The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-08 00:00:00

GRE MC DEPUTIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.
was my intention to have abstained from making
any remarks, through the medium of the public preskra
tive to the part which I have been called upon to take io
the affairs of my country, and I regret exceedingly thu
any circumstance should have occurred to render it neeta,
nary for me now to obtrude upon your columns. Perceiving
however, by the report if the proceedings at the meeting of
Oita Bondholders, on Monday, that an attimpt was mad,
to prejudice Mr. Orlando (who has now this country'
and myself, in the estimation of the British public, by
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presenting that we had refused to permit our accounis
be investigated, I feel it incumbent on me to set the matter
in a correct point of view, that this, as well as other ill.
founded statements, may he received with that caution
which partial or intecested representations merit. 'lt
Bowring read to the meeting a letter of the :ltl of May last.
in answer to one addressed by us to him, without reading'
our letter, or giving the slightest explanation of what ha
occurred previously, or of what subsequently took place.
IYhether it was from an unintentional omission that Nit
Bowring produced a part only of the correspondence, o;
whether he was influenced by any private motive to do so
I shall leave to others to determine. You, Sir, and the
public!, will judge what foundation there in fact, For the
unfavourable impression thus produced, when you read the
following letter, written by Mr. Orlantlo and myself, and
to which that produced by Mr. Bowring at the moon&
was an answer.

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Sackville.otreet. May I, 1020.
Sir.—We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
your
note of the 27th oh , containing a ropy of the ution entered into
by the Committee on the previous day, by which Messrs. llobhoeut
Hume, C. H. Sheridan, Colonel Stanhope, and yourself, were
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pointed a Sub. Committee. with power to add to the number,
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communicate with Mr. Spaniolacki and ourselves, and to repqrt
diseretionally to the General Committee as early as possible; one it
appears that the Committee were led to adopt this resolution to
consequence of a letter from Mr. Spaniolacki, urging the appoint.
;tient of • Sub-Committee for the purpose of going into all the t!e.
tails of the appropriation of the Imam and of effectually coupe.
rating for the service of Greece. From the trim,' of the rerolofiti,
we have been daily in expectation of seeing or hearing from the
Sub-Committee, and we have doubted much whether it would he
proper for us to take any notice of the resolution until we should be
favoured with sonic further communication ; but not having to this
time received any, we are induced now to trespass upon your anal.
lion, lest, by a longer silence, we should be considered as meeting
to the right of investigation, which the Committee, at the suggesiu;
of Mr. Spaniolacki, would seem to have assumed. In any measures
which the Committee can suggest for the service of our country,
it is netalless fur us to say that we shall most cheerfully and grate.
fully acquiesce, and we feel persuaded that with the effective co.
operation of the Committee much valuable aid may still be lettered
to the cause which Greece is struggling to maintain ; but we must
take leave to state, that as regards the appropriation of the loon,
we consider ourselves accountable only to thz. Greek Govemmett.
To that Government we have duly accounted for all the monies we
have received, or over which we have had any. control; and Mr.
Spaniolacki ha: at all times had the means of investigating theta
accounts, and of calling the attention of our Government to cry
particular item, or to any part of the expenditure which he my
think in the slightest th gree improvident, inexpedient, or akin!.
tionable. For ourselves, too, ,tul speaking as individuals, we
can have no objection to the whole of our accounts, and every
transaction connected with them, beirg submitted to public
scrutiny ; and if it be the wilt of any member of the Committee
(to all and each of whom we and our country owe many obligations)
to enter into the details of the appropriation of the loan, we shall
with pleasure lay the whole of our accounts before him, and fur.
nigh the fullest explanations in our power ; but whilst we are per.
fectly willing to give this information to any individual member of
the Committee in his private character of a friend, we firstly
though respectfully decline to submit those details to any body,
except our Government, which we regard as possessing the each.
sive tight to exercise such investigation.
We take this opportunity of requesting that you will convey to
the several members of the Committee our deep sense of the in.
terest which they continue to take in the cause of Greece, sal
our hope that they will, in her present critical state, employ their
best efforts in her behalf ; and we trust that neither a spirit of in.
trigue, nor a disposition to promote dissension, will be permitted
to interrupt that feeling of concord which is so essential tut saw.
ing her independence.
We have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) JOHN OR LANDO.

AND. LITRIOTTIL

John Bowring, Esq., Hon. Secretary to the I.l:cea Committee.
To the letter read by Mr. Bowring, at the meeting on
Monday, in reply to the above, we had prepared an answer,
referring more particularly to the intrigues alluded to ; but
we did not forward this letter to the Sub-Committee, in
consequence of an interview with Mr. Hobhouse, in which
I personally explained to him the desire that existed in a
certain quarter to create dissension, and the injurious con-
sequences likely to result to our country; when Mr. Mob.
house stated that he should not mix himself up with the
affair, and recommended that no further notice should bt
taken of the matter.

I think it right to add, that, so far from desiring to avoid
an inquiry into the accounts, I had requested a friend to
attend the meeting on Monday, for the purpose of comum-
nicating my readiness to submit the whole of them to in-
reetigation ; and that, had it depended on my individual
wish, a public meeting would have been called for the
same purpose, by the Deputies themselves, many months
ago. I have indeed been the more anxious that those who
take an interest in our affairs should be made acquainted
with the actual state of them, because I have long felt, as
I do now, that except by a more powerful influence than
we had the means of exercising over the engineer employed
to construct certain machinery, such machinery would not
be completed until it became useless to Greece, eithar by
her fall or the ultimate triumph of her cause.
It was with considerable pain I perceived by your report
that Colonel Stanhope had indulged in language of invec-
tive against myself. As matter of opinion, unaccompanied
by arty explanation of the grounds upon which that opinion
was formed, I may be allowed to express a confident hope
that but hide importance will be attached to it. Those
who have known most of the gallant Colonel, in his well.
intended efforts on behalf of my country (and particularly
the late and deeply-lamented Lord Byron), have expressed
themselves in reference to his conduct in similar terms of
disapprobation. Far be it from me to detract in the
smallest degree from the merits of the gallant Officer, or
any other of those real friends of Greece who are willing
to extend a helping hand to her in her struggle for inde-
pendence ; but whilst I fully appreciate the good inten-
tions of Colonel Stanhope, I am entitled to claim from biro
the same measure of justice.
I am perfectly sensible that those who occupy public
situations, and particularly those who are supposed to have
large sums of money under their control, are exposed to
much misrepresentation and consequent prejudice; and
though the situation I have filled was not one of my own
seeking, yet I could not expect to escape the attacks t f the
interested and designing. The result of the investigation,
which the meeting of Monday has recommended, will best
show to whom, if to any one, blame is to be attached ; and
as, on the one hand, it would ill become me to offer any
opinion on matters in which I sin persogally concerned,
and which are about to be laid before the public; so, on
the other, that public is, I am persuaded, too just and im-
partial to decide until all the facts are before it.
I have the honour to he,
Sir, your most obedient servant,
29, Sackville-street,Sept. 7. AND. LCRIVITIS.

It is understood that there is a disposition on the part of
many of the heads of the Wesleyan Methodists to return to
the old plan of acting in union with the Established Church
and they will therefore hold no meetings in canonical
hours, when there is service in their respective parish
churches, nor will their preachers administer the sacrament.
The distrait, from want of water has become at Boston
almost unbearable. Nearly six months have elapsed since
any rain fell in the neighbourhood, except alight and
partial showers at distant intervals, the supplies of water
from which were speedily exhausted. Not only has vege-
tation nearly ceased in consequence, but the water used ler
domestic purposes has frequently been of so noxious a
quality, and apparently unwholesome a nature, that it .
providential more disease has not ensued.—Cheltenham
Chronicle.
On Wednesday afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, s
stout elderly woman entered the shop of 11'r. Barber, of
llolywell-street, hair-dresser, and "requested to see some
" fronts." Several were accordingly shown to her, but del
not seem to meet her approbation. Mrs. 11 arber therefore
went up stairs to procure another assortment, when the lady
decamped, taking with her no less than six " fronts' of
various hues.
Iu our Marlborough-street report of yester day, we 8n(1
that we were incorrect in stating that Mr. Po well is soltel-_
tor to the Mint—Mr. Chippendale having t appointment!