The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-03-26 00:00:00

PNOPOSILD FUNNATIUN Or NAVAL VOLUNTEILIN I

Tinnuo.m.—air J. Earanurian ato•ai a resolution con-
de/salmi the wiseas arekaia 4 Nand adadalstraalo a, aad aid*
I 0E44 Mama smog the sub 4 /dz. Oldlien. -
Mr miss us sessads4 Ite Ns. 41. lia MN= s.

Mr. Campeau realted, and toe meniber for Portsmouth
Withdrew hie repletion.
In euftetittes, Mr. Oakum mite move the Art vote ler
61,000 men and bop for the sea and costgii•rd ranters, and
eased the policy and intentions of the floverninclit to to the
ltsvl gratendly. The normal expenditure on the Navy may be
flee& sr think., at about nine tuilllnua a soar, hot the et•ta
lama for the preens year are half • million slut, that
NM.: and Snot 10-7 I • million ham been sant beyond the
urant 1 limit. For this million we have obtained Wm of the
Rouen and C) elope ammo aud • number of gunboats ; and
Our coast defenaa are now In such • condition that, we are
told, nothlag more need be 'pent on them, The difference
between the eetimatee M title rem and thine of laid tear con-
siste mainly In the ralorrUon in tbe sum to be applied to the
.nuruOWeOf.lslpL It appears to be the opinion of ootnps-
tent thw, the Denastket is it. boa type of fliceilag
age, • but Hi. (ketches Ix • muttons men, nod before Is given
up b'unff(oll megeing cruising ships of the lint case, and
Wade mere ebictrik.Denidealon elms, be is dmlrous of
hew the wheal, acwite beset M sea. If
steeieelree melidnelies, the Fury, • ship of the mate awe, wh bee already bees lald dun, will he completed ; but 11
not, ifs money will he spent on emall gunboat.. In any es& two ironclad. of the Ant clam are meanwhile to be built, with
1 armour thicker than that of the Hercule, or Sultan, and
kneed on the broadside principle. Before doing anything
more with turret ship; She GINO= le to bare • couple of IS-
too guns Arad into bee ; and although Me frigate. on
hand an to be completed, no more frigate, are to be com• mental. The shipbuilding programme Include. •
t,potalo shlp of MU tons, ik) mush for the ; now
for the crew.. Mr. Gosithen is able to ammonite that
there is no &Washy elthatr In procurimin;ear in keeping
• salt/Ma number of
Lail miler.. Government
able ic!"o"'n Ise m with
by which new ley wms eoluV° bee"'enes se* be
new
clam of naval volunteer. La all the largo polle—Omn.t.er
They had been assilly Increeeing the number of
suitable for the defence at the different Forts and In thee....
way se the Government made liberal contributions towards the
comma of the vuluotern who formed part of lb. MOM lore,
on Sal, they would, be hoped, be able to make ll
wittier which volunteer. ouranseed with sunboste="be
sere
bow to defend the ems& It laird be maid that that plan bed
been tried in conneetioe with the Royal Can Volunteen and
bad failed, He did oat think the plan of tontine( alga at
Cerium stations hod Wee tried. Hitherto all that bed been
does wra totry sad enrol men for the purpose of drilling them
In gunboat. ; and he believed that the lame %Ara which ladueed
engliehrout to eami forward se lead volunteers. would Induce
them to go on board ship in order to prepare for the defeats
of the omm—(liem, hear). Greenwich Limpitial le to be con-
verted into a great Rani University for the ectentllk training
of cadet.. Donate are henceforth to be takes at Ahem, LW
• higher steward of prfreelonal study will be introduced Into
the service. To complete the scheme of education it will prim
reed to buikl at Pembroke • training brig, which, when 00111.
Meted, should proceed to the Mediterranean. The right hon.
millense belly showed how much better we ere of for
Mao are the French or any other foreign nation.
Lord IL. Lemons, irbe spoke foe the Oppnition, criticised the
ffslemelm • Ith much iniuutomes, cunteading that Mr (Roches
bed seriously oratr-esUmalaid lAss sleasilfth of our ironclad navy.
Vote. of MAO men sid boys, and M 1,4174,143 foe their wave
end altowences were stroni to,

Ininme.—Atter • thscuselon ol M. Dodomile resolution
aelnaleg that the system ot private Inundation called for the
aueoUou of taw Govern:Dent and required Morin, Mr. W.
Johnston complained 01 the conduct 01 the 00, non wite
reforms to gm anent Derry celebration The Marquis of
'Waterton announced that Os Weinman Wood to
ti..rspen of Os Pony Proonaloas Act, and to rely, n p(0910
ti..
had practically do** for Moo isms, upon On common iner to
put down Mural premodern.