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the Duke of Northumberland, Lord Seymour, Mr. 

 Edward Ellice, M.P.; Sir Eichard Gardner, M.P. ; Mr. 

 Eendel, the leading hydraulic engineer in England ; 

 Mr. Charles Manby, secretary of the Institute of 

 Civil Engineers ; Mr. Reeve, secretary of the Queen's 

 Privy Council ; Mr. James Wilson, secretary of the 

 Treasury; Mr. Morris, manager of The Times; Mr. 

 Oliphant, one of the managers of the East India Com- 

 pany ; Mr. James Welch, captain in the Eoyal Engi- 

 neers, secretary of the Admiralty, and author of a 

 treatise on ' The Advantages of the Suez Canal from a 

 British Point of View ; ' Mr. Pannizzi, librarian of the 

 British Museum ; Mr. Thomas Hanley, governor of the 

 Bank of England ; Mr. Powles, secretary of the Dock 

 Company ; Messrs. Anderson, Wilcox, and de Zu- 

 luela, directors and founders of the P. and 0. Steam 

 Company; Sir W. Gr. Ouseley, minister plenipotentiary, 

 Mr. Thomas Wilson, author of the project for a l Canal 

 from the Danube to the Black Sea ; ' and the chiefs of 

 the foreign embassies and legations. 



"None of the enlightened men with whom I have 

 discussed the question have been prepared to say that 

 an event which would be profitable to the interests of 

 the whole world could be injurious to the power or the 

 commercial relations of England. They dismiss all idea 

 of a preconceived hostility to the scheme ; upon the 

 contrary, they assert that, if it is practicable, their 

 country has everything to gain by it, and they would 

 be very sorry for it to be supposed in France that 



