The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE. —GAMBLIN G TA 131.Y.5. —The
LORD MAYOR, some days ago, stated in the Justice-room,
that he had received cornmunicationa with respect to some
practices which it was his most anxious desire, both as a
magistrate and an individual, to check ; but as those com-
munications were'anonymous, he could not act upon them.
In consequence of this peblic notice, an affidavit was drawn
up by the parties who anonymously complained, stating,
that a most infamous gambling establishment was carried
on at No. 38, Thiogmorton-street, opposite to Bartho-
lomew-lane, in which is one of the entrances to the Stock
Exchange. The names of some of the firm were stated
in the affidavit, from which it appears, that the establish-
knent is a branch of a notorious house which is carried on
in Bury-street on an extensive scale. Information was
further given, that the games were played in the city branch
on the most desperate and infallible system of fraud; that
in fact a fair player stood no chance whatever, that flat-
catchers were regularly employed to be on the look-out for
customers amongst the young and volatile ; and that several
dupes had lost large sums of money which they had stolen
from their fathers and masters, to try their luck at this hor-
rible den of thieves.

The LORD MAYOR, upon finding that his suspicions of
the house were well founded (he had for some tics marked
it), gave directions to Mr. Cope, the Marshal, upon the
subject, and that officer directed some of those under his
superintendence to be in readiness, on Thursday night, to
attend him, but without stating to them for what purpose.
In the list of names of those who were in the habit of play-
ing, were the names of several persons well known to the
Lord Mayor, and many of the Aldermen ; and if any or all
of those persons (and there are amongst them some re-
spectable men) had been found upon the ,premises, his
Lordship would most undoubtedly have despatched them
to Bridewell as rogues and vagabonds. At the hour at
which the visit of the officers, however, was paid, the coast
Was clear. At about half-past nine o'clock at night they
went in, and were surprised to find the great double doors
open; and that, although cards and dice and other gaming
apparatus were on the tables, there was seen neither flat
nor flat-catcher. Even the groom porter was invisible.
A most active search was made about the building, but in
vain. It was found, that at the top of the house was a
trap-door, through which, upon the slightest alarm, the
company assembled in Hell could escape. But one of the
double doors was strong enough tb resist the attacks of
numbers, except they happened to be well provided with
sledge hammers or pickaxes. The tables were regularly
laid out for hazard, rouge et noir, and roulette. There
were several packs of cards and ten pair of dice, and a groom
porter's rake found upon them ; and a lamp was found
burning in the large chamber. It is believed that the
establishment suspected that the house was " blown," and
that they disappeared in a hurry, leaving the doors open in
order to lead those who were in search of them to suppose
that they had not got out through the trap-door. By
whatever means the place became deserted, no player was
found, although Mr. Cope traversed the tops of the houses
in the neighbourhood, having ascended to the trap-door.
Officers were stationed about the neighbourhood, but there
was no attempt made in the course of the night to enter
the premises. The dice, cards, and rake, were brought to
the Mansion-house, and
The LORD MAYOR, soon after he took the chair in the
Justice-room, made the following observations have
ascertained beyond a doubt that there is a most abominable
gaming-house in Throgmorton.street, called " The Stock-
Exchange Shades," where gambling is carried on in the
most • nefarious manner, and to a great extent. I shall
have that house watched night and day, and do all in my
power to suppress so dreadful a nuisance.
Soon after his Lordship gave this public notice a person
named Acland came up to Mr. Cope, and told him, in a very
polite manner,that he would feel obliged if the Marshal would
send an officer to make investigation into a robbery com-
mitted on his premises, the Stock Exchange Shades, out
of which three suits of clothes, belonging to a servant of
his, and a valuable diamond brooch, had been stolen on
Thursday night.
Mr. Cope informed the Lord Mayor that the owner of
the hell was present.
" Oh !" said the Loan MAYOR to the complainant,
" are you the proprietor of the Stock Exchange Shades ?"
Complainant—l rent the committee-room, and, in fact, all
the house, with the exception of the first floor.
The Loan MA:roe—Well, I think the best thing that
can be done is to detain him in custody.
The complainant was ready to answer any charge,
although he appeared to institute a charge. lie then
stated, that on the previous night the articles above enu-
merated had been stolen from his bay's room.
The LORD MAYOR—I have been informed that hazard
and other games are played at your house.
The complainant was aware that gaming was carried
on before he took the house, but it was quite otherwise
since he had become proprietor.
The Loan MAYOR—Pray how long have you rented
the house. Complainant—About 17 or 18 months.
The Loan MAYOR—I have information upon oath that
hazard is played every night there.
Complainant—l really have not been there this month,
and do not know what might have been done in ray absence.
The Loan MAYOR—Why there has been gambling there
within these 48 hours.

Mr. Hobler—My good Sir, your door is so strong, that
nothing less than a petard would burst it open. Every
body must know for what purposes such doors are made.

The LORD MAYOR,.--I shall have the movements of
all
who go there watched. The officers shall enter whenever
they please.
Complainant.—l wish to have the assistance of an officer
in endeavouring to trace the thief who stole the goods.
The LORD MAYOR.—You will have plenty of opportu-
nities of communicating with the officers every hour in the
day.—The complainant then retired.
The knowing ones not in the secret of this speculation
have been astonished for some time past at seeing a great
number of the out-and-out Legs of the west-end of the
town walking about 'Change, and inquiring particularly
into the state of the money-market. We understand that one
young man was robbed of several hundreds in the Throg-
morton-street hell, which has been set up in consequence
of the comparative scarcity of money and of flats at the west-
end of the town. It is necessary to state, that each of the
games played at this hell is, eyen if fairly played, decidedly
against the player, who has luck indeed if he leave the table
without being robbed of every farthing in his pocket.
There is in the strong door a small hole, covered with a
slide, which is drawn back when a customer taps at the
door. Admission is, of course denied to those who are not
known as " Good

BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. William Williams,
late secretary and accountant to the Great Westminster
Dairy Company, was brought in custody to this Office,
charged by Mr. James Henry Deacon, and Major Close,
two of the late Directors of the above concern, which is
now dissolved, with appropriating to his own purposes the
amount of a cheque for 501. drawn on the bank of Drum-
mood and Co. and handed to the defendant to pay to
Messrs. Bicknell and Roberts, solicitors to the above
concern.

Mr. MtNsnum. then said that he had heard enough of
the case to call upon the prisoner to find bail, himself in
2001. and two good housekeepers in 1001. each.
The Magistrate told the prisoner that the committee had
acted with the greatest kindness towards him, in giving
him an opportunity of clearing his character.
A gentleman came forward as one of the prisoner's bail,
and he sent for another friend, who, with himself, entered
into the required sureties.

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MAD DOGS.—Between seven and eight
o'clock yesterday morning, a scene of considerable confu-
sion took place in the Battle-bridge-road, in consequence of
the apperauce of a large sheep-dog, exhibiting every ap-
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hammers. In its progress,
been severely bitten, and one of the blacksmiths has re-
ceived a slight laceration in the left leg from the teeth of
the animal. Two cats were also killed by the furious ani-
mal, and others bitten, which were immediately afterwards
destroyed.

Count Capo d'lstria was born at Corfu in
the year 1776. His family had, from the year
1300, held an honourable place in the first class
of citizens of the Seven lonian Isles. He
studied in the universities of Italy, and returned
to his country in 1798, at the moment when the
overthrow of the Republic of Venice introduced
into the lonian Islands the democratic power of
France. He found his father a prisoner, and
threatened by the French Commissary with ba-
nishment, on account, it was said, of his politi-
cal opinions. Count Capo d'lstria exerted him-
self with zeal and activity for the relief of his
father, and had the good fortune to succeed.
In February, 1799, the French were obliged
to surrender the lonian Islands to the combined
Russian and Ottoman fleets. Count Cepa
d'lstria's father was then appointed head of the
lonian deputation, which proceeded to Constan-
tinople to take part in negociations which had
for their object to determine the fate of the
Seven Islands. In fact, the treaty of the 20th
of March, 1800, constituted the Seven Islands
a Republic, tributary to the Porte in like man-
ner as Ragusa was placed under the protection
of Russia and England. Though still young,
Count Capo d'lstria was employed in 1800 to
organize the islands of Cephalonia, Ithaca, and
St. Maura. This was the commencement of
his political career.
The new Republic could not always avert Ali
Pacha's influence, or war from the conrquen-
ces of his encroachments. The coasts of Epirus,
Butrinto, Vonitza, and Previsa, the Govern
ments of which were placed under the safeguard
of the Seven Islands, were occupied by the
Pacha's armies, which were then supported by
the policy of Buonaparte, and assisted by 116
officers. Parga alone resisted this invasion. L.-,
The degradation and humiliation which the
lonian Government experienced in consequence
of this infraction of the treaty, sowed the seeds
of discord in the interior, which afterwards grew
up into civil war.
In 1802 a Russian Plenipotentiary arrived at
Corfu, with the mission of pacificator of the
islands, and with the guarantee of their consti-
tution. Count Capo d'lstria was then appointed
Secretary of State for the Home Department of
the Republic, and afterwards for Foreign Affairs,
for the Marine, and for Commerce. One of the
most prominent acts of his administration was
the establishment of normal schools, which had
not before existed in the islands. The national
language, which had been but little cultivated,
was made a particular object in these schools.
_ _

In 1807, the Isle of St. Maura was threat-
ened by Ali Pacha. The lonian Government
invested Count Capo d'lstria with the powers of
Commissioner Extraordinary on the frontiers,
and placed under his orders all the militia of
the Seven Islands, as well as the Greeks of
Epirus, Albania, and the Peloponnesus, who
were in the service of the Allied Courts in the
Seven Islands.

In this campaign, under the cannon of Ali
Paella, Count Capo &Istria became first known
to the Greek Captains Colocotroni, Botzaris, Ka-
raiskaki, and other Chiefs ; and at this epoch his
personal relations with the warlike part of Greece
commenced.

The peace of Tilsit brought back the French
to the lonian Islands. Count Capo,d'lstria re-
mained in the country, but accepted no employ-

ment.

In July, 1808, he was invited by the Russian
Ministry to repair to St. Petersburgh, to be em-
ployed in the foreign department. Thither he
went in 1809, and remained there until 1812.
He was then employed in the suite of the Rus-
sian Embassy at Vienna, whence he was sum-
moned to discharge the functions of Chief of the
Diplomatic Department at the head-quarters of
the Russian army of the Danube, and after-
wards with the Grand Army. He continued
with the army during the campaigns of 1813,
1814, 1815, and took an active part in the most
important negociations of this memorable epoch.
In November, 1813, the Emperor Alexander
sent him to Switzerland. The result of his
mission was, that Switzerland made common
cause with the allied Powers against Buonaparte,
and the system of the Helvetic confederation as
it now exists was in part his woi k in concur-
rence with the Ministers of the other Allied
Courts, and of the 22 cantons. Switzerland
still feels for him a grateful affection ; and, inde-
pendently of the testimony of national gratitude
bestowed on him by the cantons of Vaud and
Geneva, in granting him the rights of citizen-
ship, he has been enabled, during his residence,
to gather the fruits of the favourable sentiments
with which he had impressed that country. At
the Congress of Vienna, during the conferences
at Paris in 1815, and at Aix-la-Chapelle, Count
Capo d'lstria, possessing all the confidence of
the Emperor Alexander, was chosen to carry on
the principal negociations with the Allied
Powers—negociations which included those, the
result of which was the placing the lonian
Islands under the exclusive protection of Great
Britain.

In all these situations Count Capo d'lstria
constantly professed liberal principles, but in a
spirit remarkable for moderation and conciliation.
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Judging from the testimonies of esteem with
which the Emperor Alexander and the other
Sovereigns of Europe honoured him, and from
the reception he received in all the countries he
visited, it would appear that Capo d'lstria has
known how to win, not only the good-will of
Monarchs, but the no less important suffrage of
public opinion.
In 1822, when the Court of Russia adopted
the Austrian system with regard to the affairs of
the Levant and Greece, Count Capo d'lstrie re-
signed his office and retired to Switzerland, car-
of the Emperor Alexander, and of the attach-
in Greece, he
his residence
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tion, lying with him marks of themulnaByal2tie6nrehtdheekicpanmrdeneleetss
ment of the most distinguished persons in
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Russia. During
the journey,
lived very privately, devoting his time, in
tion, and all his fortune—by the by, a very mo-
deratetatkhee
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Russia that he
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to the Government of the affairs of Greece.
After a residence of two months in Russia,
Count Capo d'lstria retraced his steps, and he is
now in this country. His arrival was preceded
Nicholas
gives a decree, whereby the Emperor
s,(lcomplete ives him a
discharge
from his service,
in terms which at once demonstrate the personal
sentiments entertained by his Sovereign towards
him, and the character of the recollections he
has left behind him in Russia.

GREECE.

(FROM OUR 'PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.)

'SLANT) bir EGINA, JUNE 7.-1 agret to
inform you of an event, which I tear will be the
Forerunner of more serious misfortunes, namely,
" the surrender of the Acropolis of AtbeAs to
the Seraskier, after a siege of about eleven
months.

The defeat experienced by the the
morning of the 6th ult.,. had excited a spirit of
fear among the soldiery, who could, with diffi-
culty, be kept. to their posts on the Phalerum ;
and, at last, Gevteral Church, after having, with
surprising ratience, combatted, for twentyobe
clays, tll9.'lr determination to quit it, round him-
self 'under the necessity 'of acceding to their
wirl, and, consequently, on the 27th, the troops
°were embarked me landed next day at Salamis.
I enclose you the report made to the Govern-
ment relative to the embarkation. The General
then roeeeded to Egina, having chosen that
island for his head quarters, on account of its
vicinity to. Athens,:to Poros.(the seat of Govern-
ment), and to the Isthmus of Corinth.
Previously to this step being taken, the 'garri-
son in the fortress of Athens had rejected most
advantageous terms offered by the Seraskier
through, the medium of the French Captain Le.
Mane, who had been solicited by Lord Cochrane
to interfere in their behalf, and General Church
had authorised the garrison to cordoent to the
terms proposed, as he considered them too fa-
vourable to be rejected, having been informed
by repeated cornultnucations which they had
made him, that they could not resist above a few
dal; longer,- as they were in want of almost
e.'rery requisite. The documents which 1 sent
you in a former letter, stating the absolute de-
termination of the fortress to hold out to the last
extremity, and refusing all terms whatsoever,
filled every body with surprise, and convinced
the General of what he learnt subsequently,
namely, that the accounts he had,. previously re-
ceived as to the quantity of provisions, had been
totally false. The disorders
,Which existed
among the soldiery, accustomed on experiencing
a defeat immediately to abandon their posts, and
the discontent which reigned between them and
their Chiefs, made him most anxious for
a reorganization of the troops, which would
enable him to cut off the provisions of the enemy.
and, perhaps, thereby occasion his retreat from
Attica. He agreed, therefore, with Captain
Leblanc, that a French brig of war should be
stationed either at Egina or in the Gulf of
Silamis, to convey such communications as cir-
comstances might render it advisable for him to
make, in the event of his finding it impossible to
relieve the garrison. About this time Captain
RoeiaTilla, a Piedmontese officer, and aid-de-
camp to Colonel Fabvier, came out of the
fortress and confirmed the intelligence that there
were corn,. barley, water, and wood for some
months, and a courier was despatched to the
garrison informing theni, that the evacuation of
the Phalerum was only a preliminary step to
further efforts to relieve them. Measures were'
also taken for occupying the defiles between
Megara and the Isthmus of Corinth, andthe only
key from Rumelia into the Peloponessus.
On the 29th of May, the General arrived with
his suite at Egina, and immediately commenced
calling those officers to his head-quarters, on
whose zeal he had reason to depend, and having
dispatched to the army of the Peloponessus Ge-
nerale John. Colcotronis and Nikitas, he pro-
ceeded with.the formation of the new army, con-
sidering as certain the firm resistance of the gar-
rison in the Acropolis of Athens, and knowing
that the Seraskier would not commence any new
operation until that fortress was reduced.

To his great astonishment, on the 4th of June,
late at night, he received a letter from the French
Commander on the station, Vice-Admiral de
Rigny, forwarded to him from Salamis, acquaint-
ing him that negociations were nearly concluded
for the capitulation of the fortress, and de-
siring that boats might be sent to receive the
garrison.

That a measure so important as this should
have been undertaken by a foreign officer, with-
out any communication whatever with the Com-
mander-in-Chief, must necessarily excite the
greatest astonishment, and more especially as an
agreement had been made with Captain Leblanc,
that his assistance would, if required, be solicited;
and as a brig had been left for that express pur-
pose, the Admiral cannot plead ignorance of what
had previously taken place.
General Church immediately replied, express-
ing his surprise at the transaction, and stating,
that as he had well-founded hopes of distressing
the enemy, he bad no intention of soliciting any
foreign interference whatever ; but this answer
had not been waited for; the negotiations were
concluded, and the garrison having quitted the
fortress, it was given up to the Seraskier. An
affair, in my opinion, more infamous, could not
have been perpetrated.
JUNE o.—From the different chiefs who have
arrived here from the Acropolis of Athens, de-
tails have been obt*ined of the transactions con-
nected with the surrender, of which I inclose
you a translated copy, together with several of
the letters referred to in the expose. I shall leave
you to make your own remarks on the whole af-
fair. • To me it is apparent that Monsieur de Rigny
has only pursued that policy which always actuates
the French, namely opposition to the English,
at all risks. What confidence can be placed in
the report, that the Vice-Admiral is to obtain
asThis reward such of the antiquities as can be
I know not, nor will I pretend to
tercel' away,
judge, how far Colonel Fabvier himself is im-
plicated in the treachery—for it cannot be called
by a milder name, considering the quantity of
provisions still in the fortress, and the possibility
of the garrison holding out for at least four
months longer. The popular feeling is greatly
against Fabvier; and had he not been rescued
from the hands of the mob, in a visit he made
yesterday to Poros, he would have fallen a vic-
tim to its irritation. He has been placed under
arrest ; but he will certainly be immediately libe-
rated. He has a party in his favour, and even
were all that is said against him true, the Go-
vernment has no force to be able to bring him
to a trial. According to the best accounts which
I have received, there was in the fortress at the
time of its evacuation, :ample provision for four
months longer.
The consequences of the surrender of Athens
will, no doubt , be most disastrous ; tie immense
army of the Seraskier is at liberty to pursue
other moven,. ems ; and the road is open to any
operations he may wish to undertake either in
Rurnelia or the Peloponnessus. However, time
will develops 1,
what is yet to overwhelm Greece—
' sec no
to Greece, no hope. I iepeat, that it assistance is to
be given the more speedily it come
the better: for, most assuredly, unless England
take part with her, and that at an early period,

the close of the Revolution cannot, at the pre-
tit day, be considered as very remote.

STATEMENT

Respecting the, ,Surrender of the Acropolis tit Athens,
drawn up by the Representative or the Chiefs of the
Garrison, Captain Stelioi, the Ceprialonlete, and Con-
firmed by the verbal jesttniony of 'Alf, *ivico lia'Ve Cain's
from the Aerobolia this day, 28th May;
1.627.
After the departure of the Greek troops from
the Phalerum, while the Chiefs in the Acropolis
endeavoured to quiet their soldiers by pap*
them, and had thereby iiiditted 016'1 eetiseht
to stay three months 10-nder in the fortress, one
day. last Week the Captain of the Austrian brig
anchored at Keratsini, presented himself, and
asked the besieged what they wanted, as they
had hoisted the white flag on the fortress: 'the
Chiefs were astonished at this, as they knew no-
thing of such a fiag having been hoisted; and
they,, therefore, answered that such h thing had
trot taken orb, unit that it,,zy wanted nothing.
Some 61-eeics-were on 'the point of firing upon
him. The Austrian continued to say, that it
wss the most favourable opportunity for them to
come to an agreement with the besieger, hi order
that they might come out with security of their
lives-, and with those advantages which they
might, at a later period, in vain expect. This
speech of the' Austrian excited a disturbance
among the more evil-disposed persons iii the
fortress, and they began again to hold councils
ampng themselves as to what was to be done.—
Then also, Colonel Fabvier, who had constantly
persevered in exciting a sentiment of despair
among the besieged, and who was continually
urging them to terminate their sufferings
an hour earlier, proclaimed loudly against
those patriots, who endeavoured by all possible
means, to prevent the surrender of the fortress.
He recommended the proffered capitulation to their
attention, and assured all that they would be
certain of safety ; and, at last, having become
the leader of the discontented, he prevented, in
the most absolute manner, the patriotic party
from refusing the proposal of the Austrian, as
they had formerly that of Captain Leblanc.—
When the other Chiefs saw that it was of iio
avail to resist, but, on the contrary, that a 'com-
motion would take place if they opposed him
any longer, being obliged thereto; and thinking
at least to gain time, they consented that a reply
should be given to the Austrian, that the.),
wished that Commanders 'of the three Powers
+should be . present—namely, England, France,
and Austria, and that the capitulation should
take place under guarantee of all.. This reply
was given to the Austrian in writing. When
he had received it, he did not desist from his
proposal, saying that it was difficult for vessels
of the three nations to come together speedily,
and that the circumstance would not admit of de-
lay. Two days after this, Vice-Admiral de
Rigny, appeared. He no sooner arrived, than
he wrote to the garrison to excite them to
conclude the negociations speedily. He remained
a day and a night in the Turkish Camp, waiting
for the answer of the garrison-; and on this being
delayed, he wrote the next day an ultimatum,
saying, that be regretted to state that he was on
the point of departing, but that he told them be-
forehand that their self-love would reduce them
to seek for safety at a time
,when they would not
find it. The persons sent by Monsieur de Rigny
assured the garrrison, verbally, that the Greek
armies were dissolved, and that nothing was to be
expected from them ; that Lord Cochrane had
quitted Greece ; and, lastly, that the affairs of
Greece were in the most distressing condition.
Then the soldiery came to a decision, and
elected Fabvier their Plenipotentiary and Chief,
to conclude the negociatkm with the enemy. They
opposed the other Chiefs vehemently, and threat-
ened thatiifthey did not discontinue their resistance
they would either give them tip to the Turks' or kill
them. Fabvier himself gave vent to many threats
against those Chiefs, calling those patriots igno-
rant, perverse, and traitors, because they resisted
the giving up of their country, and Fabvier be-
came sole Commander in the fortress, with his
Major, Pisa, and his Aide-de-Camp, Kyriakides.
He was also supported and assisted in every thing
by the heads of the discontented party—Man-
dalos, Kotziannos, Stamelos, Chondros, Nikos,
Galaxidiotis, and others. Those troops who
appeared most innocent, and the least to take
part with him, were the Athenians and the
lonians. The conditions were stipulated, after
some trifling discussions ; and, in the meantime,
the mediators went and returned incessantly to
and from the Acropolis. The article which they
insisted upon most was, that the Athenian sol-
diers should remain and live in their city, giving
up their arms ; but since the Athenians opposed
,this decidedly, the enemy at last consented, and
was satisfied that all those families should remain
which belonged to Athens ; and in pursuance
of this condition, some men, women, widows,
and children, were forced to remain with the
Turks. Altogether there were fifteen in num-
ber.

On the 23d instant (0.5.) the French and
Austrian vessels, which were anchored off Ke-
ratsini, came to Tripyngi (Munychia), and the
conditions being terminated, they obliged the
garrison to come out, and to embark in them.
Then the persons sent by Monsieur de Rigny
said, that their countrymen cared so little aboin
them, that, although he had written to request
them to send the boata necessary to receive their
distressed brethren, they remained indifferent ;
and that Monsieur de Rigny was, therefore,
obliged to come with his vessels of war to trans-
port them.
On the morning of the 24th, when the garri-
son had given up to the Surgeon, Hassan-Aga,
all the Turks who were in the fortress, accord-
ing to the agreement, and delivered to a sepa-
parate Commission those Athenians who were
to remain, they received seventy-five horses from
the Seraskier, to transport the sick, and to carry
off as much of their effects as they could take
away with them. They came out with their
arms and the other honours of war, having in
their centre seven Beys of consequence, as host-
ages, and accompanied by Monsieut de Rigny
himself, with some of his officers. They were
embarked on board the vessels of war, and after-
wards landed at Salamis.

Those who are against Fabvier affirm, that the
previous mission of Captain Roccavilla had prin-
cipally for its object to consult with the vessels
of war which were at Keratyini, and to induce
them to effect, by every possible means, the ca-
pitulation of the Acropolis ;
and that Monsieur
Leblanc immediately despatched a vessel for
Monsieur de Rigny. Kyriakides said in the
fortress that Fabvicr had given secret signals to
Roccavilla.

Of those Athenians who remained, in order
to live in Athens, the Turks afterwards killed
three, as a sacrifice (corban), according to their
custom. This an eye-witness related, who came
afterwards from Athens to Salamis.

The Colonel of the Philhellenes, Pisa, Mr.

Scarpas, and others of the Philhellenes, affirm
the same things against Fahvier as the others do.

The following is the official correspondence
referred to in the preceding letters and state.

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TRANSLATION Ok A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE GENERAL.

IN-CHIEF AND THE CREEL LEADERS, BY THE FRENCH

VICE-ADIVIIRAL DE AIGNY.

" Gentlemen—Tir of MIT), !JAI jUlt requested
to be allowed to capitulate ; it has solicited my intervention
to obtain the best. conditiops possible. I has endeavoured
to 1141 this 'Sad sake of hinnaniti,
"It !srossible that this affair 'will be quickly terminated,
and it is therefore very necessary for Greek boats to' come
to Cape Colias, to embark the ,troops. I beg you to send
them, and to forward the inclosed letter to Poros.
" I have the honour to salute you,
(Signed) " The Vice-Admiral, H. DE RIGNY."
(Presse) Directed Messieurs Lc G6n6ral et Chefs
Grecs; Commandant leg troupes Gravities is Egine.

Egina, sth June, 1827.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter without date, addressed as follows:—` (Presao
Messieurs Le Gengral et Chefs Grecs, Commandant les
troupes Grecques a Egine,' which the commanding officer
in the island of Salamis has just forwarded; as it was
marked pres4,' I opened it, although I did not conceive
it to be meant for rue, as letters, which relate to the service
of the troops under my orders, have hitherto been ad-
, dressed to ma exclusively. I shall, however, in this
instance, name a Commission of General Officers, to whom
I will send your letters, in order that they may enter with
you into its details, and place themselves in communication
tvith you, Sir ; such being, as I conceive, your desire.
" I beg to observe, that previous to the departure of
Captain Leblanc, commanding his Most Catholic Majesty's
frigate La Junon, to whom I am happy to acknowledge
my obligations, and with whom I had concertati such
measures as the cantle of humanity might eventually re-
quire, it was stipulated between that officer and myself, that
a brig of war of his Most Catholic Majesty should remain
here, or in the bay of Salamis, for the purpose of convey-
ing to him any communication I might wish to make rela-
tive to the garrison of the Acropolis of Athens, and he
politely promised to return here for the purpose of treating
with the Seraskier, on my intimating to him that I had
no longer any hope of making a successful effort for the
relief of that fortress.

" Judge then, Sir, of my surprise on reading your letter,
stating that a capitulation was nearly terminated for the
Acropolis, through your intervention, without my knowing
one word about the matter ; and, as I have not cornmbni-
cated to Captain Leblanc that I had given up hopes of ope-
rating so as to relieve the garrison, (conceiving my-
self at this moment, with my army reinforced, and
nearly re-organised, in a better state for endeavour-
ing to relieve the garrison than even when I was in
the position of the Phalerum,) I confess that, for
the present, I had no intention of requesting any foreign
interference whatever, persuaded that the measures I have
in contemplation may distress the enemy, or perhaps oblige
him to draw off his forces from Attica altogether. I have
no doubt that the Captain of the brig of war in question,
who had the politeness personally to place himself in com-
munication with me, will confirm what I have the honour
to state in this letter, and, consequently, by the arrange-
ment I made with him, all former negotiations were an-
nulled. I am, Sir, as anxious as any friend of humanity
can be to save the brave garrison and the inhabitants of
the Acropolis, and it was from this sentiment that, after
his Excellency Admiral Lord Cochrane had written to
Captain Leblanc to interfere in their behalf, and when
Captain Leblanc did me the favour to chew me Lord Coch-
rane's letter, that I gave my consent to the garrison's capi-
tulating. _ _ _

" Subsequent information as to the state of the provi-
sions in the Acropolis, and the measures which I was daily
bringing forward in order to relieve it, made me view this
affair in a very different light. I saw that we had received
several false statements as to the quantity of corn and water
in the citadel ;
.and having at last obtained a proces verbal
of the real state of the case, I made my own conclusions,
and evidently perceived that it was my positive duty, as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of Greece, to delay as
long- as possible the surrender of the fortress; and upon
this principle I have acted, having neither written to Capt.
Leblanc, nor to any of the Commanders of the different
Christian squadrons in these seas, to request their inter-
ference to obtain a capitulation for the Acropolis of Athens.
On the contrary, knowing how the enemy is pressed for
provisions, I am persuaded that the measures concerted he -
tureen Lord Cochrane and myself may, ere long, materially
ameliorate the position of the armies under my ur3e.g, and,
consequently, that of the garrison of the Acropolis.
" I have the honour to he, Sir,
" Your obedient humble servant,
" R. CHURCH,
•
" Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces of Greece.
" To Vice-Admiral de Rigny, &c. &c. &c."

g‘ Salamis, June 2.

" Gentlemen—The brave garrison of the Acropolis being
without hope of relief, since the Greeks have abandoned
the position of the Phalerum, has testified a desire to renew
the treaty for capitulation through the medium of Captain
Cornero, Commander of his Imperial Majesty's brig Veneto,
who was at that time alone at Salamis, and has further re-
quested that officer to give information to some French or
English Commander, that he may co-operate in forward-
ing this act of humanity.
" I arrived here yesterday, and received this communi-
cation from the Austrian Commander, and 1 shall exert
myself, according to the desire of the garrison, to obtain
the best and most honourable terms for it, to which its
perseverance entitles it.

"You will bear in mind, Gentlemen, that the result of
the capitulation of the Turks in the Monastery has made,
it a delicate matter to enter into a treaty for the Acropolis ;
and, on the other band, that the evacuation of Attica
renders this very necessary. In acquainting you with
this, both in 'in my own name, and in that of Captain
Cornero, I must express a wish, that a vessel of his Bri-
tannic Majesty's had been here, in order to felfil the desire
of the garrison, that officers of two neutral Powers at
least, should, if possible, co-operate in concluding the ar-
rangement.
" I inclose a pressing letter for the Commander of
some English vessel of war, which may either be, or may
arrive, at Poros or Egina..--I have the hononr to be,
Gentlemen,

'• Your very humble servant,
" H. DE RIGNY.
To the Members of the Provisory Government
of Greece, at Poros."

(Letter without date, but received Ist June, N. S.)
FROM VICE-ADMIRAL DE RIGHT TO THE GARRISON OF

THE ACRO?OLIS.

" Gentlemen—l have just received intelligence of a let-
ter, written in the name of the Chiefs of the Acropolis,
in which you request the mediation of a French Com-
mander.

" Being accidentally here, I will endeavour to effect an
arrangement with his Excellency the Seraskier, which
will suit both parties.—l have the honour to salute you,
" The Vice-Admiral H. DE RIGNY.
" There is no English vessel of war here.
" To the Chiefs of the Acropolis."