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    TBU} DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE IN THE AUGEAN STABLE.

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    1020 THE XEADEB . [ No . 34 , 4 , Saturday , ^ " ^ " ^ 7 **"""" ^ . « ' . ^! TT" * "T ^" "" T ^ r """ MM " "T" *" MMMM """" T """ - —^———tt— —————— . ¦ i —— ¦ , = obnoxious individual

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    get up against an a charge of complicity in some unfulfilled act Of assassination , they are empowered in future to drag him from his asylum across thefrontier . " No mention is made of a previous trial , or even preliminary examination , in the Belgian courts . Nothing less was to "be expected from the sinister propositions of Count "Waxet / tski at the Conterences of Paris . But the French Government insolently endeavours to make it appear that Great Britain

    joined with it in concerting plans for the consolidation of order in Europe , the stifling of the Belgian press being counted among political necessities upon a level with the Teatoration of an independent initiative to ¦ the Cabinet of Greece , and the release of TSTaples from a reign , of terror . It is true that Lord Clarendon faintly repelled the project for intervening in favour of a censorship in Belgium ; it is true that he almost apologized for the powerlessness of the British

    ^ _ . . _ " We undertake to say that the liberal party in Italy will not read with surprise a single sentence in the declaration of the Moniteur : and vre may say this for the liberal party in England , not less than for that which " does not sulk , but collects itself' in Prance . Here we have a sufficient answer to those who imagine that , upon the perusal of this

    document , English liberals will reconsider their policy , and cease to encourage the movement of the Italian people . The help that comes is not from the Prench or from the English Cabinets ; their activity only proves that forces are in motion which compel even the leading Governments of Europe to take precautions against an agitation "which is foreseen to be inevitable . Of these Governments that of

    England imagines it can meet the crisis by a policy of theatrical pretence , insincerity , and double-dealing , while that of Prance is purely and almost professedly Austrian . Prom every province of Italy intelligence is received which confirms this view . The National Party has gained a new European recognition . It is only in combination with the Italian people , say even the friends of Count Cavouk , that Piedmont can fulfil her part against the Stranger . "

    Q-overament to suppress the liberty of unlicensed printing ; but neither he nor Iiord Paxmerston ever publicly adopted the sentiment expressed in Count "Walewski ' s speech at the Conferences of Paris . There la reason to believe that , since those Conferences took place , the Western States have been checking one another ; France endeavouring to minimise the action of England , and England awakening to a knowledge of the conspiracies that work in Prance . If the

    perfect accord existed upon which the Moniteur pretends to congratulate itself , would not ; England undertake on its own parfc that which it is so ready to press upon Belgium ? Xet we hear of no new treaties of extradition between the powers of Paris and London . The people of Italy seem to have arrived , by instinct , at a true appreciation of Western policy , when they affirm that , whatever may nave been , the lapses of English liberality , they trust in England infinitely more than they trust in Prance .

    The Moniteur has startled some of the sympathizers , who are inclined to abandon the affairs of Italy , because , while the intervention is officially justified in London upon liberal grounds , it is justified in Paris upon the plea of protecting the interests of the Imperial system of order ; that is to say , despotism , limitations imposed on the press , the extension of police authority . This is only another proof that any liberal action in alliance "with IJouis Napoleon is impossible . But no

    politician has been taken by surprise . It was well known what the declaration of the Emperor would be ; it was well known , also , that its soothing phrases would be valued as mere reserves , intended to cover any policy that niay ultimately be adopted . Though the Siecle may be too eager in predicting a European , war , to result immediately from the hostile demonstration against Naples—a hostile demonstration it is , or nothing—it may strike very near prophecy when it speaks of a crisis

    which commenced on the "banks of the Pruth , and may be destined to receive its solution in Italy . No one will omit to observe M . Havin ' s implied discrimination between " the permanent policy of Prance" and the policy of Louis Napoleon . Nor will many persons be deceived by the assurance that the King of Naples , understanding the Walewski ^ Manifesto in its literal sense as a mere breach o € . official friendship , constituting neither a

    menace nor an act of intervention , will yield through a simple " appreciation of the sentiments -which actuate the Governments of Jfraiice and England ; " If he understands *??* policy in tlas sense he will defy and mdxcule it ; he may ridicule and defy it , indeed , in any case ; if ho , it will be because he Haa pledges ot support and protection from ATo-wed or concealed auxiliaries .

    Tbu} Duke Of Cambridge In The Augean Stable.

    which the men pass their lives in barrack and in camp . He has paid very diligent attention to every subject that . can come under the observation of the officers , from the C ommander of a division down to the Ensign 3 or even to the non-commissioned officer . The Duke of Cambridge has never "had the rep utation for being that disagreeable person , a saint . Oa the contrary , it is generally understood that the Duke has a fair amount of the knowledge which falls to a man of the world .

    He is acquainted with the state of the army and with the social state of the officers in it ' He has studied the forces not only in the barrack and camp at home , but in the siege and in the battle-field ; and throughout it has been well known that his ambition was to become a thoroughly efficient soldier . Here , then , we have zeal , ambition , and practical knowledge ; and these ; undoubtedly , are high for such

    qualities a post as the Duke of Cambridge has attained . "Whether or not he has by nature other qualities which are necessary to make up a full capacity , we can only ascertain from experience . " We are not disposed to presume a negative , for already we find that lie has two other qualities of considerable value . He can clearly perceive a duty to be performed , and he has the moral courage to put his hand to its execution .

    THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE IN THE AUGEAN STABLE . The IXuke of Camb ridge has turned Lord Ernest Vaite Tempest out of the army with Cornet BiRT . The manner in which these officers were expelled is remarkable ; A commission of inquiry was held with closed doors , and the officers were then depxivedof their commissions . The course is not entirely unprecedented , although , we believe , it has usually been carried out in " a different manner . It

    sometimes happens that matters are investigated which it is thought better to veil from the public eye ; and in those cases the inquiry is secret . The commissioners are , in fact , no more tlian servants seeking information for their master , the Crown ; complete power to dispose of the commission residing in the Crown by the very nature of the case . In the instances that we remember , the commission has not been simply revoked , but the officer has been required to sell it at the regulation price , or to resign his command . Iu the present instance , if the published accounts are correct , the commissions have been taken

    away . The story cannot be said to have begun only with the attacks upon Cornet Ames , or to have concluded with , the arrest of the offenders . As we stated last week , Lord Ernest Yane Tempest had been conspicuous in previous affairs ; after his arrest he , as he all but confesses in his letter , wa 3 seen at large ; and subsequently

    in violent contest with his companion in adversity — Cornet Birt . Of courae , any such proceedings as this latter came before the commission of inquiry , but other evidence was brough t before them which has not been laid before the public . The decision of the Co mmander-in-Chief appears to have rested upon the ground that Lord Ernest Vane Tempest and Cornet Bibt are

    not persons of a proper character to hold commissions in the army ; that they arc not suitable for the service , and as servants they are discharged . For many years past the Duko of Cambridge has been exerting himself to obtain a complete knowledge of the army , from the lowest ranks to the highest . He has not concealed an ambition to win the post of Oommander-in-Ohief , by showing the proper qualifications for it . On © , at least , he has- — it is zeal . Within the last few years he must have acqu ired a great amount of practical knowledge . Ho lias studied the manner in

    He lias arranged a plan for the reorganization of the army during peace . Some of its leading characteristics have already been describ ed . In the first place , the so-called reduction consisted principally in casting out those soldiers who were invalided , discontented , ill-conducted , or disqualified by nature from being soldiers . In the hurry of the war many wer « e recruited who ought never to have been , in the ranks , being physically or morally diseased , and in many respects below the proper standard : of these the armv will be weeded . The reduced

    regiments will consist , speaking generally , of 1000 men- —800 in 8 service companies , and 200 divided into 4 depOt companies . The depot companies are the reserves in which the processes of drill , recruiting , &c , proceed . It is generally considered that these depot companies are too small ; the Duke himself is understood to think so ; but the plan is upou the whole -well designed . The Commanderin-chief has also resolved to apply more stringent rules to the promotion and appointment of officers . He has distinctly announced that officers who are not zealoua

    in the exercise of their duties , or even those who prove that they have not a natural capacity for their work , will not be retained , but they will not be replaced by others . He has likewise stated , in the recently issued Memorandum , that " regimental peculiarities" will be discountenanced . These regimental peculiarities are of many kinds , and we do not yet perfectly understand to what extent the X ) uke ' s remark applies . Certain of the peculiarities consist in the character of the officers . Some regiments

    are very strict and quiet , others are singularly free and riotous ; and officers have hitherto had opportunities of exchang ing backwards and forwards according to their own disposition . The result has been that some regiments have become schools for horseplay , like that to which Ensign Periiy and Cornet Ames have been subjected ; and while we may doubt whether the most disgusting

    tricks played off upon those young men were stated in any of the published accounts , we anay affirm that the Forty-sixth and the Pourth Light Dragoons are by no means singular exceptions in the behaviour of officers . Not only does decency prevent us from relating the practical jolcea that have been performed in regiments , but those jokes have in many cases gone to an

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 25, 1856, page 1020, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2164/page/12/