The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-05-25

, and from tina. moment, the pon.ools Ea,,n..
been united at that point the destructiGs
oftheIC christians, who had only 4 ,427 able "a.
fight, was considered inevitable We, ro
thought of surrender entered any bod,'s
mind, and no mouth pronounced tie word
| captnlaton every one seemed only 10
think Of selling his life dear. Az length
on the 9TH OF March, (2Oth Of March, new
style the last hour Of the Christians sound-
ed-At ten o'clock the Turks had taken
MsSolonghi by storm, the Bishop Joseph
had been burnt by slow fire, all the men
had been put to the sword, and the number
of corpses of drowned women and children
choked up the lagoons.
The fatal assault on Mssoionghi, it ap-
pears, was made by force of2O, ,0O0 men,
les cannons, and iS mor,ars. The major
ity of the garrison was killed, and the place
in ruins before it surrendered. The Go
vernor ofthe citadel blew it up with 1000
Turks. The writer Of the letter Of which
this II an extract, was one Of 1900 who
fought their way out Of the garrison.-Up-
wards Of 1000 Gre.ks were destroyed.
From the London Courier Of .7prd 70
MIssoLoSGHI. We copy the following
| from morning paper, where il il dnScrib-
ed as "an authentic letter from an English
Colunel, who was one of the brave defend
ers d the place." and with copy of which
the paper had been favored by the gentle
man to whom it was addressed.
"ST. ANNE's near LEPANTo, Mar. II.
Mlssolongh has fallen. That heroic CT
ty, which for eighteen months had defeat
cd the power Of the infdels and repulsed
90 attacks, was taken by storm on the 10Th.
Poor st. Aubyn fell on the occasion, but
he died nobly. On the 9Th, while we were
rejoicing Tor our late victory, lbrahim hay-
ing been reinforced by 700 troops, arrived
before the place, and again summoned us
to surrender, promising favorable condi.
tons, which being refused, sharp affair
took Place, the result of which was that he
fell back, having lost 700killed, 200 wound.
ed, 400 prisoners, pieces Of cannon, and
two standards. Onthe 9thhe returned with
2O,OOO men, and formidable train of ar
tillerY surrounding the town OH all sides.
We had only 1000 men TO oppose him,
and those worn out with fatigue, but all re-
solved to conquer or die. In the evening
we received the Sacrament in the church
Of st. Sophia, and marched to our post,
from which few returned. At II o'clock
the enemy opened tremendous fire from
lS5 cannons and Al mortars, which contin-
ued, without intermission, till 10 o'clock
next morning, when the walls became u
heap of ruins. The enemy then vigorous
ly attacked us in four directions, and after
two hours fighting, forced their way into
town. The conflict was now raging IN the
most deadly form. The streets were chok-
ed with the dead and wounded. whilst the
blood was running IN streams. The slaugh-
ter Of the Turks was excessive, as every
house was a complete fortress, and the
ground disputed at the point Of the bayo-
net, inch by inch. Our gallant French vo-
lunteers did wonders. Three times head
ed by our brave and lamented st. Aubyn,
they charged and drove back the enemy
with great loss, taking number of prison.
ers but in making fourth and desperate
attack, our gallant st. Aubyn was shot in
the breast, and died in my arms, begging
me with his last breath to die rather than
yield.
In the mean time the Governor defend
ed himself with heroic obstinaty in the
great church, but the door being forced.
and most of his men killed or wounded, he
sprung the mine, which destroyed both that
and the citadel, Overwhelming himself and
two thousand Turks in one tremendous rr-
in. The enemy having entire possession
Of the hard fought town, We collected about
5000 OF the brave fellows who had fought
so well, and after hard contest we sue
ceeded incutting our way out, leaving them
in possession OF heap Of ruins, which |
have learned has cost Ibrahim nine thou.
sand of his best troops in the last attack a.
lone. l joined General Gouras on the 18th
with $500 men, $50 prisoners, six cannon.
and nine standards taken from the enemy
during the last fatal attack. We brought
the body Of St Aubyn off with us, whick
will be inferred to day with military honors
l received thTec slight wounds, but am
now fast recovering. .t- a..
|, GREAT BRITAIN.
! The accounts from the manufacturing
districts continue to be most gloomy.
The Presidents Message to the House OF
. Representatives, on the subject Of the Pa
mama mission, appears in the London pa
, pers of the 18th April.
The collection made by the ladies' in Pa
: ris, in favor of the Greeks, amounted u
, $4,000 francs. - ........
From the Baltimore Gazette Of May 10.
, VERY LATE FROM THE Pacific. Byt
j schooner Shylock, Captain Minot, i'll tive
/ ty days from Chagres, we have receivedc
, regular files Of Lima papers to the ID
. March, and letters to the 10th.
n IN