he boats of the squadron, and now continues surrounded by
the vessels belonging to the Missolonghites, who have undertaken to
maintain the blockade until it shall surrender. The _Karteria_, the
_Sauveur_, and two of the gunboats, were immediately detached with
orders to take or destroy all the enemy's vessels within the Gulf of
Lepanto, whilst the _Hellas_ went to the anchorage of Kalamos, in order
to ascertain from the officers in arms what prospect there was of
general co-operation; and I regret to say that the want of union among
the chiefs and the prospect of some kind of accommodation with the enemy
seemed to paralyse all their energies. I therefore detached all the
squadron under Admiral Miaoulis to Syra and Naxos, to aid the Candiots
and Chiots, should they continue inclined to assert their independence.
I have to add that I received an indirect communication from the British
Admiral, intimating his desire that no new or further operations should
be undertaken in that quarter; for which reason I am about to proceed
elsewhere, under the impression that nothing should be left undone to
stir up the population of Greece to a sense of their duty to themselves
and to their country."

The communication referred to was conveyed by Lord Ingestre, commander
of the _Philomel_, who hailed the _Hellas_ on the 27th of September, to
deliver a message from Sir Edward Codrington. "Whereas I am informed by
Sir Frederick Adam," wrote the English Admiral, "that Lord Cochrane,
with the Greek fleet, is about to embark the army of General Church in
the neighbourhood of Cape Papas, for the purpose of conveying them to
the coast of Albania, you are hereby directed to make known to the
commander of that expedition that I consider it my duty, in the present
state of affairs, to prevent such a measure being carried into
execution, and that I shall shortly present myself in that neighbourhood
for that purpose." Lord Cochrane knew that, if it would be personally
very distasteful to him to be in collision with the naval force of his
own country, it would, on public grounds and in the interests of Greek
independence, be wholly inexcusable for him to act in violation of Sir
Edward Codrington's message. Therefore he complied with it and went back
to the Archipelago, there to do other work, while England was serving
Greece in her own way.

The service was to be rendered at last. After spending a year in
diplomatic formalities, Great Britain and R