[Translation.], November 21, 1866

[Translation.]

Excellency: The despatch presented yesterday by your excellency, addressed to the consul of the United States at Alexandria, Egypt, was sent via Malta, the Syria-Suez line being interrupted. After the despatch was sent we received advices that the line Beughazi (Africa) Alexandria was broken and the Syrian line re-established. It was then directed that the despatch should be transmitted by telegraph as far as Beughazi, and thence by mail to Alexandria, of which it was thought superfluous to give your excellency notice. Now they telegraph us from Malta that there being no postal service between Beughazi and Alexandria, the despatch in question was this day sent by steamer from Malta to Alexandria.