London, 15 October. The newspaper the Globe and Traveller published a
news item dealing with the seizure of two ships. Both ships left England loaded
with ammunition destined probably for Greece. Both ships departed before the
announcement of the publication which declared that export of ammunition was
not longer allowed. A guard ship of the toll-house departed towards Downs,
seized both ships and brought them back. The owners requested to give the ships
back while they didn’t do anything wrong or broke a law. Until now they didn’t
get an answer. In the newspaper Glasgow Free Express could be read that
that despite the latest regulations 3 steamboats were built for Greece one
which to be armed with some carronades and 2 steam guns of Perkinson to serve
as a floating battery. According to rumours was Lord Cochrane still
deliberation with the Greek community.
Paris. 18 October. From Marseille came tidings that the French general
marquis de Livron arrived coming from Alexandria bringing with him the contract
of the pasha of Egypt for the building of 2-60 gun frigates (32-pdrs) according
to the design of the Jeanne d’Arc and to be laid down next week. A house of
Greek religion and origin (of the island Scio) got an order for the building of
2-20 gun brigs. While this wasn’t possible at Marseille, the building was
intended to be at La Ciotat. A third house was ordered to lay down ‘24
carronades’ which wasn’t done yet due to lacking enough timber and the high
price of timber, which became now instead of 2 francs 50 centimes 4 francs for
each M3.
