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1838. ig not the work of Mehemet Ali. The miserable adver
Zr. 82. turers from Europe, who have come here to act the parasit?
of such a blood-stained despot—they are partly the cat®
of the evil. But they know his selfish nature, and his 168
of fame, and this is only their mode of deluding the Oo
and pandering to the other.” *
1837. On the 19th of January Cobden left Alexandria, 8
Xx. 33. arrived at Constantinople on the 1st of February :—
On board, the Sardinian Brig, La Virtu, in the Sea of M0
mora, Jan. 29th, 1837.— On the 24th we found oursel?
becalmed under the island of Scio, the most fertile and th
largest of the Archipelago. In the evening the moon 0%
and diffused over the atmosphere, not merely a light, bub’
blaze, which illuminated the hills and vales of Scio, and sb?
a rosy tint over every object in the island. The sea was ®
tranquil as the land, and everything seemed to whisp®
security and repose. How different was the scene on tH
very island twelve years ago, when the Turks burst in up”
a cultivated, wealthy, and contented population, and spre?
death and destruction through the land, changing in o¥
short day this paradise of domestic happiness into a thes!”
of the most appalling crimes. I must recall to your mind
the particulars of this dreadful tragedy. Scio had taken *
part in the revolution of the Greeks, and its inhabits?
who were industrious and rich, voluntarily placed hostag’
of their chief men in the hands of the Turkish Governme™
as a proof that they were not disposed to rebel against the!
rulers. It happened, however, that some young men of #
neighbouring islands of Samos and Ipsara landed at ©
extremity of the island, and there planted the standard
revolt, which, however, was not followed by the Sciotes. 0
the contrary, they protested against it; and, as they B*
delivered ap their arms as a proof of their peaceful int?
b To Mr, George Foster, from Cairo, December 22, 18386.