[Footnote 1131: Straton to Harrowby, 25 Aug., 1804. F.O. Turkey, 43.
“. . . _Elle (Wahabisme) travaille déjà à saper les fondements de
l’Empire Ottoman_.”
Lamare to Champagny, 11 Jan., 1808. Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp.
Pol., 216.]
[Footnote 1132: Straton to Harrowby, 25 Sept., 1804. F.O. Turkey, 43.]
[Footnote 1133: Straton to Hawkesbury, 10 Dec., 1803. F.O. Turkey, 41.
Hussein died on 8 Dec., 1803. Poison was suspected. His reforms brought
upon him the enmity of a powerful group under the Grand Vizier.]
[Footnote 1134: Drummond called it “one of the finest fleets” he ever
saw, 11 June, 1803. F.O. Turkey, 40. This opinion was also that of
British naval officers during the campaign in Egypt.]
[Footnote 1135: Straton to Harrowby, 10 April, 25 June, 1805. F.O.
Turkey, 48.]
[Footnote 1136: Drummond to Hawkesbury, 19 Aug., 26 Aug., 16 Sept.,
1803. F.O. Turkey, 40.]
[Footnote 1137: Consul Barker in a letter of September, 1805. _Syria and
Egypt_, p. 149.]
[Footnote 1138: _Ibid._, p. 68.]
[Footnote 1139: Adair to Bathurst, 10 Feb., 1810. F.O. Turkey, 68.]
[Footnote 1140: Jaubert to Napoleon, 17 floréal, XIII (6 May, 1805).
Arch. Nat. AF., IV, 1688.]
[Footnote 1141: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 18 July, 1805. F.O. Turkey, 45.]
[Footnote 1142: Straton to Harrowby, 10 Sept., 1804. F.O. Turkey, 43.]
[Footnote 1143: Jaubert to Napoleon, 6 prairial, XIII (25 May, 1805).
Arch. Nat. AF., IV, 1688.
Brune to Napoleon, 25 fructidor, XII (14 Sept., 1804). Arch. Nat. AF.,
IV, 1688.]
[Footnote 1144: On the negotiations relating to this affair there is an
excellent account in M. Driault, _Napoléon et l’Europe: Austerlitz_, pp.
80-90.]
[Footnote 1145: Napoleon to Talleyrand, 11 therm, XII (30 July, 1804).
_Correspondance_, IX, 7884. A few months later Halet was again asking
for a “loan.” Jaubert to Emperor, 6 pluviôse, XIII (25 Jan., 1805).
Arch. Nat. AF., IV, 1688.]
[Footnote 1146: “. . . The presence of a French Ambassador is so
pleasing a sight to the Turks that, in my opinion, they would purchase
it at any risk save that of a quarrel with Russia. . . .” Straton to
Harrowby, 9 Dec., 1804. F.O. Turkey, 43.]
[Footnote 1147: Notes from Italinski, 15 Dec., and Straton, 17 Dec.,
1804. To the Porte. Enclosed in Straton to Harrowby, 17 Dec., 1804. F.O.
Turkey, 43.]
[Footnote 1148: Driault, _Napoléon et l’Europe: Austerlitz_, p. 155.]
[Footnote 1149: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 25 Aug., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 45.]
[Footnote 1150: The reinforcements to Corfu passed in batches of about
2,000 at a time.
“The Turks showed less surprise than was expected.” Straton to
Hawkesbury, 28 May, 1804. F.O. Turkey, 42.
Brune inquired from the Reis Effendi about this and was informed that
there was an “arrangement” with Russia for the passage of 600 soldiers
only! Brune to Napoleon, 9 messidor, XII (27 June, 1804). Arch. Nat.
AF., IV, 1688.]
[Footnote 1151: “Le point principal de l’alliance est d’entraîner la
Porte dans la Coalition d’une manière avantageuse.” Czartoryski to
Vorontsoff, 4 April, 1805. F.O. Russia, 57. _Archives Vorontsoff_, XV,
pp. 293-4.]
[Footnote 1152: Czartoryski to S. Vorontsoff, 3-15 May, 1805. _Archives
Vorontsoff_, 15, p. 301.]
[Footnote 1153: Gower to Mulgrave, 26 May, 1805. F.O. Russia, 57.]
[Footnote 1154: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 18 Sept., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 46.]
[Footnote 1155: Mulgrave to Arbuthnot, 11 Sept., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 46.]
[Footnote 1156: Camden to Craig, 29 March, 1805. W.O. 6, 56.]
[Footnote 1157: “Draft,” dated 1804 [_sic_], F.O. Turkey, 45.]
[Footnote 1158: Mulgrave to Arbuthnot, 16 Sept., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 46.]
[Footnote 1159: Straton to Harrowby, 2 March, 1805. F.O. Turkey, 48.]
[Footnote 1160: Straton to Harrowby, 17 April, 1805. F.O. Turkey, 48.]
[Footnote 1161: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 4 Aug., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 45.]
[Footnote 1162: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1163: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 10 Sept., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 46.]
[Footnote 1164: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1165: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 4 Aug., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 45.]
[Footnote 1166: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 18 July, 1805. F.O. Turkey, 45.]
[Footnote 1167: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 4 Aug., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 45.]
[Footnote 1168: Arbuthnot to Mulgrave, 24 Sept., 1805. F.O. Turkey, 46.]
[Footnote 1169: The letter of Selim to the Tsar in this connection is
interesting. It is enclosed in Arbuthnot’s despatch of 24 Sept., 1805.
The two articles are declared to be “repugnant to our laws and to the
nature of our government.” The introduction of foreign troops should
“depend on actual circumstances of place and time. To do it before the
evil has occurred not only would be premature, but would create rumours
among our troops in different parts of the Empire, by administering to a
variety of animadversions and remarks. . . . As to our non-Ottoman
subjects, we consider them as constituting part of our public wealth.
Their defence and protection being an obligation prescribed by our
statutes and laws, we have thus far not failed in directing our
attention to them. _But to propose equal favours and distinctions for
them is inverting our standing regulations and repugnant to our law_.”]
[Footnote 1170: Cf. a French “Manifesto,” 20 thermidor, XIII (8 July,
1805). Sbornik, 82, pp. 102-4.