The work was printed in London.
The fears of the Sultan were aroused.

For several weeks spies beset the missionaries at every step.

Finally, on a set day, several Turkish converts were arrested, and cast into prison, some of them being treated with great indignity.

On the next day, the printing presses used by the missionaries were seized and put under seal, and rooms occupied by English missionaries, and the bookstore of the American mission and the two Bible Societies were also closed by the police.
These proceedings, being in direct violation of rights secured by treaty, were at once met with a decided protest from Mr.Brown, who, in the absence of the American Minister Resident, was the representative of his government; and after some delay, the British Ambassador, Sir Henry Bulwer, also sent in a remonstrance.

An examination of the bookstore discovered no prohibited publications; and after two days it was allowed to be re-opened.