The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-20 00:00:00

l'ilE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Sraracts front the Morning Papers,Dec. eo, 1825.

[MORNING CURONICLE.I
The death of the EmPeror Alexander is an
event for which this part of Europe was certainly
not prepared. He was in the middle of life, and

apparently robust, and no account of any illness
had been received. The. Paris Papers communi-
cate a singular extract from the Royal Almanack
cif Prussia, published in Berlin,. and' under the'
yurveillance. of "the Censorship. It seems, under
the head of -the Reigning Houses, in the article
Russia., after mentioning the EMperor Alexander,
the Editor of the ~kirrianack,..adds—".Successor
to the',Throne (Thronfolger), the Grand Duke
Ajcholas, his brother, born 1796." This desig-
uatinn,'whiCh is given this year for the first time,
coupled with the other event, is naturally calcu-
lated to excite not a little surprise. It will be
seen from the Court Circular in another column—
(of 11.ni. Sturt),—that the news of the event' pro-
duced a great sensation in the Cabinet.
,The in-
aertion'of the Grand Duke Nicholas, as succes-
sor to. Alexander, without .any explanation, the
Grand Duke Constantine being the next in orclerof
succiisiony is altOgether a most mysterious circum-
stance: We stated in a late, number, that some-
thing'rriure than ordinary was' in agitation be,
tweeri our Court and that of Russia, as the Corn-
Tuunieation between them were incessant.; has
there `beers an• attempt to' pla.ce Constantine on
the throne of. Constantinople, and was the exclu-
sion from the succession of Russia connected with
? Has, Constantine -renounced in favour of
Nicholas.? This we should think extremely im-
probable, except the renunciation arose out of
"ome such scheme as • that of the acquisition- of
Turkey. Accident the thing cannot possibly be.
We'have; indeed, heard a rumour, that the Em-
peror Alexander has been some time deranged, but
we could trace the rumour to no source partaking
in the least of authenticity. If it should turn out
that there is any foundation for the rumour, the in-
sertion-in the Prussian Almanack might, probably
Lave its origin in the circumstance. The death of
Alexander,Ond another event generally believed
yesterday, though nothing appears respecting it
in the French papers of Sunday-=the dismissal of
Villele—will probably have a most import-
autlnfluence on the fate of Europe. M. de Vil-
tele was., by universal admission, peaceably
.dis-
-posed; and, should he. be succeeded by a Mini-
sterof
.4 different disposition, and should Con.
stantine's warlike inclinations remain.unchanged,
ne •may" not unreasonably anticipate hostilities
in the East: Constantine is two' years 'younger
-than the deceased Kutociat. He was born
the.Stli "May; Alexander was born the
23d December, 1777. • The:- latter married,
the 9th October, 1793 i Eli,zAeth (previously
Louisa Maria Augusta), the third (laughter of
Charles Lewis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, who
brought him no offspring. Constantine married
in 1796 a Princess of Saxe Coburg, from whom
he was soon separated. In the Secret Memoirs
of the court of Russia; it is said that Constantine
as So much more intent-on his militar than his
conjugal duties, that he was seen discipline his
soldiers in the Court of his Palace at five o7clock
of the morning after his nuptials. His-young
beautiful wife would seem to have had little re-
lish for this treattnent,and soon left him. Having
been divorced by his • brother, he married, the
May,lB2o,lane, Princess of Lowicz.

[THE PUBLiC.--LEDGER..]
The death of the Emperor Alexander, of which
intelligence reached 'tovvrrat a very early hour
yesterday morning, is another terrific instance of
the instability of human affairs. It is only a day
or two since we were informed., he was prepar-
ing to review one of his armies, _preparatory,
in all' -appearance to the -"accomplishment .of
some grand- -scheme. of
'ambition ; and the very
next advises inform us, that he is no more—cut
-off, too, at an age, at which many 'persons are
considered in their: prime. Of all
.the Princes
of his time, of the same rank, lie was consi-
dered as likely to be the longest liver ; for he
took the greatest care, to improve, by •exercise
and abstemiousnesg, a constitution naturally good.
The mode of his death has not generally trans-
pired,
; nor is it exactly known who is his .suc-
cesaor, it being reported, that the Grand Duke
Nitholas, contrary to the order of primogeniture,.
was destined by Alexander to succeed him on
the Throne. This arrangement, iNt has been
contemplated, is likely to be contested by
the Grand:i Duke Constantine, whose rights
have been set aside ; and. thus, the illustrious
subject of tli,ese remarks, WhilSt he flattered,
himself that, he had taken the most judicious
steps that toman prudence. could have seg.'
gested, for providing for the,,; tranquillity and
progressive improiement. of the Empire after his
death, may have left the Russians the fatal legacy
of.a civil war—one of the most obstinate, foo,an-il
sanguinary that ever scourged mankind. All
tlieso persons who Were out of favour With Mei-.
angler, will support the title. of Constantine ;'
ill
it
addition to this support, the latter,
we have al:ways understood, has ueen, in
every instance, a great favourite with the
artily,' in :Whose exploits he- has, for the most
party shared, and with whose feelings- and.
prejudices he is supposed) to sympathise, much
more than. either of his brothers. Should our
presentiments be verified, the ,consequences
would be of incalculable importance to the whole
civilized world, and fraught with disasters of the
most appalling description to the Russian Em-
pire. Besides forcing that Power to recede to
the point from which it started under Alexander,
itiwould, to a moral certainty, have the effect
of restoring Poland to the rank of an indepen-
dent ,nation.

[THE TIMES.]
We have really but little to add to-day on the
perplexities of the Money Market, as the case
presents no new featui-es. There are some evils
or maladies which become. more bearable by be--
ing borne, it being always supposed that they
are of such a nature that they do not weaken the