text: " The Autocrat despot as he may be was not singular in the opinion; for even our esteemed friend Count Valerian Krasinski distinguished no less for the solidity of his literary attainments than for the liberality of opinion and the patriotism which condemns him to the penalty of exile in a "dear country's cause " who therefore will not be suspected of undue bias in favour of Russian systems had written and published in an able article on Russia treating _inter alia_ of the rise and progress of her manufactures and commerce to the following effect:--"The manufacturers of Russia commenced as in other countries with the beginning of its political importance but have been chiefly indebted for their encouragement and progress to the efforts of the Government 