The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-04 00:00:00

GREECE

ArnEN',,, DEC- 13, 1537.—1 t may now be safely asserted
that British it.fluence is at an end in Greece, and that the
Government is entirely led by the rouncils ef Russia, Austria,
and Bltvafia, Even Otho himself has forgotten the debt he
owes to Great Britain, and turns a deaf ear to the representa-
tions of our Minister. The Greeks, seeing that the Usiglio
affair ended in smoke—that cur gallant Admiral, Sir R. Stop-
fora, Was treated with contumely and marked incivility, for
which no clutsliaement has been inflicted—that numerous in-
stances of out age committed against British and loni,ln sub-
ject; lt,ve been unpunished, in spite of the representations of
Sir Edmund Lyons—have quitted here, and have made their
peace with the Court. The most notable of these are the ve-
teran A. /aunts, Mangernis, and B. Rufo, the first and last
siezners of the set of independence of 1821, and hitherto
eaurch friends of England. Their adhesion to the Court has
eneled Rtuthaq to pass through the Council of State a law
for restrainii,g the liberty of the press, conferring on all pre-
fects the power of suppressing a newspaper when and for what
he chooses to designate dangerous language. Another law
for permitting the 13-‘varian 'leeches to remain longer in the
country, and thus establish absolutism in Greece.
The Minister of the Interior has been changed, and M. Gla-
rakys, a physician, who knows a little German, and who is a
tool of Russia, has got the portfolio of that department.
The finances are in a most deplorable way. The arrears of
revenue to collect from 1833 to 1836 twe upwards of ten mil-
lions of francs, and the expenditure exceeds the revenue by.
. four millions cf francs. The interest of the alliance loan is
, not yet at all provided for, and not a word is said about the
- loans of 1824-25.
The only thing that keeps the present Government from be-
ing overturned is the reluctance which the Greeks feel to see
anarchy again desolate their country. They have begun to
plant, to build.—and so long as peace i 3 maintained, they aro
not disposed to overthrow the government which allows them
to reap quietly the fruit of their labour. I believe the British
Minister wishes to secure them the benefits of a Constitution,
but he has to contend openly with the King, with all the
northern powers, with Bavaria, and covertly with France ; for
I can never believe M. Lagoene sincere in his support of any-
, thing the British Minister does.—Morning Herald.

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GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR
THE WEEK.

PEAS, sort some early White Warwicks.
Sow Cucumber Seed in pots, and place them in a tempo-
rary hot-bed, prepare other beds for reception of the plants.
The open weather keeps everything in a growing state,
and it is easier cut by the host. Keep a sharp look out for
all those that require protection.
Kitchell Gardens generally as last week, unless frost inter-
fere, which will stop most of the operations.
GREENIIOUIE and Conservatory management continues the
same, but care must be taken to guard against frost, though
fires are not advisable even of nights if no frost occurs.
Watching is necessary. •
STOVE, the same as last week.
Bring in successions of flowers for forcing, American plants,
Hyacinths, Pinks, Ere.
ORCIIIDIOUS PLANTS should be by no means kept growing-
hard, the- ,uire rest like other plants.

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ENTISTS IN FRANCE.—Many complaints having
been made to the maistratca of the great and dangerous faci-
lities with which medical persons proposing to practice merely
as dentists were allowed to pass their preliminary examina-
tions, the minister of public instruction has addressed a cir-
cular to the juries of medical examiners, in which he apprises
them that the law upon that subject prescrie, but ne mode
of examination for all officers of health ; riotadmitted of no
distinctions, nor did it allow of any dispensation of inquiry
into :the fitness of candidates, though they might propose
stet
to
confine themselves to any particular departmeut. The mini
then directs that in future all candidates for diploma, or for any
medical or surgical practice, shall be tried by three tests :-1.
their knowledge of anatomy ; 2. of the elements of medicine ;
and, lastly, their acquaintance with surgery and pharmacy.
This examination will prevent many quacks from imposing

upon the public.
RELATIVE HEIGHT OF THE CASPIAN AND
BLACK SEA.—The trigonometrical survey of the country situ-
ated between these seas, undertaken by order of the present
Emperor of liussia, has now been completed. Several inte-
resting results derived from this survey have been communi-
cated in a letter lately addressed by the celebrated astronomer
Struve, of the University of Dorpat to M. Von Humboldt.
Among other disputed points which the engineers engaged on
this work have established, is the relative height of the Cas-
pian and Black Sea. They have ascertained that the Caspian
lies 101 Russian feet (24 French feet) below the level of the
Black Sea. A full report is shortly to be published in the
" Bulletin Scientifique " of the St. Petersburgh Academy.
The cries of the hare when in the power of ntan or
dogs are piteous, resembling those of an infant child in dis-
tress : but the fox dies in silence, like the boxers of old, and
like the sheep—a circumstance noticed by Homer, at the
funeral feast of Patroclus. In the numerous deaths of these
animals, indeed, which I have witnessed in my time, I hare
never heard the sound of their voice, or a complaint, although,
as may be supposed, they defend themselves with their teeth
in their struggles, and, when at bay, open their mouths wide,
making a faint noise, resembling a child breathing on plate-
glass to enable it to write its name in the steam. The same
may be said of the wild boar. I never killed more than one
one of those animals, but he uttered no ere as I ran my sword
through his body, in the woods of Count Hahn, in Germany.
—Nimrod. .
Mr. JUSTICE PARK.--He attaches infinite itnpor-
his
tance to everything in which he is engaged. He throe.'s
whole soul into the case he is called on to decide, no matter
of how little interest that case may be. He seems to fore
get that there is anything else in the world going on at the
time, and be acts as if the eyes, not only of the whole court,
but of all mankind were upon him, and the decision be is
about to give. It is the fault of certain Judges, that they
look on some of the matters which come before them through
a mental glees of a greatly diminishing power. That is a sin
which cannot be laid to the charge of Mr. Justice Park. Ho
looks at everything in which he is himself, as Jude, engaged,
through a glass of prodigiously magnifying capabilities. I like
to see him preside on the bench. As lie never gets languid
himself, so he will nor allow the counsel, or anybody else, if
he can help it, to administer to their slumbering propensities.
He is always making some remark, or asking some question,
in the course of the proceedings, which admonishes the coun-
sel engaged in the case, that they must he all attention, and
which tend to keep up the interest of others. Then he makes
those observations, and asks those questions, with his own pe-
culiar animation of manner. He has an unconquerable horror
of seeing persons sleeping in Court. A snore from any one of
the gentlemen of the Bar is a positive calamity to him. He
would almost as soon hear the war-whoop of an Indian, always
providing he were himself beyond the reach of dagger.--The
Bench and the 8ur,1,1l the Author of " Random _Recollections."
ADULTERATION OF BREAD. Mr. Clark, the
operator at Apothecaries' Hall, has been engaged for many
years by the direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, in ana-
lyzing 1,467 sacks of flour, which were lying in warehouses at
Hull. He tork samples from each sack, and in some he found
that upwards of a third was plaster of Paris and ground bones,
two of the most abominable ingredients, and which the stomach
of neither man nor beast is capable of digesting. He sent spe-
cimens of this stuff baked, in many of its proceses, to the Lords
of the Admiralty. The person who owned it, and who was
about to send it to Spain or Portugal, was fined in the pe-
nalty of 10,000/. Mr. Clark has also analysed some Soueliong
tea, and found there was 25 per cent of lead ore in it.
DISCOVERY IN 'FIJI!. ART OF PRINTING.—The
Athenreum of lest week says, " We have just heard from Scot-
land of a discovery made by Mr. Ambrose Blacklock, surgeon,
of Dumfries, of a cheap and easy method of transferring and
reprinting books, engravings, and lithographs. The
It impor-
-1
tance of such a discovery we need rot dwell on. e wel
known that with paper newly printed the impression may I:o
transferred to stone merely Is) the aid of pressure; printers' ink,
however, dries so quickly, that, unless the transfer be made
almost immediately, the attempt will fail. But Mr. Black-
lock informs us that. by a cheap chemical process which he
has Oiscose red, the ink of print; and letter-press, however old
and dig. may be expeditiously brought into a condition which
admits of its being tranferred and printed from, without in the
slightest degree injuring the original copy ; of course the na-
ture of this chemical process is at present a secret, nor Lars
we seen any printed work produced by these means.
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The NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES
arc offered in doable-bottomed engine-turned eases, n•itla vertical
movements, for Seven Guineas each, or, with highly. finished hori-
zontal movements, jewelled and warranted, at Nine Guineas each,
at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmith, Silversmith, and
Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London.
N. B._ horizontal constructio❑ is strongly recommended for
its superior

.1311?THS.
On the 2d inst., the wife of T. M. Alsager, Esq., of Queen-
square, Bloorut.bury, of a daughter, still-born.
On the 2d inst., the lady of Thomas 'Turner, Esq., of Montagu-
street, Russell-square, of a daughter.
On the 27th ult. , the lady of C. H. Turner, jun., El., of Lee-
place, Godstone, of a son, still-born.
Oa the Ist in 4., Mrs. J. Day, Fitzroy-square, of a daughter.
On the 24th oh., the lady of the lion. Major-Gerpral Paken-
ham, of a son.
On the 28th ult., at lirimted Lodge, Suss?i, the 11.4 of Fred.
Ilradburne, Esq., of a son.