The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-30 00:00:00

EX-KING OTHO.

The Paris correspondent of the Times writes :
I am informed that overtures were made, though
in an unofficial form, to the French Government to
support King Otho on the throne of Greece. This
was when the news of the disaster which has be-
fallen him was first known here, before his flight
to Corfu, and before we learnt that the movement
was so general Pnd so decisive. It is not said what
was the nature of the support asked for, whether
moral or material ; but whatever it may be my in-
formant states that the answer given was peremp-
tory. Otho, even if he still held out in some
corner of what was only till the other day his
kingdom, had nothing to expect from France
in the way of support or sympathy. The party
who pleaded his cause was told that France
had other matters of more importance than
the restoration of a Sovereign driven forth by his
people to attend to, and that the Greeks were at
liberty to choose whom they thought proper. From
other quarters I also hear that the French Govern-
ment is resolved to act with the Protecting Powers
in this affair. Of the unanimous character of the
movement there is no doubt. It appears that the
King and Queen, hearing what had taken place in
Western Greece, left Messenia on board the Amalie,
and touched on the 23d not far from the Piraeus.
It was while here that they were visited by the
Minister of War. Probably acting on his advice,
they proceed( d to Salamis, and the same night
were joined by three other vessels of war. On the
following day, as is already known, they had a visit
from the foreign Ministers, who were on board
French frigate, and were accompanied by an Eng"
lish and an Austrian ship. Meantime, information
was communicated to the King that the General
who had put down the insurrection of Nauplia had
a corps amounting, we are told, to 2,000 men, under
his orders, and that it was at the King's disposal.
The General proposed taking up a position near
Athens against the insurgents, in 'order to intercept
their communications. We do not know whether
the King accepted the offer, but the next thioS
heard of him was that he addressed a proclamatioo
to the people, reminding them of their allegiance'
while a counter proclamation was issued by the Pro-
visional Government explaining the causes of the
insurrection, and cAling upon them to support lt•
If at any moment the Queen, who, as usual, to 4
the chief management of affairs into her hand 6
thought that there was a chance of putting do
l
the movement, she and her consort must soon bane
been undeceived, for the next news we hear of thel°
is their arrival at Corfu on the 27th, and after a
short stay their departure for Venice.
The difficulty now is as to Otho's successori
Various candidates are spoken of :—The Duke °
Leuchtevberg, Greek by religion, but Russian ; ~
nephew of Otho, but the Greeks will not hear of
Bavarian—" they would," a Greek remarked to
in my hearing, " take the first man they met pa
; of
the Boulevards rather than again have a member
of that or any other German family ;" a eon
Victor Emmanuel, but he is a Catholic, and tb
e
.be
60th Article of the Constitution requires
d
successor of Otho to be of the Orthodox faith, an
moreover, Austria and Russia would object. 44- °on
se,
of Queen Victoria is mentioned, but this, I suPP°„nt
is, on political and religious grounds, complete.ll9t;ti,
of the question. A native Greek, Prince 143'1
ion,
is pointed at, but he is said to have Russia'' $
dencies, and some of his countrymen believe that
fromnat it in
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to thethrwonee:or be the manuldbedrivs
it is undeniable that the Greek
people can hardly
hive a worse ruler than the one they have just east
out from among them.