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, efforts, Meant the'possibility of still more afflicting Meats; and we
hate the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your very obedient servants,
(Signed) J. Otteenno,
Asb. LetiOven,
This letter showed the Deputies were fully alive to the importente
Of the trust reposed In them, and that they' were all aware of the
hatpin entered into with Lord Cochrane. The next letter he should
read was dated a fee days after. and was addremed to the Greek
Depuies by Mr. Hub!louse, and dated on the 29th of Meer :
" 314 29.
" Gentlemen,—l beg to inform you, that on Saturday last Mr.
Ellice and myself had a meeting with Mr. Ricardo. at which meet-
ing it was determined to apprize Lord Cochrane. that neither time
nor the funds in Mr. Iticardo's hands would permit of the three
smeller vessels being completed: consequently, on the same evening,
I wrote to Lord Cochrane to that effect.
" Veatchlay (Sunday) I went to Deptford to ineneet the steam-
boats myself. accompanied by two officers of the navy. he remit
of our inspection was. that, with proper attention to the work, the
two larger steam-boats might be at sea in a month, but that it
would be necessary to abandon all hopes fer the present of clerking
upon the three smaller Vessels.
" Having formed this opinion, we shall proceed immediately to
give the requisite order..
" We shall desire Mr. Galloway to work only on one steam-boat
at a time.
" We shall send an officer and an Inspector of machinery to re-
side either at or near the dock-yard, and to report to us daily the
proven of the work.
" We shall have great pleasure in communicating these reports
to you, whenever you require to know them.
"Very truly. yours,
(Signed) " J. C. 1103110 USE.
" To the Greek Deputies. &c.Sackville-streee"
This letter proved that those were the gentlemen who undertook to
getout the vessels, and not tee Greek Deputies ; and it also proved
that the Committee of Inquiry was of tome use, inasmuch as their
exertions hail tended to exonerate the Deputies; from the ones
which was unjustly thrown upon them. (Hear, hear.) The Com-
mittee had also apparently been of use in another point of view.
They were appointed on the 4th of September, and since then they
informed
were that the small vessels would be ready for sea in the
epees of a month. (Hear, hear.) The whole of the evil which had
seemed to the Bondholders appeared to have arisen from having
ted persons tosuperintend the undertaking, who were totally
for the purpose. It was not because .gentleman was a
of Parliament, or or, thelhock Exchange, that he should
beconsequently qualided few thesupervision of such matters. Sir
Fraecis Burdett and Mr. Hothouse ehmtlii not have accepted such
a trust, when they were going, the one to the country, and the other
to the Coronation at Moscow. (Cheers.l Great censure hat been
thrown upon Mr. Ricardo also, but he thought that nu blame was
attributable to him except for undo teeing that of which he
knew nothing. Two days after the Committee was appointed, a
letter was addressed from Mr. Ricardo to the Morning Chronicle,
in which he miens, that whatever was pledged by. his house to be
*lSt was performed, and that it was six months. since he had ren-
dered back his accounts. This letter could not have been Written
W Mr. Ricardo. as appears by the following letter, dated a fort-
Mght previously :
" To Messrs. J. and S. Rica-do.
" August 21, 1326.
" Gentlemen,—We beg to acknowledge the tecene of your letter
of the 12th instant, enclosing an account of different sums you
leave paid from April last to the present time. We have looked at
the items composing the account, and are astonishe I to perceive
that you have made payments to Mr. Galloway, in addition to what
he had previously received, to the amount of 7,4001. How these or
the other large payments you have taken upon yourselves to make
can in any manner be justified we know not. We certainly cannot
senator) them, but, on the contrary, we feel it to be our duty to pro-
test against the manner in which you have applied the monies,
which in the month of August last we requested you to set apart
for the completion of the arrangement made with Lard Cochrane.
You must bear in mind (what we have often personally complained
of) that without our authority, and witheet any previous commune.
ranee to us whatever, this arrangement was suddenly and entirely
elhanged by your giving orders for building five steam.veseels, and
preparing the neceitatry machinery, instead of purchasing easels
ready for sea. lied we been consulted on an material a departure
from the original intention of all parties. we should have opposed
it, on the ground of the delay to which it might lead. So tout' as
we were informed of the orders you had given, we did object; to
thim„ and though you had paid 2,09 W. or 3,0110/. we expressed our
anxious desire tnat the orders should be reeeieded. use assured
us, however, that the whale of the flotilla should he completely
ready withiu three months at flutliest, and we, relying upon your
assurance, anti upon fie responsibility you had contracted by giving
the orders, did not further object to their being carried into exe-
cution. What has been the result ? These your orders not only
remain incomplete a: the present day, but as yei nut even one of the
I five vessels is ready for eea.
" All our remonstrances as to the delay have been in vain. In
our anxiety and distress we have applied to those gentlemen through
whom the arrangement with bond Cochrane was effected, conceiv-
ing that they would exert their iimilaence to have it carried into exe-
cution. Week after week, during a period of six months, did we
renew our application chimer to them or tp you, and were as constantly
given to understand., that in the succeeding week, or a fortnight, one
vessel at least would sail for Greece, and that the rest would quickly
follow. We have earamdy and repeatedly desired that the works
should be taken Crum Mr. Galloway,and placed is the hands of some
competem engineers. We pointed out the necessity of selling the
three smaller vessels, and buying others with die proceeds, but the ex-
pression of our eentiments woof no availeind all oult wishes have been
frustrated. We have been treated throughout as if we had no interest
'or any right to interfere in the stair, and the mosey which we in f.'
thorized you to set apart for the accomplishment of this important
object, you haeedispesed of, wee merelyeritheatopplyiagema-stesse
the subject, but iii opposition to our declared sentitneets. To you
therefore, gentlemen, the responsibility attaches, and by you it must
be home. We will not give our sanction to the monies you have au
Improvidently,and, as we consider,so improperly expended. You C. 171.
not have believed—it is inipossible for any one to believe—that the
delay on the part of Mr. Galloway has been unintentional. Whether
it had its origin in his einploymeat for our great enemy the Pasha of
Egypt (an employment, byethe-by, which was fully knowu when
you gave him the order), or in any other cause, or whether any other
patties have been desirous of delay, we have not the means of de.
tiding ; but that the procrastination ha. been the result of design
we cannot doubt. With infinite surprise and regret we learn that.
011 the trial of the Enterprise, last Wednesday, the boiler burst ;
sad that, men trying the Irresistible, on Thursday, the machinery
wholly failed ; and it is reported that it is totally uncertain when
either of the vessels will be in a fit state to put to sea. We trust
that these most mot tifying circumstances may. not have proceeded
from the same design. We have also been informed that it was
your express wish that the vessels should put to sea with their sails
alone, but to this we can scarcely attach credit.
" You express your surprise that we should require from you a
particular account of each vessel, having, as you state, so repeatedly
explained to us how and by whom the art. agements were made re-
lative to the building Mille steam-boats. To whom are we to
ph if not to you ? and how are we to obtain the accounts which it
. our duty, as well as our wish, to furnish to the Greek Govern.
meat ? We merely notice the last paragraph in your letter,
fair the purpose of informing you, that me claim as a right,
and not as an act of cour.esy, a full explanation from you
of all the monies alleged to have been paid out of the
funds which were left in your hands by our au'hority. Whe-
ther we are any longer authorized to act as Deputies of
the Provision ml Government of Greece or not, it will he necee-
sary for us to tender an account of the proceeds of the loan
we negotiated, and fur this purpose we shall require to he furnished
with every account respecting it. flow much of the monies you
have expended without our authority you will be entitled to con-
sider as paid, on the accoute of our Government, or of ourselves.
will be matter for future deliberation tied discussion. At present
we must content ourselves with repeating our request for the sepa-
rate and detailed accounts of each vessel.—We are. &e.
iSignetl only by) " AND. LURIOTTIS."
With respect to one pert of the letter, he felt bound to say, that
there was not even a shadow of ground for such an imputation
ameast Mr. Galloway. It appeared from these letters, that the
Deputies were perfectly alive to what was going forward, and had
exerted themselves to the utmost. The blame etemed to be fairly
attributable to Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. liobhome, dlr. Ellice, and
Mr. Ricardo. Nothing could be more absurd than the idea that
Lord Cochrane would return because lie had been disappointed in
the steam-bodts ; and he believed that it was equally absurd tossup.
pose that he could have been the author of the deities; but time,
however, would set that part at rest. Every obstacle had been
given to the Committee in their attempts to elicit truth. One instance
he would mention. because the person was present to whom it re.
feared. That person was Mr. Spagniolacki, who would, it was fair
to suppose, lend himself to the inquiry. Mr. Spegniolecki met the
Committee for the purpose of giving them information, but in fact
he never gave them any. Ile assisted the inquiry as long as it re-
lated to the sums spent by the former Deputies, Messrs. Orlando
and Lurked.; but when it was attempted to inquire into his own
accounts he turned round upon them, and refused to recognise the
Committee. By refasing to recognise the Committee, lot refueled to
recoentiee time Bondholders who had advanced to his country the sum
of 2.800,00ee, and shut the door against their obtaining the infer-
melon which they sought. (Cheers.) This was a painful truth,
but It was right that it should be known. The authorities in Greece
were wholly ignorant of what hatl been going forward here fur the
last seven months, relative to these steams-boats. That they were
so was evident from the fact that another Committee had
been appointed by them, consistieg of dlr. Spagniolacke Sir
Francis Berdett, and dir. Ricardo t—and tor oft:at ?—to ex-
amine into their own accounts. (Cheers.) Nothing could
exceed the absurdity of sending a cavalry officer out to Atnerica.
for the purpose of fitting out frigates, unless indeed a sailor had been
deepatched for the purpose of raising a troop of dragoons. (A
laugh.) Although there had beet a difference of opinion in the
Committee. at to the propriety of publishing what had come to
their knowletlge, there was none whatever as to fixing upon •
proper line of conduct to be pursued. He should conclude by ex-
pretang hit regret that there *as not Upon the table a suflicient de-
gree of information upon which to act, believing as he did that a
resoludoe passed by the Bondholders would have more effect than
any other measure whatsoever. (Applause.)
Mr. MERLE entreated the indulgence of the meeting while he
addeessed to them a few observittioes relativeto a country In which
be felt, as a citizen of the world, the deepest Interest, which was
not lessened by being a holder of its bonds. They had hand the
eloquent defence of the Greek Deputies which had just been closed,
but he thought, if stripped of its eloquence, the speech of the
Menthe Bondhohlee ;mild riot induce the Meednig to acquit tbein.
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For his own put, be felt it itni oaible to do so. 'They had hotel del
scribed as men of wealth, and influence, and honour, in their own
country, and yet we found then' dabbling in the Stock lisciamme
and (ohm matters, inconsistent with their efunaeter• as Hemlines I
after which they came into that neon, and claimed the character of
honourable men. lie did not altogether acquit M. Hotiliourof not
Sit Francis Burdett. but lie let heved that Mr. Gallaway was em-
ployed M the tecontmendation of Loral Cochrane; and was there
any man in that room who would not willingly employ amen red
ceiving a recommendation from such a quarter ? (Cheers.) 111
acquitted Lord Cochrane of being the intentional cause of the del
lips. Ile thought it poasEile that his Uquiship might err in judge
melt, but every one must accent, to him the mead of integrity.
That Mr. Galloway had been the occislon of bringing Greene td
its present deplorable situation he ass not prepared to deny ; but he
acquitted Sir Francis Bdrdett anti Mr. Holehouse M any partieepee
hoe in the matter. Of late it had become the bullion to adult:mime
the Greek Committee, but it should be knona that they had °brae
ales to contend with which *ere calculated to occasion the &Ile
complained of. Sometimes it happened that the Deputies were of
one teettion while the Committee were of another. Propositions bud
been smote by the Greek Corned:tee, which, had they been agreed
to by the Deputies, would, in his opinion, hare placed Greece t I.
timphant over her operators instead of bete g in the deplorable
s tuation to which she was now reduced. If it could be shoed
that the Greek Committee sat for ihltrested motives, that would
he one reason for censuring them as inefficient and unjust.
There wee a (heck Committee in Paris. AM another io Geneve.
In the former city nearly Neat!. had been collected in aid of the
Greek cease, and it was a libel upon theui to say that the London
Committee had misconducted themselves, for, if such had beeq
the case, the honourable men composing the Parisian Committ
would not have co-operated with them. It had been aid that a
certain portion of the loan had been appropriated to Mr. Hume, but
that the bonds had nut been taken up by him, and had been cons..
quently sold i 9 the market at a loss. He wished to know if this
was the fact. He also wished ti know whether an offer of Brinell
muskets had not been made to arid rejected by the Ore, k Deputiee,
ow:ng to the pr.judice which they stud existed amongst the Greeks,
in favour of the Albanian guns. lie also understood that a propo-
sition had been made to provide them a Ith cannon, which had bean
either rejected or received with aloha., and had consequently newer
been carried into execution. Ile had seen ins recent German paper
an account of an action, in which a large Turkish force had been
kept in check by the terror caused by a small two or three pounder;
and if such were the case, what might not have been expected if the
Greeks had been well supplied with canna ? TheChawman, who
had been in Greece, and who had suffered more privations than
generally fell to one men's share, had been a wilder, of the obed.
nary and of the prejudices of the Greeks. lie, however, entertained
no doubt but that they would still eo justice to the Bondholders,
and right to thateselees. He wished to know what was the present
Government of Greece, who wet: the parties composing it, or was
it of a representative drsertie ion ? If the Greek Government was
of an ephemeral description, if there was no actual lien upon the
honour of ktoan individuals to repay, it would be very unjust to
'ask the Bandied:tent for further sacrifices? (Cheers.) As a citirere
of the world he had addressed them, and as such he felt delighted
het the cause of independence was making a rapid much, and he
hoped that it would continue its progrees until they should hereafter
meet in that room to celebrate its success throughout all Europe,
nay, throughout ell the world. (Cheers).
Mr. Bow rat ea said that it was true that Mr. Robertson differed
from the other Members of the Committee, though, for his own
pat the could say that he was never opposed to publicity, con.
ceiving, as he did, that it was the great safeguaid against the adopt
titan of measures which might not be either right or wise. If,
however, a case was made out to show that in order to use the
means you lowa sacrifice the end, in that carte be should consider
that an exception was made out ageinit the gamed rule, however
good. Upon that ground it Was that he did not consent to lay the
correspondence before the Bondholders, though he did not take it
upon hinetelf to withhold it ; the suggestimi to do so came from a
quarter to which he thought they were bound 'Oilmen. He hoped,
however, that the period was not distant when every step would be
retraced, and the harden placed on the abouldene of those who had
a right to hear it. The Greek Deputies; hrethought, had acted
with the utmost energy-..where was not the shadow of reproach to
be attached to them. The Greek Committee bad been exposed to
aspertions and to vitthee ation. It Would have been desirable
if those aspersions anti that vituperation had been kept in
abeyance until :heir Report had beekread. There was one
fact, hucever, which he felt hound to elate. An amnia:
tion had been made against Mr. John Smith, 'as being the
person through whose influence General lallernand was cent
dpon that unfortunate expedition to America. Such was not the
case; Mr. J. Smith wee not personelly acquainted with General
Lellemand, and had never tecommet.dcd him for that expedition.
An lion. Bondholder had asked a question as to Mt. Hume; but he
was unable to answer the question, beeause the Committee ex-
ercised rei control after the first loan, and knew nothing of it.
Cannon and musketry hail been sent to Greece by a Military Com.
'Mace, and some of the gone had been employed in the recent at.
tack on Negrepont. That expedition was n t well received by the
Greeks, and was consequently &needed with a considerable loss of
money, the arsenal being completely broken up. With respect to
Alissulonghi' the success of its defence was greatly owing to the
sums advanced by the Greek Committee, which enabled the garhie
son to repair the walls and take other necessary measures, which
otherwise day could riot hire curried into effect. With respect to
the Greek Government, it was by nu means so mutt or efficient se
Its friends could wish. It was composed of Serail Odle Caplan',
several of the Primates who formed the Aristocracy of the country,
and many of the Islanders. He would not trust that Government
without some centre', but he believed that Milkiest security
might be obtained. If the lands were appropriated es security,
ha believed Purclutseis might be found for them. Mr. Barlow
thed pureed dense lifgh encomium on the Cheek tnimmitue, and
said he was ready to defend their conduct whenever a charge should
learnada.aemiset them. .
Mr. CHICHESTER complained of the conduit of the Greek
Committee, which had boasted of its infinence and yet failed t I
exercise that influence for the good of the Bondholders, or for ad.
taming the cause of Greece. Money raised by the first loan was
appropriated in such a manner as to Create disunion and discord, al-
though upon union depended the poles:ion of the country. He
would put it to the Chairman, who Was intimately acquainted with
Greece, whether the money. was applied in the only way is which it
could be available, in garrisoning and repairing the fortresses. and
fitting out snit.,? Had proper ineaeuree been taken by the Coen-
mince, Naverino might have been saved ; and from the fall of that
place the affairs of Greece had go -e backward. The Gemini tee
should have taken means for the defence of that bulwark, heated
of giving money to an unsttble Qovernment. It might be consi-
dered °dims of him to comment thus severely upon the conduct: of
men who etegaged gratuitously in a public service of great trouble;
but when men voluntarily burdened themselves with the manage..
meet of the affairs t f a whole comment:7, and disarm followed die.
aster, they had as much right to be censured as tto loan cob-
tractors who had mietteplied the money, if the minty was misap-
plied.—( Hear, hear.) 'Then sixty-four thousand pounds had been
pocketed, as commieeion on this loan. Now he conceived that some
one might hive been found with patriotism and sufficient love of
freedom to hare negotiated a loan to aye a natit n from the meet
oppressive tyranny, without demanding so large a commiseion.
One would have hoped that none would hare been found to rivet
those chaiu.s which were t fly just broken, and that, in the CMII2 of
humanity, there might have leni an exemption from those frauds
which were attendant upon transactions of ois nature. The resell,
however, hail proved how ready some men were to tarter the free.
dam and happiness r f the'n fellows for profit.
Col mei JOKES was convinced that the last speaker would not
accuse the old Committee in the manner he had done, if he wat
'rule i farmed of their Ird eedinge. As a member of that Cecil-
mire:, he felt that the working members of it, and they were many,
had suede such sacrifices of time and attention, that it was unneca-
, ear), for him to make any observations on their industry or zeal.
Ths (committee consisted of individua's distinguished in the Se.
nate, and distinguished hit probity. It conaisted of soldiers and
sailors, who all lent dit rie selves willingly to further the cause of
freedom. Bat many accide Its recurred t i frustrste the er.ertions of
the Committee. In the fist peas, there was the death of Lord
!tercet, who had attained a commending influence over men whorl
it was hard to influence. Then dare was 4 vital error, that we had
judged the Greeks, not rot they • e e—t.ot as slaves breaking from
their beedage, which thty redly were. 'I le'
the Grecke; it was .lion who had made.
cursed and accused. Like all slaves, they b.,
in disonlern and we who had lived in a land
contemrlet d this. Yet he wound repeat, '
body ol RICO more conscientious in the
the original Greek Committee. Their ,
epecrion oldie public, and everyareember
AR a witness, anti give the fullest evidence
'rite first lean was tortninly ranee under me
Committee: 317,406/. 11,. 9.1. was sent s
In this were included artillery, at ere s labo.
which it was thought cool I be Marries, as fa.
mittee had the control.. Then came the Greek le
unfit for their situation, indeed unaccustomed
eiviliz:d life. They had been slaves, and, front th
their tsetiots only by cunning, it had bevome
so that they deceived their best friends, r
were sincere in their wishes fur the success
rounded by stock-brokers and jobbers, wl
their own purposes : and, by the informal q
the Deputies, centti.ad to snake the talk n
No doubt there had been conettle.aWe
money in Greece. The captains of vessels
more men than they had on hosed, an
wrong numbers. This species of plunder
there was an opportunity. In • (Col. ,
the British army, he had known of at
Hanoverians and netaians in our pay,
an.l the na ion mad, he lead beard o.
second thee the sante day, in different
one battalion was charged as two. As
broker he was extremely well; but he
a man of no mind, of no character, or
well to employ him as a steck.broker,f
further; and as to entertaining the It
tultousle to negotiate a loan, it was 0.
expected to find a liberal stock-broker.
the met Inaprob•ble thing in nature,. Now,
he was the child of publicity, 'wishing
a looking-glass, and that every act of his
fished from Charing-aoss to Whitechanel,
upon the expediency of publicity the
to. However, differences of opinion -
means uncommon, and for his Part
the Statement which he hid made.

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role them slaves should be ac.
they broke from their chains
n a land of freedom bad not
repeat, that there never was a 4
the applies:Von of money than
dr papers wet: open to the in. . .
iber was ready to be examined
ridenee of their proceedings. - •
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lent out by that Com nose.
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the Greek Ireputle., men quite 4
accustomed to the habits of
aid, front the habit of opposing
become a part of their nature.
ids, and, suspectin those who t
tcceas ct' Oree:e, they got our. t
era, who misdirected them for .
must op they acquired through f.
talk n rise or fall as they liked.
cable miespileation of the
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vessels rtt tined the mime, of
ird. and the Captain gave in • •
u; der was carried on wherever . • .
;01. Jones's) own earcr;ence in
f such things. When we had
4y, when money was plenty,
I of the rune men passing a
eat uniforms . • and in this way
As to .Mr. Itrieardo, as a stock-
he ..
was nothing mere, be was
~r extended views: it was veil
, to make money, but for nothing
idea of finding any One gra.
t out of the question. If they
her, they might as well eipect
e.. Now, as to publicity, though
'wishing that he could be se
A of his life might be pub,
'hiteclispel, be had di
icy on the occasion refetkel '
a on such questlms were by no
t he thanked Mr. Robertson for . .
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