The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.

The following is a copy of the address presented
to his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt :
" We, the undersigned, belonging to various
bodies of Protestant Christians in Great Britain,
gladly embrace this opportunity of approaching
your Highness with sentiments of high respect and
sincere gratitude.
it Deeply interested with the provisions made by
the Hatti Humayoun of 1856, for the protection of
the subjects of the Turkish empire acting according
to their religious convictions, we beg to offer to
your Highness our cordial acknowledgments for
the evidence of your determination to act upon the
same principles of just and benevolent toleration in
the country under your rule.
" It is greatly to our comfort and satisfaction
that we have learnt the interposition recently made,
under your Highness's authority, on behalf of a
native Christian, who was suffering severely from
a fanatical outbreak in the city of Seyut, for having
undertaken to defend a native woman, herself also
persecuted on account of religion.
" We have likewise heard with pleasure that mis-
sionaries of all persuasions in Egypt have liberty to
travel in the performance of their duties, free of
charge, on the Government rail ways.
,s We rejoice to recognise in these facts, and in the
general tone of your Highness's Government, a
fixed determination on the part of your Highness
to give effect to the great principle of religious
freedom throughout the territories dependent upon
your authority, and we earnestly pray that your
long be spared to rule with in-
Highness's:life may
creasing glory over a prosperous and devoted popu-
lation." _ _

The address was signed, among others, by the
following persons :—The Bishop of London, the
Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Stratford de Red-
cliffe, Lord Calthorpe, Lord Radstock, the Hon. W.
Ashley, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Sir Brook
w. Bridges, M.P., the Chairman and Secretaries of
the Evangelical Alliance, and the secretaries of
most of the other religious societies. The signa-
tures of the Bishops of Oxford and Salisbury were
also attached at the request of the Secretary of the
Church of England Mission to the Moslems.
To this address his Highness the Viceroy re-
turned the following reply :
Mr.President,—l am both honoured and deeply
touched by the sentiments of sympathy which you
have expressed to me in the address which you
have transmitted to me yesterday, and I am happy
that my conduct in regard to the Christians of
different communities has been judged worthy of
the approbation of the illustrious personages whose
names appear at the foot of your address.
" Although it has been a principle with me to
grant an equal protection to all forms of worship
without distinction, the approbation of the .distin-
guished ni:.,mbers of your association will be an ad-
ditional motive with me to persevere in the course
which I have traced out for myself.
"Be kind enough, Mr. President, to be the in-
terpreter to the Evangelical Alliance of my senti-
ments of lively gratitude for the wishes which it
kindly cherishes for my preservation and pro-
Verity, and to convey to it my perfect esteem and
my high consideration.

" MOHAMMED SAID
"To the President of the Evangelical
Alliance, London."