Preface Glossary and Gazetteer 1. 1 January-10 February 1824, "...[our] unwearied efforts...to pre-serve the peace and integrity of the Ottoman Empire..." 2. 25 February-26 March 1824, "...too many instances [of] massacres, conflagrations, and pillage..." 3. 10 April-27 May 1824, "...those incorrigible Ionians, whose noto-rious dishonesty brings disgrace upon the protection which they abuse." 4. 6 June-10 August 1824, "...the suspicions and ill-humour which the Porte had again begun to manifest. ...