New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-16
THE PRESS or ST. PETERSBURG.

Six political journals are published at st. Petersburg
every day. The principal one is the Inratde Russe
the military official organ, which was first started in
1914 Its principal editor is Colonel Lehedeif, of the
taft professor al the Military Academy and its
tents are at present the most interesting of ALL in ts
columns are st published the official bulletins of the
war.
Another is the .S0nkfpeterburgskia Tedomorti (Go.
.eHc de 81. PeterSburg). This journal has been
inward of hundred years in existence and il under
the especial of the Academy of Sciences, having
for s editor N. Otcbkne. BY its contents 1t rescm-
bs most of all the Russian journals, those of foreign
countries as independently of its official part, which
is only the reproduction of the articles published by
the government organs it gives copious extracts from
French and the German Prints. The Serersa'd
pfc6,Ig /ikeWe du Morrill, which has a large orcula
ton was founded by NM. Gretch and Boulgarne, still
its propnetors and principal editors. This journal rep
re,ent- The politics Of the Conseryat party in Russia
Both these last named journals published in the
Russian language. There is, besides, the JOpTn0i
de 81 PcersJurg, in French, which is the most
known perhaps abroad of all the Russian journals
The German Journal in the Russian ca pal is called
the ST. Pe,TsbuTger /eituHg, which is also published
by the Academy of Science and of which DIR. Meyer
il the editor. 1t gives in German the official news OF
Russia and the general political intelg ence translated
from foreign journals. Lastly, there is the Iyg0dnik
a Polish journal, appearing twice week, and like
thOee mentioned above, giving to &c ran extent po-
Eical Intelligence. As to monthly and weekly pubica
lions, they consist of scientific and literary reviews, o
cial or non.ofcia Almost all the Ministerial Depart
ments have their organs of publicity Thus the Ministry
of Marine has its RecUsH Maritime, which IL very ably
conducted The Ministers of Public Instruction of the
Interior. and of the Imperial Domains, have each
monthly journal, which contains, in addition to its
official part scientific articles, statistics, phiology,
&c The Minister of the Imperial Domains also pub
fishes the JonrR0i deS Hdrds de ChdsseS, and the
Minister of Finance the Journal des Mines, the Jour
00I DIES MANUFACTURES e. du Commerce, and lastly, two
Commercial GaZettes one three times a week IN Rus-
sian and the other twice week in German There
L. optfm Of nubIglpI
learned societies. As to literary magazines, there are
at ST. Petersburg the Bbioheque de lecture, founded
in 1894 by NJ. Scukoysky; the OtchchestreHny'a IN.
Disa (pariotc review, founded by M kraiwsky; ana
the Sourremenak contemporary published hr-t IN
Is47 by NM Panaief and Nakrossoh. AL 81. fetefs-
bmc also IL published theatrical journal called the
PaStL<0n which contains not only dramatic crtcss,
but stories scenes from plays, &C. and Is very anus
inply conducted Poland, Finland, and the Baltic
nroyirces likewise contain number Of journals, but
all are in the Russian language.
RvtcsryG SoyERF1CSs AND THEIR FAsILIEs.-Ihe
Court Calendar of GOtha, for the year l5o6 contains
so,ne stat.tics which may not be uninterestlng Inc
Oldest of the AZ soyereigns of Europe Is the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Stre who = nearly .. years
of age; the two youngest being the hinS of Portugal
and the Duke of Parma, the former OF whom Is
ard tbe latter7 The Prince of Schaumburg-lApp
bes reigped the greatest number of years, having sue
cecdod his fether in the year 1877, when only wv
vears old and taken the rers Of government IN 1907
while at the bottom Of the list stands the name OF IN
Emperor Of Russia, who a. Il wen known 10 az
mounted the throne in the present year. Six sOVer,
eio1s are as vet unmarried, three are WidoWers ana
one is divorced OF the remaining 80 two pave con-
racted MOrganatic marriages, VIZ; the hihg vi Deh.
mink and the EectOr of Hesse. OF the heirs apparent
snd presumpye, 20 are sors % - re
urcles and cousin The oldest Of al the her' pre-
srnutive /, the heir of the Duke Of Modena who Is
% years Of age.
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