im
to become an Elder Brother of the Trinity House.--His Correspondence
with Lord Palmerston respecting the Restitution of his Half-Pay.--His
Last Work.--His Death and Burial.--Conclusion 337

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APPENDIX.

(Page 161.)--Captain Frank Abney Hastings's Letters to Lord Cochrane
(1827) 370

THE LIFE

OF

THOMAS, TENTH EARL OF DUNDONALD.

CHAPTER XVII.

LORD COCHRANE'S ARRIVAL IN GREECE.--HIS ACCOUNT OF HYDRA AND POROS.--THE
CONGRATULATIONS OFFERED TO HIM.--VISITS FROM TOMBAZES, MAVROCORDATOS,
AND MIAOULIS.--LETTERS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHER PUBLIC
BODIES AND LEADING MEN.--THE DIVISIONS IN GREECE.--THE FRENCH OR MOREOT,
AND ENGLISH OR PHANARIOT FACTIONS.--LORD COCHRANE'S RELATIONS WITH
THEM.--THE VISIT OF KOLOKOTRONES AND OTHER DEPUTIES FROM THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY.--LORD COCHRANE'S EFFORTS TO PROCURE UNANIMITY.--SIR RICHARD
CHURCH.--LORD COCHRANE'S COMMISSION AS FIRST ADMIRAL.--THE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY AT TROEZENE.--THE EJECTION OF CAPODISTRIAS AS PRESIDENT.--LORD
COCHRANE'S OATH-TAKING.--HIS ADVICE TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND
PROCLAMATION TO THE GREEKS.

[1827.]

Lord Cochrane entered the Egean Sea with his little schooner _Unicorn_
and the French brig _Sauveur_ on the 17th of March, 1827. In the
afternoon he halted off the island of Hydra, there to leave the Greek
deputy Orlando, who had accompanied him from Marseilles. "I was
surprised," he said, "to observe that, except the open batteries near
the town of Hydra, the whole coast of the island remained unprotected,
although, in a smooth sea, a landing might be effected in almost every
part of its circumference. The town of Hydra is built in an irregular
manner on the fall of the mountain about the port, and presents a clean
appearance, the houses being all whitewashed. There is not a tree on the
island, though there are a few straggling bushes. There is scarcely any
land capable of cultivation; but there are some vineyards on the south
side and a few small gardens near the town. The port is small, the water
deep, and the vessels made fast by hawsers to the shore. It is evident,
that, if Greece obtains independence, this island, to which the
inhabitants fled to enjoy that species of precarious liberty that
depends on eluding the view of tyranny, must be abandoned. Even water is
only to be had from tanks which are fille