The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-03
FALL OLE MISsnLoNGHI.

FALL OF MISS0LONGiII.
De-nairhrs we're received un Monday
morning ut the Calan,,d office, from Major
General. the Hon. Frederick Pnnsonby,
fhr Lord High Commissioners pro te'npolr,
in the ionlan Islands, announcing that the
fate of The lSns disputcd fortress Ut Nlfsso.
ionghi, Vas .fnall, decided on thu nights
of IN. 2sd aud SD ultme. The death of
IbrahIM Is not ruc.
II appears that tine garrison, having be-
come desperate from the total want OF
provisions, and the future of the Geek
feet, under Admiral Aliiuis, 10 threw sup
plies into the town, d.teI nip.d 10 tellrc
from the place. sorlie was accordingly
made by 800 men. under two thtitain-,
with the hop to gain ON. of The batterr
upon the se, shore, which WAS defended
b. large bud, # Arabs: and the town
was partially sci iis to AT the sams tune
with HE view of dveriug the attention of
she besiegers.
il MAS hoped, that by this attack, a way
would be opeLed FIR the remainder of
the garrison: but this plan had beer
forrssen hy The Turks. and their poslt
30 slropgiy reinforced, that, after attempt
ing IN vain to force a passage, by car
wing the battery, the body. led by the
two ehicftains, Dispersed, and cndravW-
ed TO save themselves by gaining the
p,eaniains.
They then poured into the town and
put 10 the sword, or made prisoners, all
who opposed thrm.
The loss sustained by the Turks
on this occasion is Bat reported but
the oh ,inaey Of the conflict may be
estimated by the fact, that although be-
tween fwo aud three thousand Greeks
persisted in that town, and at The foo,
oil the lnonntain onl, $50 are reported
Ia have been taken alive. Or the wn-
men and children. u considerable nun.
Der are said 10 have destroyed them.
selves. ar 10 have been drowned but
abnui 5000 have hern rrtulsled aB pris-
0nsrs.
The alarm GRATED BY their dispersion.
was qnickiy coa muncatrd tn those who
were Ia follow On this hazardous enter
PRISE, who nnw abandoned their posts, and
sought shelter IN small Numbers in the
Uelghborhood Of the town. In the midst
oil the confusion, the Turkish troops rush
I'd ~ from The SEA aud land SIDE, aud took
llosaesslen al the notifications, TO which,
asa signal OF Victory they set fire.
From The Loadou Times of May III
We perceive that the fail Of Mls.oloughi
has excited some nnrasinrss among the
Ttlends vi Greece, for the ultimate coudi
ton Of that long suffering aud Interesting
country. In making known the abo,e I'M
fortunate eseut al Monday last we tho'I
Nr,Sht TO add. that the tinal issue of illr
war was not likely. in our jId ,ment, To DE-
pend GA any relative superiority. attaluallr
through military SUCCESSES h, thr Turkish
Gn,rrnment over the Greek nation; j
euch Is our conviction still
The readers nf The Times may rely np-
on the intormFiian conveyed IL them, and
repeated, in fornrr numbers of this iuur-
Oal, on the authority Of our foreign CORES
pondsnts. rs lo the nature and political -
suits of his Grace the Duke of " ,lHngton's
embassy 10 the Conr, Of 81. Petersburg.
On that subject we Distinctly stated that
the Duke only flird where failure WAS
int,Itable, IN thu thofis " hlch hp WIS oil.
elallN Compelled Ia make for pl,, emitting, i,
such a thing mrle possible, a contest be-
tween the Russian Emprr and the Porte
an points moi tmmsdial,l, connected with
sh' war no" rsglng between the Greeks
and the Latter power.
Resp"cling Greece, however, the Duke
succeeded IN maoncr thu most absolute
aud complete. The independence of
Greece Was secured b, his representations
10 the Russian cahlneI. He, tcltas. from
Tnii,eg MAS moi left contingent on the PEE
carlons issue OF her Own military resources
and rNrrilnns. Her tortressrs might be
captured, and her bra,e men slaughtered,
and lrglsAs Of Arabs might o.rrran the
fields of the Nnres but the resolution WAS
announced by England and Ruesia con-
Cured M IT unequivoually, that Greece
should no longer EXIST u, a slave 10 the
Turks. Let, therefore, the friends Of gen
orai liberty dismiss their fears for iae resul
OF tins sangulnary conflict Greece will
ere long he free; and instrad of the ia
ture briog rendered more dnuhtfui hy the
fall of the fortress recently caplured-an
event calamitnus OIL, for thrinnocent blood
which i has cost--wp ave inclined Ia think
that the moment of liberation to the
Greeks III b. hastenrd BY it rather than
retarded. Turkey will brcone more insn-
lent and unspariog: England therefore
must, for the sake of honor and humani,
be more prompt in the Development of her
policy, and more Vigorous aud prremptory
~ lis enforcement. II, indeed, we have al
lo~rd that the point Of the late negotiation
which miscanpd Mas one which no address
Or talent could Then have srcurcd-so we
are bound 40 express. our regret that the
object which has been attained with Russia
by negotiation has mot been more enrrget
call. followed up and realized ia favor Of
Greece by our diplomatic agents at Con
sta1t nopls. Though the end will be the
same, u iIlshtfd mass Of intermediate suf-
frrlDg has alrral, nonp ed from the vain at