The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-29 00:00:00

GREECE.

ATHENS, MAY 10.-It is well now and then to remind
rulers of their promises and their engagements to their sub-
jects; their memories are apt to be treacherous—and none arc
so wilfully forgetful as King Otho. Unluckily, however, for
his wish to drown the past in oblivion, there exists a small
book, entitled '° Recucil des Pieces, Actes, et Traites concer-
flans la fondation de la Royaute en Grece," which was pub-
lished in 1833, at Nauplia. It contains two most important
documents—the one, a letter from Baron Gise, Bavarian Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs, to the Greek Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, dated Munich, the 31st July, 1832—nine long years
ago, in which is found the following paragraph :
" One of the first cares of the Royal Regency appointed to
govern the kingdom during the Sovereign's minority will be to
convoke a general assembly of the nation to receive the
monarch, to offer to him the homage of the devotion of Greece,
to cement its union with the Prince who is about to preside
over its destinies. This assembly is charged to work with the
regency to prepare the definitive constitution of the State,
which being established by the free concurrence of the nation
and its Sovereign, will without doubt accomplish its wants, its
wishes, and its interests."
The other document is the proclamat ion of the Allied Powers,
announcing their choice of King Otho, and is signed on the
30th August. 1832, by Palmerston, 'l'alloyrand, I.ieven, Ma-
tuszewic. The last paragraph calls on the Greeks to—" Sur-
round your new Sovereign with your gratitude and )our
affection. Faithful subjects ! rally round his throne, ass:st
him with a just devotion in the task of giving a definitive
constitution to the State, and to assure to it the
double advantages of peace without, of tranquillity.
the reign of the laws, and of order within. This is the
only recompence that the Three Powers demand for the ser-
vices they have had an opportunity of doing for you." These
are solemn pledges, and the Allies are bound to see them ful-
filled. England alone has tried to make King Otho respect the
just rights of the people, but hitherto in vain ! Publication
is the only means of benefiting this country, and the people in
this capital are deeply thankful to you for the remarks in your
paper. They look to the English press provoking an inquiry
into Otho's misrule, blackened as it is by tortures, poisonings,
and the slave trade. Tzinos, the familiar of King Otho, has
been accused before the Courts here for his horrible practices ;
but no condemnation can be obtained.

It seems strange that there is no intention whatever of
changing the system on the arrival of Mavrocordato, but
it remains to be seen whether the powers of Europe, who
are now fully aware of the truth of what the British Go-
vernment has been declaring for the last three years,
will allow a nation to be sacrificed to the headstrong will of
one foreigner, who, like a dog in a manger, will not distribute
the national lands, which he cannot cultivate himself, and
give the people occupation and the means of a livelihood at
home; but keeps them in a state of poverty and uncertainty
which makes them ever ready to abet all his insane projects
of aggrandisement. For, as if it were not sufficient that King
Otho's domestic policy, day after day, should find work for all
the foreign offices of Europe, he must needs now take it into
his head that the time is come for distinguishing himself by
foreign conquest; and as the best means of compassing
this, he allows the disaffected of the neighbouring provinces of
Turkey and the lonian Islands to establph regularly organized
committees in Athens. These allies of King Otho have already
succeeded in bringing matters to a crisis in Candia ; an insurrec-
tion, if not already broken out in Thessaly, is certainly on the point
of doing so on a most extensive scale; and although it is true that
the lonian Government has shown King Otho that he cannot
yet do as he pleases in those possessions, it is no less certain
that Count Roma and Sir Denis Bulzo are now living at
Athens, and that they are in constant anti secret communica-
tion with the King.
About the time that this reaches London, M. Tricoupi
will be making his second debut at the British Court, but
under very different auspices to those which attended his
career on his former mission. On making his bow to her
Majesty, he must, if he has one spark of truth in his com-
position, address her as follows :—"May it please your
Majesty, my Royal Master sends me to your Court to repre-
sent the Bavarians in Greece, a task which I have under-
taken to do to the best of my abilities, assisted by Monsieur
Roque, my Secretary of Legation. My Royal Master be-
lieves that I shall, in a very short time, succeed in per-
suading the British Government that black is white, espe-
cially as relates to the blacks found on board the Greek
slaver seized at Cephalonia. He is also of opinion that
it will be easy for me to convince your Majesty's Government
that the Greeks are not fit for a Constitution, especially as 1
was believed when I firmly asserted the contrary during my
last mission to your Court. My Royal master, moreover,
thinks, that on my stating to your Majesty the extreme incon-
venience he experiences from the presence in Greece of your
Majesty's representative, Sir Edmund Lyons, whose eyes he
cannot open to a sense of his good government, your Majesty
will be graciously pleased to recal that Minister in disgrace.
His Hellenie Majesty, to enable me to support the dignity of
his throne, and having learnt from me that nothing can be done
in England without a good dinner, has granted me a sum of
3001., with which I have undertaken to feast the corps diplo-
inatiquc, Ministers of State, the Houses of Parliament, and
Aldermen of the City."
Sir Howard Douglas is at present on a visit to Sir Edmund
Lyons. Their Hellenic Majesties and the Crown Prince
Maxiinil'an leave this shortly, on a tour in the Morea ;
after which the Queen will proceed to Munich and 01-
denburgh.

IRELAND.-GENERAL ELECTION'

The question now for Irishmen to consider is, whether
they will pass under the Caudine Forks, and surrender
the liberty they have achieved to their avowed and deter-
mined enemies. A change of administration in England
would be a mighty grievanee. To Ireland it would be
destructive. This all feel, and, accordingly, we are all
prepared for the struggle. We repeat it deliberately, we
shall not only hold our own, but add considerably to our
numerical strength.
Unfortunate Colonel Bruen. notwithstanding all his
sacrifices of money and temper, will lose the caunty of
Carlow, and no mistake. He knows it, and though he
may screw his courage to the sticking place, he will go
to the hustings with the feelings of a losing gambler.
Indeed, he has already gambled a very good fortune on
Carlow. heaven be merciful to him !
Colonel Thomas, it is understood, has already sounded
his retreat from Kinsale. Five or six thousand pounds is
enough to throw even at such a beautiful borough as
Kinsale.

Emerson Tennent—our old friend Fuscus Amyntas—
has got tired of Belfast, we hear, or, what is more likely,
Belfast has got tired of Emerson Tennent. lie cannot
—even if he was in funds—stand another brush. With
regard to Mr. Dunbar, we imagime that gentleman will
find, on comparing notes, that he has little chance for
Belfast, "at the present momentous crisis."
If Ned Litton should be mad enough again tc stand
for Coleraine, he must post the coals to some purpose, that
we can tell him. lie is not yet—nor is it likely he ever
will be—Solicitor -General.

And this puts us in mind of the Sorry Sergeant. Ban-
don has been kind to him—but he has done nothing for
Bandon. It is true he only went into Parliament to work
for hiuiself ; but though he did work and sweat, he has
dnne nothing. It is possible, however, that he will try
his luck again. In for a penny in for a pound. At all
events, he will not be permitted to walk over the course.
Purtarlington will be fought for, and Mr. Dawson
Darner will have to resign. lie had no business at all
to go Into Parliament as a Tory. Ile was a sort of Li-
beral in former times, and we were willing to take him.
—Dublin Evening Post.