POSITION OF TEWFIK AFTER THE MUTINY. 449 outrage or assault upon the townspeople by soldiers of the army of occupation. Nowadays, any complaint of misconduct on the part of the British soldiery is a matter of the rarest occurrence. Nothing is more praiseworthy than the conduct of your troops."

From all I can learn, his Highness's appreciation of our English action in Egypt became more and more favourable as years went by; and though I do jiot believe he ever ceased to resent the occupation, I was convinced, long before his death, he had come to the conclusion that if there was to be an occupation at all, it could not be conducted by any Power, other than England, with so little harm and with so great benefits.

On Nubar's retirement, Riaz Pasha was re-called to the Premiership. In respect of what may be called material reforms, such as irrigation works, the retrenchment of expenditure, the introduction of a new and simple coinage, based on the decimal principle, and the restoration of the Barrage at the apex of the Delta below Cairo, Riaz, as Premier, gave a loyal support to the British officials. But in respect of what may be called moral reforms, such as that of the administration of justice, he was a staunch opponent.

Nubar held, as strongly as the British officials, that the system of judicature was urgently in need of reform, though he objected strongly to the mode of its application. Riaz, on the other hand, objected altogether to legal reform, considered that the Mahometan courts sufficed for the administration of justice, and entertained the strongest dislike to any system under which 2 G