ict which Mohhammad Ali has accorded to your requests,
as granted more through pressure of external political
embarrassments than freely given as a mere matter of
justice and righteous dealing; more as a political
compromise of a difficult and troublesome question than
as the solemn act of the Government of the country,
vindicating the Jews from the aspersions which had been
foully cast upon them, and branding with the stamp of
official disapprobation those who had dared to utter
them.

You have, however, done all that circumstances permitted
you to accomplish. In the present excited condition of
these countries, your attempting to reach Damascus would
be highly dangerous, if not altogether impracticable;
and even if you got there, I do not see how you could
accomplish any good while the Government is yet
unsettled, and in the absence of any constituted
authority to aid your efforts with the influence of the
British Government.

"Magna est veritas et praevalebit." Go on and prosper in
your righteous endeavours to protect the cause of
innocence and truth. Let us hope for better times, when
the advancing tide of knowledge and civilisation will
sweep away the last remains of ignorance and fanaticism,
and the vindictive spirit of persecution flee at the
scowl of the genius of truth.

Trusting you will excuse my having so long trespassed on
your attention, I have the honour to be, Sir, your
obedient servant,

Charles F. A. Shadwell.

The evidence of two such witnesses, given in an English Court of
Justice, would surely have been considered decisive.

CHAPTER XXIX.

1840.

AFFAIRS IN THE EAST--ULTIMATUM FROM THE POWERS--GLOOMY PROSPECTS OF
THE MISSION--NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PASHA--EXCITEMENT IN
ALEXANDRIA--ILLNESS OF LADY MONTEFIORE.

_Tuesday, August 11th._--We called on Colonel Hodges, who informed us
of the arrival of a Turkish steamer from Constantinople. He said it
must have brought the Ultimatum of the four great Powers to the Pasha;
that the door of negotiation was now not only shut, but locked, and
the Pasha must give an immediate answer. Colonel Hodges advised Sir
Moses to act in the same way as he should do; if he (Colonel Hodges)
left Alexandria, Sir Moses should do the same, and also go to the same
place as he did. He said he expected every hour some ships belonging
to the English fleet, but did not wish Sir Moses to mention this fa