wards by a trooper, all are aimed diagonally, according to the rules of the sword exercise. With men who had thus nothing but their musket to carry, troops armed as heavily as those in regular armies usually are, stood no chance of competing on a march."-Henningsen's Campaign, Vol. I., p. 106. F.-Page 280. In the House of Commons, on Monday, the 17th of April, LORD JOHN RUSSELL having moved, that “the Ordnance Estimates be referred to the Committee of Supply," Sir HENRY HARDINGE moved, as an amendment : "That an humble address be presented to His Majesty, praying that His Majesty will be graciously pleased not to renew the Order in Council of the 10th of June, 1835, granting His Majesty's royal licence to British subjects to enlist into the service of the Queen of Spain, which Order in Council will expire on the 10th of June next; and praying also, that His Majesty will be graciously pleased to give directions that the marine forces of His Majesty shall not be employed in the civil contest now prevailing in Spain, otherwise than in that naval co-operation which His Majesty has engaged to afford, if necessary, under the stipulations of treaty." At the conclusion of Lord John Russell's speech, the house divided: For considering the Ordnance Estimates in Committee of Supply......... 278 Ashley, Lord Ashley, Hon. H. Bagot, Hon. W. Bailey, J. Baillie, Hugh D. Bainbridge, E. T. Balfour, T. Baring, F. Baring, H. B. Baring, W. B. Baring, T. Bethell, R. Blackburne, I. Blackstone, W. S. Bolling, W. Bowles, G. R. Bradshaw, J. Bramston, T. W. Brownrigg, S. Bruce, C. L. Cumming Bruen, Colonel |