§ MR. HAYTERasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether he is able to give to the House any information respecting the outbreak of the Northampton Militia, and whether the character of it is likely to prove sufficiently grave to necessitate the removal of the regiment from the town?
§ COLONEL STANLEY,in reply, said, that, by some mistake, he had not received Notice of the Question in time to make full inquiry; but he believed there had been riots—the accounts of which, he thought, were exaggerated—between the Militia and the townspeople at Northampton. He had no reason to suppose that there had been any serious danger either to life or property. As the Militia training would cease tomorrow or Monday, it was not thought advisable to remove them to another place. Orders had been sent down that they were to deliver in their arms and clothing that evening, and it was probable that a large proportion of the men would then be sent home.