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FREXCH PAPERS.

[From the Etolle dated Thursday.)
PADIS, DEC. 28.
We have received to-day the St. Pctrrsbargh Journal of the
28th November old style, (Dec. 10.) It is enclosed with black
borders, (In token of mourning), and contains the following

Divine Providence, in its inscrutable decrees, has just visited
the Russian empire with a calamity to 'ditch no language can
do justice.
A courier, who arrived from Taganrog on the 27th instant,
has brought the afflicting newt of the death of the Emperor Alex-
ander.

On the first news of tLis calamity, the august members of the
Imperial Family, tlus Council of the empire, and the Illinisters
assembled at the residence of the Grand Duke Nicholas. Ile
first, and, after him, all the functionaries who were present, as also
all the regiments of the Imperial Guards, took the oath of fidelity
to his Majesty Constantifie the Firs..
w Arlie Mesita* has Jersiewrosewsigatadl on thilffereesetest, the Ukase,
oferhich a translation follows:
" The Minister of Justice, the General of Infantry, Prince La-
banciffßostowski, has communicated to the General Assemhly of
the Directing Senate of St. Petersburgh, the deplorable news that
his illajesty the Emperor Alexander has just, by the will of the
Almighty, and after a distressing illness, died at Taganrog on the
17th Nov. (Dec. I.) The directing Senate, M a General Assembly,
keying taken the oaths of fidelity to the legitimate heir, his Ma-
jesty the Emperor Constantine decreed the measures usually
taken on such occasions for the notification of this event, and the
takisrg of the oath of. fidelity to his Imperial Majesty."
The German Journals remark, that the Russian frontiers have
been for some days closed against travellers, and against letters
likewlae, because, as they have learned, the Emperor Alexander
died at Taganrog at the beginning of this month. A courier, sent
off on the fah from St. Petersbnrgh for Vienna, has not been able
to Wain permission to pass. Ile was obliged to leave his carriage,
and to pass the frontier on foot. The post from Warsaw has not
come in for three days.
It is the constant usage in Russia on the death of their Emperors
to place Thiene' on all the frontiers. In Prussia they shut up
all the strong towns, and do not open them again till the Civil
and Military Functionaries have taken their oaths to their new
King.
The Journal des nehals announces this morning, on the au-
thority of the l'ilote, that the King has granted a pension of 6,000
francs to the widow of General boy. We can state that it is but
an invention of the l'llote repeated by our cotemporary. The
Journal der Delvir does not know that to grant a pension above
that which is fixed by the Ordinances for the widow of a General,
the King must previously take the advice of his Council, and
this advice must be founded on great services rendered to the King.
We are Ignorant of the services of General Foy which would
merit such an exception.

(Front the Cowlitutionnel of Wednesday.)
VIENNA, DEC. 17.
It is asserted that the unexpected death of the Emperor Alex.
ander has produced a very deep impression upon Prince Nletternich.
Whatever the friendly relations, which have almost constantly ex.
isted between our Cabinet and that of St. Petersburgh, may have
been. it is here looked upon as certain that the great influence
which our first Minister has for the last eight years exercised in
the Russian Cabinet is now about to cease, and that other con-
nexions (more adapted to the true policy of Russia) are about to
be formed. Latterly, the favourite project of our directing Nli-
nister, relative to the maintenance of things in states quo in the
East, had already received several shocks. It was a consequence
of this system that the Greeks should be again subject to the
Turks. /his system was here stretched so far, that the plan of
placing the Morea and the islands on the sante footing with
demi% and Wallachia was not listened to ; and although the project
of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg!), communicated to our Court in
18U, which was the ground-work of that plan, was not openly
opposed, yet its adoption was impeded as much as possible.
It is very natural, therefore, that the propositions of the British
Cabinet, brought from London to St. Petersburgh by Lord Strang.
ford, should hare been bkhly displeasing tit nor Prime Minister.
Altlttwgls Me Yeteirof iTitse f mpositionx are not yet known yet
sufficient is known to persuade us that they do not at all agree with
the plan of letting the East be in the state it was previous to 1820.
But what is still less Irked here is, the fact of the Russian Cabinet
entering Into the 'leas of that at London, and that in the last nego-
tiations the oily things in dkpute were some modifications in Mr.
Canning's project. Our Ministry were well informed of all that
passed en that question at St. Petersburg)), through our Ambassa-
dor at the Court of Russia, 111. de Lel:where, who had not, how.
cm, assisted at any of the conferences held relative to the affairs of
Greece.

The Austrian Observer of the 20th inst. contains an of-
ficial announcement of the death of the Emperor Alex.
antler.

The gentlemen of the City, who amused themselves
during the late alarm with " the run upon the bankers,"
are now feeling the effects of their ridiculous and shameful
conduct. We bare before us the names of three merchants
who received letters from their bankcm, requesting the im-
mediate closing of their bank accounts.
The Bank Directors are already reaping the fruits of
their system of liberality : the number of new accounts
opened at that establishment, in preference to keeping cash
with private bankers, is exceedingly great, and we under-
stand new facilities, as to checks for small sums, are now
given. In consequence of this great accumulation of busi-
ness, and the issuing of the one and two pound notes, the
Director; have found it necessary to engage a great number
of new clerks. Nearly eighty have already been employed ;
and we understand the number must still he augmented.
The Directors of the Bank have published the names of
31 gentlemen who are empowered to sign notes of 5/. and
upwards, and 99 who are empowered to sigh the 11. sad
2!. notes.