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gallop. And Sdly, there is Ipsilanti„Olys4i its
and the• mass who, are now begraning•te, • ils-'
publican actions, finding that they, cannot liffsetiviiik=
,
maintain their power, • .
" Now the question is, which of these pules` Amite
an honest man embrace?, All have stuVriblethi'etideal
vowing to'bug the best of these. factions.: 11.'haviisur.::.
sued another course, cautiously **oldies theta 'all: I:
have loudly rated all tor their vices, and as lbAditprehed •
them for their good acts. This for onet,,srrtqeat ,
genius: for political intrigues, tactics, oc elm as
diplomacy, is the safest course. It place: a man citn
plain mind on a level with, and even - ahnve. i'lligh-:
llying.politician of tfieGentz. or Metternich scli•uil. . '
"-Greece and all the islands are tranquil, with, then-
ception of two towns—:namely. Napoli, whiCh • is
blockaded by the. Government, and MissOlorigbi,.. which
isdisturbedby a body'of Soliots,sislio play the pretorien&
44• Civilization and good government are gaining
ground, chiefly through the means of There
is a great fupd:of virtue in Greece, but it it monopolised
by, the peasantry, • What, is most 'wanted is a go;c1.1-e.
presentative body, some good prefects,gocrd judges„and
public writers. Two or three active and strong-Minded
Englishmen might do incalculable good in Greece, for
the people are anxicas to improve. •
" The war lingers, owing to the dissentions which
prevail among the ruling few ; other* ise it might easily.
be put an end to, with the assistance of the loan. Eastern
and Western Greece may he defended with about 12,000,
, men. By taking one of, the castles at the mouth of the
Corinthian Gulf, and bloCkading Patras and Lepanto
with 1,000 men each, these foytresses might be redact&
Negrupont might also be taken, by: blockade. • During
these operations the people of Olympus shoold be en-
couraged to rise in rear of the Twkisti armies. Afters
summer's defensive campaign, the 'Greeks Should Push
on in the winter, and surprise and conquer.
" Ily. Principal exertions hive been directed towards
promoting education, publiCity, union, and military
exertion, sand towards crustiing the oligeichs, by siring
power to the people, and raising the character of their
representatives. I confess that 'I am sanguine with re-
spect to the ultimate success of the Greeks. 't, found
this opinion on the virtuous character of the pitOple, on
the strength of their country, on their Martial character
and their being all armed, on the multiplicity of bilk
chiefs, on the sadden rise and fall of their leaders, on
the love they have fur their ancestors, on the clashing
interests of their enemies, and on their attachment to
the elective franchise, annuality, universality, pabli-
city, &c."
The following is an account of the commencement
of Lord Byron's illness, and the particulars of a charac-
teristic altercation which his Lordship had with Colonel
Stanhope, respecting the restitution of an English boat
captured by a Greek cruiser :
" Lord Byron was seized, on the 15th instant, with- a
severe fit. His Lordship was sitting in my room, and
jesting with Parry, but his eyes and. his brow occasion-
ally
discovered that he was agitated by strong feelings.
-On a sudden he complained of a weakness in one of his
lep ; he rose, but finding himself unable to walks.
called for assistance: he then fell into a violent nervous
convulsion, and was placed on my bed ; 'luting this,
'period, his face was much distorted, In a few minutes
be began to recover his senses, his speech returned, and
he was soon well, though exhausted with the struggle.
His Pledmontese surgeon, and- Dr. Millingen, both'as-
sated me, that the fit, though of a dangerous charameir
while it lasted, wa . not so in its copsequences. During
the fit, his Lordship was as strong as a giant, and after
it he behaved with his usual firmness. I conceive that
this fit was occasioned by over-excitement. The Mind
of Byron is like a volcano, it is full of fire, wealth, and
combustibles ; and when this matter comes .to he
strongly agitated, the on4losion is dreadful. With re!
spect to the eanses that produced ,this excess of kelintrt
they are beyond sn reach, except one great cause,
which was the provoking conduct of the Suliots. Lord
Byron had acted tower& them with a degree of gene-
rosity that could not be esceeded, and then, when his
plani were all formed-for she attack of -Lepaito, - and
his hopes were raised on the delivery of Wean,*
Greece front the inroads of the Turks, these ongrakt,-44
soldiers demanded, and est,orted, and refuse to nyYtill
till all was settled to gratify their avarice: This. was
enough to agitite any heart warm in the carialist
Greece. • • • •
J. 1 said the Altair was .coaducted in a bullying man-
ner, and not according to the principles of equity, apd
the law of nations. His Lordship qatied.ill a pass
He contended, that law, justice, and eqUity'had nathing
to do with politics. That May be; bin I will never lad
myself to injustice. His Lordship then .began,- accisrd-
ins to custom, to attack Mr. Bentham. I said tbat,it
was highly illiberal to make personal attacks on Mr:*
'leathern before a friend who held him in, nigh Otima-
don. He said that he only attacked his piblic,principlei,
which were mere theories, but dangerous ;iiijurinuii tb
Spain, and calculated to do great nsisithiefirsAreeee.
I did not object to his Lordship's attacking:4U Aten-
tham'a principles ; what I pbjecied to ,w.etee
..his,possor
nalities. I-lis Lordship never reasoned ort ank of Mi.
Benthanes writings, but merely made sport isrthem.. I
would therefore ask him what it 'iris-that he objected to?
Lord Byron mentioned his Panopticon ai visionary. 4
said, tliat,experiense in Pennsylvania, at Millbaiik,. 6:c.
bad proved it otherwise. 1 said that Bentham bed p
truly Bs itish bort ; bat that Lord Byron, after professing
liberal principles from his boyhood, had, when called
pon to act, -proved himself a Turk. Lord' Byroh
asked, what proofs have you of this?--.Your conduct
in endeavouring to crash the press, by declaiming
/ling it to Mavrocordato, and your general abuse of
alipriaciplei. Lord Byron said, that if he had held
*his finger he could have crushed the press. I re-
allied, witlrill this power,-(which, liy the way, you
never possessed,) you went to the. Prince .and poisoned.
his ear. Lord Byron declaimed agaiast,,the Litiptts
f)er
whom be.knew. But what Liberals? I asked. Did e
L sr
ino
. . his notions of freemen froth the Italians?—Lord
PP iron. NO; from the Hunts, tirtwiights, &c. -Add
;still, said I, you presented Cartwright's Reform Bill,
and aided Hunt by praising his poetry and gitithim
dye sale of your works.. 1..0rd ligronopidisi .
,riu
are worse than Wilson, anci 0?,41,0 witt e. t 8 rp- I
nun
replied, I am a mere ;oldies:, :§."..n,eerfr set

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