The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

PROMOTION IN THE ARMY.

Tun Pamela= Administration has succeeded
to *See order circumstances extraordinary end un-
preesdented. fiercely more then • fortnight has
aped, and the men who were so lately driven has
elks by a crushing majority resumed their sate,
belated, on the Treasury Bench in the Hoene sty
0110.111114 Lord PALMMTON, indeed, the wawa.
trhero of a hundred civic fights, has at
attained the height of his ambition, and.
after a life of strange vicissitude, has wen
the noblest prize within the grasp of a British
mildest. And yet, invested though he was with
platens didactics, in accetdanee with the baps
sad wishes of the nation, his rseeption by the repro.
eistativei of that nation took pine amid *solemn
*nos! 'hams was no Nip of that ontliniiitio
hope with which the advent of a new administration I CIUTAL
'ie in general hailed by its friends. The House of 714kei,. 867;

A REPORT has reached us which, if confirmed, will
throw an instructive light on the effects of the system
of prornotien by purchase in the army. It is con-
fidently stated that Government are anxious to sub-
stitute younger and more efficient officers for the
colonels actually in command of no less than twenty-
seven regiments t but are hampered and obstructed,
by the "vested rights" of the incumbents. If in our
army men made their way up to the higher ranks
solely by merit, they might be removed without
scruple in the event of their becoming incapable.
But when a man ham purchased step after step, in
his progress up the ladder of promotion, he looks
upon any commission he may hold as his
private property. The English Government
never can have complete command of the
English army until the system of promotion by par.
ohm is done away with. Such a reform will require
to be set about, not only with &ulnae, but with a
regard for existing interests that is incompatible with
the pressure of the present emergency. But there
can be no doubt that if the report to which we have
alluded be true, Parliament and the country will
support Ministers in a high-handed disregard of the
scruples which are said to embarrass them. &slut
reipsiblica swami lee. It is indispensable that
officers in the prime of life and vigour of manhood be
placed, at such a Mail, in the command of regiments.
There is a precedent for setting aside obstacles which
in ordinary circumstances would be deemed linear
mountable : we allude to the Dake of Warm:gown's

insisting, during the Peninsular. campaigns, that
none lint junior calms of the engineers and artillery
.—with local rank—should be sent out to him.—
Daily Now.

change.
Lying on the bare ground, and the absence of at-
tention to personal ablution—the time being wholly
occupied in duty in the trenches or fatigues, and no
means for the purpose being provided—have led to
to the rapid engendering and Moran of the evil.
No means of washing even the blankets have been
provided, and it may be readily imagined what must
be the date of these articles shier being in use for
igitmwrdinaryooversitlleibeimainadierimdthilerf oleintrinsurigothivelnalgtotbobefelitEulinetslitieltreamtro"wansilhehytheilicheisn
Punch.—Fan. „;16,-81inamn Laus
at the doors. 748; adalselos by MKS run along the !mil/blowing ravine, on account of
totsl, 1,106. host or rain which have prevailed, he has not had