The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-10 00:00:00

LICENSES.

In reply to M. HUNT, EQuER said tbat
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH •
his attention had been called to the
from the provisions in the Custooniu
gt it desirable that a
Act passed this session. isn
h c oa
no Inland rite seuvleti
nuge
Se ththe present law, but at the
relaxation should take place 1
matter was too important to be
same time he considered
in the law without due consideration.
FORTIFICATIONS FOR EI.PENSES
decided on hastily, and ththatseindeoraalttieoran.tion should take place
on this bill.
FOTRheThIFouIsCeAwTenI
00,000.411 e contended
Fe
dee mdl3RumioO that
eiVdL et. e)o the
xs sum o 1,200,000 for
Mr. 0
proceeding on an entirely
that (governmenti of forts in t erroneous
Their
s ead of devoting
to securing the
efficiency
of the navy, which
their attention .
fortifications should
was the re curifor dings prevention of invasion of this
nyatztothdewfuortaifincaetniotinrse
country. The
presentspe
being
o ne
oe
that were at
waste of money. He quoted the authority of General
Sir de Lacy Evans and Admiral Berkeley, to show that
the adoption of the advantages for defence afforded
by steam power would render an attack on this country
relhieed on
by a foreign power abortive. With all due respect to
were Lord
morePalmerston,to
be
e thought
th thethat theseautanhodritihees
shent:dillnnihtSe°ovc:
ridiculed the idea ofanything likeen
noble
lord,
•
the permanent occupation
of this country by a hostile power. The great point which had been achieved b h. y t is country in regard to this mat-
ter was the facility of concentrating troops at a given
point, which rendered anything like the permanent
occupation of this country, to which he alluded,
most improbable. At one time a large body of troops could
be conveyed from one portion of the kingdom to another at
the rate of only three miles an hour, while at present they
could be conveyed at 30 miles an hour. He contended that
it was an inevitable sequitur that the maintenance of the
forts proposed would require a large number of soldiers,
which must necessarily detract from the military efficiency
of other departments. From the published opinions of compe-
tent military authorities, it appeared that 6,000 gunners
would be required for the working of the ordnance of the pro-
posed forts. What was the necessary result, why that the
engineering military. department must be augmented. Se
adverted to the opinions of the late Duke of Wellington,
Gen. Burgoyne, and other military authorities, who wee,
adverse to the system of fortifications as a me.
_°!
national defence, atd he warned the house against
confounding increased expenditure in mill matters
ugg
htert
as being representative of increased efficiency. -us
(the forts,
and hear, hear.) He contended that some 0
which appeared to be fortes of the noble lord at the head of
ry and ab-
the (government—(laughter)—were
unne referred to the
surb, In support of his statement, be and some of
fortifications at the Isle of W
nni-g
nriltee of construe-
the other principal forts in —of holding a candle
tion, and he accused the
hfe the noble premier, who
to the military enthusiasm °- inte a preliminary ex-
had already plunged the comt
matters within a given
penditure of £93,000,000 for naval
. expensive luxury for the
period. He thought it ratheueh large amounts merely to
country to incur in paying ;era in office. He called
Goo'"
retain a certain tri be carried away by the
not
on the house
anonsibility of the Ministry in regard
old doctrine of the 7-;;Lloney, but to assume that responsi-
to the expenditure 91
as
bear.) He concluded a perorati
on
(1 e P . • • •
bility themselves'
presentsexresing his opinion that the course
of some length,
he Government would plunge the
pursued by inexhaustible financial difficulties and ember.
country into
rassinentltuc ___
E ridiculed the remarks of the lastspeaker,
M
Mr.ll3ndicated the course pursued by
, and 37- • ion for the defence king provis of the country.
4 Ma LEFT SITTING.

THE CARDROSS CASE.. EDINBURGH,
Wedneek
day.—The case of Mr. McMillan, late minister of the Free
Church at Cardross, against the general assembly of the
Free Church of Scotland, was to-day decided in the first
division of the Court of Session. Their lordships,
iby a Ma'
jprity, dismissed the action of the pursuer n
1 present
body
form, holding that the general assembly
which could. be competently sued for damages
pronounced by a majority of that body. rd Dees dis-
I .was for a tenter oe
tented from the opinion of the other two judges.