Litchfield enquirer., 1880-03-04

nation that denied the existence of Supreme
 Being and his revealed will to fallen world,
 but most protestant commentators say that
 it covered the forty two months or one thou
 sand two hundred and sixty years of Papal | Supremacy, but we have seen that France as
 political nation dld it in about four years.
 Thiers, Vol 4, 263 page, says, Bonaparte ar-
 rived at Toulon, May g, 179s. His presence | rejoiced the whole army which had begun to murmur and to fear that he would not be at
 the head of the expedition He issued proclamation in which he said,
 Soldiers, Seaman, Infantry, Artillery, and
 Cavalry, be united, you have need of one another" Previous to his arrival, we find on page 259, that France and Europe rang with I rumors of the preparations making in the Mediterranean. Conjectures of all kinds were
 formed. Where is Bonaparte bound, was the universal question. g ..., e..... -......
 Some said to the Black Sea, some said to
 India. Some, hitting the mark, said they were going to Egypt. On page 260, we are told
 
 months past in a state of alarm, and knew
 not on which side the storm that had been so
 long gathering would break.
 On page S64, we are told that Bonaparte as commander set sail, May 19, 179S with thirteen
 vessels of war, one of 12O guns, two os so guns, and ten of "A guns, besides brigs, cut ters, and gunboats. They formed thus five hundred sail which were to float at once upon | the Mediterranean. Never had such an arm. anent put to sea.
 The fleet carried about forty thousand men | of all arms and ten thousand seamen. It had water for one month, and provisions for two months. Page 265 says, the five
 hundred sail came into sight of the Island of
 Malta, June 9th. The sight filled the people with consternation. Bonaparte, in order to have pretext for stopping, and to give rise to cause of contention, applied for leave to take
 in water. He was refused, and immediately | landed troops, artillery, and subdued the is- land, and left three thousand men as garri- son. The squadron left Malta, the 19 of June. The essential point now was not to fall in with the English as they k2ew that Nelson was on | their track after they left Tonlon. Page 266 says that Nelson had thirteen men -of-war and ! some small vessels of an inferior class, and
 was in pursuit of the French. Learning that the French had been seen off Malta he follow ed, determined to attack them if he could overtake them. (By and by Daniel will tell xyhyy ho .t,l~. A. The French on board the whole squadron
 were ready for battle. The possibility of falling in with the English was present to every mlnd but excited no apprehension. At
 one time the English squadron.was only few
 leagues from the immense French convoy,
 and neither party was aware of it. Nelson began to suppose that the French were bound
 for Egypt made sail for Alexandria, and ar
 rived thare before them, but not finding them, | he sailed to the Dardenelles to seek them | there.
 | The French arrived at Alexandria two days | after Nelson left, nearly six weeks after it | sailed from Toulon. Bonaparte learned that
 Nelson had been there two days before, and supposing hlm to be not far o:i, resolved to
 attempt landing. Page 268 says, with great difficulty four or five thousand men were land ed in the course of the evening and night and
 being led by Bonaparte at daybreak on sandy
 beach they met few Arabs only, who, after | firing few musket shot, fled to the desert
 and the French continued their march until
 they came to the wall of the city, and then
 mounted the wall with ladders The Arabs were driven from ruin to ruin as far as the new town. The combat seemed likely to be bloody,
 when Turkish Captain served as mediator l for negotiating an arrangement.
 I Bonaparte made promises that were accept | able, resistance ceased, and the same day the French were masters of Alexandra. At the fortieth verse, Daniel XI chapter, we read that this atheistical power shall come in con-
 tact with the King of the South at the time of the end, and the feeble resistance they met
 with to gain foothold in Egypt, mere push
 ing, as the Prophet expresses it, fulfilled to the letter.
 Had Nelson overtaken him and destroyed his forces, the prophecy would have failed, as
 to time, and manner. On page 281, we are told that the French
 had battle near Cairo, the capital of Egypt,
 in which five or six hundred Mamelukes were killed, and more than thousand drowned in
 the Nile.
 The capital was in extraordinary agitation, l it contained more than three hundred thousand rhohit xvif o hr,f fol sition prevailing to 8 great extent. On the 1 next day but one, Bonaparte entered Cairo,
 and took possession of the palace of Mourad
 Bey. The prophet says, 'the King of the North shall come against him like whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and many ships Thiers' Chronology says Turkey de- clared war against France, Sept 12 179S, and that England and Russia followed them, De- cember IS, 179s. ... .....,.. .....- Nelson after visiting the Achipalogo, as we
 learn on page 2s6, returned to Sicily, and 1 there heard with certainty of the landing of the French at Alexandria. He set sail in that direction in order to seek and to fight that 1 squadron. He arrived there August 1st, 179S, about six in the evening, and at eight o'clock, attacked the French fleet, and after battle of 1 fifteen hours. all of the French squadron ex- cepting two ships and two frigates were de- stroyed Nelson had suffered SD, that he could not pursue the four that escaped. On l page 288, we are told that this fleet was to | second their movements when they came to 1 the invasion of the Turkish dominions, as it | would oyerawe the Porte, and oblige it to
 wink at the invasion of Egypt, and now that
 fleet was destroyed. 5:a af | We shall see soon that this act of Nelson
 was in part fulilment of this prophecy in an indirect way. Thiers says, on page 3S5 that Bonaparte, after