| Content Description | Reports that an agitation has been got up, which may become serious at the next meeting of the Provincial Assembly, for claiming further privileges for such assemblies, and a right to some control over the expenditure of the Russian Empire; the Emperor is dissatisfied; and Prince Dolorouky is in trouble for not having taken steps to prevent it.
Encloses an extract [in French] from the "Journal de St Pétersbourg", in which it publishes a copy of the address from the Moscow nobility to the Russian Emperor; the nobility state that since the reign of Catherine the Great, Russia has been able to count on the services, loyalty, zeal and efforts of its nobility; they express their enthusiasm for the Emperor's declaration; they are ready to take up arms to defend Russia's dignity, honour and integrity; the Emperor has thanked the nobility for the expression of these sentiments. |