28 MAY 1881, Page 2

The Turks have signed a convention under which Greece will

take possession of Thessaly, by a series of movements which must be completed before November l st, aud Mr. Gosehen re- turns home. He declined, it is now publicly stated, the Indian Viceroyalty, and will resume his place in the House of Commons. He has, on the whole, succeeded at Constantinople. As France refused to keep her pledges, and England was not willing to coerce Turkey alone, and so break up the concert of Europe, it was impossible for him to secure Epirus to Greece ; but he fought as long as possible, and kept his colleagues firm in de- manding the cession of Thessaly: They would at one time, but for him, have accepted Crete instead. He has, moreover, held Turks, who now at last understand very plain language to the that their continued sway iu Europe is not indispensable to England, and that they have to face or to conciliate their enemies alone. His successor, Lord Duffetin, will, we trust, be able to convince the Pashas that Macedonia must be made a little more secure ; and that if the Armenians are oppressed as at present, there will be an Armenian question open within three months. He has bad a good deal of experience of Turks, and in Syria succeeded in hanging a Pasha, to the indefinite relief of mankind throughout that coast. The constitution he helped to frame for the Lebanon would, as an ad interim, compromise, just suit Armenia.