In one of the situations, both France and England insisted on their demands, then they departed in vain, and communication was interrupted and stopped at its previous limit. Shortly thereafter, it was agreed by French policy that Monsieur Thiers would head the French government. He disliked the Egyptian question being resolved by all the powers and wished for its resolution to be directly between him and the Sultan. Once he was established in office, the powers agreed to send someone to the Sultan to inform him of the necessity of leaving the vilayets of Syria and Egypt to Muhammad Ali Pasha and his descendants. He was warned against acting against Muhammad Ali after him and was threatened with the support of France to defend Muhammad Ali Pasha if he refused. The Pasha also sent to Muhammad Ali Pasha, making him long promises and urging him to abandon the demands of England and not pay attention to them, and to persevere in his efforts, strengthen the Syrian fortresses, and that he would receive reinforcements from the French army if the English forced him to accept what he disliked. This strengthened Muhammad Ali Pasha's resolve. It is said, however, that he considered the consequences of the other powers uniting against him, and was full of doubts and fears, and far-sighted in his considerations of the outcomes. When Lord Palmerston, the head of English policy, learned of what Thiers, the head of French policy, had done, he resolved to resist and proceeded to entice Russia, Austria, and Prussia to ally with him to repel the incursions of Prince Ibrahim and to return all that he had taken from the Syrian lands to his Sultan's obedience. He persisted with them until he succeeded, and they mutually agreed on this covenant: First - To compel Muhammad Ali Pasha to return all that he had taken from the lands of the state, except for the southern part of the vilayet of Syria, excluding the city of Acre.

Second - The English and Austrian ships would blockade the Syrian ports and assist anyone from the people of Syria who wished to depose Prince Ibrahim and rebel against the Egyptian armies, to distract them from resisting the ships of the two powers.

Third - Russian, English, and Austrian ships would enter the Bosphorus to defend the city if the Egyptian armies approached it.

Fourth - Ships of any of the aforementioned powers would not be allowed to pass through the Bosphorus as long as security was established in the city.

Fifth - The three aforementioned powers must ratify this covenant within a period not exceeding two months, and this ratification must take place in the city of London.

To this covenant, they added a document signed by the envoy of the Sublime Porte, detailing the rights that had been agreed upon to be granted to Muhammad Ali Pasha. Some news writers said that the head of English policy, unable to bear it, resorted to sowing discord and inciting sedition among the people of Lebanon. He instructed his ambassador at the Sublime Porte to expedite this matter. The ambassador sent his translator, named Wood, to Syria. He arrived there, and after only a few days, sedition appeared and spread throughout the country. The Syrians rebelled against Prince Ibrahim, refused to pay taxes, and stopped providing provisions for the soldiers. Prince Ibrahim, Sulayman Pasha the Frenchman, and Prince Abbas then set out.