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that if the Protocol, coutaining that agreement, had not been communicated 
officially to liim by my Colleagues and myself, it was owiug to the want of 
any Instruction autliorizing such a communication ; which want of authority 
we had subsequently felt ourselves the less at liberty to supply because the 
mauner of notifying the French Expedition to the Porte had been expressly 
prescribed by our Instructions, and also because the notice, which lie had 
himself received from the French Government of General Maison’s approach, 
had, as lie told me, uamed the évacuation of the Morea by Ibrahim Pasha's 
army as the specific object of that expédition. I added, that if there had 
been cruelty in raising expectations on light grounds, the fault did not lie 
witli us, but with the Commander of the French Army, or with those who 
had prompted him. 
In reply to tliis last remark, the President assured me that if General 
Maison had been prompted to overstep bis powers, lie, for oue was not to 
be included amongst the Instigators. 
His Excellency went on to say that grieved as he was at what had taken 
place he was now more anxious to find a remedy for the evil than to lieap 
reproaches on those who had caused it. It was too late to prevent the pre- 
cautionary measures taken by the Turks; but something might yet be doue 
to restrain theni from further violence, and to rescue the Greek population 
from a state of hopeless despondency. The presence of a part of the Allie d 
Squadrons on the Coasts of Megara, of Attica, or of the Negropont would, 
he thought, be attended with salutary effects. His mind seemed also to turn 
towards placing a part of Ipsilanti’s force in position so as t о threaten Athens, 
and, if possible, to intercept its supplies. 
Sir Pulteney Malcolm told him that he was perfectly ready to comply 
with his request as to keeping a part of the Allied Forces on the neigli- 
bouring Coast; and I took occasion to say, with reference to Your Lordship's 
Instructions on the subject of supplies, that if lie would concentrate Ipsilanti’s 
troops in such a manner as to cover the Isthmus, lie would find the Admirai 
prepared to lend him everv assistance in that respect, compatible with 
the wants and prior daims of General Maison’s Army. 
Count Capodistrias returned my visit in the course of the afternoon, 
but nothing occurred to throw any additional light on the subject of my 
present Dispatch. 
This morning I had an interview with His Excellency and M. de Ribeau- 
pierre at the request of the latter, on board the Russian Frigate Constantine. 
It cannot be necessary for me to trouble Your Lordship with the details 
of a Confidential, aud in some respects desultory conversation drawn out to 
no trifling length. 
