io6 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



To M. Barthelemy St. Hilaire, Paris. 



"PORT FIGARI (SARDINIA), May 27, 1858. 

 "As we were leaving the Straits of Messina, a 

 storm and the breaking our screw placed us in a 

 state of peril for three days, and we should probably 

 have been driven ashore but for a small steamer which 

 carries the mails between Genoa and Cagliari, and 

 which, despite the heavy seas, pluckily came to tow 

 us in here, where we arrived after great difficulty. 

 This accident will prevent my reaching London in 

 time to be present at the debate. Tell Lange that if 

 our supporters fail to stop the opposition of the 

 Government, it will be powerless to impede the pro- 

 gress of a private enterprise, and will create every- 

 where a very bad feeling against England." 



To M. de Negrelli, Vienna ; M.Ruyssenaers, Alexandria; 



and to M. Charles Aime de Lesseps, Constantinople. 

 (By Telegraph.) 



" LONDON, June 8, 1858. 



"The debate in Parliament, which made an im- 

 pression very favourable for us upon public opinion, 

 will be followed by fresh motions. The Ministry will 

 be beset with questions until the end of the session. 

 The ability and persistent energy of our partizans 

 ensure a moral success. The general opinion is that 

 the onward progress of the company cannot be 

 arrested, and that the opposition will be unable to 



