ACCEPTANCE OF THE CROWN OF GREECE FOR PRINCE WILLIAM OF DENMARK.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 69, 3 July 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

ACCEPTANCE OF THE CROWN OF GREECE FOR PRINCE WILLIAM OF DENMARK.

The Copenhagen Berlingshe Tidende officially announces that Prince Christiau has had a long interview with Sir A. Paget, the British Minister, at which his Royal Highness declared that the only obstacles which had hitherto opposed the acceptance of the crown of Greece —namely, the abdication of King Otho and the finances of Greece —having now been fully removed, he definitely accepted it for his son Prince William. The Morning Post says : —" It is well known that a difficulty wwats t raised on the subject of the vacancy of the Greek throne, and Prince Christian was desirous to legitimatise, as it were, the accession of his son by means of a formal abdication of the ex-King Otho. This obstacle, we understand, will be overcome by a protocol drawn up by the three Powers, on the basis of the protocols of 1830 and 1832, declaring the state of things then established to have passed away, and making, as it were, a tabula rasa of the reign and pretensions of the Bavarian dynasty. In this liberal proposition Prince Christian has cheerfully concurred, and on the basis of such a declaration, King George I. of Greece will ascend his throne jwith not less of iegai and titrrtefiT%p.curity than Otho. In this manner one of the difficulties for some time in suspense has b.-en cleared away. The other main condition made by Prince Christian referred to the provision which his son should enjoy ; and Prince Christian and his family have expressed their readiness to leave in the bauds of the British Government the settlement of that question with the Greek National Assembly. In tliis manner, also, the pecuniary difficulty to which the Copenhagen journal adverts has also been 6Urmonnted. Immediately on George I. attaining the Royal age, a few months hence, he will enter upon the duties of government, and due provision will be made for the satisfactory administration of the afluirs of the Greek kingdom during the short interval. That brief period will serve in some measure to prepare his mind for the new duties which Lc is r.hoit to undertake : and will serve also for the execution of such technicalities as are required to complete the formal union of the lonian Islands with the Greek kingdom. King George will continue to be a Protestant, with the ready concurrence of the Greek people.'' ATe Deum was performed in the Greek Chapel at Malta, by order of the Greek Government, on the occasion of the election of Prince George of Denmark as King of Greece. The Greek Pope invoked the blessing of the Almighty on the three protecting Powers, and the Consul made a speech on the success of the revolution. The proceedings terminated with cheers for the Greek nation.