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LITERARY. - - > critique on the travels *rd writing* of Dr. Clarke, jit U presumed much^ight will be thrown upon that interesting couotry, its manners, cuMomt, and ?tate of Improvement. The celebrity of Dn Clarke's work appears to evince the proportion of oftiom, disgrace and contumely which hat been undeservedly heaped upon one of the most pow erful uiOuus uugarth ; whole Itfides to perfection are commensurate with the most civilized pow-T era of Europe. From the time df lijsar Petcr to the present moment, her Sovereigns seem to have ltept a watchful eye over the state of their arts and sciences. Influenced by the mo it glorious 1 emulation, she has emerged from barbarism to a ?tate of civilisafjgm4jB> anndtre respccted by *11 the power* of Europe, and her statesmen are net destitute od indueoce in foreum cabinets. Editor. From thf American Review. Observations en ike 1st* volume of Dr. Clarke's ' travels in Russia, Tartary and Tut key. BY A RUSSIAN. Travels of D>. CUukc in Russia, have lately betn republished in this coun ? try. and are said to be bought up with an ^avidity proportion I to the singularity of the work- - Tbe rapidity of ttwir sale, is probably in no small ciegre^ccasioncd by the exaggerations, which 4he learned Doctor has indulged, himself; ? for, the cariosity of the public is always particul larly excited by the effusions of* malignity. The grew majority of those, who read, - adopt opinions of others ort subjects of literature, without giving tl>em^jjna|fcthe .trouble of examining whether th&e be just ' or otherwise, it in much more convenient to take them up ready madajkespeciaUy when they aie sanctioned by Wihority so lispectafrlc, as that ol the Edinburgh He - jJ3m Ip8P^; , V ? v*Tln all probability Dr. Clarke's book will obtain an extensive circulation in the Uni ted States, atfl withU will be disseminat ed Aii rkiuiAt? -vhich its author is favorable impres wij| perhaos sposed, after tealKng ve if t^is writer ^who aft(j either did we may: Individual, 3? e *>*>' | ytho callsbimsc ot could doHbtl to acffu try ismim which H Kiwsia? wet* |ioiilr-?He:V<jx own account .RH tatgtf his ppQgnsi lb t% tranquility of the formation of a ojable for Fbsewa icIT according to hi? 'ions which precipe I deprived him of deprived i | indispensable for irate remarks. In iWIIIIIlM# Sl|? I digft t|fe ?r*v& of Dr. Clarke resen^bl* the flight of i malefactor, and we arc templed to compare him to one of those ~>arttrfans we read o i in history, who wlyle ^ urging their rapid retreat, dis charged shafts dipt in poison at their pur <s tuers. fV If Dr. Clarke, may, for aught we be>. learned antiquarian* but it is m easy to decypher inscriptions on moulder ing monitYnents, than to trace with equ'tf, ' the character of a nation, against which lie imagine* that he, has wel|^ founded causda of complaint. Not content with telling what he has seen,^he chooses to toms. raised by his own ill humor. In consequence, the picture he has drawn of the: mora/ of Russia, is only a disgusting aggregate ?rf unfmiftded and often contradictory assertions, and of scan dalous anecdotes which prove nothing, but which ought to toe been suppressed, from . motives of regard lor she persons, who I confined them to hi* discretion. The ( " Travels of dr. Clarke in Russia," is a | libel which tleseryes to be rankeckin the same class with the Memoirs of Gortai, those of Masson, the travels of Acerbi and the letters of Finite on England. 1 They constitute a production unworthy of | a man of kt ers. ? Yet m 6r* unworthy of J |he learned critics who have undertaken its defence, is the applause they have lavished !9#r. Clarke, In lift* impudtfttlf Calum niating the Rutiiaa; nationals guilty of falsehood the more reprehensible, as it U the effect of deliberation. He is, not i? norant thatjie may, w?th impunity at* aert that of a whole /people, which it would he dangerous toisay of aft indivi dual. In all countries the law la open against these who defame private charao tera? but tb what tribunal can the KuSsian nation appeal afltenst the contumelies of Dr. Clarke ? Under actual circumstances, it is not in OrcauBntain itself, that they can look for impartial jnclfce*. In that is land, is indeed to be found,- a literary afce opagus justly famed for tl\e talents which | its members have HUhet to displayed, in the I discharge of the important duties they have assumed, of detectifig impq^tures, and enlightening public opinion. ? It was I LQ be cx^jcLlcii thuit flu* iioin the exag gelations of Dr. Clarke, offen sive as they equally arc to truth and lo de cency. these judges would have loaded him with their indignaftt cehsurei? but -no I they have alieady pronounced sent ence in favour of the calumniator, and in so doing, have violated and discredited the ^very principles winch they had promuU gated (in the re v ie w at. Acerbi % S\iSdeft^V as a moral code for all travellers. It wiU r beaten injthe course ot these observations, that the Edinburgh Reviewers have beeo Wattling in caution (to use no harsher ^term), when they assure their readers* that Dr. Clarke lias generally avoided the? vice of most travellers ? that of publishing what may injure individuals. ; Tb account lor such partiality in-censors generally* so Severe ami scrupulous, ' it might perhaps be ^cess<try to ascertain* which political sectuv England claims the ? charitable Dr. as a partisan j? for this would not be the first occasion, m which these gentlemen have been suspected, of making their literary principles subservi ent to their political opinions. Howeagei ly do they avail themselves, of the testi mony of Dr. Clarke to confirm their be liet '? Q|(^the barbarism of Russia, and its unfitness to support a great and useful part in European affairs." How triumphantly do they exclaim* " Such are the deeds of the people from whose?interference in ttie^ concerns of ctvklixed nation*, so mightyjp check has been more thim. once looked lor, to the progress o_f Freifch injustice and oppression 1" Would it not seem^Mead ing these passages, that Dr. ^HjHfhad advanced nothing without proof U is Very possible that, as tbe^S&din* burgh Reviewers assert, the power of . Russia and the importance of, her alliance ] have been exaggerated In England but will they cjeriy that the alliance was natut* al ; and tiat Great-Britain derived from it great advantages in her politics bi nations f^When they s^y that tc importance, was attached to that alliance, in Lord Lauderdawfr ntgotiafbns at Pa rrs, we regret that they hapjjfe, not thought fit to explain, what concessions France , would have made to Britain, on conditibr^] th^ latter power should abandon t"hu of Russia*?* U ?s not given to h* rehend solid and hoporabfo could havc-be*n the cqaflKjuence of I hows*'1 (w.hen Hussia first IWt an active part in the general atifcirs of Europe,) si* manifested all possible good kith, in the execution of the impot^t measures, which s* 1" cbttetldimXlh Gtggat- BriTOnT~7If did not IfiNreHpoK: with *xpecttt whom is the fault # ascribable hjWi ~ . world attribute to Russia the loss of the J battle of Marengo in 1800 J? the capitu- 1 u??ian UM werv- .hedin Iu#fc i?ml, in HoU*wJi many. tfytil the treaty of nstcd our connexion with England, whftit so ignorant as not to kuow^ JSterat iearl/B 100,000 Russians were lost 16 their coun try, whilst their English allies were em ployed in conqueting Egypt and Buenos indulge the hope that j^sterUy *ill jttdgt *Hh less partiaftijt^fethe causes, which have placed Europe jfl her actual situation. When the calumnies of Dr. Clarke shall be buried in .oblivion, after having passed througiym<-rit?d contempt, more equity wilt be manifested, in appre ciating the political conduct of Kimia, from the ttceeuion of its present sovereign ' to the date of the peaoe of Tilsit. Dur ing this interval at least, of which alone, ;lt Is hero-material to speak, we insist that J the proceedings of our government were constantly ? no less dignified, ;4liberal and?: disinterested than those </ Great- Britain* We have illowta our serves this -digret? * sion, b*catfoe it appears toHbave been on# kof the principal ^objects of tWjmdinburgh J RevitW&s, in their notice of Dr*?Clartte'a Travtli, to justify their political opinions ?t the expense of Russia. (T? Mr. Moore, the American midshipman killed at Port Mahoft, waa a ion of the late colonel Moore of Miryland, a die troguished officer of the revolutionary ar- , my. The foung irnn waa tinde* modore Barney, at ?laden?burg, among those who fought. Hit M officers Contemplate erecting1 a maroie Monument to his memory at Mahon, In the Pritish burial place? wh*r?> lite re mains were entombed. *** Palladium. We arr infomed, th*rljMters from Philadelphia to a gentleman here, mention the arrival of M. iMvaicttt in (hat city, some time during the past Week. CoK :r-yOKEiGN ARTICLES. "TT "^P a HIS, May 4. v Gen. Cambronne was acquitted, and set at liberty. .*It is said, Savary ?uid Lalle mand, have received permission to cm barkjfrom Malta* for the United States An expedition is fitted out from Brest, See. to resume possession .of the islands of Su Pierre and Miquelon*> Several individuals, accused of uaing sctfoiotHh cssRJusi lu tfie villages adjacent to Paris, are to be tried before the Correctional Tribunal. The report of ttSjt Russian corps evacu ating Manage, fee* is without founda tion. The English prints ridicules the re t ports as to greq& changes having taken J place in the policy of the Allied Powers ; I a says, that tljyey are" all desirous of maintaining the- peace* which was eita* hlishttd by, tha moat anlrnui ronventlon^ Prince Talleyrand ia expected to4 return immediltely to Paris, fromfwhence he has^ been absent eight, day*. Coupt Julesde Polignac, has gone to England, to^nirry uut of the ricbes^hgireasea of Scotland. The M'mist^r of War, has given orders, ^that all ihe Ministers, residing in the de pa r \ n itnf T^^Coie d'Or, toe^fravrie ri imo immediate service j this is a p>roo& that Government are actually making military prepar ations. The Duke de Berrrenquir ed of the Minister ofVWar, if- ha -could raise 150,000 smen, which he dedareifi impracticable; he was then asked, if 100,000 could be tailed; which the Min ister declared lo be doubtful**? the Prince then said, ^ France will not fight for us, llje must submit to her doom ; a prey to , th^ a in? " -ue _ jnusi aharc the fate of I public account, afford sufH ice, that extraordinary levies, money, are making by ^fie French court, for, which no purpoie ia^ assigned^ jp , v JKxir&ct of Letter*, from * *? PAais. May 10? 11. W**on between England (God knowa wlio are her .allies} on one side, and Rus sia, Prusia and the Net her land, on the 0ther.?? |C7*^p |B|? have taken from m , ~~j&~ ?wwr iawn inilB Wellington the command of their joint armies in Vrtni&cjd^Pj^ Tbe English Wull he driven from the continent. Prussia will take Hanover and the whole of the territory and navigation of the Sfouh "of which England swindled her in |fce time of her distress. To support their p.et*m,om iaCtr. I^ Ea^h cAfcuate lTMict, Ttod they must has,e~'^; fvrnfi-and they wiU be but a break/at lrenchmeo. * jgtf The is no! [PiJppRHI a my aierysflffi jfr^sitl ? r] seDd tbe Du^ Sf Or, Wans 10 France, iy tar. If ha might ncutrali .was very ' f.i tangr party, if you Which l^ corhposj^J of cat} call that a ? -T*?Rrw *" the rtpublfcanv^ ?lt the conbtituiioiv all France (excepting ike old nobten* * and priests.) Vranceperceiiret that "tUta^ouse cfcOrangeiiat this daffjtfeta her the only 'means of ridding herself of its, present tyrants, and restoring an* thing likevigour or health* - If this great Und glorious ch place, it WiH immortalize the a.-? Kussfe. Hi* sister, the present pr royal of the Nefttrlands, is both ab?e ana afciablr. She ha. inherited the mind of ? CSthWlie arid is a great man of a woman. Her husband, a brave and liiW. general fought against the Fi^encff fef a whtt##w?t|*> VVeUingtonf he, how ever* appreciates the two nations* and may be the ntetftyyrf restoring France to h6n >?* ep&ott] and his am'abr'e family, are fo be abandoned by the Eng lish, they are quite active in making money* The tygress of Angouleme ia mafl ! ? She ioaraf$n rap:#t Out roMcct Montr fa'lachc % 1 et/erocet ? Quelle tcfret atari (Icteric* let edtheront ? They ire sanding money % to America by an Engiand ?tc/ j for in. II ^ Is great a. m France and the rest of Eur ? ? wav.ui IjiUl General Car not, an^Kthe other di. ilshed men who had been in Hu cte<r at BrusSelaby thfc | May-? marshal So VaiWKttnvnet Meriin, kc* M> litV^^^eyes, and IHMfeHfl were e ? T1" police of* of an expiring gov* | f Quarters of the Austrian array irf the neighborhood of Grenoble* In '?II that province, in Lyonais, in Burgundy, the nttiaid Bag ii flying, avid the Aus | trians permit. The English Were impolitic enought to put to death in a moral sense (NAPOLE ON BONAPARTE.) . At present a!) Europe think only to disemharraM them selves of them. The power of Trance is in her soil and population? it is intrinsical. That of England is altogether artificial* The Count D' Ai '..ois is 1 1 ? o Duke of Richel icu, to have wished tc h?v? hb -brother in urder lotake ilia place* All this family uic at dagger's point* You recollect ihe picture ot the damned reproaching each other with their cfifficsiTT Havre, May 12. I have this instant arrived from Paris. AU is consternation among the loyalists. ^TV pcoyls .ltf*?tfrg pothing bm yrngc I ance. 7. The tribunals, of; bipod d3|?no longer to assemble. There has been TOuhin *bree days more than 500 prisoners armtedr but they are afraid to^fcihexn in their hiHt. We are on the*ve of a great ex plojion? our separation will not be aS Jong as w* tfpected sVxbiobAs ago. / \ ? ? ' . ; - The Prince J$oyai of )V tombuqgTitA* 'been ybatTied to her ItrtperlM'faighntss the Grand Dutchess Catharine of . Kussia. V An Kmbassy.fioirt the J5>phi of Persia,* has arrived m France. ^ x A Datch paper says, Eutarc Beauhfcr nois is \to have 2*v million df francs *a compensation for the property g^venjum by Bonaparte, but which has been reclaim ed by t^ie rightful owners* ^Not less than 700 licenses issued from tne ecdewasiical court forrnairtegeS"T6^e~ celebrated, in London^ on the dajroistbe NEW PHENOMENON. J ^ V itNKAj April 5* ^9 STiaia-i-|n4llie Gratz Qiixtttc there 9* the following account from Salmt?pVm the circle of Marburg.: ? , "On the 4th of March this year, *t nine in the evening, we had in this rifcigfi- ? borhood an entirely hew Phenomenon* on two estates of Couift Knenburq: A vio^ ttfu slorm, accompanied witbjnow-and some rain, passed from the West ward to ward* the South-east, that is, from the Schwanburg Alps towards the Vineyards of <?erith, over the mountain cattle of Uonlenech, w^thy! which is the namh . - arp-iatfr"^" 13 VI ^ r h?rch * \vht* **??** tKe ngildcd cross ^ on^s^^f^church seemed to ^ ..... vuw'vi| ?6SIIICU W 5e- in flames, which lighted the country a)l around, and at the sume time a sofial crackling or hissing noise was heard from the Steeple, as when water is poured upon rtd-Ztoi-irm. This lasted for a whole quarto; of an liour, and left rather an un pleasant smell. The next day the cross wai almost black, but It toow begins tn re-r sume lw roi,i?vi'T'"Kr??i< i n?. " ??V H*vu ii aimllfl