Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . Beaufeu,a French minister, confined there, made his escape; and the Sultan was so enraged, thathe immediately caused the governor to be strangled in his own prison. Since then, theTurks are not disposed to admit strangers, lest they might discover the secrets of theirprison-house. This barbarous custom continued so late as the year 1784, when theRussian envoy was sent there, as the first act of hostility. The lights and usages ofcivilized Europe began immediately after to dawn on the East. The just and amiableSelim disconti
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . Beaufeu,a French minister, confined there, made his escape; and the Sultan was so enraged, thathe immediately caused the governor to be strangled in his own prison. Since then, theTurks are not disposed to admit strangers, lest they might discover the secrets of theirprison-house. This barbarous custom continued so late as the year 1784, when theRussian envoy was sent there, as the first act of hostility. The lights and usages ofcivilized Europe began immediately after to dawn on the East. The just and amiableSelim discontinued the practice, and the present Sultan has abolished it altogether. Itwas generally supposed the custom would be renewed, and the Sultan would think him-self justified in imprisoning the ambassadors of all the powers leagued against him atNavarino, in retaliation for that wanton and unprovoked attack; but he suffered themquietly to depart, and set an example of moderation, and scrupulous regard to the lawof nations, which European states might do well to
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