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PP/GC/PO/469 Letter from Lord Ponsonby to Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, enclosing letters from Jochmus and Sir C.Smith; the disgraceful conduct of Smith and Stopford; the opinion of the consular agents with regard to the conduct of our chiefs; M. Wagner’s opinion with regard to the facility of taking Alexandria and that it is in the interests of Palmerston not to leave Mehemet Ali in possession of Egypt, 9 November 1840