The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-04-27 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORD&

Lord Lytteitec on Thursday treated their {ordains
to I proposal for the lames of the number of Bishops,
and although dissooraged eves by the Episeopal Bench,
u well as by many of the more " serious' layer,
Waisted upon taking a (Beiges, as if to wash his he.e
of the subjest, sad soca the rseponsabllitv on the ebureh
or the Government, Now nobody will doubt that if
bishops are sunntial to the welfare of the esiabliareent
it is, as Falstaff said of his profane nude, "heinously
unprovided." All along the south oast of Reflond,
till we emu to the diocese of Centerieury, there is not
SD able-bodied prelate. and it is much if we au oil
them otherwise than mien out in mind. Elsewhere, as
in the dioceses of London and Lineoln, there is con-
fessedly so possibility of personal supervision on amount
of the extent of the dioceses. But only twenty Lords
will vote for Lord Lyttelton's Bill, and nobody seems in
a hurry to venture another. Even the Bishop of
Leedom, translated !roan Lissobt, though his diocese is
as populous as a third-rote kingdom, cannot bear the
ides of breaking it op. Suppose that real" overlooking"
be required, balfaoluen gees should be made out of
London at least; but the present occupant, rejoicing
In the magnifioenee of his mulature, mos &hely the
" eemplication" which would "hoped, the work of the
church" if there was a bishop on each side It Temple.
her. The fact is that the supposed spirituel need does
not fore* itself upon Dr. Jackson's mind mush more
than upon other people's. We get on without bishops
am the Spaniards do without a monarch, and can't very
well ma 6 out the difference.

THV MILITARY CONDITION OF THII KIRODOIL—Lit
the House of Lords on Friday night, Lord Monk called
attention to the military condition of the kingdom.
Comparing the strength available for our defence with
• force ever likely to attack us, he was quite satisfied
with the number of men Al home if their quality was
as good es it ought to be, but he complained of the
orpnisation of the eta and of till fonts itself. The
means of moving it from point to point, its reserves
and suppliss, were altogether defective. and would
have to be hastily devised, if an emergency arose. He
laid post stress upon the necessity of reorganising the
militia, for nothing could be derived more illusory as a
ruilitaryiesining, more wasteful of resume ,iland MOTO
Injurious to ribs morality of the men than tee present
militia suborn. Ile paid a high compliment to the
patriotism of the volunteers, and their individual
efficiency, but the whole system Was & bad one, as it
was an attempt to throw upon willing shoulders a
burden whisk ought to be borne by all, and although
the cost was now slight. the result on an emergency,
with the present defective organisation of the Volun-
teers, would not be worth it. He explained the
Prussian system, and was of opinion that with some
slight modifications it would be found very valuable.
Be deprecated any resort to compulsory measures, but
it could not be said that we bad exhausted every means
of voluntary enlistment as long as the high prizes of
the profession were denied to the great majonty of those
who joined in it. If service in the ranks was recognised
as one of the methods of obtaining a commission it
would attract to the army many now looking out for •
profession, end rides its whole obaracter. Lord North- I
brook warmly complimented the noble lord on
his singularly able address. A committee was investi-
gating the organization of the reserve, and weuld also
consider the stele of the volunteers, and until that
committee had reported it was impossible to proceed.
The Duke of Cambridge said that the scheme of Lord
Monet would inevitably require a conscription. The
quecion of economy also very mush depended nem •
conscription, with which it was very easy to obtain a
cheep army. But having a voluntary service competing
with the labour market of the country it was not so
easy, sad therefore comparisons of expense with armies
supported by conscription were not fair. The first
essential was to get the men; without that they could
do seining, and he wee elate willing to so @TNT mesas
tried, whether short enlistment or say other method.
He weld assure the House that the questions of the
wens forces and the orgaanation of the army were
sugaring the earnest attention of the military authorities.
At the same time, he deprecated hasty organic changes
in the army, believing that it was one worthy of the
sountry, and would be found doing its duty as it always
had done.—After some remarks from Earl Delaware,
the Earl of Dalhousie, and Lord Truro, the subjoin
dropped. The debate shows how useful the House of
Lords can make itself in non-party questions. This
question wanted veetilating badly, and it is well that
Mr. Cardwell should be reminded that the country
upsets more from him in the way of reform than the
product on of • petty Militia Bill. Perhaps there is no
department of our Government where a real 'Orsini.-
trades reformer could do more to make a reputation
than at thefWar Odle& Hot Mr. Cardwell hes appareilli;
not the original emu required; or perhaps he fails in
firmness. for we most not forget that there is an obstacle
to army reform which few men would have the courage
to surmount. We allude, of course, to 11.11.11. the
Commander in Chief.