The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-19 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

THE GREEKS.
MR. EDITOR—CooIa you lind any room
your Paper for these lines 1 should be grateful,
as the subject ought to be no less interesting to
every nzan, than it is to every true Christian. f
mean the glorious struirgle of the Greeks, for
that independence, which has been trampled
under the feet of barbarian Turks. A nation, a
Christian nation, abandoned to the brutal fury of
its oppressors, is now bursting through the dark.
veil of tyranny, to shine as bright as it once
shone, to exist again noble, free, and indepen-
dent. Every person must be aware of what great
consequence the ensuing campaign will prove
(probably the last) ; she must either be Greece
again, or die for ever in the accursed grasp of
despotism. Of how much advantage it would
undoubtedly be, if some spirited men (or why
not the Committee itself) would set a general
subscription on foot, in order to fit out a steam
ship to send them ready manned (I propose
a subscription, knowing many people who'
think and hope are willing to give their
share freely), it would inspire them with
fresh ardour, it would show them that Britons
are their friends, it would, I am convinced, be of
infinite utility. What numbers we see support-
ing with large contributions, Missionary and
Bible Societies; surely if those very people would
but reflect for a few momentFs they would like-
wise see the importance of assisting persecuted
Christians out of the grasp of infidels. how
many pity, or pretend to pity, the unhappy ne-
groes who are torn from their fathers, mothers,
and friends, to toil under the rod of task masters
for life. Did these people never pity the degrad-
ed and insulted Greeks ? Where are our great
classical men ? Where are the admirers of the
Greek Historians, Poets, and Tragedians ? Is all
their admiration confined to mere quartos and
octavos ? Does no sympathy warm their enlight-
ened minds, no pity for the land which produced
such men ? If there is a man who can read of the
noble Leonidas, A ristides, Demosthenes, Epa-
minondas, and a hundred others, yet feel' un-
moved for their country now, unwilling to give
a few shillings towards saving her from the basest
of all reins, he is, I say, no true admirer of
Greece, her Heroes, or her Poets. I can well
understand our fox-hunting 'squires, who scarcely
know there is such a land in existence, not-car.: •

in whether, as one of them told me, " she- be
shaken into a dumpling or no." But I cannot
understand 'why men of education and feeling re
main disinterested about the fate of . the MotheT
of Arts, Sciences, every thing.., that .is
every thing that was free. Yet, look on her
now—dejected, debased, forlorn, none to sup-.
port her rights, none to befriend her. If there
are true.born Britons still in existence, let them
now show themselves as such, or cease for ever to
hear a name they are unable, at least unwilling,.
to support. I fondly hope this may be of some
little utility. Before I conclude, I wish to re-
mark, that the impertinent command .of FitArtets
of Austria, forbidding Lord HOLLAND (who never,
wished to enter any part of his polluted den) to
set foot in his holy territory, has been at- yet
either forgotten or overlooked in the. House„
against which it was a marked insult. Somebody,
I trust, will not forget it.
A FRIEND to the OPPRESSED, and an
ENEMY to OPPRESSION.

Bath.

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On Tesday night there were 66 petitions pre-
sented to the house of Lords, which, with 441.
"previeusly•presented, make 508 petitions .to-their
Lordships, against the Bill for further. Conces-
sions to the Roman Catholics ; and 31 •petitiO'ns
for the Bill, which, with the 51 beforelpti4ent-
"ed, made 82 petitions forwarded to their Lord-
, ships in favour of the. Bill. . . .
BRIGHTON MAY 16.—A woman named
NETT, the wife of a green grocer, in Crescent-stivet; was
safely delivered of three tine girls by Mr. COLEDIAIi,,ACCO4-
cheur, St. James-street, on Tuesday last, all of *horn are in
thriving state, and likely to do well. The babes have been
named Faith, Hope, and Charity. The mother his tied 15
children previously, the present making the aggregge•2l.
On Tuesday last, about three o'clock in the
day, the neighbourhbod of Museuni-stroet, Bloomsbury, was
thrown into great alarm by the over-driving of an infuriated cow,
which made many attacks, and severely hurt ieVeraPpersous.
among whom was the daughte,r of. Mr., IstiEs';, an attorney,
who was, passing, before Bloomsbury Church, and very provi-
dentially saved herself by closing one of the iron gites,.which
has a spring latch ; the animal endeavoured to follow her ;
Miss II•rx-Es was taken home and bled, hilt still rernaini;Verf
unwell. The grave-digger of the.church was, also attacked, as
was one of the workmen employed in paVing Mu`seurn-street,
*here it was found necessary to ham-string and slaughtet.the•
beast. The cow belonged to one of those nuisances in London
who keep them in populous neighbourhootli.,-.;.;-:,-•,,••-•-•,',4:,

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COAL MARKET." MAY 18. '
Chips at Nlarket. Ships sold
.i...- Price,., '
L4li Newcastle - - 264 - Ws 6d:to 39s u"
8i Sunderland - - 14 . . ,2138. ed to 493 601

BIRTHS.
On the 17th inst., at Catford-hill, Lewisham, Mrs. J. I -
Wilkinson, of a daughter.
On the lgth ink, at Wotnhley Park, Middle:hex, the lady of
the Rev. John Edward Gray, of Gayton, Northampton, of a
daughter.

MARRIED. •":
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Ott .TtresdaY, at:Marylebono Church, Mrr. tinny. Daviscits,
of Chandos-street, Cavendish-Square, to Williafn Horne, Elk,
of Upper Harley'-street, and'of f]pOng:greetl,J-lerts.
Yesterday, at Christ Church, Newgate-street, Mr. John Ken-
dall "Barnes, of the Hon. East India CoMpiny's: Cita Service,
to Airs. Martha Kent, relict of the late Mr. J. Kent. After
the ceremony the happy couple' left town to, spend the honey-
moon with their friends in Essex. , •
On the 18th inst., at St. George's, Blo"omsbYtry; -John (*vet
Jones,' Esq., of John-street, Bedford-rowi.trl Mary Ann, Odes'
daughter of the late Thomas Dix Pitman, Elq.

DIED. , •
On Tuesday last, at the house of Charles Cotiaerford, E+q•'
in Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, `Marta, daughter 01
the Rev. W. Morgan, of Writhe, E§sex, in the 20th year U•
her age.
On the I3th inst, George Smith, Esqli 'banker, Northam?'
Lott, aged 54.

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