The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-12 00:00:00

stroy—but the. Tilers 04,p not2.9pear to, hay lost
the obstinate courage far. Whicn they have been
remarked ever.since they became a nation.-. Co-
nsidering
_the number of ships of the line opposed
to the Turks and the Egyptians, it is surprising
that it should have taken so long a time to de-
stroy them. This shows that in point of ability,
as seamen, they are very superior to, what has
been commonly supposed. The battle, though
decisive, is not to be compared with either the
Nile or Trafalgar. What the consequences will
be time only can develOpe ; but if the Turks do
pot submit, and war should be the consequence
—and if, in consequence of such war, France
should eventually get hold of Egypt, and Russia
of European Turkey and part of Asiatic Turkey
—then we should say, that a great number of
years would not transpire before both French and
Russians, and probably Austrians, watild-E;e foz
disturbing us m our East Indian possessions,
the right to which possessithis is quite as equi-
vocal as the right of the Turks to Greece.
There is, however, one thing certain, should
this war go on, that our expenditure will in-
crease, our debt will increase, and the taxes must
increase, in order to meet the extra interest on
an increased debt, and to meet the increased ex-
penditure. In what way the account of this
victory will be received at Constantinople we
shall see ; but we hope that, as in former times,
the vengeance of the Turks will not be visited on
the innocent subjects of the Turkish allies, Eng-
land and France.—Morning Herald.
The news from Greece, which arrived at the
Admiralty on Saturday morning,• have produced
every where the greatest sensation. Moat of our
town readers are no doubt already familiar with
the details published in The Gazette Extra-
ordinary of Saturday night. We have given the
contents of the Gazette, and the French account
will be found in the extracts from the Paris
Papers received last night. Obstinate and un4
tractable as the Turks are known to be, we do
not believe anytonein this part of Europe enter-
tained the idea that they would have the fool-
hardiness to prOvoke the chastisement which
they have. received. Attempts to break through
the blockade, which might lead to partial fighting,
were, at most, anticipated. Hence the agitation
which intelligence of such moment as the com-
plete destruction of a large fleet and the slaughter
of a great proportion of their crews, effected at
the expence of considerable sacrifice 'on the part
of the victors, has been heightened by the public
having been unprepared for events of such
moment. It appears, from the French accounts,
that the: Allies, in .communicating the engage-
ments into which their Governments had en- '
tered, warned Ibrahim, that, if a single shot
should be fired on their flags, the consequence.
would lbe the destruction of the Turkish and
-Egyptian fleets. A provisional suspension of
hostilities had been consented to by Ibrahim,
Pacha, in a conference with the English and:
French Admirals, acting in the name also of the
Russian Admiral, on the 25th September.—
The very next day the Pacha violated his en-
gagement, by causing his fleet to come out, with
a view to its proceeding to another point in the
Morea. Since the return of the fleet to Navarin
the Pacha's troops had carried on a species of
warfare more destructive . than before—putting
women and children to the. sword, burning the
habitations, . tearing up trees by the roots, in
order to complete the devastation of the country.
Insulted in this way, the Commanders, of three,
courses open to them, chose that of proceeding
to take a position with their squadrons in Na-
varin, "in order to renew to Ibrahim proposi-
tions which, entering into the spirit of the Treaty,
was evidently to the advantage of the Porte
itself," in the anticipation that this mode,
" without effusion of blood and without hostili.
ties, but simply by the imposing presence of the
Squadrons," might produce a determination
leading to the desired object. Accordingly, the
combined fleets, on the 20th of October, were
formed in the ord.ei of sailing in two columns,
the British and French forming the weather or
starboard line, and the Russian the lee line.—
The Turkish' ships were moored with springs on
their cables, the larger ones presenting their
broadsides towards the centre, the smaller ones in
successions within them filling up the intervals.
Orders were given that no guns should be fired, un- '
less guns were first fired by the Turks, and these
orders were strictly obeyed. The three English
ships , were permitted to pass the batteries to
moor, which they did with great rapidity, with-
out any act of open hostility, though there was
evident preparation for it in all the Turkish
ships. On the Dartmouth sending a boat to
one of the Turkish fire vessels, Lieutenant Fitz-
roy and several of her crew were shot with
musketry. This brutal and unprovoked act pro-
duced a defensive fire, and ultimately brought on
a general action. The battle was, as may be
conceived, of the most bloody and destructive
nature, and it. lasted for four hours. The French
Commander, to give an idea of the dreadful
sce»e, tells us to conceive " one hundred and
fifty ships of War, of all rates, firing iii-a narrow
basin, in a triple line." Our loss and that of the
French have in consequence been very consider-
able. We have had in all 75 killed, and 197
wounded. The French had 43 killed, '79 se-
verely wounded, and 65 less severely. The
total of both services 394 killed and wounded. ,
No returns of the .Russian loss have yet been '1
given. It has been observed that this loss is
greater than that at the battle of St. Vincent.
The destruction of the enemy must have been
enormous. According to the statement made
by the Secretary to the Capitana Bev, in the
port ,of Navarin, sixty-five vessels named by
him contained between 18 and 19,000 men ; and
out of two of these vessels, containing 850 men
each, 1,050 were: ,killea. Some idea may be
formed from this' of 'the.. dreadful carnage.
The French Commander says, so complete has
been the destruction, that of all the Turkish fleet
there remain afloat only twenty corvettes and
brigs, and even these are abandoned.
itself The scene
of wreck- and devastation, says Admiral Co-
drington, which presented was such as Itas
been seldom before witnessed. As each ship of
our opponents became effectually disabled, such
of her crew: as could escape from her endea-
voured to set her on fire, and it is won-
derful how we avoided the effects of the»
successive and awful explosions. The Asia,
Genoa, and Albion have suffered so much,
that they are to be sent to Englinai when they
shall have received the necessary repairs for their
voyage at Malta. The Talbot has also suffered
considerably, as well as some of the smaller ves-
sels; but Admiral CodrinE,,ton thinks they can
be repaired at Malta. The French ships have
al so been roughly handled. Two ships of the
line are obliged to re turn to Toulon. The
Syrene, besides her losses in masts, received six
shots between windand water. Professional men
can alone fully understand
,
our brave tars were
and the perils to which
has been displayed in exPosed, and the merit which
the execution of their
dangerous task. The Allies
Rem tv have

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