| Content Description | Reports his conversation with Admiral [Sir Pulteney Malcolm] who was annoyed with the government; Lord Aberdeen had sent him a despatch about Candia [Crete], as a consequence of which, he had despatched a vessel to Mr Barker at Alexandria, informing him of the views of the government regarding the Blockade of Candia; Sir Pulteney had remarked that he had not been made aware of his [Canning's] views on the subject; he also felt that he had been misinformed by Lord Melville with regard to opinions expressed at the conference at Poros; Sir Pulteney was abusive of 'that slippery fellow [Admiral] De Rigny'. |