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hospitable a mansion as any in all Greece; our 
benevolent host contriving everything for our 
welcome, and endeavouring to prolong our stay 
as much as possible. After we had taken a 
little rest, we were roused by the firing of 
Turkish cannon in the Citadel; and Ibrahim, 
returning from his mission, brought the Gover- 
nor's message to the Consul, informing him that 
he had just received from Stamb61 (Constan- 
tinople) intelligence of the expulsion of the 
French from Egypt; and that he had orders 
from his Government to make it publickly 
known. We were shewn a copy of the Takhrir, 
Gazette. 
or official note, the only Turkish Gazette we 
had ever seen, announcing an event nearly a 
quarter of a year after it had happened. It was 
in manuscript, and Mr. Dalmar translated it for 
us. The nature of the intelligence was curious 
enough: it set forth, after a long pompous 
preamble, that " public rejoicings were to be held 
throughout the Ottoman Empire, for the deliverance 
of (Misr) Egypt from the hands of cursed Infidels 
forsaken of God, owing to tfie bravery and prudence 
of Hussein Pasha and of the troops belonging to the 
Sublime Porte of solid glory, led on by their great 
Prophet" &c. &c. The only mention made of any 
obligation to Great Britain was tagged on in the 
form of a postscript, merely stating that *' English 
