Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

BUONAPARTE AND THE PACHA OF SCUTARI.

VENICE, August 29.

The public will not be displeased at being made acquainted with the correspondence which has taken place between General Buonaparte and the Pacha of Scutari, the brother of the celebrated Mahmoud.

It preceded the order of protection published in favor of the subjects of the Porte, and particularly the Greeks and Albanians.

The following is a copy of the Pacha's letter:

GOD IS GREAT, AND HIS WORKS ARE WONDERFUL.

To the General in Chief Buonaparte, protector of the law of Allah—to the Powerful man of the French Republic—to the general of generals, the sublime conqueror of the regions of Italy, the most faithful general in chief, great, merciful and beneficent; to him I address this epistle.

Prince of Generals.

May you obtain all your wishes! May this sincere salutation reach you! May I learn the interesting intelligence of your being in good health! This I desire on account of the friendship that shall for ever unite us, and of which I wish to give constant and most signal proofs.

The friendship which unites the Ottoman Porte to the Republic of France, was always faithful and sincere.

The hand of fate directed by the hand of God, in annihilating the Venetian power, and in subjecting that People to your laws, has established new relations between the Ottoman Porte and France, and the harmony existing between them is augmented by the approximation of the two nations.

In this moment, this new union compels me to ask of you a new favour. This favour which I am desirous of obtaining from my sincere friend consists in this—that I wish my subjects and my merchants who traffic with Venice to be protected in their persons, and in practice of their commerce—that hospitality be granted to them, and that they be regarded with a friendly eye. Such is my request, and to obtain it I have written this letter, and sent it to the best of my friends. When these few lines reach you, and when you shall have understood them according to the spirit by which they were dictated, I hope that the merchants of Scutari, my subjects, will be favorably received, protected and honored. Assured that I shall obtain what I solicit from you, this letter will, in the mean time, serve to express my gratitude.

God is great, and his works are wonderful! May the friendship that unites us last for ever and ever!

IBRAHIM.

Written on the first day of Muharam, in the 272d year of the Hegira.

General Buonaparte's answer to the Pacha of Scutari.

I have seen with much pleasure the sentiments contained in your letter. The French Republic is the sincere friend of the Ottoman Porte, but it particularly esteems the brave Albanian nation which you govern.

I have learned with sorrow the misfortune which has happened to your illustrious brother. That intrepid warrior merited a fate more worthy of his courage; but he has died the death of the brave!

You will find subjoined the order which I have issued, that the Ottoman flag may be respected in future in the Adriatic.

The Turks shall be treated, not merely as other nations, but with a peculiar partiality. On all occasions I shall protect the Albanians, and it will always afford me