Greek Papers.
The Times, 1824-07-02T00:00:00

The fullowingextracts froim the TebfrzIfo Grero, A weekld jour, nal ir. the Italian lanzuaze, publishea at MissoioOghi, as i,lustra- tive of tlhe cond.act and exertions of the lamented Lord Dyron, will be read irith considerable interest:- (From No. 2.) AIACU 27. The bark which was sent to Castello di Aforea, with four Turks, as a compliment to jussuf Pacha, from the ffon. Lord Byron, as retnrned to M11issolonghi, bringing merelya receipt from the Pacha. We" wonder thiat the proudc Jussuf didl not condescend to -reply to tute polite and humane letter hichie hii Lordship) sent with this present; thiis can he ascribed onlIy to the iDcorrigible barbarism~ anal ignorance of the disciples of Mahemet; hut the Greeks, who are friends of their countrv anid of humanity, and foreigners who desire the real welfare of Greec, will not fail, when an opportunity offers, to follow the renerous example of the noble Lord. The following is Lord Byron's letter in JuesufPacha:_ To hir Hlizhness Jusostif Pacha, Governor of the Provinces of Aldlio and Garec1kan, and Commander of the Ottoman Armies in tl,rb Forts. &c. -- . . . I Your Highncas,-A vessew l ,umv ...wiri ..... .. tics, waq taken jome days ago to the forts by a Turkhsh frigate, and rcleasled by order of voui Highness. 1T give you thainks, not for having released a vessel which, bearing a neutral flag, and lone under English protection, you had no right to detain, but for havi ig treated my friends with the greatest coertesy while thev were in your power. Hoping to do somnething agieeable to yiour Highness, I have requested tie Greek Government here to place at my disporal four lurk. ishi prisoners, wiich has been politely grant4; me. I therefore send them free to your Highness, to return your civility as far as lies in my power. They are sent without any eondition: but if the affair can deserve a place in your memory, I will merely request your Highness to be pleased to treat with humanity any Greeks who may be now, or mav hereafter fall into the hands of 7zlussulmen, siice the horrors of war are sufficient of themselves, without adding on either side greater rigottr in cold blood. I have the lonour to be, &c- " 3?issolonghi. 23(11) January, 1824." No. 3, of the 3d of April, contains the address of the Comnmittee farned at Cambridge to undertake a subscription for the Greeks; anlo a letter from Lord Byron. dated from Cephalonia, the 30th of November last year, to the 'Greek Government, in which, al- luding to the reports of dissensions among the Greeks, he cx. prmesse a hooe that they are false or exaggerated. He says he Must frankli' confess, iliat unless order and union are consoli- dated, all hapes of a loan, and* of any succour which Greece ii.ith: expect from foreigners, will be stispended and checked; and what is more, the great Powers of Europe, none of which asc an enemv to Greece, and seemed inclined to favour the esta- blishment of an indepenaent power in Greece, will be persuaded that the Greeks are unfit to govern themselves, and will take some rncs,ures to put an end to your disorders, which will destroy at once all Tour hopes. " Allow me to add," he says, " once for all, I de- sire the weltare of Greece, and nothing else. I will do my utmost to s ecure it. hut I will never consent that the public or individuals says-" Greece has now three ways to choose-to re-conquer its li- berry ; to become a dependent on the sovereigns Of Europe; or to be azain a Turkish province. There is no alternative but between these three: but dvil war seems to lead only to the two last. If you unvy the fate of Walachia or the Crinmca, you may have it to-morrow; if that of Italy, the day afterto-morrow: but if Greece will be- cone free and intlependent, she must decide now, or it will be - 1l#, It No. 5. of April 17, contains a refutation of two articles in the Jo-rwZ of Fraykfort . onestatrine that a poem by Lord Byron,call. e,i Tlw Triuniph'ofHelles at mjfsolak1hi, was circulated in the II Island,; the other, that public rejoic ngs had b en made at hlMissolonghi on the death of Sir flhomas *1 ai1arnd. To the firstitsays, WSe knownot if any such poem, in Greek, is circulated as a trans. latinn froTn Lord Byron ; but we are authIorized lo affirm that Lord Byron never wtrote any such poem, anti that for more than nine m-natit. that ic, sinec heleft Genoa for Greece, the noble Lord has not written any poetical composition whatever. Vith respect to the second article. so vile a sentiment never entered the mibdAs of the Greeks. If thev suffered by the conduct of tile Lord High Coin- missioner at the beginning of their glorious struggle, they arknow- ledzpd. the difficult and delicate situation in which he was placed; anrd thev eonfess that the policy of the British Cabinet having changeed in the last year, his condutet became much more fayourable to the Greek cause. Since some persoas are pleased, whether through ignorance or worse reasons, to declaim against the govern. ment of tbe late Sir Thomas Afaitland, we are authorized bv a per- 3cn of di.tinction,who, went to the Ionian Islands strongly prejudiced a-ainst him, to bear witness that these accusations were ill-founded; that under his auspices the fonian Islands wrere more flourishinig then marny other countries celebr. ted for their prosperity, and that perhaps that mode of governmeLt was one of the most suitable to the inbaMimants of those islands." GREEK PAPERS.