Star.
London, England, 1823-10-17 00:00:00

THE GREEKS.

EXTRACT FROM THE ORIENTAL SPECTATOR.
SMYRNA, SEPTEMBER. I.

Lately the Greeks have prevented the town of Corinth
from being rev ictualled. Three Turkish vessels of wau
with three merchantmen laden with prwrisions had ap-
proached the shores of Corinth. The citadel too hoisted
the Ottoman flag and tired two cannon. The Pacha,
who defended the place, sent some officers to entreat
them to land the pro Visions which they were escorting,
and 150 hor•e went down immediately to protect the
landing all along the line or space which separates the
shore from the citadel. Some Greeks placed in an am-
buscade were obliged to retire, but soon after a large
body of about two thousand Greeks, appeared advancing
from behind the mountain with great rapidity. The
151) horse, in the face of so superior a force, abandoned
everything ani entered Corinth in full flight. The
Turkish sailors themselves had only time.to re-embark,
and the whole of the provisions landed fell into the
hands of the Greeks. •

The Supreme Government of Greece had named an
Ipsariot Eparque of SAMOS; the latter, on account of
indiposition, was unable to repair to this island, and the
Ipsariots had of their own authority sent in his stead the
famous Commander of the Greek fire-ships, who pre-
setited himself to the people of Samos with two private
persons, his comrades. But the people of Samos soon
'shove them from the island, telling them they had no
oicaiion for them : that they required neither the suc-
cour of the Ipsariots nor European Greece to enable
them to defend themselves against all the assaults of the
Turks: that they wished to be independent, and that
they recognized no millet inr authority. The Eparque
was of course obliged to return as he went to Ipsara,
where he imparted to the Senate the determination of the
haughty people of Samos, whom it was judged proper
to blockade in their island, waiting however instruc-
tions from the Supreme Government.

EXTENT AND POPULATION OP AMERICA.

The following estimate of the extent, in square
leagues, and populatiJn of the Continent of America, in
1822, was lately transmitted by Baton de Humboldt
from Paris, to President Bolivar, with the accompany-
ing letter :

Mexico, or New Spain - .
Guatemala - -
Cuba and Pinto Rico - -
Colombia
Venezuela - -
New Granada -
Peru - - • .
Chile - - - _
Buenos Ayres, - - -

Square Leagues. Rindation.
75.830 - 6,800,000
16,740 ' - 1,600,000
4,430 - 800,000
33,700 - 900,000
58,230 - 1,800,000
42,150 - 1,400,000
14,240 - 1,100,000
126,770 - 2,000,000

Total formerly Spanish
United States
Brazil

- 372,110
- 123,440
- 236,990

- 16,400,000
- 10,200,000
- 4,000,000

gi The above surfaces have been calculated with great
care, on maps rectified by astronomical observations.
The calculations have been several times repeated by M.
Mathieu, Member of the Board of Longitude and of the
Institute, as well ac by myself. The results differ from
those published in 1809, in the Political Essay on Mexico.
Then the inhabited parts alone had been calculated,
without including the desert regions; over which the in-
dependent tribes of the indigenous inhabitants wander.
Now the whole extent of each country, to its furthest
limits has been measured.

44 The population of the different parts of ci-devant
Spanish America is very uncertain, nevertheless each
portion has been calculated according to the latest data
which have reached me. The present estimate ought to
be considered in the same light as all my other works
on America; they are no other than essays, in which
everything will have to be done over Again. Statistical
calculations can only be rendered perfect 'by degrees, in
like manner as the elements of meteorological and astro-
nomical tables.

contains 16.094 square
leagues - &wore contains 904,710 square leagues; and
the whaled Southern America 3131,891.aquare leagues.
Mr* • " MIN lIOLDT."