The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-29 00:00:00

out the expense of buying out those who have ■
bought in,
the Times further says,—
Might it not be possible, then, to accomplish the
change gradually, by buying up a certain number of
commissions yearly, and appropriating them, together
with those which fall in b) death or dismissal, as a foun-
dation . fur a system of which a regular military educa-
tion should be an ingredient, and in which purchase
should be superseded by selection ? If the change be
one which it is worth our while to make, we should
make it in time of peace, that its good effects may be
ripened against the time of war.
We do not think the expense would be so for-
midable thgt it alone ought to preclude a reform
in the mode of Army promotion. It would not
be necessary to shelve all the present race of
officers. The Army might be weeded, and those
who have bought commissions, which they are
unfit to hold, might receive back the purchase-
money, or au annuity corresponding to it. No
injustice would be done to those who are retained,
if they were given the option of retiring, receiv-
ing their purchase-money, or of remaining,
being secured in the annuity or pay of the rank
they have purchased, but being deprived of the
power of sale. The weeding would make room
for those who were worthy to be kept, and it
more rapid promotion would more than compen7
sate for the loss of the privilege of selling their
commissions.

war in Spain, the ex-Regent adduceb no fewer
than five causes f the revolutionary outbreak
with which she chrgcs the Spanish GoVernment.
Called upon to (Vend her own conduct, she first
sbufilingly equivcates, and next, poceeds to
impeach the intrity of her accusers. As many
of our readers' my not lave much attended to

her manifesto pulished in The Sim of TueSday,

we quote from it the causes alleged by her, of

re attempted CIRISTINA revolution in Spain:—
" Those causes of to be found —l. In the attempts

of Barcelona and 4alencia ; 2. In the vicious origin
of the Governmen' constituted in Madrid, the work
of the revolution )f September ; 3. In the usurpa-
tion of Royal auterity, in the illegality and un-
ruly injustice of he measures of Government in
numerous and flagant infractions of the constitu-
tion and the laws 4. In its imprudent and scanda-
lous obstinacy in vicating the faith pledged at Bergara,
and trampling undr foot the ancient and venerable
fueros of the generou Basques and Navarreso ; 5. In the
violent and iniquitos usurpation of the Queen's right
to the guardianship If her illustrious daughters, a usur-
pation which loyal Saniards viewed with stupor equalled
only by their profond grief, because they witnessed on
this and several othc occasions the contempt entertained
for divine and humn km ' • and because they.saw the
honour and dignity c the mother of their Sovereign seri-
ously offended. In this uninterrupted series of violent
attempts against all hat was most worthy of respect and
most sacred in the ration, against the holy religion which
it professes, and egoist the common father of the faith-
ful—all those acts if iniquity, oppression, and political
insanity which havcscandalized the world—the Chris-
tian world—and crelly exasperated the nation, behold
the principal, the ral cause, the efficient cause, of the
last insurrection, witch the excess of so many evils had
rendered inevitable.

We fear, however, that after the country
had incurred this expense, we should find
no fit and proper hands, under our present
corrupt political system, in which to place
the patronage of the Army. If promotion
were to proceed by priority, energy would be
destroyed; men would never arrive at a chief
command till their faculties were impaired, and
disorder would ensue from the. most vigorous
talent being in subordinate capacities. If pro-
motion were to be determined by the Com-
mander-in-Chief, or an Army Board, it would
be prostituted, as promotion in the Navy ever
has been, to political and baser purposes, and a
Tory half-pay list would show the scions of
the aristocracy quartered as annuitants on the
country under the assumed guise of having been
its defenders. We should have the Army as
profligately jobbed as the Navy is at present, and
the only result of buying up the commissions
would be to fix on the national purse another set
of leeches who might, or might not, as chance
dictated, be efficient officers.

To show the uter worthlessness of this woman's
testimony, we shll go through these charges in
the order in whim they are made, that the public
may see what truh there is in them.
We have, first, the attempts of Barcelona and
Valencia. Thes. attempts at insurrectionary
movements were made by the -Ultra-Liberals,
because ESPARTLIO sought to carry out the arti-
cles of the Treay of Bergara, by appointing
officers who belt high ranks in the • army of
Don CARLOS, butwho were parties to the Treaty,
to places of publi, trust under the Constitutional

Government. Tle appointments, however inju-
dicious, attested the good faith of the Spanish
GOternment.
In the second place, the origin of a Govern-
ment cannot be vtious which is based upon the
popular choice of a nation in the free exercise of

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Its liberties. Span fought for seven years for
ISABELLA and CARLOS. Not a shot was fired to

THE SUN, LONDON, TRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 1841.

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