Tidings from Toulon dated 4 July reported the arrival of the British Royal steamboat Confiance a day earlier with important tidings from the Levant. The packet Megaera arrived 21 June at Malta after leaving from Alexandria 16 June. According to letters from the last city was Turkey prepared to send a large fleet towards sea. It was generally believed that in the Mediterranean within short time a lot of things were to happen. The French government had the same opinion considered the fitting out of a large number of warships including the 3-decker Montebello, which was to serve in this area. According to the latest rumours was the French squadron commanded by admiral Gallois to appear in the coming period off Alexandria.
The Turkish frigate Surie which transported Osman Bey the extra ordinary representative of the Turkish sultan for the young Bey to Tunis left Tunis 16 June and arrived at Malta 20 June but continued immediately her voyage to Constantinople with Osman Bey on board. The French ship of the line Jena flagship of rear admiral Lalande was 16 June still off Goletta anchored.
The Turkish frigate Surie which transported Osman Bey the extra ordinary representative of the Turkish sultan for the young Bey to Tunis left Tunis 16 June and arrived at Malta 20 June but continued immediately her voyage to Constantinople with Osman Bey on board. The French ship of the line Jena flagship of rear admiral Lalande was 16 June still off Goletta anchored.
