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London, England, 1833-12-09 00:00:00

he day of reckoning conics, they must both
contribute to discharge it. No doubt we shall
be likewise assured by some patriotic and
aspiring " Russian subject," that in all the
schemes for the spoliation and ruin of Turkey,
for dressing up Roumelia into an Imperial
pleasure-garden, and the Euxine into a Mus-
covite fish-pond, the mild Nicholas acts " agree-
ably to the wishes of his devoted subjects,
who even accuse him of too great moderation,
and too much tenderness and leniency, to-
wards those treacherous" (infidels the) " Turks."
Be it so ; it proves again that Czar and boor
are politically well adapted to each other, and
that Europe, when the hour shall come, must
regard them as inseparable allies.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—Your frequent attacks upon the Emperor
Nicholas and his Government call forth a few remarks
from an unprejudiced person. Lowing your liberality, I
flatter myself, that though opposed to you in political
opinions, you will be good enough to insert these lines as
soon as you have some space and room to spare.
The Emperor's conduct towards the Poles has so fre-
quently been discussed by his enemies aalwell as his parti-
zans, that I will omit this point entirely ; more able men
than I am have undertaken his defence ; my remarks would
therefore fall off entirely. The only observation I intend
making on this head is the solemn assurance that our
respected Sovereign acted agreeably to the wishes of his
nation with regard to the Poles; in fact, we rather accuse
him of too great leniency towards those treacherous rebels,
and they would have fared much worse had their punish.
meat been left to the Russian nation. Would to God
that all nations were as satisfied with the proceed-
iags of their Sovereigns and as content with their
Government as we are. You, or more properly
speaking your worthy correspondent, is very much mis-
taken, if he supposes that the Emperor keeps his peop'e
in darkness, and that we are going backwards in civiliza-
tion. During his (your correspondent's) apparently short
sojourn in the capital of Russia, he could have no oppor-
tunity of judging correctly o❑ that head ; but I, who
have travelled all over the empire, and, as a mercantile
man, bad plenty of opportunity of mixing with all ranks
and classes of society in different parts of the country, I
solemnly declare that I find the lower orders improving
fast in learning and civilization. During toy last journey
found the number of schools in the different places I

ravelled through considerably increased.

I found the

farmers with newspapers in their hands—what I never
saw five years ago. lam afraid of taking up too much
of your time and paper were Ito enumerate all the various
modes that the Emperor has taken of civilizing his subjects.
The enlightened part of our nation is fully aware of
the great advantages and privileges of a constitu-
tional government ; but at the same time the civil-
ized of our country are not blind to the comparative
barbarity of the greater part of the popttlation. We
see that our lower orders are not fit yet for a
constitutional Government, but can only be ruled by
a despotic Government. We see the necessity of having
political meetings and conversations kept down, as the
bulk of our ❑ation would not understand their meaning,
and in their ignorance think revolution ❑ecessary. Even
if I have mentioned the innumerable ways in which the
Emperor benefits his people, there is one act alone that
has gained him their hearts, and it was a bold act in a
country like Russia, an act which Alexander, his brother
and predecessor, would not have dared even to think of.

mean an ukase issued on the Ist of Janu try, 1830, to

the eff,ct that " All children born of slaves in the Russian
dominion, after the Ist of January, 1830, shall be free
subjects themselves and their lawful children." Thus has
he accomplished a deed, the emancipation of slaves, by
one blow, whilst i❑ this constitutional government you
have been deliberating on the same question for years,
and still cannot come to a conclusion. He has, moreover,
shown his wisdom by the manner in which the freedom
was given. Had he freed the slaves at once, a revolu-
tion might have been the consequence; by emancipating
the following generations, there was no fear of a rebellion.

Thus daily he proves to his country by his deeds, how
great a blessing a Sovereign like him is to them ; there
cannot be a nation that adores its ruler more than we do.
He does not care for the Nobles, he keeps them down and
curtails their power. He acts by the advice of a few
chosen men, and his own understanding, guided in all by
his ardent wishes to make his country happy, but not by
favourites of either sex. He is an example in domestic
life; there cannot, in private life, be a happier couple
than he and the Empress. The English are prejudiced
against him by 'he false reperts spread by the public
papers; he cares not for their opinion, nor the opinions
of other nations. His conscience tells him that no Sove-
reign has the prosperity and welfare of his own people
more in mind than be ; his nation is grateful for this,
and I know that all my countrymen would gladly exclaim
with me, " I gladly down my life for the benefit of
my King and country." I doubt whether every English-
man arid Frenchman could say so with a sincere heart.
My intention was not to draw comparisons (they are
odious), but to refute the falsehoods contained in your
letter of this morning, dated from Vienna.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,

Saturday, Dec. 7. A RUSSIAN SUBJECT.
*,,* We omit the last sentence this letter out of com-
passion for the bones of " A Russian Subject."—Times.
We have extracted from the Gazette the
average state of the Bank of England accounts
from April to December. The public will be
glad, particularly at this rather feverish period
as to money transactions, to see such a state-
ment, and they will feel some gratitude to
the Bank when we remind them that by the
law such accounts are not required to be
published before August next. The Bank
has, however, thought that the publication
would now be useful, and has accordingly
sent it forth. It is, we understand, the in-
tention of the Bank to continue these publica-
tions every three months.—Morning Post.

The letter of Sir Peter Laurie to the Town
Clerk of the City of London, or rather of the
Court of Aldermen, will be read with interest,
and we doubt not with approbation. The vote
of thanks of the Court of Alderman to the
Lord Mayor and Chief Magistrate was indeed a
very singular affair—so very singular indeed that
the like of it, we believe, is not to be found in

the records of the city, fraught as they are with
very peculiar documents. The Court first pass
a vote of thanks for his past services as Lord
Mayor, and then, without giving him an oppor-
tunity of reply or protest, agree to something
like a vote of censure upon him for his mode of
examining prisoners. If that mode was bad or
extra-judicial, there ought to have been no vote
of thanks—if it contributed to the promotion of
the ends of justice, there ought to have been no
censure. But consistency from a Court of Alder-
men is not always to be reckoned upon as matter
of certainty ; and in default of its unanimous ap-
plause Sir Peter may rest perfectly satisfied with
the universal approbation of his conduct by his
fellow citizens. Whether he expended his al-
lowance as Lord Mayor with sufficient liberality
we have no means of knowing ; but that, as a
magistrate, he proved eminently useful to the
best interests, of the City, no one can deny.
On this point, in fact, there is but one
opinion
among honest, disinterested, and unprejudiced
men. It is not enough to say that no one ever
surpassed him as a magistrate ; for in truth no
one that filled the office of chief magistrate ever
easpatch, and suc-
great loss in
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his retirement from the chair.—Morn.Advertiser.

MR. ROSE'S WlT.—(From the Brighton
Gazette.)—When the present master of the Rolls, Sir
John Leach, was at the Bar, he had occasion to leave the
court, and handed his brief over to Mr. Rose, then at the
B►r, and now one of the Judges in Bankruptcy, and re-
quested him to take a minute of the argument of Course'
in his absence, upon which he wrote as follows
Mr. Leach made a speech,
Impressive, cl ar, and strong ;
Mr. Hart made a start,
Most tedious, dull, and long;
Mr. Parker made that darker,
Which was dark enough before;
Alr. Bell spoke so well,
The Chancellor said, I doubt.