The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-24

toll. and standing the PROSTATE body, decIaia
IN swelling periods upon the advantages OF hums-
1i.y sna !ussios; As we said before, we have ne
faus TO ma with the orders; the only pity Ia that
Lord Har6inge should have set them at defiance,
snd urreo MIR. Perry out of the army for following
bis iIjuncfiOns.
Fer the moment we would address a word az e.
Iious counsel to the parents Of Eoelsnd We eureat
Them 10 examine well into the par sculars Of this
Windsor story, aud to draw from 1t o serious con
c.usion for their own guild ance. See what the Sc
cisl condition Of the English army is are speak
ing only Of TIE otiicers- the men have far higher
claims to responsibility. Who would be willing to
trust the future Of beloved son TO such hands as
thoss which sre a. present responsible for the gov
en DeLt Of the army? The series II Windsor
courtsmsrtia does not only aft I'd evidence of the
rank tcLe Of blackguardism in single regiment.
it should be remembered that the opinion Of some
foty OH er5 Including large proportion OF lieu
tenant olones In actual command Of regiments,
has bcen taken upon transactions In the
o; the three pro. eedings and that these officers
have, as general result, found young Perry guilty.
and verbally rpiimanded-by the lips OF
Garrett the lad whose ev,depce was per-
jury, or his letter o lie. Well, then, it is to
the. guardianship Of such men as these tina.
lads future fortune il committed when his parents
have once been 80 illa1vistd to purchase for him
o commission in the Queen's service. The dangers
Re may NEE. with on the field of battle, or by tue
faiigues and sicknesses Of q campaign, are As mo-
environ him from his first dsy OF service. Toe bot
tie and the brothei are the order of the day, Ird
woe TO him II he endeavors to v.id the customs Of
the army. Young Perry tried 1t, aud see how the
experiment succeeded in his hands. The simple re-
suit VIII be that ne will be avoijed, afronted. AS
sanitsd subjected to personal adgnity AID waen he
Is f"aly exaspsrsted into resssauca thea the chae
ter OF courtsmattial will commence. Tia truth or
asehood, the just injustice of the accusations
which may be ICED up against him have nothing
to do Sith the result If, BY miracle, an acquitta
instance, another chasge, another and another,
will be got up until the desired effect is pro-
ou'ed. Nor can any protection be hoped from
the Horse Guards. AS little reliance can be placed
upon the Commander 10. Chief as upon any other
fiji eI in tee service TIE young m an who will not
all into the ideas Of the army must be got rid of
60. rid of he will be- at any sacrifice OF prin ipe
or oprety. The moral tone of the British arm is at
the present moment most deplorably Low. We do
not speak of mee gross debauchery, but Of respect
for tie principles OF common hoi esty aud truth.
Let more foes be talked Of the sharp practice Of
lawyers. The Bankruptcy Court and the Old Bal
ley in their worst times never presented scenes 90
Illuminating as the late Windsor courts martial. The
army should be the school Of humor-of chivaric
feelipg-of something more than the common every
Gay honesty OF working men; but wrat Is it In point
Of fact? Will any one henceforth admit the ord
oath Of British oficsr in guarantee Of particular
statement, without requiring more corroberative
evidence than he would ask In the case of an ordina
~ man Let not Lord Hardinge deceive himself
upon this point. TIE prestige of the British officer
is at an end If matters stand as they do at pre- sent
the Queens uniform will bring With 1t no honor, and
will obtain no respect He has inflicted blow up.
on the British army from which the service will not
speedil recover.
1t is much easier to enunciate the character OF the
evil than to point out the cure and shat, after ALL
is tie matter OF more immediate i'm oortance. Des-
pirate situations require desperate remedies. From
Whist we have seen and read during the last few
weeks, we are compelled to give serious considers
ton to notions which we should have secuted as
viaS roru ND inn ho or a
question is-How shall tie honor Of the itish OFF,
Ger be restored How shall we secure the ssrvices
of gentlemen to hold c0mmssioDs In the Queens
service? 1t is obvious, in the first place, that the
present 81 stem of courssartial must be brought to
an end As at present constituted, they only serve
10 work out Injustice and to- cover themselves and
the name of every officer holding the Queens COM
mission with ignomiDy and DISGRACE: Iodesd tho
TO ms Of proceeding are so antquated and ridicul.
GUS that justice Is well nigh unattainable. Toe
mess system, and the friendly footing on which the
live, have been usually spoken Of as advan lagos;
and we can see these ADVANTAGES to their
full extent, if the facts were as presumed. But
how do the. facts stand when the veil is
q model for imitation? Nor are these acts Of ruff
faIism and brutality confined to that regiment.
They prevail widely throughout the British servioa
but, until the present occasion, scandals have usn-
ally been hushed up by secret courts Of inquiry. In
the course Of these mysterious Investigations ooe
colonel scratches the back OF another colooel aud
then offers his own to the friendly nail. The CON-
Danderin chief approves-the impra ,ticables are
eased out of the service-and all goes merry as q
marriage bell. What these private sentences are
may well be inferred from the public sentences
which the Windsor courts ma, t,al have not been
afraid to pronounce. The matter, we trust, viii
not be suffered to remain In its present cond ton.
Meanwhile, we cannot but congratulate Mr. Perry
having escaped from the fellowship Of such dis
and cordially mend
he not to day in the humiiating position Of any
one Of the persons who have been con 'erned in the
outrage Of which, by an abuse Of terms, we must
call him the victim.
The Military and Political Union OF France
and England.
From the London Times, Sept
The military exercises which will commence this wsek
at Bcuoene derive nal degree Of importance add
reality from the operations Of actual In which tho
portunity which has not been neglected Of Strengthen
ing the alliance now happily existing between the STATES
French has his Intention Of the
whole month OF September 1t Boalogns with the excep
ton Of short absence to enable him to fech the Ea
press from the south OF France The king Of Belgium
has already arrived at Calais his way pay visit %
his powerful neghbor and the Prince Con.ort Of Ens
yachts to join the court Of France At Bouloene where
win remain during the greater part Of the present week.
the present crisis that the soveresus .s we'll As
the Datisas OF France and England resolved evsy
other consideration apart to join heart and hsnd In the
military necessary to secure success to the
enterprise In which they engaged that they look
with interest the troops collected for that
great object and that the camps formed ia the north Of
Francs Tar from being subject Of Jealousy spprs-
hension to Belgium to England regarded by those
countries the armsments of ally Identified with
their II 10 true that the ociations CON
necsd with imperial camp st Boulogne heighten to
remarkable degree the contrast between all former Pc
RODS Of history and the present state Of affairs Fifty
years ago the names Of CApscnre Point de Brque A5ls
tense, and Wimsreux wore household words to ia
TIERS for they described the places whore the egons
Napoleon assembled for descent on the English
shores but where they remained in spite of the genius
and ambition Of their great captain the vg
lance End naval power Of Britain until by sudden and
gigantic effort those troops thrown upon tbs
line Of the danube and led to vctory at Auserz There
too upon the heights above Bouogne when the s dstr
button Of tho insignia OF the Legion Of Honor nude
to the army Of Napoleon from amphitheatrs which
commanded prospect Of the otia below and tbs cliffs