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disorder had not the Captain of H.M.S. 'Hood' instantly despatched

eight boatloads of blue-jackets and marines, with a three-pounder and Maxims. It is not stated whether the men were landed, but " their approach " is said to have "reassured the population." A struggle is going on at Con- stantinople between the Palace and the Ambassadors. The Palace is all for caercion and Abdullah Pasha. The Ambassadors advise the recall of Abdullah, which is the demand of the Cretans. Meantime a Greek rising is beginning in Macedonia. The dry-rot in Turkey is surely if slowly doing its work.