Russia in 1839 -Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia

190COINCIDENCE OF DATES.

COINCIDENCE OF DATES. — MARRIAGE OF THE GRANDSON OF M. DE

BEAUHARNAIS. — CHAPEL OF THE COURT. THE EMPEROR NI

CHOLAS. — HIS PERSON.THE EMPRESS. CONSEQUENCES OF

DESPOTISM. —THE AUTHOR`S DEBUT AT COURT. AN ACCIDENT.

MAGNIFICENT DECORATIONS AND COSTUME. ENTREE OF THE

IMPERIAL FAMILY.THE EMPEROR MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES.

FORMS OF THE GREEK CHURCH. —M. DE PAHLEN.EMOTION

OF THE EMPRESS. DESCRIPTION OF THE DUKE OF LEUCHTEN-

BERG. HIS IMPATIENCE. PRUDERY IN MODERN CONVERS

ATION. ITS CAUSE. MUSIC OF THE IMPERIAL CHAPEL.THE

ARCHBISHOP.THE EMPEROR KISSES HIS HAND. TALISMAN OF

M. DE BEAUHARNAIS. NO CROWD IN RUSSIA.IMMENSITÏ OF

THE PUBLIC SQUARES. THE COLUMN OF ALEXANDER. — FALSE

TASTE OF THE RUSSIANS IN THE ARTS.TRIUMPHAL ARCH.

STORM AT THE MOMENT OF THE MARRIAGE. THE EMPEROR TO

BE PITIED. THE EMPRESS A VICTIM. —THE AUTHOR'S PRE

SENTATION.— THE EMPEROR'S VOICE.THE AFFABILITY OF THE

EMPRESS. —A FETE AT THE PALACE.COURTIERS. COURT

DANCES. THE POLONAISE.THE GRAND GALLERY.POLITICAL

REFLECTIONS. FRENCH POLITICS. THE SUPPER. KHAN OF

THE KIRGUISES.THE QUEEN OF GEORGIA. RUSSIAN COURT

DRESS. THE GENEVESE AT THE EMPEROR'S TABLE. POLITE

NESS OF THE MONARCH.A NIGHT SCENE IN THE NORTH. AN

UNEXPECTED INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPRESS.PHILOSOPHY OF

DESPOTISM.

I лм writing on the 14th of July, 1839, fifty years after the taking of the Bastille, which event occurred on the 14th of July, 1789. The coincidence of these dates is curious. The marriage of the son of Eugene de Beauharnais has taken place on the same day as that wliich marked the commencement of our revolutions, precisely fifty years ago.