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1847. an adept at finesse and diplomacy, than as a man of geni®®
- or of powerful talent. He was very, very civil, spoke of 1
Free Trade labours, which he said would be beneficial ¥
Russia, offered me letters to facilitate my journey 0 Mos
cow, and invited me to dine. Called on Lord Bloomfield
our minister, an agreeable man.”
“8t. Petersburgh, Aug. 21si—Went at six o'clock
company with Colonel Townsend, Captain Little, and anoth®”
bo see the grand parade, about twenty-five versts from 8s
Petersburgh. The emperor, the finest man in the field; Ci
empress, a very emaciated, care-worn person, resembling
her melancholy expression the Queen of the French. 18%
remarkable that two of the most unhappy and suffering
countenances, and the most attenuated frames I have 56¢%
on the continent, are those of these two royal personag®®
the wives of the greatest sovereigns of the continent, who
have accidentally ascended thrones to which they were wok
claimants by the right of succession; yet these victim®
anxiety are envied as the favourites of fortune.”
“ Moscow, Aug. 25th.—Started from St. Petersburgh or
Sunday morning, at seven, and reached this place at Bix thi
morning. During the first day, passed through several vil
lages built entirely of wood, generally of logs laid horizo®
telly upon each other ; some of these are not without efor’
at refinement, being ornamented with rude carved works
and the fronts sometimes gaudily painted. Many of #2
houses appeared quite new, and others were in the course of
erection; it being Sunday, the inhabitants were in their est
clothes ; work seemed everywhere suspended. There appes”
n great traffic between the old and new metropolis, both 1?
merchandise and passengers; mail coaches, diligences, and
private carriages, very numerous. The face of the country
flat and monotonous; a strip of cultivated land, growing ry
nats, etc., runs generally along the roadside, and beyonds the