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London, England, 1826-01-05 00:00:00

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THE GREEKS AND THE TURKS.

FROM TH6 MONITEUR Or MONDAY.
TRIESTE, Dammam TO.
:The 'Captain rt the Austrian vessel, the Vierge du
Chateau, who has arrived here in n days from Zante,
reports, that at the time of his 'departure it was posi-
tively affirmedxhat the Captalo Pacha's fleet was then
befo►e Missolonghi; and blockaded that place. •
Ibrahim Pacha, with his airlti y, had marched to
Patras, whence he was to convey his troopsto Lepanto,
on the other site of the Strair, in order to join the Se.
riskier, and to terminate the siege of Missolonghi by
their joint effort:, to that the place would be attacked
at once by sea and land.
It was also reported at Zante that 30 Greek vessels
were cruising near the islands of Sapunza, and that 40
ves sls of the Egyptian fleet had left Navarino, to re-
turn to Alexandria, and that they had a great many
Greek families on board: it was added, that they will
bring to the Morea another division of Egyptian troops.
There is at this time a great quantity of merchandisein
the port of Trieste, ready for exportation; but the mer-
chants cannot venture to trust them to any flag. If 90
French ships were here, they would all find cargoes at
a good freight, and almost all for France. Six French
ships sailed is this manner within these three months.

PROM THE 'TOILE 01 TUESDAY.

A letter from Cairo, dated the Bth of October, says,
that at the time when the Viceroy of Egypt was send-
ing a new expedition to the Mores, his affairs were
going on badly in Arabia. The Egyptian troops are
stated to have lost their baggage, proviiions, and mili-
tary stores, and to have b:en beaten by s-veral thou-
sand Arabs who had revolted, and that the injudicious
measures taken by the Pacha of Mecca had obliged the
Egyptians to evacuate the country.

ZANTR, Drataisza 4.
The Ottoman fleet, after anchoring at Patras, and
having landed 6.000 men, set sail again, and on the
23ti,of .November met with thiity-four Greek vessels,
under AdMiral Miavussi. Some shots were exchanged,
:bait Ailleets'eriuld not engage on account of the dis-
`ft calm, 'and •th t approach of night. -The,
Greeks attempted to set fire to some of the Turkish
*tips,- *nd lost two fire-ships. Before this,
~niseafillbted me.etidiate Turkish fleet took a position
tween CrosPapi acrd Missolonghi. The Greeks advanced-.
to the, islands Curxolari, and are stationed at some dis-
tance from the. Turks. Ibrahim Pacha has executed the
Plan Int ekes suppo ed to have formed. He has advaned.
to Oisisitanf,• and made himself master of its territory,
whiclr is aid to have been the theatre of . a deplorable
carnage. It is affirmed thattbrahirn has just been invested
with the supreme command by sea and laild,"and that
he will go troM Patras, where he is now. to Missolon-
ghi, to direct the operations against that place.
On the .2d of this month, Admiral Neale, corn-
mending the British naval force in the Mediterranean.
arrived at Cotfa with a ship of the line of 80 guns and'
two frigates, coming from Malta, and having on board
Mr. Stratford Canning, Ambassador to Constantinople.'
It is said the Admiral will take his Excellency to the
Dardanelles. The usual salutes were not fired, be-
cause the Ambassadress was ill of the scarlet fever.

THE KINGDOM OF PEGU.

FROM TUC CALCUTTA JOHN BULL, AUG 9.

The period has perhaps arrived, when the policy of
detaching the whole kingdom of Pegu from the empire
of the Burmese, and at once punishing them for their
aggressions on the Company's territories, weakening
their power to be again troublesome, and perhaps de-
fraying in part the expenses of the war, may with
prophecy be discussed. The whole of that country,
from the wit to Prome, the key to the kingdom of Ava
Proper, and from Cape Negrais to Manahan, may be
said to be now in our possessi ,n. 'L'he Peguers, par-
ticularly in the wes;ern part of the kingdom, are well
disposed towards u', and no doubt can exist that the
whole Pegu pop':lation would exult in the re-establish-
ment of the former power and authority of their Go-
vernment. There is only. one question, as appears to us,
of first-rate importance to be discussed, namely, the
policy of placing the independence of Pegu, if re-
established, under the guarantee of the British power.
This, we admit, is a question which would require for
its solution, a far more extensive and accurate know-
ledge of the Peguers themselves, and of the disposition
and resources of their neighbours, than we preten i tn.l
But it is impossible that the occupation of a great part
of the conntty, for so long a period as it has now been
in our hands, should not have put the- proper autho-
rities in possession of the necessary knots ledge cn which
to adopt or reject the measure of declaring its independ-
ence, under the guarantee of the British power. How
far the re-establishment of the old kingdom of Pegu,
and-leaving it to protect itself against its old enenies,
would be a boric- acceptable' to the Peguers, or one
likely to contribute to their peace, it is perhaps still
more difficult to say ; but these are points which, a,
this particular stage of operations, can scarcely fail to
be finding attention, where the means of coming to a
decision are mote ample and accurate. By. the treaty
with the Assamese Chies, that country is for ever di:-
membered from the Burmese empire; and we are
pledfed to prevent it Again falling under the dominion
of fns golden-footed Majesty : and should a similar
policy be deemed advisable is regard to l'egti, or en
unconditional re-instatement of the old Rajah in his au-
thority, the measure must necessarily be extended to
Arracan ; and situated as that country is, its ever aga
falling into the hands of the Burmese must be con

sidered as a very remote event indeed. It seems t
have been now pretty clearly shewn, th .t we have
revenged the insults offered to us, in the only vulnera
ble parts of the enemy's country; and that the necessity
—which, however, mry be imposed upon us—of pene-
trating to his capital is one to be regretted, both because
the obstacles presented by the climate, the nature of
the country, and habits of the people, are very great,
and because the chance of reimbursing the enormous
expense that must be incurred, d .es not appear at all
to be such as, of itself, to justify the attempt. Were
Pegu placed under its old Government, and the pro-
tection of the British power, and peace re-established,
as it would probably soon be with the Burmese, it
seems no over sanguine expectation, even to look to it
as a source of revenue, sufficient to reimburse in part
the expense incurred in restoring it to its old Princes ;
for we cannot peruse the accounts which we possess of
its riches and resources before it came under the Bur-
mese poWer, and not feel persuaded, that if these
resources were catefuillexamined into, and the capa-
biliqes 'of The country called into exertion, under:a
judicious revenue system, it would be able to pay fir
its protection, withont-subjecinis its population to a
100th part of the oppression which thy have suffered
for years under their. Burmese conqu 'Toff. The break-
ing down of the Burman power by detaching from it
Arracan, Assam, and Pegu, may likewise occur to
many, as a measure of policy dict4ted by a regard for
the permanence of the English &minion in the east.
We have the testimony of Lord Hastings and others,
'that this power was rising to importance, that would
one day require to be looked after with a jealous eye,
and ultimately met by hostile measures; and, notwith-
standing all that we have heard horn shor-sighted
politicians, in regard to the impolicy of the present war,
and the little necessity that existed for undertaking it,
the measures that have been pursued m..y soon be
placed in a light reflecting infinite credit on the fore-
sight that planned them. Operations to the eastward
have, indeed, been impeded and delayed by eircum-
stances which were unforeseen, and, consequently, ua-
provided for ; but in spite of all the obstacles that have
presented themselves, every candid person will admit,
that we have attained the position from which a master-
stroke of pi,licy may be struck with effect, if the break-
ing dswn of the Burmese power, and reducing it within
the limits that confined it before the days of Alompra
is to be regarded as an object of importance to the peace
and permanence of the B: itish dominion in the east.