The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT•

HOU= 01 LORDB.—M.,NDAY, Aram 7.
The Low VIIANCELIA4 teak has seat an tha waaksack at
Sip'cisak.

SWATH lII7SERROIL
Twins Rae nimis. —Dube TaD., Nissad Railway; Duns.
kilisa sad Sunders§ Railway; Vestem lbehese; final
Northern Railway (No. 11, sod Islyatt Val* railway
Rills.
RILITARI DRILL IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Irani Sr/LAWMEN eels to add ollestios to the sub-
ject of military drill lately istesissed iota public schools.
and to illiqUite of the gereressent whether the commission
ea
public alossh bail bete instructed to report on
this brooch of the sestet,.
The Earl of CLAN EN DON said that u his noble friend
had alluded to Lim as president of the Public Schools OM•
suttee. be trued to state that the instructions given to
them ware newly .uilicieut sod were purposely DO framed
es
to embrace .11 matters connected with the administer•
eons of school.. Their inquiries had turned not only on the
studies of the loys, but upon their recreations, mad the
mode is which they habitually employed their leisure time.
In thew impnriesilnlling would certainly be included. He had
regrettalto hear that tuere bed been some falliug off in the
number of boys attending drill. No one, he thought, could
clime a Bomber of boys congregated together or walking
together without seeing how mach their appearance, indivi-
dually and collectively, would be improved by the instructions
of the drill *regeaut. With this question the volunteer
nuivemeat was closely connected. The political advautagee
of that movement It was impossible to exaggerate, or to
speak in too high terms of that noble spit and love of
country which Lad animated it. They should ell use their
beet elf or ta to piourite military training, and to provide that
the use of the ride should be taught to boys. But
he apprehends.' they should suffer tunics in them matters
to take its own course, sari should not seek to render it
eompukon on boys at public schools. Whether, however,
the instruction were to be voluntary or compulsory there
arose the question ..f time. Various shovicomoom hail Leen
admitted alai regretted, but want 04 time bed been the
/Met and he must say the moot reasonable excuse.
tri:riwts reliant, that it was molest to expect the
matters of the *chisels to cosiest that any portion of the
e.-hool hours should be gives sp to drilling, whilst` it would
he seine to time boys. tad unpopular with them,
OM they alimild le compelled to give up, for the par•
pore, any portion of their play-hours, which were sot
siore than wan seceassey for the health of their minds
lied bodies. 0. the other hand, if voluntary drill's; were
permitted, ho feared it would hod a formidable rival in
cricket, foothill, sad boating. But he could towel's nothing
more calculated to hewer &distaste for (Inn then a compulsory
attendance spin the drill sergeant on the put of boys who
were set spas empla:itee their owe time in their owe way,
end ismer* themselves u they thought proper. He had
heard with regret that Shore were • torten' number
of boys elm hod left MI sitiesdieg drill, and how far
it would be deniable to stimulate their mote ia this
dietetics by aseourageomate and mom* shoal& be •
master of careful iagility. As his melds friss& knew, the
duties of thee...llSW°. did sot p lemma that ; bat if
they wore erodateri riot oat whom edam we mahey
sod amiled, sod bow it might be effeabs4 ha thought they
should tom the sapped at pablie wa. The sesamir
Mows hoped
_to hove Wilma of pummolesemadrallsa
with the heed sad ease ambers of the rhea ; the A-
leutian of limes gestlmma would I. &awn to the ablest of
dram& and the esmododeaste would rade* with ustiolm•
lima say that Right be mode is seder
Ste wavy MstilitstwiletliMeties el lis made Mobil (User.)
Lad DE NM said he ems sat seasolos anything mom
steard that boys who w gang htto time church or the
law Mersin the *tows =Mill I. Tim love of drilling was
• matter of saute with boys at meek as with area, but swy
attempt to *we them from their *pirated, to thedei
megeset would he most unwise. Rimy of their mass&
made wore of themselves quite as useful is waking
them seed .Scwa by bristles oat their 'pint. as my
drill is the world. Be thought this matter must be
left with tbe low ye themesevea, sod as Is drilling, any sort
of poilmary la the BMW slab' be amidst They should
be Maght the um of the Aim ia whisk they would take as
interest sad pride ; but es to drillies, d holinselioa should
be embrely velsolory.
Tim Deciustion of THIS BM, the Security sf Purchasers
WI. the Treoefer of Lend Bap, and the Rail Property (Title
of Purrhasseel Sip. with esetwia astaammata, prowl
through onceseittes.
Tbe Industrial brawls A 51411114 Amsadwast Lora peened
through committee
The Whopping RSp posted through esimilletak.
The Pin sod Harbour stet Ammdmsmt NI was read Is
asowed
That lordships wipursed at a water bet

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