The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-01 00:00:00

COMMANDERIN-tillE,

• There was a Lettet in
.The Morning Chronicle of
Tuesday last,.,a continuation ot.which appeal t,l
in the same Paper of the following day, tig, c-d
Junius Militaris, severely reflecting upon the pie-
sent Illusirions COMMAIDER• EF, anJ
many of the Officers immediately connected wiih
the Military Depart went, as weil as in condenui:t7
lion of the hole of our Military System. A

newspaper is often led into mistdhes by a hasty
insertion of matters on which, .irnitlst the pres-
sure of business, it has not time to reqeet, and,
tkerefore, shoithl have excused The Morning
Chronicle, if the attack had
.not been so.elanorate,
end written w.i It so much e;uld-blooded petse-

l'erance and malignity. However, as it has this
day made the ameirde honorcilde, in answer to
its Correspondent, and s the answer con-
tains a satisfactory relocation of the chargts
urged by that Correspondent, we shall insert
tt ourselys, in justice to the CommANoen7l.l-
- and io vin&cation of that Mititagy Sys-
tens which hai lon.;, under the judicious superin-
tendance of his ROYAL HIGHNASS, stood in
htt-
n,utir compari,,m with that of any other
141tion, every noittt of knowledge, disci-
and charac:er, and which has enabled
th' n.itt:ll Army to be chiefly instrumental in the
„t Europe, triiniAted by the sound
Potil at d persevering", rectitude which have so
watlied toe Goveroineitt of the present
illustrious Representative of our venerable So-
veleign.

Ity.e are truly concerned that, during the se-
""" indispostiton of the Editor, a leiter made its
ayPrFtrance in this Paper, reflecting on the con-
6"''7, of the C,tmmANDEIt•IN-CtiteF, and of the
Oificers under his Royal Highness. A
coinplcisoii was set tip between the system of his
/loyal Highness and that of the late Lord AM•
Now the Editot is old enough to recol-
lect ;tie sitnatiou of the Artily Office in the time
tit the Nohlr Lord, and he can truly say, that the
Army i... highly indebted to the present COM-
IIANDEN-IN -CHIEF for correcling the many ant!
‘caudalotts abuses tehich prevailed at the time JI-
ludt-,! to.

" Doting the period the late Lord AMHERST
IV" C Anotandersin-Chicf, he hcld Milittry Le-
See,---ettiiy at his house in St. James's-square ;
Otficer. went in full dress—were tormed in a
circle the Drawing-ro,,m ; and, in imitation of
the [toy his Lordship passed the circle,
ai;ow;ue, tacit (Meer to speak or bow to hint, and
he then re i; eel,

" It is obvious, that io the parade of this Levee,
an l,•Id not a proper ()ppm (unity of making
such a coumturication to the COM NIANDEK -IN-
:s he. !!iigiit hive dwie, had he been usher-
" t him ',don-, a Lid avoided the restrair)t of a
P'lblic room, where all he said must be heard by
others:

.44 The army, during Lord AM H EAST'S
awiatioo, was a mtle nun upon which was
alihsegoesoly formrd the balm:we t,,rce that has
. evontobuy adde'd so greatly to our military fame,
and to the deserved esilogiums which have been
Pronnui,cesi by the country at large, upon Isis
Highness the Duke of YoluE. How any
1'4461 could, in justice, he drawn between the
duties which devolved upon the late Lord Am-
d"-11'T and the present Illustrious CHUM ANDF A-
tN
•H IRV, we kw,w uot ; and it would be equal-
ly rensw e from jostice to assimilate the employ-
Ilit'ut and respon.ibilisy of their respective Seere•
taxies, and of the interior 1-1 .sons serving the
depro I meta.

41 It is notorious to every officer of the army,
tllO herved in it prior to the period of the Duke of
xonx being appointed Comma.,d,:c-in-Chi,l, ti:at
hoshiog could be snore nefarious titais the means
that were pursued to procure military rarli ;—a
3-et of mess who designated themselves Army Com-
rwasi...s Brokers, would under ike to procure any
yank up to that of Lieutenant-Colond inclusive,
Provided there was sofficien! money to meet their
terms ;he Military Secretary fix..l Isis premium,
anti, R 9 his iArence with the COMMANDER-IN-
t"li:P was acLquate to every abject ~t this us-
fa:iure or disappointment to the parties

Yet this is the system which Junius Afilitaris
Holds ,:„t to the Pnblir, as one infinitely preier-
eble r,+ the present of t!)e arnly-
-I"'le'li secures to every officer iiis right of purchase
Qt. the regulated price, if I.e is ti.e eldest in t;i?
1.4111 t regimen(—and which, gives ~,-,po:.-
I"nity to the youngest Ensign in tine ar,ny
11
414 a personal interview with the CUMMANDRII-
- when he may, without any restrit,
rd tree horn observation, lay his case bef:)re his
rYal Highness, anti front whom lie is sure to
ve a patient hearing, and a gracious. and con-
wtscending reception.

_ .
• With E. gard to the distribution of the sums
Which 1116 pass through the Army Office, -,hr Editor
tex betore him the accauut rendered t ► earlia-
;l.l,ent, bud nothing cat. be more sati.oactory to the
weral befirt than the use. .which is :114,10 of the
tone), arising from the sale of commissions. It
is she~t'n In that that where officers die
leaving widows totally impiovitled foi, the COM.
)111"Si011 at tile deceased, if originally Is.nulhi by
n""elt. is sold fur benefi:, of the widow--
nd long liar is 4,1 the provisions
"4- mole by Ili, WIN.; :-I.,.!•riess for the widows
44dt/el...bans of meritoriutL: •.I:;,.:c.rs. • •
" As to persoi ac !ra1.17 poured
()rtll on ,he ci,ie( Sect etarics,
114111 the Caic,-, they aps,)
or bpleeb, at are so totally unsay-
1)144..11t1V truth, to It) (ic%vrvealo answer. At
kti time was WOE, shewn
14 iihe strvicc,and 111'u& pc riccE in
te64rd to promotion; anti this, the Ltlitar can

"conscientiously (I,ehre; WI. beard confirrnr(l
:-.:tni-rttliy by offi-t r, of: d 1 ranks, Ite frets that
n. lwes this explatla-tioi. ;,c' the ,I,,petuance
iii hi, Plttfoel.,,sll 'coilintry to
.his own
per-
kup‘yledge of the .:(20,(1cr of the ifitin-
-tsbeil persons so gr,,s-1p aspersed."

LIFE ASSULINCE TXTR.IORDINARY *.

TO TUE ENLIGIITENED PUBLIC.

At a nufhcrous meeting -of persons of high Con-
girt-ration, whose names -will hereafter he duly
notified, it war-, resolved, tient. con. that a Lite
Insurance Office, on a plan entirely new, should
be es ..hlist,ed in the Metropolis, to be called
Tit E MOON.
The numerous Life Assurance Offices already,
established over the Kingdom, incontestibly prove
the great utility of such Institutions. The uncer-
tainty of human life, and the certainty of death,
must strike every man of reflection, and impress
!rim with the prudence of providing against the
yearly, monthly, daily, nay hourly, contingen-
cies of the terrestrial world.
With 'a view to render this Institution more
generally useful, it is proposed that the benefit
of it sheotld be extended to persons who may oc-
casionally be afflicted with the most melancholy
or all human calamities—lNSANlTY ; for which
purpose, a Table of the Rates of Premium, adapt-
ed to the various degrees of the malady, is now
preparing, tinder the direction of a Committee of
the College of Physicians in Warwick-lane.
In cases of acute disea'e, when coercion is re-
spired, the usual non-appearance premium charged
at other offices will be: dispensed with. To the
families of those unfortunate persons who may
Commit suicide, or who may die by the hand. of
justice, the whole amount of the money paid by
the assured will be returned with. interest.
After a certain sum shall have been subscribed,
sufficient to form a Sinking Fund, tor contingencies,
it is proposed that the profits be divided among
the assured every lunar month.
Co Naval and Military Officers, and to Men of
Honour in particular, who ate in the habit of
fighting Duels, the liberal plan of this Institution
must be a powerful recommendation, as no extra
premium- will be required for axsuring the lives of
Gentlemen who may fall either in the field of
battle, or in single combat.—Nor will any addi-
tional sum be demanded from those who may wish
to reside in a foreign country, as a temporary re-
tirement. " Upon these equitable principles," (as
was eloquently stated by the Honourable Gentle-
man who brought forward the plan at the Meet-
ing, and in happy allusion to the names of some of
the established Offices),'` the Moon will rise Hand
!!, Hand with the Star, and, after soaring with the
Imperial Assurance of the Engle, will eclipse the
Sun. Firri as the Rock, we may then become the
Atlas of the Globe, and boldly bid defiance to all
our rivals."
N, B. A house, suitable to the magnitude of
this undertaking, its now building in the New
Crescent, adjoining Waterloo-place, from a plan of
- she celebrated architect to the Prince Regent. It
will he opened for the transaction of business on
Ow first of April next.—ln the mean time, appli-
cations fur Lunar Insurances may be made, either
personally ,a by letter, addressed to the Honorary
Secretary of the Moon, Half-moon-street, Picea"
dilly.

• As there is some humour in the foregoing article, which
we have extracted him The Morning- CI-quick, and as that
Paper holds a high rank in public literature, we wish we had
oftyner occasion to take from it matters of such harmless
pltantrr.