Eastern times., 1855-03-29
Mseellanp.
Emperor Nicholas.


brief summary of the late Cars history
" Nicholas Paulowitch, Emperor of Russia
since the lst of December, 1925, third son of
Paul the First, by his second wife, Maria Fe-
odorowa, daughter of Duke Eugene, of Wur-
temberg, was born on the seventh of july.
1886, in the castle of Gatchin, near St. Pc
tersburg. With his youngest brother, Mi
chael, he was educated under the immediate
auspices of his mother, BY Count Lambsdorf.
In his youth he devoted great deal of atten-
tion to military studies. He was by nature
rather grave and reserved, which secured him
against the influences of luxurious Court,
and protected his physical constitution and
moral character. During the reign of his
elder brother, Alexander, he held himself
aloof from all the political business and events
of the Empire. After the Congress of Vien-
ma, he travelled through different sections of
Europe, visited England in 1916, inspected all
the provinces of Russia, and on the 18th of
July, 1917, be married Charlotte, the eldest
daughter of Frederick William the Third.
King of Prussia. His domestic life has been
considered model of order and happiness -
Until his accession to the throne he dwelt in
retirement from the Court, in the Palace of
Anitschkow, near St. Petersburg.
When Alexander died, on the 1st of De-
cember, 1925, Nicholas became, in conse-
quence of the resignation of his elder brother,
Grand Dakc Constantine, heir to the throne of
Russia. A conspiracy, in which a large
number of the Russian nobility we're engaged,
and to the support of which large portion of
the army, and even some of the divisions OF
the Imperial Guards were won over, broke out
on the Goth of December, 1925, in open rebel
lion against the accession of Nicholas, and in
favor of Constantine. The insurgent troops
were joined by large masses of the. people,
and the outbreak threatened 10 take yery
serious turn. The Governor of the capital
General Miloradowitsch, who opposed the
conspirators, was killed. The young Gar,
Nicholas, followed by detachment of Cos
sacks, rode up to the ranks of the rebels, post
ed in one of the squares of the city, and, BY
dint of his cool, collected courage and deter
mination, succeeded in quelling the insurrec-
tinn The leaders uoro condemned 10 death,
except eighty-three, who were sent to Siberia.
The divisions of the Guard which had been
seduced, were sent to Persia, to fight against
the mountaineers, in the Caucasus, where
they suffered the penalty of their treason
This commencement of his reign exercised the
deepest Influence upon the character of the
Gar. By nature Of a commanding and mill
tary turn of mind, he had been compelled to
ascend his throne by force of arms, which ev-
er afterwards disposed him to practice the ut
most vigilance and most rigorous Justice in
his administration Under the new reign, a
severe military rule was substituted for the
lenient and philanthropic inclinations of Alex
ander, which had favored the formation of the
reasonable demonstration which succeeded
his DEATH
The Gar had four sons and three daueh-
ters. OF the former, the eldest, and the heir
to the throne, is the Grand Duke Alexander
Nicholawitsch, born the 18th of April, 1918,
and married in l64l, to Maria Alexandrowna,
the daughter of the Grand Duke Louis, the
Second, of Hesse, by whom he has had four
children. His character, so far as it has yet
been developed, is regarded as mild and plac-
able. -