y after my return home, but I can confidently
state that it is substantially correct, especially in so
far as concerns the use of the obnoxious word
"assassinato."

By this it will be seen that these enlightened
Capuchins, following the example of popular credulity,
assume the murder of their colleague as a fact before it
has been proved judicially.

On the same day, in company with Mr and Mrs Schlientz,
we repeated our visit to the Jewish quarter, and
afterwards, having obtained permission from Sheriff
Pasha through the British Consul, Mr Werry, went to the
Seraglio to see the Jewish prisoners.

Sixteen individuals were implicated in the charge of
murder; of these, two had died under torture, four had
absconded. One, Mr Picchioto, being, fortunately for
himself, an Austrian subject, was under the protection
of the Imperial Consulate, the remaining nine were then
in prison, and also a venerable Rabbi.

We were accompanied on our visit by the British Consul's
dragoman and a writer in the service of the Pasha. The
rooms in which the prisoners were confined were in the
second floor of a large exterior building attached to
the Pasha's palace, principally used as a barrack.

The apartment opened into a covered corridor or gallery
running round the whole length of the building. None of
the doors were closed, but sentries were planted at
intervals along the gallery. The prisoners were almost
all of them elderly men, and seemed very unhappy. Mr
Schlientz, who is both an Arabic and a Hebrew scholar,
spoke to several of them on the subject of religion,
pointing out to them, in their affliction, the
consolations of Scriptures, which appeared greatly to
excite the mirth of our attendants and other bystanders.

The prisoners confined here were either six or seven in
number, the remainder, amongst whom was the Rabbi, were
in custody in another part of the Seraglio, in
apartments on the ground floor.

The chambers in which the prisoners were lodged were
tolerably comfortable, and spacious enough to afford
them the means of taking partial exercise. An obvious
desire existed on the part of our attendants to
represent matters in the most favourable light, and to
convince us that the prisoners, in their confinement,
were treated with the greatest leniency.

I have been particular, at the risk of being thought
tedious, in giving a c