The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-08 00:00:00

GREECE.

The Earl of CARLISLE wished to put a ques-
tion to the Noble Earl opposite with regard to the
papers lately laid upon the table of the House upoti
the affairs of Greece. He wished for information
with regard to the line of boundary which had been
at first agreed upon, and that which had afterwards
been designated as the limit of the new Greek State.
It' his opinion, the information already furnished to
Parliament was defective, and it was his wish to
have such papers laid upon the table as would sup-
ply the deficiency. He wished to know from the
Noble Secretary opposite, whether there was any
objection to furnish them with copies of any corres-
pondence that might have been addressed by the
Porte to the Plenipotentiaries of the three Allied
Powers, expressing the desire of the Porte for the
reduction of the line of boundary settled in the Pro-
tocol of March, 1829 ? He was not aware that there
could be any objection to afford such information.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said he should not
object to afford the information required, but would
merely state his doubt whether he could furnish the
information exactly in the form required by the Noble
Earl. In point of fact, he doubted whether it
existed in such a form. That there was such a de-
sire expressed on the part of the Porte, was un-
doubtedly true; but he could not at that moment
undertake to say, whether it existed in such a form
as that he could lay it before the House as a distinct
document. He knew the desire had been expressed,
and of course it had been in some way recorded.
'rite Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that with
a view of preventing any unnecessary delay, and of
avoiding the obligation of coming forward on another
night to ask for further information, he would now
ask one or two questions, with regard to the extent
of the information these papers would contain, for
if they did not give what information he expected,
he should undoubtedly feel it his duty to ask for
more. One of the most important communications
vas that of the date of the 2d of July, 1828; it
bore directly on the whole question of the boundary,
for it was particularly to the subject of the eligibility
of the frontier to be chosen, with respect to the
strength of the new State, and with a view to secure
its prosperity. With that view, in an early part of
the instructions to the Ambassadors, given on the
2d of July, 1828, their line of duty in this transac-
tion was distinctly pointed out. The instructions
said " one of the most important and difficult ques-
tions for discussion will be the line of frontier to be
proposed for the new State. It will be the ditty of
your Excellency and of your colleagues, to collect
the sentiments of the Greek Government on this
subject, to receive their wishes, to weigh their argu-
ments, and to recommend such a decision as may
be most consistent with equity and justice." Now
he had carefully examined the papers already laid
upon the table of the House, and he had not been
able to find any communication made to the Govern-
ment in consequence of these instructions, either as
to any communication with the Greek Government
as to the nature of the boundary they desired, or as
to their opinion of what kind of boundary was abso-
lutely necessary for the safety of their new State.
lle wished to know whether the information rt.-
quired would be found in the papers that were about
to be laid on the table; whether it would be found
in the Poros documents; and whether all the com-
munications from our Ambassadors were among-t
them ? Perhaps the Noble Earl would also state,
whether in the papers already laid on the table, the.e