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The MIGRATION OF THE RoMANoFFs.
used to believe that comets, as they drew near
the earth, produced various mischievous phe-
! nomena OF an atmospheric kind. They made
healthy folks i'll, and i'll folks well; and were
: quite as influential in ftful fashion as the
, signs Of the zodiac or the changes of the moon.
tolerable fair representative Of a comet in
terrestrial and political way is the Gar Of Rus
sia. His movements, within or without their
7 proper orbit, are apt to be examined with tele-
scoPic eyes. His probable policy, in any given
event, Is speculated upon sagaciously. He is
the great sensOrium Of Europe; there is no pang
} inflicted on the body polite any where on the
continent, that is not recognized acutely at st.
Petersburg. In fact, several attributes Of Deity
are commonly asCribed to the Emperor, along
with Others, Of the Satanic sort. He is omnis-
cient, omnipotent, and diabolically malign.-
His prodigiOus faculties are uniformly devoted
to evil objects. He treads about among trem.
bling satellites, seeking which he may devour.
His progresses are momentous affairs; they dis
order half the wits of Europe with conectures,
and afford them no satisfaction for their pains.
For the last three months, the whole tribe Of
Romanoff has been running off to most unex-
pected quarters Of the globe. One, to witt the
Duke Of Leuchtenbergs, overruns Egypt and
Syria. We need hardly say that Constantinople
lays in this route. Two archdukes have been
securing Italy, pausing at Naples, Rome, Flor
ence and Venice. The Emperor in person is at
Vienna, and all Austria Of the bureaucratic class
does homage to him. The Empress has drop
ped in upon her royal brother Of Prussia, max
ing formal detour through Germany. At
London, a side limb Of the family has Just got
himself snugly booked for the Danish success
SION. Altogether, they have good time Of it.
But how do the Others fare, the regions on
which these Scandinavian descents are made!
Quite as well as could be expected. His royal
brutality, the King Of Naples, gives an extra
twist to the wheel upon which the spirit of Nea-
politans has been broken. The Jesuits procure
further concessions and frmer footing. The
day of emancipation is put afar off Extraor-
} dinsry precautions are taken against the exor-
tion Of French. and the subVersiOn of Bourbon
= influence. The friends Of the forsworn consti-
tuition, and the secret we'll wishes of Lucien
Murat are equally put at fault and chagrined.
The night of despOtiSm is reduced to Arctic
length and gloom.
Rome, too, feels the polar influences. The
heads Of the Greek and Latin churches have
never been SO prodigal Of mutual courtesies be-
fore. The Arch Dukes were feted and treated
as became the representatives of an Emperor.
To mark their visit as an era the first and
wealthiest of Russian nobility brought mag
nificent gem all the way from Siberia, as a gift
to his Holiness. There is a growing conf
dence in Russia on the part of the Papal Court;
and a corresponding coolness towards France.
There are some who think that fear of the
Presidents designs upon the temporalities, in
duces the Pope to strengthen himself by an alli-
ance with the Gar. Others, more sanguine,
suppose that reunion Of the two churches is
at last seriously contemplated; and point to the
various movements of the Emperor, in the way
Of endowing Roman Catholic churches, and in
VestIng Roman Catholic Bishops, and the like,
as tolerably reliable tokens of his disposition.
Certainly, the relations between Rome and st.
Petersburgh were never so cordial as now; nor
the obstacles to the union more practicable
With Pho NinO for the Pope, and Nicholas for
the protector of the consolidated Church, it
might easily renew its youth.
At Florence, the approach Of the Russian has
been extremely wintry. The Grand Duke, they
do say, has gone mad. The story was about by
daylight in the streets, that his Ducal intellect
was overthrowh by trick Of designing people
around him, who got up bold masquerade and
played themselves off for ghostly monitors, re.
quiring by every lawful sanction an abolition
of the Leopoldine laws, aud the Constitution
Of lS4S. However this may be, and whether
madness or increase of courage in consequence
Of the vicinity Of the arch despot, are at the
bottom Of the measure, all the legislation that
: Tuscany has had these three score years that
was not execrable, has been swept away, and
replaced by an unqualified tyranny. If the
Duke be not mad, he is undeniably feeble; the
tool of religious fanatics. The recent act leaves
Sardinia solitary in its enjoyment of constitu-
tional regime.
The late exhibitions of rigor in Austria are
doubtless owing to the same influences. The
restorative measures Of the Prussian King are
unquestiOnably so. The progress Of the great
Muscovite seems to carry with it the progress of
his doctrines. His presence exeites renovated
zeal in the holy cause OF conservatism. The
latent Republican snuffs in the air that the Car
is about. He reads it in DEGREES, where not q
word of the kind is expressed. He experiences
it in revoked concessions and abridged prisi-
leges. 1t seems to be a part of the welcome to
the Car, to burn up constitutions, and guaran-
tees and obligations, as fitting holocaust. Such
is the influence Of a shrewd diplomacy, and the
impression Of indefinite resources upon the gen.
eral mind, and SO far has Europe fled from the
positive pole Of republicanism and become Cos.
sack. IN T. TIRes