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frigate and the place with 21 guns. 
—It was not without difliculty that 
the pacha consented to acknowledge 
that republic. He feared that all 
Italy was comprized in this new re- 
public, and that, in consequence, 
he would be obliged to respeét, in- 
discriminately, all the ships of com- 
merce of that part of Europe :—this 
would destroy his marine. I gave 
him the necessary explanations, and 
particularly those which related to 
the object of his apprehensions, and 
he replied tome, ‘‘ Certainly } wish 
to be at peace with the Ltalian re- 
public, without too much injuring 
my interest; but if it were still more 
difficult, 1 would do it, since the 
great Bonaparte desires it.”—The 
pacha of Tripoli is a brave and en- 
terprizing man, the friend of France. 
The English have furnished succours 
to his brother, who is at present at 
Derue, without means or credit. His 
plan is to raise the country against 
the bey. The political and admi- 
nistrative affairs of the regency are 
conduéted by Seid-Muhammed-el- 
Deghais, minister of the pacha. This 
man isifull of sagacity, and has even 
somé notions of Kuropean politics. 
Hie has been in France, and pre- 
serves for our country a prédomi- 
nant sentiment of affeétion. On the 
2d of Oétober I set out from Tri- 
a poli, and on the 16th arrived at 
Alexandria: the same day I waited 
upon general Stuart, commandant of 
the English forces by land and sea. 
I communicated to him the order of 
the minister for foreign affairs, which 
enjoined me to proceed to Alexan- 
dria, and if the English still occu- 
pied that place, to demand a speedy 
evacuation, and the execution of the 
treaty of Amiens. General Stuart 
then told me, that the evacuation of 
___ the place would shortly be effgéted ; 
but seeing that I insisted, and that I 
desired an answer less vague, he des 
dlared to me, that he had no orders 
from his court to quit Alexandria, 
and that he even believed he should 
pass the winter there. General Stuart 
isa man of médiocre talents: he has 
for his aid-de-camp, a French emi- 
grant, called the chevalier de Sades, 
a man of talent, and an enemy of 
France, who has much influence over 
the general. I went the same day 
to see Khourchid-Ahmid, the pacha 
of Alexandria, and the capitan bey, 
commander of the forces of the Ot- 
toman Porte. After the customary 
compliments, and some language 
agreeable to the Sublime Porte, i 
announced. to them, that the agents 
of French commerce would assemble 
in Egypt. ‘This communication gave 
them the greatest pleasure, and they 
did not conceal that they saw with 
grief the stay of the English in. the 
country. I told them, that their 
stay could not be much longer, and 
that the general peace left no doubt 
of their approaching departure. On 
the 17th I visited the cheik El-Mes 
siry. The same day [ also visited 
the cheik Ibrahim Mufti. On the 
18th I visited the coupure du Kha- 
lidj, which has formed the lake Mas 
reotis. The current of the waters 
of the lake Madié is still very strong, 
and if the Porte does not make haste 
to re-establish this important canal, 
the overfiows which take place: on 
the littie tongue of land that sepa- 
rates the two lakes, will render the 
opening so considerable, that it will 
be impossible to travel. Ido not 
think that the Swedish engineer sent 
by the Porte to direét these labours, 
has the necessary talents. The form- 
ation of the lake Mareotis appears to 
have contributed to the salubrity of 
the air. The city has up other water 
3B4 than 
