Allgemeine Zeitung 11th of March 1822 The Ottoman fleet is preparing to depart from the Dardanelles with 60 ships and 12,000 troops, under the command of Halil Bey and Mehmet Pasha. A new vessel, armed with 84 cannons, has been constructed in Constantinople and is ready for operations in the Archipelago. The Bishops in the City are being held under constant detention. The Greeks of Constantinople have provided a large sum of money to repair the metropolitan buildings that were damaged during the Turkish hostilities. Numerous news reports regarding the situation in Epirus, Khurshid Pasha, and Ali Pasha.