A steam voyage down the Danube, vol. 2 of 2 : $b With sketches of Hungary, Wallachia, Servia, and Turkey, &c.

· 1843

CHAPTER I. PAGE Therapia--Caiques--Precautions--Old England--Ambassador’s residence--Lord Ponsonby--Mr. Urquhart--Diplomatic profession-- British interests--News dispatches--Dragomanship--Storm-- Sources of Plague--Proposed improvements--Russian designs--The Dardanelles--Ibrahim Pacha 1 Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi--Its substance--Third Article-- Remaining patent articles--Audiences of the Sultan--Count Orloff--Secret article--Its effect--Law of the Dardanelles-- Outrage on international law--Treaty of Petersburg--Boundaries-- The provinces--Firman--Russian ascendancy 22…

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