The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-29 00:00:00

TIIF GREEKS.

A letter from Corfu of the 17th November, which has
been r:•eeived by a Member of the Greek Committee, after
mating the losses which the Capitan Podia's and Egyp-
tian fleet had itilleretl, of which we have already heard,
adds--
The enemy's armies by land bare suffered equal losses, and,
having hero tem. n in sevival rrneontrie. hoist. ere this, have. ac-
cording to costoot. dispersed tiwniselves. The Greeks. who lla
longcr thiak of tiring obliged to act on the defensive, preppie for
the (-amplest or actual important points. Petra' is now complete.
ly biyested on the land stew h:• 6,000 men, and ten ships of war
prevent supplies from getting into thst place, as well as to (7umn
and Illedor, vhielt are alt.. besieged by latid. A land and sea
Circe is to prn,....et!.,cuitittt t:uhroa, and in attempt will be made to
complete the comp.:tit or Arta said its depaultawlea. and to get pos-
session of Rome tallyitni points in Thessaly. I hope that these
measures will not be impeiteal by internal utilises, seeing the soh.
dity winch the Gorerrinicrit daily acquires, anal the excellent dispo-
sition or the nation in general. The Itepresentative Body. after a
wrung or eese:al romiths, has terminated its sittings by peaceably
elesving new functionaries. In the Executive Body. consisting of
live :Umber., four were re-eketed, with etwiduriottls for Nett.
dent, and l%lsterricortlato will he S4-rrtary of State. The di&r.
ences between the Greek and Anelo-lonian Governments hare
been all settled, art the three Greek. vessels taken by the frigate
&yhille, will be today liberated."

JOURNAL OF• OPERATIONS
BETWEEN TIIE INsUIitiENT OLANETA AND
LAsEBNA.

(From 21/11 Number of the .Weanee al Correa de Aantmeo.]
I ft) 11. e 24 of Fcbruary the Con Ilt ti.ri was abolished in the city
of roteci, and Fenlinand was proclaimed absolute King, the Bri-
gat!i.s. ;ahem. thief 4.f the province, having been previously beaten
14. r having tiorlintil this step. lie afters arils capitulated, request-
ing to march to Oruro with his gsrrison. putting himself ohne so
the disposal and under the orders of Viceroy Laterna, which was
granted.

On the ath of the same month of February, Olasteta inti-
mated tin:surrender of Chafe:iv, and its President, Maroto, replied,
that only with blood it would be deliverd up. Obineta marched
there with woo men. and Illfolo put himself to a precipitate flight
toward, Oruro, on the thh of the saute month. The force of Ma-
roto consisted of two squadrons, completely mounted, and three
companies of infantry ; the whine went neer to Olaneta on the
day of their march, abandoning their Chief, as Maroto entered
Oruro with only three officers and foursoldiert.
On the I 2th of the same month of February. Olanetn occupied
the place of (*harms on the 14th he issued nilecree for the freedom
of 1W officers, prisoners of the Country, who were io the depot,
granting to them passports to go to Salta.
(tit the ,taut the public functionaries, and those acting for finance,
who used to get their despatches front tile S'ici my, were deposed,
anti the natives, and such as were known to be the must patriotic,
were substituted the them.

tri the 23th of the same, General t'aldes marched from Oruro,
with orders to tight Gianeta ; ar.d to that erect he took the bit.
talion of Gerona, lint regiment and two squadrons of the Guard ;
headvanct Li upon he-as, and front thence. towards treating with
Obteta., and putt an er.d to the rutar-lty wilich threatened to detour
them. Aceording to this, the Treaty of Tacopaya was concluded
on the 9th of March, antler six atuelca.

la cousequeace of Oda treaty, ()Linea atd Valdes ranained
friends ; but on some day in May, the Viceroy haring asked
Olaneta two stimulrena of horbe stud 2000 sabres, to reinforce the
army of the North. he reloh'l. sending him two hundred scabbards
without I:ron this the second battalion of the Imperial
and Greeatli. rs or tb7lhta,d, o3orc4od to reiafores Valdez, who
was at i.icavica. This. rlrcady joinetl by the as.istance, finds him.
self disposed to Olarrta. On the Ithh June it is published
at Is I'az abd Oruro that those who rheulti have any direct or Mai.
rect communication with Olaneta sill be shot.

l'he force of I shmeta consists of 5,000 cr.d upwards, composed of
the battalions of Fernanchnos, the l'nitm, Cl:it-has and Sudo, four
aqaadmns of .Imerican drax:ons, try of Tarns, and two of Lago.
tia, the garrisons of the places of Chan= and Potosi, and some of
the desert, ta.

The force of Valdes consists of 3,300 men, crimmuirti of the two
battalions of :aroma, right squatirtam ef the Guard, and a company
of tisit.g artillery.
On to. I nth to it Inch July, it is asserted that the vanguard of
Valdes was surprised and beaten at lamas, and t'atatala, its leader,
taken a miasma?.