The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-12 00:00:00

ther corps was posted at Verbena, consisting of
not less than 9,000. The Austrian Observer also
says, that in an action fought on the 20th of July,
Demetrius Ypsilanti had been shot through the
breast, taken prisoner, and died of his wound ;
but other accounts show him distinguishing him-
self in a combat near Tripolizza, nine days after.
The Austrians finding the falsehood of their fab-
rications exposed by private advices received
from the seat of war or its vicinity, are, we
find, about to adopt effective measures to prevent
so disagreeable an exposure. The Brussels Ga-
zette informs us " that orders have been given in
the ports of Italy to exercise particular vigilance
with respect to the letters coming from Greece
and the lonian Islands," and adds, " If this be
true, we sh-all not be informed of the events of
the war except by the letters that come by way
of Marseilles for England." The King of Prus-
sia being expected at Brussels on the 15th inst.,
preparations were making for his reception.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
In another column we have inserted a long ex-
tract from the Austrian Observer of the 30th ult.
respecting the Greek struggle for independence.—
(See another column of THE Svar.)—Our readers
are of course prepared to find in these ad vices no
tidings but those of the continued successes of the
Mahometans. The Austrian Government has
thrown off all colour of neutrality, and its Paper
dare only relate such news as it knows will prove
acceptable to those on whose pleasure its exist-
ence depends. We look to the Austrian Observer
not to learn what is really the state of the Greek
war, but to see to what extent the misrepresenta-
tion of the enemies of Greece can be carried with
any reasonable probability of imposing upon the
people of Europe. On this occasion, however,
we hear less than usual of the impending evils by
which we are generally told the Greeks are
threatened with immediate destruction ; all that
is asserted to be to their prejudice is, that Coloco-
troni was defeated on the 4th of July, in a battle
with Ibrahim Pacha at Tricopha. The losses on
each side, it is allowed, are differently stated.
The Austrian Observer is, as in duty bound, in-
clined to believe that the Greeks suffered se-
verely, while they, on their part, affirm that they
had only 30 killed, and that 600 of the Egyp-
tians perished on the field. These conflicting
statements are perhaps each equally unworthy of
credit. Judging from the result, it does not ap-
pear that this action, or any of those which fol-
lowed it,have been of a very decisive nature. There
are reports from Smyrna that Ibrahim Pacha had
subsequently marched to Argos, and again ap-
peared before Napoli, at the post of the Mills,
from which he was lately so gallantly driven;
but it is not pretended that these rumours have
been corroborated by any intelligence entitled
to The least. attention. We are sorry to observe
that Admiral de Rigny, who commands the French
squadron in the Levant, has, on pretence of some
insult offered to his Government, had recourse to
a measure which has all the appearance of hos-
tility towards the Patriots. Ile has seized the
Eparch of Syra and taken him prisoner, it is sup-
posed either to Hydra or Napoli, for the declared
purpose of having him punished. This is a flagrant
breach of neutrality, and one of the most insolent
assumptions of authority we ever remember. The
Epareh was not responsible to the French Ad-
miral, who, if he had any ground of complaint,
should have stated it in the first place to the
Greek Government, leaving them to act on their
sense of justice. If they had refused redress,
Admiral de Rigny could not have proceeded with
more violence against the offending individual,
over whom, as the subject of another State, lie
could exercise no right whatever. Every means
is adopted by the Austrian Government to pre-
vent us from obtaining correct information from
the Morea. Letters from Paris state that orders
have been given in the ports of Italy to exercise
particular vigilance with respect to the letters
coming from Greece and the lonian Islands.