The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-20 00:00:00

THE ILL•USED GENTLEMAN.

There are certain persons in the world who are con-
tinually in what is metaphorically termed " hot water."
Lord Cardigan is one of those persons. Indeed, his
Lordship must be perfectly parboiled by this time ;
hence, we presume, his extreme sensitiveness and irri-
tability. He is nerve all over, and unthinking people,
not making due allowance for the peculiarities of his
organization, are perpetually doing things which wound
and gall him in his tenderest points, so that his whole
life is consumed in seeking a redress of grievances. His
officers are a set of the most pestiferous people
imaginable. It matters not how quiet or peaceable
they may have previously been when commanded by
others ; no sooner do they come under his Lordship's
control, than they will not be controlled, and insubordi-
nation spreads amongst them like an epidemic. They
become as mutinous as " free and enlightened" United
States' militiamen on a drill-day, and as ill-behaved and
uproarious as Members of Parliament with an Irish
question before the House. There is not a toss-up
amongst them—Captain Wathen and Lieutenant For-
rest, and the brace of Reynoldses, John and Anthony,
are all alike—all engaged in atrocious conspiracies to
turn the " milk of human kindness" in the bosom of his
Lordship into bitter and disordered bile. This is hard ;
but other great men have suffered in a similar way, long
before the persecutions of Cardigan commenced. Rous-
seau is a case in point, for it is notorious, upon his own
showing, that during two-thirds of the life-time of that
fidgetty philosopher, the world suspended its regular
business, and devoted its whole energies to getting up
a series of plots and contrivances for the special annoy-
of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Lord Cardigan (save in
the single article of ability) is the English Jean Jacques.
The truth is, his Lordship is filled with what Charles
Limb denominates " imperfect sympathies," and de-
cided aversions. Amongst other things, he has an " im-
perfect sympathy" with an Indian officer, and a decided
aversion to a " black bottle." Yet the gentlemen
under his command make no allowance for those idio-
syncrasies, but Indian officers imperinently request to
know the reason of his dislike when it is expressed
aloud, and junior Captains drink Moselle out of bottles
of the obnoxious colour ! These are clearly flagrant
cases, and worthy of the severest reprehension from the
Horse Guards. Why do not those subalterns study
his Lordship's. constitutional peculiarities? It is not for
him to render a reason :

" Some men there are love not a gaping pig;
Some that are mad if they behold a cat ;"

and, as Shylock goes on to observe—aow, gentlemen,
"for your answer"—

"And there is no firm reason to be render'd,
Why he cannot kbide a gaping pig,
While he a harmless necessary cat"—
So Lord Cardigan " can give no reason, nor will not,'il
why he dislikes an Indian officer, and detests a black
bottle.—" Are you answered?"
" Sweet charity" forbids the application of the lines
in the immediate vicinity of the above to English
" Anthony" in place of Venetian Antonio.
One or two of the ultra-Tory papers complain of the
" dead set" which has been made against his Lordship
by the press, Whirr, Liberal, and Conservative. Of
coarse this cannot reasonably be at.ributed to any sym-
pathy on the part of that organ with the oppresled or
weaker party, but is clearly to be traced as another
branch of that immense conspiracy which has been en-
tered into against the pease and quietness of that " ill-
used gentleman," the Earl of Cardigan. Bristol
lifrcury.

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lights, and art adequate police, to convey notice of the
most common occurrences. The public cannot and ought
not to be satisfied with this sort of treatment. The
individual irresponsibility of corporate bodies must not
scrcen such gioss cases ; neither ought public opinion to
be satisfied by the sacrifice of some one poor seape goat,
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