Star.
London, England, 1825-10-05 00:00:00

PITCAIRN.

There is a lone and distant Isle,

Bright blooming in the Southern Sea.
Where Nature wears her loveliest smile,
Where hearts we found devoid aril',
Unpractised in deception's wile—
Crimeles' as infancy !

There all the kind ethereal powers
Their choicest offerings bring;
There guiltless Pleasure rears her bowers,
There Lore and Joy lead oo the Hours,
There smiling Friendship shews her Rowers,
In one perpetual spring!

Pure Virtue's fires unsullied slaw,
And beatfelt every prayer;
Pale guilt, and penury. and woe,
The thousand ills that worldling& .know.
Which from themselves or others Ilfrw,

Are unimagined there !
You ask where dwells this faultless land,
What region gave it birth;
So blessed by Natures partial hand,
Endued with hearts so pure and bland
'Ds Pitcairn's lone and lovely land,
The last Elysian spot on earth !

GRELCE IN THE 6PIUNG OF 1825.

BY COUNT PECCHLO.
Continued from the Stang yesterday.

MUM GARRULITY --.A RI

,INS OF

ANCIENT CUSTOMS, Bcc.
Amongst a people who are not numerous, the com-
batants excite a much more lively interest than in an
extensive nation. Every one knows the topography of
the country ; every one knows, almost by name, the
combatants; every one is informed of the acts of his
neighbour, his friend, and his relative. I was most
highly interested at hearing the descriptions of indivi-
dual prowess, on approaching the different groups of
persons whom I met scattered in the streets. The
Greeks have lost none of their ancient loquacity; and
I experienced extreme delight in seeing revive before
my eyes those scenes described by Demosthenes, and
that unoccupied, curious, and garrulous multitude
running in search of news about Philip.
Surrounded by ten Palicari, who escorted us on the
read, mounted upon lean horses, followed by six asses
and mules that carried our baggage and servants, our
little campers entered Argos about dusk. This capital
of the ancient monarchy of 46 the far-reigning Aga-
memnon," is at present a city containing at most
• 10,000 inhabitants. Its streets ate wide and regular;
its hotises principally of wood, with projecting. wooden
porticoes, light and elegant. In this revolution, first
the Turks, and afterwards the Greeks, eagerly contri-
buted to its destruction. It is now rising again from
its ruins. The Eparcb, or Prefect, with his counsellors,
and the other chiefs of the city, whilst our supper was
preparing; took us to view the site chosen for the new
University. Signor Warvachi, a rich Greek merchant,
left at his death a fund for this purpose, consisting of
the interest of above one hundred thousand franks. The
city has bought, to be built upon for this purpose, the
large square space of a Turkish bazaar of which there
only remain the surrounding walls, with a fountain in
the centre. Bin what was my pleasure, when I beheld
a School for mutual instroctioo, built expressly by the
Government for this object, and opened only last De-
cember ! The school is built upon the plan of the
English schools;. but at is too confined for the two hun-
dred children who frequent it. Attached to it is a
dwelling for the master, who acquired the method at
Buchare,r, from Signor Cleobulo ; the latter having
been taught, as I apprehend, at the schools in Paris.
The establishment is attended by both boys and gids,
who are kept separate from each other.

On returning home a young damsel poured water
upon All our hands..
" The golden ewer a maid obsequious brings
Rtplenish'd front the cool, translucent springs;
With copious water the bright Vase supplies.
A silver laver of capacious size:
They wash."

After this ablution we sat down, cross-legged, upon car-
pets, around a table covered with kid, lamb; pilaw, and
coagulated milk, which is eaten mixed with the pilaw,
new goat's cheese and oranges. From time to time
" Observant round _

Gay stripling youths the brimming goblets crown'4."
A young l'Alicari handed tound a silver cup filled with
wine. Having drank to the independence of Greece,
and washed our hands again, we arose, and the same
damsel spread upon the carpets, skins and coverings
that served for our bed : .
Meantime Achilles' maids prepared a bed
With fleeces, carpets, and soft linen spread :
There, till the sacred morn restored the day,
In slumber sweet the reverend Phenix lay.
(Iliad, book ix.)

I cite homer, not from an ostentation of knowledge,
but to spew the reader how many of the most ancient
costoms of Greece are preserved after so.many ages,
is asior s, conquests, calamities, and ♦icissitudes.

The Greeks have learnt from the 'lurks the art of'
loitering away their time. ln Greece visiting begins at
seven o clock in the morning.. Ever y one who believes
himself a Gentleman, thinks it a duty and a right to
pay his visits to a. foreigner of distiaction. At seven
o'clock the following morning our Turkish chamber
(Jean ated with coloured glass and covered with verses'
horn the Koran, itt walls painted in arabesque, and the'
ceiling with green varnish resembling emerald) was
filled a ith serious, grave, and silent forms, who, after
having touched their hearts with the right hand, squat-
ted doss n in acircie; ,net, for a few minutes sipped a
'
cup of coffee, and then smoked the pipe which the host
infallibly, offers, them. The levee of a European court
is perhaps less absurd, and less solemn, than these visits
of ceremony in the Levant. •
A few hours after, we prOceeded to return the visits
of those who had honoured. as with their grave and si-
lent presence, according to the custom of the country.
Colonel Xtdi was at dinner with some of his fellow sol-
diers, in 'a rooter hung with the most elegant Tor kish
arms, with bridles, embroidered saddles, and. other im-'
plements of war. There hung from the wall a Turkish
scimitar with a silver-gilt sheath, which bad belonged
to General Xidi. This scimitar was worth £lOO sterling.
The splendour of the arms amongst both Turks and
Greeks amounts to a passion; as with ns,that of Etrus-
can vases, pictures, and medals. There hung, besides,
from the walls, a large silver-gilt reliquary surrounded
with coral and gold fringe, which the Greek Captains
suspend from their neck the moment of entering the

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battle. St. Demetrius, St. Constantine, Sc. Helena, nowt
grant that protection in war, which Mars, Apollo, and
Venus extended to the ancient Greeks. The banner of
the deceased General was folded in token °frier. On
the point were engraved these words, " GOD. Country,
Hope, Charity." The banner is a spear with a long
heart, which springs from a ball, ander which are the
arms of the Cross.

" AU bedeti'd with gold so gay,
And Mks top is a holy Crow,
That shines as bright as the day."
We were 'hewn, in a group of Roemeliot soldiers who
were -tanding intently looking at us, the brave man
who in the battle saved this banner, by running for se-
veral hours, pursued by the enemy's cavalry. We wet e
shewn, besides, a youth of the age of fourteen, who
would not quit the General when he fell mortally
wounded. The General ordered him to save himself,
but he, concealed in a hollow, slew an Egyptian who
was passing, and took his musket which he was carry-
ing with him, into Roumelia as a trophy. A few paces
from the apartments a wounded- soldier was extended
on,the ground, who bad in vain exerted all his courage
to bear away in safety his General. The Colonel aug.
mented his grief by sorrowful recollections, and on bid-
ding us farewell, said, that he lived only to avenge
his brother." ... ... ...

The nest we visited was Giavella, Chiccio GiArella
of Suli is the son of Foto Giavella, who as one of the
most valiant aad sincere patriots among thT Suliots.
When these desired to treat with Ali Pacha, Foto Gia-
vella set fire to his house, choosing rather to see it in
ashes than profaned by some satellite of Ali. This man,
at fourteen Teats of age remained as hostage for his
father in the hands of Ali Pacha. When 'Veli, the son
of Ali, communicated to him that he was waiting im-
mediate orders from the Pacha to burn him alive—as
his father had not fulfilled his promise of confirming a
capitulation disgraceful to his countrymen, he replied,
" My father will then slay your Albanians, and may,
perhaps, seize you and your father, and will burn you
in return." His son is a young man of thirty, of a mid-
dle stature, with lively sparkling eyes, and of impetuous
courage. In the battle of the 19th, he narrowly escaped
being cut to pieces, through his temerity, by the ene-
my's cavalry. His dress and arms were refulgent with
gold and silver, his Pergli (vest) was of green velvet,
bordered with red and embroidered in silver.

[Ts be combated]

CORONER'S INQUEST.

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Monday evening. as Inquisition was taken at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Caroline Ben•
nett, an infant of a twelvemonth old, who was burnt to
death by leaving her alone, with a lighted candle on the
table, some distance from the bed. _

Previous to the Jury being-sworn a long discussion
took place between them and the Coroner, as to their
exemption from serving on similar occasions.
The ConoNan informed them, that as British subjects
and householders, they were compelled to attend to his
summons, until they could bring forward a just pre-
tence why their services should be overlooked.
The evidence was then gone into, and the Jury returned a ver-
dict—" That the deceased was Accidentally Burnt."

Orders have been issued in Brazil for the establish-
ment of Botanic Gardens in all the Provinces, and the
attention of the planters has been called to the cultiva-
tion of the tea-plant, of wh ch one proprietor has al-
ready 4,000 on his estate, in fine order.
The vintage is begun in France, and the produce is
expected to be a third more than last year. In the
most favourably selected vineyards, the produce will be
double ; the quality was never better, and the wine full
of spirit. It is expected that the vintage will be in ge.
neral very productive for all France,
Accounts from Gibraltar to the 6th pit. state that Co.
lombiau privateers continue to cruise on all the reigh-
bouring coasts, and are making a rich harvest; a vessel
which had arrived at Gibraltar from the Havannall had
been plundered, and the passengers robbed.
It appears by letters received trom Madrid, that the
King of Spain has refused the contract for a loan pro-
posed by Mr. Tassin on behalf of the French bankers.
The Minister Zra Bermudez, has echoed the sentiments'
xpressed by his master, and declined to use his influ-
ence in support of the proposition.
The seven Freemasons discovered a short time back at
a lodge in Granada admitting a new member have been
hung. Four of them, previous to execution, con-
fessed and declared what other lodges there were in the
same place, and the names of the individuals belonging
to them. Nearly the whole have been arrested, and
their property endangered.
Several of the newspapers announce the recent death
of a man named Landy, at the age of 101, who, they
state,. served under the great Duke of MA RLBOROUGH."
We are not aware that the body of his Grace was ever
taken up after intermer,t, yet if Landy served under
Lim, it must have been in bearing his remains, as the
celebrated warrior died in 1722, bt.i .g 103 years ago!
COMBINATION AM' NG WORKS! CLON-
CURRY, in a I,tter to some newspapers in Ireland, where
combinations prevail to a ruinous extent, recommends,
with some ingenuity, the appointment of a friendly
Court of Arbitration, for deciding all differences be-
tween the employers and emplojed in the various
branches of trade.

There is a woman residing in the parish of Monzie,
whose age is considerably above one hundred years.
She has lived in the reigns of the four Georges, and re-
members the risings in the last century.—Perth Courier.
An loquest was held at Walpole Indy, on the body
of Rebecca Eason, aged five years, who had been dis-
eased from its birth,was unable to walk or articulate, and
(rpm its size did not appear to be more than a few weeks
old. The mother had been for many years in the habit
of taking opium in large quantities (dearly a quarter
of an ounce in a day), and it is supposed from that
circumstance had entailed a disease to her child
which caused its death ; it was reduced to a mere ske-.
leton, and had been in that emaciated state nearly from
its birth.—Verdict—" Died by the visitation of GOD,
but from the great quantity of opium taken by the
,mother dining her pregnancy of the said child and of
her suckling it, she had greatly injured its health."—lt
appeared thak the mother of the deceased had had five
children—that she began to take opium after the birth
and weaning of her first child, which was and is re-
markably healthy—and that her four younger children
have all lingered and died. in the same emaciated state
as the child which was the subject of this investigation.
The mother is under SO; she was severely censured by,
the Coroner for indulging in so pernicious a practice,
Mr. Miles, of Yarns, has already ordered a cargo of
coals to be shipped at Stockton fot Holland. This is
the commencement of an export trade in coals from the

river Tees.