Star.
London, England, 1828-02-02 00:00:00

PROTOCOL RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS

OF GREECE,..
SIGNED AT M PETERSBUROU, APRIL 4, 1826.

Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of his
Majesty, 1828.
His Britannic Majesty having ben requested by the
Greeks-to interpose his good-offices, in order to obtain
their reconciliation with the Ottoman Porte—having,
in consequence, offered his mediation to that Power,
and being desirous of concerting the measures of his.
Government, upon this subject, with his tlajesty the
Emperor of all the Russian; and his Imperial Majesty,
on the other hand, being equally animated by the desire
of putting an end to the contest of which Greece and
the Archipelago are the theatre, by an arrangement,
which shall be consistent with the principles of religion,
justice, and humanity ;
The Undersigned have agreed :
1. That the arrangement to be proposed to the
Poste, if that Government should accept the proffered
mediation, should have for its object to place the Greeks
towards the Ottoman Porte in the relation hereafter,

tentioned:
Greece should be a dependency of that empire, and
the Greeks should pay to the Porte an annual tribute,
the amount of w hick should be permanently fixed by
common consent. They should be exclusively governed
by Authorities to be chosen and named by themselves,
but in the nomination of which Authorities the Porte
should have a certain influence.
In this state, the Greeks should enjoy a complete
liberty of conscience, entire freedom of commerce, and
should, exclusively, ctindant-their own internal Go.
vernment.
in order to effects complete separation between indi•
viduals of the two nations, and to prevent the collisions
which must be the necessary consequences of a contest
of such duration, the Gieeks should purchase the pro-
perty of Talks, whether situated on the Continent of '
Greece, or in the islands.
In case the principle of a mediation between Turks and Greeks
Avoid have been admitted, in consequence of the steps taken, with
shit view, by his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constanti-
nople, his Imperial Majesty would exert, in every case, his influence
lie forward the object of tint mediation. The mode in which, and
the time .at which, his Imperial Majesty should take pail in the
ulterior negotiations with the Ottoman Porte, which may be the
consequence of that mediation, Would be determined hereafter by
the common consent of the Governments of his Britannic Majesty
and his Imperial Majesty.
3. If the mediation offered by his Britannic Majesty should not
have been accepted by the Porte, and whatever may be the nature
of the relations between his Imperial Majesty and the Turkish
Government, his Britannic Majesty and his Imperial Majesty will
still consider the terms of the arrangement specified ic No. I of this
Protocol, as the basis of any reconciliation. to be effected by their
intervention, whether in concert or separately, between the Forte
and the Greeks ; and they will avail themselves of every favourable
opportunity to exert their infitence with both parties, in order col
effect their reconciliation on the abovementioned basis.
4. That his Britannic Majesty and his Imperial Majesty should
reserve to themselves to adopt, hereafter, the measures necessary
for the settlement of the details of the arrangement in question,, as
well as the limits of the territory, and the names of the islands of
the Archipelago to which it shall be applicable, and which it shall
be proposed to the Porte to comprise under the denomination of
Greece.
5. That, moreover, his Britannic Majesty and his Imperial Ma-
jesty will not seek, in this arrangement, any increase of territory,
nor any exclusive influence, nor advantage in commerce for their
subjects, which shall not be equally attainable by all other nations.
6. That his Britannic Majesty and his Imperial Majesty, being
desirous that their Allies should become parties to the definitive ar-
rangements of which this Protocol contains the outline, will com-
municate this instrument, confidentially, to the Courts of Vienna.
Paris, and Berlin, and will propose to them that they should, in
concert with the Emperor of Russia, guarantee the Treaty by which
the reconciliation of Turks and Greeks shall be effected, as his
Britannic Majesty cannot guarantee such a Treaty.
St. Petersburg!), April 4 (March ES), 1826.
WELLINGTON.
(Signed) N ESSE LRODE.
LIEVEN.