Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-01
A Man No One Envies.

BERLIN, June 5.-A Russian friend sends me the following striking picture of the state of Imprisonment into which recent events have thrown the Czar
 "The Emperor still broods in sullen retire ment in the Castle of Gatchina. His Majes- ty has paid only two or three fugitive visits to the capital during the last month. On the last occasion he was to attend the funeral cortege of the late Prince Oldenburg to the railway station. His Maiesty's place was duly marked out in the official programme, but no two people who saw the procession agree as to whether he was behind the bier or not, and the newspapers all contradicted each other as to the Czar's presence. The most probable version seems to be that he aw aited the late Princes remains at the rail way station. There is no relaxation in the vigilance exercised at Gatchina. Gen. Count Torontzoff- -Dachkoff is reported to have been unable to get on with his imperial mas ter, and to have been obliged to leave him for time, while, on the other hand, it is stated that the Count has injured his leg and is obliged to keep himself quiet It has not yet transpired which story is theA true one. Ths contradiction of the first reports as to the way in which the village of Gatchina was protected, a contra diction drawn up by Count Voronizoff- -Dach- kof himself, does not apply to the vicinity of the palace, which is strictly guarded and watched. A short time ago two of the young
 
 stopped in the grounds by Cossack, who threatened to spear them if they advanced. friend, who has occasion to visit the castle to see an official, tells me that as soon as he left the railway station and took the direc- tion toward the palace. he felt conscious that the eyes of the police were following him, but it was only when he was about to cross the bridge over the castle moat that he was actually stopped. Here the police officials were all officers They ascertained his busi- ness and escorted him to the service gate of the palace, the only one which is allowed to be approached. He at once found himself in the police office, surrounded by officers. His passport was taken and his description, the time of day, and business, were all duly noted in book, which the chief of police is supposed to ex- anime every day. An officer was then sent to inform the official inquired for, while my friend was kept by the police. On the officer returning with 8 message that the official could be seen, my friend was escorted by a police officer down the long corridors to the rooms of the person he wished to see. All the Cossack sentinels, with drawn swords, be imagined that no official of the palace, however high he may be placed, is particularly overjoyed at present by the visits of his friends. My acquaintance therefore ex- horted, for the love of heaven, to confne his
 
 and not to stay too long. When he got to the train on his return journey he felt heart fly glad and fortunate, though he could not shake off the sensation that the police were still at his back. Looking out of the win dows of the corridor into the court yards, of which there are four within the castle walls, he saw innumerable stacks of piled muskets, denoting the presence of large force of in- fantry, and on the open place in front of the palace were picketed the horses of about squadron of cavalry. Persons whose busi- ness calls them daily to the palace, and who are well known, are vigorously searched. For example, priest, employed in the service of the imperial chapel, was lately subjected to such a close inspection that even his cigar cites were not overlooked. A Cossack officer is stationed at each of the doors of the sleep ing apartments of the Emperor, the Empress and the heir apparent during the night. The last named complains continually of the re- straint put upon his movements since his fatber's ascension to the throne. He is not allowed to go out riding in the park, which particularly annoys him. None of the officers or court officials are allowed to be away from the palace more than two or three hours at time, and all are obliged to be in before nine in the evening. The court will soon remove to Peterhoff, which has @ small port at the mouth of the Neva. Here four light ships will be anchored, and no other ves- sels will be allowed to go near. The two yachts, Slavianka and Czarevna, will always be in readiness to convey the Emper- or to and from St. Petersburg, accompanied on either side by torpedo boat, manned with four marines"
 The State police, of the old Third Section, under new name, is being thoroughly re- organized by M Plome. it's new chief, and the secret communications of its agents are not even to be shared by the assistants in the department, but are to be strictly conf- dential between@he chief and his spies.