The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

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YPSILANTI.

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AIR- EDITOR, In my last I . promised ..yon, a
slight skAch oc Ifon.osrArt. YPSILANTI'ii •
the following Particulars are all I hi've*been'able
to collect, and exceedingly do I-rei,irel -that I'.
cannot co.Jmunicate a better accOlint.of thisttni,

nent patriot :
The HODOSpAR Yrs.s.t.A.ii•Tt IS the descendant
of an illustrious family of 'Wallachia, whop' frOm'
time immemorial, have served the Tutltish':erm-
pire in quality of governors to that province.
llis great grandfather, grandfather, and uricle•
lyere strangled successively, by order', of the
Porte ; .and his father, to aioid a...sirnitar 'fate,
fled to Russia -with himi then a child.' •
YPSILANTI was placed in the Military- Aca-i
• decoy at-Petersburg, and in due time. received'a
commission in the present Emperor's:-Imperial
Guard. His promotion became rapiditi .con S-
e.
quence of his abilities, and the Sovereign raised
him to the rank of Major-General, a -post :which
he still enjoys.. He has been in. many battles,
and lost a hand in the memorable :pursuit- of the
.French from Moscow.
Peace follow-ing soon after, left him at liberty
to digest• the plan of a revolution_ in- his., own
country. He bad two reasons for so •doliii-r—
-the first, a desire of revenging the wrOngs done
to his ancestors; and the second, a desire natural
to every patriot, of 'freeing his countrymen from
the cruel bondage-of the Turks.
•To this effect frequent communications :wpm
made to the principal Greeks, and meetings were
held in secresy—their result is now crpepx to the
public, who, I doubt not, wish them all ihe.suc-
Cess that so laudable a design merits.
The Grecian history furnishes us
with memo-
rable instances of states bending under-the yOke
of foreign or domestic oppression, yet freed and"
restored to their former liberty and dignity by
the courage and virtue of some eminent citiien.
But if we reflect upon the means by which these
events were so successful, we shall always :find
that there yet remained in the people a fund of
.public virtue sufficient -to support their chiefs iu
such arduous c•nterpriies.:
. The spirit of a free people may be-cramped
and pressed down by external violence, but.ean
never be totally extinguished.: oppression
only increase its elastic force;and when 'roused to
action by some daring leader, it will breaksout,
like ignited gunpowder, to blaze the fiercer:.,
Let us hope that virtue still reigns amogst
the modern Greeks, and- that they may support
their leaders, not desert them, like the Neapoli-
tans, whose name is now devoted to infamy.
April 25. LIBERTAS.
P. S. This letter being rather long, will
eirpy some space in your valuable columns, there-
fore I shall defer my anecdotes of ALI PAcn.t
for another day.

CORN-EXCHANGE,APRIL 25.--A large quanti4.3r
of Wheat remained over from Monday, for which there Was no
demand this morning; prices nominal. The inferior qualities
of Barley are unsgleable, but prime samples went off at Mon-
day's prices. The Pat trade is heavy, at an abatement of Is.
per. quarter. Beans -are cheaper. In Peas and other sztticl.Al
no alteration: •
SOUTHWARK, APRIL 23.—Our trade is dull, and Flops of
inferior, quality are offering at reduced prices ; good ones are
scarce and support their prices tolerably well. The preference
is very much given to old Hops—of these there were two or
three large sales made last week.
PETERSFIELI), APRIL 44.—The. following were the prices
at our Market this day:—

• Per Quarter.
'heat 48s Od a Us Od

Per Stour.
Beef 3s .9d
.a 4s 6d
Mutton
Veal Os a a4s Cd
Lamb
Pork Os .Oda 4s Cd
a 41 lOs per Tvn.

Barley 2os Od a 23s Od
Oats
Pease 32s Od a 31s Od
Beans —s Od a —a Od
Hay

• Our readers are aware, that Mr. HuluE lately
brought before the House' of Commons the ex
ponces of collecting the Revenue arising from
Stamps : and that Government had, prior to this
-motion, determined on an inquiry into this sub-
ject, with a view to retrenchment, if practicable.
Sinceihat period, several 'statements have been
published, relative to the sums received by Mr.
GAAY, the distributor for this district, .'which it
is only justice to that individual briefly to notice.
From a statement made in,the House of Com-
mons, it appears, that the per centage received
by Mt. GRAY, amounts to about 60001. per 'a4-
num ; and it has been assumed, 'that this suMis
subject fo '44 very triflinff deductions ;" and that

the per centage upon the duty 'payable for ad-
vertNements, which passes through Mr.• G.'s•
hands, is to be added. to the above sum. Now,
both these assumptions are iticbrrect ;. the tiound-
age upon the duty for .advertiseinents is'. com-
prised in the' poundage. on Stamps; and the
" very trifling deductions". are an allowance of
two per, cent.; or, one-half, to the sub,diStributors
in the district; and the salaries of the clerics iu
the head'office at . York. The remittances to
. London take :place about once a fortnight, and
by .bills' at a -short '.data. . The dietribittor has
alSo 'to be ansWerable for the; wliole amdcint of
Stamps sold in LIT diStrict, which amounts, to
about 3 50$000/...per "annizni; . and has . to. make
good all losges bb fraud, 'Or', the failure of any of
his sub-distributors. It should aliabe remarked,
that prior to 17.08,the poundage upon• Stamps was
5- per tent.: and'that,; in comiequetrce of -thti.sug-
F
-45 -e,..ifibus" a Mr;:`Oltay 'at .that. periodt!'an inves-
.
,
rt:gatiori.uw as set. bo -roof,' hhd .a' general rtlductian
took -place from' 5',.t0.4,per. cent., wilicl i..; 4,04
pate.—; I. eeds- Laiie44,4lcer,) , . . •