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LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH 21.

WE observe that Lord Eumtnononon has moved
for the Report of the Commissioners on the foreign
system of military education. There is no man who
has shown a more enlightened sense of the benefits of
military education than his lordship ; certainly his
friendship for the late Sir CHARLES NAPIER and his
admiration for that eminent soldier, render him admi-
rably fitted for advancing the cause he has so long
espoused. We trust that he will take ewe that the
Report in question is prated and extensively circu-
lated, for otherwise it is pretty obvious that the
startling facts upon which the cause of military educa-
tion depends will be but imperfectly known. Hi-
therto, if we have rightly observed the coarse of
things, the Government have shown some disposition
to minimise the effect of those facts which the Report
brings to light, by neglecting to give that circulation
to the Report in question which it deserves. Pro-
bably Mr. PALE or Sir DE LACY EVANS might
remedy this ingenious omission by moving that the
document be printed.
We are the more urgent in this matter,
because we believe that much ignorance prevails
on the subject of military education; and we
are satisfied that, unless the facts connected with it
are forced upon public notice, they never will attract
that attention which they deserve. The scandalous
conduct of the Government towards Sir JOHN
M'Nsus. and Colonel TuLLoen inflames public
indignation when allusion is made to it. Even Mr.
Conies, the Apostle of Peace, roused the people of
Manchester to groans and hisses at the very men-
tion of the subject. Nevertheless we cannot help ad-
mitting that the causes of those deficiencies which
were exposed by the Crimean Commissioners still
remain ; and until some system of military promotion
is devised, which shall prevent incompetent men
from occupying the chief places in the army, the same
causes mast remain in full vigour. This change
of system, we contend, can only be effected by
a rigid examination for staff appointments and
by the establishment of a general plan of
military education. That the scientific officers
—the officers of Engineers and Artillery—
should be instructed is so obvious that even in
this country their education is deemed essential. In-
deed, it is admitted that during the Crimean cam-
paign, Brea according to the opinion of the French,
nothing could exceed our Artillery—though want
of experience seemed in their opinion to diminish the
exesellenee of our Engineers. The gelation, thine-
fine, MI to those two scientific services, is a gar
tins of imptovement, not of fundamental =
Bat with respect to our staff officers, it is a
of fandemnstal change—so that ignorant men shsil
so longer be eligible to staff appointments. It is sa
establimberl fact that until the staff officer is a man of
real knowledge, not only the disasters which the