The English ambassador and the Russian ambassador were called to the palace, and the Sultan said that the ships of the Pasha of Egypt were between his government and the Sublime Porte. The French and English were close to the Bosphorus, watching what would happen. The French and English said that what the ambassador had done was not out of severity and oppression, but rather that the Western alliance was in full swing. They were proud to be part of that alliance if the situation remained as it was, and they would have a free hand in what they intended to do. The Sultan was reluctant to accept the request of the English envoy, and Khosrow Pasha was eager for him to do so. The dispute between the representatives of the states intensified, and the sedition grew to the point that the Sultan, fearing the consequences, did not accept the request of the English envoy. The representative of the United States stated that the two states should be answered in their request regarding the ships, but only in exchange for something else. They all agreed and dispersed, each going their own way. The negotiations lasted for many days.

In the month of Shawwal in the year 1265 AH, the English state sent an envoy named Lord Pounini to the Ottoman Empire. He told the Sultan that the English state was willing to help Muhammad Ali Pasha return all the Ottoman ships he had seized, and urged him to obey and prepare to defend all of the Ottoman Empire against the Russians if they attacked the country. He also told the French and ordered the commander of his warships in the Mediterranean not to help the English ships fight Muhammad Ali Pasha, nor to participate with them in any way, but to remain constantly ready and prepared. News of this was sent far and wide, and people were surprised. It seemed that war between the English and French states was imminent. The other states took caution. The Austrian state said that it would not interfere in this matter, after it had hesitated for seven years in the face of death, which it had pointed out. The French state turned its attention back to helping Muhammad Ali Pasha and supporting him in all his demands. It suggested to him that he should rule Egypt and Syria, and warned him that if he did not, he would be overthrown. It incited him throughout his life to fight against the English state. It said that it would only give him the governorship of Egypt. It ordered this, and when it saw that the French state was stubborn, it returned to appeasing it and suggested giving him half of the Austrian lands for his lifetime, on the condition that the city of Acre would not be included in that half. The French state agreed to this and accepted their demands, as it had no other way. The back and forth between the two states was long, but the English envoy did not reveal that the ambassadors of the other states had taken advantage of the situation and were taking advantage of it.

The resolve of the English state. The resolve of the English state. (11) - The fourth Kaf.