The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-12-01

| precision Of civil and rational liberty. This
once brilliant people-this land of song
and story;"-is now overrun and laid waste;
but the Greeks arc not yet conquered. But
| IL may Judge from what have seen and
heard, they have no chance of success, ur-
less the e"Legitimates," THE Holy Alliance
France leading) VIII cease TO aid the
Turks as they do, sub rosa. Left 10 them.
selves, the Greeks are more than match
Tor the Tarks-but without speedy and
powerful aid, they must sink before their
secret assailants. Napoli is very near the
remains Of ancient Argos, rendered memo
rablc to me by the king Of Kings,' rs he was
called, and the character OF Clytemhestra.
A premontnry is stin pointed out as the spot
where she placed slave TO give notice
whenthe Grccian feet returned from Troy.
A thousand assosiations rendered our stay
interesting in that mighty Dcighbourhood.
We were visited by many Of their most dis
tinguished men; the following are all my
memory furnishes the name of, yiz:-Prince
Mavrocordati, Secretary of State, and head
Of the Council; Prince Ypsilanti, General,
and brother to the one who raised the stan
dard Of rebellion in Moidavia; Conduriotti,
very wealthy citizen, and President Of the
Senate; and Chanarius, the Commander Of
their naval forces, and he who has blown
up two Of the cnemy's admiral ships, very
brave and distinguished man. After leay-
ing Napoli, we sailed down the Mediterra-
mean. south Of Malta, and went into the Bay
of Algiers, with which place VIC coniIauni-
Gated, and with a fine breeze came down
here, where we arc in quarantine, from
which we shall be released on the 10th
instant"
According 70 the estimate Of the French
engineers, who were in Egypt with Bona
parte, the whole expence of deep canal,
which would connect the Arabic Gulf with
the Nile and the Mediterranean, make AZ
rica an island, and shorten the voyage
from Mnrselles to Bombay one half, would
not exceed f7OO,0O0 a sum considerably
less than has been expended on some sin
gle works Of the same kind in Great Brit
xih.
The canal, according to the scale rropos-
ed by the French engineers, would admit
sea vessels drawing from twelve to fifteen
feet Of water, at the height of the Nile. But
were the branch of Tyheh 10 answer the
purpose intended, sea vessels Of moderate
burthen would be able to pass from the Me-
diterranean to the Red Sea, at all times
To Britain, Russia, Germany, and the 9th
er countries in the northwest of Europe,
the route by the Red Sea would probably
never sapersede that by tho Cape, for the
India and China trade generally; but to
the French, Spaniards, Italians, Austrians,
and Greeks, who have ports in the Mediter-
rancsn, it would shorten the communice-
ton with Arabia, Persia and India, from
half to two thirds. The canal would thus
afford them vast advantages. There is no
doubt, indeed, that 1t would give power
ful impulse to the commerce of all the
States in tire south and southeast of Eu-
rope, and greatly increase the Intercourse
between Europe and Asia. Though goods
might continue to be generally carried be-
tween Britain and India By the present
route, there is little doubt that dispatches
would be always trahsu,itted'by tho Canal,
and that ships fitted up expressly for passen-
gers would regularly ply upon the shorter
line accommodation. Were it found prac-
ticable to employ steam power. it is proba-
BILE that the voyage from England to Bonn
bay, which at present occupies four months
might be accomplished by the Canal in six
weeks, the distance being about 1900
miles.