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PP/GC/PO/241 Letter from Lord Ponsonby to Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, concerning the plans for General Skranowsky to go to Constantinople secretly for discussions with the Seraskier, the unlikelihood of the British officers being accepted by the Porte until England replies to the Sultan's request for help against Mehemet Ali, the measures taken in the case of ill treatment of Mr Churchill, the joint instructions from Nesselrode on Egypt and Syria, the mission of Monsieur Blacque to secure a loan, the need to gain the confidence of the Sultan, the presents given by the Russian government on the occasion of the restoration of Silestria to Turkey, 16 May 1836