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the Sovereignty of Greece, but if the worst, came
to the worst, France would be disposed to oppose her.
The French Government have sent two Agents to Greece
lately to ascertain the state of affairs. & has always in
its official Journal (Journal des Debats) advocated the
Greek cause. The possession of Greece by Russia would
give her at once, that without which she is not to be
feared as a naval power viz. ports open all the year round
The Russians would be disposed to introduce a Monarch
into Greece (and they have already mentioned the son of
Gustavus Adolphus) — Such a Monarch— a stranger, for
no one would be found with any pretensions among the
Greeks themselves— must be the blind instrument of the
Holy Alliance, of which we would of course be a Member.
Will you, said Mr Canning, give me substantive
evidence of the facts you have mentioned with respect to the
proceedings of Russia, which I may lay before others? Yes
I will also if you please, communicate in confidence
the substance of conversations between Pozzo di Borgo
& Col. Stanhope, the former of whom is on his way to
Italy. No! I do not wish to have any thing from that
M<hi rend="superscript">r Stanhope. I believe Pozzo di Borgo is not gone to Italy</hi>
tho' he has large Estates there. I then referred to the
expected arrival of the Deputies & mentioned that Orlando
had been President of the Senate & was an Islander
(Hydriote) and Luriottis a Pelyponessien, and said, I
hoped he would honor them with an audience. He hesitated —
—but at last said— No, I think not. Every body
knows what passes here. I suppose the object of their

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	012	Main Headings
Folio number	173	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	3
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 e5 / / d6 e6 /
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1823
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1823
Notes public		ID Number	4234
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