The Sun. — 1824-11-08 (London, England)

IVIOTHEILBANK., Nov. 6.—The Dispatch havinig been much employed in the Archipelago, I am enabled to give you a few factsrelative to the struggle of the Greeks for independence, which must prove gratifying. The Greeks having forunsttly received the loan which was raised for them.early in the summer, they were enabled in June to commence opera. tions, and they have since been successful at almost every point. The Captain Paella, having.determiaed to attack the Isle of Samoa, with the Turkish fleet, he for that purpose embarked a large number of troops in transports, and as. metaled a much larger force on the shores of the main land, to the southward of Smyrna, immediately opposite to that island. The daring Greek Admiral, Canereo, ever on the watch, attacked them with his tire-ships before they could reach the island ; but not being able to get at them with his larger ships, he was successful in burning a sixty-gun ship (on two decks), a frigate and a brig, and the Captain Pacha's ship narrowly escaped the same fate. The Greek fleet, at the same timeogot among the Turkish transporta • and destroyed fifty of them, principally by running them down, in which murderous work, no quarter being given, about eight thousand Turkish soldiers were drowned. The remainder of the Turkish army. who were encamped on shore, hearing the fate of the expedition, became refractory, disorganised, and ultimately returned to their homes, taking with them their arms, and I committing every excess on the defenceless 'inhabitants. The Capitan Pacha, after this defeat, went on to the Idle of Stantia, to meet the Egyptian fleet, under Illahoinet All Pacha, who was coming up from Rhodes. The Greek fleet still fol. lowed, and though much inferior In force, attacked them, and took a frigate, and twenty-live transports. Subsequent information received at Zente, on the 111th of September, by Sir F. Stoven, states, that in a second attack, four more Turkish frigates were destroyed. The Egyptian fleet of transports did not include one Linglisit vessel ; there were a few Maltese, but the principal number were Austrian ships. • 'While the Greeks were thus successful on their waters, they stood in a no less prosperous state on shore. No decided attempt was made on the land side, excepting upon Athens. Goorah commanded and maintained his post most valiantly. • Ody. seos (commonly called by the Greeks Ulysses) commanded more in advance, and lie signally defeated the Mussulmen at Marathon and Salona. The Turkish fleet, thtis defeated, and thwarted in all their endeavours, are at anchor on the coast of Asia Minor. Our squadron in the Archipelago consists of the Sybille frigate, Captain S. J. Pechell, C. 8., and the Medina, eighteen guns, Captain C. M. Walker.— The latter ship had got on shore in the Dardanelles, but by great perseverance she was saved, and had been taken to Athens. Plitt of the lonian squadron, consisting of the Tribune frigate, Captain Guion, and the Weaele, 10, Captain T. Curtis, had taken Sir Frederick Adam, to remonstrate with the Greek Authorities at Cerigo, on some Proclamations whieli they had issued, and which appears to have been done only to deter our ships from assisting the Greeks, without the least intention of acting hostilely towards the British flag. Sir Frederick was ,completely successful in his remonstrance, and had returned to Corfu. 'The Tribune subsequently went to Athens to assist the Medina.—The Tribune, Euryalus, Rose, and Martin, are. to leave the station shortly, and return to England.—Sir harry Neale was lying at Naples on the lith Oct.- with The Revenge, Seringapatam, and Sparrowhawk.— The Naiad was spoke offSartlinia on the 12th Oct., going with a message to Algiers. A French squadron, consisting of a line-of. blittle-ship, seven frigates and a sloop, passed through the (tut of Gihriltar on the 21st ()ember from Toulon, bound, it is sup. pqsc..tl,-to Cadiz and Brest.. . The . American ships of war Cyane, Erie and Nonsuch, were lying at Gibraltar on the 23d ult.—An English schooner and Portuguese brig, and two Spanish feluccas were lost at Gibraltar on the 21st ult. in a'gale of wind. The Dispatch left Gibraltar on the 23d. She is to be pnid off at Chatham, having being absent nearly 4 years."— ( Hampshire Tekgraph.)