to me. The Asia, Genoa, and Albion, have each suffered so much, that it is my intention to send them to England as soon as they shall have received at Malta the necessary repairs for the voyage. The Talbot, being closely engaged with a double-banked frigate, has also suffered considerably, as well as others of the smaller vessels; but I hope their defects are not more than can be made good at Malta. The loss of men in the TurkoEgyptian ships must have been immense, as his royal highness will see by the accompanying list obtained from the secretary of the Capitana Bey, which includes that of two out of the three ships to which the English division was opposed. Captain Curzon having preferred continuing to assist me in the Asia, I have given the charge of my despatches to commander lord viscount Ingestrie, who, besides having had a brilliant share in the action, is well competent to give his royal highness the lord high admiral any farther particulars he may require. I enclose, for his royal highness's further information, a letter from captain Hamilton, descriptive of the proceedings of Ibrahim Pacha, and the misery of the country which he has devastated, a protocol of the conference which I had with my colleagues, and the plan and order for entering the port, which I gave out in consequence. I have, &c. the purpose of concerting the means of effecting the object specified in the said treaty-viz.: an armistice de facto, between the Turks and the Greeks-have set forth, in the present protocol, the result of the conference. Considering that, after the provisional suspension of hostilities to which Ibrahim Pacha consented, in his conference of the 25th September last with the English and French admirals; acting likewise in the name of the Russian admiral, the said Pacha did, the very next day, violate his engagement, causing his fleet to come out, with a view to its proceeding to another point in the Morea: Considering that since the return of the fleet to Navarino, in consequence of a second requisition addressed to Ibrahim by admiral Codrington, who had met him near Patras, the troops of the Pacha have not ceased carrying on a species of warfare more destructive and exterminating than before, putting women and children to the sword, burning their habitations, and tearing up trees by the roots, in order to complete the devastation of the country: Considering that with a view of putting a stop to atrocities which exceed all that has hitherto taken place, the means of persuasion and conciliation, the representations made to the Turkish chiefs, and the advice given to Mahomed Ali and his son, have been treated as mockeries, while they might, with one word, have suspended the course of so many barbarities: Considering that there only remains to the commander of the allied squadrons the choice between three modes of fulfilling the intentions of their respective courts, viz: 1st, The continuing throughout the whole of the winter a blockade, difficult, expensive, and perhaps useless, since a storm may disperse the squadrons, and afford to Ibrahim the facility of conveying his destroying army to different points of the Morea and the islands: 2nd, Uniting the allied squadrons in Navarino itself, and securing by this permanent presence the inaction of the Ottoman fleets, but which mode alone leads to no termination, since the Porte persists in not changing its system: 3rd, The proceeding to take a position with the squadrons in Navarino, in order to renew to Ibrahim propositions which, enter ing into the spirit of the treaty, were evidently to the advantage of the Porte itself; After having taken these three modes into consideration, we have unanimously agreed that this third mode may, without effusion of blood, and without hostilities, but simply by the imposing presence of the squadrons, produce a determination leading to the desired object: We have in consequence adopted it, and set it forth in the present protocol. admiral sir Edward Codrington, dated Kitries, Oct. 18th, 1827. I have the honour of informing you that I arrived here yesterday morning, in company with the Russian frigate Constantine, the captain of which ship had placed himself under my orders. On entering the gulf, we observed by the clouds of fire and smoke that the work of devastation was still going on. The ships were anchored off the pass of Ancyra, and a joint letter from myself and the Russian captain was despatched to the Turkish commander, a copy of which I enclose. The Russian and English officers, the bearers of it were not allowed to proceed to head-quarters, nor have we yet received any answer. We, the two captains, in the afternoon, went on shore to the Greek quarters, and were received with the greatest enthusiasm. The distress of the inhabitants, driven from the plain, is shocking in the extreme. Women and children dying every moment of absolute starvation, and hardly any having better food than boiled grass. I have promised to send a small quantity of bread to the caves in the mountains, where these unfortunate wretches have taken refuge. It is supposed that if Ibrahim remained in Greece more than a third of its inhabitants would die of absolute starvation. No. III.-Statement made by the Secretary to the Capitana Bey in the port of Navarino, Oct. 21, 1827. Three Turkish line of battle ships; 1 Turkish admiral, 84 guns, 650 men, 150 killed; 1 ditto 84 guns, 830 men; 1 ditto 76 guns, 850 men, 400 killed. 4 Egyptian doubled-banked fri gates; 64 guns each, from 450 to 500 men. 15 Turkish frigates; 48 guns, from 450 to 500 men. 18 Turkish corvettes, 8 Egyptian ditto; from 18 to 24 guns, 200 men, 4 Turkish brigs, 8 Egyptian ditto, 19 guns, from 130 to 150 men. 6 Egyptian fire vessels. 40,000 Egyptian troops in the Morea; 4000 of whom came with the above ships. [No. IV.-Translation.] As the squadrons of the allied powers did not enter Navarino with an hostile intention, but only to renew to the commanders of the Turkish fleet propositions which were to the advantage of the Grand Seignior; it is not our intention to destroy what ships of the Ottoman navy may yet remain; now that so signal a vengeance has been taken for the first cannon shot, which has been ventured to be fired on the allied flags. We send therefore one of the Turkish captains fallen into our hands as a prisoner, to make known to Ibrahim Pacha, Mouharen Bey, Tachir Pacha, and Capitana Bey, as well as to all the other Turkish chiefs, that if one single musket or cannon shot be again fired on a ship or boat of the allied powers, we shall immediately destroy all the remaining vessels, as well as the forts of Navarino; and that we shall consider such new act of hostility as a formal declaration of the Porte against the three allied powers, and of which the Grand Seignior and his pachas must suffer the terrible consequences. But if the Turkish chiefs, acknowledging the aggression they have committed by commencing the firing, abstain from any act of hostility, we shall resume those terms of good under standing which they have themselves interrupted. In this case they will have the white flag hoisted on all the forts before the end of this day. We demand a categorical answer, without eva sions, before sun-set. Signed by the English, French, and Russian admirals. The Gazette also contains letters of congratulation from admiral Codrington to the French and Russian admirals, on the excellent management of the ships under their direction in the course of the battle, and the answer of admiral De Rigny. It also contains a letter to admiral Codrington from De Rigny, speaking in high terms of the assistance received from captain Davies and captain Fel lowes, of the British squadron. Return of officers killed and wounded, belonging to his majesty's service : Killed. Captain G. A. Bell, R. N.; Mr. Wm. Smith; Mr. Philip Dumauresq; Mr. John Lewis; Mr. Peter Mitchell; captain C. J. Stephens; Mr. Edward R. Forster; captain Walter Ba thurst; Mr. Peter Brown; Mr. Charles Russell; Mr. A. J. T, Rowe; lieutenant G. W. H. Fitz roy; Mr. Brown Smythe; Mr. W, J. Goldfinch; lieutenant Philip Sturgeon; Mr. Henry Campling Wounded Severely.—Mr. H. J, Codrington; Mr. W. V. Lee; Mr. R. H. Bunbury; Mr. C. Wakeham; Mr. William Lloyd; Mr. Frederick Grey; Mr. Thomas Addington; lieutenant-colonel Craddock; Mr. Henry S. Dyer; commander J. N. Campbell; lieutenant J. G. Durban; rev. E. Winders Mr. W. F. O'Kane; Mr. James Stewart; captain Thomas Moore; Mr. H. B. Gray; lieutenant H. R. Ꭹ CONVENTION between his MAJESTY and HER ROYAL HIGHNESS the INFANTA REGENT of PORTUGAL, for providing for the Maintenance of a Corps of British Troops, sent to Portugal Dec. 1826; signed at Brighthelmston, Jan. 19, 1827. In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, &c. Her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal having, in consequence of aggressions committed against the Portuguese territory, claimed the fulfilment, by his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the ancient treaties of alliance and friendship which subsist between the two Crowns; and his Britannic Majesty having thereupon resolved to send, and having actually sent, a body of troops to Portugal, the two high contracting parties think it necessary to agree upon certain arrange ments for the maintenance of the said troops during their stay in Portugal, and have named as their plenipotentiaries for that purpose, viz: His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the right hon. George Canning, &c.-And her Royal Highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, the most illustrious and most excellent lord, Don Pedro de Souza e Holstein, Marquis of Palmella, &c.— Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : Art. I. Her royal highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal, anxious that the body of troops which has been so promptly sent to her royal highness's aid by his Britannic majesty should be treated with the hospitality becoming the relations of the two allied nations, engages to provide the necessary barracks and quarters, and buildings for hospitals, and for stores and magazines, and the necessary rations of provisions and forage, for the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, and for the horses and cattle of the British auxiliary army, according to the regulations of the British service. II.-The provisions and forage above specified are to be delivered to the British Commissariat, at a distance not greater than six Portuguese leagues from the headquarters of each British detachment to which they are supplied, unless in cases where a different arrangement shall be made, with the consent of the British Commissariat. III. In order to obviate the difficulties which an immediate disbursement of funds for the purchase of the aforesaid provisions and forage might occasion, under the present circumstances, to the government of Portugal, it is agreed that the British Commissary-general shall, for the present, provide those supplies for the British army, charging the cost thereof to the account of the Portuguese government. As, however, cases may arise, in which it may be more convenient to receive such supplies from Portuguese magazines, for the purpose of avoiding competition in the markets, the British Commissary-general shall, in the execution of this agreement, concert his proceedings, from time to time, with a person appointed for that end by the government of Portugal. IV. The accounts of the British Commissariat being approved and signed by the commander of the auxiliary army, shall be delivered every three months to the Portuguese government, which, having verified the same, shall either pay the amount thereof forthwith to the British Commissary-general, or carry it over to the credit of the British government, as shall be judged most convenient by the two governments. V.-The cost of provisions and forage for the British troops shall be placed to the account of the Portuguese government, from the day of the landing of the said troops in Portugal, and shall cease to be placed to that account from the day of their departure, or of their passing the frontiers of Portugal. VI. Her royal highness the Infanta Regent of Portugal having consented that on this, as on for mer occasions, the forts of St. Julien and of Bugio shall be occupied by the British troops, it is VOL. LXIX. agreed that the said occupation shall continue so long as the auxiliary army shall remain in Portugal. Those forts shall be, from time to time, duly provisioned by the Portuguese government, or by the British Commissariat on account of the Portuguese government, in the same manner as is provided in the foregoing articles with respect to the auxiliary army. Arrangements shall be made between the government of Portugal and the commander of the British army, for the carrying on of the service of the pratique, of the police of the harbour, and of the Customs, by the proper officers of the Portuguese government, usually employed for those purposes. A list of these officers shall be given to the British commanding officer, and they shall be strictly under his command in all that may relate to military service, and to the defence of the forts. VII.-His Britannic majesty requiring, on the part of his ally, only that which is indispensably necessary for ensuring the proper maintenance of his troops, and for the good of the common service, declares that he will not bring forward any pecuniary claims whatever against the Portuguese government, on account of the assistance furnished by his majesty on this occasion to Portugal, beyond what is specified in the preceding articles. VIII. The stipulations of this convention shall remain in full force until the two high contracting parties shall mutually agree to make any change therein. IX. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London in the space of six weeks from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. 2 E |