Relrof-^eSl of French Liter ature.-^HlJlor'j. 



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pearance of certain buildings ftill cor.ffii- 

 ciious in Paris. 



" In leS+Z' fiys the author, " the 

 houfe of i\\tjilles du Saint Sacrament, fife 

 rue S. Louis au Marals, was Hill the ii.cel 

 Turenne. This hotel has conterred its 

 name on that fpacious and regular ftreet, 

 fiiicc the a/hes of the immortal htro h:ive 

 been fransierred to the Invalids. 



" Turenne," fays Bufli, " was fo well 

 acquainted with the profefnon of arms, 

 fr )in iong praftice, that what wish this, 

 and what with a good judgmtnt and ex. 

 traordiiiary application to the ait, he fcurd 

 means (o render him'elf the greateft cap- 

 tain of his age. To hear him talk at the 

 council-board, be apjiearcd the molt iire- 

 1' hiti' p.nn in the world ; however when it 

 btramt- neceflary for him to make up his 

 mind, no perfon in exilfcnce was more 

 quick or moie decilive. His true talent, 

 wbicii in my opinion is the moft ellimable 

 in wir, was to rc-cilablifli afFaiis after 

 they hid got into a had ftate. When he 

 was weaker than the eremy, and began 

 to engage, there w:i.s no fpot of ground 

 fliofen for giving battle in, whence he 

 could not by means of a riviiler, a wood, 

 or an eminence, extiAfil fome advantage." 



The hotel de Lamoignon, which was 

 begun by Diana de Poitiers, and finiOied 

 by Charles de Valois, duke of Angou- 

 lemc, recalls the nemcry of the virtues, 

 and the deplorable end of the late M. 

 Malefherhes. This worthy man, although 

 he had difapproved many things during 

 the reign of Louis XVI., and been twice 

 dil'miflTed by that monarch, yet devoted 

 hiinfelf to his caufe trc moment he was 

 impriCnncd. Abandoned Ijy the nobdity 

 and ihe pe>ple, he alone remained with 

 him J he alur.e was his triend. 



" A (ingle Sentence is lufficient fo de- 

 fcribehis character: he cauffd more than 

 two thoufar.d lettres de cachet to be re- 

 voked ; it is to him too tiie people were 

 indehtcd for the evacuation ol the dungeon 

 of Vi' cenne;— and yet no public mon\i- 

 ment has hitherto been elevated to (his 

 worthy mi^iffiiue, who'e niemo'y will 

 IjTig lie cliciifliLd by all good men." 



After ihis, we are pre(i;n(ed with a fine 

 trait in-<he char:i6fer of M. D'Onnellbn, 

 who h:4V;iig been left a large fortune liy 

 M. de Rolinadec in 1784, in coiiltq'u:(.ce 

 of the whim cf an old man, immediately 

 r- turned the wlio'e of it 10 iliofe heirs 

 whom the tcftator had dilinhcritcd. 



'' Eff.ii Hitforique fur le Commerce et 

 la N'vipatioii <(e la Mcr Noire, ou Voy- 

 ages tt En:rcprif(-» pour ciablir ties rap- 

 poi'is comaierciaux et mariiinics cntre k* 



Ports de la Mer Noire et ceux de la Medi- 

 terranee. Ouvrage enrichi d'une carte 

 ou fe trouvent trices, i*. la navigation in- 

 ter ieure d'une gr-inde partie de la Ruflie 

 Europeer.ne et ctllc de I'ancienne Pologne ; 

 2". le Tableau de TEiirope, fcvvaiit a in- 

 d'.qii»:r les routes qui luit le commerce de 

 Ruilie par la mer lialtique et la mer Noire 

 pour les ports de la Mediterranee j 3'. !e 

 PlandesCatara6fes du Nieper." — AnHiil 

 torical EfTay en the Commerce and Navi- 

 gation of the Bh(k Sea, Sic. 



Anterior to the treaty of Kainardgi, 

 conelnded between RufTia and Turkey in 

 J 7 74, the ports of the Black Sea were 

 only vifited by trading vefleis from Con- 

 ftantinoplc and xht Archipelago. The 

 greater pait of the coalis bordering on ic 

 ap;>ertained to the Grand Seignor, and 

 tile remainder to ihe Khan of the Crimen. 

 Ottoman fiiips alone were then permitted 

 t> exercife the privilege of navigation 

 either in the Black Sea, or the Tea of Azof. 



The commerce carried on by ttselc, 

 confifted in the cairiage of provifjons of 

 all forts for the fupply of the Turkifh 

 capital, and this is continued with un- 

 remitting zeal to the preftnt day ; but 

 another and mere important fource of trade 

 has been opened huce the treaty alluded 

 to above, Ruflia having by one of the 

 articles obtained the liberty of navigating 

 the Black Sea, a concefHun in which Auf- 

 tria (irft, then France, and finally feveral 

 other powers, have fuccelfively partici- 

 patsd. 



In confcquence of this, a direfi inter- 

 courfe of a commercial and maritime na- 

 ture has taken place between the ports 

 of the Black Sea and thofe of the Medi- 

 terranean. Dirierent (fates have accord* 

 ingly made an exchange ot tlieir relpeffive 

 protiufls and in>iiufaitures ; certain por- 

 tions of Kuflii and Poland now export 

 direflly by raenns of the canal of Con- 

 ftaiitinople, and carry on an advantageoua 

 intercourfe through tliat route. 



The author of the work under confi- 

 deratioii alluines great merit on account 

 of having been the firit to lay open the 

 mode by which a profiiable trade may be 

 carried on between France and the Blacic 

 Sea, 01 the part of hi., countrymen, by 

 means of a feries of iniormatioii, both 

 nautical and met cantile. 



His labours are dire(5>ed to two princi- 

 pal objtdfs. Thefiift concerns the Cii- 

 niea, or Taurida, and the navigation of 

 the Dnieper ; the fecond, the pons of 

 Cherlun, Odcfla, Oezakow, CafFa, and 

 Taganrok. 



It lecmi to be one oi (he chief motives 



