The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

"mss place ells up an hiatus whia the Crystal Palace leaves
wanting. Vocal and instrumental magic 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 CHUSAN.

'plendid and Extensive Ma: gerie and Maxine Aquarium—l:fart
nailed Military Band.

VOCAL and INSI92I3IENTAL CONCERT,

in which Idlas Poole, Kiss Sanford, and Mr. Manvers sing
several National and Patriotic Songs—All 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. Full Quadrille Band, &c.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.

The unequivocal success of the new Burlesque demands its repetition

every evening. -
THIS EVENING,

A new Mythological Equestrian Burlesque, by Iluoo Vey, Egg.
called THE SIEGE OF TROY ; or, THE GIANT HORSE AND
THE MISS-JUDGMENT of PARIS !

After which, the inimitable performance on the Tight Rope of
HERR CHRISTOFF, who is engaged for a limited period.
The Matchless Stud (with the Smallest Horse in the World) In
the brilliant SCENES in the CIRCLE, conducted wholly by Mr.
William Cooke.

To conclude with Mrs. S. G. Healey's Equestrian Ballet d'Action,
THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY; or. Love among the
Mermaids.

Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W,
West. Acting Manager, Mr. Campbell. Equestrian Director, Mr.
Wm. Cooke, Jan.

PIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
I'l is DAY —Morning 9 min.after 12 I Evening 41 olin.aft. 12
10.YORROW -Morning 10 min.after 1 Evening 35 min.ift. 1

THE WEATHER.—Su Orrms, Sam 5.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
70 —highest since noon yesterday.
52—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'50.
WIND, N.E.—hazy weather.

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reparation. We trust that it will be adequate to
the occasion, and befitting the honour and dig-
nity of the great nations concerned. Their re-
presentatives, civil as Nell as military, must now
see that the time for temporising has passed—that
" action" is now the only course that remains.
By the apathy and indifference hitherto displayed
they have not only seriously prejudiced the
cause of the SULTAN', but suffered their own
gallant soldiers and seamen to perish inglo-
riously in the pestilential districts to which they
were consigned. Many glorious victories might
have been achieved with less loss. The Crimea
might have been won back to its ancient alle-
giance, the arsenals and fortifications at Sebas-
topol dismantled, and the Black Sea Fleet de-
stroyed or reduced to a peace complement. The
Caucasian districts might have been freed from
the Muscovite hordes, and Asia pacified. It is
difficult to speak patiently of the numerous crimes
.of omission asczibable to those who had the
power to adopt a more decisive course. Let us
hope that the reproach may henceforth be re-
moved from the national escutcheon of England
and France, and that we may be as much dis-
tinguished for zeal and energy as hitherto for sloth
and apathy. The winter is rapidly approaching.
Shame to our Generals and Admirals, our Minis-
ters and diplomatists, if it shall be suffered to
arrive without some decisive step being taken in
the Dimino as well as in the Baltic—some dis-
tinguished success achieved by the combined
armies of France and England.

Everything in this world must be brought to a
conclusion. We should, therefore, scarcely feel

surprised at having to announce the termination
of the proceedings of the Windsor Courts-martial
Nos. 2 and 3, and the findings and sentences of

these model tribunals. But if not astonished at

;he speedy promulgation of these verdicts—for,

in one case, not quite six weeks ! and, in the other,
scarcely two months had elapsed ! !—we must
express our unmitigated disgust at the decisions

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of these model tribunals—decisions which, ap-

proved and confirmed as they have been by the

Commander-in-Chief, occasion a mingled feeling
of shame and indignation in our minds—shame
for the officers—we shall not desecrate the other

term usually annexed—who appeared as witnesses

—shame for those who sat as Judges both of law
and fact, and who evinced the most profound
contempt for both—and still deeper shame for

the functionary who prosecuted, and the still
more distinguished officer who approved the
sentence. We blush for the land service.
That it contains many distinguished men, ac-
tuated by a high sense of honour and integ-

rity we are well aware ; and we deeply regret
that these gallant " officers," who are also

"gentlemen"—for we blush to say that the

terms can no longer be considered " synonymes,"

must to a certain extent participate in the reproach

which the misconduct of some of their number

has cast on the British army.

Yes, Lieutenant PERRY has been found guilty
of three of the four charges preferred against him.
Of the first—that which declared that the state-

ment that Lieut.-Colonel GARRETT " had re-

proached him, and called him a fool for his pains,

was false"—he was acquitted. The members of
the Court thus found, either that his commanding
officer had used these ignominious and improper
appellations, or that Lieut. PERRY had sufficient
reasons to believe that such was the case, and that
therefore his assertions were not wilfully and de-,

liberately untrue. This was the plain and com-
mon-sense view of the case, where the commanding
officer did not venture to deny the language, and
where there was the strongly corroborative testi-

mony of Paymaster CORCORAN that the prisoner
had come to him, with tears in his eyes, to cow-

plain of the harsh and uncivil, aye, and we wil

add " ungentlemanly," treatment he had received

This evidence the Court received arid acted on,
declaring the prisoner "not guilty" of the charge
—notwithstanding the ridiculous argument of
Major-General WETHERALL that " it was merely
hearsay evidence, and of -the most objectionable
character, being hearsay from the prisoner him-
self."

Having come to this rational decision, in which

they discredited the non mi ricordo assertion of
Colonel GARBErr, their subsequent findings are
the more unaccountable. When a witness is

found to have sworn incorrectly "on one point"
before a civil tribunal—it is not necessary to use
a harsher term—his statements on other matters
are received with wholesome distrust ; and we ven-
ture to assert, that not even a previously con-
victed pickpocket would be found guilty on his
uncorroborated evidence. Colonel GARRETT was
not credited with respect to his denial of having
called Lieutenant PERRY a " fool for his pains,"
at the time he put forward his complaint. Why,
then, should greater confidence be reposed in his
assertion that Lieutenant PERRY had " not threat-
ened to appeal to the General of the 'district ?"
A similar corroboration was afforded by Paymas-
ter CORCORAN, who distinctly and unequivocally
proved that the prisoner " had come to his office
and said that several of the officers were endea-
vouring to prevail on him to withdraw the letter,"
and even mentioned the names of some of those
who had attempted to influence him. To be con-
sistent, the Court should have found him
" guilty," or acquitted him of both charges relat-
ing to Colonel GARRETT. But, as if for the pur-
pose of bringing the deepest disgrace on themselves
—of incitating the Jury referred to by poor
THEODORE HOOK, in GILBERT GURNEY, who, with-
out reference to the evidence, decided on the
" zig-zag system"—alternately acquitting and
convicting, they proved their own incompetence
by these contradictions and inconsistent deci-
sions.

The third and fourth charges were, like the
former ones, inseparable. They related not to
the Colonel, but to a Captain NICHOLAS, who was
asserted by the prisoner to have been "in the
habit of ill-treating young officers." The evi-
dence in support of these charges was purely nega-
tive. The mouth of Lieutenant PERRY, the ac-
cuser, was hermetically sealed by the nature of
the proceedings. He was not allowed to sub-
stantiate his assertions on oath, and, by an " in-
genious device," the other witnesses, who could
have spoken clearly and explicitly were sent, out
of their turn, to the East. One person, however,
in his zeal to purify the character of " the gal-
lant Captain," declared that there had "never
been any
ill-treatment"—that he could not have
said or written that Captain NICIIOLAS had used
opprobrious language to a
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brother
officer that such was the fact. The arrow shot
by his legal adviser came not from his quiver, but
not
that of I,VALDY—and yet he is dismissed the ser-
vice, while WALDf-vo,r wtillioathaiss aadndeud,glyw
word,
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say " perjury,"
most extraordinary inaccuracy in his evidence on
oath, is only " severely reprimanded."
The Court-martial (No. 2) nominally on Lieut.
GREER, but really on Lieut. PERRY, goes even
further. Notwithstanding the clear and unequivo-
cal evidence of the misconduct of that " model
officer of the 46th," his merciful judges acquit
him of the charges, find that he did not striko or

offer personal violence to Lieutenant PERRY—
that he did not even use provoking, insulting, or
disgusting language to him. Notwithstanding
this acquittal, the innocent young man is ordered
" to sell out," while his victim is allowed " to
sell." This, however, as we have shown, is palp-
ably wrong, and Lieutenant PERRY requires not
" mercy," but " justice." We trust that he will
be so far supported as to be enabled to reject the
price of the commission of which he has been so
wrongfully deprived, and to cast it back with
contempt on his persecutors. The public
can, and we believe will, enable him to
do so. We should only add that the Court
aimed a blow at Mr. DARVILL, in stating
that it recommended the prisoner to mercy
on the ground that "he had acted under
the ill-advice of his legal adviser." The learned
gentleman can, however, despise that censure,
when conscious that by that advice he has gained
golden opinions from all disinterested and unpre-
judiced persons, and that he has passed through
the ordeal under which the judges failed perfectly
uninjured and unscathed.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, SEPT. 4.

The Queen and Prince, the Piince of Wales, Prinoe
Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the
Duchess of Kent, attended divine service at Osborne
yesterday morning, which was performed by the Rev.
G. Prothero.
The Earl of Aberdeen has arrived on a visit to her
Majesty.
Prince Albert will embark this evening for Boulogne.
The Duke of Newcastle, Lord Seaton, and Major-
General Wetherall are expected to-day, and will have
the honour of accompanying his Royal Highness.

The Duke of Neweastle left town yesterday morning
for Osborne.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governor-General of Canada.

Lord Gough's family and friends are making frequent
visits to Loughcooter. His lordship has been suddenly
summoned to London, it is supposed to induce him to
take a command in the Eastern army. Addresses are
in preparation from the Dean of Kilmacduagh, the ma-
gistrates and inhabitants of Gort, to be presented to
Lord Gough, on fixing his residence at Loughcooter
Castle.—Limerick Chronicle.
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer left
his official residence in Downing-street, on Saturday
afternoon, to join Mrs. Gladstone and family at Broad-
stairs.
Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., and his daughter, Miss
Mary Hume, reached Scrabster-roads on Tuesday night,
and immediately proceeded to Thurso Castle, where they
propose to remain for some time, on a visit to Sir George
Sinclair.
The Duke of Cleveland is entertaining a small party
at his shooting-box in the county of Durham.