Inclosure 2 in No. 38.
_Official Declaration of the Sublime Porte, relinquishing the
practice of Executions for Apostacy from Islamism_.
[See Inclosure l in No. 36.]
Inclosure 3 in No. 38.
_Acknowledgment of the Sublime Porte's Official Declaration
respecting Executions for Apostacy_.
[See Inclosure 2 in No. 36.]
Inclosure 4 in No. 38.
_Declaration of His Highness the Sultan to Sir Stratford Canning at
his Audience on the 23rd of March_, 1844.
"Henceforward neither shall Christianity be insulted in my
dominions, nor shall Christians be in any way persecuted for their
religion."
No. 39.
_The Earl of Aberdeen to Sir Stratford Canning_.
(Extract.) _Foreign Office, April_ 19, 1844.
I received on the 10th of this month your Excellency's despatch of
the 23rd of March conveying the gratifying intelligence that the
Porte had given way on the question of the execution of apostates
from Islamism. The concession made by the Porte in this respect,
entirely consistent as it is with the wishes and intentions of Her
Majesty's Government, as expressed in my several instructions of the
16th of January, 19th of March, and 6th of April, has given them the
greatest satisfaction; and I have been happy to receive the Queen's
commands to signify to your Excellency Her Majesty's gracious
approbation of the manner in which you have executed your
instructions, and brought to a successful close a question of which
the importance cannot be too highly rated.