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:164 •—• ' ' *; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Tr/I3 EVENING, AIIGUST 19,
Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA.
Characters by lime. Caradori (her last apPearance), MSS Fanny
lluddart, Signor Arnold', Signor l'avesi.
To conclude with a favourite BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
Prices—Gallery, Is. ; Pit, 25.: Upper Boxes, 33. ; First Circle, 45.;
Dress Circle, 55.; Stalls, 75.; and rrivate Boxes, One, T•we, Three,
and Four Qwneas each.

of Moldavia but of Bessarabia, have I
been defeated again
and again by the
heroic Turks under OMER. PASHA-a sudden
obstruction has started up between the vic-
tors and. the vanquished by the apparition
of the Austrian troops from beyond the southern
frontiers of Transylvania. All is not such "smooth
sailing" in the waters of war, upon which the
Allies have adventured: All is, after all, not so
easy of accomplishment either in the direction of
the provinces, or in that of the Caucasus. On
one side it is essential that prompt good faith
should be shown towards SCHAMYL, the valiant
warrior-prophet." On the other, it is more
than ever requisite that no cajollery should be
tolerated on the part of the Vienna Government.
There is much talk now in diplomatic circles
about the sincerity with which Austria is at length
about to adventure upon a decisive line of policy as
in the interest of the Allies, and as directly opposed
to the Russian Government. Whatever may ba
said to the contrary, we discredit the sincerity of
the councils of Schoenbrunn. We have done so
from the outset. We do so still. We look for
no good from credulity in the Austrian Govern-
ment. Better, as we have maintained all along,
better for England and France would it be were
they impeded for the time by the open hostility of
the German Powers, than were they encumbered
with an insincere show of alliance and a false af-
fectation of friendship. There is danger in the aid of
Germany. There is none, we believe, absolutely none
in its direct opposition. Away, then, with this pal-
tering with the sacred interests of humanity and
Christendom for the sake of a hollow complicity on
the part of Austria—a complicity which, if seri-
ously connived at, can only lead to the lamentable
embarrassment and disastrous cajollery of the
Western Governments.

THEITBE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
' Under the management of Mr. ibuckstone.
THIS EVENING, AUGUST 19,
win be performed THE OLD CHATE MI, Characters by Messrs.
row% Rogers, U. Marston, and Buclutone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and
Miss Reynolds.
Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET
Tha new. Farce AS LIKE AS.TWO PEAS.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Mr. and Mrs. SIMS REEVES' FAREWELL PERFORMAIMES.
Mr. ALLCROFT begs to announce that he has entered ,nte
ap
lirlagetneet with Mr. ant Mr . SIMS nEt!IV4S for Two Fa,e-
well Performances previuu.3 to their departure from London for the
Season.

On. 110"cDAY EVENING, AUGCST 21,
-(Py special desire, ana for One Nipt only)
Will be ,presented LITCIA DI LAMW,II.I4OOIt. E'dtgar, Mr.
Sims Reeves; D ,nglai.ishton, Mr. Weiss ; Lucia, grs- Sims Reeves
On WEDNESD iY NEXT, August 23, on account ( f its great
access, Bale's popular upera of HE B Ad GIRL.
0 conclude with each EVeitirl2: the Grand Ballet entitled LF.S
rAyiAN,tEs Du so,,D, supp 'stet by al dlle. D'Ant Ant, assisted
by :grilles E. Horn. Mart n, Btaton, Marie, Charles, and an al,
dent Corps de Ballet.
Gallery, 7s. Private Boxes, 215., to be
Boxes, 5s ; rt, 2s. 6d.;
lasi at the flog-office.

STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee Mr. F. IV. Micron.
THIS EVENING, ACCICIT 18,

will be performed HARD TIME 4..
FeVowed by FAUST AvD MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles,
Xr. Belford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss IL Gordon.
To conclude with a FARCE.

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Atolls, 45.; Boxes, 24. 64.; Pit, Ig. ; Gallery. 64.; Private Boxes
Al is. to be had of Mr. Alleroft. 15, New Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

.1 Thls place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves
wanting. Vocal and instrumental mitsic 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 COLOSAAI. PANORA.NIA of CHINA'S.

Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marina Aquarium—Unri-
valled Military Band.

YOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. Mauves's sing
several National and Patriotic Songs—Ml the Amusing Novelties
of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan-
terns," and a mow munificent display of Fireworks by Southby.
Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been
erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL A APLiff BEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
In preparation, with entirely new scenery, and every necesstry
requisite, a Grand EQUE9.TRIAN BURLESQUE, from the pen of a
popular author. Every pains have ben talon, and the most profu.e
expense has beenlavi shed, to render this magnificent Spectacle worthy
of the approbation of the public:
THIS EVFNI'G,
For a few nights-more, the War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or,
'Five la France.
Afar which, the inimitable SCENES in the ARENA, invented
arranged, and directed by Mr. William Cooke.
HERR CTIRT'Atorr, whose miraculous Feats on the Tight Rope
have absolutely electnfled the andienoe, will appear.
The whole to conclude with the Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by
Mrs S. G. Healey, THE KNIGH f AND 'ffiE WATER LILY; or.
Love among the Mermaids.
Box-otilee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tar, DAY —Morning 38 rnin.aftex 10 I Evening 17 rain.aft. 11
To.Yminow—Morning 0 aiin.after 0 j Evening 54 rain.aft. 11

IBS WEATHER.—Sun °mat, Aun. 19.
TNIIIIMOMETER, IN TIIB SIIADE.
66 --hlghest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
71—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'20.
WIND, N.W.—Fine, sunshiny w eather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1854.

We had hoped that there would not have been
any necessity for further comment on the proceed-
ings of the pending Windsor Court-martial, until
it became our pleasing duty to record the
complete and honourable acquittal of the perse-
cuted prisoner from the charges so unfairly and
improperly preferred against him. The voice of
public opinion has already proclaimed his perfect
innocence, and the public press has repeated the
general verdict with strong and almost uuparalleled
unanimity. We should then have patiently
abided the decision of the military tribunal, cer-
tain that it could not have wandered very widely
from the justice of the case, but for the partial
and one-sided address delivered by the prosecutor,
Major-General WETHERALL, who, while professing
an anxious desire to elicit the real facts of this
melancholy case, exhibited as much bias in
favour of the superior officers as the most
zealous advocate could display on behalf of
the client from whom he had received
a liberal fee, and for whose interest be was ready
to distort the evidence in any possible manner.
It is perhaps natural that the advocate should,
to a certain extent, identify himself with the cause
for which he has been retained. Every man
struggles for victory in any contest in which he
may be engaged, and perhaps unintentionally and
imperceptibly attaches unaue importance to the
points which he himself has made, and the argu-
ments he has adduced ; nor does he accord the
fair weight to the replies of his opponent. Majcr-
General WETHERALL might have intended to hold the
scales with an eqiy.l hand, but the very circum-
stances in which he was placed rendered the car-
rying out of that intention a matter of the utmost
difficulty, if not an absolute impossibility.
Now, in the first instance, we must earnestly
and emphatically protest against the appearance
of such an officer of such rank and influence in
the capacity of prosecutor. He was the senior in
years and experience—the superior in official rank
to every one of the judges. As Adjutant-Gene-
ral, his opinion would necessarily have great
weight, if it were not absolutely conclusive
at the Horse Guards. His views might affect not
merely the destiny of the unfortunate young man
who was placed on his third trial, or of those by
whom he had been so grievously ill-used, but even
of his judges, if they decided against his impres-
sions. We know that the members of courts-
martial have frequently been reprehended for in-
judicious findings or sentences ; and the appear-
:nice as prosecutor or advocate of the party who
could bring down such a censure on their heads,
and in fact control the entire proceedings, was, to
say the least of it, a very untoward occurrence.
The Adjutant-General would, in all human pro-
bability, be consulted by higher authorities on the
question ; and any appointment that could pre-
judice his mind must be regarded as a very ill-
considered and improper one.
Having thus shown the impropriety of the ap-
pearance of Major-General WETHERALL as prose-
cutor, we may briefly allude to some matters in
his reply which he has, in our humble judgment,
regarded through a very erroneous medium, and
placed before the Court in a wrong point of view.
He states that Colonel GARRETT and Captain
NICHOLAS are " practically placed in the situation
The appetite for warlike news in England will of defendants !" Now this is not true (we do not
only be whetted by intelligence such as that just use these terms in an offensive sense, as implying
any wilful falsehood on the part of the gallant
received in reference to the sanguinary fight-
officer, but simply as indicating a grave "mistake"
ing at the Aland Islands, followed (gloriously
on his part). If Colonel GARRETT and Captain
for the Allies) by the surrender of Bomar-
NICHOLAS had been defendants, they could not
sand. Naturally enough, people are becom- have been examined or given in their versions of
ing solicitous in earnest as to the result, this the case. This might not have been very im-
year, of all our gigantic preparations for the portant so far as they themselves were concerned,
for the extraordinary failure of memory of one,
humbling of the pride of Russia, now that the
campaign, with a painful resemblance both to the and the no less extraordinary non-appearance of
wounded snake and the alexandrine, is "dragging the other, would, before an impartial tribunal, have
•
been very prejudicial to their cases ; but hail they
its slow length along" to the very verge of Octo- really been so, the testimony of Lieutenant PERRY
ber. .A great beginning has yet to be made in the could have been received, and his sworn statement
labour of the subjugation of the pride and obsti- should have received due consideration and just
nacy of the AUTOCRAT. Once seriously com- weight from the military Judges. They are to
menced, that task must be effected completely decide on a transaction which occurred only
without any interruption in the process of its between Colon el GARRETT and Lieutenant
accomplishment, unless the Western Allies of PERRY ; they exclude the testimony of the
one who could have spoken distinctly, unequi-
Turkey are really desirous of bringing glory to vocally, and positively as to the fact, while they
their antagonist, and discredit upon themselves. are to give their verdict on the evidence of the
Let the war be at last commenced now vigor- man who could " not charge his mind," with
ously, and, we would ask, is there time left within • having done so, and " who did not think it
the 114248.0 the present campaign for its'decisive occurred." Which of the parties was most likely
termination? Scarcely. Scarcely, even with the
to have his mind impressed with the occurrence,
mighty forces, both military and maritime, col- the senior who administered, or the junior who
lected' together iinthe Black Sea and in the Baltic received, a sharp rebuke ? Colonel GARRETT might
by the Fiends and really have forgotten the " wigging," as it is
English Governments. technically termed, but not so the subaltern who
Why, according to all accounts from the Gulf repaired with tears in his eyes, and in great excite-
of Finland, it would be •
little less than ment, to complain of the conduct of the Command-
the work of an entir
Command-
•, - e campaign to destroy ing-officer, to the only one of his brethren from
the insular fortifications of S whom he received the slightest degree of consi-
weaborg, and to
effect the capture (by destroying those fortifica-
deration or counsel. Major-General WETHERALL
tions) of the powerful city of Helsingfors• takes upon himself most unwisely and injudi-
Be-
ciously to assert, that the evidence of Paymaster
yond which,
of course, we all know but too well, CORCORAN is only hearsay of the most objectionable
lies that mighty outpost of the empire of the --b in le d •mg hearsay from the prisoner himself.
—with. its terrible batte •
CZAR---Kith tadt rise, Now this surely proves the total and unqualified
in themselves, but doubly 8, gnorance of the gallant officer of the very com-
because associated fl with all the perils and obstruc- monest rules of evidence. He ought surely to
that in cases where one party has
Lions of shallow navigation. Turning again to I have knownbeen • •
overlook the formidable injured by another, there being no third
the Eumine cannotl party present who could give direct testimony,
besides the garrison of the the prompt
consideration that, complaint of the sufferer 'affords the
enormous portion of it , strongest possible corroborationof
Crimea, especially that
of Is it possible that, for the purpose of making
sheltered within the vast fortifications
evidence in August,
on the shoreslBs4, on charges which could
Sebastopol, there are up ,
never have been anticipated until they were actu-
of the Zack Sea to be overcome prefex red, Lieutenant PRRRY could, in June
eitber in succession o r:inaultaneously the Mus- 1353, have assumed an appearanee of intense ex 4
covite soldiers in Moldavia and those also in the reitement, and actually brought tears into his eyes,
Caucasus. If the Russian army in Circassia has' when complaining to Paymaster Conco RAN ? Is
been .worsted, although it possible that, having been advised to write a
with occasional successes
l
of its .own by way of moderate, or at least seeming !letter of appeal to the General of the District, he
should have stated that "he had done so, and
compensation, the. Allies are retarded in that
been called a fool for his pains ?" Major-
quarter by the decision with which the warrior General W • ETHERALL may call that "hearsay evi-
Prophet
SCHAMYL demands preliminary guarantees dente of the most objectionable sort," but he can
from the Ottoman Porte
(as to the future) as get very few disinterested persons to join in the
especially when we find it the sub.
security for his-active and (mere t' •on. o •nion, more
,ee ic-co-operati
'wet f ordinary conversatiorrin• the regiment; and
If .4gain the . soldiers of the Russian Fexpreia7 .
acasion' of a, vulgar tauut-by vue, qie
sow retrea,thag the diioction; uiA laccroiroaide the