Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-08
HOBART PASHA.
How the TuFkfAh Admiral Continues
10 Draw His One rOund Per bay
fr0m the British Governments.


How thsTurkish Admiral Continues
10 Draw His One rOund Fer bay
from M British GOvernmenT.
London Daily News.l
A parliamentary paper has been
printed, entitled Correspondence Re
specting the Removal from Her Msjes-
TVS Navy of Captain Hobart, and His
Subsequent Reinstatement. From this
correspondence we learn that in Decem.
Der, 1867, the Greek minister informed
Lord Stanley, then, as now, secretary Of
State for iore,ga affairs, that he believed
au English officer, Captain Hobart, R.
n, had taken service in the Turkish
navy to direct the blockade Of Crete.
Ga inquiry at the admiralty, Lord Derby
was informed that my lords had no such
intelligence but would inquire. On
January IL, 1868, Captain Hobart, who
bad been communicated with, informed
the admiralty hat the report referred to
was not true. Six days afterward Sir
Henry Elliot wrote home that Captain
Hobart had told him that he had had
an offer from the Turkish Govern
ment so advantageous that he meant
to accept it. The ambassador told him
that It he did such a thing without the
sanction Of the queens government,
which he was not likely to obtain, he
must not be surprised if his name was
struck of the list of her majesty navy,
"a contingency for which" added Sir
Henry Elliot, he o seems prepared.
Ga the Oath OF January Captain Hobart
placed his commission in her msjesty's
service at the disposal of the admiralty,
in a letter to its secretary, requesting TO
be placed on the retired list. On the 10Th
OF February he was officially told that he
could rot be placed on the retired list,
aud that should he adhere 10 his determ.
lnstion to serve the Turkish government
dis name must be struck off the list Of
her mGjesty's navy. On the 28th Of
February Captain Hobart addressed a
letter to the admiralty, asking for
time to consider the line of conduct he
should pursue. On the 18th of March
Lord Stanley informed the Lords of the
Admiralty that be saw no reason why
Captain Hobarts resignation should not
be accepted, and on the following day his
name was struck of the list of British
officers. On the 26th Of May Captain
Hobart, trusting their lordships would
consider be had been sufficiently pun
ished. applied to the admiralty to rein
state him. He was told that his request
could not be considered until the Cretan
question had been settled. In Decem-
Der Of the same year Captain Hobart,
who had been named a Turkish rear ad-
miral, took command Of the ~blockeding
squadron on the coast Of Crete. In
March, 1869, Captain Hobart again re-
quested the Lords Of the Admiralty to
take his case into onsideration-urging
besides his long service as a British OIL
GER, his services on the Cretan coast,
which he hoped would count in his
favor. Lord Clarendon, who had become
foreign secretary, observed upon this
application that be did not think the re-
instatement Of Captain Hobart called
for by the public interests. In the fol.
lowing May Captain Hobart, acknowledge
Jog a letter from the admiralty, notifying
him that his request could not be com
piled with, intimated that that decision
was neither liberal nor fair; he could not
think that his conduct in taking foreign
service without permission was unpar.
donable; though "it might" he said,
" have interfered with some pet scheme
of persons in high authority" In 0cto-
Der, 1874, when Lord Stanley, now be.
come Lord Derby, was again foreign
secretary, Captain Hobart renewed his
application, this time to the foreign
office direct. In sending the application
to the admiralty, Lord Derby re-
peated the opinion that 1.-THE rein
statement of Admiral Hobart Pasha
would be Of material advantage in
supporting him IN the position which
be holds at the porte" and might
properly be accorded as "a matter Of
imperial policy" Hobart Pasha said,
in his letter to the foreign Office, that be
felt the Importance Of his position. pc
~litically and otherwise aud desired his
reinstatement on that account. Hobart
Pasba was reinstated in his formsr rank
as captain in the royal navy, and placed
on the retired list from the date Of his
restoration. In 9 letter Of January 26,
1875, Hobart Pasha thanks the secretary
of the admiralty, observing that his
position is one in which the support Of
her msjesty's government is of the
greatest importance" The last letter of
the series is from the secretary of the
admiralty, informing Hobart Pasha that
be will rise by seniority to the rank Of
retired admiral, and that directions have
been given him to draw retired pay, FL
pefdiem from the date of his reinstate-
ment,