The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-14 00:00:00

THE GREEKS.

MISSOLONGIII, JAICIO.
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The authors of the troubles which have taken place the
Peloponessus have corns here to seek shelter. They are tos-
siois de Gastouni. Zaimis de Calavryta, Londos de Vastitza,
eanclos Deli Jenei. They begged they might not be given up
to the Greek Government of Napoli, but they had three hours
-given them to withdraw. They immediately sailed to the
Scroplies Islands, which are uninhabited. The next day they
went to Calama, an island of the Leucadian Archipelago, from
width they were obliged to sail for Zante. When they reached
that port the apostates were received by the people with showers
of stones ; and they would have been killed, had not the Local
Authorities interfered.

Patras, which has been continually blockaded by sea and
land, is at the last extremity. The besieged having begged to
capitulate, andiltaving first solicited an armistice, sent as hos-
tages two nephews of Mustapha Bey, formerly Vaivode of
Achaia, and two Laliot Agas. A cousin of Marc Botzaris, the
son of Natchis Phatomaris Suliotes, and two individuals be-
longing to families in the Greek Government, have been given
them in exchange.
'rids being settled, the negociatiors came out of the Acropolis,
requesting leave to send a deputation of the Chiefs to Napoli,
that they might regulate their Convention with the Executive
Council of the Greek Government. This request was granted.
They set out, and are at present at Napoli.
An expedition is preparing here, consisting of 4,000 Hellenists
and 500 Epirots, commanded by Gouras ;to these have been
joined 600 Peloponnesians, 2,000 Hydriot, Spezziot,Samian, and
other islanders : its destination is unknown, but it is thought
to be for the attack of Lepanto or the island of Eubetra.
It is known that the Turks of Patras demand the privilege
et' 'starching out with their arms and baggage, and to be trans-
Ported, some to the Husproties, others to Prevesa, and part to
Asia Minor, all at the expence of the Greeks.
A letter from Napoli, dated the Ist of this month, announces
that the Government has granted a pardon to old Theodore
Colocotroni.—(Journal des Debats.)

INDIA.

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(EXTRACT OP A LETTER LATELY RECEIVED 1110

RANGOON.)
RANGOON, JUNE 2.—The orders of the Beuga
'fleet were, that every ship was to make the best of in; way to
Port Cornwallis, in the Andarosans and there to rendezvous
till the whole of the ships from both Presidencies of Bengal
and Madras were collected. Our little bark had a good pas-
'sage till we came to the Great and Little Acre Islands, where
we were becalmed for five days before we could get round
Jackson's Ledge and other reefs of coral rocks to enter the liar-
;bour of Cornwallis. We saw scarcely a ship all the way, and
had no great amusement beyond catching dolphins, bonitos,
&c. and watching the shoals of porpoises performing their rude
gambols on the surface of the deep. When we neared our de-
stination, we saw first a sail or two, then three or four, and
so on, till the whole ocean was clothed with white canvas ;
and we concluded at first that it was our brethren, but the
strangers proved to be our Madras friends ; and it was one of
the finest sights in the world to see the combined fleets of large
'transports, filled with armed men, and all sails set from the
mainsail to the royals, beating into the noblest harbour you
can conceive, and -every ship endeavouring to get to windward of
each other. We arrived on the 3d May ; but I must not dwell
at the Andarosans, except to say that the scenery is the grandest
and wildest I have ever seen, and that I boated round
every bay and creek, and island and inlet in the harbour.—
«'e bade adieu to the savage cannibals of those islands on the
`ll, and reached Rangoon River on the 11th, about ten
o'clock A.M., the whole fleet of transports, and his Majesty's
ship Liffey, a frigate of 50 guns, commanded by Commodore
Grant, the Larne" sloop of war, Capt. Marryatt, and the Sophy
brig of war. We had not gone far up the river before the gallant
Burmese, without waiting any preliminaries, poured in a fire
from one of their batteries upon the frigate, awl so on all the
way tip to the town of Rangoon—every ship having to inn the
gauntlet as she sailed by about a dozen of these petty batte-
ries. They did no execution, and their shot all fell short, or
else the gun burnt priming. All the transports returned the
fire as they passed the batteries. At length, about half-past
one, the frigate anchored midway in the river, exactly op-
polite the town, and abreast of their principal battery, the vil-
lage of Dallia, a large straggling place being on the other side
of the river ; she immediately poured in her broadside, first
on the starboard, and then on the larboard, and in the course of
a few minutes the whole town and river were enveloped in
smoke.,, The inhabitants, 'poor wretches, to the amount of
30,000, or thereabouts, were driven out in about three hours,
And in the evening our troops, European and native, landed.—
Bit the Burmese are beaten, not conquered ; and now, in the
-height of the rains, they have stocked themselves in every di-
aection round Rangoon, shoot our sentries, and harass our troops
in every way. M have carried their strong hold on every oc-
casion, but they return from their impenetrable forests, and
build them up again; and unless the King of Ava gets fright-
ened, the system of Government is so completely feudal, the war
will last a long time. Rangoon is built entirely of wood, and
;surrounded with a wooden wall, composed of thick beams 25
feet high. Their Pagados are magnificent, built of brick, and
gilt from turret to foundation stone, so that when the sun shines
they look like, and indeed are, pyramids of burnished gold.

Accounts have been received from Mexico, by
way of New York, to the 18th of December, but
are of the same tenour as most of the preceding
ones, it being wholly devoid of political interest.
The Diamond frigate, which is to bring Mr.
HARvEy to England, had not sailed at the date
of the present advices. The letters are said to
contain very favourable reports from the mining
districts.