The Greek Loan.
The Times, 1824-07-23T00:00:00

The Austrian OThs: rt'er sontaitns the following articlc:- " CORFIT- .TTyr- 91 -- uti zxceitncuy tte iA-Tu ztign t mnrmissioner Ot -ins iliajesty the Supreme Protector, hbe, by a note datcd this day, coimmunicated to the Sex.a:e a printed docurie-t drawn up in the tbrini of a procla- imatian, oasLdecree. superscribed ' Tie Provisional Government of C;reece.' dated from I Agn, April 27, 1824,' and signed by several individunIs who appear to be invested with a public or official cba- racter in wlhidc document, ')esides the notice that a loan has been contet3rd, andtthat the proceeds are to be employed in military opertions. there is the following article-' ThIe money shall remain dcposited in Zante or Cerigo.' Ts The Gtovc;nnment of these States cannot for a moment alow a dcdarextin of thui kind to remain unnoticed, from whatever foreign Power or au:hlrity it m.;g come. - It cart nc Cr acknowedge bv its silence that any foreign autho. rity is e:atiz.d or sbzll prsume io tlispose of any part of its territory fe any r urrse ,-hatever, without the knowledge and consent of the lojan -overnmtnent; ard still less can it sutt,r an act to pass un- notier l;:rul unrrproved. when it implies a positive violation of the ,irin.;p]s m-in aincd by the ioniati (overnment. , The io- in t Govornm.ent has repea=ely, and even very lttely, de-:ared ts r.n-tr-li y in the war which is carrying on upon the r.zigbouting Contitent and in the islands of the Archipelago, and ir ould be-a dizec' rlolation of that neutrality to allow its territorv so be used as a depot t-n money or warlike stores by either of the colatezding, parties. The Govtrnzarent of.ithec states therefore ordains as follows:- ;ArL 1. NLitber the isl;nd of Zante nor Cetigo, nor other place3 b onging to the lonisn islads, shall serve as a place of deposit for die above loan. If aftcr this dedaratian one or more persons shotld allow ,zeh a lean w3be depesited vwth therm, they ehall, if subjects of the lJORIs States, be liLble to all the penalties pronounced by the ex. isiing laws -x-d ordinannes against the violation of neutality; and if they n,re foreigne:s, to the penalty threatened by the proclamatiojt If the 13th of April,'t 1824, (i. e. baMishsment from the lonian slauds ~. Art. . The present proclamation shall be printed in the English, 'reek, and Italian languages, published, and referred for execution :o the respectiveAuthorities. "Corfiu, June 19,1824. - "By command of the Senate PONSOGNBY. "Secretary of the Senate for the 4eneral Depatment." The decree to wlhich the preceding proclamnation refers is as follows - " Considering that the Legislative Body has resolved to contract a loan for four millions of Spanish dollars (800,0001. sterling), and a part of this loan, contracted in London, has already arrived at Zante; considering that, under the present circumstances, it is highly neces- sary to take.all possible measures that the money may be properly applied, as the contrary would be attended with the worst conse- quences, the Legislative Body decrees as follows := "1l. Net a shilling of the said money shall be employed to cover fonrer expenses or accounts of whatever nature they may be. " 2. The amount of the loan is exclusively dedicated to the ad- vancenzent of the nation, and shall be employed, with strictest eco- nomy, partly for othet fuiture wan's of thc state. "3. The money shall remain in lepot in Zante or Cerigo. "4. The committee which received its appoirtmnent fromLendon shall make the payments accordiqg as the Government dispuse, receiving each tine a'certificate, signed by the President of the Legislative Body, accompanied by t'he Protocols of the Sitting, wvhish certificate the Execitive Council shall give through the Minister of Finance. " 5. 'this law shall be inviolably observed, both according to its letter and spirit, till the whole loan shall be dlisposed of. " The President of the Executive Council, Argos, April 27, 1824. "GEORGE CONDURIOTTE." TIlE GREEK LOAN. " PROCLADIATION. "nv nys n niSS TIIE PRESIDENT AND THE SENATORS OF TIIE I;N'lTgl STATES OF TIIE IONIAN ISLANDS.