The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-28 00:00:00

his Maje4y the King, that the Government was firmly
resolved to aid the revolution with all the means in is
pow r; that. the Western Powers would .00k at it. faveur-
ably ; th .t p: incip illy the States of G.o irrin, on accouLt
of the of kin Ired, which exists between their
Sovereigns and our own, wool," iurnish its with all inra •
ner of In:aerial aid, and Olt they wou:d protect us in ca 0
the Western Powers should change their opinion about
this new strife ; and that, !toady, the intentions to aggran-
dise Greece, and to liberate our brothers, was evidently
proved by the fact that several millions of money were in
th hands of the Government.

"It is worthy of remark that, while the Government
lavished on some persons money and ammunition, ant rein-
.forced them with all means iu its power, it behaved towards
us, who fought without any regard tci-personal
having only in view the public interest, without wone,Y,
as if it ha I propose I to itself to take on us an ignoble re-
venge. You must add to this, that the Government,
which might before all to have consulted the protecting
powers of Greece, without whose consent nothing could
be honed, has undertaken this movement against their
wish, falsely oreteuding that we had their full consent and
approval. It has divided the cousideraule autos whichlt
has received frou abroad among its crdaturas,—among
personi having no influence with the people who were
to be revolutionised.

"If it has sent ammunition in ahnntlance and even some
cannons for the siege of fortified places. it has in trusted them
to people utterly incapable and without any past ant.'c6-
dent, ho had deckle i themselves chiefs against the
opinion of the country ; enile,tvouring in this way to anni-
hilate all personal influences,-it has succeeded, by its faults
and false measures, to bring about the dissolution of the
wh le movement., and the ruin arid death of many of our
brothers in the neighbouring provinces,
‘• Many families from these provinces, in consequence of
the ill success of the iEtsUrreetiou, have taken refuge in
Greece, deprived of all means of subsistence. The soldiers
who went with us and their families are likewise in want.
We request you, therefore, Co give, as soon as possible, the
necessary orders to make exact inquiries into the amount of
money received from abroad, or from other sources—into the
employment of this money, what sums have been expended
ant what sums still remain—in order that from these latter
these unfortunate suffering persons may get some relief;
for it is horrible to think that these brave people, who
have done nothing but obey the voice of their country.
having been deceived by the Greek Government, should
be now verging on despair."

What a curious light this petition throws on the
household affairs of the so-called patriots. It
shows, by the confession of three of the most pro-
minent chiefs, that the movement was not only
not a voluntary one, but that, on the contrary,
money, persuasion, and promises were r.quired to
make the patriots move. It shows the disputvs
and quarrels between the Government and the
chiefs named by it directly, and the self-consti-
tuted chiefs of the revolution of Epirus, Thessaly,
and Macedonia, which precipitated the pitiable
solution of this ill-timed invasion, and -it shows
also with what spirit the people have come back.
Bat this petition is only one instance of this spirit
of reaction, and all those who have returned share
it. The Miute ry has, iu coos (pence of this peti-
tion, and of the repeated coMplaints from other
quarters, addresse,l a representation to the King,
in which he is requested 'to make the Minis-
try aequaiuted with the sums of money which
he has received from abroad, and in whose
hands they are. He at first would not under-
stand the meaning of this representation, an I at
last, when this would no more serve as an excuget
he simply refused to give any explanation. Ne't
the constitutional remedy to this would naturullY
have been the resignation of the Mi&stry ; but
this would just be playing the King's game, for
with the resignation of the Ministry he would have
again entirely free hands to begin his intrigues
anew. How is it them possible to carry on a eon:
stitutional Government in such a state of thin
The King receives regular remittances from Russia,
quite in the pensioner style. A Greek house in
Paris manages the business. With this money
wholesale corruption is carried on. If one were to
change to-day all persons about the Court, to-nier7
row it would be very much the same, for it is the
curse of Gre•ce that so very, very few of her sons
are proof against corruption. Of course this alone
makes the intrigues of the Court possible. Thassdo's
examination is finished,- and a report is being
prepared to be presented to the King. This
case is not the only one oil the traces of which the
Ministry have been ; about a fortnight after their
taking office they found out a man who had re-
ceived 40,000 draehms, and soon after another who
had received 6J,000 drachms, in order to get up
again the insurrection in Thessaly. Besides all
these sums, proceeding from hidden,
but not secret
sources, the regular resources of the country have
been tearfully squividered in this absurd enterprise.
All the military stores are empty, the military
budget for the whole year consumed, and the
Treasury without a penny.