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Fri. June 1:
Today there was another alarm –
At 11. Seid Mohamet Effendi, or as he
writes his name Mohamed Sayed Albakaly Effendi, called on me. We read
the alphabet, in Arabic and in English. I enquired about the Turkish
navy at Constantinople. He says they have 4 three deckers, one of wh.
Carries 125 guns. 10 other ships of the line – 6 – 54s –
6 – 36s – 5 – 20s - + 30 or 40 bombs + gun boats.
He thinks that when the captain Pasha comes down with the fleet the
Insurgents will be very easily subdued. –
This evening it is reported that the
Turkish vessels from the Dardanelles have come down to Mytilene. –
Sat. June 2:
In the course of 24 hours there
have been 10 Greeks assassinated. Mr. Werry tells me that when the Ionian
was killed the other day he sent to the Pasha who sent and took the
two men who committed the murder and put them into a vessel to send
them into banishment at Tunis. The janisarries
immediately manned some boats + took the men out of the vessel by
force + threatened if they were again molested that they would put the
whole town into confusion.
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