The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-28 00:00:00

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119liE iiittlC_AN MAIL.

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PLYMOUTH, MARCH 'O.
The African Royal Mail steamer Retriever,
Captain James Howard Rolt, arrived this morning
at six o'clock. Her dates are from Fernando Po,
Feb. 11; Cameroons, Feb. 12 ; Old Calabar, Feb.
14 ; Lagos, Feb. 19.; Accra., Feb. 21; Cape Coast
Castle, Feb. 22 • Liberia, Feb. 26 ; Sierra Leone,
March 2 ; Bathurst,' March 7 • Gores, March 9 ;
Teneriffe, March 16 ; Madeira,' March 19. She
brings the usual mail, 12 passengers, and the fol-
lowing cargo : es of gum'
3,000- ounces of gold, 320 ivory
teeth, 208 casks of palm oil, 204 packag
235 ditto of pepper, 116 bags of cochineals
of argol, and 60 casks of wine.
Among her passengers are Captain W. E. Mock-
ham,
ter, 2d West India Regiment ; and Lieuts. Connell
and Steele, Ist West India •Regiment andAubyn arid
Surman, 2d West India Regiment ; Sawr-
a-3d West India Regiment; Rev. S. N. Dew-
son ; C. F. Schlenker • and lady of Lieut. liysh,
Gold Coast Corps. '
o t ITi
loi ef
t.he.
the
RFeebtrriueavreyr, leftsaw aitierLamgoa thejs.eaty,s7lphi.n,
_
Philomel, and the Antelope ;off Whydah, 00
gilip pinto ;
on the 26thof
Met
and the Britomart, on the 22d of February.
well
the outward bound steam-ship Ethiope. -"-" i
at Sierra Leone. The Scourge, bearing flag °
Commodore Adams, at Bathurst River ; at
Goree,
the French men-of- po.is and Helio '• d Crocodile.
e
The outward bound African steam-ship Candace
left Teneriffe fc r the Coast on the Gth of March.
THE LATE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.

( From Galignani's Messenger./
*al holdall
The Moniteur has under the non-offiel per
article professedly on the death of the -arta
Nicholas, which, still more than from the cle
arkable
faculty of condensation it displays, whence it emanates, must, from the "IP --:-..tv
of its appreciation of character and eirettrae
ands t
roulette
command general attention. It, in ° f
career °
in one page, not alone the character ;. herself
that Emperor, but the history. of R` shed , to the
since her destinies first because, attan.
...e since
house of Romanoff, whose annals ndeed Y
ahistory.
composed the sum and substance of that
._
which
After some general introductory remarlt 1114
ve exer-
with tne utirnce,,
the influences that particular dynasties a
__, that
cised. on the fate and fortunes of nations, uu
of the Romanort as a case in point, are
the Moniteur thus proceeds : d moral
" This race of Czars, whose historical rOle and of the
character were not developed until the begieeltileeleed
18th century, with the reign of Peter the Orel' „be very
to have been fashioned by Providence °PIN; sbed i°
model of the nation which was to have been, a ars, dis•
and represented by it. At one hundred -1!t wow
r ance Peter and Nicholas were perhaps its lee" of super-
plished types. Melange of eunning and foreet_radeace
stition and genius, of brutality and grace, or_r gaseo•
and audacity, of calculation and abandon, O asap is
vite rudeness and Greek finesse, this race "
hits warlike
its nature, in its imposing physiognomb in in its Si'
inadiested,
spirit, in its feverish activity, and eve°
onnoad de.
gantic proportions, something WLiCh anbnom it tAI
minion. In seeing the princes
been the most exactly personifiedbyi:
recognised not only sovereigns born to '7 which
beyond all made to command. The dial ;mire° "
Peter the Great laid the first fouudetione 0. n ite of the
the mouth of the Neva, and marked also the %jos(' Dot
capital which was to be called Petersburg, teethe roll
to isle' bvinat
only a defence to protect bis empire against tri &Aber,
af Charles XII. ; his foresight extended the
and already measured through time and aPtrhie Arabi.
mentos perspective which an ocean opened
en where°
tion. To found a marine, construct porta, o_,„pation of
on all the seas, became the most ardent preonakoahira;
this sovereign. An emperor was then seen° !Taos' s, and
self carpenter, handling the axe and the of ;},s' adara an
earning to build a ship. This carPenter °eitinle 10. wer
the
just simply the sublime workman of the n'acoaid wit.'" to.
a country which, aspiring to dominate theted to the uni
,J
force of its innumerable hordes, coocenareta that the et a
for
influence, of equilibrium,
of despotism, comprehended instince"l4 struggles
was designed as the field of battle of " • mon and
ire
and of de°llend the EmPir:
nations. The Emperor Nicholas rece"-ii the aggra-‘
from the hands of his predecessors with a"a &weed.
disements which his glorious ancestor ha ae in th_l
What has become of this important inheritor
„a pregerT,
hands of the Emperor Nicholas ? Has, he ew,",-. sarti
.L.
it ? Has his reign continued the work et "'" iisheci tee
predecessors ? Has he, for his part, acorn!), tory Of
aspirations of Peter the Great ? What will 13: ad role in
about this man who has played a part 0001 e toed
Europe for thirty years, and upon this destinl
0000
with all the agitations ,of the age and all the cos° as is
of the new world, at eine time to calm than' last
1848, of another time to excite them, as in theme, or
days of his life ? There is a saying very flatterieg the
the Emperor Nicholas, which a writer ascribes Si a$
Count de la Ferronnays, ambassador of Charles,.,, of
St. Petersburg, at the moment when the third - aped
Paul I. came to ascend the throne, after having sr,
a formidable military insurrection. M. de la -v °r ho
nays had been strongly impressed by the attitude food
young Emperor in this imminent crisis ;be had the
in him that majesty of courage which dorniotttee 0.
masses, disarms wrath, ennobles combat, and he, ear
claimed, 'I now see Peter the Great civilised.'
flattery'
ing of a day of enthusiasm was not absolutely 3 anhor•
and there is a just conception in this pompous nie,tit;d by
Russian ambition purified by a political mind, e:7oholast
the religious sentiment, was about to reign with ' ' robust
This Prince, in effect, hail in him a" the „law
qualities of his race. Nature, blood, tradition, ,ducat
me
tion, had made him a ruler. His gigantiattlarco' nna.
haughty head, the straight and hardy lines of "i ethic'
terance, his aspect severe, cold, and scrutinisirt joss.
no sparkle of the soul ever lighted, up; and sheath to be
Ability never permitted an emotion of the tomato&
discernible ; his full and sonorous voice, P.iswils, everr
ing gesture, his gait firm and rapid es h"" -eigatft his
thing in him revealed his rank, his ea
facile that
mission. Dignity was in him so habitual and ign, oiicist
he was everywhere the same, alwarnnlereteeopst na,„,ill
the pomp of his court, at the head of P,'"..„ thus, nai'l
the familiarities of private life. In seeing n''" odors 3ri-
.imple, and cold, receive the homage of 50)baS ~3 0 the
courtiers, or pass in the front of regiments, ore
genicpass on of
routas of his capitals, it seemed as if th oswest,
royalty, spent and grounded in certain races.
"rilitYt.'n tbs
had regained its sap, its prestige, and its il to el/ill"'
thus
youth of a new people, and born of yesterdsfature
tion. . • . There is assuredly in this 13 Astopishe!
defined something great and strong whicp,he noble"
and seduces ; but there is wanting one of
•.' galpetri;
attributes of man, above all when the man Isded. '
it is goodness. The Czar has never parocoosibm r,
autocracy was not only absolute ; it waa inillid Islsisee
pity. It had for escort exile, Confiscation, 3_ onyin
talents. It was as impossible to touch se 1.71.0
him, and his heart was as inflexible as hie en' - ef
terlf rem 10
The Moniteur, after a rapid and Wee Niche
ror aof
of thevast
designs which the En)l3? hieve I
entertained, on theprojects he had
ac
~..ed to
, A subau of
the states and communities he pi' ate
final' ll
his influence and interests by the re- t eon whit
his policy, thus touches upon the great
into ea
brought the Emperor Napoleon 111' ire
and conflict with him : wronOP
ge If 1
" oug t
„rothte
He (the Emperor Nicholas) thh .
..„ „Abl
was insecurely seated, and the -r4n3r . was tde.
comprehended ; he thought that Fran: or basaac-
he believed Europe to be depressions were -up.
He deceived himself. All his Prop Which ,h„° slier
cessively belied by events. Turkel' t On L':,,a• ea
posed to be powerless, rose agter big arn',l;ived
despair, as a barrier, and conlPene'l 1, he c°n—teoa
the Danube to retire. England, wh'e of TOP °of
to be irreconcilable with lamellike intimate. ,to
and the Imperial reqUite, Sue proteeti°
hie • ass°
of. France. Austria herself deserted ,-, owl
_,,,,
of tie ...04 t'"
accept our alliance. The conecience . coal a— ...red,
elated itself with one mind to this una had prnicat
Russia was caught in the snare shaniattaa tits which
and found herself shut tap in the is' Virlrntioth
she counted on reducing us • • '
a .atrice 0 triolet
be the consequence of this then the Wee
rice
leek d their
of Nicholas), which has laid low 1 ll
and glorious head in which
ch the 0017,..k. force
thirty years the traditions 01 ; opse'l teal
thought, their ambition, and th oat th :wit of
of Russia, no one can yet say, like bee the
be said, that in an empire IFV °thing, vi gent
Peter 1., where individuals count inbrii3cll its eclueanfran"
greatest nobles, of a nobility Icbee, able to t?
trip
urbanity, and love of arts bas nni! „ the pagesiv.a iiN n
chise from servitude, are no more tua.- in3pllleet %peens°
inents of despotism ; where there is en ~,,,,, the 0 hi
tion, no activity, but that which deriresi",; dale Cystol
in the hnau in °um f
master ; where religion itself .ence ; noa o
but a means of enslaving the coolies
the the
empire, it is the sovereign who OPP is end the .orspb
institutions, the default of public ruor,l"`!an be a tleece.
meni: of character. '. . . His dean, can be proft niare
for no one; for the hour was ordainef; tiling thenfiereece
But it will render more free, ins e_csaastaut de oder,
security, those whom the habit of ," „air Alrloi tbe
attached and still retained. The ivamasPlast Year rand
enlightened by the serious lessons of the that 3efiloue
reign of his predecssor, t .5,
hi
corepren o
role is reserved for him. In renounFl to starr°os, hi
policy of his parent, it depends on htln the wn 4
1' policy
to Russia, and to maintain ht-r Plac?,,, date 1: 0f the
making his accession to the throne ""interests
of reconciliation with the general
European community."
Another
311.4'141. vesterd4
GENERAL SCREW NAY ok PIGATION C° iaCe J After
an•
st limy meeting of this compall to i
.eutor.,
tenregeafterllooll to settle the election of &lan the rgral it
lengthened debate a confarencce betwe- jtateut list of
t dives of the contending parties wag front the ifibra,
was then -agreed to select four names Poir. ern the
M r. Rallies Currie and three from that °lyaining• asators
Mr. C. Morrison and Mr. E. Warner reaher die
board as independent members. The
aacesgsra' An'
will now retire to make room for their ,
s,,,,stcke,
__ea
The 'whole country round about )3,aa.';:eisas cle"
lover, and other parts of North Rampant' of/
ter'.
with snow on Monday. .o pateruts tads/
EARLY CLOSING.—The booksellers
ca o nt, pA
,s,inue
have all agreed to close at five (11 le d will eeewrof
A rli ee the a)
evening succeeding the 7th of I) P 0,,h
ly thro *
to close at that hour on Saturday
and summer' months.