The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-29 00:00:00

THE AFFAIRS OF GREECE.

The Greek journals priblish the following note
addressed collectively, on the 13th Dec., to the
Provisional Government, by the Ministers of Great
Britain, France, and Russia.
" The undersigned Ministers of Great Britain,
France, and of Russia have the honour to inform
M. Bulgaris of the agreement adopted on the 4th
inst. by the three courts and signed on the bailie
day by their plenipotentiaries.
" Great Britain, France, tied Itasiia declare them-
selves bound by this agreement that no member of
the Imperial and Royal families reigning over the
three protective States can accept or wear the crown
of Greece.

" Censequently, neither his Royal Highness
Prince Alfred, member of the Royal family of Eng-
land, nor his Imperial Highness Frinco Romanoff-
sky, Duke of Leuchtcnberg, member of the Imperial
family of Russia, can accept the Crown of Greece if
offered to them by the Greek people.
" The undersigned take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to express to M. Bulgaria the assurance of
their esteem.

"P. SCARLETT.
13LOUDOFF.
" Athens, Dec. 12, 1862. " P. BOUURE."

THE RUSSIAN CIRCULAR.

The following is the substance of the circular of
Prince Gortschakoff, dated St. Petersburg, 14th of
December, 1862, respecting the Greek question,
It is addressed to the Russian diplomatic agents :
"Sir,—The sensation which has been created in
Europe by the Greek question and the erroneous
conjectures made in this matter induce me to give
you the views of the Imperial Government.
"A treaty had been concluded between the three
protecting Powers of Greece, according to which
King Otho had been called to the throne of Greece,
with certain eventualities as regards the Bavarian.
dynasty.

" It appeared to us that the first step to be tam
ought to have been a collective request to the Court
of Munich to ascertain if, under existing circum-
stances, it maintained the rights emanating from
the anticipations of the London Conference, and if
it was ready to bring forward a candidate who com-
bined in his person the conditions laid down by the
Greek Constitution and confirmed by the Treaties
of London.

"On the 18th of November I received a proposal
from the English Ambassador to this intent :—TO
declare to the Provisional Government of Greece
that not any member of the reigning families of the
three protective Powers could be called to the throne,
and also asking whether we considered the Duke of
Leuchtenberg as comprised in that exclusion..
"As regards the candidature of the Duke of
Leuchtenberg, although the civil position. of that
Prince might give an opening to legal doubts, his
Majesty resolved that none should ba made. 13
that sense I replied to Lord Napier, telling him at
the same time that we had no arrieres pensees,
that our Minister at Athens had not said one word.
or made the slightest ailyslon as regards the choice
of the future Sovereign of Greece, and that the in-
structions of the Imperial Cabinet were that he
should adhere to the same reserve."
The despatch concludes as follows :
" The Government of her Britannic Majesty he"
ing declared itself perfectly satisfied with this de'
claration, our Ambassador proposed to have a regu-
lar engagement drawn up. A document to this
effect was drawn up and signed on the 4th of
December by the Russian Ambassador and her
Majesty's Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs'
That document repeats the agreement which ex"
eludes from the throne of Greece any member of
the three protective Powers, and enacts that it
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mutually agreed upon to declare as null and vow,
the election of the Duke of Leuchtenberg or 01
Prince Alfred, should either be cali:ed to the throne
by the vote of the Greek people.
" The French Court wel requested by the two
Courts to adhere to thi s arrangement.
" PRINCE GORTSCHAIKOFF."

ORIEITTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY

The seventh annual general meeting of share-
holders was held on Saturday at the London Taverat
Colonel GRIMES in the chair.

The report, which we published early last week,
was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN stated that the progress made
since the last meeting had been generally satisfac"
tory. The directors were deficient in advices front
the Indus, and they had not been able, therefore,
to bring the accounts up to the date they had in'
tended. This was unfortunate, as it prevented their
showing so good a balance to the company's credit'
The information from that river had not of late been
so frequent or so full as it used to be, but arrange'
ments were in progress by the managing direct°
to ascertain the cause of the delay, and to ensure
more regularity in future. The board had, hevr;
ever, every reason to believe that everything was
going on satisfactorily on the Indus. As regarded
the Sutlej, experience proved it to be a very
cult river to navigate, and the delays in getting er
were found to be greater than had been antieiPated.
That difficulty would, however, no doubt be over'
come in time, and in the meantime the freight
were so much larger than they received from for
tan that the difference more than compensated e
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the extra cost those delays occasioned. Upon t
Ganges they had now two steamers plying. °re
up
of them, the Ganges, had made her first voyage
the river ; she was found to be of greater draft the;
had been expected, but the agent assured the dire.re
tors that her unrivalled power must necessarily
make her a most valuable vessel. The shareholders
were informed in the report why the official trial
this steamer had not taken place, and as was alwa
the case at firat, all things had not gone right's'lse
for instance, the consumption of fuel was lar,g.,ot.
and the progress of the vessel up the river haen'ts,
been so rapid as was expected. Later accounts,
however, showed that her speed was inereael.""
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very much, and when she got into full working
order she would no doubt answer all they expected
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of her. The Soane was realising good profits; she
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had proved herself a most efficient vessel, and I:.t/:
greatly relieved the Ganges, by working from I‘,ll,liire
sapore and Allahabad, taking up the flats'
draft
directors were somewhat disappointed at be the
certain
of that vessel, but they could not always
and the
beforehand what any ship would draw;
agent wrote that she would pay at al
as expected
in the rains enormously. The Gogra w she wa, a
to be ready for work about this
similar vessel to the Soane, ia
and her tra
work as satisfactorily. The Jurana a
three monthe
were being put together, and in about
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would be ready for work. I
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now about to fulfil a promi:
madelndia and supervise
years ago—viz., to go out
the operations of the companY
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and would doubtless
the operations of the comP.
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Ganges, and also
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The motion was
.emeres), and carried unanimously.
MAN (Mr.
-elected'
The directors retiring by rotation were re
Mr. Boulton was elected auditor in the room ei
Mr. Tilby, retiring.
The dividend, at the rate of 5 per cent. per an:
oum, was proposed and carried, and the proceed