The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-10 00:00:00

THE AF'FAIREI OF GREECE.

A lengthened official correspondence respecting
the late revolution in Greece has been laid before puha-

meet. It embodies despatebeo sod

the period of the insurrection in Greece, in reference to the
movements of the King and Queen ; the formation of •
provisional government ; the views of Russia and France,
as declared by the French and Russian ministers, on the
enocession of the Greek throne, together with the declare-
teens of her Majesty's minister on the subject ; the demon-
stratloes in favour of Prince Alfred ; the mission of Mr.
H. Elliott ; and the subsequent negotiations on the question
of the succession to the throne. _

Mr. Elliott, writing to Earl Iliumll on the sth ult., says
there is a lingering hope that, if sufficient time is givers,
parliament may reverse the decision of her Majesty's
government with regard to the non-acoeptance of the
mown by Prince Alfred. "Indeed, it is hardly possible co •
convey to your lordship an idea of the permatenos with
which the Greeks still cling to their hopes. The right of
her Majesty or of her Majesty's government to decide upon
the matter is sometimes iodignantly denied, and it is occa-
sionally seriously proposed to carry on the government
under a regency, in the name of King Alfred, until his
royal highness shall be of age, when he should for himself
decide upon the acceptance of the crown."
On the 15th ult. Earl Russell observes, with regret, that
King Ferdinand has, on account of his affection for his
sons and for the country he has adopted, absolutely declined
to allow his name to be put forward.
On the 22:4 ult. his lordship writes :—" The great con-
fidence felt by the Greeks in the constitutional principles
by which her Majesty bas always been guided, has no doubt
base the main cause of the spontaneous enthusiasm which
has been elicited by the mention of the name of his
Royal Highness Prime Alfred as King of Greece. As,
however, the three protecting powers have declared
that the protocol of February, 1830, is still in force, yen
will declare to the Executive Council in Greece that his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred cannot accept or wear
the crown of Greece. You will aosorupany this declaration
with the expression of her Majeety's full appreciation of
the value of this unsolicited mark of friendship and trust
on the part of the Greek people. You will at the same
time state that it appears to her Majesty's government that
the first object of the Greeks should be to elect a king who
will not set aridg the constitution by violence, nor pervert
it by corruption. The princes upon whom the greatest
reliance can be placed in this respect are those who have
acquired a reputation in Europe by their consistent ad-
herence to liberal principles, and those who have been
accustomed to live in a free country. In the former cate-
gory there is no one more entitled to regard than the Duke
of Coburg. Her Majesty trusts that this suggestion on her
part will be viewed by the Greek government and nation
in no other light than as proof of her Majesty's due appre-
ciation of the confidence shown by them in the British
royal family, and in the principles of political freedom on
which the institutions of Great Britain are founded ; and
as it is impossible that her son Prince Alfred can accept the
Greek crown, her Majesty considers that she is only re.
paying confidence by confidence in suggesting for the con-
sideration of the Greeks a prince who by close and long.
established connexion with England may be deemed to
possess some of the main conditions which the Greeks
appear to be desirous of finding in the person to bs chosen
as their sovereign.-1 em,