Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-11-15

u 20 better account? and how is it that her DIV,
Com'perce Is almost exclusively iD the hands o
'o'eignersf 1t is because people, bent under the
weight OF servtude cannot raise its ideas above
'he eieoe 10 which it is attached To attain a
superiority IN maritime affairs it is necessary thai
1.-THE highest degree of civilization and liberty
shoa'd exist; II is an undoubted fact. that the
.IProsPeiHy al navigation il, and always has been
'tproportioned to the instruction and enlie! d
state oil people; and, unless complete social
revolution should take place. Russia, will never
I have navy. The arming nj national vessels is
hiSeo up WIN patriotism, and is source of ostcn-
i tatlon 1t is the means by which merchants give
] power to their country and Zurich themselves.
IL Is atact, that in 1896, the departure of A Rus,
sian vessel from Petersburg for Alexandria viii,
a freight OF national productions. was celebrated
as an extraordinary event This cire slssa,see
WIN give an idea OF military marire .v.,.s no
merchant vessels served by ignorant peasants. to-
tally unacquainted with navigation Nothing is
| more whimsical than the mode adopted by Cath
arine H. To supply ths defect OF a maratimc pop-
ulatIon. She transplanted from the Sea of Azow
thousands of serls who were EN-, ,oyed alternate
naiy IN t!ing the land, aud in the naval service
and this system very much resembled the plan OF
Colonization imagined by the Emperor Alexander,
IN order to recruit the army by land. The GAIA
rne wished To have in the Back Sea fifteen yes
seis oil the line. eighteen irigates, and propor-
| tIonate numbcr of smaller vessels; bu; the CO.
| FeTnment have not even this Indifferent force a,
| the present day. This being the case it is absurd
| to i'naSinc danger from Rm5.,au scris suddenly
transformed into sailors particularly as opposed to
| such powers as England and France
| French paper.1
| DErLoRABLE STATE OF GRnEcE-Ar article
| from Lante gives the following account of the
present state of Greece at is impossible to
| form any idea OF The present miserable state of
Greece, after more than six years Of devastation.
4 flri, !, i ,,,i,;
few cabins, under the canon Of the castle on the
lake, lately rcpard by the Turks to Thermopy-
| lac there does not exist single villa re- The
Hooks are consumed, the lands lie unculiiyatcI
and the lew Christians who ye. remain in Thessa-
~ are daily destroyed by the sword, by famine or
| ny sickness Phncis and BBtia are reduced tn
deserts, and the only inhabitants of Ait;ca are
those III tie Acropulis, OF which the Muhometan,
nave taken possession, resolved to bury the mseees
IN the ruins rather than capiiuatn. The Morea
is equally desolate, and Ibralim Pacha in retiring
leaves the country prey to ruin and anarci y"
>, liverpool Cou.ier.l
! FRHxcir SiepAk 20 ri 8 SSgn MORN. o., M, OK
4 ASSe..=Fhe Puisjaa medal eopline ssorate tbs
virtues aud genius Of Mr.. Canning is stated to be
a chei-d Duvre. IL has been executed b. ,I-Gal.
lie, under the direction OF Glrard the celebra led
painter, NJ. Carlot, sculptor and y Desnoycrs
Iengraver. The number OF subscribers is not oui,
widely extended but prominently distinguished
every description and way of thinking late
numbcr OF the French journal lie GiUdc coutains
an interesting letter from NJ Charles Dupln, q
member OF the Institute and of the Chamber O
Deputies, on the subject. In giving an accoun,
Of the subscription, NJ Dupin says, The mum.
Der %! the subscribers being very great vii! allow
the price OLA sg e medal to be fixed at , francs
as many medals - be delivered to the "aner.
Gus individuals who have subscribed larn,,r sum.
as they have given pieces o!5 f. and gold medal
10 De struck, whIch are to he presented TO the
widow oil the great statesman, and the Sovereign
who chose him to be minister" lie mentions the
names OF great number of eminent men whe
have subscribed for this medal amongst whom
are the President of Greece the illustrious Goethe
SismondI, the historian, M. EynaId, the GlenC
and benetactor of the Greek nation PERSONAL e:
who had been Ambassadors, Peers OF France
| Deputies, Members of the Institute manu,actur
ers, mercantile men, multitude of good citizens
ladies', (not less distinguished by the elevation o
their scmtimcUis Than by the charms of their uu
lderstanding,) the ladies and daughters of Ambas
sailors, and the sister of an Admiral who was ;
conqueror at Navarno. The letters Of Gocth,
ana The Greek President have been published b,
NJ Dupin thew are both expressive of the interes
which they feel i'll commeInorang the memoir
Il OF a great man. Count Capo dlsria saws in In
letter, " Nobody regrets more than do the deaf
tot MIR. Canning / made the Journey from S,
Peter sburg to London to discuss with him the in
terests OF people to whom am happy to devoi
the rema Under of my days; but arrived in Lon
don only the night previous TO the funeral o: thi
great statesman"
. TIE INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OF ENGLAND
The improvement of Great Britain, in her inter
nal communications, 10, perhaps, the most extra
f ordinary circumstance in the records Of cIvliza
ton. 1t is impossible to contemplate our road;
5 our canals, and, within these few years our raj
ways, without a sentiment Of national pride, whic
philosophy would scarcely ask to rcpress. Hi
turnpike-roads of England alone exteud TWEEN,
thousand miles, and upwards of million sterlin
} is annually bestowed upon their repair aud mair
tenance. The raPidity, the precision, and the 81
curity with which the whole communication
S carried OIL is one of the principle causes OF our
tonishDg commercial activity. Through the agel
cy Of the post, and the influence Of the publ
journals, the country is become all head and hear
, There is no slow circulation through the extrem
= ties of the system; every puIsaton oftle polite
v machine vibratcs from the centre to- the circur
ference, and from the circumference to the Gel