The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-03 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICE..

JOURNAL of a RESIDENCt in the BURgifAisi
• PIRE, and more panic:Wilily at the Court of Atharapoorah.
• By, Cat. HittA.), (pox, of the Hon. biast.lndia Company's
,Bengal N.ztive Infantry., -
The respectable Atithor of this work is no
'ore, and his son, with filial reverence, collected
materials • from his father's Papers, and has pre,,
sented them in the piesent turn) to the Pahlic.,.
The Journal commenced on the Bth of Ociobeti
1796, and:concluded,on Noiemberl, in the NI-,
lowing year'. The,ugh written so many years
ago, yet as the customs, Pririciple's, habits, &o.:
of the Asiptic„s are. stationary, Vie,work is as Bp=
plicable several States of Indro, as-if writ,
ten it the present pe`riod, and,'lri consequence of
our late rupture with the Burinese 'Empire' is
peculiarly interesting at
.the passing moment.
The Author .appears to have been well quail-'
fled, as far es his limited opportunity adthit,
led, to judge of the inonnreh whoit: territories
he visited, and he details with condonrsrid
good sense Whet occurred to hlm in the course of
his journey.. We recommend the' work to itll who
are interested in East India Affairs, and also as
calculated. to afford amusement to the general
Readers. 1t is illustrated .with a few plates, re- •
presenting a procession, and the dresses of some
classes of the people. The following extract
from the Preface states the occasion which in.
duced Captain Cox to take the journey, of Which
he has left se satisfactory a record it; the work
he ((see us' - • • • •

" When Captain Cox returned fro!n Rangoon, he found
that Sir John Shore; wider Apse auspices he went, had sailed
fOr Europe, and, been succeeded as Governor-General by the
Earl of Mornington, who expressed himself perfectly satisfied
with his conduct dUritig his negociation with the Burnham Goa •
vernnient, and signified his intention of again employing him
in the public service, whenever an opportunity should offer, in
which histalentsand zeal might be instrumental in .promOtit
the public interest.

St;ci) Eln opportunity soon occurred. The tyranny of the
Durnham Government in the province of Amman, drove a
very considerable body of its unfortunate Inhabit rots to the dire`,
resolution of abandoning their homes and native country, to
Seek a precarious otistence in the woods and forests, which form
the boundary of our territories on the Chittagong frontier. To ;
give immediate assistance to these unfortunate beings, was an
art consistent with :Abe spirit of the whole of his Lordihip's
government; and Accordingly Captain Cox was commissioned
to proceed to Chittagong, fir the purpose. of arranginq the
most effectual tneatts,of relieving their necessities, by goring
them a permanent settlement-on thu waste lands of that extend'
sive district.

•
• "In an active performance of the ardhous, duties of this sid,
tuatioti, add in a climate peculiarly noxious to an European:
constitution, Captain Cox persoered.till his own: life became a .
sacrifice to his zeal and sense of public duty:. His premature
death at the age of thirty-nine years, in the midst'of public
employment of a nature that demanded the whole of his time
and attention, prevented his..making many valuable additions
tu his Journal from his- private memorandums, (which it was
his intention to have dune, had his lite been spared ;) or even
• of an angingthe matter it contained for the press."

A Commercial Letter, dated StOckholm; 10th
August, says—" The harvest is nearly conclud-
ed ; on the whole it turns out rather a bountiful
one. Howe, importations of foreign 'grain are
not to be lookeit for. Nay,
,sucli ere oar -
sup-
plies,
we may rationally entertain the hope of
being exporters, should there be any inducement,
in the markets. Colonial produce, both coffee
andsugar, is a good deal depressed in value, owing
to large arrivals direct. We hove lied, in fact,:
• no fewer then seven large merchantrnee frOus
Rio Janeiro and Bahia, and further arrivals uve
daily expected. Copper has risen .in price from,
the large shipments made to France. It it a
I complaint among the Swedish ship-builders 'that
they have very little to do in their line of b.ii •
ness. The lowness of the present rate of freights
they consider as the cause, ued what will lie- •
cessarily lead to a scarcity of merchant bottoms.
by and by."
The Copenhagen Gazette, of the 17th August,
rays,--" They are sorry to acquithil their readers
that a late number of the Dantsig nandels-
Zeitang annvuncits the failure of several corn.,
mercial.housess in that city, owing ta the bad--
„els of.the times, and that it was feared taore.
Would follow."
A-connner,ciel: letter, dated Rostock, Aug. gc
Buys,--fir Theft ;has, lately beet; ,a good deal of,
activity iwour harbour; several cargoesof grain
have been dispatched. for :London cud Leith, us
lasi) to. the ports.inaullantl;"„
The Berkin harnta tuf, the ,17th ult. states,
that an • the 13th J.tkly the Northern ,Diftrict of
the Circle of Nordhausen wasi.viAited with a WY,
• heavy stores of snow, accoritir.u6loo*ith,
cold. At. .L.3ennekelisteie,,
sheeP,besidet other sinall cattle, perished fruits
the severity ,of the weather."
there is airtsuallr
wool, that on- two farms;. adjoining each'other.;
chagioigegroeu,ts,opilli
rtiengse' the
tbale!i!gle.'etitfihi4acit
non
diihiraerSeoluicteh.
oar
respftctivitt
growths of, frora.Beie to 41s. per toil, even though the
ewes from whiptt Jib was slier ISshoOld hitY.e beet(
g ~,,,good as to hived and staple,
oTrti,isin::xlipy pau
experiment has htchn,tried,„ forseveral• sue.
cevding years; by Abe occupants of the fur as al.-
laded to having exchanged, each year,
fifty
ewe, of the ;settee ago and, quality, anti
the „effect- lisc.""d"ils by the wool of one
of the parcels of ewes invariably improv-
ing, the other, invariably degenerating.
chalky laud, covered with a fine textured turf. •
a well interspersed With wild tliya* Email wild •clover",
and eyehriglrt, js that Wliichi produces the hest
weight,ssaol. , It is, indeed
wool
en tfaryjossmtblei
asettol ;nue epssobctieotilaillrgspe.fo,,e
known fact, that
fleece full a third heavier, though much coarser,.
set r ot) g
produceslantl. a
—f
the year that she is fattened, than its any year
that preceded U. itvhniloibeigyth increused,
iit.

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'o' E C ssucti.e tilIT
(From the Mimittur of Tuesday, Av. St) ,
Avosanao, 23,—Letters from Trieste.
state that Mavrocordato has performed an trn.
portant service to his countrymen, by suspending,
for this campaign at least, the warlike prepare-.
lions of the partisans of the Turks in the western
Fart of Greece. A convention of neutrality has
been concluded with Omer Vrione, who is there-1
113 r placed in a situation which must filially em-
broil him with the Divan, and therefore lie
can no longer reckon on the favour of the Sul-
tan. Advantageous arrangements with the Chiefs
of some Albanian Tribes compel the Paella of
Scutari to observe also a kind of neutrality,,
and it is even said that he has commenCod
a secret negociation with Mavrocordato. The
Seraskier, Dervisch Pacha, whose head-quarters
are a Larissa, has received successive accounts
- of the re-taking of Ipsara, and of the disasters
experienced by -the Captain Paella's fleet. These
news have caused a great sensation in the Ottoman
army. The Seraskier immediately sent a mes-
senger to Constantinople to demand speedy rein-
forcements, without which he must evacuate
Thessaly.

I.Prom the Conttitutionral of roesday.l
BUCHAREST, Auta. 7.—The post from Constan-
tinople not only announces that I psara has f►een
re-taken by the Greeks, but also that the Cap•
tain Pacha is blockaded in Mitylene. Two ex-
traordinary couriers coming from Constaistitople
and going to Vienna passed through here yester-
day. At this moment the report has got into
circulation that the Captain Paella has left Mity-
Jene, but was attacked by the Greeks, and lost a

largo part of his fleet.
• VIENNA, AUG. ,20.--(Ea►trflct .of Private
Lettcr).—Letters have arrived from Pera by the
courier of the Austrian Jnternuncio, who left on
the 27th July. They explain the reports which
have been circulated hero on the advantages said
to have been.gained ,by the -Greeks. .They are
much greater than was at first supposed. A let!.
ter written by an Austrian merchant contains the,
following details :---
"The Captain Paella's plan of operation has entirely failed.
hie cannot continue to act against the Greeks, .and he has lost
all the fruits of treason, and several of his vessels are destroyed.
His transports have been taken by the Greeks, who are •again
masters of Ipsara, now occupied by a numerous corPs Of

Greeks.. The Greek fleet has taken a number of Turkish. vex-
-Ikb,, and threatens the.TurEish fleet. A great activity .ia,tlia7
played by the Greeks, as well as courage aborepraise. 4.
More
than half of the Asiatic troops and the Janissaries um.
Barked at Constantinople have .perished. The Porte ctatcealed
this bad newa.for several days, but it was impossible to keep
it a secret ; and details of what happened'
have been received, which confirm the 'enormous loss of the
Turks. The Captain Pacha has suddenly boar his credit at '
Constantinople, and it is thought lie wi,ll be bypersLAl:d."
These details are confirmed by 'other 'letters,
so that the most determined partizans of the
Turks cannot deny them, and therefore attribute
the failure f.o treasOu.,..tt4' say the Captain.
Paella wilt fikeehii*i reinfnicenieuts, and will. again
uttaelx.lpstioal,,b4l4 tfeet; tOti bad .a
cotr-
dition to allow. triin'to Al udettake n, neiv expedii
lion. The troops of Ilta- Pliebtf- of 'l:t4l pt aro not
yet collected at Aleiatidrin"'t'fi. and at
Constantinople it is now supposed the
,Viceroy
is amusing the Porte by deceitful promises, anti
that he means to take no part in the expedition
to be sent. against the Morea. Ibrahim Paella
bad not left Alexandria ; and the Viceroy, Who
bad been expected wore than a montit., had not
:wive&
(Prfort Etoije, (hti:42 flre,:freAay,. Sept.l.)
PAtti 3, Auo. 31.—The Auolnirgh Listens co'

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tains two letters, which confirm, for the lOth time,
"the defeat of the Turks.: The first of theseletters
is froM Leghorn, and dated Aug. 18. Capt. Chris-
topherlerowich, commanding the Austrian brig
Elppopotamo,entered Leghorn on the 17th,coming
Ana, Constantinople, after a passage of 2C
,days.
:before he passed the Dardanelles he met a yes.
eel of-his nation coming from Syri, the Captain of
which told bim that he had seen off Il.sara a
Creek fleet of about 'ZOO snit. That island had
just been retaken by the Christians, who, after
capturing 30 Turkish .vesiets, put to the sword
't 'or 3,000 men, whom the Captain Pactia had left
to preserve his conquest.
The Turkish fleet was at nailer in the chan-
nel of Scio.
The letter from Trieste is the same date as
that from Leghorn. A vessel which wilted from
Alexandria on the Itlth of July, ropurts that the
expedition of the Viceroy had not then sailed.
Its departure with fixed for the,.l“ August.
'The'Greek Quzette,.e.rited the Hellenic Chro-
'stele, of the 113th July, sitys that Odyssens; on
the first news Of the landing :or the Turks. at

.J pilau, acted a very equivocal i,art towards the
Central Government Of .I's( apart' di Itoinaiila.
. liiketns, on the contrary, as soon as Ito learned
that the SpezziotS had put to sea tolimten to the
aid of Irani, Inadee generni tu go and
. guard their wives and childrd
en with a detach.
swot of 400'men, which he has already done.
(From the dustrion Olacrver.
-CONOTANTINOVGE, 4Uf.T ”•—For some days
peat a report has been spread, that an Hydriot equadron had
• retaken the island of Ipsara, overpowered the Turkiatt force of
aeveralthoustind men, and destroyed or carried away aeveral of
the Gapitan -Pachee ships. Lette:a from Hrnyffta confirm this
report. The Government, • which affirms that it has no know-
ledge of 'such an event, thinks itself entitled to look on the whole
ars a fable. We are of opinion, however, that the report, setting
snide the exaggerations, was well founded, though the numerous
lecounuaronf'Stnyrna are at variance in so many other points
that It is impossible to form a decided opinion on any f"c1;. me
following seems to be nearest the truth :
Some of the lonia skip; which had escaped by flight the
catastrophe of the 3d ofiiily did their utmost, when they reach
ed Hydra, to obtain assittan4, from which they might expect
some submit/10e ; because, sawlt they left'lpssra, two of the
strongest forts were riot yet taken. The gydriots, ha fact, put
to sea with all expeditioti with ,orms4 vessels,. lauded at
•.;atros, took on hoard Albanian and Other troop's, Appeared en
the rtb beforc fpstirs, when the fate of the unfortunate island
had licer long decided, The CapitaO Pacha had left heithid
only fi oc 70 men, (according to Ws own account only MO
same 00:0,4 for removing the booty, and a topple of gun-Loats.

The Hydride having destroyed these and cut the Turbo to.
IPLeColl*Tidilteil 211tifed. ot Turkish frigate which met
this squadron had an action with it, but fought its way through
and readheti IllitViene uninjured; This is the report given by
~more credible~letters, thranthore of which, however, will not,
be answerable for their cone:toes, as all dependson unauthen.
'jtkated atatelnenti.
The narrative confirms the blowing up of the-fort of St.
Ni-
eels) by the garrisnu, and the dreadful destruction caused by it.

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The ftrixotar; , publishes the following official . Cheek re-
ports
" Pt4r Pacha continues to besiege his nephew in Herat. From
the follawinglacts, which have come to our knowledge, Omer
aeons to be in disgrace with the Sublime Porte.
4 On thei9thif janO'iat oiliest Of the Sublime Porte, ac-
cen-toanied by, lyljanhisaries, set out from Constantinople for
Prevesa, with orders to command thekutschin of Prevesa to de.
liver :up' to him, for the Government; the fortresses of Prt*lia)
Vonitza, Arta, Parga, Bucintro,ond gull. The latter, far from
receiving. his master's Envoy,' ordered thogates. to be shut
against him. The officer retired to Kancirimi;:a Greek village.
He left it. the following.day; artek,experieneed a similar recep-
tion at Janina, in consequence of orders that had been received
from Omer raeha4 `,l , •
" There are only 259 Titrlitt f Arta 400
Christiana t 1)!, ulpmz,.,
" The Pachkof Scutari. cannot bring his frodOs to Act, be.
•• •
cause they insist reeeillnii,theArieerx 4,4keir, pay, and a
quarter in advaneei 5, •
" The Greeks haiinglearrid that jusauf 'pitchy/had collected
. . .
8,000 met), and that he intended to send 3,000 to Zoltan), 'and
1,500 to Pattaziki, immediateli proceeded to these two points'
to take possessor of the defiles. ' '
" Cataiscaki, a Greek General, who had been accused by
Prince Mavrecordato to the Government of having had a cor-
respondence•stitit7the enemy, had been found .guilty of this
erimelyy a court-martial, and his judges had spared hiti life ox •
his pretended manifestations of repentance. As soon as he was
set at liberty, he joined a band of 600 or 700 men, made him.:
self master of the banks of the Aspropotamo, raised an insur-
rection in four or five villages, and proceeded towards the.tie,
files of Tricala, in order to join the Turkish commander, and
by this means raise an insurrection In Western Greece.
soon us this event was known, General Stournari and Cehitiel.,,
Liakita set out in pursuit of him. Being overtaken.; and de-
feated, first near the village of Klinobo, then in the environs of
Kolsica, Catuiscaki took the road to Agrafa ; but being met by
eneral Bingo, he was completely beaten, and lost 150 men,

killed, wounded, and prisoners. After this last check, despair-
ing of success in his project, he threw himself into the worms-
tertuf St. '.!tnistasius, near Karpenisi, where he is besieged by
the tW6'denerals, who hope soon to be masters of that post. In
consequence of this little affair, we have taken 30,000 sheep, a
great tuatty tiiten, goats, and mules.
On the sttirender of St. Anastusius, the 5,N0 men who be-
siege It will 'join General Tzionea, who is near Arta with 1,000
men, to act together against that fortress.
" The Greeks harass the Turks in Thome!), ; parties scour

the country itt all directions, kill the entacy, and cause the
towns to re►'olt, :A Captain lying in ambush near Malacasi
suddenly (1 on a corps of Turkish troops that escorted the
IrriporialtieaUid, 'dispersed them, killed forty men, and got

possqssion of the client of treasure, containing 700,000 piasters.
Anoth:ir' yapiain fell with impetuosity on an enemy's corps,
with cattle for the supply of the fortresses, dispersed them, and
took 15,000 sheep—(Fraukfart 124er.)
The French Journdl a:Prow-fart, published here, stating
' the news given by the Alt ornetifie Zrit;4rig of the reconquest of
!pasta by the Greeks., the destruction of the Ttirks, ob-
serves—" Aecoriling to these accounts the reconquest of Ipsara
took place the 10th or llth of July. It would be very astonish-
inf.; that an event of this importance should not have been
known on the 17th at Smyrna, which is distant only one day's
sail from Ipsara. After the conquest of the island, the Greeks,
in order to diminish the effect it must necessarily produce, have
endeavoured to circulate all kinds of reports."--IThe Journal
then quotes the subsequent statements, in letters inserted in the
Allgerneine Zcitung,l—(FryznhArt Paper, Aug. 26.)

(From the Morning Chronicle.)

The following extract of a letter from an English gentleman
of education at Smyrna must be auflicient, one should think,
to excite a feeling of the deepest interest in the success of the'
Christian inhabitants of Greece, in their struggle against hordes
of savage barbarians, who triumph in human suffering, and
whose existence in Europe is a disgrace to civilised society.—
The heroic defence of Ipiara, and the victims of its fall, create
mingled sentiments of admiration and disgust ; for the explo.
sin of the Fort of St. NicolO, and the landing at. Smyrna of the
victims of the tragedy, must for ever fix in the minds of En.
glishmen admiration for the bravery of the descendants of the
former civilizes of mankind, and disgust at the degradation to
which the petty jealousy of European Legitimate Monarchs
now retluces them. An English lady has only for &moment to
fancy herself in the situation of the unfortunate Greek lady,
whom the gentleman who wrote the annexed letter saw landed
at Smyrna, and she will be able to form some idea of the ex.
trcme of human suffering. On the future fate of the infant
blitiC* it is disgusting even for one moment to reflect. This
system cannot, however, last, for the indignation of civilised
Europe must soon prevent the exercise of farther barbarity. •