3 NOVEMBER 1877, Page 3

A Turkish newspaper, called the Zemur and Bassiret, hasd l i e s r - covered

that Mr. Gladstone is the son of a Bulgarian pig-dealer named Trozadin, and that he himself was a pig-dealer in early life, and ran away to Servia at the age of sixteen, whence he was sent to London to sell pigs ; that he stole the proceeds, changed his name from Trozadin to Gladstone, and became Prime Minister; finally, that he was offered five thousand pounds by the Ottoman Government to put their finances in order, and that the with- drawal of the offer vexed him so much as to embark his bad Bul- garian nature in his auti-Turkish policy. And no doubt the Turks believe the legend invented to gratify their fury.