The Sun.
London, England, 1824-05-17 00:00:00

'SOCIETY FOR TI-1 E fPROT ECT 10 isi OF RELIGIM
• • LIBERTY. '

A Meeting of the Members and Friends of the above Society
was held on Saturday at the City of London Tavern; for the
purpose of receiving the Annual Report; Lard flor.Lim D
:lie Chair. The report, as usual, detailed_ the proceedings of
the Society far the past year.
f •
Sir. 117.,tt.xsi, the Treasurer, addressed We meeting at Cph
sicte.rable length; in the course of which he stated that several
instances had occurred recently of (lergymen of the Estahli*7
edChurell'having reused to bury infants that had been baptis-
ed by Disenting Ministers. In the case of Trimp Wilke,
it had been decided that all children who had been baptised
in the name of the Trinity were entitled to the rites of Chris.

tia.n-inirial; although, as the law at present stood, the:chil-
dren of Baptists were exempted, as they are not accustomed. to
baptise their children until they are of age. They had also re
ceived letters on the, sithject of baptismal registers. The'Ma.-s-
-ter of the Rolls had latterly refused to admit as evidende an
extract from the DizSe.r.trs' IlaPtismal .fer,ister kept at Dr.
I,Porary 'in Redertis3-.4tr,:et, Afrh:g. could n0t..0.n..,
shier 'that registry as a-publi-,:.recoitt, shirs'S 'of the parish
Church, but merely as Privati Memoranda.
• Other gentlethen adth-dssekl die Meeting to the same effect;
after which thanks were Niotea to the Noble Chairman, and the
Meeting broke up.

SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF
• THE``IR-I•II PEASANTRY.

This Institution net on Saturday last at the Horticultural
Society's rooms, to receive the report of the Committee.
The business commenced by the- Secretary. 'reading a letter
from Sir Herbert Taylor, containing the information that tile
Duke:of York, who was to have taken the chair, was detained
at his office by public business whichadmitted of no delay
Sir JOICN DoYLE was then unanimously voted the Chair-
man on this occasion.

Mr. MIiIEL t., the Secretary, read the report, which stated
that the exertions of the Committee had been attended with
greater success than they could-have ,expected, and had, so far'
es-they had extended, materially benefited the condition of the
peasantry. The means 'of the Society to effect this object had
been materially increased by the generosity of the City of Lon.
don Committee, who, having terminated their labours on be-
half of the distressed Irish, had transferred the whole of the
fund, which remained in their bands to this institution. The
London Committee had accompanied their liberal donation.hy
recommending to the attention of the Committee two subjects;
as of the greatest importance to the amelioration of the condi.
tion of the Irish peasantry. The one was the establishment of
agricultural schools, and the other the extension of schools for
the purpose of teaching the female peasantry useful and do-
Mestic employments. The advantages of the latter bad. also
been strongly enforced by Lady O'Brien,.whose exertions in
behalf of the poor of that county (Clare) in which she hied,
entitled her to the admiration and implicit confidence of the
Society. To both subjects the Committee had directed their
earnest consideration. A large proportion of the funds of the
Society had been employed in furnishing small loans (under
the management of fill local associations) to the peasantry, by
which they were enabled to purchase materials and tools, for
the want of which their industry had often hitherto remained
unexerted, and their distresses had increased to a painful
and.alarining extent. The most beneficial results had been
found to follow this measure. 'The poor were enabled in. al-
most all instances to procure employment as soon as the means
of working were aftbrded to them, and their circumstances
were improved immediately by this plan alone. The Coin.
mittee had the.greatest satisraction in adding, that the sums
leg; had always been repaid witb the utmost punctuality by
instalments, or in such other way as had been stipulated at the
time of borrowing, and concluded they had a right to-infer, that
habits of honesty and regularity required only to be excited,
not to tie implanted, among the Irish peasantry.—(Applause.)
The attention of the Committee had been sedulously directed
to the diffusion of habits of cleanliness in the dwellings of...the
peasantry, and by means of premiums and other methods of
encouragement they had succeeded to a great extent. The.ma-
nufacture of coarse flannel had also been encouraged, as well as
the distribution of bee.hives and tile growth of fiax, from the
[atter:of which they anticipated a source of employment would
be afforded to the poor, easily procured, and highly advanta-
geou.s. An appendix to the report stated the actual amount of
the society's funds to be Old 4 (now 3:1) per Cents. . .
X 5,000
5,000
1,000

3 per Cent. Consols
Exchequer Bills - -
In the hands of Treasurer, about -
• . —X11,040
It has been discovered that the New Zealand flax (pi ornziurn
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gether with some
.spun threads of different fineness, and,sorne
specimeni of coarse manufactured linen cloth, werelying on
the table for the inspection of the meeting. • _.•
Mr. R. WELLESLEY, the. Chairman of the _Cotrunittee,
moved the confirmation of the .Report. -Ile regretted the ab-
sence•of the Duke of York, whose.attention on all occasions to
the interests of Ireland entitled him to universal gratitude and
respect. He congratulated the Society upon the good•,•which
had beewalready done by, their efforts in removing ins -small
' degree that which was agreed to be the great cause of distress
in Ireland—the want of employment for a reduTn'ant popula-
tion. They had done, perhaps; more in exciting the gratitude
of Irishmen towards the people of England by convincing-.them
that their. welfare was an object of deep interest here. The
motion was seconded by, Mr. Stirling, and carried. -
Mr.J. SMITH complimented Mr. Wellesly upon. his.zsalous
exertions, to which this Society, as well as the London-Com-
mittee, had been. mainly indebted-for their success. Hemanyed
that ill.. 'Wellesley be appointed Chairman for the (swing
year. This motion was seconded, and carried: .
Lord-CAnnERRY moved that a meeting of the Society be
held on the first Tuesday in every month in the city of London.
He expressed tlie.sense be entertained of the generosity and
benevolence of the ;London Committee, which he hoped would
nave the effect of rousing the feelings of Irishmen, and awaken-
ing them- from that scandalous apathy with which they. had
regarded their countrymen's sufferings. -
Colonel TRENCH seconded the-motion, and concurred with
the noble mover.

had supplied 'that deracieney, as far as he was
.Tllinabee.b-itsisß:eat'eett.vb:ii
oi'wr
ne :
The Bishop of. LIMERICK attributed to the assistance mitt
exertions of the. London Committee, the first real prospect.wh ich
sboerm°l e—dssub
had been presented of permanent relief to theilistressed neaian try
prt thehil_e
of Ireland. Having,been appointed one -of the tlistribuyirs of
their bounty, he had become personally acquainted with its
effects; and although he regretted that in ability and energy
he might have been deficient, he assured the -Society drat li
`v-h° were the
°•bir;
warmest zeal. The generous aid of the Soßicieottyionh,dwitolich
was
ductive, not only of immediate relief' to those
jeCts, of it,' but had filled them with the deepest 4,
pnmatt e .tor the last
which latter feeling, he entirely partieitphaet
late's emotion prevented -him from proceed- g.te ~
Occasions i
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continuedafter ri rising, nfogr,
thehe 'movedensuing
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year be continued for the ensuing OfledmtheevincedosCt
woannwtaest
Sir MATTLIEW TIERNEY seconi•
carried. v to the Christian zeal which the
Mr. J. SMITH bore testirtion-). _
n a neat complimentary.spOech, -moved
r . UNALLY, WaR carried
Reverend Bishop of Limerick
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1 nfDptuho:seyteYieS:r.ii"-mig.:C,h;SsrezelineYio n d e i I by L o d D
promoting the welfare,
,Oftotht:.espw,uke.o. f y
poor of .Ireland. .
Bushe, the BishopprkOf
abletlie sitto thanksopO,allis Nto
Theinotiari,
by acclamatio
General Brown,
d i r Gentlemen present, res,e n t,
dr
jedq requested
ye dr 1 tdh ae
himselft ts heLlrinnlathemruleccski iin'uiapgnohlint
subscribers raisbe,ar
chairman,
.htaoyionnthueraslnenfs.
b.t,i,_ututti(hLaoenw.o
d he ' '
Sir
was verb well satisfied
his qualificationsiti, his success as a recruiting-officer; and turning to the
wits, lie said, " illy Lord, none. of my recruits will be better
ill r. R. WELLESLY then moved the thanks of the Meeting
to the-Chairman, and the motion being unanimously adopted,
Sir Joit;i DOYLE returned thanks • 'after which the Meeting
broke up.
.

`LITERARY NOTICE.

' deer follows, and when the hunters arrives near a stone, the
foremost drops behind it and prepares his bow, while his com-
panion continues walking steadily forward. This latter the
deer still follows unsuspectingly, and thus passes near the con-
cealed man, who takes a deliberate aim and kills the animal."
" Musk-oxen are killed in the same manner as deer ; and with
both it is requisite, on account of their quick scent, to make ad-
vances against the wind, or, to use a sea phrase, to have them
in the wind's eye.' Hares are always killed With arrows, and
being quiet animals lire easily caught bitting, by those who know
their haunts."

,fie PRIVATE JOURNAL of Captain G. F. LYON, of
.M. S. HECLA, during the recent VOYAGE of
COVERY under Captain -PARRY-Bvo. pp. 468.
is "(Concluded from Tint StIN of Saturday.)
" The most i i rtant duties of an Esquimaux were now to
.1* performed, an the old man with his adopted sons and visitor
"oat down to the discussion of an immense pot ofsmoaking seal's
'Jean. In this I determined on being a partaker, as, in addition
to being very hungary I had another inducement, from having
a few days before of Toolemak a most important lesson in po-
- liseness. Ile had slept in my cabin, and had made a point of
pbstaking whatever was offered him to eat and drink, however
• repugnant it might be to his palate, observing, as each thing was
. feesented to him, that it was very good'; but that Kabloona"
tale name Europeans are distinguished by) " on entering the
bat always turned up their noses, ratted what was presented to
them, and always said 'dirty' or bad."ll is was strictly true,and
inconsequence 1 determned, for good breeding's sake, todo as my
Last did. I accordingly made a plentiful meal out of the common
mess, aid did not afterwards refuse even a raw and frozen slice of
slr.lroes. This conduct procured me abundance of thanks and
eempliments, for they were all aware that raw flesh in particu-
ear was always rejected by us. 'Toolemak was so pleased at
ray complaisance, that he volunteered to call his Torngaa from
the 'shades below, and a large party were invited to be present
at the mysteries. The incantations being finished, and the
asuiience dispersed, we prepared for bed : Toolemak's son and
daughter-in-law stripped and turned in on one side, while my
worthy Amama and,Ortata did the same on the other. A new
aevays skin was spread between the two couples, and on this I
took up my quarters. During the stillness of the night I was
awarded by hearing loud explosions, which so much resembled
dee report of great guns, as to induce me to awaken the sleep-
OVA, and ask the cnuse. They accounted for the noise as being
eceasioned by he cold bursting the earth. Dad it not been for
this explanation, I should have fancied the ships firing signal
Tura, as-I could not have supposed that the frost would have
ueh power after the earth had been frozen during three months,
ana when it slight be imagined to have become cooled as much
as was possible. At 3 A.M., on the 14th, we got up and dressed
41irselves ; the first motions of the Esquimaux being to seize a
'ands and a lump of flesh. The frozen walrus was lowered
aown, and cut into two portions, the largest of which was kept
by Toolemak, while the -other was put to the man who had
ieilled and really owned the animal. From having, on other ()c-
-essions, observed the same distribution of food, I am convinced
asst the old man, either from his possession as an A natkoo, or his
abilities its a hunter, had invariably a share of whatever provision
Has taken from the stores along the beach, as well as from
all animals which were killed in the daily excursions.
—That he was not selfish in what his authority procur-
ed him, was always evident from the quantity of feeders
by whom his hut was constantly filled; and on this morn-
lee, in particular, there was not during four hours a vacant
place. Amongst other hungry people came old Kettle, who no
sooner appeared, than Toolemak addressed him in ajeermg tone,
with' leakkalthioos, a thief.' To this rude greeting I was
astonished at hearing Kettle answer in a most humorous man-
ner, by relating the circumstance of his having robbed Pali
(Parry), which excited great merriment in all present, and most
particularly in the narrator himself. When I prepared to leave
the village,and while the people were catching my dogs,Toole-
mak asked me very seriously if any one had said Pilletay 'to
nee, and in- strict Justice I must say, that in this solitary in-
stance no one begged from me. I suspected that his modera-
tion proceeded from some warning given by Toolemak,to whom
I had frequently excused myself from going to the huts, by
complaining of the unceasing and general demand which was
made for presents. My principal gratification in this visit con-
sisted in-having been enabled to pate a night amongst the Es-
quimaux in the middle of the season of darkness, and to observe
the still continued regularity which existed in their dwellings
daring so wretched a period."
Speaking of the" ocetrnations of the women," Captain Lyon
:titers, " the women, besides making the clothes for themselves
their husbands, and children, have also to prepare the mate-
rials. The hunter conceives that he has done his duty in kill-
ing the animals, whose skins are to be dressed, and therefore
does not offer the slightest assistance in preparing them. When-
serer his boots or dress becomes wet, the wife scrapes the wdter
from them, Tubs and supple, the leather, and dries them over
the lamp. Should the boots, shoes, or gloves of parchment seal
skin become stiff by being laid aside, they are then chewed un-
til soft by the women and girls. In preparing skins, great part
of the fat and oil is first sucked from them, they are then re-
peatedly scraped and rubbed between the hands ; and in sunimeri
are stretched by pegs on the ground : in winter they are laid
over a hoop, and exposed to the heat of the lamps. When deer
skins are prepared so as to resemble shamoy leather, the only
preparation, after the usual scraping and drying, is bychewing,
rubbing between the hands, and ultimately scrubbing with
sand and urine : while damp, a second scraping is given, and
on drying, the skin assumes a beautiful appearance."
" Dogs—these useful creatures being indispensible attendants
or the Esquimaux, drawing home whatever captures are made,
as well as frequently carrying their masters to the chase, I
know of no more proper place to introduce them, than as part
of the buntinxphit.bliAlurnynt. Having myself possessed, dur-
ing our second winter, a team of eleven very fine animals, 1 was
enabled to become better acquainted with their good qualities
than could possibly have been the case by the casual visits of
}seluimaux to the ships.
" The form of the Esquiniaux dog is very similar to that of
-our shepherd's dogs in England, but he is more muscular and
broad-chested, owing to the constant and severe work to which
be is brought up. His ears are pointed, and the aspect of the
assesis somewhat savage. In size, a fine dog is about the
height of the Newfoundland breed, but broad like a mastiff in
every part, except the nose. The hair of the coat is in sum-
mer, as well as in winter, very long, but during the cold season,
a soft downy under covering is found, which does not appear
in warm weather. Young dogs are put into harness as soon as
they can walk, and being tied up, soon acquire a habit of pull-
ing in their attempts to regain their liberty, or to roam in quest
of their mothers. When about two months old, they are put
into the sledge with the grown dogs, and sometimes eight or
tea little ones are under the charge of some steady old animal,
where with fregnesit, and sometimes cruel beatings, they soon
receive a cothpetent education. Every dog is distinguished by
a particular name, and the angry repetition of it has an effect
as instantaneous as an application of the whip, which instru-
ment is of air immense length, having a lash of from eighteen
to twenty-four fact, while the handle is of one foot only. With
this, by throwing it on one side or the other of the leader, and
repeating certain words, the animals are guided or stopped.
lA:fia-aya, a-ya, whooa, to the right. A-wha, a.wha, a-wheat,
lo the left.• A-look, turn, and wooa, stop. When the sledge
is stopped they are all taught to lie down, by throwing the
whip:gently over their backs, anti they will remain in this
position even for hours, until their master returns to them.
"Such of the natives as have not a sufficient number of
dogs to draw a sledge are followed to the Maook-pox by all
which belong to them. A walrus is frequently drawn along
three or four of them, and seals are sometimes carried borne
in the same manner, though I have, in some instances, seen a
dog bring home the greater part of a seal in panniets placed
across his back. This mode of conveyance is often used in
the summer, and the dogs also carry skins or furniture overe
hell to the sledges, when their masters are going on any ex-
pedition.
It might he supposed that in so cold a climate these
animals had peculiar periods of gestation, like the wild crea-
tures ; but, on the contrary, they bear young at every season of
the year, and seldom exceed five at a litter. In Decernber,
with the thermometer at 40 degrees below zero, the females were
WI several instances, in heat. Cold has very little effect on
these animals, for although the dogs at the huts slept within
the snow passages, mine, at the ships had no shelter, but lay
alongside, with the thermometer at 42 and 44, and with as little
concern as if the weather had been raild.
66 I found by several experiments that three of my dogs
could draw me on a sledge weighing 1001bs , the rate of one
mile in six minutes ; as .a proof of .dye strength of a well
grown dog, my leader drew 196 lbs. singly, and' to the same
distance in eight minutes. Whoever has had the patience to
read this account will laugh at my-introducing my team so fre-
quently in a professed account of Esquimaux dogs generally;
but I can only. offer, as my excuse, the merits of my poor ani-
mate, with which have, with one or two persons besides my-
soh', on the sledge, returned home from the Fury,
distance
of nearly a mile, in pitchy darkness, and amidst clouds of We late' y noticed a great discrepancy
Y servantsbetween
snow-drift, entirely under the call of those trust
'who, with their noses down -to • the snow, have gallaPPed on the births and the burials in the kingdom of Denmark last
year. It is remarkable that a similar exces, in avour of the
board entirely directed by their sense of smelling. Ilea
'rave
births, should shrew itself in the Dukedom of Courland for
erred, or been at all restive 'rave 1823 ; the number of children born being 14,620, and the :nor-
no human means
brought us on board until the return of clear weat ie
tuary list exhibiting only 9,877 deaths.
At another . In a note Captain Lyon adds to this account—"
. The D • time seven of my dogs ran a mile in 4 minutes 09 seconds, b ell cury says-"U r theatre was
drawing .a heavy sledge full of men. I stopped to time therm;
'in
for the season on Thursday, when Mr . KEAN appeared
but had I ridden, they would have gone equally fast. In in toe arduous character of King Richard the Third. He
fact, I afterwards found that 10 dogs took 5 minutes to go .performed Othello on Friday, and Sir Giles Overreach on Satur-
'over the same space. Afterwards, in carrying stores to t day
1-.7 yet Mr. Kean's " Professional Secretary" informed the
-11;t1rY, I mile distant,- 0 dogs drew 1,611 lbs. in the space of t c
, that on Friday he, the said " Professional Secretary,"
y his, Me K
Kean `s desire, wrote a letter to Mr. Bunn, stating
9 minutest My sledge was on wooden runners, neither shod
that
"incipientadvieableto symptoms" of indisposition rendered it un-
have been added for every tiag:" CA advertise Mr Kean for Monday in Richard.
It seems a singular coincidence that woos ( ) 1 tad. be CAUTION.--On Friday mot-nits.. at 10 o'clock,
stop sic)
used by the Esquimaux, being nearly the same sound express- the son of Mr. Seeoe :weer, of the Opera Colonnade, being
ea in the same sense by the carmen in this country. wet, took off his coat, containing. 203. to ns. in silver, keys,
In noticing hunting-by the Esquimattx, Ca. L
ptam yon 3se's knife, .&c., rnd laid it on a table in the middle of the shop,
"• when two tnen hunt in company, they eometimes purposdy svhile lie was putting on annther, when one of the numerous
shrew themselves to the deer, atitlewhen his Attention is fully en- plunderers, who are always on the watch, carried it off' in an
gaged,. walk slowly.sway from him, one before the other. The instant.

Captain Lyon obtained a great natural curiosity, and which
even by the Esquimaux was so considered. it Was no other
than the head of a young Walrus, " having three tusks instead
of the usual number, two. On the left side were two nearly of
au equal length, one being one inch and a half, anti the other
two inches and a half in length ; that on the opposite side was
two inches long. The site of these tusks did away with the
idea of one of them being a milk tooth, although on the double
side there was still but one socket for both."

Captain Lyon, accompanied by Geo. Dunn, visited some na-
tives about twenty miles to the northward of those at Igloolik,
which consisted of 28 persons ; one of them had recently fallen
sick, and the author says, " I thought I could not do better for
the poor fellow than to bleed hiM, and accordingly with my
knife I took from him about 24 ounces of blood, for which
piece of doctoring I received abundant thanks, with half an
offer of some liver as a fee." Speaking of the family in whose
hut Captain Lyon was lodged, he says, "The family consisted
of the man, his wife, and three children, two of whom were half
grown ; yet this party were living on a seat, whose breadth was
six feet, and its depth five. To this space I was admitted, and
Dunn had exclusive possession of the floor of the same extent,
but certainly the cleanest and best part of the dwelling. As this
was the only hut which was not lined with seal skins, the water
dropped on us from every part of the roof ; but, to make up
for want of other comforts, our hosts paid us the greatest
and sincerest attention I ever received from Esquimaux, and
by their cheerfulness shewed how happy they were in hav-
ing their hut preferred to others. During the time we remained
with them they never once begged, and would have crammed
us with food, had we been inclined to receive it. A lump was
given up to me that I might cook what I pleased, and aftermy
own manner, and we passed a most merry evening. My chief
occupation was nursing a dirty little baby, with no other clothes
on than the skin of a fox as a jacket ; and I quite won the
heart of the mama, wko was an Annatkoka, by singing to her
infant, Bye baby bunting,' and other nursery songs. The
first ditty gave great satisfaction, when 1 managed so to tran-
slate it, as to describe the child's father going hunting for the
individual fox, of whose skin its jacket was made. I never
slept so warmly, or in so small and dirty a space as on this
night. A young seal was my pillow, and the burning lamp
was within six inches ymynose. '

We must now finally take leave of this amusing and in-
structive work, the perusal of which has afibrded us much
gratification; and we strongly recommend those who wish
to participate in similar feelings. To Captain Parry's Nar-
rative of the voyage it forms a kind of supplement, as many
circumstances are detailed most minutely which could not be
introduced into that work; and without being mentioned, a
chasm would appear that has been supplied by the present pub-
lication.

DEATH OF LIEUT.-COL. WESTERN.

Mr. BATTIER has arldrpssed the following letter
to the Editor of a Sunday Paper:—
" Saturday Night, Eleven o'Clock, May 15, 1824.
" Sra---I have only this evening seen in The Morning
Chronicle of this day a letter with annexed documents, pur-
porting to be a statement of the particulars of a recent corre-
spondence between Sir H. Hardinge and Lieut.-Colonel Wes-
tern, relative to a subject on which I felt it necessary to require
an explanation from the Marquis of Londonderry. The mud,
den death of my gallant friend yesterday has placed me in
circumstances of the most unparalleled embarrassment, for
which I trust to the sympathy of every brave and liberal mind.
The specious representations of Sir H. Harding.: contains mat-
ter which, though totally at variance with the true character of
the transaction, and de&ient in most important circumstances,
I cannot, on the spar qf the moment, as hearing the authentica-
tion of Lieut.-Colonel Western's signature, deny or refute.
But I have no doubt of being enabled to prove that my friend's
signature was obtained to a document which he had not tho-
roughly examined, relying on Sir H. Hardinge being incapable
of recording the particulars partially or untruly. While I en-
deavour to rectify the impression intended to be conveyed by
the late statement, I entreat my friends, particularly my mili-
tary friends, to suspend their judgment.

- " WM. BATTIER.
" Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square."

LORD BYRON.

One production of his Lordship will be looked
for with more anxiety than any of his former publications : we
allude to his life, written by himself, which he gave to his
friend Mr. Tiroauss MooRE, and which has been some time
in this country. If report is to be credited, Lord BY xox has
in this work examined himself with an unsparing severity of
which few men are capable.
The following particulars will fill up all that is known of the
death of this Nobleman : •
On the 9th of April, Lord Byron, who had been living very
low, exposed' himself in a violent rain • the consequence of which
was a severe cold, and he was immediately confined to his bed.
The low state to which he had been reduced by his abstinence,
and probably by some of the remaining effects of his previous '
illness, made him unwilling—at any rate he refused to sub.
init—to be bled. It is to he lamented that no one was rear his
Lordship who had sufficient influence over his mind, or who
was himself sufficiently aware of the necessity of the case, to
induce him to submit to that remedy, which, in all human
probability, would have saved a life so valuable to Greece.
The inflammatory action, unchecked, terminated fatally on the
I9th of April.

There are no letters of his Lordship's of a date subsequent
to the commencement of his Pim. The friends who were
near him at the time of his decease, in addition to Prince
Mavrocorduto, were Mr. Parry, who had organized the artil-
lery and engineer corps for the Greeks at Missolonghi, Mr.
Bourke, and Count Gamba. The letters from the last named
gentleman first communicated the intelligence to Lord Sidney
Osborne, who forwarded it with the kindest attention to the
friends of Lord Byron in England, and proceeded from Corfu
to Zante, to make whateNer arrangements might be necessary
respecting his remains.

Lord Byron liaCiTi;t7c-ceecled, his friends are informed, in stir-
ring up among the people. of the part of Greece in which lie
had resided, an almost inconceivable enthusiasm. His exer-
tions were incessant in their cause, and thegratitude of the peo-
ple was proportioned to them. His influence was notlessened
by being employed often to procure humane, even kind treat-
ment towards the Turkish captives. On the day of Lord
Byron's death, and when he appeared in imminent danger, the
Prince illavrocordato wrote to his Lordship's friend and com-
panion, Count Gamba, requesting that a Committee might be
immediately appointed to take the necessary measures for the
security of his property; in consequence of which, four Gen-
tlemen have been nominated to act until other arrangements
can be made.

One of the letters from Corfu, received on Saturday, and
dated April 23, states that Lord Byron died possessed of consi-
derable property in Greece, having for some time resolved to
pass his life there, and received Considerable sums from England
for the purpose of investment. The Hon. Leicester Stanhope
had 'signified his intention of quitting Greece for family affairs
in this country, but he had received a pressing invitation
from Prince Mavrocordato to remain; and Major Ilastings,
a gentleman who has been for some time there, has also had
inducements offered to him to remain firm to the cause which
he has so mainly assisted. We understand that Colocotroni,
one of the bravest Greek Generals, but who had thrown great
impediments in the way of Greek independence, by his jealousy
of Ypsilanti and Mavrocordato, had endeavoured for some time
to prevent the employment of foreign auxiliaries. This man,
however, being abandoned by his troops, and wandering, it is
said, among the mountains, has no longer any influence, ,nd
our countrymen in Greece are likely to feel the effect of his di"-
grace very beneficially for their interests.