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who was oil a sojourn from C a r l t o n I s l a n d , (who afterwards became foster father,) and kindly volunteered his services at the accouch- ment, it is highly possible that a com pete ab ortion would have taken place ; but Provi dence had ordered otherwise ------- the child grew, though somewhat out of shape ------ the christening came ------ gossips were plenty ------ -J^loses and Aaron” smiled ------ the rite was done ------ the midwife’s name was praised ------ he undertook to rear the hopeful 6 tr 6 e—-— it’s time was short ------ disease had early nipt its fender shoot ------ lassitude followed ----- yet still :t might have lived ------ a d r y nurse w a s provi ded ----- sweet Charley was the boy ------- straight tis a candle—- he had received some wounds —— honourable ones too ------ being quite be fore hisjfacs ------ in the wars of Venus ! ! ! ------ v * * •* * oh dire portend -------- the nurse was young, and to the eye quite comely ----- graceful in his step and haughty in his mein ------ but he was wicked ------ the lovely babe was------after a copious bleeding -------- squeezed, * and slept to wake no more !!! sire 5 and notwithstanding his great age, he was inflamed a&much as ever with the .ambition of extending his dominions. He therefore lent a willing ear to the solicitations \vhiqh he now received ; and having suspended all his other pursuits, he resolved t<*turn his whole attention against the Maltese ani| Spaniards. But he hesitated whether he should begin his opera tions with invading Malta, or the the domin ions of the Catholic K ing; and to assist him deciding this point, he held a council of his most experienced commanders. Mahomet, the oldest and wisest of all his Bashas, was of opinion, that it would be high ly inexpedient to begin, with invading Malta; /) trvuiu in subduing which, he said, the Sultan find infinitely greater difficulty than he had en countered formerly in the conquest o f Rhodes. The latter of these islands, he observed, lay at so great a distance from Europe, as had made it almost impossible for the Christians to send assistance to the beseiged ; and was be sides so large and fertile as to furnish subsis tence to the Turkish troops. Whereas the for mer was small and barren ; so far from Porte, and *so near to Sicily and Italy, (hat the Knights coula easily receive from thence perpetual suc- SIEG E OF M ALTA. cours and supplies. The King of Spain was .IV . gi>VV ,?.,°m T o i r * an extract f,or‘; I deeply concerned in their preservation; and ‘Watson s Philip, vol. 2 . giving an account , , . . . * ’ of one of the most memorable seiges ever re- } uC’ a °*her Christian princes, would from re corded in ancient or modern history. Malta, ! well as interest, think themselves bound to support an order of men whom they had long regarded as the champions of their faith. The Knights would defend their island with the ut- “Sic transit gloria mundi.” SEL£CTf<KV8. at this time, (1565,) was defended by 700 Knights, and 8500 native soldiers, including two companies of Spanish troops, against the whole power o f ihe Turkish Sultan, Solyman, one of the most powerful and politic princes of shat day, which, after much blood and carnage !ian should at last get possession of it, yet a terminated in favour of the Christian Knights. ! new crusade would he formnd bv thp. nhristians most obstinacy. And even although the Sul- •* ' t * -------------------- --- ^ k 7 j terminated in favour of the C^ristia^ Knights, j new crusade would be formed by the Christians \Philip’s attention was, soon after this, called i*s recovery, and the Turkish fleet would be destroyed in the harbours, before it could be put into a posture of defence. Sicily* he thought, would be a much easier and morecer lo objects of a very different nature from those by which, during the sitting of the council, it had been engrossed. The success of his en terprise against Pennon de Yelez having given great uneasiness to all the piratical states, they had endeavoured to engage the Sultan to un dertake the recovery of that iort; and had in treated him to employ such a fleet ar.d army as might be sufficient to expel the Spaniards from ♦he coast of Afr.ca. Solyman was at the same time earnestly solicited by great numbers of his subjects, to take vengeance on the Knights of Malta, who, besides co-operating with the Span iards in all their African expeditions, still con tinued to exercise their wonted hostilities against the Turks at sea, and had of late made innumerable captures. This prince was of himself as much incensed both against the former and the latter of these his enemies, as any of bis subjects could de tain conquest. The reduction of that island would conduce more to the Sultan's glory, as well as to the interest of his empire; and it would be quickly followed by the reduction of the Knights of Malta, who could noi subsist a single season without those continual supplies of provision which that more fertile region af forded them. A prince of so great penetration as Solyman could not be insensible of the weight of these considerations; but having been long accus tomed to triumph over much more formidable enemies than the Knights of Malta, and having formerly expelled the Knights themselves um Asia, when their power was more considerable than at present, he believed that they could not long resist his victorious arms. In this confi dence of succes he was confirmed by most of the Bashas, who chose rainer to natter his in clinations at the expence of his interest, than to run the risque of incurring his displeasure. His resentment against the Knights was great ly heightened at this time by the capture of a rich galleon belonging to some of his greatest favourites in the Seraglio* These persons ex erted all their influence to procure a speedy vengeance, and contributed to determine the Sultan to open the campaign with the siege of M a lta; after the conquest of which he resol ved to turn his arms against the King of Spain™ Having thus fixed his purpose, he issued orders for equipping all the ships in his empire wifL the utmost expedition ; sent a sreat number o / * troops to the seaports in the Morea, where he intended they should embark, and desired Kas- cem and Dragut, his viceroys in Algiers and Tripoli, to hold their corsairs ready to join his fleet when it should arrive at Malta. He gave command of the fleet to Piali, and that of the land forces to Mustapha, an experienced gen eral, at the age of sixty-five, who had acquired his esteem and confidence by several victories which he had obtained in Asia. To these meu he recommended strongly the acting in concert with each other; and requirred them to con sult in every matter of importance with Dragutj whom he regarded as the ablest navai officerm his dominions. The news of his preparations soon reached the several Christian powers on the coast of the. Mediterranean. But they were for sometime in doubt where the storm which was <ratherir.p- O C? would burst. At length John de la Valetie Pa- risot, the grand master of Malta, received cer tain information of Solyman’s design, from spies whom he employed at Constantinople, He immediately communicated his intelligence * w to the King of Spain, the Pope, and most of the other Christian princes ; and represented to them the necessity of granting their assist ance at the present crisis, if they would save from ruin an order of men whose bravery had for ages past, been continually exerted in the protection of Christians of every nation in Eu rope, against the implacable enemy of tho Christian name. {To be continued.) O r i g i n a l A n e c d o t e . —A little daughter of CoL D. a violent partisan of Gen. Jackson, in N. H. over-hearing a conversation, in which something was said about b«r father ’3 being appointed Foreign Minister, if Jackson way eiectcd, artlessly said to her parent, “ you must go to church me re, papa, if yon want to be a
