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jesty the emperor of the French, 
king of Ifaly, to declare to the Sub- 
lime Porte, that not only the prin- 
ciples of friendship, but those of the 
strictest neutrality, require that the 
Bosphorus should be shut against 
all Russian ships of war, as well as 
against every other vessel of that 
nation, bringing troops, ammuni- 
tion, or provisions; and that the 
Same passage cannot be opened to 
them, without committing an act of 
hostility against France, and with- 
out giving his majesty Napoleon the 
great, a right of passage over the 
territories of the Ottoman empire, in 
order to combat with the Russian 
army on the banks of the Dniester. 
Any renewal or continuation of 
alliance with the enemics of France, 
such as England and Russia, would 
be not only a manifest violation of 
the neutrality, but an accession on 
the part of the Sublime Porte to the 
war which those powers wage 
against France, and his majesty 
would see himself compelled to take 
measures conformable to his interests 
and his dignity. 
The Subline Porte cannot main- 
tain her relations with two missions 
from Naples, and his majesty the 
emperor of the French cannot suf- 
fer his august brother, Napoleon 
Joseph, king of Naples and the 
Two Sicilies, to meet with difficul- 
ties here which he does not expe- 
rience from any power in, amity 
with France. 
His majesty the emperor has a 
large army in Daimatia : this army 
is collected for the defence of the 
Ottoman empire, unless an equivo- 
_ cal conduct on the part of the 
Porte, and a condescension towards 
Russia and England, which might 
again throw her into their power, 
should compel his majesty the em. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
peror of the French, to bring for- 
ward his formidable forces for a 
‘purpose totally opposite to that 
which he had in view. 
liis majesty has ordered the un- 
dersigned to state to the Sublime 
Porte, in the most friendly though 
energetic manner, these demands, 
for the purpose of obtaining an an- 
swer in writing, and it is expected 
that this answer shall be positive 
and categorical. 
No further delay can be allowed ; 
and his majesty has no doubt that 
the Sublime Porte will give lim the 
assurances he desires, and which 
are so much in unison with the in- 
terests of the Ottoman empire. 
The undersigned has no wish to 
make a vain display of the formida- 
ble forces of the great Napoleon ; 
his friends know how to estimate 
their importance ; his enemics have 
felt their power. 
The genius of his august master 
is well known; his determinations 
are wise and prompt, his personal 
attachment to his highness is sin- 
cere. He only seeks the inde- 
pendence, the integrity, and the 
glory of Turkey. He desires no- 
thing. Ife asks nothing. What 
inducements to an union wiit him! 
At the same time what reason to ap- 
prehend the loss of his good will, by 
adopting a timid, uncertain, or ini- 
mical line of conduct! Under these 
circumstances the answer of the 
Sublime Porte will regulate the con- 
duct of my august master. Let not 
the threats of the enemies of France 
impose on the Sublime Porte; the 
have been vanquished, and they will 
ever be so. ‘The great Napoleon 
“will employ all his resources for the 
glory of his highness Selim ILE, his 
friend ; and as his resources are im- 
mense, his genius is still greater. : 
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