The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, DBc. 14.—Information was received by
her Majesty's steamer Flamer last night of an insur-
rection which had broken out at Patras, and was
general throughout Greece.
The Governor of Patras had been made prisoner,
and the garrison, too weak to resist the numbers of
the people, had been obliged to seek shelter in the
fortresses, where supplies of food could scarcely
reach them.

In a skirmish with the insurrectionists and the mi-
litary, five of the latter lost their lives. No accounts
of the casualties among the former reached.
The Flamer, on reaching Zante, sent the Spitfire
steamer to Patras, to render all the assistance in her
power to the English resident there. The Locust
steamer has had her fires up to-day, and it is thought
will get under way immediately.
News from the fleet has reached Malta. The Bull-
dog steamer, off Sardinia, has had a narrow escape
of coming into collision with the Rodney, 90. It
was blowing fresh, the night dark, and the Rodney,
bowling along with a spanking breeze, nearly ran
into the steamer lying to; indeed, the water from her
bows washed the steamer's deck. The lieutenant of
the Bulldog shouted to the Rodney to port her helm,
and the shout being heard and attended to the disaster
was avoided.

Reports of the Trafalgar being ashore supersede
those of her loss. I believe neither. _ _

I have just received letters from Corfu, stating that
the Antelope steamer left that place on the 9th inst.
fur Trieste, where she is to be in readiness to receive
his Excellency Sir S. Canning, and convey him to
Constantinople. There she will receive Lord Cowley
on board and take him to Marseilles, touching at
Corfu. The Antelope was visited ley his Excellency
Lord Seatcn, L.H.C., the day before she went to
sea, and his Lordship was much pleased with the ac-
commodations and cleanliness of the steamer.

The Fantome, from Smyrna, is the only ship now
at Corfu. The Spitfire steamer has gone on a cruise
round the southern islands.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
The reserve battalion of her Majesty's 76th Regi-
ment was to embark early in December to relieve the
34th Regiment in Corfu. The latter regiment will
relieve the 79th at Gibraltar, and the 79th relieves a
regiment in Canada. As, however, the season is too
early for the 79th to get up the St. Lawrence, the
34th will not leave Corfu for Gibraltar till the early
part of March.

- The 34th have ingratiated themselves into the
favourable opinion of a numerous circle of the resi•
dents of Corfu, and their departure will be much re-
gretted.
They have been stationed about two years at Corfu,
and are generally much esteemed by all classes.
PORTSMOUTH, TURSDAT.—Rear •Admiral 11. Pres-
cott, C. 8., the newly-appointed Rear• Admiral Super-
intendent of this Dockyard and Ordinary, hoisted his
flag (blue at the miLen) at 9 o'clock this morning,
on board the Excellent, gunnery ship, Captain Chads,
C. 8., and saluted the flag (red at the main) of Sir
Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in• Chief, with
17 guns, when the Victory returned the ceremony
by saluting the flag of the new Superintendent
with 13.

The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, Commander Crispin, embarked the Court
at Trinity-wharf, East Cowes, this morning, at 10
o'clock, and disembarked them at 11 at the Royal
Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport. The
Victoria and Albert and the Fairy will be paid off on
the 31st, in accordance with the custom of the ser-
vice ; and immediately re-commissioned, with the
same commanding officers.
The Netley tender arrived this morning with men
from Plymouth, and left this afternoon with super-
numeraries.
The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, bear-
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles
Hotham, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, was at St.
Helena on the 29th of October, about to proceed to
Ascension.
Wind N.N.E.; moderate breezes and hazy weather.
—5 p.m.

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POST-OFFICE NOTICE.--On and after Frio ay, the
3lst instant, the mails fur France, Belgium, and Ham-
burg will be forwarded every day in the week at the
hour of eight P.M., and the letter boxes on Tuesdays and
Fridays, will be closed at the same hour as the other
days in the week.

SWISS DIPLOMACY AND THE
DE BATS, .
The following letter has teen addressed to the
Debats by M. Delley, the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
of the Swiss Confederation at Paris. It is dated

Paris, Dec. 18 :
"In reference to the events which took place in
Switzerland in the course of the past month, you
have published, in some of your numbers,.and parti-
cularly that of Nov. 18, certain letters attributing to
the column of reserve, commanded by Colonel Och-
senbein, scenes of Vandalism and barbarous cruelty,
which, accordine to your correspondents, had taken
place in the canton of Lucerne, and which that
officer had not attempted to prevent. These calum-
nious allegations have no doubt had their source
in certain attempts at disorder and private ven-
geance directed against the village of Malters, by
soldiers of that body, and which the commanding officer,
far from encouraging, on the contrary, repressed
with vigour and severity. However that may he, it
is a matter of public notoriety that the facts, such
as they were related by your journal, and without
doubt dictated by malevolence, have never existed;
and I have not the slightest doubt that your corres-
pondent was led into error by ill-intentioned persons►
who abused his good faith at the same time as yours.
In consequence I have called on you, according to
orders which I nave just received on the subject from
the Federal Directory, to publicly contradict the
allegations in question, as being injurious to the
honour and consideration of an officer whose conduct
on the occasion alluded to merits the highest eulo-
giums from the General-in-chief, as is proved by the
authentic documents which I have the honour of en'
closing to you, and to which, I trust you will give
insertion in your columns. I expect, from your
partiality and justice, that you will not refuse to
attend to this representation of mine, and in that hope
" I have the honour to be, &c.,

" DELLEY, •
" Chary e d'Affaires to the Swiss Legation
ad interim."

The above was accompanied by the following

letter :
" TO M. OCHSENDEIN, COMMANDING OFFICER OF TllO

BERNESE RESERVE.

" Lucerne, Nov. 26, 1847.
" Colonel,—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I
have to express to you my entire satisfaction at the
manner in which you have conducted your division in
our two expeditions of Friburg and Lucerne. On
these occasions you displayed firmness, courage, and
a wise moderation, for which I feel deeply indebted
to you. I know in particular what you did at nil'
ters to render ineffective the efforts of lamentable re-
sentments, and this service is in my eyes so great
that I consider that our country owes you a debt of
gratitude for it. The relations which you have had
with me as commander of division have always bean
exceedingly agreeable. I have always been ex-
tremely sensible of this, and I trust that they 11111
have been the same to you with regard to me.
" Accept, Colonel, the assurance of my distill'
guished consideration.
" G. H. DUFOUR, Commander-in-Chief:'