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which we stroligly insisted some months ago, via.: that
the Pacha of Earri has never been sincerely desirous of
giving Lis assistance to the Poars for the subjugation
of the Greeks, any further than the prosecution of the de-
signs of the ttivan might agree with his own ambitious
projects. We suspected that his wishes were fixed on the
Island of Camila, and we find, from the last nutnbers of
the Sm'', area, that no doubt of the fact exists in the Le-
vant. That journal has published several letters from
Candia, which unquestionably prove the intentions of the
PILCH A to add that important island to the vast territory
he has already under his authority. The Editor of the
Sm.yrttenn scents to considi r the acquisition as completely
made, though, according to other intelligence, the troops
of Mr it sw Er At I occupied only those places into which
the Turkish garrisons had admitted them. The Greeks,
who were defctittd by inaccessible mountains, had the
entire command of the country. The Srnyraeott represents
the state of the island in a letter from a native thus:—
" The Cretans have lost their liberty, but they have the happi-
ness of living under the paternal Government of Melt EMET ALI
Paean. During the ephemeral reign of our independence, we
suirer,sl continually from troubles, alarms, and dangers. Our
unhappy country was the prey of every evil. General To st•HASI,
whom the Provisional Government of Greece sent amongst us,
I only hastened our ruin, in spite of the goodness of his intentions•
Crete was divided between two parties. The Genera/, instead of
endeavouring to unite them, put himself at the head of one of the
factions, hoping thereby to make the other submit, and afterwards
to govern the island without difficulty. Ile was, however, greatly
deceived. Ilia conduct irritated the faction he appeared to contemn,
and all became confusion. Though To m All ASI, at first, gained
several advantages over the Egyptians, yet they soon overcame all
our resistance, in consequence of the anarchy that everywhere
prevailed amongst us. We expected only death from the Viceroy's
phalanges, but we received life and security. The Greek is now
on a footing of equality with the Alussulman. We follow our
business fre:ly. Agriculture is encouraged by the Government.
We foresee that the fortune of ('rete will be much improved in a
few years, If OW country follows the path into'which MEHEMET
Act PACHA has introduced us. At present we have no cow-
meree."

From the same papas we extract the following letter,
dated from Napoli di Romania :

" The definitive establishment of the Greek Government in this
city is a great step towards the improvement of the internal affairs
of Greece. Fresh energy is isifuscd into every department, espe-
cially since the receipt of a considerable sum, the produce of the
loan. The organisation of the interior of the Pcloponnesus is
carried on with the utmost rapidity, and a systematic regulation of
the revenue is in progress for the thlrayment of the expenses of the
war. A decree has been issued fur putting arms into the hands of
all who are able to bear them. All the talent of Greece Is here
drawn into a focus. A small regular army is disciplined chiefly
for the defence of our fortresses. This place is provisioned for •
long blockade. It is known that the Ifydriots and Spectiots have
transported their families to the Mores. Troops are going every
day to defend Hydra and Sperxia. The former is quite surrounded
with walls and fortifications ; but we rather think its topographical
position will save it from the Egyptian phalanges. A body of
Solvents, the companions of the celebrated Hozzaars, is at Hydra,
where lien...teal Ourssx us is expected. The Provisional Govern-
ment is about to Rend a corps of 6.000 men against Patna, and
another of G.OUO against Corinth ; as it is said the Egyptians intend
to land at one of those two plates."

We publish in another column the Greek official des-
patches of seine further military and naval advantages
gained over the Turks. The expedition against Samos
must be abandoned for the present year, which will con-
clude, like all its predecessors, since the commencement of
this struggle, with glory and triumph to the Greeks. On
land too the Turkish forces have been defeated. The
Greeks have been victorious at Ampliani, in the vicinity
of Salons, and on the ever-mere cable field of Marathon.
That they will succeed in achieving their independence, it
would be ridiculous now to affect to doubt, unless (which
we earnestly hope may not happen) their good fortune
should lead them, in a blind and mistaken confidence in
their own strength, to involve themselves in hostilities with
the Great Powers of Europe. It is to be expected, if the
Provisional Government should persevere in their refusal
to revoke the proelamat. , authorising their mariners to
attack, burn, or sink, together with their crews, all neutral
vessels in the service of the Turkish Government, orders
will be issued by the other maritime states similar to those
given by our Admiralty ; and in that event the Greek
navy, the most important instrument for their emancipa-
tion, will be speedily annihilated. In the elst number of
the Hydra Gazette, there is published a list of the
European vowels employed in the Egyptian expedition,
from which it appears that there are twenty-six sail
under the flag of England, thirty-five under that of
Austria, and one under that of Sardinia. We are
glad to see, that of the vessels under the English flag, only
one Captain seems, by his name, to be a native English-
man ;6 the rest arc probably Maltese. Whilst, however,
we view with disgust the conduct of those mercenary and
unprincipled men who have engaged themselves to assist
in the extirpation of the Christian population of the Mores,
we cannot be insensible to the duty of the English Govern-
ment to vindicate the neutral rights of its subjects trading
in the Levant. We may wholly disapprove of the mea-
sures of the Turkish Government, but still we must not
forget thnt we are on terms of peace and amity with it ;
nor should we manifest any proof of our political morality,
if, in violation of the obligations we owe, by solemn and
repeated treaties, to an old and faithful friend, we were,
on the ground that its severity towards its insurgent
subjects was greater than, in our opinion, the necessity
of the case warranted, to depart from that even course of
neutrality which we have strictly observed since the atten-
tion of the British Government has been directed to the
contest. The Turkish Government knows well that money,
arms, and aid of every kind, have been freely supplied by
British subjects; and it has several times formally com-
plained of what it has conceived to be an undue bias on the
part of the British Government in favour of the Greeks ;
but sanguiauary and violent as the Turks may be, they have
not publicly announced their determination to put to death
every British subject who has given assistance to the Greeks.
If they had, the British Government must have interfered
" for the protection of the commerce and lives of its sot-
jects ;" and what the British Government would and
ought to have done egainst the Turks, equal justice re-
quires that it should and ought to do against the Greeks.
It may not be amiss to recall to the memory of our readers
what passed in the House of Comment on this subject,
durin4 the Session of Itat.—ln the month of May, Mr.
Ilene stated in his place in Parliament, that it had been
reported that lhitish cruisers bad, upon several occasions
,
of rat., not res,neted the Greek flag, in the actual blockade
of some Turkish ports. and had gone so far as to compel
4 ships to give up English vowels, which they had
taken in the act of conveying supplies to Turkish forts ;
and he repressed a hope that the British Government
would act on nieul part between the Greeks and Turks
in she present contest. Mr. Secretary CANNING, in reply,
arid, that its one or two inAanees the I lOW at bad been
in!Ursiteil of a violation of the Illreek blockade; but that,
in one instance especially, which came to their knowledge
a fortnight before, they had immediat. ly sent out most
i•ositire orders that the British cruisers should respect alike
the blockade of In.th Powers.
• The ship MM.:. Capt. It. Mitsui.r TON.