Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-16
TURKEYS
Csastaatiaople. sosh Maref''
ENf,I. ISL EXPEDITION.

S ctcd 10 tfignfcHinG INT SIduti sc iSusos aiiu
his ministers, vsuuircd 10 go himself in
person and bring the EngHsh squadron with
which he had taTeatcned Inc divan for SO.
long a time. twas 10 the afternoon VI
the 10Th Of February that intelligence was
received here Of thar feet, consisting OF
seven ships OF the line, Two. Of which were
40. three 84's aud two As, besides two
frigstes of 4s aud W. Are ships, having
passed the sneigh.s of the Dardanelles, all
NEST without any resistance. afew hours
af,erwardsit was seen casting anchor three
leagues from ConstantinoP!e.
The appearance of these forces. which
found as In some measure unprovided, ex.
cited as hrss an uafavorable sensation upon
The minds Of the inhabitants. The divan
itself SEE ned uneasy and itresolute. A
great Consideration spread throsghous the
CITY.
The French smbassadar, withauf suffer-
iug himself 20 be moved blythe effects of
that crisis, threw himself, asi: were, upon
the helm, undertook 70 inspire coursrs and
.aaGI4a4..@.ssz Jig OH an order tor
Offending he city He saccesded. From
that mopen, rhs French military Obtained
every thing, from the good Will Of the mi.
nistsy and the Tufkish' engineers The
peop's seeing ia the morning. The dispose.
lion which had been male dariag the ght.
Showed themselves disposed 70 sscoad this
noremsntot enersy.
ThS preparations for defence could not
yet, haweser, bevery considerable. They:
consisted emily ia abasserv Of ,s pieces Of
cannon, hastily thrown up before ToPhaDa
another battery of 10 eannons placed oathe
coastof Asia, and lastly ii 4 or S small
caDnons which had been put upon an ad
vanced towe,. ALI this 10 igs, have ineom
NODDED the English squadroa had it eater.
ed bat nat being Supported by the cross
fires of the point eli The Seraglio, would
have been far FROM .asicieot to preserve
the ci,y, the Turkish Acct, the magazine,
&c.
Happily the English admiral, thoHgh be
had with him sir sidney Snith ard fire
ships, knew not how to take advantage OF
this moment, he suffered himself TO be
driven into kind Of expectation which
the Psrte carefully KEEP, in sus psnse-ansil
she found herself liz situation to repuise
every aggression. The disposi.ions that
were making soon put her in state to raise
her ions, and she rejected the odious pro.
positions Of the eaemy. Wehad at thar
time 800 pieces Of eannensia battery. NOR.
tars and howl zsrs--S ovens for red hti
bullets 10 full scsi1i,y, 10000 men armed
with rifles and tuslls, and animated with
the best spirit, 80 gun-shallaps forming
the advanced guard of sins ships Of the
line; SIX heavy frigasess and six corvss,es
IN the road; and ave large ships in front
of the fort.
All this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii,,ie to.shors.
en- the negotiation The English admiral
judging, 30 doubt from these dispositions
that similar measures would Bs taken 10
shut the passage of the Dardanr!lss, a.
ganss him, fastened, after accommodating
our position, to nske his retreat. He has
passed the Dardanelles;. bot the Turkish
garrison, animated by the example Of the !.
capital, fred desperately froa the only
battery which time had allowed to cree.
there. 1t disabled aud re-took the cor.
vette which the English had taken on
their passage. anc itsunk a polaere loaded
with ammunition. Four days later, aud
the enemy would not have come out SO ca
silly.
The English ambassador had 10 his ne.
quotations with the diysn, demanded as
preIiminaries, tia. the Porte should tura
away the French ambassador and the whole
legation thar all hos,ilities should from
that mannent cease with Russia that every
axnaarnkQka sfortl 6catlnn and erection of bat
ssries, snoald immediately be suspended
at Gonstac.inopie that the treaty of ALI. /
ance with England should be renewed that |
treaty OF alliance with Kussia should be
ceeclodeo; that an English and Russian