The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

"This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves
wanting. Vocal and instrumental mr.sic of the first order, and a
display of fireworks which exceeds all Imagination, are a fitting
close to a day at the Crystal Palace."

DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of cuusior.

Splendid and Extenaive Menagerie and Marine Lquaritinn—tinri-
called Military Band.

VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing
several National and Patriotic Songs—Ml the Amusing Novelties
of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan-
terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby.
Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been
erected. Fall Quadrille Band, Scc.

had exhibited an unequivocal determination
to insist on fair and equitable terms, Russia
would long since have succumbed, and not only
have abated her unjustifiable pretensions, but
have given ample guarantees for the preservation
of the general peace and tranquillity, so far as she
was
concerned. 4‘ Germanism," however, tri-

umphed. It paralysed the energies of the Allies,
and kept our fleets and armies in the Euxine and

its vicinity completely inactive, and those in the
Baltic nearly so. We were always "tvaiting" for
Austria or Prussia, and opportunities were lost
while we were anticipating some decisive de-
monstration on the part of one or both. They
have hitherto completely bamboozled us, reap-
ing benefits for themselves from the un-
toward and expensive complications' in which we
were involved. Prussia, as we have already re-
marked, obtained a transfer of the whole com-
merce of Russia, while Austria was allowed to
occupy the Principalities, to become the quasi
Protector of Moldavia and Wallachia not only
without opposition, but almost on the express
invitation of Frank and Moslem. She has already
established herself, issuing her insolent procla-
mations, hunting out refugees, and ready to take
advantage of any casualty to fling herself into the
arms of Russia, and support the views of the
AUTOCRAT, from the vantage ground we have so
foolishly permitted her to occupy—or should suc-
cess attend our arms, and the cause of truth and
justice be triumphant, then to obtain favourable
terms, neither humiliating to the pride nor inju-
rious to the pride of the Muscovite.
This is the present phase of " Germanism,"
one less strongly marked, but no less decided in
the case of Austria than of Prussia. The last
circular has, however, placed the latter in such
a position as to warrant our Government in with-
drawing her Ambassador, and treat it as an open
and avowed enemy. It has used its influence,
such as it is, against England and France, and it is
right and proper that we should endeavour to
curtail that influence. It has flung its own
weight into the scale with Russia, and, therefore,
we should not be very chary as to the means by
which we-assail an acknowledged enemy, or reject
them, because they may chance to be displeasing
to Prussia. As a participator in the most nefarious
act of modern times, in the infamous " partition
of Poland," it might object to the measures
adopted for the purpose of restoring the outraged
nationality of that oppressad and deeply-injured
people. Be it so. We are no longer bound to
respect its wishes, or those of Austria ; and in
renovated Poland aid independent Hungary we
should obtain the best protection against further
Muscovite encroachments. We have, however, so
long submitted to similar tricks, that these deceit-
ful potentates imagine they can continue to play
similar tricks with equal impunity. Let, them,
however, beware. The sleeping Lion is aroused
—the Eagle looks down from his aerie on
the grovellers. France and England have,
too long suffered " Aberdeenism" to prevail.
But " the good and excellent man" can no
longer paralyse their energies, or persuade
any moderate number of persons in either nation,
that " the apprehensions of the CZAR were well-
founded, or his demands reasonable ! ! We must
act vigorously, and if he should still hang as a
dead weight on our shoulders, we must only treat
him as " SiNsin" did his prototype, "the Old Man
of the Sea," celebrated in Eastern narrative—and
act in a manner more beseeming a mighty nation,
or rather two such mighty nations as France and
England,

Last week, when announcing the decisions of
the Windsor Courts-Martial on Lieutenants PERRY
and GREER, and the orders of the Commander-in-
Chief in reference thereto, we inquired—" What
parent or guardian will permit his son or ward to
buy the commissions thus vacated ? Who will
aspire to a place in such company ?" The pro-
blem has been solved. The following extract,
from Friday's Gazette, supplies the answer

" 4th Foot Lieutenant THOMAS J. BARLOW
CONNELL, from the 3d West India Regiment,
to be Lieutenant, vice PERRY, cashiered, but
allowed to receive the value of his commissions ;
Lieut. the Honourable WILLIAM HENRY HER-
BERT, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice GREER, removed from the service, but al-
lowed to receive the value of his commissions."
From this it will be seen that the difficulty with
respect to parents and guardians has been inge-
niously avoided. No young man glowing with
military ardour has been required to cast his lot
with the gallant and veracious officers of the 46th;
nor has auy step been allowed to the regiment iu
consequence of the vacancies thus created. Two
gentlemen have been found willing to incur a cer-
tain degree of odium in order to extricate the
Horse Guards from the awkward dilemma in which
it was involved, and thus to establish a strong
claim upon the gratitude of the authorities.
It was unquestionably a "plucky " under-
taking on the part of Lieutenants CON-
NELL and HERBERT. We can understand the
zeal and enthusiasm that induced these gentlemen
so gallantly to fling themselves into the breach,
and we earnestly hope that the "sacrifice" thus
made will be duly appreciated by those who have
the power to reward such devotion and moral
courage.

Lieutenant CoNNELL might have had adequate
reasons to induce him to accept a commission in
a regiment not necessarily serving under a tropi-
cal sun, where, too, he may possibly have an op-
portunity of distinguishing himself in actual war.
But still he has done much for the service in
accepting the exchange, and we shall not permit
ourselves to doubt that he will afford a salutary
example to those who will henceforward be his
brother officers. The appointment of Lieutenant
HERBERT, too, will, we trust, prove very beneficial
to the regiment. He is unquestionably a very
young officer—not yet of age—having been born
in the year 1834—a descendant of the great
Lord OLIVE, and youngest brother to the Earl of
Powis ; not to the Earl of CARNARVON as stated by
a contemporary. Although young, however, we
do not suppose that any of the disgraceful practi-
cal jokes by which poor PERRY was victimised
will be practised on him. He is a member of an
aristocratic family, having at the same time great
influence and wealth, and the "tuft-hunters," who
were so ready to bully a young man who owed his
position to the good services of his father, will
very probably be quite as ready to cringe before
the " Honourable" as they were to insult and
keep aloof from the son of a man who, by his
own deserts, had risen from the ranks.
So far for the changes in the 46th, by which
the orders of Lord HARDINOE have been carried
into practical operation. We would now refer to
the case of the young man, who had so unjustly
been deprived of his commission, and sent to cora-
mence the world de 71,0170, while as yet only in his
l 22d year. It appears that subscriptions to the
PERRY defence and testimonial fund already amount
to 600/. But
we trust that they will not stop
there. The services of Mr. DARVILL richly
merit a handsome recompence. The learned
gentleman should be amply remunerated, for
indefatigable exertions, combined
witilvasgbrey his
great
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lution, that the innocence of his injured client was
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Poor be placed in such a positicn
as to reader biro independent of the service, and
capable of contemptuously rejecting the price of
his commissions—the poor compensation tendered
by Cam who felt that he had been deeply

aggrieved, and made the victim of gross and pal-
pable injustice. If the charges were true, he was
not entitled to any indulgence. He had not
merely slandered his superior officers, but been
guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. Yes ; one
of the charges preferred against him (the third)
was neither more nor less than a direct accusation
of perjury. It was to the effect, that he
made a statement on oath, " well knowing it
to be false." The other three counts in the
indictment related to the letter which he had
signed under the instructions of his legal adviser,
and the statement whereof he had, in the opinion
of ninety-nine out of every one hundred disin-
interested and unprejudiced persons, fully and
unequivocally substantiated. If ever there was a
privileged communication, that letter was one.
The circumstances under 'which it was written
entitled the party preferring these charges, not
through malice, but with the desire of obtaining
a complete investigation into all the facts, in the
elucidation whereof he was so deeply concerned—
not merely to mercy, but to a complete acquittal,
even had he done so erroneously. The third
charge was, however, different ; it ascribed wilful
false swearing—and, if substantiated, merited
exemplary punishment. In allowing the accused,
therefore, "to receive the price of his commis-
sions," Lord HARDINGE showed either that he
did not consider " perjury" a serious offence, or
that he did not agree with the decision of the Court.
Erroneously and weakly as we think his Lordship
to have acted, we shall not pay him so very bad
a compliment as to attribute to him such lax
morality. We can, therefore, only ascribe his
leniency to his belief that the Court were not jus-
tified in their finding ; that even if the sworn
evidence inculpatory of Captain NICHOLAS was not
strictly accurate, it was, at least, delivered under
the impression that it was so. Lieutenant
PERRY should, therefore, have been acquitted,
or the full sentence of "cashiering" been carried
into execution ; and that the latter course was
not adopted proved that the Commander-in-Chief
differed entirely from the Court.
It has been suggested that some attempt should
be made to obtain a revision of the finding and
sentence in one of the Superior Courts of Common
Law. This is impossible. The finding and sen-
tence, duly approved and confirmed, is final and
conclusive, and cannot, in the present state of the
law, be questioned before any other tribunal.
But petitions may be presented from every dis-
trict throughout the length and breadth of the
land, to get rid of the iniquitous system, and to
afford to all officers, aye, and privates, in her MA-
JESTY'S service, not engaged in actual warfare or
on foreign service, the protection of a fair trial
before impartial judges. The service could not be
prejudiced thereby, for the punishment of Lieut.
GREER—after his acquittal by the military tribu-
nal—shows that the Commander-in-Chief exer-
cises despotic power in removing any person he
thinks proper from the army list. If he chooses to
do so, let him assume the responsibility of the act,
but do not let him evade that responsibility
under cover of a finding and sentence made not
in accordance with the substantial merits, but
under the dictation of the Adjutant-General.
Let a strict investigation, then, take place into the
entire circumstances of the cases, and the conduct
of the members of the three Courts, with a view
to the introduction of a more wholesome system.
It may be that a Royal Commission should be
appointed. But if so, it should be composed of
civilians. If not, however, we hive no doubt,
notwithstanding the predominance of the military
element in both Houses, that a Select Committee
will be nominated on the meeting of Parliament,
who will strictly inquire and honestly report, with-
out fear or prejudice, favour or affection. The
voice of public opinion should, however, be heard
in the interval, to show that the people are not
indifferent to the wrongs inflicted on one of them-
selves, and that they are desirous of such reforms
as will render impossible the repetition of similar
injustice.