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

THE LATE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.

. - -
( From Galignani's Messenger.)
The Moniteur has under the non-official head a
article professedly on the death of the Emperor
Nicholas, which, still more than from the qual,t,er
whence it emanates, must, from the remark.autle
faculty of condensation it displays,
of its appreciation of character and circumstance,
command general attention. It, in fact, resin:lief
' in one page, not alone the character and career c-if
. that Emperor, but the history of Rilaida 'llerstebe
since, her destinies first became attached to.
co
house of Romanoff, whose annals indeed have sin
with the nice y
composed the sum and substance of that history
V" r:
After some general introductory remarks, in
the influences that particular dynasties have etletlt
cised on the fate and fortunes of nations! and
,I of the Romano as a case in point, are red,tudioLl
I the Moniteur thus proceeds : a oral
" This race of Czars, whose hiatorical ro'e anu nic, the
l character were not developed until the beginning n. ea
18th century, with the reign of Peter the Great, seem
to have been fashioned by Providence upon the 'dcriTi
F model of the nation which was to have been absorhe
(If
and represented by it. At one hundred years
ranee Peter and Nicholas were perhaps its most ace'"lr.
! pushed types. Melange of eun:dng and force, of suPe 0
stition and genius, of brutalitandgrace, of prinlenc
y _ ,c.,.,0.
and audacity, of calculation and abandon, of 1,1-u• ;a
rite rudeness and Greek finesse, this race had ercAl,:e
.• its nature, in its imposing physiognomy, in its W•;gi-
spirit, in its feverish activity, and even in llt.
~
u,,',
gantic proportions, something which announcFa bas
minion. In seeing the princes by whom it
, we
been the most exactly personified in histor•Y but
recognised not only sovere'gns born to whinerelge'
beyond all made to command. The day on s 0
Peter the Great laid the first foundation of a fortre_s.,_
the mouth of the Neva, and masked also the site of, the
capital which was to be called Petersburg, he raise.av ir,,
only a defence to protect his empire against the ri So.!
of Charles XII. ; his foresight extended much frirethitorf
and alreadyse p e
perspective
en measuredtive w h i
ethrough
eetainnleopaenndect spaceo iithka nsabyi;
tion. To found a marine, construct ports, open hiewe ef
on all the seas, became the most ardent preocca
this sovereign. An emperor was then seen Enakin; arid
self carpenter, handling the axe and the compasse-__ was
learning to build a ship. This carpenter a Saardaw r
wer ()-
just simply the sublime workman of the maritime Vith the
a country which, aspiring to dominate the world ao
unity
force of its innumerable hordes, concentrated in 1
t 'the Se 3
of despotism, comprehended instinctively that le, for
was designed as the field of battle of the strouggealoag
influence, of equilibrium, and of dominati'l Lapire
nations. The Emperor Nicholas received the
a,gran-
from the hands of his 'tli ail
What has become of this important
predecessors sw the 6.
wed.
had drea
d' isements which 11'glorious the
pato,lobile.
is ancestor
ihta?ndsuoafsthheisErmeiapneroeroNntiicnhnoeldasthleHwaosriksbiaela—elinePereislireslieit
aspirationsp r e dece s predecessors so
f?
Peter the of the Cr's
,; neg the
about this man who has played aart so considerabi.e Id
Europe for thirty years, and upon this destiny ral/ens
thhee,Gfroerathi?s piverht,ataccompos_
sal
motio
with all the agitations of the age and all the con]
of the new world, at one time to calm them, a' int
1848, of another time to excite them, as in the 15,'
will bistorl. .11
days of his life ? There is a saying very flatteriog or
the Emperor Nicholas, which a writer ascribes to the
' Count de la Ferronnays, ambassador of Charles X.-
of
' St. Petersburg, at the moment when the .third son
Paul I. came to ascend the throne, after having subdued
a formidable military insurrection. M. de la Perron-
nays
nhaEdmbpeeernoartrionngthliyisiimmpmreisnseendt beryistibse. ahtetithuadde of the
y
L in him that majesty of courage which' dominates the
L masses, disarms wrath, ennobles combat, and he ex'
claimed, 'I now see Peter the Great civilised.' This ear
ing of a day of enthusiasm was not absolutely a Battery,
and there is a just conception in this pompous metaphor.
Russian ambition purified by a political mind, exalted by*
the religious sentiment,was about to reign with Nich°l3l
This Prince, in effect, had in him all the robus
qualities of his race. Nature, blood, tradition, educe.
tion, had made him a ruler. His gigantic stature, '''''
haughty head, the straight -and hardy lines of his 0:11;
tenance, his aspect severe, cold, and scrutinising, s""`e
no sparkle of the soul ever lightedenp, and whose froPtse
eibility never permitted an .emotion of thej2eart to d.
discernible ; his full atfti ibernrotiavoice, his cortiZi
ing gesture, his gait_firna and rapid as hisf4iiilY,v lei's
thing in bins revealed his rank, his sOv*,_,l,g,n;"(that
hnleiBwsrlaT everywhere Dignity
wtasheinsa-bmicae;
thethe -
familiaritiespomp
private at
life. the.
la: always
iwass b 1 tadeYeo6:oftis a!rs:
bmr tae*l is:i:se- calm,acoewsn as
dt
endet
simple, and cold, receive the homage of an%
courtiers, or pass in the front of regimenitfs,tohrePgase.neiuwsesetf
routes of his capitals; it- Seensed as
royalty, spent and grovided•in certain rases -of ta ,
, in the
had regained its sap, i“ firtStige, and its viri""J'ivilisa-
youth of a new people;;and born of yesterday to ca
On'
tion. . . Thera isi assuredly in this nator
oiehes
and seduces ; but there is wanting one
defined something great and strong which as.° °wet
of th -
, -filLeror;
iatttirsibguotoedsnoefssm.anT,fiaebocveaarlthwatennetvheermr is' --si'bieffis
autocracy was not only absolute ; ardoned. to
pity. It had for escort exile, confiscation, and
013_1vined
meats. It was as impossible to touch as to
,c n
him, and his heart was as inflexible as his svili: ;vt
The Moniteur, after a rapid and masterlY.,..r.cehvots
of the vast designs which the Emperor2,led, of
entertained, on the projects he had acTedti' ~,d to
the states and communities he had suu which
of
his influence and interests by the refineinte which
his policy, thus touches upon the great evil outact
it was inaoues
anoh.
brought the Emperor Napoleon 111. into 0
and conflict with him : empire
iHnese(tehnerelEy Emperor Nicholas)
theolas) E
thought t,havvreogly
was".
caper°, feeble ,
comprehended ; he thought that France Was hostile.
he believed Europe ta be depressed o were sun"
He deceived himself. All his previsions lie she
cessively belied by events. Turkey, which •ii r
posed to be powerless, rose against him 1 fes on
despair, as a barrier, and compelled his -artneceieed
the Danube to retire. England, which ha ;00100
to be irreconcilable with the name a •
on
all,
and the Imperial regime became the
illtitittection to
of France. Austria herself deserted his pro
n_. ass°.
accept our alliance. The conic ience of Gerni.los_looe.
ciated itself with one mind to this universal retired,
Russia was caught in the snare she had P' "which
and found herself shut up in the isolatiansvti:t‘ shall
she counted on reducing us . • • • /the de:th
be the consequence of this thunderstroke s
illastriotia
of Nicholas), which has laid low the 3 during'
and glorious head in which have dwe their
thirty years the traditions of the 05ari;7,3 fbrce
thought, their ambition, and the ea, f, ,Pta n this
pbeetosraild.:
wthhearte
of Russia, no one can yet say. -.---.,, at
individuals count
greatest nobles, of a nobility which itsio% saran'
urbanity, and love of arts has not been obsBl4 iasti:tv
chise from servitude, are no more than the P - lee, ao DlA'''.
meats of despotism ; where there is no imPu the suPrern'as
nothin,
_doaion
don, no activity, but that which derives frolt f the czar in
master ; where religion itself in the hands is such a f
but a means of enslaving the consciencthe
absence oe.
empire, it is the sovereign who sunPlie° d the effac h
institutions, the default of public morale, " trian)
mew, of character. . . . His death can providence.
ntfofournded bowbere the
But it will render more free,
for no one ; for the hour was ordained by them in
tau deference
security, those whom the habit of a cone
attached and still retained. The Empero.r
ear
of the
enlightened by the serious lessons of the last yet a gods
I reign of his predecssor, will comprehend
,t,..7 perilous
role is reserved for him. In renouncing 14'
reet°re pea
in affordingt jefersoce
policy of his parent, it depends on him tothe
world,. If
to Russia, and to maintain her place in
date of t' P tlibes
making his accession to the throne the da . of
of reconciliation with the general inter
European community."val°
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GENERAL SOREVir NAVIGATION COWAN!: vasterdl
stormy meeting of this company took Plaur7: After
0.
afternoon to settle the election of directo repreg
it
and
lengthened debate a conferencce between the
ntd,
tatives of the contending parties was °PI% th 0 115 t cl,
was then agreed to select four names Imo, ~r3wfor e
Mr. Raikes Currie and tLree from that of/u:'-'eg actorsth
Mr. C. Morrison and Mr. E. Warner re1n3b1.1,.1 dire
board as independent members. The ot
e--ore•
will now retire to make room for their succe7teLe, 0;
The whole country round about Basin eoverea
',pro?"
dower,witl s naonwd
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Itili
Monday.Cr part s o f North Hampshire,
have all agreed to close at five o'clock I?
°ill continue
EARLY CLOSING.—The booksellers in Paterilsa7,2-rcloY
evening succeeding the 7th of April, and sy, 4" spriog
to close at that hour on Saturday througa ,'
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C°3l-11FER (UAL INTELLIGENCE.

The' CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
,44,,,a0tt0n market at Liverpool yesterday closed
,00'01Y. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales
of which were for export, and 500 on specu
co4ll)rising 650 Pernam and Maranharn,
41 , "`" ;50 Egyptian, at sd. ; and 1,000
14,1t' at 3d. to 31d. per lb. The Railway Share
t Was quiet, but steady.
ite
a keeting of the proprietors in tho Canada
PanY, held this day, the retiring directers
re-elected. The report showed a satisfactory
Nrea
•it Bof the company's affairs during the year
14,sand upon the re-valuation Of the laud remain-
t "old, it was estimated to be worth 225. 9d.
kre
Au increase was found to have taken place
urhe transactions compared with the preceding
iii3r the lands sold and leased exceeded those of
tilee:i°llB year by 22,834 acres, at an advance
'48,4111.0 averaging 2s. 10d. for the laud sold,
`*d. for those leased per acre. The.forma,-
‘railways, the abundant harvest, and other
iit,ii"auces, had contributed greatly to the en-
i„valtle of the company's property. A vote
kliCt
Was passed to the chairman, Charles
'titirates at which bills of exchange upon the
tot Vtal cities were yesterday afternoon nego-
twkere were steady generally. Paris, 90 days,
q:ch at 25 44 to 45, Hamburg at 13 61 to
t:sterdain at 11 191 to IN, Frankfort at
1151,119 k, and Trieste at 12 36 to 42.
aglish funds have been flat and with scarcely
hfuti.4tiaesa doing. Consols realise 92,--1 / for
ri teen
and. 92i. '-k foe account. Exchequer Bills
kea quoted 6s". to Os., and East India Bonds
ttel'atuni. The accounts from the Vienna
44''ea are professedly unsatisfactory, but
4,P3rity of persons here desire no
,peace
104.'es. not insure the dismantling of Sobas-,
:444y,r some equally "strong material gua-
'i
to The necessity for borrowing a mil--
tool advance to Sardinia, is likewise against
o.although it is not known whether Stock
cuequer*Bills will be issued. Sardinia will
the advantage, as she deserves, of the high
)1, °' our Government, by having to pay only
,tetki't.! and 1 per cent. sinking fund, for wkat
'll4 u,
orms Y the latter, instead of 6 per cent., which
4 ' 1-e the t it borrowed of capitalists in
~
tqhf a way._
'4;4 tr more is doing in foreign stocks, and
ilare well maintained. Turkish Bonds are
Ntr,
ic,,L'ovrever, having been done at 79Z- and 80-1-.
a' tica Stock is at an improvement to
tretonds have realised .and Grenada
.t 1,4, 57i- to 6. Venezuela Stock is worth 271.
Vi Per Cents. are 62! to 63, and Danish 821.
Vollowino• are the nominal prices of foreign
\2FGreoLla Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ;
to 20/ ; Peruvian, 70 to 72; ditto Three
10444.350 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
,'b
7,; tussian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ;
144cue-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ;
Deferred, 181 to 182 ; ditto Three,
to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to si;
aasive, 4i to 41. •
V h''ailway share Market has been weak, and
have been of the most limited charac-
pri ncipally in Caledonian, Great Western,
extern,
Midland, and South-Eastern. The
ti
are also quieter.
PONDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Prom the Oticial h i it.)

7te Bnqiness done
1,,,-" Consols Annuities 92fi /
.
k'llll,,•cler £lOOO l3
s '- for Account 214
`or Account, April
loq Bills, lid.
LN)
NI. 6 9
D' ...................... 6 9
k,„„•..................
1,,..‘ t k%t OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
',.\ 0n49, 1825, 3 per Cent
(is
teNnP"a Bqi
3*
1');011(1s, Deferred 6 sfi 6
kikcitoeur Cent.
3 da, 44 per Cont.
Per Cent
tiololids, 5 per Cont
mo k Ma, 3 per Cent
, e'w Deferred, 3 per Cent 2O i
70
. 504
874
36$ '
18A-
L, I(3)4lrnittee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 64 . p ,
No f °lle's, 6 per cent
k or the Account
80 79fi 1 80g
804 g
ilk? Lends, 31 per Cent. ... ......
Ssr the Account 2B
p:ficjideridg on the above payable In London.
k~l nt'es, 3 per Cent.
S ri,-,
lL'tieh.f
i —ngo, 26 per' Cent. 12 nun" 62/ 3 4
Der Cen. Certificates ....„.
THREE 3 i
O'CLOCK.
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9
/Ditto. April Acoomnt

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