The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-12 00:00:00

'HE CZAR AT \in HIS PALACE.

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h ?_e Emperor is a man (4 about 56, and, on the whole,
tali erY floe-looking specimen of humanity. He is a
„ , i athletic figure, though not stout. There was a very
'B.Piendid view troin the Emperor's room window. I saw
t• g way down the river, and the docks and for-
,geations were under my immediate surveillance..
in e was no want of everything grand and irupos-
tbg_ fingilded flowers in spleodil vases, and galleries of
fa.eteA pictures met our view at every step. Here, in
I e,,' was everything that was attractive and interesting.
in'elild not help remarking a very great iprovement
i.thee large houses in Russia over thosem in England
se:O every part a uniform and moderate heat was dit-
ch, cl• This winter palace of the Emperor it is impos-
takes 20,
erte at al. a.dequately to describe without appearing to
ate'aggerate. The reception room is 300 feet in length,
eel' 000 wax lights to illuminate it. Here the
ki, eetions from every department of art are on the most
f 'gbifieent scale. • These seemed to have been brought
frli3ln every part of the world. We ascended one
tght of steps which comprised no less than 72, every
eref which was of solid marbleof the finestdescription.
who° was a large number ofarticles in malachite and those
irl visited the Great Exhibition of 1851 are alone able to
lailli all adequate conception ofthe splendid effect whic
b rge qnantities of this fine mineral and gold laklive when
tirght together. The mines of Siberia, of which
h
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,rtiperor is particularly proud, are exceedingly nece_
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leels expensive stone. lam not a very good judge of
with
Painting, but here was gallery after gallery 1
vi;o Paintings b the best masters. The effect of tie
le
was admiryat: and amazement. There was in
been
of the halls
a ionle
g vessel, which had lately
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2e pedestal vFeirnylaanrd, and which was supported
NV: u-- , all cut out of a solid piece of granite.
were taken to see the room of Peter the Great. Here
Woks everything that would suggest itself as being of use.
to great in
toolsß—g, as Peter was. Here were many inge7
Thaue and other things, of his own invention, anid
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onny beautiful ly.carved ornaments in ivory and wood.
•, ene of the tables, in plain case, was an old steel
yen, which
thin",,, Presented a remarkable contrast to the
tn --'8 °Y Which it was surrounded. This pen was the
8 e which the late Duke of Wellington used, and was
;flirt a.,,4 a present to the Emperor by the present Duke.-
• 4-eases Lecture at Darlington
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-,IATERNAL SOLICITUDE OF A BEAR.—The old bear,
'when she saw us about to follow her up the cleft, made
abtifetint to charge down, possibly hoping to intimidate us,
oldstopped short alter making a
her,fiom 7wfeewweyraerdins.anl
not particularly want to kill
° - khe should have been
ascend the
"waY place, where we .
bothered with the skin, so did not
Ise t a shot
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gatliiihYera,nyfrhoimghewrhebrnet slatwdaiswnstaatniodnetdoo,
h lug the
ts_ance of three hundred yards. Upon -,-7La.hr missed.
f:Port, and perhaps also seeing the bullet, u
kpearhgaup
1 lwn spring at
ter, strike the ground, she made a Btu.' 1
Pletely covered it with her own body. In a few mdo
as
if
r Young one, pulled it underneath her, anu
!he let it go, and made another rush down war
Ie charge, but looking wistfully at her cub, ne)nmt -s
remained stationary, turned back as before. g'‘A.h.nicoh-
Yier shot had precisely the same effect ; she no sooner
heard the report than she had the cub underneath
er, and then followed a similar rush. I fired several
other shots, with the same results after each, and we
now saw that she was endeavouring to induce the young
one to follow her down, which it appeared afraid to do,
often coming a little way, and then returning,. The
anxiety of the bear to shield her off-pring from danger,
and to inspire it with courage to follow her, were truly
affecting. At last, after a great many shots had been
fired, not one of which, I believe, took effect, the
youngster was persuaded to face the danger, and they
it down upon us like a shot. Fortunately for them,
,t was whilst I was re-loading the rifle, and they were
11, Pun us before I was ready. The gully was not more than
-1-0 yards wide, so they had to pass quite close •, we jumped
one side to give them room, and the old lady did not
attempt to molest us, but went down hill as hard as ever
s,11: could go, with her cub by her side. Before I had the
° caPped and ready, they were far enough out of our
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