The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-28 00:00:00

futp:rial flarliantent,

1101JSR OF LORDS.
litOnokT,—Thc !bebop of WlSCillteralie Benefices Ratlglis-
tion lull. eisai,lind Inciluibents incapacitated by age or bodily
iiiermity to retire, with the comsat of the Bishop and Patron,
upon a pension not eXceoding one-third the same of the living,
was read • arcond time.
Tunsotr.—The Princess Lluise's Annuity Bill was read •
second Limo.
The Ecclesiastical Dilmildationa Bill was read • second time.
The Loan CiltnCilLl,oll moved the second reading of the
Juries' Act (1870) Amendment Bill, and said it simply repealed
the 22nd section, which, providing for the payment of Jurors,
was found to throw • eurious burden upon the suitor.
Tile Rill was read • second time.
Lord ORAIIIIOIIII asked for explanations concerning Mr.
(ilailoone's letter to Mr. Deere, M.P., in referencia to the
Soterticii Pontiff.
Lir I I tatNt ILIA pointed out that explanations having been
ileuximed from the Prouder in the other liouse, they would
he more conveniently given elsewhere.
Lor IlatmenaraV asked fur information relative to the
absence of the English Cowie' from Paris during the siege.
Lord tIaanVILLS said Lord Lyons only left Paris when be
found lie could be more useful elsewhere.
TIMMIDAT.—Lord CAIUURVoN called attention to the state of
the National Defences. Mr. Cardwell's proposal of Army
Organisation was a piece of patchwork inadequate to the
neernsitios of the time,and one of the most extravagant !schemes
ever introduced by an economical Government. Although the
Government know that two groat European Powers were on
tlie eve of • quarrel, they proposed Large reductions in the
Army and Navy, and clawed the arsenals of workmen. A com-
mittee recommended a large supply of torpedoes, last
summer there was but one in store. The supply of gunpowder,
especially that suited to heavy guise, was most deficient, and
there had been great delay in supplying the Troops and Reserves
with broechloada. No defensive works had been completed,
and toe defence of some of the points in question was in
serious jeopardy. The Conunissieners recommended • central
arsenal at Cannock Chase. yet the Government persisted in
concentrating within the metropolitan district the manufacture
and stores uf Cll3llOll, small arm., gunpowder, and clothing. lie
doubted whether • single corps d'araW could be put into the
field, especially with the necessary number of gum and
waggono for the Military Train. Recognising the high qualities,
of oar officers, he asked what bad been done to carry out the
re,enin ...I:dim'. of the Commission on the stratagem Edeca-
timi of English Officer. lie regretted that the Government
did nut take the opts,rtutilty of making the military service
oblisatury upon tho greater part, If not the whole, of the adult
population, and als , that nothing had been said about camps
of luatitetiVre, by means of which alone the defects of our
military system could be ascertained. Our Control system hail
been Irmite4l on the fatendanos system of the French Army,
which had entirely broken down in the late war. The frequent
cliallgeii 1,, tins W•r Office Were most prejudicial to the wrYice.
Modern War Was declared st • few hour.' notice, and the victory
would be with those who made their prepanons beforehand.
Me moved for returns.
Llrd Noernscouis said the vital principle of the military
policy of the thiveniment wag to concentrate our troops at
lefine. and this liad been advantageous to the COlellies nil well
as to the United liiiardom. The alleged enormous reductions
made fii the cavalry and artillery were merely nominal. After
a saving of nearly two millions, we had a larger and more
ntry than itdio. the Fninco-
Viu'Lrigauili efo•ar'riiri!iß thin c.ni
ke ,iiutthere had beei, ma considerable further
locreasc in all iiraochee of the service, the cavalry having
wen largely inersraosi, and the Sell artillert c.tivcially havini
ism. double I. Our c Mtrol system WWI dutcnamed upon hy
Sr Jolin m. Thu frequent changes at the War lntlee
r
el of oUr 0.1.4011 01 lioltstitlitiellal 00Verli-
i
mind. but Mr. C sill well hail dime his hest to remedy the evil
by divitliii4 the 11111511111.0 nit., three Departilleillri, each with •
responsible chief at it. heal. The remist changes, which had
brought the War Offize and the nurse Guards under one
roof, would enahni to Governinent to dispense with the
orvie,-- of WI clerk., and to etre,' a saving of E 20,000. Ile
allinned thst the simply of ammunition and material. which
liil Ices 1111.141011.1, ainple ; that, nu unnecessary delay
bud takun pi we hi arming tile troops with the bost rifle ;
is hill:, 100 delay it, was acca.,..
iury li, Wail. until atimething had been ascertained as to the
kind if ordnance the forts would hare to resist, A high
military authority had declared the country better parpared
for war than at any time within his reeollcction. Ile
enumerated among tlie obstacles to Army efficiency the
attacks made upon the Government by the Opowitien for
140111 C 1.11111110.11 d party advantage. There would he no °Nee-
P.m to the pruluction of the returns, with one or two amend-
m•iit,„
The Duke of Caesium' expressed a general concurrence
in the lath slid iircent military isilicy of the thivernincnt.
Canning to ashimei, with the spirit of the age he said that.
fr the day he had entered public life he had su..ported
every measure for the advantage, comfort, and efficiency of
the British collier, and he appkwled to their Lordships
whether lie had veer resisted • single proposal of this
character.
The Duke of RlciteOxe said before the Government asked
Parliamcnt to a'iolisli the Purchase system they were bound
but we ought
omugighhti
to show that the present system was • bad one, that the new
was practicalilo and better, and, above all, thud the taxpayer
woul.l not purchase a doubtful benefit by an inordinate
°lnuiL"hitiat:beG 'lily :11' 'elle Cat cd*
co nidni t iforced
h that ai Isaiah t 71"rin:laticeing,
be able to establith itself until reinforced,
Tile mot' ..... as amended, was agreixi to.
Fairay.--Tiie Princess Loeise's Annuity Bill and the Juries'
Act (1370) Amendment Bill were read a third time and
passed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
HneDAT.—The Princess Louise's Annuity Bill was read a
third time and panned.
In Committee on the Unitersity Tests Bill Mr. Brava:cons
iwelio-eil to sweep away (rein Claim 3 the exception in favour
of Ins in Xy Degrees which the Bill proposes shall still be accom-
panied by a test.
It was rejected by 15:: to 140.
Mr. Forcart next proposed an amendment, the effect of
which would be that the taking of Holy Orders shall no longer
be n rendition of holding the haidshipe or fellowships of a
c.dege.
Go a division it was rejected irr 1,2 to 167. TVs serious
reduction of the majority was loudly cheered on the Liberal
side, and Mr. Froweicrr bade the Prime Moister ponder care-
fully the sixoilflesiimi of a victory obtained over his own party
by the aid of Gonsenative rotes.
Mr. GLAOSTOBB retorted that the Government had already
pondered the matter, and their decision Was irrevocable.
TUB BALLOT.

Ur. W. E. Fearrrat, in bringing In the Ballot BM, said it
would apply to municipal elections as well as Parliamentary.
To secure ',implicity and complete :necrecy, none but official
pap.., arc to he mci. they sla dl not be given to the
voter until he enters 0.. lmng b It. and the voter *hall it
put any mark on the paper except to show how he ha, voted. '
prvviaion for a scrutiny lamed'. But there will be a clause
putting attempts to procure penionation on the same footing
as attempts at treating: and elm, wherever it is proved that
a eandiilate or hi, agent has attempted to bribe or to procure
permeation, in every case • cite shall be struck off that can-
didate's poll. The iresaibillty of tampering with the ballot
papers tA met. by ni to precaution. for locking the paper. up
and guarding them, and to prevent forgery the returning
officer when he delivers the ballot paper is to stamp it with a
secret stamp. The pen titles of treating (not of bribery., in
last year'', Bill) are imposed on a candidate who does not in-
clude all his expenven in the return, and who pays personally
that which ought to be paid by an agent. ruhlichouses must
no longer be used for committee-room. Nomination Days
and Declaration, of the Poll are abolished; but all these detail,
are to be open to the fullest consideration and amendment in
Committee. The legal expense, of candidates are thrown on
I the local Rite.. ll cancludial by an urgent appeal to the
Comervatives to lay ande party feeling in dealing with a mm-
cure which, while it de.tnue I improper intioenoe, would give
' strength to the legitimate influence of property, station, and
bianseless discharge of public duties.
Mr. LNATIIAX thoUzlALbe Bill • good one.
r. IMIKTINCIL ablllie I that the Ballot WWI popular, or that
It would sozure secret voting, and characterized the Bill as
one for preventing the detection of bribery.
Sir D. IL:a.m.. argued In favour of went voting.
Mr. BILLINVOI:1, Hurl{ regretted that the Ballot had been
mixed up with other unobjectionableprovision, for improving
elections with which it had nothing to do, and Wag utterly W-
I Ciedulotts as to the possibility of inauring necret voting.
Sir M. 11.1 ARE and Ur. U. James thanked Ur. Forster for

Mr. SCOL IIfIILD tuaklo sonio obronations in a contrary

ranee.
TI, 8111 was then real a first time, and the eccond reading

fiscal (..r Monday.
In Om early part of the sitUng Mr. CA/LI/WM.4 postponed
the Amity organimitien BM and the Army Eitimates until

Thurslay week.
TIUIVILTAN moved "That in the opinion of
this house no scheme for military reorganization can be
regarded as complete which does not alter the tenure of the
Commuid-in-Chicl in ouch i manner as to enable the Seers
tary of stain for War to avail himself freely if the I_
administrative talent and the most recent military experience
(non time to time existing in the British army; and that the
consideration of the coot Involved in the abolition of the pur-
chase system urgently calls for the immediate removal of the
obsolete and antiquated sources of military expenditure." The
permanence of the Commander-in-Chief's appointment, he
argued, prevented the Secretary of State, almost always.
civilian, from .obtaining competent military advice. Many
important military questions were coming up for discussion
and settlement, ouch as the localization of the army, the
separation of the foreign snd home armies, Ee., and the
Horse Guards, he maintained, which had always opposed
reforms in the army, was incompetent to advise the War ()Moe
In retp.rol to them. The Horse Guards was to blame for the
purchase system not having been abolished alter the Crimean
war, and In like manner lie attributed to the Ilene Omni' the
Increase in the Anny Edintatexwhich had not prevented a cry
for larger annanients. The retention of sinecure eoloneletes,
army agent., Av., he attributel to the Influence of the Duke
of Ciunbridge and the Hone Guards, and promised that the
" Army Reformers" would light all these matters in Com-
mittee of Supply.
Mr. ANDIRMO% seconded the motion.
Captain Virtue, in reply to the motion on behalf of the
Government, denini that there any longer existed a dual
Government of the army, and argued against limiting the
tenure of the Commander-in-Chiefs office.
Lord E. Cern asserted that in the opinion of the Officers of
the nriny the Duke of Cambridge was the boat man ter the
(dace.
Lord Bunt defended the administration of His Royal
Nowni reproached Mr. Trovelyan with endeavouring,
to imrort a hitter party spirit into the question of military
administration, nod accused httu of error or misrepresentanou.
Mr, i Vitetia.r was of opinion that the second resolution was
a mere truism, and lie dissented altogether from the ern.
Major Diewsos; deprecate' the rash handling of sorb ques-
tions by venous who had no practical acquaintance with their
working.
Mr. Basso spoke In favour of the motion, but recommended
its withdrawal; and Sir P. O'Brien made a fervent and dis-
cursive speech in support of it, touching on our ironclad
squadron. the Indian mutiny, the Duke of York, Catholic
etnonepation, &e.
Mr. thilionse.- The further we go into this debate, the more
we are practising whit the hOn. gentleman who preceded Inc
alludul to, endeavouring to learn to swim by swimming
in bed. While listening to the argainenta brought forward
in support of this floating motion, I have been very much
tempted to ask what has become of that band of bounding
',ethic', typified by the hon. gentleman who has introduced
the present motion. Ono after another I see them rising in
their places and saying that they perfectly agree with the hon.
gentlemen, but begging him not to go to a division. Faithful
among the faithless, my hon. friend (Sir l'. O'Brien), who has
roved front New York to Vienna and back again to the Areas
of Dublin, is the only one who said be would support the
motion, and he does not give any reason for sapporting it,
except that the fsth Lancers and the 18th Royal Dragoons were
disbanded on account of the Hones Guards refusing to re-raise
them—(iaughter). I have heard very little, indeed nothing,
about the dust government, but I lime heard a flaming
attack mode upon his Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge
for reasons which I can neither understand nor approve •
(ltw, hear). My hon. friend the meinber fur the Border Burghs,
is a rising young min of extraonlinary ability, extraordinary
energy, and extrw.rditiary iinludry. Ile took up this question
Ariny th•• ahrogotion of purchase, and the Horse
Guards' system. Wine "starring" It in the provinces he
made the same speech be has delivered this evening, and
I a, able to compliment him upon it, as I have read it on
three previous omasions—(laughter). Well, this industrious
y..112'111111 joins the Ministry. Ile found that the Secretary
for War lost year did not hold out any very hope of
reform in the army ; consequently, this IndgiZt4rtious and
elute young limn leaves the Government. This was very
creditable to him. hot it most naturally have been a great
disappointment for him, alter he had made this great sacri-
fice and "starred it" in the provinces, to find that his
lom, friend the Secretary for War had, without any pre-
vious Information, come forward with • proposal to abrogate,
purchase and to destroy the dual government, besides pro-
mising • great many other reforms. What is the hon.
member for the Border Burghs to do? (bear, and laughter). It
is very hard for him to and those questions settled the
Secretary for War. What is he to do?-.(renewed laughter)-
My hon. friend the member for the King's County, ilk. •
gallant and eloquent Irishman as he is, has taken the bull by
the horns ;he ,oke Is there a man in the House who will
say th st his Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge in the
prober man to be Cominvider-in-Chlel 7" lam the man who
says that. I believe &more honest and conscientious man, and
a man better fitted for the post, never presided at the florae
Guards. My hon. friend endeavours to raise a cloud around
the horse Guards; he talks of purchase, army Wet.. 11_2filDhIL
marking with tho le ter D, and contagious diseases. lie puts
all these together, sad he endeavours to saddle the Duke
with this
Cambridge is olta pedrida. What has the Duke to
do
with it pruka, &gained making him the object of all this
abuse. Tbs right hon. puttagata tbliegrigasy 0( WM tor

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