CHAPTER XIV.

The different Conditions of Men in Russia--The Nobles--Discontent

of the Old Aristocracy--The Merchant Class--Serfdom--Constitution

of the Empire; Governments--Consequences of Centralisation;

Dissimulation of Public Functionaries--Tribunals--The Colonel

of the Gendarmerie--Corruption--Pedantry of Forms--Contempt of

the Decrees of the Emperor and the Senate--Singular Anecdote;

Interpretation of a Will--Radical Evils in the Judicial

Organisation--History and present State of Russian Law 102

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