The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-06-27

dn cEriai account Of tbe ez,enfs ackisb took place
az CegFaRlinopAe.
| The Porte was delirous of peace. TWAS this
ieriiment, perhaps exaggerated, induced her
TO content, after having diipoied two rebel Hof-
| Podars, to reinitatc them. She did not yield
TO the threatso OF Rui,id, whom Gsc knew to be
her eup.acab'c enemy but she yielded to the
Notes and threats Of England.-This latter
power appeared iatisfed. and every thing pre-.
Jagged 20 the Porte the duration of a repofe
which ihe has 20 dearly purchafed, when Mi
chsHon iuddeny entered Moldavia, invefted
Cho- zirn, which he took by iurprife, after fir
ing few cannon fhct. Michelfon then pub
li!hed the annexed paper mo. y and the minii-
ter OF Rufiia, called upon the Porte, made the
notification mo. y. The Porte was deeply
ienlible OF this mixture of contempt, hypccriiy
and audaoIty The Rufian armies were not
ialIsfed with invading Modavia, taking poi.
ieiilon or Chocziin, ockadug Bendar, and
marching to tl.s Danube, but what fill further
diicoied the tchemes of the court of ST. Petcri.
| burgh, IN the countries invaded by the Ruff
llanS, the Turkiih inhabitants received orders
to teii their property aud quit the territory &C.
| euPIed by the euemy's army. Thefe unfortu.
| tunate huibandmeH were feen to give an OK for
a !baIer, and to abandon at a itil lower price
then eifects and furniture. Michelcon's army
reinforced by Ellen, was going to be 70 by o.
tncr forces which were marching towards the
Dahuoe. II would have been all over with the
Ottoman empire, had not the French army ap-
peared on the VIitula, they occupied Wariaw
and Ruha, threatened on her frontiers, hali
" recalled Ellen and the troops of the Don.
nichelion entered Bucharef, but could not go
beyond II. The iurkiih armies were formed
| aud their advanced guard was fu!ficent to flop
the Rutfians at little diitance from that town.
| The EnGlih miniiter at frft interpreted his
good Offices. He was unable to a. f.ver the
io1cible reatons given by the Divan. The Porte
nasJu1 been attacked on her territory, with
out any declaration of war, her meafures of in
terror administration were criticized in the pro-
ciamation of the enemy's generals the hottie
ltePs were not even preceded by Jingle diplo-
matte note; no means for accommodation
were left open. The Engliih ninifter kept to
the hep he had taken, he faw the RulIian nj
hitter take his departure and remained tranquil.
But lew weeks afterwards, he came to a
conference which took place at the Porte, on
tne 2oth Jan. he there made the declaration
NO .. and afterwards embarked on board d
trlgate, cut his cables and disappeared.
On the goth, Whit on board the Eudymi
on trigate, be tranfmtted to the Porte the note
! No. 4.
1t was evident that in this crifis the Porte
was attempted to be impofed on, for fcarcely
had the amhafiador arrived at Tenedos, when
he II in, off that lfllnd, with admiral Duck
wor'h's fquadron.
| After having remained for fome time Mt Tene
dos, the Engllih admiral appeared before the
oardanelles with two ihips Of the line, three
deckers, eigh'y.gun NIips 9 ieventy-four's,
ana ieveral bomb ketches. Favored by fonth-
eriy wind, the eneiny's fquadron arrived on the
isthFeo at in the morning, before the batteries
| OF the two hfit cattle. The latter began a warm
and obftinate fire, which The Engliih did no,
dnfwer. Arrived oil the two forts, the bate
res began TO play on the enemy's fhips; the
WIND carried them forward and the batteries of
the fort were III armed. OFF Gallipoli the Eng
I'm iquadron fell IN with Turkilil "a gun man
or war and hpe trigates, the crews of which
were at the MoiGue. Beiides, what could this
| iquadroa have done againit fuch hyperion force
The Engliih attacked it, and committed another
OF thoie crimes which that nation alone is ca.
pable OF, and with which it has already Raned
| itieIt by the burning of the four Spaniff fri
! gates, the gliti admiral fet fire TO the fix
iurkIih ihps: yet war wasnot declared par
eys were fiil 10 take place, and the minilter OF
the Porte was Till at London.
This ire was perceived from ConnantinoDle ::
lnitead of fpreadng Encouragement through
the city, it inAamed the minds of all the inha
bitants. Oo the 2oth, at 5 O'Clock in the even
ING, the EDgih iquadron appeared before the
Seiaglio. Nothing had been provided apainn :;
no point was in hate of defence but the peo
pie ran TO arms. The Grand Ssignior was him.
ieif the frit to repair to the petitions ack7ow
! lodged to be the moa favorable 10 erect bate
RES. Men, women, Children, Turks, Armcni
airs, Greeks, Uemas, Checks Dcryilcs, and
every body took the pickax and purters' Hrap {;
10 French artillery Officers and engineers arriv-
ed during the night from Dalmatia. I'm five
days, five hundred pieces of cannon ard
hundred mo'tars were mounted in batteries. and
the Turkiih empire was tecurcd, not froal the
deHTuctlon of few houles, a few BUILDINGS
but from the lofs of its honor, it's confederation.
the only good that nations do not find again
when they have once Ion them.
| However, the EBgliih Minfer embarked on
board On * #, and had the barefacedneC to
ak to parey. The Turks conf nted to fnotber
the rage which devoured every breaf, and the
| Kiaji-bey repaired on board the Admiral TO
lhen TO what the Englilh had to propofe. The
following were their proportions in. The
| caites OF the Dardiuecs lhall De delivered / l.
! to the hands OF the Bnglih'------2 cd. Fifteen
men of war laden with the naval flores which
are ut the arlenal, ihsil be conveyed to NAL
ta.-jd. The Porte ihall declare war againf
France, and frnd back her hmbanador. A h.
! Moldayia and WalIacha ihall reuaiuto Runi3 (;
the f1rtreis Of Ifm1il and the other iortrcnts of
the Danube ihaIl be put in the poGenion of
that power
Such proportions were def,rvirg Of no an.
iwer. The next day, the Drognan Of the