ETON

A SURVEY OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE

bt W. ETON

London, 1809

Eton was an ardent philhellenic and as violently pro-Russian as he was anti-French and anti-Turkish. He had spent 20 years in Russia and the Levant in various services.” The survey covers the following: 1- Its government, finances, military and naval force, religion, history, arts , sciences, manners, commerce, and population. 2- The state of the provinces, including the ancient government of the Crim tartars, the subjection of the Greeks, their efforts towards emancipation, and the interest of other nations, particularly of great Britain, in their success. 3- The causes of the decline of Turkey, and those which tend to the prolongation of its existence, with a development of the political system of the late empress of Russia. 4- The British commerce with Turkey, the necessity of abolishing the Levant Company, and the danger of our quarantine regulations, with many other important particulars.