The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-27 00:00:00

THE CANDIAN INSURRECTIOff,

ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 25.

News received here from Greek sources states
that a great battle took place in Candia, on the 17th
inst., between the Cretans, who numbered 20,000
men, and the combined Turkish and Egyptian
troops, 30,000 strong. The latter are stated to
have been repulsed and Ismail Paella wounded. •

ATHENS, October 18, 186 G.

The latest intelligence from Candia, extending to
the 15th, gives the following details of the expe-
dition recently undertaken by Mustapha Pasha
against th 3 insurgents.
The Turkish leaders, obeying the orders sent
from Constantinople through Djemil Pacha, aide-
de-camp to the Sultan, left Canea upon the 9th of
October with 18 battalions of infantry, a squadron
of cavalry, a battery of artillery, and about 3,000
irregular troops, in all from 16,000 to 18,000 men.
These troops marched towards the White Mountains,
where several insurgent corps and the chief members
of the Cretan General Assembly were posted. That
same evening the Turkish army halted at the
village of Skine, where they passed the night.
Next day they burnt the village of Lakki, meeting
no resistance. Upon the 11th, having plundered
and burnt the village of Mouskla, they marched
against another village, Sourva, defended by about
500 insurgents. They made four ineffectual at-
, tempts to carry the place, and ultimately withdrew,
it is said, with heavy loss. They subsequently
burnt the hamlet of Therisso. All these places are
at the foot of the White Mountains.

Upon the 12th some 2,000 Greeks attacked the
Turkish force, and, after a battle lasting through
that day and the next, are said to have forced the
latter to withdraw to the foot of the Kermia Moun-
tains, forming the lowest of the chain, and the
nearest to Canea. This retrograde movement is
attributed by the Turkish authorities to a failure in
provisions.

At 10 in the evening of the 14th a body of 160
Turks, unaware of the remainder of the army hav-
ing retreated, marched towards Therisso, hoping
there to rejoin their comrades. The insurgents sur-
prised this detachment in a ravine, and are reported
to have cut them off to a man.

Several acts of reprisal are stated to have been
effected by the Turks. Two churches have been
plundered in the suburb of Canea, where the Ameri-
can and Russian consulates are situated. A similar
fate has overtaken the church in the village of
Galata. An unarmed Cretan, named Cokalakis,
returning to his village with his family, furnished
with a safe-conduct from the Governor, was killed
by the Turks, together with his wife, his sister-in-
law, a little girl aged four, and another person who
accompanied them. An Hellenic subject, named
Dressanan, was also slain at the village of
Psilopyrgos. The Greek Consul at Canea has in-
formed his Government that the lives of King
George's subjects arc in greater danger than ever,
and that even the Greek consuls themselves are not
safe.

Dates from the department of lleracleum are also
to the 15th inst. Upon the sth a corps consisting
of 4,000 native Mussulrnans, three battalions of
Turkish infantry, and two battalions of Egyptian
foot marched against the district of Messara. Upon
the 10th they encountered about 300 insurgents at
Tergeri, and of ter having vainly essayed to carry
the position, retreated with a loss of five killed and
two wounded. Upon the 11th the Turkish forces
divided into two corps. One of them burnt and
plundered without resistance the villages of Coussi,
Pompia, Petrokephalon, and Chibaki ; the other
marched upon Zaro, Camares, and Virizia, where it
encountered the insurgents. The engagement began
at 11 in the forenoon, and lasted till 5 o'clock
p.m., the Turks again ',retreating and falling back
upon the village of Arga-Varvara. They are said
to have lost 20 killed and numerous wounded.
The following day, the 12th, the irregulars
returned dispirited to the fort of lleracleum ;
acts of vengeance are also reported from this depart-
ment. The Turks having surprised in the village of
Zaro three old women, one of whom had a son com-
pletely paralysed, killed the latter before his
mother's eyes. The poor woman is said to have
become insane.

The insurgents are stated to be well supplied
with food and munitions, as the Turkish blockade
does not prevent the Greek sailors from snaking
frequent voyages to convey succour to the Cretans.

AMERICA, •
SOUTHAMPTON, OCt. 27.

The Hamburg and American Company% steam-
ship Teutonia, from New York on the 13th inst.,
has arrived here with 60 passengers for Havre and
Hamburg, $50,000 in specie for England, and
$15,000 in specie for France.
On the 25th ult. she spoke the Norwegian ship
Sophie, and on the 26th the steamer Borussia.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamer Pera, Captain G. J. Babot, has arrived
with these mails, 59 passengers, £2,800 in specie,
three boxes of shawls, and sundries. Among the
passengers are Assistant Corn. General Barlee, from
China; Colonel Jones, R.E., and family, from
Bombay ; Capt. Hoseason, R.N., superintendent
of the port, and Mr. Roberts, Master H.M.S.
Assurance, from Malta ; the Lord Bishop of
Gibraltar, &c.
The Pera left Alexandria on the 14th, Malta the
18th, and Gibraltar the 22d, and has bad generally
fine weather, but had very strong N.W. gales in
the Bay of Bismy.

On the 23d, off the Burlings, the Pera spoke the
Company's steamer China, with the outward Mails
of the 26th.

Her Majesty's ships Assurance and Hibernia
were at Malta, and the Redpole and Skylark at
Gibraltar.