The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-29 00:00:00

FIITENTIARIES OF THE- THREE ALLIED COURTS.

Marlborough Hoase,May 15,1830.—(Received May 1 6. )
The undersigned communicates to the Plenipotentiaries
of the three Allied Courts, in original, and without delay,
the important documents which he has just received.
The undersigned sees with deep sorrow the confirma-
tion of the fears which he has expressed from the com-
mencement of these negotiations, that both the arrange
went under which the Greeks were not called upon to
participate in the negotiations, and the line of boundary
which had been fixed, would occasion the greatest diffi-
saltless and dangers. These difficulties and dangers now
appear to him, under the most alarming 'aspect, accom-
panied as they are with conditions
.to which the under-
signed is unable to accede, and without which the Presi-
dent distinctly tells him he cannot answer for the manner
in which he would be received in Greece.
Under these circumstances, the undersigned must
earnestly beg the Plenipotentiaries to take into considera-
tion, whether the arrangements which bad been agreed
upon would, without considerable alterations, be in ac-
cordance with the true interests of the Powers, any more
then they would be with those of Greece.
The undersigned finds' himself, personally, in the most
painful. situation. He would renounce with regret a task
which might be so useful ; but nevertheleis, he sees that
the execution of the measures adopted, notwithstanding
his representationsLexkole. ►rt more, and more to all the
dangers .and all Its odium of forcing the Greek.
to submit to an arrangement, to which the Senate has. de-
clared to the President of Greece, that it will not be a con-
tracting party, and to which it desires to remain a stranger.
The undersigned will await the arrival of the documents
of which the present are duplicates, before he communi-
cates his final determination ; but he considers it his duty
to prepare the Plenipotentiaries for his resignation of 'a
task which be had accepted with a lively sense of grati-
tude for the confidence which the Allied Powers had been
pleased to repose in him, but also in the hope of contri-
buting to the present peace, to the independence, and to
the happiness of Greece.
The undersigned begs leave to call the attentions of the
Plenipotentiaries to the state of destitution in which the
Greek Government now is, and which it would be so easy
for them to remedy.
He avails himself of this occasion to express to them his
distinguished sentiments.
(Signed) LEOPOLD, Prince of SAXE.
TO the Plenipotentiaries of the three Allied Courts.

COUNT CAPO D'ISTRIAS TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS"

PRINCE LEOPOLD.

Napoli, Match 25 (April 6), 1830.

Mon Prince,—Providence does not abandon Greece. I
find a fresh proof of this in the generous sentiments which
have induced your Royal Highness to defend the lawful
interests of this country, at the moment when its fate was
about to be decided. The letter which your Royal High-
ness did me the honour of addressing to me, dated 16th
(28th) February, affords to Greece the most encouraging
assurances as to her future state. She finds- them in all
the efforts which you, Mon Prince, have made in order
that her boundary should be more conformable to her
wishes, and that a participation in the choice of her So-
vereign should be granted to her.
The protocol of the 3d of February, and the acts an-
nexed to it, are about to be officially communicated to the
Greek Government. Ido not know in what terms ; but
I presume, from the confidential explanations which have
taken place between me and the Residents of the three
Courts, that these gentlemen will require the- strict execu-
tion of the orders with which they are furnished, without
admitting any negotiation, not even to settle the forms
according to which the arrangements adopted by the
Powers are to be carried into execution.

If your Royal Highness will have the goodness to cast
your eyes over the decrees of the Congress of Argos, of
which I enclose a ropy, you will perceive (1 Dec. Art. 3)
that I am not authorized to contract any obligation, in
the name and on the part of Greece, respecting the de-
finitive arrangements in question, until the Deputies Pleni-
potentiaries shall have taken cognizance of and ratified
them.

However, since the point of view in which the Congresi
of Argos was bound to regard the treaty of July 6, differs
essentially from that in which the high contracting
Powers have judged it right to consider that treaty in
their stipulations of the month of February ; sine the
Greek Government,. notwithstanding its repeated intrea-
ties, has not been called upon to take any part in the last
negotiations, it can (not) conform to their result without
requiring the previous meeting of a national Congress, and
without incurring the reproach of thereby compromising
the oaths, the dignity, and the rights of the nation. In
fact, the deputies of the provinces assembled in Congress
for the purpose of receiving the communication of the acts
of the conference of London, would have found themselves,
with respect to those clauses which regard the boundary,
i• the painful alternative either of failing in their most sa-
cred duties towards their constituents, or of not fulfilling
those which the gratitude of the Greeks towards their au-
gust benefactors so justly imposes upon them.
On the ether hand, the deep sense of these duties woold
have induced the Representatives of the nation to accept
' with gratitude all the other arrangements which ensure to
it inestimable advantages, and your Royal Highness would
then have had the satisfaction of finding yourself also
called upon, by the solemn and unanimous voice of a Na-
tional Assembly, to accomplish the restoration of Greece
under the safeguard of the institutions, the bases of which
have been laid down by the Congress of Argos. In the
present state of things, the above-mentioned considerations,
and, in general, the manner in which the Powers have deter-
mined to execute their decisions, oblige me to give an itn-
mediate answer to toe communications which I am about
to receive, and to renounce the convocation of a Congress•

I shall therefore acquaint the Senate and the nation with
the motives which compel me to incur so heavy a responsi-
bility, and I hope the Senate will share this responsibility
with me, because it participates in the unlimited confidence
which I place in the noble and generous intentions of
your Royal Highinss, which intentions are so clearly ex-
pressed in your letter of the 16th (28th' of February. It
is in your breast, Mon Prince, that the Greeks deposit
their wishes ; and your Royal Highness, by receiving
those wishes with kindness, will enable them to under-
stand and appreciate the extent of that happiness which
the Powers design for them, by elevating them to the rank
of a free and independent people.
I think it of so great consequence to submit to your Royal
Highness beforehand the plan which I propose to follow, that
I make you acquainted with it even before I have received the
official communications of the Residents of the Allied Courts, or
have addressed any message to the Senate, upon these important
questions. I flatter myself that I shall be able to perform this
duty in a few days, and that the Senate will itself respectfully
express to your Royal Highness the wishes of the nation.
I feel convinced beforehand, that the answer which you will
deign to give will dissipate every doubt, will calm all minds, and
open the hearts of all to sentiments of the most noble and sin-
cere devotion to your Royal Highness.
However desirous the Ambassadors of the three Powers at
Constantinople may be to fulfil their commission, I doubt
whether the evacuation of Eubcea and Attica can be effected as
quickly as the Residents accredited to the Greek Government
seemed to think. Even supposing the Porte to have delivered
the necessary firmans, it is not to be presumed that Omer Paella
and the Commandant of Athens will acquiesce without making
some difficulties or opposing some delay. However this may be,
it appears to me impossible for the evacuation of the territories
now occupied by the Greeks to take place without again be-
coming a source of trouble and disturbance for this country,
unless it be effected under the following conditions :-
1. That it take place at the same time as the retreat of the
Turks from the territories assigned to the new Greek State.
g. That the Commissioners for the demarcation, who are
mentioned in the 9th Sec. of the protocol of February 3, be like-
wise charged with the measures relative to this evacuation.
3. That sufficient funds beplaced at the disposal ofthe Govern-
ment, to enable it to offer the means of subsistence to the
numerous families who will seek an asylum in Greece.
Will your Royal Highness allow me to call your attention for
a few moments to each of these points ? It is only by a demon-
stration of facts, that the Greeks can be convinced, that if on
the one hand they abandon territories which they have conquered
at the price of their blood, on the other hand, they gain provinces
where the chance of war has not been favourable to them. How-
ever, the Allied Powers are about to require the immediate re-
treat of the land and sea forces of the Greeks, which occupy
Western Greece. Can this be effected without disorder, unless
some authority entitled to command respect is on the spot ? I
think it useless to demonstrate that it is only by the presence of
the commissioners for the boundaries, which the naval forces of
the Allied Powers will give to them, that disasters can be pre-
vented, which would inevitably occur, were this duty to be in-
trusted to the Greek Government and its agents.
Finally, the unfortunate inhabitants of Western Greece, to
whom, since the occupation of Lepanto, 3olissolonghi, and Vo-
nitza, the Government has endeavoured to afford some assistance
to enable them to sow their lands, and to await the harvest of
this year, are probably about to quit their homes. Can the Go-
vernment grant them an asylum without having the means of
furnishing them with fresh assistance ? Will they find this as-