4 FEBRUARY 1865, Page 2
The nobles of Moscow have resolved by 270 to 37
votes to petition the Czar for a free deliberative parliament, to consist of two chambers, one composed of nobles, and the other of popular representatives. They do not venture to ask that these bodies .shall have the right of making laws, but plead that through such assemblies the truth would reach the throne, "and confidence be restored in the Executive." It would seem that the nobles are not anxious for a constitution so much as for some control over ,the bureaucracy, and some share in the internal government of the -country. It is believed that the Emperor will decline to receive the address.