Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-29

May IS, 1858, and presumptive heir TO
the throne. There IL, then, little pro-
liability Of the succession " falling
to our Imperial visitor. The Roman
fs descend In the female line from
Michael ROmanOh, who was elected
Gar in 1913, after the extinction OF the
male line OF the house Of Rarik, a
scandinavian Viking, Who founded
the Russian Empire 10 682 A. ID two
centuries and more before the Norman
conquest Of England. The house Il
SAID to derive It's descent from q Lithu
nian Prince Of the fourth century. A
descendant OF this Prince-Andre~
Kabyla-migrated to Russia In the
fourteenth century, and entered the
service Of the Grand Duke of Moscow.
The descendants Of Kabyla became
BOynards early in the ffleenth ceutu-
~, their territories living In the gov
eminent of Vladimir, one Of the PROV
tnceS OF Central Rus Ia. Roman
Jurievitch, the firth in descent from
Andrew, died Ia 1913, leaving a son
and daughter, the latter OF whom be-
came by marriage, Czarina of Ivan,
the Terrible. The FORMER. Nekits
ROmanOvitch, married the princess OF
Il 01I11AT 9L0LGu4CA HUH y OLFtLLEL VI
ST. Alexander Nevsky. and a direct
descendant Of Rurik.
In the civil brofls consequent upOu
the seizure OF the crown BY a usurper
known as the false Dmitrf Feodor PHI
larete, son OF Nikita, supported the
! party which offered the crown to the
Prince Of Poland, and was deputed for
that purpose by the Russians. A pa
triOtic reaction put q stop 10 the nego-
tiat1Ons In progress, and the uplucky
envoy, priest though he was, was
thrown into prison by the disappoint-
ed Poles. An election was held, and
the choice fell upon Kikail Fe0doro-
witch Romanoh, son OF the imprisoned
envoy, as the nearessrepresentative Of
the royal house Of RGrik. This prince,
the first Of the house OF RomanOh.
reigned from 1913 to 1913, and was
succeeded by his son, AIexi Mikailo-
witch, an able prince, who reigDed till
1876. Alexei left three sons, Feodor,
Ivan aud Peter, the last by his second
wife. Feodor reigned from 1876 10
1852, and dying. left his throne to his
half brother Peter, passing over his
imbecile brother Ivan. Peter, az
terWard surnamed the Great, did
not succeed in making good bis
claim till seven years later Peter
reigned from 1859 till us, and was
succeeded by his second wife, Cathe-
rineI, daughter ofa Livonian peasant
The life of Peter the Great is perhaps
better known to English readers Of
history than that Of any sovereign of
Russia. Catherine relgned two years
aud left the throne to her step grand |
son, Peter II, SON Of Alexis, and grand
son OF Peter l, with whom Terminated
by his first wife 10 1870 the male line Of
the house of Romanod.
The succession then reverted to the
daughters of Ivan, the imbeciIe half
brother Of Peter I. Anna reigned
from 1870 to 1740 Ivan III. her grand
nephew, succeeded from I740 to I741 /
when a rev luton droyehim from the
throne, and Elizabeth, daughter of
Peter the Great and Catherine, sue
ceeded from I741 to 1862. Anna, the
elder sister OF Elizabeth mad married
Karl Frederick, Duke OF HoIstein-
GOttorp, and their son Peter III, frst
OF the line of HOistein-G ottOrp Ro
manof, the presentdynssty, succeeded
to the throne. His wife, Sophia AG-
Of Anhalt ZsrbSt, procured the
assassination Of her husband In the
first year Of his reign, and assembled
the throne asithe famous, or rather in
famous, Catherine II. Catherine
reigued till 1895, and transmitted the
succession to her son Paul, who was
also assassinated in 1901. His son,
Alexander ] assembled the throne in
1901, Teigned till 1925, and was sue
eeeded by the late Emperor Nicholas,
who reigDed till 1855.
The princes Of the house Of Hol-
stein-G Ottorp have constantly inter-
married with Germrn p~rineesses,
and have thus gradually become
completely Teutopie.
Nc dynasty in Europe has been and
Is so completely and irresp0nsibiy
absolute as the house Of ROmanoh.
The whole power, legislative, exscu-
tive and judicial, is vested IN the En-
peror alone, whose will Is Law. BY z
decree OF the Emperor Paul Q797k the
succession to the throne proceeds In
the male line, and according to the
law Of primOgeniture. a decree of
Peter the Great requires that every
sovereign Of Russia, his wife and chill
dren, shall be members OF the OrthO-
dox Greek Church. The princes and
p~rincesses OF the imperial family must,
according to a decree OF Alexander ],
obtain the consent Of the reigning en-
peror to any proposed marriage, other
wise the issue Of such marriage are ex-
rom the throne.
The administration Of the empire Is
intrusted to four great boards. The
first OF these is the Council Of the
Empire, established by Alexander l.,
in 1910, and consists of a president
and an indefinite number Of members
by the emperor. In 1860
this council contained fOrty-two MEM
bers, and vas subdivided into three
departments, viz: Legislative, civil
administration and finance. Each de-
partment has president and sphere
duties corresponding to the desig J,
nations above given. The second /,
board Is the Observation-Disclosures
5enat, or directing Senate, established :
by Peter the Great ia I'LL. Its fune- i
are partly deliberative and partly !
executive. 1t Is the High Court Of :
Justice, controlling all the inferior TIL }
1t Is divided into eight COM :
munities or sections, i've Of which sit ,
st. Petersburg and three at Mos ,
,ow. The third board Is the Holy :
established by Peter the Great !
N l721, which has supervision of the :
-eligi0us afairs of the empire. All its /
decisions are null TIN approved by the :
Emperor. 1t Is composed Of the chief /.
ecclesiastical dignitaries Of the en- :
,ire, and Is presided over by the Me- =
rOpolitan Of NOvgorod. The fourth ,
)Oard is the Council of Ministers, and :
8 divided into eleven departments +
corresponding to our cabinet, with
additions peculiar to the Rus
ian empire.
1t will thus be seen that q eonstitu- b
lonal freedom and representative gov lt
rnment is unknown in Russia. All IL
uthOrity eenters In the Gar. The q
xtent and character Of this authority q
an best be understood by an exam q
lie. By an imperial ukase, issued b
farch 3, 1861, A225.O 75 seris were p
ICED bv astrOke OF the imperial pen,
1000, 900 of whom were private prop 81
rty, owned by 109,340 mobiles and
Their persons, and the remainder the 81
roperty oil the crown.
The civil list is larger than that Of e,
ny royal family In Europe, the sum
ltal of the income Of the Imperial q
lmiy amounting TO over $4,000 OO0. :,
after all deductions are made 81
Il charities, schools and theaters, 8
ct civil list five times larger than 81
lat Of Great Britain, lately the object
so much animadversion by Bsales, ne
dyer and Brsdiaugh.-LOuisvMe
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