Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-02-10
VICTORIES OF THE GREEKS,
.1ad late Interference from E,.eece,

Mr. Ioplif, of :Eoston, has received a letter
from Smyrna, dated the 22d of November, from
which 1t appears that the Greeks had been again
Snccessiuillnan engagement with the Turks. The
letter says, "The Greeks go on famouslv. a ma
val action has lately been fought, in which the
Greeks captured sloop of war, several briggs, a
schooner, and transports. The sloop OF war was
formerly an American ship, belonging to New
York, captured by the English during the war,
and sold lately to the Turlfs.n A postscript to
the letter adds have Just time to add that
We have this moment received official news of the
surrender of Corinth to the Grecian army, under
capitulation-thep prisoners to be lan,lcdin Asia.
The Greek vessels with the prisoners are now in
the gulph, with the intention of landing them
1t is an all-important place to the Greeks, whose
cause appears daily to brighten"
A letter fromthc correspondent of the CONNER
cial Advertiser in Smyrna, furnishes the follow
,ng:-
'lhe Turkish fleet, after remaining out all
summer, has returned to the DarlanelIes, dur
ing the whole time nothing worthy of reatinghas
taken place between them and the Greeks The
prospect of the latter maintaining their indepen-
dence IMPROVES DAILY, and notwithstanding all
that has been said about their divisions and so
forth, do not believe that there are more dlyi.
sions among them than in any other country.
where all men are at liberty To speak their senti
ments, and propose their plans. Affairs with
Russia remain unsettled, although no fears ap-
pear to exist ola war taking place shortly on
the contrary, reports are much in favour of an
z'nicable termination.n
Smyrna papers of the 21st ofNovembcr, con-
tanning dates from Constantinople of the 10Th
of the same month, state, that Mr.. Mensauui.
formerly Russian Chancellor is TO come there
under the title ofinspector of Russian commerce.
and to be accompanied by Mr.. Bacof, the first
Secretary of the Russian embassy. 1t is be-
licved that Mr.. TaticheG would be appointed
minister extraordinary and Plenipotentiary near
the Ottoman Porte.
1t Is asserted in the Oriental Spectator that
the Greeks in the Island of Gambia have been
defeated by the Turks, with the loss of about
5000 men-that the Turks in Came, being re-
lnforced by troops from Egypt, had left their
Notifications, had repeated actions with the
Greeks in all of which they were successful,
and took FIVE villages, where they made two or
three thousand prisoners, whom they had con-
Quoted to Came. The paper of the latest date
re-asscrts these accounts, as it states on further
information, but states that they have been
positively contradiCted by the Greeks. It is
added that in the latest accounts the Greeks at
Hydsa admit that their countrynen in Gambia
had met with the disasters above stated, but that
subsequently those who had retreated to the
mountains re-descended, attacked the Turks,
and after Staying many hundreds compelled them
again to retire within their fortfcations.-Thc
Smyrna editor admits that the truth probably is
that the Turks, finding nothing more TO combat,
had retired TO their fortified places with their
booty, and the Greeks had again taken possess
sion of the plains.
We do not find that in any other quarter the
Turks pretended TO have obtained any positive
advantage, except that, as has several times be-
fore been pretended, that Missolonghi, the siege
of which was aided by a Barbary squadron, was
on the point of surrendcring. On the other
hand, the Greeks had obtained several advan-
tages.-'The most important Of which is the
surrender of Corinth, which is represented in
the papers as on thepoint Of taking place.