. Moral and Political State of bane 
prudence, medicine and theology. *'The 
complete execution of this plan having 
been adjourned ‘for a ‘time, we may 
hope to see it modified and matured by 
reflection. In the mean time, a prepa- 
ratory school of mutual instruction has 
been opened at Argos, with great pre- 
tensions. M. Gregory Constantus, a 
venerable deacon, professor of philo- 
sophy and literature, and deputy of 
Thessaly, is nominated director. 
Nor must we forget the patriotic 
sacrifices made by the worthy John 
Varvakis, a native’ of Psera.’ Having 
taken part at the siege of Orloff against 
the tyrants of Greece, he was forced to 
retire into Russia, upon the borders of 
the Don, where, though yet young, he 
acquired, by industry and activity, con- 
siderable wealth. Far from forgetting his 
country,—on hearing of its liberation, 
he sent magnificent presents; and, at 
the age of eighty, quitted his castle, his 
repose and his honors, to offer his 
person‘and treasures to Greece, Soli- 
tary, example !—He learnt upon the 
road the fate of the island which gave 
him birth. He bewailed, but did not 
despair. He embarked; and, landing, 
after fifty years’ absence, gathered to- 
gether the scattered remains of his 
country, and founded a new Psera in 
the Malvasian territory. At present 
he is founding hospitals, raising a fund 
of 200,000 tallaris (more than £40,000) 
for the establishment of a university, 
to the presidency of which he calls 
Coumas, Vanwas, and other professors 
well known in Greece. Thus, a pri- 
vate individual has undertaken what 
so many united efforts of government 
have produced elsewhere; and we may 
shortly see Greece governed by its own 
laws, rearing an institution, rivalling, 
in friendly amity, the one, under the 
enlightened auspices of Great Britain, 
at Corfu. 
The [onian Isles form a part of 
Greece. The inhabitants have always 
been anxious for their mutual glory; 
they seek for instruction with like 
ardour. The distinguished professors 
of their university, Piccolo, Asopuis, 
Philitas, Politis, &c. will feel their 
emulation redoubled, and will know 
how to direct it, in so noble and pa- 
triotic a sphere. Already orators be- 
gin to appear; Spiridon a eente of 
Missolonghi, extemporized the funeral 
oration of Byron, Calvos and Salomos, 
of Zante, recite the glory of the coun- 
try in sublime verse. Greece is now 
full of life; glory produces glory ; and 
607 
the palms of victory. unite with the 
palms of literature: philosophy will not 
fail to follow, and the muses will be in 
her train. 
In this great struggle, where the 
mother of the arts, long desolate, is 
endeavouring to reassume her rank 
among nations, it is both just and con- 
solatory to acknowledge the assistance 
which estimable individuals and asso- 
ciations have afforded her. Among 
these, Germany and Helvetia have_ 
taken a distinguished lead. France 
has contributed to the support and the 
return of the expatriated Greeks into 
their country. The gifts of M. Firmin 
Didot taught the Grecians to admire 
the perfection of the lithographic art. 
Holland, America, and the Indies, open 
Philo-Hellenic subscriptions. Emula- 
tion kindles the generosity of Britain, 
A committee of distinguished indivi- 
duals spreads its inestimable benefits 
over the surface of Greece. Corpora-. 
tions and universities revive zeal, and. 
the authorities second the popular de-. 
sire. Bentham adopts the son of Boz- 
zaris. Ten young Grecians have are, 
rived in London, in order .to be edus. 
cated by the British people. Guild- 
ford, and many of his compeers, lavish 
their generosity upon the city of Athens,. 
The munificence of Murray contributes , 
to the fortifications of Missolonghi. At. 
length Byron arrives, and deyotes him- 
self entirely to Greece —but disappears; 
like a brilliant meteor; and Greece, 
which has lost nothing of its, ancient 
expansion, celebrates the services of its 
benefactor with solemnity. A. féte, in 
honour of those Philo-Hellenes. who 
died at the battle of Peta, is instituted, 
The names of Sheffield* and Byron 
(the dread of tyrants) were affixed to. 
the high towers, raised on the canals of. 
Etolia, At the funeral of the latter 
of these, the people, the magistrates, 
priests, warriors, men and women, old 
and young—all Greece, with dirgeful 
music, conducted ‘his remains to the 
gates of eternity !— Tears, and the 
mourning of the heart, were universal ! 
O, enlightened nations of the earth! 
Greece is not then ungrateful. She, 
rises worthy of herself—worthy of you! 
She advances, covered with the ashes 
of ages: she shakes the soil of ages 
from her wings: she soars again, and 
combats 
* Lord Sheffield succoured sixty-two 
Greeks who returned to Brindisi, their’ 
country, in the month of February 1823. 
