his death was sent from Corfu on the 27th April last. You were apprised of my intention to return home; and must, long ere this, have heard of the command I had received to that effect from no less a personage than the King of England. Under all these circumstances I cannot doubt that you have appointed a new commission. I much regret that you did not authorise any two of the commissioners to act as a quorum in case of necessity.

I have always suspected that the metropolitan Ignatius was no friend to Grecian liberty, and that he was a mongrel of Turkish, Russian, and Greek breed. I have lately heard that he has been in correspondence with Mavrocordato about a foreign king. What can you expect from a Greek priest who has been patronised by Ali Pacha and by Russia, whose pensioner he is? What, too, can you expect from one whom he sent to Greece, and patronises? What, but that they will each play the republican or the slave, as circumstances may require or ambition dictate.

Now that the parties in the Morea are nominally united, I shall endeavour to put my post in motion. Captain Blaquiere came out with the loan-contract in nineteen days from England to Zante. He sent it off with all despatch to Argos, and eighteen days elapsed before he received his answer. This will prove to you how much a post is wanted.

Dr. Millingen, out of humanity, had taken a Turkish woman and her daughter into his service. Lord Byron took a fancy to the child and ordered her to be conveyed to England; and, if Lady Byron would not receive her as the associate of his Ada, she was to be educated in

Italy: he had, in fact, resolved to adopt her as his child. She had reached Zante when the husband of the woman, hearing of their arrival there, demanded their restitution. Sir F. Stoven, dreading the destruction of the mother, recommended her to remain, but she refused; they got into a boat and were taken on board the Turkish ship. Some one asked the person who came for the woman whether she had anything to fear; he said no, but that the Englishman who had taken her might not be so fortunate if he fell into Turkish hands.

I shall address the following letter to Hodges:

Dear Hodges,

Zante, 16th May, 1824.

I HAVE desired Mr. Barff to place in your hands 184 dollars, for the payment of the artillery corps, from the 12th of June to the 12th of July, 1824; also six dollars for the pay of Captain Hutzelberg during the said period.

Previous to the lapse of this time the Greek government will, I expect, take the company into their pay. I am most sincerely yours,

L. S. P. S.-This money will be charged to the Committee's

account.

Should the Committee disapprove of this or any other charge made by me I shall immediately refund the

amount.

Yours,

L. S.

Sir,

LETTER LXXIX.

TO SIR FREDERICK ADAM, &c. &c. &c.

Zante, 14th May, 1824.

I HAVE received your letter of the 27th of April last; with its enclosure from the Adjutant-General's office, directing me to proceed to England forthwith, by way of Corfu. I should have immediately attended to this order but that Sir F. Stoven requested of me to proceed hence in the Florida, in charge of Lord Byron's remains, to which I consented.

I BEG of you to deliver over to Captain Trelawny's charge one howitzer and three three-pounders, with cartridges and every thing complete for field-service. These guns and this ammunition he will place in the custody of General Odysseus during the pleasure of the -general government of Greece. You will also be pleased to deliver to Captain Trelawny a spy-glass and a map of Greece for General Odysseus. Unless Mr. Gill's presence is necessary or useful at Missolonghi, of

which he must be the best judge, I wish him to proceed to Athens with Captain Trelawny. He will take such working-tools with him as he may consider necessary.

I have ordered Parry to proceed forthwith to Missolonghi. He has given me an evasive answer. I construe it to mean that he will not obey the order; I, therefore, request of you and Mr. Gill to take charge of the laboratory.

I have called on Mr. Parry to account for the various sums of the Committee's money which he has expended. His answers are not satisfactory. I have, therefore, to require of you to hold fast all of the Committee's money, and by no means to let it pass into Mr. Parry's hands, unless on the authority of Colonel Gordon, or some dulyqualified person.

BEFORE I quitted Greece I thought it would

be right to bid the Greeks a courteous adieu. I have therefore, addressed them as follows:

"The king, my sovereign, has commanded me immediately to return to England. I obey the royal

mandate; but friendship requires some parting words, before I bid you a last farewell.

"Your great ancestors, owing to their mutual jealousies and disunion, lost their liberties. Succeeding generations contemplated their glory with pleasure, and mourned their fall. Europe and America have been blessed by their lights; while their unhappy descendants have been doomed to eke out their long days in slavery and pain. At last their measure of misery being full, they made a desperate start, rent their bonds asunder, and are free. Experience, then, and long suffering, have taught you the ills that arise from disunion; and will you again, noble Greeks, plunge yourselves into a sea of troubles?

"Your common cry is for money. Money, you say, will secure to you victory and independence. How came it then, that your forefathers routed the Persians, and you the Turks, who were so much richer, and so superior in numbers? It was because the Persians and the Turks were corrupted by luxury and absolute rule, while the Greeks were poor and free. It is false then to say, that gold or that iron are the sinews of war. These are but the accessories; the sinews of war are stout hearts influenced by wise leaders, and the virtuous representatives of a free nation.

"Much is deservedly said against factions. By factions I mean not the party in, nor the party out of administration, but any party who pursue their own interests to the injury of the people. Such are the traitors who are for a foreign king; who, to disarm the people, to destroy the captains, to keep the nation in awe, and to preserve his unnatural power, must be a tyrant. And