The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-19 00:00:00

HARWICH, APRIL 18.

LAST night arrived the Diana Packet, Captain
°sit oRN, and this morning the King Geo?ge, Capt.
FLYNN, both from Helvoetsluys, with passengers.
The former Packet brought over the Mail of Wed-
nesday rasri and the latter the Mail of Me Satur-
sr
day,, prAfspipL; also Dispatches of importance,
which wag instantly forwarded to Lord H.:wras,
JURY.- ;Z:th n"

The Diana Packet, Capt. OSBORN, and the .Png
George, Capt. FLYNN, will sail again early to-
Morrow morning, with Passengers and the respec-
tive Mails of yesterday, for Holland and Cuxhaven,
there:being no other rackets in the Harbour,

Vice-Admiral Sir AND,REVi. MITCHELL is ap-
pointed to the 'chief Naval Command on the Nova
Scotia station : his force will Consist of a so gun
ship and a squadron of frigates.

Tiiß ARMY.-,--In consequence of an alteration in
the Articles of War, a letter, of which the foll Ow-
- is a Copy, has been sent to the Cori manding
Officers of the several Regiments and Corps of the
Line, Militia, and Fencibles, for their information
and guidanec,
" Myr. Ofre, 25th Mqra, 1862.

)'!its MAJESTY having beeii pleased, in pursuance of an
MI made and 'passed in the pre.lent Session of Parliament.,
' for punishing Mutiny an 1) oettion, and for the better
payment of thm. Army and their Quarters,' to form, make,
and establish ArticleS of Vi'ar for-the better Government of
hiS Forces.--1 have the horiertr to inclose for your informa-
tion ancl guidance, a printed copy of the said Act and Articles
of War • and it being provided and declared in the latter by
the rzOit Article of the 16th See-tiojt That Regimental Courts
Martial may be held by the appointment of the Colonels or
Commanding Officers of Corps, Inithout any Special Warrant
from the King, or other Authority, than that of the Articles of
; and further, that Garrison and Detachment Courts
Martial shall be held, and proceed in the nature of Regimen-
tal" Courts Martial, I am to acquaint you, that the annual
Warrants heretofore transmitted .to the several Corps of the
Ann,/ for holding Regimental, Garrison,. and Detachment
Courts Martial, are now become unnecessary and will be
heneeibult clikaiintinued. I have-the honour to be, &a.
(Signed) . " C. Y.0RN...E."
n the-CdoWiir Officer conntanding
jot tft";Oftiezkikg the • • • •

-,'fit-f.o't I

, . .
Among other dishes provided for the Mansion-
house dinner this day, is a baron of beef, which
weighs 47e. pounds, and on which. the Royal Stan-
dard is to be placed.
It is with great pleasure that we observe the
French returning' by degrees, to the use of the old
Calendar. The Sittings of the Council of State
are. in future to be on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays, 4nd some of the French Journals, have
now prefixed the day of the week, instead of Pri-
midi, .Duodi,

The Island of St. Croix was surrendered by the
English to the Danes on the Igth of February.—
General WALTER.STON, with a body of Troops,
arrived there on the i 7th in a Frigate.
A littlish force had arrived at St. Thomas's on
the t ith of Vebruary, to take possession of that
Island,

On Saturday last. Dispatches were received at the
India House from the Government-General of Ben-
gal, by the Arran, a Country ship loaded with
grain : she left the Presidency in OCtober. We
learn by a private letter, that the Governor-Ge.
neral was on his way to Lucknaw, for the purpoe
of having an interview With the VI ztE!t, or NABOB
of OuDE. His Lordship had taken his departure
from iVionghir, and penetrated more than 300 miles
in the interior, North-West of Calcutta.

The French Commanders in St. Domingo, about
the Yth of 'February, sent a frigate to the Havan-
nah, to demand from the Spaniards an auxiliary force
of 4c)op men, with a supply of provisions, &c. ,
in aid,ot their operations against ToussAxisyr. Two
Spanish seventy-fours, a frigate and a sloop of war,
with a French sixty-four, had arrived at the Havan-
nab, and several other French ships were expeaed
there to refit, and to take on board the supplies re-
quired by the troops, &c. in St. Domingo.
At Liverpool Quarter Sessions on the 6th inst.
Robert Edwards, for throwing a bottle out of the
Gallery into the Pit of the Theatre, by which a
young ...ady was cut in the head, was found guilty,
and sentenced to two years imprisonment at Pres-
ton, and to enter into recognizance in 501. for his
good behaviour, for one year flora the expiration
t hereof.