* A similar despatch was addressed on the 20th January to Sir Robert
Gordon and the Earl of Westmorland.
(Signed) ABERDEEN.
No. 20.
_Lord Cowley to the Earl of Aberdeen_.--(_Received January_ 22.)
My Lord, _Paris, January_ 19, 1844.
With reference to your Lordship's despatches of the 16th instant on
the subject of the execution of a Greek for returning to
Christianity after having embraced Islamism, I have the honour to
report that I had yesterday evening an interview with M. Guizot,
when I communicated to him the contents of those despatches, and
also of your Lordship's instructions to Sir Stratford Canning in
consequence of the aforesaid transaction; and I have now the honour
to inclose a copy of the despatch which, conformably to your
Lordship's instructions, I have addressed to Sir Stratford Canning
informing him of what passed upon this subject between M. Guizot and
me.
My despatch was forwarded last night to Her Majesty's Ambassador at
Constantinople, and will reach Marseilles in time to go by the
steam-vessel which sails from that port on the 21st.