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source of attraction for us. You may rely on me that 

 this will be so. You know that I am not prone to 

 exaggeration, but as all the information relating to 

 this undertaking is centred in me, I know that we 

 have even more power than the most sanguine of my 

 friends can imagine." 



To M. Thouvenel, Constantinople. 



" CONSTANTINOPLE, April 28, 1858. 



" I received, last night, the following telegram : 

 " ' Questions will shortly be asked by Eoebuck. It 

 will then be seen that, despite the tactics of Lord 

 Malmesbury and The Times, England wishes the canal 

 to be made. Try and coine.' " 



To Aali Pasha, Grand Vizier. 



11 CONSTANTINOPLE, April 28, 1858. 



" I beg to forward to your Highness the original of 

 the telegram I have just received from London, and I 

 also enclose, in order to keep you posted in the action 

 I am taking, copies of a letter to M. de Negrelli, at 

 Vienna, and of the instructions sent by me to M. 

 Barthelemy St. Hilaire." 



To M. Bartlielemy St. Hilaire, Paris. 



" CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12, 1858. 



" My object, which was that of showing that I am 

 resolved to go on in spite of all opposition, having 

 been attained here by the communication of my pro- 



