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" I repaired to the houfe of the Commilfary of the Seven Ines. Very loon after, the Dragoman of the Pacha, informed of my arrival, came to condlid me to the Pacha, who received me in an apartment where he was unattended, and which was without any other furniture than a carpet. He had on one fide of him a piftol with four bar rels, a (mall ail .gun, a fabre and a hatchet. Af ter inquiring as to my health, he afked me, whe ther I was not • perfuaded that our end is pre ordained in Heaven, and that nothing could change our delliny ? I anfwered, that I believed as he did, in predeflination. He continued to fpeak for fume time on this fubjet. I perceived, however, that he affeeted a degree of fimplicity, but that, at the fame time, he wilhed to pals for a man of wit, as well as for a jult man. Ile re v:aced feveral timer—. It is laid, that Dgezzar is 4, ,:bAroits—this is lane : he is but pill and fevere. of the FIRST CONSUL, not to fend Me, as t'o•o!..iti:iry of Commeicial . Relations, a lane or a blind man ; hccatile fuch a perlim would be Pure to fly, that Dgezzar had made him fo ' Soon after, he laid, ' I delire that the Commilfary you may fend !hall reticle at Seide ; as that is the molt commercial port in my domiNions: betides, it is not taceiTary he thould reiide here, where I (hall he myfelf the French Commillary, and (hall take care that your countrymen be well received. I highly cafe nt the French. In nature BONAPARTE is final!, but he is nvverthelefs the greateft of nun le;nd I know that he is greatly regretted at Cairo, where they with to fee him again.' I made a few oblervations on the Peace be• !wren France and the Porte ; to which he anfwer ed,' Do you know why I have thus received, and feel In much pleafure at teeing you ? It is becaule 7.oit come unauthotized by a . firmarirt, and without orders from the Divan. I have the greateft contempt fur its blind Vizier. They fay that Dgezzar is a 1311nian, a man of flraw, and cruel to creels ; but neverthelefs, I can Rand die ordeal. I was once poor. My father had nothing to be <mead' me but courage. I have achieved my own elevation, by dint of exertion. 'this, however, does not make me proud, and Dgezz.tr, perhaps, 111011 finitlt his career, not that lie is old, as his enemies report, (he then performed Come of the manceuvres of the Mamelouks, in their mode of riling their arms. fee. which he really executed with tOrpriling adroitnefs and agility), but be cattle, molt likely, GOD will have it cm. The King of France, once fo powerful, has peri:hed.— Nebuchadnezzar, the greateß of all Kings, was, when his time was come, killed by a fly, Stc.'— Ile made feveral other übfervations in this flrain, and afterwards (poke of the motives which in duced him to make war upon the French Army; from the whole of his demeanour it could eafily be teen, that he wilhed to be on good terms with the FIRST CONSUL, and that he Rifled his refent rr ents. "The following is the Apologoe, which he ufed to demount-ate the caufes of his refinance. ' A Black Slave,' he laid, ' after a long journey, in which he had fuffered the greatell privations, ar rived at a little field of fugar•cane—he Rapred therein and indulged himfelf in partaking of the delicious liquor they afforded, and at length was determined to remain at the fpot. Very loon after two travellers, who had followed him, came up. The fir ft laid to him, Salamallec (the mode of willing health.) The Devil take it, anfwered the Black. The fecond traveller then approached, and inquired why he had anfwered in fuch a wuy to lo good a with ? I had very good reafons for it, re plied he ; if I had anfwered in a friendly manner, the man would have entered into coilverfationwith Inc, and afterwards fat down betide me ; he o mkt have partaken of my refrelhments, and finding them defirable, would have endeavoured to obtain esdutive poffelEon.' 44 I recommend to the favourable attention of I)gezzar the Chrillians and the Convents at Naza reth and Jerulalem ; he affuted me that he would treat them with much regard. I did not forget the Mutuales, and received the fame affluence in their behalf. Dgezzar frequently obferved to me, that his word was with him more facred than treaties. Our converfation was interrupted for fome moments by a kind of military mufic, which w-s performed in a very agreeable fine. '' His Palace is built with great tafte and ele gance ; but in order to get at the apartments, one :null pars through an infinite number of winding paffages ; at the bottom of the Raireafe is the Filen, the door of which is always open from uoon till evening. As I palled along, I beheld a crowd of unhappy perfons crammed together there. In the court yard arc twelve field pieces, with their ammunition cafes, in good order. I never beheld a more hideous nor dilgulting fpedacle, than that which was exhibited by the Minifler of Dgezzar, whom I met as I was going away. The Pacha had caufed one of his eyes to be pulled out, and his ears and nofe to be cut off. I law in the city more than too perfons in the fame condition. On feeing the domeflics of Dgezzar, and even the inhabitants of Acre, a man imagines himfelf in a den of robbers, who are ready to affalEnate him. That monger has Ramped the feal of his atrocious charader on ertry thing that furrounds him. 44 I have fees at Acre the Procurator of the I loly Land, who is deeply impreffed with grati itde towards the FIRST Com itr a, for the protection he afforded the Monks. He has'affured me, that my recommendation of them to the FIRST CONSUL will be very ufeful to them. He lays, that Dgezzar defires very much to be on good terms with the i'tasr CoNstre. He behaved very well towards she crew of a French fhip that had been at Acre, nefore my arrival. Dgcsear is in poffellion of all Palefiine, except !Alfa, where Abonmarak has been befieged thele live months. Tripoli is at prefent quiet. This is not the cafe at Aleppo, whence the Pacha has been expelled. 3) imafens has confumrnated its rebellion againfi the P!rte : not only the Pacha of the Divan has btca fen: away, but the Aga who commanded the citadel for the Turks, has been delivered up by his foldierc, and has had his head cut off. This P.lclialic has remained in the hands of the Ref 1 Abdalla, who is a creature of Dgezzar's; the latter had jut given him an crier, and the means to elcort the Pilgrims from Mee,:a. In a word, ahnoft all Syria is in Dgezzar's power, and the Ofmanlis are as much detefted there as in Egypt. " On the 2 I ft of November I let out from Acre, and failed for Zante, where I arrived on the 4th of December. Notwithflanding the order for quarantine, I obtained permitrion to repair to the Governor's and the French Commiffary's, efcorted by a guard of health. I loon learnt that the Ifland and the Republic were divided into different par ties. I canted fome Members of the Conaituted Authorities, and the principal people of the place, to meet together at the Governor's, M. Caliehin. polo. After Dating to them the into-ell which the FIRST Cowsut. took in their welfare, I engag ed them in his name, to lay and:: the fpirit of party which dillraeted them, and to wait quietly for the new Conllituti.m, which the Powers that had guatantecd their Invereignty and indepen deuce, were about to give them. Thefc few words were received with emboli:lfni, and they all cried out, Vive la France!' Vive BONAPARTF r There cries were reiterated at my departure by more than von perfons, who attended me to the port. The Governor and the Ruffian Commandant were alarmed in confequence ; and I learnt from the French Commiffary on the following day, that two of the molt confider:able perlims had been put its prifon ; but that at his rcqueft, and for fear of any reproaches, they had been liberated diming the night. I went to the guard-honfe ; I castled the Governor to repair thither : I expollulated with him on the irregularity of his conduß : be was confounded, and promifcd to view thole who had called out, Vive la Premier Calla." only as' good citizens, and to treat them as loch. As he had fent in the night a courier to his Government, and I had reafon to believe he had made an un faithful report, I wrote immediately to the Charge d'Affaires of the Republic at Corfu, at,J informed , him of what had naffed, and immediately after-! wards I let out for Meffina. I (tall not in the lead: deviate from the truth in affirming, that the Ides: in the lonian Sea will declare theinfelves French, the moment they arc wifficd to do fo." . THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT. " This army, commanded by Gen. Srt , ..RT, is 443 0 firring; and occupies all Alexandiia, as well as the forts which furround it. The 'Dirks' who had formed the garrifon of ( - rime of thole forts, have been driven out of them ; and after wards the Englilh General fent too infant and too cavalry to take polfeffion of Damanhour, tinder pretence of keeping the Arabs in check. All the fortificatior. are in a very had condition. The Pacha of Cairo fupplies the Englilh army with corn, :ice, wood, and tiefk meat, without receiv ing any thing in payment. The coticomption of thefe things is three times greater than it ought to he. The greatefl mifunderftanding prevails be. tween Geo. STUART and the Pacha. " The following is the (tate of the Britifh army: Dillon's Regiment - • 4 so Men. Chiieurs Britanniques . - 550 De Rulk's Swif. Regiment - - 600 Watteville's Regiment - - - 681 Teeth Regimait of Englilh Infantry - 600 Siloy-firil ditto - . 650 The Eighty-eighth ditto - - 400 Twenty-ELM Regiment of Dragoons . 350 Artillery - - - 150 Total 4433 TURKISH ARMY. " Mahomed, Pacha of Cairo, who has taken, no one knows why, the title of Viceroy of Egypt, does not command the troops in perfon. Muham med-Aly Sun..Cherfeme, who had the command before my arrival, was killed before Giza. They are now undc r the Graces of Jofeph Kiahia. Tair is Pacha of the Arnaoutes, who compofe the great majority of this army, amounting to 16,000 men, di ft ributed as hereafter explained. It receives foe. ceffive reisforcements, which are land:d at Abou kir, but it fuffers much from defertion. • Rhourchid Ahmed, a Pacha with two tails, is at Alexandria with boo men who occupy no works. • This Pacba may be regarded as the psi. loner of the Englilh. " Aboukir.—This fort is in a very bad Rate. It has not been repaired fince its capture. The breaches are neither cleared nor built rip. The large tower is partly cieflroyed, and all around it is completely open. The fort and the tower are armed with two 24-ponnders, five pieces of fmaller calibre, and two 12 inch mortars. The whole is in a very bad Rate. It is occupied by too Alba nais, commanded by Mullaplia Aga, and taken from the troops of the Pachalic of Alexandria. " Fort Julien.—This fort is alfo in a ruinous Rate, and is only occupied by 15 men. Burlon.—The tower is armed with two guns, and occupied by the inhabitants of the village, who form its guard, and are paid by the Pacha. • Rahamania.—This fort is almoft defrayed by the inundations. It is occupied bys 5 mer. • Menouf.—The two towers of the r3ern are ruined and abandoned. The Province of Menouf is occupied by soo men. " Boulak.—The two towers are armed and oc cupied by 30 men. The Okel of Aly-Bey has been reflored to its ancient ufe. The Fort of , the Wells, of the Aquechia, the Citadel of Cai ro, the gate of Babe El Naar, and the inclofure as far as the gate of Babe El Adid, Fort Soulkof ky, Fort Quentin, and the Tarm of Ibrahim Bey are occupied and armed. The part towards Upper Egypt, and which is a fecurity againft attempts on that fide, is well defended. The works of the forts are the fame as they were left by the French, but they have not been taken care of, and are therefore in a Rate of decay. The houfe of Elfi Bey. now occupied by the Pacha, is the only point which the Turks have fortified. I made Captain &ace draw a plan of it, which I fubjoin. The farm of Ibrahim Bey has nothing of a fortification but the name. Fort Dupuy is in ruins and aban doned. The flair and the interior work have been carried away. The furrounding towers have guns, but are not occupied. The works of the Fort of the Inftitute are not maintained ; that fort is in cited almoll dellroyed. The bridges of Cure and of the farm of Ibrahim Bey no longer ex& " The Powder Magazine of Roudag is damp ed; the Nilometre, though armed, is ant occupied. • " Cite Is alto in a very bati rte . :: the part of the works which front Upper Egypt is alone main tained —Birket-El-Hadji rs abandoned. " Belbeis and Salabie are alto :ibandoned and partly dellroyed. Manfoura.—The Tower of the Town k de ftroyed. The Province of Manfoura is occupied by 500 men. " I.efb.:l; is alto, like all the reR, in a bad Rate. The Turks, far Irons completing the sr rks which were begun, do not even preferve thole which are molt neceitary to the lupport of the place.. The whole is badly armed ; die gun carriages could not nand two rounds of firing. The two towers of the Bogliae are armed, and in pretty good con dition. The fort and the towers are occupied by a garrifon of 200 men from the Pachalic of DA. mietta.—The towers of Dibe and Onma Forage are dellroyed.—The Province of Damietta is oc• copied by 600 men. Cahie.—This fort exills no longer.—The Arabs have returned and rebuilt a village here. " El-Aritch.—The Paella has repaired this fort, and entrufled it to the inhabitants of the village. I law the Cheik of this place :it Damietta, where he came for ten pieces of cannon to mount on the WCII k Suez ic occupied by too Ofmanlis : there are no Englilll their. REC.% TITULATION AND DISTRIBUTION Of TUE I/RUSK ruooPs is EGYPT. At Atexmldria 15D0 - At At•no!,ir - - zoo . Fort Julien . 15 itok - tra - 202 Phamaniz - - zi Province of Mennuf . - Soo Cairo, Boulzk, and Gife - icco Suez - - 103 Province of Manfoura - 5 00 Ditto' of Damietta and Lebeh - 6.:0 —7,640 Ir.f.titry CavAry ArtallLif DISVOSEASLE WORM 6:co *Goo 5 00 .--16,140 I: is needle: to add, that this is not an army. The men are badly ar med, without dilcipline, without confidence in their Chiefs, and enervated by the excels i4fdebalich. The officers every way refemble the fuldier-.. They are ignorant of the firli pi inciples cf the rtilitary art, and are Ilimu lated merely y the do ire of gain. They think of nothing Lut enrichirg themselves, and finding the means to retire in &fay. Sir thouCind French would at this moment be fidficient to conquer Egypt. " ARMY OF THE MAMELOUKS. " The army ef the Bcys confills of 3000 Ma melouL., 3500 Arabs of the tribe of Ababde of Chark. and ssoo of the tribe of 13incaly. Muham med Bey Elly has married the daughter of the Cheik of tl.-. fira tribe, and Maarzouk Bey, fon of Ibrahim Bey, the daughter of the Cheik of the tribe of Binca:y. The power in this army is di vided between Ibrahim Bey, the Chief, Elfy Bey, and Ofman Bey, who has fucceeded Murad Bey. Their head quartets are at Djerze. They have with them So French deferters, who form a fmall corps of artillery. Hitherto they have beat the Turks on every uccafion, and the Egyptians prefer them to the Ofmanlis. All Upper Egypt is in their power. " SYRIA. " Acre.—The walls of this place are repaired. The gate is covered by a fmall horn work, and the tower of the angle of the wall by a half-moon. A fmall jleche has alio been conarued in the front of the Pacha's palace. All the works are well preferved. The weakeft part is that towards the lea, and particularly the point which defends the entrance to the port. " The forces of Dgezzar amount at this mo ment to between 53 and 14,000 men, 9000 of whom are employed in the liege of Jaffa. Jeri,- falem and Nazareth are occupied by the troops of the Paella ~1 Acre. The Naploulians ferve againa Abonmarak. JAN.—The Vizier, after the reconquelt of Egypt,caufed the walls to be repaired, which are, however, at th;s moment, in a very bad condition. Aboonirlik, Pac h a of Paleitine, who defends this place, has 4coo men in the garrifirn. " Gaza is occupied by 4. oo of Aboumarak's troops. 44 The Emir of the Druces has refilled to pay his annual tribute to DAtzzar, and has railed a powerful force. The Paella waits for the Curren. der of Jaffa to attack him. The Ettglifh hare offered to interpofe as mediators between the Emir and Dgezzar, but the latter has refilled their mediation. _ " The Porte has at this moment very little con nation with Syria. "eoaact JUNI." ACTS OF GOVERNMENT. Sr. CLOVD.—The Government of the Republic having enniideted a Report by the Miniller for In ternal Affairs, ordains as follows: Asa. I. In the Port of Romeo, there Ihall he a flaple for de reception and Isle of all goods and commodities from the Co llooks or elfewbere, which are not prohibited by Law. 11. The tows of Rosen ball provide fuitabk public build ! logs fur the Ogle, A plan of the ground and buildings (hall be preknted to the Government. That plan, It approvedoviU receive the fandion of a fpccial ~rdcr from the Government. 111. The itapk at Rosen mall be coofidered in law as a part of Havre. Ships freighted for Rouen ball therefore fiat pre fent at Ham clad accounts of the quantities and qualities of the goods which they are to deliver at Rosen —The Odd Of ficer of the Cuftonw at Havre, ball. upon receiving fuch ac count, formally record and authenticate the declaration con ! veldts it. The Olken of the Caftans at Havre, et: en there are no With-ions of frosailng, ball be at liberty to asps any vdfel from the needley of entering the port of Havre. Ships welding at Rosen from Havre ball prefent the account authenticated by the prindpal °Seer of the Cullum. at Ham. to the Cullom-hock Olken at Rouen, when tbe(e come on hoard the laid &ire in the river. If the goods are not gelidly fuck In quantity and quality as the authenticated declaration deknbes them, the (mem lhall be held guilty deo ad of fraud. The cargo ball be infpeded at ks entrance into the Rack of Rouen, and if ks value be either greater or Ids than It is stated, In the declarative ad, this ball he taken as a proof d th e fraud. VL The wattlit cad qualities of al/ carioca of goods re ezported from Konen, ball be fpeeilled in a Manlfello from the Darcethe of the Caboose at Rouen. The Mandell° than be tradmitted to the Chief OMcer of the Coftoma v Havre. At Havre the cargo &all be inlpeaed in coraparlion with the I Mandeb°. It the gene be either greater or lefain vase, than ia there raprefed ; thb boil alto be regarded as an ad of fraud. V. The bliwitter of the Trofury. and the Maas: fa Itr ternal Affair!, are dirceted to put this dance In exeeut:on, and to add it tothi Itegiitcr of tlic Laws. . _ The Fira C•oft:I, (Sizzl,l) e oynrAß - : - C. By the Firit Conk!, The Secrttzry of 11. L. M d ■ r r, A Cc:Will:lr Decree ha; all() bccn ifrued, allowing the ettablithracnt of an cntrcpot of goods in the city of Strainurgli. The as far as it (pats an enttepot of foreign goods, is to continue in fru cc for fix months. The foreign gods privileged by this decree, with the e ccption of printed linens, mullias, and leaf tobacco, may be tranfpw-ted by land into in. reign counti:c•, by Stra(surgh to Mcntz, paffing by the Cullom Office at Oppcnheim, and from Sraf. burgh to Balk, !siding by the office at Bourg•librc, and back the fame road : but they mull always follow the direct t road, and pay'the duty of the ba. lance of trade. Thole goods that are declared to be in tranfit malt continue their deffination to foreign coun tries, and cannot be admitted into the enwpot at Strafooigh. Should the goods declared to I.e in tranlit be diverted from their defliaation, they w ill then be liable to a quadruple 4:f the taxes, and the perfons fo diverting them to a penalty of svo li vres ; and if goods declared to be in tranfit are difcovered to be of a different kind from thole entered in the declaration, the offenders (hall be condemaed to pay the value of the goods decl•C ed at their current price, and be, moreover, mulaed in a penalty of 500 livres. By another decree of the above date, a duty is laid upon all fal ammoniac imported from foreign multi irs : That coming direaly from Egypt in French bottoms is to pay but a third of the duty. it the certificates which accompany it have been infpeEted by the French agents at the places from which it is embarked. FROM THE PARIS PAPERS. NA►LES, JAN. t.—The following details are contained in letters recently received from Malta, to which a good deal of credit is attached : "The Englilh Commandant of this garrifon has publiih ed, by found of drum, an order, by virtue of which every Frenchman whatever, who is attach ed to the Order of St. John of Jerefalem, is imme diately to lay down the badges, under penalty of an immediate ;melt in cafe of difobedience. In conformity with this notification, founded nn the arrangements of the Treaty of Amiens, about 14. French Gentlemen have laid down the crofs and the unifcrm of the Order. The Neapolitan troops, to the number of two thnufand men, are lodged in the barracks without Malta, and in the forts of Refacalo and St. Auge. They are not to be fuf. fcrcd to enter the town, unlefs without their arms. A guard of honour has been appointed for their Commandant, the Prince de PANTCLERIA, who relides in Malta. It is not yet known when the Engldh have determined to evacuate this Maud." VIENNA, JAN. 16.—At length the machine fo artificially formed, and compofed of fo many he. tcrogeneous parts by Field Marfhal Laser (the Aulic Council of War) has been deftroyed, to the no fmall altonifhment of thofe who dreaded, and thofe who wifhed for this event. The Aufiriatz Monarchy is indebted for this great work to the firmnef and the wifdom of his Royal ffighnefs the Archduke CHARLES. Being one day out on a hunt ing party with his brother the Emperor, he re monftrated very flrongly on the etrential errors and defeOs of the Aulic Council ofWar, adding at the fame time, that if his Majefty would not (maims an abfolute and total change of this Council, be would himfelf quit his Situation of Minifter at War, and would retire to Mergentbeim. 'lb. Ennio/. influenced by fo powerful a confederation, at length contented to the change. Every well wither to his country agrees that the Archduke CHARLES, by this important change, has deferred better of his countrymen than by ten battles gained over the enemies of the Auflrian Monarchy, Since by this itep he has given to the War Department an or ganization as much calculated to enfurt the foe cefs of the Auftrian armies as the preceding ones tended to connterad their exertion•. A Minithy of War takes the place of the AtiTic Council, at the bead of which the Archduke CHAILIS prefides. The Archduke Jona has a fituation in the fame department. The late divi 'ion of public offices will accelerate their opera tions by giving them greater fimplicity. 'l'o an administration acme of thefe departments are ad ded a General and two Aulic Counfellors of War, with four Secretaries ; it is currently reported that General MACK will have an important place in this new organization. The reit of thefe changes will be fpeedily known. Rarissou, Jaw. 17.—Since the fitting of the 7th the Diet has not deliberated on the adoption of the general concluflim of the deputation. This Rate of inaftion ' which was conneßed with the ratifica tion of the Convention of Paris, for the regulation of the indemnity of the Gam: Do at of Tu sem. is about to ceafe, and the Protocol is to be opened a-new in confequence of the intelligence JuR re ceived, that the ratifications have been exchanged at Vienna, on the 13th of January. The authentic Convention received yefierday by the Imperial Minifters, and by Citizen LaFOlLlz,through means of extraordinary cornier', is not officially known, but it is on the point of being communicated ; and it is already known that, befides the regula tion touching the interefts of the GRAND Doss of TUSCANY, it contains feparate Articles, by which the Em r LROR recognifes the Kiwo of Erav zi• ; the Helvetic Republic, according to the new form ofgovernment which that Republic is about to receive; and Piedmont, as forming an integral part of the French Republic. According to the terms of this Convention, the Emperor adheres formally to every thing that has been hitherto done at the Diet of Rotation, on the propofition of the Mini. iters of the Mediating Powers, and engages to ra tify the general revers of the Deputation, as loon as he null have received it. We learn betides, that the Duke of Modena has fent orders to M. de Git 1 , . I ramEGO, Prefident of the Marian Regency at Fribourg, to take polteffion in his name of the Ragan and the °memo, and that for this pa Toil two battalions of the regiment of Bender have been placed at his difpoUL Bavaria being obliged to r ` Y cede to the Grand