The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-22 00:00:00

were seen to strike their men with the flat of their
sabres to force them to advance. This unequal
struggle lasted till three in the morning, when the
Greeks, seeing that the rest of their army, from
which they were completely cut off, could not come
to their rescue, were obliged to decamp in the dark,
and the siege of Domoco was raised.
But these reverses have been compensated by
several advantages. The whole of Magnesia, of
of Thessaly, is in arms, and one corps has occupied
a position on Mount Ossa , not far from the River
Peneus. On the other side of the river, the inha-
bitants of Olympus, exasperated by the acts of
cruelty which they .have been subjected to lately,
and by the destruction and pillage of their monas-
tery, have risen in the neighbourhood of the town
of Elasson.
General Hatzi Petro, who was marching against
Tricala, was attacked by Zeneil Pacha, but having
been reinforced by those who had fled from Domoco,
the Turkish corps was destroyed, and the Pacha
himself killed.

In another affair not less fatal to the Turks, and
in which the Greeks got possession of a great num-
ber of guns with bayonets, Ismail Bey Frassari
was killed—the military chief of all Roumelia, and
the terror of the country from his tyranny. The
whole of Macedonia is on fire. General Isami Cara-
tasso, at the head of 3,000 men—to whom the in-
habitants of all the villages where he passed have
joined themselves, and still more strengthened by
the sympathy of the monks of Mount Athos, who
made so desperate a resistance in the first Greek
revolution, and who have now furnished a thou-
sand men and a sum of 10,000 piastres, was march-
ing on Thessalonica, where the Turks were in the
utmost consternation. He had already beaten
several detachments in the Chalcidic promontory.
But the position of the Greeks in that part of the
country is extremely dangerous, as they are com-
pletely isolated, and all succour sent them by their
countrymen is intercepted by the French and Eng-
lish cruisers.

In Athens the Ministry have closed the Cham-
bers, from purely economical motives—as many of
the deputies, natives of the insurgent provinces,
and others, out of sympathy for the cause, having
gone to the war—the number was no longer com-
plete, and the Chambers had for some time paid
without sitting. This measure is not of the smallest
political importance, since the Chambers had, by
a unanimous vote, approved of the policy of the
Cabinet on the great question of the day.
The Hellenic subjects dismissed from Turkey
continue to arrive in great numbers in all parts of
the country, having lost all they possessed.
Mme. Tzavellas and family have been obliged
to leave Athens, in order to avoid the indignation
of the people, who; on the news of the disaster at
Peta, caused by the negligence of the commander,
General Tzayellas, accused him of having betrayed
the national cause, and threatened to set fire to his
house, which was prevented by the police.

THE BANKRUPTCY OP MR. CHARLES
MATHEWS, THE COMEDIAN.

On Saturday Mr. Mathews filed his balance sheet in
the court of Mr. Commissioner Fane, as a preliminary
step to his coming up before that learned gentleman for
the purpose of passing his examination. He is described
in the document as a commission agent, and the accounts
extend over 22 large folio pages, but the information
contained in them is of a very meagre character. There
is a total absence of all details as to the profits, expenses,
or repairs and alterations of the theatre, and it appears
that the whole amount of assets for the numerous cre-
ditors is but 61. 14e. 4d. in the hands of Mr. Thomas,
who has been acting in the twofold capacity of trustee
for the creditors and accountant to the bankrupt. So
far back as April, 1851, Mr. Mathews petitioned the
Court for protection from arrest under the Debtor and
Creditor Private Arrangement Act. His debts were
then 17,7271. 9s. 6d., and, after several meetings of
creditors, they resolved upon appointing Mr. Thomas,
the trustee, to manage the receipts and payments of the
theatre for their benefit; Mr. Mathews undertaking to
perform at a fixed salary. The amount of remuneration
which the bankrupt received for his services during this
period is not disclosed in his balance sheet, but his debts
appear to have been increased above 4,700/.

The balance sheet commences on the 2d of April,
1851, and ends on the 7th April last, when the adjudi-
cation in bankruptcy took place. The following is a
ovy of the summary :

£22,44516 9
700 0 0