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Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
bastopol , and , in conformity to the stipulation already mentioned , passed the seraglio two by two , and were not allowed to form a junction until they had passed the forts ofthe Dardanelles . Their direftion was first towards the ci-devant Venetian Islands . ' , - _ -. On the second of September a Memorial was delivered to the Foreign Ministers , to the following effect : ' The Porte , as all Europe knows , has long continued at peace with France , and on terms of the stridest amity and good understanding- ; which good understanding it has done every thing in its power to maintain . With the utmost surprize , therefore , has it seen the Turkish territories abruptly , anel oi
in a most extraordinary manner , attacked by the frencti arms , A man the name of Buonaparte , giving himself out to be a French general , has made war on the Turkish province of Egypt . It is impossible for the Porte to believe that such a proceeding , so contrary to the rights of all nations , can ever be countenanced , much less commanded , by the French Executive DireSory . A considerable force has , however , been sent to Egypt , tp stop the progress of the invaders . Some of the emissaries of Buonaparte have have been sent b
pretended to persuade the people of Egypt , that they y Mahomet to give them perfect liberty and happiness , and render their religion the sovereign relig ion on earth : but the people have answered , that Mahomet authorizes no injustice ; and that they can place no faith in such promises from those who have denied their God and renounced their own prophet !' On the 4 th of September an Imperial decree was issued , addressed to Mustapha Bey , appointing him Kaimakham ; which likewise announced the deposition of the Supreme Vizir , lazed Mahomed Pacha , and the elevation of Jussuf Pacha , Governor of Erzerum , in his stead . The new Pacha is greatly averse to French principles , but much attached to the English .
' Since the Supreme Vizir , Izzed Mahomed Pacha , has filled that charge , mstruitions were constantly g iven him to look to the defence of the Ottoman territories , and to be ever upon his guard against the plots of the enemy . Through interested motives , he has negleited every thing , with the exception of what was for his own advantage ; so that , ignorant of the projects of those unclean and infidel French , he has not given timely notice to the inhabitants of Egypt . When that unhappy news reached our _ Imperial ear , _ a month at "
leastafter the unjustifiable event , such was our grief and vexation , that we call God to witness the tears that flowed from our eyes , and that sleep _ and repose vanished from us . We have therefore deposed him from the office of Grand Vizir , and have named in his place Jussuff Pacha , Governor of Eri ' . triim ; and , til ! his arrival at the Sublime Porte , we name and appoint you , Mustapha Bey , to be Kairnaikham . Now , it being just that all true believers should " fiht against those miserable infidels , the Fienchand that it
g , becomes the indispensable duty of our Imperial person to snatch the blessed territories from their damned hands , and to revenge the insults offered to the Mnssulmen , there must be no delay , in expectation of the arrival of the newV ' r / ir- but the most vigorous measures must be pursued in attacking
them by sea and land . On this account , we have determined , in consequence of a deliberation with our most illustrious chiefs and ministers , with the fullest confidence in God and his Prophet , to adopt the most efficacious means of deliyer . i ) " -the province of Egypt from these abandoned wretches . You will make known to all true believers , in the different quarters , that we are at war with the French ; and , changing night into day , you will exert your utmost efforts to obtain a complete revenge . You will adopt the most vigilant conduct to preserve our other Mahometan- provinces , and our frontiers , from the plots and artifices of the enemy , by throwing a reinforcement of men into everv port and each fortified p lace . ¦ You will also most
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Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
bastopol , and , in conformity to the stipulation already mentioned , passed the seraglio two by two , and were not allowed to form a junction until they had passed the forts ofthe Dardanelles . Their direftion was first towards the ci-devant Venetian Islands . ' , - _ -. On the second of September a Memorial was delivered to the Foreign Ministers , to the following effect : ' The Porte , as all Europe knows , has long continued at peace with France , and on terms of the stridest amity and good understanding- ; which good understanding it has done every thing in its power to maintain . With the utmost surprize , therefore , has it seen the Turkish territories abruptly , anel oi
in a most extraordinary manner , attacked by the frencti arms , A man the name of Buonaparte , giving himself out to be a French general , has made war on the Turkish province of Egypt . It is impossible for the Porte to believe that such a proceeding , so contrary to the rights of all nations , can ever be countenanced , much less commanded , by the French Executive DireSory . A considerable force has , however , been sent to Egypt , tp stop the progress of the invaders . Some of the emissaries of Buonaparte have have been sent b
pretended to persuade the people of Egypt , that they y Mahomet to give them perfect liberty and happiness , and render their religion the sovereign relig ion on earth : but the people have answered , that Mahomet authorizes no injustice ; and that they can place no faith in such promises from those who have denied their God and renounced their own prophet !' On the 4 th of September an Imperial decree was issued , addressed to Mustapha Bey , appointing him Kaimakham ; which likewise announced the deposition of the Supreme Vizir , lazed Mahomed Pacha , and the elevation of Jussuf Pacha , Governor of Erzerum , in his stead . The new Pacha is greatly averse to French principles , but much attached to the English .
' Since the Supreme Vizir , Izzed Mahomed Pacha , has filled that charge , mstruitions were constantly g iven him to look to the defence of the Ottoman territories , and to be ever upon his guard against the plots of the enemy . Through interested motives , he has negleited every thing , with the exception of what was for his own advantage ; so that , ignorant of the projects of those unclean and infidel French , he has not given timely notice to the inhabitants of Egypt . When that unhappy news reached our _ Imperial ear , _ a month at "
leastafter the unjustifiable event , such was our grief and vexation , that we call God to witness the tears that flowed from our eyes , and that sleep _ and repose vanished from us . We have therefore deposed him from the office of Grand Vizir , and have named in his place Jussuff Pacha , Governor of Eri ' . triim ; and , til ! his arrival at the Sublime Porte , we name and appoint you , Mustapha Bey , to be Kairnaikham . Now , it being just that all true believers should " fiht against those miserable infidels , the Fienchand that it
g , becomes the indispensable duty of our Imperial person to snatch the blessed territories from their damned hands , and to revenge the insults offered to the Mnssulmen , there must be no delay , in expectation of the arrival of the newV ' r / ir- but the most vigorous measures must be pursued in attacking
them by sea and land . On this account , we have determined , in consequence of a deliberation with our most illustrious chiefs and ministers , with the fullest confidence in God and his Prophet , to adopt the most efficacious means of deliyer . i ) " -the province of Egypt from these abandoned wretches . You will make known to all true believers , in the different quarters , that we are at war with the French ; and , changing night into day , you will exert your utmost efforts to obtain a complete revenge . You will adopt the most vigilant conduct to preserve our other Mahometan- provinces , and our frontiers , from the plots and artifices of the enemy , by throwing a reinforcement of men into everv port and each fortified p lace . ¦ You will also most