Jenks's Portland gazette., 1802-05-31
Partition of the Turkiih Erapiretf

TartltlOn OF the luIkiln Emplfc. 80
LONDON, APRIL 10.
In aanuncing that the final arranY ement Of
general peace Is 70 near at hand, II istsith much
pain we give; to the pnblic any information
tending to damp their Joy We received prt
vste advices from the Continent yeRerdaH
which in addition to the contents Of the public
papers. leave very little doubt that the AAmes
Of war iul extioguifhed in TIE Wet Of Eorope
are on the eve Of being rekindled in the Eait.---
We are afured the event which every one has
70 plainly fo,efeen Is on the point of taking
place that the PARTITION Of the TURK
ISH EMPIRE is agreed npon, and that Bon
aParte has iucceeded in perfnadng Rufia, All,
iaria and Psutfa, tempted by The profpea Of
aggrandizement, 10 enter into his views. IL Is
po(IibIe that Mr.. Ballet. the meG-nger, brought
official lelligence Of this to our minites few
days ago. We underaand Rufiia and Aultria
will Immediately invade the Turkilh domnons.
The intelligence comes by private channel; ;
but il refs on good authority, and IS arongiy
fupported by the contents of Foreign Journals
From the French, German, and Dutch mails,
received yelterday. we have made extracts un-
der the head 'sTarkjb Embiys' which will
enable our readers to Judge how far,our opinion
IS founded. Il appears, the French miniiter at
CorRanainople, received difpatches of great i'm
portance that the Englith ninilter at Vienna
receiveda meGenger, from Con&antinople
With dilpatches Of great importance alto the
Grand Seignior ana the -Dtvxn, .-r~Hed the
ultimptum of England with impatienl :, i
was reported Aullria and Rufiia had agreed to
feize upon her Welfern Provinces, which are in
Gate of anarchy that the Archduke Charles
had called from his hermitage Field MarihAl
Cobourg, and is buGly engaged with him in
OF ganizieg The army that The Aufrian troops
at Hungary are in motion, and their deiigns OF
feizins upon feveral Turkih Provinces is no
longer doubtful THAT $4,000 men in Traniyl.
vania alone that numerous Auitrian armles
are afIemblng in Ealfsrny GAllicia to ieize Mol.
davia and thar cordons Of troops are on the
frontiers of Bofcia, and Seryia, which are 70 CO
operate with Rulian troops defined to- take
polIat1ion of the rurkiih towns OF Bender and
Aikamar. While ,thefc formidabl. meafurcs
are purfuing againtt the Turks, they are en-
broiling with the Englith on account of the
maaacre of the Beys. The TuTkjh Empire
left alone, and attacked as i will be by all the
great military powers Of Europe, mutt tall
Bonaparte will then obtain hi. Objects. Egypt
and Greece, in def ance OF the Br,,iih Marine.
If he can not reach them by iea, he will by land I;
and the very pretext will be uftd by the great
military powers for pArtitionirg Turkey, which
they lately uied fortheir attempt to partition
France. The s.dltorjsr, anarchy and eosfyfon,
will be found 70 great, as TO threaten the very
extence Of civH |oci,ty, no regular government"
will be able to exit, uulefs the Turks are re
duceJ, and the fcenes aded in Poland,
and attempted in France. will BE- repeated
in the territories Of the 0 toman Porte. All
thefe powers want is dominion principles and
morality are mere cant. Since they had by
!" the refult Of experience and The evidence Of
facts" that they cannot obtain it in France
why-a flice Of Turkey will do as well.
Should general attack upon the Turkiih
empire be made, what part will England take !!
Ten years ago Mr.. Pttt, dsred, and P4rl;ament
voted Il too that we lhould 90 10 war With
RulIia rather than allow the ceiii1n Of finge
Turkifh town 70 her.. Will England now fee
the whole empire broken up, Greece, and Egypt
taken, India threatened ! In rhe De6nitiye
Treaty, England guarantees the integrity of the
Turkifh empire againl France I; but France in
The fi,(t inltance will probably not inrerfere.-
Rulia aud AuRria will do the bufineis while
France and Pruflia will receive their dividend
of the fpoil.--Or evsn lhould France interfere,
fhe will no further violate the De6nitive Treaty
refpeaing Turkey, than Che has done the Pre-
liminaries refpea the integrity OF Portugal |;
Rep to which miniRers have fubmitted -
Perhaps, Mr.. Addngton alluded to this aP-
proachicg war. when in concluding his fpeech
on the Budget, he expreGed hope of prefsrving
Peace, by aeering clear ofthe quarreis OF other
nations. -
Accordiog to the lateR letters received at
Vienna from Conttan;inoplc, the Secretary OF
the Britilh Legation, Mr.. Srattos, is iafely
arrived in Egypt, where divifions continue to
prevail between the Turks and the naiives in
confequence Of the unfortunate maaAere Of tn.
Beys.
7UKlSH EMPIRE.
coNsTANrlNoPLE, FEB. IS.