The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-10 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

(BY lIAORETIC TRLIORAPH.)
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIAN.
(PROM THE CORRRIIPORDRICY OP THI DAILY Jaws.)
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

By the arrival, this morning, of the clipper-ship
Arabian, Captain Banaatyne, belonging to the White
Star line, we have dates to the 18th December.

She has brought, besides 200 passengers, 58,000
ounces of gold on freight. The principal part of the
cargo is wool.

The price of gold was 31.175. at the departure of
the ship.

Ballarat was quiet, and tranquillity restored.
The markets at Melbourne were over•etocked, and
prices low, and general trade inactive.
The Constance and Delimy, from hence, had ar-
rived at Melbourne, and the St. Helena, from hence,
at Sydney.

FALMOUTH, FILIDAT.

The Admiral has arrived from Melbourne, with
dates to December 11, and landed mails. The steam
ship Argo arrived out December 6.

The Ballarat rioting had ceased, owing to the re-
tirement of Mr. Foster, the colonial secretary, which,
by the colonists, was hailed with considerable satis-
faction.

Off the Heads the captain of the Admiral met the
steamer London going in from Hobart Town, with
WO troops on board.

The price of gold was 3!. 18e., with little doing.

THE PROJECTED "CAMP" AT ALDERSHOT.

SOME time egu It was announced that Government
had it in contemplation to establish a camp at Alder-
shot. Ground was procured, tenders advertised for,
contracts entered into—all for the construction of a
camp. When Mr. MONSELL introduced the Ordnance
Estimates, he still spoke of a camp. Bat last night
the House of Commons was surprised by the intelli-
gence that what has been called a camp is intended to
be permanent barracks. These permanent barracks
are meant to accommodate 10,000 men, of whom
7,000 are to be infantry, 1,500 cavalry, and
the remainder artillery. Various advantages
were enumerated by Mr. MONSELL and Lord
PALMERSTON as likely to result from the estab-
lishment of barracks on such a scale. They will
enable us, it is alleged, to have at all times a large
body of troops collected together for exercise and
drill. They will serve as a preventive of the de-
'moralisation to which soldiers are exposed by being
billeted in large towns. Lastly, they will relieve
innkeepers and licensed victuallers from the
oppressive billeting system. We are not disposed
to deny that there is something in these ar-
guments. Oar troops have hitherto been too
little trained to act in large bodies; but might
they not be so trained although distributed
for great part of the year as they have hitherto been,
and brigaded for some months annually in temporary
camps ? Camp life would teach them lessons they
can never learn in barracks. Again, soldiers cer-
tainly are exposed to great temptations when bil-
letted in large towns ; but are they not, at the same
time, brought into more familiar intercourse with
civilians, and guarded against contracting the habit
of looking upon themselves as a clan separate from—
perhaps opposed to—the citizens ? Lastly, the billet-
ing system, as it at present exists, is an intolerable
and unjustifiable burden en licensed victuallers,
and ought to be entirely changed or abolished ; but is
there no way of doing this but by dotting the country
with strongholds garrisoned by ten thousand men
and upwards? .
These cursory suggestions show that the expe-
diency of establishing permanent barracks, on so ex-
tensive a scale as is contemplated at Aldershot, is
not so self-evident as Mr. MONSELL and Lord
Ruatraurroat would have us believe. We are therefore
entitled to complain of the surreptitious attempt that
has been made by Government to introduce so
sweeping a change in our military arrange-
ments by surprise. Lord PALMERSTON maintained
that such large establishments will be required after
the present emergency has passed. He observed that
it ban been a great mistake that Government and Par-
liament have hitherto acted, with regard to such
matters, "by fits and starts, not upon any settled,
steady, consistent plan, but aooording to the impulse
of the moment, and the circumstances of the time."
There is much truth in this; but the extensive
change now proposed, with a view to remedy the
evil, ought to have been frankly and honestly sub-
mitted to the deliberate consideration of Parliament
and the public. Lord PALMERSTON and his col-
leagues have attempted to obtain the consent of both
to a great and important innovation under false pre-
tences. They have asked for leave to construct a
temporary camp, when in reality it was their inten-
tion to erect permanent barracks. This sneak-
ing and dishonest mode of proceeding en-
titles us to suspect their intentions. Parlia-
ment and the country ought to insist upon
having time allowed them to canvass the proposal in
all its bearings. We want an improved army to
defend us against foreign foes, not to enable Govern-
ment to rule us as it pleases. We must, therefore,
be cautious and wary in granting our consent to a
proposal, the effects of which are so dubious, and
which has been pressed upon our acceptance in to
sly and suspicious a manner.—Daily Neter.