The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-26 00:00:00

DEBATE ON THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 26.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EWING, APRIL 26, 1865:

selooieM in happy to explais. The only
assist I realmd was that my letter bad been re-
ferred to the Inspector-General of Fortifleatioas.
Bien that date, the 12th March, I have heard
nothing further." Now Colonel PAELDeB proposition
at least bears so much upon the lase of it, namely,
that had his plan been adopted, the soldiernthem-
salves would have been taught how to build strong
walls, which would have been both fin and water
proof, and this, too, at a very small oost to the country.
But no, the object of Government seems to havebeen to
expend _ _ _

as much money es possible, without giving
either the army or the country any equivalent benefit
therefrom. Aldenhott camp will, -as we said a few
days ago, add but one more to our long list of recent
military blunders. When the intention of forming an
encampment was first made known, more than one
firm in this country sent in estimates and proposals to
Government, regarding the erection of huts. One el
these propositions was for buildings which coal
be put up in an hour, and taken to pieces in half
that time; and this at an expense of lees than one-
half what the huts now building at Aldershott will
cost. But, like Colonel PABLEY, the proposers of
this plan could only get for answer that their letters
were "under consideration." In the mean time the

camp mow electing was begun, and when finished
it will not bear a favourable comparison with what
might have been done in the days of Queen Amin,

when the greet Duke of Menus°Rol
mender-in-Chief of the English Army.

wu Com-

Is all this to be wondered at? The camp has
been erected under the directions of the Board of
Ordnance. Who compose that Board? The Master
General of the Ordnance is Lord RAGLAN, now absent
in the Wu.« xv. Lordship's sawn mums i. G....a
air /AIM DALRYMPLE Roes, of the Artillery, as offi-
cer of fifty years' service. The office of Surveyor
General of the Ordnance is vaunt at present. The
Clerk of the Ordnance is Mr. MoNsau., a civtlum.
The Principal Storekeeper is Captain Sir THOMAS
thermos, a Post Lientaus us the Royal Navy. The
Secretary to the Board is Mr. imam Woos,
dasolar estmliaa. And by these gentlemen must all
matters connected with the Ordnance Department be
decidedupon. Here all wonder ceases that blunders
should occur or that public money should be wasted.
We want but the addition of a Bishop to the Booed to
make it perfect. Were it an object of consequence to
make all connected with the service useless to England
and as ridiculous as possible to other nations, that ob-
ject would be pretty well gained by so important a
board as that of the Ordnance being made np of one
elderly engineer, two civilians, and a sailor. In a
romance such a tale would certainly not be believed ;
and yet here we have it as an undoubted fact, in the
Tear of Grace 1865.

So snob for cause and effect. And yet there are
some few who have the hardihood to assert that no
reforms are required in the administration of army
drain. Fortunately the nation at large is of
another opinion. Before many weeks are over some
determined motion on this subject must come before
Parliament—until then let us have patience and
wait to see what will be done in the matter.
The country has endured much patiently, but
now begins to look for other men than have
yet appeared to deliver us from our troubles. War
we agree to—its expenses we pay for cheerfully—
but when to these are added a reckless waste of life,
and when our is army being made the laughing-stock
of Europe, even English apathy turns round and de-
clares that JOHN BULL will "stand it no longer."
Let Parliament take warning in time, and not mis-
take the present sullen silence of the nation for
approval of, or even indifference to, the manner
in which money and lite have been wasted during
the last twelve months. The Aldershott camp
is but another count in the indictment against every-
thing connected with our military system. That
system has already been condemned by the jury of,
public opinion, and woe be to its judges if they do
not pus a sufficiently severe sentence upon it. No
half measures will now content the country—nothing
short of an entire and total change in the whole
army administration can save us from the loss of our

position in the seals of nations. Whoever now brings
forward a proper bill fora thorough reform in military
matters, will be the most popular man England has
seen foe the last quarter of a century.—Daily A nos.