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Turkey, but ho is alloAved to he 

 there on ooinmerci.il husines;. 



5th. The fortress of lieli;iade 

 remains occupit-d bv \ rilijj', 

 Pasha. 



b'th. In time of |>eace the Grand 

 Signior has the free disposal of a 

 corps of I'i.OOO .Servian troops. 



7th. Servia is aluav'^ to ha\e 

 ail accredited agent to tlie Divan, 

 at Constantinople. 



\ French aniba-sauor was re- 

 ceived witli distinction at Con- 

 stantinople, and the most ami- 

 cable sentiments \sere expressed 

 towards Lo\ds XA 111. 



In August the I'orte cxer(ise<l 

 its usual mode of calling to ac- 

 count one of the great officers of 

 the lOmpire. On the 2•^th, the 

 fleet of the Captain Pashaw oi- 

 Grand .\dmiral, -44 sail in num- 

 ber, cast anchor in the road of 

 >mvrna. On the second visit 



paid to him on Ixiard the fleet by 

 the Governor of the city, Hadgi 

 Mahomet Kialep Oglou, the latter 

 v.nfi an-ested l)y his order, deca- 

 pitated on the same evening:, and 

 ids liead xent by a Tartar to Con- 

 stantinople. The e\ent threw all 

 tlie Europciin.s in Smyrna into 

 great consternation, the governor 

 having jirotected them b\ a very 

 rigorous police : but the Captain 

 Pashaw, being informed of their 

 alai'm, sent w ortl to t!ie consid.i 

 th;it he would strictly maintain 

 the genend tranquiUit\ . .Vniimg 

 the criiiies imjjuted to Oiilou v>iu>. 

 his enriching himself i>y illicit 

 trade ; but it is supposed, that 

 the favour shewn by liini to the 

 go\crnmcnt fif Algiers, and the 

 ^iolenc^^^ which he exercised in 

 lijspatching recruits to the Dey, 

 w ere the real c.ause< of bis pimish- 

 ment. 



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