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GRErer.

NAUPLIA Auo. 2,.
The rnircrial Gazette of I:recce, of the 23d of this month, cons
the following intelligence
Tbe new% of the formation of a Greek army in Attica, and of
is mach against Redstlid-Pacha, tiro had boaiegod Athens,
er,Jblid us to foresee smte time since the recent victories which
pace jest given a new illustration of the sacred war for our lode-
pendent. Our army, competed cf WOO nssen.bled filth
Tallamona. itnnicatiatcly after went :o Eleusitta, and on the night
a the lit` of .%taguat arrived at a little town of Attica, called
Theideri, which is about an hour's distance from Athens, and is
up, a plain. On the lOth, atumrise, the enemy presented hint-
ed, and suer some movements the battle begat', and continued fur
pare than five hours. Both armies fought with great tory ; for
out time Victory hovered over e3cli, but at length she declared
herself in favour of the defenders of the Crests. Beaten at all
giros, Redschal was forced Wily, and the Greeks pursued Mai to a
Talky of olivedrees.
The Generals, in their report to the Government, ray that the
gatitiaas bad done miracles, especialiy the Fieach battalion ; but
the brat • Ronosefiote.4 did not the 1: se distinguish themselves. Whe-
ther Greeks or fotrigners, all anitna.ed by the same sentiments, and
devoted to defend the tame cause, forgot in the hour of battle
story kind of personal enmity. and fought like brave patriots.
The loss of the enemy is very great ; but we have not yet Racer.
trued its extent, because the report which the Generals had id-
&CAW to the Government being made immediately after the battle.
it could not contain the number of deaths. The Greeks lost in this
:ifeir only forty men. The army compared of the corps of Tate
tteles, and of Roomeliates, was commanded by Colonel Fabvier
sad ItZarsdacaky ; the first commanded the battalion of the k tench
Ptibbellenes and the other disciplined corps ; whie Karaiscaky
0! (meet his orders Generals filavrovounion,
ocr4ils fill. bees, J. NM', A. Roes, P. Phammky, Perrevoe,
Zr" and Lagopeulo. Colonel, Yabvier and Karaiscaky write to
tat Government that not only Redachid Pasha would be um
tobtedly knit in a:few days, but that they were firmly resolved to
retrme Into Thessalia.
All those who have visited Athens know the extent of the walls
ditch surround that city. It required a garrison three times more
ulcerous than that which protect Athens, in order to hold
the enemy constantly at a distance; and this strength, therefore,
armed on the 13th of Augost. The enemy has penetrated the city,
sad occupies a large part of it, anti fighting takes place every day
:a the streets. The Peered walls of the Acropolis defend the fine
inoruntents of antiquity which are to be found there. Thus,
Itedschid finds himself in a part of the city, with the army of
Fewer and Karaiscaky on one aide, having before him the
ctroson of the Acropolis. commanded by the brave Gourds. Such
the position to the audacious tlamsol
Letters from Athens, of the 31st of August, inform us that the
wry was completely inactive. He hrs stone cannons, and he,
goo time sn time, throws some bombs ; hut, from the timidity
with which 01 his movements are made, it is presumed that he is
dentate Of provisions.
The letters of the 14th instant are almost destitute of intelli-
goge. The enemy still keeps the same positions.

DUTCH PAPERS.

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nAARLEM, DEPT. 25.
The mounts from Groningen are still very melancholy. The
amber of deaths, which, from the 7th to the 14th of September,
vss 112, increased in the following week, from the 14th to the 21st,
:J175. The Breit disomportion between the mother of medical
men and that of the sick is the cause • that the greater part of the
lam remain without any medical assistance whatever. Most trade*
stand still on account of the sickness of the workmen, and hence
many an indtistrit us family is reduce.' to the greatest distress. To
lifetime this new evil as much as possible, and to enable those
much-to.be-pitird persons to look foeward with less apprehension
to the approaching winter, IS inhabitants of the city have united
to draw up a list of those families which receive no relief from
the Churct.es, and are in want of assistance in consequence of the
p:evailiag disorder. These gentlemen will sec, ire contributions in
matey, fuel, or clothing, and distribute them among the fleets-
twat.
Tice new Infirmary answers the expectations that were formed of
i.; the 'Daintier of patients received amounted, on the 211th of Sep-
umber, to 275. all persons of the lowest class, nose of whom had
6%1 since the 18th ; the number of deaths up to that time was only
trdve, of whom live were pretty far advanced in life. By judicious
..741gemcivs, mom had been made for fifty more patients; and to
•his used cetablishmeot still more advantageous, and to he
'Liz to receive a much greater number of patients, a eeparnte house
was wanted for the convalescent, who camokbe removed to their
orn hab.tations without danger of a relapse.
The szenunts from Finland respecting the disorders prevailing
there lad also very unfavourable. At Sneek, a town of (LOGO in.
hibitants,litt pcoatns di, d in the month of August, and fiti from the
Ist to the 18th at September. In Nl'utic6eed, a village with WU
inhabitant-, 13 tiiid iu :al days.
In Frieshaul, as well as in Groningen, they complain of want of
rmikal men to ottani the sick, and also of persons able to attend as

3 i taes
A private letter from Ornningen gives frightful details of the
s'a c o 4 the : not only the poor hut even the middling classes
0: the pen; lc cannot procure ti.Wical advice or medicines. Many
aiotlimarics arc sick—fritong them is the city apothecary ; and the
tspeasary ix shut up. In ahott, every thing is le confusion. It
any one will hares doctor he must watch for his Titling throagh the
s tech seise the bridle of his horse, and drag him by the clothes
it.t.l tile house. _ .

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Every moment of the day. whichever way you turn your eyes,
y:u 3:e poor wretches carried to their groves. All is still ant!
Llat!; we have not thirty stuslents, though the fluor&hi Cons:!
anotneed that the lectures would begin.
.thriast all the soldiers are ill ; there is a guard of three men and
a corporal in the great market ; not a single sentinel is to be seen
y part I f the city, very few soldiers being well, thuugh the
c.i:: y among ihrm is incuoside►able.
11,,: Lumber of deaths from June 8 to Sept. 7, was 808 ; fi
pt. 7 to 21, 31;—total, 1,123.

AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 25.
We hear that the King will suit this city in the mune of the
vte!,, sad that his 31sjesty is expected on Wednesday.

GERMAN P.IPE RS.

FRANKFORT, SEPT. 19.
(Extract from the OrieNtal Spectator.)
n NA, A co. W.—After the account of tl.e measures taken
cae Fret.ch l'Ainitul with respect to the Oriehtal Spectator, it
The Edit, r ia already changed. and the last number, of the

August, is published under the direction of another person."
The most ridiculous reports, and the moat absurd fables have
Gen circulated here for same days past. A sanoinary battle, it is
iii. has taken place off Samos, in whieh the Turks steeled great
lo,s in ships and nun, and the Ottoman fleet, territied at the arrival
of bard Cochrane, had returned to Constantinople. All that is
true of this is no more than that the Oreeks sent out three tire.ships,
rii.:ll being obliged by the Turkish cannon to take another direr.
tic:,, were burnt without doing any misehirf. The Turkish fleet

Le been near Mitylene, but cite causes of its retreat are not known.
Aeordi...g to the latest accounts from Constantinople the plague
I,td inatell. The lesies for the regular troops proceeded rapidly
sigh perfect order. Companies of new recruits daily arrive
::(ITS all parts of the empire. It is remarkable that they are all
yv..ag Intr., from 17 to 22 years of age.
BAGDAD. JULY 12.
the torn of Iman Hussein, sus leagues from Hills, in Arabia
re:x. has at length submitted to the Oovernnumt of Bagdad. The
will-known Boman Officer Doris, after many fruiters solicitations,
hs now obtained permission to depart, and is gone to Persia.
liatisg the siege of lman Hussein, • considerable caravan of
Jesish pilgrims, of both sexes, set out on the 11th of June last
tom Bagdad le Hid, the burying-place of the prophet Eagkiel,
about tire leagues from Hillis ; the following day they were fallen
in situ' by s predatory band of the Arabian tribe of Al-Refei, which
oArpletely plundered them. The Packs immetliatdy sent in pur-
tjli of the robbers, but they could not be overtaken, and the pil-
grims were obliged to return home almost naked. Several Euto-
!saes whir were tAtablished in Bagdad have left that city, and gone

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CONSTANTINOrf.r. AUG. 25.

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The Capitan Paths seems to have given up foe the present
the expedition against Samos, which would probably have sub.
m'ted if he had been more speedy io his operations, and not
vaned till Sachturi arrived with part of the (heel: fl• et. After the
elidtan Pacha had baffled two attempts of the Greek tire-ships,
ea the 31st of July and 3d of August. and sunk two of the tire-
with the guns of his own Admiral's ship, he landed part of
tte troops that he hod oil board in the harbour of Sajadschiek, in
the Gulf of t.:eala Nunes, sailed an the thh throtigii the channel
Seto, Wird anchored the same evening off Mitylene, whither he
ion followed on the 9th by the whole fleet. Thence he vent four
l':gs to Ilourla, to land some more of his troepv, with whom the
" doe* not agree, and ordered them to join the troops at Sajad-
itiek. lie was still at llitylrne on the lan, waiting, it is
rid, for an answer to despatches which he bad sea by two Tartars
to Constantinople.
We are without news from the Mores and the Archipelago, on
account of the north winds. Letters front Smyrna of the 10th in-
stant say that Marquis Nettled Commander In Chief of the
Im-
Perial squadron, who left Napoli at the end of the last month. was
every hour expected at Solemn. Before lielleft 'l'ino, on the 23d.
July, he intimated bi the primates of the island that he should
make them answerable for all acts of violence and spoliation,
hi,herto so frequently practised on the persons and property of the
Catholics settle) there, and that on his return to those seas he
shmild require ample sath.faction for every excess of this kind.
VIENNA, SEPT. 14.-31etalliques, ; Bank Shares, 1064 20.
13.-31etalliques. 810, ; Bank Shares, 1615.
The Bank Shares, which soddenly fell on the MAI from 14174 to
1460, and which fall was ascribed to reports, proceeding from an un-
known source, that the conference' at Akermaiiii did not promise a
favourable result, are to.dav tit lull. The 3letalliptes, which on
6,e 10th were axe to day