[668] Ibid., Ponsonby to Palmerston, December 16, 1840 (enclosure I.); Napier to Ponsonby, December 14, 1840, “I was led to believe by letters which I had received from different members of the Government that they were most anxious to settle the Eastern question speedily.”
[669] Ibid., Palmerston to Admiralty, December 15, 1840; Palmerston to Ponsonby, December 17, 1840.
[670] Ibid., Ponsonby to Palmerston, December 8, 1840.
[671] Admiralty (in letters) 5504, Syria, II., Stopford to Admiralty, December 10, 1840.
[672] Levant correspondence, Ponsonby to Palmerston, December 16, 23, 1840.
[673] Ibid., Palmerston to Ponsonby, October 15, 1840.
[674] Ibid., Ponsonby to Palmerston, December 23, 1840.
[675] Ibid., Palmerston to Ponsonby, December 17, 1840.
[676] Levant correspondence, Ponsonby to Palmerston, January 10, 13, 1841.
[677] Ibid., Barrow to Backhouse, February 1, 28, 1841.