Star.
London, England, 1824-08-11 00:00:00

GREECE-

FROM THE ETOILE OP MONDAY, AUGUST 9.
PARIS, AUGUST 8.
It was to be presumed that if the melancholy news of
the taking of Ipsara by the Turks was authentic, the
Austt inn Observer would soon confirm it. In fact, we find
the following account in the number of the 29th of July :
" CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 15.
" An Meer of the ICAptain Pacha, who arrived yesterday in this
capital, brought the agreeable news of the taking of the import-
ant island of Ipsara, by that Admiral.
" It is already known that the number tit brass guns, mortars,
&c. which he has taken, is nearly 200, and that of the vessels of all
descriptions, large and small, to above 100. There are 2$ which
are so completely equipped and armed that they will immediately
accompany the ilirkiah fleet In its cruise. Three large corvettes
were on the stocks.
" Before the attack the Captain Pacha had proposed to the Ispa-
riots an entire amnesty, on the sole condition of their giving up
sonic chiefs of the insurrection, and paying the capitation tax, at the
end of the year. on the ancient footing.
" After the taking of Ipsara, the Captain Pacha proceeded against
Samoa."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 3d of August contains
a letter from Odessa of the 20th of July, which con-
tains the same news. It is ob-erved in this letter, that
the Ipsarints could not accept the amnesty, knowing
that in the language of the Turks amnesty and massacre
are synonymous terms. The exampled Scio proved this.
EXTRACTS OF LETTERS PROM RANTS, OF THE 6TH
AND 15TH JULY.
4. We have the pleasure to say, that the advices Rom
all quarters are of the most satisfactory nature, as re-
spects the affairs of Greece. The Government is com-
pletely reestablished, and in quiet possession of Napoli
di Romania. Colocotroni and the other Chiefs who

were opposed to it have submitted, and it appears to
us they are only in want of the money, or even some
part of it, to enable them to take very decisive measures
of defence against the threatened attacks of the Turks
by sea and land—with the exception of some little ad-
vantages gained by the Tutks in Candia, Negropont,
and Livadia, we hear of nothing having been done by
• land;—and by a vessel arrived from Hydra, we hear
that the Greek squadron was ready for sea. We cannot
yet learn that the Turkish fleet has left Alexandria, and
it is the general opinion that they would not be able to
embark the troops intended for the Morea. That part
of the fleet that lately left the Dardanelles was in the
neighbourhood of Mitylene, endeavouring to embark
troops, but it is not expected it will even be able to reach
its destination."

Count RUMFORD ascertained that a drashm of water,
inclosed in a mass of iron the size of a solid 24th cannon,
was sufficient to burst it with a tremendous explosion
or. the application of heat.
A BEGGAR'S LEGACY.—A beggar whose constant
station was at the door of the church of San Carlo, at
lett as a legacy to the canons of the church, a hat
ultich he was always in the habit of wearing, for the
purthase of four paintings as altar-pieces to the church,
which were to be executed by four great Italian mas-
ters. The executor to the will was in doubt whether
he should present the whimsical legacy, when a friend
of the deceased entering, seized a pair of scissors, and
on making an incision in the old castor, out dropped
eight hundred pieces of Florentine gold. which had been
ingeniously imbedded in the lining. This man, before
t"rniug. beggar, had exerci.ed the profestion of the law
5 the Cisalpine Republic.

Tli &EVENING STAR.
" r .

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1824.