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London, England, 1826-10-09 00:00:00

for sea, were to be found in European ports, a cavalry officer is
engaged, at an enormous salary, and is despatched to the United
States with vague instructions—instructions inconsistent, tao, with
the orders of the Greek Government ; and, after spending 155,9001.
in the erection of two frigates, it is discovered that a very large sum,
not less than 50,0001. more, is wanting to complete them ; and the
result is, that both of them get confiscated as security for the debt
for which they are said to be responsible. The most favourable
result that can now be anticipated is, that cue should be sacrificed
to rave the other ; and the Greeks will possess a frigate at a price
for which all the annals of official jobbing present no parallel.

" The money which the Quakers raised, and which amounted to
about 110,00411. was diets ibuted by themselves in works of benevo.
knee—in assistance rendered to fugitive and captive Greeks, and
in the education of a Lumber of Grecian youths. The Quakers
are not—we will tell the Count this secret, as he is a stranger and a
foreigner the Quakers are not accustomed to employ their re-
sources blindly or foolishly. Some public subscriptions certainly
et rC paid over to the Greek deputation • that of Calcutta, for in.
static:, which amounted to 2,01.; and we discovered on in-
quiry, to our supriae and sorrow, that only 1,2001. had been passed
to the credit of the Greek government, while a note was attached
to the entry, • 111 r. Orlando will privately account for the remain-
ing 1.0001.'
" But we are enabled to give an outline of the manner in which
the funds of the Greek Committee have been appropriated, and we
ale sure public opinion will bear us out in the conviction that
these funds have been well applied.
" We regret that publicity has not hitherto been given to the
appropriation of the money committed to their charge; but we
think the time is arrived when the committee should no longer
hesitate about circulating a tolerably minute statement of the man-
ner in which they have discharged their trust ; not so much because
they have been calumniated by those who would not have been less
disposed to calumniate whatever measures the Committee might
have taken, but in order to show that they have not only ho-
nestly, but prudently, applied tho pecuniary means placed at their
disposal.
Paid for printing-pre-aett, surgical instruments, medi-
cine'', maps, expenses of hospital establishments in
Greece, and sundry other objects not_ immediately
warlike - £1.787 0 8
mares_ /Pte. . 4,011 17

For military and naval ammunition, stores, Ike. . 4,011 17 2
Freights, insurances, and charges of shipment - 803 1 8
Wages to artificers, passage for surgeons, officers, and
expenses attaching to persons in Greece 2.582 9 4
Charge of Committee's agents Mr trowelling expenses 538 1 1
Clerk, Co 11111 l ittee.rontn, porstuges, translations, small
sums given as relief to distees,ed Greeks, and sundry
minor expenses 730 3 2
Printing charges, advertising, bills, stationery - 318 13 7

£10.741 6 8

" Five hundred pounds has been paid, or appropriated, towards
the education and expenses of the Greeks boys who have been sent
to England, and this amount will, with a very small difference, ba-
lance the sum of subscriptions collected in this country. That they
have been economically distributed, we know. There has been no
expensive machinery of secretaries and clerks, no waste, no job-
bing in any shape whatever; and we believe, too, that these sub-
scriptions have been judiciously distributed.
The object we have proposed to ourselves is only to state the
facts connected with the Greek cause in England: and if we have
gone somewhat at length into the proceedings of the Greek Com-
mittee, it is because we consider that body to have represented the
sympathies of English feeling in favour of Grecian independence.
The measures adopted by the Committee are sufficiently eloquent
to speak for themselves. They appear to us to have been altoge-
ther wise and salutary. Of the active spirit which animated that
Committee ; of the desire they felt to obtain the best information,
and to turn it to the best account, we ourselves have seen abundant
evidence. We know that several thousand letters were received and
replied to by the Committee, referring to almost every subject the
discussion of which could benefit Greece. For a long time they
sat daily ; for two years they sat weekly ; and their relations ea.
tended far beyond the limits of Europe. Among them will be
found the names of many of the most illustrious of our poets,
of our statesmen, of our merchants; and certainly no men ever
dedicated themselves more cordially to the cause they had
espoused.
". In what we have said, we hope not to he misunderstood. The
Greek cause has suffered greatly lrom the delusions which enthu-
siasm and ignorance have gathered round it."