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London, England, 1821-11-21 00:00:00

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DAILT. XXT4I,ACT'S FROM Tlir MOIIN I tiG

November '2l.

• [NEW TIME F,.]
The intelligence from Turkey is as unsatilac- •
tory as usual. There are various reports, but no
sufficient authority is given for any of them. Au
action bet Ween the, Greek and Turkish fleets off
the island of 113 rite is mentioned under the date
of Leghorn, Nov. 2. It is said to have been wit-1
nessAl by a number of:- the inhabitants of the
island assembled on the shore, who, when the
Turkish flag was struck in some of the ships,
and the banner cf the Cross hoisted in its stead,
expressed their joy" by loud acclamations and
clapping of hands. " The-English, on perceiv-
ing this," if the account is to be believed," gave
orders for the guns of the fortress to fire on the
Greek ships, but, while they were airs engaged,
the
.inhabitants revolted, and the English were'
obliged to shut themselves up in the castle."
The improlability of this story is striking-At the
--very first glance, as it is perfectly well known
that the.nost rigid neutrality has been the lead-
ing featire of the policy of Great Britain through-
out th' contest between the Greeks and the Turks.

[MORNING CHRONIC LE.]

::hat a bat-tie between the Turkish and Greek

1.1 ets took place off the island of Zante, which
lifted in the defeat of the. former, seems to be
placed beyond all doubt. An extract of a letter
from Leghorn, in the Dutch 'Mail, giving an ac-
count of this battle, that is stated to have been
fought on the Bth October, is fully confirmed by
a letter from Trieste. One Turkish corvette
was boarded and taken, seven other ships sunk,
another in . the Port of Cheri, in the island of
Zatrte. The inhabitants of Zante are said to have
obligedthe English Authorities,af ter killing 4 Eng-
lish* soldiers, to send off the 40 Turkish ships that
had taken shelter in their port, so that hopes are
entertained the shattered remnant will be entirely
deStroyed. According to the letter from Leghorn,
the inhabitants of Zante were in a complete.
stale of revolt, and had forced the English to
shot theAnselves up in the Castle, though troops
had afterwards arrived from Col fo.—By a Pro-
claroation. of the oth October, to the inhabitants
of ;the lonian Islands, threats are held out to
" those Imprudent ministers of religion, who, in
contravention of the pure principles of that Gos-
pel, which inculcates universal charity and bene-
volence, on 'this occasion put up,. under the very
eye of the Government, public prayers for the
destruction of the Ottoman Power, thus wick-
edly employing the voice of religion to inflame
a fatal enthusiasm already of itself too exten-
sive.". The unfortunate Parguinotes, who, with
their brave countrymen, the Suliotes, had
'failed in an attempt to re-possess themselves
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of Parga, their expulsion from which forms
such a stain on the history of this country,

are. also by this Proclamation declared to
have forfeited their right of citizenship in
the lonian Islands, and are to be refused ad-
mission into any of the lonian States. These
harsh and tyrannical measures speak sufficiently
for themselves. Throughout- Europe, through-
out the civilized world, they must excite only one
unmingled feeling of detestation. But how came
the British Authorities to take these steps ? We
have only the protection .of these Islands. Pro-
tection surely does not mean the offering violence
in every one respect to the feelings and interests
of the inhabitants ? The restraining even the
Ministers of Religion from offering up prayers for
their Christian.brethren against their bloody op-
pressors ? Is this British protection ? But then all
this is done with the concurrence of the Presi-
dent of the Senate ? 0 yes, we had forgot the
lonians have a Constitution—and under that
Constitution a Senate, we suppose, something
like the Jury which King John Bernadotte, with
the consent of his Swedish Nobles, wished to
give to his good Norwegians—a Senate which
sits in one of the Lord Commissioner's rooms,
and is as attentive to his nods as his domestics.
This is English protection, and this is the way
the taxes wrung from the people of England are
spent.

[MORNING POST.]
An extraordinary degree of indifference seems
to pitfall amongst the French Deputies, which
is not easily reconcileable with the strict dis-
charge of the important trust, reposed in them
by their constituents. Day after day the Cham-
ber had met without being able to proceed, not
only with public business, but with the appoint-
ment of its own officers, through want of a suf-
ficient attendance of members, although it was
known that,they abounded in the capital. It had
consequently not yet been able to take the King's
Speech into consideration, or to prepare an Ad-
dress in reply to his Majesty, a mark of respect
which ought not to have been so long withholden.
The Dutch Papers contain an article from Leg-
horn, which we must consider a gross libel upon
the Government of the lonian Islands, and upon
the British character itself. It states, that dur-
ing an 'engagement between the Greek and
and Turkish fleets off the Island of Zante, the
advantage appearing on the side of the Greeks.
and the Zantiots along the shore expressing their
joy by loud acclamations and clapping of hands,
orders were given for the guns of the fortress to
fire on the Greek ships. Much as we disap-
prove of the Proclamation issued by Sir Thomas
Maitland, in which he reproves the Clergy for
putting up prayers for the destruction of,the Ot-
toman power, and banishes from the lonian Isles
the brave Parguinotes, who lately failed in an
attempt to recover the city of their forefathers,
so unfeelingly delivered by us to the Turks, we
cannot believe that he would authorise an act of
military hostility towards the Greeks. His plea
for adopting measures of ultra severity, is the
wish of being strictly .pentral, and he would
certainly not deprive• his own declarations of
all their weight and effect, by being the first to
in fringe them.

[MORNING UERALD.] '
Although there is nothing new in the recent
arrivals from the north and east of Europe, the
pending negoclations seems to be looked to at