The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-20 00:00:00

AFFAIRt3 OF GREECE.

An .10/Yeseviitory deatt• of Coda, at the 6th of
Febreary, esmhdos a letter fires Sir H. G. Ward to
the 84•610. saki, 0, a statism/44W by Mr.
Wyse,* Ai* we Sir Henry, the course
adopted by him, sad the =Aare the matters in
dispute in Greece, in the eleareat peettible light."
Oa bard MoesaisUmty's Skip Qom,
Bay, Jan. 28, 1860.
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with wontect to the pseeseiisgs age.Sed by Vies Admiral Sir
William Parker, Osemem6se is Obid ease esty's naval '
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sad firlerimee of her Majeety's oevaramsnc
ling so many yam him lad no othselislepsa ths
Greek government shoo to ems it to treat with negloot and '
'saltiness the metes& sod resmosiessses sad
wensiap addressed se the of Ye Meiesty's
govrness= do ace in she silaisest degree arms the lade-
peados= of Gress,of wide\ Mr Majesty's govennsont is
and over will be the efestivo protector; but that, a the
contrary they aro samively limited to the ashrams% of
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%hotfoot and proper troataust which is du by ems oat.
sate to the subjects of another.
No governmant has a grater interest is the tranquillity
and prosperity of Grease than that of her Britannic
Majesty's., and by so one more than by Via-Admiral Sir
William Parker and me will any evil be lanwsta which
may Mat W the wormy, h.... We locsolatarie• of lY sv-
vernmest in refusing to rams Ik. wrongs sad inherit., for
tho reparation of which her Majesty's government has for
so many years ineffsmally spplied. Ne stronger proof of
this can be 'iv= than the extreme care which was taken
by me to avoid, to th• lost moment, giving any publicity to
the instructions I bad received. You will point out
ths opportunity thus afforded to the Greek go
vernment foe settling the questions, without its ever
becoming public, that oosraa moesurts had been
is coatiamplation. The very mild natant of the ma-
ntra at first resorted to, the slow degrees by which we have
proceeded, aced tho ammo reluctance with which we have,
at last, resorted to mama affecting Greek oconmorce.
It will onus u the greatest pain to be compelled to have
MOWN to still more stringent measures; but it must be
evident to every one that the Greek government is alone
responsible for consequences which it is in its power at once
to obviate, by complying with • just and simple demand.
Oar paint demands do not include the treaty engagements
relative to the regular payment of lb. interest on the allied
loan of sixty millions or francs, nor do they refer, in any
way, to** islands of Coral and Sapiensa.—l have, &a,
(Signed) TM. WYSE.
Timms Wood, lin., her Majesty's Consul, Patron.
The Goats then continues thus:
The following is a summary of proceedings adopted
to indigos the Greek government to comply with the
demands of her Majesty's government for redress for
wrongs and losses inflicted in Greece on British and
lonian subjects :
" On the 26th December, 1849, Mr. Wyse, in reply
to Mr. Londe.' announcement of the change of minis-
try, and his re-appointment as minister of foreign
affairs, earnestly called his atten-ion to Sir E. Lyon's
note of 6th December, 1848, addressed to the Greek
government, when Mr. Londoa was minister of the
isterior, and quoted the warning which was given in
May, 1847, and several times repeated since, both by
Sir E. Lyons and Mr. Wyse, ' That the Greek go-
vernment would act unwisely for its own interests
if it misunderstood the forbearanoe which bad been
shown by her Majesty's government, and if it were
to infer from that forbearance that the British go-
vernment was not determined to compel the Greek
government to accede to those demands, if it should
lot be induced to do so by its own sense of justice
Ind of right.'
"No notice whatever was taken of this note. Three
weeks after (on the 16th January, 1850), Mr. Wyse
and Vice Admiral Sir William Parker had an inter-
view, by appointment, with Mr. London, Greek
minister for foreign affairs. They stated to him, that
the vice-admiral had been ordered to come here to
assist Mr. Wys ,r in obtaining a settlement of the long
pending claims for looses and outrages inflicted in
Greece on British and lonian subjec's s ; and that in
order to avoid any. inconvenience to the Greek
government, and to give it the opportunity of wlttling
the claims, as set forth in Sir E. Lyon's note of
6th December, 1848, spontaneously from its own
sense of justice and of right, these instructions
had been kept so secret that they were absolutely
unknown to any one in Greece excepting to the
immediate members of her Majesty's mission ; and
they requested a categorical reply to this private and
friendly communication within twenty-tour hours,
beyond which time it would be impossible for Mr.
Wyse to delay presenting a formal demand.
"On the following day Mr. Loud= called upon
Mr. Wyse and Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker,
and read to them a note verbale, which amounted to
a categorical refusal, and left Mr. Wyse no other
alternative than to address to Mr. Loodos a formal
demand for the settlement, within twenty-four hours,
of the claims set forth in Sir Edmund Lyons' note to
Colocotroni, of the 6th December, 1848, with the
exemption of the loan engagements. This note of
Sir E. Lyons contains no allusion whatever to the
islands of Cervi and Sapienza, nor was the slightest
mention of them made, either verbally or otherwise,
by Mr. Wyse or Sir W. Parker.
"On the 18th, at the expiration of the twenty-four
hours, Mr. Wyse received a note from Mr. Londos,
containing a direct reheat, and appealing to the arbi-
tration of France and Russia. On receiving this note,
Mr. Wyse wrote to Mr. London, saying, that under
present circumstances it was impossible to allow any
Greek government vessel to put to sea, and request-
ing the Greek government to give orders to sus-
pend any movement that might be in contem-
plation amongst its vessels in the Piraeus. On the
following morning, the 19th January, Mr. IVyse and
the other members of this mignon embarked on
board Vios-Admiral Sir W. Parker's flag-ship, having
previously sent her Majesty's Secretary of Legation
to inform Mr. Londos of hie intention to do so, and to
request him to continue to send his communications to
the mission at Athena.

" Oa the 19th instant, twenty-four hours after the
above note was written, Mr. Wyse addressed a second
note to Mr. Londos, to state that, u his previous
note had produced no effect, and as, notwithstanding
his request that no Greek government vessels might
be ordered to put to sea, the steamer Otho had left
the Pirteus, Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker had been
compelled to cause her to be brought back by one of
her Majesty's steam-vessels, and was now obliged to
order that steamer and other Greek government
yawls to be detained at Salamis.

" On the 20th instant, Mr. Wyse received a note
from M. Lando°, dated the 19th instant, protesting
against these measures, and repeating the refusal to
comply with the demsnd of her Majesty's govern-
ment. These measures having produced no effect
upon the Greek government, Vice-Admiral Sir Wm.
Parker, with great reluctance, was obliged, on the
24th inst., to extend to Greek merchant vessels the
prohibition to leave Greek ports which had already
boss enforced against Greek government vessels."

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.