Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-27
5JJ1l aldP9 From the Salem Register.
THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE,

ot European political affairs, is very at
tentive TO It's internal prosperity. lis iltera-
Try establishments are generous attempts
20 begin the work of diffusing the neces-
1ary knowledge by which the arts must De
assisted. in all their progress. When con-
sidersd IN their first expenses they certainly
deserve praise. bat when we notice the
magnitude of the object inthe vast Empire
of Russia, the instruction of as many
yonth as are TO be found IN our superior IN
stitutss of education, is disProportioned TO
the necessities of SO widely extended peo-
pie. Pallas has sufficiently instructed US
in.the character of the people, and in the
progress of knowledge and religious iator.
nation. We offer the short chapter OF
Villiers, upon the influence which the reli-
pion Of Europe has had upon this people.
In referring US to the ideas OF governments,
which Peter the Great obtained Ia Holland
and England, he observes, "~We must nos
forget that his genius was-awakened, and
his mind enlightened by pupil OF the re-
formation, by. lie Fort, the Genevan, whom
we may regardas indeed the true legislator
of Russia. Otherwise, from the times OF
the reformation, the Russian Empire, in
{ the bosom of the Greek church, took no
part in the dissentions of the Church IN the
West. But Peter, the Great having seen
what passed among the protestant princes
undertook, upon his return, reformation
in the Russian Church. He declared him.
self the supreme head, and refused oDedi'
ence 20 the Patriarch of ConstantinoPie'
and.as the Kings of England had seParat-
ed from Rome. Perhaps we ought not to
overlook the influence which a liberal and
protestant education upon che young Prln-
cess OF Zerbst, in the Court of Brunswick,
had upon the ever memorable reign OF this
same Princess, under the name OF "a
Uterine the second. The federation OF the
Cars brought into many distant parts OF
the vast Empire of Russia. colonies OF the
christian sects, bota from tho Southern
countries, and from Poland, Germany and
Holland. The Anabaptists and Moraylan
Brethren have many establishments. In
Russia only exists seCts, which maintain all
the enthusiasts and devotion OF the antient
recluses. Many from Holland had even
established themselves in the first years OF
Catharine III. in Aourishing colonies, upr
on the banks of the Volga, which the law.
less Pugatsheu soon after egterminatee'
A policy not dissimilar has had the greatest
support, from wish to encourage the arts
in the present reign, and the literary IN
situations as they need, SO they refuse no
aid from any European nations. We could
not refuse to remark, that Villiers, In ex-
planning the progress of the reformation,
has not forgotten an obvious distinction a
rising from the different periods OF Church
History. He has traced in an outline, the
influence of manners in Christian society,
in producing the different forms OF govern.
ment. This ingenious theory will disco
syer the relation which Christianity has to
civil policy, and the influence society has.
had upon Christianity, as well as the lnHu7
ence it has hadin turn upon civil govern
ment. A valuable work of Ziegier, print
ed inLeipsic, in 1898, has given CORES.
pondng view of the interests of Christian.
ty, aud this is very important nJudglng OF
-4rue Christianity.
IN FRANCE,
Everything is done. to give sPlendor to
4he Court, reputation to the arts, and at
traction to the amusemenss of life. Ma
sonry, to which was ungenerously attr'eut.
ed design against the social character OF
man, has already vindicated itself from
the aspertions it received, and has reco
vered i.s antient honours. 1t too well
agrees with the manners OF France to
meet strong preludices, and It has been
too ably defended from false charges by
Mounier, to suffer from any political Cpl"
Mons. We have seen the elegant specl-
mems from the press of Typography. And
though disappointed in the number OF Al
phabets, we have not been disappointed in
the. execution of the work. The specimens,
suhich exceed 40 have above third giYen