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The contents of the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi were published in the Morning Herald of August 21, 1833. On August 24, Sir Robert Inglis asked Lord Palmerston, in the House of Commons,

Seven months afterwards, he assures the House that

He did know the treaty, in August, but not officially.

Yes, the noble lord was in possession of the treaty before it had been concluded.

"No sooner had the Porte received it (namely, the draft of the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi), than the treaty was communicated by them to the British Embassy at Constantinople, with the prayer for our protection against Ibrahim Pasha and against Nicholas. The application was