[153] The Honourable Russia Company is still patron of four of the English churches in Russia. "A faint legal trace of the ancient privileges of the Muscovy Company survives in the extra-territorial character belonging for marriage purposes to the churches and chapels formerly attached to their factories in Russia."--Sir Courtenay Ilbert. [154] Quoted by Eugene Schuyler, _Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia_, 1884. [155] One room has pictures of several hundred Russian maids dwelling in different parts of the Empire, another has living plants trained up the walls as part of its permanent decoration, ornate chandeliers hang from ceilings, pictures and tapestry cover the walls, and, as at Solomon's Court, everything is splashed with gold. [156] Several such may be seen among the Imperial carriages in St. Petersburg. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE -Plain print and punctuation errors fixed. End of Project Gutenberg's Capitals of the Northlands, by Ian C. Hannah