Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-07

Four of the Turkish frigates in fact sixty
shps and there were forty transports moored
behind the line of battle The following is statement
of the fate of the enemys fleet One Turkish
tie ship burnt; two driven shore, wrecks; dou
BILE frgate sunk; one on shore, wreck two burnt ;
fifteen frgates burnt sunk three shore wrecks
Shore mass standing; fifteen corvetes burnt and
sunk; four on shore, wrecked nine briggs burnt and
sunk one on shore, masts standing; six freshps de-
sroyed and three transports or the sxtysx vessels
Of war; only eight left afoat the perfect vcto
ry ever achieved" ..:.,.
There was no existing war between the Turks and the
combined Powers. There was intestine war between
the Greeks and Turks the latter perperang great
elites An armstice had been agreed upon and Ibrahm
Pacha had violated it by attacks upon the Greeks of
Morea. A London paper of 18th November, 1927, had
the following statement:
The Vice Admiral fCodrington) with the combined
squadrons--the French and Russian Admirals having
placed themselves under his orders-sood in for Nava.
rino. and found the Turkish and Egyptian fleets lying
there being moored in crescent and apparently ready
for action Having passed the batteries, Sir Edward
Codrngon dispatched the Dartmouth ahead for the pur
pose Of sending communication to Ibrahim or the
Turkish Admiral warning him of the consequences Of
his proceedings by bringing down upon him the ven
gence Of the allied squadrons. The Darmouths boat
fred upon, and Lieut. Ftzroy and the whole boats
crew were killed This was the signal for attack The
British Admiral proudly led, in the Asia, and placing
her between the Turkish and Egyptian Admiras opened
tremendous FIRE upon the former The Egyptian Ad-
mra having sent message declaring he would not fire
gun Mr. Mitchell Sir Edward Codringtons interpreter
sent board, but he basey shot, and the Ad
miral then fred on the Egyptian Admiral.
"The action became general on both sides, and
continued with great fury for four hours when it
terminated by the complete destruction of the whole
Turkish and Egyptian feets consisting of four sail Of
the line, fifteen frgates fifteen corvettes, nine briggs
three freshps and numerous Transports SO. The ships
which had escaped the fury Of the attack on
shore by the Turks themselves and destroyed 5.s
This glorious achievement has been performed
without tremendous loss Of human life The Turkish
Admiral had six hundred and fifty killed, and the
loss of the other vessels in proportion.
"The loss of the allies great Among the English
slain were Capt Walter Bathurst Of his Maestys ship
Genoa Lieut. Ftzroy Mr. Smith, the master Of the ASIA
and many other gallant officers and men, making total
loss in the British squadron of twenty officers twenty
petty officers and two hundred and eighteen killed
and wounded. The French Admiral De Rgney sgnalized
himself by Of chivalrous gsllantry; having
been able to get his flagship satisfactorily into
ton, he changed his flag to fgate in which he most
gaanty rushed upon the enemy but his loss very
great, exceeding one hundred
at is said that the Turkish crews in many instances
exhibited great desperation, Jumping overheard rather
than surrender"
The statement Of the Turkish Secretary to the Capt.
tana Bey in the Port Of Navarno, the next day. did not
differ materially the of the force and loss
There were $4,000 Egyptian troops in the Morea 1000
of whom with the above ships The loss is admit
ted to have been very heavy.
The Paris Constitutional Of that period said: The
Turkish Government never collected q single point o
more imposing naval force They reckoned 126 trans
ports, hps-oftheline, fgates Of 60 guns each IA
frgates Of 40 guns 80 corvettes and 81 freshpsto-
tai 224." ' ...
It from French accounts that " Ibrahim Pacha
not at Navarno at the time Of the BATTLE but had
been engaged for ortnghtn the interior Of the Mores
chasing the Christians into the mountains attending the
execution Of priests whom he had orucifed
olive trees making holocausts Of poor peasanry pack
ages Of young girls and infants to send into Egypt and
laying the country waste by FIRE and sword roofing up
the olives, vines, fig trees" sc.
How different the state Of affairs then and now! 7hsn
barbarian desolating the Mores and England and
France combined with Russia to put stop the dread
ful crueltes practssd upon the Greeks Now Sultan
Of great humanity to be in power and the Greeks
appear satisfied with the manner in which he exercises
his authority Instead Of the British and French Adm-
rails joining with the Russian, they are now watching
his movements, and strong probability exists that they
will have bloody encounter with him in defence Of the
very Turks whom twenty-sI years ago, they united in
crushing The policy to be preserve the
integrity Of the Ottoman Empire and to prevent Rus
sa from extending its already colossal power all the
while the Emperor Is strengthening his positions.