[Footnote 1385: Arbuthnot to Fox, 14 Oct., 1806. F.O. Turkey, 51. The
treaty signed in January, 1799, was to run for eight years.]
[Footnote 1386: Arbuthnot to Howick, 28 Dec., 1806, and the Sultan to
King George, 7 Dec., 1806 (o.s.). F.O. Turkey, 52.]
[Footnote 1387: Driault, _La Politique Orientale de Napoléon_, p. 78.]
[Footnote 1388: _Ibid._, p. 112.]
[Footnote 1389: F.O. Russia, 73.]
[Footnote 1390: Howick to Arbuthnot, 14 Nov., 1806. F.O. Turkey, 52.]
[Footnote 1391: Howick to Arbuthnot, 20 Nov., 1806. F.O. Turkey, 52.]
[Footnote 1392: Collingwood to Duckworth. Enclosed in despatch to
Marsden, 15 Jan., 1807. Ad. I, 413.]
[Footnote 1393: Howick to Lords of Admiralty, 21 Nov., 1806. Ad. I,
412.]
[Footnote 1394: Windham to Fox, 21 Nov., 1806. W.O. 6, 56.
Lady Holland, in her _Journal_, (II, p. 209), states that Thomas
Grenville and Windham between them arranged the expeditions to Egypt and
the Dardanelles without their colleagues’ knowledge. But the orders are
perfectly “en règle” and belie this statement. If she means that these
two ministers were the moving spirits in the affair, it is another
matter. It seems that Thomas Grenville’s appetite for conquests in the
Mediterranean was rather whetted. Cf. his letter to his brother,
Buckingham, (25 Nov., 1806). _Memoirs of Court and Cabinets of George
III_, IV, p. 101.]
[Footnote 1395: Lord Collingwood to Lady Collingwood, 29 March, 1807. G.
L. N. Collingwood, _Selections of Correspondence_, p. 243.]
[Footnote 1396: Arbuthnot to Howick, 15 Jan., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1397: Arbuthnot to Howick, 27 Jan., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1398: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1399: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1400: Arbuthnot to Reis Effendi, 26 Jan., 1807. F.O. Turkey,
55.]
[Footnote 1401: Sebastiani to Talleyrand, on 27 Jan., 1807, reported in
Talleyrand to Emperor, 4 March, 1807.
Bertrand, _Lettres de Talleyrand_, p. 323.
Cf. also letter of 7 March, _ibid._, p. 329.; and Sebastiani to
Talleyrand, 18 Feb., 1807, quoted by Driault, _La Politique Orientale de
Napoléon_, p. 76.]
[Footnote 1402: Arbuthnot to Howick, 3 Feb., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1403: Stratford Canning to Canning, 26 March, 1809. F.O. 352,
I.]
[Footnote 1404: _Memoirs of the Whig Party_, II, p. 106.]
[Footnote 1405: Duckworth to Fox, 9 Feb., 1807. B.M. Add. MSS. 37050, f.
69 and W.O. 1, 303.]
[Footnote 1406: Driault, _La Politique Orientale de Napoléon_, p. 137.
When the venture failed, we find Arbuthnot—the man, if any, who should
be expected to be bitter against the Turks—declaring that the failure
was rather fortunate as it left the door open for reconciliation.
Arbuthnot to Howick, Malta, 25 March, 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1407: Arbuthnot to Howick, 14 Feb., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1408: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1409: Arbuthnot to Howick, 10 Feb., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1410: Arbuthnot to Howick, 16 Feb., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1411: Arbuthnot to Howick, 17 Feb., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1412: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1413: Arbuthnot to Howick, 14 Feb., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1414: Arbuthnot to Howick, 6 March, 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1415: Blackwood to Castlereagh, 6 March, 1807. _Correspondence
of Castlereagh_, VI, pp. 165-6. Cf. also letter, 2 Feb., 1807, p. 155.]
[Footnote 1416: Sebastiani to Talleyrand, 18 Feb., 1807, cited by
Driault, _La Politique Orientale de Napoléon_, p. 96.]
[Footnote 1417: Arbuthnot to Howick, 6 March, 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.
This despatch gives a full account of the enterprise.]
[Footnote 1418: Anonymous, _Memoirs of Sir Sidney Smith_, II, pp. 34,
37-43, 66-7.]
[Footnote 1419: Lord Burghersh to his father, 6 Feb., 1807 ([_sic_] it
should be March). R. Weigall, _Correspondence of Lord Burghersh_, pp.
7-10.]
[Footnote 1420: _Annual Register_ for 1807, p. 200.]
[Footnote 1421: In five days he erected 520 cannon and 110 mortars.
Driault, _La Politique Orientale de Napoléon_, p. 103.]
[Footnote 1422: Collingwood to Marsden, 20 March, 1807. Ad. I, 413.]
[Footnote 1423: The Debates in the House of Commons on the enterprise
did not take place till February, 1808, under somewhat unreal
conditions. By that time the situation had been radically changed by the
Treaty of Tilsit. The Opposition naturally tried to make the most out of
the Bombardment of Copenhagen. Canning pointed out that there was no
similarity between the two events. _Annual Register_, February and May,
1808, pp. 67-73.]
[Footnote 1424: Randolph, _Life of Sir Robert Wilson_, quoting from
Wilson’s Diary, II, p. 287.]
[Footnote 1425: Missett to Windham, 14 Feb., 1807. W.O. 1, 348.]
[Footnote 1426: Djabarti, VIII, p. 93.]
[Footnote 1427: Missett to Windham, 26 Jan., 1807. W.O. 1, 348.