The Sun. — 1821-12-27 (London, England)

BRITISH PRESS.]  An account, purporting to be derived from " an authentic source," was published in a Treasury Paper of yesterday evening, detailing some dreadful atrocities which were said to have been perpetrated by the Greeks at the capture of the town of Tripolizza. We are told that the town of Tripolizza being pressed by the Grecian forces, was surrendered by the Turkish garrison upon certain conditions, and that the capitulation was actually concluded between the Bey of Maina and Colocotoni, on the part of the besieging army, and by the Turkish Authorities on the part of the garrison and the Turkish inhabitants. In -pursuance of the terms of this agreement, a considerable number of the Turks came out of the city and were amicably received by the Greeks, but on a sudden a 44 part of the besieging army took possession of one of the gates, and also of the tower, which was accomplished without difficulty or attempt at resistance." The account then proceeds in these terms : " The Christian flag was then hoisted on the tower, which became the signal of a general assault by the whole army. The whole night was passed in plunder and in murder, without discrimination of sex or age. "On the next day nearly three thousand souls, the majority consisting of women and children, were marched from the Creek camps, where they had been staying two days, to a sort of gorge at one side of the town, where they were all stripped naked, and most horribly butchered. The pregnant women had their bellies ripped open. Many of them had their heads struck off; and the heads of some dogs having been also struck off, they  [The circumstances omitted are too atrocious for publication.] " For three following days the carnage continued, and this unrelenting spirit was not directed solely against the Turks. All the Jews who were -in the town were seized—the men were put to the torture, and the women and children, as well as the men, were all, without exception, put to death. " The whole number of persons who perished at ,Tripolizza amounted to eight thousand, of which nearly one thousand were. Jews. " As it is known that a British gentleman, Mr. Gordon, was " Chef d'Etat Major" of the besieging army, we have great pleasure in being able to state, that although Mr. Gordon was present at the siege, and contributed to its success by his exertions, as he had to the preparations for it by his liberality, he earnestly remonstrated against the treachery in contemplation ; and finding all his representations disregarded, he quitted the camp, and has since quitted the service altogether, conceiving that it was neither consistent with his own honour, nor with the honour of his country, to support a cause which was earned on in violation of every principle of good faith and humanity." It is impossible to read of such atrocities without feeling one's blood run cold with horror at the narrative ; but until we know the authority, " the authentic source," from which the intelligence is derived, we must hesitate, even on account of the very barbarity of the scene, in giving our unqualified belief to the statement. It is somewhat remarkable, if not suspicious, that so strong a case of recrimination against the Greek§ should appear first in a London Ministerial Paper, the more especially as we find it instantly. turned to the purposes for which it might have been prepared, of vilifying and abusing all who in this country have breathed a wish in favour of the cause of liberty in Greece. It is, however, going rather too far, to deduce from whatever atrocities or cruelties the Greeks may commit, an imputation against all .who wish success to their exertions, as if they did not lament sincerely such atrocities, or mourn that a cause in itself so glorious as that of regenerating a whole people .should lose one spark of its native brightness, or be.tarnished by the foul stains of cruelty or perfidy.  [TH E