The Sun. — 1854-05-05 (London, England)

THE GREEK INSURRECTION.  ATIIENS, April 28.—Prince Napoleon, who arrived at Syra on the 25th, left that place an hour afterwards, on his way to Constantinople. M. Jean Soutzo, secretary of the Greek Legation in Russia, has brought 200,000 f. from St. Petersburg. It is expected that 500,000 f. will be sent from Bucharest. Subscriptions are opened in Russia. It is said that the Minerva, loaded with ammunition, has been captured by an English ship. TRIESTE, Tuesday.—The Greek insurrection appears to be a complete failure ; all the despatches of a late date are unanimous in so describing it. Their head-quarters have been taken by storm ; two of their principal chiefs, Tzavellas and Karaiskaki, have been thoroughly beaten ; the third chief, Grivas, has fled. The rebels were defeated even at Mezzovo. With the exception of Piraeus, all the coasts of Greece are rigidly watched. English and French ships are stationed at Patras, Vanetza, Stylide, and Neg,ropont ; they suffer- no vessel to come out without sending a party on board to make an effective search. Pirates, however, are swarming in the Archipelago. An attempt at insurrection made at Samos has miscarried.  ATHENS, April 26.—At Peta, the centre of the Greek insurrection, when it was taken, on the 25th, by Osman Paella, documents were found (it is presumed on the body of Tzavellas's secretary, Who perished in the combat) which entirely compromise the Greek government. By the Athens correspondence of the Triest Zeitung we learn that the note presented by the representatives of the Western Powers on the 11th has totally failed to produce the expected effect. The Greek writers assure us that King Otho, who has firmly resolved to do nothing which could be unpleasant to the Greek nation, has informed the British and French Ministers that he would rather lose his crown than act in opposition to the wishes (if a people which has such implicit:confidence in his patriotism. This fine phrase may deceive those who are ignorant of the real state of things, but here it is well known that King Otho has no will of his own. Queen Amelia, on the contrary, a woman of strong character and excessive ambition, appears to aim at nothing less than an Imperial cro cs-n. It may excite some surprise that such a State as Greece can venture to beard the great Powers ; but the Greeks have a fixed idea that no Christian Power will actively interfere to put down the insurrection.  The following account from the Piraeus shows the imperative necessity of paying a little more attention to the Mediterranean. All our forces, great and small, appear to have been concentrated in the Black Sea and the Baltic ; but our usual stations and cruising grounds must not be abandoned or neglected, or we shall have swarms of freebooters interfering with our commercial vessels in a manner like the following :—" The Harriet, from Newcastle to Valencia and Constantinople, was found on a reef off the Island of Andros, on the 15th inst., supposed to have been plundered by pirates, and the master and crew murdered, or else that the crew had risen against the master. Her Majesty's steamer Triton has gone to take possession of the vessel."  A special correspondent proceeding to the seat of war, dating from Malta, April 26, says " There are rumours here that the pirates of the Archipelago are again on the alert, and have taken a vessel bound from this port to the Black Sea, with coals for the feel. The piracy, it is said, was committed off the Isle of Andros, where the vessel was run on shore, and the master and crew, consisting of 15 men, murdered in cold blood."