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Capture Of Malta, And Subversion Of Its Government.
under our direction , we mean not to raise any pretension , which , under whatever denomination it may be , could in any way operate to the prejudice of their rights . In thus explaining our intentions , founded in justice , v / c enjoin the Members of that Order , now residing in our capital , ( which should now be considered as the chief place of assembly of the Order ) to make all the dispositions necessary for the most convenient and useful administration of the affairs of the Orderconformablto its ancient regulationsas far
, y , aa may be compatible with itsadual state , and present them for our confirmation We , finally , invite all other languages , ( States or Nations ) and Grand Priories ' of the Order of St . John , of Jerusalem , in general , and each of their Members in particular , to accede to that arrangement , which had for its object the preservation of that laudable institution , and its re-establishment in all its former splendour . « Done at Gatschina , on the loth of September , in the year 179 S , of our a : ra and the second of rei '
our gn . ( Signed ) PAUL . ( Counter-si gned ) PRINCE BESBEKODKO . "
Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
DECLARATION OF WAR
A strong firman was issued b y the Porte against France on the 16 th of August , and circulated through the vast extent of the Turkish Empire , calling upon every Mussulman to join the standard of the Holy Prophet , in order to exterminate the enemies and invaders of E gypt . The Greek Patriarch , with the consent of the Grand Siguier , likewise issued a proclamation , inviting the Greeks to take up armsand enroll themselves in the BY THE SUBLIME PORTE AGAINST FRANCE .
, army of their Sovereign . The mandate had a powerful effect , though it produced a temporary animosity between the Greeks and the Turks . The loyalty of the former was so highl y esteemed b y the Grand Signior that he immediately issued another firman , admitting them to equal privileges with the Turks . Every man who joined the army was to be exempt from taxes , for the term of his life . This inducement raised an immense
concourse . At Constantinople the French Minister , with his legation , was sent immediatel y to the Castle of the Seven Towers , and some French merchant snips m the harbour and French property ashore were taken possession of , by way of security for the subjects of the Porte , together with their property , in the dominions of France and in Egypt . At Salonichi , in Macedonia , the Pacha , by command ofthe Porte , notified to the French Consulthat he and all
, persons of his nation were taken under his protettion , but that no Frenchman should go out of , the town , as in that case he would not be answerable for accidents . At Smyrna the general measures of policy against the French were pursued with more exemplary rigour . The individuals of the French nation were thrown into common prisons , and the French mission , including Jean Bon St . Andre , the Charge d'Affaires , and his . papers , were arrested , and sent direct for Constantinop leThree
. French vessels were captured in the harbour , and all the property on shore confiscated . Wherever the French were resident m the I urkish dominions they met a similar fate . In consequence of a convention between the Russian Minister , General Iumara , and the RewEffendi , a Russian squadron , consisting of 12 sail of the line and six frigates , having on board about 5000 troops , arrived on the 25 th of August , in the canal of the Porte , and proceeded the same day through the Dardanelles into the Archi pelago . This fleet came from Sa-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Capture Of Malta, And Subversion Of Its Government.
under our direction , we mean not to raise any pretension , which , under whatever denomination it may be , could in any way operate to the prejudice of their rights . In thus explaining our intentions , founded in justice , v / c enjoin the Members of that Order , now residing in our capital , ( which should now be considered as the chief place of assembly of the Order ) to make all the dispositions necessary for the most convenient and useful administration of the affairs of the Orderconformablto its ancient regulationsas far
, y , aa may be compatible with itsadual state , and present them for our confirmation We , finally , invite all other languages , ( States or Nations ) and Grand Priories ' of the Order of St . John , of Jerusalem , in general , and each of their Members in particular , to accede to that arrangement , which had for its object the preservation of that laudable institution , and its re-establishment in all its former splendour . « Done at Gatschina , on the loth of September , in the year 179 S , of our a : ra and the second of rei '
our gn . ( Signed ) PAUL . ( Counter-si gned ) PRINCE BESBEKODKO . "
Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
DECLARATION OF WAR
A strong firman was issued b y the Porte against France on the 16 th of August , and circulated through the vast extent of the Turkish Empire , calling upon every Mussulman to join the standard of the Holy Prophet , in order to exterminate the enemies and invaders of E gypt . The Greek Patriarch , with the consent of the Grand Siguier , likewise issued a proclamation , inviting the Greeks to take up armsand enroll themselves in the BY THE SUBLIME PORTE AGAINST FRANCE .
, army of their Sovereign . The mandate had a powerful effect , though it produced a temporary animosity between the Greeks and the Turks . The loyalty of the former was so highl y esteemed b y the Grand Signior that he immediately issued another firman , admitting them to equal privileges with the Turks . Every man who joined the army was to be exempt from taxes , for the term of his life . This inducement raised an immense
concourse . At Constantinople the French Minister , with his legation , was sent immediatel y to the Castle of the Seven Towers , and some French merchant snips m the harbour and French property ashore were taken possession of , by way of security for the subjects of the Porte , together with their property , in the dominions of France and in Egypt . At Salonichi , in Macedonia , the Pacha , by command ofthe Porte , notified to the French Consulthat he and all
, persons of his nation were taken under his protettion , but that no Frenchman should go out of , the town , as in that case he would not be answerable for accidents . At Smyrna the general measures of policy against the French were pursued with more exemplary rigour . The individuals of the French nation were thrown into common prisons , and the French mission , including Jean Bon St . Andre , the Charge d'Affaires , and his . papers , were arrested , and sent direct for Constantinop leThree
. French vessels were captured in the harbour , and all the property on shore confiscated . Wherever the French were resident m the I urkish dominions they met a similar fate . In consequence of a convention between the Russian Minister , General Iumara , and the RewEffendi , a Russian squadron , consisting of 12 sail of the line and six frigates , having on board about 5000 troops , arrived on the 25 th of August , in the canal of the Porte , and proceeded the same day through the Dardanelles into the Archi pelago . This fleet came from Sa-