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No. 1,384.—V0L. XV.

EIAMBUROII PAPERS.
Slaves*, JULY 13.—At the beginning of-this
month the Ottoman fleet was cruising off Mitylene.
On the morning of the Bth it was moored at Tenedos.
Cara Mehmet Pacha, who is appointed Capita
Pads' is in the Mores, which may delay St tipera-
, tions of the. Ottopasa equate°. (items*Mts
• Aw) Coutgatiikpie oldie 18th bars his.
death.)
The insurgents have fortified sbeeseeNesstill nee"
strongly at Ipsara, and have collected e4arge:stock
of ammunition.
The Greeks on board the.two celebrated fireethips
all escaped in the bark with lateen sails, of which wa.
have spokee. 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, far
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 destroying 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 :slanders, and
raised their pretensions to an extraordinary pitch.
They have just effected a landing on the north-west
of Selo, with about twenty vessels, but we think it
would be a mistaken notion to believe they meant
to take Possession of the island. This unexpeted
descent can have no object than to favour the emi-
gration of the inhabitants. Thousands of despera-
does, after the burning of the Admiral's ships, 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. The great-
est terror, however. reigned, and part of thoishabie
tants have emigrated and fled to Ipsara. Whatever
event might bare happened, the Greeks of the Mastic
villages ought to have been sacred ; they ought to
have been saved, and insured at all hazards from
every attack; it was a duty imposed equally by jus-
tice and policy.
On the 29th 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 with-
out effect. Six hundred Greeks from Tachesme have
arrived at Scio. They are conducted every day to-
wards Campo to get in the harvest. Eiles Aga re-
mains encamped with his corps at Campo. 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 re-
stored, notwithstanding all the endeavours of the
Pitch*.
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
goats' flesh. The persons who have taken refuge in
the consulate were lately in very great danges:—
A Mutaultuan, moved with compassion, causer pri-
vately and gave information that the Turkish tegi-
mein of 150 men, encamped close to the consulate,
had formed the project to scale the walls of the gar-
den in the night, to massacre the men and seize the
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 mid-
night, profound silence reigned, when the savages
were heard scaling the walls. How great was their
surprise ut seeing M. Digeon with his sabre in one
band and a pistol in the other, at the bead of his
Janissaries, all armed like himself' and ready to fire.
In their confhsiun they discharged a few muskets
and then reneated. On the following day, M.
Digeon went to the Pacha to complain of this viola-
tion of the asylum of those under his protection.
The Pacha listened to his complaints, and has ba-
nished the wretches from the island.
Au abominable offence has been committed at Scio
Turk, the owner of three female slaves, being
unable to take them with him toTechesme, whither
be was going, killed them all three. The Pacha be-

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