Buildings and Institutions connected with the Administration of Govern-

ment. The Senate House.-Code in the handwriting of Catherine II.-

The Admiralty.-Buildings, plan, and internal arrangement.-Its Cabinets

of Natural History and National Curiosities.-The Model Rooms.-Ge-

neral Bentham and the Carriage-ship.-Launch of the Alexander, 110

guns, and two other ships of the line.-Their conveyance to Cronstadt.—

Russian Navy.-The Etat-Major.-Departments of Geography, Hydo-

graphy, and Land-Surveying.—The Lithographic Department.-Depôt

of Maps and sale of them.-Great Map of the Russian Empire.-Secret

Geographical Cabinet. Travelling Maps of Alexander. Autograph

Schemes of Alexander, for Reviews and Sham-Fights.-Topography of the

different Governments. - Manufactories of Mathematical Instruments.-

The Printing-press Department.-The Chancellerie.—The Library.—Auto-

graph Letters of Peter the Great.-The War-game.-The Incombustible

Hall.-Military Archives from the time of Peter the Great.-Domestic

Establishment of the People resident in the Palace of the État-Major.—
General Observations.-The Château St. Michel.-The Corps du Genie.—
The Arsenals.—The Foundery.—The Colleges. The Post-Office.—The
present System. — Distribution of Letters.— Private Post-office for corre-
sponding with the Emperor.-Revenue of the Post-office.-The Citadel.--

833

The Mint. General Enumeration of other Public Buildings connected with

the Administration of the Civil and Military Government at St. Peters-

burgh
Page 52-99

CHAPTER VII.

Imperial Buildings and Institutions connected with Science and the Fine

Arts. The Imperial Academy of Sciences.-Its Constitution.-Contribu-

tions to Science.-Great and Illustrious Members of that Academy.-Mon-

sieur Ouvaroff, the President.-The Observatory.-The Gottorp Globe.-

The Zoological Museum.-The Cabinet of Mineralogy.—The Mammoth.—

Native Iron of Pallas.-Anatomical Collections.-Cabinet of Peter the

Great.-Cabinet of Curiosities.-The Insects and dry Plants.--The Mu-

seum of Medals and Asiatic Museum.-The Egyptian Museum.-Grand

General Meeting to commemorate the Conclusion of the first Century since

the Foundation of the Academy.-Visit of the Empress-mother to the

Academy, at the beginning and end of the second half of that Century.—

The Secular Medal.-Printing-press of the Academy.-The Author's Public

Lecture at the Academy.-Presented with the Secular Medal, and made a

Member of that Society
Page 100-133

CHAPTER VIII.

Continuation of the Imperial and other Buildings and Institutions con-

nected with Science and the Fine Arts.-Prevailing Taste for the Arts.—

A self-taught Painter.-Titian and Mr. Sieger.-Private Collections of

Pictures. Count Strogonoff's Gallery. The President d'Olenine.--Aca-

demy of Arts.-The Building.—The Museum.-Public Exhibition by Na-

tive Artists.-Russian Sculptors and Painters.-Professor Vorobieff and his

Pictures of St. Petersburgh, and of Sunset on the Dead Sea.-Orlowsky.—

Liberality of Government respecting the Education of Young Artists.--

The Triumphal Arch of 1812. Society for encouraging Russian Litho-

graphy.-Roumiantzow's Museum of Curiosities.-The Hôtel des Mines.—

The Building.-The Establishment compared with others of a similar kind

in Europe.-Minerals.-Mines of Siberia.-Large Specimens of Native

Gold. Instruction in practical Mining.-Domestic Arrangement for the

Students.-Produce of the Gold and Platina Mines in the Oural Moun-

tains. Origin of the wealth of the Demidoff Family.-The Miner's

Hammer.-Style of living of the Privy Counsellor Demidoff.-His

death.-Société libre Economique of St. Petersburgh.-School for Agricul-

ture, Rural Economy, and the Useful Arts, founded by Countess Sophia

Strogonoff.—Cabinet of Arts and Antiquities of Mons. Svinnin.—The Bo-

tanic Garden
Page 134-175

CHAPTER IX.

Churches and Religious Institutions.-Toleration. - Seven Temples of

different Communions in one Street.-Divisions of the Clergy.-Contem-

plated Improvements.-Preaching encouraged as a means of Civilization.—

The Holy Synod.-Number of Churches and Ecclesiastics.-The Metropo-

litan Church of our Lady of Kazan.-Military Trophies.-Tomb of Kutu-

soff, and the baton of Marshal Davoust.-Alexander. The Imperial

Jewels. Platoff and the Cossacks' gift.-Monastery of St. Alexander

Nevskoï.-The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.-Shrine of the Saint in

solid Silver. The Jewels.-The Cloisters.-The Church of the Annuncia-

tion.--Monuments of Souvoroff and Miloradovitch.-Tomb of the Narysch-

kine family, and of the Sheremetieffs.-Russian Pantheon.-The Cemetery.

-Prevailing good taste of the Monuments.-The Countess Potemkin.-

Monumental Column to Lomonossoff.-Proposed new Monument to that

poet.-Grand new Church of St. Isaac.-Its Plan and Elevation.-The

Colossal granite Columns.-Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.---Tombs of

the Sovereigns. The Catholic Church. - Moreau's Tomb. - The Lu-

theran Churches.-The English Church.-Greco-Russian Church Service.

-Religious Ceremonies of the Russians.-Imperial Christenings and Te

Deums.-Rituals for the celebration of Matrimony.-Invitation to a Wed-

ding. Church Ceremony.-Beautiful Prayers.-Domestic Scenes.—Rus-

sian Funerals
Page 176-214

CHAPTER X.

Preliminary Notice.-The University of St. Petersburgh.-Scientific

Education.-General and Elementary System of Education.-Schools for

the People.--Encouragement for the Cultivation of the Russian Language.

---The Imperial Russian Academy of Literature.-New Plan of Elemen-

tary Education.-Professor Greitsch's Lectures on the Russian Language.

-Pedagogic Schools.-Sentiments of the reigning Emperor respecting Edu-

cation. His means of promoting it.-Enumeration of Public Places of Edu-

cation existing in St. Petersburgh.—Oriental Institute.—The Land Cadet

Corps, and the Marine Cadet Corps.-Naval Academy, and other Esta-

blishments.-Domestic or Private Education.-General Benkendorff.-Im-

perial Message.-Doctor Ruhl.-Recognition.-The Communauté des De-

moiselles Nobles.-The Institute of St. Catherine.-System of Female Edu-

cation for the higher classes of Society.-Imperial Public Library.-Kriloff,

the Fabulist.-Manuscript Letters of Sovereigns. Specimen of Louis

XIV.'s early Notions of Royal Authority.-The Press. Encouragement

to Authors.-Modern Russian Literature.-Death of Karamsin, the His-

torian.-Russian Poetry.-Alexander Pouschkine, the Russian Byron.-

Fabulists, Soumarokoff, Khemnitzer, Dmitrieff, Ismaïloff, and B. Pousch-

kine. The Romantic School.-Baratinsky. Joukovsky.—Mademoiselle

Zenaïde Volkonsky.-Dramatic Literature.-Prince Chakhovsky.-Num-

ber of Books published in Russia, since the Introduction of the Art of

Printing. Periodical Literature.-List of Periodical Publications at St.

Petersburgh and Moscow
Page 215-250

CHAPTER X1.

Practice of Medicine.-Medicines and Medical Supplies.-Principal Phy-

sicians and Surgeons in St. Petersburgh. Alleged deficiency of very dis-

tinguished Men.-Domestic Physicians. folice of the Medical Profession.

-Easy remedy to extirpate Quacks. Regulations respecting pharmaciens.

-Esprit de Corps of the Medical Profession in St. Petersburgh.-Mode of

remunerating Physicians.-Papillionage of the higher Classes of Society.—

Serious Complaints against them.-New Plan for remunerating the Medical

Profession-Imperial Distinctions and Rewards.-The Imperial Medico-

Chirurgical Academy-Distribution of Studies.-Medical and other Classes.

-The Library.-The Pedestrié, or General Military Hospital.—Clinical

Establishments for Medical, Surgical, and Ophthalmological practice.-De-

ficiencies.-Naval Hospitals.-Regimental Hospitals.-Hospitals of the

Guards. The Great Artillery Hospital.-Russian Surgery.-Dr. Arendt.

-Unusual success in Surgical Operations.—The Civil Hospitals.—Obou-

choff.-Physic by the dozen.-Lunatic Asylum.-Insane people scarce in St.

Petersburgh.-Ivanoff.-Kalinkin.-Bogadelna and the Centenarians.—

Imperial Hospital for the Poor.-The Building.-Internal Arrangement

and Distribution of Patients. Results. hilanthropy of the Empress-

mother." Enfans Trouvées."-Maison d'Accouchement.-Masked La-

dies. Imperial Lying-in Institution.-Vaccination.-Dispensary for Dis-

eases of the Eyes.-Manufactory of Surgical Instruments Page 251-301

CHAPTER XII.

Commercial and other Establishments of Industry, and their Buildings.

-The Imperial Exchange.-The Rostral Columns.-The first Foreign Ship

at St. Petersburgh.-Peter the Great and the Dutch Skipper.-Inaugura-

tion of the New Exchange.-Affability and Condescension of Alexander the

First towards the English Merchants.-New Imperial Warehouses.-Cus-

tom House.-Navigation of Merchant Vessels up the Neva.--Number of

Vessels entered at St. Petersburgh in 1827.—Amount of Tonnage for that

Year. Lists of Imports and Exports for the last ten Years.-Balance of

Export Trade in favour of Russia.-General value of Corn exported in

1826 and 1827.-Custom-house Revenue, during the last six years.-

Steady increase of it every year.-Number of Vessels entered and cleared,

classed according to Nations. Decrease in those belonging to England.—