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March 29.—An answer to Lord Ebrington’s letter, of which the
following is a copy, was written to-day:
FOOTNOTES:
[5] Speech of M. Guizot in the chambre des députés.
[6] The general feeling of disgust and bitterness with which all
travellers, who are natives of Great Britain or of the United States,
speak of the vexations they are compelled to undergo from the
formalities and exactions to which they are subjected in obtaining
signatures to passports on the continent, need not be dwelt upon.
Much ill blood, more delay, not to speak of expense, are created
by the insolence and legalized robbery of official persons, into
whose hands the defenceless traveller falls in the fulfilment of
these formalities. Passports are the alpha and omega of a man’s
trouble on a continental journey.
In some particular cases, it may even be affirmed that the
exercise of consular authority in reference to passports amounts
to actual illegality. Captain B., an Englishman, in the winter 1836-
7, was about to leave the Sardinian States, and made his
arrangements accordingly, but neglected to settle a debt which he
had contracted at a shop kept also by an Englishman. The
creditor immediately went to the English vice-consul, and
requested he would not deliver the captain’s passport until the bill
was paid: and it was accordingly stopped, although Captain B.
had taken his passage by the steamboat. This case is by no
means singular; for many English consuls consider themselves
justified in acting in the same way under similar circumstances.
Now, the question at issue is—has a consul a right to do this? The
answer will be found in the fact that no such right is known to the
English constitution, and that, therefore, the conduct of the consul
is unconstitutional and illegal. The British government has no
power over the movements of an individual, except under the
warrant of a magistrate. English legislation knows nothing of
passports, except as a usage resorted to by foreign governments,
to which British subjects must submit while they are within the
range of their operation. But the consul, as a British officer, cannot
recognize a passport otherwise than as a formality exacted by the
government of the country in which he resides; he cannot, without
laying himself open to a serious responsibility (which it is a great
pity he should not be made to discharge) employ a passport as
an instrument for the detention or arrest (for such it amounts to, in
fact) of any free-born subject of Great Britain. Even the British
consul at Havre did not feel himself authorised to stop Mr.
Papineau’s passport on his way to Paris, although Mr. Papineau
was denounced as a traitor and an outlaw by the British
government.
Captain B.’s creditor ought to have applied to the Piedmontese
police, and not to the English vice-consul, who was a native of the
place. And this is one of the crying evils of our consular system.
Instead of appointing meritorious half-pay officers, or other
deserving gentlemen, born in Great Britain, to such offices, we
frequently bestow them upon inhabitants of the place, who are
bound by religious, social, and domestic ties, to prefer the
interests of the country in which they live to those of the country
which they represent, and who hold in much greater fear and
respect the local authorities of the neighbourhood than the distant
authority to which they owe no allegiance beyond that of official
forms, which they can in most cases violate or misrepresent with
impunity. Our consular system is open to many objections, but
this is one of the most palpable and disgraceful.
[7] The defection of the Ottoman fleet to Mahomet Ali and the
treachery of the Captain Pasha furnish a remarkable illustration.
One cannot but be struck with the extraordinary fact of a whole
crew’s not having, in hint or word, given the slightest intimation to
Captain Walker of what was going on. Slight as may have been
his knowledge of the Turkish language, yet one would have
supposed some expression let fall must have betrayed their
intention. He must have had servants likewise, who, mixing with
the ship’s company and with the servants of the officers, might
have heard some allusion dropped as to the council held to
deliberate on so important a measure. But the newspapers said
he was ignorant of the plot up to the last moment: and from my
own experience I can believe such a thing very readily.
chapter iii.
Lady Hester’s mode of life—Boghoz Bey—The insurrection of the Druzes—
Character of the Emir Beshýr—Ibrahim Pasha—Lady Charlotte Bury—
Preparations for the reception of Prince Pückler Muskau.
FOOTNOTES:
[8] A collection of the Arabic letters which she had received from
people of all classes and on all subjects would have been very
valuable to the Oriental scholar: but these were also burned at
various intervals.
[9] “There is perhaps not one mother in ten thousand, who, before
becoming such, has ever inquired into the nature and wants of
the newly-born infant, or knows on what principle its treatment
ought to be directed.”—Physiology of Digestion, by Andrew
Combe, M.D., p. 232, 2nd edition.
[10] It may be mentioned that Suliman Pasha is considered as the
most efficient general in Syria, and, in difficult situations, he is
supposed to direct the movements of the army. Ibrahim Pasha
passes for being jealous of him, but unable to do without him.
[11] On returning to Europe, I discovered that this novel, although
edited by Lady C. Bury, was the production of another lady, Mrs.
C. Gore. Nevertheless, the observations made on it and on its
supposed author are retained, in the hope that each of these
highly-gifted persons, as well as the reader, will be amused in
hearing Lady Hester’s comments, made in a different spirit from
that which animates a critic in our periodical reviews.
[12] I have often thought it must have been Mr. Roberts, who, in
his “Views of Syria,” has given such a beautiful drawing of Lady
Hester’s house, notwithstanding that the surrounding scenery is
somewhat embellished by the painter’s imagination; there being
no river at the foot of the mount, but only a watercourse always
dry, excepting after heavy rains.