The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-23 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

NEWS FROM GREECE.

VIENNA, APRIL 9.—The 9th Number of the Univer-
sal Gazette of Greece, of the 16th February, N.S. which
we have received by way of Zante, contains the Procla-
mation of the President, issued in the form of a circular,
respecting the establishment of a hank, and the decree that
has been published on the subject.
The circular is to the following tenor :

" Greek State.—The Presidefit of Greece.

" I have communicated in writing to the Panbellenium,
as well as verbally to several Alizins, what I considered,
when I took upon me the great burden of the direction of
the dangerous affairs of my country, to be my duty, under
the circumstances, to submit to the consideration of the
three Allied Courts, asking from their liberality pecuniary
assistance to continue the sacred struggle of our country;
at the same time I communicated to you the hopes which
I was encouraged by the Ministers of each of those three
Courts to entertain—the speedy realization of which I
have incessantly turned my attention to, since my arrival
in Greece.

" But however favourable my hopes may be—however
constant my exertions—however great the good will of the
three Courts towards our country—the expected succours
cannot be received so soon as the actual state of the country
requires. It is therefore absolutely necessary that the Go-
vernment should, first of all, bring all the branches of the
public service into equilibrium, and he able to put in mo-
tion the brave Greeks as well by land as by sea, to deliver
the holy soil from the Turks, and to deliver the commerce
of the Archipelago from the insecurity proceeding from
piracy. While we in this manner spew ourselves ready to
do as much as depends upon us, we may with the more
reason depend on the succours for which we apply, and by
means of which we may honourably contribute to the de-
liverance, the restoration, and perhaps to the independence
of our beloved country. So long as Greece remains inani-
mate and immovable under the burden of misfortunes and
weakness—so long as it suffers the enemy to subsist on the
resources of Greece itself—so long as it endures the dis-
honour and shame which the perverseness of the wretches
brings upon it, who disgrace its flag by piracy--so long
will the three Monarchs, whose good-will it enjbys, justly
doubt whether it is possible to accomplish for its benefit
the salutary objects for which the Treaty of London of the
6th of July was coneludod, and for which, as has been
said elsewhere, the memorable action of the 20th October
took place.
" On the other hand, those European Governments,
which do not agree on all points in time views of their Ma-
jesties the King of Great Britain, the King of France, and
the Emperor of Russia, in favour of Greece, may take oc-
casion from this doubt, and from the things which appear
to justify it, to involve the fate of Greece in uncertainty
for years to come. Of this every Greek, who considers will
be convinced, as I am myself convinced, that it is the most
sacred duty of every citizen, without exception, to exert all
his powers in this decisive moment for ever to secure to his
country the enjoyment of that destiny, to which it has been
summoned for these seven years by the wonders of Divine
Providence.
" Great as are the sacrifices which the Greeks have
made up to this day—great as is the distress into which the
nation has fallen—Greece still possesses the power of un-
conquerable valour ; of its generous sons, both by land and
sea, it undoubtedly has among them men who were always
the richest proprietors and merchants, a class of citizens
who have saved many remains of their property and of their
credit, as well in the Province of the Morea and the Con-
tinent of Greece.
" Convinced of the noble sentiments of this class, I am
confident that the patriotism of the Greeks will afford to
the Greek Government the means of providing, for a short
time, ammunition and provisions for the army and the
fleet, without other recompense for the moment, and to re-
ceive, as well from the one (the richer Greeks) as from the
others (the soldiers and sailors) the services which the de-
liverance of Greece requires. But as soon as the Greek
Government shall have received the succour to be expected
from the Allied Powers, and shall have duly regulated and
enjoy the receipt of the national revenue, it will hasten,
above all things, to discharge the two-fold debt which it
may now leave contracted. First, it will discharge the ar-
rears to pay to the soldiers and sailors who will make this
new campaign, merely for provisions and the necessary am-
munition. Secondly, it will repay to the lenders the sums
advanced, unless they themselves prefer to delay, and to
receive [regular interest. The subjoined Decree, No. 7,
gives the requisite information respecting the plan proposed.
" I have now only one remark to add. The interest

that the whole Christian world has taken in Greece ever
since the beginning of the present struggle—the benefits
which Greece had received by the numerous contributions
that have been raised in Europe to alleviate its sufferings—
the wishes for its deliverance, give me the welt-founded
hope that Many opulent foreigners also will joyfully sub-
scribe, in this decisive hour, to the Bank to be organised
in the following manner :
" The President J. A. CAPO D'ISTRIA.
The Secretary of State, L. TRIKUPI.
" Egin3, Feb. 14, 1828."
The following are the contents of the Decree mentioned
in the above Proclamation :
" GREEK STATE.

" The President of Greece having consulted the Panhel-
leniuns, and by its advice, decrees—
" Art. 1. A Bank shall be established.
" 2. The funds of this bank shall consist of the several
sums which the Shareholders shall deposit, and for which
they shall receive eight per cent. per annum interest.
" 3. These citizens who cannot take part in the Bank
otherwise than by offering their articles of produce, which
may be sold in foreign countries, will deliver such produce
to the Directors of the Bank, who will give them bonds to
the amount of the value of the produce.
" 4. The sums intrusted to the Bank are to remain for

one year.
" 5. After the lapse of that time, those that desire it
have the right to withdraw their money, either wholly or in
part. Only they must signify their intentions to the Di-
rectors of the Bank a month before.
" 6. After the establishment of the Bank, the bonds,
which the Directors will give to the subscribers, will be re-
ceived without deduction in the purchase of the revenues
of the state as securities, according to the Decree, on mot t-
gages, to be hereafter issued ; and lastly, in the purchase of
national property, if the National Assembly, to be shortly
convened, shall resolve on the alienation of a part of it.
" 7. The Probulos of the section of Finance of the Pan-
helleniu:n, with two assistants appointed by the President,
are Directors of the Bank.
" 8. A special Ordinance regulates the organization of
the Bank, and all the branches of its direction.
" Egina, Feb. 14, 1828.
" The President, J. A. CAPO D'ISTRIA.
" The Secretary of State, L. TRIKUPI."