Star.
London, England, 1827-02-01 00:00:00

GREECE.

The following official intelligence, contained' in a
letter dated Napoli di Romania, the 18th of Dcceaibe•,
1826, was received in town recently ;_ _ _

a At the beginning of this month, Redschid Pacha
had sent into Livadia a great part of his army..com•
posed of choice Albanians, against the corps commanded
by Karaiskaki. After a great deal of skirmishiug, Ka-
raiskaki succeeded in surrounding the Albanians so
completely, that they found it necessary to propose
capitulating on condition of being allowed to retire.—
Karaiskaki signified to them, either that they must sut-
render unconditionally, or endeavour to force their
way through the Greeks in the manner, hat these had
done at Missolonghi: the Albanians chose the latter id-
tat native. An action followed which lasted five hours, at
the end of which time the shattered remains of the Al-
banian Corps succeeded in retreating, and evacuated
Livadia, leaving behind them 1500 killed, among whom
were the Kiaya Bey (the Pacha's Lieutenant) and three
other Beys ot the first rank. Some other Beys were
naade.prisoners. . An enormous booty of vatious de-
scriptions fell into the hands of our men. On the 12. h.
Redschid Pacha, having received the particulars of this
defeat, found himself sander the necessity of raising Isis
emnp,•and of evacuating Attica in haste. He retired
jowards Eubeca. On the 13th, Fabvier, at the head of a
battalion of regular troops, retook possession of Athens.
Cohinel Haydeck, commanding the detachment of 18
Bavarian Officers, sent from Bavaria, art ived here On
the 3d instant, with six vessels, loaded with provisions
arickOther necessaries. 0n the Ist, be fell in with the
Egyptian fleet, who, to his joyful Surprise, I t him pass
unmolested, apparently not suspecting the des.ination
ot his vessels. On the following day he was chased by
an enormous frigate, from which he saw no chance of
escaping this vessel, however, proved to be t. e Greek
frigate built in America, then 58 days from N.!N
They came together into this port, and have excltd
among us all the most enthusiastic joy.
""The Egyptian fleet isarriv9d at Modon, but with-
out troops. Western Greece heink now lave,* portion
of 'the Boum:hot troops had followed iris 'll dtchtd
Pacha, in order to prevent his reaching Eultcea. Arsoditr
portion will join the Moreortroops, IoY the porpote of
attacking Ibrahim Pacha."

Copy of the Official Dispatch of
Government.
' .4`.FrOlrthe Camp or Atakova, Dec.. 7,1116.
" I have not answered any :of . your ,leitees, h ,vans
been for ttile• Past cleenty-two days .engageU to ifAhting
the snooty at Vebrena4
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Giovani Sultana. On the 29th ult. )lre directed nor
march to this place, for the purpose of Ibieingtbestbar
corps at Thistimo. We sent forward the Captains Gar-
dickittis, Grivas, and Kiaya, with 300 men, with orders
to possess themselves of Arakova. 'Se soon es this ad
vance-guard informed us that they were in sight of the
enemy, we left Thistimo with the Soulios aids, Ipsa-
riots, and others ; and I pent the different corps under
Christothulo, Petro, and Galoni, by a cross-road, to
Arakova, that they might reach that place as soon as
pi,sible. On the Ist, we attacked the enemy, and
a desperate battle ensued, which lasted five hours.—
The enemy, after having lost a great number of
men, and leaving every thing behind there; retired
to a disadvantageous position, where we kept them five
days at bay. They proposed that we should allow them
to effect a complete retreat, but we sent them word that
they might now do with as as we had done with them
at Missolonghi. This day we dislodged them from
their position, forced them to action, killed 1,300 men,
among whom the Kiaya Bey, Moustapha Bey, and two
other Beys, and took several prisoners, whom we shall
immediately send off to Napoli. Among the latter are
several persons of distinction. One breve fellows have
all enriched themselves by the 'lroner, richly mounted
arms, and costly clothes of the Maboluetaps.. Rejoicer,
my brothers ! the continental part of ;our country has
got completely mid of the enemy sinceihe flower of the
Albanian Turks are destroyed. The bravery of General
Thins° Zellio has proved, ott this occasion, above ul
raise. He killed fikeen of the enemy Jai& his own
hank Rejoice again, my brethren, for you will, loon
hear of still greater things! (BMiled)-:
uKARAISKAKI."
SMYRNA.
We extract the following from the (>ietetal Speelatoe„'
of December 1.5:
On the 6th, Captain Spencer, of the English frigate
the Talbot, stationed at the Gardens, opposite Hydra,
was informed by the Primates of that Island, that the
mutinous seamen vociferously declared, that as it was
impossible to obtain anything, they would carry away
all the ships, and go in pursuit of merchantmen; in
short, that two ships had already carried their threats
into execution, and had sailed. The Pri mates announced,
that the greatest fermentation prevailed in the town;
that they, thetneelves,were prisoners in their own houses.
who* they were in danger of losing, their lives, and
asked his assistance. Capt. Spencer, judging that the
best measure he could take, was, to prevent this nest of
pirates from spreading over the Archipelago, and.
accordingly, placed his ship across the entrance to the
port. with lighted matches, and declared that the first
ship that attempted to put out should be sunk.
Commodore Hamilton received this intelligence on
the 11th, in the morning, by means of an Officer of the I
Talbot, who came on board a merchant brig, which
Captain Spencer had hired for the purpose. He imme-
diately went on board the Cambrian frigate, stationed
at Vourla, whence he sailed almost immediately, and
gave orders to the Captain of the Rose corvette, to join
him direttly at Hydra. The covettesailed on the 14th,
is the afternoon.

M EirCO.
• • The following letter has teen received at the North
'sad South American Coffee.ho6se:
" VERA CRUZ, Dee. IS.
" I regret to mention that the sales of cotton shirting',
for which there is a great demand, has been mush pa-
ralysed, in consequence of orders having been received
here from Government to the Customs, blaming them
for basing hitherto valued these goods too low; in
consequence of which the Customs insist on valuing
goods, under SS inches wide, at three reale per vara, in-
stead, of, as hitherto, two weals per vara; and on goods
exceeding 33 inches, at four reals, instead of three reels
per vara. In consequence of this, we, as Well as other
British houses here, have refused to receive those we
have landed, and have sent a representation to his
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Mexico, demanding his
protection against such an act of injustice on the part
of the Mexican Government. These goods• are not
stlea,tly specified in the present Tariff, but the valuation
Sap been established by two years' practice, sanctioned
like Executive Government, which certainly amounts
toi raw; and it is the height of injustice to lay on such
a tax wiehout giving time for merchants to be informed
of it. Cotton platillas, also, which are clearly stated in
the Tariff so be valued at reels per vara. They in-
sisted, tatter days back, on charging some in our hands at
two reals—as the case here was perfectly clear, I pro.
ceeded with two sworn brokers and a notary public
to examine the goods ; and the broker having declared in
his pre+ence that they were platillas of the usual qua-
.lity.4 entered my formal protest against the Custom.
• house officers, for refusing to deliver me the goods at
the lawful valuation, and declaring them liable for da-
mages and loss incurred by the delay. This document
I forwarded to Mexico for redress. In the meantime the
delay is very provoking, there being a great dematsd
for the goods in the market, and an opportunity pre-
senting itself of shipping the proceeds on board his Ma-
jesty's ship the Tweed, to sail hence for England in two
or three days. There must be something extremely dt,
ficient in out Commercial Treaty or understanding with'
the Mexican Government, to admit of such an extrava.
gant act as I have detail: