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 APPENDIX B.

��No. 1.

Postscript of the 'Courier.' — London, July 25, 1826.

"The following extract of a letter was this morning received at Lloyd's. It is dated Malta, June 26, and gives an account of a serious affray between his Majesty's frigate Sybille and some Greek pirates in the Mediterranean, attended with a considerable loss of life on both sides. These daring outrages must at once be put an end to, and the perpetrators of them signally punished. If the Greek government have the power to restrain them, it is at once their interest and their duty to do so ; but, at all events, our own government will take prompt and decisive measures for protecting the British flag, as well as British lives and property.

" ' The Sybille frigate arrived here on Saturday, after having had a serious affair with two Greek pirates off Candia, the crews of which got on shore and attacked the Sybille's boats with such im- petuosity, that twelve officers and men were killed, and twenty-nine wounded ; of the latter an officer, Lieutenant Tupper, and three men have died since their arrival here. The first lieutenant, Gordon, had three balls lodged in him, and a midshipman, Mr. Edmonstone, had his chin shot away ; another midshipman, and, I believe, the assistant-surgeon, were killed in the engagement.

" ' The pirate vessels were destroyed, and a great number of the pirates killed.

" ' The piracies in the Levant have become most alarming, for the Greeks attack all vessels, and frequently maltreat the crews.' "

No. 2.

Extract from the Postscript of the Guernsey ' Star.' — July 31, 1826.

" The sympathy that the Greek cause has excited in England is spreading rapidly in France, but in reality one half the Greeks are not worth saving : the robberies and murders they have lately committed will prove this assertion. But what will the brave Miaulis feel when he sees that some of his desperate countrymen

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