1822.] 
well. At the age of three and seventy the 
current of the blood runs slow ; something 
is wanting, something from without to 
quicken it. 
One short word more: let there be no 
mistake,—acceptance is what I call for,— 
acceptance, nothing more; no such thing 
as preference, much less exclusive pre- 
ference. As to rival works, not to exclude, 
but to multiply them, would be my wish; 
rival works from any hands, but more parti- 
cularly fiom native ones. Of the sincerity 
of this wish proof more than in abundance 
is already in yourhands. It may be seen 
at length in one of those former works, by 
the acceptance of which your character has 
already shed its lustre on the untitled and 
title-scorning name of— 
JEREMY BENTHAM. 
GREECE. 
Every account from Greece proves 
that the people of that country are per- 
forming the most heroic achievements 
for their emancipation from the Turk- 
ish yoke; and it seems that volunteers 
are flocking to their standard from 
every European nation. In the mean- 
time, the legiiimates, (as they call 
themselves) are louking on with jea- 
lousy or indifference. The distracted 
state of the Turkish e~pire leads to 
the hope that the Greeks may accom- 
plish their purpose without any diver- 
sion on the part of Russia, as the surest 
means of combining civil liberty with 
national independence. The present 
Czar of Muscovy must be regarded. as 
a. liberal and enlightened man; but 
the genius of his government, backed 
as it is by hordes of trained savages, 
prevents any cordial co-operation on 
the part of such a power, in favour of 
liberty. 
Nothing beyond speculation is afloat 
relative to the probability of war be- 
tween Russia and Turkey. 
SOUTH AMERICA. 
Accounts by various channels indi- 
cate that Murvebe, popular commander 
of the Mexican patriotic troops, has 
been seduced by ambition, or by the 
flattery of sycophants, to assume the 
Incidents in and near London. 
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title of Emperor of Mexico. Our pri- 
Yate accounts describe him as a middle- 
aged man of great energy of character, 
possessed of talents and unbounded 
popularity. The latest advices describe 
a failure of the patriots in an attacle 
upon Vera Cruz, but this must be re- 
garded as an affair of minor conse- 
quence, contrasted with the general 
independence of the fine provinces 
which constitute the Mexican isthmus. 
On the other hand, in Columbia, the 
brave Bolivar, after a series of strug- 
gles, unequalled in partizan wars, has 
declined all the honours tendered to 
him by the pesple; and has declared 
that he will hol the office of president 
only while the new government is ar- 
ranging, and will then retire into pri- 
vate life. 
In Peru, Callao held ont at the date 
of the Jast advices, and the remnant of 
the royalist army have thrown them- 
selves into its fortress; but having 
onlya month’s provisions, their speedy 
surrender seemed inevitable. The 
King of Portugal has magnanimously 
recognized the new republic of Chilis 
and stated a new principle of legiti- 
macy, which will alarm and displease 
the unprincipled despots, who leagued 
against the successive governments of 
France. His Portuguese Majesty justly 
states that every government must be 
regarded as legitimate to which the 
people are obedient; and therefore he 
recognizes the new American republic. 
For this declaration, the King of Por- 
tugal will live in the affections of man- 
kind, while the despots who brought 
such misery on all Europe, by main- 
taining the insulting principle, that no 
government was legitimate, unless di- 
rected by some decrepid dynasty, will 
be execrated to the end of time. 
Let it also be observed, that the King 
of Portugal is the first head of a govern- 
ment who has made this recognition ; 
and has placed the government of the 
United States in a relatively ignomi- 
nious position. 
INCIDENTS. MARRIAGES, anp DEATHS In AND NEAR LONDON, 
With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. 
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 
Dec. 27. HE tide of the Thames flowed 
so high, that many houses 
on the Rotherithe side of the river were 
above three feet deep in water. Surrey- 
street and Crayen-street in the Strand, as 
we}las many parts of Westminster, were 
completely inundated: and at the Custom 
MontTuLy Maa, No. 364, 
House, the water rose within a foot of the 
summit of the terrace. 
Five individuals were examined at 
Bow-street, on a charge of robbing a jewel- 
ler, in the Strand, of watches and jewels 
to the amount of two thousand pounds and 
upwards, 
— 28. Thetide at London-bridge rose 
L higher 
