The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

THE EARL OF CARDIGAN.

A correspondent who subscribes hits elf " An Old
Soldier," has sent the following account of a most revolt-
ing scene to a Morning Contemporary. This is indeed
" mingling blood with sacrifice." The letter is dated
Tue =day, April 13.
" A private of the 1 Ith Hussars was drunk on leaving
the barracks at Brighton, and was subnequently tried by
a district Court-martial, and sentenced to corporal punish-
ment. His trial took place on Thursday, and the appro-
val of the Court-martial was received, at Hounslow, on
the Sunday morning.
" On Sunday, the 11th Hussars were marched into the
riding school for divine service. Prayers were read, and
a sermon was preached.
" On the conclusion of divine service, the trumpet-major
was ordered to make things ready for corporal punishment.
And in this riding-school, and on a Sunday, where not an
hour before the whole regiment were cog aged in prayer,
private Rogers, of the 11th Hussars, was tied up and
flogged, receiving one hundred lashes.
I trust, for the credit of the service and the country,
the matter will be brought before Parliament, and a full
inquiry instituttid. The general public, lam sure, will
agree with me, without entering into the question of
flogging, or whether private Rogers deserved it or not, that
on no account could the commanding officer of the 11th
Hussars be justified in carrying the punishment into effect
on a Sunday, and in the place appointed that day for divine
worship."

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-

STREET.

NOON. APRIL 14.
Barometer 3O 1 In.
Thermometer

Highest . 57
Lowest 43
Wind S. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

GREECE.

ATHENS, MARCH 21.
The sole topic now discussed here is the expected ar-
rival of Mavrocordato from London. The liberal party
flatter themselves that he will succeed in establishing a
national government, because he has hitherto been kept
in exile from his repugnance to become such a nonen-
tity as all the other Greek ministers are under Otbo and his
Bararo-Russo Camarilla Alas! for their hopes, the Ca-
marina lost no time in making known through the Courier
Grcc, that no change of system wouldfollow Mavrocordato's
appointment,and that the same system which had rendered the
Greeks so hap 0) would be persevered in by the King.
To support this system, they have induced M. Tricupi,
the forme; minister at London, to accept the office
again, and he starts to-morrow, or next day, in the Greek
corvette the Amelia. He comes to England to sup-
port the absolutism of King Otbo. with its accompani-
ments of torture, poisoning, and slave-trade, and to
make excuses for the non-fulfilment of the engage-
ments of the King to the Greeks. Apropos of tor-
tures, and poisonings, and slave-trade—why does not some
member of the two houses get up and ask Lord Palmer-
sotfre how such thingse
official documents exist
arei permitted ? In the Foreign..
st to prove even more than has
been ever published on these matters ; and let the incre-
dulous in England apply t, any of thenumerous travellers
who have visited this capital for full confirmation of all
that has been written on these horrid barbarities. It is a
disgrace to Europe, and to the Three Powers in particu-
lar, to permit such a system to exist—in Athens, too 1
posts mayars of communes, so as to neutralise May-
The King and the Carnarilla pursue their Russian game,
and are intriguing against the election of any Liberals tc;
good government. Mavrocor-
the
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and a patriot • if he be honest,
INI a
Bavarians,vr o cord a
the Russians
droactoor.idsaatom's
aenffoorftsbtuosionbe'sasi,
so will not lack supporters. The King 'will oppose him in
every attempt to. get an independent Ministry, and indeed
Otbo is preparing a revolution which no man' can foresee
or guide.
et. he
intriguing now against him • but I do not think he will
ever. fall so low as his brother-in-law, Tricupi, has done.
Risusasiaiis, difficultand the French are
He is noble by birth and character; Tricupi was always
a groveller. Nothing but a National Assembly can save
Greece.
iWe have news from Claudia to the 16th inst. The
Crete- Heilenes had beenoined by the Sfactiotes as well
as by a goad many others; as yet no hostilities had taken
Place. Tile ehicfs of the new-corners seem disposed to be
quiet, provided they be allowed to get up their petition to
the three Powers, and have, in fact, proposed that a village
near Suds be assigned to them, where they may beguaran-
teed their safety, and allowed to correspond with their
countrymen. Tic Revenge and Howe were there, and
the affair would soon be settled if the Powers interfere.
Some families were leaving.
I had forgotten to notice that the delay in my last letter
reaching you. arose from the failure of the City of Dublin
branch packet, from Corfu to Malta. Whilst the British
Government pay 63,000/. per annum to the Peninsular, ..
and Oriental Company for the conveyance of mails to tise-
Mediterranean, the Company have the assurance .to putsuch a tub as the City of Dublin on the station, which is
always twenty-four hours behind time. Why are not the
complaints of Sir John Louis and Sir Edmund Lyons at-
tended to at home ? Is it that some favoured individuals
areinterestedin this Company ?