r culte. Cette place serait mise sous la protection
speciale des deux Puissances qui en garantiraient la possession paisible
a la communaute protestante. Il s'agira aussi d'acquerir pour cette
communaute le mont Sion afin d'y batir un hospice pour tous ceux qui
visiteront ces contres par des motifs religieux ou scientifiques,
d'etablir des presbyteres et des hospitaux, de fonder des ecoles pour
les enfans de la population protestante (peut-etre aussi pour les enfans
juifs), enfin de construire des ouvrages de fortification dont la faible
garnison, mentionnee dans le memoire, aura besoin pour se defendre....

(F.O. Docs., 64/235.)

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_Lord Beauvale to Lord Palmerston._

VIENNA, _March 2nd, 1841_.

MY LORD,--The King of Prussia has sent His Minister at this Court a
proposition for regulating the position of the Christians in Syria,
which, if it were acted upon, would in Prince Metternich's opinion throw
that Country into inextricable confusion. His Highness transmitted a few
days back a memorandum on the subject to London which He persists in
regarding as establishing the only advantageous mode of treating the
question, and as He purposes drawing up a statement of his objections to
the Prussian proposition, He earnestly entreats that no acquiescence may
be given to any part of it on behalf of the British Government until
those objections have been submitted to Your Lordship.

I have the honor to be with the greatest respect, My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,

BEAUVALE.

THE VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, G.C.B.

(F.O. Docs., 7/298.)

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_Lord Palmerston to Lord Beauvale, (Draft)._

F.O., _March 11th, 1841_.

MY LORD,--With reference to Your Excellency's despatch No. 38 of the 2nd
instant reporting Prince Metternich's objections to the Prussian scheme
for regulating the position of the Christians in Syria, I have to inform
Your Excellency that H.M.'s Government agree very much with Prince
Metternich's as to that scheme.

P.

(F.O. Docs. 1/296.)

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_Memorandum of Austrian Government delivered to Lord Palmerston by
Prince Esterhazy, March 31, 1841._

Sur le Memorandum du 3 Fevrier[141] et le memoire Prussien, relativement
a la protection des Chretiens en Syrie.

La difference entre le memorandum du 3 fev. et le memoire prussien
consiste en ce que le premier fournit un