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SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1873

... SATURDAY, JUNE 11, DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The following telegram, dated June 6, 7.40 a.m., was received on Monday the Foreign Office from Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople : ‘‘British Embassy burnt last night. Fire destroyed enormous number of booses. Embassy House gutted: archives and plate saved. Pray publish in the newspapers that nobody belonging to ...