England has been, and I fear still is, the one obstacle to measures which would have long ago brought the Turk to his senses.

I cannot but feel assured that you have thrown away an opportunity for securing to the Conservative party the gratitude of Europe and the possession of office for a generation.

If more mischief happens in Turkey it will be on you that public displeasure will fall, and you may need a bridge for yourselves and not find one.

I croak like a raven.

Perhaps you may set it down to an almost totally sleepless night." "April 30th, 1877 .-- You destroy the last hope to which I had clung, that Lord Derby, though opposed to Russian policy, would not consent to go to war with her.