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Chief, granting them 7s. per diem for each officer, irre-
spective of rank, and the sum of as. per day for each of the
officers' wives brought over with them. On the same being
communicated to them through the interpreter, they ex-
pressed great satisfaction. They are all on parole, and
permission will be granted for each officer to have his ser-
vant on shore with him, ho guaranteeing for the servant
keeping his parole. Tho parole granted them at present is
three miles around the towns there.

Perry during his late trials commands alike the respect, and
demands the thanks, of every lover of justice and hater of
tyranny.. With you, I am of opinion that the scandalous
verdict just pronounced against him by his military judges
is disgraceful to all concerned in the metier; and the start-
ling fact that there should be found 15 men, holding com-
missions in about as many different regiments in her Ma-
jesty's service, who could come to such a disreputable con-
clusion, is a melancholy proof that there are others than the
officers of the 46th Regiment who disgrace the name of gen-
tleman, however they may rank as such in the army. You,
sir, have nobly and fearlessly done your duty by directing
public attention to these infamous proceedings, and it now
only remains for Englishmen to show, by their ready and
friendly sympathy with this victim of military oppression,
that they love and cherish the spirit of justice and honour.
That a munificent subscription may speedily be collected
for Mr. Perry, so as to render him independent of the
cruelty of his enemies, now that he is "permitted" to
quit the society of the ruffians of the 46th Regiment, is the
hearty wish and sincere prayer of his sympathising friend,
Norfolk, Sept. 6. WEST NORFOLK.

LIEUTENANT PERRY.—Mr. J. Bedborough, the Mayor
of Windsor, has been inundated with complimentary
fetters enclosing subscriptions from all parts of the kingdom,
and even from France, towards Lieutenant Perry's Defence
and Testimonial Fund ; among some of the most recent
date are Mr. W. Digby Seymour, enclosing 20/. ; Mr.
Charles Dickens, 5/. ; Earl Fortescue, 101. ; Mr. G. 0,
Higgins (County Mayo), 51.; Mr. Brinckman, St. Leo-
nard's, Wiudsor, 51., ,57,c. The subscription list already
amounts to 5001. The verdict of the court-martial in this
case being contrary to justice and common sense, it is ex-
pected that it will be set aside by the Court of Queen's
Bench, before which tribunal it is said the matter will be
brought in the course of a few days. Lieutenant Greer
left Windsor yesterday for his mother's residence in Ireland,
where she resides on a little freehold farm, consisting of
about 100 acres, meadow and arable.' Mr. Greer now in-
tends to "tarn his sword into the ploughshare." The 46th
Regiment /xis in hourly expectation of the route to march
for the East.

TEE RETURN OF THE FRENCH ARMY
FROM BOMARSUND.

The return of General Baraguay d'Hilliers and
his army to France is an event which, in other
times, would be startling. It now seems as if men
had surrendered all care about the movements of
their rulers, and there is scarcely any one to ask
why the French troops have been recalled from the
Baltic, after their only triumph, the insignificant
affair of Bomarsund. _

Why they have been recalled we do not pretend.
to say, although we may surmise. The fact is,
however, that the French army has returned. It
is said of a French monarch under the old regime,
" The King of France, with fifty thousand men,
Marched up the hill, and then marched down again."
But we do not believe that Louis Napoleon is
just the man either to send out his troops without
an object, or recall them without reason ; .and we
must seek for the explanation of the problem in
something else than the passion for marching and
couutermarching which distinguished the prede-
cessor.of the Emperor of the French. It is quite
plain that there remained nothing to be done in
the Baltic in which the French Emperor believes
that his troops could win glory in being engaged.
If we were in earnest in the war with Russia this
could not be the case. The truth we believe to be,
that Louis Napoleon has wiihdrawn his troops be-
cause he would not permit them to be condemned
to the inaction to which the policy of Lord Aber-
deen is so fatally consigning the military and naval
armaments of England.
It may be said that Bomarsund being taken, the
object of the Baltic expedition is achieved. The
first and most obvious answer to this is, that which
is worth taking is worth keeping. Tho troops, who
in the middle of a war desert a conquest, emphati-
cally declare that their conquest is worthless. But
there is another and a better answer. The import-
ance of the possession of Aland has been as absurdly
overrated w has been the achievement of its cap-
ture as a military operation. The chief value of
that capture was that it had neither brilliancy nor
difficulty to make it splendid. It had little glory
'because it was easy. But the easiness of the victory
added to its real significance what it took from its
glory. The real importance of the fall of Bomar-
. suml was, that it conclusively proved that the
granite fortresses of Russia were not granite at all.
At all events, they were granite which tumbled
into a confused mass of rubble masonry before the
cannonade of our ships. But the granite of Bo-
marsund is the granite of Cronstadt, and once its
material was thus tested, the capital of Russia was
at the mercy of the allies, we cannot say without
striking a blow, but literally without receiving one.
Bomarsund was battered down at long range, and
the casualties of the assailantsare all to be set down
to the accidents that attend the handling of their
own guns.
The path to St. Petersburg was open. Why is
no attempt made to enter on it ? Why are the
French army recalled? Shame, shame to England !
We must seek the cause in the pusillanimity of our
councils. These brave troops were brought home
because our cowardly policy had left them nothing
to do.
That this is the real secret of the withdrawal of
the French army a very short time, if we mistake
not, will distinctly reveal. No one will tell us that
army was sent merely to take a subordinate part
in this miserable victory of Bomarsund. It fol-
lows, then, that the purpose for which they were
sent out is not accomplished. They return home
without doing their work—through whose fault ?
This is the question that the people of England must
ask. 1.-
. _ _ _ .

The more the withdrawal of the French army is
reflected on, the more serious will it appear as an 1
indication of the policy that governs the conduct of
the war. It is very hard to believe that it is not
withdrawn in something very like disgust. At all
events, it is withdrawn without accomplishing the
plan of campaign to carry out which it was sent.
What was the obstacle to its being carried out ?
The obstacle was not in the Russian fortresses; they
were infinitely more yielding than was expected.
Where, then, was the obstacle ? It was in Eng.
land !—in the Cabinet of Queen Victoria !—in the
ministers who first tried to prevent a war, and,
since the nation have forced it, have done all in
their power to retard the movements and paralyse
' the exertions of our navies and armies.
Lord Aberdeen it is who has driven home the
French army from the Baltic. The Emperor of
Russia could well afford to part with Bomaraund
while he retains Lord Aberdeen. His true strength
is in Downing-street, and he will give ten of his
best fortresses to save the First Lord of the Trea-
sury. Without the chivalry of James, the Czar
might adopt his language, and apply it to the
ministerial existence of his hoary friend—
" My fairest earldom would I give
To bid Clan Alpine's chieftain live."

While Aberdeen is Prime Minister the capture o
Aland costs the Emperor but little concern. Better
have Bomarsund battered down and Aberdeen Pre-
mier, than have the allies beaten back and an
honest man at the head of English affairs. The re-
pulse of the attack on Bomarsund would not have
driven the French army away from the Baltic.
The success of that attack has. There is a Pene-
lope that sits in the British council chamber, and
the dark intrigues of the night undo all that is
accomplished by the noon-day valour of our soldiers
and sailors.
How long this is to last we know not. Perhaps
the Emperor of Russia does. For verily it would
seem he has much more share in the direction of
our English councils than the public opinion of
England. Who would have thought, when we were
exulting over the demolition of Bomarsund, that
its only effect would be to drive back the French
troops ? When the cannon of the Invalides thun-
dered their salvos at Paris Russia perfectly under-
stood that the guns were those of a retreat.
Happy Lord Aberdeen, who can make the de-
feats of Russia the instruments of her highest suc-
cesses. Bomarsund falls, and Lord Aberdeen
manages that its fall shall drive tho French army
home. The Russian army is driven from Silistria,
and the friendly forces of Austria occupy the Prin-
cipalities. Let Sebastopol be but taken, and we
may expect that it will be the signal for the
realisation of all that• Russia has over asked.—
Morning Herald.

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