The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-04 00:00:00

Postcript by Mr. Ilume.

Dec. 16, 1R24.

As the order to pass the 10,0007. scrip to the account of the
Greek Government at par; as stated Iry the Greek Deputies to
have been always theft *ish 'gm Intention, can be done now, not
tiny without loss, but with a profit to them, I request you will do
so, as the necessity of the transfer was occasioned-by the Deputies
themselves, at the tithe it toot place in July last.
(Sighed) JOSEPH HUME.
To Messrs. Loughnan, Son, and (Aden.
and by the postscript I added to that letter wilt be seen the grounds
on which I accepted this settlement.
As I considered myself justly entitled to the principal, I did
equally so to the Interest; for had I held the bonds to that period,
I might have made a profit far exceeding the unimportant sum of
541.
And now Sir, I hope I have placed this transaction in a very
different light froth that ih which you, relying upon authority
which has certainly misled you, were disposed to view it. The
worst, I think, that any man in candour can say against my con-
duct in this affair is, that I may have evinced an over-anxiety to
avoid a pecuniary loss, forced upon me by the conduct of others ;
but I am still willing to submit to the arbitration of two respect-
able and impartial men ; and if, after a review of the whole cor-
respondence and circumstances, they shall determine that the,
Greek Government ought to profit at my expence through the.
Misconduct of their Deputies, I will refund the 1,300/. with in-
terest up to the present time. Having been obliged to mention,'
with some severity, the conduct of the Deputies, I beg that my
censures may be understood to apply solely to their conduct in
their official capacity. In private, I have exchanged civilities
with them, and found always geidlemanly and agreeable men;
and with Mr. Orlando in particular, I have latterly had much in-
timacy, which has increased my regard for him as a private gen-
tleman.
I have also of late had reason to believe that to want of una-
nimity and decision, and perhaps want of sufficient powers' from
their Government, may be attributed much of the conduct which,
at an early period, occasioned to the Greek Committee so much
distrust of them, and induced 'it officially to address the Greek
Government to replace them by more efficient agents.
Not having access at this time to all the documents connected.
with this subject, it is possible that on my return to town, I
may trouble you with something farther, though, I believe, I
have said enough in my defence for those who are disposed to judge
me fairly ; and those who are revolved to view all I do through a
distorted meditun, will not be convinced by any thing I can say.
I am your obedient servant.
JOSEPH. BUM.

Snettieham, Nov. 1.
Sir,—Since cunt taihaion of the statements in your paper of
the 28th of last month, you have published a letter from Mr.
Luriuttis, evidently intended to give plausibility to some of the
Previous calumnies, of which I suppose he was also the author. I
have only. to state in answer to this letter, that where theft is the
least foundation of truth for any of the circumstances referred to
in it, there is invariably'the most shameful misrepresentation of
the fact ; and that the greater part of his tale is the pure inven-
tion of the worthy Deputy's fertile imagination.
1 will not add the further folly of entering into a newspaper
controversy with Mr. turiottis, to the extreme indiscretion of
1011C11 I have been already guilty in mixing myk,elf up with the
;reek Deputies and their concerns. I therefore confine myself to
a simple denial of the truth of his statements. When any facts are
brought forward, on authority entitled to the least credit, I shall
not hesitate to explain or answer them ; but as this is the
last notice I shall take in this manner, of either anonymous

paragraphs, or attempts of the Deputies to cover their own
►misconduct by indiscriminate imputations upon all parties,
I take the opportunity of adding to it, that in the only
matter of importance in which I have been personally en-
gaged, connected with these affairs, no blame is either Justly
imputable to the gentlemen who were associated with me, or my-
self, for the delays that have hitherto taken place, or the ultimate
failure (if that shall unfortunately be the result) of the means
adopted for its accomplishment. We had uo control, were per-
mitted. to exercise no discretion, and have been ready on all occa-
sums, where our other avocations enabled us, to give every aid in
Our poUrer to plans devised and settled by more competent persons
than ourselves. I must say fur myself (I might for others), that
front the first, and from former experience, I remonstrated in vain
against confiding every thing to the engineer who was employed.
But still circumstances, which may he explained hereafter, left
little choice to those who adopted this measure. Further, I ap-
pointed a competent and exper►enced person, paid for the purpose,
to watch over and control the expenditure as far as practicable,
and, as I have said before, the only blame I take to myself in these
transactions, is for having, in any respect, but certainly with the
best intentions, directly or indirectly, interfered with them.
WI, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD ELLICE.

Jeffrey's-square, Nov. 2, 1826.
Sir—l shall now proceed to remark on the sundry letters which
have appeared in your journal, signed by Mr. Luriottis.
The first is an attack on the Report of the Committe of bond-
holders, complaining of partial statements, and of the suppression
of correspondence, favourable to Mr. Luriottis. I believe there.
is evidence of rip such partiality. To introduce a correspondence
Of some hundred pages would have been impossible. Far from
bearing heavily on Mr. jatriottie, the Report states in its third
paragraph, that Mr. Luriottis haul, with one or two exceptions,,
frankly conveyed the information the Conunittee desired." But
most assuredly there were one or two remarkable exceptions, for
I the Committee could obtain from Mr. Luriottis no satisfactory re-
port as. to the 41800/. paid to Mr. Boufil. It was charged as broker-
age by the Deputies in their account current with the GreekGovern-
pant. But on examination, Mr. Luriottis allowed that no such bra-
keine had been paid. He stated that this mum was a loos sus
-
tabled by Mr. Bonfil on sundry speculations in sttk—.
speculations entered into for the purpose-of giving an artificial
value to the luau. But I must here beg leave to remark, that this
sum was never represented as a " less on speculations," until after
a previous inquiry bed taken place on the subject, in May last. It
was then, that in consequence of a discussion at Mr. Ilobhouse's, at
which I believe Lord J. Russell and Sir F. Burdett were present,
application was made to Messrs. Blonde to ascertain the correct-
ness of the charge. Messrs. Ricardo instantly stated that no such
brokerage had been paid, and offered their assistance towards the
recovery of the same. The Deputies were applied to for Mr.
Bonfil's receipt or account; but neither could be obtained.• If
these details are satisfactory to Mr. Luriottis, he is entitled to the
full benefit of thorn
; other exceptions to the frankness and fullness
of Mt. Luriottis'fecommunicatione will appear as I proceed.
There is no doubt that Mr, Luriottis didall in his power to ob-
tain the deposit, in the Bank of England, of the bonds held by
Messrs. Ricardo and Rai ;. but it is also true, that when Mr. Lu-
riottis applied to these gentlemen, his powers as a Greek Deputy
had ceaeed, and he had °received en official notification from his .Go-
vernment, that ho was the Deputy a Greece no longer.

Mr. Luriottis, without any authority, states, that I am the author
of An article entitled 4, Greek Comtnittee," in the Westminster
Bevielo. Ile sent lite several menacing letters, insisting either
on toy avowing or disclaiirsing that article. I chose to do neither,
though I do not hesitate to assert my belief that the wholc of that
article is borne out by facts. I refer to it here, because Mr. Lu-
dottis has accused pi wipg material: exclusively and 044*

dentially posssessed by the committee of bondholders, lot a pet 7
sonal purpose. A simple denial will serve to rebut the charge,
until some evidence is produced to substantiate it.
Mr. Luriottis repeats that he is a creditor of the Greek Govern«
ment for more than 3,0001. The statement he sent to the Com-
mittee is as follows:

Mr. Andreas Luriottis in account current with the Greek Go-
vernment.

Due to the no-
vernment as per
general aetvitut £4,w 11
. 3,082 19

Cr.
By an order from
the Secretary Ge-
neral of Finance,
dated Ju1y6,1625,
for 4,030 dollars £BO6 0 6
Balance of Messrs.
Contastavlos' ac-
count of 2.2 d Sep-
tember, for which
I have given my
private guarantee 1,076 2 10
To Longride, Bar-
nett, and Hodg-
son, iiitht of a
vessel to be sent
off this week 2OO 0 0
Commissions exe-
cuted for different
members of the
Goverment, and
sums paid for its
service .. , 1,553 7 2
Paid Mr. Eynard,
to be employed in
the service of
Greece, in gold
1 20,000 dollars 4,000 0 0

£7,635 10 0 I £7,635 10 0
Now, it is Eirtainly strange, that the first stint 016061. should.l
not have been discharged out of the loan of 1824. r never heard
of this debt during my early and Cdhfidenfial intercourse with Mr.
Lot iottla, at a time when he had every iriotien to mention such a
elaitil Of the .1,076/. 2s. 10d. due to Illessrg. Contostavlos,
1,0001. is t debit for an alleged breach of contract, which I have
reason to believe the Greek Government had positively Mimed to
sanction. The 2001. for the freight of a vessel, Mr. Lu:ivttis
himself acknowledges, has not been paid. Of the charge Of
1,558/. 7s. 24., I have at present no remark to make; but as
Mr. Luriottis has several times referred to the payment of 4,0001.
to Mt. Eytutrd, I shall take the liberty of mentioning the circum-
stances connected with it, which ought to be known.
When the Greek Committee were applied to by Mr. Spanio-
lacki to assist in the examination of the accounts of the second
loan, he stated that near 10,000/. were in 'the hands of 'Messrs.
Orlando and Luriottie, a sum whose immediate application,
in the then alarming state of Greece, was of the greatest
importance. Both Messrs. Orlando and Luriottis how-
ever, had on divers occasions declared, that they had no
balance belonging to the Greek Government ; but, on being pressed
by sundry inerobery of the committee, Mr. Orlando stated that he
had pent to Greece about 5,000/., and' Mr. Luriottis recognised a
debt of 4,500/. On the 11th of May the committee came to a
resolution that Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Ellice, and Mr. Hobliouse,
should request the Deputies either to apply this sum to the service
Of Greece, or to deposit it in the Bank of England, or some other
place of security. Much discussion took place on the impropriety
of not appropriating so considerable an amount at a period so
critical; and then it was, within ten days after the representa-
tions of the committee (say on the 234 of May), that Mr. Lu-
riottis instructed his friends at Leghorn to pay to Mr. Eynard
the said sum of 4,000/.
Independently of this statement, I would add, that the Go-
vernment of Greece his yet to be credited by Mr. Luriottis the
following items :
Recognized balance of the second loan £351 18 8
Dividends on bonds not passed to account 2,076 0 0
Recovered by Mr. Ralli for insurance 1,475 16 2

3,903 14 5

Besides bills for 2,2001. which Mr. Luriottis holds of Messrs.
Mavroeordato's acceptances, and his share of 7,5006 of Messrs.
Ricardo's commission, which (though Messrs. Luriottis may not
have received it) has been assuredly paid* by Messrs. Ricardo, as
appears by their accounts. In this state of things, whether it was
judicious to,refuse an advance of 150/. for Captain Allen's mission
to the United States, in order to expedite the sailing of the fri-
gates, on the ground of " having no funds belonging to the Go-
vernment," public opinion must decide.
Having disrobed of all the matter* contained in Mr. Luriottis's
first letter, I shall again have to trespass on your indulgence, and
'twain, Sir, your obedient servant,

JOHN BOWRING.

P. S. I have just seen your leading article of to-day. May I
not hope you will consent to hear all the evidence, before you pro-
nounce a final decision? lam sure my last letter will not bear
the construction you have put upon it; I have not time to give
you the correspondence respecting the 25,0001. bonds to-day ; to-
morrow I will state the facts, as they occurred.
Mr. Luriottis says, in his third letter, that the 7,500/. was
sent to Marseilles, from whence it was returned and repaid to
Messrs. Ralli Brothers, in whose hands it has ever since remained.
There are no such entries in Messrs. Rallis account. The fol-
lowing entries occur
1825—Nov. 3, paid by your order, 4,Bool.—Query, for Mr.
Bonfil?
Dec. 3, paid by your order, 7,500/.—Qy., Ricardo's
commission ?
and so far from this money remaining in Messrs. Ralli's hands,
their account, dated September .16, 1826, makes the Deputies
debtors for a bahuice of 501. 17s. 10(1.