НАГРАДЪ ГРАФА УВАРОВА. 
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With the refusai of tlie Turkish Government to reply to my Note in any 
otlier terms or any other form, but those, which the Reis-Efendi had before 
employed, you are, Sir, already acquainted. I bave also informed you in my 
precceding Dispatch of the final déclaration, which I made to the Reis-Efendi 
on tliis subject, and I bave since written in pursuance of your instructions 
to state the issue of the business to the Commander in Chief of Ilis Majesty’s 
naval forces in the Mediterranean. 
Every liope of prevailing on the Porte to accept our öfters of médiation, 
without the impulse of some new and extraordinary circumstance was of 
course extinguished by the conclusive manifestation of the Sultan’s senti- 
ments. In reflecting however on the course, pursued by His Higlmess and 
making every fair allowance for Turkish Préjudices, I w r as at a loss to con- 
ceive any adéquate reasons for the dry unceremonious manner, in which the 
friendly overture of His Majesty’s Government had been rejected. The ré- 
pugnance of the Porte to admit any foreign interférence respectiug Greece, 
and lier motives for pretending to consider lier différences with Russia, as 
settled, were perfectly conceivable; but where could be the necessity or the 
advantage of rejecting a friendly proposai in such a manner, as to show the 
most decided ill-humour and to risk giving serious ofifence to Great Britain? 
The resuit of the inquiries made through various channels and in various 
directions with a view to the unravelling of tliis mystery, is, what I hâve 
already, in substance, stated to you, namely, that the Sultan is absorbed, 
heart and soûl, in the desire of reducing the Greeks to submission, that lie 
suspects us of aiming at their iudependence, that lie more, tlian suspects us 
of liaving contributed to the success, which lias hitherto attended their in- 
surrection, and, in fine, that every suggestion of ours is viewed through the 
medium of tliis persuasion; — a persuasion, which is fed and sustained by 
the misrepresentations of some, and the exagérations of others of our pro- 
ceedings, which are continually poured in upon the Porte by those, who 
eitlier hâte the principles of His Majesty’s Government, or are jealous of 
British ascendancy. 
On general grounds of expediency it must still be désirable to counteract 
the intrigues and to correct the false impressions, which threaten to affect 
most seriously the wliole Body of our relations with tliis Empire. In a pre- 
ceeding Dispatch I had the lionour of transmitting to you an unofficial paper, 
explanatory of the tender, which had been made through me of His Majesty's 
good offices for restoring the Turkish Empire to a state of complété and 
durable tranquillity. That mémorandum was circulated confidentially among 
the members of the Divan and submitted to the Sultan himself. I hâve since 
judged it necessary in conséquence of further information as to the prevailing 
