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The Duke of Newcastle complained of the interpretations put upon the bilL :. ; " Why did the noble earl say that these two measures were connected ? Why , to persuade the public that th& jEroyernment were about to embody a foreign force in this rcountry—not to cany on a war in which they were interested -with a foreign nation , but to suppress domestic tumults here ; that their object was , by the bill before the other House , to obtain power to send the
militia- out of the country , and then , by the present bill , to Jtaise troops of foreign mercenaries to supply the place of the militia and suppress domestic tumults . Did the noble earl believe that that was the intention of the Government . It was impossible that he could do so . Such statements might be fair under other circumstances , and at other times , for party purposes ; but they were not fair towards the country- at a moment like this for the purpose of creating a prejudice against an important measure . "
- With respect to the Police suggestion , he reminded the noble earl that a measure on the subject had been brought into the House of Commons , but in consequence of the great opposition which was raised to it by the county members , it had eventually dropped . ~ ~ & . 8 to the suggestion that the whole of the militia should have been embodied at the commencement of the war . Government had no power to do so . ~ .. •** Up ; to the time of additional encouragement being given to militia recruiting , the volunteers from some 18 or 20 militia regements Md not exceeded 4000 or 5000 men . Now , however , that the spirit of the country -was roused , a different feeling existed , and they
might expect to obtain from the militia regiments a yery great number of recruits . The noble earl talked about embodying the whole of the militia regiments . Would he be so good as to inform him where the barrack accommodation was to be found at this moment for such a force ? He did not say that they might not be justified in embodying the militia regiments and billeting them ; . but that was not the way to make militia regiments effective , for they could never become so efficient in billet as in barracks . The House should bear these things in mind , not for the sake of the Government , but for the sake of the country and for the sake of the efficiency of the army . " The bill was then read a second time .
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BUSINESS OF THE SESSION " . tn the House of Commons on Thursday , in reply to a question of Mr . Haoeiexd , : IiOrdJ . Rtrs sell said : — "Itisnot a , very convenient course , when asking whether a bill is to be brought in upon any subject , to make an inquiry as to the contents of that bill , but I think more particularly at the present moment—and in this I hope the House will agree with me—it would be better that the Grovernment should have time to consider what measures they will bring in in the course of the session after the Christmas recess , and that we should not state until after that period the measures which ic is proposed to introduce , nor the various questions which will have to be considered . Unless it is perfectly certain that a particular bill is to be introduced , it is hardly the proper time to state the nature of the measure . "
Later in the evening , in reply to questions from Mr . Disraeli , Lord J . Russell said that the Government intended to bring forward only two bills before adjourning for the recess , one the Militia Bill , already before the House ; the other to enable her Majesty to employ foreign troops , which latter would be introduced in the House of Lords . He hoped they would be enabled to adjourn on Thursday next .
AUSTRIAN TKEATV . In reply to Mr . Milnes , Lord John Russell said— " In answer to the question I have to say thnt the documents for tho ratification of the treaty with Austria were aent some days ago from London to Vienna , and we had hoped to have received , through the telegraph , intelligence of the ratification cither yesterday or to-day , but X do not think any information of the , kind has ieen received . Without , however , waiting for the formal documents , immediately intelligence haa been received of the ratification of tho treaty it will be laid upon the table .
LIMITED LIABILITY OV PAnTNEUBnil * . . j ^ n reply to a question by Mr . Wilkinson , .. Mr . Card well said tUat a bill had been prepared Ifjg , the Government on the subject of the limited liability of partnership , and would be introduced in $ je present session . NOTICES OV MOTION . v < Major BBHESFono has given notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill to relieve tho tistatoa : of officers and others falling during the campaign from payment to the succession duty . ••¦ uMriiWi . Wilwams has given notice of a motion relative to the probate duty . MrKMwAB * gave , notice that on Tuesday ho should movaifdr- leave to bring in ai bill for further extending the formation of- public libraries .
SISTERS OP MERCY AT DUBLIN . Sir J . YoortfG , in reply to Mr , Higgins and Mr . V . Scully , explained that the Sisters of Mercy went to the Dublin Hospitals as spiritual advisers and not as nurses . The sisters were excluded to prevent complaints , and the patients' beds were labelled " Protestant" or " Roman Catholic , ' * as the case might be , to prevent mistakes . IRISH TENANT BIGHT . Mr . "V . Scully asked what course her Majesty ' s Government intend to take , during the present session , in reference to the Tenants' Compensation Bill , and other Irish land bills ? Lord J . Russell declined to pledge himself at present as to what measures * the Government would introduce in the course of the session .
NEW 3 PAPEK STAMPS . Mr . Milner Gibson recommenced on Thursday his efforts to get rid of taxes on knowledge . He stated the new evil that had arisen with the unstamped war papers . Mr . Gladstone said , " What I have to say in answer to the question of the right honourable gentleman shall be said in a very few words . The Government feel as strongly as the right honourable gentleman can urge the obligation incumbent upon them in consequence of a resolution which without a division was adopted by the House during the summer . A pledge was given by the Government , before the close of the session , that the subject , which
is one of considerable difficulty in detail , should have their best consideration . They have done then- best to redeem that pledge , and have likewise thought it to be their duty to avail themselves of the powers conferred on them by the present law for the purpose of preventing infractions and violations of * that law , which were likely to interfere Tvith the collection of the revenue . I do not understand the right honourable gentleman to object to the steps that have been taken , but that he merely refers to them as Illustrative of the disadvantages and inconveniences attending the present state of things . There is no dispute between us regarding those disadvantages and : inconveniences , and we are endeavouring to frame a measure to meet them in the best way we can . The right honourable gentleman thinks that measure should be introduced at the present moment ; but in that view of
the right hon . gentleman We are not prepared to concur . It is very true that Parliament has met for the performance of certain business , but it is not the intention of the Government to press upon the consideration of the House any measure of inportance , with the exception of two measures , to which my noble friend has referred . It is obvious , with regard to a question of this kind , that we should not lay a bill upon the table of the House until we have the prospect of being able to pass that bill through its stages , and take the definite judgment of the House upon it . Our opinion is , that we could not do justice to any such bill at this moment . The time the House is likely to si £ -will not enable us to pass the bill unde r any circumstances we can contemplate as probable ; and it would be inconvenient to introduce the bill and leave it for consideration until after tho recess , when Parliament shall meet after Christmas . I can
assure the right honourable gentlemen that , so far as the Governmen t is concerned , they will expect even from him an admission that they have done their best to redeem the pledge they have given . "
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MR . DISRAELI AND THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION . This new champion has sent the following answer to the committee . It was immediately adopted , as being what they had thought from the first : — " Hughenden Manor , Dec . 6 , 1854 . 41 , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4 th instant , ( enclosing a resolution passed at a general meeting of tho Protestants of Dublin , and forwarded to me at tkoir request . Tho sentiments of a numerous , enlightened , and loyal body of her Majesty ' s subjects , on matters " of grave importance , offered to my attention in so special a manner , are entitled to respectful and earnest consideration , and shall receive it . Although , in my opinion , tho enduring greatness of this country is involved in the maintenance of Protestant principles , I am far from believing that such a policy is dependant upon penal legislation . What we want ia , that tho principles and practice of tho constitution should bo placed more in harmony , and that there should be an end to that ambiguous language and equivocal conduct which have oxiBtcd of late years on tho part of tho Government , which appears to have done much mischief and no good ; -which have excited , instead of allaying , religious animosity 5 and which have torminated In producing anarchy in tho Churoh and feebleness in tho State . —I Leg leave to remain , uir , your faithful servant , <« jj . Djbuakh . 41 T . II . Thompson , Esq . " [ A Blight transposition of sentences would , at all eventa , have made thie elegant epistle grammatical , j
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The war intelligence this week is composed entirely of telegraphic despatches . No important blow has been struck , but it will be seen that some arrangements were contemplated for December 2 . " Marseilles , Saturday . " The Russian fire against the French position was very violent , but fresh guns were being disembarked , and quantities of ammunition .
- mace , but the French repulsed them all , and were advancing . " "It is positively asserted that at a Council of War held on the 28 th ult . General Canrobert had decided that a great battle should be fought on the 2 nd of December . The army was full of enthusiasm . " The fire of the batteries against Sebastopol had been resumed with vigour , the last parallel had been finished , and the works had reached within a hundred metres of the place . " A general assault was considered as very near . " On the 23 rd , after a sudden attack , the English surprised and spiked 16 Russian guns . "
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The French Minister of War has received tli « following despatch from the General-in-Chief of tlie army of the East : — " Before Sebastopol , Nov . 25 . " The weather has decidedly set in for rain , which interferes greatly with every description of conveyance and with our operations before the place . Nevertheless , the construction of our new batteries aud the modificationswhich we are making in our old ones proceed rapidly enough . It is not cold , and the Russian army must suffer more than we do from the rain . The bringing up of its supplies by roads , ¦ which has become very difficult , is a work of great labour . We , on the contrary , are largely provided . The fleet is in safe shelter . "
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The following are from Bucharest : — "December 8 .- ^ -The en tire Turkish army is recrossing the Danube . It will leave garrison at Kalarasch and Giurgevo . Thirty-five thousand Turks are to embark for the Crimea . Omar Pacha is expected at Varna on the llth . Sadyk Pacha's corps will occupy the Dobrudscha . There is no news from Sebastopol . " "December 11 . —Omar Pacha left this morning for Varna , where active preparations are being made
for embarking the remainder of the nineteen Turkish battalions , part of which force has already left for the Crimea . The Europa steamer , which left Sebas - topol on the 7 th , announces the arrival of four English regiments , and numerous French reinforcements . A very considerable movement has been observed between the town and the north side of the bay . The investment of the place is almost complete . The new siege guns landed from the fleets were not yet in position . "
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By-way of Berlin we receive the following , dated St . Petersburg , the 10 th inst .: — " Prince Menschikoff announces that on the 4 th of December nothing new had occurred before Sebastopol , except some trifling sorties on our ( the Russian ) side , without success . " The Moniteur of Thursday publishes the following;—
" By the arrival at Varna of the Europa , we have news irom Sebastopol of the 7 th . " A great movement of the enemy between th * town and tho north of the bay was observable . The investment of the place was nearly complete . Four French regiments and numerous reinforcements had arrived . The new siege gunB from tho allied fleets had not been got into position . " "
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oveh-estimation of allikd power . A " special" correspondent of tho Daily News has the following remarks which will teach us to " know our place "— -and improve it : — " There ia no advantage to be gained in disguising tho fact that the Russian gunnery is excellent . They irork tho guns quickly—manage to make metal of the same weight throw their shot further than we dp , and aim with great precision . They depress and elevate anoro fully and easily , and many things that our artillerymen will toll you cannot bo done , or rather arc not done , at Woolwich , it ia very evident tho Kusaiana are able to
do at Sobastopol . Their earthwork batteries , which we thought lightly of , and permitted to be thrown up without any , attempt at interruption , arc at this moment apparently as firm and as good in ovory respect as our own . Some of these were not commenced on our arrival , and wo could easily have annoyed , and in a great degree prevented their construction by tho uso of one or two guna . Hut it was npparontly calculated—over confidently — that tho grand crash from all tho guns opening at once , and tho effect of thoir fire , would have produced as depressing an effect on tho courage and endurance of the Kunaiun garrison us It was hoped it
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 16, 1854, page 1184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2069/page/8/
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