74 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



of the Cape. More than this, Nana Sahib, in a pro- 

 clamation addressed to the Mahometans of India, tells 

 them that the Sultan, in a firman addressed to the 

 Viceroy, has ordered him to close Egypt, c which is 

 the route to India,' to the British troops, that in 

 consequence there was no need to be afraid of their 

 approaching arrival, and that on receipt of this news 

 Lord Canning, the Governor- General, < was over- 

 whelmed with despair, and was beating his head.' 



" This Indian insurgent little knew when he in- 

 vented this piece of news that it was the reverse of 

 the truth, and that the able and enlightened ruler of 

 Egypt was preparing for the opening of the Suez 

 Canal, which the Prime Minister of England and her 

 ambassador at Constantinople were opposing. 



" The English journal which publishes Nana Sahib's 

 proclamation adds, Fas est ab Jwste doceri" 



To the same. 



"LA CHENAIE, September 10, 1857. 



l< I forward to your Highness copies of the resolu- 

 tions addressed to the French Government by the 

 Councils- General and the Chambers of Commerce, 

 together with several letters of foreign Chambers of 

 Commerce, among which that of the Barcelona 

 Chamber deserves special mention. 



"The English Government has at length made up its 

 mind to send troops to India through Egypt. Your 

 Highness is too high-minded not to favour in every 



