Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-27
FALL or nuSs,11oNGnI

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Major General the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, the
Lord High Commissioner, pro tempore, in the
ionion Islands, announcing tina the fate of the
long disputed fortress of Mssolongh was finally
decided on the night of the 22d and % ul,imo -
IL appears that the garrison, having become des-
perate from the to'al want OF provisions and tn.
| failure of the Greek fleet, under Admiral MiauI,s
to throw supplies into the TO" II, determined TO re-
tire from the place. a sore vas accordingly
made by 500 men, under two Chieftains, with the
hope To gain possession OF one of the batsrie upon
the sea.shore, which was defended by large body
OF Arabs; and the town partially set fire TO at
the same time, with the view of diverting the at
tenioh of the be-iegers. II was hoped that by this
attack, way would be opened for the remainder
OF the garrison; but this plan had been foreseen by
the Tuks, and their posts 20 strongly reinforced,
that, alter attempting IN vain to force a passage,
by carry ing tliebat,ery, the BODY led by the TWO
Chieains, dispersed, and endeavoured TO save
| themselves by gaining the mountains. They then
poured into he and put to the sword or made
prisoners all who opposed them. The loss sustain
ed by the Turks this occasion is not reported
but the obs,inacy of the conflict may be esmat ed
by the fact, that although between 2 and 5000
Greeks persisted in the and at the foot of the
the mountain, only $50 are reported TO have been
taken alive. OF the and children, a con-
siderable number said 10 have destro ed them
seues, TO have been drowmed; bur above 3O0O
have been returned prisoners The alarm crea-
ted by their dispersion was quickly communicated
10 those who were TO follow this hazardous
enterprise, who now abandoned their posts, and
sought shelter in snail numbers in the most enable
places in the neighboTrhood of the to n. In the
midst of the confusion the Turkish roops rushed on
from the and land side, and took possession of
the Notifications, to which, signal of victory,
they set FIRE.
paris, May l5.-Previous to The fall of Mis-
solonghi, at the last moment, all The remaining
Greeks formed kind of square battalion the wo
men and children were placed in the centre, and all
endeavored to open them passage through the
forks. All were massacred. The Greek feet was
; in sight, bu, had not been able 10 have any COM
nunication with { besieged The diplomatic
news arrived AT Paris yesterday, at midnight.
TRIESTE, Nav S.--The Ionian barks which
arrived from he Gulf of Pa,ras &c give the detas
of the taking of Missolonsh with circumstances
that make the blood cold.
From the London Times, .Afdv IL
We perceive that the fall of Missolonshi has
excited some uneasiness among the friends OF
= Greece, for the ultimate condiiionof that long
suffering and interesting country. In making
: known the above unfortunate event on Monday
last, thought it right TO add that the final issue
of the war not likely, in Judgment, to de-
pend any relative superiority, attanabe through
i military successes, by the Turkish Government
over the Greek nation; and such is our conviction
SILL
The readers of The Times may rely upon the
information conveyed TO them, anil repeGted IN
former numbers of this journal, on the authority oil
our foreign correspondents, "a to the nature and
: political results of his Grace The Duke of yelling
l. on's embassy to the Court of ST. Pc, ersburg On
that subject, distinctly stated, that the Duke
i only failed where failure was inevitable in the
. efforts which he was official compelled TO make
for preventing, if such a thing were possible, =
contest between the Russian empire and the Porte
> on points not Immediately connected with The
}, war now raging between the Greeks and the latte
u power
{ Respecting Greece, hosg ever, the Duke succeed
o ed in a manner the most abs lutte and complete :
The independence of Greece was secured by hi
. rep; esentsons TO the Russian Cabinet Her re-
lease from Turkey was not left contingent on the
/, precarous issue of her military resources ant
l' eXertions. Hes fortresse- might BE- captured amc
her brave slaughj cred, and lesions of Arab
: might overrun the fields of The Morea: bur The re-
solution was announced by England and Russi;
concurred in it unequivocally, that Greece shoulC
: no longer exist slave 10 the Turks Let
therefore, the friends of general liberty dismiss thei
&c fears for the result OF this sanguinary conflict
e Greece will long be iree and instead of the fu
ture being render ed more doubtful by the fall of thu
n fortress recently captured, event ca-nitous on
ly for the innocent blood which it has cost we al,
inclined 10 think that the moment of liberation will
II be fastened by it rather than retarded. Turke,
will become more insolent and unsparing. Eng
land therefore must, for the sake of honor and hu
u manity, be more prompt in the developement o
her policy and more vigorous and peremptoyy il
its enforcement If, indeed, we have allowed tho
u the point of he late negotiation which mscarret
ii was one which address talent could then hav,
securedso we are bound 10 expires our regret fhs
the object which has been attained with Russia b,
negotiation, has not been more energellcaly follow
ed up and realized in favor of Greece by our diplo
e marie agents at Uonstantipople. Though the Ell,
: will be The same, frighful mass of intermediat,
Z, suffering has already flowed from he vain attemp
to apply the instrument of reasoning, where Cannon
balls only were likely to OBTAIN a hearing.
o PANS, May 10 Every thing indicates tina
n hostiIities the of commencing tetwee,
Russia and the Porte. Ii is said in Vienna letter
that the Porte not only refuses to give up her or
d cupaion of Moldava and Wallachia, but insist,
that Russia shall give up Bessarabia, according u
the treaty of 1912 1t is not doubted hat, as soor
u as this answer is known at ST Petersburg il viii
lead TO orders 10 pssst the Pruh and it IS beev-
u ed that Russian troops will enter the principalitIe
d by the Goth May.
o May TO- The Constitutions, ofto-day, pretend
= that Don Pedro is TO return to Portugal. We dc
n not believe it.
Since the fall of Missolonghi, the thirst for
Greek blood is rather excited Athens is the mex
S place Threatened
u committee Of ladies' has been formed at Co
y Iogne, 10 collect subscriptions for the Greeks
$ Several journals repeat to-day, that Mr. STRAIT
ford Canning has been lnsulted in the streets o
: Constantinople.
e The Milton Gazette Of the 9th Nav has the fol.
lowing articles under the head OF " The Ionian ISL
andg." 90 The Greek vessel which arrived at Corfu
: on the Goth April brought the news of the fall Of
MissoIongi, which took place on the 2sd Of the
I same month palm Sunday accordine IN tho Cro.t