The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-18 00:00:00

Rescript of the Emperor of Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12.
The following rescript of the Emperor to the
Minister of the Interior has just been issued :

" Paul Alexandrovitch,—The customary elections
which took place in the Government of Moscow at
the commencement of January have not been suc-
cessful. The Directing Senate having recognised
the irregularity of the decisions of the Assembly of
Marshals and Deputies touching the right of parti-
cipation by some of the nobles in the affairs of the
Assembly of Government, all the acts of that as-
sembly done up to the time of its close have lost
their legal value. I am, nevertheless, not unaware
that, in the course of its deliberations, the Assembly
of Nobles in the Government of Moscow has entered
upon the-examination of certain questions not within
its competence, and that it has touched upon the
subjects involving the modification of the essential
and fundamental principles of the institutions of the
empire of Russia.
" The reforms happily accomplished during the
10 years of my reign, and those which are now in
process of execution under my orders, testify suffi-
ciently to my constant solicitude for the ameliora-
tion and perfection of the different branches of the
political organisation of the State, so far as possible,
and in the order marked out by my will. The right
of initiative in the various portions of this work of
gradual perfection belongs only to me, and is indis-
solubly bound up with the autocratic power en-
trusted to me by God. In the sight of my faithful
subjects the past should be a guarantee for the
future. It is not permitted to any among them to
prejudice my incessant efforts for the welfare of
Russia, nor to anticipate the decision of questions
touching the fundamental principles of the institu-
tions of the State. No one class has legally the
right of speaking in the name of the other classes.
Nobody is privileged to intercede with me in favour
of the general interests and necessities of the State.
Such deviations from the order established by the
legislation in vigour can only shackle the execution
of the plans I have traced out for myself. In no
case will they be able to attain the objects towards
which they may be directed. I entertain the firm
conviction that I shall not henceforth encounter
similar obstacles upon the part of the Russian
nobility, whose secular services rendered to the
Throne and the country are always present to my
my memory, and in whom my confidence has al ways
been, and remains, unalterable.

" I desire you will communicate this rescript to
all the governor-generals 'and governors of the Go-
vernments in which assemblies of the nobles sit, or
in which provincial assemblies ought to meet.—l
remain, your affectionate

" ALEXANDER."

The Case of the Palace of Justice.

(From the Law Times of to-day.)

It was admirably stated by the Attorney-General. The
inconvenience of the present courts scattered over the me-
tropolis; the inconvenience to all concerned therein, suitors,
counsel, solicitors, and judges, of the concentration of the
courts under one roof ; the saving of time, of money, of
health, and of temper, were arguments plain to the house,
as they must be convincing to the public ; and they found
but one opponent. Mr. Selwyn, who plumes himself on
having defeated the proposition two years ago by the glo-
rious majority of one, and for so long deprived the metro-
polis of its greatest requirement, is reluctant to believe that
he won then by a fluke, and not upon the merits of his
case ; so he opposes still, although opinion, if doubtful
before, has come to a resolve that the work must be done,
and without delay, and he endeavoured to combat the over-
whelming case of the Attorney-General by a repetition of

the weak 2bjections that were made the excuse for what
was, in fact, a partisan division, directed not against the
measure, but against the Government that proposed it.
But Mr. Selwyn's hostility served only to mark more
strongly the otherwise almost unanimous approval of the
House. Manifestly there will be no partisanship on this
occasion. Member after member rose on both sides of the
House, and even below the gangway, to express approval
of the scheme. Even the hostility threatened in quarters
that have a fair excuse for it in certain inconvenience it
would entail upon themselves, has been not merely with-
drawn, but exchanged for positive support. It was ex-
pected that the City authorities would exclaim against the
removal of the courts from Guildhall. But, whatever the
first impulse, reflection has satisfied them that they make a
small sacrifice for a great public benefit, and they have pe-
titioned in favour of the bill. There remains, then, only

Lincoln's-inn, and the motives for hostility in that quarter
are so palpably selfish, that we question if a single member
of the house, save Mr. Selwyn, will have the hardihood to
assert them in a speech or support them by a vote.
Compared with this, all other reforms are of minor im-
portance. They can wait ; this cannot endure delay. The
arrangements are already made, only the sanction of Par-
liament is required for the work to be begun. There is to
bo no jobbery. The requirements are to be decided by the
Government ; there is to be a competition for a plan, and
the building is also to be competed for by a limited number
of the most eminent firms.

THE TOMB OF JAMES 111. OF SCOTLAND.—The
researches made in the grounds of Cambuskenneth
Abbey during last summer by the Royal Society of Scottish
Antiquaries and the magistrates of Stirling will, in all likeli-
hood, be productive of much good to the town, and also
cause this fine old ruin of the 11th century to be repaired,
and the tower, which is so much admired, saved from de-
struction. If funds are available it is proposed to improve
the entrance, open up the built-up windows, and make
the ground hall a suitable place for receiving antiquarian
relics, and for tourists resting. The most interesting
fact in connection with the Abbey was the discovery
of the tomb of King James 111. The grave was
found near the spot where in old guide-books and histories
it was indicated to be, and was covered with a marble slab,
bearing the marks of iron bands and sockets, attesting it to
have been the last resting place of a person of noble rank,
and in all probability that of the unfortunate monarch. The
grave appeared as if it had been disturbed at a former time.
The whole circumstances of the discovery were laid before
the Queen, who most graciously signified her wish to erect
a memorial stone or cross over the remains of her Royal
ancestors, James 111. and his Queen, Margaret of Den-
mark. The wish of her Majesty was brought before the
Stirling Town Council, who at once and with the greatest
pleasure unanimously assented to the pious and thoughtful
desire of the Queen. During the excavations several large
oak trees were found in one of the foundations. These
were carefully removed and placed in the tower. Having
lain for 700 years in a wet soil, the oak has become of
quite a black colour. It is supposed that, owing to the bad
foundation, the trees were used for the purpose of making
a proper foundations, and supporting the pillars and arches
of the choir.—Seotsman.

A DANGEROUS PARASITE.—Among the successful
candidates for the prizes of the Academy of Sciences
we mentioned Dr. Zanker, of Dresden, for his important re-
searches on the Trichina bpiralis. This microscopic worm,
which lives coiled up in a sort of cystus or pocket, was
observed about 1835 by Mr. Richard Owen in the flesh of
certain animals. In 1850 Dr. Herbst, of Gottingen, found
by experiment that the trichina was transmissible from one
animal to another by ingestion, and Drs. Virchow and
Leuckart confirmed the fact. On the 12th of January,
1850, a young girl was admitted into the hospital of Dres-
den on the supposition that she was labouring under
typhus fever, but there were some symptoms wanting to
confirm this opinion. The girl died on the 27th, and
Dr. Zanker, on dissecting her body, found to his asto-
nishment many thousands of trichina) in a free state in
the muscular tissue. Their not being encysted was a sure
sign that they were of recent importation. In the intes-
tines he found a vast quantity of adult trichinae, male and
female, and perceived the bodies of the latter filled with
living embryos similar to those existing in the muscles.
Thus Dr. Zenker, for the first time, proved that in the same
person there may exist adult trichina© in the intestines and
their larva) in the muscles, so that the latter couldonly have
got there by piercing the intestine either by direct migra-
tion or by the blood and chyle. Upon inquiry he found the
girl had eaten pork from a pig killed on Dec. 21, 1859, and
that both the farmer and his wife with whom she lived
had been attacked with similar symptoms, but
had recovered. From all these facts Dr. Zanker
had arrived at the conclusion that there exists
in man a disorder resulting from the immigration of
trichina] from the intestines to the muscles, and that this
disorder becomes mortal when the immigration is too con-
siderable in consequence of the ingestion of a large quantity
of meat tainted with the parasite. No sooner did this dis-
covery become known than it was confirmed by further
observations throughout Europe. In Germany, especially
in those places where raw pork is used, hundreds of cases
were discovered, even assuming the form of an epidemic,
where triehinated pork had been sold.—Galignani.
THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLADS.— The Confederate
ironclad ship, about which so many mysterious paragraphs
have gone the round of the English and foreign journals, is
the Stonewall, commanded by Captain Page, C.S.N. She
is one of the two formidable vessels built by M. Armand of
Bordeaux, and constituted with her consort the subject
a correspondence, with which our readers are probably
familiar, between the French Government and the late Mr.
Dayton. The Stonewall is a vessel of great power, heavily
armed, and fully manned. Her crew is principally composed
of the men who served under Captain Wardell in the Con-
federate war stammer