“I have, &c.,
(Signed) “Chas. Napier, Commodore.”
“His Excellency Boghos Bey.”
I received no answer to this letter, but the following was published in the Journal des Debats:—
“Commodore,
“Alexandria, Nov. 26, 1840.
“I reply to the last letter which you have done me the honour to address to me, and which I have laid before the Viceroy, my master.
“His Highness consents to re-equip the fleet of the Sublime Porte, to victual it, in a word to put it in a state to sail at a moment’s notice for Constantinople, on the express condition,—a condition which you yourself have laid down,—that the said fleet shall remain in our port until the official notification of the Powers which shall guarantee the hereditary government of Egypt to his Highness.
“Besides this, on the formal demand which you have made to the Viceroy thereupon, his Highness will send to Beyrout, and that forthwith, an officer of his household, (already appointed,) who will be the bearer of the necessary orders for the evacuation of Syria by his son Ibrahim Pacha and his whole army.
“This envoy will embark on board the steamer which you have placed at his Highness’s disposal, and will be accompanied by an English officer, on his way there and back again.