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

THE RIOTS IN CANDIA.

The Constitutionna publishes the siihjoined ac-
count of the recent execution of a Greek boy in the
Is!aud of Candia. It is wiirten by M. Ch. Garin
de L.RMOlflin, and witnessed by Dr. Vaunie, a phy-
sician established at Canea :
" TO THE EDITOR.
_

"Sir,-1 have Vie 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 facto.
" Vely Pasha has hitherto been much calum-
niated by the press of the Rist, calumnies
have been repeated in French journals. He will
soon give all Europe a personal justification.—l
am, Lire , _

" CH. GARIN DE LAMORI'LAN,
" Ez-empley6 of the Minister of the Interior.

"Canea, July 5.
" Ocular and auricular witness of everything re-
lated in the subjoined corre3pondeuce, I certify ifs
complete exactitude.

4 4 VAUME
" Doctor of Medicine established Canol."

"Canes, July 4.
" A deed of the most revolting barbarism, of a
nature to excite universal indignation, has just
been perpetrated at Canes. Oa the evening of the
2d of July a Massulman was assassinated in his
shop by a Greek servant, assisted, it is sail, by
two accomplices. The assassin was arrested,
and, as the crime under actual circumstances was
of great gravity, the matter was immediately
brought before the Council. The culprit having
confessed his guile, sentence of death was passed
upon him. To make the sentence valid the Vain:
(signature) of the head of the religion is requisite.
The Mollah gave his 'Wait 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 in 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 for 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 should not bury the b )dy until
the assassin hadbeeu given up to them to be hanged.
" To make this narrative clear, and to explain
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 Ahmot Pasha was
sent to Crete from Constantinople to take command
of the land and sea forces ; an Imperial commissary,
Remzi Effendi, was mad his adjunct to manage
the administration conjointly with Vely Pa,ha.
At a later period (for motives which shall after-
wards be made public) Vely Pacha was dismissed,
and, without awaiting his successor, Sami Pasha,
the whole authority was seized upon by Abmet
Pasha, both civil and military, and he officially
notified to 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 2J 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. On 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 indignation Vely Pasha protested
against such a step ; be represented the horror and
shame of such a concession to a mob ; he pointed
out all the politicaltroubles it would inevitably lead
to. As Ahmet Pasha had at his command two fri-
gates and more than 3,000 men of regular troops,
could he not have recourse to milit iry force, and
even at the risk of killing some hundred men sup-
press such a tumult, rather than allow the Imperial
Government to be disgraced ? The Admiral per-
sisted in his own opinion ; he, however, proposed
that Vely Pasha should endeavour to persuade the
mob to listen. Vely uadettook the perilous mis-
sion. Accompanied by Remzi Effendi he advanced
into the midst of the armed mob, and read to the
Mussulmans the law which subj 'cts all sentences of
capital punishment to the Sublime Porte ; he then
entreated them to bury the body quietly, and to
await orders from Constantinople. For a moment
he hoped to have succeeded, but soon the shouts
and vocirera'ions were repeated with renewed
' energy • a drunken Arab lvelled his musket at
him, and he is indebted for his lire to the pres ace
of mind of one of his father's officers, and was
enabled to return to the Council-chamber.
"Here an indescribable scene took place. Alt-
met Pasha and the members of the Council, Turks
and Greeks, wanted to give up the assassin. A
deputation of the princ!pal Greek merchants shared
the opinion, and urged its being carried cut. Vely
Pasha refuse] to sign the fatal order; Be Iran
Pasha, an old Kurd chieftain, declared he would
sooner see three of his sons expire bsfors his eyes
tl; au commit such anactof cowardiu. Remzi Effendi
took part with Vely Psslia, and refused t) sign the
order. Suddenly a volley of musketry is heard. A
number of Mussu!mans appear in front of th ihouseof
Ahmet Pasha where the Uouncil is sitting, and lire,
not on the tro ,ps drawn up below, but in the air.
Mullet Pasha rises in a great rage, and, addressing
Vely in great fury, says—' Pasha, behold the re,ult
of your disobedience to my orders. Sign imme-
diately.' You may do as you choose,' replied
Vely, 'but I shell not sign." I don't care,' ejasti-
! Med Mullet losing all command of his tern-
per ; and, throwing down his sword and coat,
exclaimed, (Lye up the Greek ! Strangle him,
take him into the square (rerifsin a bogloursoica
meidana tch,?ki'sin
"These fatal words had stately 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, an 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 wax
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_thc 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 ; ]et 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, Chefic
Effendi, exclaimed—' On wi. h you ! drog away
that dog's carcass !' and the 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 Pacha. He said to
General Ali Pacha, Let the populace drag the
corpse;' and as Ali Pasha expressed astonishment
at such an order, ! 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'advisable.'

"An old servant of Mustapha Pasha, Ruin-
Agha, requested by Vely Pasha to devot,3 himself
under the lamentable circumstances, went alone
and tok the mutilated corpse from the cowardly
mob, and carried it, covered with blood, a dis-
figured mass of flesh, in hi. arms t i the hospital.
It was afterwards decently interred ; a priest and
some 10 courageous Christians ace‘.,mpDnicd it to
the grave.

•
" As soon as this fearful scene was over Vely
Pasha made an official (I,..claration to all the consul
residing at Canea—thatis to say, t.the acting agent
at the French Consulate, and to the Commis of Eng-
land, Austria, A.roerica„ Greece, and Sardinia,, re-
questing them to forward his declarationto their re-
spectivel Governments. a He declared to them,
while narrating all that had occurred in his pre-
, MCC at the Council and outside, that not only had
he no part in the lamentable occurrence, but that
he had firmly refused to sign any order relating to
it; that he, consequently, declined all responsil
of an act against which he energetically pro' estecl,
and which caused him the greatest grief and pain.
He concluded his declaration by saying that, as he
w
did not think the Christian populCion as safe, he
ad, as his last counsel, advised the Admiral to
place la's vessels at the disposal of the Chi iAians as
a place of refuge.
"Such io a toe giAtrAtiT9 9f thin tragedy, of

----I
which we have been eye-witnesses and capable ,9
knowing all details. Before the tribunals of huala°
justice, as before those of public opinion, we triaY
coilfilently take an oath that we have said the.
troth, nothing b't the truth, and the whole truth,'
" P.S.—July 5 —Last night a number of Gregg
families embarked for Syra, Cerigo, ac., on Wail
sailing vessels. To-day the Austrian steamer take
away a great number. The greatest alarm prevails,
" M. Chatry de Lafosse, the French Consul, 1145
this moment arrived on board the Austrian steamer,
on his return from France.

" 011. GA RIN DE LAMORFLAN."

PRINCE NAPOLEON AT LIMOGES.

The following is the speech of Prince Napoleon.
on the occasion of the distriLution of prizes to Ole
exhibitors :

" The town of Limoges and the department of till:
Haute Vienne have given to the country an examPler
which, I hope, will not be in vain. We have seen me"
clothed with purely local authority, and at their bead 1
Prefect acting, upon this occasion, rather as the 611,
cit'z-n of the department than as an agent of the centrsi`
power—we have seen, I Lay, the representativerof 10°'
authority conceive the idea of a difficult and costly eu,;
terprise, induce their fellow-citizens to adopt it, en'
obtain success, finally, without any support other tbo
that of pubic opinion, without any financial resource°
oth?r than those of a department and a country towo;
We cannot applaud too much such an effort. (Leo(((
applause.) Our national unity, prepared during °
long succession of centuries, and established by till
Revolution, has nothing to fear henceforth from the
exaggeration of individualism or of a local spirit. Or
danger dots not lie there ; it should be found rather i°
the opposite tendency, if this latter were developed in a,l
excessive degree. In fact, what .e ought to fear is t'r-
absoiption of individual energies by collective power'
the substitution of the Government in the place of tbe°
citizen in every act of social life, the enfeebling of alio
personal initiative under the tutelage of an exaggerate;
administrative centralisation. (Loud applause.)
should wish to see individuals- ceasing to count on the
intervention and the favours of the State, taking li
legitimate pride ip being all-sufficing for,themselves, eau,
founding on their own energy and on the force of 011311.
opinion the sucedit of their enterprises. I dare aserl''
that if to our political unity, the source of our power":
an object of admiration and often of fear to our neie
bours—ws should know how to unite that strength!
which is the offspring of the spontaneous concurrence;:e
individuals and of free association', our country. eosn'
see accomplished the treat destinies foreseen by ti!
illustrious citizens of 1789. The initiative which Y';
have taken in this direction, gentlemen, has bee",
'
crowned with success. The adjoining departments hat'
so heartily responded to your appeal, that public opiniel'
has justly described your undertaking in terming it IP ;
Exhibition of Central France, Ancient souvenirs 115/,°,'
likewise concurred to favour an association based o'''
geographical and industrial affinities. When 1019
flosking to Limoges;the representatives of the centr,'
table-land of France, and of the rich valleys adjoining J;
we call to mind that these rich distr. cts were foriner7;
the cradle of the Celtic nationality ; that the old Gallic
blood has been preserved there free from almost 0,4
mixture ; that, faithful to that origin, the genius of the
inhabitants has always kept a mesa between the Frea:i
ish tradition of the north and the Roman tradition"
the south. A midland country, at once by its ge!,
graphical position, by the temperament of its inhe'''i
tants, and by the mixed character of the soil, formed .°0
plains and mountains, the centre of France must, I,
the exhibition of its products, make its appearatica
under a varied aspect. The culture of crops it,nit
the rearing of cattle, those two arts which ' Stl,'s
called the ' breasts' of France, are brillianb.l
represented, on the one hand, by the fine ek;
cultural machines of Clermont and Abilly, on s 4
other by the magnificent specimens• of the equine gli:d
bovine races of the Limousin. Manufacturing incline"'
offers results as varied as they are remarkable. The sple4t
did carpets of Aublvson are displayed beside the errel
and the cutlery of Tulle, of Thiers, and of Chatelleree'"
the iron of Berry and Perigord, the steel of St. Seuritli
and the fine glass of Montlucon. Those great manti°lo"l
tures have not diverted my attention from those 01°,10
unpretending, but not less essential, manufactures Wh,lia:
have for their mission the amelioration of the lot of P'„,
poor. They hold an honourable place in your exbibiti7o
and figure considerably in your export trade. Alt th°4l.
productions are grouped with a great deal of skill evel
taste round the beautiful specimens of ancient eneffbl:
and modern pottery, which occupy in the Exhibition 'O,
place of the master of a house in the midst of his gto°j
The devotedness with which your agriculturist. A.O,
your manufacturers have throeged to this Egkibiti°b/,
the eagerness to admire their productions eviller! 0
the 'neighbouring populations, serve to measure the flbi
of the fructifying impulsion given to your district: os.
movement will become still more rapid according as y
net of railways will bring Limoges into closer comirt, tl,O
cation with the other regions of France, especially tries
the coal districts of Berry and Aveyron. In preseoe°4
those marvellous creations which transform the soil li:
modify the conditions of the existence of entire poll(
tions, I am led back to refiectioes which have been.diq
quently suggested to me by •the spectacle of the 0-
Exhibition of 1855, over which I bad the houour of Fri'
siding. If industrial science, substituting Maelainerlejs
the band of man, permits him to raise his front, bew;iii
down by industrious toil, it is that he may direchgei
glance further and higher. ' May your children, gerie'e
men—may.thoso youthful generations for whose futPo,
our fathers poured forth their blood, be Preserved 13/01.
fortifying and liberal education from the mor:al poiscovt
materialism f (Sensation.) :May physical well-beingoel
for them only a means of emancipating the mind r'OV
restoring it to the full: measure 'of its liberty ! 01°,0'
applause.) Art, science, philosophy, let them 130.01 e
over that industrial world which, without their;
would make us the slaves of matter instead Woo
masters. Cultivate in the minds of your artioo
that branch of their profession4which:aesimilates tb,4es
to artists, in your manufacturers that which asord
later them to nits ,tific mu n. Le'; the favourites Offg
tune work—let them' not' suffer to be weakeneu rei
their bosoms' intellectual delights a taste for literatuo l
for the ar's, and for those ex tlted speculations of theugo,
without which political, religious, and moral life bec°l;e;
soon extinguished in the breast of society. Under tkos
conditions alone shall we be able to assure the dtirst,,lo
of the great creatiens of our age. If material dolit9
become the only motive of our society, this latter se°•o
not ho long in sinking into the shades of that obscurtloo
iti which those nations ahioh have not appreciated ,I 1
moral ride of civilisation have disappeared. The anc,g
of your town present you,. gentlemen, with a strd°lo
example of these truths. The enamel manufactuee9
famous at Limoges during the Middle Ages, and who.
shod 'o brilliant a light at the Renclislanee, this ena°ol
facture was founded on a secret relatiug to the praCtilv
working of it, and on an artistic tradition, inspire° If
a profound faith. It is to this tradition, myso-rion°,ol
preserved at Limogss, that you owe those wonclei,',o
peiotinge of Leonard Limousin, and of his disciP4o
which seem as though they had been detached from rte
cartoons cartoons of Rephael and Michael Angelo, and alfii:o,,g
cspper and enamel. Well, counting from the Renaissa.;o,
forth, the sentiment which animated those great 10110
grew weaker, and changed lit•le I y little, although we,i'
material methods emp'oyed by their successors remilig
the sauce. Soon after, the mechanical secret was lostrig
its turn, about the end of the last century, not ti,°4l
its application or transmission was really difficult, 1100
because, on the death of the last enamel-worker, n° °„te
would condescend to claim the heritage of a 0311 el
facture which art, by abandoning it, had ele°'-ell
to impotence and condemned to oblivion. Thus 1330
loses his conquests when he ceases to behold ' thepo
from the height of those serene regions where the tie!,
of the good, the beautiful, and the true are preset-17g
Now that I am about to distribute the prizes which Yo
have merited, and thanking you for the reception 1110
met with from you, I cannot forget, gentlemen, OP,/
is for tic first time I have the honour to address Itijor
fellow-ci iz-ns since the Emperor has confided to ineesofi
edminietration of Algeria and of the colonies. 'oje
Emperor, who knows how heavy is the burden of Pio,
tical responsibility, has deigned, with a kindseas al to
g,ether paternal, to confer en me a mission in an also
above the struggles of party. lie has given it in ohs tg
to ma to complettetJao glorious woik commenced by °io
glorious army on- a soil which it has made Frei:ol4
fructifying it with its blood ; an undertaking exclusi"of
national, which admits and invites the concurrence de,
all those who recognise the work of universal suffe°oo
Thus it a ill be permitted to me to ask of mene°o
whence they come, but whether they are going—to Oa,.
into the future, and not upon the past. (Appla°gie
Disengaged from every other preoccupation, I shall 4,
enabled to devote myself without reserve to the accri
plishment of the designs of the Emperor respect-0;
Algeria, to accord to labour liberty and security, to Ont
rantee every interest, under the protection, and Pis
'under the tutelage of public authority, by the abseil° f
respect of right. (Marked sensation.) Happy °brill el
be if, after our revolutions and our civil strife, I eals°lo
in this work of general pacification, which ought to lauhif
in a common sentiment of devotion to our country 1-,
hearts of all its children,"
The above speech, pronounced in a distinct vOl.l
by hi 4 Royal flightless, was listened to with marloo
at ention by a numerous assembly. The niece oral,
frequently Intel rupted by vehement applause. tiii
the t stinina' ion of his speech there was a univere,
shout of " Vice l'Empereur !" " Vice le Prince.

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SUICIDE OF THOMAS CANNON, THE PUGILIST.--
Thurs-lay afternoon, an inquest was held at the Indtßd
Q seen, Straud-upon-the Green, near Kew-bridget b.;
lore Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, °,,e
view of the body of Thomas Cannon, aged 64, 6,.
once-celebrated puAilist, ex-champion cf England 0';
cltr the name of the " Windsor Cannon) '' who pat b
period to his existence by shooting himself throogi
the head with a blunderbuss, under circumstance °„,
great dectituti74l and misery. It caws out froli
the evidence that thu deceased was brought OP 14
Wiadear, hilewing the occupation of a barges:loi
for many years his career as a pugilist was suecesatio;
d, f a ing Josh. Hudson twice, but was beaten by ./,5
Ward in ton minutes, near Warwick, in May, 18.'r,
When advanced in years he ht:carne miserably insp//er,
ished. The latter years of his life he was a widoo;e0:
and his children wero either dispersed cc deserted 111.3
At the time of his death he occupied alone a wretch'',l
room, near the house where the inquiry was held, ;130,
was known to be catering from almoct actual destibe
Mop. Between Sunday night and Monday 1130111i4
shot. himself thrsugh the head with a hlunderbil°i;
Death was instantaneous, the skull being blowno
atoms. The jury, after commenting upon the latuentt
nature of the oarie, returned a verdict of Ineanitl.