 Due to the various misunderstandings that arose during these meeting, Bishop Aoun decided to resign from his position at the Divan.Sir Hugh Rose states that both he and Mr. d'Adelbourg, the Austrian consul in Beirut, approved the Bishop's decision to resign.Though the deputies of the Divan requested that Aoun be "re-appointed, stating that he had great influence over them, and was devoted to their interests", the Ottoman authorities refused this option altogether.