The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-14 00:00:00

SANDHURST COLLEGE.

On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Sir G. LEWIS moved that the proposed resolution of a
vote of £10,787 for the extension of Sandhurst College be
recommitted to the Committee of Supply. The right hon:
baronet repeated in substance the statement he had made the
other night. He said that it was intended by the vote,
which the house decided against, merely to ask for the re-
petition of the vote granted last year. It had been recom-
mended by the select committee that all those
desirous of entering the army, who did not purchase
commissions, should spend twelve months at Sand-

turst. £15,000 had been voted for the college last
year. A sum of money was already expended last year in
carrying out the recommendations for the extension of the
college. If the amount now asked for were not granted
they must put an end to the contracts which had been com-
menced, and remove the half finished wall which had been
erected. The cost of this would be much more than the
amount required for the extension of the college. He pointed
out the necessity that existed for a military college, as the
university of Oxford or Cambridge were not adapted for the
purposes of a purely military education.

Mr. SELWYN expressed his surprise at the speeches
made on this subject by the right hon. baronet (Sir G.
Lewis). The proposal he made virtually called on the
house to retrace the step they had taken, and to
set aside the victory which the friends of economy
had achieved this session. If they agreed to the proposal
now made they would bo admitting th© thin edge of the
wedge, and they would ultimately be called on to adopt
the original plan of the college which had been abandoned.
The proposal of the right hon. baronet was most objection-
able, because it enforced compulsory residence on the poor,
and not on the rich. He denied that any necessity for the
adoption of the proposition in question had been made, and
he contended that according to the correspondence withthe
universities of Oxford and Cambridge it appeared the
authorities were prepared to make provision within these
institutions for the training of those who were intended for
the army. If they reversed their decision it would form a
precedent on which they would be asked to carry out the
original plan, and to incur a large annual expenditure for
that purpose,

B. OSBORNE objected to the proposal of the right
hon. baronet (Sir G. Lewis) having been delayed until
now, for before this evening they had no knowledge of the
scheme propounded by Government. He remembered the
vote last session was granted at midnight on the 12th of June
in a rather hurried manner, and he, amongst other mem-
bers, was under the impression that all candidates for com-
missions were to spend 12 months at Sandhurst. It ap-
peared, however, that such was not the case. He consi-
dered that it was most desirable that all candidates for the
army should have a special training before they
joined a regiment, instead of at present coming from
the university without any special knowledge of their
profession, and the result was that unnecessary expense was
incurred. He was ready for these reasons to support the
experiment of Government, and vote for the estimate.
General PEEL said this question should not be viewed
with reference to party, and advocated the adoption of
special mtlitary training, as being more convenient than the
system which at present existed.
After a few words from Mr. G. W. ROPE and Sir H.
WILLOUGHBY, the vote was agreed to without a division.
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the Colonies what was the nature of the new plan of native
administration proposed by the Governor of Now Zealand,
and whether the Imperial Government were free from the
responsibility for the scheme, and from the military and
civil expenditure involved in its adoption ; and whether the
present number of troops in that colony sme about to be re •
duced ?
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said that inquiries had been ad-
dressed to Sir G. Grey to know what the colony was pre-
pared to do with regard to the native administration, and
what effort it was prepared to make towards liquidating the
expense of the late war. The hon. gentleman assured the
house that the Government had not in the least degree
committed themselves to any plan proposed by the Gover-
nor. or to any expenditure which it might entail.
Mr. ROEBUCK urged a plain, straightforward policy
in the case of New Zealand, and he expressed his opinion
that there was no little hypocrisy in the alleged efforts to
evangelise or civilise; the native
population. It was an
undoubted fact that the aborigines of every country dbutp-