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It might have been suppose,
ness 19. the Crimea would have
offi,:ers of the mimic fights of tie
this unfortunately is not the
seems, these discreditable pi.
renewed. We printed yesterday a resume of the
reports which are current upon the subject. This
must be taken simply as an ex parte statement, and
therefore as much as such a statement is worth.
One of the young officers whose name, is to be
brought before the public had already distinguished
himself in the annals of practical joking. Lord
Ernest Vane Tempest—for it is the hero of the
Windsor Theatre who has recently been endeavour-
leg to cover himself with fresh glory at Brighton
—has just been placed under arrest, and with him
a certain Cornet Birt and a Lieut. Winstauley,
whose
names are as yet unknown to fams. There
is so little of imagination or invention in the tricks
of these overgrown schoolboys that we can scarcely.
hope So gea.i47 the curiosity of the public by a reci-
tal of their enormities. It is just the old story of
breaking into bedrooms at night, throwing the
patient's clothes into water, pouring water into his
bed, shaving the hair, whisker, and moustache on
one rideof his bead, so as to convert him into an
and war—in fact, just what
oemccbulmrered aef eayeaproeretwo ago at Windsor and Canter-
bury. This time, -to be sure, there has been no
mock duel ; but, as a set-off, there was a new tric
which may be called the pare-trick, played off the
other day at Brighton. The young officer who
a firmly strapped
was marked out as the subject of this pleasantry
was forced into a chair and
down in it, a napkin was tied under hi 3 chin,
and when be was in that positionr pap was thrust
i
into his mouth with a, spoon. Young rioters,
it seems, must have studied the manipulations
of nurses with peculiar zeal. They had oh.
served that when infants refused their food the
ladies who are most deeply versed in the mysteries
of nursing are in the habit of slapping the backs of
their interesting charges, and of accompanying
these slaps with cries which seem to stimulate the
Powers of deglutition. Thissystera.waa imitated
mn theteate.of the Dragoon-baby who had been fas-
tened in the chair at Brighton the other day. We
read " that he was fed with pap, and, on resisting,
was slapped behind, and treated in every respect
like an infant." It may, perhaps, also be estce ned
something of a novelty in the annals of practical
joking, as understood at military messes, that in
the case of another young officer who had been
marked out by his associates as a fit subject for
forcible ridicule they stole some of his clothes, with
them dressed up a mannikin in the resemblance of
their companion in arms, and suspended it by the
neck from a dome in the barracks. These are the
only two points of novelty in the recent transac-
tions at Brighton which appear to deserve particu-
lar notice. Nothing is alleged to the prejudice of
the young gentlemen who have been the victims of
these cruel absUrdities but that they refused to join
in the pranks and bear's-play of their comrades.
The late Lord Harding° in the last years of his
life set his face very determinedly against the sys-
tem of practical joking. It is true that it was not
until he bad been stimulated into forcible action
by the indignation which had been so generally
add vehemently expressed on the subject of the
Windsor Court-martial that he was roused to ex-
ertion. The point of honour with the military
authorities seems to be to show that they-are in-
dependent of public opinion. This is called pre-
serving the army from the " dictation " of civilians,
and redounds' greatly to the honour and glory of
the advocates of the theory, who, we may remark,
are chiefly- composed of fus.sy old Generals, who
maunder about " anonymous " writers, and think
themselves at liberty, so far as the press is con-
cerned, to violate all the decencies of society. We
question, however, if the system would be main-
tained if its professors could at all appreciate the
amount of disgrace and ridicule they bring upon
that which should be a noble profession. When
civilians stand by and see such a mockery of justice
as that which took place in the case of Lieutenant
Perry at Windsor, or the farce at Chelsea Hospital
the other day, an amount of contempt for military
men and military administration is aroused which
will one day most surely make itself felt. Mean-
while it operates to bring the military character
into discredit amid to lower the prestige of every
officer who wears the British uniform. With the ap-
pointment of theDuko of Cambridge as Commander-
in • Chief, we hope, for the sake of the army, to see an
end of those absurd and mischievous traditions of
military rule. He has entered upon his adminis-
tration with clean hands ; let him avoid the
counsels of the self-opinionated old gentlemen
who would persuade him to disconnect the ideas
of military and of ordinary justice. Whenever
an offence or a crime is brought under the
notice of the Commander-in-Chief—whether—ft
he committed by officer or by private—let his
simple rescript be "Fiatjusfitia," and let justice be
rendered at once in the broad light of day, without
mystery and without prejudice. If what the advo-
cates of our present military system tell us be true,
they have everything to gain, nothing to lose, by
the utmost amount of publicity. We are informed
by them that the young officers who disgrace them-
selves and their profession by the perpetration of
these practical jokes are infinitely few in number—
that they constitute but a small percentage even of
the younger officers. Why, then, allow wealthy
and titled libertines to bully a young man of a
different disposition out of a regiment, and thus
ruin his military career for ever ? Above all
things avoid secrecy in these inquiries. No one
supposes. that the 28,000,000 of people who con.
statute the population of the British isles aro habi-
tual pickpockets because a certain number of per-
sons are openly condemned for the commission of
that offence every year. If they were tried in
secret, and before judges whose first principle it was
to set the opinion of the public at defiance, it may
be that speculation would run in the other direc-
tion.

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the present c ;ssion. If that could be done he should be
happy to renr ler them every assistance.
The CHAII 431 AN was of opinion that they would not
have time to survey and prepare plans for more than one
street, to emable them to go to Parliament in the present
session.

Mr. cormiNsoN said if tho plan of Mr. Doulton was
adopted it •would be most disastrous to the borough of
Southwark. It would be necessary to carry it by viaduct
from London-bridge to the Borough Market, and would
be most inju rions to the inhabitants of that district.
Several m embers said that there was no plan by Mr.
Doulton befi are the board.
Mr. SEEMY said he was most desirous that something
should be done in the present session. .He was most
desirous Mit the point of discharge should be settled
from Southwark-bridge-road to London-bridge.
Mr. DOULTON said he was as desirous as any one that
Union-street. should be widened ; but the question was,
whethfr the present was the proper time to do it. He
did not think that they could carry out both schemes in
time, and therefore he was in favour of the original
motion.

Mr. LESLIE believed the whole of this mancouvrirg
was only with a desire to throw the matter over for the
present session, as they would have Pntt's vinegar-works
to deal with in the first instance, Apsley Pellatt's glass-
works in the second, the Phoenix Gas-works in the third,
and the Borough-market in the fourth. The time for
giving notiass was close at hand, and the whole desire
was to throw the subject over for the present year. They
tphruospopsuetd
tthoe ewrhecotleathviniadg
,uupcot
nnsetaiirts_Lo(nhdeaorn)-r_baidngde,maannyd
of those present well.knew that the thing could not be
done.

The amendment having been negatived, Mr. Doulton's
motion was put, "That the committee be instructed to
prepare a 'plan and estimatFa__of a new line of street,
comrameing at, or a's near Its piacticable, opposite 'tie
entrance to the Sonth-Eastew Railway, and terminate
in Blaelifriars-road, in the line of Stamford-street.
The motion was then put by the CHAIRMAN, when
there appeared—
For the motion
Against it

16

Majority -LlO
NEW STREET EROM CRANBOURNE-STREET TO COVENT-
GARDEN.
Mr. FEW brought forward this subject, and quoted a
letter received a short time since from the Chief Commis-
sioner of Works, in which Sir Benjamin Hall said that,
as a considerable sum was in hand, and as the Duke of
Bedford had given his assent to the plan, he placed the
matter in the hands of this board to carry it out. If
they declined to do so he would give the necessary no-
tices, and hrina a bill into Parliament in the coming
session. Mr. Few urged the importance of early con-
sidering this question to the district which he repre-
sented, and said that the Duke of Bedford had offered to
contribute 15,0001. to the expense, or about one-third
of the total met estimated by their superintending ar-
chitect. He concluded by moving "That the plan re-
ported by the committee of works and improvements for
the.formation of a new street between Cranbonrne-street
and Leicester-square and Bing-street, Covent-garden,
be approved by this board."
Mr. DALTON seconded the motion, and in support of
it said that Parliament had already endorsed the scheme,
and had provided the funds to carry it out.
Mr. CRELLIX said he should move an amendment that
the question be deferred until the board had the whole
plans for the iniprovement of London before it.
Mr. R. TAYLOR said they could get at the improve.
ment now proposed at a very small expense ; and al-
though the (Mr. Taylor) was a younger man than him,
he thought if they waited for the plan for the improve-
ment of all London to be brought forward, he should
never live to see the present proposed improvement car-
riedlout. Therefore, he did hope that the plan proposed
by Mr. Few would be adopted.
Mr. BIDOOOD was sorry to disturb his friend's mind
as to the unanimity that would be come to upon this
question. The plan now proposed was quite unworthy
of being called a metropolitan improvement, and led to
nowhere but Covent-garden market. As it would bene-
fit no persons but those engaged in and living about
that market, he considered that if this alteration was to
be made the Duke of Bedford ought to pay the whole of
the expense. He contended that they were not justified
in spending the ratepayers' money on any such object,
for the Duke of Bedford took care to put bars across the
public streets, so that there should not be a public
thoroughfare ; and if this money was spent, it would be
on a private and not a public property.
Mr. Or also opposed the motion, and considered,
if it was carried out, it ought to be entirely at the ex-
pense of the Duke of Bedford, for it was a small and
peddling improvement, and unworthy of being executed
at the ratepayers' expense.
Mr. D'IrFANGER was surprised at some of the objec-
tions now taken, and thought that if they had any value
in them they ought to have- 13-eerntated in the first in•
stance, and that the plan ought not to have been re•
ferred to the committee. It was said that this was a
very small plan, but that appeared to him to be rather a
reason why they should carry it out. He hoped there
would not be that desire to throw cold water upon
everything, for if that was to be the the case, instead of
being a "Metropolitan Board of Works," they would be
called a board of do-nothings. He should be very sorry
if that board did nothing, and hoped that the plan
would be adopted.
Mr. TURNER was in favour of the motion, as it would
not be at the expense of the ratepayers, but of the Dake
of Bedford and the Government.
Mr. IlAwirics opposed the motion as a useless expendi.
ture of the public money.
The CHAIRMAN then put the question, when there
appeared—
For the motion
Against it
3
Majority
—8
Mr. R. TAYLOR then moved "That the proper steps
be forthwith taken for making application to Parlia-
ment in the ensuing session for the necessary powers to
carry out the proposed improvements, and that the
chairman be requested to employ such draughtsmen and
others as may be needed by the architect to make the
necessary preliminaries."
Mr. FEW seconded the motion, which was put and
agreed to.
past five o'clock
The board adjourned at 10 minutes

After all, the judges of the land contrive to get
through a good deal of business in the year in the
broad light of day, and to give general satisfaction.
Whenever cases are tried before them, the press—
that nightmare of General officers—preserves a
religious silence, because we are all aware that they
will do their duty. It is because there is a feeling
ab: oad of a diametrically opposite kind with regard
to military tribunals that their proceedings ordi-
narily excite clamour and discontent. They are
not trusted, and hence the public attention is keenly
alive to their proceedings. A change of policy an
their part would soon lull to rest all this jealousy
and suspicion. At present the received opinion is
that the morality of a military tribunal is lower
than that of any other judicial board in the king-
dom. Let us hope that the Duke of Cambridge will
introduco'ehanges in the military administration in
this particular, for it closely concerns the honour of
the profession of which he is the recognised chief.
To pass from this more general view of the case to the
particular instance now before us, can there be any-
thing more lowering in the public estimation to the
younger officers of the army than this system of
practical joking ? The Duke of Cambridge, who
has an extensive experience of the usages of foreign
services, must be well aware that, had such an
affair as the one which has recently occurred at
Brighton happened in any regiment in the employ-
ment of France, Austria, or Prussia, the unfortu-
nate young man who had been the subject -of the
practical joke could not have remained in the ser-
vice unless he had successively met and slain every
one of the officers who had so grievously insulted
him. We doubt if any minor wound would have
been held sufficient to atone for the offence ; but at
least the offended officer must have challenged his
assailants to mortal combat, and risked his owls
life to purge his honour. Now, we have no wish
to tee the army turned into a school for duellists,
but at least let it not be a cockpit for unmannerly
schoolboys. Blows and practical jokes are not for
those who have arrived at man's estate, be they
soldiers or civilians. Rough play begets rough 131 a)
and there is an end of all dignity and self-respect.
Should the charges against Lord Ernest Vane Tem-
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