The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-27 00:00:00

SMYRNA, OCT. 17.

The island of Scio has been accustomed to draw
its supplies of cattle and nearly all its corn, &c. from
the neighbouring continent; the former were em-
barked regularly once or twice a week at Chesrne,
which is at about ten miles distance. When this
communication had been interrupted by the Greek
vessels for fifteen days, it was found that the island
was in want of a&mal food, and that the quantity
of corn in the place was waxing low. It was even
rumoured by some persons, who probably judged
from the wonted imprudence and negligence of the
Turks, that even the Pacha and the garrison in the
fortress had but a weak stock of provisions. We
saw several times large boats attempting to ru►►
across to the Main, but they were always frightened
back by the Greeks. At last a small boat succeed-

ed in a Sark -night, and reached. Chesme, with a
Tartar, who gave some instructionswhence,
after
anddlisviegrninalgs
to the Aga and Disdar of the town, and set
off instantly for Smyrna, hn
letters to the Paeha, he hastened on to Constantinople.
When the. Jasper, and all the English vessels that
had been loading fruit, left Chesme, the greatest, the
most ridiculous, alarm prevailed; fear performed
miracles; it even made the Turks active and vigi-
lant; there was nothing but furbishing up old arms
by day, and hailing and shouting from post to post
by night. It was in vain we tried to persuade them
that the enemy had no intention to molest the town,
or to attempt any thing on a place where thonsands
of armed Turks could be collected in a few hours.
" The robbers are here," said they (klefte is the
only name by which they designate the Greek
sailors), " and more are expected ; and who knows
what they may do with their fire-ships ?" The
Chesmelis took an active part in the destruction of
Scio : and the remembrance of their ruthless deeds
might well make them tremble at the idea of a
Greek visitation. Meanwhile, the poor Greeks,
who form more than one half of the population, but
who are, of course, kept without arms or means,
and are necessarily as submissive as slaves, were in
hourly apprehension of the Turks venting their wrath
on them, as they are accustomed to do. Several of
these unfortunate creatures took secretly to flight.
One case that fell under my notice touched me
deeply—there was a respectable young man, a met-,
chant', who had considerable property in vineyards in
the district, but his greatest treasure was a youthful
and lovely wife; several Turks of note, it appears, had
long cast an eye of desire on his fair companion, and
had settled what was to be ber fate and her lius-
band's, in case of any fresh disturbances giving
them the opportunity. .Of this ;he had several
times been warned, and his existence, in conses
quence, had for long while been the most
wretched; but when he saw the troubled aspect of
things whiCh succeeded the appearance of the Greek
ships, his alarm reached its height, and he deter-
mined to Any with his wife, though, by so doing, he
saerificed his hchise, his landsi nearly his all. The
unfortunate couple put together their money, and
lybo moveable property they possessed, fled from
the town in the
.depth of night, and crossed the hills
to a deep bay behind Chesgep,
w,-.ere they induced
two poor Greeks to take them in their fishing-boats
to_one of the Greek brigs, off Scio. I heard that
they reached the vessel in safety, and intended to
take advantage a the first safe conveyance to Syra.
The next day, when their flight was ascertained,
a. mob of fanatics gathered to burn down the
house; but the Aga set his seal on ' it, and
rescued it from the flames, and sent to establish
his right on behalf of the Snit*, to the poor fugitives'
casino and vineyards. The fate of the poor Greeks
Whq remain scattered over Asia Minor, is, in the
extreme, deplorable. Onr sympathy would be more
unqualified were they 4 better set of people; but,
good God! what can be expected fioni th'on, sub-
jected as they are, to the demoralizing processes of
ryiapny, and never-pausing oppression—to all that
is calculated to despoil man of the dignity of man,
and to reduce him .beneath the level of the wily fox
we hunt in the field. Yet, bad as they may he,
compared with the Turks, they are industrious and
Clever. ]ln the course of my late excursions I have
hardly once seen a Turk labouring in the fields; all
the work of agriculture is carried on by the Greeks,
and in the districts where they were destroyed, or
whence 447 emigrated after the breaking out. of the
Revolution, cultivation is wofully declining. The
too, smiths, carpenters, masons, &c. are all
Greeks. Turk's house, nay, even his mosque,
is artisans,
reared
bT y h
teh a
hands of the Giaoar and the slave,
against whom he is ever raising his bloody hand.—
What they would do without the Greeks I cannot
conceiYe.

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LONDON,
!AY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1827.

We announced in the greater part of our
yesterday's publication, the arrival at the Foreign
Office 'of Mr. HOLMES, one the King's Mes-
sengers, with despatches from Sir HENRY
WELLESLEY, his Majesty's Ambassador at
Vienna, and from Mr. STRATFORD CANNING,

his Majesty's Ambassador to the PORTE, the
latter dated the sth instant. Intelligence of the
battle of Navarin had reached Mr. CANNING
on the Ist instant, and before the Turkish Go-
vernment had received any account of it. These
despatches confirm the statements of the French
Papers that none of those outrages on the per-
sons of the Ambassadors, or on the persons and
property of the Franks at Pera, which were an-
ticipated by many, had been committed, and every
thing remained tranquil. Negotiations were
going on between the members of the three Allied
Powers and the PORTE, but nothing was con-
cluded. As these despatches have been received
with extraordinary expedition, it will probably
be several days before later accounts from Con-
stantinople reach us.

The Paris Papers of Saturday are chiefly filled
with details of the recent disturbances, and with
particulars reSpecting the unfortunate individuals
who lost 'their lives in them. All tumult had
ceased, the liberal party having exerted them-
selves to prevent any cause for the interference of
the-Aroops. M. VILLEL^ is the subject of ge-
neral attack ; beat it willaie difficult to displace
him, even if a deCided majority of the Chamber
should be against the Ministry. We may expect
to see him sacrifice some of his own principles,
and his friends, in preference to quitting office.
The following is what the Journal deS Debats
says of this Minister : _ _

PAR is, Nov. 23.—The Minister has been weighed and
atki found
two already tb 7.1 ge
numerous s IHisti so fate toemi)so
opposing Deputies.
From
this instant they are sufficient to overturn a hated, despised
Minister, whose tricks are known, whose mask is worn
out, and who is disavowed by his own agents. Upon their
view the victory is gained ; the Ministry may still do evil,
but he can no longer govern. We may say of three of its
members what Dante said of the three Podestats of
Florence, " They drink, eat, go, come, take, give ; but they
are dead !" The life of a Ministry is, in fact, the public
confidence and the respect of foreign countries; it is its
influence over the mind, foresight, security, and success.
M. de Villele has the naivete to give us, through, tile
Gazette de France, a bulletin, assuring us of his health :
he 'says he is not ill, as has been reported, and that, on the
contrary, he is very well, as he has two portefeuilles, and
signs his name very clearly: Good Heaven ! Is that the
health that is in question ? The question is, how is M. de
Villele in France, in Europe ? In what state has he placed
our affairs at home and abroad ? What does he in Spain :
What does he in the East ? What notes does he send to
Austria to excuse the success of our arms, and explain the
reason why we have burnt at Navarin the Turkish vessels
he had allowed to be built at Marseilles with our marine
stores? And in France what answer does he make to the
opinions he has trampled upon and insulted ? How, in
the presence of so many heirs of ancient families, rich pro-
prietors, and brave gentlemen, whose names he has for-
gotten, and whose fidelity he has disavowed, does he justify
that monstrous creation of Peers, in which he has paid for
the service to his person—the voting for his laws—more
than all the blood shed for the monarchy ? How does he
sniffer the claims and the reproaches of the nobility and
these illustrious friends of the Ning, who ask what he
' means to dci, and are equally indignant at his despotism
,'and imprudence? What can he say to those faithful
royalists, those loyal and eloquent Deputies, whom ,he has
persecuted, struck out from the lists of the Presidency,
and whose application us candidates he tolerates because lie
cannot hinder it ? Lastly, how can he bear to show him-
self in a certain august presence, before which lie appears.
loaded with the weight of disappointment and faults ? It
is there, in that high region, that M. de Villele has lost his
strength and support ; his incurable wound is the universal
animadversion of honest men ; it is the conviction, that
hereafter he Mist be qn obstacle and embarrassment to all ;
that he can do nothing but mar and compromise; that the
'monarchical fidelity, the constitutional spirit, justice, in
short, French honour, are exercised against him. This
sentiment, so strongly, so spontaneously expressed by the
arrondissement elections, suffices to render him unable to
exercise power, incapable even of remedying the evil he has
caused, and in which he persists.

We received last night Dutch Papers of the
24th inst., the principal contents of which are
given in a preceding column. The loan of
22,700,000 francs, for the service of the East
India Colonies, has been carried in the second
Chamber by a gnat majority,' only seven Mom-
bers voting against it. An article, under date of
Elberfeld, states that IBRAHIM PACIIA had
concludedile isa convention with
and embark
the Allies, under
which
with his troops for Egypt. We should hardly
receive this news first through Elberfeld.

Despatches were yesterday received at the Co-
lonial Office from Lieut.-General Sir WILLIAM
CLINTON, and at the Admiralty, from Vice-
Admiral Lord AMELTUS BEAUCLERK, by the
Falcon tender, which sailed from fAsbon on the

9th inst. , It is said that deep intrigues are going
on, to prevent Don MiGuEL's taking the oath
to the Constitution. The QUEEN MOTHER
was much indisposed.
His Majesty's ship Warspite sailed for the
Mediterranean .on the sth inst.

We have given in another column some in-
teresting private correspondence, which we have
copied froni the Morning Herald.

Frankfort Papers of the 20th November have
reached us this forenoon. They do no'fcontain

a word of news.

WISBADEN, NOY. 18.

The plan for building a Catholic Church here has been
approved. The expense will be defrayed by voluntary
contributions. The Protestants have subscribed very
liberally. - The communes of the two bailliages of the
Rheingau, have contributed 3,000 florins. •

We received last night New York Papers to
the Ist instant ; they do not contain any intelli-
gence of political interest. They announce the
death of Bishop KEMP, from injuries received
by the upsetting of a stage-coach in. which he
was travelling. The accident happened on the
27th October, and the Bishop died on the fol-
lowing day. The Baltimore Gazette pays the
following tribute to this respected Prelate :

" The meekness with which this distinguished Divine
bore his high faculties, had endeared him in a peculiar
degree to those whom Providence had placed under his
pastoral charge, whilst his uniformly unassuming deport-
ment and upright conduct secured to him the profound
respect of those with whom he acted in the general inter-
course of life. As the head of the church over which he
was called to preside in this diocese, his loss will be long
and deeply lamented ; as a private individual, those who
were bound to him by the closest ties of relationship and
friendship can alone form an estimate of the extent of their
bereavement."

The following are extracts from the New York

Papers :