * . ; for 1853 , 210 , 000 * - ; for 185 * , V »> , for 1866 , 160 , 000 * . j for 1866 , 16 O , O 0 OZ . " ^ After Mr . Duff had declared an nn- ^ jT m i feronco for a standing army , Mr . Can ** « J ° ' . ^ opposed the measure from tho " peace at any p point of view . , , to yn ( ior-Tho more ho hoard tho moro ho was at a low w ^ stand why our forces wore to bo |«« W- BShori * y ^ Evans had given thorn tho weight of * " JJV c 0 U ntry show that it would bo impossible for any fo ^ to got a large invading army together without o ^ timely notjSe of it . If lord Y ^ l ^ J ^ m ^ l ciuestfon in a military capacity , it must bo ^^ xn ^ ^

      ( laughter ); but ho contradicted ^ LTmS ^ V ^ 2 Sir Bo Xacy Evans , andJLord John JJS ^ taM Now , on such a measure , ho «»*««»» . ]? 3 too ] M \ t to dofor to thoir opinions . Bosiclos , ho did not £ ^^ il , any real apprehension wo » foW . we

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1852, page 310, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1929/page/2/