Show SKETCH OF THE F catha th predominant expression of bis bit countenance is isthan that of or a less severity rg which strikes a beholder behold tr at the arst ortt glance siance andrin and in spite of the regu regularity larit iario of his tea ter te arme arwe tur con ty by no means a pleasant pleasnt 1 pretend with iann nann reason vason that the me hardness hard bard nees cees of f the heart injures the beauty of ti ho Nevert sess Klessi this expression in fhe alu emptor emperor emp tor nicholas appears to be the r mit ellof of experienc experience 3 rather than the work of natT natorp tre ire by w lat long and cruel suf sufferings frIngs munt murt not a man have bf en tortured when hia his battes fear feat stun stin standing ding the yol vol volca tary that thai noble at tImes tome some altyn s of softness temper th tab looks at of thib this monarchs mona rohi rohs and thu th tonj u the ex pr lon scion ion of tleass rf eals eais all tha the native bacay of his fea tent teft in the heart of 0 the and the I 1 f albery albers triumphs for flor a coment oyer over the tha policy polity ol 01 the prince wain when the tests tiwa his hib taek of or imposing the yoke upon his hi subjects he appears happy hanry this combat between the primUl vp alani ty of the man mansfeld the affected gravity of or the sovereign appears to me rne the attention nf of an oh gerver it occupied mina mine the tie tib greater greaton part the foe time I 1 passed pawed th ift the thie chapel gehb emperor Is above the ual by half hall a hend his figure Is noble althou a little he has practiced practised f thoin froin rom rem his youth the custom of girding the lady cady above the loins to such bmat a lemee lemme as to push posh up the ut stomach into IN tile chet chett che t which pro produces prefaces nees an unnatural sw effing or extension about the milt ribs thatis as injurious to health beaith ae As it te in ungraceful in appearance 16 ahls this voluntary deformity destroys all freedom fre tre Ioia of movement impairs the elegance elegant of the sham shape and imparts an ar ar or f eme awe to the whole person nley say that ahn the emperor sookeas his Ms dress dregs the vis certis suddenly gly ing las way ways are disturbed for a ament in their which produces products an extraordinary prostration of strength the bowe g may be taeg cannot be got get rid of the emperor has a grenan grecian profiles profile the fore forg forehead bead boad hiah highs but the nose node and perfectly formed the bosti pi font foil foIt emmy flatly cirt ihie llie faesy form forn ta shape gasps to rimer ar I 1 a long ovals oval orai Is nobles noble nobie the whole air military and tid rid rathe rather germa german ihan than than cia sclavonie cla onic ills his carriage and his hl attitudes attitude are naturally imposing ile he expects always to be ie gazed aty ats at and never for a moment forgets that he Is so irmay it may even be said sald that he likes this homage of the eyes eres lle lie ile he passes the greater part ot of his existence in the open airy air at review rp or in rapid journeys during summer the shade of his military hat bat draws across his forehead an oblique tine line which marks the action of the sun upon the skin it produces a singular effect but Is not disagreeable as the cause Is at once perceive perceived in examining attentively the fine person of this individual on whose will hangs the fate of so many others I 1 have remark remarked edy edg with involuntary pity that he cannot smile at the same mine time with the eyes and the mouth a want of harmony which denotes perpetual uil constraint and which makes one remember remembers with regret regrets that easy natural grace BO so conspicuous in the less regular but more agreeable countenance of his bis brother brothers the emperor alexander the latter always pleasing had lad yet at times an assumed manner the emperor nicholas Is more sincere but he has an habitual expression of severity which sometimes gives the idea of harshness and inflexibility if however he Is less fascinating he Is to more firm than his late brother brothers but then it must be added that he ha han has also also oc a proportionately greater need of gr graceful A etui cour courtesy tesy tery insures authority by removing the desire of resistance e this judicious jul rul clous cious economy in the exercise of power Is a secre secret t of which the emperor sic NIc nicholas bolas holas Is ignorant he is one w who he de desires iree irce to be obeyed irberg where others desire to ie be loveva loved at the mArl mari matrimonial fr in the morning at the imperial chape chapel and in the evening festal at the be palace our traveler says htwe we observed in the suite of the emperor habited in a ion lon iong long robe of roid rold fold rold tissue and a pointed bonnet likewise adorned with gold c embroidery m tartan khan who Is half tributary and halt half independent of russia rusala this tills petty soye sove sovereign reif relF bad come to pay pat the emperor of all the atus sias elas to admit admi among hs pages a aon ton twelve years old whom n horm horn he be ai had I 1 brought to st petersburg hoping thus to for the tha fulcd child a nid kid suitable tabie table destiny the presence of this declining power served as a contrast to that of the successful monarchy monarch and reminded me roe of the triumph triumphal at I 1 rhe the terr first 4 ladles of the courts courty court and the w wives ives of the ambassadors ambassador of uhe the other courts among whom whoa I 1 recognized cogul zed mademoiselle S btag now bose rose grac grao graced edwith with their presence the the chapel at the lower end which terminated in a brilliant painted rotunda were ranged the whole of the imperial family 91 among these tho thousand us and all more or less blazing with rold cold and diamonds was the he khan of the whom I 1 had kad eten teen at the chapel in the morning I 1 remarked al aio alo alio o aa an old anen of georgia who had bad been dethroned dethroner thirty years pre previously piously tiou riou sty sly the par poor woman languished nn un hon hoi honored ored redy at the he court of her conqueror iler iier rac fac was tanned like that of a 21 mans inis used us ed to the fatigues of the cs camp and her attire was ridiculous we are too ready to laugh at when it appears under a form tha that t does not please ng is IV we should wl wih 1 to we F a qun u not nol of georgia gorza G orma orza rendered r more abre by her dim dIr tress but hut I 1 here saw arst th and when the eyes are dis pleas dj th eheart soon becomes bc becom com oom unjust it was nat generous hut but I 1 I 1 could not help belp to see a rayal royal head crowned with a kind of shako from whence haga hurs huns 9 very odd vi all the other cither ladies bt but the asen of the hast had bad on a short embroidered petticoat Betl peti coat there was much of the he worn out and wearied courtier in her and her fea feature were tigi ugly Y the national dress of the run rum ian ladles at court to antique e and striking they wear on the head bead a kind of a tower towers formed of or rich rioh stuff and somewhat resembling in shape chape the crown of a mans manss hat lowered tn in height anil and open at the tep this species of diadem Is generally embroidered with jewels it IR ig very ancient and imparts a an ar ir af f na nobleness noble nobie reps and originality to hand band Isome ame persons perso perfo ahu it t enhances the ugliness of plain onn tuna iely tely them thew fast fest at are very arv numerous at the rubian coert court warace whence people af pf aldorn retire ettelt to dies dle die eo to att attached are the aged cem com courtiers to 0 the p pots pote pota pots o which they there hold in gone genera raly rali female beauty Is rare at petersburg bul but the higher cla cia olafia olaf raws sAws iw the charm of graceful manners minners clien supplies the ant tv nt of elegant forms and rector features there ares area are arp howe towe viers a few georgian GrorK lan ian women who rii tte the two arvantes adv n antes thebe three females phine thine amid the women of the north like st stars a la i u the ard fund annd darkness of a southern night the s shape h n pe of the ct court rohe robe with their long sleeps 3 and train gives givel to 0 the whole person rn an oriental aspect which in a large aasc bly thus robel robed has a very imposing |