16 APRIL 1870, Page 3

The discussion on Sir John Lubbock's speech was rather irrele-

vant, as it turned chiefly on the importance of discouraging cram- ming, and the desirability of getting the most generally educated men to enter for the career of officers, rather than men well posted op in any special departments of study. We do not see the exact relevancy of either of these considerations. The object is, as we understand it, to make the general education, at least of boys who are looking forward to a military career, more scientific and less