Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-06-29

pool auVices 10 tue ZJsn nave Deen re
ceived.
LONDON, May H.
Fail of Missoionghi - Dispatches
were received on Monday morning at
the Colonial Office, from maj geu'I.
the hon Frederick PonsoDby, the lord
high commissioner pro tempOre, in the
IOnian Islands, announcing that the
fate OF the long disputed fortress of
Missolonghi was finally decided on the
night of the 22d and Esd ult
1t appears that the garrison, having
become desperate from the total want
of provisions, and the failure of the
Greek fleet under admiral Maids, to
throw supplies into the town, deter.
mined to retire from the place A sor.
Tie was accordingly Ciade ny 500 men,
cnder two chieftalns, with the hope TO
gain one of the batteries upon the sea
shore, which was deiendf d by a large
body of Arabs; and the town was par
italy set fire to at the same time, with
the view Of dlyerting the attention OF
'fthe beslegerS.
II was hoped, that by this attack, a
way would be opened Tor the remain.
der of the garrison; but this plan had
been foreseen by the Turks, and their
posts so strongly reinforced, that after
attempting in vain 10 force passage,
by carrying the battery, the body led
sby the two chiefains, dispersed, and
'endeavored to save themselves by gain.
Jug the mountains.
Fhey then poured into the town, and
2put to the sword, or made all prisoners
who opposed them.
Tie loss sustained by the Turks on
the occasion is not reported; but the
obsinacy Of the conflict may be esti.
mated by the fact, that although be.
sween Q and 5000 Greeks persisted in
that iowa, and at the loot of the noun
tain, only $50 are reported to have
been taken alive. OF the women and
children, a considerable number are
said to have destroyed themselves; bot
above 5000 have been returned as pri.
soners.
The alarm created by their disper
sion was quickly communicated to
those who were to follow on this ha
zardous enterprise, who now aban.
doned their posts, and sought shelter in
small numbers in the most tenable pla
ces in the neighborhoOd of the town.
In the midst of the confusionthe Turk
Ssh troops rushed on from the sea and
land side, and took possession Of the
Notifications, to which, as signal Of
victory, they set fire.
From the London Times
MAY 1--WE perceive that the fall
of M,ssolonghi has excited some un-
easiness among the friends of Greece,
for the ultimate condition of that long.
suffering and interesting country. In
making known the above unfortunate
event on Monday last, we thought it
right to add, that the final issue of the
war was not likely, in our Judgment, to
depend on any relative superiority, at,
tainable through military success, by
the Turkish government verthe Greek
nation; and such is our conviction still
The readers Of "'rhe Times" may
rely upon the Information conveyed for
them, and repeated, in our former
numbers of this journal, on the au
thority of our foreign correspondents,
as to the nature and political results of
his Grace the Duke of Welliugton's
embassy to the Court of Petersburg.
On that subject, we distinctly stated,
that the Duke only failed where failure
was inevitable, in the efforts which he
was officially compelled TO make, for
preventing, if such thing were pos,
sible, a contest between the Russian
empire and the Porte, on points not
Immediately connected with the war
now raging between the Greeks and
the latter power.
Respecting Greece, however, the
Duke succeeded "a "a manner the most
absolute and complete The indepen.
dence of Greece was secured by his
representation to the Russian Cabinet.
Her release from Tnkey was not left
contingent on he precarlous issue OF
her own military resources and exer-
tions. Her fortresses might be captured,
and. her brave men slaughtered, and
iegions OF Arabs 0verrln the fields OF
the Morea; but the resolution was an
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