London, April 3. We are informed by a correspondent in Paris: 

“In the Bonapartist corps legislatif there occurred a scene, which has failed to get 
into the English press. During the debate on the Replacement Law '!? Granier de 
Cassagnac jumped up—after Montalembert’s speech—and in his fury he let the cat 
out of the bag. Only when this law comes into force, he said, will the army become 
what it ought to be, dedicated to law and order and the Emperor, and we shall 
never again witness the shameful sight of soldiers turning their muskets round” 
(soldats a baionnettes renversées). “The conclusion of this speech, in which the 
janissary system was openly preached as an ideal for the army, provoked loud 
protests even in this assembly, and Granier was obliged to sit down. Another 
member of the legislature jumped to his feet and made a scathing attack on 
Granier. The scandal was so great that even Morny had to challenge Cassagnac” (it 
is well known that he was called le roi des dréles* by Guizot when he was still editing 
his little rag, the Globe) “to explain himself. Granier made a formal apology with the 
greatest meekness, and personally moved that the incident be passed over in silence 
in the Moniteur. The sitting was as stormy as in the finest days of Louis Philippe’s 
Chamber of Deputies.” 

“The British public,” writes The Morning Chronicle today, “have come to the 
conclusion that M. Drouyn de Lhuys is gone to Vienna to act as a kind of 
prompter or fly-flapper to Lord John Russell whose proceedings hitherto have 
not given satisfaction either to his own compatriots or to our Allies. [...] The noble 
lord is famous for his fits and starts of patriotism and liberalism; for his extreme 
public spirit while in Opposition, or when in need of political capital, and his 
sudden collapses when the immediate necessity is over. Something of this kind 
seems to have happened to him on the present occasion; and the people are 
beginning to grumble. Since M. Drouyn de Lhuys has come to London a more 
decided tone is perceptible in high quarters. It has even transpired that his mission 
has so far been successful, that the peaceful aspirations of Lord John Russell have 
been officially frustrated, and that our ‘man of vigour” (Palmerston) “has 

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* King of the rascals.— Ed. 
> April 3, 1855.— Ed. 

reluctantly assented to an ultimatum which Russia [...] is likely to reject with 
disdain.” 

The English Army has vanished, and the English militia is in the 
process of vanishing. The militia, which was created by Act of 
Parliament in 1852 under Lord Derby, should by law not be called 
up for more than 28 days each year under normal circumstances. 
In the case of a war of invasion, however, or for any other 
important and urgent reason, it could be incorporated into the 
army for permanent service. But by an Act of Parliament of 1854 
all men recruited after May 12, 1854 were obliged to serve for the 
duration of the war. The question has now been raised what the 
obligations were of those recruited under the Act of 1852. The 
Crown lawyers declared that they considered this category also to 
be liable for permanent service during the war. But a few weeks 
ago Lord Panmure in contradiction with this juridical decision, 
issued an order permitting all those recruited before the Act of 
1854 to leave but granting them a cash-payment of £1 if they 
re-enlist for a further five years. As at present the cash-payment 
for recruits enlisting for two years in the regular army is £7 for 
the infantry and £10 for the cavalry, a payment of £1 for five 
years’ service in the militia was the most infallible means of 
dissolving it. Lord Palmerston, who hesitated to call up the militia 
for almost a year, seems to want to be rid of it again as soon as 
possible. Accordingly we learn that in the last fortnight one militia 
regiment after the other has lost from 7/3 to °/g of its strength. 
Thus in the First Regiment of the Somerset Militia 414 men out of 
500 have left, in the North Durham Militia 770 out of 800, in the 
Leicester Militia 340 out of 460, in the Suffolk Artillery 90 out of 
130, etc.