(FROM TRUTH.)
11 Sire," said blunt-spoken Hobart Pasha to the Sultan the other day, " here is an opportunity to gain the goodwill of England and France, which your Majesty should not slip. Send me down to Egypt with Halim and two ironclads,, and I'll settle the Khedive." The Sultan smiled, but did not reprove the gallant admiral.
There are pleasant reports from Cyprus, Trade is stagnant. The crops are drying up. The sky is like brass. The earth is like iron. sThere is great mortality among the cattle. The peasants have commenced to eat the nauseous dog-root in lieu of bread, It is reported that the Government will collect the tithes in Turkish fashion, which will result in certain loss to them. Altogether, the policy of annexation seems to be enflfcently successful. Why has Government never answered the statement of Sir Kobert'Peel that the same mail which took Lord C. out the " wigging/ despatch also took out a private letter apologising for it, and begging him not to resign ?
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3237, 4 July 1879, Page 3
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169(FROM TRUTH.) Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3237, 4 July 1879, Page 3
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