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because the English have been untrue to it both in 

 Turkey and Egypt." 



To Mr. D. A. Lange, London. 



" CORFU, June 28, 1858. 



" The communications I made to you in London 

 demolished the arguments of our adversaries as to the 

 alleged indifference of the French Government ; the 

 latest revelations made at Constantinople prove that 

 the second assertion as to the opposition of the Porte 

 is equally false, and that it is the English Govern- 

 ment, the representative of a loyal, powerful, and 

 civilised people, which has not scrupled to employ the 

 arms of the weak and the barbarous that is to say, 

 hypocrisy and cunning and to conceal its opposition 

 behind a door (porte) which it thinks it can open and 

 shut as it pleases. 



" I may now proceed to dispose of the third asser- 

 tion, touching the connivance of Austrian diplomacy 

 with the hostile manoeuvres of the British Cabinet. 



" I saw, while passing through Vienna, several of 

 the Emperor's ministers and various personages who 

 told me how things stood in Austria. I shall be glad 

 if you will communicate the information to our friends 

 in the House, but do not make it public. 



" It is evident that the House of Commons was led 

 astray in the debate of June 1st, not only by Ste- 

 phenson, but by the utterances of ministers. The 

 majority, obtained by underhand intrigue, despite the 



