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parts, and that desperate measures were taken for the defence of
the Peloponnesus.
To an army like that under ChoUrSchid Pacha, the Insur-
gents, it is true, cannot oppose one of equal strength; yet, their
force would be great enough, considering the enthusiasm with
which they must be supposed to be inspired, to make a power-
ful resistance, did not the want of harmony among their leaders
impede their enterprises on all sides. Their ablest military
Chiefs are rough soldiers, who will not be dictated to by the
better informed political leaders who are wholly ignorant of war.
Odysseus, celebrated in Europe on account of his poetical name,
was neither more nor less than a common highwayman, on
whom Ali Pacha conferred a kind of importcnce, by employing
him in the most desperate and sanguinary enterprises. This
Chief, after having at first rendered important services to the
Insurgents, appears now to have met with an end worthy of
his former exploits. The Political Junta, which calls itself
the Greek Senate, sent to him two officers who had been
brought up in foreign service, to assist him in conducting his
military operations. Odysseus had them murdered without
ceremony. On this he was declared a traitor. and excommuni-
cated. He then joined Chourichid Pacha, and has been of great
service to him in his present expedition According to the
latest accounts he has already met with his death; in whatmanner
is not known. Colocotroni, though of rather a better character
than Odysseus, seems to be openly at variance with the Politi-
cal Junta.
He has raised the blockade of Patras without any reason,
and is even said to have recalled his son from Albania, where
he commanded a small corps. Demetrius Ypsilanti, whese per-
sonal character was esteemed, has lost all credit by his total want
of military talents. Illaurocordato, a young man of much un-
derstanding, and of great capacity for political affairs, acts now
' the part of a General, for which he is not qualified, either from
ill-judged ambition, or from the real want of serviceable com-
manders His enemies accuse him of aiming at the Dictator-
ship, which some accounts say his party has really given him.
Under such circumstances the cause of the insurgents cannot
prosper, except through extreme indolence and want of energy
in the measures of the Turkish Government.
During this hot summer the plague has appeared in various
parts of the Turkish empire. Even the capital and its evoirons
are not wholly free from it. The same is stated to be the case
at Salonichi ; but it is said to commit great ravages in Albania.
Alexandria in Egypt, and Algiers, have also been visited by
this scourge.
VimaatA, AsTo.l4.—Fcams.—Metalliques, 81 5-33; Bank
Shares, 041 9-10.
• This is confirmed by the accounts from Corfu.

As we yesterday stated, the A astrian Observer
pretends that the Greeks were completely de-
feated; but the details appear so obscure and
inaccurate, that we are nearly ready to believe thu
article was manufactured to favour, as before,

speculations on the Exchange. Our own corre-
spondence from Corfu, dated July 23,,informs us,
o►► the contrary, that Chourschid was beaten by
the Greeks in the same place.—(Constitutionnel.)

FRANKFORT; AUG. 22.—The German Journal
of this city contains various accounts, copied from
the Allgenteine Zeitung, of the victories said to
have been gained by the Greeks, in articles
dated from Constantinople, 23(1 and 26th July,
and Semlin, oth August. These accounts, writ-
ten by Greeks; are in direct contradiction, it
observes, with those given by the Austrian Ob-
server from Constantinople, 25th July, which it
gives at length, as also the accounts inserted in
the same paper received from Corfu, which are
as follow :

" We (the Austrian Observer) have received
reports from Corfu of the 24th, 27th, and 29th of
July, which furnish us with the following par-
ticulars :

" On the 6.11 of this month, the Pacha of Arta
had a rencontre near the little town of Placca,
with the troops amounting to 3500 men, which
were commanded by Captain Marco Bozzari and
two Greek leaders, Isco and Tarkir, who had
joined. After a smart action, in which the loss
was equal on both sides (the Pacha, however,
had his horse killed under him and his baggage

taken,) the Insurgents retreated in great haste
to the strong position of Petta, in the mountain
(two German miles from Arta.)—The occupation
of Placca enabled the Pacha to reach Arta with-
out further 'opposition, and there to prepare his
further operations.
" The insurgents had erected many entrench-
ments about Petta, and formed two camps, one
of which was called the Ilellenia and the other
the Pliilellenia. In the latter were the Germans
and other volunteers, under General Normann,
about 280 in number, with two field-pieces and
a great quantity of baggage.
" On the 16th, the Turks, in three divisions,
attacked both the camps. The entrenchments
were obstinately defended for some time, and the
Turks experienced great loss ; but the Albanians
soon pressed forward with such impetuosity that
all resistance ceased. Imin Aga, a young Alba-
nian Chief of good family, took with his division
seven redoubts, but was mortally wounded, and
died the following day at Arta.
" One of the first attacks of the Turks was
directed against the Philellenes. After a valiant
but fruitless defence of their post, the greatest
part was cut off in about an hour. Of the 280
men 150 remained dead on the field. General
Norman and Lieutenant-Colonel Gubernati
escaped, with about 70, to the mountains near
Gombatti ; the rest were taken prisoners, brought
to Arta, and executed in different parts of the
town. On the 18th the Albanians, with great
booty and numerous trophies of their victory,

entered Arta ; among the latter a great number
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of European insignia were found. In the bag-
gage of the Philellenes was found also the pass-
port given to General Normans on the Bth of
December, 1821, by the Committee of Friends
of the Greeks at Stuttgard, and numerous testi-
monials of the military services performed on
preceding occasions by the members of this little
corps."
The above account proceeds from the pen of
an eye-witness (and he is a German,) who la-
tnents the fate of his unhappy countrymen with
that feeling which must inspire every well con-
stituted mind on hearing of such events.
After the action of the 16th, which the Turks
consider as a decisive victory, though the war in
Albania is not terminated by it, the Albanians
occupied the important positions of Petta. I3oz-
zari, and General Normans (G übernati is said to
have perished in his flight) threw themselves, with
the scattered remainder of their troops, into the
almost inaccessible defiles of the -Mountains of
Macronora.
On the 18th the Turks attacked another po-
sition of the insurgents near Suli, when they were,
however, repulsed with considerable loss.
Coloctronis's son and'the well-known Capt.Gogo,
each with 800 men, had been in the camp of the
Insurgents. The former was obliged to with-
draw before the action at Petta, by order of his
father,
quarrelled with the
Greek who
i s
Authorities. s d
to have
Greeks immediately after the
Gogo left the
first skirmish.
Meantime, Chourscbid Paella, with a nume-