Greece.
The Times, 1824-07-14T00:00:00

The foUowing are extracts from a series of the Tekgrtsfo Greco, published at Mi3solongbi, to the 16th of Mlay:o " lV1sSSOLO-TOI[T, MIAY 2. The clergr proceeded in a body this day to the house where the remains of Lord Byron lay, in order to take into their keeping, and remove to the church of San Ssiridion, the heart, brains, &c, of the deceased, which bad been left to the care of the city of Illisso. longhi. The city made a solemn request to Count Gamba (the friend of Lord Byron) for permission to erect a monument to the memory of their benefactor and illustrious fellow-citizen. His Lordship had already accepted the freedom of the city. Count Gamba felt it his duty to deposit his noble friend's remains in the care of the city until they might be reclaimed by his relatives. " Tvwo chests were prepared for the occasion, and after being ex- amined were sealed by the Mlagistrates. In one of them was con- tained the body, and in the other the heart and brains of the noble defunct. They were removed by four officers of his brigade to the bark which transportzd them to Basiladi, and thence into a larger vessel to be conveye4 to Zante. The whole of the noble Lord's brigade was drawn out in front of his late residence. and along the sThre of the sea. The convoy was accompanied by the Prince A. Alaurocordati, the Primates, the Military Commandants, and an immense concourse of people, whose countenances and man- ner bore testimony to their sorrow at taking this last farewell of their benefactor and fellow-citizen. As soon as the corpse was re. moved to the bark, it was saluted by discharges of musketry and artillery. The cannon of his brigade, drawn up along the coast, saluted with twenty-five minute guns; nine were discharged from the battery; and three from the fort of Basiladi; making in all .hirty-seven, the number of years the noble defunct had lived. What a melancholy contrast to the joyous salutes which four months previous had hailed his arrival in Atissolonghi ? One consolation, however, remains: the good he has effected will not be lost-the .eeds hehas sown with sucl alacrity and industry for the benefit of Greece, will yet produce a noble harvest. The most glorious mo. nument which can be raised to him, will be the feelings of gratitude and lovc which remain stamped in the heart of every Greek and friend of humanity. '- In the bark which transported the noble liord's renmains to Zante were his friend Count Gamba, two other officers of his bri- gade, Captain and Adjutant Hesketh, Lieutenant Winter, his pri- vat- physician, Dr. Brown, his faithful valet, Fletcher, whob ad served him more than twenty years, and his domestic, Batista Fulc- ciere. In two other barks followed his horses and all his effects, un- der the care of his secretary. Signor Lega Zambelli. The Govern. ment sent likewise two gun boats to accompany them. " The following account of the opening of Lord Byron's body, and the appearances it exhibited, is giyen by the professional gentlemen' to whom that ofiice was intrusted "'l. The bonesof the head werefoundtobe excessivelyhard,and thc skull was without the slightest sign of suture, like that of all oc- =ogengrian. It might have been said to consist of a single bone -nshout dcploic.. "'2. The dura meninve was so firmly attached to the internal surface of the cranium, that it required the repeated exertions of two strong mnen to separate the outer bones from iL The vessels of thiis membrane were greatly distended and completely full, and it was united to the pia mater i! different parts, by some membrancous filamtents. "'3. Between the pia mteninge and the furrows of the brain, a g[eat many bubbles of air were fband with drops of lyrAph adher. ing in several places to the pia sneninge. " 's. The graodfalx of the brain was crossed with membraneous ilaments, whlich attached it firmly to both the hemispheres: it was lik.ewise exteemely full of blood. "'54 D. Thc cerebral meddla wws full of minute blood-vessels of brghtred colour,iandvery mucl swoln. Under the pons varolius at the base of thc hemispheres, in the two superior or lateral ventri- rIcs. there was found an extravasation of about two ounces of bloody serum; and at the bottom of the cerebcUsum there was a similar expansion, the effects of a severe inflammation of the brain. "* 6. Tho meslullary substance was in much greater proportion than is-common in thte cortex, and was very firm and consistent. The cerebrunz and cerebelhl pn, without any of the integumnents, weighed about six medical pounds. " ' 7. The impressions er furrows of the blood-vessels, in the in- ternal part of the skull bones, though small, were much more nu- mnerous than usual. "4 '8. Thei m-s wereveryfine, perfectly sound, butlarge, to a size almost gistantlc. " I 9. Between the pey4cardiurn and the heart there was an ounce oS? lympbblic water. Th hteart was snore ample and voluminous ,than ordinary, but* its muscular 'izbstauce was vefy relaxed and b'19. The liver Ysrase tbhan the itatural size, as were iiewlie the bilarkvtss*idE, ich, instead .f bile,' contehied atir. FhoAitistines werc distended *ith air, attd -of'ades.yllW "'>l4 1. hdreIn;svre ve7 large aud healthy, ,di tc urinary vessels comparatively aaiall, .... " Foni this examlnation it was uaaiimously concthded by the medical gentlemen who attended it, tbhat iF Lord Bjron trem the commencement of his iilness had consented to any loss of blood, a8 his private physician repeatedly advised, or even if. at a. more ad- vanced stage of the disorder he had yielaed to the pressing solicita- tions of his medical advisers, to allow a copious blooding, his lord- ship wgould not have fallen a-vicim to this attack. From the state- ments niarired 1, 8, 9, it may be confidently asserted that his. Lord- shin could not have lived many years, from- his extreme'susceptibility of dlisease, either through the stt ength of his passons, his excessive occupations, or even through his utter dis e;ard of all she necessary means to orevent the effcots of constipatior." DEFENCE OF GREECE. LETTER FROU SIl. LEICESTER STA2HOPrE. " Athens, blarch 29, 1824. "Dear General Odyssert,-The Greeks are figbting for their in- dependence and their liberties. They have not only to drive the Turks from their soil, but, they have to prevent the restoration of Turkish principles of government of despotism. To this end a constitutional fozce i5s iecessaxy. CO INVether this force should consist of disciplined or irregular troois, is the question you have desired me to answer. Experience has demonstrated, spite of the paTalyzing efrects of tyranny, thsat the Greeks are still Orecks. Their martial peasantry have started from their chains; have taken fortresses that have ieen deemed almost impregnab5le,l and have in one campagn destroyed 100,1)00 Tu;ks. These are-the men whlo 1have triumphe over the Ottoman cmpite., '- Experienea has also demonstrateda that a nation wimmnh trsts her defence to foreign maercenaries, puts he-r freedom in imminent pecr11. Commonweaithsoakbht, therefore, to follow -the example set by Eng- land in the time of *Villiam II1. That Monarch owed his throne to a revolution produced by the people. The Crown had gone out of its regular succession ; disaffection prevailed; Ireland wag in arms; Scotland had not renounced allegiance to James, and the Pro. testant cause was threatened by a hostile coalition ; stiU such was the high stern spirit of those tines, that the Parliament refused to allow a small body of Willaam's valiant Datch guard to remin in 'I'hle *King recommended and reasoned, and again and again im. plored the Parliament to retain these dear partners of his fame. They listened to their sovereign, with courtesy, but sent back his guards to Holland. Let the Greeks act in the same spiritL Never let the Greelts tolerate a standiog anny nor foreign trcopsl except as instructors of disciplinie or miltarv science. The principles of a mnercenary army are opposed to tbose of freedom, and their irte- rests are at variance with their duties. " Rather let the Greeks follow the example of the best confe- derated commonwealths-say Switzerland. Her army consists of 60,000 men from twenty to thirty years of age, Their military schools, her staff, artillery, engineers, infantry, and sharpshooters, are all admirable. Het cavalry is the only defective arm. Every branch of her service is assermblea and exercised for a month in tne year, and the whole force Is ready to march at one day's notice. It is evident that a militia of this description cannot be equal, on their first taking the field, to a more exercised army. The Swiss, how- ever like the Greeks, having a strong country to defend, can act on the defensive till they become exercised. This constitutional force costs Switzerland aboat 60,0001. yearly, It may be said that the Greeks, though excellent partisans, are unequal to cope with disci- plined soldiers in the field, or to undertake sieges. " W.Vhat then is to be done? Are the Greeks to endanger their liberties by employing mercenaries, or their independence hy not employing them ? Neither: they should have a mixed force, con. sisting of irregulars and a militia. The modern history of the Greeks showa the strength of their irregular troops and armed pea. santry. They are like a t#ve of bees that, being disturbed in their productive labours, will dfrve an elephant mad, and make him court testruction.0 And the annals of their ancestors, and of their pha- lanx, have taught the world the powerof co.operation in war. JThe Greeks should therefore instil a martial spirit into their people, and should have their youth instructed at the schools in military disci- pline. A portion of the Greeks should be exercised like the Swiss armies, a portion of them should remain as at present, and the whole nation should be at all times armed, ready to protect their property, their persons, their liberties, and their country. " I am Your friend, (Signetl) "4LEICESTER STANHOPE." LETTER OF COLONEL STANHOPE, WHICH ACCO3tPANXED A PRIXTING-PRESS GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF IPSARA. " Salona, April 28, 1824. " Brave Ipsariots !-Seamen have ever proved the firmest friends of liberty: noblly you have supported this character. You were among the first to resist oppression, and raise the standard of Greece. From the commencement of the revolution you have sacrificed your property and your peTsons to promote the public good; you have stood foremost in the fight, and have humbled the proud Turk; your free constitution you have supported, and Ipsara is an example of its happy influence. For these reasons.I have sent you a printing. press intrusted to mry charge by the Greek Committee of England: accept it as a pledge of attachment from your brotherislanders: ex- ercise it for the spreading ofknowledge throughout the Archipelago: from knowledge emanates power, wealth, freedom, happiness, and famne. May these blessings, brave Ipsariots, be the portion of your children-the sweet reward of your virtuous exertions and your ho- nourable toils. I am your most devoted servant, "' LEICESTER STANIIOPE." " If an elephant strike a branch in whtch there Is an hive,tbebees settle on him, anid he runs madly on to destruction. So the Turku beset by Greeks allow the!r heads to be struck off vithout an eftort." GREECE.