their confirmation and consecration, and without requiring such of them as may be subjects or citizens of any foreign Kingdom or State to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and the oath of due obedience to the Archbishop for the time being.

II. And it is further enacted, that such Bishop or Bishops so consecrated may exercise, within such limits as may from time to time be assigned for that purpose in such foreign countries by Her Majesty, spiritual jurisdiction over the ministers of British congregations of the United Church of England and Ireland, and over such other Protestant congregations as may be desirous of placing themselves under his or their authority.

III. Provided always, that no person shall be consecrated a Bishop in the manner herein provided until the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Archbishop of York for the time being shall have first applied for and shall have obtained Her Majesty's licence, by warrant under her Royal signet and sign manual, authorizing and empowering him to perform such consecration, and expressing the name of the person so to be consecrated, nor until the said Archbishop has been fully ascertained of the sufficiency of such person in good learning, of the soundness of his faith, and of the purity of his

manners.

IV. Provided always, and be it hereby declared, that no person consecrated to the office of a Bishop in the manner aforesaid, nor any person deriving his consecration from or under any Bishop so consecrated, nor any person admitted to the order of deacon or priest by any Bishop or Bishops so consecrated, or by the successor or successors of any Bishop or Bishops so consecrated, shall be thereby enabled to exercise his office within Her Majesty's dominions in England or Ireland, otherwise. than according to the provisions of an Act of the 3rd and 4th years of Her present Majesty [cap. 33], intituled "An Act to make certain provisions and regulations in respect to the exercise within England and Ireland of their office by the Bishops and clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland; and also to extend such provisions and regulations to the Bishops and clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and also to make further regula-· tions in respect to Bishops and clergy other than those of the United Church of England and Ireland."

V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that the Archbishop who so consecrates shall give to the person consecrated a certificate under his hand and seal, containing the name of the country wherof he is a subject or citizen, and the name of the Church in which he is appointed Bishop; and in case of such person being the subject or citizen of any foreign Kingdom or State, then such certificate shall further mention, that he has not taken the

said oaths, he being exempted by virtue of this Act from taking them.

may

be

VI. Provided always, and be it enacted, that this Act amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in the present session of Parliament.

CORRESPONDENCE between Great Britain and Greece, respecting an outrage committed upon a Boat's Crew of Her Britannic Majesty's ship Fantôme, at Patras.-1848.*

No. 1.-Sir Edmund Lyons to Viscount Palmerston.—(Rec. Feb. 5.)
MY LORD,
Athens, January 20, 1848.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith a copy of a letter I have this day addressed to M. Glarakis, His Hellenic Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs, in consequence of the conduct of M. Rondopoulos, the Nomarch of Achaia, towards the commanders of Her Majesty's ships Fantôme and Spitfire, and an officer and boat's crew of the former vessel.

I have also the honour to transmit the number of the " Moniteur Grec" which is mentioned in my letter to M. Glarakis, in which your Lordship will observe that the desire to mislead is carried so far that no mention whatever is made of Her Majesty's ship Fantôme, though it is notorious that it was her boat, and not that of Her Majesty's steam-vessel Spitfire, that landed at the place mentioned in front of the Consul's house, and though it is equally notorious that the 2 persons landed came from the Fantôme, and not from the Spitfire, one being the Consul's son, a youth of 13 years of age, who had dined on board the Fantôme, and the other, the coxswain of the boat, who accompanied him with a lantern to his father's house.

Your Lordship will observe also that it is broadly asserted that Mr. Breen, the Midshipman, belonged to the Spitfire, whereas he belongs to the Fantôme, and had charge of the boat that landed the Consul's son. This article in the avowed organ of the Government explains M. Rondopoulos' refusal to institute an inquiry, and his persistence in maintaining his serious accusations in spite of the clearest evidence, and leaves little doubt of the whole story having been got up to create a false impression abroad.

Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B.

I have, &c.

EDMUND LYONS.

* Laid before Parliament, 1850.

SIR,

(Inclosure 1.)-Sir Edmund to M. Glarakis.

Athens, January 20, 1848. HAVING waited 10 days in hopes that His Hellenic Majesty's Government would offer some expression of regret for the proceedings of the authorities at Patras towards some of the officers and crews of Her Britannic Majesty's ships stationed at that port, and finding those hopes disappointed, and that the "Moniteur Grec," an organ of the Greek Government, is propagating erroneous statements, which are ill-calculated to improve the relations between Great Britain and Greece, I feel that I can no longer postpone calling the serious attention of His Hellenic Majesty's Government to the inclosed letters, which I have received from Mr. Wood, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul for the Morea, and from Captain Le Hardy, of Her Majesty's ship Funtôme.

In a case so simple and so clear, any comment would be superfluous, but I beg leave, Sir, to draw your attention to the fact that Mr. Wood and Captain Le Hardy, actuated by a sincere desire to establish the truth, went to the Nomarch, and explained to him what had really occurred, and that on finding that he set at nought the word of British officers, they urged him to institute an inquiry whilst all the parties were on the spot and all the circumstances fresh in their recollections, but that the Nomarch refused inquiry when it was practicable, and then made a show of desiring it when the unavoidable departure of the Fantôme had rendered it impossible.

I have, &c.

M. Glarakis.

E. LYONS.

(Inclosure 2.)-Consul Wood to Sir Edmund Lyons.

SIR, Patras, January 11, 1848. I HAVE the honour to refer you to the accompanying communication I have received under a flying-seal from Captain Le Hardy to your address, communicating the particulars of an outrage offered to an officer and boat's crew of Her Majesty's ship Fantôme, which took place on the evening of the 9th instant.

Having had an interview with the Nomarch yesterday afternoon, Captain Le Hardy proposed that all parties should be called before us, and the case fairly and openly examined into, but he refused entering into it as he said that the matter had already been put into the hands of the Procureur du Roi, and that he therefore must decline acting, or giving any redress, till his opinion had been received. To this Captain Le Hardy, however, objected, conceiving that it was with the Nomarch alone he could enter into discussion on an affair of this kind, and with which, he observed, the courts had nothing to do.

Seeing, therefore, no prospect of obtaining any satisfactory explanation, he told him that he would submit the whole matter to you and the Commander-in-Chief.

You will observe the serious charge which the Nomarch has thought proper to bring forward, founded chiefly on information he has received from the town major, and which he insisted should have equal weight with the statement made by Captain Le Hardy whose account of the affair I do not hesitate to say is correct in every particular. It is clearly obvious that the only object of the authorities was to endeavour to get up a case against Lieutenant Macdonald, but in which intrigue they have most signally failed, and have brought all the unpleasant consequences on themselves, and for which Captain Le Hardy told the Nomarch he would hold him alone responsible.

It is deeply to be lamented that such a bad feeling should be evinced by the Government authorities towards the British flag, although it is only so recently we have given proofs of the good feeling and interest we take in the welfare of this country, by our friendly intervention in the late insurrection, and which act of kindness has been so warmly appreciated by all the citizens:

Sir Edmumd Lyons.

SIR,

I have, &c.

T. WOOD.

(Inclosure 3.)-Captain Le Hardy to Sir Edmund Lyons. Fantôme, Patras, January 10, 1848.

I BEG to submit for your information a letter of complaint which I have had occasion to send this morning to the Nomarch or Governor of this town, which contains a plain and unexaggerated statement of the facts as they occurred. Our boats have landed constantly at this spot since we have been here without let or hindrance, and the coxswain carried a light in conformity with the local regulations; the outrage, therefore, was entirely gratuitous and unprovoked, and I have felt it right to request that the offending parties be immediately arrested, and, if found guilty, punished, for I have reason to apprehend that a disposition exists among the soldiery and local authorities to search for causes of complaint, and offer insult, which, if not checked, may speedily lead to unpleasant consequences, if not to open collision.

Monday evening, January 10th.-I now beg to report to you that I have had an interview with the Nomarch, accompanied by the Consul; he persisted in referring me to the letter sent by him to the Consul-(a copy of which, with the letter from the Consul which accompanied it, I beg to submit). This document which is but a clumsy tissue of misrepresentations, the Nomarch professes to credit, and he positively refused to bring the parties face to face

in my presence, upon which I insisted, in order that proper satisfaction might at once be given. He informed me that, according to law, he would refer the matter to the Procureur du Roi, evidently with a view to shuffling off the question; for once in the civil courts, the affair is likely to last for an indefinite time, and as he can readily get parties to witness to whatever suits his purposes, such a trial could lead to no satisfactory results.

I have therefore only to submit the matter to you, and hope my proceedings may meet with your approval.

Sir Edmund Lyons.

I have, Sc.

THOS. P. LE HARDY.

I beg to add that a copy of this despatch has been transmitted to the Commander-in-Chief with similar inclosures.

T. H.

SIR,

(Inclosure 4.)-Captain Le Hardy to the Governor of Patras. Fantôme, off Patras, January 10, 1848.

I HAVE to call your immediate and serious attention to a gross outrage committed last night (about 9 P.M.) on the persons of an officer and boat's crew belonging to this ship.

This boat's crew being sent to convey the British Consul's son on shore, landed for convenience immediately below his residence, and the coxswain was sent to escort the young gentleman home; this man, when quietly returning to the boat to hasten on board, was seized by a soldier, and 3 other soldiers immediately came down to the boat and compelled the (unarmed) crew with blows to quit their post, and go to the guard-house, and they were only released on the intervention of Her Majesty's Vice-Consul.

This act of aggression was totally unprovoked, and I have to request that you will be pleased to cause the parties to be [arrested and if found guilty, that they may be immediately punished, in order to deter others from indulging in similar excesses, which cannot but lead to serious and unpleasant consequences.

I have also to acquaint you that some of the boat's gear was taken by these soldiers, which I beg you will cause to be returned.

I send the officer and crew who were thus maltreated in order that they may witness against the parties, and as the packet is expected to sail immediately, I have to request your reply without delay, in order that I may report the matter as concluded, to the Vice-Admiral the Commander-in-Chief at Malta, as also to Her Majesty's Minister at Athens. I have, &c. The Governor of Patras.

THOS. P. LE HARDY.