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LITERARY.
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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