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VICTUALLING OFFICE, LONDON, August 19,1846.
THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING
• his MAJESTY'S NAVY de hereby give Notice,

That there WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. JOHN
BATTEN, at the Sun Tavern, at Chatham, in the County of Sent,
on FRIDAY, the Bth day of September next, at Twelve o'Clock,
AU that valuable and extensive ESTATE, situate, and being
in the Parish of CHATHAM and ST. NICHOLAS, within
the Liberty and Precincts of the CITY of ROC/FESTER,
used by the COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING his
MAJESTY'S NAVY, as
A VICTUALLING OFFICE AND ESTABLISHMENT.
Consisting of a capital Messuage or Dwelling House, with the
Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, in the Decals*.
don of Hisar Stow, Esq. the Resident Agent Victualler ;
and also the several Storehouses, Outbuildings, Offices, Sheds,
and other Erections, now standing and being thereon, together
with the use of the Wharf and Landing Place adjoining the River
Medway, and extending for upwards of Three Hundred Feet
along the same. Also, a PIECE of SALTMARSH LAND
adjoining, Westward, called the TIGH, containing about THREE
ACRES, with the several Buildings and Erections thereon.

The above Estate is held under and by virtue of several Leases
made and granted to the Commissioners for Terms of Years which
will expire on or about the Sd of April, 1529, at several Rents,
Amounting to Two Hundred and Ten Pounds per Annum, and
subject to the several Covenants, Provisoes, and Agreements
therein expressed and contained.

N.D. The Commissioners reserve for the Public Service, during
the remainder of the Terms, the Water Tank, with the NMI,
Pipes, Fitments. and Apparatus thereto belonging, situate, lying,
and being between the entrance gates of the Yard and the Wharf
above-mentioned, with liberty to work the same for the supply of
Water to his Majesty's Ships, as will be mentioned in the Parti-
culars and Conditions of Sale.

The Estate may be viewed at any time between the hours of
Eight and Six. on application to Mr. Stokes, on the Premises (who
will show a Plan of the same); or to Mr. Batten, Auctioneer, Sc.
Margaret's Bank, Rochester ; and Printed Particulars may be had
of them, Messrs. Knight and Jones, No. 2, St. James's-square,
London; and Messrs. Jeferys and Parkin, Chatham.
IL WALLER CLIFTON.

FOREIGN LOTTERIES, PRIVATE LOTTERIES,
LITTLE GOES, AND RAFFLES.
Lomas Orrice, SOILCLSZT-PLACZ, JULY 19, 1946.
LOTTERIES being finally to cease on the 18th day
of OCTOBER next, Notice is hereby given, that the Laws
against the Sale, or Advertising for Sale, of Foreign Lottery
Tickets, and of any Lottery Tickets not authorised by Parliament ;
and against Little Goes and Private Lotteries, will be strictly
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It is requested that the outstanding Prizes may be brought in
for Payment with the least possible delay, that the Lottery
Accounts may be closed.
Numbers of Tickets and Shares may be Registered, and their
fates may be ascertained, by application at this Office.
L. HESSE.

GREEK BOND HOLDERS.

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Yesterday a Meeting was held at the City of L'ndon
Tavern, for the purpose of instituting inquiries as to the
appropriation of the Loans to the Greek Government,
and also as to the circumstances which led to the pro-
tracted sufferings of the Greek people, and the injury of
their cause, by withholiing Oe means of defence for
the supply of which the Loins were raised.
Shortly dm- two o'clock, the hour appointed for the commence*
ment of business,

The Hon. Colonel STANHOPE Ira; unanimously called
to the Chair. He declared himself proud of the honour
thus cliferved upon him, on an occasion of such im
portance to the interests of Greece ; at a moment when
that country laboured under difficulties of the most
alarming nature—difficulties, which if not obviated by
prompt and wise measures, would inevitably endanger
the very existence of the Greek State, and with it of
course, the repayment of the money which the Share-
holderchad advanced'. He then read the advertisement
by which the Meeting was convened, and directed the
particular attentios of the Meeting to the words with
which it closed, as indicating the object for which the
Loans in question were avowedly raised. It was plain
that unless the Greeks were successful, no dividend
could be paid, and he was anxious that all who heard
him should have the fullest information on the subject,
he would request his friend Mr. Bowring to read a
stated account of the manner in which the Last Loan
had been expended.
Before Mr. Bowring could answer the call from the Chair,
Mr. ItossarsoN claimed a-hearing. He was the one,
he said, who had convened the meeting by public ad-
vertisement. In doing so, upon his individual authority,
he had risked the imputation of presumption, rather
than suffer the Greek cause to continue in further peril,
without an effort for its safety. It was now a year since
the last Loan had been contracted, and it was mortifying
to reflect, that so much money had been squandered
without effecting any object or doing any good to the
cause which it was meant to serve, advanced as he be-
lieved it to have been by men more actuated by philan-
thropic motives than any calculation of profit—(Hear).
It was among the stipulations of that most distinguished
Admiral, Lord Cochrane, that he should be properly
supported in his operations by subsidies from England.
That, however, was not the case; and they owed it to
themselves as lenders to see that their money was not
frittered away, and that the Greeks were not held re-
sponsible for sums which they had never received—
(Hear, hear).—lt was given out; indeed, that they had
no right to inquire into the appropriation, and still less
into the disposal of the money lent. But whoever were
the authors of so idle a report, he could not suppose
that the Contractors for the Loan could have any share
inits circulation. They, he rather thought (though they
were personally unknown to him, their characters were ,
above imputation) should be the very first to vote lin -
inquiry into a subject which so nearly concerned their
honour. Neither could he attach such censure to the
conduct of the Greek Deputies, Messrs. Orlando and
Luriottis. Any dereliction on their part in the matter
under consideration, would be nothing short of treason,
against their country. A fault, however, and a serious,
one, existed somewhere. Where he could not tell; but
it was their duty to inquire into its source, and, if possi-
ble, by timely counsel to prevent its mischievous effects.
He intended to have proposed resolutions for the for-
mation of a Committee, but as he saw others in the
room who were more able to advise the proper steps,
he would reserve his resolutions for a future period of
the proceedings, and would only propose them, if he,
found it was necessary to do so. 1,
Mr. BOWRING rose, in obedience to the call of the'
Chairman. He disclaimed all idea of personal recrimi-1
nation in the statement he was about to make. From
the commencement of the struggle he had been con-,
nected with the affAirs of Greece. There had been two
loans ; but the Greek Committee had nothing to do
with thesecond. Messrs. Orlando and Lnriottis, had
been sent to London as Deputies, with Mr.Zeirnie, who
was replaced by Mr. Spagniolaiki. The latter Gentle-
man was dissatisfied with the conduct of his brother
Deputies, and he sent to the Committee the document
which he was about to read, and which might be consi-
dered as Mr. Spagniolaiki's representation of the ap-
propriation of the last loan. It was to the follow
ing effect t
Lagoa, May 2, 1226.
Statement of the Accounts of the Greek Dcpudes, Messrs. Or-
lando and Luriottis, in London :

DEBIT. .e.
£2,000,000 Stock of the Greek Loan of 1825, at 55&1. 1,110,008
•
Balance of the Loan of 1824 . 28,100
.
Interest of Bonds reserved . 10,500
Subscription at Calcutta for the relief of the Greeks 2,800

Total . I,t so,soo

[PRICE SEVENPENCE.

having been passed ia the accounts of the Loan of
1824, for their expences in the preceding y.Lr . 8.109
Further expences of the Deputies since the month of
.
February . . l,BOO
Sundry payments and expenees . 7OO
For the purchase of cannon which remain in England 80,000
Cash remitted to the Greek Government . 184,400
For the account of Government • 33,700
For different sums fur arms, ammunition, &c. . 57,830
Transmitted to Corfu, to be transmitted to Napoli . 13,800
Ditto for .
blissolonghi . . 3,500

• Total ie1,1.17,850
.
According to the account of Messrs. Orlando and La-
rlottis, there would remain disposable in their hands
in favour of Government, the sum of
Thus making a total of
This account is signed

. 12,956
. 1,130,800
G. SPAGNIOLAIKL

The item stating Messrs. Ricardo's commission to be
61,0004 was received with loud hisses. Mr. tSowring
next read a letter from the Committee to the Greek
Deputies, of which the following is a copy

Albany, SA May, 1121. •
" GaNTLZKEN—We have received the letter you
have addressed to Mr. Bowring, dated the Ist instant,
announcing the receipt of the Resolution of the Greek
Committee, and refusing to recognise the authority of
the Sub-Committee to examine the accounts of the ap-
propriation of the Greek Loan.

4, We beg leave to call to your recollection that the
, Greek Committee has not intruded its interference en
this occasion. Mr. Spagniolaiki, one of your own body,
has entreated the assistance of the Committee, in order
to obtain that examination of the account,, which we
' should hope you would deem desirable on your own
account, as for the interest of your coultry, and thole
of your country's creditors. We cannot individually
report on them, and can have no possible motive for
going into details but to serve the great cause of your
country. But, as the Greek Committee was mainly in-
strumental in creating fur your Government that rep-
tation which enabled it to raise such large sums of money
in England—and, as it puts no small charge of respon-
sibility towards those who advanced those sums—•.rid
as we think you are not only responsible to your own
Government, but to the British Public, for the proper
appropriation of the Loins with which yon have been
intrusted for the purpose of advancing the independence
of Greece—.-we hope you will consent to elucidate any
items in the accounts which may require explanations,
and to apply such balances as may remain to the prompt,
the efficient, and real service of your country.
We must assure you, with all sincerity, that no con-
sideration of personal hostility or party intrigue influ.
ences us on this occasion. Other motives than to serve
your country, we have none; and we earnestly desire
your cordial cooperation, in order to prevent souse,
quences which cannot but be disastrous.

" We must be permitted to observe, that it appears,
by the account presented by Mr. Spagniolailti, that a
very considerable sum still remains unaccounted for,
and which ought immediately to be properly secured,
and applied to the service of Greece; and, at the same
time, to add, that there are very many items which
most urgently demand investigation.
We have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
(Silin/d) " J. C. HOBHOUSE.
" LEICESTER STANHOPE.
" C. R. SHERIDAN.
"J. BOWRING.
" Messrs. OILLANDO and Luanne, ite. acc.”
He was the more particular in reading this letter, as ac-
counts had gone forth against the Greek Committee.
It therefore became necessary to set the public right on
such a point, and to assure those who took an interest h
the affairs of Greece, that the Committee had done
their utmost in the discharge of the duty which they
assumed.

The CHAIRMAN said, that those accounts had been
transmitted by the Greek Deputies to their Government,
and might therefore be regarded as official documents.
If a Demosthenes had spoken, his eloquence could not
be productive of a more powerful impression than the
simple statements of those papers were calculated to
make. When he (the Chairman) was in Greece, the
people entertained a most error.eous notion that money
could do everything for them. Of that unfounded idea
he laboured to disabuse them. Ile besought them to
place confidence in their wisdom, and their iron, rather
than their gold. To the Committi e, he said, that the
Greek Government were not in a condition to be trusted
with large sums of money, because it was impossible
for them, whatever their integrity, to dispose of it to
advantage. From their circumstances, they we; e nec”.
sarily the ready prey of pirates or robbtrs ; and they
were incapable of doing justice either to their own
interests or those of their English creditors, who, under
such management, could never expect a return of divi-
dends. In tact, the Greeks neglected the war, and
.took
just such measures as if they expected that the divi-
dends were to be paid at a future day by the Tut ks.--.
The first error indeed was theirs (the bond-holders)
They ought to have insisted that the contractor should
deliver their money into safe hands—(Hear, hear).
—The second error lay in Mr. Ricardo, who fancied
himself a mere banker to receive funds with one hand
and pay them out with the other. NJer this would
have been all very well in the case of a regular Govern-
ment, but it was perfect nonsense as considered in re-
lotion to such a Government as that of the Greeks.—
Such conduct could do nothing but lead to the destruc-
tion of Greece, and the utter loss of English million-.
He would say nothing of the Greek Deputies—they
were too miserable to be objects of any notice. It was
wise conduct, and worthy of great praise in the three
Counsellors, Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Ellice, and Mr.
Hobhouse, to make Lord Cochrane, that most chival-
rous and heroic leader, the head of the enterprise. üßt
who was responsible for the fact, that the ships designed
for the expedition were kept rotting in our rivers ? Was
it Mr. Ricardo? Was it the three Counsellors? Strange
indeed, that out of a cabinet of eight Gentlemen no one
could be found who would undertake responsibility ! He
only spoke of the past time for the purpose of conveying
a salutary admonition as to the necessity of adopting
wise counsels for the regulation of their future conduct.
—Their sole remedy now lay in the appcintment of,a
Committee, to investigate the affairs of Greece, and
preparing a report thereon to be submitted to a gener.l
meeting. Every thing, however, depended on the sort
of men they would select; as the Report must be quite

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in accordance with. the thornier of its framers. A ge-
neral m,eeti should then be called for the purpose of
dispatfar fit emissary to America, to put the Greek
nutty
frigate, whic was nut dbtained there, on her way ;
and also to tend aid to those places which still continued
in possession of the Greeks. &mold they, however,
unfortunately lose Napoli, Hydra, and their other posts,
from that moment they were ho longer a Government,
but a set of nameless Brigands, utterly unworthy of
consideration. Being anxious to avail himself of the
suggestions of others, he would leave it to some one else
to propose resolutions in conformity with the views be
bad disclosed.
Mr. W. • CLaat wished to know who had the application and
disposal of the money; for that person was clearly the responsible
party. It must necessarily have been paid to some one, in order to
its ultimate appropriation.
The OILMAN said that Mr. Ricardo was the banker.
Mr. CLARK said that two years' dividends were in
the hands rf Mr. Ricardo, and it was desirable to knowl
how be paid the money, and why the steam-boats,
which were locked up in the Ricer, had not been suf-
fered to proceed to their destination.—The sum of
80,0001. had been paid to Mr. Galloway for completing'
them; and that Gentleman would perhaps tel the
Meeting why they were not sent out. It was said that
a want of completion in the machinery had occasinied
their delay. Some parties were certainly most deserving
of censure, and ought not to be suffered to escape it. A
reason of a political nature was given by some for the
delay of the vessels—namely, that Mr. Galloway's son
was an engineer in t to service of the I'acha of Egypt,
against whose eine, ests it was not for his father to work.
Mr. ltoiszassosi here called Mr. Clark to order, as departing from
the proper objat of the meeting specified in the advertisement.
Mr. CLARK thought he touched upon a proper object
of inquiry. He was most anxious to ascertain how far
the authors of the mischief were accessible; and it
was worth while to inquire what was the power of the
Deputies.
The Caanuukx—l took the arms out of their hands by that
statement which you have beard.
A SHAZZBOLDZIL complained that little had been effected by the
first loan, though it might have been made available to the protec-
tion of Navarino, which two frigates and three steam-boats might
have saved if sent out in time.

Mr. BOWRING, in reference to the disposal of the first
loan, took occasion to pay a high compliment to the
memory of Lord Byron, as well as to Colonel Stanhope
and Mr. Gordon. An arrangement proposed by the
Committee was defeated in consequence of L rd By ron's
lamented death.

Mr. Itriagarsorr said, that the P.tcha of Egypt was
now in such a situation as to be an object of no great
apprehension to the Greeks. It was consoling to think,
that the misfortunes of the land of literature and heroism
were not beyond repair. Its cause was one to command
the sympathies of the whole world, and he looked upon
the glorious struggle of Greece for liberty, as

" Freedom'. battle, once begun
Bequeathed from bleeding Sire to Son,
Though often baffied—always won."
hear).—lie would now move a Resolution,
th.t the Meeting, viewing with alarm the delays that
have taken place in forwarding assistance to the Greek
Patriots, them it necessary to appoint a Committee to
inquire into the causes which have led to such delays,
and as to the appropriation of the last Loan contracted
for the ,ervice 01 the Greek Republic.
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This Resolution baring been carried, the following Gentlemen
wrre named of the Committee, any three of them to be a quorum
—lion. Col. Stanhope, Mr. owring, Mr. Hume, Duke D'Alva,
111 r. J. Holbrook, Mr. Prevost, Major Cochrane, Mr. Robertson,
Dlr.
Louisado.

Mr. BAILY defended the conduct of Mr. Galloway,
who, he s; id, had received no more than 13,0001. from
Mr. Ricardo, a id who would shortly come forward to
remove the obloquy which had been thrown upon him.
lie made a proposition to Mr. Ricardo, the effect of
which, if accepted, would be to render the ships fit for
the expedition before six weeks.
The CHAIIIM&N acquitted Mr. Galloway of any sinister design.
lie believed he only wanted capital in the present instance, and ex-
perience in the particular description of work required.
Mr. W. CLanit said that this disclosure only threw additional
blame on these who ought to have supplied Mr. G. with money.
The marked thanks of the Meeting were then voted to Colonel
Stanhope, as well for his services rendered to the Greek cause gene-
rally, as for his very proper and dignified conduct in the Chair; and
the business of the day terminated.

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