The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-19 00:00:00

We took a correct view of the' rent condition of

the Greeks and their interesting cause, and that

all the pretended aisunions and other misfortunes

which were said to have befallen them, were

either gross fabrication., or unimportant circum-
stances malignantly magnified into luinous disas-
ters. The prowess of the Greeks, we trust, will

soon prove, on the heads of their barbarous ene-
mies, that the confidence with which their friends
continue to rely on their valour and. patriotism
has been misplaced.

" The articles inserted in The' Courier of the 15th, in Tire
Morni,g Chronicle of the 17th, and in The Slar, oblige us to
break the silence we had purposed to preserve, in the hope that
the ulterior results of the affairs in Greece would have -spoken
sufficiently fur us ; but the effect that these articles Appear to
have had on the Greek Scrip makes it incumbent on us to point
out to the intelligent public, and to the holders of our bonds,
the absurdity, not to say unskilful wickedness of these articles.
Our Laconic refutation is founded on letters quite worthy of
credit, and on the details contained in the different ,public
• of Gree, which we have received from time to
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time. We hope that those who have placed confidence in
extracts of news, dated Constantinople, or forged there,
and in details which the Editor says are little certain, and
only tolerably correct, will not find it difficult to believe what
we. are about to say. 1. There never was a conspiracy worthy
of the name, much less of a serious nature in Acarnania,
and in Etolia. The business which has received this imposing
rouse took place in the small town, of Anatolie& It created no
sensation in Greece, much less in Western Greece, because
nothing more was discovered in it than one of those manceuvres
or cunning tricks, already employed more than once by the
same, and by other- great Chiefs, to extract money from 'the
Turks, and enticethem into a snare. The fact is, a person nam-
ed Gaveilina, acting in concert with Caraiscaki (the latter is
now probably dead, his health was so much injured), entered
into a treaty with Jussuf Pacha to deliver Missolonghi and Vali-
sadi n kim. Caraiscaki received 40,000 piastres of the Pacha.
The 'lurks canto both by sea and land, but in place ;if finding
the promises fulfilled, encountered the Greek troops, and made
a precipitate retreat. This explains why Caraiscaki, when
tried by a Court of five Members, was found not guilty of the
crime of treason imputed to him ; 2d, it is certain fact the Suliots,
the corps of which is formed of Greeks chiefly of other provinces,
went from Missolounglio in good order, and with the greatest
Harmony; and they went. to Anatolie° and the neighbourhood
of Arta, by the orders of the Government, to keep the Turks
in check. They were replaced at aliesolongho in rotation of
service, by Greek troops from. the Mores. Anatolie° having
been the last place of their residence; these cannot have been
brought to seize the town and Peninsula of Anatolie°, where
they fortified themselves in the houses to &fend themselves.-
3. There having been no cause, therefore there could he no
such effects tie the expulsion of a Suliot family from Mimi-
longho. For the same reason the pretend .1 alarms, fortifying
houses, murmurs, accusations, and levelling guns, particu-
larly against Missolonghi, are dreams rather than details,
which can be supposed to be tolerably correct. 4. For
the honour of the valuable memory of Lord Byron, for the
honour of Alaurocordato, we can assert that nobody ever
dared to suspect them of a treasonable correspondence with
the Turks., Their enemies even (and what men of talents have
no enemies), could not conceive and have the effrontery to cir-
culate such reports, which public opinion indeed has already
rejected. 5. Costa Valpiotte was arrested and tried at the
instance of. Mautocorilato for reasons which we have explained
under NO. I. 'He was found not guilty. B. The pretended con-
spiracy, the discootent of' the Souliots, was such a trifling matter,
Vast Maurocordato went amidst them at Anatolie° with-
out any escort,' and satisfied them, by informing them' Of
the loan contracted for at London, the daily expectation;
of the money, and the speedy payment of their arrears.
7. Tripolitza has lon been in the power of the Greek Go-
vernment. 11. No officer or other person in the suite of
Lord Byron was killed in cold blood; but a Sweedish officer,
who drew 116 sword against a Greek, exposed himself by his
imprudence to a pistol-shot, which the latter tired at hint to
defend himself. Lord Byron and his whole suite were too
much respected for any thing of this kind to occur. 9. The
English artificers and gunners, 'who abandoned Greece, only
did so because they were displeased (right or wrong) with their
commander, who was not a Greek, nor imposed on them by the
Greek Government. 10. The loss of Lord Byron was a real
loss, a misfortune even fur Greece. The union and harmony
which existed between him and Alaurocordato, and between
them and the brave Greeks, anti particularly with the influen-
tial and respectable members of the present Government,
assured the beat results in Western Greece. The departure of
Colonel Stanhope Woe also injurious, particularly as his leaving,
joined ;to the death of Lord Byron, will prevent the money
sent from here reaching Greece. But we can affirm that other
Englishmen are going to Greece to replace those, who, in con-
aeguence of their private affairs, could not continue to reside
there. 11. It is not possible to have read the journals of
London or even those of Paris, and try to give another colour
to the death of Lord Byron than really belongs to it. To sup-
pose that some vexations, so trifling as those mentioned, and
others inseparable from circumstances, could have killed bjm,
is to do wrong to Greece, and to the strength of mind of a titan
who knew how to lay aside the Lyre and clothe himself with
Armour, saying, " When the liberties of the country, threatened
by an invasion of the enemy, is to be defended, every man
ought to be a soldier, and giving up all other objects, employ
himself 'solely in his defence." la. If there arc any com-
pensations (though nothing can compensate the loss of genius,
Particularly, that of a Byron to Greece), we can announce
that the Ottoman Porte has also just met with one, in
the most formidable of its Generals, the only one in
Greece who possessed talents and an army, and who, for the
third time, vise to march against Greece ; we will add, in con-
clusion, that the discontent of the Souliots at Anatolie() was
produced by want of the pay due to them and promised ; and
that, notwithstanding; this, the number of discontented was very
'mall. It is more than three years since the Greeks have fought
!mutat without money—where can troops be found who will per-
',arm truth severe service fur- such a length of time without pay'?
_the Loan contracted for at London is known in Greece; it is also
known that the money has been sent from London. How can
their murmurs, their complaints, their discontent be repressed,
when they cannot obtain what is their due? It would have
been better that the Loan had not been made, and the money
sent to be, as it were, placed under their eyes. With money
there woold be neither dissention nor discontent. The innu-
merable Greek ships, which for want of motley to repair and
victual them, are obliged to remain in port; would put to sea,
the guns would be mounted and made ready for service ; the
troops, well disciplined, would serve zealously . the siege of the
fortresses held by the Turks, would be regularly pushed, and by
this time would have been in the bands of the Greek Government.
The army of Egypt and of Constantinople would he laughed
at, and would meet the same fate which the preceding armies
met, and they were inure numerous than the Porte will
ever
again be able to collect. This year would have been decisive
for the Greeks, and the philanthrophy of the holders of Greek'
Scrip would be fully recompensed. The true enemies of
Greece, the real authors of the inconveniences which it suffers,
are those who forge news of so old a date and :melt evident
falsity to injure it, but the time will come when all shall be
better known.
" At the same time the Greeks will have more merit in lus-
t/lining themselves, and in triumphing in the midst of so many
unfavourable circumstances. We hope it.
".LEAN ORLANDO.
" AND. LURIOTTIS.