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The following letter has been athirealed to an eveniapi
contemporary—and as the writer imagines it coattail u
juatitication of his conduct, we, in the spirit of impartia:i ,
readily give it insertion :
TO THE EDITOR OF THE GLOBE.
Stn,—( take the liberty to acquaint you that having seen Si tue
public papers an ex-parie statement of clrcittnstances relating • ma -
Pelt and the party whit were to accninpant me to Greece. reflaarag
disgrace on my character, stud attaching buspicirox of the most bane-
fel nature to my coaduct, I feel it due to myself as a matt, to the
Press as an a, t of justice, and to a discerning public as a ;Payee
wibute of respect. to request that you may be pleased to give tt:c
fol!awfatzt facts publicity.
About the end of June and beginning of July lot, I was pre-
paring to go to British America, at the particular desire and re-
pealed entreaties of my relatiore and friends, to superiatc rat
the huhding of some merchant ships on a new plait w! Ica I hr.l
long digested, and which' met great approbation; hut havirg received
a letter, dated COW/dose, the 16. h June tau. from Lord Cochrane
(at lava such was then my enneiction, and 31ii1 is), I gave up nay
intention of proceeding ta America.
With this letter I waited on the Secretary of the then Orecisa
Deputies, in hillckville.street, svho did me the Kamur to receive me
with polite attention. My object was to consult with these gentk -
men on the must expeditioos mode qt fulfilling the request of that
letter; but ending that they had no funds for any each purpose. and
that no Greek Committee of Moans existed to their Imowlettge,
together with the allusions made In the public paints to the persons
intrusted with the Grecian fords, I resolVed to tit nut a small ves-
sel at my min expense, and to engage a few select officers anti
gentlernent to ascampany me. I accordMgly bargained fat was
Vhdr/ofte4aLevavesend ; and tarter causing het bottom to be re-
paired and Caulked, and the velvet otherwise examined as to her
efficety tot the service, the sum of VV. wax agreed an for the
purchase, on which I raid a deposit of 10/. According to the sic-
of the vessel, the number of oiheers were fixed at sixteen, besides
myself and the crew. To avoid expenses, and to have the vessel in
satety, the owner and myself agreed that he Visaed c. nanue us
employ the Che,'lvite between London and Grateeend until the party
would be completed (which was not so until the 13th irat.), and
that he would be responsible for all accidents until the vessel
was delivered over to me., I had sewn' handbills printed, as well
as the forms of security and counter-security between the
officers and myself, which Were mutually exchingtd es they
were engaged. I limited the passage-money ( not a dorraenr, Mat
a guarantee) to ten pounds, as I proposed to provision is
a port of France, end calculated on a quick passage, front
the superior sailing of the vessel. In order that this officeot
and men rho Were to accompany me might appear ready fits, art
worthy of, the vitiate they had embraced, I prepseied uniforms for
them, which were neat without being gaudy, and nab without be-
ing expensive. The uniforms were examined by the Grecian
Deputies and their Secretary, and mary other officers and aaentle-
men, who admired and approved of the same. however, 1 scot
began to perceiee that state of the party did tea deserve the it.
commendation given of them, or the opinion I had formed of them.
One of them applied with, or through his Solicitor, at Marlborough-
street police-office; but he forgot to state all the cirtuinsaincel
coanected old' his case, and earticuLattly that I had advanced hint
in cash, and paid for him, 91. 113 s. Sid., besides other debts, far
which I am responsible, the amount of which I have not yet re-
ceived. Another of the party (very officious on this occasion) had.
forgot that when arrested for debt I did not hirsake h m ; and that
against his 101. he received in cash 81. 3s. CI: and even another,
who was also arrested for debt. I did not abendan until he was
free. As My object Is not to recriminate, hut to justify my own
open and liberal conduct to the play, I shall forbear geiug
names; but if they are called f r, they shall be forth, oinne. ac •
companisd by circumstances wh ch will bring paoie a and their
advisers op nly before the public in no favourable Lieu. support.
by mist tespectalile proof on my part. 1 feast, how vr, state, i
justice to the majority of the Tarty, that their conduct has been
hanaurably correct, their intuit es respectable, and t to t ey are as
tine ant! daring young men as any country can laati of. As
to the 1 t er n question from GibiaLar, it was putdic io any remit
who stets r d to see it, as well by a copy left at No. 2.1, Bogen:.
%tree., as by the original in my own possession, which haraalwaye
been shown on demand.
La • ing bed the misfortune to be arrested for a debt of which I
was hr awe e. as I had long since directed the payment of it, a
party of the officers, excited by a certain professional gentLman,
who will ear a be brought na the wage in this case, called on a body
termed the Oreclan Neat Committee; and came Prow tbat body a,
me, with a requ at that I world send the original lever to them
for inspection. This I immediately complied with; and gave the
same to Mr. B. G. Simpson, a sauna gentleman of honour and
principle, going out in the medical department. The letter was
I not returned to that gentleman, nor has it been returned to me:
therefore. unless it is voluntarily returned, as it is essential to my
'defence, I shall have to adopt legal proceedings-to recover it, of to
obtain a proper reason for the de inion of it.
The whole of my conduct in this Nosiness has been 'men, candid,
liberal, as we las economical. I refused more than two hundred
peescale, who were ready. to pay matey down, because they were nos
calculated for the service. I engaged others an erefiit, who were
fully qualified ; and I have now at my disposition many officers and
gentlemen ut the greatest conseqoaence to the cause, but who will
not embark in it except they are accompanied by myself.
As a proof of my pecuniary disinterestedness in the glorious
cause of Gree.an liberty. I entered into a contract for the advantage
nt the sera ce of that interesting but unfortunate country, of the
most vital imp etawe to her interest and liberty. without stipulating
fur ore farthint of pecuniary ativautage iu it. In short. I have ex-
, pendid nane money on the
individual
and the vessel than I received
trim them, besides my owe expenses; and if the advo-
cates for the liberty of Greece and the emancipation of Carieriaa
slaves, particula.ly the noble. rich, and inexpressibly patriotic mem-
bets of the quanhed Committees, were equally disinterested as to
pecuniary speculation, or peculation, as I have been, now am, and
always will be, (iteece would scot. be free. Patriotic chatter, vr
I long speeches in the Committees, and the Senate, will never deliver
Greece, without they are accompanied by cannon, muskets, powder,
ball, steel, and officers and men faithful to the cause, and capable
of supporting it by their judgment and valour.
1 certainly feel regret that the Magistrates of Marlborongh-street
police-office, or any British Magistrate, should act at, precipitately
as to pronounce a disgracing of inion on hearinc one side of the
question ; such opinion is most certainly prejudging the case. for
they will that incontrovertible proof in my favotir. The prudes::
Chief Magistrate of London acted with a more magisterial eirearu-
spec:ion. 1 have been attacked and calumniated tlpough party.in-
tercet andoitean jealousy, but I have the consolation that such has
been the fate add fortune of many great, many virtuous, and many
valiant men.
Would mankind and the sacred cause of liberty have profited as
much as they have done, and may yet do, from the liberal prin-
ciples, the indefatigable exertions. and the conaummate skill and
bravery of Lard Cochrane, if he had not been persecuted, derided.
and vilified in his own country ? Notwithstanding my admiratio- •
of, and re-pact fit, the very great genius, judgment, All, and
bravery of Lora Cochrane, I Natter myself that all pretensions/
men who know me will do late the justice to allow, that I will not
be found very much inferior to that great toren character, either as
a seaman, navigatot. and astronomer, or in the 'science of model-
ling, rigging, sail-cutting, and ballasting ships and vessels of every
description, on the true principles of solidity, capacity, and velo-
city ; as also in manteuvring in chaise or battle, on plans the most
likely to obtain success: besides, I have a perfect knowledge of
the seas to which I was bound, f the character of the people whom
I was going to serve, of the manners, customs, and mode of war-
fare of the enemy I intended to combat, and acme Other advantagas
which I shall at present forbear to mention, as I may yet hove it as
nay power to bring them into action sooner than my enemies calcu-
late on.
I beg pardon for thus far trespassing on your time and patience,
but I hope to be excused, as it is a duty I owe to the sacred cause,
to the press, to the public, and to myself.
I have the pleasure to be, Sir,
-our very obedient servant,
London, Sept. 21, 1826. JOHN CAMPBELL.
Apropos—The pennons so inimical to myself and to this earth.
tion, and the curious, may wish to know, and the public have ii
right to know, how I am, or became, acquainted with Lord Coch-
rane. To this 1 answer, that our acquaiiitance commenced ins
1798, when he was First Lieutenant of the Thetis, with ais uncle.
now Admiral Cochrane; and that it has enstinued intimately since.
When I returned to England in 1814, and his Lordship was in the
King's Beoch. he was the first person I visited in Laudon. Me
last interview with him was at Brussels, in the early part of that
year, when I proposed a method of disabling the enemy, and ex-
posing him to certain capture, without the inhuman use of fire-
ships, or exploding carcases. This I afterwards propounded by
letter, to which the one in questionis the answer.

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and which workmen are at present employed in taking
down, fell, and buried two of the workmen beneath the
ruins. The rest of the workmen immediately commenced
bruised, OneA omfa,
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operations, and in less than half an hour extricated their.
comradesthi,:furniammnesoectdboahe mass of rubbish which covered them.
pireialluiwanmehruecrbtars;otklteel:neco.ondarrei:edwasunvseereny setovecroenly.;
ceal himself hi Magdalen College, Oxford, during the
whole of the night of Sunday, and to break into several
rooms ore
the
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in custody, and at length escaped from them with a
He
was
to apprehended
those
hadi
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abort iron bar in his possession. Huggins, the City Mar.
behavedllowirigw rthoitniegrnagt.
violence
shal, in recapturing him, received a severe blow on his
head from the bar, which cut through his hat, but fortu •
nately did him no serious injury.
betaTe man was takeirs
before a Magistrate, and proved to
aeighbourbood of hook-norton.