Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. Fears Beys have gained strength and states unease at lack of news from Egypt. Dated Constantinople
Copy of a letter from George Baldwin to Sir Robert Ainslie. Reports arrival of French frigate in Suez and that Ottoman army returning to Cairo having left a strong post on the Egyptian frontier to prevent return of rebels. Dated Cairo
Extract of a letter from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Marquis of Carmarthen. No decision about Suez forthcoming until the arrival of the Grand Admiral [Capitan Pasha]. Ainslie believes that the admiral may have been 'tampered with'. If so, Ainslie lacks the money to secure a similar advantage. Marke...