The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-03 00:00:00

~ MORT DU ROI D'ANGLETERRE

" Un Courrier est arrive a Paris a trois heures, apportant la
Nouvelle de la mart de Georges IV.

" M. tie Polignac a ere mantle immediatement au chateau."
The early hour at which the Morning Papers are published
forbids the supposition of such a report having been put in cir-
culation for mere stock-jobbing purposes, since its speedy con-
tradiction must have neutralized its success; but with whatever
view contrived it has had the effect of throwing all our English
p pulation into that state of nervous agitation and alarm which
makes the forebodings of an apprehended evil less endurable
than its actual presence. Nor need I add that the unnatural,
the parricidal exultation of those who see nothing in the demise
of a beloved Monarch but the hopeless chance of a change in the
Councils of the Crown, and the return to power of an intolerant
and expiring faction, is anything but consolatary under the feel-
ings of oppression produced by so painful a presentiment.
Another piece of intelligence reached Paris this morning,
which is probably better founded in fact, and which, as an article
of French news, is of moreimmediate interest to the native inha •
bitants, since it would infer the utter hopelessness, at this ad-
vanced season of the year, of adding such reinforcements to the
African expedition as are now said to be necessary to insure its
success It is confidently stated that despatches have been re-
ceived by General Bourmont, on his journey to Toulon, or im-
mediately after his arrival, announcing to him that a treaty of al-
liance, offensive and defensive, had been concluded between all
the Barbary Powers—Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, and
that the Commander-in-Chief has in consequence demanded of
his colleagues in the Ministry a reinforcement of not less than
20,000 men. It was announced in last night's Gazette, and has
been re-echoed to-day by all the Morning Papers, that the whole
expeditionary army would be assembled in cantonments on Tues-
day next, the 4th inst.. and that such was the perfection of the
arrangements for embarkation, that the fleet would set sail
within two days afterwards; but if there be any truth in the in.
telligence I have just communicated, it is very clear that the best
part, if not the whole of the season, will be lost in providing the
very great additional force which is said to be required by General
Bourmont.

the Augsburg Gazette of the 25th inst. contains the follow-
ing protocol of the conference held at the Foreign-office, London,
Feb. 4, 1830 :—" Pre ent : The plenipotentiaries of France,
Great Britain, and Russia. The conference having continued its
deliberations on the execution of the stipulations contained in the
protocol No. 1, of this day, devoted its attention to the choice of
the Sovereign to be given to Greece. The Plenipotentiaries of
the three Courts considered that among the persons who particu-
larly recommended themselves to the choice of the Alliance by
their personal qualifications and by their situation in society,
Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg prese.,ted to Greece, and to all
Europe, every possible guarantee; that from the information
collected hitherto, there was every reason to think that the
Greeks would receive him with gratitude for their Sovereign.
Prince Leopold is not a member of the Royal family now reign.
ing in England; he is not qualified to be called to succeed to the
Crown, consequently the Prince of Saxe Coburg is not within
the case of exclusion, which is provided against in the proto-
col of the 22d of March. Husband of the Princess, daughter of
. .

the King, he has been assimilated, by an Act of Parliament,
to the Royal family in regard to honours; but it has been
acknowledged and confirmed by the explanations given by the
Government of his Britannic majesty, that Prince Leopold
is not a Peer of the Realm, that he has never had a seat
in Parliament, and that since the catastrophe which dissolved the
ties that bound him to England, he has not exercised any public
function there. In his pecuniary situation, created by the treaty
of marriage, a treaty which is sacred by its nature, and con-
finned by an Act of Parliament, Prince Leopold finds himself
wholly independent :whatever events may occur. The Plenipo-
tentiary of France, those of Great Britain and Russia, then de-
clared that they gave the votes of their Courts in favour of Prince
Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and they agreed to draw up jointly a
note destined tosoffer to him, upon the terms and conditions stated
in the Protocols No. 1,2, and 8, of this date, the government of
the new Greek State, with the title of Sovereign Prince of
Greece, to be hereditary to his descendants. The protocols of
this day shall be committed to Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg,
and the Prince shall be invited to give his consent to them.—
No. 3, Protocol of the Conference held at the Foreign Office,
Feb. 4, 1830. Present—The Plenipotentiaries of France, Great
Britain, and Russia. Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg haying
been called, by the Joint suffrage of the three Courts of the
Alliance to the Sovereignty of Greece, the Plenipotentiary of
France called the attention of the Conference to the peculiar
situation in which his Government was placed with regard to
a part of the Greek population. He represented that for several
centuries past, France had exercised, in behalf of the
Catholics subject to the Sultan a special protection, which his
Most Christian Majesty thinks it his duty now to place
to-day in the hands of the future Sovereign of Greece, as far
as it concerns the provinces which are to compose the new
State. But in resigning this prerogative, his Most Christian
Majesty owes it to himself, and to a population which has
lived so long under the protection of his ancestors, to require
that the Catholics of the Continent and the Isles may find, in
the organization about to be given to Greece, a guarantee
capable of supplying the influence which France has hitherto
exercised in their favour. The Plenipotentiaries of Russia and

Great Britain acknowledged the justice of this demand, and it
was ordered that the Catholic religion should enjoy in the new
State the free and public exercise of its worship,—that its pro-
perty shall be guaranteed,—that the Bishops should be main-
tained in the integrity of the functions, rights, and privileges
they have enjoyed under the patronage of the Kings of France;
and. finally, that on the same principle, the property belonging
to the old French missions, or French establishments, should be

acknowledged and respected. The Plenipotentiaries of the three
Allied Powers, wishing moreover to give to Greece a new proof
of the benevolent solicitude of the Sovereigns towards her, and
save the country from the ills which n riralry a the ditP.:tent
religion. thqt. Itre Professed in (,reece might create; agreed that
all the subjects of the new State, of whatever religiou they might
be, should he admissible to all public employments;: • functions,
and honours, and treated upon tile footing of 'perfeet.equality,
without any regard to difference of creed; in all their religiour,
civil, orlolitial
7.',..E.6hac has the following :--‘' After our statement as
to the sentiments of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cpburg, the world
will not be surprised to learn, that during his stay:in Paris he de-
clined receiving the visit of such Greeks Al- presented themselves
with that view. }laving hesiltited aceeptii* the otiei..eigilty of.
fered to him, he liathral4y postno as 'e tißu the re:-
straint iil+poed by its tUrrmtlities. I•evertheless, to do away as
Much as possible with the appearance of offence which this re-
fusal to receive them might present, he addressed a letter before
he quitted Paris, to Prince Soutzo, desiring him to express his
regret at not having seen them, and ern seating him, as Ambas-
sador of the future King of Greece to the Court of Charles X.
to receive them. EVery Greek in Paris not having gone to visit
the Pei.' Ringi hnd no list dr those td be!ne left !ichind
by Prince Leopold, Prince Soutzo is at a loss now to find them
out. Will he apply to Prince Leopold for a list of all the Greeks
who called upon him ? For our own parts, we see no other way
of attaining the proposed object than by publishing the apology
of the Prince and the embarrassment of the Ambassador in the
journals."