The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-04 00:00:00

GREECE.

" ATHENS, April 28.—Many Greeks have been '
taken by the French ships in an attempt to join
the insurgents, and delivered over to Fuad Effendi.
"An attempted insurrection in Samos has
failed."
The Observateur of Athens, of the 22d ultimo,
Publishes the following semi-official note :—" Some
journals, making use of a private occurrence, the
arrival at Athens of M. Necladoff, the Secretary of
the Russian Embassy at Athens, to announce that
an autograph letter of the Emperor of Russia had
been brought by that gentleman and handed by
him to his Hellenic Majesty, we are authorised to
declare in the most formal manner that no auto-
graph letter of the Czar has been handed to his
Majesty or to the Greek Government."
A letter from Constantinople, of the 17th ult.,
mentions a report, says the Patrie, that Captain
Bourguignon who commands the Austrian squad-
ron of the Levant has received orders from his Go-
vernment to proceed to the Piraeus to co-operate
with the French and English naval divisions for
the re-establishment of tranquillity in Greece.
A private letter from Athens, dated the 22d,
mentions, among other facts which are already
known, that Admiral Barbier de Tinan, who has
been cruising off the eastern coastof Greece, for
the purpose of watching the movements of the
Greeks, was about to leave, with a portion of his
division, for Algeria, where he is to take ou board
Several regiments under orders f,r Turkey. It also
states that among the prisoners recently taken by
the Turks, in their combat with the insurgent
Greeks, were found four or five officers belonging
to the Hellenic army, who had not resigned, and
who w re in all probability still receiving pay.
These 41t1 cers have, it se i, s been sent to Constan-
tinople, " as a living proof of the complicity of the
Greek Governmf:n iii tie insurreclion against. the
Ottoman Porte." Among the dead bo lies left by
the insurgents on tie field were also rzcognisea
those of bevaal Greek soldiers.

PROTEST OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH
MINISTERS AT ATHENS.
We read in the .1i oniteur :—" The circumstances
which led to the rupture of—relations between
Turkey and Greece will be remembered. The
Minister of the Sultan at the Court of King Otho
was charged by his Government to demand from
the Hellenic Cabinet explanations ou the different
acts which proved the complicity of that Cabinet in •
the revo't of Epirus. The Minister of Foreign
Affairs, M. Paicos, replied by recriminations, pre-
tending that Greece alone had a right to complaiv,
that Turkish troops had invaded the Hellenic
frontier, and had committed acts of sanguinary
violence on the territory of the kingdom. The
Ministers of France and England having, as repre-
sentatives of the protecting Powers, received a com-
munication of the reply of M. Paicos to the represen-
tations of Nechet Bey came to an understanding to
proceed to a scrupulous investigation on the facts
alleged by the Greek Government. It • appears
in the most formal mann.r from this investiga-
tion that not only none of the grievances of M.
Paicos was founded, but, that the violation of the
frontier and the sanguinary acts with which he
charged the Turkish authorities were committed
by the Greek authorities and troops. It has, more-
over, been demonstrated by details given by the
persons who took part in the aggression that the
Greek Government could not have been led into
error, and that it had a full and complete know-
ledge of all the incidents of the affair, when, in its
note to Nechet Bey, it accused the Turks of being
the authors of them. Less surprise will be felt at
such a strange proceeding, when it is known that
the Cabinet of Athens still endeavours by all means
to make Greece believe that its policy is approved
of by the great Powers, and that M. Paicos has
succeeded in disguising from the country and the
Chambers the representations addressed to him
in concert by the Ministers of France, England,
Austria, and Prussia, to induce him to satisfy
the demands of the Envoy. of the Porte. M.
Forth Rouen and M. Wyse haie" thought that it
Was their duty to make known to the Hellenic
Government the sentiments with which such con-
duct was calculated to inspire them. In conse-
quence they presented the following note to NI.
Paicos

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An Imperial decree, published in the Moniteur
this day (Thursday), calls into active service, on
land and afloat, 80,000 men, from the 140,000 of
the class of 1853.
Prince Napoleon arrived at Syra on the 25th,
and set out again the same day for Constantinople.
The Roland had been obliged by boisterous wea-
thei to put in at Zante.
News has reached Paris to the effect that the
Greek insur eats have sustained an important de-
feat between Prevesa, and Janina. This confirms
the statement telegraphed from Vienna, and which
appeared in our edition yesterday.
It is again positively stated that the French con-
tingent to the army of the East will amounk to
100,000 men. It appears that the orders given by
the Emperor of Russia were, that the Russian army
the monatnt it entered the Dobrudscha was to march
on without delay to Sliumla, and strike a blow be•
fore the allies could mile up. It had not been an-
ticipated that the Turks could arrest their progress.
It is said that the French Government has it in
contemplation to establish a camp of 60,000 men
near Boulogne, with a view to an expedition to the
Baltic if required ; and as another indication of
their resolve to carry on the war iu a manner be-
coming a great nation, it is the intention to propose
to the Chambers, a few days previous to their pro-
rogation, a demand for authorisation to raise
another loan of 250,000,000, in case circumstances
require.
The new manifesto of the Emperor of Russia,
given by the 111 oniteur of this morning, has created
no surprise here ; but it is considered as likely still
further to rouse the religious exultation of the
Russian fanatics, and thus add to the difficulty of
restoring peace.
The preparations for the trial of M. de Monta-
lembert are still proceeding, but the day is not yet
fixed. Since the vote of the Legislative Corps, au-
thorising the law authorities to prosecute, M. de
Montalembert has absented himself from the sit-
tings of the Assembly.
It is reported that the Bank of France is on the
eve of raising the interest on discounts to 5i per
cent., and that the measure will probably appear
to-day.
The Emperor and ,Empress are to take up their
residence for the summer at the Palace of St. Cloud,
on the 20th of May, but if the weather should be
favourable, they propose going next week to pass
a few days at Fontainebleau. On the sth the
Emperor is to give a ball in honour of the birthday
of the Empress, who was born on sth of May, 1826.
The French troops had not arrived at Constan-
" Athens, 20th April. tinople on the 24th April.
" Sir—We have purposely abstained trout making any
The Moniteur has the following on the last
observation on the note which you addressed to Neehet
Bey on the 7th March last, and of which a copy has been manifesto. of the Czar :—" The Emperor Nicholas
transmited to us in our quality of representatives of the has just addressed to Russia a new manifesto, on
two protecting Powers—a note in which you pretend that the occasion ot the declaration of war by France
Turkish troops have passed the frontier, and have, with and Great Britain. This Sovereign persists in cast-
sanguinary acts of violence, invaded the Hellenic territory ing on the two maritime powers the initiative of
until a rigorous investigation of the facts on which the the difference which now disturbs the peace of
report is Plumb' should have peril itted us to pro- • •
bounce detiuitively on the subject of the grievances Europe—it is they whom he accuses of dissimula-
therein set forth. This investigation has been pro- tion and violence. The Emperor of Russia repeats
ceetleti to by all the means which an honest and also that he pursues a sacred object, that he cora-
sincere desire to ascertain the truth could furnish ; bats for th. Christian faith, and that his policy is
men have been queatiouel, and places and circum- free from wordly interest. He adds that Pro-
Stances examined. We WO obliged to say, both on account .
of the duties which we have to fulfil to our respective go- vidence is with him. Governments and nations
vernments, and of the general interest of truth, that a have, however, already passed their judgment on
great number of proofs of incontestable exactitude has led the designs which thus cover themselves with the
us to conclude that the accusation made in your note, far cloak of justice, and we have full confidence in that
from having any foundation, leadsto a result diametrically which it now belongs to God to pronounce."
opposite, both as regards the ensemble and the details. It
results from this investigation that no corps of Albanians,
of about 500 men, as you affirm, passed into the Hellenic
territory on the 20th of February pursuing the Christian
peasants near Arta ; nor is it true that Lieutenant-Colonel
Skilooiums, commanding a battalion of light troops, after a
remonstrance made iu moderate terms, unnuoned the said
corps to quit the Greek territory, neither was there any
engagement on the Hellenic territory ; nor, lastly, that the
frontier.petuosit y
T o n h
s thee n
battalion, according to your assertion, rushed with im-
gian:eattilmet,
invaders,, and drove them beyond the
state,tally,sassol
wasdier salasnod
tahsee sergeant wereoi
fuw hich, as you correctly
woundedLieutenant-Colonel lt lre l a t utter e
sr mor-
tally), °rl o
dimes, took place in the preienco of witnesses, Greeks as
well as Turks, not on the Greek territory, at some
miles from the Greek frontier, under the wya'lls of Arta
some hundreds of • steps ;from the cittv'el'
orroerel troops,
Lietl at
te-
nant-Colonel withlis.battallonhastening to the assistance of Karaischakis, withya
was in communication in a time of • peace, ;to whom he
use your
own expression, ' and in contempt of all the rules of iuter-
national law,' pursued the Ottoman troops. By whom and
for what reason has such a perversion of facts been con •
coded? What were the causes of it? Who were the
authors of this machination ? We think that it is not neces-
sary to pronounce in this respect But we cannot refrain
from remarking to you that the first duty of an accuser is
to take the trouble to ascertain for himself the exactitude and
the real value of his proofs, and that in a matter of such gra-
vity, and in such a critical conjui.cture, the act of badly
understanding on the part of a minister is scarcely less
culpable than that of being deceived. We are the more
penetrated with this conviction, as there was ample time
and opportunity for a subsequent reparationif the Greek
Government bad been disposed to make one. But we know
that, though Nechet Bey continued to reside here some
time after the reception of your note, no explanation or
reparation was offered him before his departure for the
error or the calumny of which his Government or himself
was the victim. As, in what concerns the gravity of the
offence, and the demands of reparation,
which are justified
with respect to the offended Government, you appear to
be very sensible when Greece is supposed to be in ques-
tion, we cannot believe that you will be ao unjust as to
refuse to another country what you demand for your
own. Assuredly your note on these two points is so clear
that we could not at:opt better language than a ours—
substituting only tho word Turkey for that of Greece.
As for ourselves, as representatives of the two pro-
tecting powers, interested in the maintenance of the
Independence of the kingdom of Greece, which cannot
have a more solid basis than the observation of the trea-
ties which created it, we protest in the most formal and
most energetic terms against the violation of the Ottoman
territory mentioned above, aggravated as it has been by
attempt made in the name of the Greek authorities to
transform it into an invasion of-the Greek-territory on the
part of the Ottoman troops. If we strongly insist on this
- Protest, it is on account of -the unjustifiable manner with
which youthought right, on a recent occasion, to treat the
representations which were addressed to you in concert with
cur colleagues of Austria and Prussia. Our different Govern-
ments will learn with astonishment that a note, signed col-
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SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. contain
no news of interest. The birthday of Queen Chris-
tina had been celebrated with the usual pomp—
salutes of artillery, parades of troops, and illumi-
nations—on the preceding day. A grand recep-
tion was also held on the occasion by Queen
Isabella at the Palace, and was attended by alb the
corps diplornatique. A letter notices that at this
ceremony the Minister of the United States wore a
" black velvet coat embroidered with black silk" ;
and it says that its " elegant simplicity" attracted
general attention "and produced a striking effect
amidst the brilliant uniforms by which it was sur-
rounded. The same letter complains that litho-
graphic sheets containing libels on the public and
private life of several official personages were in
circulation. It adds that Lord Howden had given
2,000 reals to the Charitable Society of Seville.

HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, MAY 2.—The new Minister of the
Finances has withdrawn his project of conversion
in consequence of the political complication of the
moment.

THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS ON BOARD HER MA-
JESTY'S SHIP CROCODILE, OFF THE TOWER.—The 18
Finish-Russian seamen, portions of the crews of the
captured Russian ships, Kamaschatka and Carlos,
which have been brought up the river and taken
into the Loudon and West India Docks, continue
prisoners on board her Majesty's ship Crocodile, off
the Tower Quay. The men think very little of the
Czar, and have expressed their readiness to join her Ma-
jesty's service. Measures are being taken to ship them
on board merchant ships bound to Australia, India, or
on any long voyage where they may be far away rom
the seat of war. They appear hardy and active young
fellows, and are described as being very smart sailors.
According to the present rate of wages in the port of.
London, the men will be entitled to an advance suffi-
cient to equip them for the new service.
THE RUSSIANS IN THE PACIFIC.-:-The Plymouth
Letters have been received from the
Captain Charles Frederick, dated
AMPanaillipalhmistaar,Yit"2
April-4‘
24, Captain
well. Intelligence had reached
them that a Russian, 50 gun-frigate, said to be the
Aurora, was at Valparaiso, which the Amphitrite was
about to look after ; and it was spoken confidently, that
as her guns were 68-pounders, while the Russian's were
said to be only 24'4, though having great advantage in
numbers, she would be ablo to give a good =out 'of
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