THE FUGITIVES AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2860, 15 April 1878, Page 3

THE FUGITIVES AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

-The following spirited letter appeared in Tho Times of Feb. 23:— .

TQ THE ETJWOE.

Sir, —I read in tho despatches of Prince Gorfcchafcoff that ho gives ns a reason for refusing to order that the exodus of poor wretches escaping from the horrors, of war should be arrested by eweuranceß of protection being given to them by the Russian nrnty, thftt Hobart Pa»b» had bombard«d open towns or the Oriinei.l! corns.b. Mis Highness has been misinformed in regard to, my action in this respect. Since this diabolical war began I have; carefully, abstained from firing on places unprotected by troops »nd guns, though I have frequently paasod within easy range of the beautiful palace of the Emperor and the villas of the haute noblesse o? Kassia in the Crimea (for nbt destrojing which I have been much blamed in somo quarters). '< His Highness refers to tho attack on Eupatorin and Theodoaia. I was not present when that attack was made by a detachment consisting of two vessels, which were provoked • into making it by having been fired at on approaching the shore previous to their having fired a shot. I must admit that I fully approve &sjir conduct as being in accordance with the usages of war; but, I ask, is it possible that Frisco GortohakofF can compare this insignificant affair, in which very little damage was done and only three or four people injured^ with'the horrors ibflicted on tens —nay, one may say hundreds of thousands of:; unhappy people (who even while I writ© are dying daily by-hundreds from starvation and misery) by pitiless Cossacks, thieving Circassians, and.the gentle Bulgarians ?—I am, Sir, your obedient servant, HoBAttT Pasha.

Constantinople, Feb. 11,