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послдне,иу важное военное значенЬ въ будущеиъ, и

диьнМшихъ 3aBoeBaHiI сиежныхъ обпстеИ Турецкой unepiu. Не zn•

шены интересса и его о впяа•В 110TeIBMli. Въ

Грея и депешахъ Энни можно также найти указан(я на то, вакъ Фран•

услњшно и постепепио завязывая торговыя съЕрыиопъ

добивалась отъ покровитиьства своему флагу въ Черноиъ uopt.

Tl)is (т. е. иоложеийе Херсона) is however ап incon.

venicnce that is irrcmediable until the Russians таке further

encroachments оп the Turks in tll8t quarter ап event which,

it i8 to be hoped, will поп дооп take plac,e... Now that our

connections with America is соте to а period migllt not the

ТоЬњссо of this country bc permitted to be introduccd into

Great Britain under а reduced duty provided this govern-

ment would pennit certain British commodities but principally

woolen cloths to be introdawd here under circumstances pro-

Potemkin has been to establish а

portionally favourable...

Packet-boat bctween Cherson and Constantinople to sail rc-

gularly every month. When he travels he has genemlly

PTiests along witll llim, at present he has two Bisltops опе

а Greek and tlle other а CatlI01ic. Tho not melanc1101y he

is of а serious cast, fond of religion, pompous ceremonies

and attached to the Coacll along with him, that tlte gencral

traiu of their conversation is оп religious subjccts. The wbole

of their discourse he added in coming l»ere was concerning

the difercnce betwecn the religion of the Churcl) of England,

the Quakers and tl•e Puritans. It seetns he has had ofers

from some Antcrican Loyalists to соте and setlle bere, but as

they аге very particular in the terms thcy rbquire, he i8 af•

fraid that they тау be the descendants of those people who

emigrated from England during the civil wars in thc last

century, and who тау be supposed to entertain opinions by

по meaus compatible with the spirit of such а government

as tllis.

(Хонд. гос. Арх. Р, Н. ОТ. ТигКч 1784).