The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-13 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MAIM 7.
Yesterday all the members of the Russian Embassy
went through the • ceremony of taking the oath of
allegiance to the new Emperor in the presence of
Prince Gortobakoff, and the name of Alexander IL
was substituted for that of Nicholas in the Russian
passports. Count Bobriusky, who left Vienna last
night as special courier for St. Petersburg, was the
flat person tarnished with one of these new pus-
grihdusrWhilst on this subject. I may state that the
of Embassy M. de Fonton (whole allowed
the title of Ens Honey) is the person of most import-
une next to Prince Oortchakoff. The rest of the
Embassy consists of Major General Count Stakelberg,
who in his capacity of military plenipotentiary, is in
an independent situation, co-ordinate with the Am-
bassador ; the three Secretaries of ation, von
Onbril, von Neklndoff, and von M • ' ; and the
attaché, Prince Anatole Demidoff.
The baptism of the infant Grand Dachas wee per-
formed yesterday in the Imperial Palace with all the
usual ceremonies according to the Catholic ritual,
and she was admitted into the bosom of the church
by the names of Sophie Maris Josephs Dorothea
Frederica, after which the Emperor held a court in
the grand saloon and received the congratulations of
the Ministers, the Generals, and the Corps Diplo-
matique on the auspicious event.
I mentioned in a former letter, that as no formal
declaration of war with Russia has been hitherto
issued, the usual relation of ceremony are still kept
up, and that, besides our court going into mourning,
a special embassy proceeds from here to St. Peters-
burg to condole and congratulate. The Archduke
William, who is selected for this mission, has long
been on the most intimate footing of friendship with
the present Cur, and is also the declared fafourite of
the Emperor of Austria. His selection:hu also given
satisfaction amongst our monied men, as he is
general to be a man of good capacity, and it is ex-
pected that he will not lose so favourable an opportu-
nity of using his influence to induce the Czar to make
some concessions, so as to open a possibility of finding
a basis for negotiations of peace. Our diplomatists
are rather sanguine about the success of the mission.

THE LATE CZAR.

The following accoont of the Emperor of Russia's
sickness and death is giren in the Prussian Stoats
Amager ;

Mance( 3.
As it now turns oat, his Majesty had been for some time
violently affected with influent'. About the 18th of
February his body physician, Dr. Mundt, begged for per.
mimics to call in other physicians. The Emperor took this

very lightly, sad turned it off with 'joke, but consented that
the body physician, Dr. Harell, should aho be consulted.
The lesperor became worse by degrees from want of sleep
and isetheaed cough, with plentiful ezpeetoration, so that
the physician', on the 22d, hewn. his Majesty would keep
lib zoom

The Emperor would not hear a word of it; on which one
of the physicians said to him, "No 'medical man la the
whole army would allow any soldier, as unwell as your Ma-
jesty is, to less* the hospital, for he would be sure that hie
patient would eau ease is agile worse." The Emperor
answered, " Yen have demo year duty, gentlemen, and 1
thank you, and now I will do mine ;" and on this he got
Into his sledge in rather sold weather, and drove to the
Exercising House to see some men of the Infantry of the
Gard, that were about to much tato Lithuania to makeup
the oomplemsat of the regiments there.
At this hispanic's', which was the last occasion of the Em-
peror's being seen in public, he was evidently very sawell,
coughed violently, expectorated excessively, and said, as he
went away, "I am in • perfect bath," although it was
anything bat warm in the Eseraising House. The Em.
power than drove to Prime Dolgorouki, t►e Minister of
War, who was ill, cautioned him set to go out too loos,
and then returned to the Winter Palace. In the erasing
he was present at the prayers for the first week of Lent,
stayed some time with the Empress, but complained of being
cold, and kept his cloak on is the roes.
From that evening the Emperor did not quit his little
working cabinet. It was there, on 23rd February, that las
noeived his Fliigel Adjutant Colonel you Tettenborn, and
despatched him to Sebastopol; all the while lying on the
sots, and covered up with his cloak. After that his Majesty
transferred all business into the hands of the Grand Doke
Alexander.
' The days from the 24th to 27th February passed eel,
without one's learning anything farther on 'wiry than
that " the Emperor does not leave his bed, as he is esss►
what feverish : the cough is getting less and lam hard," Ike.
During the whole time he was ill the Emperor lay only
on his camp bed, i.e., on a casing of Russia leather filled
with hay, • bastes of the some kind, sad with a blanket

and his sleek over him.
It era meta Feb. 28 that his state wan looked on as de.
slam* micas. On that night he became rapidly mono.
The Optima apprehended a paralysis of the lungs. On
the swig of Much 1 they despaired of his recovery.
The Zama and the Crown Prism begged him, at the
request of the physicians, to take the seerament.
It was not till then that the Emperor seems to have re-
cognised the real dearer of his state; but hardly any shock
is stated to have bees noticeable in him.
In the sight, from the let to the 2nd instant, Dr. Nu&
commusiested to the Emperor that he was dangerously
and that more particularly his bop were violently af-
fected, and gave greet ground for apprehension. The
Emperor answered very calmly, " And eo yes think that I
am liable to a paralysis of the lungs ?" To whisk Dr.
Mandt answered, " Such a result is very possible."
On this the Emperor very calmly and collectedly took the
sacrament, took leave of the Emmet, their children and
grandobibiren, kind each, and blessed each one with a firm
voice, and then retained only the Empress and the Crows
Prince with him
Tr is was about 4 o'clock in the morning.
The Emperor said subsequently to the Empress, " De go
sow and take a little rest, I beg of you." She answered,
"Let me remain with you; I would I could depart with
you, if it were only possible." To this the Emperor replied,
"No ; you must remain here on earth. Take care of your
health, so that you may be the centre of the whoa family.
Go now ; I will send for you when the ..out apareadwa."
The Empress could not do otherwise than obey this distinct
expression of the Emperor's will, and left the room.
The Emperor then sent for Graf Orloff, Graf Adlarberg,
and Prince Dolgoronki, thanked there fee their fidelity, and
bade them farewell. Subsequently the Baumr had all the
sensate immediately about kiss seat in, thaaked them for
their services, blessed them, sad teak leave of them, es
whisk occasion he is said to have been Miami' very much
Last of all, tits Kamelefran von &Arise& wee
NM he. The Emperor *Baked her for the fidelity she
MI always shown the Rapes* It the cue with which she
bet always tended her in digherm begged her sever to
quit the Empress, and eaded And remember me
kindly at Peterhof, that I'm shad of." The Emperor
pressed Dr. Kuell's hand, M art 111 him, " It is so fault
of yours." -- -
Whilst the Emperor's hen op host wee speaking with
him he took the Empress's pat it late the priest's,
u if he would confide the Empress to the ecclesiastic.
After this the Emperor Ica his speech for a while, daring
which time be was engaged in prayer, and erased himself
repeatedly. Re subsequently maimed his voice, and spoke
from time to time up to his demos, which took place with-
out a struggle in the presume of the whole tenni, Starch 2,
at Ma minutes past noon.
Almost the last acidulate words that the Emperor spoke
were, " Ohre a Frith de rester Sosjeare le same pour la
Ramie, et de no pm whiter les paroles de papa."
At Mt the face of the seeps* wee wry musk sunk and
fallen In. Bat, in the evealsg, the flat features had be-
Nile mon impeding than ever free their repose and

WeeWOW.
Up to the metal tine the Empress bas bass this we
appall sod fearful blew with modish' strength. Ta-
llying swish* sits pond en hoer *lithely alone with the,

eerpee.
The easstersaties which °memo every we et the es&
demos et tab fearful bliw Is ow Whig Owe to the feel.
Ise of rata awl grief.

WEAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.-1
maids,. Musk 41.4Wa110w oa poyllWate lee ;
r soros ticAoto,l34; total, 822.