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Foreign Varieties. 



o 



tile people who wish to learn the commer- 

 cial regulations of the empire, the prices 

 current, and the proceedings of the ex- 

 change. It contains, besides, interesting 

 papers on subjects connected with foreign 

 and domestic industry. 



6. There is an edition of this last Gazette 

 published in the German language, by ano- 

 ther member of the department of foreign 

 commerce. 



7. The Journal of Manufactures and 

 Commerce (Journal Manufactour J , pub- 

 lished by the department of internal manu- 

 factures and commerce, has appeared 

 monthly since January 1825. This excel- 

 lent work, besides very interesting articles 

 on foreign and Russian manufactures, 

 gives a complete enumeration of the recent 

 discoveiies in natural philosophy and che- 

 mistry, and their application to the manu- 

 factures of the different counties of Eu- 

 rope. 



8. 77(6 Political and Literary Journal of 

 St. Petersburgh. — This is a continuation of 

 the conservatcm impartial, which was pub- 

 lished for twelve years by the Abbe Man- 

 guin, and, like its predecessor, contains 

 nothing, or very little, but extracts from 

 the three French papers— the Journal des 

 Debats, the Journal de Paris, and the Ga- 

 zette de France. It appears every Tue-s- 

 day, Thursday, and Saturday, and contains 

 but little information relative to Russia. 



9. The Asiatic Courier (Asiatsltoi Ves- 

 trick), is a continuation of the Siberian 

 Courier, publislied during seven years, 

 from 1818 to January 18:^5, by M. Sparky, 

 who, at the last-mentioned time, changed 

 the title of his paper ; when, in addition to 

 what regarded Siberia, he introduced sta- 

 tistical, historical, and literary notices, re- 

 lative to the whole ot Asia. 



10. The Northern Bee (Seremoi 

 Ptchria), published every Tuesday, 

 Thursday, and Saturday, since January 

 1825, by INIessrs. Gretch and Boroulgarine, 

 is devoted to domestic intelligence, to fo- 

 reign politics, to Uterature, and the fine arts ; 



[March, 



advertisements, publications, fashions, &c. 

 &c. 



1 1. Literary Leaves { Litteratomnie Ltet- 

 tei). From the month of July 1824', to the end 

 of tliat year, these were published as a sup- 

 plement to the Archieves of the North ; since 

 then they have been incorporated into the 

 Northern Bee. This last journal is for lite- 

 rature ; what the journals entitled " The 

 Love of the Counir\j, and the Archives of 

 the North" are for politics, the arts, and 

 history ; they are in the hands of the above- 

 named editors, and present a perfect view 

 of Russia in each of the departments which 

 they embrace. The annual subscription 

 to these papers is 140 roubles. . 



The Bibliographical Leaves were under- 

 taken in January 1825, by Mr; Peter 

 Koeppen, and are published thrice ui a 

 month. This journal is particularly de- 

 signed to announce all new works pub- 

 lished in Russia ; it also contains notices 

 on the publication of ancient authors, 

 Russian, and Sclavonian, on Polish, Bo- 

 hemian, and Persian literature, and on that 

 of other nations of Sclavonian origin ; arti- 

 cles on the scientific and literary societies 

 of Russia, and short biographical notices 

 of the deceased artists and literati of Rus- 

 sia, and the otlier Sclavonian nations. 



13. The Journal of the Fine Arts (Jour- 

 nal Jziastchnikh JskoustvJ, published since 

 the month of April 182-3, by Mr. Basil 

 Grizovovitch, is divided into seven parts 

 — history of the fine arts, customs, usages 

 and manners of ancient and modem na- 

 tions ; literature, biography, arts in Russia, 

 criticism and miscellanies. The late pro- 

 fessor Boulz, of the University of Moscow, 

 undertook in 1807 a similar journal, which 

 was relinquished after the three first num- 

 bers had appeared ; indeed, the present one 

 was given up after the first six numbers had 

 been issued ; but the munificence of the 

 late Emperor Alexander enabled the editor 

 to recommence it in 1825, and, at present, 

 it is one of the most usefid journals that is 

 circulated in the Russian empire. 



BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



THE DUKE OF ALBUFERA. 



Jan. 3. — Louis Gabriel Suchet, the son 

 of a silk manufacturer at Lyons, was born 

 in the year 1772. In 1792, having received 

 a good education, he entered into the army 

 as a volunteer. At Toulon, he was an 

 officer in the battalion by which General 

 O'Hara was taken prisoner. He was in 

 neariy all the battles fought in Italy during 

 the campaigns of 1794, 1795, and 1797, 

 and was thrice wounded, once dangerously. 

 In the last of these campaigns, Buonaparte 

 made him Chef de Brigade on the field of 

 battle. In 1798, having borne a distin- 

 guished part in the campaign against the 



Swiss, he was sent to Paris with twenty- 

 three standards taken from the enemy. 

 He was then made General of Brigade. 

 He .was on the point of proceeding with 

 the expedition to Egypt, when he was sud- 

 denl)' retained to restore discipline and 

 confidence in the army of Italy. In con- 

 sequence of a quarrel with the commis- 

 sioners of the Director)', Suchet was com- 

 pelled to return hastily to France to vindi- 

 cate his conduct. He was aftenvards sent 

 to the army of the Danube, at the head of 

 which he exerted himself in defending the 

 country of the Grisons. Joubert, his 

 friend, having been entnisted with the com- 



