16 JANUARY 1892, Page 3

Mr. Matthews also made some remarks on the occupation of

Egypt. He said that since our occupation, justice had been better administered in Egypt than at any time since the days of Moses. Did he perhaps mean the days of Joseph P We were not aware that Moses administered justice in Egypt generally at all, even if he did (which we are not told) in the Land of Goshen. The accession of a young Sovereign in Egypt would render it even more inexpedient than ever, said Mr. Matthews, that our occupation could come immediately to an end without the greatest and most criminal neglect of duty on our part. A boy of seventeen could hardly be left to administer a new system which the Pashas detest, and even the people themselves hardly as yet fully understand.