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many thousand essuA visitors. The meetings nna aklibert►• tions ef Congress were held under the shade of an orange and - GKEECL IttPORT voNi;itr AcArtp TIIE oItEEX COMMITTEE" IVV) , EDWARD, 4 , LAQVIERI4-,EAQ, RELATIVE TO Allis A ITE N44IT 1401tEA, AND READ AT TLIE ViEETLmo SATOKDAY, SEPT. 13, '1823. Previoakly to onterieg into weletall of the state r. whieh I Cetuulthe affairs' of ehe Confederation'on lily arrival !r. ;Le Marti}, it finiy,tiet.tee.iroproper to make some allusion is the eleettinstanceA K hich led to my Visiting Greece ; more f4cii3ty,liliOsiiiii4istankling seems to exist on a point, efildeitilY, teen most prejudicial to the interests of the (Weeks, and which, if suffered to continue, must pioduce stia,gre'iter injury: I:allude to the origin and fertnetion of yvvvvoloolutue. ..,, e , • ; - c. eit.ittinisteceisairfor meta dwell en fltoricemees whi:di pie: 7 41*. a t1)070 direct Intenextee bet Ween the ProviiiOnal Go- ' vsteententef•Grectie and England, during the earlier -stages of La eventfai, stregge - fe:norent of Alio reception -which an • ever•uri.ulight experience heye, and equally; so, of .the public eee'eng esiterally, all that cooled be well attempted in the first itgaaOe- `4 . 4 to ittijt, a person' to London for the purpose of eeceitaiaiug the, sem timente of his Majesty's Ministers, and the mate c r rubes opinion with reeiard to the contest in, which slit! CreAs wtre engaged. The intlividurti# chosen for, this ob ject Vial Andreas Luriotfis, ,'whOseesinimpt . .achable character e.rallittel In the catise'of his cOtu;tri, had' gained him the confl.: 4inge of all-pattiet in Greer. He arrived towards the latter eed of de:mare in the, preseet year, bringing with hini letters of introduction, but without being the brayer of any conunu e tlcetion to Goveinment. 'rite individual to whom 51.,Lutiottis Was more particularly athfieised, 'having had nvery'reaeon to believe, that theta •wes a general sentiment throlighont the .netion'faveurable to the:struggling „Greeks,, conceived that the best means of proving the truth of his conjecturer; was to make tie appeal the public In their behalf: Having idopted the measures within his reach for carrying this attention into' effect, Py'applying to those, whose weight and• taldhts in so ciety were most likeleeto, facilitate, the .object in view, it last feet well known to the Gentlemen who first joined your. Co me mitt* , that the'niost scrupulous care was taken to atltirdss the invitations for its formation, to persons of every party, with cut the smallest regard; to political bias or religious' persua sion,'#iviAced, thathOwever impcirtaOt the influe-nee which Gresce might be destined to exercise on the state of Europe on ` ' azure day, the question. was now one of humanity in favour vi a Christian co' intnunity threatened with extermination.. Ceserery to the hopes and anticipations of those who gene rte. dy undertook to form the Committee, the tuteubers were at tiret extremely limited; it was however considered of pritnary importance that a beginning should be made, and that 111, Lu ?foals, whofelt anxious to return without delay, should not be suffered to depart without some proof that he had not paid a fruitless visit to the Elitist' metropolis. • conviction on my own part, that the calumnies arid false.; hoods which had gone abroad, relative to the origin and pros pees of the Greek struggle, were the chief, perhaps only, cause of the question not exciting its due share of attention in thi3 country, and that it IVAIi of the very highest moment, that every evil impression thus niade should be removed as speedily as Pliable; I determined to secorripany M. Lttriottis as -the humble representative of your Celmnittee, and with a view of procuting such information as could only be obtained on the spot: it occurred to me, that the presence of an agent ot'some kind would be feveurabiy interpreted by the Provisional Cio •vetnment and people of Greece ; and a most flattering recep •tian afterwards convinced the that I was not mistaken. My wishes having been comtmenicated to your Committee on its, first meeting, Friday, February 2fith, I had the satisfaction to fa that they were fully approved, and an arrangement was accordingly made for corresponding w ith your Honorary Sc- . cretary. Leaving London on the 4th March, - we proceeded - to Mar :scales, • with the intention of onbarking there. for Hydra. Ocring,iiowever, to the want of more frequent communication, and the approaching hostilities between France and Spain, we rescived to proceed by land to Otranto, and but for the refusal or the lkfarehe»e Foscaldo, Minister of his Neapolitan Ma jesty at Rome, tO sign my passport, we should have reached Co - y -fu mucli 200T1CT, Forced to retrace our steps, 'and embark at t.„neons, we did flatland in the above island before the'2lst °I . .APril, and only reached the slime of the Morea ten days . afterwards. iTaving lantiM at Pyrgi, a small' cove - opposite the I.sland of lance, early irr the morning of May 30th, the rind objects which utrock toy sight, were a number of hushandrnen and females busily employed in the 'various occitpatiorts 7 Of tillage. weeding : , c. ; While nitmerous ilocits and hardy were seen grazing on ts plain of about fifteen Miles in eircurnferet co., and surrounded by a range of itllla thieklY'studdiedwitl. (live' and other trees.— On reaching Pyrgps, itlirge.toi.4 - rt eight miles further on,.com rnanding a delightful prospect Of its extensive plain and neigh bouring country, inclining the..mountainoui, districts of gala vrita and Arcadia with the.asa inibe distance, there appeared to have been no material int'errliption to agricultural pursuits, as we continually passed through vineyards, cornfields, and orchards of tnulhenytreeg.' .'civoups of women and children were also seen round the Well e s, ocatipied'either in washing or drawing water, as if enjoying.the most perfect security. These enlivening and unexpected oontinued while we followed the romantic and ever.windiog coarse of the Alpheds, through thi.. moat on,thanting country( . oyer. behead, for a distance of more thin - slaty miles; witiiy?W`ft,es+centled' the 'range of moon t which Mtersett _gie,p , velt;•throughout its centre. 'fere Is!,, over tocitlt itnil preciPices of frightful aspect, forth. I ing a nu ath. - ..!r of sintost..,iopcnetrable pastes fur a dOnSidetlibit: natitnt, "Possistg over; a . "a- , ygiati' of; lofty . pines, which cover a ..Tatra of": ok-iY 4ti.)..anoth'er well cut. Pt.:11'334 'to reaching that on which The a l m o st tile Turkish army, which fut. low . A its att . .- • ' Marra in the autumn of 1822, trt!l as 7. )us ,ti:pa:-; `events. to which that memo ralo!e gave rise, haring induced the Provisional CIo. v3rnm.;:nt tri cot: - nitre a general Contras at Astriq, the m e N i . har3 cf the Exe:ti:ive and Dapv tics bad dtist reached Tripolizza as we arr:vo.l: Whether regard the importance of the measures there', or the dignity and moderation with • whialt the deliberaiang carried on, the mecti::g at Astros InaihljUstiy cousilere,l tia nue Of tlI 17104 i iluprestiic;•4 anti in. t eras! ing eveats stt uggle. - - • Although the decree of convivation,' 'which nto pointed , out the triode to ire ptir3l:edl;l the new elections, together with th^ neneSsity..of only. uturiling men distinguished for their patriotisro and virtue, merely opecbled the number of Repre tentatjvcs ptescribtpd, by the. law of .Epidaurus; ;tit, such was th-; calc-neha of 'the , peepie throughout the Confederation to .contribute tt the common veal,. That above three hundred de :piece h;:4l,..assembled by the beginning . of April ; ,there we v.O !erg: bodk of trAps, nearly "all military 6:lCfs,. aid niuraentunaer every Rossliale shape and aggravation which the imagination can conceive, massacres which have consigned, in fellor that space, not leis than shit) , thousand of our tw Lemon grove, between sunrise and noon, while all those who Christians of every age and let to death, under torments such were desiront of hearing the debates, or witnessing the pro. as history affords no example of, and who were, for by far the most part, the innocent Victims of a merciless soldiery ceedings, beta led the suer . °twang sPace thickly shaded with Bu • t have they disclosed t h o l e indescribable horrors, even olive trees. : worse than death, to which the helpless women and children of • The first care of the Congress thus assembled was to re- Greece have been exhosed, before the moment of exectioh, t Or while in the hands of their oppressors ? Would it be vide and correct such articles in the Constitution framed a possible for the most able pen, the executions of the capi ta eloquent tongue, to de- Epidaurus sixteen months before, as experience - had proved scribe the scenes which followed tals a to be susceptible of amelioration. Adopting the 'most lib eral' t Adrianople, Salonica, Mount Athens,-Smyrna Novo, Aivali, Rhodes, Cyprus, Candle, and Scio ? I Scala t is in institutions of Europe for their models, there was not a single passable to believe, that if the nameless anti innumerable atro cities committed by the Infidels, whenever they could gain atro clause added or retrenched, without a precedent, being pre. • even a momentary ascendancy, had reached the knowledge of viously established, either in the practice of the British Con- a nation whose annals bear such constant _testimony to.its cha stitution or that of the United States, which the Legislators of rity and commiseration for the woes of others, no matter what . • . their clime or colour, it could have been deterred f r om c oming Greece ebtsulted, as 'knowing it to etnanate front the letter 'forward at an earlier period of. this dreadful contest. Had the and spirit of English law. I ought not to omit stating, as con- cries reached our - country of infants, torn from their mother's breasts and. firing into the sea, or dashed against the rocks, necttni belch this portion of the labours of Congress, that its as et Selo and various other places—.of fathers, husbands, and principal attention was directed to the best mode of drawing brothers, butchered before the eyes of mothers, wives, and sisters, who were themselves destined either to 'share a simi lar up civil and criminal codes, and of introducing the trial by • fate, or be .dragged into that hopeless slavery in which 'jury into the legal proceedure of Greece, •as well as a regular ' thour.audaanguish a: this moment—it is needless to say that system of public education on the principles of Bell and every British heart would have melted, and every 'British hand been itretched out to succour or to save a perishing com- Lancaster: Having decreed the necessary clauses upon the muna •y I above points, so essential ?to the perfection. of' their civil I turn with pleasure from the sufferings of the Greeks, to • their triumphs—triumph . , achieved under difficulties organization, .the Eicecutive vras . directed to take such steps rind privations that would have appalled the stout est dangers , t hearts ; • As might be most likely to produce the - benefits anticipated and which seem to be rather the work of that Omnipotent from them without lot'scf tithe; The second object of soli- Con whoni the proclamation of Astros invokes, than of , serted people ! The Noblemen and Gentlemen composing unarmed, scattered, disorganized, and I may almost add, dan e• citude related,tO the state of finances, public accounts an da national resources. Thette being subjected to a careful ex- your Committee have watched and exulted in the naval and amination, and various modifications introduced Into the poli. military victories of the Hellenists, from the commencement deal. code, for the more prompt collection of the revenue of their struggle tip to the .elestrtiction .of the hordes who in. and prevention of fiscal abuses , the third and last subject o f - vatted the Mores last year, when it really , seemed as if an of. deliberation was au inquiry into the' extent of the naval and _fended Divinity hind given them iip to the swords of a long milhary forces of the C on federation, as a l so re l at i ve t o the most p ersecuted and suffering people. This almost miraculous de effectual plans to be adopted for repelling every future attempt liverance of the alma, at a time when the most sanguine of the enemy. • friends of the Greek cause in England had neatly given it up Having decided that the seat of Government should be fixed as lost, may lie 'justly' hailed as a totally new and brilliant at Tripolizza, preVious to , its final establishment e tt Athens, epoch. in the contest; for .there is no instance on record sub. the last act of Coegress Was an address to the people, in which sequently to the capture of Napoli de Romania, one of the first the object of ruse brim,, and a succinct notice chile proceed- fruits of the triumphs gained on the plain of Argos, in which ings weria.detailed.a This energetic paper also proclaimed the the Greeks have not completely disproved the accusations of national indepehdence, appealing once more to the Christian their enemies, by showing every.disposition to conduct the war .world for its sympathy and support • and after thanking those on principles strictly cenfonnieble to the laws of civilized na. who bed merited ha approbation by their patriotism and public tions. When I add that they have acted thus in the midst of - spirit, concluded, by imploring tt the Omnipotent Father of All incessant provocations on-tht: . part of the Turks, whose excesses to extend his Almighty protection to the people of Greece, and continue unabated to this hour, it will be for your Committee crown their efforts With success." to decide how tar the calumniators of the former are justified in Nutubers of those who were present at Astros have informed their system of ungenerous hostility.; • me that the result of each day's deliberation was watched with Your Committee is doubtless aware, that in all the prods the most intense anxiety by all classes, representing the whole mations and other addresses which have emanated from the hit a scene of the greatest enthusiasm and unanimity, with the Provisional Government, or Chiefs of' the Confederation, an exception of ogre eingle point-othe propriety of distributing a appeal has been invariably made to their Christian brethren of portion of the mac:nal doniams amongst the chiefs and soldiery. the rest of Europe.. Never was appeal more just or legitimate. Aware that more than nineteen twentieths of the territory freed This appeal is founded on facts the most obvious and incontro. from - 'the tyrant, had belonged to Turkish proprietors, it was vertible. 'There is scarcely a single Greek, however ignorant extremely natural for those whose lives had been passed in the or illiterate, who does not know that the torch, extinguished for labotire of agriculture as slaves, to feel anxious about the pos. a time by the effects of tyranny and barbarism, but which now session of a spot of ground, however small, which they could illumines the greatest portion of our hemisphere, was first call their own, and there was every disposition on the part of lighted up in Greece; and that all we possess to cheer and Government and Congress to accede to their wishes. Such, animate existence, wits derived from their forefathers ! As, however, were the 'difficulties that presented .themselves in however, flippancy and prejudice have occasionally combined, every stage of the discussion w hich f o ll owe d . t h e p r oposal to to reject the justice of an appeal founded upon gnounds which alienate a part of the domains; the probabilities that it vgmld no generous miner would dispute, it remains for use to show interfere, with the duties of die gamy ; .the obstacles to an equi. your Committee, by the statement of a few facts, that the table distribution, in the existing state of the wa r ; and, above Greeks of the present day have claims to the support of the all, the effect which it might produce on th e p ublic credit of Christian world, totally distinct from the incalculable benefits alith Confederetion, when the Executive should be authorized conferred on mankind by the wisdom anti virtue of their ances werable, if they are not can to contract a foreign loan, that the question was deferred by torn. Nor am. I without a hope, that the claims lam about to actual struggle of' unanimous consent, till that period when it could be carried put forward will'be deemed unsus into effect Wi th out exposing the nation to any of ,the foregoing sidered Vs inesitable. . • • s o large a part of its best serious inconveniences. • .. . It is, I presume, impossible to separate' t h e illy motive for having thus called the attention of your Coin- the ()reeks from that period of European history, when, a ft er ' n invaders, the ultimat e mince to the proceedings at Astros , and dwelt on theft some- , a succession of crusades, In :bleb so l'bera'e the Holy L , what in detail, is, that they were almost the exclusive topic of blood and treasure was sacrificed conversation on my arrival at Tripolizza, whilst they are, per- and other points occupied by the el liatit t thul • t he cen ur— e eaving haps, more calculated to illustrate the real spirit of the cause result of which was their sub seq uent abandonment by for which Greece is contending, than any thing else I could Sovereigns of Chrietentioni in t h e . _ a Christian popularion of many millions a re py to s s sei vi. have possibly adduced. been made for the protection of But there are many other circumstances connected with the rude at once more !;aping and cruel than any ever imposed on origin and progress of' this extraordinary struggle, which are man. Had sonic stipulation scarcely less - worthy of attention ; and though the limits of a life, faith, or property, a la OW of plausibility on Report, intended. rather as the outline of a few prominent facts, wrette.ed fate. there inight be som a t tt in favour of a . pride thus left to th e i r than St minute record of events, preclude the possibility of toy the part of th ose who now deprecate interference and aid. going` to the extent I could wish, there are yet some portieu. But so for *OM t h is having been the case, lam bore out. by lees so closely allied to the interests of Greece a nd hutnantt y , histor y , when I assert that the Greek people were destined to ,the they cannot be passed over in silence on e present oc. o undergo a bondage as unconditional and pp ressive as ever . . cation. . - ` weighed down a nation. Under such a calamity ; and, to use Being principally desirous of ascertaining how far the con- the emphatic language of the proclamation of Astros, " de. duct of the Provisional Government and people of Greece are prived of their liberties and substance; exposed to unheard-of entitled td the support of the Christian world, without any re- cruelties by those who have ever been strangers to justice and ference to their imprescriptible claims as the victims of oppres- hinnanity ; ' what, I will ask, but innate virtue united to the sion and professors of a common faith; I need scarcely inform most heroic resolution,. could have enabled the Greeks, not your Committee, that I left no ,effort untried to obtain correct only to sustain tha honour of Christianity, but to cherish and data on the circumstances which led to 'the struggle in thelirst cultivate those • quelities which dignify and ornament its fol. instance ; and, in the 'second piece, to discover how far the lowers ? ' charges of cruelty, which had been so industriously circulated, It is not my intention to become an indiscriminate panegy and so frequently furnished an excuse for those to whom appli- rist of the ()reeks at the expense of truth, or to deny the ex cations had been made in behalf of the unhappy Greeks, were istence of vices among them—viCes which are partly imperil founded in truth. .. ble from our nave, but much more . generally leaved from • With regard • to the on of the Greek contest, this is not the peculiar circuteistances of their enslaved and degraded the place to enter into a minute detail of all the facts, and in- condition t but I will say, from the observation and Inquiry 'deed many of them would be irrelevant to the object of your of many years, that I atii Justified in pronouncing them to be Committee ;it unmet however be toootoon proclaimed, nor too an eminently moral and religious people. Without occupying Widely circulated , and I will stake my y existence on the exact the time of your Committee with a more ,cxtendid ' develope veracity of the insertion, that there was not the smallest con. meat of this opinion at present, it will perhapeelae sufficient nexion, either directly or indirectly, between the rising in to call your attention to the virtues winch so generally dis. Greece and pessing events in the rest of Europe. Having tinguish the domestic circle in the lower and middling made this positive and solemn declaration, upon the import- classes of the Greek community, the proverbial affection mince and necessity of which, to the people of Greece, it would between . parents and children, .relatives and friends :, their be superfluous to dilate, the membees of your Committee do abstemioushees and industry, unequalled by any other na ,not require to be informed; that the straggle was first corn- tion in Europe.• scrupulous regard .to. religious duties, mid, menced in Aloldavia by. a General in the service of a great above all, a disposition to improire and acguire knowledge. Northern Power ; and thatalthough leis. proceedings weresube which cannot but strike the_ most superficial obeeeVer. A sequently disilanO ed, and lihnself disgraced, yet the irree slight ref e rence to the unceasing and persevering 'efforts preachabla character o f Al ex a n der Ypsilanti, his bravery made throughout Greece and Asia • Minor, during the last while serving in the Russian campaigns, and more especially thirty years, to establish schools and colfeges, as well as the place of Aide-de-Camp he held alsout the person Olds Inn. the progress of those who are sent to study in France, Italy, perial *Mejeety, we re p re - em inently calculated to create a b e . and G erman y, f u lly prove the latter part of my assertion ; lief that the insurrection was tacitl y approved by the Cabitiet while the events of the pending contest would furnish end of St. Peteraborgh. . This alone was surely more than sufileient• less illustrations of the former. The mode in which Greeks ito excite the hopes of the Greek pea le n the. western pro • of every d escr ip t ion minister to each other's necessities in vincei, if it did not s t im u l a te them to Ey to urnis.'llut irreaisti- this hour of trial and :mitering, is truly admirable ; whilst We as the call of Ypsilanti 'aertainly was, 80 little had the events the readiness with which tbousande of the husbandmen have in Wallachia and Moldavia been anticipated In the Mom, returned to die culture of the lends abandoned by the Turks, `that no peeparafiene Tr 4 a te v er were made for a rising; nor w as a f ter a idi ng i n d e f eat i ng the enemy, displays a degree of it until clue massacre of the v e nerable end virtuous Patri a r c h fl ex ibili ty in the midst of misfortune, that reflects , the very Gregory,. not to mention • thousands of utheffending Greeks at highest honour the national character of thie singular people. Constantinople and other , places , together with ' the inearcera. I regret than -°ll l' its of this Report do not enable me. till tion of all the Primates at Tnpolizza as hostages, and order farther to . enla u r i g e e a n the conduct an d character ofthe Gree s its, for disarming those of the people eittehad been hitherto al- by detailing, lowed to carry a musket for th e purposes of private amuse- have disting - ii t i h l s eti r' ilnidulaired3sl'oafetshoothf istecroxeissmduarnird)gbtrhalersyttuwghgicliel ment, that they save no alternative between resistance anti ex- for emancip ation. These acts, whether they regard the spon. termination. When I add, that even . the actual President, tancous sacritices of property to an immense amount, or acts alavromichale, one of the most sills opulent men in Greece, had of personal intrepidit ' in which even the women of Greece not a single barrel of gun-powder in his possession, on the in. have braved a l; the p ) ''ls and dangers of battle, deserve to be surrection's breaking out, added more than two-thirds of the recorded in letter s o g go l d ; while they prove that the spirit - of male population, capable of bearing arms in -the Morea and patriotism and p u bli c .virtne, which animated the heroes of other points, were under the necessity of's:dieting forth without Alarethon, Salamis,' and .platca, are not extinct after ages of any other weapona thou sticks, lam : pure it as - perfectly me, servitude and•suffering I•- . e ~ •.. , necessary' to sax more, in cyder to convince. your Committee As there is no ambition so deeply rooted in the Gilgit Oa that the attempt to connect. the Greek struggle with those meter as the deeire o f instruction, no wonder that it - *Would events which continue to agitate the south of Europe, is as un- predominate, now that there is a prospect of being able to rea. roweled es it is cruel 1 . lize the wishes on this subject . which so universally pervade As to the excesses intribtita to the 'Greek ,soldiery, i.t would the natiob. Nothing but a determination to encourage this appear that the number of Able and eloquent .writers who have most laudable disposition riesenients us ar t i s t s a ti s fy c ould have induced the Provisional advocated the the cause of Greece, have brought forward such Government to devote a p art o f its attention and circumscribed facts ned every impartial, observer,. funds to the establishment of • Lancasterian thools, while the that thes'e escesSes, like every other subject c a lculated to p re _ enemy was still so near, and the means of subsistence often judice time cause, haio been most wantonly exaggerated'. The wanted for the troops. Th e interest attached to this impor. le sect of whole cour3o of my own inquiries enables me to. c onfirm the tarn subject by tyhe4utrteominitteewill, not be little heightened fart; and in enemy were ineviti t hle 'repeating that the severities exercised. on the when informed Government had not been este and Unat'oh/ahle, I shalt further add it blished at .Tweeks, when I hadthe es my most firm conviction, that when all concomitant cir. satisfaction of riPolinza more than three witnessing one of the largest Mosques in the cumstances which led to the excesses at Tripolizza are made city, converted i nt o Lancaster's principle, at known, they will appear mild,' when compared to those coin- which above 70 a s c h o ol on under the age of 10 children of both sexes . _ __ years mined by the best disciplined and most civilized troops of En- were receiving instruction when I quitted the Morea. Prince rope in many instances during the last fifty years. Mavrocordato had alreadye stablished two, almost in sight of lii common with all the f ri ends of the Greek cause, I lament, the Infidel forces N - h' and Gastouni, , at A lessalong i previously to most deeply` lament, the excesses which marked the early his atte d' n mg the deliberations at Astros. stages of the contest; but I would entreat those who judge Having itts cursoril endeavoured to prove that the ap. them, not to . pronounce before they become thoroughly acquaint- peals of the Greek not exclusively founded on the ed with the innumerable provocationo which, in war at least, claim. f peopl e are • s o their anc • at our support is really due to ancestors and th at would fully juetify still greater excesses, without referring to them as m en not attempt to add another or Christians, I will . thong calturtes of galling and intolerable oppression which the remark on the expediency of malting every possible effiart to Greek, people had to avenge. convince the Greek,' they have not appealed to us in vain. It is scarcely possible to allude to the mode in which the There a re other a ' tent runds of slain in the im. nd imr ~ cruelties of the Greeks are dwelt upon and magnified, without mediate •belied protection and ta p pe t o Europe onf of the recurring to the sufferings to which that unfortunate people Greeks, founded on the j ii i 1 considerations which arise b an been exposed ever since the commencem e nt of ' thei r out of their situation a re Caconnected with those - commer struggle. BM who could paint these, and in what language cial advantages filet all necessarily derive from a future can they be described ? Mush as your Committee has hearth intercourse • of its ' rith Greece, es well as the certainty cotieerOing the homers perpetrated by a race to whom the a new and profitable market fur 'the produce of European in. virtues of pity and benevolence are totally unknown, and descry- But t h ese are n o u ns which more properly belong to whose fundamental Mt , xito of faith is to extirpate the v ot a . those whose Influence tangles them to accelerate the hour of ries of Christianity, I cm fully borne Out in stating, that the independence, Confining myself exclusively to the question European public is, as yet, most imperfectly and inadequately as it regards the great and paramount Interests of human I informed on the stiWeet. It is true, the public prints hove for ellen proceed to sten! the mode in which the beneficent object! the last three years ieetned weli the recital of itassacree end of your Committee .nay b e most effectually carried into omen- tion, for the benefit of those whom yos lave so gemously come forward to relieve. Notwithstanding the claims - of the Greeks to the most active benevolence and solicitous care which the Christian commu nity could possibly bestow on them, both on the score of reli gion and humanity, it is melancholy to reflect, that owing to one of those inexplicable fatalities which sometimes interfere to mar the best interests of society, and disappoint the hopes of the good and wise, scarcely has any thing been done where the voioe of God and Nature seemed to stimulate every man im bued with a particle of religion or charity. Thus it is, that while the ill-fated Greeks were struggling against tinnumbered difficulties at home, and the bitterest persecution from without, the pious and immaculate office of ministering to their wants, and alleviating some portion of their sufferings, has been con fined to a very small portion of the charitable and humane in Germany, Swisserland, and England. Here it would be an in justice which our Committee could not sanction, - were - I tai' omit thus publicly to acknowledge, that, in this instance at least, the double_palm of priority and benevolence belongs to the former. - Difficult as it Will be to extenuate our conduct to posterity, more especially when that posterity reflects, that mo tives of the strongest self-interinit united with those of charity, to impel us on, it is hoped that when the most callous can no longer find the shadow of an excuse for withholding theimite. England will retrieve a charactet which ought to be as dear to her sons as their political existence and civil immunities It is among those facts which . cannot receive too much pub. licity, that old and young, rich and poor, have contributed to the sainted work of aiding the Greeks amongst our northern neighbours, where even the school boys have beep frequently known to devote the trifleit allowed for recreation to the Greek fund.._ And let h be loudly proclaimed, that the pastors of Swisserland and Germany, who are indigent in conmansori with the pastors of England, have been first and foremost in the sacred duty .! In the event of your Committee judging it expedient to make another appeal to the British public, I venture to sug gest that an application should be more particularly addressed to the religious communities generally. These are bound by every tie, both as Christians and es men, to succour the Greeks, and contribute towards their speedy restoration to the boson, of the European family, as well as to the blessings of an extended civilization. It might well be regarded .as obtrusive, were Ito suggest the various and irresistible grounds whi ch your Committee has to call the attention of . the Established Clergy of the realm, to the claims of the Greek people. When that influential and important body are satisfied, beyond the fear of contradiction, that the Greek cause is the cause of religion, hu manity, and justice—unconnested, either directly , or indirectly, with what leas occurred in other places, and that it is moreover further removed from a question of party than any question ever was. - .I am sure they will no longer resist the performance of a duty, which seems to be enjoined by every consideration of prudence no less than by the great maxims of their faith. Next to the foregoing appeals, your Connnittee.would be fully justified in calling upon the matrons and young women of England ; ; these aremstly looked up to as models of virtue and benevolence throughout Europe.—Can they resist an ap peal which itenatle in &roue of their own sex, of whom thou sands of the most pure and beautiful which ever graced the Christian community, are at this moment pining in utisery and ie want, in Greece, the lonian Islands, and various pens of the Continent? . Should this. appeal be made, yourCominittee can truly inform the women of England, that those of Greece are more like themselves in all that constitutes female excel. lence, than any other. women I could name. .When it is added, that the most wretched of the Greek matrons and young wo. men are those who have heretofore been blessed with all the goods of fortune, I cannot persuade myself that it will be =de in vain. • to Finally,e thatit wil ltl le s e e noof every trifling party, rank, r an y d ou s r ta Co tio rn n, who mittee c may henceforth persist in withholding charity from Greece, screen themselves under any one of the futile pleas which have hitherto served more as an excuse than a reason for lukewartnness and indifference. Being for the present' chiefly desirous of .establishing the claims of the Greeks to the sympathy and support of their Christian brethren of England, I shall take an early opportu nity of furnishing your Committee with such details relative to the actual state of the Confederation, form of Government, degree of organization it has attained, population, naval'and military strength, and, more particularly, those extensive .re• sources, both in the national domains and products of the soil —which will enable the Executive to negotiate a loan in any of the European capitals. In the meantime, it affords one the utmost pleasure to be enabled to inform your Committee, that the result of the Gre e k t r i u mph s by sea an d l an d i s suc h as to promise n happy termination to the contest. But it cannot be _too deeply impressed on the attention of your Committee, that a contest commenced and carried on under such discouraging auspices has produced a considerable degree of exhaustion, while the very nature of the war precludes all possibility the Greeks availing themselves . of 'the advantages to be derived from their rich and prolific soil. It must therefore be almost superfluous to state, that at no period of the struggle has it been more necessary to appeal to the British public in favour of nation, which is, in truth, only sustaining the cattle et' civilization and Christianity, against' barbarism, vice, and ig norance. Although there is little doubt, that any proposition of the Provisional Government for nego tiating a loan would be favourably receivedin a country Toesesiing so much Su. perfluoup capital as England, and where such nndeniablC guarantees can be given, still some months must.unavoidably elapse before supplies can be obtained from this . source; and the present campaign is one which must in a great mea sure decide the fate of Greece. It therefbre becomes my duty to apprize your Committee, that although the successes which are announced almost daily prove that the courage and reso. lution of the Hellenists remain undiminished, and that the neglect and indifference of their Christian brethren would seem only to. stitnulate them to still greater efforts, yet are they conducting the war under the greatest disadvantages; so much, indeed,• that 'I can safely assure your Committee there are, while I write, thousands of those driven from their homes, and whose wives and children were carried into sla very, either seeking a refuge from the knife of the Infidel ' among, the crags of Olympusi Macrinoro, and Volos ; or, if armed; bravely opposing the enemy in the passes of Thermo pylte and Corinth, without bread to eat or raiment to cover diem I Need I say more to rouse the slumbering spirit of be nevolence And Christian charity ? I will only add, that acorn.. paratively small portitin of the funds which have been sub scribed in this philanthropic country, to disseminate the bless ings of Christianity beyond the seas, would, if promptly ap ' plied to the wants of the struggling Greeks, perhaps save a whole notion cf - Christians from perishing I With respect to the benefits which your Committee can Confer on Greece, they will of course entirely depend on the extent of those means which are placed in your hands by the liberality of the public. It must be obilous to all who are acquainted with the subject, that amidst the chief wants of the Confederation, money to pay .tare troops is the most conspi cuous. • Should it be' impossible to remit a sum worthy the acceptance of the Provisional Government, there is still a wide field opened to your Committee, in affording the means of organization to the Greek armies, and promoting the wishes of - the Executive with regard to public education, agriculture, and.the useful arts. In whatever mode your Committee may judge it most expedient to continue its valuable labours, I am decidedly of opinion, that there should be an understanding established with the Central Committee of Germany and Siva- ' zerland, in order that the succours sent out may not clash with each other, as well as to give greater effect to the intentions of all parties. As the facilities of communicating with Greece are Infinitely greater from England than Germany, the Socie ties of that country are fully aware that their efforts must de rive great additional advantage frot a co-operation with your Committee. Should this unity of lateen take place, it will be sublime spectacle, almost worthy of the Divinity, to witness the modern possessors of civilization and science, associated for the purpose of imparting them to the descendants of those from whomn these inestimable blessings originally sprung; thus repaying a debt of endless gratitude ! The task I have undertaken would be left incomplete, were I to omit tenting to your Committee with what heartfelt satis faction and strong feelings of gratitude the Provisional Go vernment and People of Greece heard of the Associations th • net:3 l z :n o t p,jr r etgdo exceeded ventured sur rciedis e . ueg '. tt r el : c i avi ea,: individuals, success sydisul c yit vrioo means edie n ot:atcpipi an Asso c iatio n ' composed lasisAGera:dtr Marseilles, cotk f l iflsathet huas t h a teot compared , existenceneAcS which had been formed here before my departure for the b o e o f hf o ; l ta rioi t ohsr i o ooe l to i cy h Y aei u mt i a ofwdg (though hundreds millionsnrooss aeuu ot h ern population,og hrt d e f isaybnuhopyc woul d a d t h a aifrcoc a s sexes ue places.-- Sanguine been s t to party distinctions or political animosities. Mrhile dwelling on this pleasing topic, I even went so far as to add, that Greece was destined to produce the miracle of uniting the most discortatit elementa in t h e great and blessed wor k of Christian charity. If I d ece i ve d myself, and the Greeks are disappointed, the fault does not surely rest with your Com mittee ; and whatever the fin a l resu l ts of your efforts may b e, history will not have to record that resuscitated Greece appealed to Er. land, as her natural frie n d an d ally, without one solitary hand being stretched forth either to sympathize with her suffer ings or co-operate in her regeneration ! London, Sept. 13, 1823. EDWARD BLAQUIERE. , The GnrEr. COIIMITTEE consider it their duty to give immediatoTnblicity to the Report of Mr. ElsOlere, who is just returned from Greece. They propose shortly to publish further documents elucidating the state of the country; and, as they hope, encouraging to the friends of thet most interest lug cause. Greek Committej R.oatu, 13th Sept. 1823.. PRICE 0, TDIS DAY AT Bank Steck . 3 per Cent. lied. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. ►..8`2 83 34 per Cent 4 per Cent. / Old shut New 102 j 5 per Cents. 1797 Hank Long Ann.......... shut Imp. 3 per C.n:c F STOCKS ON E O'CLOCK. India Stock ' India Bonds s!.'‘a% South Sea Stock 014 Annuities , — Ex. Bills 34 36 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. I Witt for Con. Acct. Cons. fig: Acc. B3i • PRICE or PORCION STOCKS ix LONDO'..`•;, SEPT. AT ONE o'Ct.oCtc.. f Five per Cents. 00, ISerip, 2 pr. Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) W. (Ditto New 83g. Five per Cent. Bonds, NI . Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five pet Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 35g. Ditto 1822, 304. Prussian f Five per Cent. Bona, 88g. I Ditto New, W. Danish Five per Cant, Bonds, OU. • Chili 73.1. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 574. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares 4:21 15s. ISt ven per Cent. 00. American I Six per C'nt. 934-1014 Five per Cent. 98-100. Three per Cent. 70. Freach, Russian Neapolitan Audtrian .PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, star: 13. Bank Stoik t.. -'-. flor. Deb. 4 per cent.......95,q, , Ditto 6 per cent.... Stock, 31 pact 931 - DittoSteck — (Joy. Rib. 4 per cent. - Cloy. Deb. 5 per cent. Wide-street Cert. U per ct - ---Stock, 4 per cent. li Do. Deb. with Uov. See ---..--Ne* 9 Pipe Water Deb. S per ct. Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. Do. 6 per Jew. City Debentures, S per et. Ballast Office Clow. Sec. Lying in Hospit al 4 per et. •.5 per tent. ' Exchange on London, Sept. 12, S, H 10 II WA'r Elt AT LONDON BRIDGE P0.310R ROW. orning, U minutes utter 0. LEVenine, 3 minutes after tr. THE SUN. SOLCM QUIS DICCRI: FALIti.V A ULIE.4 r LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 18'23. gOMBARDMENT OF CADIZ; EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received by Express, at a late'hour this forenoon, the Paris Papers of Sunday, and the Pilote of yesterday morning. The Etoile an nounces the important fact, that the Fretich had begun the bombardment of Cadiz fruit the Trocadero, and that every thing was ready for the debarkation of the troops to be em ployed in the grand attack on the Isle of Leon. We have neither time nor room for observa tions. The following are extracts : (From the Etoile of Sunday Med.) GRAND HEAD-QUARTERS, PORT ST. MARV. SEPT. 4.—lt is this evening reported that the attack of the Island of Leon will take place or.a the side of Santi.Petri, opposite to Chiclana. Our pieces of artillery, which were at the taking of the Trocadero, have been sent to the batteries constructed on the side of Chiclana. All is ready, it is said, for the attack. Our troops are felt of ardour. The Constitutionalists are dismay ed. The Militia have returned into Cadiz.— , The prisoners taken at the Trocadero-have. been sent this morning to Xeres. There were 1,100, all young men, who are laid to be the best troops of the Revolutionists. PORT ST. MARY, SEPTEMBER 5. 8 o'Clock in the Evening. We are on the eve of great events. Last night our troops began to throw bombs into Cadiz. They were thrown from the extreme point of the Trocadero. In a short time we succeeded in setting fire to the vast magazines of wood and brandy which were near Fort Puntales. The conflagration continued during the whole of the night. The flames were so great that we could read by their light. The troops have been exer cised, and every thing is now ready for their debarkation. General Bourmont has set off. It is by him that the attack is to be directed, and there is no doubt that we shall be successful. All our soldiers are full of ardour and en thusiasm. Since the taking of the Trocadero, we have been continually occupied in establishing hat teries, to obstruct the navigation, and to injure the shipping of the enemy, as well as their works near the Trocadero. BERRIO PLANO, SEPT. 9.—There is nothing new -before the walls of Pampeluna. In about three or four days, we hope to attack the rebel town on all points, and to take it by assault. MADRID, SEPT. 7.—The Duke del - Infantado arrived at Port St. Mary on the 4th inst.—lie immediately had an interview with the Prince. (From the Drapeau Male a Sunday.] Ax, SEPT. still continues cur rounded, near the camp of Tarragona, by Mar= shal - Moncey, who has doue all in his power to give him battle. ST. PETERSBURGH, A UG. have re ceived from Odessa the following :—" The Porte has made propositions of Peuce to the Greeks; she has offered to give them the same rights as Moldavia and Walachia ; but the Greek Government have not returned an answer." [Peon' the Quotidienne, Sept. 14.] VIENNA.. SEPT. 2.—The Court will return here to :morrow, but the Emperor will not remain, but