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London, England, 1823-09-11 00:00:00

firm the mounts lately reesived of the defeat of a
divisio,n of the army of the Podia of Scutari, near
Agrapha.
The •Muuulmans at Constantinople loudly *Wry
mur at the course of public events. Other letters sap,'
that the Pacha of Scutari is endeavouring to gain the
Greeks by negociations, before be attempts his expe!
dition against the Morea.
SMYRNA, JULY is.
While the Captain Pacha is preparing at Patras,
which he seems to have chosen as the centre of his
operations, his plan of vigorously attacking the pe-
ninsula, when decisive events may be expected,
the state of the Greek islands is extremely singu-
lar—they seem to act each for itself. They hive be-
held the conflagration of Eubcea without any at-
tempt to extinguish it, and they will contemplate,
with the same indifference, the flames of the Pelopon-
nesus. Ilhere have been some troubles at Hydra,
and the chief persons of the island were on the point
of being massacred by the people : all the islands are
in a state of agitation which is insupportable. The
Greeks are not really tranquil, except at Mytelene,
which has not revolted, and at Scio, which has re-
nounced the party of the revolted.
The conduct of Odysseus is strange and inexplica-
ble; at present he expresses bis displeasure, and pours
out imprecations against the Government of Greece.
He has publicly declared, even to European agents,
that he offered the Tusks to join them if diet would
pay his corps of 2500 men, and allow them a certain
sum by way of present. He then engaged co march
with his people at the head of the Turks, when they
would invade the hlorea. It is after having made
such declarations that Odysseus has commenced his
march. But can he be trusted?
It is certain, however, that the Greeks in the Morea
have been ready to massacre each other; some Gene-
rals have disobliged the Government, each Chief
thinks himself independent, and there is not, in all
the Morea, a single man capable of directing the af-
fairs of the State. Napoli di Romania ought to have
seven or 8000 men to defend it, and there are only
300 Greeks in the fort of Polamedes and six or 700

in the town. • , •
A Greek has lately been arrested on the coast of
Scala Nova by some Turks, who, seeing a large • fire
kindled on the coast, justly suspected him. He has
been brought before the Pacha, and confessed that
he was in league with the Samians, and with two
other-Greeks, servants to Turks who are owners of
flocks; that he had come back from Samos with
instructions to light a great fire to point out to the Sa-
mians where they should land to seize the flocks, which
they should find ready at the spot. These two Greeks
have been arrested. The first has been sentenced to
death : the fate of the two others is not decided.
By our latest accounts from Rhodes, of July 2,
the EByptian fleet had left that island, which enjoyed
tranquillity, which had been interrupted for a mo-
ment, at a point where the landing of a corps of troops
was opposed; one or two farms had been plundered,
and two or three men killed.
We learn from Santorini that the Greeks have laid
that island tinder contribution, and compelled the in-
habitants to pay them 60,000 piastres, informing
them that they would return and make further de-
mands at Syra: they have levied a contribution of
40,000 piastres in money, and four or five thousand
in provisions. The situation of that island, which is
threatened both by the Hydriots and the Ipsariots, is
so deplorable, that numbers of persons leave it, and
, come to Smyrna; among them is M. Fanoel, the
, French Consul, who, when obliged to quit Athens,
toot refuge in Syra, and is now forced to seek an
asylum on the CO/11. of Asia Minor.

Notwithstanding the decree of the Colombian Con-
gress was so unfavourable to the Loan, the holders of
this Stock are not without hopes that Boravan's
Government may find it to its interest to act honour-
ably in the business. It is idle to deny the powers of
M. Zia, when the Government received the money
raised by him—a circumstance which is in itself a
virtual recognition of those powers and of the manner
in which he exercised them. If Co!ombia expects the
friendship of any European State, she must manifest a
spirit of honour and good faith, that may inspire con.
fidence in her adherence to any treaty she may make:
Considerable anxiety prevails in the City on the
subject of this Loan. The Stockholders have deter-
mined on calling a Meeting, which the Contractors
are not very anxious to meet; and we have beard that
the latter are in expectation of receiving a ratification
of the Loan from Bogota, and a proposal to pay it off
by a new Loan to be raised in this_eountry. Whether
this is really the case or a tub thrown out to the
whale, we know not; but it does not appear that it
will divert the holders of Colombian Stock from
meeting to consider what is best to be done under all
the circumstances of the case.
A Notice for convening such a Meeting was posted
in the Foreign Market this morning, signed "Jolla
Moxose aad J. B. LuSADO, bolder: of Colombian
Bonds;" in which they state that they are " per-
suaded, in common with a gent number of other
persons, that an early opportunity ought to be pro-
vided for a public explanation on the present state
of the Colombian Loan in all its points."
Whether the Contrietors will attend and give that
information which can, perhaps, be obtained from
them alone, or not, seems doubtful.

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