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and summoncd several times to surren- 
der, was taken by assault. Considerable 
riches became the booty of the nu- 
merousassailants.. The Albanian garri- 
son, having capitulated, were sent to 
their own country.. The families of the 
Supreme Governor, and of the Turkish 
lords, were made prisoners ; all the rest 
were slaughtered, or carried into the 
provinces. - 
On, the 27th of May, the sailors 
cammeneed their operations by burning 
a Turkish ship of the line, before the 
island of: ‘Mytilene ; they then rescued 
as many as they could of the Greck 
families who had fled from Asia Minor, 
of whom several women were seized 
With the pangs of childbirth on-board ; 
and, they established these unhappy 
beings in different islands of the Archi- 
pelago, Our squadrons prevented by 
various means the debarkation of Turk- 
ish troops in the islands, and made head 
against the numerous fleets of the 
enemy. On the 30th of September, a 
Turkish brig of war was sunk by our 
broadsides before Zante. Afterwards, 
five Grecian vessets, separated by a 
calm from the rest of the squadron, 
sustained with intrepidity the fire of all 
the enemy’s fleet, which was forced to 
retire after fiv® hours of fruitless combat. 
‘All. these expeditions were under the 
command of Jacoumaki Toumbasi, of 
“Hydra. 
‘Alexander Mavrocordato, ex-minister 
of the Prince of Wallachia,.emerged 
withouta stain from the corruption and 
‘effeminacy of despotism, throwing aside 
€very, personal consideration, offercd his 
whole fortune to his country, and dis- 
embarked on the coastsof Aitolia. The 
gentleness of his disposition, and his 
extensive information, soon won bim all 
hearts... He traversed Greece in the 
simple character of a mediator, enduring 
‘every fatigue, and exposing himself to 
every danger. , By his patience and his 
mere. moral authority, he calmed the 
discordant pretensions which had arisen 
on all. sides, at tlhe moment when the 
yoke. of oppression was broken, and 
which had already materially prejudiced 
the, public good. In Greece, in fact, 
some, primates. were, but subordinate 
tyrants; some captains, but the agents 
of a different species of despotism. 
A new zra commenced with the year 
1822. . Disorders, were calmed, and 
_ faults diminished. . A political constitu- 
tion was proclaimed, anda central 
sovernment formed. The national 
assembly, after having finished its la- 
Political Affairs in November. 
[ Dec. 1, 
bours, and installed the government, 
dissolved: itself’ after pablishing a pro- 
clamation. ' The Senate, or Iégislative 
body, hitherto composed of ‘thirty-three 
deputies, was principally taken from 
this assembly. Its president ‘is Deme-: 
trias Hypsilanti; and its Vice-president, 
Sotiri Charalampi. The’ members’ of 
the executive aré Alexander Mayrocor- 
dato, president; Athanasitis Cannacari, a 
man of zeal and’ integrity, vice-presi- 
dent; Anagnosti ‘Pappajannopoulo, 
John Orlando, and’ Jolin Logotbeti. 
The following are the nates of “the se 
cretaries who have beet named: Ph. 
Negri, Secretary of State ; Joli Coletti) 
for the Interior, and provisionally’ en- 
trusted’ with the “War Department ; 
Panouzzo Notaras, for the Finances; a 
commission of. three islanders from 
Hydra, Spezzia, and Psara, ‘for’ dhe 
Marine; the Bishop of Androwssa, for 
Public Worship ; ; Lampro Naco, for the 
Police; Vlasios, for the Administration 
of Justice. The complete organization 
of the judicial tribunals was ‘daily ex- 
pected; but, in the interval} the epliori, 
or mayors of the towns and Villages, 
decided all disputes. 
The military organization, as well 
with regard to the men as to the matérel 
of war, was still very: far ‘from being 
completed. But as much attention was 
paid to it as circumstances and ‘the 
poverty of our finances admit. A 
battalion of infantry was ‘disciplined, 
which was to serve as a nucleus for 
future regiments.’ Free companies were 
formed out of the foreign soldiers who 
have hastened to our shores, with an 
eagerness which Greece will never 
forget. These friends of freedom and 
Greece, although few in number, under 
ihe brave Wirtemburgher General Nor- 
mann, distinguished themselves in the 
defence of Navarin against ‘a’ naval 
attack of the Turks, and) by fighting 
valiantly in Epirus. ‘They -had ‘no 
cavalry, and all the troops were équip- 
“ped as sharpshooters, on account of the 
“nature of the country in which ‘they’ are 
to act. Without’ ‘uniforms, without 
tactics, often without “artillery, ‘they 
divide into: several’ bodies spread ‘over 
various points of the-Grecian territory, 
‘and commanded, by chiefs of , proved 
courage. ° Their total amount, was frm 
35 to 40,000°mén. 
' The’ Suliotes deserve more éefpailionlar 
mention. ‘Their® valour metits: to: be 
“sung in hymns. ‘They fearlesslyoppose 
one Suliote to five Albanians, or ten 
Asiatics. No armed Suliote was ever 
yet 
