FIRST STAGE OF INTERVENTION. 159 Government ; of falsifying the prices credited to the State, and of putting the diflferences into his own pockets ; and of having issued bonds to the exent of ;5,ooo,ooo which he had no right to issue, and on which he had borrowed large sums of money."

From the wording of Mr. Goschen's speech, it would appear that these disclosures, when made by him to the Khedive, came upon his Highness as a surprise. At the same time, Mr. Goschen went out of his way to express regret that the Mufettish had been dismissed from his post, not on account of financial maladministration, but on a charge of conspiracy.