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Count Palalen, without disclosing his whole
without revealing any distinct project, discuss' ith
the Grand Duke the affairs of state, and, at cv suc-
cessive extravagance of Paul, endangering t:
communicated the fact to him, then remained silent,
without deducing any conacquences therefrom. Alex-
ander, in receiving these communications, cast down his
eyes, and also remained silent. These mute but ex-
pressive scenes were of frequent occurrence. At length,
it was requisite to come to some clearer explanation.
Count Pahlen, at last, gave this young Prince to under-
stand that such a state of thit,gs could not be pro-
longed, without bringing ruin to the empire; and, taking
care to avoid the mention of a crime, to which Alex-
ander would not have listened, he insinuated to him that
it was necessary to depose Paul, to provide fer him a
quiet retreat, but, at all hazirds, to wrest from his hands
the helm of power, and prevent him from driving the
vessel of state to utter destruction.

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SU N 9 MARCH 31, 1845.

PRICE sd.

Alexander shed a flood of tears, disclaimed any wish
to dilute the throne with his father, but yielded, by
degrees, before fresh proofs of the danger to which
Paul exposed the affairs of the country, and even the
imperial family itself. Paul, in fact, dissatisfied with
the supineness of Prussia, in the affairs of the neutral
league, even talked of marching 80,000 men upon
Berlin. Besides this, in the delirium of his arrogant
pride, he wished the FirtA Consul to take him as his
adviser in all things, and that this powerful personag-e
should not make peace with Germany, nor with 0 e
cabinets of Piednat,nt, Rome, Nanles, or the Porte, ex-
cepa: g upon terms laid down by Russia; so that it was
soon greatly to he feared that lie asa.uld not remain long
on amicab!e terms with France, whose policy he had so
warmly espoused. Tu these sogg4stions Count Fabian
added the expression of his uneasiness concerning-the
safety (5f the royal family, of whom Paul, it was said,
hegan to harbour suspicions.
Alexander acquiesced at length ; but., at the same
time exacted from Coutit Pahlen the most solemn
oath, that no attempt should be made against the life of
his father ; Count Pahlen swore to every thing desired
by this inexperienced youth, who imagined that a sceptre
could be wrested from the grasp of an emperor, without
depriving him of life.
The requisite actors in the scene yet remained to be
provided, as Count Pahlen, in conceiving this scheme,
deemed it beneath him to take any personal share in its
execution. Be fixed upon them accordingly, but decided
upon only intrusting them, sooner or later, with the part
they were destined to perform, according as they, by
degrees, acquired his confidence. The brothers Soubow,
upstarts raiicd by the favour of Catherine, were chosen
as the chief instruments of the plot. Count Pahlen
only revealed it tal them at a late period. Plato Soubow,
the favourite' of Catherine, supple, restless, was worthy

LINCOLN RAILWAY