And I explained to the Council the facts, which were that Sulaiman Dawoudik had burned Alexandria of his own accord, and that Arabi, when he learned of this news, sent me and the Qaimaqam Nassim Bey Al-Tuwayji before sunset an hour before, and said to us: "Tell him that this city is Egyptian and has residents in it, and it is not English, so it is permissible for us to burn it in retaliation for the actions of their warships against our fortifications." He said: "Summon him to bring his men to Bab Sharq." When we went to him, we found him standing in Mansheya Square, pouring petroleum oil on the city and bombarding it with his soldiers, ordering them to set fire to the houses. What we told him was his answer to us: "I refuse to obey these orders and will not do anything other than what I intend." He concluded his speech by saying: "The present sees what the absent does not see." So we left him and returned to Arabi and informed him, and he became furious. He sent a group of officers to him and ordered them to advise him. If he did not agree to peace, he would be forced to submit to the consequences, and he left Alexandria. Arabi was at Bab Sharq, and he was angry with him and increased his reprimands. He said that he took my words and confronted me with them, and I repeated them to his face. He denied it and resorted to the Qaimaqam Nassim Bey, who supported what I said. Then he called other officers from his command, and they testified that they heard from me and Nassim Bey Arabi's order to burn Alexandria. He brought them to him, and they testified against him, supporting all our statements. He then brought these men until he called Naim, and they testified against him. He was then sentenced to death by hanging. The author was stripped of his rank and titles. Following this, I was sent from Alexandria to Cairo, as the Council ordered. Twenty days later, a royal decree was issued confirming some of the judgments issued.