The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-01 00:00:00

FP.0.11 THE FRENCH PAPERS.

VIENNA APRIL 1 1.--L-We read in the. CourtGa-
r,te of this day,: that the Russian General MAYEN-
CIPI having received -a-considerable reinforcement,
bask re-appeared befoie Israel; that several gun-
boats had arrived there upon the Danube, and Lime
wereexpeded that the army under General MI-
r.,'''RE.LSO/st had obtained some adv'anta,Yes over the
in the environs of Daya and Dorpoth, and
- of course advanced ; that great preparations
Were making, forlitting out vessels 'in all the Itus-
-414r1 ports in the Black Spa, and that the Duke Da
itic;tt.tEu and• Count LANGERON had left their Go 7:
verntnents to join General ..\licuELsoll's army.
CON
STANTINOP E MARCH 10.-We know now
to a certainty 'why the English Fleet met with so
little resistance in passing the Dardanelles. Eye-wit-
ik.4egassure us, that the posts already in a bad state,
were destroyed by the first discharge of their own
guns,
which were badly' placed, and extremely
..ge in the bore, • some of them carrying balls of
wpounds weight. The new works, upon
which they have been labouring these three weeks
Past: are not yet completed. When the' English
'passed the Dardanelles the second time, they found
these batteries much more formidable than they were
at first a Corvette and a Brig loaded with ammuni-
tion -were sunk ; but we are unacquainted with the
'4lllgge sustained by the rest of the English Fleet
Upon its return from before Constantinople.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE PORTE.
" Oft'Prince's Island, on board his Majesty's Ship
the Royal George, Feb. zo, 184)7.
" Notwithstanding the sincere and reiterated ef-
forts of theender,igned to prevent hostilities, no cor-
responding disposition haS been manifested on- the
Part of the Sublime Porte-. •
The Porte has not returned any answer to the
rePresentations which the undersigned has. made by
I lrder of his Government, in the conference that he
had with the Ottoman Minister on the 25th Janua-
rj• Not eirep the least attention has been paid to
the representations, though for the sake of the stria-
est accuracy, and in conformity with the request of
the Reis Effendi, they had been deliVered in writing,
;
'lva letter addressed to this Minister on the 28th of
the said month.
The undersigned, indeed, received, some time
after, a Note from the Sublime Porte ; but it did
not contain a single trait by means of which one
utllttan
judge with certainty of the sentiments of the
relative to the circumstances which had giyen
birth to the late discussions between the undersigned
and the Ministers of hik• Highness. .
. .
" In faa, so little zeal, has been shewn to pre.
terve the -amity of 'his Britannic Majesty, that it
Was in vain that the Undersigned'made repeated at-
nlpts,to enter into a negotiation with itte.C,aptain
acha, though in the proposittonS made by him, the
Undersigned took upon himself to exceed his in-
at,rnetions. The Captain Pacha was evidently in.
Tilled to accede to the pacific proposals of the Un-,
'erriigned ; but the orders of his Sovereign were
not of a nature to afford any hope the. object most
desirablec the preservation of 'Peace, would be.ef-
4e6ted.
" It only remains, thereftire, for the Undersigned
declare-onceto more to his Highness the Captain
eacha, that the British Fleet wonid avail itself Ofthe
first favourable wind to proceed towards Constan-
tinople--,such being the orders that the Admiral has
ireceivedirom his Government : but being constant-
13' determined to spare no effort on his part to pre-
vent hostilities, the Undersigned assured the Cap-
talon' Paclei, that notwithstanding the menace of dis-
12nting the passage, not one English Vessel should
Ore a shot fia they had reiterated proofs of the hostile
inclinations of the Turks ; and he further promised,
Mat on his arrival before Constantinople he Would
!ere. no reason to doubt that-the permanent'objea
°' his Sovereign was to defend the Ottoman Empire,
to lieu of attacking it.
" The wind • having chancred on the 19th, the
-.llglish Admiral was upon the point of executing
the duty enjoined to him when he was sent to,therse
8e;•s• In passing the first batteries, each of his Ma-
testy's 'Vessels had to sustain the most terrible fire ;
but they. carried their moderation so.far as not to
leturn a single shot. It was not until some time
after that the Admiral seeing English blood spilled,
had recourse to the means of necessary defence.—
The result is known ; and the arrival of the-Fleet
~n its prersent station, without the least damage
t 0 any of the Ships, ought to be taken as a con
vincing proof, that when orders have been once gi-
/ett to British Officers, there are no difficulties, no
danger, that can retard their execution 'a single
si Hostilities . having been thus commenced by
The Sublime Porte against the Naval Forces of his
Britannic Majesty, the Undersigned was at liberty
t° nut an actual period to his mission, and to sig-
IlifY to the Commandant in Chief that from that
110t-nent he was at full liberty to prosecute the war.
" However, the Undersigned will still give one
,amore striking example of the moderation and the
mesire which his Sovereign would feel to the last
to be in a situation to' consider the Sultan as a friend,
and no lohger as an enemy.
" The Sublime Porte is already informed of the
tonditions upon which the continuation of friend-
thip with Great Britain .depend. It will therefore
Ale unnecessary to repeat here what has been amply
clerailed already ; but .the -Undersigned will not
eontent himself with simply declaring, that the
Ottoman Government is again invited to make its
eloice--eto decide in a word, whether. this Empire
,41,a1t hence forward bejoined with France—or whether
,`!!e engagements with his Britannic Majesty, and
4415 august Ally the Emperor of Russia, arc to be
renewed,
" The Undersigned has every possible motive for
.esi.ririg that the Sublime Porte should renew these
engagements. Great Britain has always bad a parti-
cular -predileetion for the Ottoman Empire ; these
two Powers have fought together, and with success,
against the present Ally of the Sublime Porte, at a
time when this Ally had ailed with a degree of
Perfidy which excited but one sentiment throegh the
thole extent of the Ottoman Empire ; and the dis-
ng"isbed, though ill-applied bravery which the
ITurks have tecently.exhibited in their fruitless at-
\,lllPt to oppose the progress of the British Fleet,
f~~~•Puy: to every Englishman an . additional cause
>r
rattingb the tailure of the Negotiation propos-
. .t b., tite- Undersigned.

" But it cannot be, too clegly expressed, that
j there is not a moment to lose. To accumulate
proofs of the pacifie dispositionsef his Britannic Ma-
jesty, and those to 'whoth the execution of his orders
are entrusted; the Admiral need not urge !bat he
has pot availed himself of the .advantage 'atfort'ed
him by the wind continuing favourable, and that he
has consented to remain with his' Fleet at a distance.
from the Capital,during the time necessary for re-
ceiving an answer to the Undersigned. .
" In case this answer should arrive to-morrow
before sun-set, and that it contain sufficient and un-
equivocal assurances that the just and moderate de-
mand of his Britannic Majesty are granted, all
hostile demonstrations on the part of the British
Fleet shall immediately cease. But if the answer
shall be di&ated upon other principles, the Under-
signed will have to declare with regret, that his mis-
sion is terminated, and that the British Admiral will
conform himself to the orders which his Government
has entrusted bun with the execution of in the event

of a -war.
" Requesting the Sublime Porte to accept the as-
surance of his most distinguished consideration, the
Undersigned reiterates his most ardent wishes, that
it may yet have the wisdom to regain the amity of
the two Powers whose generous efforts have been
so often employed in its favour with success.
(Signed) " CHARLES ARI3UTHNOT."'

No. 11.

SiC JOHN MOMAi
.DUCKWORTH, Vice-Admi-
ral oithe White, 'and Knight of the Path, knowing
that according to an article in the Triple Alliance, the
Sublime Porte is engaged to grant the .free passage
of the Dardanelles to the ships of war of his Sove-
reign and M. ARBUTHNOT, his Majesty's Ambas-,
sador, having informed him that the Sublime Porte,
from particular circumstances, -had constantly ex-
pressed its desire that the treaty should be proceeded
in,and that it should be happy to seeing the moment
arrive when they might be able to enter upon it
without any inconvenience; iaad•given the strongest
assurances, that all the conditions of the said treaty
should, in thernean while, be looked upon-as remain-
ing in full force. In this state of affairs it is impos-
sible for the Vice-Admiral to express the extent 9f
his chagrin when he saw himself attacked the day
before yesterday, in a hostile-manner, by the outer
most castles of the Sublime Porte, when he was per"
forming the duty imposed upon him, of passing the
Dardanelles. _ _ _

" But though his Majesty's vessels had been struck
by the shot, and some of his subjeas lost their lives,
the Vice-Admiral, to give a proof of his pacific sen 7
timents, desisted from firing upon the castles of the
Sublime Porte ; but he. felt, at the.same time, that if
he experienced the same .hostile disposition from the .
other castles and batteries, his duty would then ob-
lige him to repel force by. force.
" It was with pain that he saw himself compelled
to have; recourse to this disagreeable duty. .But if
the Sublime Porte hadbot made. use olother
_means
of resistance, the. Vice-Admiral would still have
flattered himself that 'what had taken place was the
elle& of some misunderstanding, in consequence of
inAnßcient explanation on each side.
But this idea very soon vanished ; for after hay-
lug passed the two Castles of Abydos and- Sestos, he
found a tquadron belonging to the Sublime ,Porte,
formed In line :of battle, and' which began to,tire
Upon his Majesty's squadron as soon as they arriVed
within cannon-shot.

" The French flag being hoisted upon the Castle
of Abydos, the &termination taken by the Sublime
Porte to throw itself' into the arms of France, could
no longer be doubted, notwithstanding the perfidy of
that nation ; of which the Sublime Porte had expe-
rienced enough in- Egypt.
" The Vice-AdMiral then saw himself under the
necessity of. destroying' those vessels,-notwithstand-
.
ing the instru&ions he had received from his-Sove-
feign to afford the Porte, to the last moment, proofs
Of his amity and unwearied patience. .
" After having witnessed a change so absolute m
the dispositions-of the Sublime Porte, and his Ma-
jesty's Ambassador having afterwardS fruitleSsly .exz.
hausted all the means of pacification, the Vice-Ad-
miral finds himself under the necessity of declaring
to the Sublime Porte, that having it in his power to
destroy the capital, and all the Turkish vessels, the
plan of operations which his duty prescribes to him,
is, in consequence, very clearly, marked out. But
convinced that the just and humane disposition of
his Sovereign induces him. to punish the guilty
only ; persuaded at the same time -that the Sultan
and his people are very far from wishing to go. to
war with Great Britain ; and that of course the pre-
sent measures.can only have been occasioned by' the
baseness and the intrigues of the French with-some
of the advisers of his Highness, the Vice-Admiral
will feel the utmost reludlance to render so many
persons completely miserable by the horrors of war,
and the destruction of.all the objeds. of their attach-
' ment and enjoyment.
" To avoid so fatal a catastrophe, the following is
the condition he proposes—`The Sublime Porte
shall deliver
,up its ships and vessels 9f war, with
means sufficient for their equipment ; and the Vice.
Admiral will, in this case, engage not to molest the
City,'but to withdraw immediately beyond the Dar-
danelles.'

"The Vice-Admiral grants the, Sublime Porte
half an hour after the translation of this note into
the Turkish language, to determine upon this pto-
posal, protesting that if he is reduced to the disa-
greeable necessity of seizing the Turkish ships of war
by force, and to commence the work of destru&ion
which be has the means to accomplish, it will be the
fault of the Sublime'Porte, and not that of the King
his master.

" On board the Royal George, oft' Prznce's
islands, Feb.2l, 1807.

(Signed)

" 1. T. DUCKWORTH."

No. 111.

" On board his Majesty's Ship the Royal George,
" near Prince's Islands, Feb. 21, 1807.
" Sin, THE FIRST DRAGOMMI,I

" This morning, at day break, we sent flag of
truce with a note, on my part, to the Reis Effendi,
but the officer was not permitted to land. I now send
the note a second time, to make another . effort, in
order that it may arrive at its destination. The oh-
jeec of this note is to demand whether the Sublime
Porte will be the Ally of France, or that,of Great
Britain and Russia.

" As the Admiral must as in an hostile rnaunetk:

against
,Cqnstantinople, in case the choice of the
Sublime Porte slibuld not incline,td,cdr interest; but
to that of France, he has also sent a note, the sub-
,t;ince of which is, that he will -spare the capital, if
he Turkisil ships of war and. thenavalstores are de-
livered up tcy him. • The answer, to the •Admiral'g
note t'nust be delivered -withirr-half an hour. The
Sublime Porte must be responsible fur the conse-
quences. I have the honour to be, Sir, the Fii-St.
Dragoman, yours, Lc..
" CHARLES ARtUTHNOTii!

No. y. - .
As it has,been discoVered by our glasses that
the time granted to the Sublime Porte to take its de-
cision, is employed in warping the Ships of War
into places more susceptible of defence, and in con-
stru&ing batteries along the coast, it is the duty of
the' Vice-Admiral to lose no :time : consequently
Mr..ARBUTHNOT is obliged to apprize M. Isac 141 r,
that if these measures of defence do not immediate-
ly cease, the Britigh Ships of War will ad in the
manner which shall be judged most convenient to the
interest they would wish to defend.
" His Imperial High,ness 'may briefly give his
word, in his own hand-writing, that the engage-
ments with Great Britain and Russia shall be imme-
diately renewed., The celerity with which the Bri-
tish Fleet, has passed the Dardanelles is a proof that
the determination already announced will be put.
into execution.

On board the loyal George, at midnight, be-
tween,the 21st and 22d of February."

No. V.

' " On board the Royal George, Feb. 27,
.1607.
" The Ambassador was yesterday Unwell ; 'to-
day he is so ill that he cannot quit his.bed, and is
utterly incapable of attending to business. I have
consequently opened the letter which you have ad-
dressed to him, and confess to you that its contents
are of such a nature as to offend me. To tell a Mi-
nister of Great Britain, and a British Officer, that
the Negotiation they have opened is nothing but a
scheme to gain time, is a thing we are not accustom-
ed to hear, and which, from our national charaEter,
we did not expe6t to hear. One English Frigate
alone has been left in the Dardanelles to collect the
boats that were employed upon the coast when we
were attacked in a hoitile Manner. I have every
reason.to believe that this Frigate willremain where
she is till she receives my ulterior orders ; but when
she joins me, or even when my Squadron shall be
joined by our 'naval force, even that shall not
oc-
casion any alteration in the terms I have proposed,
and by which I am bound in honour rigorously to
abide-:- Besides, we have no occasion for any rein:.
forcement, forthe.vessels you see before you have
been sufficient to effel' that, without -any damage,
Which had been 'regarded by every porson here as
completely impradicable.
I declare to you still once again, both in my
own narne'and that of the Ambassador, and I de-
.dare it .to you upon my hon Our, that we wish for
peace; though we are prepared for war. The Sub-
lime Porte is acquainted with the conditions upon
which it may preserve the amity of our So':ereign ;
and if you imMediately'accede to them, the Nego,
tiatton may, be terminated in a satisfa6tory 'manner
in half an hour. But I must tell you frankly, I will '
not consent to lose any more time. ' I owe it to my
Sovereign and to my own honour, not to suffer my-.
self to be- duped and those who, are capable Of
thinking' sd meanly of dthers, justly become them-
! selves the Obleets of snspicion.
Yon are putting your ships of war in motion—,
you take every method for increasing, the means 'of.
defence—but-if the -Stiblime Porte really wislte.i to
save its Capital from the dreadful calamities which
are reaay-to burst upon it, the thought of which is
shocking to our feelings of' humanity, you will be
sent here very early 'to-morrow morning, with full
powers to conclude with me the work of peace,
which. Mr. ARBUTHNOT would have, by this time,
set out to conclude on shore., if he. had not been
prevented by a very serious indisposition:: I now
declare to you, for the last time, that no considera-
tion whatever shall'induce me.to remain at a distance
from your. Capital a single moment beyond. the:pe-
riod I have now assigned; and you are sufficiently
acquainted with the English charatier, not-to.be ig-
norant that in a case of unavoidable necessity, we
are less disposed to threaten than to execute. But
understand me well. Our objet is peace and mi.
ty ; this depends on you. I therefore earnestly in-
treat you not to suffer, yourselves to be led into an
error by the insinuations of those persons whose in-
terest it is to excite false alarms, and tumults which
are the consequences of them: • . .

" As soon as harmony shall be re-established be-
tween us, you may reckon upon the assistance of the
forces under my ortie.rs, for the support of the Go-
vernment of his Imperial Highness, and the pro-
tedion of his Capital. I have the honour to
be,

(Signed) "'J. T. DUCKWORTH."

SIR,

No. VI,
" On board the Royal George, Feb. 24

" I have this moment bad the honour:of receiv-
ing your letter of this morning,- in which it is stated
that the Porte is inclined to enter into an immediate
Negotiation for the purpose of concluding a definitive
atrangement; and it is proposed that we on our
part should appoint a Plenipotentiary to meet the
person chosen on the part of the Sublime Porte.
" Considering thevery great importance of this
affair, not only as it regards the Sublime Porte and
Great Britain, but the whole world, I have come to
the resolution of personally cQndueling it, and I,
therefore, propose to the Sublime Porte, that in or-
der to obviate any- difficulty or inconvenience, a Mi-
nister be immediately sent on its part either on board
the English Frigate aElually at anchor before Con-
stantinople, to which 1 shall repair myself, or on
board my own Vessel, the Royal Gene, if that ap-
pears more proper. In case this arrangement should
not meet the ideas of the Sublime Porte, I propose
that the conference should take place in any of the
Prince's Islands you may think proper. From what
you mention to me of the degree of ferment which
prevails among the populace, you must be sensible
hots-injudicious it would be to expose our Negotia-
tion to be interrupted at every moment; and Kadi-
' kioi, which you have Mentioned ash convenient
'place, being on the Asiatic side, appears exposed to
the double disadvantage of being remote' froth the

seat of your Government, as well rig the anchorage.
of my Ships. 7
In ease the Su blirne aocode to.
proposal lithich, I make respeOing o I eon-
terenee, you will percelo, how necessary itl is to ,give
order that all further hostilities: should: be ticra-
ed within the'Dardanelles.. .

" I have. ncithing more to add, except th4l it, i;
of the utmost importiFe I should receive an
diate answer. I have also to request that one of the.
Vi:6ls belongng to the Arsenal (a sandal) sli.llcl lie
ordered to remain near me, with some confidential
person, for the inn-pose of corresponding whenever it
may be necessary.
" I have the honour to be, &c. .
(Signed) " J. T. DUCK WORTH."
.•,
" P. S. It cannot escape' your observation, that
there is no precedent of an Admiral, or Commander
in Chief, quitting his Squadron, but the Ambassador
not being in a situation to condua this. important
Negotiation, and no person but myself being audio=
rized to treat, I have determined to repair to what-
everplace we may mutually fix on as the most proh
per for arranging an affair of such great consequence.
I must observe, in the mean time, the eight ev.i
embrasures that have been suddenly'opened in tht
wall of- the Seraglio. • This is another •proof of a
hostile disposition; and I feel myself called upon to
declare to you, for the last time, that if such mea--
sures are not immediately discontinued,' I shall be
under the necessity of commencing hostilities.
you are therefore sincerely disposed to negotiate, it is
become more necessary than ever that the confer
ence with me should take place . without losing a
Moment, in which case the truce I have before pro-
posed is limited to two days.
(Signed) " J. T. DUCKWORTH."

No. VII.

" SIR,' On board the Royal George, Feb. '24,
" Your letter, dated yesterday at sun-set, "arrived
here at midnight, and; as well as the preceding one,
was opened by the on "account 'of the indi4position of
the Ambassador.

, " Inyeply, J. have not a syllable to add to the let-
ter which I addressed to you on receiving your first,
except that we are still ready to negotiate upon .the
conditions proposed in the Note transmitted to' you
by the Ambassador and myself on , the 'evening of
the 22d of this month. I have the honour to be,
(Signed) -" J. T.-DUCKWORTH."

No. VIII.

." Vice Admiral Sir J. T. DucKwoßTx being a
Constant witness of the preparations which are Unin-
terruptedly pursued, of the works which are conti-
nued on the same batteries, of the designs manifest-
ed to establish new batteries on the sides of. Scutari,
and of the bustle among the,Ships of war,, insists up-
on beinn informed, without the least delay, itithere
really be. an inclination to negotiate, or if it be meant
to impose upon him. If the latter be intended, he
gives the Sublirrie Porte warning that it will not suc-
ceed. He laments the dreadful consequences which
are likely to result from it, but he can at least declare •
before GOd and man, that it will not be his fault.—
His measures are taken, and he only does his duty.
If a satisfaaory answer be not received within three.
hours, commencing from eight o'clock, according
to the computation of the Franks, he wili.begin by-
seizing all boats and vessels freighted with provisions
for the Capital, .and will put an end to the naviga' ,
'tion of the Sea of Marmora.
" On board the Royal George, Feb. 24, 1807;
at 5 o'clock in the evc;iiag."

No IX.

Sir JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH, Knight of the
most Noble -Order of the Bath;- and Vice-Admiral,
of the White, has received and opened the letters of
this date, which have been addressed to the British
Ambassador and himself by his Excellency the Reis
Effendi, and by the Dragoman of the Divan.
" It would hot be proper for Sir JOHN THOMAS
DUCKWORTH,,RS Commander in Chief, to repair to
a place so distant from his Fleet as
,that mentioned
by the Sublime Porte. Rear.-Admiral Louis, who
is already' so %.Vell'knowfl to the Sublime Porte, will
therefore be ready to meet the Ottoman Plenipoten-
tiary when the Sandal from the Arsenal shall be sent
to accompany him to the place of conference, and
will be vested with full powers to negotiate and con.;
elude the work of Peace, which is, and always has
been, the objea which his Majesty has had most
sincerely at heart.
"'ln acceding so readily to all the proposals of the
Sublime Porte, the most complete proof is given
that nOtwithstand:cg the important advantages al-
ready, obtained, the Vice Admiral feels the strougest
desire to re-establish a gOod understanding between
the two Courts ; but it cannot be too forcibly lin-
pressed upon-the Sublime Porte that he will ,not lose
a moment; for, notwithstanding the unexampled
moderation that has appeared in the t!onduil of the
British Squadron, all kinds of hostile operations ha% e
been prosecuted an shore with unremitted ,
," The:British Ambassador is too much indisposed
to reply to the letter of the Reis Effendi, and in con-
: sequence requests his Excellency to accept his ex-
cuse. •

' " J. T. DUCKWORTH.
" Onioard the. Royal George, Feb. 25, 1807."

No. X.

" At the moment the Sublime Porte informed
the Vice-Admiral commanding the British Squadron
that a Plenipotentiary was appointed, and that it
was its most earnest desire to enter immediately upon
a Negotiation, for the purpose of re=establishing
peace and harmony, the Vice-Admiral has been ac-
quainted that a boat, with a non.-commissioned Offi-
cer and four seamen, belonging to the.Frioate; with
a flag of truce at her maintop-mast, has been taken
and carried to the ASiatic side. In the actual state
of affairs, the Vice• Admiral is convinced that this
proceeding cap only be the elle& of the improper
conduct of some persons a6ling without orders ; and
he has not the least doubt that the Sublime Porte,
after receiving this, will direst that the five English-
men should be sent back to the advanced Frigate to
'which they belong.

" The Vice-Admiral wishes that there should not
be a moment lost in sending tllase men on board
their Ship.
(Signed) "J. T. DUCKWORTH"
" On board the Royal George, Feb.

No. XI.

r 0 HIS EXCELLENCY THE ILLtrarittous .SINISTER

MEHEMED-GAALIB, REIS- EFFRNDI.

" Having .determined, according to. the. orders
containedin my'insiruetions, to make an alteration
in the position of
.the Squadron under my orders, I
think it necessary to apprise your Excellency that I
shall advance a little more towards the North, keep-
ing, bowever, beyond the range of Camtuu-shot,
and without the leant intention to comuunce hosti-
lities, until every means of conciliation have been in-
effectually tried. But from the 'disposition
fested by the SuOlime Porte, I flatter myself that
every thing will be amicably concluded.
" Sir THOMAS Louts w tl be ready to go on board
the Sandal at an early ht. to-morrow. •

I have the honour to be, tic.

(Signed) " 3. T. DUCK.VVORTH.
" On board the Royal George, Feb. 25,."

No. XII.

TO. HIS EXCELLENCY THE ILLUSTRIOUS MINISTZIk

MEIIEMED-GAALIB, REIS EFFENDI.

.We wait with the greatest impatience the arri-
val of the Sandal which is to convey the British Ple-
nipotentiary to the place. of conference. We cannot
understand these repeated. delays, and cannot really
consent to them. My five sailors have not-been sent
back ; they must be immediately returned to. the
Frigate. _

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed} J. T-DUCKWORTH.
On-board the Royal George, Feb. 26, 1807."

No. XIII.

" The English Ambassador, extremely affe&ed
by the account which lie has received of the alarm-
ing situation in Which the family of ,Mr. DANIELL,
the English Commissary, who remained at Ortokoi,

are, thinks it would be an insult to his Excellency
• the Reis Effendi to entertain the Smallest doubt of
the favourable reception that will. be given to this
Note, the obje& of which is to intreat his Excellen-
cy to take proper precautions for the safety
of the said family, in case it should be necessary.
The Ambassador intreats his Excellency the
Reis Effendi '.to accept the assurances, of his high
considerat
"12,a-board the Royal George, Fe 1.26,1807." •

No. XI V.

" Vice-Admiral 3. T.:-Duclo,voaTH sends back to
the Sublime Porte two men, whom the boats of his
Sqdadron have taken.; and Las the honour to ac-
quaint it, that he has nine more in his possession,
who will be also sent back, when. the- Midship—
man and the four sailors, taken under the Flag of
Truce, shall be returned to their Frigate. •

" 'Mel/ice-Admiral assures the Sublime Porte
•of his high consideration.
(Signed) " J. T. DUCKWORTH.'
" On board the Royal George, Feb. 27. 1807."