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In tlie pitsent state of Europe , ■'.•»« 'I..-' i« "Pt«ge^*' ■ays Seguiry « »jtMf J .TTar k the hfctoiy of «an." gome event may require the withdrawal of some W ilTHhoat eontft^ietioti, we oujjh; to be the !»»< of Her Majesty's fbrcfes ; howeveHhe British hAppie.; pMfrtfe en thill continent, and I may add, Oovemmeiit may lament.!!, Owy Must take ft tpariapa of •my other. We enact on- own laws, P"ge from the history of the world and attend to •lla^ikM taxes thlin our neighbors, one of the the greatest emergency first. Is net the Cabinet •iant'eoBntries ia the worM, and the largest of Englftnt iiow acting on the very principle, in •W9r^*tliat 'floats on the bosom of the ocean to sending reinforcements to Canada as the part of proltat KMHT eotameree on every aea, without it her possessions supposed to be the tnetrt lb dkii. eontiiig «■ a' farthing. Under sneh favorable cir- ger ? With her it is like a game of cfaM tipon «aBatMic«a, what is to pHsvent our haopiness? a grand scale, in which eoloniM, crowns and Jkad^iA abeiMr does a doud^appearinthepoliti- soeptres, are at stake. These are the trite d^ ad iMMrisbn of the neighbering republic, threat- cumstanoes of the case. If BnglaMd does not •tring to diMwb the- pMMef than the monarch of Deed the troops, and is disengaged, we wiH have tln«ee« is chartet««l^fi>r the purpose 1. bring- little trouble with our calculating neighbors, lag iiat troops—giviii^ a sure pledge of British although the desire of their hearts is, ''America fliadnil^ ag^ to poof odt her blood and trea- for the Americans," and "The bi«ad AtklMic .Mmte defend a% for which every true Britirii for a boundary-," bat their ^Hey it **%i^ until ^•dQeetmMlliMlaBfe^faMly thankful. " I^I«nd has her hands full like 1813," then ■i£vt(kaHUBl««iLof Britiab r^Iawe will en«bt« con- ^'Knghwd's necessity will be America's oppot- jm wae:'fm%f an^ intimidation to our "tnnity." I have ctirefnlly watched the UoHfed 'Qnffiilf fit* as that while the Unitnid States for half a centnry, and have mvatMiy fltetta tee- thMMa^g 'to poar out the vial of noticed the tone of .the press towards Englttid .tWr WraUi, liGiiat .Bthtan is a( peaoj and can to be like the mei^cry in the gradoiteiflcllfr of iiyme «oa>e rngi wu h fa to; fa«.;>i^rtered in the thermometer. When Engkmd waa b trwMe • CaWda; f.bat wIM'/bmi tdl th* mmnent they the mereury was op, aad when 13n|^aiid wai Ita- aajr be MqHAd for hn awn dafcaea, oraome of engaged it fell. It never rose so hig^M ia 1S19, liar naaMvona .Mkmiei T' b dte war of 1812, when England was physioidly exhausted thtvi^h BritHiaJMUIaotrciopBtoa^are; thoae regiments a long war; and it never fell so low sa When whidl)weilB atattOMd in &it>ah Notth Aoierica, peaee was procldmed in Barope in 1814,' and «Hlitdi« aid of the Fem^biek Mid Militia; had to part of the Wellingtotf army came eitt to tear tiie bnnt, and sonw of'jthaa weresbon re- Canada. Their deviation f^om the general pnt- diflad to skeletoaa. The war brriro out iti' June, tioe of tk^ir press, by insulting England lately, hi lfllS,.*ad iitraakktein I8l4y before part' of the time of profound peace, is trough iotoxieatioli WaUiagtOtt ^araiy madal^mpearanea at the by the large «r|ay, or ratho number of taenea^ ■ ttm ^ ii v'uimsut iu CMit&«il^>9B «u iiie A^wing rvilea itru i^«r servicv, cnti«4 oy them "the Febraaty paaoe was prodaiiiW, «nd the troops United Statm Grand Army of the North." Thaa wera wanted again at homo, but arrived too laie inflated, they fanc7 themselves a great militaiy # 2 powcfi knd AM weak enough to think they van crush ,ho South, and then take Canada. They do not know that undisciiJinoil men can defend a country, but it requires a rejjular urmy loinvoide and conquer an enemy's territory. They h«ve forgotten the severe Iuhsoob they re- ceived in their invasion of Canada in 1812 5 but their signal defetit at Bulls' Run, we would sup- pose, >rould refresh their memory. But suppose England always to be at peace, * although her history tells us she waa enga-'ed during little more than the last century in thirteen wars, besides the Inu'a-i mutiny, the Cape of XJood Hope, and Now Zcahind, and spent £796,- 495, r J atg, ; she has forty-two colonics to pro- tect, and Hut Indian Empire never can be left with aa few European trocpa eu/urmerly. That on the continent of Enrofjp the three great military powers nlono of Russia, FraBee, and Austria have 1,600,000 men (not on paper only, I write from ofliciol documents,) stanAng, well equipped, disciplined armies, ready to take the field on a short notice, and England's army is small in pro,iortion, when we consider hw proximity to the contiiient of Europe, and the prptfiction of hoi vast colonial possessions. The itroops she can spare oa cannot protect our long line of frontier. An army must have an open pear,— *they could not exist without it any more than a fish out of water, and unfortunately fer ufl, our communication must be kept open by oar left flank. And no small portion of Sir George Provost's army was occupied last war iii thai rf)solute necessity, I| is trne the Rideau Caual will be safer for stores, but our public im- pAOveociits such as our St. Lawrence navigation twitjki its jl3«auhrrnois Canal and lock— Tnonu- B«pts ©f folly or treason)— cfur frontier cities Trttkour Grand Trunk Riulway, will absorb more trpopato efectually protect them than was ne- ccMAiy last war, when the country was almost in estate of nature between Montreal and King- Bt9n:*-»nly a few villages and straggling settle- ments. The protection from Kingston upwards depends mainly 011 the preservation of the St. Lawrence navigation. If it is kept safe, as also the Welland Canal, gun boats can be brought up that will protect everything on the lakes. Lake Ontario was the stay of.the Upper Pro- vince in the iasi *ar, though the short period Commodore Chauncy had the osceadancy on Luke Ontario, Toronto, the then capital of L> per Canada, was taken, and the Government pro- perty, House of. Assembly, Ac, burnt in the spring, of 1813. The British fleet being bettor prepared then came oat of lifcrboar, and th« Uo fleets spent whole days almoflt wilKh gun shot of each other. Perhaps In the morning the British, under Sir James Yeo, striving to bring thl American to action, and in the afternoon of the same day the Americans striving to bring the British to action. So vital was the consequence of the sovereignity of Lake Ontario to the safety of both frontiers, that neither of the AdmiraU would nsk an action anless they had the weather gage; and thus ended the tummer whole depends on protecting efibctnally onr com- munication, for every single cartridge to expel On o«r Hide. bcfli with the exception of the 2ud *n 1nrn limited wate^power, our spacious hunting* grounds, with valuable Airbearing animals, our boundless coal-fields, our oiKspring% our geo* graphical position which commands the shortest highway between Europe and Asia, our noble St. Lawrence with its magnificent artificial navi- gatbn, our unrivalled Grand Trunk Railway i ia fine, the site of a great Empire, with the ore of every metal struggling through its surface j the sale of which, to European emigrants, would bring untold millions to the coflers at Washing* ton t — is this no temptation to a nation aa aggrei* sive as the Northern States of America, when they have half a million of men in attnt? I no mire doubt it than I 'doubt my existence. And if Canada n worth fighting far, she muat be worth defending. I will, ^refore, propose a systematic plan for the formation of flank com* panics from our Sedentary Militia, and some new clauses in the Militia Bill. The non-commissioned officen of tbe aeden* tary militia (unless called out) liave no p»j for doing duty as such ; and in some ■"-f^n rts the distance ia so great within the limits of a com- pany that many escape from year to year t^ General Master; coaaeqaeaUy a correct roUia not obtained, and good men that attend regu- larly are maeh disa^iafied. To obviate this, I propose that bluik lists, for the purpoae of being filled, be transmitted in due season to the com. manding ofiicers of battalions, whose dutj it shall be to deliver the same to the clerk or derka of the municipalities within the limits of hia bat- talion; which lists are to be given by.tbemto the assessors of their respective township, toifn, dty, or ward, as the case may be; and ^SMh fud every aflsessor should be obliged, at the tiiip of assessing the taxable property, to fill ap ia jaid blank the names and ages of sil persou liabla to serve in the militia fWnn the age of aixeen to forty-five, and likewise the concessiooi and lots on which such persons reside ; and npon the said lists being taken, should be retomed with the Bssessmeui, roU tu the cierk of the munidpi^y, and within ten days^ sent by him to the officer which delivered blm the blanks, and the com- 1 T tna* to St» material for ~ Ar« our it% our un* oa hunting* inimala, our S our g«o* the ahorteat our noble tificial n«ri> EUilwajr: ia b the ore of arface; Uie huta, would it Wuhing* D as aggrea- ehcai when nna? I no mce. And to nuat be propoae • flank com* I aome new the aeden* nopftj for ataneaathe I of a com* » year tlie reot roll it ttend regu* ate thia, I le of being the COB, utyitah»ll >r clerka of of hia ba^ »j them to 1 each put he tti|ii» of up ia. «aid laUabkto 'aixeen to m and lots mtheaaid I with the inieipaUty, the officer i the com* i T Mandingofficer shall wilhin ten days send to each captain or commanding o£Bcer of a company a lnnate^roIl from said assessor's list, which shall be the one used at the general muster, and signed and delivered to the command>og officer before the parade ia dismissed, with such remarks on absentees, etc., as may be necessary, from which the commanding officer sliall make his yearly return. AAd if any municipal clerk or assessor should neglect or from any cause omit to perform liis duties, or shall wilfully make any false return in aoid lists, he should be liable to a fine of not more than $60, besides the expense of some other persona to be appointed by the said com- manding officer of the division, who shall be a non-commissioned officer of the militia, for doing the duty of said assessor. AU tavern-keepeni, keepers of boarding-houses, persons having boarders in their families, and every master and mistress of their dwelling house, shall, upon the application of every assessor, or such persons as may be appoiated on account of default, give in- formation of the names of all persons residing or lodging in >ueh house liable to be enrolled, and all other proper information concerning such peraons as sock assessors, Ac, may demand. And if any person of whom such information is re- qnired refuse to give such information, or should five false information, he or she should forfeit or ^y not more than $10 for each oflfence, with M^ } and any persoa refusing to give his own nameSi^' proper information when applied to, or shoal&give a false name or information, ahonld forfeit and pay a, like sum : such penalties to be recovered in any competent court, or be- fore any magistrate of the county, town or city were such hoa been committed. And it should be: the duty of every assessor of person ap- pointed aa aforesaid, to report the names of all defitotters who may incur any penalty to said dommuiding officer, in order that the said per- son or persons may be prosecuted in the name of the Queen ; and all moneys collected under such action to be paid into the County Treasury, &nu Ifo into the militia fund of the Province. First: J propose that the service men of the aedentarv mi'lifm ahrmlrl Ka an.n1l.».l'A»._ i\ • - -J- — -**.........,—.. stum tUTj o^tr of flixteen to forty-five, instead of eighteen to forty-five which is the law at present. To this ■change I anticipate a multitude of objections, from those who have not studied thn subject. Tt may be necessary, therefore, in endeavoring to turn the tide of popular opinion to advance some proofs in favour of the alteration. Tho first objection will be that they ure too young. — By the Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in 1803, the Monarch of England is empowered to call out all men from seventeen to fifty-five, in the levy oo masse to repel invasion. In the British service lads were cnliHted into the Hone Quarda at seventeen, if they were 5 ft. 10 inches in height ; and arms wore given to boy compa- nies in different regiments of the line, before that age, during the French war. The conspiration in Franco in 1813 called them out in advanco two years under the legal age ; consequently they were only seventeen. Mnrshol Ney, after gaining the battle of Lutzon by young con- scripts, exclaimed, '' French infantry can never be too young r' The above refers to offensive warfare ; ours is for defensive, and therefore not liable to the privations, fatigue, etc. It will next be said that mere boys, as some of them would appear, would nut have strength to hold out a iiflo. I would inform them that the proper way to defend Canada, if oommanded b^ judicious officers, will be battles of. position, m which u rest will always bo obtainable for the rifle, and not of manoeuvre. Nnpolern I, said — " No on« would attempt to fight a :^!e with undiacip- lined men ; that is, offensive, «nd requiring to manoeuvre in presence of an enciuy. The French Oeneral, Dumourier, after some reverses with his undioiplined levies, said " he would not risk the open field, but make the war one of posi- tion ; ' and this is the wa^r Canada must be de- fended by the sedentary militia. Tho advantages of mv scheme, if carried out in tho first place, adds 15,000 more valuable men for the defence of the country, or three times the number of our present volnnteer foree. From the service men I piopoae to form iank companies by volunteeiB. forty or fifty strong, according to the strength of the battalion, an auiokly as the best description of rifles can bo btained, aad arrangements for their drill entued into with a yearly allowance of bidl and blank cartridge tor practice. These compaoiea to (Ml four days in the year of eight hoars each day->^. e. three eoasecutive days and the Queen's Birthday for company drill and target practice, under a di 11 sergent, as will hereinafter b^ de- scribed. Ih. h of these companies to fire at the iA'A^^^m^ aI.^ JAriyaf aaaIi AtkV on^l j\w% *1«A n. •X" — a small silver medal to each company, fumadied by the Province and given to the best shot ; and in the event of the same person continuing the best shot iu his own company, tho 2nd, 3rd, 4th, *.'old mclai tb.' «1 of thi i*" ""'"^'"* '■"^'^ It will bo asked how «i,«— nerutod lor the J £1 !• '* '"*'" "^ *« ''e ™mu. their countO 7 LV?"'" "^' '*^ 'i'^H-rvic. of .V«ir statute labor, of JIU u "^"^^ J" »'«' iho muster' hoT 1 ' r '"■': *"* '""•^' n««"''J juror 0^ ci.;.;^ e '''Tr'' ''"''''; «<> ^o called i„r J'im !Vom road d,?, f "?^""r "'''l''''^ ^^'""rt otbiT civil dVX^l Z J''^-'^J'''7. "r anv live years' fuithfuU?-^^^^^ ""'' «'<"•• «^7li\lu-, on a DmiS ''""?^ "^ I'o'ht hours i^ i^ attached, 111 o ' 'ti l^Jt a T"" '°"^'"^''^ "^^'^rf^-tiifrr^Zof^Sl *?,/'"' ^«Tnlntion.s of ronmlo in he comnanv """ )""">• Ihey may Q-'0.^n'.s UirthS 80^- '■'■ *« """"l on the T-nti,yofla,SThi. m,rtate\o„t.\* '" /'^'^ /lomAin. I would ask fhl 1 7^"* *''* P"^'''<' mow de«*rvin/than thoS J"^'*'°"' *''° «™ mdy to dofeSd^thSirinrrh'V-'"? r'' ftre paramount to all others n! .J ""', *='"'"" 'heyoiini men have »„«; ^" <>'^ 8e't'em«nts I'ocomeof a'e and fV "**'° ^^^^y ^hen they -o"«d be a moat dos mbifohii^t^^f*' ^J"^'' younjr»ien po to th« t" PT^*' ™«"'7oftho leave^theiJ parJmal r^?' u>'l'**"' ^''^n ♦hey if the flairjidrt5o'?he7«tr'"''i "'• ^"^ ^o losa toTe ProS '*"™'^"" *^" """'d be ««tTom1ffwtom^ffih?>''-^ «>«ntiy9 ffood 3 »!, . " ^^""^'T for their Avho hive&r^3lh&"* our fartiert' Bons/ ">« out the wwe poijknr of ¥' ,"]' °'''.'' «*"7- jfreater extent tM»n^?« tJr»»fr ^ **? * ""'«'» I'he ««k8 of the milit ii;?f '?^« /«" h^'" *<> do. •Sallbrd was Huio ihnt r' 'v'"';'"'"' """"berfor i-vadcd, hSVo" d J u"£:f ,7!«r'"«»° ^« inierior weapon osifu*" f^' "^.n'Vch,-* fi»r tempted to desert A«A r,^^li . "^ at. of _la»d, many poor inoZ^ Ve^ t ?'^^.«^? I'he ««k8 of he°SliS/Kf r /" ^«' *° 'J**- men, and hare not in StelS ? ^\^ "^,''" P'"''* laud .onl«B, h7 be ffn 1^^ '^^ °1'''^'* >" En!?. t-»^th*„.,CtentL'o\"t?rSrm%*- "r' wo of the Bfre of twentv-on? o . ]"'i**'"' '"'"* to«, like t£ feid^firs ' Ti^r?^ P^'^P''''- rmUtia'at home anrl ♦!;! captains of the in a»«oil^ for it is trm "^""'^"•■^ mterestod a contmc made Lh «I. '"*i".** ""'^ P»''Poses, ch«e of lOoTots "of ,1"^.!.':'*° ,^.^ the pu/- t. m. own benefit and bdioof ^^ ^tSn S" 5ft:SsSa"S -Jf^^^iitiaiirSflS', r.rj"anJi third battal on, if thev h^Zt^l l "°*®'~ «»d », tain description w^^S^u- "*'' "^ ♦^ ««is g Azu stg. Thus, each man who do. * I •erU ts equtvnlciit to tho cohI of uriu» aadarcou- trcmonu of tho boat description for lix militia- men. Hwtory tells u* that 40U deso.ted on tli« retreat of the army from l'luit«l)urgh, wl.i, h at XZOst^.euch. would have anued 2,^00 militia- men with ritfcs. And I huvo no fouho,. to doubt thu iiumbor abo\ o raontioued to be correct n« some offlters of thiit division told me tliat tlio men went off in sections ; and if go, my c«timate ot tno loss IS below tho mark, for when men ,.,. .r.. . "^ " i" ",'■" """'" """ «»imw;i um desert towards the enemy on a rctreat.Xir aras r """"^^'IVfj l*-'"'" «Ii«^ "»« of fire-arms in «».riy ...rf ««„,.....«.„„„.. „_- .L^. y'}> tn?'r a'ms l,ie, nuu.' dilferent to many of the r«cruiu enter- means, nud H.mrc „o rea.ik..» «1 _. I* i* and accoutrements are cither cairied wiih them, ,„,',?, or thrown awuy and lost to tho nation that fur- uished them. Look at tho contmst between the flank com- panymun and one in the battalion. Tho flanker eute« at 16 ; ho escapes his 10 days' rood work, iurv and oonstab duly, nud at il is entitled to 100 acres of land, and i.erhaps a medul and bar on his breast. The l.attalion m.it. has done nearly as mnch ptiblic duty, tho some time r-ossed over, and not entitled to any land> For a Lrmer who has three or four sons tliis would be a fficat ST'^i'-.u^*^*'^''.'' '"'"""'-' """■*«"» ""J did their duhr faithfully, the; could draw land to«cther. ondtho youngest inherit the homesteacfus is usual in this countrj-. Let it be only known thoroughly m Uritam and it would bo a iireat inducement to men with rising families to come to Canada. This system would give us a re-ular defcncft at all times and in all pfaces for time to come, ready to meet invasion of tho American torees, or private speculators in the shape of sympathiserej and any check from the Militia to intrudeiTS will have a far more salutary ctR-ct to stop these feelers, preludes t.- a Texan L>ame. that have an idea that we wish to dissolve the union with Britain, and that we arejnfutnat'jd with republicanism— than if effected by ': jh !'^°i*' ^ thousand men shot by ^he rci u . in 1838 would not have the effect tlat the shooting ot three of them hnd by the Militia. This showed them in more than plain English the mistake they labored under, that " we wished to yoke*'"'* *^^'?.'^^,^""'*^o« «f ^^ British A number of young men of sober and steady habits could be sent out ;Vom Hythe, also froi the Canadian Rifles and 00th Hegiment, who have been instructed in company drill and target prti9hce, with the rank of Sergeant, to drill and ins^uct the flank companies, accompanied bv a pri^Ate well instructed in the bugle which he muBt bring with him, ho could also assist in 8(juad drill as well as teagh them the necessary sounds on that instrument. It could be so ar- i^an 'ed that they could drill several companies, the three days' drill leaving tjme enough between ftr their removing from one company to another, rheijr travelling expenses would be the kr.r,,«t lUfij but It would be carrying out fhe project on the most scientific principle. To obtain a desirable object we should malce use of the best tarry a gun. Tlio only hccuse in Canada to cnriya gua is tho purchase money. And J am l'«Pl.y to be enabled to mid that the youE m. home trom ihis country to fli.ish ihiir studios for professions, have been fou.ul to bo u, way behind their t.aiis- Atlantic competitors in the various branches of learning; and la proud to say that some of tli^.m that r" led the regular service are now adorned with he Victoria Cross for their distinguished gal- lantrv. Here then is intolle.;t und valor, wJh motal of such calibre what is to prevent our raising a res;,ectable I'rovincial force sufficient to nspel all intruders ? _ Hitherto I have said nothing about the cloth- ing in the rural district.. Tte wool u either spun .It home or sent to the factory to be madi! into cloth and to bo dyed various colom Th' fl^.ke« could got^ a sufficient quantity dyed green for a shcMt frock coat, Uovvsers and can made perfectly plain (thougll with unitWrnity would be a better rifle uniform than can be foujMl 1 f i!,'^"'" "7^"^',' ^^^^ '*^'*^ '''«»»'•«"' tho less att active, and the less attiactive the lfi«, killed and woumled. The coat costs no more than .„ ordmary one which they wear every day on their farms, and would look ^uite aa well as somTof Zrf'H%'^'^-^''^'^^ walked thesJrSof he City of Torontp, and sat in the House of As- sembly m whole suits of home manufacture and pcrhans look a little better than the Empc^ Napofeonin hia old drab coat worn by hfm aj TxVm'^ 1°°'* T''"^'^ "''^^°"^«i O"-' 'he Duke rLn hl?° T •''» reconnitoring in an old dZ .n?iH "k " P""''*'^ soldier's great coat. Th,- dress co^Id be worn uDon any occasion, and if je have peace, it would only U tbe wo«o of 20 days' wear in the service of tho country, when ho'flri'*''''^^??''^""'*''''' ^'""'♦^ be ended, and tho flanker entitlea to 100 acres of land. He would bo requiied to find it himself. Ton to twelve dollars would bo the outside of tho ejj pense. luthecventof his being called out of course he would get his day's pnfand an alow- „"r Kt.fc "n ^-^_'-, ^?}^^^S> 'jith great coat .1 i ..».. utx'.UGaiy oi ooiniun tiiai grass green ,8 the best color for the uniform of is bin ?"i''/'^'.' •"', '"'^i^hining substance, such as breast plate, whistle, chijin uud steel scabbard. 8 Onr Itiflc nri»ade and other regiments arc groen •Ithough I Itiment (o any too dark— almoHt black. A grass green is the most inviBible. Black IS almcMt m conspicuous atiHcarlcti Loncn the bull's-cyo of a. target is generally painted black. I wruld ask the question, which -vould be the roost visible in a grass field, a crow or u green parrot? Again, if nature changed Iho coat of the doer to green in place of grey, in tlio fall of the year, could the hunter an easily dis- ccrn them? Many of the American riflemen m the last war wore pea-green uniform, and were enabled to mow down our men with impunity. Hir John Johnston in the old American war raised two battalions called from their dress " RoyaJ Greens," that cnised no small terror on the frontier of the State ot York. It is true aome of the volunteers of England, destitute of actual experience, and fond of apcing foreigners have adopted a grey uniform, but their predeces- sors durin-' the old French war wore grass green like their forefathers, the national color of the Royal Archers of England, who also carried ter- ror to their enemies. Grey uniform, unless very tastily made, and a great display of black lace has a convict look, or a runaway from a lunatic •Hylnm. Green looks well though perfectly plain, hence it must be the cheapest. See how well and soldier-like the men of the 60th look in their plain undress green uniform, walkin-^ through the streets. ° No doubt some of the European Officers will look with sovereign contempt on Militia with on y four days in the year of company drill and ball practice ; but let mo osk them if these flank comnanies. formed, di-essed, and drilled, a* above would be inferior to the raw Militia that twice re- pulsed the regular troops at Bunker's Hill with •uch tatol effect? or the new levies to whom Gen. Hurgoyne surrendered his army with well supplied •rtillery? or to whom Lord Comwollis and his W ■Vccumbed? or to those who stopped Sir Ibdward Pahenham at New Organs, with im- metm slaughter, with an anny flushed with vic- tory and crowned with laurels gained in the Peiiinada? «The Brirish General forgot that the Araencan rifle," says Sir Archibald Alii- Bou, " thowh unable to withstand the shock of tlie English bayonet, in regular combat, is a most formidable weapon when wielded by ex- • penenced hand* behind trees, or under sh^ter 'which so rapidly, and often fatally, equalizes "the veteran and experienced soldier." Or would they be inferior to our Canadian Militia in the last war who distinguished themselves so gallar'ly at Queenston Heights, Chatagi »y, Lundy s Lane, and many other place.-) ? Or are Uioy inferior to the Portuguese peasantrj- who re- pulsed Marshal Soult with that same army that followed up Sir John Moore in his celebrated re- LTnfin imr'r"?J H.'' *^<5,«"«'^»«« in Spain that kept 30,000 of the French array from the field 10 keep opcu the communicalions between the Divisions? Or, the Vcndean peasants, againiil whom Napoleon, in the midst of^his campaign la Flanders, was comiwlled to send 20,000 of his troops? • • * Who can t«II, says the histonaii, what effect these 20.000 veterana might have had if thrown into the scale when the beam quivered on the field of Waterloo? And have not the best troo|)8 of France been repeatedly beaten by Tyrolese peasants? How did the French army suffer in Algeria? Not from well-drilled European troops— but from the undi. witness the target shooting for the priae mcdab on the Queen s birth day. l\f^M)C P50 li^^/ ^e^cayC