498 Account af a Mission from Turkey to the British Court. 
palace, we were received by the field-marshal and the other officers. 
Having entered the room, the field-marshal read a paper, the contents of 
which, as explained by our interpreter, were as follows: 
«* J, who am the commander of this delightful palace, which has been 
built for the gallant warriors who, exerting themselves with the utmost 
bravery in battle, prove their courage and zeal by the sacrifice of their 
persons, consider it as the highest honour and happiness to have been 
appointed by His Majesty the Kine in a manner so incomparable* and 
auspicious, to do the honours of hospitality to your Excellency the ambas- 
sador from the Sublime Porte. May God Almighty, who fulfils all desires, 
prosper the affairs of commerce, which are calculated to increase the good 
understanding and harmony that exist between the two courts; and may 
His Providence possess your Excellency’s heart with peace and comfort |” 
To this, we replied in the following speech :—* Agreeably to the sincere 
friendship and good understanding existing between His Majesty and the 
most glorious, most powerful, and most generous PapisuAn, the refuge of 
the world, our gracious Lord has been pleased to strengthen the relations of 
commerce, by which the inhabitants of the two countries must be more 
closely united to each other; bye-and-bye + you will, with God’s assistance, 
see the fruits, proving that the Sublime Porte refuses nothing to the English. 
We consider it as a particular favour of His Majesty the Kine, that you, 
my friend, have been appointed to receive us; we are gratified by it, and 
entertain the best wishes for your lasting health and welfare.” 
After this answer, our mihmdnddr, Lord Jersey, came to invite us, and 
announced his commission by saying, ‘* I am commanded to deliver to your 
Excellency the following message from His Majesty, the most illustrious 
and puissant king, my gracious lord, which he was pleased to declare ver- 
bally : «As the most perfect friendship and harmony reigns between us and 
the most illustrious, most noble, and most courageous PApisHAn of the 
t 4&3) cos). It seems the ambassador was aware that “ bye-and-bye” was a phrase that 
would please the English; because, in a campaign in which both nations had fought together, 
bye-and-bye was the constant reply of the Turkish soldiers and marines, when roused and pressed 
by the English sailors and soldiers, crying, Hdideh ! haideh! « Go on! go on!” Thus each of 
the two nations first learnt from each other the phrase most congenial to their character—the 
English that of activity, the Turks that of tardiness. 
