The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-21 00:00:00

den et nations, the
all erden
of in question only interdict the adop.,
mesas rigour, to which recourse boa
not yet bee* had at the 1111SSISIS whoa they ,ArriVO it
Atheism; hat the meemares already takes will than continue
to be applied, that is to say, that the blockade—the seizure.
will not be Interrupted until the French government she.l
have made set of mettlatton. As we mum make any act
of this nature until the asseptatioa of the cabinet of Loudon
has reached as, it Is 'widest that every day of delay prolongs
as mash, by the set of the British goverment, a situation
front which the Bost deplorable conatqueuess may tithe.
We have »e deed despatches from dawns, dated on the
30th. I shall load you to-morrow a copy by the portfolio,
-tea state of titi was always neatly the same, but the at.
wad. of tka eau made it to be apprehended lest
they should to • us extrevaiiie.
(Mount. DS LA HITTI.
(No. 11 )

PI. DIIOUTIN Dl MITTS TO Tai ringuirra or roariox
&MIAS.

London, Feb. 13, IMO.
theaered,—l received yesterday evening, after the hour of
the departhre of the poet, the reply of the British govern-
ment to the Rote which I addressed to it on the 701, pr.•
peaks( to it the good offices of Franc., in order to 'stile
andeilbly the difference which has sewn between the cabinet
of Athens and that of Londm, relative to the losses 'offered
kir British subjects in their person or in their pr perry,
This reply, of which I have the honour of sending you turf-
with the copy and translation, reproduces the differcat
points which had been discussed in my last oonversatioes
with Lord Palmerston, and resumes the conclusions gb,eit I
had announced in my despatch of the day before yesterday
No, 147. That minister, as I have already informed yo•
persists in hie refusal to visitors previously the ships which
have been seised ; he ground. himself on the preeedeat of
the mediation concerning the sulphur of bioily, but he
gun's us two important piinta. In the affair of the sulphy-
the good offices of France were not to pot a stop to the
employment of means of rigour, but from the moment when
the commandant of the British forces had been officially
Informed that a French agent had opened the negutiation at
Naples. In the actual case, the order to auspcnd r
coercive measures will be immediately given to Admire!
Parker. In 1840, repriaals were to resume their cow.. if
within a delay of three weeks an arrangement had not been
conatiaded. On this occasion the English eovernment do's
not fiz a precise term, though it indicates the necessity
of a prompt settlement. This concession seemed to
me essential both for the bass and the form. Tos
assignment of so peremptory a delay would have hed, in my
eyes, something hurtful to us. I had then insisted that the
note should milts no mention of it, and that the number
of days should not be counted for us. As I remarked on the
part of Lord Palmerston a certain hesitation, sad as ne
served to me that after tee first proceedings of her equadr3n
England would render herself ridiculous it she awaited the
dews:men! „during an indefinite period, I replied, that
in this affair in using force as she had done Great Brasil
should fear rather to appear violent than ridieedous. I
then added, that there was a kind of ridiculousnese which I
should never advise my government to subject itself to—
that was, to assume, even for the I've of peace, the r4ie of a
mediator, with conditions which would necessarily seine
good offices to become powerless. You will remark, Gene-
ral, that Lord Palmerston had noticed these observations in
his reply, which is moreover conceived in terms the must
honourable for the government of the repuklic. M. de
Brunow addressed on the 3rd of this month • note to Lord
Palmerston, containing the resurne'of the conversation which
he had hod on the same day with that minister relative
to the late events at Athens. He there recalls to mind the
kind of union which exists between the three power, the
founders of the kingdom of Greece ; shows the right of each
of them to protect that state against enterprises which might
menace itS Independence, the integrity of its territory, or
even only the collection of its public revenues affected to
the payment of the loan ; ezposes the dangers to which the
measures adopted by Admiral Perim might expose the
throne of King Otho ; cites a peragreph of February 3,1834.
stating that no troops belonging to either of the three con-
: trenting powers could enter in the Greek territory ; and calls
I the serious consideration of the British cabinet to the re-
f sponsibility which it might run if it did not take into account
these grave considerations. The Minister of ltussi. coetined
, himself to this proeeedinn ; not having nets iyed, as he told
me, any instructions in this affair, he wished to reserve for
Ms court complete liberty of action. DAOI.:YN Pe Lac o;.

Foreign-offins, Feb. 12, 18:41.
Monsieur PA mbassadeur —1 had the honour of receiving
the letter of your Excellency, dated the 7th of this month, by
which you announce to me that the President of the le.nen
Republic had learnt with great regret of the difference et
tween the British government and that of Greece, sad the.,
desirous of contributing to the re-establishment of a rood
understanding between the two states, le has authono
your Excellency to propose to the British government, ie
order to attain that result, the good offices of the French.
government. I beg to announce, in return, to your Etcei•
lency, that the government of her British Majesty consider.
the communication which you have been charged to mike to
it as a new proof of the friendly sentiment which has oo
happily marked the relations between the two govern.
meats; and as the government of her Majesty would with
to obtain satisfaction from the Greek government throtut
the friendly intervention of the French government rath,r
than to owe it to the continuation of the emp:oyment of
force, the government of her Majesty will accept es:a
pleasure the good offices of the French government in ttta
affair. In consequence the government of her Majesty. ti
order to allow the field free for the diplomatic action o: 7"•
negotiator whom the French government may employ tor:'
end, will immediately send to the admiral commanding the
squadron of her Majesty in the waters of Greece the or :er
instantly to suspend all coercive measures, and to continas
to suspend them during the negotiation which the Frez,l
government is on the point of opening. But the govern.
mint of her Majesty hopes that the French government
wilt understand that her Majesty's government, not he.rg
able to renounce the demand addressed by it to the Welt
government to repair certrin losses which British lied
lonian subjects have suffered, the su•penoion of the lIVOII
of her Majesty's squadron cannot be pro:ooged beyond a
limited and reasonable period, and that it must necessary
r use if at the expiration of that period the points in dispute
have not been settled in a suistactory manner. It follows
also from that, that ell the ships, whether belonging to
the Greek government or to Greek subjects, which
shall have been seised by the squadron of her Ma.
jesty by way of reprisals, at the epoch when the
coercive action of her Majesty's squadron shall be sus•
pended, shall remain as pled/es in dcosit until ►fter the
conclusion of adr fiuitive arrangement. Oa a similar occs•
sion, in 1840, when the British government accepted the
good offices of the French government in order to put
stop to the difference which had arisen between the British
government and that of Naples, Sir Robert Stopford, ethr
commanded at that time her Majesty's squadrcn in tte
Mediterranean, received the order to suspend his .cis of re-
prisals from the moment he should be officially informed !,
any French diplomatic 'tent that that agent was acturoy
employed at Naples in a negotiation relative to the stfeir
dispute. To spare time in the actual circumstance, and in
oonsequence of the greater distance of Athens, her Msje•ty's
government will give orders to Sir William Parker to s'of •
pend reprisals as soon as he shall receivt instructions to is
so. But it is evidently essential that a long interval ehouli
not elapse bet seen the sispension of the action of the Idri3O
squadron and the commencement of the diplomatic action
of the French negotiator; and, in consequence, her Maiesty
government hopes that the least delay possible will take
place in putting the French negotiator into comma
nication with the Greek government. Is order to lease
the field as free as possible for the action or the French
negotiator, her Majesty's minieter et Athens will receive
orders not to mix himself up in the negotiation ot the Irenth
agent, excepting within the limit when the azent may :e-
-mend his co-operation. Patuasoriix.

(No. 18.)
K. DRODYN DI L'EFTS TO TR! MINISTER OF FORMIN
♦FFAIRS._

London, February 22. IS P.
Sir,—ln a conversation which I had this morning with
Lord Palmerston on the subject of the affairs of iireece, I
particularly confined myself to clearing up the following
points:
1. The part which Mr. Wyse may take in the negotiation.
2. The nature of the questions which fall within the
domain of the mediation, and which will be submitted to the
examination of M. Oros.
3. The duration of the term beyond which th.e a tecition
of coercive measures will be resumed, in the case where our
' good offices fail in their effect.
4. The character and the precise date of the orders nut
lately to Admiral Parker convening the two islands.
On the first point we are both agreed. I cited to :he
first Secretary of State the very terms which I employed th
say private letter of the 16th of this month, and in nil
despatch of the 11th, to inform you of the in.tructiins
which will be given, to Mr. Wyse. He echo mlegeei their
perfect exacta:es. As to the second, that minister heal toil
me, se I have had the honour of informing you, that the
mediation will comprise the questions which do not
implicate in principle the negation of the demands of
the cabinet of London. Thus, it is laid down in principle
that an indemnity is due to Mr. Finlay and M. Pacifica.
remains to settle what shall be the amount of that indemnity.
The minister cited to me. as precedents applicable to the
! actual case, what took place in regard to Waite and
to Sicily. As to the duration of the mediation. the
English government does not in grate, does not even
demand, that sny precise term should be fixed. It
trusts it entirely to the good iaith of the French ne•
gotiator. It is, " said Lord Palmerston to me, when M.
arose shall declare to Mr Wyse that his good office. have
not obtained, and have not even the chance of obtaining. a
favourable fault, it is then only that Admiral Parker shell
have again reoourse to coercive measures. But in cue of
failure, he shall not require, in order to to that, to wait for
fresh orders from the Admiralty. Besides Admiral Parker
announccs by a letter of the diet of May, that he hes in his
hands sufficient pledges, and that henoeforth he will meke
no more captures. The instructions which ordered that
admiral not to occupy the islands of Cent and Sapients,
were despatched on the 110, by nn extraordinary courier,
and on the 16 by poet, hi duplicate. llnot to iii LIMY?.

(No. 27.)
M. DROUTN DI L'NETSTO THE MINISTER or voltiO% ;

IMPAIRS.
London, March 211. Is.sa•
81,7,-1 have roosivad the despatches which you have dote
mu the honour of writing to me, dated the tub sod Ittch..
. . . When M. Oros will declare that h. mown
has failed, and that be does not any longer promi-e him-
self any result from his friendly intervention. Mr. Wyse and
Admiral Parker will resume coercive 1114%.11f1111 nit'out eAlt•
lug for new instructions from London in ord. r so.
If any difference should arise between M. Oro. and Mr.
Wyse on the question of knowing whether the atloir cso
whe ho
terminated in en amicable way or not—that is to say, •
thatthe ansadonout whiOk our =discos proposes on tilo