The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-11 00:00:00

to the Persians, being taken prisoner near
Bagdad.
FRANKFORT, S Err. 3.—Le Spectateur Oriental
gives the following intelligence concerning
Greece .

When the Ottoman fleet put to sea, it was accompanied by
forty transports, and had nearly 40,000 men on board of the
whole one hundred and forty vessels of which it consisted. ft
is probable that it is destined for the Peloponnesus.
Towards the end of June, the following was the Mate Of the
Peloponnesust
There were in the country between 30 and 40,000 men under
arms, but they were in a very undisciplined state, of which we
"will give an example. At Argos,,there were 10,000 troops.—
The Supreme Senate resolved to send an expedition to Epirus;
and all the Greeks refused unanimously to march. All the
shops and coffee-houses, except that called Foreigners, were
ordered to be shut. At the end of a fortnight Prince i%lauro-
cordato succeeded in persuading the Greeks to obey. Ilesent
them to Patras, and irons that neighbourhood they were trans-
ported by sea to Miss°longo, the head-quarters. They marched
from there to succour the Suliots, who had revolted, and against
whom Chourschid Pacha was advancing. About 6,000 Suliots
joined Prince .slaurocordato. . _

'l'lie first engagement was animated, but not at all decisive.
The Greeks were not, it is true, forced to repass into the Pe-
ninsula, because they found a great deal of determination
among the Suliots, whose women rivalled the men in valour;
but on the other hand, independent of the experienced troops
commanded by Chourschid, the Turks are masters of Suli, a
very strong place, which Ali Pacha could not take till after a
siege of four years.
It is not above a month since the Senate resolved in its wisdom
to send a Greek Captain, who had served in the Italian armies,
to Odysseus, to whom the Senate had confided the passage of
Thermopylae, that he might aid the Chief with his Counsel.—
Arrived at 'Thermopylae, he presented himself to Odysseus,
and explained the object of his mission. Odysseus gave him
no other answer than to blow his brains out with a pistol.
Motion, a strong place, and well provided, is defended by 400
Turks, 50 of whom are are cavalry. There are 500 Greeks,
commanded by General Augustora, before this place. They
have never prevented the Turks from making sorties and return-
ing with booty, because when they make a sortie the Greeks
never wait for them, but take to the fields.
'We give the following as authentic :—Two months and a half
ago, the 50 cavalry having made a sortie, went rather too far, and
entered the inclosures round a house to repose themselves. In
this situation they found themselves intercepted by a strong
party of Greeks whom they had not perceived, and who had
been hid by a plantation of olive trees. Eleven foreigners,
whom their unlucky stars had conducted amongst the Greeks,
encouraged them to profit by this occasion to carry off the 50
cavalry ; but as soon as these latter disappeared, the Greeks
took to flight, and the 11 foreigners abandoned and left to
themselves, were also obliged to fly.
Patras, a strong place, is defended by 3,000. Turks. About
5,000 Greeks, 'commanded by Gen. Colocotroni, are near this
city, of which the harbour is blockaded by eight vessels. The
citadel is gong and well-provisioned.
Coron is defended by two or three hundred Turks, and is also
well provided. The number of Greeks before this place varies
from day to day; but, when the Turks make a sortie, the Greeks
retreat.
At Tripolizza there are about 800 Mussulman slaves, men
and women. Among them are some rich individuals, to whom
the Senate allows a piastre a day, in the hope of being reim-
bursed at some future time. The Greeks employ the other
slaves to burn the dead bodies, of which some are yet left.—
Will it be believed ? After the dreadful fate which over-
took this city on being taken, it now contains more than 30,000
Greeks.

Navarin is in the power of the Greeks, who amount there to
about 10,000. There are some bastions towards the harbour
and a citadel which commands it, the work of the Venetians.—
There are about 50 pieces of cannon, 18, 24 and 36 pounders,
but the greatest part of them are in a bad condition. A Turk-
ish fleet of 63 vessels appeared before Navarin about three
months ago, and appeared as if it would enter the harbour.—
The Greeks terrified were immediately ready to run away.—
Some foreign officers placed themselves at the gates with
swords and pistols in their hands to prevent the Greeks fiom
leaving the place. This fleet remained two days before the
town, and their going away allowed the terror of the Greeks to
subside. _ . _

In the middle of the harbour of Navarin, which is large,
there is a small island about 60 paces long, and 30 wide. There
the bones of 700 Mahoinedans remain ever since this town sur-
rendered last year by capitulation—an eternal monument of
horror and infamy.
At five or six leagues from Tripolizza there is a manufactory
of powder, but it is said that the powder is not of a good qua-
lity, In the same town also they cast cannon, which carry balls
of two to three pounds.
It is intended at present to form a guard of 100 to la horse,
for the Senate. The horsemen received eighty piastres per
month, but •must equip themselves ; but in the Morea, the
horses are too small to be employed in war. The coun-
try is, however, well provided with cattle, such as oxen and
goats,
There is, in fact, no discipline but in the Phili-hellenian
corps, composed at present of about 200 men, and in the regi-
ment of 400 men, commanded by the Greek Tarela, who has
served in Italy.
If the Turks seriously attack the Peloponnesus, if they send
an army of from 20,000 to 25,000 chosen men, if a corps of
Musselmen, after forcing the passage of Thermopylae, travers-
ing Livadia, attacks Corinth, and compels the Greeks to send
a part of their forces to that point ; and if the disposable
troops at Epirus move to -Patras, and act on the offensive,
and the squadron effects at Modon the disembarkation of 20,000
men, we repeat what we have be6ire said, that we believe
the Peninsula could not hold out one month.—lf, to the dis-
grace of humanity, the Greeks of the Peloponnesus are to be
massacred like those of Chios, France would have a noble part
to play by offering to the remnant of the Greek nation an asy-
lum in Corsica, in Languedoc, in Provence, where in former
times so many flourishing Greek colonies were established.
France would thereby gain an important accession of maritime
and commercial population ; she would gain the Greek navy,
which, at all events, will be able to save itself from the hands
of the Turlq. This measure does not depend upon any foreign
consent ; and requires for its execution no more than to consult
the honour of this great Christian kingdom, the sentiments of a
generous nation, and the heart of the Bourbons. But perhaps
Providence may yet preserve Greece.—( Journal des Debuts. )

COURT OF ASSIZES, POITIERS.
SITTING OF SEPT. 6.

Two witnesses who deposed in favour of the accused Caff e
were arrested for perjury.
M. DRAULT, who had been appointed by the Court to de-
fend General Berton, but whom the General would not autho-
rise,
_on being called on by the Court to defend the General, de-
clined. Ile was pressed by the President, the Procureur-
General, and time given him by the Court to form a different
opinion. His brother advocates undertook to persuade him,
but M. Drault honestly and intrepidly persevered in his refusal
to injure General Bengal, by pretending to speak for him ;
he had not had the confidence of the General, and was, there-
fore, unfit for the office." This conduct of M. Drault seems