The Sun. — 1822-08-28 (London, England)

SMYRNA, JULY 13.—At the beginning of this month the Ottoman fleet was cruizing off Mitylene. On the morning of the Bth it was moored at Tenedos. Cara Mehmet Pacha, who is appointed Capitan Pacha, is in the Morea, which may delay the operations of the Ottoman squadron.—(The accounts from Constantinople of the 18th have announced his death.) The insurgents have fortified themselves still more strongly at Ipsara, and have collected a large stock of ammunition. The Greeks on board the two celebrated fire-ships, all escaped in the bark with lateen sails, of which we have spoken. They had in the middle of them a large barrel of powder, ready to set it on fire, and blow up any ship of war that might have detained them, for in their heroic devotedness they had foreseen the possibility of being taken, in which case they were resolved to make their death useful to their nation by destroy,. ing another of the enemy's vessels. The extraordinary circumstance of these two fire-ships, one of which burnt the Admiral's ship, and the other had nearly blown up two other vessels, has produced great enthusiasm among the islanders, and raised their pretensions to an extraordinary pitch. They have just effected a landing on the northwest of Scio, with about twenty vessels, but we think it would be a mistaken notion to believe they meant to 'take possession of the island. This unexpected descent can have no other objec4 than to favour the emigration-of the inhabitants of the Mastic villages. 'ln our preceding number we have spoken of these villages in such a manner as to leave some doubt with respect to the misfortunes which they have experienced. As we stated, thousands of desperadoes, after the burning of the Admiral's ship, had attacked the first villages on the road, where they murdered the men and made slaves of the women. Eiles Aga, to whom the care of these places had been confided, succeeded in arresting the progress of these abominable excesses, and the licentious were not able to penetrate into most of these villages. On the 29th of June the Greek fleet to the number of 62 sail, passed the channel of Scio. The fort and the vessels exchanged some hundred shots, but without any effect. Six hundred Greeks from Tschesme have arrived at Scio. They „are conducted every day towards Campo, to get in the harvest. All the persons who had been carried off from the Mastic villages to Scio have been sent back, except the young girls, who  are retained, and refused to be restored notwithstanding all the endeavours of the Pacha.  The contagion rages more than ever, at Scio. There have died already at the French Consulate, 11 Catholics, and 76 Greeks, including the Dragoman with his wife and children. The. Greeks crowded together in the Church of the Consulate were swept away in a cruel manner by the contagion. To complete the misfortunes of Scio provisions are extremely scarce, and nothing to be had but bad goat's flesh. The persons who have taken refuge in the Consulate were lately in very great danger. A Mussulman, nulled with compassion, came privately and' gave information that the Turkish regiment of ' one hundred and fifty men, encamped close to the Consulate, had formed the project to scale the walls of the garden in the night, to massacre the men and to seizesthe women. But M. Digeon baffled this infernal plot. After having taken all necessary measures, he kept watch during the night in the garden. It was midnight—profound silence reigned—when the Iravages were heard scaling the wall. How great was their sur[prise at seeing M. Digeon with his sabre in one hand and a pistol in the other, at the head of his Janissaries, all armed like hiniself and ready to fire ! • In their confusion they discharged a few muskets and then retreated. On the following day, M. Digeon went to the Pacha to complain of this violation of the asylum of those under its protection. The Pacha listened to his complaints, and has banished the wretches from the island. An abominable action has been committed at IScio. A Turk, the owner of three female slaves, being unable to take them with him to Tschesme, whither lie was going, killed them all three. The Pacha being informed of this atrocious crime, caused the individual who had been guilty of it to be pursued. Being taken and breeght back, the Pacha 'ordered his nose and ears to be cut off, and in that condition sent him back to Tschesme.—(Fratikfort Journal, Aug. 20.)