The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-08 00:00:00

THE GREEKS.

PORTSMOUTH, Noy. 00-....0n Thursday his Ma-
jesty's sloop Dispatet,lo, Captain EDWARD U. SCOTT, ar,
rived from Smyrna, Tante,' Naples, and Gibraltar, with db-
patches. The intelligence she brings is fully confirmatory o
the successes of the Greeks during tbapast summer, by which
they consider Their independence is certain. The Dispertela
was released from quarantine this morning. The following is
an extract from a letter we have received

--‘IVIOTHEILBANK., Nov. 6.—The Dispatch havinig been
much employed in the Archipelago, I am enabled to give you
a few factsrelative to the struggle of the Greeks for independence,
which must prove gratifying. The Greeks having foru-
nsttly received the loan which was raised for them.early in
the summer, they were enabled in June to commence opera.
tions, and they have since been successful at almost every
point. The Captain Paella, having.determiaed to attack the
Isle of Samoa, with the Turkish fleet, he for that purpose
embarked a large number of troops in transports, and as.
metaled a much larger force on the shores of the main
land, to the southward of Smyrna, immediately opposite to
that island. The daring Greek Admiral, Canereo, ever on
the watch, attacked them with his tire-ships before they could
reach the island ; but not being able to get at them with his
larger ships, he was successful in burning a sixty-gun ship (on
two decks), a frigate and a brig, and the Captain Pacha's ship
narrowly escaped the same fate. The Greek fleet, at the same
timeogot among the Turkish transporta • and destroyed fifty
of them, principally by running them down, in which mur-
derous work, no quarter being given, about eight thousand
Turkish soldiers were drowned. The remainder of the Turk-
ish army. who were encamped on shore, hearing the fate of the
expedition, became refractory, disorganised, and ultimately
returned to their homes, taking with them their arms, and I
committing every excess on the defenceless 'inhabitants. The
Capitan Pacha, after this defeat, went on to the Idle of
Stantia, to meet the Egyptian fleet, under Illahoinet All Pacha,
who was coming up from Rhodes. The Greek fleet still fol.
lowed, and though much inferior In force, attacked them, and
took a frigate, and twenty-live transports. Subsequent infor-
mation received at Zente, on the 111th of September, by Sir F.
Stoven, states, that in a second attack, four more Turkish
frigates were destroyed. The Egyptian fleet of transports did
not include one Linglisit vessel ; there were a few Maltese,
but the principal number were Austrian ships. • 'While the
Greeks were thus successful on their waters, they stood in a
no less prosperous state on shore. No decided attempt was
made on the land side, excepting upon Athens. Goorah
commanded and maintained his post most valiantly. • Ody.
seos (commonly called by the Greeks Ulysses) commanded
more in advance, and lie signally defeated the Mussulmen
at Marathon and Salona. The Turkish fleet, thtis defeated,
and thwarted in all their endeavours, are at anchor on the
coast of Asia Minor. Our squadron in the Archipelago
consists of the Sybille frigate, Captain S. J. Pechell, C. 8.,
and the Medina, eighteen guns, Captain C. M. Walker.—
The latter ship had got on shore in the Dardanelles, but
by great perseverance she was saved, and had been taken
to Athens. Plitt of the lonian squadron, consisting of the
Tribune frigate, Captain Guion, and the Weaele, 10, Captain
T. Curtis, had taken Sir Frederick Adam, to remonstrate
with the Greek Authorities at Cerigo, on some Proclamations
whieli they had issued, and which appears to have been done
only to deter our ships from assisting the Greeks, without the
least intention of acting hostilely towards the British flag. Sir
Frederick was
,completely successful in his remonstrance, and
had returned to Corfu. 'The Tribune subsequently went to
Athens to assist the Medina.—The Tribune, Euryalus, Rose,
and Martin, are. to leave the station shortly, and return to
England.—Sir harry Neale was lying at Naples on the lith
Oct.- with The Revenge, Seringapatam, and Sparrowhawk.—
The Naiad was spoke offSartlinia on the 12th Oct., going with a
message to Algiers. A French squadron, consisting of a line-of.
blittle-ship, seven frigates and a sloop, passed through the (tut
of Gihriltar on the 21st ()ember from Toulon, bound, it is sup.
pqsc..tl,-to Cadiz and Brest.. . The . American ships of war
Cyane, Erie and Nonsuch, were lying at Gibraltar on the 23d
ult.—An English schooner and Portuguese brig, and two Spa-
nish feluccas were lost at Gibraltar on the 21st ult. in a'gale of
wind. The Dispatch left Gibraltar on the 23d. She is to be
pnid off at Chatham, having being absent nearly 4 years."—
( Hampshire Tekgraph.)