The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Marc, VT.

GUILDHALL. -- INSUBORDINATION ♦MONG
PRINTERS' APPRENTICES. —Henry F. Bryant, an
apprentice employed in the printing establishment
of Messrs. Taylor and Greening, of Greystoke-
place, Fetter-lane, appeared upon a summons be-
fore Alderman Gabriel, to answer the complaint of
insubordination.

_Mr. Humphreys attended ou behalf of the em-
ployers, and haying stated the facts of tho case,
called

Mr. Easton Cottam, the overseer of the office,
who said—We print several papers, and among
them the Engineer, upon which the defendant is
employed, and on Monday last he applied to me for
leave to be absent for several hours, and I referred
him to Mr. Taylor. I saw him shortly after leav-
ing the office, and he then told me that Mr. Taylor
had refused to let him go, because the work would
not admit of it ; but that he had an appointment
with a friend at Primrose-hill, and that he could
not break that for Mr. Taylor's work. I asked
him if he knew the consequence of going away
without his master's permission, and he rep'ied he
did, and then left the office.
Alderman Gabrie:—Are there many apprentices?
Mr. Cottam—There are eleven, sir,
Mr. Taylor said—The defendant is bound to me,
and has served about four years of his apprentice-
ship. About ten o'clock on Monday 'lorniug he
came to ask me if I could give him leave to be
absent until three o'clock. I told him the work
would not permit it, or I would ; upon which he
left my office, as I thought, to go to his work ; but
on going out into the work-room, about half au
hour after, I discovered the defendant was absent.
When he asked me first ho said Mr. Cottam had
given him permission if I would let him go ; but I
knew that was untrue, because the work was of that
nature that we have teen obliged to take on six or
seven extra m. n within the last week.

Alderman Gabriel—Have you had occasion to
complain of the defendant's conduct before ?
Mr. Taylor said—Yes, sir. Some time ago we
decided upon rewarding the apprentices according
to their work, fur which purpose we required each
one to furnish an account of his week's work, and
this system was in operation for several mouths ;
but about four or five weeks since, the defendant
came into my room, as a delegate from the other
apprentices' to state that they were determined for
the future to make out no more bills of their work,
and his conduct on that occasion was most offensive ;
since which, a spirit of rebellion has prevailed in
the office, which threatens to subvert the whole sys-
temof the establishment. One of our apprentices
w_ I,%..ourned for s at this court on Monday last, and that case is
'All
fortnight and while Mr. Greening

was attending here the other apprentices amused
themselves by making all sorts of noises in my hear-
ing with the view of annoying me, and bringing me
into contempt.
Alderman Gabriel—Have y an anything to say to
this complaint ?
Defendant—l told Mr. Co{ tam I wished to see
the eclipse, and as there was i tot much work in the
house I went.

Alderman Gabriel—Were 3 'au aware that other
men had been taken on recen
Defendant—Yes, sir ; but .42ey were employed
upon different work.
Mr. Taylor—The other api )re ntices asked for the
key to enable them to go on the roof and see the
eclipse, and I gave it to them immediately.
Alderman Gabriel (to defen do nt)—lf the other
apprentices were content with. iewing the eclipse
from the roof of the office, vile y could not you be
also, instead of neglecting your master's work for
several hours against his comr as .nds. Why did you
refuse to make out your weekly bills?
Defendant—Because the re wards were not paid
to us regularly.
Alderman Gabriel—. But y on are bound to.obey
your master's lawful caramel ids.
Defendant—Yes, sir, but were misinformed,
for we wrote to the editor of ova) of the newspapers,
because we understood that such questions were
answered by a lawyer, and 'th a reply we got was
that we were not bound to nay.ke out such bills.
Alderman Gabriel—What paper did you write
WI
Defendant—The Sunday '_Timei, sir.
Alderman Gabriel—Then I suppose you also
wrote to the editor to ask if I had the power to
send you to prison 1
Defendant—No, !Ir.

Alderman Gabriel—You t tre brought here on a
very serious charge, and the consequences to your-
self are s ill more serious. Thly duty is to send you
to gaol, and however reluctran t I may be to send
is Petting an honest living
ato respectable
prison,
ave no alternative but
to perform that duty. Such acts of rebellion as
youthffeel
that who I
you have committed are sufficient to contami-
nate the whole establislement, and calculated
to prove most injurious 'to your master's busi-
ness. The spirit of insnbordination has evi-
dently gone very far among you, by your
writing to the editor of a newspaper for advice,
in order that you might resist your master's not
unreasonable demands; and it does not appear that
you at all regret your misconduct. You have not
made the least apology, or evinced the slightest con-
trition before me, for what bas passed ; and if Mr.
Humphreys, for Messrs. Taylor and Greening, de-
sire that you be sent to prison, I will not shrink
from the responsibility of a duty which may brand
you for life with the imputation of having been
sent to a felon's gaol.
Mr. Humphreys—l did not intend to interfere
beyond laying the facts of the case before you ; but
Mr. Taylor now instructs me to say that if the de-
fendant will express his contrition, and promise to
obey his master, and conduot himself properly in
future, ho will not press for any punishment.
Alderman Gabriel—lt is evident, by Mr. Taylor's
intercession, that he is not a harsh master.
The defendant here said he was sorry for his mis-
conduct, and made the required promise ; upon
which his master shook hands with him, and said
he was satisfied, from his knowledge of defendant's
disposition, that he would keep his word.
Alderman Gabriel—l am glad to see the master
shaking hands with the apprentice ; and let me tell
you, young man, that Mr. Taylor has displayed a
much better spirit than 1 have seen in you, and I
hope you will be grateful to him for his kindness,
for it is only through him you have escaped a pri-
son, as I had made up my mind to send you to
prison for seven days at least.
The summons was then adjourned to the same
as that against the other apprentice, when the cases
will he dealt with according to the conduct of the
parties.

BOW-STREET.—EXTRAORDINARY CASE. —W.
J. Aitchison, aged 21, a clerk in the Union Bank
of London, Princes-street, and the son of a mem-
ber of the Common Council, and Fanny Hill, a
young woman, who described herself as the wife of
an architect, lodging at 35, Great James-street,
Bedford-row, were placed at the bar before Mr.
Henry, charged with stealing a purse containing a
half-sovereign and about 7s. in silver, from the per-
son of Jane Harvey, a married woman.
The prosecutrix deposed that she was the wife
of a coachman living at 56, Gloucester-mews, and
was herself in the service of a gentleman's family
at present residing at St. Leonard's. On Tuesday
evening, about half-past seven o'clock, she was
walking from Russell-square towards Bedford-
square, on her way home, when she met the two
prisoners, arm-in-arm. The male prisoner, stopping
her, said, "Is this Keppel-street 1" Witness re-
plied, "I think it is." He then asked the name of
the square at the end of the street, and she told
him " Russell square." About this time the female
prisoner pres.ed rudely against her (witness's) side
while the conversation was going on. The male
prisoner then asked the way to Southampton-row
and Queen square. Witness pointed out the direc-
tion of the places to the best of her ability, after
which the prisoners walked on. Witness, having
her suspicion aroused by the conduct of the woman
and the number of questions put to her by the
young man, put her hand into her pocket, and in-
stantly missed her purse. She was then certain that
the prisoners had robbed her, and she resolved to
follow them. She did so, keeping a short distance
from them. After proceeding a little way along
Keppel-street, they turned round and walked back
aeain, crossed Bedford-square, and passed along
Bedford-street to Tottenham-court-road, at the
corner of which the male prisoner (who had looked
back and seen witness following him), whistled to
some men on the opposite side of the street. The
whistle was answered by another whistle, but wit-
ness did not see the man who responded to the sig-
nal. The prisoners then crossed Tottenham-court-
road, turned into a groan dark back street, in the
neighbourhood of Rathbone-place, and subse-
quentlyre crossed Tottenham-
iaintinntehrough Bedford-square
ss still followed them,
aconudrk-reopaNpvdee,
il_kpsetarsdeseibnta.gckagain
hoping to meet a constable shortly, although
not one hid yet appeared on the route. Iu
Keppel-street the male prisoner, seeing that
igsh uepretp to witness,
" You know what I am
followingnwkn
replied she was still behind them, left the young women
witness, asked her if she
waadslosatl
? you for." At this moment she saw two
men in the street, and telling them ti:at the pri-
soners had robbed her of her purse, asked one of
them to go and fetch a constable. e went into
Russell-square, and found one on duty there, No.
22 E, to whom wituess then stated the case, and
gave the prisoners into custody.
corroborated this latter
He took the prisoners to the stseion-
house, when they were searched. A porte-monnaie,
statement.Pice-consisting of 9s. in silver, and four pawnbrokers'
duplicates, were found on the female prisoner, but
Police-constable onstable 22 B,
the pu-se stolen from the prosecutrix was not
fount. Neither of the prisoners had a half-
sovereign. At the station, the female prisoner ad-
mitted that she knew Russell-square and.the district
very well but she did not think the young man did,
She pee her address, and witness went afterwards
to inquire at the house ill Great James-street,
where she lodged. He was there informed that
she did live there as Mrs. Hill, and had bean there
about eigh.een months ; Mr. Hill having been
there three years. She was told that she had been
a servant in the family of Mr. Deputy Aitchison,
the male prisoner's father.
Mr. Henry—Did the male prisoner deny the
statement of the prosecutrix
lyi.ass—lle did not denyhaving asked the way
to the various places mentioned, but he denied
having robbed her.

At this point the male prisoner's attorney re-
quested that he might send for counsel, and after
au adjournment for this purpose, Mr. Metcalf.
atte-de I for him.

In the meantime e Mr. Hill, who said he was the
husband of the young
woman at the bar, requested
that he might have the keys which had been taken
from his wife by the constable. The application
was granted.

The prosecutrix added, that in the middle of the
night, after one o'clock, a constable brought the
male prisoner's brother to her residence and called
her up. She got up, and the brother proposed to
compromise the case. Witne3s declined the offer,
stating that she had placed the matter in the hands
of the police, and it must remain with them.
Mr. Metcalfe
cross-examined the prosecutrix
with considerable perseverance, but without elicit-
ing a singh discrepancy in her statement. She had
felt the purse in her pocket shortly before.
The sergeant at the station (11 E) who took the
c deposed that the prosecutrix gave precisely
the sauce account of the affair to him, and it was so
clear and straightforward he felt bound to take the
charge. Finding afterwards that the prisoners
had given their right addresses, and that the young
man was very respectably connected, he thought )t
right to send a constable to ascertain if the pros(
cutrix had also given her right address. The pri-
soner's brother wished to accompany the offic-r,
but the latter had nothing whatever to do with the
proposal to compromise the case.
Mr. -Metcalfe said his answer to this extraordi-
nary charge was, that the prisoner knew nothing
about the purse, and that the prosecutrix must
have lost it in some other way. The facts, he be-
lieved, were, that the young man Aitchison, and
his brother, had gone to spend the evening at Mr.
Hill's, at whose house they had met a young mid-
shipman. Mr, Hill proposed that the prisoner's

brother, the midshipman, and himself, should go
out and have a game of billiards together ; and, to
compensate the wife for their absence, Hill pro-
posed that the younger Aitchison (the pri-
soner) should take her out for a stroll. This was
how they came to be walking together when
they met the prosecutrit and asked the ques-
tions as to the way, probably not wishing to get
too far away from home. Surely upon such •vi-
dence as this, the magistrate would not inflict upon
a most respectable family the distress which would
be occasioned by the committal of a youth like the
prisoner, who held a most responsible situation,
and bore an excellent character, as he had various
witnesses to show.

Mr. Henry—l could not dismiss the charge
without expressing a strong opinion upon it. It is
shown that the female prisoner, with whom he w 7.3
walking arm-in•arm, knew Russell-square perfectly
well, and residing, as sh• has done for 18 months,
in the immediate locality, it would be difficult to
believe that she did not know every one of the
places asked for. Besides, when informed, they
went in the contrary direction.
Mr. Metcalfe did not attach much importance to
this. Besides, the prosecutrix may have been mis-
taken.

Mr. Henry—Her statement was not denied by
either of ti e prisoners. Then there is the fact of
his having whistled to some one before turning into
a dark bye street.
Mr Metcalfe, I whistle myself occasionally in the
street, but I suppose I must abandon the practice.
There was a cab-stand at the corner of the street,
and the whistling may have come from there.
Mr. Henry—l really could not say that the male
prisoner left the dock without a reproach upon his
character, and therefore it is better that the case
should go before a jury.
Mr. lstletealfe—ln that ease we should prefer his
going for trial. The suspense would be fatal to
him. I will call a witness, however, to speak to
his character.

Mr. W. G. Pullinger, chief cashier at the Union
Bank of London (head establishment), said—The
prisoner is a clerk at our bank, and has been with
us upwards of two years. His father is a deputy
of one of the wards (the Tower), and the architect
of our bank. The prisoner is very regular in his
habits, and bears an excellent character. I think
it very likely that he knows scarcely anything of
the West end. Mr. Hill tells me that he proposed
a game of billiards with the prisoner's brother and
a friend, and, just to pacify the wife, said to the
prisoner, " Here, William, you just take my wife
out for a bit of a stroll." What followed appears to
me all natural enough.
Mr. Hill (stepping forward) said—l know that
Wm. Aitchison is ignorant of the locality. My wife
knows the places, but not the names of the streets.
Mr. Henry—Most people ask the way to a place
with the view of going to it. The prisoner asks the
way to several places, not wishing to go to either.
Then why did he ask so many questions, if not to
engage the prosecutrix ? The case must go for trial,
but I will accept bail—two sureties of 501. each,
besides their own recognisances.
The prisoners were then committed for trial, the
male prisoner's father and Mr. Hill being accepted
as bail for the woman.

CLERKENWELL.—Sir Jas. I‘l‘ll.enzie, Bart.,
now staying at th© Great Northern Hotel, King's-
cross, and who appeared to be suffering from an
attack of delirium tremens, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with violently as-
saulting Louisa Fane, residing in Cirencester-place,
Portland-road, at the Great Northern Railway
Station, King's-cross.
Louisa Fane said—l am a " gay woman," and
reside in Cirencester-place, Portland-road. Last
night the defendant called at my lodgings, and af-
terwards asked me to go with him in a cab to his
hotel for the purpose of paying me some money
which be owed me. I consented to go with him,
and when we got to the Great Northern Railway
Hotel he got out first, and when I followed him he
struck me with his stick, and followed it up by hit-
ting me a violent blow over the head, which broke
his stick. -He would have done a deal more had he
not been stopp-d by one of the officers. I have
known the defendant about three months. I did
not strike him or have any angry words with' him
while in the cab.

Defendant—Was it last night or the night be-
fore that I sbruck you.
Witness—Last night, about 8 o'clock.
Defendant (emphatically)--That is a lie. (Laugh-
ter.) I believe lam sober, which I must confess is
rather remarkable. What is the money owing for
Complainant—That question I decline to answer.
Fussell, No. 12, of the Great Northern Railway
police, said—l was on duty in front of the booking
office last night, when a cab, containing the defend-
ant and two females, drove up on the opposite side
of the way. The defendant got out of the cab,
and was followed by the complainant, when, in the
most excited manner, he commenced calling out
" murder," " thieves," police," &c., and struck
the complainant with his stick several times.
One of the blows was of such a violent character,
that it broke the stick in half. I then stepped in,
' and prevented the defendant doing any further
violence.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Was the defendant the worse for
liquor
Witness—Well, I don't know what to say. He
appeared very funny, the same as he now does.
(Laughter.)
Oecily Wilson said—l reside at 22, Cirencester-
place. I am a dressmaker, and make as many
dresses as I can. lam not so " unfortunate" as
Miss Fane. Last night I was induced by the de-
fendant to go with him in a cab along with Miss
Fane to his hotel, when he would pay her 2/. that
he owed her. As soon as ho got out of the el.b he
struck her several times without provocation, and
had it not ben for the police, who interfered, ho
would have injured her very much.
The defendant said he was a gentleman, and did
not wish to deny the charge.
Mr. Tyrw hitt, after suggesting that the d- fondant
should settle the matter with the complainant—a
suggestion which he declined to adopt—said the
ass'ault was proved, and he should inflict upon him
the full penalty of 5/., or iu default of payment,
two calendar months' imprisonment in the House
of Correction. .

The defendant said he could easily pay that or
any other amount, and was removed to the cells,
but was afterwards taken away in the van.

WESTMINSTER.—James Fard, who was stated
by the police to Le a fellow trafficking in valuable
dogs, was charged with being concerned with
another man, not in custody, iu stealinc, a very
fine Skye terrier, the property of Mrs. Mary Ann
Robar:s, of 29, Bromptou-square.
The dog in question was produced dead, and laid
with great care by the lady's servant upon the table.
Mrs. Roberts said that about a month ago she was
walking in Brompton-row, when she saw the pri-
soner and another man. She had her Skye terrier
with her, and while she stopped for a moment to
adjust the lower part of her dress she saw the pri-
soner's companion throw something resembling a
piece of putty towards the dog. She then turned the
corner of Brompton-square towards her own house,
and in an instant the animal was gone. She caused
advertisements to be inserted in newspapers and
handbills printei, offering a reward, but all to no
avail. She had had the dog 11 years, and it was a
great favourite, and she was recommended to avail
herself of the services of Mx. Farmer, a dog fancier,
to make inquiries amongst dog stealers, and endea-
vour to hear of it, and as an incentive, she offered
2/. for the dog, if alive, and 1/. for his remains, if
dead ; and after a great deal of excitement and loss
of time, Farmer, last night, came to her house,
and informed her that he had tidings of her dog,
and that the men who had got it were at a
publie-house in the neighbourhood. She went
with her servant, and upon the men coming out
into the street, recognised the prisoner and the
man who had thrown the stuff resembling petty
to the dog. Prisoner then informed her that if
she gave him 30s. she should have the body of the
dog, as he was dead ; but she refused until the dog
was produced, as she considered she could not take
the word of any persons like the prisoner. The
accused thou proposed that her servant should ac-
company him to where the dog was, but as she
feared some trick might be played she determined
to go herself, and accordingly a cab was called and
prisoner and his companion having taken their seats
by the driver, she was taken a great distance into
a low dirty neighbourhood, where the prisoner
alighted, and after a lapse of some minutes came
to the oab door w:th something wrapped in black
cloth, and demanded the money promised for the
dead dog ; but be would not allow her to examine
it so as2to be satisfied of its identity ; and a police-
man corning up at the moment, she called him, and
know.ng that the prisoner and his companion were
the persons who had absolutely stolen the dog, gave
them into custody. Prisoner, wl.o was intoxicAted,
was captured, but the police refused to take the
other fellow, who escaped. The dog, upon exami-
nation, turned out to be the one stolen from the
lady.
Prisoner was remanded fur further inquiry, and
that the conduct of the police might not pass dis-
regarded.

SOUTH WARK. —Tot i is Daniel Jackson, a tall,
well-dressed man, who stated himself to be an ad-
vertising agent, residing at No. 1, Cumberland-
place, Blackfriars-road, was charged with defraud-
ing Richard Ford of the sum of 2/.
The prosecutor, a 3 oupg man, residing in Mor-
timer-street, Herne Bay, said that about the latter
end of last month he saw an advertisement in the

Kenttislt Times, a Canterbury paper, for a young
man of steady and active habits to deliver an agri-
cultural work in the county of Kent to subscribers.
It was a monthly work at 55., and had 460 sub-
scribers, The salary was a guinea a week with
travelling expenses extra, and an allowance of os.
for every new subscriber obtained. Applicants
were to address "J. 8., No. 1, Cumberland-place,
John-street, Blackfriars-road." Applicant thinking
it a pretty good situation, and being out of work,
answered the advertisement, when he received a
letter, signed J. Knight, offering him the situa-
tion, and informing him that the books would be
sent by railway to Maidstone on his forwarding
21. as security ; that he could deduct that from the
first money he received. Witness wrote to him
and told him he had good references to give instead
of sending the 21. He received another letter
signed J. knight, referring him to Mr. J. Smith,
at Maidstone, and witness, meeting a friend from
that place, asked him if he knew a Mr. Smith
there, and receiving an answer in the affirmative,
he sent a post-office order for the 21. to Mr. Knight,
No. 1, Cumberland-place. He went to Maidstone
but found no parcel for hire there, and he was in-
duced to come to London, and at the railway sta-
tion ho ascertained that no parcel had been sent
for him. He then suspected that ho had been
swindled, and he was induced to call at the office
of the Kentish Times to ask after the party who
inserted the advertisement. He was told the ad-
vertisement was sent from London to be inserted
three times, but no money had been sent, neither
did they know the patty who forwarded it.
Mr. Burcham expressed his surprise that a news-
paper proprietor should insert such advertisements
without the money from a party totally unknown.
The prisoner was remanded until Monday.

EASTERN DIPLOAIACY.

(Prom the Morning Post.)

Something more notable even thau the close of an
important epoch in the history of Turkey is marked
by the withdrawal of Viscount Stratford do Red-
cliffe from the British Embassy at Constantinople.
The completion of that eminent diplomatic career
signalises in a remarkable manner the advance
made by British interests in the East during the
last half century, and by necessity, therefore, as
the inevitable consequence of the advance of
those grand principles of modern civilisation of
which they are at once the most powerful
champions and the most conspicuous represen-
tatives. It is now upwards of fifty years since
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe began, in connection
with that very same legation of ours at the Otto-
man Porte, that distinguished and protracted career
in diplomacy which has just been brought to its
mature and singularly successful consummation.
The retrospect—looking back for a moment down
that long perspective of years, years crowded by so
many startling and renowned occurrences—is en-
titled, we cannot but think, at this moment to our
grateful and earnest consideration. It is a retro-
spoct, moreover, which may be designated, without
exaggeration, as in many particulars really extra-
ordinary. Sufficient will have been remarked upon
this point in the way of elucidation, when we have
recalled to mind, in a few words, the circumstances
under which Mr. Stratford Canning first made his
appearance in a diplomatic capacity at Constantino-
ple. It occurred almost immediately after the me-
morable expedition of the squadron conducted, in
1807, by Admiral Sir John Duckworth across the
ware clausain of the Sea of Marmora and the for-
bidden channel of the Dardanelles—an expedition
thwarted solely by the magnificent defence organ-
ised with heroic courage and with little less than
miraculous rapidity by the military genius of Gen.
(afterwards Marshal) Sebastiani, then at the Court
of Sultan Selina in the capacity of French Ambas-
sador. It was in the midst of the still unabated
excitement naturally enough resulting from that
historical incident, that our diplomatist, then in
the flower of his youth, first penetrated to the
waters of the Golden Horn. Napoleon the Great
was at that time the lord paramount of Continental
Europe, and as such, a few mouths later on, agreed,
upon the occasion of the Treaty of Tilsit, to divide
the Turkish dominions with his Imperial Ally the
Russian Emperor Alexander, the Czar contenting
himself with Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bulgaria,
while France absorbed within the limits of her vast
empire, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, and the islands
of the classic Archipelago.
It was then, simultaneously with the birth of
those gigantic day-dreams of spoliation, that there
arrived at Constantinople, more than fifty years
ago, tho English diplomatist, under the guidance
of whose sagacity the interests of Great Britain
were so strenuously maintained that they at length
became in a manner dominant, and under the eagle
of whose protecting influence the integrity of thec
Turkish Empire, after being successively sustained
at the point of the pen and with the edge of the
sword, has been at ,length (however gradually)
securely and consistently consolidated.
If nothing more than a simple coincidence of
time, it is interesting at any rate to remember that
it was precisely in the same year, 18..19, in which
Viscount Palmerston first took office as Secre'ary-
at-War, that Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe was
fret formally appointed Secretary of Legation at
the great scone of his future Embassy, viz , Con-
stantinople. Since then a parallel course has been
in some measure run by diplomatist and adminis-
trator—by the latter as incomparably foremost
among all our living statesman—by the former as
assuredly one of the most laborious, and also, it
must be allowed one of the most successful, of our
Ambassadors. It is particularly worthy of remem-
branoe, as illustrativeaof the consistency of his whole
policy in regard to Turkey, that while Mr. Stratford
Canning conceived it advisab!e in 18:2 t) persuade
the Porte to cede the provinces of Bessarabia to the
Czar, at the very crisis when the sword of the then
all-conquering Napoleon was in a manner at the
throat of the Russian autocracy—he simultaneously
insisted upon the yielding up by the Muscovite
forces of both Moldavia and Wallachia, taking the
channel of the river Pruth as the inexorable
boundary line of demarcation between the Russian
and the Turkish territories. From the maintenance
of that position—a position affording a key to his
entire policy—his future Excellency never once
swerved during all the long years subsequently.
And it should be remembered, in regard to the
lengthened continuance of his diplomatic responsi-
bilities at Constantinople, that while he took his
departure from the Turkish capital shortly after the
treaty of Bucharest—subsequently proceeding, in
1814, as Minister to Switzerland ; and again, in
1820, as Minister to Washington ; conducting, be-
sides this, in 1824, a special mission of peculiar
delicacy at the Court of St. Petersburg—he returned
in 1826 to his original post at Constantinople, only
this time iu a supreme capacity as his Britannic
Majesty's representative. Then it was that Sir
Stratford Canning inaugurated his labours as Am-
bassador to the Ottoman Porte by his famous inter-
view with Mavrocordato, soon after the disastrous
but heroic fall of the Greek patriots at Missolonghi.
Afterwards, it cannot speedily be lost to recollec-
tion in European history, how far his Excellency
not merely witnessed, hot directly participated in,
the glorious task of moulding the events consequent
upon the Greek Revolution. Prominent, of course,
among the episodes of the Turkish annals coming
immediately within the scope of the noble via-
ount's personal remembrance is, doubtless, that
sanguinary destruction of the four thousand Janis-
saries by order of Sultan Mahmoud, which may
reasonably be regarded as comparable in some de-
gree to the butchery of the trelitzes by E'eter the
Great, as well as to Mahomet Ali's wholesale mas-
sacre of the Mamelukes. It is not, however, in
simply picturesque and bloody incidents like these
that lie the interest of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe'a
diplomatic recollections in connection with Con-
stantinople. It is rather in incidents directly asso-
ciated with the maintenance of the wise and humane
policy of which he himself dering all those years
has been the energetic and conscientious agent and
advocate in the East, and of which, under the
watchful observation of all Europe, Lord Palmer
stun has so long here in England been the arch-
exponent. With the exception of the f .
compara-
tively brief interval during which Sir Stratford
Canning occupied a seat in the House of Commons
—while Sir Robert Gordon assumed the cares
of the vacated Embassy to the Ottoman Porte—
the policy inaugurated in 1826 has been, with the
exception, we repeat, of that one short hiatus, sus-
tained per fas aut nefas by this one strong arm, by
this one bold will, iu the midst of all the bewil-
dering labyrinths of intrigue woven again and
again around him at Constantinople. Under the
auspices of this ono persevering Ambassador the
two last reforming Sultans,
his ,resent Majesty
Abdul Medjid, and les illustrious father and pre-
decessor, Mahmoud, have been enabled to carry
out, in defiance of every imaginable obstacle, the
grand scheme of the new system popularly known
in Turkey as that of the Tanzimat. Under the same
vigilant supervision the balance of power in Europe,
in spite of occasional shocks—shocks the most dire
and Beamingly the most disastrous—has been kept
in exquisite and almost uninterrupted equilibrium.
Smsetitnes, without question, he must have found
his indomit ible perseverance tared to the very
uttermost, when possibly at the moment of some
apparent success but just adroitly accomplished
the qualm of doubt as to its sufficiency may have
forced itself upon him wi,li the old disheartening
supposition—incedintus per ignes suivpositos anent
doloso. However this may be, the ulterior results
won by this resolute career yield of themselves, for
all past anxieties, abundant recompense. Those re-
sults history has already enumerated. They com-
prise among their number a barbarism virtually
abolished and an empire waved. The reward secured

by Lord Stratford de Redclifli--a reward of which
no one can deprive him—is the knowledgo that his
name will henceforth be associated with the memory
of those great achievements.

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