The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

G REECE.

The following dispatch from M. Londos, Greek
Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been addressed to
M. Tnouvenel, Minister of France at Athens. It is
dated Athens, Feb. 9, 1850 :
" Sir,—l have only now been apprised of a publication
which bears no printer's name, and of which I know not
the real origin. I only know that it has been commu-
nicated to all the accredited missions at Athens. It is
entitled A document Emanating from the British
Legation, and not contained in the collection of papers
published by the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs.'
I have particularly remarked, Sir, the following
paragraph of a dispatch addressed to you by the
slinister of her Britannic Majesty on the 31st ef
January (new style):—' The undersigned has, more-
over, seen with the greatest surprise that in an
expose published in the same collection, the
Greek Government has comprised (with what ob-
ject the undersigned cannot well conjecture) the ques-
tion fireign to that demand of the occupation by the
Greek Government of the islands of Cervi and Sapi-
ent:.' (Anonymous publication, page 26.) It is my
duty to remove any doubt which may exist in your mind
as well as in that of the Government of the French Re-
public, on the subject of a reclamation which Mr. Wyse
did not address to me personally, but to which I now
hasten to reply. The text of the note addressed by Sir
Edward Lyons to M. Colocotroni, dated the 6th Dec em-
ber, 1848, and to which Mr. Wyse has frequently
made allusion, contains a portion of a phrase which
is not repeated in the anonymous publication
of which I have the honour to speak to you. The
following is tee pot tion omitted—' and stating with re-
gard to these demands as well as to the others which
bad not been satisfied.' After recapitulating in this
dispatch all the grievances which have given rise to the
demonstration of which Greet/a is still the object, those
words must probably apply to the loan and to the de
mend of the islands of Cervi and Sapienza. In his note of
the 2d of July, 1849, the Minister of her Britannic Ma-
jesty having repeated the same grievances, adds—' No
other reply has been given to the note so frequently
quoted in the letter of Sir Edward Lyons, dated
the 6th of December, 1848, in which he recapitu-
lated those claims as well as others more impor-
tant.' (Anonymous publication, page 12.) What c mld
those more important claims be if not the question rela-
tive to the loan and to the islands of Cervi and Sapienz
It is, as you know, Sir, to these two notes, one of the 6th
December, 1848, and the other of the 2d July, 1849,
that Mr. Wyse particularly referred at the conference et
which, in accord with Admiral Parker, he submitted to
the Government of the King the u'timatum of which you
know thu consequences, taking care by a separate note to
reserve the question of the loan. Did not this exception
on a single poiat allow all the preceding demands tip
,übsist ? I nevertheless entertained some doubts of this
in nay own mini, and which I made to appear when say
ing to the Cie/labor of Deputies on the 6.18 th January.
Tha sixth and last demand refers to a concessive;
of a portion of the Greek territory. It is true that
the Miniver of Great Britein does net make any cate-
gorical demand on this subject in the note which he
submitted to the Government. He mentions it indirect'y
when referrit g to the previous note of his predecessor,
the Hon. Sir Edward Lyons, dated the 6th of December,
1848. Howev, r that aay be, Sir, without pretending
that this last question was, according to the opinion of
Mr. Wyse and of Admiral Parker, to be, whether just
or unjust, resutved within 24 hours like all the others, I
main'ain it is the right of the Greek Government, ued,r
existing circumstances, to enlighten the nation as well as
public opinion as to all the demands not yet settled
which hal been presented by the British Legation at the
moment when the differences arose. Now, Mr. Wyse
cannot deny that the islands of Cervi and Sapienza
were clairne 1 several times, and that no reply approving
of the claim was made to the note of M. Glaraki, dated
17th Novemner last, relating to this subject. Conse-
quently, such a claim exists, and it is my duty to refer
to it in order that none of the aflairs to be discussed be-
tween the King's Government and that of her Britannic
Majesty should be unknown to anybody. It would be
easy for me, Sir, to replylto other passages in Mr.Wyse's
last note to prove that the Government of his Majesty
has furnished a reply to each of the demands of the Bri-
tish Legation at the period when they were made. The
Government of her Britannic Majesty has always confined
itself to remarking that itcould not take the objections of the
Greek Government into serious consideration, and that
it required full and complete satisfaction. For reasons
which everybody will appreciate, silence was in some
measure imposed on my predecessors. As to the note
of the 6th December, 1848, you know, Sir, the state
of health of M. Colocotroni when he received it. (He
died within three weeks.) In the trouble which this
event caused, and in consequence of the numerous
changes which occurred in some months in the offices
of his successors, it may be admitted that the last com-
munication of Sir Edward Lyons—to which, more-
over, as I have had the honour to tell you, preceding
officers of the Minister for Foreign Affairs had re-
pliel in advance, but their replies had not been taken
into consideration—it is admitted, I repeat, that they
may have been lost sight of. As to the dispatches ad-
dressed by Mr. Wyse to M. Glariki, dated the 19th of
June and the td of July, 1849, they so completely at-
tracted the alention of my predecessor that, preferring
acts to useless words which might produce irritation, he
arranged the affair relative to Mr. Finlay, although it
is again found repeated in the ultimatum imposed
on the King's Government. As to the last note of
which Mr. Wyse speaks—that is to say the note which
I myself received on the 26th December last, a few days
after I entered on office I leave you to judga,
Sir, whether my silence during 15 days, in the midst
of numerous occupations, can be considered as a refusal
to examine and to settle conformably to justice, to law,
and to the resf ect due to a friendly Government, all the
claims of the British Legation. Ire quest you will be
so good as to communicate this dispatch to the Govern-
ment of the French Republic, in order that in this ever-
to-be-regretted conflict it may know that I have not
deviated one instant from the line traced out for me by
my duties as a Minister, and my good faith as an honest
re.aro Accept, Sir, the assurance of my high considera-
tion, &c.,

(Signed)

" A. LoNDos."

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that
CiasaisG CROSS-BRIDGE.—The half-yearly meet-
was held on Thursday, at the offices
reportVi CthoelesChild, Eiq.,in the chair The
amount of tolls, rent, and interest,
received for the half-yearending
the rent and rates of thecom-
pany's wharf, due at Christmas
istmas last 171 Z 17s 6d makin.
inincrease all 3,1071. 9i. 4d., being an - " "
over the revenue for the correspinngnase of 1061. 14s. 3d.
vious year. The directors have paid t riapteheond
ugerof tbefpre-
ma,ket Company the first moiety of 1,0001. agreed
nt
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b
paid 113 iced damages to that company. There is
a sum or 718/. 179. 10d, available for a dividend, at the
rate of Pt per "I'L per annum. A reduction has been
effected in the rate f interest hitherto paid to the
Loudon and County Banking Company. The directors
have not hitherto found it expe heat to put in
force the po were vested in them for makin a
ne.e street between the York and Belvidere-roads;
but n.‘gotiations ou the subject have for some time been
in progress, which, it is hoped, will enablo them to COM-
zneneo the wok at an early period. It is prepo3ed to
raise by mortgie,e or bonds a sum not exceed;re 31,0004,
fpr the purpose of discharging the debt of 21,0001 due
to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, on which 5 per
reel!, interest is payable. Mr. Tyrrell, supported by
Mr. W. Hawes, raised various objeutions to the ilatc-
ments contained iu the report and accounts; but after a
very tedious and rather warm discussion, en amendencet
that the repo:: should be laid on the table was negatived,
end the report was received. The motion of the direc-
tors for a dividend of 3s. 9d, on each original share was
not carried, as it appeared to be the general feeling that
the sum in band should be applied to the payment of
liabili • ties. Power was granted to the directors to raise
by loan or mortgage a sum of 31,000!., at such interest
as might be agreed to. The proceedings terminated
with a vote of thanks to the chairman.