rPortf^^sTj-^tVfh, in Georgia, P^sia, iff. 



Lord Gienvllle with the step , I have 

 ta](i:en."* 



We. hare seen that Mr. ?*itt decHnei 

 an office of the same value soon after 

 he1)ecarae first Lord of the 'i'reasury, 

 and Jit a moment, when his continuance 

 in that situation was extremely uncer- 

 tain. Having then been only a short 

 time in his Majesty's service, lie felt 

 that he had no claim upon the public, 

 and the very pecnllar circumstances in 

 which he stood, instead of operating as 

 ah inducement to seize that oportunity 

 of securing to himself a provision, de- 

 termined him to dispose of the Clerk- 

 shJpof the Pells, withont benefit to him- 

 self, or to any relative or friend. But 

 he had now been prime minister nearly 

 niUe years ; and conscious that he had 

 employed all his time and thoughts in 

 etidea\'ouring to promote the interests 

 of his country ; and knowing that be- 

 sides giwiiigupa lucrative-profession, he 

 had expended the whole of his private 

 fortune, in addition to his official in- 

 ceimei be gratefully accepted this mark 

 ofrhis Majesty's condescending kind- 

 ness and approbation ; and the propriety 

 of the appointment was never called in 

 <|uestiou by any j>arty or person.t 



* The King had always expressed a great 

 desire to make some provision for Mr. Pitt. 

 In May, 1790, Mr. Pitt applied by letter to 

 thcteng, for a reversion of a tellership of 

 the exchequer, in favour of Lord Auck- 

 land's SOD, to which his Majesty assented, 

 andf added, " had Mr. Pitt proposed some 

 me'dns of rendering it of utility to himself 

 it"*rbuld have been pleasing to me, as 1 do 

 not feel easy at not having had an oppor- 

 tunity of securing a provision for him, in 

 case of my paying that tribute to which 

 every one is sooner or later subject." 



t This assertion admits of one exception. 

 A VJoble Duke, who then held a high situa- 

 tion in his Majesty's household, applied to 

 Mr. Pitttbr this office, which was also con- 

 sidered to be in the gift of the minister ; 

 and he took every opportunity of expres- 

 sing' and shewing his resentment, that Mr. 

 Pitt would not decline in his favour. Three 

 years afterwards he refused to give his vote 

 for a professorship at Cambridge, which 

 vote he had in right of his official situa- 

 tion, according to Mr. Pitt's wishes, as- 

 signing bis disappointment with respect to 

 the Cinque Ports as his reason: and yet the 

 noble Dnkc was suffered to retain his situa- 

 tion in-.tbe ^bowsefaold' tiU bi» death,-^ hi 



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. isT ■" ■■■■• 'iui vi\ 

 SIR ROBERT KER PORTERi^^:^^^' 



With numerous Engravings of Portraitap 

 Costumes, Antiquities, &c. i'^ 



In two Volumes 



Vol. I. 4to. pp. 

 Mil. 



London^ 



[This gentleman commenced his travels ia, 

 August, 1817, at St. Petersburgh, wen^., 

 to Odessa, on the Black Sea, and thence' 

 into Persia; during three years he kept 

 a regular journal of all he saw worthy oif ' 

 observation, and wrote his remarks from 

 the impressions on the spot. His mate- 

 rials will form two volumes, the first <rf' 

 which is now publ'shed : and it is in'* 

 many respects one of the best books -'Of^ 

 the Season.] '. 'h> iium'^j 



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PRICE OF LABOUR AT ODESSA. «-* 



Personal labour at Odessa and its de^' 

 pendencies, is excessively high. A sol-ii! 

 dier may gain three ni bles per day for^ 

 manual work ; a regular carpenter^'' 

 seven; consequently all articles of liv- ' 

 ing are dear ; and to lesson the expen.se ' 

 of labour, every expedient is adopted 

 to effect its purpose with the fewest 

 hands. One attempt is to divide the 

 corn from the car without flail or thresh- 

 ing machine. Several four-wheeled'' 

 carts are fille<l with stones, and eadi'^ 

 drawn by two horses, they are theli^ 

 driven in a regular circle over ttt^^ 

 sheaves as they lie on the ground, care-"** 

 fully disposed in rows. Some of thfr 

 proprietors perform a similar operation 

 by the trampling of horses witiun|t 

 carts. ,.'j<'-I,u.; i 



A GRASS FIRE. t))ja! ^ciivfcllo> 



This terrible accident generally hap- 

 pens by the carelessness of the bullock- 

 drivers, or of persons belonging to,, 

 caravans of merchandize, who lialt fof ^ 

 the niglit on the open i>lain, and qn^', 

 departing in the morning, neglect t%i, 

 extinguish their fires. Wind, or .S4>|U#,, 

 other casualty, brings the hot emhev^i.' 

 in contact with the high and dry grass*.; 

 of the Steppe; it bursts into flaotftjf 

 an4 biuns on devouring as it goes with' 

 a fue almost unfiuenchable. That 

 which 



