Jenks's Portland Gazette

A NEW IMPOSTER!

LONDON APRIL 28. The following Proclamation is said to have been issued by Buonaparte on the 21st of Dec. '98 to the inhabitants of Cairo.--"Pervere men had succeeded in misleading a party among you. They have perished. God has ordered me to be merciful towards the people; and I have been clement and merciful towards you. I have been incensed against you because of your revolt. I have deprived you for two months of your Divan--But this day I restore it to you. Your good conduct has effaced the stain of your rebellion. Sheriffs, Ulennas, Orators of the Mosques, cause the people really to understand, that those who, through any levity, shall become my enemies, shall find no refuge, either in this world or in the next. Shall there be a man so blind as not to see that all my operations are conducted by Destiny? Can there be a man so incredulous as to doubt that every thing in this vast universe is subject to the Empire of destiny? Instruct the people, that since the world has existed, it was written, that, after having destroyed the enemies of Islamism (Mahometanism) and destroyed the Cross, I should come from the furthest part of the west to fulfil the task that was imposed upon me. Make the people see, that in the sacred book of the Koran, in more than twenty passages, that which has happened was foreseen, and that which shall take place has also been explained. Let those then, whom the fear of our arms alone prevents from pronouncing imprecations upon us now change their dispositions: for, in offering prayers to heaven against us, they solicit their own condemnation. Let the True Believers offer prayers to heaven for the success of our arms. I could call to account each individual among you for the most secret sentiments of his heart; for I know every thing--even that which you never communicated to any person. But the day will come when all the world shall see it proved, that I am commanded by orders from above, and that all human efforts are of no avail against me. Happy those who in good faith shall be the first to attach themselves to me

BUONAPARTE."