OBITUARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13860, 25 March 1907, Page 5

OBITUARY.

•M. POBIEDONOSTZEFP. Press Association—By < Telegraph— Copyright. ST.. PETERSBURG, March' 24. (Received March 25, at 1.3 a.m.) Thu deatli is announced of 31. Pobiedonostzelf, Into Procurator-general of the Holy Synod.

Constantino Fob'cikmcstztl? was born at Moscow in 1827, and in 18U entered tho Higher law School of Hussia, and in 1816 became an oftimi of the Senate. From 1859 to 1565 he was 'Professor of Civil Jaw at Moscow, and was tutor to tho Czar Alexander 111. In 1863 lie n created a. Senator, mid in 1872 a member of tho Imperial Council. ]n 1881 lie was appointed Procurator of the Holy Synod of Russia. After tho accession of Alexander 111 his influence naturally increaswl, and, with tho late M. KatUotf he became the most intimate adviser of his Imperial master. Opposed to all Liberal reforms, he endeavoured to strengthen'the influence of breek orthodoxy in the Russian policy. In Ib6B ho published " Cours de, Droifc Civil" and " Manuel dc la Procedure. Civile." He has also translated "Tho Imitation of Lnnst,-' from I lie Latin of Thomas a kompis. In the autumn of IS9S a. volume of essays from his pen was translated info Uormaii. French, and Knglish, and publislied m Kngliind under the ( it le of ''Rcjlections of a, Russian Statesman." This litorary excursion at once showed its author jo havo lost none of his okl intolerance and laliaticisiu. Tho general thesis of (.he work was that since men want to l» Governed autocracy 15 die onjy real political form, ill tho writer's opinion, the great mistake, of tho ago hue Ix'en thu practical supersession of Ihoold medircv.-il ideas. Faith in tho unseen being the one thing which preserves morality and keens men's miiuU sound a.nd healthy, therefore the Church should lx> omnii:ot<M!l, mterforiii" and advi=ing in every (.-ouoeni of life. He declared that, "among the falser of political principles is tho iirineiple of the sovereignty of the people, the principle that all°po\vor issues from the people. . . . 'iVnco proceed?, tin theory of parliamentarism, which has up lo Iho present day deluded much of the so-called intclliircnco. and unhappily infatuaterl certa.iu foolish Russians. . . '. Parliamentarism is the triumph of egoism, ils hisfbost oxnreesion." He retired from |Ik> .pmilJon of Procurator of (he Holy Synod