The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-24 00:00:00

he friends of the soldier and sailor bestir themselves—

let their exertions be directed to the great object
of ameliorating the condition of the man who has
devoted himself to the service of his country in either
branch. Let his social condition be improved, afford
him the blessing of education, train and cultivate his
mind so that it may be acted on and influenced by
other and higher motives than the base one
of fear. But, above all, let the vile scourge
be banished and set aside; let him know that
he can no longer be treated as a brute in a manner
repugnant to every honourable and manly feeling,
and you will go far to remove that state of feeling on
his part which could alone make the lash useful. M.‘r-
tinets and petit-maitres, who enter the army for the
purpose of " playing at soldiers," must no longer
be suffered to exhibit their tyrannical tricks, to
break the spirit and destroy the moral feelings
of the gallant soldier, the high•spirited young man
who enters into the service of his country with a
bounding heart and glowing aspirations, but whose
romance is soon banished, and self-respect destroyed,
when brought to the triangles for some fancied dis-
respect, or some trifling petulance, into which he is
betrayed by the taunts and irritations of some striped
scoundrel. It may be asked, how is all this
to be done ? The matter is simple and easy.
Let every case of flogging in the army or
navy be fully inquired into and laid before
the public in all its disgusting details. Let it be cir-
culated through the length and breadth of the land,
through every part of the kingdom, and the public
attention thoroughly attracted thereto. Let the
fallacies and errors of those who assert that
discipline cannot be maintained -without its

continuance be combated and exposed, if neces

sary. Let lecturers and missionaries go through all
parts of the kingdom to expose the enormities of the

system ; and at each election, which may take place
throughout the country, let every Christian philan-
thropist, every conscientious opponent of the lash,
demand a pledge from the candidate before he
will give him his vote, that he will exert
himself to abate the nuisance, that he will
vote for the suppression of this atrocious practice.
The moment the first meeting of such a society fakes
place, nay, when a dozen intelligent, energetic and
zealous men, assemble together, forming its nucleuf,
that instant the death-blow is given to the grievance—
its days are numbered ; nay, the existence of such a
society, the certainty that there are persons who
will inquire into and expose every case of
tyranny and injustice, will do much to abate
the energy of the carpet knights, the heroes of the
drawing-room, who think that they exhibit their
military prowess by torturing those who have the
misfortune to be placed under their command. Look
to the mysterious silence that is observed, the pro.
found secresy kept up in every case. How many of
the 2,000 English sailors who, in the year 1839 were
flogged without the form of a court-martial, or in-
vestigation, perhaps without being heard in their own
defence, made their wrongs known to the public ?
Could it have been supposed, that 1,200 sailors, in the
year 1845, were so punished, until we heard it in
Parliament. Were the tenth part of the cases laid
before the public, without note or comment, but in
the simplest language, it would be impossible to re-
strain the flood of indignation that would be excited.
We trust that something will be done, and speedily .
Our humble exertions shall not be wanting on their
behalf, and sincerely do we hope that ere another
year closes we may congratulate the British public
on the removal of the stain on the British name, the
blot on the escutcheon of British policy.

The Commission appointed by the States of the
Grand Duchy of Baden, to consider a project pre-
sented to them by a Deputy, on the subject of the
liberty of the Press, have made the following re-
port:—

" The Chamber Is requested to present an address to the
Grand Duke, entreating him to give instructions to his En-
vo) é at the German Diet, to solicit the re-establishment of
the liberty of the press, conformable to Article 18 of the
Federal Convention. The Envoyd is likewise to declare
that if at the end of 1847, there is no existing federal
universal law for the liberty of the press in Germany, the
Grand Duchy will no longer submit to such a provi-
sional state of things, and will regard it its duty to
adhere to the laws on the press of the 28th December,
1831, abrogated by a decree of the Bth July, 1841. Mean-
while all restrictions are to cease as regards the internal
affairs of the Grand Duchy and the other German states.
The act of censorship is to be reduced to a legal and simple
system, according to Art 5 of the Grand-Ducal Ordonnance
of the 28th of July, 1832. In consequence, the censors can-
not prohibit the publication of articles which are not con-
trary to the peace and tranquillity of Germany."
A law has just been publi'hed at Berlin, by which
foreigners, or foreign companies, cannot acquire landed
property, without the special permission of the Prus-
sian Government. Without such permission any
such transactions will be regarded as null and void.
The law bears the date of the 4th July, 184 G, and is
signed by the KING and the Ministers.
The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 20th,
states from Rome that the Austrian squadron, off
Ancona, was to leave almost immediately, the EM-
PEROR having granted a request to this effect made
by the PorE. The squadron is, however, to cruise
on the coast, to prevent the possibility of any land-
ing of political refugees from Malta and the lonian
Islands.

The King and Queen of SWEDEN arrived at Co-
penhagen on the 14th.
IVe announced a short time since that the King of
DENMARK had nominated M. GUIZOT a Knight of the
Order of the Elephant. The Copenhagen journals, in
allusion to this nomination, observe that it is the first
and only time that this honour has been conferred on
a man not of noble birth. The insignia of the Order
of the Elephant have always been considered as the
highest mark of distinction in Denmark. It eras
created towards the end of the fifteenth century, and
the statutes fix the number of knights at twenty, ex-
clusive of those who are members of reigning families ;
and the Kings of Denmark have always been so spar-
ing of this decoration, that the legal number has
never been attained. The present number of knights
amounts to 17, exclusive of Princes of Sovereign
Houses.

Madrid papers tio the 17th have arrived.
The Espanol t 403,.. Ashes a letter from Coimbra, of
the 7th instant, giying a detailed account of the cir•
cunistancesattending the pronunciamiento in that town
against the PALmELL.A. Ministry. The following is
an extract from this letter :
" A short time after his arrival in this t)wn, M. Fonseca
Ms,alliaes paid a visit to some of the members of the junta,
to ibvhom he made known the object of his mission; but they