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body then) assembled. at the »vice-president’s 
house,,and; resolved) to defend) themselves 
there. 1Dhe, troops » retired ;!-and; con the 
following, day, the famous Colocotroni made 
his. appearance. ; Ele ‘cursed, the senators, 
and called them.all Lurks. = /‘Dwodays after 
this, onthe 12th. of December, ithe exe- 
cutive met some. of the menibers of ‘the 
legislative body near Napoli. The former 
declared themselves innocent of the affair 
at Argos.”’, The postseript.adds, ‘* Lord 
Byron. has this moment arrived. He was 
received with military honours and popular 
applause. ,.His Lordship had a narrow 
escape, havi ing passed close to a Turkish 
frigate. He thinks they must have taken 
his.yessel for a brilot, . The sailors say his 
Lordship,conducted himself with admirable 
coolness.” 
‘We ‘will pursue this subject of the 
'ateugle between the Legislative and 
Colocéotronian Executive. 
“<The congress here have done much 
good. ‘They have agreed to limit their foree 
to 2,500 men in Western Greece, which 
.consists of. twelve cantons. . They have 
also resolved to nominate a military coun- 
cil of three, who are to remain with the go- 
‘Yernment, and are to be the channel of com- 
igunication between it and the army. All 
‘the revenues, instead of being seized by the 
_Capitani. for the payment. of their troops, 
_are.to be, placed 1 in the, coffers of the go- 
verninent, “This will enable them. to pay 
and control the army, and put the constitu- 
, tion inforce. Eastern Greece has resolved 
to follow the measures adopted by the Con- 
gress at Missolonghi, and Ulysses will sup- 
port them. Thus our prospect brightens. 
Eastern and Western Greece are united int 
the work of improvement, and the people 
in the Morea are disgusted with the salt- 
monopoly and the disunion which prevails 
amongst the chiefs, and in their govern- 
ment. . The expedition to Lepanto will 
certainly. take place. Lord Byron, who is 
soldier-nidd, will accompany it with his 
500. 2: ¥ 
“ After the attack’ made upon the le- 
gislative body at Argos, and the attempt 
-tnade to rob them of their archives, two 
proclamations have been issued by the exe- 
cutive. The first of these contained a de- 
fence of their’ conduct, but expressed no 
regret for what’ had’ happened; and the 
second called on the representatives of the 
nation to send deputies to confer with them, 
and to settle their differences. ‘The legis- 
lative body, finding; however, that, under 
the mask of conciliation, the disorders went 
on encreasing, resolved on changing the . 
members of the executive in toto. Colo- 
cotroni had, some time back, sent in his 
resignation; but this he was wont to do 
when ina sullen mood; Metaxa had been 
‘dismissed’ for“ “absenting’ ‘himself from his 
‘'dtities, and the other three tiembets were, 
T trust, tried and judged ‘singly, and ac- 
ming language, 
: partiality.and injustice. » Tawilljrelate'to-yeu 
Greeceyin 1823 and 1824. 
cording to ‘the Warigtiage Of thie’ ednstitution- 
‘Phe newly ¢hosen execitive ened © 
Giorgio Condutiotti, the president's of! 
nioti Botesi; an ddinital $ ‘of Jean” a Rig 
a clever but’ intriguéing Wlitician's And “of 
Nicolo Londros, ‘of ‘Petras ; the ‘five shots 
ber is not yet riamed.’ The islands’ approw 
thesé measures’; and’ all here “seem 
tertain the same feeling? 'q05su! 
ogy Paso 
“to id 
oned 
When the new exechtitid ‘body. were 
sworn in, every thing went on quietly ; 
and the ex-members wé ate told; when 
they received the account of” their fall, 
felt like fish within the influence of a 
blazing light—amazed—stupified lost.” _ 
There were. factions. it seems of .many 
kinds, domestic and foreign—in- Greece 
and for Greece ; and many, mouths were 
open for a crown.» Mavrocordato ‘it:is 
more than suggested, could have ‘relish- 
ed one, but that a more’ moderate and 
more popular course, was better accomi- 
modated to the com arative mediocrity 
of his powers. e Moreots,” Dr. 
Tindall (just aug from, Ather ) says, 
* are. crying: out fora but h ¢ must 
be a foreigner... Bernadotte is, mentioned. 
Why not the Duke of Sussex ?”” Others, 
it seems, were foriour Prince of:Saxe- 
Cobourg. ©The »Chevaliers:' Mustoxidi 
(p. 16;-17,) thinks that’ Austria, England 
and Russia, might “placé the ‘so ‘of the 
late King of Sweden on’ the’ thr ne’ ‘of 
Greece.” Colonel S. however’ thinks 
that “the Mogul, circumcised, and then 
baptised, might be quite as acceptable to 
the commonwealth.” The republican 
star, it seems, is likely there to maintain 
the ascendant; and certainly there séems 
nothing in the proceedings’ of Colonel 
8. likely to bedim its influence; when 
the Russian Diplomatis accused him of 
a design to Anglicise the Greeks, “ we 
would rather Americanise them ! 1» Was 
his frank reply. He has his fears, how- 
ever (p. 100,) that “ the sovereigns, in 
their great and infinite goodness, will 
send aruler of their cast;” and that, “ if 
the Emperor of the North should send 
a rugged Russian bear, .there are those 
that would embrace it.?)\)0-due 90) 
But there is a‘subject’ in ghia the 
honour of this country (at least it gene- 
rosity) is implicated, which we titist, not 
pass over in silencé, Wé fara’ \ back 
therefore, to p. a2 for Colne, ‘S's ac- 
count of it, tito bas 
“ Sir T. Maitland has! tenes ‘elites 
tion, complaining of: the: conduct. of some 
Greek ships. § ®'Phis document ’ is? couched 
in unbeco } and ina lspiriteof 
the. cireumstances%of the two easés.|, 02's 
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