The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-07 00:00:00

FELEGR:APHED,

Off Holyhead, inward baund, the Buoyant, from
; Warrior, from Lisbon; Montezuma, from Charluston.

Psuint Lynas, outward bound, the Magnet, for lion_
troal ; Sterling, for Sav3nnalt ; British King, fur Mobile.

ESBA DEN, MARCH 25.—The marriage of
Pcirc:nss Theresa-with Prince Peter of Oldenburg is said to
be dt. ferred till May.—Hamburg Borsenhall, April 1.
The Spitalfieids weavers, are, we regret to learn,
in a state of the most awful distress, and if not speedily re-
lieved by the humane. and charitable, many of them, with
their '.:ivies and families, most fall victims to destitution. It
is to be hoped that a pub!ie subser;ption will be immediately
set ou foot for them.
Sir Thomas Reid, the British Consul at Tunis, in
ex ca.. sling the ruins of Carthage, is reported among other
things, to have discovered a Colossal
-head of Jupiter, and the
same god's great toe.
We copy the following from the, Sydney Gazelle of
the 17th of September last :—" In the list in the Official Ga-
zelle of the 21st instant, of runaway convicts, appears the
name of Thomas Sullivan, per ship Moffitt, who absconded
from Hyde-park barracks on the 7th. This is the man who
figured in the late London papers as one of the robbers of the
Custom-house. Sullivan was sentenced to the penal settle-
ment of Norfolk Island for life, with an admonitory preface
from the judge that frightened half the Court out of their
-senses. He arrived here in the ship Moffat, having, it i 3
stated, enjoyed some exemption from the common lot of his
nssociates on board. On the disembarkation of the prisoners
by the Moffat, it appeared that be accompanied them to Hyde-
park barracks, and was soon after employed as an overseer of a
gang of men in the vicinity of that establishment. As this
man cannot be known to the police, and is said to have money
its the custody of others, there is every chance that he will
succeed in escaping from the colony.
During the cholera, the Emperor Francis, when
walking, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, near Schoenbrun.
met a bier carrying a body to the cemetery, but not followed
by any one. The Emperor asked, " why was the corpse aban-
doned ?"—" It is probably that of some poor friendless person,"
replied the aide-de-camp. " Well then," said the Emperor,
sc it is our duty to accompany it to the grave." So saying, the
Emperor took off his hat, placed his arm within that of his
aide-de-camp, and both, uncovered, followed the coffin to the
cemetery, where Francis himself threw the first spadeful of
dust over the body. " This," say the Viennese, with a thou-
sand others which they tell of him, " shows how sensible our
good Vater Kaizer Franz was of human equality."—Austria
and the Austrians.

THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.—Since the most dis-
tinguished and widely-circulated journals of Germany have
adopte,4 a new mode of considering the grand question of Eu-
ropean pllitics it is not on England any longer that their at-
tention is fixed ; it is towards Russia that their views are di-
rected, mid as the personal character of the Czar must have a
considerable influence on the course of events, we have.much
pleasure irt recording what we know of that illustrious per-
sonarre. All that is said of the private life of the Emperor
Nicholas proves him to he as good and as happy a chief of a
family as he is a Sovereign beloved and respected by his sub-
jects. Nothing can be more noble and at the same time sim-
ple than the private circle of the Imperial family, particularly
when the Court Leads its most retired life in the Park of Peter-
hoff, the favourite residence of the Emperor. There he lives
with the Empress and his children, without ceremony and with-
out luxury. The Emperor rises from bed at an early hour,
"tad enters on public affairs while he makes his toilet. This
business being despatched, he goes into the apartment of the
Empress, who has, by descent from the celelirated Queen of
Prussia, her mother, the grace, wit, and sensibility which en-
,clear her to the Russian nation. It is then that, for some hours
eN -cry morning, is to be seen the Sovereign who commands
ore.- two parts of the world and sixty millions of subjects play-
ing h'ke a child with his children, carrying one, like Henry
the Fourth, on his back, and immediately after assuming the
dignity of his station. Although learning is much advanced
among the i:igher classes in Russia, the Czar is difficult to be
satisfied on that score, and he exacts from all candidates for
public offices ,a high degree of useful knowledge. On this
point be is deckled, and no pains are spared to insure the seeds
of prosperity being sown on a fruitful soil. To give an idea of
tt'le character of tIo Prince whom the Radicals abuse because
they dread him, we will quote the answer he lately gave to the
Etiglish Ambassador. The latter said, in a conversation which
lie had the honour to hold with the Emperor, " that absolute
pomer led to tyranny." " No," replied Nicholas, "it is only
ignorance which leads to tyranny." This was the answer of
;the Emperor, and we ask if such a sovereign could ever be-
e. lme a tyrant ? The Emperor is by character gay, and he
ln.ses to see the pleasures sparkling round him ; but he loves
tra,th, and he gives the greatest tolerance to such opinions as
are :tot promulgased in a manner to endanger the public peace.
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The ,soet Pusebs.. who is just dead, was both republican and
,atheist, but the Ernpseror did not disturb his private life, and,
;when he died, he gave a pension of 12,000 roubles to his wi-
dtlw and children.—Jourstal a Frankfort.
The Arabian historian \lakkari gives a singular
explanation of the apparent apathy ssith which Charles Martel
rets:arded the sufferings of the southern Franks under the Sa-
ract —" Several Franks complained to Rifle of the excess
of ti .e Pis occasioned by the Mussulmans, dwelling on the
shame that would stain their stational character if they allowed
light a."lxed men, destitute of military apparel, to brave
sv,,rriors, armed with the most terrible weapons that
war h hivet ited. Karle replied, Let them alone; they are
now in the fel,' tide of their ferocity •; they are like a torrent
overthrc w 3 every thing. in its paEsage ; their entliu-
their c:lirass, and ferocious courage their armour ;
i:10t when their licrids shall be tilled with plunder, when they
esquire a taste for luxury, when ambition shall seize their
Chiefs. and dissension appear in their ranks, then we will march
4-49. inst tikeni, and obtain an easy conquest.' " Charles Martel
ufterwards.accomP:'ii:tled the deliverance of CbristendoM.