New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-16

oubt or denial with reference to the satemens cor
'snsd ibepin; but circumstances were oi'en Mfongw
han men. At this lime the Emperor was strengthen
ng tie foItf' at,ops Of ever. navy arsenal on hh
"St!; We bad right 10 complain OF D, and
no ore bad a RICH. TO con plain of our dong %,
ere.a IS tie oefer sea Of our dockyards were ecm-
fSIai's)y weak and our navy was Of more yitai IN
Ienahe 10 o. than to other nations All that was
nov proposed was security against coup de man,
sesihst force detached 20 attack doekyards and
a,'e,as IN the last wa, even sailing shipe 10 spite
- 10. oocisde Of The Epgi,h navy, on seseraI occar
SrDs 'Ioneht troops aud la6ded them on our coasts.
lie observed that s Europe the uneasiness which
wss ie FAC e.u'td foTt6caons to be erected in every
country. supP"iDg her pa line forced England moro
than shy country reqnrsd 70 for 6er regular
amy WIS sn all, ard Der irregular army promised 10
be large; ard it. VAS 10 fortified places tha. these LATER
f,I defense, even more thsn the Government were
esdy 10 ADOPT, were called for by the country and
therefore this resolution represented the feeling Of the
county and vas worthy Of acceptance BY tbs house.
Mr. Bright sald that the proposed amendment Of
which be had given notice would be answered BY that
before House, and be did not press IT, The House
was not 5isrps< question OF two or even i've Mill
oI bu, thu qpetnoD involved an expenditure Of a.
leatt twenty miioIs and more, for the standiog army
woud b. increased, for these works would require
20, 0t0 mel 10 them. He wished TO know If the
Cabinet wn unanimous with regard 10 the expsnG
tuIe. He did rot believe il. Neither were the mill
tsry aus oft "a nnit-d The subject The hon gen.
lien read Duuber of pla propounded by dtfereot
piary men, giving toem ludicrous aspect by his
con men end bus ronicsl ode of stating them. He
sst that msny Of the pamphlets Published in France
the pre- dDcoDs Of persons opposed TO the present
oyna,ty, aid who sought 10 SOW mstrus; and create
war between Eng and AID France, with view 70 fe-
ylsc tie heled ary rulers of the latter kingdom on
The throne. The hon. gentleman made 81 nmsry OF
ard commented on the Report Of the Defense Commits
ri, D. arguing that tie evidence s,owed thst had
ow tort fieaiions and guos than could be made
avails le for want Of men TO man them, while they
would be totally useless against the long.range
ba cad a n IA
Def.nss Conmi son TO Lord OverstOne, TO which ne
gave the o ost ab,urd aspe {, and dealt In the sane
way with L. OVerstoDes reply. lie argued gen.
orally that the resu Of the advice of the commission
WIZ ibar il offered security, and only entailed ex-
Del dture. H. coDteDded that France had not added
to her avail TeDgn ID thing ike the relative pro-
portion ~ the in which had been made 10 ours.
II. c aracterized the idea Of danger from foreign ag-
press ON which perysd.d the mind Of the Government,
Par ismeDt, aid the people as luaacy which would
G., NE to end some tine or other, bat he declared
II At originated 10 the hypocrisy and the cowardee Of
Cstinex. lie pointed out that at time W en- We
were in arm ed saIce with France in China, and Ne
90 iatu a commercial treaty between the two eoun-
Jies, we aiming against the French Empire,
W. lie heir policy had beep Identical from The tune Of
The Crnsan war Gown to the existing question o.
syria. He concluded by protesting against oor yas
military e, p pd ure and the military tendencies winch
D evaed in he country
Mr.. Is. Osborne complained that the House was not
asked 10 carry out the report Of the Defense Comms-
ron Fix months ago. II the aspect Of affairs made The
proposed d.fsLses essentially necessary, WY was only
D Vt OF the plan he carried out, and why were noe
he whole Of t1e forhcations completed az once He
C, not reconcile the present proceeding With The
treaty with France for we We're arDlng 70 keep out
our Trends and Gust He denied that the present
stae Of tie army navy in France jus flied the speech
Of Lord PaluieIstOn in introducing this proposition.
TIE sane aIguue 10 us.d ia France with regard
TO TIE srnan ers OF this country as we're used nero
ith :. gard to The armed strength of France de did
Tot tbect strengt eniDg The seaboard but 70 the
proposition of useless lano He also OBJ
.c the comp, si'oD Of the co nmssion questioned
t+ncy ana urged lhat they nAd not tAAen eoi-
bcient evidence
Mr.. Horsmau defended the course taken by the Gov.
ERIN eDt in appointing the Defeme Commission 10 ful-
film INT of peg e 10 the House, approved OF tie com
lositon, and coneurred In It's recommendations de
yeed the adoption of the resolution and only regretted
that did 70 further toward the rapid and hnmed-
ale completion Of tue works.
SirF Smith said that although, far a. TIE sea-
board part of Ae qa stion vas concerned he agreed
with the Comuissisn other points be differed with
en for if The whole plau was carried out 1t would
require large increase TO the regular army 70 man III
aud b. pan.cnlab referred " the land defenses OF
Portsmouth arc the works on Portsdown Hill, which
be lot only useless but dangerous from
n strategic point Of view
Lord Palm. son humorously coubated Mr.. Borxe-
lev. notion thai fort fcations un-Engsh; and
regarded Dir. Brg ts argument, said that lie bad rh-
criticised Lumber OF am8 nr plans than objected 20
that If he Govern neDt Tnat plan not 20 en'r-
Gle the wool- coast win works or 10 surroun London
with forte but 10 defend naval depots, on which
the existence of orr fleets depended. The noble lord
tb 81 mLuteuess commented on and repled 70 the
arguments If the different members who had spoken
agspst The plan. He denied that 10 time OF peace toe
NO ks wuDd require sJgv increase of troops; while
in Of war 10. Necessary inc ease Of our military
force would supply the ess4ry for the purposs.
As u ,h. Inconsistency Of these pro eediogs with the
atty with France this com Dission was aoponedlong
before The tray was thought Of and there vas moth
H., ,,. and f.fsfen xrhi
81 shed With citations OF amity which might spring
Our VI commercial int rcourse The Government. was
only performing what they felt TO be duty In propos-
ing tbis resolution hich was in unison With the feel
ing of The country ana be trusted would be carried
by large maj MY.
On 1lvlsloD h. amer dment was rejected and the
resolution was carried by 26S to SO.
THE SYRIAN QUEST ON IN PARLIAMENT.
IL The f. 81 sh Boule OF Lords, on the Sd inst Lord
Sirsforo dc Redclte, In c;tI the attention OF the
House 70 tie d sWbaDces IN Syria, did not think J;
necessary 10 in detail into the atrocities which
had teen committed, into the origin from which
they had sprug. He could Dot ref ain, however,
nom reuai kp, upon the Necessity for taking prompt
g. efficient rasures IN o der to pat an end 10 he
pIs.bt state # things IN Syria with the least possible
cell,. The dnla # a Commissioner 70 Syria WAS
suthc 1T proof that the Government asve 10 this
ec,siy but neither that nor coDmunici Iii wish
ob.r rw.rs would pu stop % the atrocities which
have te'n paIpet'atsd. IL Was fficulG mater,
CDntt, 1Or European fOWtIs 70 arrange meme OF
inter c., but # ths Tux sh Government were no:
sing enough 10 suppress these disturbances, he for
OF so,uld ut OH 10 Europ-aa ins rife e1ce or
even tie mel fer, Of Iiicul4r Power, uader
d CHI Al treaty SucD a was no do ib.
oy.p risk. Syria ~ss the key To Egypt and sny ex-
sion Of h. interference, might lead ~ between
tie uaJiIImc Powers. rieu he Le,auon nevs. had
bell July suh-ct 10 Tr' KEY add promises lad beea
made ine tribes Of hat district by the British To.
Their inc. p.Doenc, shou,d be scared, and Ia k.sh
tr ops sr,uld be ada itt.d within taer confines
Sui such atr ciles recently taken place could