176 THE BEE, OR Jan. 2, 



mand of money and of men, with the profpecl of conquer- 

 ing for binifdlf an independent principality. But, delTi- 

 tute of thole great military talents which charafterife the 

 accompliihed general, his attacks have been rather furious 

 than irrefiftible : nor have his fucceffes been adequate to the 

 ardour of his wifhes, cr the means that were put in his 

 power; and he has now realon to fear that he may be pre- 

 vented, by a general paciilcation, from eftablilhing, at ti'is 

 time, the defireable fovereiguty whicli has long afTordcd luch 

 a pleafing fubjeft of conteraplation to him. 



But though it be doubtful if he will be able to do a.^ 

 much as he intended, there feems little reafon to apprehend 

 that he will not be able to obtain for himfelf fome fort offiv 

 vereign independent power, under the apparoit contrc-.!! of 

 the Ruffian empire : And were he not a man of fucli de- 

 fpotic difpofitions, and arbitrary principles, as to give iiu 

 hopes of any reafonable fyilem of government ever btin:;; 

 adopted by him, perhaps this difmemberment of the RuiTiaa 

 empire is what all European powers ought to piomotc. 

 Should a new kingdom be cflablifhed on tiie confines of the 

 Turkilh and Ruffian empires, adjoining to the Bli;ck Sen, 

 under a fyftem of government truly European, founded Oii 

 commercial and pacific principle's, perhaps nothing couM 

 contribute fo much to the genei.il well-being cf mankind in 

 thofe regions of the enrth. The Turk has now felt fo flrcn ', 

 ly the diiagreeable eftefts of being obliged to contend v.ilJi 

 the neighbouring great powers, that little influence would 

 be required to induce that hitlicrto intractable court to grant 

 to fuch a Hate thole commercial privileges that would be 

 neceffary for infuring its own profperity : and the fertilii} 

 of the foil is fuch, and the fituation for commerce fo favour- 

 able, that under a wife adminiftratlon, this kingdom might 

 foon attain fuch vigour as to become relpcclable among iiU 

 nations. 



The time, however, does not feem to be as yet arrived 

 for this happy ellabliihment : nor is Potcmkin the man cal- 

 culated to bring it forv,-ard. That he aims at iovertign 

 power is fcarcely to be doubted : That he has fecured great 

 fums ot money in foreign countries to be ready at command, 

 is generally believed; biit wheth?r he will be able to effecV 

 his final eftablilhment, or whether he will be cblieed to con- 



