The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-02 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL A.DELPRI.

Proprietor, Nr. R. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, Arorsr 2.

wilt be iserfcrtned A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. Principal charac-
ters by Mr. Leigh uurray ant Miss Woolgar.
Aita. which will be presented the N.w Extravaganza, entitle('
Mr. Keeley, and M:s. Keeley.
MOVI N G , supported by
Followed by THE MOUSTACHE MOVE II EN r.
To conclude with THE COURIER 0, LYONS,

There is a delusion very prevalent amongst
officers of both branches of her MAJESTY'S ser-
vice, and in which they frequently endeavour to
iobtain the participation of civilians. They will
gravely insist that the " Court-Martial " is the
.est tribunal in the world, and that it invariably
administers impartial justice, without fear or pre-
judice, favour or affection. Strange as the
insertion may be, it is put forward in per-
fect good faith, and with a strong couvic-
tion of its truth and accuracy ; and any in-
credulity on the part of the audience occa-
ionally excites the ire of the gallant veterans to
an extent very unpleasant to the sceptic. Obser-
vations are made, in no measured language, on the
ignorance which could alone lead to any doubt or
difficulty on facts so notorious, and hints are given
is to a mode of terminating the argument that
speedily enforces belief. In truth, the advocate
.t the ordinary tribunals is seldom sufficiently well
tcquain ted with the proceedings of these model
courts to venture on any very positive assertion in
reference thereto. He cannot speak of his own
Isnowledge, and is, therefore, generally compelled
to yield to his more energetic and more boisterous
antagonist.
Now, however, something is known of the mode
of administering what we suppose is designated
" justice" by the military tribunals, but to which
..ve should feel disposed to apply a very .different
term. We have had ample opportunities of
judging for ourselves, during the series of court-
martials in which Lieutenant PERRY has recently
been engaged, as to the most approved mode of
" crushing an obnoxious junior." We see the
nature of the practice, if there be anything at all
.>f established practice, and consequently are able
to repiy to these statements by specific instances
of unfair and arbitrary conduct.
We do not complain of the first inquiry into
the conduct of Lieutenant PERRY. He had in-
dicted a personal injury on a brother offi-
ser, and it was just and expedient that a strict
and searching investigation should take place into
ill the circumstances connected with the untoward
transaction. It might have been well for the
prosecutor (Lieutenant-Colonel GARRETT) and
)thers if it had only been brought before a court
'f inquiry, where, the proceedings being carried
on with closed doors, nothing would have come to
light of the pleasing diversions of the high-
spirited officers of the 46th. The full and com-
plete acquittal of the unfortunate young officer
woaild not have answered the purpose. His quiet
and economical habits did not suit the gallant
-46th.: e,That the selected " butt" should turn on
Isis oppressor—that he should vindicate his out-
raged iloildtitu striking to the earth tho man
insulted, was too bad. Nothing
but hia ignominious expulsion from the service
t
would suffice, and for that the sentence of a gene-
e ral Court-Martial was indispensable. A formal
complaint was therefore preferred, the accusations
prepared, and the prisoner, who bud been kept
There are two countries of Europe now en-
in close custody in a small inconvenient room,
was placed upon his trial.
deavouring to "settle down" into quietude, after Had the injunctions of the Court with respect
having each of them but just emerged from a to the non-publication of the proceedings been re-
revolution. Spain and Greece—kingdoms situated spected matters would have gone on in the mall-
at opposite extremities of the Mediterranean. vary Tourse. Poor PERRY would have been
This occurs, moreover, at the very time when ; Luietly extinguished, and Col. GARRETT would
general war is agitating the whole political system lave been contented with the injury inflicted on
of the eastern hemiSphere. The latest adviee
:he intended victim. Fortunately, however, for
he ends of justice—aye, and for the well-being
horn Madrid inform us that General ESPARTERo )f the service itself—the order was disregarded,
had just entered that capital for the purpose o. mud public attention was at once excited by the
reorganising a Constitutional Government. Tin )xtraordinary nature of the transactions brought
most recent despatches from Athens acquaint 'in :0 light. Tile order itself was a mere brutum
with-the arrival in that capital of M. MAVROCOR nen, which the parties by, whom it was made had
DATO, entrusted with precisely the same onerou:-
to enforce. power _ Such an order may be
respOnsibility. The coincidence of events—ii. uade by the civil tribunal, but it is only so on
certain respects—is sufficiently curious. EsPAR ry rare occasions, and where the ends of justice
'-nay be prejudiced by a premature publication.
TERO has been carried by the successes of other. clad there been any reascnable probability of such
to the very summit of authority over the SpaUisli m result, we are convinced that the good feeling
Administration. Mavisocortnaeo, in the same ,f our brother journalists would have requited
way, has been carried by the successes of but the slightest intimation of the fact. A
others to the supreme height of power over ourteous request might have been a; tended to,
the Greek Government. The military rising at even though there had been no possibility of
evil consequences. But it was manlest that no
Madrid took place while ESPARTERO was 'still oijury could be occasioned, and the impudent as-
quietly secluded in his private residence at Lo- ntruption of power which did not exist could not
grono. The diplomatic movement at Athens was be tolerated. The fourth estate was not subjected
triumphantly accomplished while MAvßeconnATo to Martial-Law, nor amenable to the ukases of a
was calmly sojourning at Paris, in his capacity as ,military tribunal. The proceedings were, there-
fore, very properly reported, and thence it is that
• ambassador. What was achieved for the latter
,ve hear of a second and third Court-Martial
by the sagacity of Mr. WYSE' and Baron Roisear, growing out of the same transaction.
was effected for the former by Don DOMINGO The first matter worthy of notice, appears to
DULOR and Don LEOPOLD O'DONNELL. In both be the appearance of Lieutenant-Colonel GAR-
RETT, the person at whose instance the trial was
instances the evils which the people—here in
instituted, appearing as prosecutor. A very short
Spain, there in Greece—have been rid of, were
time showed the animus by which he was actu-
ated. evils brought upon the two countries by the
The intense desire, in every way, to pre-
duplicity, the weakness, the folly, and infatuation justice the cause of the youthful prisoner was
of.,the reigning Sovereigns. Insomuch that it car: ,lainly perceptible from the very commencement.
scarcely be doubted that it must have been with t; the contemptuous tone in which he indulged
sense of guilt and abasement, and with a poignant showed that he participated in the feelings of those
knowledge of having been egreg,iouslyoutwitted, 01 whose gross ill-treatment of Lieut. PERRY led to
these painful events. Now, we con tend that it is not
crushingly defeated, in all their nefarious designs
against the liberties of the race entrusted to Pth: right to placea "commanding" officer in such a posi-
gcw ~ion with respect to one of his subalterns. The
eruance of each, that the other day Queen very position as a prosecutor naturally creates a
Is gave gave audience to G
• eneral ESPARTERO, bias in the mind. A personal collision is very and King OTBO
to
IL
MavisocoarseTo.
here is this glaringdifference, however, between probable, and angry feelings may be excited, that
at Athens and the
the diplomatic coup would render a change of regiment indispensable,
insurrection. That whereas, in the i Spanish,
instance of even in the event of a full and c implete acquittal
that has been
Greece, all the good —a triumphant justification of the conduct of the
accused. Besides, the appearance of a " corn-
do
country by the late movement has beneeia for the
wander" in that position induces a strong leaning
gency, through theacsamm-
•plished through foreign a amongst the judges, whose chief object is to sup-
city, as we have said, of Mr. WYSE and of 13 a- port authority, and who would consider any strong
ROUEN, followed by the sudden landing of Aron observations in reference to such a person as little
whatEez better than " rank blasphemy." We have already
fish and French troops at the Pirmus—
the seen one of the manifold evils of this course in
benefit has been secured t by move-
o Spainthe third
lacedinso
anomalous
a Court-Martial, which was partially occa-
a being ioued by the fact of Lieutenant-Colonel GARRETT
Milt in that country has been obtained through
the daring and patriotism of the sons of her Own two former trials.
mer trials
The next point to be noticed was the refusal to
soil, through the civism, and the valour, and the de- position in the
The
stohefrpergiusoennetrly.
vision of SERRANO, Mao; and O'DoNNELL The recognise any responsible adviser or assistant to
aßtr.auiluesedt,hat require to be and are
contrast is one that augurs well for Spain.
ngeinnuyo,rmdeursttobeaudum
escape from their stringency,
and should
successful leaders of her new and not least gm.
injudicious,
rious revolution have well earned those " high( st
military honours," which report now
afarce it is to admit " a friend" to act as
to be conferred upon them by the councils:. of the advocate, while a regular
practitioner
se
lA excluded.
.land to which they have opened up the path be forthwith rescinded.
military dfaenadd:
The more eminent the Counsel,. the better. It is
hof emancipation. The Marshal's baton is, in trucl paying a very
,left-handed compliment to these
but the due of both DuLds and O'DONNELL. model tribunal, to suppose that. they could be
influenced to do what is
wrong by the taleut or The ria,
K a everything upon the hazard of a great
y
ability of the person appearing for the pri •
soner.
141., and they have succeeded. They have suc- Such fallacious notions were once entertained, but
ceejed in. Putting son end to a Government con- they have been completely dispelled ; and we be-
. dtscted by mendaCions impostors and unprincipled lieve there is not a sin2le person throughout the
ailve
nturers. They have brought about the dis- length and breadth of the land ; that impeaches of SARTORIDS and ;
his colleagues, and the the accuracy of the principle on which the Pri-
C
downfall of Queen soners' Counsel Bill was framed, or that its aclop-
naTarrses. and the Muicoz
tion has opt promoted the cause of justice.
family, and, with all il
the n
future for the Spanish
s, the possibility of good in i We may hereafter point out other evils con-
Population. • Precisely seeded with Court-M artials but time and space
the adroit diplomacy of by, V"E7
loft and his alike force us to conclude our present oburvation3.

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NIO fi;kl-E Y Al Alt K

AND
C'OMMERCI.AL .TNT ELL ra ENCE

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 4,000 to 5,000 bales, including 1,000
American taken for export and on speculation.
The market closed tamely, but steadily. The sales
comprised 250 Bahia at 60., 200 Egyptian at 6.1.
to Id., 30 Sea Island at is. to is. 6d., and the
remainder nearly all American. Rail-way Shares
were flat, at lower prices.
The Board of Trade returns for the month and
six months, ending July 5, have been issued. The
declared value of the exports, exclusive of the un-
enumerated . aticles during the month was 7,707,641/.
against 6,772,7331. in the corresponding month of
last year. The imports increased in wheat, oats,
Indian corn, currants, guano, hemp, rice, cassia
figura, cinnamon, cloves, nutmegs, rum, tallow,
and wine, but a falling off in oxen, sheep, cocoa,
coffee, flour, flax, mahogany, palm oil, opium,
saltpetre, tobacco, and brandy.
The shipping returns show an increase in the
month of 22,171 tons for the entries inwards of
vessels employed in the foreign trade of the United
Kingdom, and of 19,305 tons for the clearances
outwards.

In the coasting trade 28,088 tons less were em-
ployed than in the same month of 1853 for the
entries inwards, and the clearances outwards de-
creased 7,375 tons.
There appears to have been some objection in
Parliament to the Bills of Exchange Bill, which is
intended to permit the registration of dishonoured
hills and promissory notes in Englan I and to allow
execution thereon, the argument being that its
provisions are too stringent, and that creditors will
he compelled to use coercive measures and press
their debtors when otherwise not so disposed, in
order to comply with the terms of the act. To
this it may be replied that there is a want of
facility for the circulation of small bills, and that
in Scotland the process termed summary' diligence
is found beneficial. It is proposed that all bills of
exchange or promissory notes unpaid shall be noted
and protested in case of need, like foreign bills,
and an officer of the Court of Common Pleas is to
keep a register thereof. When this form is gone
through, au order for payment within 7 days, in-
cluding the day of service, is given, but the party
served can stay execution by application to the
court, and by an affidavit disclosing what would
be considered a legal defence. The base, if the
court thinks fit, may th-n be brought to trial. The
act is to be entitled "The Summary Execution
on Bills of Exchange Act, 1854." The'' following
are the forms that will be adopted :