The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A large Detachnient of Recruits arrived in town, from Bristol,
on route to join their respective Corps and Depots.
The lat Division of the sth. (Northumberland) Regiment of
Infantry, has arrived on board the Borodino transport, at Ports-
mouth, 6.ont'Dominiee.
The 2d Division of the lath (the Prince of Wales's Royal)
Regiment (Lancers) will arrive, on Monday next, at Hampton
Court, from Coventry.
It is understood that Colonel Taylor will be appointed Supey-
intendent of the Cavalry Riding Establishment,

Our Readers may have observed, by the Advertise-
ment which .has appeared, that the PROPERTY of
this PAPER has •lateirpaSsed into other hands.
During a series of years, THE SUN was distin-
guished for' its loyal and constitutional Principles,
and it long enjoyed a large share of public Favour.
If, recently, irhas tad a less extensive circulation, the
circumstances.which led to such a result are no longer
in operation ; and we, therefore, entertain the most
sanguine hope, that a short time only will elapse be-
fore our Paper will again rise into the estimation in
which it was formerly held.
It may not be necessary to state, in detail, the
Principles on which fi ffE SUN will be conducted in
future ;—bUt, yielding to none in admiration of, and
attachment to, our Glorious Constitution in Church
and State, and approving of the liberal Policy which
directS the Councils of His MAJESTY'S preeent Go-
Vettinent, we hesitate not to declare, that we shall,
with that consistency which formerly characterized the
columns' of this Paper, endeavour to support such
Principles by every effort which may be within the
reach of.public Journalists. We shall, at the same
time, most anxiously strive to uphold the cause of
Religion and Virtue ; and we trust, that the purity
Of our columns will fully evince the sincerity of our
declaratiOn. The arrangements which we have made
will enable us to present our Readers with the
earliest Foreign, and . Domestic Intelligence, upon
all matters of 'General Interest : and, from cir-
cumstances, which it is not necessary to state upon
this oceaSiort, we feel sanguine in the success of that
department which will comprise an early, correct,
and eondensed report -of those interesting Inventions,
and Discoveries in Science, which are daily multi-
plying the resources, and giving an enviable su-
periority to the Genius of our Country. Should
we be 'fortunate enough :to redeem the pledge we
have: offered upon • this occasion, we feel satisfied
that TfIE SUN Newspaper will well merit the public
patronage, which its Editors are so desirous to obtain :
and :we;..invite those who approve the principles on
which it is our intention to conduct this Journal, to
furnish' us with communications that may enable us
to realize the ardent expectations which we are thus
induced to entertain.

We have received the Message of the PRESIDENT
of the United States to Congress, on the subject of
the Mission to Panama—which was laid before that
Assembly on the 15th March. The question of the
appointment of Commissioners to attend the South
American Congress was discussed with closed doors,
and was carried in the Senate by a majority of 24 to 19.
The length to which this document extends, and the
pressure of other matter, prevent our offering many
observations upon its contents to-day. It appears to
us, however, to possess considerable interest, and the
principle which it is proposed to establish at the Gene-
ral Assembly of American States, that not any Euro-
pean Power shall be allowed to colonize on either
Continent of the new world, may be hereafter disputed
by the Government of Russia.

We have every reason to believe that the accounts
which have been received from Paris of the Fall of
Missolonghi, and of the barbarities which were said to
,
have been committed by the conquerors, are prema-
ture. No intelligence which can be relied on, of the

final fate of that fortress has as yet reached this Coun-
try. The last communications from that quarter,
are dated on the evening of the 20th, on which day
the former reports stated that the Turks had taken the
place by storm : a heavy firing was indeed heard on
that day, but nothing was positively known of the re-
sult : and we cannot but still entertain a hope, that
the Turks may have been repulsed in any assault
which they then made, as if they had actually succeed-
ed in carrying the town, at that time, certain informa-
tion of an event so important to the Greek cause
would, in all probability, have reached Paris at the
date of the last Papers.

We received the Etoile, dated yesterday, by express,
but its contents add nothing to the news, which We
already possess respecting Missolonglii. The follow-
ing is a short extract :

( From the Etoile, dated yesterday.)
The German Journals that have arrived to-day, do
not contain any fresh intelligence from GreeCe. Their
silence is remarkable in the present circumstances ;
although they encourage the hope that Missolonghi
will be able to hold out after the taking of Vassiladi
and of Anatolica, or that its heroic garison will re'
ceive a timely succour. The only ,intelligence that I
can be depended on is that of .the 24th ult.,
the contents of which we have already given, and
which have been transmitted from '.Corfu by the
Lord High Commissioner, Sir FREDERICK ADAM.
All the other details have been . given up""
the authority of particular letters, ; published. in
tile Journal des Debats and the Constitu-
fionnel. There are, therefore, the best grounds for
supposing that the particulars communicated in the
letters of the 24th are mere invention, since the .cou-
rier who broUght those of the 23d has arrived with
so much speed that we cannot believe them to be

correct.
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We have been concerned to obServe‘ that attempts
INtaavNe,alla.Dteley been
partmenintadofe
this
exciteiscou a prejudice
ntry,by against h
raising
ingante
out-
cry against its patronage, and the manner in which the
Promotion 'of Naval Officers has been bestowed and
the public have been too frequently misled on these
points, by statements which have ,been put forth, not
founded in fact or totally disguised by toisro-
- A Morning Paper of Saturday in
its leading article, renews this attack on the Board
of Admiralty, but the ignorance which it has evinced
on the subject upon which it professes to offer such
severe strictures, is as remarkable as it is glaring. Can
those who have any knowledge of the Military and
Naval Service, refrain, from laughing when they
find a charge brought against .the Admi-
ralty for its tardiness - in prornoting . old Offieers
because the Senior Captain on the Navy List is of
twenty-four years standing; while the oldest.. Colonel is
but of seven ? The writer of that paragraph ought to
have known, that to make. even such a comparison as
he has wished to draw, the period during which the
Colonel held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel should
have been included, becauae the Naval Officer
ranks only as Lieutenant-Colonel when .he •first
becomes a Post Captain,
,but has the snperior,
vantage of obtaining the rank of Full Colonel at the
expiration of three years, whereas the Military Officer
must be ten or twelve years on the List of Lieutenant
Colonels before he obtains promotion to the Rank of
Colonel : but in point of fact, no just comparison in
this respect can be made between the two Services which
are essentially dissimilar, both in their Grades and
other particulars. With no greater knowledge of the
personal claims of the Officers, to whose promotion
the Writer in question has alluded, than of the
general nature of the service, he has enquired what ser-
vices the numerous HOPE'S and DUNDASSES have reit'
dered to their Country, to entitle them to rapid advance-
ment? and has afterwards proceeded indiscriminately to
condemn the promotion of Captains GnAltAt4 Vl.!
DAL, BOWEN, RUSSELL, and Ho:ln.:Ext. A very.
shallow acquaintance with the Naval History of this
Country, would have enabled this Writer to answer
his own question. He would have learnt that the
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DmsmeliorableseusN.hcaavrAeeN actions of
ed some of the smartest Officers of the Bbi'mreieantliesld;:chkatirlYlt:
while the late and present Noble persons of that name
have entitled themselves to the lasting gratitude of their
Country, for the important improvements introduced.
into, and the essential benefits conferred upon the
Naval service, during their Administration of its affairs.
In his censure of the promotion given to the other
Officers above named, this Writer has been eqtially
fortunate. Had he possessed any inforthation en the
subject he would have known that the services of
Captains GRAHAM and BOWEN in arduous and stt".
cessful operations against Piratea and Slave vessels in
climates such as these of the West Indies, and Cost 0f
Africa, had earned for them on the recommendation
of their Commanders-in-Chief, a well merited reward
and that the services of Captains VIDAL and 1-I°l4';
NER, in the no less arduous or .dangerous duty °L‘
Survey and Discovery in Tropical and A.'ret...
Regions, were equally deserving of the In.°ll-
- which had been conferred on tbent•
death of the lamented Captain RUSSELL, irk-3C.-