CHAPTER XIV.
THE REIGN OF IVAN IV .-- CONTINUED.
From 1552 to 1557.
Siege of Kezan .-- Artifices of War .-- The Explosion of Mines .-- The Final Assault .-- Complete Subjugation of Kezan .-- Gratitude and Liberality of the Tzar .-- Return To Moscow .-- Joy of the inhabitants .-- Birth of An Heir To the Crown .-- Insurrection in Kezan .-- The Insurrection Quelled .-- Conquest of Astrachan .-- The English Expedition in Search of a North-East Passage to India .-- The Establishment at Archangel .-- Commercial Relations Between France and Russia .-- Russian Embassy to England .-- Extension of Commerce..