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

56RESPONSIBILITY OF

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EMPEROR. EFFECTS OF THE STORM AT

PETERHOFF. DEATH OF TWO ENGLISHMEN. THE MYSTERY

IN WHICH ALL OCCURRENCES ARE ENVELOPED. A STEAM-BOAT

SAVED ВТ AN ENGLISHMAN. THE RUSSIAN I>OLICE. — DISAP

PEARANCE OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE. POLITENESS AND BRU

TALITY UNITED. CRUELTY OF A FELD JAGER. QUARREL

AMONG WORK-PEOPLE, AND THE REVOLTING CRUELTY OF THE

POLICE. THE EMPEROR A REFORMER.THE COLUMN OF ALEX

ANDER.REFORM IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE COURT. THE

CHURCH OF SAINT ISAAC. ITS IMMENSITY. — SPIRIT OF THE

GREEK RELIGION. ITS DEGRADATION. CONVERSATION WITH

A FRENCHMAN. A TRAVELLING PRISON. INSURRECTION

CAUSED BY A SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR'S. BLOODY SCENES ON

THE WOLGA. HISTORY OF THE POET POUSKINE. HIS DUEL

AND DEATH. FATE OF HIS AMBITIOUS SUCCESSOR. THE

POETRY OF POUSKINE.EFFECTS OF THE ADOPTION OF FOREIGN

LANGUAGES IN RUSSIA. CONSEQUENCES OF THE RAGE FOR

ENGLISH NURSES AND GOVERNESSES IN FRANCE. — SUPERIORITY

OF THE CHINESE. THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES. ROUSSEAU.

— DECLINE OF FRENCH LITERATURE.

According to information that I have obtained this morning respecting the disaster of the fete of Peter-hoff, its extent has exceeded my expectations. But we shall never ascertain the exact circumstances of the event. Every accident here, is treated as an affair of state : it is Crod who has failed in his duty to the emperor.

Political superstition, which is the soul of the Muscovite community, exposes its chieftain to all the complaints that impotence may bring against power,