Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-27
FORETGM,
LATE FROM ErTROpE

IN fba.
18th OF May inclusive.
Tup GREEKs.-A private letter from Zan,e.
apni ~, gives the following information: The
HARRISON OF Missocnghi almost deprived of the
Hecessafy means Tor opposing good artillery and
$esuiar troops does not cease, however, to make
Eofues winch destroy large bodies of the enemy
On the glorious 9Th Of April, which say 4OoO
Turks PROSTATE, well in the assault as in the sub
segment sortie, many Greeks were wounded. and
paft OF lie walls was destitute of defenders
lbraiim prepared TO attack the town anew While
the commanding officers were distributing their
fcFcc IN such way as TO render the defence equal
on all sides, the women advanced, bearing the
akns o! tncir relations and wounded husbands and
announced their arrival by singing the hymn of the
Immortal Marco Botzaris They Immediately
sent deputat,on OF two of their number Ia the
Chiefs TO say, that they to fight in the place
oi husoands-the officers hesiiated, bot finally
E'eienS 70 tnelr Tears aud touching prayers, they
conhoeu 10 them the defence Of a part OF the ram .
p?rts. We have the bulletin of this battle now be-
lore us, which declares, the authority of the
soluers themselves, that the shower of balls from
this par. OF the rampars, decided in great degree
the vicdry of this day.
MiaulIs arrived at Missoionghi This day. after
cue affair tthe l2lh April.) After having ics,i-
ed TO the garrison all the gratitude of goyern,n,n,
and The nation, he brought in fresh troops and
var. -
kabvieI and uourss are arrived q, Salona, half
yvay on the road from Athens 10 Missolongbi-
Ihrahlm sent 1900 Arabs to attack them, and the
Sepcrt to-day is, that the brave Frenchman has
defeated them.
Tie Austrian Observer speaks of the ADVANTAGE
Obtained by the Greeks ut Mis-olonghi. The Sc
-iasS7er ol BoHselia and OF Gambia were anops the
woIrded.
II Is Edfd that treaty has been signed br Grea,
SnsaiH anu Hussia, securing the Independence of
rerf>h mil fsyao
Choosing, bat subject TO the appreciation of the
toTte. Il Will Pay nominal tribute or iatser a
Sfrda homage TO the Sultan "a strange sort of Ia.
dependence indeedO This treaty has been for
,Inally announced to the Turk, with an ntnnation.
that refusal TO join in il, viii lie the signal for
Goescive measures.
=. fellov calling himself Joanni Nicholai Le-
onidas, Conn, of Sparta, and stating hnselfto have
been cent out by the Greek Senate TO collect mo
hey IN aid OF the Hellenist cause has lust been
Sentenced, at Groningen, to six months mprson-
inen'' and to pay fine of cor. upon conviction
Of swindng.
:, Upon the occasion Of May 8, when the frs,
Stone OF the monument Of Louis XVI. was laid,
The Dauphiness sent the sum OF 90 DOOR to the
Iniir'nary OF Maize Theresa, institution founded
oy the Viscouuteas de Chsteaubriand, for the re-
YET oil the victims OF the Revolution This ample
DONATION was The more acceptable as the funds OF
that establishment were at low ebb
tIOOpS
Palermo, On the 9Th ult. the Neapoli,an Govern
nent iIas established in that town garrison Of
5000 men, which, II is said, will be carried TO
1900.
Il lis said That such extensive purchases of wines
'oi ISL and 1872, have been made in the PaIat-
hate, by English Noblemen and Gentlemen, that
considerable rise has taken place in the price
Letters Of the lih of April from ST. Petersburah
STATE that nearly total change in the Russian Cabi
net Is talked of.
a letter dated Perpignan, ApriI 10, says-ss The
yanteT here has recommended The thermometer
has fallen 10 FIVE degrees below the freezing point
Vmch IS extraordinary TOR the country and sea-
SON. eueh temperature will do much mischief 10
the vines, olive and fruit trees, newly sown yege-
tables, and corn. at three leagues distance we
nave snoY. That which babiually covers the
CanlSon has extended above THAR, which is at the
extremity OF our plain
We are assured, that during the month of uril
las'' the Mont de Piee of Paris lent upon effects
pawned, the sum OF IL, 500 ,000r. which upon The
average calculation Carries the value of the article.
put in pledge TO sc or 80 millions OF francs This
circumstance will show the scarcity of money at
Paris. Since The commencement Of the present
month, the money lent upon pawned effects is
sad to nave augmented in alarming manner
Letters from Warsav mention disturbance
having broken out in that Capital but it was son,
put down by the prompt and energetic measures
adopted by the Grand Duke Constantine
STILL LATER
We had proceeded thus far with our translaiions
Shen our desk was covered with London paners
10 the evening Of the 22d May inclusive, by the
Slas Richards, Capt Holdridge We have also
floyds' and Shipping Lists, Sc. to the latest
dates
Fhe patriotic reader will mourn TO learn that
6Iissoonghi after all, has fsllenl But the yclors
were yanquished in their triumph. The news was
0rough' 70 Corfu, on the 10Th of April, by Greek
vessel. The fall Of the fortress took place on the
23d OF tire same month, after sustaining n eiere.
and making defence unexampled in the annals of
warfare 1t was Palm Sunday, according IN the
Greel, Calendar, at dsy-break. The Goyernren,
Of the town, being reduced TO the last extrenitv
opened the gates, and the troops of the Greelss
opened itselS passage through the Cttomans.-
The latter bad scarcely entered the town, when
tie miHes which had been prepared, blew up, and
che destruction dreadful. Another account
states that in the az empt 10 cut their way ihrosgb.
Cthe women and children having been placed in
tne centre OF the hollow sQuare) all were massacre
BY the MoSlems.l
Tbs German pspersstsie, that L" On tie 10th Of
@pnl, ure Greek squadron, consisting of 80 YES
SOS, ~ 6TutoSfeTs, and many rnis,ics cast an
Choir oh Mixsolonghi On the 18th IL attackeI The
Irco-tSypiian feet Of 100 sail strong The ae-
tion was obstinate and bloody, fog it lasted three
days. The Turks, who had two fries,ss .bnro,
aud seven other vessels sunk, retired and took mn
tbsir station beneath the cannon Of the fortress Al
Pairss. The loss Of the Greeks consist Of Coor
vessels, two OF which are put hors de seJpice,
The Augsburg Gazette says: Recent letters
pom CoDstantinople announce that in Thessaly
fresh rebellion has broken out, and the Creek C;ac
tain Thsso de TTikeri is at the head Off"
The cause Of the Greeks, however. il esi,;oo
c~rrrsL N J1urdre, 4frAtha Gonna, &c..