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4*\ .4.llTlo3''rq . . . 4, ' • 44 r'..tl' •a 1 ,,,-,, c : ' '' - - i'''' " . . 5 ._.• 5 e ll * --'' .1 114 i . ... •.. - 44,., \‘... . .., / • . . . r ,c-+C- 0 4 rte+► .0 ,-- " /° -e-e , -- ---- ", . 4 /1 0 e;f „E./ : .) 7 " #. l ie., 4tr, \ _ . . . . . . NtrAtitEit 905.] MONDAY, SEPTEMBtit 3, 1821. SEVENETCP. AT a MEETING of GENTLEMEN at the GLOBE TAVERN, FLEET-STREET, on the 31st of August, 1821: JOHN BLADES, Esq. in the Chair; RESOLVED- That the CONDUCT Of the LIFE GUARDS oa all occasions when they have been called upein to support t he Civil Power, has been distinguished by GREAT FOR- IlA rtliNCE, GOOD TEMPER, and DISCIPLINE. That in the recent disturbances, these qualities were dis 114ed in an eminent degree, although while employed in the di scharge of their duty, they were exposed to unmanly insults, 4141 most brutal assaults, on the part of the populace. That had they availed themselves, to its full extent, of their undoubted right to resort to their weapons in self-defeme, the carn age of that day must have been dreadful, and great numbers would have fallen the sacrifice to their just resentment. That while their behaviour entitles them to the admiration and gratitude of the Public, they have, on the contrary, been ungenerously misrepresented maliciously libelled, and almost denied those legal privileges, which, as Englishmen, they have a right to enjoy in common with all their countrymen. That it appears from undoubted evidence, that not less than thirt y - Sever, cf the detachment employed on the 14th of August, were there wounded, and were placed under the Surgeon's care, cf whom three had their limbs fractured. That to manifest the sense which is entertained by the loyal and Peaceable p ar t o f t h e commun i ty , o f t h e mer i t an d va l ue o f their services, a Public Subscription be opened to remunerate suchof the 'Military as suffered bodily injury by the attack of the PcPulace on the 1-Ith of August. That after a sufficient compensation, in the opinion of the CO Th • .rrattee, has been made to the soldiers who have sustained bodily injury in the late Disturbances, the surplus of the mo ney ra ised shall b e g i ven to t h e R eg i menta l F un d o f t h e I s t eginle nt of Life Guards, instituted for the comfort of the Privates and their families. nli That th e f o ll owing Gentlemen be appointed to act as a Corn apoest;ontioasp,plv the Subscriptions according to the preceding With power to a dd to th e ir number : I N BLADES, Esq. HENRY DOBBS, Esq. 11IP-S JACKS, Esq. WAL. STRICKLAND, Esq. WRENCH, Esq. AND GROVE PRICE, Esq. WM. BABINGTON, Esq. (Signed) JOHN BLADES, Chairman. Aug ust 31, 1821. c•Slihscriptions will be received by the Treasurers, Messrs. b y ee2l*° °( l , Cox, and Company; Craig's-Court, Charing-Cross; pall ~`nall the following Bankers, Messrs. Hammersley and Co., 69, p r ; :Messrs. Hodson and Stirling, 345, Strand ; Messrs. Mackworth and Co. 189, Fleet-street ; Sir William ° and Co. 15, L om b ar d- street , an d G eorge S tep h en , E sq . c o ll°l- arY Secretary, 38, B roa d- street B u ildi ngs : to w h om a ll nu t • teations on the subject may be addressed. •. Yl Oi (1,-ILLING-OFFICE, August 24, 1821. COMM/SS/ONE RS for VICTUAL— Ni, iire L : A NG His MAJESTY's NAVY do hereby give " "at on Tuesday, the 25th of September next, they •tr „ -e r "le:ti to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up) and i o e- r I f T 7 the foll ow i ng quantities of prime IRISH BEEF and I3eef. Pork. RAI/ Puncheons Tierce s I" i narr e k SOO 300 ; --e cured i n the ensuing Season; to be delivered into his 347.elttes Victuallin g St ores a t Deptford, Portsmo uth, and " Y' '''" ll, , in suc h proportions as shall herea'f'ter be required; halt 1 , 4, .. thereof by the end of February, and the other half by -i t i ,:" of 4pril n ex t ; an d to b e pa id f or b y Bill s , paya bl e , ;i4t interest, sixty days after date. , e Conditi ons of the Contracts may be seen at the Seere ):h‘t i g-Sce, at this Office, or by applying tolllr. J. if'. 1,4 erville, 4gent for the Victualling at Haulbowline 1, Cove of Cork. N 7, ° ' "der for a less quantity than shall he equal to Fire , I,ll"dred Tierces of Beef and . Five Hundred Tierces of Pork 1 , 411 6e admitted, I't nor will regard be had to and in which the "le e ',heti not b e i nserted in words at leng t h, or that shal l 7 7 , be de livered to the Board before One o'clock on the said ~,,,:d (z .V, the 25th of September next, nor unless the Perso n to enktkes the Tender, or some Person on his behaff, atten ds newer when called for. 4ec it4 ~. 6 Y t Ten der must b e accompan i e d b y a L e tt er , signed lite I , R.'° r el"Ponsible Persons, engaging to become hound with th e 4"V tendering, in the Penal Sum of 151. per cent. on 4 `for the due performance of the Contract. -IE A,., ------_____ , • , Pli-:r4E or ANATOMY, GREAT WINDMILL- Iit STREET. ti o A N , INTER COURSE of LECTURES .; S— LG ° E 4 - - , Yro m , PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, mad 1 , 4 •-ltr ge In it t„ l' Lyy 14 , 1r Y . WILSO ' N and Mr. 'CHARLES BELL, " - s•ND ra V the Middlesex Ho ' spital, WILL COMMENCE on k r. s'11:14 October the t st, at Two o'Clock. , att end 4 ANY wm On Uri give the DEMONSTRATIONS, and will nt the Mornings to assist the Students. NlT : ile tvening of TUESDAY, the 2d. at Six &Clock, 14., Will commence his Lectures on Surgery. 4 . -4. BLA.d.DEN and Mr. STONE will be, MlNjia their WINTER COURSE of LECTURES on IDItENirERY and the DISFASES of . WOMEN and CHlL ,,ery—alo°22,lV) O NDAIr e , Octobe r s Bth. The Lectures are read f - ,!eve n _ L';'.laeg the perpetual 1 [lnds to Mr. Clarke s and Mr. per _art !..ectures are entitled to attend. . . Or t, s ir. zUlars, apply to Mr. Blagden, 22, Sackvill r e e -street ; a . one, 2, Upper John-street, Golden-squa . C T HREE £BO,OOO MONEY ! ARROLL, the CONTRACTOR, having 4 , C oThlished the Scheme at full length in all the l'6% . vii 44 anntr p the chief p o i t y apers, has now only to recapitulate n 4 of the Lottery, whicli are THREE PRIZES OF s Csoinon! THIRTY OT HER CAPITALS ! • NoT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE! EVERY PR IZE STERLING MONEY ! NO Y S TI CKET DRAWN SINGLY ! TOCK PRIZES !—NO CLASSES! DRAWING BEGINS 30TH OCTOBER ! ti--' rh e Pllblic Approbation already expressed tenders it un ,tve..nes,sary for the Contractor to offer any observations on the ,t. nvledged merits of this Scheme. . t)„licltets and Shares are Sellinz at CARROLL'S Fortunate li."el Na 1 i ,e 4 0 ,1 •9, Cornhill, and No. 26, Oxford-street, where 7tri- . the Last 3 0,0001. Prize erer drawn ; also N. lt it ° or 21,000).3 and many other Capitals in the Lottery tnded. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. [From the "Birmingham and Lichfield Chronicle," Aug. 30.] While the Radical faction is labouring so assiduously, to keep the attention of the public fixed on the disgraceful events of the 14th inst. loyal men may perhaps be allowed to congratulate one another, on the opportunity thus afforded to these desper adoes of shewing themselves in their true colours. The two inquests which have been sitting on the bodies of the unfortu nate men who lost their lives in the riotous assault committed upon the King's troops, have been conducted throughout in a manner Which will not, be lust upon the country. All who know how to appreciate the valuable qualities of firmness and legal knowledge in the presiding officer of such an inquest, and have duly considered how indispensible in the character of an upright Juryman are coolness, temperance, and strict imparti ality, will doubtless form a very correct opinion of the conduct of those officially employed on these occasions ; and will know exactly what degree of influence the verdicts recorded on the several cases ought to have in directing their j udgment. Although, therefore, the manner in which some of the Jurymen are stated to have interfered with the examination of the witnesses, and the strong bias which they have expressed on the subject, on which they were sworn to return a verdict according to the evidence, has rather been at variance with the notions whieli weliad been taught to form of their duty ; and the easy coMpliance of the sCoroner with all Mr. Sheriff Waithman's demands of right to advise the Jury, and dictate to himself, does not seem altogether calculated to maintain the dignity, or exemplify the usefulness of his of fice; still we apprehend no very serious mischief will arise from his forbearance or their impetuosity. The public will judge for themselves. • Those who unhappily were spectators of the con test between the opponents and the defenders of lawful autho rity, will find no difficulty in determining where to affix the guilt of the injuries that were inflicted, and the blood that was shed ; and those who must derive all their knowledge through the medium of the press, will look rather at the evidence than to the verdict ; and will determine for themselves, how far the conduct of the Life Guards under the provocations and ill treat ment of that fatal day, entitles them to bear the stigma with which that verdict was intended to brand them.—We shall not judge these brave men so harshly, as to suppose that their con stancy will be at all shaken, or their devotion to their duty lessened, by the result of an investigation thus conducted. It will be their comfort to feel assured that their countrymen at large do not suffer their opinions to be influenced by the ma meuvres and misrepresentations of a party ; that they are not blinded by the paltry ambition of directing the passions, or mo nopolizing the applause of the mob ; that they prefer lawful au thority to popular licentiousness; and will not allow those who in the hour of peril are called forth to support the laws, to be come the victims of that power, which, at the hazard of their lives, they have prevented from accomplishing its traiterous designs. The investigation will not, however, nay cannot, end here. The King's authority has been openly. set at nought, his will dis regarded, his intentions frustrated. His guards, called out by the Magistr .:es to support them in the exercise of their duty, and to maintain the supremacy of law and order over brutal force and tumult, have not only been made the objects of un tnerited abuse and insult, but of the most cowardly and atroci ous violence ; and when at last, after suffering personal injury with unparalleled forbearance, they were obliged to use their weapons in defence of their own lives, they have been branded as murderers by the verdict of a Jury, upon the evidence, as it may be presumed, and will perhaps eventually be proved, of the very persons who were deeply implicated in the riotous, if not treasonable proceedings, which they were called upon to resist. We cannot believe that no steps will be taken to vindi cate the authority of Government, which has been thus in sulted ; to redeem the character of its lawful instruments, thus vilified ; to punish the traiterous contrivers, and audacious per petratprs of an act; which' has disgraced the character of the country, and brought the efficiency of our laws, and the power of their administrators l into most perilous question. Fortu nately for the cause of justice, the eager haste of the radical faction to bring forward evidence which might establish their short-lived and precarious triumph upon the verdict of a Coro ner's Jury, has induced some to offer hhemselves for examina tion, whom a prudent regard for their personal safety might otherwise have taught to shelter themselves in the obscurity of their usual haunts, from the legal responsibility attached to their share in the riots of the day. The hardihood of the party, elated by their momentary victory, has afforded the Govern ment a clue, by the aid of which they may perhaps be ena bled to trace the dangerous conspiracy, through all its ramifications, up to its very source. We trust therefore that it will soon appear who were the ringleaders of the mob, and who their military directors • that it will soon be ascertained, whether the authority, of Government may be defied, and . its commands resisted in open day, by a riotous mob, with, impunity; whether a self-elected Committee may oppose and counteract the Police of the Metropolis, and the Ministers of the Crown, in the discharge of their duty ; and whether the Sheriff of Middlesex, the chief conservator of the peace, of the county, subjects himself to no penal consequences, by tamely sitting by and conniving at a riot which he was of ficially bound to quell ; and then exerting himself extra-offi cially to attach the blame of that riot, and the guilt of the blood which was spilt in it, upon those brave troops, who, if they were legally employed, he ought to h a ve directed at the time, and defended afterwards : and if they were not legally employ ed, he might, and ought to have prevented from performing those deeds, for which he now stands .forward to accuse them. Mr. Waldman may he a skilful retailer of haberdashery in Fleer-street, or of balderdash oratory in Guildhall : but lie is professedly ignorant of law ; and he will be fortunate, if his Majesty's law officers do not yet teach him, t o hi s cos t, what the duties of a Sheriff are, and ' what are the consequences of ne glecting the discharge of them. There is a description in TAciTus, so singu larly applicable to the abdication of NAPOLEON, that we cannot forbear quoting it for the gratifi cation of our classical readers. It is the seces sion .of VrrELLlus, a character that indeed bore no resemblance to the great modern soldier, ex cept in his misfortunes, so touchingly described in the following extract, by the masterly pen of TACITUS Nec quisquam adeo rernm humanarurn immemor, quem non commov,eret ills facies. Romanum Principen; et generis hu mani paullo ante dominum, relied fortanm sum sede, per popu lum, per uTbetn,, exire de imperio. Fihil tale viderant, nihil audiverant : repentma vis dictatorem Cesarem oppresserat ; occultie Caium insidice; nos et ignotum rus, fugam Neronis abscenderant : Piso et Galba tamquam in acie cceide*:. in sua condone Vitellius, inter suos milites, prospectantibus edam fe. minis, pauca et prmsenti mmstitim congruentia locutus " Cedere se paces et reipublicm cane.. ; retincrent tantum memorium sui, fratremque, et conjugdm, et mnoxiam liberorum mtatem miserarentur." Simul filium protendens, modo singulis, modo uniVersis commendans, piostrento fletu prmpediente, adsistenti Consuli exsolntum a latere pugionem, velut jus necis vitmque civium, reddebat, tum consilii Mops in palatium rediit. We understand that a respectable body of landed proprietors, as a means of assisting their tenants, have agreed by subscription to support an establishment of light caravans, principally to supply the. London markets with fresh butter, &c. from the dairy farms situated n ear th e roa d s leading from Exeter and Taunton to London., The plan is arranged to convey such goads into market as quickly as those from Buckingham and Cambridgeshire ; which from their freshness command .a superior price to those sent salted from Devon, Dorset, and Somerset, where the value is greatly reduced by the competition with . Dutch and other salt butter. The establishment, it is _evident, must materially benefit the dairy farms, now sadly distressed, and become gene rally useful to trade by a quicker and cheap transfer of goods.—(Bath Herald.) FOREIGN LITERATURE. (No. XXXVII.) A REVIEW of the different WORKS on WALACHIA and MOLDAVIA, by M: MALT E-BnuN. The recent events in Walachia and Molda, via, connected as they are with. the .insurrection of the Greeks in the Norm and the Archipe= lago, having rendered those two principalities objects of more than usual attention, the subject of the present article cannot fail, we think, to be generally interesting. " I have no opinion," says a celebrated Roman writer, " of those persons who are satisfied with reading only one book on each particular sub ject." This maxim is peculiarly applicable to matters of history and geography ; for we can scarcely hope, even after au attentive perusal and comparison of the works of twenty or thirty authors, to be able to form a tolerably correct idea of the state of Foreign Countries. It might fairly be imagined there could be only one opi nion respecting mountains and rivers, but, on the contrary, even they give birth to numerous scien tific discussions. The eternal subject of dispute, however, among travellers relates to the laws, institutions, manners, dress, and - edifices of a country, and to every thing which appertains to the civil and social state ; each sees these objects through the medium of his own tastes and habits'; then come the complaints of the inhabitants ; who accuse travellers of want of discernment, of having made their observations whilst they were tra velling post through the country, or when under the influence of passion and malice ; but the in habitants are in their turn accused of narrow minds, prejudices, and partialities. Between these adverse parties, the geographer is in the situation of a judge, who is certain of displeasing both litigants, let him decide ever so conscien tiously. This is not however the case with Walachia and Moldavia, either because in describing these countries every observer has been struck by the same evident and predominant traits, or because the natives are not yet in the practice of writing on their country, and of calling in question the almost unanimous opinions of foreigners. We have, notwithstanding, a political and civil history of Moldavia from the pen of a native, and by an Ex-Hospodar too, the Prince Kantemir.— He wrote it when absent from his country, and after he had seen other European States ; it is not deficient of spirit and instruction ; but proscrib ed by the Turks, and abandoned by the Mot davians, the author possesses not the impartiality of an historian. He deplores the levity, turbu lence, and ignorance of his countrymen; but he is himself tolerably credulous, and relates, among other things, the followinc , story respecting the origin of the river Totrusch A rock is formed by nature in the shape of a young shepherdess, in the attitude necessary to perform a natural operation ; the river has its source at her feet, and twenty sheep, also of stone, seem to be grazing near her." Modern travellers have in vain sought after these wonders, which appear to be only a flight of imagination, not the most deli cate, of the Moldavian peasantry. The antient Greeks rhodomontaded with more spirit,and their Naiads had better manners, at least, in the fine writings of antiquity. Perhaps, however, the Greek shepherds might have had some tales of an equally rustic taste. The Swiss, it is well known, have given one of their grandest cas cades a name still more ignoble than the Molda vian tradition. The Russian •General.Bawr, -who first took a survey and drew a map of Moldavia, has given a picture of this country which is probably, very correct for the-times. when it appeared. He ad mires the picturesque..positions of the hills and forests where he bivouaqued so frequently. The wars of Catherine 11. attracted the at tention of the other European powers to these provinces.. Carra, of revolutionary celebrity, published in 1778 a. History of Walachia and Moldavia, the materials of.which he collected in the country ; but he did not take the trouble to travel over thesQprovinces, or to learn their lan guage ; and, imitating feebly the Abbe Rayiial, he filled up the blanks of his narrative with high sounding declainations, which in the eyes of a judicious reader always detract from the credit of an historic writer. Carra however exaggerates less. than would be imagined. For instance, it is but too' true that•the llospodars have gene rally their plate packed up, their trunks r ea dy, and their carriages harnessed to carry them away as soon as they hear of the arrival of a cvidgi bacha sent by.the Sultan to seize on their treasures and• persons. But this precaution has proved hitherto of little avail, for-we have only one in stance on record of its success, in the case 'of Prince John Karadja who,.in.lBlB, , was enabled to carry off the fruits of his administration. The Turks make .use. of several singular finesses to, take the Hospodars when they. consider them wealthy enough. .Prince Bessaraba,, for instance, thought himself out of danger, because the Porte for several years, dissembled with him, and pre tended ignorance of his intrigues and connections with foreign courts ; when a young Turk unex pectedly arrived at Bucharest with a brilliant retinue, as if he were on a tour of pleasnre. The Prince, received him surrounded by his Court the traveller drew :out of his bosom a small black handkerchief, and placed it on. the shoulder of the Hospodar ; at this fatal. signal of the o.ispleasure of. the Sultan, the courtiers,•-guards,' and people; all ran away and concealed themselves, and the Prince was led a: prisoner to Constantinople, where death awaited him. - Nearly about the same .time. that Carra was in aiese Principalities, the Austrians manifested much curiosity to obtain an accurate knowledge of Walachia; one third of which was in their pos session; and of Moldavia, a very considerable portion of which, called the Bukowina, they had jtist conquered in the midst of peace: The -naturalist Hacquet did not confine his researches to an examination of the Mountains of antient Dacia, but he made also some interesting obser vations on the state of the inhabitants. Captain Sulzer gave more'correct maps, and put together, in three badly written volumes, a number of valuable remarks on the topography and the agriculture of the country, as also on the con dition of the inhabitants. I have never read the travels of Mikoczy, a Pole, and I have not before me the narrative of Boscowick, which contains, however, only rapid and short sketches. In 1789, the Prince de Ligne drew a very lively picture of the court of Moldavia under Prince Maurocordato. This Hospodar had ex cited the dis Pleasure of the Porte : " I marched " to his assistance," says the Austrian Field - Marshal, " with twelve battalions and twelve " squadrons, and was received with fire works, " balls, and fetes. The Prince's seraglio is " charming ; he admits his friends there, and at 4 C his court none but happy faces are to be seen." A graver authority, the Austrian Consul at Jassy, Mr. Wolf, published in ISOS some obser vations on Moldavia. They are very important as respects its political and financial state. Mr. Wolf reckons the population of this province at 420,000 souls, according to the registers of 1794, but it appears his calculations are rather below the real numbers. He values the taxes at 2,430,800 Turkish piastres,abou t 63,2701. sterling. It is therefore clear that Carra underrated in an absurd manner the revenues of this principality. The office of Hospodar is sold for several mil lions; and the purchasers of this dignity procure 'the funds necessary for this purpose not only from Greek capitalists, but also from Turkish usurers, who, it is easy to conceive, are reim bursed at an extravagant rate of interest. The Porte, on its part, aware that the Hospodars de posit their capitals in foreign banks, knows better than to. cut off .their heads on their return but very politely asks them to lend the poor Sultan a trifle of a few millions. How can Moldavia afford to maintain so many blood-suckers ? Agri culture is sadly neglected ; the simplest opera tions, such as draining a marsh, or embanking a river, are never attempted by the idle Moldavians : " We found it so," said they to Mr. Wolf, " and we shall leave it in the same state."—The exportation of wines to Russia • amounts to 1;900,000 umer, an Austrian mea sure, equal to nearly six pints. There are some white wines which are thought to resemble Champagne, probably made with grapes which have not ripened in the short but burning sum mers Of this province. We know that the Rus sians give also the name of Champagne to a small white sh4p wine which is brought from the country Of the Cossacks ; but they are better connoisseurs to drink it, at all events when they can get the genuine Champagne. We think that in Walachia, in situations sheltered from the east winds, they would succeed better in planting good vineyards. A well-informed and unprejudiced English merchant, Mr. Thornton, who resided at Con stantinople fifteen years, and who travelled through Moldavia and Walachia, has devoted to these two principalities a considerable portion of his " Present State of Turkey." He confirms the statements of his predecessors, and relates several instances of the tyranny under which the Aloldavians and Walachians groaned, of which he was an eye-witness : in other respects he paints the national character in the most favour able light, though he passed through the country without knowing a word of their language. Mr. Thornton dwells on the high political importance of these provinces, the natural outlet of Hungary and Gallicia. A very young man, M. F. RecordOn, has just published some Letioipn Walachia, .in which country .he resided. froin 1815 to 1821. The timi dity with whieli. he Makes his appearance before the public, the modesty of his sentiments, his benevolent and Moderate tone, prepossess you in his favour ; but he is 'Nvell aware he has pot studied sufficiently historical and political sub jects to be qualified to go very deep into them. We have followed hirn With delight in his descrip tions of the appearance of the country, of the state of domestic society,of the mode of furnishing their houses, andof the dinner parties of the Boyars. These Walachian Nobles entertain very splen 7 didly and in the Ettropean style but they therri selveS eat Scarcely any thing else than some yaburf and cainia,- preparations of milk and cream, by which, according to report; the Turkish cookery has obtained a certain degree of favour among the epicures of civilized Europe. 111..Recordtin gives also ari interesting account of the Inatiners'and 'occupations of that vagabOnd people, knOWP by the name of Gipsies in Efig land.;, Bobendaritin . France, •and Zivienes or 71:higlines in Germany; Hungary, and Poland. What a vast field for'speculation and inquiry has' been and is still afforded by this race of unknown origin, dispersed in so - many countries of &trope,' and existing every Where in a most abject and savage state, and the Most opposed to every at - - terript at civililatiOn . ! The Indian origin .of the Tthiganes- is almOSt demonstrated by theirdia- - led; a manuscript g,draininar of this dialect,quoted by the learned philologiSt Vater in his addition to' the Mithiidates of lldelutig, proves that it is a regular language; these tiornades must there fore . -have- existed . 'Soniewherei and •at - sonic epoch, as a nation, but where, and when ? This is one of the most difficult problems of his torical erudition. I always feel myself inclined. . to agree in the opinion of those, who consider, the Sigynnesi placed in the environs of Dacia by Ilerodotus, as. the parent stock of the Tchiganes or. Ziguenes. They were an Asiatic people dis tinct from the Geta. A .political revolution. May have. brought them to their present isolated. state ; another . revolution may have dispersed the nation Which reigned over them, and havein duced them to disseminate themselve3 over Europe. It is rather remarkable that WalaChia and Moldavia are the two countries where this race exists in greatest numbers. M. Recordori found the houses of the Boyars filled with them and the Baron Campenbausen (in his Obser vations on Russia) affirms that the TChiganes in Moldavia are regularly organized after the Indian manner, in four castes, the loviest of whom are treated like Parias by these miserable people, who are themselves the Parias of Europe. A more profound work than that of M. Re cordon, the "Account of Walachia and Moldavia," by Mr. 'Wilkinson, formerly the English Consul eneral at Bucharest, has recently been published. A French translation of it has already appeared, in which we have observed some important addi tions under the political head. An analysis of some chapters of this work may perhaps be interesting at the present moment, when all the great Statesmen and celebrated CiVilians on the Continent are occupied in the division of Turkey, before it is conquered. We shall therefore reserve the consideration of it to a separate article. [To be continued.l FRAGMENT OF A LETTER WRITTEN FROM CORSICA. The tevolt of the Greeks, or, to speak with more justice, the war they have lately declared against the invaders of their coun try, the persecutors of their religion, and oppressors of their persons, this righteous war re-animates the interest all civi lised nations naturally feel for those Greeks, every way our models. The legislator, the warrior, the man of learning, the artist, obtain no real success without having long meditated the masterpieces of a people who came to teach the Romans. so proud of having been their conquerors. Even our philosa , pliers, when they do not aspire to perfection, only preach the moral of the ancients ; fur all human wisdorti is inclosed in the life of Socrates, and in the books of Plato. Some gratitudk is blended with our veneration, and softens our hearts, that so much glory might still not have warmed ; it in a manner unites us to these descendants of our masters ; and a sentiment we might almost call national, because it has something intimate and involuntary in its nature, heightens our emotion, when we ' read proclamations dated from those' celebrated spots, whose names alone fill our memory and exalt our imagination. When misfortune afterwards comes to impress its painful seal on all that ever was fine, grand or noble, can wt: be astonished if our admiration becomes enthusiasm ? Nothing is wanting in the Greeks; victories, adversity ; proscriptions, perseverance. This latter virtue now rises against their tyrants, like a magnificent apparition, sent by a supernatural power, as a token of stieeess. Should the Greeks not shake off their chains at present, whet signifies, if they preserve their wish for liberty ? What. arc centuries, when faced by an unalterable determination ? Thus divine justice is patient, because it is eternal :a-Thus Isabella expels the Moors, after an usurpation of 782 years :—Thus slavery is but temporary, if man does not submit to it. The fate of the Greeks is-certain. - They might perhaps be antiih.f lated. They will never be reduced. They wait. Time elapses; generations succeed each other; but these people do not change —they still are Greeks and Christians, which suffices to con quer the soldiers of a Sultan and Maltoinetanisrn. • Never did the Greeks-forget the spier dour of their ancestors. When the woeful days of the Low Empire succeeded the he roical times of Aliltuules, Themistoeles, LeOnidas, and Philc panien, virtues worthy of those heroes, and which testified that they ever preserved the remembrance of their origin, were still to be found among the Greeks. It was amidst the mount:lir s named .Taigetes,- that Nicephorus took refuge, when, in lan, 31ahomet the Second, caused his father, David Commtne, who was the last Emperor of the Greeks, to be massacred. The de scendants of the Spartans granted an asylum to this offsprir,; of twenty Sovereigns. They did more; they gave him the title of Proto-geros, which was perpetuated to his sons, whose coo rage never slackened in the constant struggle that existed be tween the children of Lacedemon, now called Mainotes, and the Turks. But in 1676, whilst Constantine, Stephanopoli, Commtne, shed his blood at the head of . the Mainotes, and de fended their mountains against a new attack made by the Turks, some deserters from the Porte succeeded in rendering his power suspected. Stephanopoli was obliged to abandon this country, Greece, dearer to him than ever on account of - the oppression under which it laboured. • Followed, as had -b&en his ancestor Nicephorns, by all the Greeks who had fled from Trcbizord, he did rot try to escape from the Turks; he fought them. With 3000 men and six ships, he rushed on the Ottoman fleet; crossed through it, -and came to Genoa, but after having lost half his companions. The Senate of Genoa gave lands to these fugitives in .Corsica, and the new Colony ever acknowledged as its Chiefs the Comntnes. By .one of those effects of chance, of which history offers' bit too many.examples, the same Greeks, so devoted to liberty, thoUght themselves,. obliged to become the'inatrunielita of la' despotic power. They contracted an alliance with the Genoese, who were forced to recur to arms in order to maintain there ever-contested authority. in-Corsica; and the islanders, fot,the first time, met with enemies 'Worthy of being faCed . by them, under the Ligurian :standard.: One gift made thein•br the , Greeks, must have compensated, in the eyes of the Corsicans, the crime of having joined their tyrants ; one of the colony, in troduced inoculation-in. Corsica long before it was praciiied in the other parts of-Europe, • When.the island of Corsica was united,to.France, ; the- COfint de Marbeuf,' who was named Govelnot bf tobk . particular care of the 'o4tablislinients, forited,•by , the Grecian colony, nc e d near Ajaccio. Demetrius Comnene, great grandson to con stantine. Steplianopoli, who had led. :the ,. ettas had his titles verified by Mr. Cherin, Genealogist to Louis XVI.; • and this Monarch, after having ieknowledgid'.therri, -hreTT)e:.' metriuo Com One presented to him, as beingthe descendant, in a direct line, from the last Grecian EinlVeror. ' A regiment of cavalry, was solicited and obtained. in 1779, IVA& son of so many Emperors, who in Fiance went by the name of Count de Comne'ne, : „ • • . • This family still exists in Corsica and is still honoured there, not only by the islanders of , a Grecian origin; but , filittfiselY the' natives, who -are .hospitable people, and whose ardent and gigantic imagination is greedy of 'what even surpasses theconi2: - mon events of history. • • , • ' " I haVe just assisted at the marriage of Angela Felice "Coin nene with Mr. Pierre de Bradi, whose. ancestors are. counted among the founders of Sartene, the principal town of the Pro vince,della• ROcea. • . , t 3 The beauty of the bride, her wit and grace, accompanied with ditTitityviould have made me aeknowledge her both a Grecian- • and a Princess, even. had .not the. Court of, France decided the. question before me. • I though t that. at a moment: when all eyes 4reE flx,9d on Grrece, these particulars would interest you, and that you would not be sorry to add to the sublime ideas of religion:and liberty, saint remembrance less grand, but still engaging, of a family illus trated.by sovereign povier,. antiiittity, misfortune, and courage, which seems to be transmitted to it ,with the noble, pride of Grecian-blood., and those virtues we most wish for in persons of the highest rank.