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was there (with an inferior army. But by water there was no appropriate defence.
The Turks had I forget how many vessels if the in
Paul Jones indeed – the American Privateer-Master, whom Catherine
had taken into her service was and made an Admiral of had, higher up the river,
in that quarter four or five Ships of the Line. The reputation gained by his descent in England had already been compleatly lost: what remained to him was that of a coward, a fribble, and I believe, a bigot. But these he could not or would
not bring to action. Hussan Pacha had came into action
with 52, 53 or 54 four or five ships of the line and a flotilla
of I forget of from 52 53to 55. To oppose him my
Brother, who had never before seen service, had no one ship of
the line, nothing but a flotilla of 27 of all sorts of and
sizes – not built for none of them built for war – all of them
vessels of parade built, fo an excursion of parade on the Dneiper towards
the Black Sea⊞ ⊞ to meet Emperor Joseph, and Henry Stanislaw. he Of the Turkish of ships of the line one was taken
the rest burnt. Of the Turkish flotilla some were destroyed
and driven back: and thus the Turkish invasion ended.
Five years before this, I had dined with Hussan Pacha at
Constantinople: little did either of us thing think that it
was written in the Tu Mahomet's Table of that he
should be so dealt with by a Brother of mine. Though
my Brother had not only performed the operation, but created
the instruments, the chief honours and rewards went to neither.
A Prince Nassau, in addition to the recommendation afforded by his birth, had acquired some notoriety
by having served on board the combined armament, that
was burnt in the course of its attacking Gibraltar. The
night before the engagement, he came just from Petersburgh
with orders in his pocket giving him the command
of the whole naval force. You may imagine what sort of
a part it was possible for him to take in the business. The
Prince, who had done nothing, got – I don't know – what – all,
Estates I believe as well as stars ribbons and so forth. My
Brother in lieu of his Batallion of 1000 men, got a regiment of 2000
a gold sword and the Order of St George. But, the measure of knightists reward
being not merited, but already existing rank, the symbol of my
Brothers order was nothing but a small cross worn above a neck, something
in the stile of the French order of St Louis, which in this his country
is as nothing; not a
ribbon with a star to
it, which in this his
country is so much.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	013	Main Headings	rid yourselves of ultramaria
Folio number	088	Info in main headings field	jb to mora
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d3
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	john flowerdew colls
Corrections	john flowerdew colls	Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public	draft of letter 2714, vol. 10	ID Number	4537
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