The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-06 00:00:00

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ST. PEEtimicEart, Dec. I/.
Her .Majesty the Emprzas Mother has been agreeably surprised
by the return of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke 311chael,
horn Warsaw, who, following the voice of his filial affectiorfite
fseart, hastened to her immediately on receiving the news of the
Illeath of the Emperor Alexander.
'Via Majesty the Emperor Constantine was at Warsaw, in good
health.
Bulletins are published daily of the health of the Empress Mo-
ther. That of yesterday teeming, ten o'clock, announced that her
Majesty. notwithstanding her great affliction, was rather better
than on the pree.tdiox day.
It was not till the 7th that reports of the Empeter's indisposition
began to be spread abroad. On the 9th, notice was given that
prayers would- be put up in all the churches for the recovery of our
beloved Sovereign. In the Churches of the Convent of Alexander
Neusky, the principal Nubilim Ministers, Generals, Officers of
the Guards, and a great crowd:of people assembled. Suddenly,
before divine service was ended, Major-General Neldhardt,Chief of
the Staff of the Guards, entered the Church. His face overspread
with a deadly paleness, but too surely announced the fatal news..
Ile went op to General ‘Vanow, Commander of the Guards, and
communicated to hint the unhappy erent. It was immediately
known to all present. Thu temple resounded with lamentation'',
and tears Sowed from the eyes of the brave who had gone to meet
death in the Geld with a smile. All hastened to the Palace, where
obey learnt that at the same moment they were putting up their
prayers in the church in presence of the Imperial Family, rt ex-
cess had arrived from Taganrog, and that the Governor-General
hadaremmunicated the fatal news, of which he was the bearer, to
the Grand Duke Nicholas, and then to the Empress Maria.
As anon as the oath to the Emperor Constantine had been taken
in the chinch. first by the Grand Duke Nicholas, then by the Coun.
ell of the Empire, the Synod, the Ministers. and the principal
Officers of gate, the Generals and Colonels of the Regiments of
the Guards-went to receive the oath from their man. The colours
baying been brought nut, each regiment was drawn up in a equate,
and took the solemn ooh as faithful subjects to his Majesty with a
firm mind, bat with tears for their loss, an that the reading of the
form of the oath was accompanied by the loud sobbing of the
soldiers.
The Si. reit; Aare' Gazette contains an error of the press.
The late Emperor died not of the yellow (grata), but of the bilious
(gales) fever.
DAMSUROU, DEC. 39.

Letters hem St. Petersburgh of the 17th say, that the Emperor
Constantine was expected there that day, but levers front Warsaw
of the 19th Say not a word of the Emperor's departure from that
gitLennling to other letters. his Imperial Highness the (hand
Duke Nicholas would go to Warsaw, to hare a conference with the
Empemr Constantine.
Mr. Clews, a Ikiti.h Cabinet Messenger, passed through Berlin
or, the Stith, on his way from London to St. Petcesburgh.

Brcnt.tx, DEC. 27.
The literary paper. ealltd the Conversations Matt, No. 2211, of
ldth Decetibet (published by Btockhous at Leipsio informs the
public that in the Royal Prussian Calendar, the Grand Duke Ni-
cholas is stated to be successor to the throne of the Ruuisn Em.
pita. From inquiry ins:itutrd in consequence of ibis statement, it
has been discovered that the source from which that erroneous no.
nee was derived, and which, according to the Conversations Glatt.
leaves nn doubt of it: authenticity, Is not, as was falsely stated, II
Royal Prussian Calendar, hut the ordinary Calendar printed and
rbl:shed by Trowitsch and :eon at Frankfort-on-the-Oder. What
haecaneed this mistake, and to whom the blame is to be still-
bated, is the subject of a strict investigation.
STOCKHOLM, DEC. 20.

The Gazette of the 17th gives notice of six weeks court mourn-
ing for the Emperor Alexander, the melancholy news of whose
cloth war brought hem on the lfith, by a courier from St. Peters.
burgh. Count howenhjelm aid Lieutenam.lieneral Baron Blom.
ittierna will be sen; from our Court to congratulate the Emperor
Constantine on his arcs-avian to the throne.
Our new Tariff will he published at the beginning of the year.—
Ifentsures Parrs, Pee. 30.