Star.
London, England, 1824-10-04 00:00:00

GREECE.

Litters, dated the 28th August, have been
from Colin. by the Greek Committee. They •
' as soon as the Greeks heard of the arti'Val of t
tian fleet off Rhodes, they dispatched sixty
meet it, leaving fop ty vessels. to guard Samos, and mi
lituter.whitd
was off Mitylene• By accnufits front Missulonghi, May.
.rttartiatn had.prticcedettintq-ACarnanjwo head a to
of 3,000 men:scatting- the appiteach oronfetPacha;
who had halted at Csravara, not daring, as the letters
state, to proceed farther. 1n the Peloponnesus, near
Calamata and flArLas, a strong corps wasguardir g that
co Ist, in the esiosktkirirybat an attempt would. be made.
to land troops in thafneiittiouthood, from the Egyptian
fleet. It is further stated, th4the Grattic:Croveranatit
',tad been enabled to detach 4;000- men .to..the defence
of Hydra, and a considerable force, fear the
pose, to Spezzia. The quarter froniithence this intel-
ligence proceeds tenders it necessary to receiire • it with
--caution ; indeed, them is obviously much- eiaggeration
the magnitude of the . variouS mttitzry and' speryl
'operations said-to be undertaken by the Grselt;Gorerii-,
Arent, which are on a scale that no previous information
has, enabled us to anticipate. lf.a small partied only,
of this intelligence is correct, and of that we can hardly
entertain a doubt, the cause of the Greeks is proceeding
.sisost favourably. These letters make no allusion to a
'Acuity of the Greek fleet over that of the Turks, near
Samos, an account of which has been for some daysln
circulation. It' was cninninniratted.
Marseilles, under date of the 24th Sitember,.whende
it bad travelled- by Trieste from Corfu ;• and as it air.
pears unlikely, through so circuitous k mate; that later'
• dates from Corfu could be obtained, thin that of the
letters. addressed to the.GreekCOmmittee, the event;
which is in itself but vaguely stated, is faxfrom being
• entitled to implicit belief. The explosion of the vessel
commanded -by the Capitan Pacha, and the death'of
Canaris, second in command of the Greek fleet, who,
is said to have perished with him, are, however, circum
stances not very likely to have been fabricated, and
there is, on the is hole, sufficient probability about the
victory, to make the friends of Greece look with hope
to the next arrivals from that quarter. ' .
Extract of a litter from the Agent of the Greek gem -
mittee, dated Napoli di Romania, August 1, 1824:
" I only returned to the seat of Government two days
ago, after visiting in little more than the space of a Week.
the ruins of Epidanrus,.Egina,Salamis, and Athens.. I
reached Athens on the 24th, and had a. long conference
with General:Gobra, who had just returned: from Ma-
rathon, whore he had greatly distinguished hirnielf .on
the I4th, at the head of 300 men against 3,000, tahrim•
he forced back upon Negropont, with the loss of 400
men and three or four standards. From Athens, the
Most interesting spot on earth, I returned to Ambilachi
(the ancient Salamis,) to confer with the membercofthe
Philo-Muse Society, and• thence proceeded to Hydra,
where I sawthe Primates, who received me in the Most
• . friendly manner, giving me letters to the Central GA*
vernment, eipressing their anxiety that an'thetiraposi-
tions I had previtinsly made to the executive: and legis-
lative bodies sliatt(d be aCcededto. The whole.phpubttion
of this truly interesting track were busilp.occupied. in
:fitting out a large-disiston of the fleetorhielfliaisailed I
ere this, and is destined to join the division intended
to act againat Mahonted f they were also em-
plciyed. in 4.14 to: the defenkes of the island, Which
are already:- of
...the most formidable . description.
From Hydra I passed on to Spezzia, in a vessel pro.;
vided by the kindnesi•of Lazzaro Conduriottis, in whose
splendid house slept two nigh* and where I was
tieited en Sybarite. The Spezziots, who area keen
and intelligent people, were occupied in the same man-
ner as their neighbours. On presenting myself to the
President.and Executive Body here, I found them read-
ing a dispatch received that instant from Gen. Scalza,
dated six leagues. from &dont, and giving an account
of the repulse and discomfiture of Dervish Pacha, who
attempted to' advance to that place for the purpose of
opening' a communication with Pains. This 'victory
is the most important and decisive of the campaign, as
the Turks• had fully calculated on the success of their
plans. The first letters of the General stated the ene-
my's loss to be 600 in killed alone ;-other accounts
reached the Government last night, by Which it appears
fiat 1,000 of the infidels fell: the main body of seven Or
• 8,000 retreated, leaving their baggage, standards, and
cannon, in the hands of the Grceks. Owing •to the ju-
dicious choice of the ground, the latter did not Jose
more than 12 men in killed and wounded., The 'whole
attention of the Executive is now directed to preparing
.for defensive and offensive operations on a large scale.
You have heard of Mahomed Ali's expedition; though
considerable. it is by no means sufficiently so to induce
a belief of its being intended for the Morea. We.-all
think the Egyptian tyrant intends to occupy Candia,
whence he doubtless imagines there will be great faci-
• lities for carrying his ulterior designs into. execution.
The affair of Ipsara, though disastrous in every point
of view, has, however, completely mused Greece, and
great things may be expected of her.s• The recent_ Note
of Russia would seem to call for the immediate inter-
ference of England. I was very negligent in not tell-
ing yoti ere tai=, that the-conduct of the French and
Austrian squadrons in the Levant has been most flagi-
tious. -.They are, in fact, the active allies 'Of she .Tui.lcs,
and doing their utmost to sacrifice the unhappy but
• heroic people of Greece. 1 have had a long cornet ence
with the Executive, and settled everythhig about my
departure. - A vessel is ordered, and I hope lo.embark
~.in three or four days. The ne.v law in favour Of public
authorises the Executive to send home sonic pro.
~.cloCe with me, but, serii.gthe importance of not losing
...any time, I have made it communication, that I" felt
assured the eredi:ors,.of Greece would be perfectly sa4
elsfied to wait 'a fri. atm:ills longer until the oil and
currants of this yeall.were, collected, so that the articles
"coed might. he-sent fp Eiti;latia in November, or
the following mowsia. In 'idler iespects the papers and
documents, of whitli I hope to be the bearer, will, I feel
assured, g gredt'And genet al satisfaction. The Greek
youths. who seem most anxious :profit by the otters
. of the-Quakers, ate ready, and will be embarked imme-
diately. The vessel I have chosen is a. fasi.iailing
schboner of klyclia.• It is high. time to inform yon that
the first instalment of the Iran reached ihi,s.from Zone
• a week since : 90,000 dollars sltitve• already peen. paid
over to the fleet, the test lis dittributing among the
• ,army. The ernplo)ment of the v liole,. will, lam 'Caw
. •
viiiced, give the utmost steisfactiim. •
" The sitwition .of the I psariots calls loudly fora sub-
scriptiVii.- -Those families who have been saved -front
the Tin kish: kiiite hkve tgketi refuge in Napoli di Mal-
voisia: their condition is indeicribably htirrible."