might be desirous of acting upon; and my former ' residence in the country, my familiarity with the Italian language (which is there universally spoken, ' or at least to the same extent as French in the more polished parts of the continent), and my not total ignorance of the Romaic, would afford me some 'advantages of experience. To this project the only

objection is of a domestic nature, and I shall try to get over it;-if I fail in this, I must do what I can 'where I am; but it will be always a source of regret 'to me, to think that I might perhaps have done more for the cause on the spot.

'Our last information of Captain Blaquiere is from Ancona, where he embarked with a fair wind for Corfu, on the 15th ult.; he is now probably at his 'destination. My last letter from him personally was dated Rome; he had been refused a passport through the Neapolitan territory, and returned to strike up through Romagna for Ancona ;-little time, ' however, appears to have been lost by the delay.

The principal material wanted by the Greeks appears to be, first, a park of field artillery-light, and fit for mountain-service; secondly, gunpowder; thirdly, hospital or medical stores. The readiest mode of transmission is, I hear, by Idra, addressed to Mr. Negri, the minister. I meant to send up a cer'tain quantity of the two latter-no great deal-but enough for an individual to show his good wishes for 'the Greek success,-but am pausing, because, in case 'I should go myself, I can take them with me. I do ' not want to limit my own contribution to this merely, but more especially, if I can get to Greece myself, I 'should devote whatever resources I can muster of my own, to advancing the great object. I am in corre

'spondence with Signor Nicolas Karrellas (well known 'to Mr. Hobhouse), who is now at Pisa; but his 'latest advice merely stated, that the Greeks are at present employed in organizing their internal government, and the details of its administration; this 'would seem to indicate security, but the war is how' ever far from being terminated.

The Turks are an obstinate race, as all former wars have proved them, and will return to the charge for years to come, 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 could be employed in succouring and gathering together the remnant, so as to alleviate in part their distresses, and enable 'them to find or make a country (as so many emi'grants of other nations have been compelled to do), would "bless both those who gave and those who took," as the bounty both of justice and of mercy.

'With regard to the formation of a brigade (which 'Mr. Hobhouse hints at in his short letter of this day's receipt, enclosing the one to which I have the honour to reply), I would presume to suggest-but 'merely as an opinion, resulting rather from the melancholy experience of the brigades embarked in the Columbian service than from any experiment yet 'fairly tried in GREECE-that the attention of the Committee had better perhaps be directed to the em'ployment of officers of experience than the enrolment ' of raw British soldiers, which latter are apt to be 'unruly, and not very serviceable, in irregular warfare, by the side of foreigners. A small body of good ' officers, especially artillery; an engineer, with quan

'tity (such as the Committee might deem requisite) of stores, of the nature which Captain Blaquiere ' indicated as most wanted, would, I should conceive, 'be a highly useful accession. Officers, also, who had previously served in the Mediterranean would 'be preferable, as some knowledge of Italian is nearly indispensable.

'It would also be as well that they should be aware, 'that they are not going "to rough it on a beef-steak ' and bottle of port," but that Greece-never, of late years, very plentifully stocked for a mess-is at pre'sent the country of all kinds of privations.

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' remark may seem superfluous; but I have been led 'to it, by observing that many foreign officers, Italian, French, and even Germans (but fewer of the latter), 'have returned in disgust, imagining either that they 'were going up to make a party of pleasure, or to enjoy full pay, speedy promotion, and a very mode'rate degree of duty. They complain, too, of having 'been ill received by the Government or inhabitants; 'but numbers of these complainants were mere adventurers, attracted by a hope of command and plunder, ' and disappointed of both. Those Greeks I have seen strenuously deny the charge of inhospitality, and declare that they shared their pittance to the last crum with their foreign volunteers.

'I need not suggest to the Committee the very great advantage which must accrue to Great Britain from 'the success of the Greeks, and their probable commer'cial relations with England in consequence; because 'I feel persuaded that the first object of the Committee is their EMANCIPATION, without any interested 'views. But the consideration might weigh with the English people in general, in their present passion