The Bee-Hive : — 1869-03-13 (London, England)

THURSDAI IN THE COMMONS. short notices given, and questions proper business of the night wit; Rathbone the new member for Liv that he would call attention "to the ter sef h e alization caused by the want of e. ministration of local funds." The as interesting as vvidp, and the demoralization i"eoairiceentioetntoad ot stroenxgp travagance and corrupt disbursem many instances—indeed in most il taxes:  THE ROME SECRETARY in rep criticised a recent letter of Mr. vexed question of the constitutior friendly societies. We have annul effort of the registrar of the frient that those bodies are not what the: that he quite condemns them hut 1 him powerless fo cope with or corn There is no eoubt the evils of ft great and many—neither is there at i a defective. But there is as lit Tidd Prattt had done his duty as had received his nay and fees, tilos long since ceased. MR. WINGFIELD VERNER asked tion to the lamentable case of the the railway station master at MI The suggestion of Mr. Verner w Wore a character of religious pol had written in an Tr:: jhld Murdered man, bad Rom Mr. Forte scue stated that thecitic;il phapmerheth(lt Goi h ac wit' with which such transaction ai into the ewed wfrllindet • es is not calculated to unpr question, and this is very proper,swit,  MR. WHITE, the member for, in order to promote greater econo departments of the War Office at  should be placed under the contr.( Ininiater. The complaint of Mr. the Secretary of State for War, sumed to be responlible for the v tion and admii.istration of the at Cambridge at the Horse Guards is Bible to the minister, but exere authority, the result of which is mental and extravagant. The 1 the Duke of Cambridge, being a cousin to the Queen, is not and el that position of subordinaney, whi army, of economy, and of the c White thinks that this is one of ti greater expenses or oar army ove bottr3 the French. And the diffet able enough. Our effective army the cost, exclusive of the cost of i and militia, was L 12,795,000 or .£' While the French army of 400,00( £14,920,000 orly, or £37 each cost of administering our army While that of France cost,: no mi Yet it is admitted our system is t and that of France the best. Sir voeated Mr. White's view, and 1% 3.• 1'41,,,,,gt0n defended the presei administration, more especially Duke of Cambridge, reprcsentii amiable of commanders-in-chief was withdrawn, and  MR. CARDWELL proceeded to tirnate) for the year. It appeare( gular army, militia volunteers, ar last year not less than £15,455,4 that this was quite irrespective of pended in Abyssinia. So that E for soldiering last year. The es this year are £14,230,400, or £1 entire saving will he from all sour part of this is owing to arrange veynment. The great sources of the redisti ibution of the forces greater control over the expenl point of fact means that we n checked. We arrived at this co and the officer named to the (It now says their should be an must heanvdea t iboene nwbhb ei r ew hisillshow a p pc.  circumstances, perhaps, we oug we are to have a reduction of Cardwell proposes that the term gular army shall be shortened a service or the troops shall be ex Meats no doubt, he thinks, will Men who will have served from efford always a reserve which emergency for reinforcing the again, the militia are to be rais Ment of 83,000, and they, as Nv( yeomanry cavalry, are to be with the regular force. Let us will in time be elimininated an cally managed army. The tri With an entirely new rifle, whill to be placed in the hands of m pensioners.  FRIDAY'S PROCEEDINGS were the ut.aost importance. Mr. ] Stoke, brought under the notice dition of those young children are growing up without any ed feeted by the factory laws beeni ployed, who are not brought u ni,rnni eschoolsgsedltueerier:i eye 11 t 6soAi unny el Only o thert e d hn t .uo el ut nt a r yo ebr theass; ',ll' (it, 71 three I9e Bat r. on Mellywsd tn 3 os, 750n1f: hare and Liverpool there 31,0 C 1,244 persons who could rea