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LITERATURE.

'-: osobevrietntappeoowpleer,orwgiatnhisead dineroeda rvualestr,
caamodp, furnished F.
slavishly"
rl ---.
with all the appliances and contrivances of civilisatiob
'--- Travels in Persia, Georgia and Koordistan. From
r-li the German of Dr. Moritz' Waomer. 3 vols. T •
' wielded foridestructive and ambitious purposes. Sesestriq,4l
0
'.,-<e4 Hurst and Blackett. _ imur, At-ala, had no such means at their disposal." - ••'
F.A.
~:.1 This work presents some novel features, which,
.-
He also considers that the neighbouring monarchs:,
}-
iwould render their assistance :
fqmay claim for it some degree of attention. In the r
first place, it is from the pen of a German traveller, 0 "A Russian expedition against British India would
be probably supported by the Kings of Persia and Cabin,)'
who is, therefore, totally uninfluenced by the na- le,
A . because they know that they are at the mercy of Russia,,
itional feelings and prejudice that display them-(and feel that they have no choice but to join the con-,
selves, more or less, in our countrymen's narratives. 4 queror, or be trampled under foot. The natural impedi- '
In the second place, it was written before the Tur-itnents to such an expedition would be unimportant to
Itish question, before any rumours of that war we 7; Russia, and an alliance with the intermediate states
-.have just terminated with more haste than honour, 9 would diminish the obstacle of distance in space.
were circulated in the political world. Though I,t, "An Emperor of Russia having the control over the
/the work consists of several volumes, the portion : property and lives of sixty millions of subjects, accus- i
occu ied by the writer's adventuresis very ;toured to Slavonic obedience, could lead across the In-
p own
; small. He keeps his own story in complete subser-4dus, hosts that would not be numerically inferior to the';
e.
e,,vience to what would appear to be the main objecq united Indo-British forces of Bombay, Madras, and,*!
''ot his book ; a thorough and minute descriptioni Bengal, and which would have the immeasurable
of the tribes and races inhabiting those reoions '' tags of consisting almost entirely of Great Russians,
', •
their distinctive features, their characters, their
native
~.. whereas only a very small body of our Indian army is
mode of living, their past and present history British. The Moslem elements of a Russian in ~
• as s,.ivading army, would also be of incalculable value, as in-
,nations. A long and intimate acquaintance withOstrumeras in countries whose Mahommedan population
the Russian dominion leaves the author in astonish- still regret the loss of power, and retain a spirit et.)
meat at its power of subjugating the most indepen-- revenge against their British masters."
dent and ferocious tribes, by slow and sure degrees, -All who desire to become thoroughly acquainted
and reducing its bitterest opponents to the level of with the varying nations and distinctive tribes that
-,
its broken spirited serfs. The Circassians, however, ticonatine to form this portion of the Russian em
must be excluded from this number, #s the high .11,.:fpire, and to study their national peculiarities, their
'
spirit of the mountain chiefs will not submit to theALf„, and manners will find these volumes afford,
tyranny of Russian rule. 1." them a vast amount of information. They do not':
I" The Emperor Nicholas, who maintained an iron disci- , offer the entertainment to the general reader that
pline amongst all the various kinds of troops in his im-
do not meet with startling adventures, hairbreadth is met with in ordinary narratives of travel. We
mouse empire, displayed a striking consideration towards
the Circassian squadrons of his guard. Persons who are',
escapes, descriptions of remarkal la views
intimately acquainted with the arrangements at St. Peters-
' or any
burg, relate many characteristic anecdotes that show how _ of those little minor incidents that serve to gratify
:the bold, independent spirit of these Caucasian mountain- 4 the seeker for amusement. The qualifications it
leers remains unbroken by the Russian rod, 'and hoW this •-k possesses are more those of an historical or political I
,spirit so imposes on the Emperor, and even on the severest work than of a mere book of travels. At the pre-
;of barrack-masters, the Grand Duke Michael, that both,
~ sent period it is especially useful, as showing the
;have often tolerated open mutiny."
opposing elements of which that-extensive empiret
'A considerable portion of the first volume .
. 's composed, and the severity and discipline which
.
is devoted to the Cossack tribes, who, accord-
have
be learned from these records of an eye-
forced them into harmony. Much may un-
in,g to this writer, have been largely instru- ..
'mental in the subjection of the Russian ter-
doubtedlywness ; and thefact of their havingbeen written
I ritory. He says, "On observing the powerful
I
Russian empire, it is less the conquest of such an
before the war has a curious effect. To all desirous)
immense extent of territory than its maintenance
,of acquiring information on this important subject
and its speedy Russification which astonish us.
we commend these volumes as affording consider-
The Cossacks have afforded the most important ~able instruction, and as meritingattentive °onside-
assistance in this matter. Without them it would - ration.
Ibave been scarcely possible for the Russians to have
maintained their Trans-Caucasian provinces, as'`
'they left independent mountaineers in their rear.
However, his opinion of them is not in their fa
your. " Were r," he says, "to give my own per-
sonal judgment respecting the character of the
Cossacks, gained during my residence with them,
the verdict would not be favourable." He de-
scribes them as being cunning and full of dissimu-
lation towards persons of rank, with whom they
happen to be connected iu any official capacity, and
the propensity for theft, he declares, appears to he
a universal vice among them. A great jealousy
exists between the Cossacks of the Don and the
Cossacks of the Line, so mush so, that some of the
latter could hardly be persuaded to rescue a drown
ling man, one saying to the other, "he is only a
I Don Cossack." The descriptions incidentally given'
leave a strong impression on the reader's mind of,
the tyranny of the Imperial rule. "It is almost
miraculous," says the writer, in one place, " what
Russian discipline can effect. The Tartars of the
Crimea, those terrible rovers, who, in former times
carried devastation into the very heart of the Rus-I
sian empire, are now subdued under the Russiani
sceptre, a quiet, tamed, humiliated people." Tile!
religious intolerance is very strong. No churchl
is allowed to make converts except the Greek. J
As the writer justly observes, there might be and
appearance of reason, if not of justice, if this prohi-I
bition to enter the Catholic and Protestant churches
were limited to members of the Russo-Greek faith
or to Christian confessions generally, but to forbid
Mohammedans, Jews, and Pagans to seek theiri
salvation in any other, is a piece of unheard-ofi,
tyranny. In Southern Russia it has happened
occasionally that Jews of education have been
attracted by the services of the Protestant
or Catholic churches, in contrast to the for-
malities of the Greek Church and the unculti-
vated character of its priests. But they were not'
suffered to become either Protestants or Catholics,
and as they would not accept the Russo-Greek
faith they were forced to remain Jews. Such
Christianity in the nineteenth century is'almost as
marvellous as it is lamentable. While staying at
a village in the Caucasus a band of emigrants passed
through it. Hundreds of families were moving
their children and goods in obedience to an Impe-
rial ukase. They were of the tribe of the Ducho-
borzi, a sect who hold peculiar religious opinions,
land who, by the command of the Emperor Alex-
ander, were settled in the the steppes near the Sea
of Azoff, as he feared the spread of their doctrines,
where they formed eleven flourishing villages.

"As long as the Emperor Aleirander lived, the Duchol
borzi were left in peace. They paid their taxes regularly,
furnished recruits, and submitted in everything to their
duties as subjects. Social intercourse with Russians of the
national religion was forbidden ; but beyond this they'
were not aggrieved. On the accession of Nicholas to the
Imperial throne their condition underwent a material
change. His wish to restore the unity of the Russian
Church was known, and his consequent dislike of See-
tarianisrn. This was sufficient to excite the priests
and functionaries in the vicinity of tho Duchoborzi to
a series of persecutions against these unfortunates."
" Soon after this, an imperial ukase sent theta all forth
as exiles to the most sterile and melancholy part of Trans-
caucasia, at the utmost limits of the empire, where grain
only ripens in the hottest summer, and they have to depend
almost entirely on the breeding ofr cattle, as a means of sus-
tenance. I was staying in Arpatschai, in 1813. Several
thousand of the Duchoborzi were already settled there.
They formed 7 villages ; but all the people were in the most
wretched condition; the children looked pale, and wasted
from the bad quality, and insufficiency of too food. I asked
one boy if he would come with me as my servant, and have
plenty of food and good clothes to wear. He replied that
he would like it very much, if he could take his Maminka
(little mother) with him.
"Notwithstanding the dreadfnl misery of these first
settlers, which destroyed so many of them, the remainder
of the Duchoborzi, to the number of from 4,000 to 5,000,1
wore unpityingly driven from their beautf.ful and prosper-)
ous settlements, on the Milk I.ver, to share the fate ofl
the former. They had to sell nearly all they possessed for,
anything they could get, and then, with patient submis-
sion, to set out in their long and melancholy journey over!
the Caucasus. They had Leon given the choice of remain-
ing on the banks of the Moloschna, and of denying their
. faith for that of the Greek Church; but few did so. It is
remarkable that a religon, with so vague an idea of the'
Deity, and of another world, should have enabled them to
resist all temporal welfare, and to exchange their comfort-,
able houses for a miserable banishment, rather than ac-
cept the creed of the Mother Church they had forsaken.
• "It is affirmed by those well acquainted with the pre-
sent state of things in Russia, that the number of schis-
matics, who practise their religion in secret, is very
great."

It was once remarked by a celebrated Germanl
liplomatist that the first symptoms of danger to
Russia will most probably arise from these sects.
It has also been said—" C'est par des divisions
religieuses quo perira l'empire Russo." In opposi2
tion to this, however, the traveller instances the
deep reverence even the viciims of the persecution
entertain for the Emperor, who, he says, has no
more devoted subjects than those who differ from
him in creed. The Koords are described as a
most ferocious and plundering nation, upon whom
no dependence can by placed. After contemplat-
ing the character of these tribes the reader may be
less inclined to disregard a piece of advice which
our author quotes from a Sclavonic writer, with
instructions to read it twice :

The World of Insects. By J. W. Douglas.
Van Voorst, Paternoster-row.

Works on entomology are usually very perplex-i
ing to uninitiated readers, and the difficulty
of wading through long pages of hard Latin names
and dry technical matter, deter many inquiring
minds from learning as much about the insect tribe,
as they ought to know. Entomology is interest-1
ing to us all from our earliest days. We began 1
with conning over the nursery themes, which tells,
all about "the little busy bee," and advises the'
dashingly-attired lady bird to " fly away home."
What vulgarly blouzed faces we have gained from
pursuing the brilliant butterfly, though the song
tells us he is a "gentleman of no very good re-
pute." We have Lad powerful impression's made
by the merciless sting of the fragile gnat. We
have remembrances of many a smart skirmishing
with a brazen blue bottle, which insisted on
becoming acquainted with the delicate joint of
lamb before us, and we have entertained
murderous quarrels with " industrious fleas."
Great has been our admiration of the gorgeously-
liveried moths and the burnished armour of the
'host of beetles, and Mr. Douglas has done much to
increase our interest in the myriad species by per-
spicuously and concisely enlightening us as to their
prominent characteristics and habits. The work is
devoid of any scientific affectation, yet exhibiting
a perfect mastery of the subject. The necessary
studious details are agreeably relieved by such pas-
sages as this :
"Everywhere, 'up stairs, down stairs, and in my
lady's chamber,' is the fly. Por cool, easy, impertinent
familiarity commend to me the fly. Drive him away from
the viands upon which you are engaged, the enjoyment•
of which he perseveringly disputes with you on your
plate, or from your glas-, where he sits rubbing his feet
(I had almost said his bands), in the excess of hi-i,
epicurism, and qualifying himself, by gentle sips of your
wine, to have an opinion of its quality ; flap him withl
your handkerchief, upsetting your glass and your tern-'
per, and driving him on the fruit at the same time,
where, looking through his Argus-eyes, be is making
flame of you; follow him ,up, and, if he does not eettle
,n your nose, and you ars'not too much flurried; observe
how he rises into the air boldly and without prepara-
tion ; put a man to make a leap as high as himself, and
he must stoop for the spring to do it ; even a bird, '
although it has wings, must di the same thing ; but
Herr Fly does nothing of the kind ; he, only opens his
two wings, and is gone. How l That is something to
and out. There have also been many theories and dis-1
putes about the means by which a fly walks upon a
smooth surface, such as glass, in a vertical position, or,
runs with his back downwards—as, for instance, on the
ceiling of a room—and I do not know that the question
an yet be considered as determined."

Speaking of the clothes-moth, 4r. Douglas tells
us—

4H" This brown fellow was once a caterpillar with a
oveable. case, . who nourished himself in some- dark
closet, where he made a living out of old clothes, and •
house which he carried about with him. He might be t
styled the Jew of moths, for he is always to be found,
L,hroughout all the stages of his existence, among the
' Old Clo',"—a cry he would doubtless utter if he could.
Unlike many a Christian he has provided well for his
children, having taken care they shall have every chance
.of being well brought up, by having the eggs deposited
in a place of plenty. This is the true `clothes moth.'
There is the other sleek yellowtplush gentleman, who
~ess us looking and is sidling away ; he probably spent
his time, from :oath to maturity, if not under the
ermine, yet in as near an approach to it as circumstances
would permit; he has a dear liking for furs of all sorts,
land if he has no regard for the appearance of the skins
of other animals, neither has he for his own ; for, unlike
his congener above mentioned, he makes no covering
for his body until he has done eating, when he forms a
. rude hut in which to assume his robes of state ; when
Ihe comes out, no one would believe how much dirty work,
was necessary to procure this finery. In the world there
are many parallels."
In alluding to the metamorphis which constitutes
, one cf the great laws of insect life, the author
L says— .

" Wonder of wonders is it that a crawling worm, after)
)gorging itself for weeks or months, should then be en-1
veloped in a shroud-like covering, and eventually come
forth a creature in no way resembling its former self, but
of exquisite delicacy of structure, dressed in the hues of
the rainbow, fitted to live in a new element, and if it feed at
Tall, not touching the substances on which it existed in it,
former klate. The striking similarity of these chunges to the
life, death, and resurrection of man evidently impressed
itself on the ancient Greek mind, to which wonder and
,beauty never appealed in vain, and we accordingly find
ithat one word in the Greek language—Psyche—signi-
Fed both the butterfly and a soul."

We cordially recommend the work to our readers
as being a volume at once instructive and re-
freshing.

The Arctic Enterprise. By C. H. Abrahall.l
Hope and Co., Great Marlborough-street.
Poems. By Isa. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh.,
Poems, Original and Translated. By Sophia Mil-1
lagau. Huist and Blackett, Great Marlborough-
s tree t.

Garlands of Verse. By Thomas Leigh.

" We Sclavonians owe our Western brethren a warn-
ing of the utmost moment. The man of the West is too
forgetful of tho north of Europe and of Asia, the home of
(plundering and exterminating nations. Let no man bs-
deve that these nations have ceased to exist. They still
continue there, like a cloud big with tempests, only await-
ing the signal from above to dart down from the table-

Volumes of rhyme are as plentiful as blackberries
in autumn, and we have such a heap of them lying'
before us that we must set to with a good will and
ready pen and say what we think of a few of them.
" The Arctic Enterprise" is an elaborated histo-
rical poem in seven parts, commencing with the,
discovery of Iceland, and progressing to the loss
of Sir John Franklin. There is considerable
power of language and vigour of thought in the
work ; but it may be considered that there
must be a lack of Parnassian genius when 70 pages
of closely-printed notes are required to render 141
pages of largely printed poetry lucid. We . think
the author would do better things if he treated a
less amplified theme. The " reading-up" for such
a production must have been very serious ;
but probably it needs a Homer to make a catalogue
of ships and heroes poetically engaging.
The " Poems, by Isa " were written, we are tolol
in the preface, in the intervals of leisure afforded
by a life of toil. The authoress need make no apo-
logyfor the publication of her effusions. They
might be proudly own edby many a bard of blazoned
. fame. Earnest truth, simple pathos, and no small
amount of enthusiastic genius are evident in all the
poems, and demand encouragment and praise—
I\ such as we have no doubt here readers will eagerly
render. The tender touchingness of " The Blind
13airn" induces us to transfer it to our columns :

lauds of central Asia upon Europe. Let no one suppose
that the spirit of Attila, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Su-
warof, the terrible scourges of humanity, is extinct * * *
Those lands, those men, and that spirit are still there to
keep civilisation alive, and to warn it of the fact, that it
is not yet time for the West to tura its swords into plough-
'hams, or its barracks into charitable institutions.'

The concluding chapters of the work offer some
very important points for the consideration of
British Statesmen. The chances of the Russians
attempting to gain the ascendancy in India do not
Lppear to be beneath notice. The writer, who is
certainly not prejudiced in their favour, though
perhaps impressed by their power, states his
opinions as follows : 4
"All who compare the relative position of Russia and
England in Asia cannot doubt that victory will evii'
lently incline to the former. Great Britain must remain
on the defensive, within the limits of her productive and
wealthy peninsula. All conqUests in that quarter, frome
Alexander to Nadir, have emanated from the north.
" Russia has made immense, and apparently unpro-
. luctive efforts to subdue the Caucasus, and absorb Con-
cud Asia. Her great sacrifices must be a great motive ; •
no less than the ultimate incorporation of India.
_ " Whenever an ambitious Russian emperor sways the
- sceptre, he can force Persia, in her present prostrate
condition, to give up Gilan, Masanderan, and Aserbeid-
chan. We have already said that multitudes of Russian.
nobles were indignant at Nicholas not Navin;; claimed .;
more from Persia, after the victories of Paskiewitch.
"But rulers and dynasties change, and a successor of,
Nicholas may act differently. Russia has it in her.
power either to encroach and absorb gradually, the in-
termediate states of Central Asia, or by a bold dash to
'lll
1
• seize her victims. The former is probably the wiser plan,
and carried out by the vigorous arm of a Yermolof, and
the crafty diplomacy of her golden agents, it is probableo
, that she would attain her object more easily in this way
l
i' than by grasping suddenly at her victims. The Shah and
Cabal chiefs would be certain to yield to her menaces or
bribes, and smooth her gradual advance to India. But'
in case of resistance, they would be reduced at once, and
in the present state of Asia a few years would suffice to
pave the way for a Russian invasion of India.
" All who know Russia admit that she has attained
a greater military power under Nicholas than under any
previous ruler. There is no second example in history of

" TUE BLIND BAIRK.

"The wee blind beggar bairnie sits
Close to that woman's feet,
An' there he nestles frae the cauld,
And shelters fro.e the heat.
I ken nae if ho be her sin,
But kindly does she speak,
For blessed God makes woman love

The helpless an' the weak.
"I'm was to see his wistfu' face,
As weary day by day,
He cowers sae still an' silent there,
While ither bairnies play.
The sigh that lifts his breastie oomes,
Like sad winds frae the sea,
we sic a dreary sough, as wad
Bring tears into yer ee.

* *

" In' now she lifts him in her arms,
His wakin' nicht is past,
In' round his ems' and wasted form
Her tattered shawl is cast.
His face is buried in her neck,
An' close to her he clings,

goods.

For faith an love hae filled his heart,
'An' they .Je blessed thinoi.
" She boars him through the bustlin.' crowd,
But noo he fears nae harm,
He'll sleep within her bosom too,
To him it's sift and warm.
Oh, her ain weary heart wad close
In wretchedness an' sin,
But he keeps in't nn open door,
For God to eater
IWe congratulate the authoress on having added
'her healthy and elevated poetic offering to our rich
lyrical "Paper Currency" and regret that want of
'space prevents us from extracting "The Ae Lamb o'
:the Fauld," and some of the smooth and excellent
,sonnets.

1 The "Original Poems and Translations,"' by
Sophia Milligan. This volume, although tho-
roughly "respectable" in its original, and well
finished in its translated poems, does not afford, to
our taste, nearly such a degree of fresh outpouring
as the one last discussed. Many of the pieces are
very mellifluous and well constructed, but we rrisa
ithe undercurrent of vigour displayed by ‘g Isa
.3
'The book is, however, well qualified to take a fair
position amongst its compeers, and the warm
[breathing of piety in it will strongly recommend it
Ito many. - _ _. - -

" Garlands of Verse," by Thomas Leigh, is an-
other of the poetical publications which is destitute
of any distinguishing feature. The songs forming
the garland, dedicated to " Alice," are the most
attractive.

The following is a specimen of the tenour of the
work

" LOOKING ONWARD.
" When fifty years have o'er thee roll'd,
I shall no grace of youth forget,
Yet not a joy of love regret ;
Though sliver take the place of gold,
And time rude fiugermarks may set
Where now alone my kisses fret,
The past shall make thee dearer old,
The farthest future find thee yet
My Alice, my own Alice.
" When the departing sun doth seem
To die beyond the western hill,
The earth it leaves behind is chill,
But onward with itself doth stream
Its glory other worlds to fill :
Love after death shall surely thrill
With bliss diviner than we dream ;
A heavenly home behold thee still
My Alics, my own Alice.*

LATEST NEWS:

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M.

IThe Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw-
steamer Ava, Captain-Field, with the Indian and.

Mediterranean mails has arrived in the river,

She will be prevented from coming into dock
until after mid-day, in consequence of the room
;required for the vessels which are leaving for

Spithead.

KONIGSBERG, Arita 21.

Accounts from St. Petersburg state that several
.lidecrees have been published, permitting the ex-
portation from Poland of sheepskins, meat, oxen,
horses, pigs, brandy, cables, hay, and woven

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday received the reply of the
King of the Two Sicilies to the notification of the
birth of the Prince Imperial ; a letter of thanks
Crorn the King of Denmark, in return for a service
of Sevres porcelain ; and also a letter addressed to
his Majesty by Prince Orsini.
The Minister of War has presented the follow-
ing report to the Emperor :

"Sire,—Your Majesty's attention is engaged with
he preliminary measures to be adopted to reduce the
:army from a war to a peace footing. As far as regards
t!le infantry, the first measure appears to me to be the
~uppression of the 4th battalions of the regiments of
infantry of the line and the disbanding of the 101st ani
102 d regiments. In fact, theTbattalions and regiments
Here only recently formed, a. A solely in consequence of
!the state of war which is n.ov‘a,',4, an end. The operation
It
vill moreover be very simple, as it will consist, as regards
!the suppression of the 4th battalions, in reorganising the
;.hree. other battalions of each regiment with eight corn,
oanies instead of six, that is to say to place them on the
tame footing as they were on before the formation of the 4th
Jattalions ; and as regards the disbanding of the 101st and
1021 regiments, in returning their elements into the
, egiments which furnished them, and where they have
iut been yet replaced. The number of officers who will
tlbe thus temporarily unemployed will be reduced to some
uperior officers and others who formed the staffs of the
battalions and regiments suppressed ; these officers will
0,-,main the less time unemployed that the number of
acancies which now exist is rather considerable. If
;your Majesty approves of this plan, I beg you to sign
the annexed decree.

" VAILLANT."

The above report is followed by a decree carry.
ing out the measures recommended by the Minister.
The Moniteur also contains a decree disbanding the
4th regiment of African Chasseurs. The officers of
;all ranks will be appointed to the same branch
!of the service as vacancies may occur, or into other
!regiments, in which latter case they will be in-
deinuified fur the expense of new regimentals.
;Another decree disbands the Ist and 2d foreign
;legions. The men belonging to them may be ad-
!mated with the rank which they now hold, if
they are naturalised Frenchmen, or make the de-
jclarations required by the law, and have served
either in Algeria or in the East. Two other
iforeign legions are to be formed in lieu of the
ones disbanded, one composed entirely of Swiss,
iand the other of foreigners of different coun-
tries not Swiss. The officers of the two legions
lisbandpd will be appointed to other regiments
as vacancies may occur if they can servo as French-
irnen, and if not they will receive an indemnity.
We read in the Moniteur :—" The Emperor, in
his anxiety for the sanitary state of the army of
:the East, sent ono of his aides-de-camp, General
• Lespinasse, to obtain from Marshal Pelissier and
from the French authorities at Constantinople in-
t'ormation as to the causes of the malady which pre-
'NTailed, and the best means of stopping its progress.
General Lespinasse, who had received the fullest
tpowers for the accomplishment of his mission, has
just addressed a report to his Majesty. In this
report, the General informs the Emperor that tie
~pidemic had ceased in the Crimea, and that he has
proceeded to Constantinople to continue his in-
spection.""

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• RUSSIA.
A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg,
dated the 21st inst., announces that Count Orloff
bias been appointed President of the Council of
State and the Council of Ministers, in the place
of M. Tchernitcheff, who retires on account of his
advanced age.
The Emperor Alexander returned to St. Peters-
burg from Moscow on the 14th inst.
The Persian Ambassador Extraordinary, Abbas-
Jiouli-Khan, had left St. Petersburg, and the
Sartip Kassim Khan had been installed as regular
Ambassador from the Shah to the Czar.