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The week has been full of rumours of an intended

abdication of the Czar. They appear to be thus far true, that the Emperor, who is ill, depressed, and over-worked, intends to enjoy a long holiday in a Southern climate, in company with his daughter, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and proposes to make the Cesarewitch Regent during his absence. This change will be a considerable one even at first, and it is scarcely possible that the arrangement can endure long. No one liable to be dismissed can manage an autocracy, and there would be a kind of appeal from the Regent to the Czar, which must speedilybe found too irksome. Moreover, the almost religious hold of the Czar over his people cannot be delegated, even to his son.

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