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London, England, 1823-06-02 00:00:00

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Ai! ;an yak* stseterr.
Vasa a gi‘t et dk to ;
When eW Weiliont t f Yallestlalr will borrow,
...Till &telling' it falls, lost bite gliserl
As the dews of the morning are ehas'd at its dawning
* the bosons of the an, tin they're =eked away ;
So will Sympathy's wailethe heart's sorrows beguile,
To the tear is dissolved by the warmth of its ray 1
Ah! 'ds not, believe me, whim brilliantly Wanda&
That beauty's bright eye can so sweetly endear.
As when through the sunshine .f pity sail gleaming,
"ns gracefully deck'd with Compasslon't mild tear !
As the rain-drops of Heaven, 'midst Su 's heat given,
To soften nun's toil while he labours below;
So is Sympathy's tear sent our sorrow to cheer, •
And to lighten the heart of its burden of woe! C. N.

THE GREEKS-LORD BYRON..

The following letter has been addressed to the Se-
cretary of the Greek Committee, by. Lord BYRON,
one of their Members: MATIst, 1123.
Siji•l have great -pleasure •in acknowledging
your letter, and the honour which the Committee
have done me. I •shall endeavour to deserve their.
confidence by every means in my power.
The principal tnalesiel wanted by the Greeks ap-
pears to be, first, a'park of field artillery, light, and
fit for mountain., service ; secondly, gunpowder;
thirdly, hospital or medical stores. The readiest
mode of transmission is, I hear, by Idta, addressed to,
Mr. Negris, the. Minister.. I meant to send a certain
quantity of the two latter—no great deal, but enough
for an individual to shew his good wishes -.for the
Greek success, but am pausing, because in case I
should go myself, I can take them with me. I dtt
rot mean to limit my own contribution to this merely,
but, more especially if I can get to Greece myself, 4
shall devote whatever resources I can muster,,ofmy
os+n, to advancing the great object. I am. in 'coy-
respondence with Signor (well known to
Mr. Hobhouse), who is now at but his latest
advice merely states, that the Greeks are at present
employed in organizing their internal Government,
and the details of its administration; this would seem
to intimate security—but the war is, however, far
from being terminated.
"Thel urks are an obstinate race, as all former wars
have proved them, and will return to the charge, for
years to come, even if beaten, as it is to be hoped they
will be. But in no case can the labours of the Com-
mittee be said to be in vain, for in the event even of
the Greeks being subdued and dispersed, the funds
which would be employed in succouring and gather.
ing together the remnant, so as to alleviate in part
their distresses, and enable them to find or make a
country (as so many emigrants of other nations have
been compelled to do), would " bless both those who
give and those who take," as the bonnty both of jus-
tice and of mercy. With regard to the formation of
a brigade which Mr. Hobhonse hints at in his short
letter of this day's receipt, ir.closing the one io which
1 have the honour to reply;, I would presuMe to
svggest, but merely as an opir.ion resulting rather
from the melancholy experience of the brigades em-
b.ii ked in the Colombian service, than from any ex-
periment yet fairly tried in Greece, that the atten-
tion of the Committee bad better, perhaps, be di-
rected to the employment of officers of experience
than the enrolment of raw British soldiers, which
latter are apt to be untulp,..and not very service-
able, in irregular w"rfare, by the side of foreigners.
small body Of gond Qffic.ers, eipeciaili artillery
or engineers, alai a quantity/such as the Committee
might deem necessary) dtstores, of the nature which
Captain intitnated as most wanted, would, I
should conceive, be a highly useful accession. Offi-
cers who had previously served in the Mediterranean
would be preferable, as some knowledge of station is
ready indispensable. It Weald 'be as well that they
should be aware that they are not going I to rough it
ol a beef-steak and a bottle of port; but that Greece,
never, of late years, very plentifully stocked; for a.
mess, is, at present, the country cif ill kinds of pri-
vation; vittion ; this remark may seem mpetfluous ; but
have been led to it, br observing that many ibntign
Officers, Italian, French, and *Me German (but
lima of the latter have returned i 0 disgust; ima-
gining either that they Were going to make up a party
4,1• sleasure, or to enjoy full pay, y promotion,
.
an a titre moderate, degree of duty) 11sty complain
too of having been. received by the ociireriuttent or
inhabitants; but number's or theie comp Liilants were
mere aillienturers, attracted by a hope of command
and pluniler.,.and disappointed of both; those Greeks
that 1 have seen strenuously deny the charge of lobos-
pitailty; and declare that they shared their pittance
to the last. crumb with their foreign volunteers..
4, I Used not suggest to the Committee the very
veal adiantige Which Must accrue to Great &hails
troth the success of the Greeks. and their probable
commercial relations With England in Constlaenie,
because 1 feel persuadedthat the first. object of the
Committee is their emancipation Without any into-
rested, views; beitheconsidoration might weigh with
the English oOple in general, in their prevent pas-
sion 'for Only -kind of speculatioaf-Asty need not
cross the American seas, for one inch better worth
their while hi nearer home. The resources even for
an emigeant population in the Greek Islands alone
are Tardy to be paralleled, and the cheapness of every
kind of not only necessary, Opt luxury (chit is to say,
luxury of nature), fruits, wine, oil, itc. iii a state of
peace, are far beyond those of the Cape and Van Die.
mat's Land, and the other places of refuge which the
LaiUsh population are Marching for over the waters.
" I beg that the Committee' will command me in
any and every way: if I am favoured with any in-
structions, I shalt endeavour to follow them to the
letter, whether conformable to my own private opi-
nion or not. I beg leave to add personally my re-
Street for the Gentleman whom I have the honnur.of
addressing, and An, Sir, your obliged and very obe-
dient servant, (Signed) " NOILL BYRON:.

to pimpodt'M that Kaunas belonged to the Duke of Yost
hork ileier was the property of his Royal
111Fhneis. • • wneF, ptieiknis to the late race for the Derby,
ifastflit ; fdr Wm, with all his engagements, and to
tat $ ' alas: by refugia& be has netted already
above thrabk that ma, besides the chance of winning other stakesi
for which IMMO is entered.