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

PORTSIIO UTH, NOV. 6.

His Majesty's yacht Herald, Captain John H. Leeke,
has been fitted for the conveyance of the Bishops of
Jamaica and Barhadoes, with their respective suites, to
those Islands. The Lord Bishop of Jamaica will re-
torn to this place to embark on T►sesday next. The
Gentlemen who accompany him are, the Rev. Arch-
deacon Pope, for Jamaica ; the Rev. Archdeacon Parry,
for Antigua ; the Rev. %V. Patterson, the Rev. C. M.
Bolton, the Rev. S. Goddard, and Henry Lipscomb,
Esq. Secretary. Mrs. Lipscomb (the Lady of the Bishop),
and the Hon. Mrs. Coventry (her mothe►), will also
embark, with their suite. The Lbrd Bishop of Barba-
does will embark at Plymouth. Oa landing the Bishops
at their respective places of destination, the Herald will
return to Spithead. She is expected to sail on Thursday.
Thursday, his Majesty's sloop Dispatch, 18, Captain
Edward H. Scott, arrived from Smyrna, Zante, Naples,
awl Gibraltar, with dispatches The intelligence she
brings is fully confirmatory of the success of the Greeks
during the past summer, by which they consider their
independence is certain. The Dispatch was released
from quarantine this morning. The following is an ex-
tract fiom a letter we have received :

MOTIMJANIC, Nov. 6.
" The Dispatch having been much employed in the
Archipelago, I am enabled to give you a few facts re-
lative to the struggle of the reeks for independence.
—The Greeks having fortunately received the Loan
which was raised for them, early in the summer, they
were enabled, in June, to commence operations, and
they have since been successful at almost every point.
The Capitan Pacha, having determined to attack the
Isle of Samos with the Turkish fleet, for that purpose
embarked a large number of troops in transports, and
assembled a much larger force on tho shores of the main
land, to the southward of Smyrna, immediately oppo-
site to that island. _

a The daring Greek Admiral Canaris, ever on the
watch, attacked them with his fire-ships before they
could reach the Island; but not being able to get at
them with his larger ships, he was successful in burn-
ing a 60-gun ship (on two decks), a frigate, and a brig,
and the Capitan Pacha's ship narrowly escaped the same
fate. The Greek fleet, at the same time, got amongst
the Turkish transports, and destroyed 50 of them, prin-
cipally by running them down, in which murderous
work, no quarter being given, above 8,000 Turkish sol-
diers were ,drowned. The remainder of the Turkish
army, who were encamped on shore, hearing the fate
of the expedition, became refractory, disorganised, and
ultimately returned to their homes, taking with them
their arms, and committing every excess on the defence- ,
less inhabitants.—The Capitan Pacha, after this defeat,
went on -to the Isle of Stanchia, to meet the Egyptian
fleet under Mahomet Ali Pacha, who was coming up
from Rhodes. The Greek fleet still followed, and
though much inferior in force, attacked them, and took
a frigate, and twenty-five transports. Subsequent in-
formation received at Zante, on the 18th September, by
Sir F. Stoven, states, that in a second attack, four more
Turkish frigates were destroyed. The Egyptian fleet of
transports did not include one English vessel ; there
were i few Maltese, but the principal namber were
Austrian ships. While the Greeks were thus success-
ful on their waters, they stood in a no less prosperous
state on shore. No decided attempt was made on the
land side, excepting upon Athens. Goorah com-
manded and maintained his post most valiantly.
Odysseus (commonly called by the Greeks Ulysses,)
commanded more in advance, and he signally defeated
the Mussulmans at Marathon and Salons. The Turkish
feet, thus defeated and thwarted in all their endeavours,
are at anchor on the coast of Asia Minor. Our squa-
dron in the Archipelago consists of the Sybille frigate,
Captain S. J. Pechell, C. B. and the Medina, 18, Cap-
tain C. M. Walker. The latter ship had got on shore
in the Dardanelles, but by great perseverance she was
saved, and had been taken to Athens. Part of the
lonian squadron, consisting of the Tribune frigate,
Captain Guion, and the Weazle, 10, Captain T. Curtis,
had taken Sir Frederick Adam, to remonstrate with the
Greek Authorities at Cerigo, on some proclamations
which they had issued, and which appear to have been
done only to deter our ships from assisting the Turks,
without the least intention of acting hostilely towards
the British flag. Sir Frederick was completely success-
ful in his remonstrance, and had returned to Corfu.
The Tribune subsequently went to Athens to assist the
Medin:!. The Tribune, Euryalus, Rose, and Martin,
:ire to leave the station shortly, and return to England.
Sir harry Neale was lying at Naples, on the sth of Oc-
tober, with the-Revenge, Seringaoatam, and Sparrow-
hawk. The Naiad was spoke off Sardinia on the 19th
of October, going with a message to Algiers. A French
squadron, consisting of a line-of-battle ship, seven fri-
gates, and a sloop, passed through the Gut of Gibraltar,
on the 21st of October, from Toulon, bound, it is sup-
posed, to Cadiz and Brest. The American ships of war
Cyane, Erie, and Nonsuch, were lying at Gibraltar on
the 23d ult. An English schooner and Portuguese brig,
and Iwo Spanish feluccas, were lost at Gibtaltar on the
21st ult. in a gale. The Dispatch left Gibraltar on
the 23d. She is to be paid off at Chatham, having
been absent nearly four years."

Gov. Plumer, in the 95th number of his " Cincin-
!lams." demonstrates in a striking manner, says the Sa-
lem Gazette, " that we have had the happiness to live
not only under a government of Laws, but a govern-
ment of Legislators." He says, " I know of no nation
that has so many legislators (certainly of equal popula-
tion) as we have, or that pays as much for legislation as!
we do. The several States legislators consist of ssai
senators, and 3,198 representatives; to these we may
add the senators, representatives, and delegates in
Congress, amounting in all to 4,9'24 legislators ! A
number more than equal to two-thirds of the army of
, the United States.—American Paper.