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cm*: • •;• \‘‘ • 0/6 ,:,NelAti, ;•-• L 4,- '44.,V, OC ' , 6S! • prti , 4.1 .41 _ : 4 efe.47:2.•;' ;S'9 s.‘ ?J D , -ay .'41164;r, • "OF • ef-"- AP • • I - 06 , JlloJ , i7f 1 NUATBER 9060.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1821 IC SEVENiIENtt. THE PELOPONNESUS MEDICAL AND CHEMICAL LECTURES. T HE FIRST WEEK of OCTOBER wil COMMENCE these COURSES:— 1. On the PRACTICE of PHYSIC. and the LAWS of the ANIMAL ECONOMY, with PATHOLOGICAL DE MONSTRATIONS, by GEORGE PEARSON, M.D. F.R.S. Senior Physician to St. George's Hospital, of the College of Physicians, &c. &c. at Nu. 9, George-street, Hanover square. Q. On CHEMISTRY, at the Royal Institution, Albemarle street, by W. T. BItANDE, Secretary of the Royal Society, Professor of Chemistry, • Royal Institution, &c. 3. On THERAPEUTICS, with MATERIA MEDICA, by GEORGE PEARSON, M.D. F.R.S. at No. 9, George-street, Hanover-square. VICTUdiLL ING- OFFICE, .Sept. 7, 1821. THE CO MMISSIONERS for VICTUAL -b. ~ LING Hi s A IIA JESTI " S NAVY do hereby gtve No. ; ice, That on Friday, the 48th Instant, they will be ready 0 receive Tender s in writing (sealed up), and treat for the • 84 1 , P1y (on separate Contracts) of all such quantities of RUM ,\cmaY be demanded for the use of His Majesty's Ships and essefs at Belfast, Carrickfergus, Larne Harbour, and Lew% Galway, Leith y Leith Roads, and the Frith of Edin 4rg4' f" the period of Twelveralendar Months. t 7'h c Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the Secre fc%,:c' ° f fic e , at this Office, or by applying to the Collectors 444 Jtajesty's Customs at Belfast, Galway, and Leith, 2.elpectively. 11ro `g , 4 4 0 ,, ard will le h a d t o any Te n d er i n w hi c h' t h e Pr i ce ;'`. not be in serted in words at length, or that shall not ,leli vered to the Board before One o'Clock on the said tic ?Writhe 281 /i Instant, nor unless the Person who makes o r Re-at. Person on his behalf; attends, to answer ?Like n called for. Each T ender 7itast also be accompanied by a Letter signed ;tLo Pa 1 e r rt re.s7)6„ '"Ve Persons, engaging to become bound with tendering, in the Penal Sum of 5001. for the due Performa-t ce of each of the Contracts. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, August 16, 1821. tliE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA that they ORDNANCE d o h ere b y give Notice,. 011 ;c e ll will be ready to rece i ve T en d ers i n wr i t i ng , at their Pall Nall, on F r id ay , t h e 14t h o f S eptem b er next, 34ch Persons as may be desirous of Purchasing One 'uB4 " Floe Hundred Tons of GROUGH SALTPETRE, but e! his Najestes Stores at Waltham Abbe e y. Peir e may be vie we d upon app li cat i on to E mpson oii o n, , ss7 • the O r d nance S tore k eeper at Waltham Ab y day previous to the day of Sale. '? end ers will be considered for the whole or part of the o le D i , ousand Five Hundred Tons, but no Proposal will be ;71tt e d a smaller Portion than Two Hundred and Fifty dl Paym en t o f the Purchase Money will be expected i ' v ery of th e P etre to the Purchasers. I h , l e te rms and C on di tions upon which the Sale will be Pall n'all I'e knownknownby application at the Secret a ry's Office, ob a 31 all, any day between the Hours of Ten and Four (4174, where tta..l vvomls` no.st - be delivered, sealed up, Le "4"Bed "Proposals for Saltpetre;" but no Proposal can - admitte 1 oc io after the said 14th of September,. at x Twelve d. b el ' at Aeon of the same day; neither will. any 7en ei h oticp ` l, brl - unless the Party making it, or an Agent in his 'Q11; 4'401 attend. By Order of the Board, R. H. anErr, Secretary, • kCUSTOM -HOUSE, LONDON, September 4, 1821. °R ' SALE, (by Order of. the Hon. the Corn : bAp *lissic 'ners of his M a j esty ' s C ustoms, ) on WEDNES o'cleetl.)! 12th, and THURSDAY the 13th Instant, at One Ito on in t he Aft ernoon precisely, at the Commercial Sale I°incing-la ne, the FOLLOWING GOODS : 40:1',EXPORT AT ION:—East Italia and other Prohib i ted Glass, nooks, P r i n t s , Pi c t ures , & c , tn N. HOME CON SUMPTION ;—Linen Drapery, Jewellery, qro t : ted Beads, Silk Worm Gut, Books, Pictures, Prints, t inn -e r}', Ve r di gris, Cross Bows, Fiddle Wood, Toys, Per lat Lori er Y; Whisk ey and other Spirits ; Wine, China, Stone, s 3 Deals, and ot h er Wood ; Boats ; a Vessel called the Lie and Sundry other Goodsods erpool; Materials of Vessels ai mentioned in the Cataloge. T o b C LEAR OF ALL DUTIES. the If twed at the Tobacco Ground, Ro i herbithe ; and ti le 7t : l g'S Warehou se and Cellars, Custom-House; on Friday th e 4, Saturd ay the Bth, Monday the 10th, and Tuesday aft, r lth Inst ant, fron t T en i n the morning to Three in the N 4°" ' 11 A G e cei, oods bought at this S a l e mus t b e pa id f or at t h e sr o f Pines and Forfeiture's Office, Custom-House, on ti C aturday, the 20th instant ; or the Deposits wade ht470w,11 absolutely become f or f e it e d. (4 lie gues to be had at the Kin's Warehpuse, Custom 4'l Thursday, the 6th instant, price One Shilling :,030.000 MONEY FOR FIRST PRIZE ! of NEXT 2 MONTEI, (OCTOBER). . r espectfully reminds his best Friends, the Public, that the STATE LOTTERY commeme , e _ I. t evti l'e 30 1 "Tri, - atid that the very first Prize drawn will ••„%vill h >OOOl. Money over and above Whatever other . Prize e entitled t TI Slieme contains fbree Prizes t (; 's l 4 ° c. b l . 4,, 4 k n a d . 6711 ;her e f izecs, all Sterling . Money, and not I\ ° 6rtg4„ a I.)F.ize• here arc . neither Stock Prizes nor every I ieliet decides its own fate and ,, no other. A " 1 , c o and Shares are selling at BISH S OFFICES, gnt, • "Ain, and 9 Charing Cross, London, and by his Wh o 'n the Countr 11,11S1,1A7)ettre3e?,0oo Prizes Y have formed part of the Scheme, Th 07 .11 as h e h a ve been (i possible) more lucky than L ot r an ds sold more than one-half of all the Thirty an* ,s i l o ht ace ever been !! ! And in the very last 04ee 3, nap ne o f 21,0001., One 20,0001., One 16,0001. , t h ePrizeier Capitals.. toatl= °rnhitl , f by Which d hourly against BISH'S t a b ffi e x P e ublic may see the fluc- A vv ir 4 ILILIOUS PILL S, invented by Ep- s t:repar4tioßribistijALLANt, Surgeo:; - "and Apothecary. ili ' , Perm ' h Justly esteemed for its agreeable and . certain • i i : or Ob strti c ° ;!' -Y which it effectually removes all Inactio ris _ ng froill Ireton of the Stomach and Bowels, whether ..k arising at Sto ta4 bte, Indigestion, Flatulency, or Cold; bile ore , Head -Ache &c It operates by dislodging Sien acrid acts as other cruditie; retained in the Intestinal Canal, I and !lidAnti la an Alterative to the system generally. Free from a fe 7 h as Tal or Mercurial Preparations, it is at 1,l times sa , Its a ct • eon given with singular good effect (luring Pregnancy. bits, "is ocularlypartic adapted to Persons of Bilious I - 1 f t:the toawodesthose s ntar lives, where a sufficient i n i c n ti t o t i l l os o e IrA La friesquoeontt kept up, and crudities retai9eins -- ea .- t/tip;.*e's.:'o4oguor, and producing Pains and Distei!sio . , s H s ai u u . d Giddiness, or a sense of n eanne. of t hei i u e • A single trial will fully convince the Patient o l'e'crert e ' a Y. The worst cases of Bilious or Sick Hea -ches ti- e t _ ouily . ter removed by a single Dose, and in a clashmu . 0 1 r ... D'rietahean could be credited, but from experience. he r t 15 ly t o thi nks it proper to remark they will he fornd no qt act without pain or uneasiness, but to leave the body, %tt at e e ti:e:ir, iothaediate action ceases, free from that costive thtine‘:'•''',l generally succeeds the operation of laxative Me- Noid h „ Zk ' td , "Y R t• Edwards, 66, on the Footway, St. Paul's Church 11q3g), z _ 40 don, Price 21. Pd. and 4s 6d per Box. Sold also er and Chandler,Oxfotdstreet; W . ard,Hol boro: Strad ikv.Whe'rXeCllnge ; and W illmott, London Bridge. 11 9 1`is • 4 ' 1 ma`, he procured, SPILSBURY's PA li ' C ORBUT wttnialisn IC DROPS, a Remedy in Scurvy, Gout, TENT 1 1,,,"50 v 1 ; ,anr.d scrophulous Diseases. Prepared at the d si, ) r • ' --, 3oho-square, London, price 6s. 10s. 6(1. an utY included. The Genuine has a Black Ink Stamp. • PRIVATE PUPIL. AMARRIED CLERGYMAN of the ESTA BLISHED CHURCH; resident Eleven Miles from London, receives a few PUPILS into his Family, and has now a VACANCY.—Terms 162 Guineas per annum. The most satisfactory References can . .be given to Noblemen and Gentlemen whose Surks_ helms educated. Letters to be directed for, Reverend T. N., at Mr. Trip hook's, 'bookseller, 13; Old Bond-street, London. WESTMINSTER LIFE INSURANCE and ANNUITY OF FICE, STRAND' and CORNHILL, LONDON, ESTABLISHED in 1792, for Insurance on Lives and granting Annuities, on the same advan tageous Terms to the Public as have hitherto secured to this Establishment their decided Patronage and Support. A Commission is allowed to Solicitors, Agents, Brokers, &c. DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, AND AUDITORS. • JOHN §DANE, Esq. Chairman. The Hon. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, Deputy Chairman. Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. William Fitzhugh, Esq. Sir John Cox Hippisley, Bart. Ralph Leytester, jun. Esq. William Agnew, Esq. Neill Malcolm, Esq. John Bebb, Esq.. Geo. G. Mills, Esq. Stamp Brooksbank, Esq. G. H. Sumner, Esq. M.P. W. F. Chambers, M.D. , Swiney Toone, Esq. George Cumming, Esq. M.P. Rd. Williams, Esq. Solicitor. James Henry Deacon, Esq. The Proprietors are respect fu is in the course of payme-ut. 'ARID BARNES, Secretary. illy informed that the Dividend Shortly will be published. in Bvo. , PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on PA RALYTIC AFFECTIONS, ST. VITUS'S DANCE, .I.4ISTORTIONS of the SPINE, and DEFORMITIES of the CHEST and LIMBS, arising from CHRONIC RHEU MATISM, RICKETS, GOUT, &c. &c. illustrative of the beneficial effects of Muscular Action, with Cases. By W. TILLEARD WAD, F.L.S. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, of the Medical and Chirurgical Society, and Fellow of the Medical So ciety of London. . Lo don : Printed for J. Mawman, 39, Ludgate-street.. CORNWALL ASSIZES. INTERESTING CASE. DOE ER DEM. SYMONS AND OTHERS V. TUCKER AND OTHERS. This was an action for the recovery of an estate in Cornwall, called Hatt, of the yearly value of at least 12001. at present in the possession of the Symons family, who has held it for the last 18 years. In 1766, Mr. Symons, grandfather of the pre sent claimant, died, leaving his property in tail, and also four children, William Symons, Nicholas Symons, father of the pre sent claimant, and two daughters. William Symons succeeded his father, and enjoyed the property till the period of his de cease. Nicholas Symons, the second son, was placed as an ap prentice with Mr. Rashleigh, solicitor, of St. Austle. There he formed an attachment for a girl beneath his situation and prospects in life; and therefore the attachment was discouraged by his friends. In 1782, about the latter part of the year, he went to London, to be admitted as an attorney. The dissent of his friends to his fond attachment weighed heavily on lus mind ; and about December, Mr. RaShleigh recei ve d a let ter from him, stating how much that circumstance affected him, that he was the most miserable of men ; that in consequence of his conduct, be-could not think of what had been once proposed (that of entering into partnership with Mr. Rashleigh) ; and that he feared he should never make up his mind to return to Cornwall again. He intimated that he would write to Mr. R. again in a week or ten days ; but from that week he disappeared, and nothing more had been heard of him until the . prgsent time. Now it happened that about that time a person, quite a stranger, appeared at Liverpool, answering in every respect to the sta ture, complexion, &c. of this Symons; and there he continued to drive a hackney or stage coach,under the name of Nat. Sherwood, until the day of his death, which happened in 1802, when he was accidentally drowned in the ferry-boat while crossing the river Mersey. This Sherwood married in Liverpool ; and William Sherwood otherwise Symons, the present claimant, is his eldest son. The Learned Counsel (Mr. Adam) said he would prove the identity of this Nathaniel Sherwood, and would produce witnesses from Liverpool to swear to the height, ap pearance, &c. of Nicholas Symons : he would also produce Cornish witnesses to prove that of Symons, which would be found to be the same ; and would then prove the hand-writing of Sherwood and Symonds to be that of the same iden tical person. After the death of this Nathaniel Sherwood there were found, in a trunk belonging to the said Nathaniel Sherwood, two certificates of admission to practise as an At torney, under the name of Nicholas Symons, of St. Austle, gentleman. Some other papers were also found, being ac counts between Symons and his mother, and which witnesses would prove to have been written by the same. He would prove also that plaintiff's children were called by the same name as that of Nicholis Symons's family, and that he held his birth-day on the same day. If after this prov ing the extraordinary disappearance of one man, and the strange appearance of the other, after proving the likeness of the two men, after proving in a positive manner the writing to be the same, proving tho se cer tificates of this-N. Symons to be found in the chest of Nathaniel Sherwood,---to what conclusion must they lead, but that Sherwood and Sy mons are the same man ; and by consequence that the plaintiff, Wm. Sherwood, is the son of this Nicholas Symons, and en titled to the estate ? Mr, Adams then substantiated by evi dence the facts of his case : and the Jury returned a Verdict for the Plaintiff; thus establishing the right of the son to the estate of the unfortunate father, and raising him from poverty to comparative affluence. BOXING. A very game battle for 50 guineas took place on Thursday morning, in a 40 acre field belonging to Capt. Cove ney, at Laton, Bucks, . six miles from Gerrard's Cross. The heroes for the day's sport were George Matthews, the tinman, backed by Capt. Coveney, and Davey, the Walton navigator, two eleven stone men, who had won several battles. It took place in an 13 feet square. The tinman was seconded by Jones and Meadows, and Davey by 13. Fo r d an d Y oung B e llh orse. Six as manly stand-up rounds w ere f oug h t as ever were seen, when an accident terminated the combat. There was not a parry attempted, and the men were not artists enough to hurt each other in a close, except in throwing. The first round lasted four minutes in exchanging hits, and more daring was never dis played. The play was made by the tinman, but-every hit was returned, and he was thrown. 2. Da;my had his lip laid open by a right hand facer, but that did not dismay him. He returned boldly to the scratch, and exchanged many hits. In closing they had a trial at the weav ing system, but it was awkward as a bear dance, and both went down. Both diopped the claret freely. 3. A short but manly round in favour of Davey, who floored his adversary by a chattering hit on the jaw. 4. Counter hits were exchanged at meeting, which sent both from the scratch, anti gave them a little time to consider ; but they soon met, turned to again, and fought to a stand still.— Davey was thrown. 5. The tinman was much punished about the upper part of the head, and, after a good rally, he was floored by a body blow.—Davey the favourite. 6th and last. At meeting, hits were exchanged, and another rally followed, with heavy blows. Davey) was thrown a somer set, and pitching on the right arm , it dislocated it, and won tl e battle for the tinman, in 27 minutes. What fate is reserved by Providence for those unfortunate remains of • a People who formerly opened the career of knowledge, genius, and glory to the Several nations of Europe, but who also preceded them in the paths of social degene ration and political decay, is a question which now occupies the attention of all minds. Will the modern. Greeks obtain an asylum where, under their own laws, they may recommence their social existence, and present to the world the instructive and unprecedented spectacle of a nation reviving from its own ashes ? If the throne of CONSTANTINE, like that of ALEXANDER, IS fallen never to rise again, if the idea.of a new Byzantine Empire is, under existing circum stances, only an illusive project, shall we see the realization of more ru,.le:ate views, of pla.. s more conformable to the situation of the people of Turkey,' and more compatible with treaties which we ought to reSpea, and with interests which we ought to conciliate ? Shall we witness, in some corner of the Greek provinces, the re appearance of those republican States of im mortal antiquity, or those despotic Governments formed by the dismemberment of the Byzantine Empire, or finally of those Duchies in the time of the Crusades, over which several noble fami lies and even Sovereigns possessed ancient rights ? In all these cases, the fine peninsula of the Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, attracts the attention of well informed and sensible men, not only as the theatre of war, but also as b e i ng th e country best calculated to receive the first germs of Hellenic independence. The Peloponnesus pos sesses over 'the Isle of Cyprus the advantage of a more healthy climate, and a more extensive ter ritory ; over the Island of Crete,' that of not being filled with a Mussulman population, the cultivators and proprietors of the soil ; over the Islands of the Archipelago, that of presenting a more compact mass and containing positions more capable of defence ; lastly, over every part of ancient Greece, that of being immediately next to an European and a Christian State, the Sept- Insular or lonian Republic. In the days of antiquity, the Peloponnesus was considered as the citadel of Greece : there, at the time of the Persian invasion, the Greeks pro posed to seek a last asylum and to fight their last battles ; there Philip, Alexander, and Antipater met with an armed opposition, when Athens, for some time past, had fought only with words ; and there it was that all-powerful Rome encountered some difficulty in stifling the flame of liberty which, rekindled by Philopcemen, expired in his tomb. Thus, from the brilliant poetry of Homer to the historic prose, already a little degenerated, of Polybius, the annals of Greece are identified with those of the P-elOponnesus : it was this pen insula which saw the rise of the first thrones, and the fall of the last republics ; and it was on its shores that the shouts of victory resounded at the fall of Ilion, and the cries of despair at the de struction of Corinth. The Peloponnesus presents a surface of about nine hundred square leagues, twenty-five to a degree; it is true, that up to the present moment we do not possess any authentic map of this coun try. Besides, the geographical surface of a coun try abounding in mountains and vallies is always less than the actual surface; the difference being about equal to the superficies of the sides of mountains which can be appropriated to agricul ture and the habitations of man. Supposing this estimate of nine hundred square leagues to be nearly right, we conceive that this peninsula, in the hands of a free, enlightened, and industrious people, could easily support 2000 men for every square league, or 1,800,000 in the whole. This is the minimum of the population which can be assign ed to it at the period of the great Peloponnesian, war; we think that this number might be thus distributed, viz. from 400 to 500,000 to Laconia, 200,000 to Messenia, 350 to 400,000 to Arcadia, 250,000 to Elis, as many to Achaia, 129 to 150,000 to Corinth, and 250,000 to Argolis, with Epidaurus and Trezenus, or Trezena. In the present day, what a change ! A modern travel ler reckons the whole population at 340,000 in dividuals, 40,000 of whom are Turks. It is however a handful of population, capable of form ing the germ of a state in the privileged position assigned to her by nature. The isthmus which joins the Continent of Greece to the peninsula, is not more than 40 stadia (40 English furlongs) broad, but the wall which was built across it, and which Mahomet caused to be taken down, might probably be commanded from the top of the Onian mountains by our heavy pieces of modern artillery. Indeed the Onian mountains, a group detached of the same time from the mountains of . the Continent and those of the peninsula, are capable in their natural state of being made the bulwark of the Peloponnesus, but with the aid of a few batteries they would become almost impregnable.' To the west of this grand entrance into the Peloponnesus, the small Mediterranean sea, now called the Gulf of Lepanto, stretches; it is a species of lake surrounded by high mountains, from which tempestuous winds and real water spouts frequently descend, and which at other times intercept the currents of air, so that the Gulf in the space of a few hours presents by turns a mirror of azure and a chaos of foaming waves. The waters, impelled violently on the coasts of the Peloponnesus, often rise above the rocks and the tallest trees; but these extraordi nary agitations are most c ommon ly accompan i e d by earthquakes, of which, in former times, seve ral towns in Achaia were the victims. On the other hand, the most eastern extremity of the gulf, which washes the picturesque declivi- I ties of Mounts Helicon and Cithwron, has ac quired, from its undisturbed tranquillity, the ap pellation of the Sea of the Kings-fishers.--- M. Scrofani says, that a sort of tide-which flows six hours, has been observed in the Gulf of Le panto, a fact which requires • further examina tion. The contracting of this gulf towards its mouth is such, that the two forts denominated the Dardanelles ci Lepanto, if better might dispute the entrance of ships of War into this beautiful basin, from which the superb fleets of Corinth, which founded• Syracuse, Corcyra, and many other rich colonies, sailed in former times. Thisnear approach of the coasts is produc tive however of this disadvantage, that an invad ing army might easily and quickly be transported across to the Peloponnesus ; the Etolians, famous robbers of antiquity, and their modern rivals, the Albanians, have oftener than once made use of this passage. We cannot form a better idea of the labyrinth of mountains and vallies, which compose the in terior of the Peloponnesus, than by considering Arcadia, the centre of the whole Peninsula, as a platform more elevated in general than all the rest, though it is itself strewed with inequalities. This platform, the climate of which was found by the antients both cold and nebulous, still pre serves its former aspect : here, forests of oak and pine ; there, naked but verdant plains ; its pro ductions consisted of numerous herds of cows and goats, of aromatic milk, of strong wines, but so impregnated with particles of earth, as to become a thick composition : this was the Arcadia of Aris totle and Pliny, and it bears the same characters in the descriptions of the moderns. The greater number of the rivers of the Peloponnesus rise in Arcadia. The Eurotas, winding from ravine to ravine in a southerly direction, reaches the great valley of Laconia, where, under the modern name of the royal river, (Vasili Potamos), it bathes the silent ruins of Sparta ; the Alpheus, flowing through marshy meadows, seeks in the west. the Plains of Elis, and the solitary sales where for merly stood Olympia. Other rivers, not finding any outlet, precipitate, like the Stymphalus, their frigid waters into subterranean gulfs. From the middle of Arcadia, the high chain of ,Taygetus takes a southerly course. It remind ed M. de Chateaubriand of the aspect of the Alps, when he saw it above the sea at ten leagues distance : the snow remains in its vallies until the middle of summer. Cape Tenarus, now Matapan, (that is, the all-destroyer), justifies by its frightful aspect the superstition which placed there the entrance into the empire of Pluto, but the eastern sides of this chain appeared to Mr. Galt in his journey from Maina to Mistra, like a beautiful English park; on that spot the Spar tan warriors went in pursuit of excellent game for their feasts; and there also did the virgins of Lacedemon celebrate the festival of 13acchui, and performed parts in their tragedies, which at their first institution were composed of hymns in honour of the God of the vintage. ; Opposite to Taygetus, Mount Zarex, detach ing itself from the south-east corner of the plat form of Arcadia, skirts the gulf of Argos, and forms Cape Malea', or Malio. The fertile and magnificent valley of Laconia, bounded by these two chains, and opening to the south on the fine gulf of Kolokythia, must therefore experience by turns intense cold and suffocating heat, a cli mate the hardy Spartan of old enjoyed so much the more, as all laborious works were performed by his slaves. At the south-west corner of the platform of Arcadia, Mount Lycaus presents a chaiti of small elevation, which stretching itself into a group forms Messenia " a basket of flowers, placed on the bosom of the waters," as is ob served by M. de Chateaubriand. All the world has read his admirable description of this part of the Peloponnesus. A distinguished artist, M. Castellan, has taken some views, not only of the environs of Coron and of Nisi, but also of the western coast of Navarino and of ,Philatrea, which M. de Chateaubriand did not visit ; he found there a stronger' vegetation, larger trees, and those weeping willows which the author of the Martyrs regrets : the sketch he has drawn of the country-house of the Bey of Coron might serve as a model even for our amateurs. Elis may be regarded as a fertile plain touch ing the western bases of the central platform : but by the side of its smiling plantations of cur rants and its line cotton-fields lie the salt-pans, the source of disease. The northern boundaries of the platform of Arcadia are studded with mountains ; Cyllenus, Erynuinthus, and Olenus, present probably as high ridges as Taygetus and Lycaeus. The land which separates at this point the central platform from the coast is ancient Achaia, a district occu pied, it is true,by rocky hills in the eastern part, but which, in the direction of Patras, possesses large and fertile plains. Chandler, who ex presses himself too briefly, saw there only clumps of liquorice trees ; but Olivier, a learned bota nist, agrees with M. Pouqueville, a recent French traveller, in admiring the beautiful and rich vege tation of this northern extremity of the Pelopon nesus. Corn, cotton, and currants, are there as plentiful as the liquorice. However, we cannot call in question the accounts of Chandler respect ing the temporary unwholesomeness of the atmos phere, when the north-east wind blows thither the exhalations of the swamp of Achelous. Towards the Isthmus, Sicyon and Corinth pre sent some cultivated plains in the midst of rocks, which are partially wooded ; but on the whole this ancient country of the Fine Arts is not re markable for its fertility. It is the same 's ith all the peninsula which extends to the south of the isthmus toll ards the promontory of Scyllazu and which seems formed by a chain of volcanic hills. A feverish atmosphere hovers over these arid rocks, intersected by torrents, the beds of which are dry during the greater partof the year, and are covered with long rows of the rose-laurel. The temple of Esculapius, placed in the centre of this region, is indebted probably for its re putation to its elevated, wooded, and healthy site., In the angle formed by this small chain, and by the eastern edge of the central platform, the gulph of Napoli di Romania washes the sides of the large and fertile plain of the ancient Ar golis, the first seat of Greek civilization s and which on account of the fine harbour of Napoli, would be, perhaps, in the present day, the best seat fora Capital. The port of Navarino in Messenia equals or surpasses that of Napoli in extent, security, and military advantages ; but its neighbour hood contains no site fit for building a con siderable town. Monemvasia posse saes with a good harbour the advantage of a site as pleasant as it is easy of defence, but it is a. port not in communication with the interior. Patras is an important commercial sea-port, and Corinth, with its Acropolis, may be made a res pectable fortress; but these two towns- are too far from the centre. Tripolizza has been judi ciously chosen by the Turks, on account of its central position, in a great plain protected by de files. But the Peleponnesus, free, ought to have a maritime capital. In our Paper on Monday, we shall give an ac count of the present inhabitants of this celebrated peninsula. [To be continued.] THE KING. [FROM PRIVATE LETTERS.] DUBLIN, SEPT. 4.—The•Dublin Papers of this morning (Tuesday) transmitted to you by the last mail, mentioned, that the Royal fleet, with his MAJESTY on board, was to remain at anchor during the past night, in the Asylum Harbour of; Dunleary, and that at day-break to-day, it would . have proceeded on its voyage. The wind, how,- ever, since last evening, has been blowing at an. unfavourable point; and at the moment I write, it blows a strong gale from the S. E. with heavy rain. This is, perhaps, the most cheerless and, stormy night that we have had for months. The Royal vessels, it is, under the circumstances, gratifying to mention, lie in perfect safety, in a fine Asylum Bay, whose waters scarcely curl to the wind. In the early part of the day, the wea ther was fair and fine; in the afternoon it began to lour, and the wind freshened, and increased, until it settled into a rerfect gale. His-Ma jesty appeared on the deck of the Royal George: ; several times in the' course of the day, pacing the whole range of the vessel with several of the distinguished personages in his suite, at one time in apparently earnest conversation, a t another admiring the thousand beauties of the bay of Dublin : a bay, by no means inferior, in point of magnificence of scenery, to that of Naples. At eight this evening, I spoke with_ Mr. Lea, one of the King's Messengers connected with the Irish department of the Government, who had been in attendance upon his Majesty during the early part of the day. Mr. Lea states his Majesty to be in excellent health, in high spirits, and to have been enjoying the converse and society of the numerous and distinguished indivi duals on board his Majesty's yacht. Several visitors from the shore were of the Royal Party to-day. Should the wind moderate, though it does not become otherwise more favour. able, the Royal Squadron may take its departure from the Bay to-morrow morning. One of the Commanders, we understand, mentioned to , day, that an• attempt would be made to-morrow to put to sea ; even though the wind continued at the present point. It has since strengthened, how ever, to little less than a storm.—The harbour in which his Majesty's fleet lies at anchor, has been called hitherto, the Dunleary Asylum Har bour. His Majesty was yesterday pleased to name it." George the Fourth, Harbour;" and the town of Dunleary, " King's Town." These ceremonies were performed under a discharge of artillery from the ships of war, and batteries on shore. [FROM SAUNDERS'S NEWS-LETTER OF WEDNESDAY.] On Monday last, after the arrival of the British mail, E. S. Lees, Esq. Secretary to the General Post-office, proceeded to the Royal George with private dispatches for his Majesty. Mr. Lees remained on board until the arrival of the King, when the dispatches were delivered to him by Sir Benjamin Bloomfield. His Majesty inquired if Mr. Lees was in attendance, and being answered in the affirmative, desired Sic Benjamin to introduce Mr. Lees, who was instantly brought into the Royal presence.-- His Majesty having ascertained Mr. Lees' Chris tian name, and taking Sir Edward Paget's sword, conferred on him, in the usual manner, the he nour of Knighthood. After which his Majesty was graciously pleased to say, that he was fully apprised of his meritorious services, and his in defatigable exertions in his official situation, and that he was also sensible of his polite attention to himself, connected with his duty, since his arrival in this country. His Majesty concluded by desiring Sir Edward's company at dinner. Nothing could be more complimentary or flat tering to Sir Edward than the manner in which this unexpected compliment was conferred on him. The ceremony was performed under the Royal Standard, and in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Sidmouth, and all the Officers of the Fleet.