The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-15 00:00:00

GREECE.

Letters from Athens of the 7th announce that
General Hadji Petros had re-entered Greece with
the insurgent troops under his command, and
that Captains Takan and Philantes had done
the same with 26 insurgents. They also speak
of some discontent on the part of the Prus-
sian, Austrian, and Bavarian Ministries at the
dismissal of M. Wendtland, the King's pri-
vate secretary. They had also made a declara-
tion against any act affecting the sovereignty of
King Otho. The King and Queen were still
manifesting a sort of passive resistance to the allied
Powers. A difference of opinion was said to exist
between the French and English Ministers on the'
re-establishment of the former personnel of the
household, to which Mr. Wyse is said to be favour-
able. The state of Thessaly is as follows :---12,000
regular Turkish troops, and 10,000 irregulars; 2,000
foreigners (Greeks) divided into 25 or 27 bands who
carry on brigandage, and who have already pil-
laged, burned, and otherwise devastated village ;
303,000 hea& of cattle stolen, loss of at least
half of the crops of the current year, calculated by
a Commission to amount to the sum of 30,000,000
for the single province of Thessaly. A brig of 350
tons, seized near Volo, was conducted to the port
of the Piraeus. It had 50 women on board, plenty
of ammunition and money. Dr. Taxco was also on
board. The brig was not a pirate, but sent with
supplies to the insurgents.
M. Argyropoules, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
had left Athens on the night of the 6th, on board
the steamer Otho, to proceed to Syra to meet M
Mavrocordato.
ATHENS, July 7.—Several pirates have been
taken. Captains Gritzano and Moscavitis, who
surrendered themselves to the French and English
Commissioners, were sent this week on board the
Heron, with 300 or 400 volunteers of Volo, to
Eubcea. The inquiry relative to the persons com-
promised in the armament of the brig Thessalia is
proceeding. Athens is tranquil. The sanitary
condition of our troops is excellent.
Private correspondence from Athens give some
further particulars respecting the banquet given to
the English and French military officers :
JIINZ 27, 1854.—0 n Thursday, the 22d, General
Kalergi, the Minister of War, gave a very remark-
able banquet to all the officers, naval and militarh
of the British and French forces at the Piraeus•
The number who sat down to dinner amounted to
nearly 300, of which the majority consisted of Eng-
lish and French officers ; the remainder were
Greeks.
The French Admiral, Barbier de Tinan, accom-
panied by the Etat Majors of the ships under his
command, the naval commanders on the station,
British and Austrian, the French General Magran
with his staff, the Colonel of the 97th, Colonel
Lockyer, and many other officers of distinction,
were present.

The tables were laid under an awning in the,
Parthenon, in the midst of the bas-reliefs and
other relics of the great temple, and commanding
a magnificent view over the plains of Attica.
At the entrance lately opened by the investiga"
tions of Mr. Benli was stationed a guard of honour,
and the music of the garrison performed during
the evening national airs, Greek, English, and
French.

The banquet began at four o'clock and continued
till sunset. The acropolis was then thrown open
to strangers, when a numerous party, accompanied
by their ladies, joined in the promenade, and nt
dusk the whole was brilliantly illuminated by
torchlight.
No guests but the military and naval were in-
vited ; but in the course of the evening the greater
part of the Ministers appeared, together with the
Nomauk of Attica and Bceotia, the Directors of
Police at Athens and the Piraeus, and many other
officials, and the Ministers of France, England,
Austria, and Bavaria were all present.
Nothing could exceed the beauty and effect of
this most remarkable scene. The weather, which
had been hot and windy during the day, was mag-
nificent in the evening, and allowed full effect to
the music and illuminations.
The perfect order, harmony, and good feeling
evinced throughout were very striking ; and not
the slightest injury to the smallest of the remains
occurred, though many hundreds had passed
through. Mr. Pettatrys (the superintendent of
the antiquities) was loud in his praises of the de-
corum and propriety observed by all classes.
' The *fete has produced the best impression on
both the Greeks and Anglo-French troops. The
fraternisation has been complete, and the inter-
course between all parties is constant and friendly.
General Kalergi judged rightly that such an
opportunity of showing their goodwill towards
their Western allies would be gladly availed of by
his officers, and in this he has only added another
proof to those daily shown to the Greek public of
that skill, energy, disinterestedness, and honesty
of purpose which have so pre-eminently distin-
guished him at all times, but more than ever since
his late accession to office.