The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-08 00:00:00

TIIE GII,F,EKS AND TURKS.

The following letter from the Admiral of the
Ipgariot fleet ton young countryman in England
will be read with much interest :

[TRANSLATION:I

" PSARA, 318'1' JULY (12TU Atm), 1023.

' I have received your favour of the 2d instant. I have also
received the two others you sent me before, both of which I
tiuly answered, and tun surprised that they did not come to
hand. Certainly they must have been kept somewhere, or thrown
• into the sea. In future.l will forward them by way of . . . ,
that they may arrive safe. I noticral your observations about
• Unanimity; and that this is the only means for gaining our
point. What Greek soul, my dear friend, does not feel
• thii, and is not aware that Unanimity is the best weapon
for the enemy; and, on the contrary, that at-cursed civil
discord ruins tuitions ? We have the examples of our an.
erstors. As' long as they kept unanimous they did won-
tltri, and the moment they drank the poison' of discord
they were ruined. I do not think, then, there is a Greek
who is not anxious for it, who • does not happen to be in-
sane. We have always been models of public unanimity, both
in on: own island and in Greece in general ; but the great mis-
f irttine is, that we are destitute of pecuniary means, having
spent them all, and it is impossible the war can go on without
them. If the Greeks had the means, they would do great things
this year, but, the want of them obliges us often to remain inac-
tive both by sea and land. Of courage and enthusiasm there is
_enough among us, but the want of money checks a good many
things from being done. All. you Greeks that are in Europe
must endeavour to furnish us with as much as you can, and
quickly. We, in despite of our great poverty, did not leave
. the enemy unmolested this year, but sent out from our poor
• island a flee! of 180 ships small and large ; they had on board
End troops, also, who were landed in Asia, and took possession
sif the country houses of the Turks, killed some, and dispersed
'the others, setting at liberty a' good many Greeks who were
kept as slaves.. Afterwards we entered Chandarli, where a se-
vere battle took place, and more than_ 1,800 Turks were killed ;
very few Greeks were' lost ; at last we were masters of the
place, and gave liberty to 3,000 of our countrymen. We took
also possession' of the fortreSs, and took 'away all the guns, and
whetever else' we could find in it, and afterwards destroyed It
tiontpletely by throwing it down. This 'frightened very much
the Turks, who began to evacuate Pergamo, and withdrew to
Magnesia. Our prisoners, both men and the harems of the
great Turks, we landed at Mitilene, and told the men that if
.they light again against us, when we go into their places, the
moment we get hold of them we shall kill them ; but if they will
remain quiet we will be friends to them, and treat them as
Greeks, allowing them the privileges and the laws of Greece. If
we had money we would make more excursions, and would do
more mischief than ever to the Tyrant. All•three Islands are
now preparing for the fleet, unanimous in every thing ; we have
a good many fire-ships and ships of war, and by the grace'of
God we hope to do some mischief to the Tyrant's fleet ; and
nosy it please God that I advise you of it in my next. 1 am
apin as the Chief Admiral of our own fleet, and will
continue going as long as Ido not see the Greeks quite free ; I
.do not mind my life when lam doing my holy duty. I have
been before infornied.of the London Committee by sortie other
friends, and it gave us hero much satisfaction and. confidence,
being sure that when that generous and free nation wishes to
assist, us we cannot be in want•of any thing ; and you will do a
great favour to me and to my poor country in general in inform-
ing me of their intentions, and the assistance they mean to give
,s which assistance, you rnay.depend upon it, will preserve
Greece; and what honour and glory will it be to that generous
ration, both from us and our descendants, in its being the
means of our getting rid of the shackles of the tyrant. Inform
me also of whatever else you learn of the intentions of the other
European Courts towards Greece. In Theasaly the war con-
tinues t the Greeks light bravely, and they arc fatuously
going on.
" NICIIOLA APOSTOLI, Admiral of the Tpsariot Fleet.”

(Extracts ty:Li..tters front Ancona Sept. 15, 'lBO3 )
, - •
" There has arrived here a Captain Zoyceki, from Corfu, in
six days, and I hasten to communicate the information he
brings, which is as follows, nearly verbatim as I had it from
Inm at the Health-office:—
"' I left Petrie; fifteen days ago. The Turkish fleet, with
troops on board, kept Missolonghi in a strict blockade by sea
and land ; but in order to reduce it, 20,000 Turkish troops
were expected :from Prevesa, mostly, Albanians, under Jusuff
Paella. Some sudden commotion having arisen among these
troops (supposed tribe on account of their not being paid), the
Pasha was obliged to make the best of his way, accompanied
only by his suite, on board the fleet. The troops before Miss°.
longhi were then re-embarked, and the fleet sailed for Patras,
ist.4 from thence to Constantinople.'
•s t" This declaration was made by Capt. Zyoceki at the Health-
affice, as I before stated, and as he is a Papal subject, and can. i
not be supposed to be interested in any manner, I have no he-
sitation in saying that his report is worthy of credit.
S E 1"r• -10.-P. S. Since writing the above there is another
arrival in eight days from Ithaca---die Captain of the vessel
confirms the foregoing intelligence, with this addition, that the
garrison of Missolonglii made a sally on the Turks before they
on baked, when they were aiteep, and killed numbers of them ;
there are still 12 small Turkish vessels cruizing at a distance
from laissolonghi, but the rest of the fleet have returnedto
Constantinople."