The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-24 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

In another part of our Paper will be found
a full and correct copy of the convention of Com-
merce and Navigation—(See THE SUN of Yes•
terday).—concluded on the 29th of last Septem-
ber, bet Ween his Majesty and the Manse Towns.
This is one of the Treaties naturally resulting
from the liberal policy adopted by our Govern-
ment ;, and it cannot fail to be observed, that
those free States in which the principles of com-
merce are best understood, are among the first to
avail themselves of•the offer held out by Great
Britain, and to adopt the equitable principle of
reciprocity in the relaxation of imports and re-
strictions on foreign commerce. It is to be
mented, that greater and more populous nations,
(such as France for instance) evince so little dis-
position to act towards us on the same equitable
and enlightened principles. They must remem-
ber that we cannot always give them advantages
without equivalents, and that if they persevere
in refusing. 03 our commerce a fair indulgence,
we shall be compelled to rpcal certain benefits at
piesent enjoyed by their trade. •

[TM: PUBLIC LEDGER.]
The Paris Papers of Wednesday, Morning and
Evening, as well as the Dutch Papers, which ar-
rived yesterday, are occupied almost exclusively
with the death of -the Emperor Alexander.—
They concur in ascribing it to the cause we men-
tioned yesterday, namely, an inflammatory sore
thrOat ; whilst there is not the most distant allu-
siiin in any of them, of his having fallen by the
hand of an assassin. Had a report to this effect
reached either Paris or Amsterdam from any
respectable source, it would to a moral certainty
have found a place in one or more of the Journals
which reached us yesterday ; and it may be
therefore fearlessly said, that such rumour, if it
rtrally existed, found not the slightest credit. It
is probable, however,. that a story, similar to the
one that has been imposed upon the credulity
of: one of our Contemporaries, may have been,
trumped up in Paris, and some of the chief towns
cif Holfand ; but what would this prove, but that
morbid disposition on the part of the human mind
generally, to find something uncommon and mar-
vellons in the demise of every remarkable per-
soilage, particularly if, as upon the present occa-
sion, he had occupied a conspicuous place in the
hopes or fears of the world 2 It would also prove
the miserable and precarious tenure by which ar-
bitrary power is held ; for no sooner does a de-
spot die, than violence is supposed to be the
cause ;- arid, as if he had nothing in common with
the 'characters of mankind, the hand of a wife,
a son, a brother, or a favourite, is selected for
the enrtimissiou of the murderous deed: This,
however, is really a waste of words ; for it is not
the manner, but the act itself, that constitutes
hirnAtte primary consideration ;r and we believe
all too are agreed, that a More important event
could..MWhave possibly happened in the ordi--
nary course. of things. In this light too, it
seems. to: be generally viewed on the 'Conti-
nent; 'and,- if it' has not produced -the same de-:
gree.or sensation here, the reason is very obvious,
nis::tobntry, thank Heaven! does not hold her.
tranquillity by so brittle a tenour, as the life of
any Sovereign, much more a foreign one. It is
upheld by the moral, reflecting, and loyal cha,

racter of the nation, as well as by the undoubted
excellence of her institutions. Here the King
never dies ; and it is next to impossible that he
can in a very glaring manner abuse his sacred
trust. The people can, therefore, except in very
rare instances, have no very serious ground for
alarm from political causes; and whilst they have
the same reason to be contented at home, they
may see,. without much anxiety, a foreign crown
pass from the head of a prudent and pacific
Prince, like Alexander, to that of another, whose
policy may be of a very different complexion.—
The change may occasion unpleasant reflections ;
but to say that it is an alarming consideration is
mere nonsense, as applied to the British Empire.

[BRITISH PRESS.)
The accounts of the Emperor Alexander's
death in the Paris Papers received yesterday are
not very clear or satisfactory. It is certain thitt
he died after a short illness, but of what nature,
nobody seems exactly to know. The Etoile says,
it was a bilious fever succeeded by a q.vinsy. M.
D'Anslett, the Russian Minister to the. German
diet, has; however,it appears by the Constitution.
nel, given " positive statements" of a different
kind. According to M. D'Anslett, his Imperial
Majesty died of the erysipelas in his head.—
The Courier Francais publishes an article de-
scriptive of an alleged quarrel, about 12 months
ago, between the late Emperor and the Grand
Duke Constantine relative to the Greeks. The
*latter in warm terms, it is represented, urged his
brother to march at once to. Constantinople.—
Alexander, it is said, reminded the Grand Duke,
that his succession was endangered by his second
marriage, and-it is insinuated-that measures were
in progress to set Constantine aside, and declare
Nicholas the heir presumptive to the throne.—
The inference is, that Alexander's death was the
rhult of a treasonable conspiracy. Great agi-
tation has been produced in the Money Market
of the Continent, in consequence of the uncer-
tainty prevailing, as to the accession and policy
of the new Emperor of Russia. The French
Funds continue to decline.