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Correspondence 81 the Au9',srg AI9eneias ZetUn9
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Hold offices under the Government.
Correspondence Of the Aug,surg Al9emeias Zetun9
ST. PETERSBURG, April II, 1853.
Two Ministers have resigned and have bsen re-
paeed by persons Of character that Will give us an
accurate insight into the intentions Of the Emperor.
A change Of Ministers in Russia is something un-
common, that the occurrence is spoken Of IN circles
which until lately ignorant Of the existence ofhgh
tneonares called Ministers aside from the Emperor
enerals which rank Is, indeed, he'd at pres
ent by most Of the Ministers. But now two of tnom
sesisn their Offices who net A6atan Generals, aud
one s already replaced by Inspector Of the Moscow
Educational District who had no: the slightest claim
10 the Office either by his antecedens his relation
sAip 10 an A6jutant These things perfectly
hsomprehensibe to the great msss Of the people. The
hssterng letter of the Emperor to the former Minister
Of Finance, Peter FeodOrowtch Brock said bat the
truth, when it bestowed unqualified prAiee on that
statesman for bis management Of sffairs III wisdom
carried Russia safely the dangerous experiment Of
TIE last war so that millions left 20 be expended
IN the Imperial Coronation at Moscow. lie overcs me
the ilwn Of nearly all the European money markets,
and wsrded off the bankruptcy that the seemed TO
make inevitable. Now the Russian State paper is
Yeehoped among the best in Europe. But the Minister
Ssays that be would not succeed so We'll under
the new system. He does not, indeed, oppose
the abolition OF seIfdom, but he is opposed
10 the diminished revenues that will result
from it He sees, as does every educated and
humane in Russia, that the farming out of the re-
tail trade in brandy 10 Us grest al evil for Russia as
the slavery Of her peasants bu, he koogs OF no other
means good for bringing so million roubes into the
treasury ard fearful lest he might hinder the projects
Of the Emperor, he has withdrawn. kovalewsk
tAe new Minister is sdherent Of the Reform ideas.
TIE Emperor became acquainted with him at the time
Of the unhsppy collision between the Moscow students
and police. The Emperor appears determined to put
IN end to the old traditional method of advancement
BY promotion.
The inquiry into the sinking Of the man.of-wsr
Iorte is concluded. 1t is satisfactorily proven that
fAs cause Of the dissster not the one assigned,
psney insufficient ballast and uRfastened cannons;
but the witnesses testify TO the existence OF leak in
the vessel before she left Rsval of which the COM
msnder when notified Of its existence, took notice.
The Grand Duke Constantine, in his quality Of Admiral
Of the feet has prosecuted this Investigation very
closely; and contrary to the reports that have long
preyailed relative 10 the feeling that exists between
the Grand Duke and his Imperial brother, he has
., own himself TO be most jealous adherent OF the
reforming purposes Of the Emperor. He constantly
advocstes and suggests reforms and is declared foe
O all corruption and bribery.
The new girls SCHOOL for girls of the higher
ranks, which will open on the first Of May under the
management of Prof WnisDegradski, is also reform
of the system of female education pursued under the old
government. Our large girls schools had become
hind Of corps of female cadets divided into regiments,
ard by no means conducted sound educational prin'
siples. The present Empress, who is the grand pro-
sectress Of these institutions, does not seem to 3D.
nire the old system, and has expressed herself
sgapst the prevailing custom of sending the children
70 boarding schools and thus deprvng them Of their
domestic he and particularly of the influence OF their
moth ers In the new schools the scholars may board
or rot as the parents desire. TIE gentleman who is
70 superinend these institutions has made the subject
his study for which purpose he has visited Germany
where girls-as We Russians well know-are brought
I'D in the manner best calculated to a. them for domes
BIC duties. There new schools are vast improvement
upou the colossal female educ ston institutions of tie
ed system.
Correspondence Of the AYs.bY,s -iuSeaeiHs Zsitsn9,
Polish FRONTIER, April 20, 1883.
It appears more clearly every day that the Russian
Emperor is in earnest with his reforms and ths the
difficulties which were in his way, and the obstacles
created by the adherents of the ancien regime only
increase his zeal and bis energy. Not only officials OF
Tie highest rank but also those in inferior spheres ere
dkmissed in masses, pensioned if they are not Ia
ycrsble to the nnov atoms the latter especially s the
iss Of the aged public servants who, is true always
receive tokens Of the Imperial grace and respectable
peasons To the younger officials this peaceful revo-
uon is highly agreeable, for not day passes but long
hxts Of them promoted to higher offices and higher
grades Of rank. At the time, the former usage
Of selecting military men and members Of the aris-
toerscy for such preferment is wholly abandoned.
Whoever 10 remarkable for capacity aud activity is
rapidly advanced. What is exceedingly remarkable is
shxt the Russian newspapers are allowed TO speak
without restraint Of the administrative system pursued
under the late Emperor, and to publish and con-
denim its faults. 1t is 10 DO hoped that the monarch
VII not become weary In his efforts and that he will
carry through the great work in spite Of all him
drsnces.
Nowhere have the reforms been more comprehen.
ave or more rapid than in the sphere of public educa
tien, military az well as civil Since the learned Minis
tar Of Public Instruction Norof, who is now publicly
assused Of neglect Of the duties Of his office, resigned
and the energetic Kowalewskia man OF low origin but
ahvorite Of the Emperor for indisputabe ability anc
szsight-forwsrdness, was pu in his place, everything
IN that department advances the course OF improve
nent with remarkable quicknsss. In Warsaw 1t II
believed that the new organization Of the higher edu
cation ordered by Eorof and nov taking effect, viii
% Of short duration but win give place to the
restoration Of complete university. The plan OF Nor
Cd is IN fact but half measure, from which not muct
good eouh be expected.
In the departments Of the former Ministers Psuir
Vustce and Lsnskoi Interior, great changes are ex
- s,f hair IL,