The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-22 00:00:00

CONFIDENTIAL SYSTEM.

(From the Limerich Chronicle.)
The British Army has long assumed the fore-
most rank among the forces of Europe for the
admirable state of its discipline, distinguished
gallantry in action, and the highest order at
home. The esprit du corps is beyond suspi-
cion, and the honourable bearing of its officers
equally manes the accomplished gentleman and
the brave soldier. Proud as the country must
justly feel of the high character of its Army, and
the efficacy of that system which regulates the
whole materiel in its various details, there are still
unfortunately some dark spots stamped upon the
system upheld at the Horse Guards, which call
most earnestly for public inquiry. Those foul
stains must be thoroughly washed out before the
system can challenge the unqualified approval of
military men, or civilians happily less aware of
its pernicious consequences. There is, we blush
to acknowledge, a species of espionage, a sort of
secret surveillance, encouraged at head-quarters,
and well known to the Service, under the terrific
title of the " Private and Confidential." This
inquisitorial system, which absolutely exceeds in
mean artifice and low-born tyranny the emissaries
of the Spanish Inquisition, is based upon the
most odious principles, revolting in the utmost
degree to every pure and virtuous spirit. Its
jurisdiction is allowed to pervade the entire
Army, and there is no one branch of this ho-
nourable profession removed from its iniquitous
and degrading censorship.
Colonels of Regiments are expressly en-
couraged to note down privately the slightest
shade in the deportment of the officers under
their command, and to transmit a confidential
report thereof, with self commentary, to the
Horse-Guards. Thought, word, or action, is
not suffered to escape the often jaundiced eye of
this secret tribunal, while honour and reputation
may be sacrificed to the cruel whim, caprice, or
prejudice, of a superior officer, and the pros-
pects of many a bold and promising youth for
ever blasted, without any knowledge of his
offence,_ or any trial whatsoever. Is not this a
tremendous power to repose in any Command-
ing-officer, unless he be a very picture of human
perfection ? Surely it is any thing but aafe and
judicious, giving the subject the lightest con-
sideration. We are informed this nefarious
system has been rigidly enforced in more than
one instance, both on home and foreign stations,
,but frequently in the latter, where the facilities
are proportionably greater ; and officers are coin-
felled to resign their commissione without abso-
lutely knowing for what, or having an opportu-
nity of facing their accuser and hearing his
charge. Should not then this glaring abuse be
at once eradicated ? It is an evil of the first
magnitude, a disgrace to our military system,
and a just reproach to the nation, where its in-
famous sway has been too long endured, though
universally reprobated. In its nature the private
report system is, decidedly illegal, and the clan-
destine channel through which the charge is pre-
ferred, and the subsequent secrecy, must render
nugatory any attempt at refutation by the accused
party.
With General Lord Hill, we presume, rests
the power of strangling this ugly hydra—the
monster, though in motion before his Lord-
ship's accession to the Horse-Guards, may be
crushed for ever.
We ho and believe then,
a propeqepresentation on re subject will draw
the notice of this heroic and excellent Nobleman,
whose high services have so much exalted the
character of the British Army, and improved the
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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, ISSO.

HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

The following Bulletin was issued this morn-

3g :-

" The KING is better.
(Signed)

" Windsor Castle, April .22.

" HENRY HALFORD."

The Paris Papers of Tuesday have been re-

ceived this morning.

The Moniteur contains three Royal Ordon-
nances. The first, dated April 11, and counter-
signed by the Prince de POLIGNAC, President of
the Council, is couched in the following terms :
" Our wellheloved and faithful Count de BOUR-
MONT, Peer of France, Lieut.-General of our
Armies, Minister Secretary of State of the 'War
Department, is appointed Commander•in-Chief
of the Expeditionary Array to Africa." By the
second, dated April 18, and countersigned by

the Count de BOURNIONT, the Prince de PO-
- iS entrusted with the portfolio of the
War Department, during the absence of the
Minister at War. By the third Ordonnance,
dated April 11, M. D'AUDERIC, Prefect of the
Lower Alps, is appointed Prefect of La 'Vendee,
in the room of M. de VILLENEUVE ; and M.
de CROZE, Sub-Prefect of Corbeil, is appointed
Prefect of the Lower Alps, in the room of M.
D'AUDERIC.

The Courrier Francais says :—" The fol-
lowing circumstance is stated to have occasioned
no small perturbation in the mind of the Count
de BOURMONT. It appears that his appoint-
ment of Commander-in-Chief of the African ex-
pedition, was drawn up by the Prince de POLIG-
NAC in the following terms The Count de
BOURMONT, Minister of State, is nominated
General-in-Chief of the African Army.' On this
being read, M. de lioußmoNT felt much of-
fended. " What," said he, " then I am no
longer iVlinister at War ; otherwise the nomina-
tion ought to run—Minister, Secretary of
State for the War Department." The Prince
de POLIGNAC gave him to understand that it
was not proper that the KING should be bound
by such an act for the whole duration of the
war; that it was impossible to foresee what inci-
dents might arise to render the presence of a re-
sponsible Secretary of War absolutely necessary,
M. de BOURMONT, however, still remained un-
convinced, anti the publication of his appoint-
ment was consequently delayed." Our readers
will observe that the ordonnance given above is
dated the 11th instant, which seems to give an
air of probability to the statement of the Cour-
rier Francais.

The Temps has the following It is next

to decided, that if the Count de BOURMONT
should return conqueror from Algiers, and gain
the baton of Marshal, he will not alight at the
hotel of the Minister at War. He will enjoy

in peace and tranquillity his new laurels with the
recollection of his former exploits. But into
whose hands will his portfolio fall ? The Duke
de RAGUSA, General COUTARD, and M.
GIRA RDIN, the Master of the King's hounds,
have been mentioned. It seems, however, that
all the combinations with which these names are
associated have miscarried, and the Prince de
POLIGNAC has found in his own devotedness
sufficient strength to direct, ad interim, the affairs
of the War-office. If the rumours prevalent in
this office Jare to be credited, M.de CHAIIPAGNY
who, notwithstanding the aid of the President
of the Council, will have to bear all the labour,
will ultimately be the inheritor of the post of M•
de BOURNIONT."

General BOUrtIVIONT set out on Monday
for Toulon. The following are extracts from
Galignani's Messenger of Tuesday evening :--
A Council of Ministers was held yesterday.
Yesterday a grand dinner of about 200 persons, natives,
or connected with the four depai tmcnts into which the an-
cient province of Lorraine is divided, took place at the
Vendanges de Bourgogne. General la Fayette, M.
Benjamin Constant, and M. Labbey de Pornpieres, were
invited, and n:i% speeches on the occasion.
The Avian of Toulon contains the following .—•" The

Minister of War, in consideration of the extra expenses

necessarily incurred by the officers of all ranks and the
men of the expedition army, during their stay in the Bth
military division, by order of the 31st ult., has granted
the following increased allowances :—To the Lieutenant-
General of the Staff, 1,500 fr. a month; to Lieutenant-
General commanding a division, I,ooofr. ; to a Major-
General, 600 fr. ; to a Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel,
150 fr. ; to other officers, down to the rank of Captain,
90fr. ; to Captains, Lieutenants, and Sub-Lieutenant'e,
60fr. ; to the Guards of the Artillery and Engineers, 501 r. ;
to the Chief Intendant, 1,500 fr. ; and to the Sub-In-
tendants, 159 fr. besides the expenditure in their different
officer ; to the adjoints of the Military Intendance, 90fr.
per month ; and to the non-commissioned officers and men,
one sou per day each—to commence from the day of their
arrival within the division. All the Officers of the Staff
residing at Toulon and Marseilles, as well as the troops
forming the ordinary garrison of these places, will enjoy
the same increase of pay from the 16th instant, till the
embarkation is completed."
We extract the following letter, :fated Brandenburg,
April 10th, from the Hamburg Correspondent
"The Russians consider the peace with the Porte exactly
in the same light, as in former times the Ottomans under-
stood a treaty they concluded with a Christian state,
namely a truce. The armaments continue without re-
laxation, the necessary supplies in mrn, ammunition, Ike.
are forwarded to the army, and although it is announced
by the Journals that the Russian army is about to with-
draw behind the Balkan, yet at Adrianople, a body of
troops has been left behind to guard the Hospitals suffi-
cient to insure the city to the Russians."
The Neckar Gazette gives a letter from St. Peters-
burgh, intimating that " the Emperor's journey to Novo-
gorod and Moscow, bad for its object to interrupt the ne-
gotiations between the Russian Cabinet and the Ottoman
Ambassadors. This opinion is rendered probable by the
departure of Count Nesselrode, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, who accompanied his sovereign in this ex-
cursion. Now, as the Emperor had not any
diplomatic business to transact on his journey,
it would have been strange to see him accom-
panied by Count Nesselrode, if it were not his intention to
protract his negotiations with the Porte. It is certain
that, with the exception of the Divan, there is no Cabinet
more versed in diplomatic science than the Russian ; it
would therefore have been difficult to the negotiators of
these two Powers to hurry, as it were, the negotiations,
when one of the parties must necessarily become the dupe
of the other. The Emperor Nicholas has begun to tem-
porise since he heard of the French expedition against
Algiers--an expedition whose consequences cannot easily
be foremen in the present state of Europe."
By letters from Carlsruhe of the 13th instant'we learn,
that the Count de Montlezun, French Minister to the
Court of Baden, was admitted to a private audience of the
Grand Duke and Duchess on the preceding day, to pre-
sent the congratulations of his Sovereign on their acces-
sion, and express his Majesty's sesitiments of friendship
and interest. _ _

We extract the following from a private letter of the
4th instant from Ancona :—" Advises brought in by the
schooner Lord Bathurst yesterday, state, that Kiu-
taki had not arrived at Janina, and that the disturbances
still continued, but every hope was entertained that the
arrival of the Vizier would put a stop to them. Ac-
cording to accounts from Alissolongbi of the 30th
of January, the Rimarites and the Niziotes had taken
up arms, had driven out the son of Mustapha
Pacha, and seized upon the fortress called the Forty
Saints seated on the Acroceraunian mountains. An
Ordonnance of the Government, dated Napoli, Feb.
9th, appointed a Commission to superintend thefitting out
of the ships at Hydra, Speazia, mad Ipsara, because the
owners were without the means of completing them
themselves, in consequence of the heavy expenses they
bad been at on account of Government. The President
expressed hopes that the National Bank, aided by the
Treasury, would be enabled to supply a sum of 269,000 fr.
for this purpose. This sum, which is inadequate, will be
augmented hereafter by the returns of the Bank and by
the proposed Loan."
The following is an account of the naval forces to be
employed in the expedition amounting to 25,930 men,
which added to the number of the land force, makes a
total of 69,700 men :-
4 Vessels, fully equippe.l, each containing 690 men 2,760
7 Ditto, en flute
12 Frigates, fully equipped 440 5,290
18 Ditto, en flute
30 Brigs, fully equipped llO 3,300
8 Corvettes l6O 1,280
30 '1 ransports 75 2,250
8 Bombships B5 6BO
5 Steam-boats
1 Ditto l3O l3O
1 Ditto 110
5 Companies of Naval Artillery B5 425

Total of the Naval Force 2b,930
Effective of the Land Force 33,170

Total of both

59;700

The Congreve rockets are found capable of forming a
segment of a circle, whose chord is much wider than the
arm of the sea in the Toulon roads. Upwards of BAyes-
eels have just come into this port, 34 were transports for
troops, and the remainder were laden with provisions and
ammunition for the expedition ; 140 vessels are already
at Marseilles, and 120 more remain fit for service ; every
thing indicates that the whole will proceed to their des-
tination early in May.

We have accounts from Tampico to the
middle of February. A law had passed the
Mexican Congress, prohibiting all foreigners
from retailing goods throughout the Republic.
It was also in contemplation to take measures
against smuggling, and in future every vessel
that introduces contraband articles would be
confiscated, and the parties implicated severely
punished.
We have some further accounts from Central
America this morning. The forces of the Go-
vernment, under MoRAZAN, were near Olan-
chanos, which it was supposed would be com-
pelled to capitulate. The Federal Legislature
was to meet on the 15th January. LA VALLE,
it was said, would be declared President. The
Chilian Republic had recalled its Consul, on ac-
count, it was expressed, of the 44 immorality of
Central America." Nicaragua continued in a
state of frightful anarchy.

We have letters from St. Thomas's to the
28th of February. An active demand for flour
had taken place there, in consequence of some
of the French Islands having been opened for
the admission of foreign flour, which had taken
a good supply out of the market.
The following is an extract of a letter from
the City of St. Domingo :
" It is reported here that the President has issued a
formal declaration of war against the King of Spain.—
This much is certain that the important pass between this
city and Port-au-Prince has been occupied by a regiment
of Infantry, and that orders have been received here to
put the forts in a state of defence. This has caused a great
excitement."

The following are extracts from German
Papers of the 16th inst. :

BUCHAREST, APRIL 2.
The organization of the Principalities proceeds rapidly.
The civil and military administration (the latter owed its
organization to the late war) have received quite a Lew
form, by which the arbitrary power that before was such
a burden to the people is brought within due limits. The
town of Ghiurgevo will be more strongly fortified, and
next month a part of the newly-formed wallachian troops
will be sent thither, to be instructed under the direction of
Russian officers. The election of the Hospodars will
not be much longer delayed, and we shortly expect ac-
counts respecting it from St. Petersburgh and Constanti-
nople. The appointment of the Hospodars is the more
important to both Principalities, as, during the uncertainty
on whom the choice may fall, the efforts of the candidates
and their friends excite collisions and create discontent, in
which all classes of the inhabitants take part. Our
Governor, too, is reported greatly to wish the nomination
of the Hospodars : it is said he will then leave us, and
receive a very important military post.
Is trade there is a great deal doing ; but, for the
most
part,only such articles are in demand as are required for
the Russian troops, and consequently the et:gumption

these must decrease, as the number of the &An in the
Turkish provinces is diminished.

TRIESTE, AFAIL 7.

The Captain of a ship, who-has arrived in seven days
from Malta, brings word that, on the 30th of March, the
Russian fleet, lying at anchor there, as well as a division
of the Enlist. fleet, had set sail—the former for the Baltic,
the latter for England. Letters from Leghorn, of the 2il,
affirm that the Cornet brig had arrived at Toulon, from
Alexandria, after a short passage : she had brought the
promise of the co-operation of the Pacha of Egypt in the
reduction of the Barbary States.

VIENNA. Arum 16.—Metalliques, 1031; Four per
Cents., 981-; Bank Shares, 1,382.
FRO3I THE ELBE, ♦t&li 9.

The march of Saxon troops into the Duchy of Brunswick
to enforce the decree of the Diet, which has been so much
and often talked of, seems now likely to take place in
earnest. It is positively affirmed that the rescript for the
putting in motion 6,000 men was issued a week ago to
the War Department, with express indication of the ob-
ject. Since then, the men absent on furlough are seen on
their way to join their regiments, and in the arsenal at
Dresden many workmen are employed in getting ready the
waggons, guns, carriages, &c. The rescript to our
Board of Finance to advance the necessary sums is daily
expected The corps will consist of two regiments of the
line, a battalion of sharp shooters, 900 cavalry, one com-
pany of horse artillery, and two of foot. The preparations
are carrying on with great diligence, and unless some im-
pediment occurs it is expected the troops will march next
week. Nothing has transpired respecting the Prince who
will have the command. It is said that, in case of need,
2,000 Hessians will join. This makes the public still
more impatient for the result.
The death of the Grand Duke of Baden has caused a
great sensation here too.

BRUNSWICK, APRIL '7.

We still flatter ourselves that the differences between
our Duke and the Hanoverian Government will be at
length settled amicably, and without the execution of the
Decree of the Diet, as the Duke is said to be willing to
withdraw the -obnoxious edict ; and the other-points of
difference are so trifling that it cannot be doubted they
will be adjusted without the application of force. Hence
people's minds are pretty easy, the merchants especially,
whose interests would suffer by a military occupation of
the territory, have great c:naLdence in the sentiments of
the Duke, and are persuaded that he will be disposed to a
reconciliation, and not ' suffer matters tb come to extre-
mities.

(From the British Packet of Buenos Ayres.)

BUENOS AYRES, JAN. 16.

The mews of the week has not presented much variety.
In the provinces nothing of moment appears to have oc-
curred, although the troop■ of General Quiroga were in
Cutamarca, and the Governor of Santiago del Estero
Ibarra was about to take the field to oppose the forces of
the Governor of Cordova.

The Government has issued a decree, dated the 13th
inst., annulling the letters of citizenship granted by a decree
of the 23d of June, 1829, to those foreigners who had
taken arms in the capital under the late Government, and
orders that any foreigner who, without a letter of citizen-
should take part directly or indirectly in the civil
dissentions of the country, shall be reputed as an enemy of
the public peace, and expelled the province.
The speech of Don Pedro Pablo Vidal, in the House of
Representatives, upon the occasion of granting extraor-
dinary powers to the Governor Dou Juan Manuel Roses,
has been published; it is strongly in favour of that measure.
A communication from the President of the House of
Representatives to the Governor notices the state of the
Church in the provinces of the Republic, and the general
desire that something should be done to remedy it, and
therefore solicits his Excellency to open, as soon as pos-
sible, correspondence with the Pope to obtain aid to sustain
the Catholic religion in all its purity in the Republic.
Don Leon Soma has been elected for the third time Go-
vernor of the province of Entre Rios, upon which occa-
sion he issued a proclamation to the citizens, and among
other topics congratulates them on the appointment of
Don Juan Manuel Roses as Governor of the province of
Buenos Ayres.
JANUARY 23.—For some weeks past reports have
been in circulation of a war in which Buenos Ayres
and Santa Fe were to act against the province
of Cordova and its allies, and these assertions be-
came so positive that considerable credence was given
to them, and even the most sceptical allowed the
probability that au armed mediation might take place,
in which the two first-named provinces would be the
principals.
It gives us great pleasure to find that peace is likely to
be maintained. War, even in a distant province, would
probably extend over the whole republic, and then the
fatal consequences can easily be divined.