The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-07 00:00:00

STATE OF GREECE.

A letter from Athens, dated Feb. 16, says .
" The memorandum of the lonian Treaty has
arrived. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has an-
nounced this to the Assembly, bat at the present
time very reasonably limits his information to
stating that many of the objectionable clauses in
the first one have been remedied. A semi-official
paper here states that the neutrality of
the toil is limited to the islands of Corfu and
Paxos; and, as regards the forte, the
entire subject will be left to the discretion of Eng..
land. The other articles of the Treaty, such as the
flag, the treaties of commerce, &c., are questions of
time; and, in fact, it is said that in 40 days at the
furthest the annexation will be an accomplished
fact.
"The Assembly has declared the Municipal
Conncil as abolished by the revolution. It has
authorised the Government to issue Treasury
bonds to the extent of 2,000,000 of drachmas at
three and six months date, bearing 8 per cent. in-
terest. The National Bank will discount these bonds,
being guaranteed by the emery stone at the island
of Naxos. At the expiration of the time men-
tioned the Government will be in a position to take
up the bonds. With respect to the Budget of 1864
it has been reported publicly that it was submitted
to the Assembly by the Ministry, without being

submitted to Count Sponneck or to the King; a
communicatioa made to one of the local journals
pretends in consequence that whatever may be
the result of the project the Count is free from all
responsibility. The general opinion, however, ap-
pears to be that the Ministry was not obliged to
consult either the King or the Count, and the com-
munication has been simply made from interested
motives.

" The small pox has made great ravages at
Thebes And in teeny other places on the mainland.
Winter is disappearing. Brigandage happily is
diminishing. His Alajesty occasionally honours by
his presence the Hellenic drama ; the last piece,
which was very well represented, was ' The Cap-
ture of Ipsara.' "

A letter from Corfu, dated Feb. 15, says :
" The wet weather we have had here up to within
the last few days has somewhat retarded the
operations for dismantling the fortifications, but,
with the return of fine weather, the works are
again being steadily prosecuted. In Vido and Forts
A brawn and Neuf shafts are being sunk and galleries
driven for the reception of the charges for blowing
them up, and these forts already begin to have an
air of desolation. At Fort Neuf the sea defences
only are to be destroyed. The clearance thus effected
will afford the opportunity for continuing the road
from the market and Custom-house, in flout of

the harbour, to the suburb of Manduchio, which
is only now to be reached from this portion of the
town by a long detour round the land side of the fort.
The scheme has been talked of for some time, and if
curled -out it will be a great improvement. Few
guns are now remaining in Fort Neuf ; in Fort
Abram there were none mounted ; but I believe the
armament was nearly ready to be sent out from
England; shot, shell, and stores of all descriptions
are being removed for shipment.
"As time wears on speculation is rife as to the
period when the British troops will be withdrawn,
I understand that the heads of the various depart-
ments have received a semi-official notice that all
matters connected with the evacuation are to be
completed by the 2d of April.
4, I have on a former occasion referred to the fact
of the falling off of the receipts of the Custom-
house since annexation of the islands with Greece
was decided upon. The usual average receipts had
been about £6,000 a month. Up to the present time
this month they have reached about /800, and as

no further imports of any extent are expected, the
gross receipts for this month are not likely to
exceed £l,OOO.

THE DANISH RELIEF FUND IN LIVERFOOL.—The
cause of the Danish Relief Fund is making rapid
progress in Liverpool. An influential committee has been
appointed, and subscriptions have been received from seve-
ral of the leading houses. A considerable addition was made
to the subscription list yesterday, and the total subscribed
in Liverpool up to last evening amounted to about £6OO.

Tn ALABAMA. —A Washington despatch of the
19th ult. to the New York 7 ribrtne says:—" The
last trustworthy intelligence fixes the pirate Alabama at the
dock at Amoy on the 17th of January. The United States
steamer Wyoming, Captain M'Dougal, was also there, and
the United States ship Jamestown was daily expected. Tho
navy department feels confident that the Alabama will
never leave port, and it is not impossible that she will bo
destroyed at that place."