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The persons who drew up the Code Russe Ordinance for
the Civil Judicial Establishment in the provinces I will call it the
Judicial Ordinance (it is the book I told you I had got)
were one Kozitski who made a bald Latin translation of the Empressions
"Instructions for a Code" and one Taploff I
think his name is. Kozitski died about 2 years ago
at the age of 50. He was in bed with his wife: who finding
herself wet in the morning spoke to her husband, and receiving
no answer, drew aside the Cloaths and found him with
a penknive in his hand, dead, with upwards of 30 wounds
about him. Taploff is either out of favour or superannuated.
The numbers of the people are about 30,000,000. A
few years ago, the Empress published an Ordinance, enjoining
her subjects under penalties to present themselves at certain
places to be number'd. She saw reason to think the
returns were incompleat. She therefore the next year published
another ordinance for the same purpose Yes without penalties, inviting
all those to give in their names who thought it an honour
to bear the name of Russia, or who wished to be looked upon as
true sons and of their country (fils de la patrie) or somewhat
to that effect — This produced a million more.
I wish you could get me a list of all our Navy
for these Russians — I should think that now, and considering
where you are, it would be no very diificult matter.
I believe there is such a thing in the Court Calendars.
You might take that for your basis, correcting it by the
information you get from those who know. If you do it
at all, it must be within a few days.
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