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Athens, 28 January 1850. Wyse's moderation in Don Pacifico and Finlay affairs mistaken by Otho for Palmerston's timidity. Otho refuses to yield and relies on Thouvenel. Terrible snow. Storm and great loss of sheep partly caused by want of cattle sheds and roads. King, government, Bavarians, and Three Powers have disgracefully neglected agriculture which is in a much worse state than in Turkey, though Athens is as civilized as any small European town in Italy or Germany, university respectable, and court balls brilliant though rather disorderly. |