The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-01-08

Since writing the above. heard that
the Turks lost two frisa,es, four cor
vettes, and great many transports,
whilst the Greeks have lost 20 fire
ships.
Tins, 1t appears, that this campaign
has been more advantageous to the
cause Of Christianity IN the Levant than
any of the previous ones, and il is pro.
badly the las, which Turkey will UNDER
take against the independence of mod.
ern Greece.
PARIS, Nov. is.
Greece -Syra, Oct, 60 Private corr,
reSpondence. )-'fhe first news Of the
battles which have taken place between
the Greek and Turkish fleets in the
seighbourhood Of Cos and of Patuus,
wore equally inaccurate and contradict
tory. The Following is ON accurate ac-
count of the principal circumstances:
After some man9uvres performed
during the FIRST days in September by
two fleets, for the purpose of surpr,zinS
one another, and which were Of no avail,
the admiral Miaulis advanced on the
sih of tina. month against the enemy, to
give them battle. On his part the Cap
tain Pacha arranged in two lines the
united Turkish aud Egyptian fleets.-
They engaged in the Ceramic Gulf, be-
tween Cos and ancient Halicarnassus,
and the struggle lasted most obstiuateIy
during almost the whole Of the day.
Towards evening the Greeks appeared
to be breaking the lines Of the. enemy,
and in the first confusion they fired an
Egyptian frigate of54 guns. The COM
mander of this vessel, so Arabs, part
of the regular Egyptian troops, and
many European officers were made pris-
oners. The rest, to the number Of 400
sailors and $50 more Arabs, fell vic
tim 90 the flames. The burning of the
frigate was signal for the general
flight of the two Mnssulman fleets
The Greeks in pursuing them burnt
brig with all its crew.
The Turks, sheltered under the can
non of Boudrnun, did not venture to
put 10 sea. On The east Sept. taking
advantage of strong souihcrIy wind.
they set sail for the Archipelago, fol-
lowed by Miauiis they were overtaken
in the lcarian sea. A new engagement
took place between the isles of Paimos
and OF Icarus it lasted hut two hours
the Greeks dismasted brig, greatly
injured corvette. and drove another
brig on shore. The Turks again took
fight and sought safeiY" in the port Of
Mitylene. The Greek feet cruized in
the neishbonrhood of this island. that
they might cut of their retreat to the
Dardanelles'
SPAIN.-The Constitutional, states.
rs u rumor. that the French troops who
evacuate Spain are going to form an
Army Of Observations at Bayonne, hut
the E;oile knows no. where the infor-
nation was derived, and halfway con.
tradicts it. That the evacuation will
in part take place, seems 10 be pretty
well settled. Those which will remain
will be in the whole $4,000 men: 5000
men at Cadiz, commanded by Lieut..
General; 1000 men at Barcelona, com
manded by Lieut.. General; 1000
men at Pampeluna, commanded by the
Prince de Brogho; 1900 men at st.
Sebastian, commanded by a Colonel.
PoRTuGAL.---Private letters from
Lisbon, Oct ~, states, that neither the
arrest and imprisonment Of the Queen,
nor the arrest OF a great number Of per-
Sous of high rank, and other measures
ofseverity, have been sufficient to check
the Absolulists.
"They have just formed another con-
spiraey, which was to have broken ont
yesterday, and it is said the greater
number of our regiments are implicated
in it. Its object, like the former, ap-
pears to have been TO murder the Minis
ters, and make the King resign in favor
Of Don Miguel. The conspiracy was
discovered by one of The initiated. A
great number of gentlemen have. in
consequence, been arrested, as we'll as
Monks, Cures, and Officers, of all de
scr'piion, who have all bren lodged in
Fort ST. George and tie Tower of
Belem, the most secure prisons Of orr
country. The Government is quite un-
able TO convoke the Corips, which it
was expected.wast TO assemble in Lisbon
this present month. Even in the month
Of December, il will be difficult 10 hold
this assembly, if l may judge from
the innumerable obstacles which it has
every moment to encounter in conse-
quenee OF the great influence of the
Queen and the Patriarch. A vessel
loaded with cannon balls has Just ar
rived from England nj Lisbon, and il
is said the government had aisu ordered
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