The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-19 00:00:00

THE GREEK INSURRECTION.

TRIESTE, April 17.—14 is said that, upon the
expulsion of the Greeks from Constantinople,
Prince Daniel°, Vladika., of Montenegro, published
a proclamation calling upon the people to take up
arms.

PREVESA, April 15.—The Prometheus and other
steamers have arrived here. BP the latest accounts
Janina and Arta still held out against the insur-
gents. Skirmishes took place every day, but with-
out results.

ATHENS, April 13.—Volunteers continue to ar-
rive in .Greece from the lonian Islands and the
Peloponessus, and numerous fugitives to quit
Thessaly. Numerous well-armed Greek volun-
teers are passing through Missolonghi to join the
insurgents. Thousands of Thessalian families have
fled to Greece.

The Pays publishes the following from Athens,
dated the 6th, :—" The insurrection in Epirus and
Thessaly has made very little progress. The chiefs
are more disunited than ever, and, consequently,
there is but little unity in their acts. Tzavellas
gives himself up to drink, and Negri, a rich and
respectable Greek, has abandoned him. Victim
of his confidence in the sanctity of the Greek cause,
after having given a part of his fortune to insure
its triumph, not being able any longer to tolerate
what he seen passing before him, ho has quitted
his companions. The acts of brigandage com-
mitted by the Greek volunteers on the Ottoman
territory cause the most ardent defenders of the
great idea to reflect seriously. The Turks, on their
side, have been perhaps in the wrong to employ, for
the repression of ' the insurrection, Albanians, who
commit great excesses and who merit to be treated
with severity. Not making any distinction between
villages which were in insurrection and those which
remained faithful to Turkey, they pillaged and
burnt everything on their passage. Lately, iu
Thessaly,, some Greek volunteers, endeavouring to
induce a village to take up arms, killed an old
rayah who resisted them. Some days after, some
Greek dealers who are in the habit each year of
proceeding to Thessaly to purchasp cattle, pre-
mated thelasigyea that saail Bar the las

habitants of which seemed inclined to menace them..
The Turks took to Right ; but in. repassing the
frontier to return to their own country, they were
robbed and murdered by their countrymen., The
Government continues to follow the same course
as before; This day was the anniversary of the
commencement of the war of independence.
Usually, was to be seen ou the ti inmphal arch under
which the King and Queen of Greece paSsed on
their way to the church of St. Irene to hear the
Te Dettni,' the inscription " The three protecting
Powers for ever !" but this year the following
words were put up, " The PowerS, our allies, for
ever !" in allusion to the aid promised by' Pvussie.
The Ministers of the four Powers abstained from
being present at the Te Deln, to mark in a pub'
lie manner their disapproval of the course pur-
sued by the Government. They have this year
shown no sympathy for an independence of which
so bad a us 3 has been made for the last two years.
M. .Necludoff, first secretary of the Russian Legs'
tion in Greece, arrived here yesterday with de:
spatches from St. Petersburg. He announces with
great emphasis that the Riissians have crossed the
Danube on three -points, and that millions of men
are marching on Turkey ! He is makinr, great
promises for Greece, -and notwithstanding the de'
clarations of the Emperor Nicholas in his secret
overtures to England when speaking of the Hellenic
Kingdom, a greater inclination is-felt to place con-
fidence in what he says, because his language i 5
identical with that employed at another period by
Admiaal Koniloff. I will terminate my-letter by se
fact which will give you an- idea of the amount 01
affection which the Governtnentof Athens bears us'
An individual sent to the Government a plan for
making fire-ships, destined to set fire to our fleets.'
The Government took the proposition into consP
deration, and sent it to a committee for exanlir:
tion. the committee declared that to carry the plan
into practice was impossible, but that still the in;;
ventor was entitled to a recompence for the ides%
A letter from Patras, of the sth, states thsb
on the Ist the French man-of-war brig Mercure,
of 18 guns, arrived there from Nauplia to obserY
the movements of the Greeks and to prevent Wit
going over into Epirus. On the 3d, 500 PeloP!
nesians, under the orders of Calamogdarti, Lontl°,
and Petimezas, attempted to embark for Mies();
lungi.and penetrate into the insurgent distriats, b°'
the Mercure thwarted their design. They the,°
resolved to embark at Rio, about an hour's-marcu
from Patrae, but even there the Mercure was he'
forehand with them. Nevertheless; -another WV;
°.
under Panaghioti Calamogdarti, that had not gat
to Rio, managed to embark during the absence
the French vessel ; but to little purpose, for the
craft fell in with the Mercure on her return as
was forced to put back. They succeeded, Wt;
ever, in re-embarking and making off during 0
night, and upwards of 800 left by land. Tweilro
hundred more were expected at Patras for Epirus'
The Journal de Constantinople, (tithe sth, ptiv.
lishes two interesting documents. The first Is;;
reply from Reschid Paella, dated the Ist, to a no
of M. Metaxa, the Greek ambassador: It is ad
follows :

" I have read the note of the 26th ult., in which rtt
communicated to me your intention to quit thin CIT
As the Government of the Sublime Porte has not 0, ;
tained from that of Greece a sufficient satisfaction If.
its just claims, and. as the Charge d'Affaires of tf
Porte must have qui.ted Athens accordipg to his an'
structions, it is natural that you should quit this capels
I send your passports therefore as you request.
from this day the diplomatic and commercial relation
between the two Governments have ceased, it has be°o
decided that the persons connectel with' the Oren'
Embassy residing here, and also the Greek Consuls In
the different provinces of the empire, shall immediately_
return to their own country. The merchants and otlser
subjects of the Greek Government established ,11/
Turkey are also to leave Constantinople ; but in 0rn.41/r
that their interests may not suffer, a delay of 15 'IN
from the present day is accorded to them. As to 004
who reside in the provinces of the empire; the clelal;
15 days will reckon from the day on which they reel .g
notice to leave. It results from positive' proofs that iy
not in consequence of negligence, but through' the toll;
ration of the Greek Government, that the: Turlii°l,
provinces bordering on Greece have been invaded. It
though the imperial Government has incontestably ths
right to stop and confisc it .0e all the Greek vessels in 10
ports as a guarantee for the reiesyment of the exile
to which it has been pet, his Imperial Majesty the s ,
tan, my august sovereign, does not think it will be 09,.„
sistent with his feelings ol :justice and moderation w
make the owners of these vessels suffer for a. questic4
which regards the Greek Government. When the lat''';
shall have returned tO more, just sentiments, and hs,irs
taken into consideration international rights and thelo"
of nations, the claims for' these expenses will be ,
ainined. All Greek vessels, therefore, reayi,
hindrance, leave for Greece within the delay specifieu„
Orders have been given to all functionaries to-facilital
the departure of those Greek subjects who are poor
destitute, and, as much as possible, to exercise ilia. Ig
genre towards those who are sick and infirm. I 0113
it my duty to repeat once more that it i 4 the Greek g°
vernment alone Which has given rise to this decisiov
and that the entire respOnsibility.of it must fall uP(I.,
Greece. In makir,g this communication by order of kilO,
Majesty the Sultan, I take the opportunity of reneWin'
to you the assurance of my distinguished considerati°,ll'
"JtesonlD.
The other document is a circular addressed tv
Lord Stratford de Redclifie :
Sir,—l have earned that the Hellenists who 114
invaded the fronier provinces of Turkey wits t"y
Greek subjects'of the Sultan to -revolt, in declaring 04
the Goversm not of her Britannic Majesty and that
France are' ready to aid them in overthrowing the autbu
rity of the Sultan. I am informed also that sisnO e
manoeuvres are employed to inspire a belief that tlil
French and Englieh ernb tssies will give protection to
the subjects of Greece in Turkey as soon as the Pate;
in consequence of the rupture of diplomatic and COQ
mercial re'ations with Greece, shall have signified,ssi
intention to expel them from the States of the Still';‘.
As suppositions of this nature have for object to ell,
cour age false hopes, delude the minds of the sell
dispos e.l, and aggravate criminally the evils' inner;
able trim a state of war, I hasten to assure you trs'
these assertions are utteily destitute of foundati°-:
Tierse persons, indeed, must be very credulous and sees
ignorant who, even for a single .momeet, found thes
hopes upon falsehoods alike incompatible with conan°
sense and with facts. Such persons, however, there are,
.0
f!rtun:.toy. e erywhere. and particulariy, perhaps' /of
a c ,untry which his, as yet, only imperfect -meat°
publicity. You know as well as Ido that England 1113.0
France are entirely with the Sultan in the noble resistallo
which he opposes to a violent and unjust aggres,iorb
follows necessarily that the two allied governments 19.4
see with a painful sentiment of indignation and reproball'is
a movement which calconly have a ti I:Heresy- favtoureblous
Russia, without having even the mere tot bt ing spontsrieolo
which might in its pre press tin's: Trine the Porte waiter
allies, and which offers no other perspective than disaliti,
to those who txook.e their lives for such a chimerical jls.
Pity must be felt fOr the innocent families 1
bappil involved in the consequences of a brutal sts
unprincipled policy ; but there can be no relation oe
part with agitators, and no dissimulation of the Be 11
tt
merits which the conduct of an insensate party has 1:°,
failed to inspire. I have to recommend to you t"
neglect no 'Toper occasion to make known the cori,eno,
of this circular to all those persons who miel- besdil
posed to allow themselves to be led astray
ny the
iriti
assertions which it denounces.—l am, sir, with sine°
and respect, your obedient servant,
STRA FORD DE REDD/AVIS.

RUSSIAN PASSAGE OF THE DANUBE•
'From the Supplement txtraordidary of the Journal

St. Petersburg. ;
This Journal of the 6th of April contains a long
report to the Emperor from General Prince o°o,
.4.0
schakoff, commanding the 3d, 4th, and sth al`rof
of Infantry, giving the details of the occupatiortao
the right bank of the Danube' by the Ruda d
troops. The repoit commences by enumeratTeg
the troops employed in the operation. It stno
thai the passage before Galatz was intrusted jo,
Aide-de-Camp General Luders, who bad at his do
posal 24,1 battalions, 8 squadrons, 6 sotniai, and be
pieces of artillery. Prince Gortsehakoff- gives Dr
following as the total of the troops' under his send
:-14 battalions, 16 squadrons, 6 sotniasplo
44 pieces of artillery. He then proceeds to s'
as followi •
tlit/
" Licutenant-General Ouschakoff had orders to force ol
passage of the Danube a little above the promentorfite
Tchetal,' to carry the Turkish batteries established opP° blecl
that promontory, and, after having securely establlooe
himself on the right bank; to assist, by demonstrate
against Tulteeha and Isakteha, the operations of the trovi"
to be directed upon Galata and Brailow. nd
"The time for the passage before Galatz, Brailow, oe
Ismail, was fixed for the night of the 10th of March. Aces
order was given to proceed to the construction of brl tote
as soon as the landing of troops upon these three
had been effected. f
the
" In order still more to draw away the attention 0 the
enemy, Colonel Zouroff received orders to make, 011 or
9th, a strong demonstration against Hirsova, with ecop•
tachment of two battalions of intently, two pieces °C of
non, six pieces of Wallachian artillery, -,twociO sdrol of
the Regiment of Lancers of Olviopol, and two. Pie"—
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light horse artillery.
This demonstration was attended with 'full itteo64 of
cart of the Turkish poslion was destroyed bye° mDos)
our artillery, which disabled three of their pieces of °—
and they removed the rest.
oiol " The storm rlged so heavily upon these three P
that it was ufeesiazy to &ter the passage of the rive"r
the llth.
ton
precise in order to lead the Turks into error Illro 00
precise poi, tof the Passage of our troops, gave or,leriel
the 10th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for our b3.,-"
land
established on the left-bank of the Danube and the,"-°ebie-
of Vyntlei.t. to open a strong fire along the arm of fat lent
The ;‘, batteries hid been erected with remarkable
by_ Aide-de-Camp General Schilders. 25
"In addition to the cross-firing, the gun-slooe , o/
was brought on the loth to the
point of the 1%3i the
Vyndoia, iu order to fire against the right be/3k °
Danube, above the arm, of Matschin. • eels;
" The united action of these two batteries was 11113,
ful. The batteries of the enemy opposite the ,
Matschin were much injured ; but, although their firediminished, it was maintained until nightfall. , /401,6,
" On the 11th of March, at daybreak, Genera:
began the passage before Galatz. The Turks did not "."
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