The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-11 00:00:00

GREECE.

TRASENE, APRIL 14.—1 think I am justified in
announcing that the Greek cause, or rather question,
has at length assumed an aspect which cannot fail
to be gratifying to the friends of civilization and hu-
manity, since those foreign leaders, to whom I al-
luded so strongly in my letter from Hydra, have been
prpclaiined by the National Congress assembled here,
with acclamation, not only on the part of the mem-
bers, but by the soldiery and people. As you may
well imagine, it was no easy task to reconcile the
. two parties f which I have said so much. My last
from Poros will have informed you of their meeting
here. As it would be tedious to detail all the little
difficulties which occurred previous to the establish.
nient of perfect harmony, I shall merely mention,
that the arrival of Lord Cochrane, after the efforts
which had been already made by General Church,
seemed to have disposed the most discordant spirits
to unite. Owing to the difficulty of finding a house
capable of receiving the whole of the representatives,
of whom there are above 200 collected here, it was
decided that they should meet in an orange grove,
as at Astros, in 1823. It would be difficult to con-
ceive anything more interesting than this meeting,
in which the fate of a whole people is doubtless to
be decided. There is only one chair, occupied by 1
the President ; the members are seated around him
on rough pieces of wood, laid along the ground for
the occasion. As to the papery and archives neces-
sary for the business of the day, they are placed be-
tween the branches of an orange tree, which has the
appearance of a card-rack, though somewhat different
to those which ornament the mantel-shelves of Eng-
land. There is no regular hour for meeting. The as-
sembly is summoned by sound of drum,and.this is done
by an Arab drummer,one of those taken from Ibrahim
Pacha ! Notwithstanding the singularity of this mode,
it is but justice to say, that the Congress has been
animated by an excellent spirit ever since its meeting.
Owing to Lord Cochrane's anxiety to receive his corn-
mission, one of the first measures of the assembly was,
that of placing him at the head of the Greek navy,
of which he is to have the exclusive direction. His
Lordship landed for the first time, on the 9th,
and took the oath of allegiance and fidelity to the
Greek people. He appeared before the Congress in a
richly embroidered uniform of blue and gold, at-
tended by his Secretary, Mr. Masson, who acted as
interpreter to his Lordship. After having explained
the various causes of delay which attended his
coming to Greece, and expatiating with peculiar
emphasis on the unhappy dissensions of the leaders,
he urged the necessity not only of union for the
future, but the adoption of such a system as could
alone save their country ; and ended by saying that
he would swear fealty to Greece, on condition that
the people and Government were true to themselves,
and determined on obtaining their independence.
This address was received with great applause by
the whole assembly, and after having been sworn,
the President congratulated the assembly on what
had taken place, expressed the gratitude of the
whole nation towards his Lordship, and assured him
of its support in all the measures he might propose
or adopt for the benefit of Greece.
The nomination of Count Capo d'lstria, and
Generzl Church, took place on the 10th. As these
two points had been already discussed by the various
members of the confederacy, they were carried una-
nimously; more especially that of our countryman,
whose nomination was marked by repeated vivas,
both from the assembly and the soldiers and inhabi-
tants, collected in great numbers to witness the pro-
ceedings. With respect to the Count, lie is called
on to assume the Government, under the title of
ifivernitis, synonymous to Director-General, that of
President having become hateful to all parties, from
the conduct of those who have hitherto ruled. The
period of his continuing in office, is fixed at seven
years. He is of course to be assisted by Ministers for
the various departments as in other countries. It
has been decided in this day's meeting, that a com-
mission of three -is to conduct the affairs of Greece
untittbe Count's arrival. It is needless to say, that
no time will- be lost in forwarding the,invitation,
and considering_ the peculiarity of their situation,
the Representatives of the people confidently hope,
that no obstacle may be opposed to his coming.
Sir Richard Church is named Generalissimo.
Be has conferred frequently with Lord Cochrane,
and there is no doubt of the most cordial co-opera-
tion between them.

Our old friend, Boulter, the Liverpool Clown,
bappy to see his friends drop in at his comfortable crib,
the '-'anning Coffee-house, they will be sure to find every
thing „i'uite corct "
years figure in every department under his ma-
hares for d away in pantomimes of
nagement ;
n, and has successfully played against all the
his own producti.'
s Clown to the uestrian per-
first clowns of the daT ;
his Clown to the Equestrian per-
formances was so replete with well selected q quotations and
formances was so replete
excellent wit, that he has beentermed the '0 Classical
vtly s coin-
Clown." A person meeting hll
o shor
foulter, yafter
ou heave left
xnencement in business, observed,
off playing the fool—you are a good judge." " Nay," said
Boulter, "that cannot be, Judges are taken frOm the bar,
and I have but just got to it."

- -
MRS. JORDAN.—Nature was her sole in-
structress. Youthful, joyous, animated, and droll, her
laugh bobbled up from her heart, and her tears welled out
ingenuously from the deep spring of feeling. Her counte-
nance was all expression, without being all beauty : her
form, therr light and elastic—her flexible limbs—the juve-
nile but indescribable graces of her every movement, im-
pressed thems,,lves, as I•perceived, indelibly upon all who
attended even her earliest performances. Her expressive
features and eloquent action at all periods harmonised
blandly with each other--not by artifice, however skilful,
but by intellectual sympathy ; and when her figure was
adapted to the part she assumed, she bad only to speak
the words of an author to become the very person he de-
lineated. Her voice was clear and distinct, modulating
itself with natural and winning ease ; and when exerted in
song, its gentle flute-like melody formed the most capti-
vating contrast to the convulsed and thundering bravura.
was, throughout, the untutored child of Nature : she
sang without effort, and generally without the accompani-
ment of:;sstruments ; and whoever heard her Dead of the
Night, and her Sweet Bird, either in public or private, if
they had any so:11, must have surrendered at discretion.—
Barrington's SketChes.
Everybody knows the peculiar form and tex-
ture of the wigs worn by the late Lord Stanhope. He
was a long time in getting a barber to make them to his
liking, but at last succeeded. It happened, however, that
at a time when his stock of these " elegant imitations of
nature," was unusually low, the poor I.4arber was taken so
exceedingly ill that his life was despaired of. His Lord-
:ship immediately upon hearing of the danger of his
favourite artist, sent a physician to attend him, and
the first desire of the barber upon his recovery was,
very naturally, to assure the Noble Lord of his grati-
tude for his unexpected act of benevolence. After a
few words of condolence, his Lordship asked the barber
whether his funds were not exhausted by his long in-
abaity to attend to his business, and whether an order
in the way of trade would not be serviceable to him.
Receiving an answer in the affirmative, he ordered a score
of wigs, aid upon bringing them home, the wig-maker
began to' pour forth the grateful feelings of his heart for this
new kindness, in Addition to having saved his life, when
'his Lordship interrupted him by putting down the money,
and calmly telling him, " that he migt now die and be
d—d for aught he cared, as he had got wigs enough to last
him all his life."—Mirrox. •

BRUTALITY PUNISHED.—On Saturday morn-
ning a boy, about fourteen years of age, happening to give
some trifling offence to the waiter (a man grown) of a soup
shop in Smithfield, the latter followed him out into the
market, and having knocked him down with his fist, kick-
vi him in the ribs and other parts of his body in the most
inhuman and savage manner. Just at this time a resolute,
stout, Join Bull-looking butcher, who witnessed the un-
manly attack, came up, furnished with a strong ash stick,
and with that manly sense of fair play which characterizes
real Englishmen, pi-onaptly interfered, and pulling the ag-
gressor away with one hard, gave him a slap in the mouth
with the other, and then challenged him to fight, which
the waiter, however, thought proper to decline ; he then
lifted the boy up, and having armed him with his stick,
desired him to lay it lustily about the hack an,;.l shoulders
of his assailant, which he did to the great gratification and
amusement of the bystanders, who applauded the conduct
d the sturdy "knight of the cleaver ;" and the waiter,
saving received a severe anti well-merited castigation, slunk
back into the soup shop, loaded with the execrations and
jeers of the spectators.