[13] “Blue Book,” Turkey, 2, No. 105.

[14] Nineteenth Century, February 1888, p. 279.

[15] Although a man of this description, unfit for Parliament, was quite fitted to represent his Sovereign at one of the most important Courts of Europe.—Author.

[16] The Director‐General of official and private correspondence between the Palace and the Sublime Porte.

[17] Blue Book, Turkey, 2, 1877, No. 152.

[18] Nineteenth Century, January 1903.

[19] Blue Book, Turkey, 1, 1877, No. 985.

[20] Times, 10th February 1877.

[21] Mr Blunt, H.B.M. Consul at Salonica, addressed the following despatch to Lord Derby:—

“Salonica, 10th February 1877.