L aws.
Population.
Colonies.
A rm y .
.Revenues.
Political Importance
and
Relations.
Ieaye aja doftbt that any s bfe fphkehafed! from - a' 'FbffeSl;
jbdge. $ -Wb.e*e, -both parties ba’vjcrjiQtKi'ng; ta !gke,: and Abe judged® free
fgonae^pm^s j^fbapa-a fhad©w;of jnfticefnla^bfe eRbedjroflrt r !
fT n r k e y in ;E urope has. been computed tcL. dontain. &,edibi,aaO o f in -
h a b ita n ts; %nd.; tbe ex ten t .h ^ ip gT u p p o ftd . iS2,$6.ar£quare miles,-'the
^ l # ^ % t ^ i i l ; h e 4 5 rn th e mile- fquaSebl I t js probabte’th a t ’th is n um b
e r ra th e r exceeds, th e tru th , when :it iisi confidered th a t i theFe, .regions
‘afe interfedked by many mountainous and barren triuSsn a n d 'th a t the
p o p u la tio n ^ lin o f the heft p ro v in c e s1 imprefles all ' tfa v e lle 4 ‘bv$fh' 4.
ftrik in g defedl. r
: A Turkifh colony would be .a.reontradi&ion in terras^ 3R Faf frOrii
any thought of improving diftant regions, they are bufy in deftroyirig
their own.
The Turkifh. army and. navy; may defense more partieularlsQftftder-
ation under the head o f Afiatic Turkey, a&Sfcg dhiefIbutces fall' ifncteh
that divifiou. It may here be briefly remarked that 'tlilf^are about
3® fhips o f the Kne; wbife the1 army, after the rdtefe&iori dPibkhy
Pafhas, ean fcareely exceed f Jo,oo16,- illdifciplined, 'and dispirited-by
fuceeffive djfafters; and more deftrmStive to thefr o^n~ ^idvmclsto
through which they muft pafs, than to any’ftate with w S ch& e y a r e a t
enmity; more terrible to their ftiMds thanfi® their
The revenues of the whole Turkifh erilpire jare/ com|>hted at 'abonV
7,000,000 fterling, while the ufual expehcebloefe not bxeeed fi# !2 -This
revenue is partly derived froth the capitation tax on 'unbehdvers,’ "and
from the zecchat or cuftotas; but principally1 from this ta x .. on laird*,
am'ountitfg to about- fix Mllings a # j ^ ^ ;a n d # h i^
The fultan is alfo fuppoftd to -pdfieli'u confiderable private Mkfure 'i
which, when called forth by the exigencies of the ft ate,' wiH'pV^lrBiy
be found of as fmall account as thetreafures of fimilar fame which ft If
into the hands of the Rehch. A more real treafure m ^ b e ’ekripdftif.
from the arbitrary exa&ioris from the rich, ^artidift^ly. th e G&^ianfr!.
The palpable and rapid decline of the Turkifh empire has oFhbri'rfe
greatly impaired its political importance. At the'hreginning o f the
fixteeAth century, when European politics began to aflame ftjfhe edn-
fiftency, France, being alarmed by the growing power of the houfe o f
1 , . Auftri%
ehte^pnt,«.-an *ajMi%ce ;w«h Turkey, ,the repeaiedfubjed'hf p » ,*
CAL
Imlfenurw k-^opg. hhe;gf^^ahf;pfwc4^b Mor was this alliance o f much W *
•^Vantage , to Tra^Ge4dex!ce^fs iff affn-ore favourable mercantile
'reception, iial th e rh ev an ^ b r afforded to-the
Auffrian s a f c n ©wOKe c f t l d o p l | p p a ' e | i imp@i$ancl| This
long- aHiatnc.fJi;as(,^fnJrec|ptiy vriglgt£<£by th^ im.prpdepce.pf theTrench
'■sul^rsi who >eb@ff -^pptfbyppp^n ^ b o d t the confeut
9.C,fh.®'P»9-rt.e'5 yhjph^ d inR li^tj^or -no^1 adyapfeagg- from. that nominal
foyereignty, W/?uldtg4 ^ hayfe; gwgn.* % -to. E^anGg-^s a Reward ftr any
adi-ve^egyices/-. In £©n fequ,ende, ©f.■ tips \ipLtum the (J’qitetjoHaed'A^V
Auftrians, an,d t% crpfdei^ did'
mdt appear d^the'ErenehtftontiiersiJ 14n- virtue bfieb^M.4®e"kuffian
iquadrons of war halve paffed-jtl^vfacreff >, walls of jthSfl?Seihg%; and
infpe&ed as friends'’that ,w£akneft 'wMch may affift .them a s enernfe^.
Politicians eonsfidered.this alliance? as a mcrly temporary friendfh-ip, pro-?
duced; by viokntciremkftances,;'. ai'*l it i s rprobabl&1thapilot ?man^ iyea#S-
wiH^lapfe before Ruflaa and Aiiflria again cfettfpi'reiagainft European
Turkey^;: The Tafks are fehfibfe’ t h i f a ftridb alKahd^ with Pr-uffia
wouldl.hecof;fingularl .-advantage tok ‘ihejrib - that-' pow'eirfoiu.'ha-ve little1'
intereftdnffucshaqtrekty, b u t ’m u ft aptth&cbntr-ary rather ’ ex u lt to fb&
thefpower ©f Ruffia exerted againfti Turkfe-y and Afia. 'M^&iwhile
the Tp-rks have fpared n o ’ endeavour tp?-fedure the- ftiendfh-ip. offevefS l -
Euifepean,powers,-rind have appo-thted refidftttisambaffadors at feverah
courts, who-may b e te g a rd ed as h e ra ld s-o f the ir fk lf; ftkTh, their p r o f
perity th ey dMdained to<fcnd ariy envoys, arid1 regarded^he ambaffadors
at the Pp»te as tribUteFy.flave^Teht-'tb' fth b it the prate<ftron-6f the Sul-
ftn . ;A®lidft ebe‘4defe®lQn/bf f e v e f a h t h e - e a f t a s ; w e l l ' a s - i u -
Eu rcp e , k'-isifortrinate fhr. thfe.'fjttoinan empire thkt the -pdwerof PeriSat.'..
is dormant.