The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-15 00:00:00

PUBLIC BUSINESS.

In reply to an Ho`. MEMBER,
Lord PALMERSTON said that if the Government could
get through the navy estimates to-night, they would pro •
ceed with the army estimates on Monday; and when they
were disposed of, they would bring forward the civil ser-
vice estimates. Ho submitted to the house the pro-
priety of allowing the orders of the day to have
precedence of motions on the paper on Fridays.
That practice was adopted in order to facilitate the pro-
gress of public business, and he hoped it would not be de-
parted from on the present occasion, as the session was far
advanced, and there was a great deal of important business
to be transacted. (Hear, hear.)
THE NAVY.
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On the order of the day for going into committee of
supply on the navy estimates,
Mr. LINDSAY said that the commission which had sat
on the subject of the best means for the more efficient man-
ning of the navy had recommended that there should be dif-
ferent exercises in the reserve forces and other branches of the
naval service which had not been carried out. At the pre-
sent moment the country required a very large amount on
the navy, netwithstanding that it was a time of peace.

I should like to see for once the unique light of There was no less than £13,000,000 spent on ships
an Arctic midsummer midnight, on hills, and sea, and annually, and this was done in consequence of not
islands. It may be easy to imagine the sun declining to having a reserve force, the consequence of which was
the horizon, and then beginning to travel upwards again; that the country at present was not properly
but the precise quality of the light, and the singularity of
the sensation, can no more be known at home than the prepared in case of war. Besides, these ships cruising
emotion belonging to seeing the green lapse of Niagara into about the Channel led ssme people in France to imagine
its cauldron, or the blue sharp-cut angles of the shady side that we entertained an idea of invading that country, how-
of the Pyramids, discerned from 50 miles off. So I should ever silly such an idea might be. The resultwas that the peo-
not wonder if we find ourselves on the summit of some Dle of France were led to increase their expenditure in military
Norwegian hill, or the rocky crest of some North Sea island, •
on some longest day, instead of on our own lawn or the end naval preparations. lie did not apprehend that France
squire's mere.—Ones a IVeek. would invade this country, but this was not the question
The Turin, Gazette says that an officer of the under consideration ; but he thought it was their
1 Neapolitan court, named Bosco, has left for Sicily, declaring duty to be prepared for any emergency
his intentio iof either killing Garibaldi (in a duel it is to be • . whichnot the at present ; for, though
arise, was case that might
supposed) or being killed by him. The same journal asserts
that the Neapolitan Government has set a price of 20,000 whether the Admiralty
ducats (85,0001.) upon the head of Garibaldi. they had ships they were. not properly manned. A ques-
tion accordingly was raised as to
Let us ocly fancy what a curious state of things
credit for a desire
had adopted the proper course, which he contended they
it would be in which all our great " houses" should be either had not, though he gave that department
closed or hostile, sulky or shut. No Stafford House, or to discharge their duty to the best of their ability.
Devonshire House, or Cambridge House, or Apsley House, No doubt there had been liberal pecuniary in_
or Bath House, or Lansdowne House, or Holland House ducements held out to the men engaged in the merchant
(before a mightier master than politics had sealed its en-
service to enter the navy,' but out of 20,000 of that body
trance !) No Houses at all I
.Sappose all Piccadilly, and
all Park Lane, and all Belgravn. and the various territories only 11,000 had enrolled themselves. They paid
named after the races of Grosvenor, Berkeley, or others of £1,000,000 annually to officers on the retired and
the same stamp—suppose all those " family mansions"— reserve list, and yet they required to have young and
with their shutters shut, as in the month of September, or active men in order that the vessels should be
open only to the voice of discontent. The thing would
properly officered. He contended ,that they should ire-
seem odd to even such Londoners
as never participate in •
,port Jut° tits navy a number of young men, who, though
their stately festivities.—Once a Week,.