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GREEK AFFAIRS.

We extract the following despatches—they are
those of the latest date—from the Correspondence.
respecting the Revolution in Greece, just presented
to Parliament :
EARL RUSSELL TO MR. H. ELLIOT.

Foreign•office, Jan. 15, 1863.

You have not failed to express to the Greek Pro-
visional Government the sentiments of regard and
friendly interest for the welfare of Greece which
animates her Majesty's Government.
Her Majesty's Government have rightly under-
stood the election of Prince Alfred as a tribute to
the virtues of his illustrious parents, and an act of
homage to the freedom enjoyed under the British
monarchy.

The acceptance of the Crown by Prince Alfred,
however, being impossible, her Majesty's Govern-
ment have thought it due to the people of Greece to
endeavour to ascertain who, among the Princes of
Europe, not excluded by the agreementS of the pro-
tecting Powers, would be likely to promote the wel-
fare of Greece.

The first requisite, in the opinion of her Majesty's
Government, was attachment to constitutional prin-
ciples, and a readiness to perform faithfully the
duties of a Sovereign in a free representative mo-
narchy.

In this respect, no one was more clearly elegible
than King Ferdinand of Portugal, whose wisdom,
moderation, and respect for liberty has been proved
by experience. _ _ _

King Ferdinand, however, I am sorry to say, has,
on account of his affection for his sons, and for the
country he has adopted, absolutely declined to allow
his name to be put forward.

THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.

A letter from Berlin, dated Feb. 7, says :
After a lapse of several days' sitting of the Cham-
ber of Deputies met to hear the reply of his Majesty
to the Address. In profound silence the house
listened to the declaration of King William, the
substance of which will be found in another column.

MR. H. ELLIOT TO EARL RUSSELL—(Received Jan. 17.)
Athens, Jan. 5, 1863.
My Lord,—Your lordship's despatch of the Ist
inst. reached me yesterday.
I had constantly discouraged the suggestion that
a deputation should go from hence to convey to
England the offer of the Crown to Prince Alfred,
and I have again informed the Greek Minister and
other influential persons that such a course does not
appear to your lordship to be admissible.
I find, however, that a very universal inclination
prevails in favour of adhering to the proposal. It
is urged by all those with whom I have spoken
that the wish of the people to have his Royal High-
ness for their King must be ratified by the National
Assembly, and be brought before her Majesty's Go-
vernment with the utmost solemnity.

In all political circles the King's reply has pro-
duced a discouraging impression, and even mate-
rial interests are affected by the present state of
affairs. Doubts begin to arise touching the credit
of the State, such as is the case in states where the
administration of the finances is not subject to strict
control. The feudal party is, of course, in a state
of great exultation, as they have succeeded in per-
suading the King to adopt their system. A part
of their system is to induce his Majesty to make a
circuit through his states, after the fashion of the
Second Empire, of which opportunity will be taken
to make demonstrations of loyalty to his Majesty
by the feudal party. Unfortunately, however, some
enfant terrible of this party has prematurely
divulged the whole project.
The House of Peers has also passed an address to
his Majesty, in which the peers talk much regard-
ing the maintenance of the constitution; but after
some circumlocution they come at last to set forth
their own point of view. Each of the three govern-
mental powers, they state, have been acting accord-
ing to their rights—the Crown, the Chamber of
Deputies, and the House of Peers. There is no law
that could decide upon this conflict ; but a German
word that calls the Sovereign the " Father of his
country," commands respect to his authority. The
quintessence of the address, however, is contained
in its conclusion. Till, however, harmony be re-
stored, the Government of his Majesty has
rightly judged it to be its duty to guard the
rights of the Crown, to maintain in full strength
the means of defence, that is, the reorganisation
of the army, and to secure the firm manage-
ment of the Government. Instead of fulfilling
their mission of being the Conservative regulators
of affairs of state, the Prussian peers proclaim the
patriarchal theory of the "Father of the country,"
that formed a part of the absolutism of the past
century. Instead of stepping forth as impartial
mediators they exasperate the people by their
strengthening the Government in its anti-constitu-
tional doings.
I cannot withhold from your readers a few speci-
mens of the political wisdom of the peers. Baron
Von Zedlitz, in whose opinion the address was too
moderate, called the present conflict " a contest of
anti-Christ against Christendom." Count Krapow
compared the relation of the Prussian kingdom to
its constitution with that of Christ to His apostles.
To Count Bruhl the effigy of the " father of the
country" appeared to be too indulgent; he would
have preferred to have "masters commanding and
their subjects bound to obedience." He even sees
the moment drawing near when one would be
obliged "to choose between a constitution without
a King, or a King without a constitution." Herr
Von Kleist-Retzow spoke against any address alto-
gether, as such would appear to be something like
to a Government by the Parliament. Herr Von
Waldan-Steinhofel declared that only a few literates
out of the eighteen millions of Prussians were dis-
contented with the present unfixed state of the bud-
get. Herr --, but I suppose you will have
enough of this comi-tragical anthology.
To report details regarding the Polish insurrec-
tion is scarcely possible, owing to the fact that
statements that are to-day regarded as authentic
are to:nib's:row disavowed, alts- ,egh the telegraphic
communication between hare and Warsaw, via Moy-
slowitz, is uninterrupted, and also the railway com-
munication is still continued by means of temporary
bridges. We are quiteuncertain as to the strength
of the insurgents. That they have gathered toge-
ther in some places in considerable force, and are oc-
cupying some strong positions, is undoubted. The
town of Olkuss is in their hands. The telegraph re-
ports to-day that Wengrow, in the government of
Lublin has been taken by them. All these reports
are, however, so contradictory and confused that
we are forced to draw our own conclusions from
the few facts furnished by the Russian papers. The
Dziennik Poivszechni reports skirmishes with bands
of rebels, but it is easy to multiply these numbers,
and to suppose that a certain military organisation
has already been formed. It appears also as if the
revolution is acting according to a certain plan,
although the Wacht, an organ of the committee,
states that the intention of the revolution is to ex-
haust the Russian Government by a guerilla war.
From Posen no alarming accounts have arrived
hitt erto, but the menacing proclamation just issued
by the president of this provincial government has
been violently attacked by the papers of that pre-
vince, as it is adapted to alarm the peaceful inhabi-
tants. Great agitation prevails in Gallicia. A few
days ago a band of eighty young men from Cracow,
consisting principally of workmen and artisans,
joined the insurgents. Austria, as Prussia has
already done, has despatched a considerable force to
the frontiers. Negociations have been entered upon
between these Slates and Russia, and perhaps they
intend to surprise Europe with another "holy
league" in a new shape.
The journals that sympathise with the noble
Poles relate that no more cruelties occur, private
property is everywhere respected, and even at the
commencement of the insurrection on the 23d they
had only attacked the soldiers in order to secure
their arms. Two proved cases, however, that
recently occurred rather contradict these statements.
One is the assassination of the wife of an officer of
the Government by one of the agitators, travelling
in clerical garments, for the reason that she would
not betray the retreat of her husband ; the other is
the attempted poisoning of the Marquis \Vielopolski.
A war against females and a resort to poisoning
cannot impart any favourable feeling. It is
evident the management of the agitation is not
in one hand, nor in that of the central committee
that has proclaimed itself the " provisional govern-
ment," as it is opposed to the " White corns
mittee," and in addition the chiefs of the emi•
grants who are pouring into Poland principally
from Italy, Paris, and London, seem to claim an in-
dependent command.
The Kelnasehe Zeiiung relates that Furst Orlow,
before the commencement of the revolution, wrote
a pamphlet on the danger of the retirement, which,
however, did not come to the hands of the govern-
ment, and that Lord Palmerston had received in-
formation regarding its contents. Should this be
true, it is indeed somewhat peculiar, for our minis-
ters are not usually parsimonious with their admo-
nishments—of course only where they are not
wanted. I have just been informed that the troops
Prussia has concentrated along the frontiers amount
to 25,000 men, and the Russian army it is reported
will number almost 80,000.
Two unions of old veterans out of the years 1813-
15 have commemorated the 3d February—one is
the union of volunteers that obeyed the summons,
the second combined the other warriors of those
times. In both meetings his Majesty unexpectedly
made his appearance, and delivered a short speech
to the gladly surprised braves, in which he praised
them for their valour. His Majesty conversed with
a few membsrs, and drank the health of the coun-
try and the army, and parted with these words—
"We meet again on the 17th of March." (On this
day the veterans are invited to a loyal banquet.)
The speech of her Britannic Majesty upon the open-
ing of Parliament has been communicated to us per
telegraph in a verbal version. Till now the Ger-
man journals have not delivered their opinions
thereupon.

It is considered that thie could only properly be
done through a deputation or a special mission ;
and. of the two, I rather encouraged the latter,
though I urged that neither of them was necessary,
as the answer of her Majesty's Government could
equally well be conveyed in writing.
It will probably still be ten days or a fortnight
before the verifications of the elections will allow
the Assembly to proceed seriously to business, and
the question of the deputation will then be one of
the earliest which will occupy its attention.
I may mention that, among other reasons which
are felt in favour of sending a deputation, there is
unquestionably a lingering hope that, if sufficient
time is given, Parliament may reverse the decision
~v.....a of her Majesty's Government with regard
to the non-acceptance of the crown by Prince Alfred.
Indeed, it is hardly possible to convey to your lord-
ship an idea of the persistence with which the Greeks
still cling to their hopes.
The right of her Majesty or of her Majesty's Go-
rn .fir e 'to-decide upon thnattterie-soutet-iinaain„

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directed, the prevalence of the feeling in favour of
Prince Alfred continues to have the most salutary
effect, by preventing the countryfrom being divided,
by a diversity of views.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) HENRY ELLIOT.

EARL RUSSELL TO MR. H. ELLIOT.
Foreign-office, Jan. 10, 1863.

It appears from your telegram of the 13th inst.
that the President of the Provisional Government,
being at length convinced that the desire of the
Greek nation to have his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred for their future sovereign cannot be realised,
has expressed his hope that the British Govern-
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this important subject. Her Majesty's Government
have no reason to question the correctness of the
opinion formed by you soon after your arrival in
Athens, that if the Greeks are not assisted in
choosing their future sovereign, anarchy and con-
fusion are but too likely to arise in Greece.

EARL RUSSELL TO MR. H. ELLIOT.

P OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail.
way Terminus, at liing's-cross.

Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH,
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.

Foreign-office, Jan. 22, 1863.
Sir,—The great confidence felt by the Greeks in
the constitutional principles by which her Majesty
has always been guided, has no doubt been the
main cause of the spontaneous enthusiasm which
has been elicited by the mention of the name of his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred as King of Greece.
As, however, the three Protecting Powers have
declared that the Protocol of February, 1830, is
still in force, you will declare to the Executive
Council in Greene that his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred cannot accept or wear the Crown of Greece.
You will accompany this declaration with the ex-
pression of her Majesty's full appreciation of the
value of this unsolicited mark of friendship and
trust on the part of the Greek people.
You will at the same time state that it appears
to her Majesty's Government that the first object of
the Greeks should be to elect a King who will not
set aside the Constitution by violence, nor pervert
it by corruption.
The Princes upon whom the greatest reliance can
be placed in this respect are those who have ac-
quired a reputation in Europe by their consistent
adherence to liberal principles, and those who have
jopGefasrrotetyer,kwseailctl
been accustomed to live in a free country.
In the former category there is no one more en-
titled to regard than the Duke of Coburg.
prin-
ciples
Her Majesty trusts that this suggestion on her
nation in no other light than as proof of her Ma-
jesty's
that her
rßboesvvni,ew_ viewed by the Greek Government and
due
them ;
confidence British
yoatl' tfhtionii
lconfidenceyand in shown by
by'onf pthoreliittaic.al freedom on which the institutions
Britain are founded ; and as it is impos-
sible
for the considerationee by
Prince Alfred can accept the
onlywho
b repaying
close Majesty considers that she is
anhaerion
long-established connexion with
confidence in suggest-
inglle Greeks a Prince
England may be deemed to
main conditions which the Greeks appear to be de-
sirous of finding in the person to be chosen as their
Sovereign.—l am, &c.

This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free
and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
mality
of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient
magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of
these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover,
tt gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.
The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support,
to eniable them to idmit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Mas erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W iliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool;
and at the Hospital.
STANFORD,S. SMITH, Secretary.

(Signed) RUSSELL.
P.S.—You will read this despatch to the Presi-
dent of the Provisional Government, and, if he de-
sires it, give him a copy of it. R.

THE KING'S LETTER TO THE CHAMBERS•
At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on
Friday the President read the reply of the King to
the Address, the ministers and deputies remaining

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standing. The following is the substance of the
royal letter :
"The tenor of the Address, as well as the mode
by which it has reached his Majesty, shows that
the Chamber desires to know his personal views
and the expression of his will. This is why
his Majesty replies to the Chamber without the
intervention of his Ministers. The address states
the grave disagreement between the situation of
the Chamber and that of the Government. It ac-
cuses the Ministers of having acted unconstitution-
ally in continuing the administration without the
fixing of the budget, and of having by this means
violated Article 99 of the constitution. The Cham-
ber, it is true, has banished all doubt as to his
firm wish to maintain the constitution ; but it has
taken some acts of his Government done with his
assent as the bases of complaints against the Minis-
ters. He would not have admitted these acts if
they included an attack on the constitution. He
must, therefore, reject the complaints of the Cham-
ber. Tne Chamber has made use of its constitu-
tional rights relative to the establishment of a
budget in such a way that his Government find it
impossible to adhere to the impracticable decisions
of the Chamber. The Chamber-of theaohls•laa
used its constitutional rights only to reject the
budget. His Majesty is of opinion that the Cham-
ber of Deputies has exceeded its powers in main-
taining that its partial decisions are definitively
binding upon his Government. If, on the one side,
the Address says that the new session has begun
without the Government showing by some initiative
the possibility of returning to a normal state of the
administration, on the other it has passed over in
silence the fact that the Royal Speech has promised
some propositions for that purpose. On the occa-
sion of these regretable conflicts his Majesty has
received numerous addresses in which the signers
express their adhesion ; but his Majesty has seen
with pain that his subjects are spoken of as a small
minority which has long been foreign to the nation.
The Chamber has spoken, moreover, of an abuse of
power in some measures directed against some
public functionaries. The lithits of legal discipline
have not been exceeded, and the representatives of
the nation have no reason to raise complaints in that
matter. His Majesty much regrets the divergence of
views, but he will not lend himself to an arrangement
by sacrificing the constitutional rights of his Crown
and of the Chamber of Peers. It is his duty as Sove-
reign to maintain intact the constitutional rights and
prerogatives of the Crown. His Majesty expects
that the Chamber will take into account the conci-
liatory steps of the Government, and will contri-
bute on its part to an arrangement. This accord is
a necessity for his Royal heart ; for all his efforts
tend to develop the prosperity of the Prussian peo-
ple, and to secure to the country its historical posi-
tion, the result of a glorious harmony between the
King and the nation."

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Lieut. Davidson, of the 88th Regiment, has been
appointed assist.-instructor of musketry to the 10th
Depot Battalion at Colchester Camp; Capt. Bas-
set, 36th Regiment ; Capt. Hume, 38th Regiment ;
Lieut. Fawcett, 2d Battalion, Ist Regiment; and
Lieut. Chapman, 54th Regiment, have been ordered
to join the service companies of their corps.
The Denbigh Militia, 465 rank and file, will as-
semble at Wrexham on the 22d of April, for 21
days' training; the recruits enlisted since last train-
ing will attend on the Sth of April for 14 days pre-
liminary drill. Nearly two-thirds of the men of the
regiment have been in it nine years and upwards.