The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-03 00:00:00

f4PIAIT OF TUE. PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We insert a letter from Mr. Bowring, on the sub-
ject of-his trausactionss in the Greek loans. This we
do most reztdily; and we must alSo add, that it would
have given us greater pleasure to have inserted a better
letter., Indeed, we must confess Cud we are grieved
at the manner in which the charges still bear with un-
abated weight upon every one of the persons origin-
ally presented to notice : but above all, \SC (10 most
sincerely pity Greece.' Poor Greece! Little cause
had she to expect such treatment from England. We,
are perfectly surprised, and are obliged, howt'ver paii -
fully, to express even a stronger feeling than that of
Surprtse, on perceiving that. Mr. 1 owring should still
speak of 4, an advance of 5,00 Q. made to him ;" pre-
tending still that he haul not sold the 25,0001. stock,
when our paper of Monday contained his correspond-
ence with the Deputies, setting this matter at rest for
ever, which we now re-inst:lt
(From the Tinter of Monday.—Extract of Mr. Luriottis's

leiter.)
" This arraugementbeing concluded, Mr. Bowring ad-
dressed to the tkputation a letter in the French langautge,
of which the following is a translation
" 5, Jeireries-square; SIA. 21, 1821.
" MY;"rends,---It is any duty to return you my earliest thanks
for tirl, favour you have done me in withdrawing for the account
of your COVernment the 25,000/. scrip, at 10 per cent. discount.
'The ,sacrifice of 2,5004 I make with pleasure, as a. further pledge
of my wishes and love for your country, and X bore that het credit
na well aK her independence will be mtabliabed by subsequent
events. lam still the Wave ot a considerable Atrtn, and I hope
that we shall see the loini rise to a good price for the benefit of every
body. I ...late you cerdielly.
(Sigricd, " .IOHNI3OWRING," •
" On the 19th of o,ctober, the deputation received ano-
ther letter in Frenells, to the folloWing effect :
" 5, Jeffinii-square, Oct. 19,182 C
" My friends- —New that the crisis of the loan is past, I shall
ivel greatly ok,tieed by:your giving an order to Messrs. Louglinan
and Co. to ".eliver to me the 25,0001. scrip, on my payiog him the
5,000/. Aral the other instalnicuts, and I thank you sincerely for
the aaaiw'tsucc you afforded me at a moment when I so greatly
needec.). it. " Accept my cordial salutations,
(Signed) "J. I3OWRING."
4‘ Messrs.' Orlando, Zaimis, and Luriettis."
For God's sake, if nothing better can be done than
this, let the matter drop. We should be happy, for
the pure honour of our country, and for respect.to3he
Tiante of Englishman, never to hear of it more. But
do not let men attempt to force rejected pretences
upon the world again and again. It is evident that
the preceding parts of Mr. Bowring',a letter, of which
the above is the conclusion, does not, touch the subject
at all. Mr. llUMe's defence to be expected i—we
D
. ,
ope it will be oetter than t'oe preceding. Mr. Ellice
has declared the charges against him, which are new
before the countryl to be wholly , devoid of truth.—
This, of course, Is equivalent to pleading " not guilty,"
and his deknee will follow. But still we 'cannot con-
ceal the fact,' that supposing all these men innocent,
still soind mist he guilty t for great loans have been
raised Air the Greek cause in this country, from whidh
the (I,Sluded Greeks have derived no advantage,— Times.
'To Thr, EntToa.—sie.....Before 1 answer in detail the
various letters which bear the signature of Mr. Luriottis,
—none of which, I am sure, were written by him—allow
me to endeavour to remove the ithpreasions conveyed by
your leading article of the 28th ule. That article states,
that I had originally 25,0001. Greek Stock assigned to me
at the price of 59-.-that when the stock fell; t made vehe-
anent remonstrances „ and induced the Deputies to relieve
me by buying it at 10 pet cent. discount ; that not satis-
lied with losing nothing, I applied, when the stock rose to
a premitirn, to italic it retkiroed,—,that the Deputies would !
tett, return it,,but paid ee re nnpcnaatiou, and
OW they were the more surprised at my tollthiet, tts had
got 11:,000/. for my share of the comini,ision on the first
loan. I called these etetentents a " tissue of misrepre-
sentations;" and i,now. repent, that not one of those state-
ments is an honest clecr.il of the facts. Of the, first Greek
Loan a very large portion was subscribed for through my
individual exertions; the documents for raising it, were for
ez longtime in my hands,—no one has hitherto complained
of the terms on which it was obtaitted,and both the creek
Government and the Greek Deputies, were loud in their
protestations of gratitude, and repeated again and again,
that the services l had rendered to their country on that
*cession were such as they could never repay. No man
has hitherto ventured to say that I sacrificed the interests
of Greece for my individual benefit, or to assert that a
lean could have been obtained on better terms, or at a
less cost, through the instrumentality of others. The first
loan, when a tiiousund difficulties were to be surmounted,
was negociated at 59, the second tit only 55k. Had it
beets my object to ingratiate myself with the Greek Depu-
ties, at the expence of my; convictions, I should have ad-
Vocitted their having a direct power over the funds of the
loans. They were most desirous of this, and' constantly
struggling against that .salutary controul which the contract
provided for, No disposal of the money or the bonds of
the hum. could lake place without the concurring: sanction
of Mr. Hume, Mr. Ellice, and Mr. !Animate If any
thing improper were done in my favour, 111 r. Luriuttis
should have added that these gentlemen were parties to it.
Triendly dial generous sentiments they may have felt
towards me; but will it be believed that such sentiments
led to a dereliction of duty, when they had, and could
intve, no personal interest tit the matter i The favour
(lone me was right or wrong —if right, is; it not most un-
just that Mr:Lorlottis, who represents himself at one of
the doers of that favour, should make it a matter of erimi-
natory n=l4lloll against me e--. 4 wrong, why was Mr.
Lnriottis a party to it ?
But it is not true, Sir, that the suited! 25,0001. was
originally, assigned to me. I held a much larger sum, and
field it at the instance of Mr. Orlando, who constantly
,urged me not to, sell, when I might have done so at a
Profit, or at a trifling loss, and who complained bitterly
-that no larger sum than 10,0001. was apportioned to him-
self. For that 10,0001., on Which he never paid the in-
stalments, I became 'his security to Messrs. Loughnan.
When 1 Nytut oluell inconvenienced by the amount of stock
1 held, I applied to the Deputies, and to the gentlemen I
have nentekl, entreating an admire Ibr two months of
4,000/. cos 2:),000/, bonds, on which "4500/. had been
paid by me i so that the assertion that I was not satisfied
with losing' nothing, is purely gratuitous and unwarrant-
able. I :will sive the eorrespendence' and explain the
.facts as they ()marred, when 1 reply to Mr. Luriotti's let-
ter. tam now only showing the unfairness of your lead-
ing article. I did not apply for the bonds ‘f when the.
premium, het when it was from 7to 9' stock was at a
diecount. I paid back the 5,0001;
interest. The'
bonds were restored to me, though you, *tate the, contrary,
'and it is wholly untrue that I received 2,5001. in lieu: or the
bonds. That j was interested with;Mesere.
Loughnan,
Son, and O'Brien, in the commission on the'first lean,
a fact which I. have never denied, and of which,l have no
reason to be ashamed. It is for those gentlemen to say,
whether the assistance and co-operation I was enabled to
, render them were Overpaid by that part of
vstl,lt;:tkniziissttiz
which they saw fit to sacrifice ; but thnse.s
Ist,
will
bear
thing of my Manner of life for many yete
• ,teitutiony that any labours and anxietiesPon behalf of
:Greece have not been few nor small.
I shall proceed to' answer Mr. Lnriottes_
coulnitnlcts
tinny. 'The public press, which has so readily and go
,
1
versallyieserted Mr, Luriotti's accusations, t
will, Irust
not lees willingly nor less prominently insert my rep
This is due to truth and justice, and I must calmly wait
the result. .

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN BOWRING.
1 brave "Just seen the new charge of Mr. Luriottis, that
I caa bribed by Messrs. Itlcardo to forbear from bearing
the set;ond loan by doutel'r of a for hundreds of pounds.

It is an audaclout and impudent calumny. even Mr. Lu-
riottis dares not assert it ; but wraps up the slander in a
very intelligible inuendo. I will dispose of it unanswer-
ably in its turn.
hire-ries-square, Nov. 1.

The term " Patriot" used formerly to signify a per-
son who hono
preferred, the advantage, ut? repu.
tation of his country private interests.—
The derivation of tin word implies a love of country
that absortv; all other considerations. Great examples
fan time to time brought the name into the highest
estimation, and men who were actuated by a sound
and generous ambition, thought it the greatest reward
of their disinterested labours in the service of the pub-
lic to deserve and obtain it. It was reserved for the
" improving spirit" of modern times to bring this ho-
nourable name into suspicion and disrepute. It is
fast becoming a bye-word—a taunt—a title of deri-
sion--. 4 compendious term or scorn, meaning some-
thing like what the words "political hypocrite" im-
ply, but with a more forcible brevity. Mow has this
happened ? Look to the recorded acts of modern
patriotism, and you will find the question answered.
When the public see a fair tiathe long associated with
divreditable actions, they, learn to hate the name it-
self, and be hated the more in proportion to
the d;sAppointment which the false assumption of it I
p;oduced. The term " stock-jobber" is certainly a
name not in4good odour with the world—but an open
and avowed, stock-jobber is not so odious as one who
is found to have taken on himself the name of "pa-
triot„ for the more effectud pursuit of his gambling
transactions. Such a person not only defrauds the
public, but he confounds the very distinctions of vice
and virtue ; he fatally connects the ideas of freedom
and devotedness to her cause with the worst specula-
tions of sordid corruption—he teaches men not to
hear the one mentioned without fearing the intentions
of the other. To such a patriot, his country, or
latria, is a 1.-ambling-table—and fine sentiments ; and
ofty words—the cards or dice with which he plays.
What difference is there between the man who plun-
ders the public by bits of papers marked with red and
black spots, and he who plunders by other bits 9f
paper bearing the ominous name of patriotic '" scrip ?"
A. great deal—the former, if we may use the solecism,
is an honest thief—the latter, a double knave ; the
one makes you lament your own folly, the other de-
stroys your confidence in human nature.—Morning
Herald.

We received a letter from a Landholder, who states,
that he succeeded his father in 1796 ; that of his
farms,, the rents of some have, since that time, been
more than doubled, of others considerably increased ;
but that, notwithstanding, he is unable to live in the
in which his father lived. But, with all defer-
ence to our Correspondent, this is not a fair way of
looking at the situation of the Landholder. If he
cannot live in the stile, in which his father lived, though
his rents have been doubled, in what stile must an
annuitant live, whose income during that- period has
never changed,? A Landholder has no right to shake
himself free o the burdens which presS on the nation,
and the effect of which, with regard to a country, has
been compared to a diminution of its fertility and de-
terioration of its climate. A Landholder may be
much worse off than he was thirty years .before,
through the operation of Imrdens, and yet a gainer
compared with the other classes, through the increased
value of land.—Atorning Chronicle.