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NO. 13,484.

PAPERS RELATING TO GREECE.

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Copy of the Answer of his Royal Highness the Prinee Leopold of
Saxe-Coburg to the joint Note of the Plenipotentiaries, of the 3d

of Feb. LB3O, dated Claremont, Feb. 11, 1830.
The undersigned received on the 4th of Feb. the letter which the
Plenipotentiaries of the Three Courts, who signed the treaty of the
6th of July, 1827, did him the honour to write to him, and by which,
in virtue of the protocol of the 3d of Feb. 1830, they offer to him,
in the name of the High Allied Powers, the hereditary sovereignty
of Greece.

The undersigned Is profoundly sensible bow flattering to him is
the honour which the Allied Powers are pleased to do him, in
choosing him to carry into execution their generous intentions with
regard to the new Greek state. He hastens to accept the useful and
honourable career which the High Powers have opened to him.
Nevertheless, ha conceives, that be would ill return the cenbilenew
which they are pleased to place in him, were he not, in giving his
adhesion to the protocols Nos. 1,2, and 3, of the 3d of February,
1830, to submit to them the following observations :

1. That the Allied Powers who signed the treaty of the 6th of
Joly, 1827, may be graciously pleased to grant to the new Greek
state a complete guarantee, as well as the promise of succour in case
of foreign aggression.
2. That the Greek inhabitants of the islands of !Canada and Sa-
mos, who arc to be restored to the Porte, may have their civil and
religious position fixed and ameliorated in such a manner by the in-
tercession of the High Powers, as well as by a liberal application of
the treaty of the 6th of July, that they may be secure from all vexa-
tion, and protected against all acts calculated to lead to an effusion'
of blood. On this subject, which is purely in the interests of hu-
manity, the undersigned still reserves to himself fuller communica-
tions with the Plenipontiaries of the august Sovereigns.

3. That it may be agreeable to the High Powers, that the new
frontier to the west should be fixed in such a manner as to continue
to ascend the left bank of the river Aspropotamos, as far as the li-
mits laid down to the north as those of the canton of Vloclios, fol.
lowing from thence towards the east the natural boundary formed by
the mountains which joie Mount (Eta--a frontier indispensable for
the security of this important portion of the new state.
4. That the High Powers may be pleased to assure to the new
Greek state, until its own resources may have recovered their vi.
gour, pecuniary succours proportioned to its wants ; since it is no.
torious that the Provisional Government has only been able to exist
up to the present time by means of the subsidies which have been
furnished to it by the generosity of the High Powers.
5. That the said Powers may be pleased to grant an aid of troops
to the new Sovereign of Greece, until such time as he shall have
been able to organise those which will be necessary for him. That
they may be pleased to agree with him as to the number of those
troops, as well as with regard to the time which they shall remain
at has disposal, and to allow him some latitude, should he see him-
self under the necessity of keeping them beyond the appointed time.
The undersigned takes this occasion to offer to the Plenipoten-
tiaries of the High Powers the expression of his most distinguished
consideration. (Signed) LEOPOLD, P.S.C.G.

Copy of the Answer of the Provisional Government of Greece to
the Note of the Residents of the three Courts, dated Napoli,
April 4 (16), 1830.
The Provisional Government of Greece haw received the official
Dote dated the Bth of April, which the residents of the Allied
Courts have done it the honour to address to it.
It has meditated with deep attention upon the act of the 3d of
February, as well as upon the explanatory observations with which
the residents have aecompanied their communication of it. Deeply
impressed with a sense of its duties, and with the sincerest desire to
discharge them in such a manner as to justify both the confidence of
its countrymen, and that with which the august Allied Sovereigns
are pkased to honour it, the government has endeavoured to appre-
ciate the great and generous design of the august founders of the
new Greek State; and in the second place, it has sought how it
might be able to take its share in accomplishing it, by conforming
(as is required of it) to the act of the conference of London, and to
the special resolutions which the residents have brought to its
knowledge.
In declaring that Greece shall form an independent State, the
Allied Powers have filled the measure of her legitimate wishes, and
of the numerous benefits which they have deigned to shed upon her.
Considerations of high political interest have doubtless influenced
them in placing her destinies under the safeguard of a monarchical
and hereditary Government, and in fixing their choice upon a
Prince who might become the organ of their generous intentions
with respect to Greece, and thus give a pledge for the stability of
the work of peace, of which the act of the 3d of February has laid
the foundations.
This immense task is henceforward intrusted to Prince Leopold
Cobourg, and his Royal Highness, in accepting it, has given a proof
to the civilised world, that Greece also would find in the eminent
qualifications which distinguish him, and the noble sentiments by
which he is characterized, a pledge of? that futurity which is already
assured to her by the rights which she has acquired at the cost of
her long misfortunes and of her sacrifices of blood, and by the in-
stitntions which her representatives have, in principle, adopted, and
by which alone the enjoyment of that futurity can be guaranteed
to her.
Considered in this general point of view, the lot which the august
allied sovereigns, in their wisdom and their benevolence, destine for
Greece, imposes everlastingly upon her the duty of unlimited gra-
titude and confidence.
In proportion, however, to the earnest desire of the Government
to be the faithful interpreter of these sentiments, is the sincere regret
which it feels at its inability to acquit itself of this honourable mis-
sion in the forms prescribed to it by the acts of the last National
Congress.
The residents of the three Courts were present at Argos dining
the session of the month of August, and the first decree of the as.
sembly must without doubt have attracted their attention. They
cannot, then, be unaware that the definitive arrangements which are
now in question ought to be previously submitted to the deputies
plenipotentiaries of the nation, and to be ratified by them.
The first step, therefore, hich the Government ought to take,
would be to assemble them at the present moment; nor would it
have hesitated to comply with this regulation, if some of the articles
of the Act of 3rd Feb. and the tenour of the note of the residents,
were not calculated to subject the deputies plenipotentiaries of the
nation to the painful alternative, either of disregarding the instruc-
tions which they have received from the provinces, or of confining
themselves to once more declaring respectfully the wishes which
they cannot but form, that the magnanimous intentions of the Allied
Courts may at length be realized.
The orders however with which the residents are furnished ad-
mitting only of the strict execution of the arrangements agreed upon
no other course remains for the Government of Greece than to de-
clare to the residents, after having collected the opinion of the Se-
nate-
1. That the official notification of the armistice which exists de
facto, is contained in the circular of which the enclosed is a copy,
which the Government addresses to the commanders of its forces by
land and by sea.
2. That the evacuation by the Greek troops and squadrons, of all
the countries, places, and islands which, according to the act of the
3d of February, are not to form part of Greece, is a measure in
which it will be the duty of the Greek Government to concur, se
soon as the Turks shall retire from Attica and Rubes.
It is moreover of urgent importance that the commissaries of the
three powers should, by their presence on the spot, prevent, or at
least mitigate, the unfortunate consequences which will probably
result from the establishment of the new line of boundary ; and that
the Government should be enabled to assure the means of subsist-
ence and a suitable lot to those numerous families who will come to
seek a home in the new state.
3. That the Alussulmans who are at present in Greece enjoy not
only perfect security of person, but also a portion of the
which, upon their application, the government had readiraerudsel
to be restored to them.
With respect to the provisions, in general, of the acts of the con-
ference of London, and to the special decisions mentioned in the
note of the residents, the government reserves to itself to place be-
fore the sovereign prince of Greece, together with a copy of the pre-
sent note, those observations of which it could not leave him igno-
rant, without betraying its duty towards Greece and towards his
roj al highness himself.
His royal highness is the depositary of the entire confidence of
the allied courts. They will not then refuse to entertain with fa-
vour the steps which his royal highness may take in favour of a

country, the welfare of which he is called upon to work out under
the auspices of a durable and solid peace.
The Provisional Government of Greece avails itself of this oppor.
tunity of offering to the residents of the three Allied Courts, accre-
dited to it, the assurance of its high consideration.
The President,
(Signed) J. A. CAPO DISTRIAS.
The Secretary for Foreign Affaires and Navigation,
(Signed) J. RIZO.

Circular addressed by the Provisional Government of Greece to the
Commanders of the Land and Sea torus.
The which we have successively received from you, show
that hosts sties between the Mussulmans and the Greeks have entirely
ceased since last autumn, and that the Turkish commanders have
given evidences of the confidence with which you inspire them.
You have received orders to hold friendly relations with them ; and
the manner in which you have hitherto discharged this duty affords
a guarantee that you will fulfil with scrupulous exactness the mare
liaise instructions which we now transmit to you.
The allied Courts have resolved that the Greek Government and
the Porte shall publish officially the armistice which exists deJacto.
On our part we conform to this decision, by directing you not only
to maintain the existing armistice, but to consider any infraction of
it by the troops under your command as an offcnce punishable ac-
cording to the rigour of the law.
The relations of peace and good neighbourhood with the Turks
being once established, you are enjoined to cultivate them, without, i
however, suffering any violation of the sanatory regulations.
Napoli, April 4 (16), 1830.
The President,
(Signed) J. A. CAPO D ISTRIAS.
The Secretary for the Navy,
(Signed) V. CAPO D ISTRIAS.
The Secretary for War.
( Signed) ROD lUS.