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HAMBURGH, AUGUST 23.

general
Vienna, and Metsburgh, to make knows to the Sul-

tan the general point of view in which those Count
consider the affairs .of Greece, and to engagethim to
comply therewith ; but as this declaration cannot be
accompanied by any menace, considering the amica-
ble relations which actually exist, it is to be feared
it will not have the effect desired. Besides, how
want of the innocent Greeks may be sacrificed in

the meantime!
AUGSBURG, AUGUST 21.
It appears that immediately after the death of the
Capitan Pacha, the Sultan, wishing to raise the cou-
rage of the Mussulmans, gave orders to Chourschid
to strike a decisive blow. Chourschid consequently
made a general levy in Macedonia of all Mussulmans
'from the age of twelve to sixty. In concert with
eight Pachas and forty-eight Beys who joined him,
he assembled all his Officers, and engaged them to
conform to the intentions of the Sultan. On the fol-
lowing day the first battle took place, and it was not
till the day after that the grand battle was to take
place, the result of which the next courier will bring
with exactness.—Gazette er Augsburg.

Just as we said yesterday, the Austrian Observer
pretends that the Greeks were completely beaten, but
the details appear so obscure and so incorrect, that
we are not far from believing thit the article was
fabricated, as at another time, to favour speculations
in the Funds. Our own correspondence from Corfu,
of 23d July, announces, on the contrary, that Chour-
schid was beaten in the same place by the Greeks.—
Cons/ itutionnel. •
The true state of affairs in Greece is more uncer-
tain than ever. One thing, however, is certain—
namely, thit some important eventi have taken place,
and those are interpreted in &volr of one party or
the other, according to the cause wAich.one espouse.
The' Universal Gazette, of Augsburg, gives news
from Constantinople of the 25th and 26th, announcing
a great victory of the Greeks over the Turks on the
Bth July, near Zittury, or Thermopylae.—(Ns ac-
count we gave two days back).—But the Austrian
Observer, of the 16th of August, publishes a fresh
mass of news about Turkey, all unfavourable to the
Greeks, and not one word of this victory. On the
contrary, it says the Greeks suffered a great defeat
near Zittury, and Chourschid Pacha was marching
on the Morea with 40,000 men, having entered Li-
vadia and Salona, and even Thebes and Athens.—
This defeat is ascribed to the division among the
Greeks. The Austrian Observer confirms the account
of the defeat of the Greeks before Arta on the 16th
July. Of the corps of foreigners under General Nor-
mann, consisting of 280, 160 were killed. The Ge-
neral, with 70 men, saved themselves in the moun-
tains of Combotti. The other 40 were led captive to
Arta, and beheaded as rebels. Colocotroni, who com-
manded the blockade of Patras, had, of his own au-
thority recalled the corps of Peloponnesians,who, un-
der his own son, were going to march against Arta.

To these sad accounts the friends of the Greeks
oppose private letters from Vienna of the same date
with the Observer. They maintain that that Journal,
according to its system, conceals the victory of the
Greeks to reconcile its own public opinions. They
pretend that Lord Strangford himself, in a letter
which arrived at Vienna, has avowed that the Greeks
gained the victory. They also circulate a detailed
account of the advantages gained by the Greeks.
This account, true or false, says the battle was fought
on the 13th, 14th, and 15th July, new style. The
account is dated the Bth July, old style, or the 20th
July, new style. A Proclamation of Demetrius Ypsi-
lanti to the Greeks, dated the 12th, is in point. He
reminds them of ihe fate of Chio, and the necessity
of combating for their hearths, wives, and children,
and for their lives. The young Bozzaris died fighting
—his last sigh was liberty!
Farm' FUNDS, Am 27.—Five per Cents. opened
at 94f. sc. closed at 93 f. 70 c. •

This forenoon we received a Dutch Mail, bringing
Papers to the 28th inst. The following are the only
articles worth quoting:

We have the following account from St. Peters-
burgh, of the 10th instant :
Yesterday his Majesty the Emperor reviewed at
Strelna a corps of 30,000 men, which was distin-
guished by its fine appearance. On the 16th, his Ma-
jesty sets out for Warsaw; and thence, after a short
stay, to Vienna. How long his Majesty will be absent
is not knoWn, and, indeed, seems not to be deter-
mined. Count Langeron, the Governor of New
Russia, is going to the Baths. His place will be
filled by General Insoff, whu is now also Governor
of I3essarabia.

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the rod coodect of the European and
dicers, might have been attended with
consequences for the most opulent inhabitants
important district. A band had as.embled
Nigello, under the conduct of a fr.v
Chiefs, among whom was one Kerte
the deposed Demastrof Minoreb. It does '
net appear what was the real object of this band; hat
it seems to have been plunder, as they surprised seve-
ral' bothii,ffia;thstrict of Magelong and in
Probolingo, without much increasing their numbers.
The Resident hastened ieith the few European civil
officers, and the small native garrison, to go in pur-
suit of the robbers, whom he met with and.put to fight
on the 27th : they afterwards made a sally from
village where the ground favoured them, but we:e
driven back and dispersed. Detachments of cavalry
from Samarang and Djokjokarta arrived on the 2bth,
and on the 29th went in pursuit of the robbers, who
had so completely dispersed that none of them were
as with. On the 30th all was tranquil, and the Re.
aident of Djokjokarta, who had come to the assist-
ance of his colleague, returned home. Ills Excel-
lency the Governor-General has expressed, in the
most flattering terms, his satisfaction ,with the con-
duct of all the Gentlemen concerned, for their judi-
cious and prompt measures on this occasion. • '

Nothing can be more contradictory in appearance
than the statements relative to the late engagements
between the Greeks and the Turks ; and yet t'!e ac-
counts in the Austrian Observer, which give tile vic-
tory to the latter, are so vague and unconnected, as
rather to confirm than negative the triumph the
Greeks. The Austrian Journal states, in very
terms, and with a marked disposition to der- I the
Greeks, that CHOURSCHID PACHA had defeated Mart
with great loss near Thermopylx—passed into Thr..s-
saly—thence to Livadia--and even recailtured T. t•I)e.
and Athens! No dates are given—there is no pre-
tension to detailed narrative—and the whole is tn :,-
tioned in the dubious style of " they -ay " and " it is
supposed." Under these circumstances, it deceives no
credit as to its statement of Turkish succe,ses. It
may, however, h,te a colouring of truth, though
mainly false, if th 4 fighting really took place as de-
tailed in the accounts giving the victory to
Greeks. These admit that the Turks did repu:se the
Os,eeks with loss on the 7th ; but that on the Bth the
fight was renewed, and the issue was the total defeat
of:the Mahometans.

The Austrian version, which professes to be c: n•
in a letter from Constantinople, and is a
date one day elder than its competitor for credit, ma:
possibly, and even probably, refer only to the first
day's fighting (the 7th), and have constructed upoli
this transient success the imaginary strides of Cnoort-
SCUID PACHA—SO at variance with the slow move-
ments of a Mussulman army, over a large portion
of Ancient Greece, reconquering two capitals in

his way. •
All the accounts agree that important battles have
bee►► fought, and they coincide as to time and place;
nay, they even agree as to the result of the first day's
engagement, namely, that the Greeks were worsted.
It is, however, on the second day's fighting that the
Greeks claim the victory.
Intelligence from Corfu, which also first appears
in the Austrian Observer, speaks very decisively as
to the success of the Turks in another quarter, and
represents NORMANN to have been engaged in Alba:.
nia, fighting a series of unfortunate actions, or (from
the small number of troops employed) sharp skir.
mishes, against the Pacha of Arta, in the la't of
which the entrenched camp of the Philellenes (Ent--
pears volunteers in the Greek cause) was stormed,
after a severe loss to the Infidels, and NonslAss
little corps of 180 men reduced to less than 100.
That Officer and BozzArts, a Greek leader, are said
to have thrown themselves among the difficult defiles
of the Macronosa mountains. But this same account
contains a very improbable story of the defection of
ODYSSEUS, who is said to have betrayed his country
and joined Crtourtscriro Pecs* ; and to have fallen
fighting in the Tnrkish ranks instead of those of his
brave countrymen.
We repeat, that though the intelligence is shrouded
in mystery, yet we still think it balances in favour of
the Greeks. A few days will, however, probably
determine this point, although it must be confessed
that the news from either party is seldom very clear
and distinct.

While, however, the Greeks are nobly contending
single-handed and unaided for their independence,
they have got a powerful advocate in their favour in
this country, in the person of the venerable Lord
ERSKINE, who has just written an eloquent letter to
the Earl of LIVERPOOL on behalf of the Greeks.—
We hail the appearance of this production as the har-
' binger of better fortune to the cause of that unfor-
tunate people. Religion and humanity have here
guided the pen of this amiable and venerable Noble-
man, whose voice has so often and so successfully
been already raised is behalf of the oppressed; and
the heart that can read his powerful appeal unn:oved
must be torpid indeed. Ott the religious east of the
community, we are warranted in believing that it will
produce a strong and durable impression.

His Lordship commences with informing Lott!
Ltvaaruot. that " he s solemnly and indispemalAy
forced, by a duty paramount to that of a statesomn,
to Take au insigne effort to enget4c the natioth iu

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remove all his troo • v:' bias. of • I.X- a parlous consesp
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Stithi ensuing Congress, to send to C6n .• ' •• e s inferior native
=it*. general declaration of the Courts of Path, Loadon, Widyorzo, the