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London, England, 1826-10-30 00:00:00

PRISE.

GREET 801 "D 3.
The following letter from Spaniolaeki, another of the
Greek Derides, appeared IA the rime: of Saturday
morning:—
Sto,—ln sower so tholdeekvitions and amnions respecting
me, in wild *aught proper to indulge ,in Ins
speech to did lies* Beddliblide en the 23 inst.. I beg ydu would
be se goalie Is glee a site la year raluablejournal to the follow.
legl:et two 'knees ealbspeed by me, amongst miters, to the
se which he wee a member :

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,t September 27.
" In, coo Sequence of yOtr resolution, taken on the sth inst., you
have required separate accounts of Messrs. Orlando and Luriottis,
and myself, respecting the application of the funds proceeding
from the two leans contracted in Loudon in 1824 and 1/125. I
have now the hrnour to acquaint you that such accounts can only
be furnished to you hy Messrs. Orlando and Litriottis. who
alone have bed the management of the funds. As tor me, I only
arrived in England when they were nearly exhausted. The only
sum of which I have had the exclusive charge was that of
14.0201., placed Sr my disppsal by a letter of credit from Messrs.
Ricardo on Pans t and 1 beg to lay behare you the following
particulars of its application."

" October 8.
" Mr. Smithson, Secretary to your Committee, has transmitted
to me, at your desire, the copy of an account current to Messrs.
Orlando and Lutiuttis with the Greek Government, relative to
the loan of 1835, and delivered to you by Mr. [animas. I hasten
to comply with your r quest, by making the following observations
an its contester—
., "1. Mr. 1— riven to the Committee any copy
at to the Greek Government, of
shigpaker to • UAW.
and which require to be looked

riottis has not
which were

" 2. The sum of 7001, given up by Messrs. Ricardo out of
their cmmission. has not been passed to the credit of the Go-
vernment, though the 14,00e1. bonds which the two Deputies
have kept foe their own private account, have been palmed to
its debt.

"3. Of the 218,0001. bonds passed in the accounts of the two De•
puttee as having been purchased, only the following ought to be
placed to the debt of the Government. ra. :
X 158,000 purchased by blears. Ricardo.
25.1100 purchased by 'Mr. Ra
14,000 kept by the two Deputies for their own account.
£107,000

" ds'tnihe retraining 21.0001, the real value of which amount*
to 11,2801. they ought not in any manner to be char ptl to the
Greek Government, 13,0001. of them having been withdrawn and
pall by. Messrs. Ricardo, in virtue of a private order cif Mr. Lo-
ri( tt6, and the remaining 8,0001. having, most likely, been disposed
of in a similar manner by Mr. Ralli.
" 4. The sum of 4.8001., passed as having been paid to Sir.
Bonn!, so brokerage on the loan of 11125, should be withdrawn from
the debt of the Government, no brokerage having been paid.
" These are my general observations; but in order to give you
a clear and precise notion as to the dentils, I will, in the course of
submitto-morrow, subt to you a brief sketch of the accounts of the two
Deputies, and of these of Messrs. Ricardo, which will, I hope, not
only enable you to judge of the corn c.ness of my rirnarks, but
likewi,e enable you .o determine the sum of which Messrs. Orlando
and Luriou s are debtors to the Greek Govemnlent."

I now put it to the Greek Bondholders, whether I have appeared
at all unwilling to lomat) the Committee with any information re-
specting the matters of their investigation ; and I do declare to
them my belief, that without the objections conveyed by my infor-
mation, the Giemmittee would have discovered nothing to object to.
It appears to flue that the time lost is the invention of vague and
misapplied accusations might have been advantageously employed
in using exertions to save some remnants of the wteck which has
defeated so many fair prospects. it might have been better em-
ployed in inveitigstang :he mysterious affair of the twenty-one thou.
sand bonds passed by the two Deputies to the debt of the Govern-
ment, as bought at ill. at a time when they were only valued at
; in requiring of Dlr. latriottis and Mr ilocfl explanathms re-
lative to the strange transactiln of the 4,lltiet. pn,sed in the account
of the Deputim as paid for brokerage, and which sum was after.
wards demialiasted a /ore in speculations on the funds ; in deter-
mining the debt of the Deputies. Dime.. Orlando and buriottis,
and insisting on its being immediately applied to the urgent W.
gencies of Greece ; in endeavouring to account for and explain the
striking contradiction which is manifest in the Report of the
Committee, where the two Deputies are mad; to appear debtors to
the Government in the !AIM of 2thtiOol. ; and where, further on,
Ur. Luriottis (representing also the absent filr. Orlando) is made to
appear the credttor of the Government for 3,U ;U/. These, Sir, are
points which ought to 'havissoecupied the attention of the act-
mg members of the Committee, and whicii, to my infinite sue.
prise, were altpott completely overlooked at the general meeting
of ; he _

With regard to the choice made of the persons who are directed
to auditslie ace eta of the two Deputies. altd whit li does not
happen to b.arPWlleti of by Mr. Robertson, hshall tale leave to
state thm. the Greek Otawmwasent Ins had better • means of being
acquaint! ailkhlarose matters tlt *hat acolloolan could have
acquired In the space of two months. M. Ricardo, and myself,
have not been charged with the investigkion of our own accounts ;
these have beetirecelved and examined six months ago, and have
nit been withheld by me from the comm!. tee ; but we arc instructed
to audit the accounts of 11r. Orlando and Jlr. Lutiottis, which shall
be done so soon Is the last-mentioned gentleman thinks proper to
give th:m.
In spite of al! that has been hitherto said and written on the
subject of the management of the loans, and on the mismanage-
ment of Greek affairs In London, the public still remain in the
dark as to the real authors of the many evils that have till now re-
sulted therefrom.. Many of the most devoted friends to the cause
have been accused and attacked, though they have either nothing
or title to answer for. Some of them did, from excess of zeal, re-
commend and urge an enterprise which has not succeeded; but
could they have been required to stand responsible for its success ?
Could they have beers expected to take upon themselves the details
of its execution ? Errors have been committed, but their conse-
quences are cnly imputable to those whose duty it was, and who
had the power, to watch with vigilance, for the purpose cf. pre-
venting evil ; and who should have sought a remedy with energy
and decision, and not have lost their time in useless complaints and
tardy and suppliant representations. Tlitte gentlemen find it row
very convenient in throw blame on every one, except on their own
weakness. The plan of recrimination Which has been for some
time pursued may, indeed, succeed in taking away public attention
from various important points, but truth will not always remain
concealed. To myself I must confess it is most painful that the
noble and disinterested zeal and devotion Elamite of the best friends
of Greece should be paid with ill-founded accusations and mis-
taken inculpations t 1 trust, however, in the generosity of their
own sentiments, when I express my hone that their exertions will
not thereby be lessened in a cause which they have till now be-
friended.

Greece stands in need of friends, and for tbis reason it would be
well that the system of indiscriminate eccusation should, for once,
cease. If nn good can be done tor her, at least I beseech the
British public not to suffer her to experience evil by a total renun.
elation of good-will towards my unfortunate country, and by thus
provoking a complete desertion of her generous friends, if faults
have been committed by any of the latter, they should not be con.
sidered as detrimental to the praiseworthiness of their authors, when
it is evidct:t that the best intentions directed their proceedings.
If they are convicted of having given ilkiudged advice, it should
also be known that the a hest counsels giv,en by them have but too
often remained unheeded and neglcted.
I have the honour to he, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
C. SI'AMOLACKI.
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Panton-street, Leieciter.square. . -...—....
NORTH AND SOUTH AMPH 'AN COFFEE-HOUSE

OCT. 23.

Sinaapore Papers have been received of the lltiidNiay;
the following is an extract : .
The supplies of Opium hava beep vcr7 trillitiand prim have
o been plaint 'fled. A few chests of Patna hare en sold at WOO
Mhos, •souta illalsa at PM to MO dolts.. Tis stock in
the tint sis now ery small. . s
The i • • produce Isarebeen retrilmited for some time
past ; eppers the arrivals are unusually small, and prices are
rather higher, 7A dollars having been paid: Sugar is held, at 71 to
to 7.1 dollars. Tin sells at 211 to 21A dollars. Several parcels of
Spence have arrived, whirls are offered at 10 Sollani:
The Seorpion and Cornwallis have sailed for London. The Sir
Godfrey Webster and Fortitude aye both loading, and will take
Olen. departure shortly for the sums A entioation.
........twes.e,_.....esi•eutt_.
Extract of a letter dated Buenos Ayres, 4th August,
1826:—" On the Ist instant, our little Mosquito fleet,
consisting of six vessels, had an engagement with the
Brazilian squadron, consisting of twenty-three vessels,
under the command of Norton, in sight of the town, for
six hours, and although the disparity of the force was so
great, still the Brazilians obtained no advantage whatever,
and had old Brown been properly supported by his own
commanders, he would have made some prizes to a cer-
tainty. His own vessel was attacked by Norton, in the
Mahoya, of thirty-six guns, another of the same size, and
three corvettes, and not one vessel dared lay himself along-
side of Brown, but kept pouring in their grape-shot with-
out intermission for upwards of three hours, untiljklast
Brown's ship was +mulcted so unmanageable, by Riving
her rigging and sails cut away, that the old man was obliged
to hoist his flag on board one of the brigs, nod stood to
windward with the remainder of the fleet, to draw off the
large vessels from theihipin which he succeeded. He
had the satisfaction of disgusting three vessels, a corvette,
brig, and schooner. Itls own lots was only seventeen
killed and about thirty Wounded in the whole fleet. The
Brazilians must have equally as many, if not more. Four-
teen days ago a number of young Englishmen got up an
English play here, the Mountaineers, for the benefit of the
wounded, that did them so much credit that several of the
most respectable people have requested its being repeated.