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 42 was, therefore, not in a position to spare one single ship—(House of Commons, July 11, 1833, and March 17, 1834).

But what the Sultan insisted on was precisely naval assistance. For argument’s sake, we will grant the noble lord to have been unable to dispose of one single vessel. But there are great authorities assuring us that what was wanted was not a single vessel, but only a single word on the part of the noble lord. There is Lord Mahon, who had just been employed at the Foreign Office under Sir Robert Peel, when he made this statement. There is Admiral Codrington, the destroyer of the Turkish fleet at Navarino.

There is the Duke of Wellington.

But there are still better authorities. There is the noble lord himself.

There is Lord Derby, then Mr. Stanley and a member of the Palmerston Cabinet, who