The youthful King of Servia—he is fifteen, and has there-
fore three more years of minority before him—left Peterhof on Saturday last, en route for Vienna, accompanied by M. Ristich, the chief Regent. What amount of significance is
to be attached to his stay at St. Petersburg, it is difficult to say; but it is evident that the Czar is anxious to pose as the protector of Servia. On Monday night, the King slept at Vienna, at the Hofburg, and on Tuesday started for Ischl, where he paid a one-day's visit to the Emperor of Austria, in order, we presume, to show that the Regents have not gone too far in the direction of Russia. Little seems known about the lad on whom so much may depend; but the quarrels of his father and mother are not likely to have had a very beneficial effect on his character; nor is M. Ristich, in whose hands he will remain for another three years in all pro- bability, a model guardian. M. Ristich, strangely enough, also acted as Regent and guardian to Sing Milan. It is said that when, on a certain occasion, he accused his Sovereign of want of candour, the King replied: "I am what you have made me." If the retort was well founded, God help King Alexander!
