IN' UFfc'i mSAM HOIIS SCl-Nt-S, TO O THIKS J ? * 1 * Zh * W4iA4: YOU WOULD -WISH 1 HUKJ'DAY, August 1,1816 TO YOU. DARW.% ohime I. Vttoftkc fttftag** j i M ?^p3C^ ~ i? ?!.? ^ i ? ? i Of advertising in this* GArgET**^ >^jhrt1**,#* ~Af 0it!** line* firlnlcd fdr titTT c****K/ar th* ^cation, and Mj that price firr rverff mt Urger advert tiUfatiidi lefton; Camilen. -J ' , - - i ? y. ? .,? vffi . .jt/ ./ i^jyLtiLoo AO 15.0 160 to;o 12 ?ed K- 0 30.025 g* 0 60 .0 64(0 70.0 7* [ f?#0'25 .0 300 It . 0 2* OU '0 160 12 .0 u ? 0 IV. 0000 >2 .0 16 anrr.o 2000^0 is - 028.oso9oo.oc5 t ^ L. ~ n.yd 0 23 . 0 280 SO .0 St 0f5 . 0 80 0 75.087 ir, L vit >? JMQl*) Wi?g Pi ? I. CAttt ?r?isi?. writing hohooct opftfe Subscriber* intend opening ? X WJHTlA O SCHOOL , in Mr. H? VtVa Long Room, on Monday the 90th in*t to which tUey hupf (o roett with great encouragement in ihki place, as the insti tution in great#' HALL fc DAY. CamUen, 35 tU July, 1 a I *. 1 7#? C?m.^quigfe-vy Cwd.nJ3t.mtt. LITERARY. JFfm the if. . ^6 *nW ^?#Tuikej[. ussuS^ Confitr.ed. Thq .rit'ntentc of a StVcty in trhir.h, witk the aaception of an* m&nt alt l>. condemned to a state of perpettvf suffer ing, is absolutely Irrtfx>s%ible. Vtc can \ imi]pne do tie whic.i could bind logethei bqjmpk destined- dtfa to ensure pain and vmny. Nftlure wraeff has fixed the point of Buffering frtyonri which endur ance stops, and the absolute powcrjollthe ~~ * ? ?. ' ii k . capricious government which- fancy create* must hah at t bat point , or j changeJSiu organ, it not ita^iniuci We admit that humahUyJra^rately ca^n?; to rejoice at resolutions 1*1 this manner, b\*t we believe notwithsinding, that at every such changjusome improve* Blent is necessarily nMtMHl the condition of the governed, with rtipect to their ci |f ^gfe tmy tAitb in w [Dr/ V larke* we of e?n #? the desc should sec" R world, the ^ often repeated: at Con the le of carnage so*] _ eated: at ConstM tiuople. So far ^ffifver is this from being the case, that th^rounA enjoyed the.jpost profound tranquility^* its interior, at the very time, when from *the nature o&its jflfcrnatf* id UH ita s?our arms'^ [ready advanced to *Jf the emftttei* ?mm?4 *t, diminiahiiiip) continues lo is^reawt consK derably, it? spite of ih? jjpdigwii; Jf?* sumption cjr men, fiecesasn y occawififcs by the maintWRncc oC ^ablish^ mettt* sccqihI i? toagniwc <*wy to ?*** <* fraws^ t *Hf ju who are ro*f ifrt?|g fHjftwuflp the most cflgfaassive tyronuy, arrive at en wHiave U*idp5neite; ccrtsl^ riti on^Wfore out rrntimipw^ tlfe infer* fcould furnislf* Ibt. sr&?sa ?? W? -tan8 ?Mc& w? ktdfHib Drinking cUncii fm M piiflKlfce so habitually barbarous *nd (as the Doctor says) lay aside UPr vey moment when they ffeandon themselves to Alt the excesses li debtfbfcery, a i pertt of *fc>ert weeVa duration, Whic , he tells us himself, is observed with scrupulous and excessive rigor*' (p. *6.) 32Srding to this iogeni ous gentleman A herefoae, the Kussians manifest some virtues, puly in those mo mem* of extUlaratiaflf^ which all other nations even the most highly civiftaed* forget for a timfc Osgood qualitiesJiabitu i) to them* Our poor countrymen how ever, will be inade to pay dear for tfus : naivete of the Ufttor* Accotad ingly they are made to resutpe more than once, in tho sequel, all the disgusting attributes, whirU he had before remarked ia^tbtir The mode of living of a Russian noble, on his estate* #ffm little, W| BUtflj from that of the lowest peag|pts. We can forgive Dr. Clarke's speaking of the latter. He has seen some of their fttces ^at the post-houses on the road? -nay* he hod once 4Xi oppoitunity of seeing one of them eat #rs dionrr at PoscholV 7h)l h sufficient for a traveller of his Mitpicabity. Bui when he enters into details of the manner in which 1 Jlusaian nobleman; banished ft om court, passe* niatime, we confess our astonishment' for he visited | ' none of this description, as far as we . know, during his fugitive residence In the eounjry? tmkss the veiterabJe sage of the ; Vr.meas at for the picture ; a supposition we will, onjio account, admit. To us it fs ctmseq>ientljpcVidcnt| thqt this is one of the frequent instances, when the writ er's imagmatibn furnished colonrinjjf io^hfr Sudlc i ous Tal sehopd *. The nobles often ~ bbtome objects of Dr. Clarke's animad [ versions during his abode at Moscow, 'p.- We shaft treat this topic more at large in another place. ? Some in habitant^ of Moscow at*e stated IO have informed l)r. Clarke that the Ruiurian sovereigns^not daring to take up a Judging within the wall*', when they vi ^ sit that city, reside atthe j>alace of Pe trofky* at the distance of four versts from it. ~uury readers shall judge* if such a"' jiiece ot information, can really havfc ljeen communicated /to him, by an inhabitant of ; MoicoHr. At th* tpoch t>f the coroniffon of the Russian jerrt^rors, their entrance into thatcapitai is always attended with the . greatest pomp^ tTntil the wparitiona . for this obje^ta are completed, *fw Inch ne ver requires morp than lour ?Fare days), Jlis customary for them, to stop at the * palace df Hctrofky.. The whole remain* der?f the time appropriated to the Cere mony, and t ht /etc* which accompany it, is spent t>v them at tha palace of Kreml P UOr^gWkfV entrance into Moscow, ^ornnWWFih^ account he intends to give of l he place.? He sees criminals* throw snow-baifs*t the peasants who ate Muting in their ftedges,. and is struck WHIT I a ntw trait in the national character, T>e feause the officer wli? superintended these malefactors, was smtifted with tliglr tricks* ; in order to exhibit hit pasnpoit (f todorqf - noju* ) which he to ytc hit espreasion, of the J$nperoxat $t? Peter s | Uarfch^Hw iittny tin* do We see here accumulated upon th% heads of the poor, Rtm&iun nation !? But what we mtist con LiUderasabore all .unfortunate for our Ub UoW?dbunt rymen of Moscow, il, thit Dr. Clatke should not MRk looked into Rich* ard's 4? Cinide deS Voyagcurs," before he ^enwfcs sups towards the u Hotslnf ,Con tarn I who h?ve^ ; l^rteSShii tl?ri?Reib?^ AetlS* Ticure and. dirty tavern, could heTOnfc fall *en into the mOltejr ^ . a . IC hich Wn'rJT; Bad ambers of their foot i? better fccquaipftedy of the populaces which Md^flnsure iSpp to assure us that t4 it |/o adhtu dU/mf x that *broe> Mr*V ^JloCtr9yfi\ and ihto he ? quenti u a from the out the dirg ail there fxuie not a thousand) whose bod$ i mwtM ^ - (lobe con vaok thk portiop# Ftettf .of the fkreeent state of PoRtC Learning ? INTRODUCTION. 1 ^ ?? ' At the present day, ai^ inquiry into the state of polite^ learning) may appear to ma* ny to be an useless undertaking* On this subjccLTdjve rskv oLopfalon, is the door te ? - ? - ? ? jf ? . Myur and argument may strike ou^ Innts for improvement, wtiigh Would never have been Accomplished, under a silent ac quiescence tntuppos^d or imaginary eift eel le nee. To review the past* afcd apply U>t|j|ji sons of experience to- the improvement of the future, has ever been esteemed a aalu tavftfrrercpt of wisdom. ? Inienrmng fpaxim is of superior utility. The revo lutions of tastfe and fashion, and the^grad tial changes imperceptibly wrought in o pinions, manners, and even principles, make such a retrospection eminently necaaaagl to prevent us falling into error. wkl sinking into genius and im improvement; sfle to- pause ii we m*jr inquii ?g vr anch disco of tb