30 OCTOBER 1875, Page 2

The Prince of Wales left Suez on the 26th of

October, after investing Tewfik Pasha, the Khedive's eldest son, with the Star of India. This is considered to be a recognition by England of the alteration in the law of descent to the Egyptian throne sanc- tioned some years since by the Sultan. Power is now to descend from son to son, and the Khedives are sure, therefore, occa- sionally to be incompetent men. In bestowing the insignia, the Prince thanked the Khedive heartily for the good-will he had always shown to Britain in promoting the passage of her troops and commerce. The Prince does that kind of thing—no unim- portant part of his function—very well.