The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-17 00:00:00

PO it THE SU&

ON TEIE SERVICES RENDERED BY Tilt GliffEKS

TO CIVILIZATION.

MR. Earroa—Every person of education ac-
knowledgeS that Greece is the cradle of the
Arts, of literature, of science, of. philosophy, and
of the beautiful. The songs of Homer inspired
those of all the Epic Nets. liesiod traced the
,model of the Didactic Poem. The flowers which
Anacreon culled are daily reproduced, without
having lost . their freshness in the rev.olutions.of
ages. Sappho, . Pindar, YEschYltli, Sophocles,
Euripides, Menander, Aristiiphztnes, Theocritus
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and fEsop, formed all the Lyric, Tragic; and
Comic Poets, all those who composed Eclogues
, -
and Fables. The. direction given to the Arts
by. the pectic religion of , the_ Greeks created
those animated marbles, those living busts and,
figures whose illustrious relics inspired our great
Sculptors, our great Painters; and to the Greeks i
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also are we indebted for the beautiful proportionsl
of Architecture.

lln every other branch of .human knowledge
the -Greeks were equally our masters: Amon.g
theM we find the first mOdels_Of oratorsi: of his-
torians ; the first principles of sound logic, and
of a polity founded on the cornmon'inferest-and
the happiness of nations ; the first knowledge-of
Natural History, of which our great modern Na-
turalists have frequently taken advantage. Our
most learned'Physicians acknowledge the obliga7
tions they owe to Hippocrates. Copernkus Con.;
fesSed .he was indebted to the Pythagoreats• for
the idea of his system.; and the-art. w hich. New
ton and Kepler applied to astronomy,,was that-of
Euclid, of Archimedes, arid of Diopliantps. From
the Greek Anaxagoras nations first learned, by
degrees, that a supreme intelligence is the pri-
Mary cause of the Universe; and it was Socrates
who deduced from this principle the purest Mo-
rality. Without speaking of Solon, of .I,ycur-
gus, &c., and passing to times nearer our own,
to the Greeks again are we indebted for that code
of laws which the Romans added to from time to
time, the digest of which in the reign of Justi-
nian exercised such a powerful influence, not only
over legislation, but also over the civilization .of
modern Europe. Lastly, when Christianity came
to enlighten the world the iuliversality of the
Greek language, in'Whidh `the' books were
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written, as well as: :the Works of 'the primitive
fathers of the Church' prOmOted its propagation

Such are the principal- benefits we owe to
Greece,
_Many 00n.l.rnigillt.kft,ellytneratedi not
less important. ,Ilow numerous then' her claims
to our gratitude and our liberality ! and is it not
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a sacred duty to assist in the emancipation of this
classic land, the- mental resources of whose inha-
bitants have ennobled our nature, and.to promote
the liberation of the modern Greeks from the de-
basing and cruel despotism of the Turks ?

An American Paper states, -that in January,
last there Were' no fewer than 71 steam-vessels
plying on the iVlississipPi and-Ohio rivers, several
of which were above 400 tons ; anti:one of them,
.the. United Slates,, CaPt. that, was of the asto-
nishing size of 646 tons.
The Riga accounts mention an advance in the
rate' of exchange, and remark, 'that tallow had
advanced from 1371 to 145. - -•
STEAM ExclN-Es.—An experienced artist arrived in this
City the last week, and he is -nnw occupied'in putting that
Act into operation which makes it Compulsory on the prn,
prietors of steam enginess to consume the smoke caused by
the creation of the steam.—(Yorkshire tiazette.)

Redaction of Rents—JAMES:BENNETT, Esq. of
Cadbury-house, Somerset, has lately reduced his'
rents 10 per cent. on account of the great depre-
ciation in agriculture.—Miss PouvrAiNr has re-
duced the rents of all her tenantry in , Norf<ilk,
Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, rand Nottio,-
haroshire, 20 per cent. • • . ,
FEMALE DuELLtmG.--Yesterday,,says a French
Paper of Saturday, a duel took place .bet Ween
two Ladies iu the-forest of Boulogne. Two shots
were exchanged. The quarrel tertninated as
usual at a restorateur's, . near the. Porti. Maillot.ll
Motives of jealousy 'Were, it is, said: the cause of
this hostile meeting. ..,
The River Thatnes,.,in the neighbourhood, of.
Oat-lands, lifts
the
• been .much infested 'with'
poachers,' to the great: detriment of 'the fishery,'
;and the almost total annihilation of angling, a
diversion so much followed by the -resident
gentry in this interesting part of the'country.-;:
Perhaps the appointment of an extra Water
Bailiff (there being none, we belief?, nearer than
Hampton) would prove of utility. in preserving,.
the fish from the destructive visits of these noc-
turnal marauders.

Wednesday last, the daughter of Mr. Honey-
seet, wheelwright, of Luton, near Chatham, aged
21, was missed from her father's house, and after
a diligent search for some time, was found in the
Well in Luton-street, quite dead; a disappoint-
ment in love is conjectured to have been .the
cause.—Same day, a sailor, belonging to one of
his Majesty's ships in the River Medway, was
found hanging in a' wood near Rainham. A note
or paper was found in his pocket, signifying that
want of employ had driven him to it, but as two
Sovereigns were found in his pocket, and he was
at that time in his Majesty's service, it is believed
that was not the real cause.—( Kentish Gazette,
Oct. 16.)

Ann Wilson, alias Moore, sentenced to death
at Glasf;ow
,for isstiinz7forked nOtes, has received
a respite during his MAJESTY'S pleasure.

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Yesterday, at half-past eleven Doke.and Duchess
of CLARENCE arrived in town from 'Bushy. Their Royal
Highnesses visited the Princess .Sornidi at Kensington, and
afterwards returned to Bushy to dinnei%
The,Duke of Wellington arrived yesterday at Apsley House
froinStrathfiehlsay. •
The. Duchess of Succleugh has returned froni Cheltenham to
Montague Villa, Richmond.' •

Monday the Earl of Bathurst arrived at his house in Great
Stanhope-street.
Prince Paul Estc:hazy, accompanied by his Secretary, CoUnt
Colined°, arrived at Chandos House; ye'tterday afterpoon,from
Ramsgate. In a feiv days. his Excellenc'y intends visiting the
Duke and Duchess of Bedrord,"at Woburn Abbey. The.Prin7.
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ccss:still remains with her young faTnily at Ramsgaie.
Lady Bloomfield and family are daily eipected on a visit to
Artisans', County of Tipperary, the scat of Lieut.-Col. Gough.
On Saturday, the Earl of Darnley and.family, accompanied
by. Sir Humphrey Davy,paid,a visit to, Sir Robert Barlow, at
Chatham Dock-yard, and after taking a. slight view of the
wOrks going on
.-A....e.ry,pr9seded.-to..„Flaaosbury, to view the
launch of. the Indiaman at essrs—Biindley's Ywrd.
. Colonel and Mrs. L. P Jones 'have arrived, at Batt's .Hotel,
Dover-street, from Paris;. and Mr. and Sergisson have
I„eft ditto, for.Cuckfield Park, Sussex. •

On Illonday•sennight, the freedom of the Corporation,of Li-
merick was unanimously voted, on the motion of Lord Gort, to
Vi.4count Sidmouth and'Sir A. B. King. There seemed to*be
but one sentiment, that the worthy Baronet was deserving of
every honour that the city 'of Limerick or any othei corporate
body could bestow. -
NI. Guillebert, Banker at Calais, and Commandant of the
Guard of Honour, which attended his.lititannic Majesty on
his-arrival and daring his stay at Calais, ha. 4 received a letter

from Brumsels, dated:the 29th ult. from. Major Gen. BarUard

cansmitting to him, by command of his Sovereign, a magnifi-
cent brilliant ring, as a token of his regard for the attention paid
to him by M. Guillebezt. This Gentleman being desirous of
participating the munificence of his Britannic Majesty as well
as he could with his troops, gave to them a ball on the 9th
of this month, at the Theatre, which was most numerously at-
tended by them, as also by the _Mayor ami the other Authori-
ties and Gentry of both Countries. Th! arms and colours of
France and England decorated the ball room, and the greatest
liberality was displayed by 3.1. Guilleb2rt.

• A grand public dinner was given on Satprday last, at Mon-
mouth; by the Gentlemen of the County, to the Duke of Beau-
fort, Lords. William and Granville Somerset. Sir Charles Mor-
gan and• Sir S. Thudyer were also present..
- A grand ball and supper was given; on Thursday last, at
WIDAY HOUSE, near Plymouth, by Colonel and Mrs. A.
Morshead, to all the families of distinction in the neighbour-
hood. The mansion and conservatory were brilliantly illumi-
nated with variegated lamps, entwined with laurel, and other
evergreens, and over the hall door shone." Welcome," in tran-
sparent letters ; amongst the brilliant assemblage were the Earl
and Countess of Morley, the Right 1-lon. h. P. Carew and
family, Sir A. and Lady Cochrane, Sir A. and'Lady Males-
. worth, Sir M. and Lady Lopes, Sir T. and :Lady Lavie, and a
long train of fashionablea, and Officers of the Army.and Navy.
Brnsark3tesTtaae, OCT: l4.—The at,tlie Ring's
Arms commenced on Thursday evening, with great eclat. We
were not before aware that they have always been held under the
patronage, and partly at the expense of a
.very old established
Club, consisting of the Noblemen and Gentkmen in the county,
and perhaps we should not now have heard the fact, but for
the congratulations which were given to Thomas Dorien,
Esquire, the father of the Club, on his having completed his
50th year as a member. Upon this occasion, Mr. Darien was
solicited to act as one of the stewards, and his personal exer.
hops- and attentions were warmly acknowledged. The ball was
opened at ten, by Lady Caroline Lamb, and Lord Cranbourn,
with the much admired air of " Itoolth." Quadrilles fol.
loWed, and were danced the remainder ofthe evening.— Payne's
band attended, and played in their best style, which it is
almost unnecessary to say, gave universal satisfaction. About
One, the, party sat down to an excellent supper, after which
dancing recommenced, and was kept up with great spirit
till a late hour. Among the company ware—The Mar-
chioness of Salisbury, the Earl and CostrsteSs of Bridgwater.,
with a very •large party from Ashridge, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Verulain, Viatountess Cranbuurne, the Honourable
Misses Grinistone, with many friends from the Castle, Lord
and Lady Frederick Beauclerk, Sir Henry and Lady Welles-
ley, Sir. Gore Ousley, Sir John Saundra* &bright, and party,
Sir Ashley Coope,r . Bart., Wm. Lamb, Esq. ALP., Collett,
Eiq. M.P., the Dorien family, with a large pasty, Carle-
ton, Esq., 'William 'Hale, the 'Remand Mr. Crofts, John
,Moore, Esq., &c. LR.c. &c.
Mansel having given free tickets at York and Wakefield,
in honaiir of the- Coronation, on Thurialay week, gave' seven
hundred admissions-to the theatre at Doncaster.

The celebrated Composer Rossini, tibin Naples, is engaged
to direct and compose the Open tor the ensuing season at the
Theatre.-

CANTETtuvRY, • Oct. lb.— Yesterday evening, at an Extra.:
ordinary General. Court of the Guardians of the Poor of this
-City, Mr. Jcni EP it F.llAhr, Le was unanimously elected by bal-
lot, Receiver, in the room of Mr. John Browne, resia-ned_,_
At the same Court the poundage to the Collector cd-Rates-
wkis reduced from-. 11. to 2d., making his salary on sise'rates
781. 10s. per annum.7-Our Annual Michaehnas Pair, formerly
known by the appellation of 'tJack. and Joan's
.fan," com-
menced on Thursday last, in the Cattle Market, 'with the
various divertisements of Mime, •Pannatnime, • 6,:e. This fair,
formerly a mart for the sale of merchandize, undo statute for
the hiring of servants, haS Dilate yearS been observed principally
as the saturnalia, • or holiday of •the labouring ilasses, and has
'annually brought together.a large concourse of husbandry ser-.
vants of both sexes from the surrount4ng country but upon
no occasion have wO witnessed to large an assemblage as that
which thronged out streets on Saturday lost, and it• was
gratifying to observe the health tle4 . pictured their coun-
tenances, and the cleanliness which marked their clothing.
The carriage ivay.crosSing the Old Ford:at the tail of the Ab-
.hat's Mill, in this city,, has beenordereil by the Alakistrateg to
be put into immediate repair,'which order is now carrying into
effect, And. will be completed in the course of' a fortnight or
three week*, by a brick arch being thrown across the stkeam
frOm the wheel-race of the mill, with parapet wall.. The ex-
pence of which (A:70) is to be'defrayed from the County Rate.
APPREnENSION or THni}E 11rstrnarcno.)4 • MEN.—
On Sunday sennight three.men with a large spring cart were
observed to go through Seal and East Feekhon, and on Mon-
day
in. the 'forenoon, they came back and Went on to River-
head, and put up at the. White Hart, wheie they had their
cart locked up, in which was perceived a large basket. Soon
after their arrival they told the Landlord they were going
to see some friends, and if they did not get back in • tune,
he was not to set up for them as they could call up -the„ostler.--
.This and other circumstances raised suspicions in the landlord's
mind, and he and his neighbours reSolved upon watching? their
Motions., and accordingly went Come distance on the road for this
purpose, and laid up in the hedge.- At night one of the men went
back to the White Hart and cot the cart,' while the other two
walked on the London road till the cart overtook them, when they
got up and drove on till they came to I)unton Green pay-gate ;
here the persons who had waylaid them stopped the cart and in-
sisted upon knowing what was in it ; the three men imme-
diately jumped out and made off. Upon searching the cart
two bodies were found, one of them of a young woman about
13. years of age, who had been buried in Seal church-yard
on the. Friday preceding ; the other was that of a robust man,
apparently about 40 years of age, of a dark sandy complexion,
with one of his feet turned inwards ; from whence this body
was taken, has not yet been discovered. A pursuit after the
mon immediately took place, and the)' were overtaken at Farn-
borough and brought back to bevenoaks, where they under.
went an examination and were bound over to appear at the en-
suing Quarter Sessions.—(Maidstone Journal.)