22 DECEMBER 1877, Page 3

A report was current on Sunday of the death of

Osman Pasha, and on Monday the Telegraph furnished its readers with the details. He had been informed by the surgeons that amputation of one leg was necessary, and having a box of opium by him, committed suicide. The Telegraph descanted on the horror which Mussulmans feel of amputation, and published an article showing how this suicide helped to display the nobleness of the Turkish character, and its complete freedom from effeminacy. It sang, in fact, a hymn of praise over the Turkish 'General for having yielded to a continued sense of despair, which be is far too brave a man ever to have felt. The story, all the while, was a pure invention, Osman Pasha being alive, most con- siderately treated, and in communication with his relatives.