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HISTORY -~OF EUROPE. 
~acknowledgment of the Italian re- 
“ment towards the French: 
even to incur personal dang 
‘Rosetta, Damietta, the present state 
public. At Alexandria he peremp- 
torily requires in the name oi the 
French government the Bpeetnte 
evacuation of that city by the Eng 
lish force: proceeds to ex: amine 
the state of the fortresses, and the 
disposition of the Turkish govern- 
anpoun- 
ces the assembling of the French 
commercial agents in Egypt, and 
commences a series of intrigues 
with the beys. At Grand Cairo 
he takes nearly the same course, 
every where endeavouring to revive 
an interest in the French nation 
and. Bonaparte; insomuch as to 
distribute among the chiels of the 
country the portrait of the latter! 
To so great a pitch was his inquisi- 
‘tive research carried on in this lat- 
ter capital, as to excite the mur- 
murs of the Turkish garrison, and 
er.— 
of every post of consequence, are 
the objects of his inquiry. After 
_ quitting Evypt he proceeds to Acre, 
where he informs himself of the 
state of Syria, and the fortifications 
of the former place, which however 
Dgezzar Pacha was too wise, and 
had too just a view of his purposes, 
to let him visit. (He next arrives 
at Zante, one of the members of 
the newly formed republic of the 
seven isles. 
undisguised ; 
Here his intrigues are 
he assembles the 
people, harangues them in public, 
exhorts them to unanimity and 
concord, and promises them the 
future support and protection of 
Bonapatte. This is the last stage 
of his active career of inspection. 
Next follows, in his report, @ sum- 
mary of the number and condition 
of the English army at Alexandria, 
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of the Turkish army in Egypt, and 
of thatot the b¢ys. And he con- 
cludes with a view of the military 
state of Syria. ; 
But the essence of this laboured 
performance may be found in the 
two distinct and unqualified asser- 
tions, ‘¢ that the islands of the Ionian 
sea will declare themselves French 
as soonasan opportunity shall offer,” 
and “that 6000Prench troops would 
suffice at the present moment for 
the conquest of Egypt.” 
It is possible that in warranting 
the publication of this extraordinary 
production, Bonaparte had at once 
in view the exposure and humilia- 
tion of the British nation in the eyes 
of all Europe, as well as the desire 
of flattering the national thirst of 
dominion and conquest, which un- 
der every species of government, 
has uniformly characterized the 
French nation. His arrangements 
were somewhat advanced in pre- 
paration; he had made for the first 
ume his formal demand of the eva- 
cuation of Malta; nor had he the 
slightest idea that the insults te 
Great Britain, blazoned in every 
line of Sebastiani’s s report, should 
excite more sensation in the minds, 
or more of vigour in the conduct, 
of those who now swayed the coun- 
cils of the British empire, than had 
been evinced by them under the se- 
ries of harrassing and injurious ag- 
gression,which, trom the moment of 
the signature of the definitive treaty 
had marked his conduct towards 
that country. Our readers are al- 
ready apprized of the circumstances 
to which the first consul was to owe 
a tone and a language from the 
English government, which he had 
little reason to expect, and which 
in the event was the source of his 
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