accomplish this object in a way that will render them equal if not
superior in velocity to most of the steamboats in general use. But, as
no pecuniary means could be obtained in England to procure seamen and
purchase provisions, coals, and other necessaries, I came to Paris, in
the hope that the Greek Committee might enable me to give orders
regarding these arrangements, so indispensable to the navigating of
these vessels to Greece. The Paris Committee, however, intimate that
they have no funds; and the Chevalier Eynard assures me that the moneys
collected by him are exhausted. I therefore await with anxiety your
answer to the letter which I had the honour to address to you previous
to my departure from Greece."

No answer came from Capodistrias. He sent a message to Lord Cochrane
asking him to sell him the little _Unicorn_, which had conveyed him to
England, but said nothing about his own return. Believing that the
allied powers would do for him all that was necessary in naval
resistance of Turkey, he was not sorry to be deprived of an associate in
the actual service of Greece as powerful as Lord Cochrane.

This Lord Cochrane began to suspect. "Everything is arranged regarding
the engines for the two steamboats," he said in a letter to M. Eynard,
on the 24th of March; "but circumstances do not enable me to accomplish
more, especially without the sanction of the President, from whom I
shall no doubt shortly hear on the subject;--unless, indeed, he shall be
persuaded by the primates of the islands that he can do better without a
regular naval force, or, at least, without me, which I know is the
opinion of Konduriottes, and also of Mavromichales, the great licenser
and patron of pirates, so loudly and justly complained of. I am very
low, and do not feel at all well. I cannot free myself from the
oppression of spirits occasioned by seeing everything in the lamentable
state in which all must continue in Greece, unless some effectual steps
are taken to put an end to the intrigues and rivalships headed by
unprincipled chiefs and backed by their savage followers. Believe me,
that there is nothing I will leave undone to serve the cause. But it is
essential that more time shall not be wasted in endeavouring to
accomplish objects of vital importance by inadequate means."

While Lord Cochrane was endeavouring to hasten the arrangements for his
return to Greece, he was annoyed by a letter forwarded to him by Sir
Francis Burdett.