The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-08
TIE GRFIsKS

The following interesting letter has been
addressed by Lord Byron to the commit
tee IN London, for desising ways, and pro-
curing means for aiding the Greek cause.
NO man IN Europe, probably, better knows
Tue real situation and wants of this people
than Lord b., who with all his faults, is an
enthusiastic lover of freedom:
The principal maferiel wanted by the
Greeks appears to he, FIRST, park OF field
artillery, light, and fit for mountain service;
secondly, gunpowder; thirdly, hospital or
medical stores. The readiest mode oftyans
mission is, hera, by Idra, addressed to Mr..
Ncgss, the Minister. meant to send GER
tam quantity ofthe wolatter--riogreatd deal,
but enough for an individual to shew his
good wishes for the Greek success, but am
pausins, because, in case should go my
self, | can take them with me. do not
mean to limit my own contribution to
tins merely, but more especially If can
get to Greece myself, shall devote what
ever resources can muster, of my own, to
| advancing the great object. am in cor
Responsiveness with Signor - (wcll known
to Mr.. Hobhouse,1 who is now at --,
but his latest advice merely states, that the
Greeks are at present employed organizing
their internal government, and the details
of its administration this would seem to
intimate security; but the war is however.
tar from being terminated The Turks
are an obstinate race, as all former wars
have proved them, even if beaten, as it is
to be hoped they will be. But in no case
can the labours of the committee 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 Sue
couring and gathering togetherihe remnant
so as to alleviate in part their distresses,
and enable them TO find or make n country
las so many emigrants of other nations
have been compelled to dol would " bless
both those who give and those who take"
as the bounty both of justice and mercy
With regard to the formation of "a brigade
(which Mr.. Hobhouse hints at in his short
letter of this days receipt, inclosing the
one to which have the honor TO reply, u
would presume To suggest, but merely as
an opinion resulting rather from the meian.
choly experience OF the brigades embarked
In the Colombian service than from any
experiment yet fairly tried in Greece, that
the attention of the committee had better,
perhaps, be directed to the employment of
officers of experience than the en-. oIment
OF raw British soldiers which latter are
apt to be unrnly, and not very sericeable in
irregular warfare, by the side of foreigners.
A small body of good officers, especially
artillery or engineers, with quantity {such
as the committee might deem necessary
of stores, of the nature which Capt.
MT. It'd
conceive, he a highly useful accession
Officers who had previously served in the
Mediterranean would be preferable, as
some knowledge Of station is nearly indis-
pensabe. 1t would be as well that they
should be aware that they are not going
!" to rough it on beef stake and bottle
of port !" bnt that Greece never, of
late years, very plentIfulIy stocked, for a
mess, is at present the country of all kinds
ofprivation. This remark may seem super
huous but | have been led to it, by OBJ
serving that many foreign officers, Italian,
French, and some German, lbut very few
of the latter have returned in disgust inn
aglnng either to enjoy full pay, speedy
promotion, and a very moderate degree of
duty; they complain too, efhaying been i'll
received by the government or inhabita uts
but numbers of these Adventures, were
attracted by hope OF command and plum
der, and disappointed of both /; those
Greeks that have seen strenuously deny
the charge Of inhospitality, and declare
that they shared their pittance to the last
crumb with their foreign volunteers.
/" need not suggest TO the committee
the very great advantage which must ac-
crne to Great Britain from the success of
the Greeks, and their probable commercial
relations with England in consequence,
because feel persuaded that the first OBJ
Ject Of the committee is the emancipation
without any interested views; but the
consideration might weigh with the Eng
sh people in general, in their present pas
sion for every kind of speculation-they
need not cross the American seas, for one
much better worth their while is nearer
home. The resources even for an emf
grant population, in the Greek Islands alone
are rarely TO be parallelled ; and the cheap
ness of every kind of not only necessary,
but luxury, THAT is to say, luxury OF ma
ture,) fruits, wine, oil, &c. in "A state of
peace, are far beyond those of the Cape and
Van Demsn's Land, and the other places
of refuge which the English population are
searching for over the waters"
--+eese~..
, Extract Of letter from Lambert Derier,
Esq. Of london, 10 .Nr. Seth S,oeetser, Jr.
ofthis city--per shiP Panihea, cia .Aew
York, dated London, 7lh June, 1928.
"The demand for manufactured goods,
for some time past has been very limited
in the market for the United States-and,
owing to numerous failures among the
Diapers throughout the metropolis the
Blackwell Hall Factors have suffered CON
siderably-the consequences is all kinds of
Broad cloths from i2 6 10 81 6 can be had
on very favorable terms, and Kerseymers