The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-04 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, SEPT. G.—Among the reports lately
circulated in this capital is one, stating that his Alajesty had
been solicited by the Allied Continental Powers to join a coali-
tion formed for the purpose of repressing the revolutionary
spirit which has manifested itself in the American Colonies,
and to restore order in them ; that these proposals had given
occasion to a Council of State, and certain.resolutions adopted
in it, in opposition to those with which a powerful party, in-
fluenced solely by commercial views, laboured, on the other
hand, to detach the Colonies in America from their ancient po-
litical relations with the Mother Country ; and, lastly, to crown
all this, it was added that the good understanding between
Great Bri!ain and the Allied Powers was uninterrupted.
[The Gazette declares that there is no truth in any part of
these reports; no such proposal had been made to= the Court of
Lisbon ; no Council of State held for any such purpose; nor
has there been any interruption of the good understanding be-
tween Great Britain and, the Allied Continental Powers.]
SE PT. o.—The Gazette contains long extracts from the Brazil
Paper, called Estieela Brazileira of 4th May and 4th of
June, to prove that the Brazilian Government is alarmed at the
preparation of Portugal to invade the country, and that being
founded on revolutionary principles, it finds itself vacillating
and Without solidity.
The Gazette of the 11th, contains extracts from the Pernam-
buco Papers of the Ist July with the same view. That of the
lOth gives. at full length the Proclamation of the Emperor of
Brazil, dated 10th June, calling on his subjects to arm in de-
fence of their independence ; and, also, the Proclamation to
the Pernanthucans.
The following are the concluding passages of the observations
of the Gazette on these Proclamations i--
" No Power denies the right of. his Most Faithful Majesty
to the Sovereignty of Brazil ; but his Majesty's right extends
not only to the recognition of his sovereignty—it extends also
to the aid of the great Powers to recover it, not only by virtue
of ancient treaties, but also by the community of interests which
united them together, not to omit the gratitude which they all
owe him and his Portuguese subjects for the services which
they irendered as no. very remote period, of which perhaps they
are now suffering the effects, in the very embarrstnents in which
they now find themselves.
" Meantime, it is laMentable to see how the factious make
his Royal Higness appear—not only factious, but even extrenie-
ly ridiculous in the eyes of the whole world, making him pro-
claim, without his perceiving it, the very principles by which
he may one day be dethroned, and lay, with his own hands,
the foundation for the ruin which must inevitably follow."
SEPT. 16...-A Decree of his Majesty, considering the services
performed by Major,Generel Manoel Pamplona Carneiro Ran-
el, and his constant tiderence to the cause of Royalty, gives
Ran-
gel,
the title of Viscount of Beira, to extend to two fives.
Another Decree orders the Establishment of a Royal litho-
graphic printing press,

GREECE.

Letters;-4ated the 28th of August, have been
received from Corfu by the (reek Committee. They state, that
as soon as the Greeks heard if the arrival- of the Egyptian fleet
off Rhodes, they dispatched GO vessels to meet it, leaving 40
vessels to guard Samos, and to watch the movements of the
Constantinople fleet, which was off Mitylene. By accounts from
ktissolonghi, 3layrocordato had proceeded in Acarnania, to
head ft corps of 3,000 men waiting the approach of Omer Pacha,
who had halted at Caravara, not daring, as the letters state, to
proceed farther. In the Peloponnessus, near Calamata and
Patras, a strong corps was guarding that coast, in the expak
tation that an attempt would be made to land troops in tiW
neighbourhood from the Egyptian fleet. It is further stated,
that the Greek Government had been enabled to detach four
thousand men to the defence of Hydra, and a considerable force
for the same purpose to Spezzia. The quarter from whence
this intelligence proceeds renders it necessary to receive it with
caution; indeed, there is obviously much exaggeration in the
magnitude of the various military and naval operations said to be
undertaken by the Greek Government, which are on a scale thati)
previous information has enabled us to anticipate. If a small
portion only of this intelligence is correct, and of that we can
hardly entertain a doubt, the cause of the Greeks is pro-
ceeding most favourably. These letters make no allusion
to a victory of the Greek fleet over that of the Turks near
Samos; an account of which has been for some days in cir-
culation. It was communicated originally from Marseilles,
under date of Sept. 24, whence it had travelled by Trieste from-
Corfu ; and as it appears unlikely, through so circuitous a route,
that later dates from Corfu could be obtained than that of the
letters addressed to the Greek Committee, the event, which is in it-
self but vaguelystated, is far from being entitled to implicit Lelief.
The explosion of the vessel commanded by the Capitan Pacha,
and the death of Cannaris, second in command of the Greek
fleet, who is said to have perished with him, are, however, cir.
cumstances not very likely to have been fabricated, and there is,
on the whole, sufficient probability about the victory to make
the friends of Greece look with hope to the next arrivals from
that quarter.

Extract of a Letter from the Agent of the Greek Committee,
dated Napoli di- Romania, Aug. 1, 1024 :
" I only returned to the seat of Government two days ago, 1
after visiting in little more than the spice of a week the rums
of Epidaurus, Egina, Salamis, and Athens. I reached Athens
on the 24th, and: had a long conference. with General Gouts;
who had just returned from Marathon, where ho had greatly
distinguished himself on the 14th, at the head of three hundred
men against three thousand, whom he forced back upon Ne-
gropont, with the loss of four hundred men and three or four
standards. From Athens, the most interesting spot on earth,
I returned to Ambilachi (the ancient Salamis); to confer with
the members of the Philo-Muse Society, and thence proceed,
ed. to Hydra,,. where I saw the Primates" who received me in
the most friendly manner, giving me letters to the Centre,
Government, expressing their anxiety that .all the propesl.l
interesting be
track acceded
were to.
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tions I had previously made to the Executive and Legislative
ji
sillyihoecwcuhpoilede P°inulfiatttlinngofo this
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large division of the fleet" which has sailed ere this, and is
destined to join the division intended to act against Ma.
hummed Ali ; they were also employed in adding to the de,
fences of the island, which are already of the most formid.
able description. From Hydra. I passed on .to Spezzia, in a
vessel provided by the kindness of Lazzaro Conduriottis, in
whose splendid house I slept two nights, and where I was
treated en Siibarite., Spezziots, Who are a keen and intel-
ligent people, were occupied in the same manner as their neigh-
bours: On presenting myself to the President and Execu-
dire Body here, , I found them reading a dispatch received that
instant from General Scalza, dated six leagues from Sabina, and.
giving an account of the repulse and discomfiture of Dervish
Paclia, who attempted to advance to that place for the purpose
of opening a. communication with Patrass. This victory is
the most important andAlecisive of the campaign, as the Turks
had fully calculated on. the luccess of their plans. The first
letters of the General stated the enemy's loss to be NO in
killed alone; other actionnts reached the Government last
night, by which it appears that 1,000 of the infidels fell: the
main body of 7 or-11,000 retreated, ,leaving their baggage,
standards, and cannon, in .the hands of the Greeks. Owing
to the judicious choke of the
.ground, the latter did not
lose- more than twelve men in killed and woonded.—
The whole attention .of the Executive is now directed to
Eeparing for defensive and offensive' operations on a, largo scale.
You have heard of Mahomed Ali's expedition; though.consi.
derable, it is by no means sufficiently so to induce a belief of
its being intended for the Morea. We all think the Egyptian
tyrant intends to occuyy Candle, whence he doubtless imagines
there will be great. facilities for carrying his ulterior designs
into execution. The affair of 'pare, though disastrtnui in every
Point of view, haB, however, completely roused Greece, and
great things may be expected of her.- The recent note of
Itussia would seem to .call for the immediate interference of
England. I was very. negligent in
.not telling you ere this,
that the conduct of the French and Austrian squadrons in the
Levant has been most flagitious. They are, in fact, the active
allies of the Turks, and doing their utmost to sacrifice the
unhappy but heroic people of Greece. I have had a long
conference with the Executive,' and settled every thing 'about
my departure. A vessel is ordered, and I hope to embark in
three or four days. The new law in favour of public credit
authorizes the Executive to send home some produce with
me, but, seeing the importance of not losing any time, I
have made a communication that I felt assured the creditors
of Greece would be perfectly satisfied to wait a few months
longer ,until the. oil and currants of this year were collect-
ed, so that the articles proposed might he sent to England
in November,' or the following month. In other respects
the papers and documents, of which I hope to be the
bearer, will, I feel assured, give great and general satin.
faction. The Greek youths, who seem most anxious to profit
by . the offers of the Quakers, are ready, and will be embarked
immediately. The vessel I have chosen is a fast-sailing schooner
of Hydra. It is high time to inform you that the first instal.
ment of the loan reached this from Zante a week since: 90,000
dollars have already been paid over to the fleet, the rest is die.
tributing among the army. The employment of the whole Will,
lam convinced, give the utmost satisfaction. The situation of
the Ipsariots calls loudly for a subscription. Those families
who have been saved from the Turkish knife have taken refuge
in Napoli di Alalvoisia : their condition is indescribably hor-
rible.