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and Tatleida, aoesnipanied by the superior clergy, the officers desigr
Rated to Carry the orders and support the canopy, as well as the
persons belonging to the suite of the late Emperor unit of her
Majesty the Empress, bad assembled in the Palace, where her
Majesty the Empress Elizabeth, after having poll' the last duties
to the mortal reer.ains o•' the Monarch who is the object of uni-
versal 'met ■nd tears. had retired into the chapel of the Palace.
His Eminence recited the usual prayers, after which the funeral
procession set out in the order which had been previously laid
down.

The membrn of the clergy who had not accompanied his Emi-
r.cr.ce. as well as the officers of the governmentof the town,and the
body of the merchants, had met to two hours near the Palace. The
procession, at the head of which walked :he Master of the Police, and
the Commandant, with a detachment of gendarmes, was opened by
• squadron of Cossacks of the guard. Theo came the servants of
the Imperial Court, the tradesmen, the Greek and Russian Ma-
gnomes with their Mayor, the Director anti officers of the G ym-
!maim, the Civil Officers, the Nobility, and the Governor of the
City, pteceded by the Master of the Ceremonies.
The numerous clorgy of the town of Taganrog and the environs
preceded the Bishop in pontifical habits, and with all the pomp of
religion. A lieutenant of the nary, bearing the Imperial standard
bound with black crape, and the generals hearing the insignia of
his Majesty's orders, walked before the hearse. The Emperor's
confessor, accompanied by two deacons bearing the image, followed
than in the front of the hearse. The funeral car was drawn by
eight horses, covered with hangings of black cloth down to the
ground ; the body was deposited under a canopy of cloth of gold,
richly ornamented with fringes and tusel%, in a coffin covered with
cloth of silver, decorated with acutchntns bearing the arms of the
empire. The imperial crown was placed under the canopy, the
corners of which were borne by four generals, assisted by eight su-
perior ofilcers.

The suite of the Emperor and the Empress Elisabeth immedi.
ately followed the Mt in mourning dusk., and bearing torches.
Two of the Empress'. carriagn, and a division of the Cossacks of
the guard, with mournful music, closed the procession. Various
divisions of troops were drawn up in the streets through which the
procession passed, t'te fortress firing minute guns. _ _

In the centre of the church an elevated stage was erected for
etc coffin to be placed upon. Four columns supported the car.opy,
which was surmounted with the imperial crown, the sceptre, and
the globe. The catafalque was surrounded with curtains of non-
ceau.colourcd velvet and club of gold, richly ornamented. Four
large rand:l3l)ra, supporting numerous lights, were placed at four
corners of the stage.

When the body of the late Emperor was placed under the
catafalque, which had been erected with, all possible magnificence,
his Eminence performed the funeral service ; and these religious
ceremonies will be performed daily till the removal of the mortal
remains of the Emperor tolls, capital.
There was a very great concourse of people, and the universal
grief may be easily conceived. The continued reading of the Goa-
pel, both day and night, and the daily celebration of divine service
and the funeral ceremonies, continue regularly. The lower windows
of the church are covered with black cloth, and the arms of the em.
pire are placed on the three gates.
The Journal of St. paert;,ll,zh, in an article on the character
of the late Emperor, after contrasting the joy with which the an.
niversary of his birth, the 2.lth of December, had hitherto been
hailed, with the general gloom and mourning that marked its re-
turn this year, adds the following reflections We shall not un-
dertake the difficult task, which is far above our ability, to trace all
the glorious events of the reign of Alexander ; nor shall we speak
of the acts of a Government which for a quarter of a century daily
reminded us that the reign of Alexander was an inexhaustible
source of benefits to his people. These acts will be inscribed in
letters of gold in our annals, as gratitude has already engraven
them on our hearts. It will suffice to say, that the system adopted
and invariably followed by his Imperial Majesty was a direct ap-
plication of his own exalted virtues to the wants and the pro.
sperity of the State. On the other hand, the safety of our frontiers
insured by the acquisition of Finland; the bounds of the empire
extended to the Pruth by a glorious peace, concluded in the molt
critical circumstances ; new provinces conquered from Persia, the
union of a neighbouring nation, which henceforward fraternising
with us, render the influence of the same sentiments towards our
common Sovereign—add a royal crown to tl ie splendour of the impe-
rial diadem. Such is the brief summary of what Alexander has done,
that the dignity of the empire abroad might correspond with so
many salutary measures, the object of which was its internal
welfare. But the reign of our august Monarch does not belong
exclusively to the annals of our country, the whole world
claims the glory of it, because it has shared its blessings. Let
us not be jealous of it. We have borrowed from the elder mem.
hers of the Europeinlumily their civilization and their manners.
Alexander discharged our debt to foreign nations. It was lie who
conceived the sublime idea of completing the triumph of
Christianity, by extending to the mutual relations of nations the
maxims of the Gospel, the practice of which had been too long
confined to the circle of private duties. The alliance which was
formed under his auspices, between the great States of conti-
nental Europe, had religion for its basis—for its object the
happiness and tranquillity of nations—for its means the stability
restored to thrones—for guarantee the character of its founder, as
well as the magnanimous intentions of all the august members
of it. From that time European diplomacy, learning to see the
interests of each in the greatest advantage of all, became the
constant organ of the purest views and the most upright in.
tendons. Alexander was always the soul of his tutelary policy.
He never veiled in principles, which in him were at once the re-
sult of immoveable conviction, the fruit of a sincere piety, and
the impulse of a tender benevolence, which would willingly have
extended half to the whole human race."

VIENNA, DEC. 11.

The news of the sending of Turkish Plenipoientiaries to the
Mores has caused great sensation here. A letter from Constan-
tinople, which we received by the last mail from Bucharest, affirms
that the representations of some Foreign Ambassadors have induced
the Porte to send negotiators to the head-quarters of Ibrahim Paella,
to treat with the Check Chiefs on a suspension, or rather a cessa-
tion, of hostilities. But other accounts, from more authentic
sources,effirm that the Foreign Ministers alone could never have
induced the Porte to take such a step ; it must be attributed to the
representations of Ibrahim Pacha and of his father. It is affirmed
that the Porte, which some time ago guaranteed to Ibrahim Pacha
the general government of Greece, is willing to confine itself to
the military possession of the fortresses, and to give to each of the
Greek provinces a Lieutenant-Governor chosen among the inha-
bitants, leaving those functionaries dependent on Ibrahim Pacha.
These places will be conferred en the principal Greek chiefs if
they readily submit. There is a great deal said about propesahl
already made on this subject, which it is affirmed, at least at Ctn.
atantinople, have been well received by some military chiefs.

The Russian Charge d'Affaires had received no satisfactory
answer to his late remonstrances, though they were strongly sup.

ported by the Ministers of the other Continental Powers.

It appears by the official intelligence from Poland that the
Emperor NI L 0 Las has confirmed the appointments of all
the officers, civil and military, in that kingdom, from the
Viceroy downwards. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE,
who is, we find, only Commander-in-Chief, received in
person the oath of the Russian Guards at Warsaw. His
Imperial llighness, it was expected, would set out in a few
days fur St. Petersburgh. All doubt must therefore be
utterly extinguished as to the sincerity of Co NS I ANTI is es
adherence to the order of succession fixed by the late
Esi 'Lowever justly extraordinary such a determi-
nation may be considered in an individual of his rugged and
fiery character. In the imperial proclamation to the l'oles
NICHOLAS repeats his declaration, that his reign will be
" merely a continuation of the government" of Lis deceased
brother.

The German Papers received last night state that ru-
mours of internal dissentions in Russia are still very pre-
valent at Frankfort and Vienna, but they are regarded
altogether as the fabrication of the stockjobbers, who arc
there so unfortunate that they can produce no fluetuationv.
The only report apparently worthy of any attention is,
that in consequence of the spreading of the plague in Mol-
davia and Wallachia, the Austrian Government have or-
dered the formation of a cordon sanitairc on the frontiers