The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-17 00:00:00

BREAD.

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HIDES AND SKINS

Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3:ld to 41; 641 b to 721 b, ni
to 4d ; 72.1 b to 801 b, 4d to 4.1 d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4,11 to 44d ;
881 b to 961 b, 4id to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, --(1 to --d; 1041 b
to 1121 b, —d to —sl ; upwards, --d to —4 ; horse hides,
as Od to O 1; Caif skins, light, 2s Oil to 3s (id ; ditto
fall, 5s 6d to 6s 01; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; Kents,
Os Oil to Os Od; Half-breds, 0. Od to Os 01; Downs, Os Od to
Os Od ; Lambs 26 4d to 3s 6d ; Shearlings, 1s 41 to 1611 d.

• THE BLOTS IN CANDIA.

The Constitutionnel publishes the subjoined ac-
count of the recent execution, of a Greek bay in the
Island of Candia. It is written by M. Ch. Garin
de Lamerflan, and witnessed by Dr. Vaume, a phy-
sician established at Canea :
" TO THE EDITOR.
_ _

"Sir,-1 have the honour to send you a full and
true account of an atrocious deed which, consider-
ing existing relations with Turkey, cannot fail to
create an immense sensation. Ido not pretend to
defend. or to attack Turkey. I simply relate fact.
" Vely Pasha has hitherto been much calum-
niated by the press of the East, which calumnies
have been repeated in French journals. He will
soon give all Europe a personal justification.--I
am, &c.,

, •
" CH. GARIN DE LAMORFLAN,
"Ex-employe of the Minister of the Interior.

" Canea, July 5.

" Ocular and auricular witness of everything re-
lated in the subjoined. correspondence, I certify its
complete exactitude.
46 VAUME
" Doctor of Medicine established at Canes."

"Canes, July 4.
"A deed of the most revolting barbarism, of a
nature to excite universal indignation, has just
been perpetrated at Canea. Oa the evening of the
2d of July a Mussulman was assassinated in his
shop by a Greek servant, assisted, it is said, by
two accomplices. The assassin was wrested,
and, as the crime under actual circumstances was
of great gravity, the matter was immediately
brought before the Council. The culprit having
confessed his guilt, sentence of death was passed
upon him. To make the sentence valid the ilam,

(signature) of the head of the religion is requisite.
The Mollah gave his Vans, but in the regular and
legal form—that is to say, declaring that the sen-
tence could not be carried out until approved by
the Government at Constantinople. Such, in fact,
as regards capital punishment, is the law for some
years in vigour iu the Ottoman Empire.
" While the Council was sitting the Turkish po-
pulation of the town, much excited by the crime
which had just been perpetrated, crowded round
the shop of the murdered man, uttering threats of
death against the Christians. Armed bands pa-
raded the streets shouting foi vengeance ; a colonel,
Mehmed Bey, was wounded in the thigh ; a gene-
ral, Ali Pasha, who endeavoured to quiet the
tumult, was threatened in the street ; a crowd of
terrified persons sought refuge at the consulates;
the tumult subsided at a late hour of the night,
thanks to the lamps, which enabled the soldiers to
follow and disperse the rioters.
"The funeral of the murdered Mussulman was to
take place on the morning of the 3d ; his body was
carried to the city gates ; there the Turks stopped
and declared they sould not bury the body until
the assassin had been given up to them to be hanged.
" To make this narrative clear, and toaexplain
the part played by individuals in this odious affair,
it is necessary to explain how and by whom the
authority in this city is exercised.
" When disturbances occurred at Crete about a
month and a half since, Admiral Ahmet Pasha was
sent to Crete from Constantinople to take command
of the land and sea forces ; an Imperial commissary,
Rsmzi Effendi, was made his adjunct to manage
the administration conjointly with Vely
At a later period (for motives which shall after-
wards be made public) Vely Paella was dismissed,
and, without awaiting his successor, Sami Pasha,
the whole au hority was seized upon by Alunet
Pasha, both civil and mlitary, and he officially
notified te the foreign consuls that they must
transact with him alone until the arrival of the
new Governor, Sami Pasha.
" Ahmet Pasha then assumed the direction of
affairs, presiding at the sittings of the Council, to
which Vely Pasha was only admitted when he was
wanted.
"In the evening and night of the 23 of July
Vely Pasha was not present at the sittings of the
Council, and consequently did not take part in the
deliberations which preceded and followed the sen-
tence of death of the assassin. Oa the morning of
the -3d he was informed that the Greek had been
tried, sentenced, and executed during the night.
He then proceeded to the Council-chamber to pro-
test against so monstrous a piece of illegality.
Ahmet Pasha told him the assassin was still living,
but that the populace demanded that he should be
given up to them, and that his opinion, as well as
that of the other members of the Council (the
Mollah excepted), was that the demand should be
acceded to, to appease the public excitement.
" With generous indignationVely Pasha protested
against such a step ;. he represented the horror and
shame of such a concession to a mob ; he pointed
out all the political,troubles it would inevitably lead
to. As Ahmet Pasha had at his command two fri-
gates and more than 3,030 men of regular troops,
rtonhi he not bn.ve rpe..,orse to militAry force. and
even at tee rick of killing some hundred msn sup-
press such a tumult, rather than allow the Imperial
Government to he disgraced ? The Admiral per-
sisted in his own opinion ; he, however, proposed
that Vely Pasha should endeavour to persuade the
• mob to listen. Vely undertook the perilous mis-
sion. Accompanied by Remzi Effendi he advanced
into the midst of the armed mob, and read to the
Muasulraans the law which subj ects all sentences of
capital punishment to the Sublime Porte ; he teen
entreated them to bury the boly qFuice,rtlay,maonmdentot
await orders from Constantinople.
- he hoped to have succeeded, but soon the shouts
and voeiterations were repeated with renewed
energy ; a drunken Arab levelled his musket at
him, and he is indebted for his life to the presosce
of mind of one of his father's officers, and was
enabled to return to the Council-chamber.
"Here an indescribable scene took place. Ah-
met Pasha and the members of the Council, Turks
and Greeks, wanted to give up the assassin. A
deputation of the principal Gieek merchants shared
the opinion, and urged its bjng carried out. Vely
Pasha refused to sign the fatal order ; Bedran
Pasha, an old Rued chieftain. declared he would
. sooner see three of his sons expir 3 before Id; eyes
than commit such anactof cowardice. Remzi Effendi
took part with Vely Pasha, and refused to sign the
order. Suddenly a volley of musketry is heard. A
nu mien. of Mussul mans appear in fron t of the house of
Ahmet Pasha where the Council is sitting, and fire,
not on the troops drawn up below, but in the air.
I Ahmet Pasha rises in a great rage, and, addressing
Vely in great fury, says—'Pasha, behold the rasuit
of your disobedience to my orders. Sign imme-
diately.' You may do as you choose,' replied
Vely, 'but I shall not sign.' I don't care,' ejacu-
lated .A.lnnet Pasha, losing all command of his tem-
per ; and, throwing down his sword and coat,
exclaimed, Give up the Greek ! Strangle him,
take him into the square !' (Verilain, P boglottrSOlin
madana telokisin, I)
"These fatal words had scacely been uttered by
the Admiral, when his men rushed towards the pri-
son, followed by an infuriated mob ; a rope was
was required. Shameful to relate, au officer of the
Imperial navy cut a rope which was round a box
and handed it to the mob, who in the twinkling of
an eye broke in the prison doors ; 23 execu-
tioners contended for the horrible task, and
in a few moments the unfortunate Greek was
a bleeding corpse. But this is not all. A number
of blacks and children, surrounded by the mob,
dragged the body, still manacled with the prison
chains, through the streets for nearly two hours
along the quays and in front of the European con-
sulates, where they stopped, shouting with
triumph, 'Let us show these dogs that we also can :
obtain what we demand.'

"The consuls all showed an impassibility which
can scarcely be called Stoic ; let us add at once that
the French consul was absent on leave, and was
represented simply by an agent.
"As the mob stopped some time in front of the
French Consulate, a member of the Council, Chetic
Effendi, exclaimed—' On wi.,11 you ! drag away
that dog's carcass !' andthe horrid procession moved
on. Patrols were parading the streets ; they al-
lowed the mob and their prey to pass ; such was
the order of Admiral Ahmet Pasha,. He said to
General Ali Pacha, 'Let the populace drag the
corpse;' and as Ali Pasha expressed astonishment
at such en order, `Oh ! I am no coward,' he said ;
I have proved it more than once ; but I also know
how to show forbearance when I think it'adviaable.'
"An old servant of Mustapha Pasha, Enain-
Agha, requssted. by Vely Pasha to devot, hiamelf
under the lamentable circumstances, went alone
and tr.ok the mutilated corpse from the cowardly,
moh, and carried if, covered with blued, a dis-
figured mass of flesh, in his arms to the hospital.
It was afterwards decently interred ; a priest and
some 10 courageous Christians accompanied it to
the grave.
-" As soon as this fearful scene was over Vely
Pasha made an official (It claratit,n to all t he consul
residing at Canea—thstis to say, to the acting ag-nt
at the French Consulate, and to the Consuls of Eng-
land, Austria, America, Greece, and Sardinia, re-
questing them to ferward,h is deolarationto their re-
spective Governments. He declared to them,
while narrating all that had occurred in his pre
-
settee at the Council and outside, that not only had
he no part in the lamentable occurrence, but that
ho had firmly refused to sign any
of an act against which he
en
'• fi
order relating to
it; that he, consequently, dea cned all respons•l rt Y
energetically pro es.,ed ,
and which caused Lim the greatest grief and pain.
He concluded his declaration b sain, that, as he
didnot
ds his
thinklasttliecoucounsel, advised
Christian population
the Admiral t,
place h's vessels at the disposal of the Christians as
a place of refuge.
tc '
• •
1-10'1 is a true na.raive of this tragedy, of ,