“We have written to you letter after letter, entreating, that you would settle the affairs of Vlochò; but, hitherto, we have not obtained any satisfaction. Seeing at present the unfortunate position of our prefecture, and of our families, we have taken the resolution of presenting ourselves in a body to your Excellency, in the hope of inducing you to adopt measures, by which our tranquillity may at last be secured. Should our applications still prove fruitless, we are not aware what remains for us to do, but to throw ourselves into the sea. We remain, &c. &c.
