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completed their travels through Ger- 
many, Italy, France, Holland, the Ne- 
a &c. return to St. Peterfburgh. 
. In17$3, May .7,. the Emprefs infti- 
tutes. a femimary for the education of 
youns perfons of quality at Kurifk. 
. June 21, a treaty of commerce concluded 
with the Ottoman Porte. July, the in- 
ftitution of the other viceroyalties of the 
empire follow infucceflion. July 21, the 
Emprefs. publithed a manifefto, by her 
commander in chief Prince Potemkin, in 
the Krim, in regard to the taking poflef- 
fion of that peninfula, the Kuban, and the 
ifland of Taman. ‘The 24th a treaty was 
concluded with Heraclius It. tzar of Kar- 
talinia and Kachetti, by which he fub- 
mits himfelf, his heirs and fucceflors for- 
ever, with his territories and dominions, 
to the fceptre of her Majefty, and her heirs 
and fucceflors. ‘The 29th, account was 
received from the camp of Prince Potemkin 
at Karas-Bafar, that the clergy, the beys 
and other perfons of diftinction, with the 
towns of Caratbafar, Bachtfhifarai, Ach- 
metthet, Kaffa, Kofloff, with the diftriéts 
of Turkanfkoikut and Neubafar, and that 
of Perekop, in the peninfula of the Krim, 
together with the hordes of Ediflank and 
Dfhambolufk, the Sultan Ahm Girey, 
and his vaffals, with all the Budfhaks and 
Bathkirs there, and all the tribes dwell- 
ing beyond the River Kuban, the Sultan 
Baatur Girey and his vaflals, have taken 
the oath of allegiance to her Imperial 
Majefty, and with willing hearts fubmit- 
ted for ever to her glorious fway. ‘The 
goth, the hofpodar of Wallachia was de- 
poled, and Draco Sutzo fet up in his place. 
Sept. 22, her Majefty raifed Gabriel, 
archbifhop of Novgorod and St, Peterf- 
burgh, to thedignity of metropolitan. Oct. 
2%, in the great hall of the academy of 
{ciences, the new inftitution of the Impe- 
rial Ruffian academy was opened, after a 
folemn confecration by the Metropolite 
Gabriel and other of the clergy, under 
the prefidency of Princefs Dathkoff, 
Nov. 7; the Emprefs is mediatrix for ac- 
commeodating the difference between the 
King of Pruffia and the city of Dantzic. 
The {chool for furgery was opened at 
Peteriburgh the 18th. Dec. 13, a fchool- 
sommiftion was inftituted for fuperviling 
all the public {chools. ‘The 28th, an act 
was concluded with the Ottoman Porte, 
by which the poffeffion and fovereignty of 
the K.rim, the Kuban, &c. were folernly 
authenticated to the Emprefs. nies 
1784, Jan..1, the fenate mot humbly 
ghanks her Maiefty for the benefactions 
ine has grasioully beftowed om the whole | 
Original Memirs of the Late Lmprefs of Ruffa. 
973 
empire in the laft year ina f{peech by ge~ 
neral. feldtmarfhal .Count Razomofiki, 
‘The 28th, the Roman Catholic archbithop: 
of Mohilef, Staniflaus Ttheftentthevitch 
of Boguth, conitituted by her Majeftly, is, 
with a variety of church ceremounies, fo- 
lemnly invefted in the Roman Catholic: .. 
Church at St. Peterfburgh, with the pal- 
lium from his holinefs the Pope, by the pa» 
palambaflador Count Archetti,archbithop 
of Chalcedon. Oct. 14, theLelgiers, ha®= .- 
ing croffed the river Alafan, inyaded the 
dominions of Georgia, were repulfed with 
great lof by a detachment of Ruffian 
troops.. Dec. 29, Katolikos Makiim, the 
ferdar and courtmarfhal Prince Zeretelli, 
and the chief juftice Kumichefe, ambaf- 
fadors from David, tzar of Imeretia; were 
admitted to a public audience of her Ma~- 
jetty, at which they fubmitted, in the 
name of the tzar, him and his fubjeéts to 
the will and powerful prote&tion’ of her 
Imperial Majefty, as the rightful head of 
all the fens of the erthcdox eaftern church, 
and fovereign ruler and defender of the 
Georgian nations. i 
1785. Jan.1. The fenate, in the name of 
the empire,- humbly thanks her Majetty 
for the benefits fhe has beftowed uponit in 
the foregoing year. The 8th and 15th, 
the Emprefs, in perfon, holds a public ex- 
amination of the young ladies educated in 
the Devitza Monattir. - The 12th, Mauro 
Cordato, hofpodar of Wallachia, was de- 
pofed, and Alexander. Mauro Cordato, 
his uncle, reftored to that dignity, The 
21ft, the Emprefs vifited the principal na+ 
tional {chool, and pafled a long tine in 
examining the clafles, and the proficiency 
of the youth in that feminary: on which 
occafion a marble tablet was fixed in the 
wall of the fourth clafs, with this ins 
{cription in gold letters: Tou visir- 
EST THE VINEYARD WHiCH THY OWN 
HAND HATH PLANTED, JAN. 21,1785, 
April 21. The privileges of the nobility 
were confirmed; and on the fame day, 
the burghers of towns conftittted into 
bodies corporate, by a particulay mani+ 
fefto. The public f{chool in Voronetfk 
was opened. The 2athof May, her Ma~ 
jefty goes to infpect the famous fluices at 
Vifhney Volotihok, and other waters 
communications, and from thezce pro- 
ceeds to Mofco, June 1g, Her Majefty 
returns to St. Peterfburgh. July 3. She 
vififs the hardware manufacteries at Sus 
terbeck, in Finnland, 14th. A manifettos 
granting full liberty of religion and coms 
mercée, to all foreigners {ettling in the ree 
gions of Mount Caucafus, under her go- 
¥ernment. Sept. 15. The public {chool - 
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