2 Lord Granville, No. 192, June 8, 1S3S.

Lord Granville, No. 195, June 11, 1838.

Lord Granville, Count Modem told Lord Granville what he had said to Count Mole ; and added that he was so fully convinced of the wish of the Emperor of Russia to maintain things in their present state between the Sultan and Mehemet Ali, that he had urged the French Government to lose no time in taking steps to prevent the execution of Mehemet All's intentions ; but that if the Sultan's rights were attacked, the Emperor would march an army to his assistance.

Lord Granville told Count Mol6, in reply to an inquiry made by that Minister, that he had heard privately from Lord Palmerston that the question respecting Mehemet Ali had been submitted to Cabinet, and that he expected soon to be instructed to state that the British Government would resist the separation of Egypt and Syria from the Turkish Empire, and send a fleet to the vicinity of Alexandria, with which it would be proposed that a French squadron should co-operate. Count Mol6 agreed in the policy of this course, and said that he would submit it to the Council, in order that preparations might be made ; but that the naval means of the French Government were at present for various reasons somewhat straitened. Count Mole considered it most expedient that separate declarations should be made to Mehemet Ali by each of the Powers; for that Russia would never be a party to an agreement by which her freedom of action would be contracted; and the Sultan would never enter into any Convention with France and England which should interfere with his Treaty with Russia. Lord Granville is satisfied with the professions of the King and Count Mol6, and he does not perceive in them any disposition to step forward as Mediators between the Sultan and Mehemet Ali, on the basis of the acknowledgment of the latter's independence, as M. Cochelet seemed, by his despatches, to wish should be the case.

With reference to a report made by Count Sebastiani of a conversa-Nu '.'O.i, June 15, tion with Lord Palmerston, Count Mole told Lord Granville that the ib:J8-King of the French approved of a French squadron being sent to Alexandria to co-operate with the English fleet; and that it was desirable that the two squadrons should make their appearance off that port at the same time. Baron Roussin was also instructed to urge the Porte, in the event of Mehemet Ali declaring his independence, not to adopt any immediate measures against him, but to trust to the Allies of the Sultan for the assertion of his rights.

A few days after this conversation Count Mole* communicated to Lord Granville further despatches from M. Cochelet, of the 23rd and 26th of May, reporting that Mehemet Ali had acquainted him with his determination to declare his independence, and had only, in answer to his remonstrances, agreed to wait a sufficient time to ascertain the disposition of the French and English Governments to settle amicably, by mediation with the Sultan, the question of his independence. M. Cochelet intimates a suspicion that England is not indisposed to favour the views of Mehemet Ali, grounding the suspicion on the advantages afforded by the Pasha to the communication with India, and upon the language of Dr. Bowring to the Pasha. M. Cochelet also again intimates a wish that France should assume the office of Mediator; but these insinuations ofM. Cochelet have not made any impiession on the French Government, who appear satisfied that the only chance of peace in the East is in the intimate union between France and England. Count Mole was anxious to know what instructions would be given to Colonel Campbell and the British Admiral, and seemed prepared to threaten the Pasha on the part of France with a blockade of all his ports, and if necessary to carry that threat into execution.

Lord Granville having mentioned to Count Mole the language held by Baron Roussin to Lord Ponsonby, on the necessity of not allowing the Ottoman fleet to go to sea, (before any notion of Mehemet All's intention had been obtained at Constantinople), was led to believe that the language of Baron Roussin was unauthorized by any instructions from his Government; but Count Mole suggested whether it might not he expedient to invite the co-operation ofthe Russian Minister at Constantinople Lord Granville.

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with Baron Roussin and Lord Ponsonby, with a view to prevent collision between the Turkish and Egyptian fleets.

With reference to what is said by M. Cochelet respecting Dr. Bow- Dr. Bow-ring, ring, it may be stated, that it appears from Dr. Bowring's letters that he Nov- 28» Dec. 8. was in. the habit of talking on political matters with the Pasha and Boghos ] . ' h 27 4 ,ril 7 Bey, and that the language held to him by them satisfied him that the 1838°/ ' P n ' Pasha would declare his independence if any occasion were given to him to do so.

Mr. Waghorn too appears to have been encouraging the Pasha in his Colonel Campbell, ambitious schemes ; and it was with reference to Mr. Waghorn's language Separate, April 16, that Colonel Campbell was instructed to say that Mr. Waghorn was not 1 8 3 8' in the confidence of the Government; and that the Pasha would act un- J° C<J- j™%'"' wisely if he were to rely on his asserted influence either in England or jgg. ' ay ""' in India.

On the 9th of June, a few days after the first intelligence reached To. Col. Campbell, England of Mehemet All's intention, but before any communication No 19, June 9, on the subject had been received direct from Colonel Campbell, Colonel1838' Campbell was told, with reference to that intelligence, that it was to be feared that the Pasha might have been influenced by the unguarded conversation of some irresponsible British subjects, or by the designing language of others, to suppose that England would either sanction or acquiesce in his renunciation of his allegiance to the Sultan; and Colonel Campbell was instructed to lose no time in dispelling any error under which the Pasha might labour, as to the course which England would take in any contest which might arise between him and the Sultan on such a ground.

The first communications from Colonel Campbell were received in London on the 18th of June. It appears that even so early as the latter Col. Campbell, end of March, Mehemet All's language led M. Laurin, the Austrian No. 30, May 14, Consul-General, to anticipate a declaration of independence from him; 1838. but M. Laurin inferred that it was not his intention to attack the Sultan, but to do everything to provoke an attack. The Pasha justified his armaments by the allegation of other armaments being made on the side ofthe Porte; and Colonel Campbell, referring to M. Laurin's opinion on the subject, says that every expression of the Pasha shows that he is resolved to assert and declare his independence. The amount of Egyptian forces in Syria is 75,000 regulars of all arms, and 30,000 irregulars ; in Egypt, Candia and Arabia, 38,000.

Mehemet Ali, about this time, (the middle of May) assured Colonel Col. Campbell, Campbell that it was not his intention to pass the frontiers of Syria, or No. 33, May 19, to commit any aggression on the Porte; and that his armaments were 1838' entirely defensive ; that he should be happy if he could, with safety to his family, reduce his forces; and if his position was changed to what it ought to be, it would be seen how anxious he was for peace.

The Pasha appears to have held similar language to Count Medem, the Russian Consul-General in Egypt, on receiving from him a commu- E ' f L nication of an instruction from Count Nesselrode, dated the 14th of 1838. " ay " ' March, 1838, in which the motives of his armaments in Syria were demanded, and a warning given that the Emperor was bound to assist the Sultan if attacked. The Pasha asked Count Medem if the Great Powers would object to his making an arrangement with the Porte for his independence; to which the Count replied, that he did not suppose they would to any amicable arrangement. Count Modem's conviction was, that the Pasha would seize the first favourable moment for throwing off his allegiance ; and in this view Colonel Campbell concurred ; re- Col Campbell's, ferring, as the ground of his opinion, to the course pursued by France Nos. 41, 45, and in 1830, as encouraging the Pasha to entertain the notion of inde-54> ofl83G-pcndcucc ; to the sanction given to that notion by the Sultan in the Co1- Campbell'*, negotiation carried on by Sariin EfFendi, as Turkish Plenipotentiary, in J ' , 18'aml 8!'' 1837; and to the language held on the matter in private conversation, ° both by the Pasha and his minister, showing that neither of them expected that the maritime Powers would allow Russia to march troops into Asia Minor, or themselves incur any c::pence to support the Sultan ; and that Mehemet Ali would be joined by the whole Mussulman popula-B#"W*MM'##"""m"*""*#***m