The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-26 00:00:00

CEPI-lALONTA, SEPT. 4, 1826.

You -will have some. idea o the-importance, iii for-
,
me; time;, Of the site on which 1 am now addressing
myself to you. Every school-boy has read Pope's
Miner, and of Penelope's chastity. 'Here, then, 1

am s'Ating on the very ground on which her suitors re
sii.'ted. Yonder, only divided by a very narrow chan7
'Pet, I see the site of the Castle,or residence of the far-
famed Ulysses. The geographical part of Homer's
deseription cannot be a fiction; but it is a question
with me whether her chastity deserves the encomiums
bestowed en it : however, it is a good AINovA, and may
prevent many a Harriet Wilson emu appearing in the
world. Here there is a litre field for the antiquarian.
The finest specimen of ancient architecture probably in
existence Pot 'even Athens excepted, notwithstanding
its fame
..or scuiptile fragments) is to he seen here.
i
The mound on which the battering-ram was erected is
still visible ; and the stone balls are to be seen that were
made use of in rendering inutile the formidable Cy-
clopian walls against the 'Roman power. Near the
sea you see the remains of Roman luxury, such as hot
and cold baths, &e. ; but higher up the hill you will
see the ravages, and I may say the sacrilegious con-
duct of modern nations, not even England except-
ed, by the disturbed tombs where human bones, that
lay for several thousands of years unmolested, lie
scattered about in all directions, forsooth, to gratify
the curiosity of the idle fools that pretend to trace and
confirm ancient history by the coin's and medals found
in the mansions of the dead, who once bore a part on
the stage.6f- life, as we now do. If such things were
" permitted north of the Clyde, it would breed, a rvbei.
lion against Church and State.
We were all put into a panic a fottitight ago by the
arrival of two vessels at Ithaca frotrt the Levant, with
the plague on board ; but, owing to the prompt inea. '
sures adopted by Ceptaiu Knot, the Commantlant of
that Island, it has not been allowed to communicate'
with the shore. (ins. :Of the vessels was burnt and
sunk; after the men Were landed out of her on a small
Island, on ttie ceast of Ithaca, immediately under the
fountain •Jf Arethusa. Huts made of deal were erected
for each pMient, separate. One, or two died since
!Rang, and but and all were consumed into ashes.
One bad case is in a fair way of recovery; and all the
patients now alive are expected to recover. In look-
ing out among the brush-wood, with which the island
is covered, for proper places to erect the huts upon,
in one place were discovered the bodies of a
woman, a little girl, and two men. Since then
the skeleton of a man has been found, which
leads to the conclusion that piracy to a consi-
derable extent has been carried on during the
siege of Missolonghi in our immediate neighbourhood,
in defiance of his Majesty's and lonian cruisers ; even
the vessels that came to Ithaca with the plague on
hoard are accused, if not exactly of piracy, oftrover,
which almost amounts to the same thing. What is
more.extraordinary, they belong to Cephalotlia, and
sailing under the lonian flag ; but I have no doubt, if
the thing can be proved against them, the Govern-
ment will visit them with the Utmost severity of the
law,

Ibrahim Pacha is at Tripolitza, and doing neither
good nor harm ; he ceased all active operations since
his defeat by the Mainotes. If Lord Cochrane would
make hut his long-looked tbr appearance, I think
'flreeee would be free ; but if a Liberator does not
:spring up. before the Sultan has organized his troops
alter the European system, the Oreeks mum, return to
their former bondage ; and it is a question with mu
whether they, are capable of enjoying or deserving of a
better Government. The Turkish garrison of Misso-
hmghi are said to be, ht a state of mutiny, and badly
served with protitslons. I spoke to a man from thence
two days ago, who confirms the report.
I saw a letter from a friend of mine, at present re-
siding in Constantinople, which states that the bar-
tacks formerly occupied by the Janissaries, and in which
'they made the last stand against the Sultan,, are level.
led to the ground; and that he appears daily on the
drill-ground of his new levies, in uniforms after the
'European fashion. The turban is entirely abandoned
by the present Turkish soldiers, which augurs a sad
obstacle to Grecian liberty.
Yon may depend on the truth of all I have said.—
The plague in Ithaca I 'A ent to see since I commen-
'ced this letter, and I believe what I have stated by
way of report to be pretty correct---I shall probably
furnish you; in the rough, with some more matter.

A new traedy, from the pen of Miss Mitford, the
(laughter of the learned Doctor Mitford, is about to
be produced at Covent-garden. The subject i$ taken
from the story of the loscori. Lord Byron wrote a
tragedy on the same subject, but did not intend it for
:the stage. The fair author of the forthcoming tra-
PAY, which is highly spoken of, is well known in the
'literary world. A new bac°, called Returned Killed,
is also in preparation, and will be produced in the
course of next week.

A new coinage of gold, siker, and copper, has just
been completed at the Mint. tour or five of the
principal bunkers had each one set as a specimen, and
no more. A set consists of one 5/. piece, one 21.
piece, a.l/. piece, and a 10s. piece (gold); a 58. piece,
a half-crown piece, a Is., and a 6d. (silver? ; a, penny,
a halfpenny, and a farthing, in copper. The 5/. piece
beau, on owl side. the iu'ius. of Great Britain engraved
cm drapery, with the motto Decus et Tutamen, and
the date of the year ; on the other side the head of his,
Mapisty, similar to the one on the new sovereign.
`Th.3 piece supposed to be taken from the forty Liri
Pie('" _ rantla• pi .c °e is the same as the
abi'vc• 11- piece is also. ‘the same, but not en-
'graved on drapery. The tis. piece, ie half-crown
place, the 8.! and the fed., bear
Britain,the arms of Great
the same as those already issued. The penny,
halfpenn), and liirthing, dated 1826.
We uuderstand a deputation of gentlemen engaged
in the print trade set out last night fur London, for
the purpose of making representations to Ministers,
with the view (if inducing tlitielintentd onoo gentrsl, 4 :lien i
to
the
repeal of the excise duty on r
was stated, that of the sum of 2,095,219/. 15,4.
'
to which the gross amount of the duty reached in
year ended the 4th of January last, 1,665,582/.;34.
was returned in drawbacks and bounties ; and that of
the net produce which reached the Exchequer,
360 243/. 58. 4d., by far the larger part is drawn from
the labouring classes. Nothing more need to be said
to show the very objectionable nature of the tax, and
" we trust our townsmen will completely succeed,,in their
efforts to procure its reinoval.— I Manchestcr aper.
Ditowsimi.—Yesterday afternoon the body of a
young woman was found floating in the River Thames, above
Westroiriater-bridge. The deceased was very genteelly attired in
a plaid dress, shawl, and black silk bonnet ; she also hail the ap-
pearance of being in a pregnant state. A waterinan named
Staples, who discovered the hotly, instantly conveyed it 011 shori
to the Roebuck public-house,

MA NCHESTER-TUISDAY EVENIKG.

(PRONI OUR OWN CORRIMPONDRNT.)

We have had to-day an exceedingly dull market,
for almost every article ikl bur trade ; we cannot, how-
ever learn that wily material alteration in prices for the
worse has taken place ; but should the dullness con-
tinue, there is little doubt but prices must give way,
and if this be the ease, the advancement recently made
in the omlition of our trade will be entirely lost.
The attention of the buyers has bieil chiefly directed
to yarns, and in this article the business doing may be
considered fair; but in every description of goods, we
believe very little has been done. 'The cotton market,
like our market for piece goods, his received a similar
check.