The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-21 00:00:00

GREECE IN 1+423 AND iseL

This is an interesting volume. It consists of n aeries of
letters soil other documents, written during a visit to that
country, by the Ilot. Colonel Leicester Stanivipe, who has
renders! sn many and such itnportart services to Greece.
We have not time now to gives critical notice of the work;
lint it appsars, front the hasty view we have lnkt n of it,
that it contains a clear and faithful account of the state of
effiirs among the Greeks during the period it embraces.
Aendeto the letten of Culontil Stanhope, are a great
nupm ppber o valuable documents connected with the Greek
cause. We have selected from this mass of papers, those
which mere particularly relate to our late illustrious
tvuntryman, Lord Byron :-
3110S0LONOSII 21TR law. 1321.
MT DEAR BOW I IRO—I an in the hshit of putting Written ques-
tions to hard Byron kr his decision. The following have roretved
his leotdship's 'newer% and I ant desirous of submitting them to
Eh: Cornwall,.
Ist —W ill roue Lordship allow me to make over a certain elan.
thy of Greek and Roman types to the Edna: of tha Greek Vire-
sick t—Y r..
241.—Wi1l your Lordship subscribe .Sl. fur the support of the
Greek parer i—lces.
311.-1{ ill your Lordship allow me In take round the printing
mos, &e. to the seat of the Greek Curteninrnt, i. e. of the Legis-
lative Body ?--We will talk over this article.
your lowdship subscribe lOW. towards tlie support
of the German artillery
bth.—Will your Lordship One Ina of you loin to tile Greek
Goverment to be made over in the German Committee, they
having advanced that
rantenng its re-nsynient ?—Yes.
point your Lo rdship approve of )Ir. Ilesketh being sp.
ed Sub-bitendant of Story* ?—Ves.
7th.—Would your Lordship approve of my exchanging the
lir-A Committee's prers for die nue belonging to the Minor hate?
-.This :wide I do not quite understand, but will talk it over
er:o•
The following one has given rise to Annie discussion between his
bordshoi and myself, with the sulestatice uf which I think it ne-
e...ssev that the (*.minima* should he acquainted. I have, there.
Mel, subjoined the heads of a conversation which has pausal be.
tis..e- us on the subject.
your Lordship stated yesterday evening that you bad said to
orroconlato that, " were you in his place, you would
have placed the presa under a censr," and that lie replied, " No;
the liberty of the press is guaranteed by the constitution." Now I
aish to limo whether your Lonlship was anions when you made
the. (lilacs. anon. or whether you only said so to provoke me? If
L.,irttsbip was serious, I shall consider it my duty to commu.
locate this atkir to the Committee in Eughuid, in order to show
them how ilidieult e task I have to fulfil, in promoting the liber-
ties of Greece. if your lowdship is to throw the weight of your
run talents into the opposite scale on a question of such vital im-
portance. To this question I solicit a written answer, lest I should
misrepresent your Lordship's opinion and serMinams.
After Lord Byesn hat read this paper he enterod into conversa-
tion with nue on the subject. Ile said that he was an ardent
friend of publicity and the pre.; but he feared that it was rot
applicable to this society. in us present combustible state. I an-
swered etat I thought it applicable to all countries, and essential
here, in order to put an ere to the state of anarchy which at pre.
sent prevailed. Lard It. feared libels and lierittiousness. I said
that the object of a free press was to check public licentiousness,
and to expose libellers to odium. Lord 11. had mentioned his
rers.vioti with Marrocardato, to show that the Prince was Dot lion.
tile to the press. I declared that I knew him to be an enemy to the
press. although he dared ion openly to avow it. f his Lordship then
said that he kid not mad.' up his mind about the liberty of the
press la Greece, hut that lie thought the ex perimeut words trying.
Yours, S

TO TIlk:
llltosososettur, JAW. '23. 11121.
BY °tea B•—Parry has arrived at Ithaca, and has rent :Br.
llamphrioi to Jli.. donKhi for Instructions. .11ter receiving his
in:angelic:, I consulted with Lord Byron and Prince 3larrocur-
dom. I then wrote to Parry to proceed to Dragositeste, there to
din 'Moult all his stores, and to place them in the magazines. From
lerammeste they will be conveyed to this place in smell craft. Two
Mwrs after Mr arrival, he was sent back to Ithaca, so that the
amount of the demurrage will not be great.
(*.Morel (button and Captain ltlmptiere ate, lam t. 41, canting
eat to Greece its the spring. Their presence will be attended with
the moa beneficial consequences. Pray urge their speedy de-
parture.
Cant. York, of the Alacrity, a ten.gundrig, came on shrive, a
few days ago, to demand an equivalent for an lonian bolt that had
been taken in the act of going out of the Gulf of Lepanto with pro.
visions, arms, etc. l'he Greek flee., at that time, blockaded the
harbour with live brigs, and the Turks had fourteen vessels of war
in the Gulf. The Captain nislotained, that the British govere.
mut recognised no blockade that was not efficient. and that that
etii cier cy &menthol on the numerical superiority or cannon. On
slits reilliSple, without ;rug at all into the merits of the case, be
demanded restitution to the properly. Prince klavroeordato re-
monstrated, and eliimed to submit lie ease to the decision of the
British government ; but 11w t'aptain peremptorily denintalcil res.
mutiny of thermally in four hones. Ile received 2110 Mlles as an
equivalent. lewd Byron ronducted the business in behalf of the
Captain. In the evening he convened with me in the subject. I
mud the strait was einitiocted in a bullying manner, and not sc.
cording to the principles of equity end the law of natiens. His
lordship started into n passion. Ile coot:ll4rd. that Lite, justice.
and equity, had nothing to do with polities. That may be; bin I
will never lcr.d myself to injustice. Ilk Lordship then !wean, ac-
cording to custom, to attar* Mr. Bentham. I said that it was highly
illiberal to mak- personal attacks on Mr. Bentham before a friend
who held him in high estimation. Ile said, that he n:.lv attacked
his publk principles, whirls were mere theories, hut dangetons ;
injurious to Simi wand calculated to do great mischief in armee,
dudes* object to his borelolship's attacking Mr. B.'s principles; what
I eti:rcted to were his prnonalities. Ills Lordship never reasoned on
aty of Mr. B.'s writings, but merely nuttle sport of them. I
wou!d, thcrefote, ask him what it was that he obireted to lash
Byron mentioned his Panopticon as visionary. 1 said that cape.
rimer in Pennsylvania, at .11ilbank, Nee. had proved it otherwtse.
I said that B Inherit had a may British heart ; lint that Loot
Byron, professii g liberal principles from his boyhood, had, when
called InA,ll to act, proved himself a Tutk.—Lonl Byron asked,
what moon. have you of this?—Your conduct in endeovintring
to midi the press, by declaiming against it to Mumeonlato,
and your pritioul abuse of lilraal principliss.—Lord Byron
said, that if he bad held up his logrr he could have crushed
the press. -- I replied, wit, all this power, which, by the
way, you never possessed, you went to the !hint anti poisoned his
esz.—loll Byron declaimed against the liberals whom he knew.—
But what liberils ? I asked ; slid he borrow his nucleus of freemen
tom the Italians ?—bord lymn. No; front the Hums, Cart.
ettlztlts. Ac.—And still, said I, you presented ('inwright's
hoot iltll, and sided Bunt by making his poetry sad piing hint
the sale of your wades, Lieu Byron exclaimed, mat are worse
lien IVilwi, and shoot,' quit the army.—l retilied, lam a mere
lint never will I abandon my principles. Our principles
sr: dounctri....lly opposite, us let us avoid the subject. If Lows!
Brion act's up to his protesssatts he will lie the greatest ;--if not,
IN meanest of mankind.—l Ic said he hoped his character did net
dip ad en my asertitms.—Nn, said I, your genius has initorta.
Itted you. The worst could not deprive you of time.—Loril Hymn.
yoo shall see : judge me by my acts. When he wished me
lt"ekihtlellt. I Milt up the light to conduct hint to the passage, but
humid, What ! 101 l op a light to a Turk
L hope tbat the Quakers will now begin to apply their funds to
hI twonteson of chicon • i, the establishment of dispcnsmica, /he.
to Inerce. Their aid is much wanted, and it will :se most tiseMllv
43'14MA/611y employed in the country itself. We should limit
.'``? of wide.spreading and permanent utility. .111
ournertinos mkt wherein. be comparatively insignificant. Some
ol the witatunate Greeks, whom the Quakers, with such laudable
e."'"4,0"... lent 11.)111e., are now pining in want, and contributing to
mate tanker distress. I acts surprised that this does not occur to
the, mn
e,„.. ~ „
...*.ylics
that the Turks hare endeavoured to makes di.
I:;.r'ton tr_•lerseolunt., but have been driven back into the fortress. lie
. the captor! of N oo mt as essential to the interests of
fere've. illatnatch as the richestor'that place alone woold enable her to
aPry it the we against the T 01
k . Ulysses talks of a Conherras
S'l°44in le stern GITCCe. This powerful chief is said to be in
the dcutocruic r.tcrest.

''ours,

TO THE SAME.

Hitt Fen. lit!4.
10* Dr.% n.--l'aptaln Parry has made the following proposi-
tion is Ponce ii,vincordato, which has been acc-pted
la addithe to the sum remitted by Captain Palle. the Prince
has ranted AM dollars for wood. The ado measures
of thesmeasures'l Pike 3losolotighi„ which is one of the keys to the 3loceo, in a
'at', or defence. It will also be the means of funning a most useful
kool Byron eta seised, an the 13th inst.. with a severe lit. ilia
sittingin myroom, and jesting with l'arry, but his
mailed hit brow occasionally discovemil that lie wan agitated by
:Rhg rethars. 1,11% a sudden he complained of a eca'a.:css in one
ir legs. lie lose, hut finding I elf unable to walk. called
tor assistance. lie then fell into a violent fIeTWOUS convulsion, and
ji:Pl4.rd OP•3 lash D Wel (luring this period his face much
wiml. In a fee minutes he began to recover his senses; hit
IMA/clamed. anti he 11el soon well, thoiNli exhatisted with the
rt"fgie ilia Pinlmontese surgeon and Ih. Millingen both a5"1,04
"1,04 :',red me that the tit, though of a dangerous character while it
was not so in its consemiencm. Hitting the tit his loiniship
" not
ns a giant. and after it behaved with his usual Gnu-
I omen; e that obis lit was orcmioned by over-excitement.
Lie mid of I:. m.l is like a volcano ; it is full of tire, wraith, • and
conlinistibles; 31,11, when thin matter comet to be strongly AP'
PTh`ro lt,
verd the esrlouou is dreadfurespectith respect to the exotics that
d
ling. they ate beviwil my reach, ecc.ept
a the provoking canduct of the Suliota.
towards theft with • detfrce of Senett4ll,
led; and then, when his plans were
lATMite. avid his hopes were tßiftul on
ince Iron the inroads of the TUtka.
111111111 W. and extorted, and rtfia"3 to
gratify their avarice. This was enough
in the cause of Reece.. Such events
and may and ought to be anticipated.

dna (cab
one dtect rautr, which was i
bard Byron hail aced taw&
Liat could ant be carralril
ktinad tar the murk of Li 'W delivery a! Weatvrts
• "41e nnaratefal soldiers del
C
'wdi till all wail nettled te lc, tate any lawn wawa a
howetqw, quits natural,