They said I had 'cut out' a good old servant to whom they had intended to give it.

They suggested my coming home at once, &c.

&c.

I didn't see it in the same light as their lordships, and I signified my determination to remain where I was; for which, as will be seen, they paid me off in course of time.

Luckily, I could afford by the arrangement I had made with the Turkish Government to be in the Admiralty's bad books, and even the frowns of the English Ambassador did not affect me a bit.